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During January, 530 person in
North jCintiu lost their driving li
censes tot ' drunken driving, the Mo
tor Vehicle DDrtment baa an
nounced. '
Thia to a' decrease of 804 over the
934 persons convicted of drunken
driving during' January of IMS.
A total of 1,093 driven fa North
Carolina lost their driving privileges
during January because of traffic law
offenses and practices detrimental to
hiirhwav safety. Revocations totaled
849 and susnensions 244.
These, included 65 persons caught
diivhur drunk out of state, 57 driving
drunk and miscellaneous, 34 driving
after license was revoked. 83.speeO'
ing over 75 miles per hour and mia
mlloneous. 22 for transporting li
quor and 10 for being habitual vio
lators of the tramc laws.
Twenty-five drivers lost their li
censes for two offenses of speeding
over 55 miles per hour; 48 for fail
urn to maintain proof of financial re
sponsibility; 11 for two offenses Ii
reckless driving; and 19 for reckless
driving and miscellaneous.
' 'Twenty-eight motorists lost their
licenses for two offenses of driving
drunk, which means that their licenses
are automatically revoked for a three
year period; and two drivers lost their
licenses for three offenses-pf drunken
driving. For a third conviction, the
motorist's license is revoked perma
nently unless at the end of five years
he can prove that he has been of
good behavior during that period and
is! entitled to consideration for a new
license application.
- During the month, 672 persons were
convicted of reckless driving, more
than twice the 334 persons convicted
of reckless driving an January or
last year. Reckless driving, however,
requires no revocation or suspension
on first offense.
In addition to the major violations
which are cause for revocation or
suspension, there were 7,610 other
violators who were convicted but not
deprived of their driving rights.
Speeding took the greatest toll, with
a m? nffTiHnrs. "
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Other offenders: Failing to have
driver's license, 1,261; driving with
faulty equipment, 399; improper
lights, 191; running through red
light, 318; failing to dim lights, 63;
passing on curve, 39; and passing
school bus while loading or unload
ing, 51.
cause of injuria is -slippery footing.
To avoid thia danger, remove the ice
and sprinkle ashes on the ground
where the butchering Is done, tf tne
Job is done indoors,' sand, sawdust or
crushed rock salt ' will improve the
footings Fat and.' meat trimmings
should be kept off the floor, '
' The county agent called, attention
to the following additional surges.
Hons recommended by the i National
Safety Council: J"
All hoisting; equipment should be
checked and out in good repair.
Keep all knives in suitable rack
when not is use.
Observe every ' precaution In the
handling- find use of firearms. Keep
them unloaded when not in use.
Use a tamper to force meat into the
grinder.
Keep children away from all but
chering operations.
Use extreme care, with scalding
water.
; Do not use, gasoline or kerosene to
quicken a smoldering fire. "
Always cut or chop away from the
body.
Avoid strain from overlifting.
Apply first aid immediately to all
cuts, scratches or burns.
Governor Kerr Scott
Supports Expansion
Of Ports In State
Butchering Safety
Is Urged By Agent
' Observance of a few simple rules
of safety will prevent many of the
accidents which usually occur on the
farm during the butchering season,
I. C. Yagel, county agent for the
State College Extension Service,
suggests.
According to the National Safety
Council,, one of the . most frequent
Convinced that expansion and
modernization of the state's port re
sources will fit neatly into his pattern
of progress for North Carolina, Gov
ernor W. Kerr Scott is urging the
General Assembly to give "sub
stantial encouragement" to ports im
provement plans formulated by the
North Carolina State Ports Authority.
Through his spokesman, George
Ross, marketing specialist of the
State Department of Agriculture, the
Governor recently suggested to joint
sessions of the House and Senate ap
propriations and ; conservation and
development committees that the
ports program "is a matter that de
serves urgent consideration," and
that it should be accorded "sub
stantial encouragement'
The Governor, making a personal
appearance at Camp Lejeune, told
legislators and others gathered at
the huge Marine Base that "let -us
all hope it will not require another
war to bring about expansion of our
port facilities." He also said that
"we need to do that now for the
peaceful expansion of North Caro.
Una's commerce throughout the
world."
Col. Georare W. Gillette, executive
director of the State Ports Authority,
and outstanding business and indus
trial leaders of the state appeared
at i the joint legislative .meetings to
ursre favorable consideration of the
Authority's request for an appro
priation of $7,600,000. This is nec
essary, they said, to provide adequate
port facilities at Morehead City and
Wilmington, which will enable North
Carolina to compete on a more equit
able basis with adjacent states, and
recapture " tniUiorj t' v y.ar ' t-c;t
states now receive ia .act revenues
and other economic benefits. - . , .
Thev Included A. G. Myers; well-
known textile operator of Gastonia;
J. Harry White of the Brown-Wil
liamson Tobacco Company, Winston
Salem; W..O. Huske of FayettevjUe,
and others.' : '. , -
Myers told ' the .'legislators that
North Carolina "is the only state on
the Atlantic, Pacific or Gulf coasts,
as well as the '.Great Ukes, which
does not have adequate Prt facil-
"If we had these '. facilities," he
aid, "my organization and' practical
ly veryxother business, ' industrial
and agricultural interest in the state
would aave -tremendous sums oi
monev hut in reduced freight charges
Kn the raw materials We consume and
on our finished products.
' Myers also said that in recent years
industries valued at more than $100,
000.000 had been established' in South
Carolina principally because the Port
of Charleston ? provides lacumes
"which North Carolina does not
have." ' Many of these industries, he
added "would have settled in North
Carolina if "Kthis state had adequate
port facilities." , M
White told the committee that "ex
ports of tobacco alone would justify
the expenditures ' asked, asserting
also that' the investment will be
"self-Bquidating". '
' M. C. Cunningham of the Alabama
State Docks Commission, told the
joint committee that i expansion and
improvement of the ."Port of Mobile
had been "an outstanding success."
This port is state-operated, he said,
and has ''fully paid its way, in ad
dition to earning between three and
four million dollars.".
Savings in freight rate reductions
alone, Cunningham said, had amount
ed to "many millions of dollars" for
the State of Alabama.
;
Industrial plants which made' con
spicuous advances in on-the-job saf
ety during 1948 are eligible for the
"Certificate of Safety ; Achievement"
which is presented annually to quali
fying establishments by the North
Carolina Department of Labor.
Announcement of the opening of
applications for the safety award cov-
erdnjr the year 1948 was made this
week by Mr. Rose Wharton, Safety
Inspector ' representing the vDepart
ment of labor in the First District
"The Department of Labor, is now
receiving safety award applications
from a number of industrial concerns
on the basis of their plant safety rec
ords for - last year, Mrs. Wharton
said. "Plant officials who believe that
their establishment has qualified for
the Certificate of Safety Achievement
by making the specified accident rate
reductions may obtain Jhe necessary
application blanks from - the district
office of the Department of Labor at
Greenville, or1 by writing direct to the
Department at Raleigh."
Mrs. Wharton explained that in
dustrial plants may qualify for the
safety award in any one of three
ways: (I) By having had a perfect
record of no lost-time accidents dur
ing 1948; (2) by5having reduced their
BIBLICAL SUNDA AT
CATHOLIC SERVICES
Sunday, February 20; will be Bibli
cal Sunday at Catholic services that
will begin at 8 A. M. in Davenport
Funeral- Home, Columbia, and consist
of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the
including sermon on VJ!.very?
tody Ought Read Bible Pally", Holy
Communion, concluding m 45 minutes,
followed by Sunday School, the same
program to he repeated at u a. si,
in St. Ann's Catholic Church, Eden-
ton, stated Father F. Ji- McCourt,
;astor, who invites everybody to all
services. Confessions will be heard
in Columbia from 7:35 to 7:55 and in
Edenton from 10:30 to 10:55 A. M.
Week-mornings: Mass, Communion,
Rosary in Edenton.
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r Liore bw C r l L a for .the l i-
v;jus year; and (3 ty having nw.i
tiined during 1948 an accident rate
at Jeast 75 per cent below, the. State
average lor meir. uiaustry, -
"Quarjfving d establishments which
already have received the Certificate
of Safety Achievement for previous
years will not be awarded a new cer
tificate thia year," Mrs. Wharton said.
"Instead, they will be presented with
a ribbon for attachment to their old
certificate. ' The ribbon will bear an
inscription indicating the number .of
consecutive years during which the
establishment has " qualified for the
Labor Department's safety award."
Tne Department issues two types
of awards, Mrs. Wharton, added. One
type is for establishments having 50
or more employees. This certificate
is presented as "a joint award from
the North Carolina Department of
labor and the United States Depart
ment of Labor, and is signed by both
Commissioner of Labor Forrest H.
Shuford and Secretary of Labor Mau
rice J. Tobin. The other award, pre
sented by the State Labor Department
only,' i for plants having fewer than
50 employees and is signed by the
Commissioner of Labor.
The ' ; Labor Department's v safety
awards program is one phase of the
Industrial Manpower Conservation
Program, through which the Depart
ment, assisted by a 25-man advisory
board of safety experts from leading
industries, is working to reduce the
accident frequency rates of all North
, . ' ,'13. v: rton
.. l.:a Ci :D 1.- Ga-olina
.t.j) were j a-. -led the- Safety
Achievement Certificate last year..
aJu'O
1. What is the political Uneup ox
the 81st Congress ? - '
2. Who. ia the Speaker of ' the
House? 1 , t ? ' , r
3. Who is the President pro tern
of the Senate'T, '''' m
: 4. Name" the ,; Republican leaden",
of the House. - . -
6. Who are the GOP Senate leadv
erst ' "r ,V v"'
6. How : many women are mem
bers of the Slat Congress T i
7. .What ia the leading occupation'
of-the members of Congress T , . ' ' v
8. Of what committee ia - Repr.
THE ANSWERS. '' T .'
1. Senate: Democrats, 34; ;Re- ,
publicans, 42. f
House: ' Democrats, 262; Repub
licans 171. ' . ' c
2. Sam Rayburn, (D), of Texas.
3. Kenneth R. McKellar, (D), of'
Tenn. ' ..';.
4 Joseph W. Martin, Jr., and .
Charles Halleck. - ,
6. Robert A. Taft and Arthur H. :
Vandenburg. N -,,)
- 6. Nine. r J J
7. 201 are lawyers. ; '
8. House Ways and Means.
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Meeting Of Board Of
Equalization And
Review
The Board of County Commissioners of Per
quimans County will meet as the Board of Equal
ization and Review in the Court House on Mon
day, March 14,1949, at 10 o'clock A. EL, for the
purpose of hearing complaints iid the equaliz
ation of property Vcluos, and sa: j Oozrd will ad
journ from day to day until this work is com
pleted. 'fi'K'l-i
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