1,165 Cars per Death
That's Imu niauy vehicles we now
use to have one traffic fatality.
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Hide’s nothing good about our high¬
way fatalities, but to get any idea of
whether they arc really worse one year
than another, it is necessary to take
into account factors other than the to¬
tal deaths.
Possibly the most exact yardstick is
the vehicle-miles traveled. This figure
is not before us. but I do have from
the department of motor vehicles the
number of traffic deaths and the ve¬
hicle registrations for the decade 1941-
1951.
The record shows that, according to
the amount of traffic in this State
there has been generally an improvc-
COME DOWN FOR
YEAR AROUND FUN!
MOKF.IIEAD CITY and
ATLANTIC BEACII
Modern hoicU. motor courts, fishing
Sir. fishing fleet, tasty food. Fort
scon Park.
Parties, groups, conventions, honey-
mooners. family week-ends — Come to
the ocean for rest, relaxation and
recreation.
MOREIIEAI) CITY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FOR HOSPITALITY PLUS...
the Cosgroves • Southern Pines, N. C
Julius Boros, Professional
mem in safety until the last few
years.
In 1941. we had one fatality for
every 563 motor vehicles registered,
and this was the worst year in the
decade— 1.286 deaths for 737.108 ve¬
hicles. It required 830 vehicles to kill
one person in 1942, and 979 in 1943.
The score fluctuated, and we had
•he best score of all in 1948. when
only 734 were killed despite the pres¬
ence of 958.54 1 vehicles on the high¬
ways. Thus, in that year it required
1.306 cars to kill one person — an im¬
provement nearly three-fold over
bloody 1941. Since, then, the records
have grown slightly but steadily worse
— 1,222 cars per death in 1949. 1.184
in 1950 and 1.165 in 1951.
The 1952 total, of course, will ex¬
ceed 1951 by a distressingly substan¬
tial margin.
ITS A FAR PIECE
Geography edged its way into a re¬
cent meeting of the Roanoke Island
(Lost Colony) Historical Associa¬
tion. President Martin Kellogg of Man-
tco referred to "Horn in the West" as
"that play way out west." Mrs. Char¬
les Cannon, who has a summer home
at Blowing Rock, next door to Boone’s
"Horn in the West," arose to chide
the easterner. “Don’t speak of us as
way out west," she scolded. "You'd
think we lived out on the prairies.”
"Ycs’m." said Martin, "but if you’d
started from Mantco at six o’clock and
had only reached Raleigh by noon,
you'd really think it was way out west,
too.”
But to a Raleigh motorist, they’re
both way out. It’s about 250 miles to
either play from Raleigh. I drive to
either in about 5 '.i* to 6 hours, but
slow drivers take all day.
GOOD FOR ALL
On U.S. 301 somewhere around
Lumbcrton there is a 24-shcct bill¬
board advertising “South of the Bor¬
der,” which wc think is a resort just
ASHEVILLE _ _ _ _
Xudltorium Hotel Court — In ’ 1 Xe heart of
downtown Asheville — SO modern unit*
beautifully furnished. phone tn each room —
Built 1951 — TclephonedjOJ _
\TI.ANT1C BEACII _
orean Kin;- No-, open year around on
N. Cs bett itrar.d. Breakfast served. Tavern
open: Pithing Pier nearby. Winter rate»
IllltSS VII.LB _ ________
S'uwrsy Hotel, one of North Carolina's la-
mou» Inn* Open year around. Food always
flood. _ _
< II M EL HILL _ _
The Carolina Inn — Noted far and wide for
good lodging- good food, good company and
good cheer. Come to sec m. _ _
CONCORD
colonial Motor court— 40 rooms with tiled
baths, carpeted floor*, hot water heat, tele¬
phones. fully air conditioned. Good restau¬
rants adjoining _
OK EE NS IIORQ _ _
king Cotton— Famous wherever traveling
men meet. Grecn*boros newest: excellent
service 225 room* with baths: circulating
lee water _ _ ____ _
'eclC'f If Id Inn — Stopping here I* a thrilling
travel experience. Picturesque English style
building* In a lovely wooded setting. Sur¬
rounded by a splendid golf course. Complete
resort facilities. Service and cuisine excel¬
lent. Ideal for banquets. Located convenient
to main highway between Greensboro and
High Pointy _ _
Hit KORY _ _
Mull s Motel— 4ti modern unit, each with tile
bath and telephone - Excellent Restaurant
Service Station and Theatre adjoining.
MOKGANTON _
Mimosa tel— 20 Modem
and telephone,
trance to Moui
U.S 20 West one mile.
NEW TOPSAIL BEACH _____
itiee/e-Way Hotel. 25 rooms: ©pen all year
Cafe next door. _
МАД& пило
_ ^
Jhe Carolinian — "North Carolina's Moal
opular Beach Hotel." closed for expansion
Opens March 19. 1953 _
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к
I Oil _
The Sir Walter— More than a hotel—
Л
North
Carolina institution— Finest accommodations
Air-conditioned Coffee Shop. The center of
everything. _
ROCKY MOUNT _
Washburn-* Mold Court iC modern hotel
rooms, each with tub and shower, radio
PBX telephones Lobby. "An outstanding
court." _
WINSTON-SALEM
Robert E. Lee— North Carolina's lines! com-
mcreiol hotel: recently redecorated through-
out 350 rooms with baths: food-famous din¬
ing room
with bath
vision En
flotel Unit»— Each
LOBBY with Tele-
itain Vacatlonland
over the S. C. line. It offers the motor¬
ist "Southern Cooking — Yankee style "
ASHEVILLE CHANGES
William A. Tucker, who did sueh
an outstanding job as manager of
Asheville's convention bureau man-
TRAVELING MEN
Who know North Carolina
accommodations prefer to
jo on to Henderson so they
can stay at . . .
THE LITTLE HOTEL
HENDERSON, N. C.
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THE STATE. DECEMBER 20. 1952