Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-27
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERlLL-

Raleigh, Nov. 27.-North Carolina
motorists seem 10 have caught the
spirit of starting early for Christ
mas.
Al least, they have already be-
gun the holiday holocaust on the
highways. Every paper is full OF
accounts Of deaths and injuries and
crashes. Over the past weekend
almost dozen fatalities were re-
corded.
. Governor Hoey has appealed TO
Tar Heels to go bit slower; the
Highway safety Division is working
lis level best to impress the neces-
sity for 4 bit more care in driving;
and the National Safety Council is
adding its voice in an effort to check
accidents off the Christmas list
Each year, the Council points out
in q release from its Chicago head
quarters, the Christmas spirit OF
Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward
Men" umdergOes an ironic tranSior-
nation. It is converted by the very
genalty and excitement Of the holl-
Gay season into suffering and SOL
row through wholesale slaughter on
the streets and highways.
Thirty-tWo national organizations
are joining the Council in the drive,
which has d tWO-fold purpose: Not
only is it aimed at the blight on the
Christmas happiness, but il is last
ditch fight % keep traffic fatalities
! this year from soaring far above
1889. !
North Cardinals safety chiefs say
the same conditions confront this
state. During the first part of the
year there was very noticeable
falling off in highway deaths; but
the gains have been completely
wiped out by recent bloody crashes.
October was particularly gruesome,
and early November Improvement
went a-glimmering with the fear
, ful toll Of the last weekend.
we hope everyone will enlist in
this campaign, says Ronald Hocutt,
safety director, certainly there is
no better way OF expressing Christ
mas spirit than by sparing others
the grief of a traffic accident"
Dr., J, S. Dorton. who has direct
cd the State Fair here for the past
four years and who has kept it lin
the black" every time, will speak
on the program of the annual con-
yention of the international Asso-
citation of Fairs and EXpositions at
Chicago Monday.
His subject will be ''Moderniza-
ton of the Fairs" He plans to put
particular stress on lighting.
The Albemarle office has report
ed to headquarters of the North
Carolina State Employment Service
that it recently took the registration
tor woman whose only work eX-
nerience consisted of breaking eggs
for bakery products company.
The application explained that
hers wasn't the only unusual &C
c,mation, either. The next workers
dutv in the products company's ac-
tjvity consisted of smelling eggs"
Chief Justice w. P. Stacy intimat-
ed to attorneys in the High Point
power case Tuesday that the Su-
iprcme court iuristS are very well
acuuainted-not to say fed up
with the long drawn out battle over
the proposed Yadkin county power
project.
When w. S. Robinson, chief coun-
sci for the Duke Power company,
backed by Judge Deal, Of the High
Point legal staff, asked about ex-
tending time for arguing the case
when it is called this week, the chief
rather tartly remarked I'VE are ia
miliar with that matter, maybe we
can get through in the regular time"
Soon to be Governor J. M.
Broughton ought to hold something