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TO DAY] I TOMORROW ft PRANK PABKEX II | S TO, G KBB 1 DPI H ROADS .... automobiles There couldn't be any roads be fore men invented the wheel and made roads necessary. Nobody how long ago that was, but it was "before the Indians came from Asia to America, for they knew nothing about wheels until the white men came, 400-odd years ago, and brought horses and wheels. It was a long time after that before we had anything that could be called a good road any where in America. Probably we would have had good roads earl ier if the railroads had not been invented. Thomas Jefferson's project for a great system of na tional highways had hardly got well started before people began to build railroads and road-build ing practically stopped for almost a century. Nothing that we would call a good road today existed on this continent until the invention of the automobile compelled folks to improve their roads. We're got a lot of good roads today, but not nearly enough, and few of them as good as the best roads of Eu rope. PIONEERS Ford I have a deep personal interest in roads for two reasons. My first American ancestor, John Stock bridge of the Plymouth Colony, was the first wheelwright in New England. He came over from England in 1629 in response to a call from the colonists for an ar tisan who could not only build wheels for vehicles but knew how to build a water wheel. He built the first grist mill and the first sawmill in the colony. He was also chosen as "pathmaster" of Plymouth, in charge of high ways. I sometimes tmnk I mher Elkin's p T TUT Superior Newest ILJ Ak. Sound THEATR E Thursday, April 27—Today— "OFF THE RECORD" With Pat O'Brien - Joan Blondel! "Robbin Good" - News Admission 10c-25c Friday-Saturday, Matinee and Night— GEORGE HUSTON "FRONTIER SCOUT" Serial-Comedy-Color Cartoon - Adm. 10c-25c Monday-Tuesday, Matinee Monday— ■ Hill MkiIhINGS OF THE SSI NAVY • • iil"!*;" 1 ?rr~ 6EORGE BRENT OUVIA DeHAVILLAND T JOHN PAYNE 'he d * it Frank McHugh • John Utel r °»r# >* Vicor ior V ' Heor * O'Neill - ( ° 'briii- 01 hc l * Directed by LLOYD BACON g •ctj2! r * COSMOPOLITAN PROD'N , i A °»l A WARNER BROS. PICTURE ■BK Special: Floyd Gibbons in 'Toils of the Law" Admission 10c-25c J Wednesday, Matinee and Night— "GANG BULLETS" Serial - Selected Shorts Adm. 10c to AD ited some of his interest in wheels and roads to run them on. As a very young man I was an ardent cyclist, and took part in the movement to build cycle paths along every highway. I abandoned the bicycle for a horse and buggy. When the motor-car came in I owned one of the first American CMS, and found out from personal experience just how bad a road could be. I took a hand, in 1912, in or ganising the movement for Fed eral Aid for Highways, which has resulted in the great national road system of today. We couldn't get Congress interested until af ter IlCCry Ford hnrt snM > Prinngh of his cats to farmers so that they no longer regarded automo biles as rich men's playthings, and wanted good roads for them selves. ROMANCE .... Romans To me there is more romance in an old road than in an old house. So many people have travelled over it that the old highway seems to echo with the clatter of hooves and the chatter of human beings who once rode over it but are long since depart ed. The best, if not the only good roads of ancient times were built by the Romans. I drove a few years ago at 80 miles an hour over a part of the Appian Way, leading south from Rome into Campania, with only a thin skin of modern concrete laid over the ancient stone pavement laid down nearly 200 years before Christ. There is romance, too, in the ancient Roman roads of England and France. Prom 55 B. C. on, the Romans were building paved roads to tie their far-flung em pire together. Watling Street, the most famous of the ancient Bri tish Roman roads, is still a main highway, and many miles of its first foundations are still as solid as when Caesar's legions built them. » AUTOMOBILES engineering Probably more highly-trained engineering talent is engaged in planning and building motor roads today than in any other single field. Hie combination of spewi atid safely is uoi impossi- THE BLKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA Six More Free Tickets To Be Divided Among These HI ■§ B djr Here are the three who will receive free tickets to the Elk or Lyric theatre if they will call in person at The Tribune office. Two tickets will go to each one—and they are good at either theatre. There will be more free tickets next week, so watch for the pictures.— (Tribune Photos.) ble. European countries where modern highways have been built have practically no legal speed limit. But they have separate traffic lanes and no cross traffic. In the thickly settled parts of America an approach to the ideal road conditions is being made. There still remains much to be done. If all the taxes paid by motorists on gasoline and for li censes were applied to modern highway building we would soon have a perfect road system. Seven states so far have adopted con stitutional amendments prohibit ing the diversion of such taxes to other purposes. TOMORROW .... dreams I have just had a letter from Charles M. Upham, director of the American Road Builders As sociation, holding its convention at the San Francisco World's Fair. Mr. Upham describes the roads of tomorrow as he and his associates visualize them. "Tomorrow's highways will be' freeways," he writes. "Multiple lane highways will be constructed with center parkways to separate opposing streams of traffic. High way illumination will be provided for the most heavily-travelled ar teries. Steep grades will be lev elled and sharp curves will be straightened. Grade crossings and blind intersections will be eliminated. Guard-rail protection and pedestrian walkways will be j provided and all surfaces will be skidproofed. "These super-highways of to morrow will be built as compon ent parts of a master plan so that in the future it will be pos sible to incorporate them into a nation-wide system." That is a dream that will come true if enough people want it to come true. And I think the American people are getting fed up on the annual toll of lives in motor accidents due largely to poor highway conditions. It will take time and work and money, but we've done tougher jobs than that, and I believe Mr. Upham's dream will come true. | CYCLE N. B. Castevens. Jr.. a student at the University of North Caro lina, Chapel Hill, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Cas tevens, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Howard and children were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Howard in Winston-Salem. Rev. Enoch Wooten filled his regular appointment at Oak Grove Saturday and Sunday. A large crowd attended the services. Mrs. Foy Hemric recently visit ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Craver, in Boonville. Guthrie Nicks, of Winston-Sa lem, visited his mother, Mrs. Caudle Nicks, last week. Ferd Cheeks was a business visitor in Elk In Saturday. Correct Answer "'What would you do if you married a rich women?" "Nothing, I expect." NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLE CARRIER AND DATE OF HEARING THEREON As required by Section 3, Chap ter 136, Public. Laws of 1927, no tice is hereby given that applica tion has been made by S. & E. Transfer Company, for a Fran chise Certificate, authorizing the operation of motor vehicles for transporting freight between Charlotte and Mount Airy, N. C. over the publio highways via the intervening towns of Statesville, No. 21. Elkln, No. 268 and U. S. 601; Return via Mocksville, Yad kinville, over U. S. No. 601; Statesville over U. S. 64; to Char lotte over U. S. No. 21, and that the Utilities Commission will hold a hearing on the said application in State Depats. at Raleigh, on Thursday, May 11th, 18S9, at 11:00 o'clock a.m. N. C. UTILITIES COMMISSION. 5-4 c R. O. SELF, Chief Clerk. I That's Right Wifey: "Here's a riddle. What makes my life so miserable?" Hubby:. "You've got me." Wifey: "That's right!" » "j See Us Today for PAINTS AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED Prices Are Right Service Is Prompt Eikin Lumber & Mfg. Co. "Everything to Build Anything" Phone 68 Elkin, N. C. Out-Accelerates-Out-Climbs and OUTSELLS the Field! M I I, TUFTKIT TOP. PJ 1 to. HO o»wt VIHTH> t,on - I Chevrolet is the fastest selling car in the nation today, I l i. iwntoiHO I solely and simply because it's the biggest value! ?«h NT,OU I Take performance. Chevrolet is best! 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Johnny: "I-I th^ hln k. that's the temperature ofV, th e school room." v . g| /Mi OST families ate. completely at a mrj\ Z reavement. They need a helping hand as they never needed it be- fore. In your time of need re- IWBaMMi member that our friendly, sym | pathetic assistance is as near to | you as your phone . . . we're ready to help you, day or night. A mbulance Service TELEPHONES DAY 70 NIGHT 40-282 Hayes & Speas FUNERAL DIRECTORS Elkin, N. C. Thursday. April 27, 1989 Good Reason Mistress: '"Why uun'l you keep the baby quiet, Kate?" Kate: "I can't keep him quiet, ma'am, unless I let him make a noise." r
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