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i - THE ,. '. Published lord, North Published very Friday at Hart- Carolina. MAX CAMPBELL Editor ; Entered as eeeond claw matter November i5, 1934, at Ppat Office it Hertford, North Carolina, un der the Act of March, 1879. , i, JBSCRIPTION RATES ( J2.00 Par Year Advertising rates funiahed by request : FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1953. tioa to his prediction on, general busi ness activity, Dr. McKinley foresees the following developments in 1954: . Tlw 'iramW (if workers emnloved will be up slightly, not down in 1954. The average, work week will deeline slightly, although average wages will increase about sue cents an nour. inis increase in average wages is wie of the reasons Dr. McKinley predicts that consumer buying will increase in 1954. , . ,::'-, '-v Sini tfixea will also he down, this will also increase disposable income, and will probably mice tne toiai Amount snent bv consumers next year by five or six billion dollars. Dr. McKinley says consumers will enjoy a better market next year than they have since 1950, and predicts a decline in prices of two per cent. ; ; , , Hclly Deccr Installed By Town . Street decorations for the holiday season were installed by town em ployees last week, and lighted on Thursday night , The decorations are not as extensive as in previous years beca&se-' of the wotk project being carried out on. Church Street, and the delay in receiving new utility poles which are to be a part of the new white way within the business district. A new feature, however, has been added to the decorations, a scene showing the nativity, which is placed on the Court House Green. This at- Farm Bureau Views ,.- .. A Sweet Story Sue White is a pretty girl from Big Springs, Texas. Her father is a cot ton farmer in Big Spring. But things haven't gone so well for Mr. White this year. A drought hit the Texas cotton crop and the White's fortunes sasreed accordingly. Sue quit college because of the poor state of things around Big springs, but she didn't stop raising top steers. She took one she had1 bought for less than two hundred dollars to Chicago, for the stock show, the other day. Her beef steer did all right, too, winning first place over all the others entered. That gave her the top steer in all North America, according to many estimates, and also gave her $1,000 prize money. When they told her she had won first place, Sue broke down and cried like a pretty girl oughta and the top stock show official, Jess Andrews tried to com fort her. Amid sobs, Sue said she might be able to go back to college now that she had won top prize in the stock show. And she was sure to get more money than that, out of the sale, and any other benefits which might re sult. So things are looking up for Sue White, a gal who doesn't seem to know what the word defeat means. Our hat is off to her. It is great to see things like this happen in the USA. still the land of opportunity for all those who would persevere. Save Your Life This Christmas One of the unbelievable tragedies of the Christmas season every year is the Tmmhenif deaths which aecur on the highways, as. the result of pre ventable automobile accidents. Un fortunately these sudden deaths often snuff out the lives of loved ones just as they are coming home to celebrate the annual Christmas festivities. Statistics show that the month of December is a grim one from the standpoint of automobile accidents. Weather conditions are likely to be poor, and there is a maximum of darkness, in which automobile acci dents are more likely to occur than in! daylight. Therefore, driving Condi tions are close to their worst in the month of the year when the major holiday season occurs. Some few accidents are unavoidable and even if all drivers exercise maxi mum care and caution, some fatal ac cidents would occur on our highways. However, highway records have prov ed that over ninety per cent of all ac cidents are preventable and need .nev er occur. It is genuinely disturbing that durinsr the Christmas holidays this vear Americans will bei killed on the highways at the rate oi perhaps a hundred a day and injured at a rate even far greater. Glancing over figures like these, one realizes why foreigners some timsa PvnrpKs amazement at the carn age on U. S. highways. Although the j world's most advanced nation, perhaps representing civilization's farthest ad vanced age, it is a black mark against our present-day culture that we can not reduce highway accident deaths to a lesser figure. -: We urge every reader and drivers to exercise care and good judgment this holiday season and save his or her life for many future Christmases. And, if that is not important enough, saving the lives of those you may in jure or kill, through carelessness, should be a proper incentive. About 1954 Business tw rsnmtan McKinlev. chief of the Pmiifontial Comnanv of America's eco nomic staff, says business next year will be at about the same level as this year. These words, from the top economy expert of the nation's second largest insurance company, are news worthy. '';":T.J' McKinley joins a number of other cuvinnmists who refuse to believe a serious recession is in store for the Ampriran citizen in 1954.. Many eco nomic experts, perhaps a majority, are predicting business in general win Kak five tn tan ner cent below the 1953. level, and have been predicting a re cession for at least a year now. However, McKinley says there will be a sharp increase in consumer buy ing in 1954 and that this increase will offset expected decrease in Govern ment spending, home, building and other capital expenditures. In addi- The American Farm Bureau Fed eration's National Convention is con fronted with many important issues. As this article is being put together the American farmer's largest' and most aggressive farm organization is now in full swing at its National 1 Convention in Chicago. The follow ,ing subjects which have been before the American people throughout the nation for the past several months will be passed upon to try to help the next Congress take constructive action: Ways and means to promote world peace; the voice of agriculture or who shall speak for the American farm er; general price level, or are we be ing priced out of the world market because of our high cost of produc tion; farm income stability and im provement; federal budget, production and marketing adjustments; the role of government as regards to agricul ture; conservation and improvements of farm resources; the free choice system; capital needs of agriculture; labor and management relations; two way trade and aid. , The solution of these problems means not, only dollars and cents to the American farmer, but could mean our national survival. 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M., in St. Ann's Catholic Church, Eden ton, each including Ser mon on "The Infinite Value of Our Soul," Holy Communion, followed b7 Rosary in honor of Our Lady of Fatima and for conversion of an non- i Catholics, Prayr for Marian Year, Sunday School, with eonf ssions for half hour before services, stated Father Francis J. McCourt, rector, who invites everybody to all services and Information Forum in Church Thursday 7:30 P. M., to 8:30, follow ed by Choir Rehearsal to 9:15. Christ mas Masses at Midnight and 11 A. M. TRY A WEEKLY CLASSIFIED AD TAYLOR THEATRE EDENTON, C. Week Day Shows Continuous From StSff Saturday Continuous From t:3v Sunday 2:15, 4:15 and' 9:15 Thursday and Friday, December 17-18 Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in "ROMAN HOLIDAY Saturday, December 19 John Derek smf. 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