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■ 11 Step, Look and Listen! t Don't Call Car 1 Lawbreaking Is Cause of Most DeafKs I Thp word “accident” ia a phony It It’s used to describe what hap |pens when cars collide with each other or run down pedestrians. It’s also utter nonsense to re gard people who cause these crash !as as poor and unfortunate vie -1 tixns of circumstances. ■ These two fallacies, the experts Isay, are serious handicaps to our national traffic safety effort. Be- I cause people believe these false jldeas, we are losing the battle to .save lives on the highway and find .ourselves in a traffic emergency. > Most of our so-called auto acci dents aren’t that at all. They are occurrences, and the causes ne easily identifiable. Chief Cause I What are the chief causes of crashes T They can be lumped into one large and simple category— LAWBREAKING. ' A comprehensive study by a leading auto insurance company reveals that a fantastic number— -88 per cent—of last year’s highway victims died because of traffic law violations) i This study by Lumbermens Mu ,tual Casualty Company shows that ilawbreaking killed 33,700 of last jyear’B more than 38,000 highway .victims, e i These 33,700 could have been .alive and with their families today !if the persons who were respon sible for the fatal crashes only had obeyed the law. I Commenting on the study, James 1. The remora is (a) land animal; (b) bird; (c) Osh. 2. Tenuous means (a) clinging; (b) slender; (e) experimental. 3. Sunset Crater is in (a) Utah; (b) Nevada; (c) Arison*. ANSWERS ■«uoi|jy '8 *j«pu»|g •* •8»IA T ■—— —mmmmm m ■ ■ ■ i n ■ % jj - w 6 boufo c*rtoa PEPSI COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, Inc. SPRUCE PINE, N. C. ■■—'■' ■■" "'"« 1 ” as.l S. Kemper, chairman of Lumber mens, said that nine out of 10 traf fic fatalities could be classified more accurately as “manslaugh ter or suicide by homicidal high waymanlacs.” “How can a death that results because of a violation of the law really be classified as an acci dent?” Kemper asked. Typical Reports Ask any police officer trained in traffic investigation and he’ll tell you from personal experience the terrible toll exacted by lawbreak ers. Or look into reports of typical accidents such as the following to see the vicious results of break ing traffic laws: —Three youths killed in high speed crash. (Car traveling 80 m.p.h. Speed limit was 88.) —Driver and woman companion killed when car loses race to rail road crossing. (Violating speed law, ignoring flashing signals.) —Six killed in headon collision. (Onft car straddling center lane.) Eleven persons were killed in these three so-called accidents. They might be alive today if the persons responsible had been truly law abiding citizens. So could 33,700 other people who were killed last year. Double Standard When it comes to the law, we - Americans have a peculiar double I standard. Supposedly we’re a na tion dedicated to the law and to i obeying it. We believe it is good that men ebey the law and It I*l bad when they break it—except) traffic laws, that is. We have a different standard for that. You’ve heard many people brag about how fast their cars will go. Almost surely they had to break' a speed law to prove it. * • | You’ve also heard people brag about how they can spot police' «cars in their rear-view sy’re proud, apparently, that they can break the law and get. away with it. But they holler if they are caught by a police officer* they didn’t see. Yet behavior such as this Is so-! dally acceptable—despite the fact that more than 30,000 people die an nually because of lawbreaking on the highway. It’s a fact that most drivers are careful and are law abiding most of the time. Hie regular and flag-1 rant lawbreakers are in minority,] but they’re a constant threat to] all other drivers on the road. ; Any time a driver violates a traf-j sic law, he’s a potential killer. You. could be his victim. j “The vast majority of drivers I who are law-abiding deserve pro-j tection from the small but danger ous group of homicidal highway-; maniacs,” Kemper asserted. i “If this group of potential kill-i ers won’t obey the law voluntarily, strict and impartial enforcement of realistic traffic laws and stem jus-*, tice must be employed to deter] them and to protect others.” • . (Next week: Can Be Done-)] B Vic Vet says 'LOANS ON 61 INSURANCE MAY’ BE REPAID |N FULL OR IN AMOUNTS OP $5 OR. MORE UNPAID IttANS WILL BE’ DEDUCTED FROM THE PROCEEDS AT MATURITY.^ Par (all information contact your nearest VETERANS ADMINISTRATION offle* NOTICE’ OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO EFFECT PAYMENT NORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY Know all men, and particularly the heirs of 8. W. Shuford, that as authorized by the power of sale conferred upon 'me in that certain deed in trust executed by S. VV. Shuford and wife, Minnie Shuford, on the 10th day of October, 1947, and which is recorded in iae of fice of the Registry of Deeds in Yancey County In book SI at page SSI, and default made in payment of the debt secured, and demand I made upon me by Northwestern Bank to sell the property therein described: Having three times sold the land and the bid having been raised, 1 shall again offer for sale at the East Door of the Court House in Burnsville, at 11 o’clock a. m., on the 18th day of August, 1956, one or both of the following described tracts of land, I shall offer the first tract of land for sale and if It brings a sufficient amount to pay the indebtness, cost, taxes, I shall not sell the second tract, but hi event It does not bring' enough to pay the indebtness, I shall offer both tracts for sale. Lands are lo cated In North Carolina, Yancey County, In South Toe Township, adjoining lands of Albert Bailew and others, and described as fol lows: FIRST TRACT—Beginning at a white oak at an old comer in the Bowditch line and standing on the N. bank pf Laurel Branch and runs N. 55 W. 56 poles to a stake at or near a pine stump; thence N. 87 H E. 45 poles to a stake in the Bowditch line; thence S. IVx VV. with said Une 86 2-8 poles to the beginning, containing 10 acres, more or less. SECOND TRACT Beginning at a stake at the S. W. corner of the John Griffin tract and run ning 8. E. with highway number 104 to a stake at the branch; then ce up and with the branch N. 40 E. 7 poles and 18 links to a stake in the W. A. Simmons old line; thence N. with said line Xo the John Griffin Une; thence with the DJfohn Griffin Une westwardly to the beginning, containing 8 acres, more or less. This August 1, 1956. R. W. WILSON, Trustee. • Copy posted at Court House Door In Burnsville on Aug. 1, 1056 THE YANCEY RECORD • mi »-Bnh * --- - t j: W.w,. ia»I3VAU& sisaruvtwg AII TIT HEN John M. Green, Jr., 408 Main Street, Franklin, Tennessee, ’ » graduated from college he held a degree in Mechanical Engl-! neerlng. For four years he had been taught to figure out problems of all kinds. So constantly was he told to be prepared and get the best and most correct answer to any problem. But when graduation came he faced the greatest problem that had ever come to him: What job to take and where. He had the choice of going into the insurance business / with his father or B getting an engineering job. He decided to go into the insurance business. fn. Ml Soon his school friends began coming to see him, telling him how well they were doing in the engi- I neering field He began to worry about whether he had made a wrong decision when he graduated, but Just couldn't seem to get the answer. The more he thought the more he worried. - As time passed and his worrying continued, he got into Boy Scout work and then into the Jaycees. CARNEGIE As he worked with these organizations and spent more time in doing the work, he that he had stopped worrying and was really enjoying himtelf. • He still is active in the Scouts and Jaycees and never catches him self worrying. So he believes that the best way to lick worries is to get so busy you don't have time for them. * I WE KNOW OUR ALPHABET I » ;When it comes to the ‘NEW, NEAT LOOK in ], Back-To-School Togs J*|si| . for’ MISS and JUNIOR (SpP* \\ - I Anklets - ’n Sox •IjjjP • Blouses -’n - Shirts ■ Wjjf .jHSijptx Coats -’n - Jackets * S Dresses - ’n - Pants <flgKQE3||t Everything for your school needs You Get The Most For Your Money j ßurnsville Department Store PHONE 232 BURNSVILLE, N. C. ON THE SQUARE Efl .■kBKBs r— ~ " f - • m1... 9 ■ ■■ -• -j c ? r vou buy when you -> ■■. vV *?* T*■ ', v . ■’* ’* has the highest resale taint 'of «• leading low-priced models. Why people who used to buy higher priced curs are changing to Chevrolet • More and more buyers are deciding that they prefer a sweet handling Chevrolet to ft big , unwieldy high-priced car! - When you consider Chevy’n reputation for per formance and roadability, you wonder why any . America's largest selling car—2 million more owners than any other make! Only franchised Chevrolet dealers display this famous trademark ROBERTS AUTO SALES, In< PHONES 286 *7# FRANCHISED DEALER NO. 1019 BURNSVILLE, N. V. USEFUL SKID . . . Rugged sk’d that Is quite useful in moving heavy objects about the farm can be made from an old car f ame by covering frame with heavy planks to provide a platlorin. Frame can be pulled by car or tractor. ' -v one would pay hundreds of dollars more for a uglier priced car. Well, a lot of people have been wondering the same thing, and the result hq* been a big switch from high-priced cars to Chev rolet. Os course you save plenty, too. Come in and sample the fun and get the facts! THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. IMf
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