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PAGE TWO . BBS XANGBT RECORD LESSOR ARNEY FOX EDITOR and PUBLISHER m ERLING imESS Published Eveiy Ihmdv By YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY A Partnership Entered u second-el ace nutter Ncrember 11th, IS3S, at the Post Office, Burnsville. North Cnrolhn, under the set of March 3, 1873. - ; VIOLET RAYS ON ODR WAYS By H. If. Alley \ ** * * Note: This column is written with malice toward none, but with the common good of all in mind. *V # • Headlines in last Sunday’s press announced that at least 70 persons were killed when a racing car collided with another on the Race Track at LeMans, France, and plummeted into the grandstands. Another 75 peo ple were seriously injured in ithis same disaster. And at this writing the toll is still mounting Many people reading of this catastrophe bemoaned it as a needless sacrifice of Ilf'S to the God of commercialized sport. But all such lamentations are vain and useless. Automobile Race Tracks with their contest ants and fans, are as perman ently established in our modern sports world as are baseball (fields, football stadiums, and boxing rings with their multi tudes of devotees. *# * # However there is anotlf r sphere in which the dreadful annual toll in human lives, crippled bodies and damaged property can be decidedly low ered, if all the people of our state and nation would only be come duly alarmed and take the proper attitude and action to ward the situation. For the startling fact we have to face is that the greatest menace to human life and safety, and the •greatest killer of young and middle-aged Americans today is “The man behind the wheel DEYTON FARM SUPPLY "j/L Yancey County lls^y CHECKERBOARD and Boyce Lee Howell Os Deyton .v One of the newer and better « insecticides is a chemical by the name of Molothion. Purina has two products for fly control around barns which contain Molothion and they .both do a wonderful job. The first of these and the one most com monly used is ‘‘Fly Bait” and it is used dry by sprinkling on floor, litter, or ground areas where flies congregate. Ideal' baiting sites~are around door ways, feeding rooms, and win dow sills. This material is chrystal form, purple in color when fresh, and loses its pur ple color as the killing power diminishes. The other product is “Build ing Spray” and is for spraying wall surfaces, etc. It gives best results when a small amount of syrup is mixed in the spray mixture. This attracts flies and kills an enormous number of them. Tfgm Either of these products kills flies at their source and shat is the place they should be killed. It takes very little time to con trol them if the nght methods are used. Grass Fattening More Profitable Whenever good pasture is avail able, it is very profitable to put most weight on cattle with roughages. Grass is usually the lowest cost roughage; but gras ses, hays, and silage should be (properly supplemented to* get maximum utilization in the rumen. Thousands of cattlemen have found a small amount at fed with one pound of Purina Deyton Farm Supply i&WWWWWWMWW of his family automobile,” driv ing along the nation’s highways. Last year in the United Stat es 38,000 men, women and children were killed in traffic accidents. Many of these were innocent victims of somebody’s carelessness or recklessness. Extra of these who were killed outright, 2,000,000 more were 1 injured, some of them per ; taanently. And at the same time 1 the financial waste ” and loss ran into billions of dollars. As terrible as these cold facts 1 tnay sound, they cannot reveal ; the awful suffering and heart • ache in the millions of homes ' that were directly or indirectly involved. Mechanical skill can 1 restore a smashed fender, and 1 enough money can replace a 1 wrecked automobile with a new • one. But no amount of skill or meaps can restore the life that ; was 'lost in a traffic collision, • or banish- the grief from be ! reaved hearts and homes. , * * *- * ! Statisticians predict that at ! the present rate one out of ' every two Americans will be ‘ killed by a traffic accident dur -1 ing his lifetime. And backing up that dread prediction we ■ have the following figures: In ' the past fifty years traffic ac cidents on the streets and high ways of America have caused •[more deaths, more physical and i mental disabilities and more , human sorrow and suffering than has been brought about by any one of our worst diseases. During this fifty year period over one million persons died • in the United States as a re sult of Highway accidents, —a greater number than all the American soldiers killed in combat on land, sea, and in the air since the Revolutionary war! * * * t* lit is said that mechanical and Range Checkers daily per h£ad along with lush pasture will produce heavier gains at lower cost than will pasture alone. As the season progresses and pasture becomes drier, it is a good idea to increase the amount of grain and Checkers to keep cattle gaining and fin ishing. Tests Prove It! feeding-on-grass demonstration, steers fed Range Checkers returned a labor pro fit of $25.35 each. The grass fed steers returned only ~57.67 per steer. This means that pas ture was sold for $12.50 more per acre by using Range Check ers. Ask for suggestions about grass feeding. Market Men Prefer Creep-Fed Calves Figures show that creep-fed calves top market after market. Market men say, “Cattle rais ers should understand that by 'creep feeding they can have more weight to sell, their calves will grade higher, and by selling i before the market glut, they’ll get a better price. Our supply > of better-quality calves never ■ equals demand.’’ t Purina’s creep feeding ra i tions are the result of feeding > more thas 3,000 cattle in re . search and ranch demonstra s tions that date back to 1933. t When you choose a Purina > ratios for your calves, this feeding experience is one of s the extras you get. Ask us to ■ help you work out an approved l Purina ration. POETRY CORNER Conducted By — Edith Dtaderiek BraUne SUNDAY SOLDIERS Get up, get up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross, A lazy Sunday morning Is surely harrti and less. A Christian on a Begins his work at seven; He surely could on Sunday Start worship at eleven. Ella Cable, Rt. 2, Marion. (Poetry for this corner should be sent direct to Edith Deaderick Erskine, Weaver vilie, N- C. ) roadway defects are responsible for only 15% of highway acci dents, while the man behind the wheel is accountable for the re maining 85%. So it seems that Snore attention must be gives to the “Nut” behind the steer ing wheel than to all the other nuts on a car, or to all the ruts and bumps on the roadways. By some means or other it must be impressed upon every one who drives that he is dir ectly and indirectly responsible, not only for those who may be riding in the same car with him, but for all others who are driv ing and riding on the; same street or roadway. And a driv er who cannot or who will not adopt this attitude and accept this responsibility on due ex- 1 animation and instruction should be denied the privilege of operating a motor vehicle on the highways either for busi ness or pleasure. -* # * * Standing at the head of the four greatest causes of high way accidents is SPEED. Too many drivers are not satisfied in keeping up with the Joneses, . * !--■ • . ‘ ' ■ \: ' • • ’• ' • .... w t a. > •" r . * f * See that fine fat mountain yonder? as whistling!. . | a. mmtly .. .<l ,'.. :r. l.jil. r.. [.pm .I. their strength. ..." .'*-£ W ' SKSBBS ' " < M§ftWt! l " ll| i .‘**'96 >*g- *■*•••, ; ***.»•>•*>• x'f- A *'■ ■ - .: _ \ —■■■ 111 ‘.._r ; - ■ - -- -LTf-l '- ' • ———J— J.l„^ _ lZ^ ROBERTS AUTO SALES, Inc. PHONE 236 j BURNSVILLE, N. C, \J JJ \ v. j’yM V Vy THE YANCEY RECORD NOTICE Dr. William Gladden will be out of town on Wednesday, June 22nd. ’but are determined to pass them, even on hills They even seem to htink it smart to pass another car when ■there is the smallest margin of room or space. Others, particu larly the so-called young squirts, seem to think the highways * were built especially for them to race their cars on. Alas! How many, of these fail to live long enough to learn better sense 1 »« > • Education direct and specific must be emphasized in the schools, homes, churches, and everywhere else against this awful destruction of life, health and property on the highways. A course in Courtesy On The Highways should be come a required part of every school’s curriculum. It would also make a mighty good and practical theme for an occas ional message from the pulpits of the land. Surely preachers should join whole-heartedly in every effort to limit and cur tail the deplorable record of highway accidents and fatali ties. Man! What a text would the “Golden Rule” be for a ser ' imon on this situation. Or the preacher could go back to the decalogue or Ton Command ments and fine at least two , good texts for a sermon on. ob servasce of Highway Safety Rules. For instance: “THOU SHALT NOT KILL.” Or “THOU SHALL NOT COVET.” (i. e. “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s side of the road, nor the pedestrian’s right-of way, nor the speed of thy neighbor’s car, nor his life, nor the lives of his friends or l family within his' car.”) — ’Nuff Sed. GOSPEL SINGING AT CANE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH ■I J ~Edd‘ BatirCospel-Siftger- o£ Radio Station WISE, in Ashe ville, will be at the Cane River Baptist Church in Yancey Cou nty, Sunday night, June 19th at 8:00 p.»m. V Appearing on this program Will be, The Gospel Five of 'Asheville. Mr.. Slim Jamerson and his Gospel Singers of Hen dersonville, and the West Ashe ville Trio, with Mr. Eddie 1 McGlaniery. Every one is invited to at tend. A MILLIONAIRA VACATION ON A PIGGY 1 wm Pimm ■ NEW SARASOTA TERR A&E Hotel Tel. Ringling 2-5311 P. O. BOX 1720 Sarasota, Florida “ World's Finest IU m l SQUARE DANCE CATTAIL COMMUNITY HALL Every Friday night 8:00 P.M. 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