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By BILL CROWELL
SLEEPY HEADS . . . Authori
ties are well acquainted with the
vicious dangers of alcohol and
speed, but they are unsure about
drowsiness as a contributor to
highway accidents.
To be sure ,it’s a* certainty
that sleepy head3 who fight a
loosing battle against fatigue,
yet who keep on driving jeopar
dize their own necks and the
safety of everyone else on the
rodd.
But are they “reokless drivers”
in the eyes of the law ?
A New Jersey court says yes.
In a recent case there the de
fendent was convicted of reck
less driving charges after falling
asleep at the wheel. He had
argued unsuccessfully that mere
ly going to sleep was not reck
less driving because there was no
proof of wilful intent.
But the court had the last
word when it ruled: “Sleep does
not come without warning. Be
fore sleep there is drowsiness
and before drowsiness there is
usually great fatigue or at least
a desire to sleep. Therefore, when
a driver falls asleep while driv
ing it is a legitimate inference
that he was negligent.”
SUDDAN THWAT ... Driving
in a fog is dangerous—especially
if it’s mental!
DRIVING RULES? . . . Here
are some notes, selected at ran
dom, from a Japanese driver’s
manual:
1.. At the rise of the hand of
the policeman, stop rapidly. Do
not pass hftn or otherwise dis
respect him,
When passenger of the foot
hove into sight, tootle the horn
trumpet at him melodiously at
first. If he still obstacles your
passage, tootle with vigor and
express by word of mouth the
warning “Hi! Hi!”
3. Beware of the wandering
horse that he shall not take
flight as you pass him. Do not
explosion the exhaust pipe on
him. Go soothingly by or stop by
the roadside until he pass away.
4. Give big space to the festive
dog that make sport in the road
way. Avoid entanglement of dog
with your wheel spokes.
5. Go soothingly on the
grease-mud for there lurk the
skid demon.
6. Press the brakes of the
foot as you roll around corners
to save the collapse and tie-up.
HOT TIP ... If your hard
working car battery is struggling
to deliver current through a
frosting of corrosion around the
terminals, here’s a quick way to
get rid of it Add a quarter pound
of baking soda, to a quart of
water and brush the solution
around the terminals, the battery
case and hangers, and the ground
strap. This dissolves accumulated
grease and neutralizes harmful
acid deposits. Then dry the parts
thoroughly, tighten all connec
tions, and as a final touch coat
the terminals with a film of vase
line or light grease.
FLASHBACK ... In the year
1896- the French word “automo
bile” first began to appear in the
newspapers . . . 1900 New York
acquired a motor driven ambu
lance . . . 1902 T. H. Shelvin was
arrested and fined in Minneapolis
for speeding over 10 mph . . .
1906 front bumper appeared on
some cars, but not as standard
equipment . . . 1916 hand operat
ed windshield wipers, stop lights
and rear view mirror appeared
as standard equipment on a few
cars . . . 1922 balloon tires in
troduced ... 1922 gasoline guages
appeared on the instrument pan
els of a few models . . . 1923 four
wheel brakes adopted by a few
manufacturers . . . 1924 two fila
ment bulbs appeared, permit
ting hi and lo headlight beams ...
1926 hot water heaters introduced
. . . 1929 car radios, foot con
trolled dimmer switch and dual
taillights appeared.
Area Still Has
Labor Surplus
RALEIGH — Durham and
Asheville again are classified as
areas of substantial labor sur
plus in a federal report received
today by Henry E. Kendall,
chairman of the Employment
Securty Commission.
The Bureau of Employment Se
curity of the U. S. Department ol
Labor also notified Chairman
Kendall that Charlotte, Winston
Salem, and the Greensboro-High
Point area still have a “moder
ate” labor surplus.
In today’s report, these areas
retained the same classification
given them in September. Classi
fication is made for. the majo.
labor market areas every twt
months.
When an area is ruled as hav
ing substantial labor surplus, it
is in line for certain federal bene
fits in plant construction and
production contracts. Plants in
these towns may receive priority
when governmental contracts are
awarded, and speeded-up tax
write-offs are allowed in costs of
construction of new plants or ex
pansion of facilities.
Under previous classifications,
the following smaller labor mar
ket areas are eligible for these
benefits: Kinston, Rocky Mount,
Fayetteville, Mt. Airy, Shelby
Kings Mountain, and Waynes
ville.
NORTH CAROLINA
CLEVELAND COUNTY
NOTICE
The undersigned, having quali
fied as Executrix of the Estate
of J. S. McSwain, Deceased, late
of Cleveland County, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against said estate to present
them to undersigned on or be
fore the 4th day of December
1957, or this ’notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment +o the undersigned.
This the 4th day of December,
1956.
Margarte L. McSwain
Executrix.
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Negro News
By Mis. Cannie Gordon
107 Carpenter Street
Phone 81G-J
Funeral for Mrs. Minnie Ervin
Orr, 58. resident of West Parke,
street, will be held Thursday at
3 o’clock p. m. at Ebenezer churcl
with interment to follow in the
church cemetery.
.Rev. W. M. Murray will conduct
the rite. The body will remain a
Gill and Brown Funeral Home
until the hour of the services.
Mrs. Orr. native of York, S. C.
died December 3rd at King:
Mountain hospital. Surviving an
one daughter, Mrs. Minnie Bar
nett, of Kings Mountain, two sis
ters, Mrs. Annie Jamson, of Spar
tan'burg, S. C., Mrs. Bell Adams,
of Gastonia, and a brother, Ear
nest Ervin, of Clover, S. C.
Rev. W. M. Murray and con
gregation of Zion Hill and Eben
ezer Baptist churches will render
services at Shady Grove Baptist
church Sunday night at 7:30. The
proceeds will be' for Building
Fund. Mr. and Mrs. James Hill,
sponsors. Everyone is cordially
invited.
There will be a Fish Fry Sat
urday night given by Louis Cur
ry at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Rayford Barnes for the benefit
of Building Fund. The public is
invited.
Mrs. Minnie Orr died Monday
at 3 o’clock in the Kings Moun
tain hospital. Funeral arrange
ments are incomplete at this
time.
There will be a chittling sup
per Friday night at 416 Childers
street given by Mrs. Edith Gill
and Mrs. Odessa Moore. The
public is cordially invited.
There will be a bingo party
given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Willis Williams on N. Wat
terson St., on Friday night, Dec.
7, beginning at 7:30 You are
invited to come out for an even
ing of fellowship and fun. Sand
wiches and refreshments will be
sold.
Compact News
166. Phone 1130-W
6y Mxi. A. P. Aaams. P. O. Bo>
The Compact school auditorium
will be the scene of "A Parade of
Brown Dolls,” Friday Dec. 7 at
7:30 p. m. Thirty pre-school tots
are expected to participate. The
rhythm Band under the direction
of Mrs. Couser and Mrs. Grier
will furnish music. The public
is invited to come to see the
crowning of the King or Queen
of Brown Dolls. An interesting
program of Christmas songs and
dances will be presented. The
prettiest girl and the ugliest boy
in the Sophomore class will be
crowned also. Admission will be
20 and 50 cents. Miss M. R. Adair
i: sponsor cf this class project.
Compact Girls To Take Part In
Debutante Ball
On Dec. 7, the Zeta Mu Omega
Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Al
pha sorority will present thirty
five girls who will make their
first public bow at a ball in the
spacious and beautifully decorat
ed Highland High School gym
nasium, Gastonia, at which time
will be crowned a queen and two
princesses of the Debutantes who
will be presented with gifts from
the sorority. Participating in this
group are four young ladies from
Compact High School. They are
Javotta Burris, Gerline Byrd,
Geraldine Degree, and Barbara
Perkins.
After the formal presentation
of the debutantes, an evening of
dancing will be enjoyed by the
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Lithium Corporation Statement
Lists Nine-Month Profit $748,186
In the first nine months of
1956, Lithium Corporation of
America doubled net sales over
the like 1955 period and showed
a net profit of $748,186.
The profit figure was in con
trast to a $41,402 loss for the
first nine months of 1955.
The information was contained
in the quarterly report to stock
holders mailed last week over
the signature of President Her
bert W. Rogers.
Lithium Corporation has home
offices in Minneapolis, Minn.,
and operates a lithium extraction
plant near here on Bessemer City
Road.
Noting that earnings of the
third quarter were slightly off
from the first two, Mr. Rogers
said the decline was due to the
vacation shutdowns during July
and to two boiler explosions at
the Bessemer City plant.
Mr. Rogers continued:
“Profit margins were distort
ed adversely beginning in May
and continuing through the third
quarter by certain events arising
from the shift of production of a
major item from the plant at St.
Louis Park to the plant at Bes
semer City. This adverse effect
upon profit margins may not run
its course much before the end
of the fourth quarter, though, as
predicted in the midyear letter
to stockholders, certain impor
tant benefits of the shift are now
being felt. A considerable im
provement in over - all profit
margins is expected to become
apparent after January 1, 1957.
“Finally, I am very happy to
be able to report that during the
third quarter of the year, one of
the most important developments
in your company’s history ma
terialized. .This development is
in the field of high energy fuels,
approximately 400 invited guests.!
The PTA of Compact High
School will have it’s regular
monthly meeting at the school on
Thursday at 8:00 p. m. December
6.. A1 patrons and friends are
invited.
and Girls basketball teams will
play Lincoln High School, Bes
semer City at Washington High
school gym, Waco on Tuesday
night Dec. 11, at 7:30 p. m. All
patrons and friends are invited
to follow and support the team.
These teams will also play;
Green Bethel High of Boiling1
Springs there on Friday, Dec. 14.
Church News
The woman’s quarterly union
will be held at the Mt. Olive
Baptist church Sunday Dec. 9.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend. Dinner in the church
basement at 1:30 o’clock.
Mrs. S. M Brown is at home
after spending ten days in Dur
ham, with her daughter, Mrs.
Willie Jackson.
and, while details cannot yet be
revealed, some idea of its impor
tance and of your company’s out
standing position may be gained
from the following facts: first,
to the best of our knowledge, Li
thium Corporation has received
orders for an amount in excess
of 99 percent of all orders let for
lithium chemicals for use in high
energy fuels; and second, the dol
lar amount of chemicals which
we expect to deliver during 1957
for use in this new field alone,
on the basis of contracts already
in hand, is greater than all the
business done by your company
in any past year of its history
with the exception of 1955.
“To meet this demand, we
have undertaken a second ex
pansion program at St. Louis
Park designed to increase by 50
percent our capacity to produce
lithium metal and metal deriva
tives. We have also underway
the creation of additional facili
ties to produce other important
lithium products, and it appears
safe to say at this time that, just
as 1956 has shown gratifying pro
gress in all departments over
any previous year, so 1957 may
be expected to continue and, in
certain cases, to widen the ad
vances.”
In Spanish - speaking lands^
the Three WiSe Men bring
Christmas gifts. In our land, wise
men give U. S. Savings Bonds —
the gift that keeps on growing.
Part of American’s savings
should be in his country’s Savings
Bonds.
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