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PACE Nissen Wagon Attention In Advertising " Famous Players-Lasky Film C Community Since 1787. Various Kinds, And * Since the formation of .the origt-i, tttaj thirteen State*. North Carolina It 1kk> been a !ead?r in all phases of I American life and history. I When the Famous Players-LAsky Ftim Corporation ftir? their first thowlr.g of the famous pionoer pie- t tuec. 'The Covered Wagon." which km shown In Now York. Chicago ? wxl other large cities at $1:60 per t >ae*t. they came to North Carolina I :to hnd one of the old original "pralrlo schooner' wagons with which to ftve a realistic tou'-h to their adverjtk-.lng campaign^ ? (V'4v>. u tfr>aBk<*i|.lw3 FyrJ.fftMr-cwyiti C ^.fj'-pppfcfSV-aif f. i wmrnmrnm A i-epr^yer.vativc oX the corpora-j 1 ' . Hi-.ic 'Bo'ut> In search of this [J n.'.-,) - t.q u . i 1'in North Wilkes- i boi*o, j; C. wr . rc he purchasedi s N.-a?- jit. S. V. Tom- f ! rificn;. and i? .'-.'1 sen" crooked *' v , with a team of c o\'cn v n. <- ' * imed ately trans- , s fmncd ti?. Wefw York City whore for 1 yrf ar.d y':.;. '-old oxen plod-, t y i thiir slew wcafy way up nud < dcfWn rsroad-way mingUug with the J1 world's ?ii;c.r.t and uuii modern cor?' i T. C. BRADSHER i BECOMES A PROFESSIONAL SKQT I ? O? Charlotte Man Engaged by Big ? Powder Concern to Demonstrate c ; , Marksmanship. ?o? tr.} ;| It is becoming a regular habit for 1 otficr sections of the country to turn v t > Charlotte when men are needed 1 who^ excel In any line of endeavor. \ The latest proof of this fact is fur- v njshed by representatives of one of i the biggest powder concerns in the * world coming to this city and tngag- g ing the services of T. C. Bradsher, n because he is considered one of the 0 best trapshootcrs of tl*e United a States. fl Mr. Bradsher ha* -resigned his position as manager of the insurance a b o t! V I - L ^iRBBg '1 r u n ^Sgjf' r-i r: ^ -.T.n f.r ^<ts. -Zrj* 1 tMh*. \ \ w MM . w ' y tr 'V* " v <?t5S3^ " : ?*< V " . rt T. C. Brail she r. . ta fit department cf the Charlotte Bank ami Trust company, and will ieavt nt once for Chicago, where he wfl' ^ enter the ring as a professional trAp footer. a Mr. Bradshor has tCon many vie >r tori<^ in trapsfctooting, beating every "Athing in the Savannah tournament ,a r" and in the mid-Winter handicap, a ^ Pinehufst, Mr. Bradshor won th?. st trophy and all monies offered'by the ^ Pinehurst Gun club. Ho is a youag n< man. the youngest of all the trap- " shooters of the country, and ha: participated m tournaments in al auctions of the United States. Mr. Bradaher was barn in Rox :r r^-- * "?rrsrv .. -sc boro, but haa made Charlotte hi* * hmmt* fiw li^n ft**?, m*A n?a w>itf j friends here "Who are deeply inter- *J esU*l in his success.^-Observer. I? a Q- I . ? -w l "Feed and. Weed fergl-Breed," are JA .the three grridftia ."tans fn .Intrying ? sajd.one speaker st the recent fanr. j?i remrerition in Releish. Of the three. 'JJ y ?. ~ . * : - *- -v ;-fc - - - - of "Prairie Si The Streets o The Cavetred orp oration Sent to North Cai ?Old Wagon For Day* Mil Now Citizens of Chicago A One of the Romance drawing behind thrsm tbia old "Nls ten" c rooted bod wagon, which lra<. no doubt d one ot two genera Hone of WUkee county Phi nm be fore It wu nut tfto i? i Hjl In th< metrofrbtlB. Now, Hewing ft* abed it* nni In %em Ymrtt. ft is understood that the cttlty of Gh> - go are of iktii atanoa* It. wondering Kll the vMIe ?MN t could have com# from. Followtn? their pMtif of f uh | rifth^ all tgbjfrefi , \ 1? j Ji? y iiji-f iT 4 I./'-r 'oi* a history of this old wogi>n: Juit sow. when and why, it was originated. at the ?a*ne time roqtKwtlng t history of the company which was Irst to produce it. . Appearing below is this short but omplete history of the foundation tnd growth of the "Nissen wagon" ndustry which, by the way. is, 30 ar as is known, Americas oldest inlustty and holds the world's record or continuous business byone famly of pebpie.. to Americas l-'irst Train?The Wagon The further one goes into Amerl a.n history, tHe more interesting it reta-r-Lhe more feats of .accomplishment through the mere persistence <1 .the indomitable American spirit ,r- disclosed. . Take, for Instance, the wagon-, one f the oldest vehicles of trunsporatiur. we !eol;? upon it as merely nc of the thousands, of products of 'Ur many factories, still the history ? thy foundation and growth of lrc wagon industry reads almost Ike ^fiction. What Is believed to be the parent ehlcie industry of the nation now tand/< in the southeastern suburbs d Winston-Salem, N. C? the N-isaen i ukoji uorxa, a mammoth, tlwiving mgon plant which for the past 136 cars baa never closed Irs doors. 'hVough wars, panics, floods and Ires 1l has been continuously operted by the same Nissen family, one enera,tlon after another, with never .dollar of outride capital. It stands ad ay a? a monumeat'to the Nlssens. ne of'the pioneer families who left European monarchy to seek more reedojr. in a new country Just Wagons Built in th'i- year 17 87. just 136 years go, the first "Xissen wag-on" was ulit a:;d this marked the beginning f an Industry whore record for connuous business has ncer been, and erha-ps never will, be equaled. The fret "S'Isaen wagon" r/a? bul't' )r the us? ofi'.a builder. The next, r.d perhaps all that cculd he built >r the i.ex: several years wo*> taken y his neighbors as the country wai radially but slowly settled A GtsanUc Ta*k W'Mrjhe crude too1* and methods f-that time th : bu:/ding of a co.xl.-te \.i.yon was U'gigantic under-', iklrg. A.11 wood parts wore hewn" ri a~d worked down by hr.nd: all on3 were forg-ni from rough toil its, With the hand sledge. Su'ch a 3k today would be considered alost an impossibility, but ' lis < arly S'lssen'" was accustomed to.hnrdilps?kntw how to overcome obacles. Nothing could curb his ride In his work. Each wagon, each irt of th* wAgon. must be made > it wo?ild reflect credit on l*s alter, and this policy soon canned o f tj3 .1 v, agon-iyuiiner : > read. Slowly but surely the .Island Tor his wagons gr ?v until th y erp p-ulled miles through the on .ny with hornes und sold at i atar on court' days. * In Pioneer l>ay* B?!or? the days of railroath[fl,?;er.s hulit the wagons which oared families over roadless moun. In?, through tangled forests, and oTig the unknown Indian trails, eking new horr.ee farther vest In ' e days of '4 9 the Xlssbrus vrer. lllSllif wagons to carry our aJv??nrcus forefathers cn their famou. isn to the goldflelde of California The Ktssens butlt the 'w&*on?. hlch wns hauled the lumber r: aild the old Plank Ttoad from Sri m to Fayettevllle. Thry built . a ftgor.s which made their r'- gu". ' beduled trips over this roaA : ?k g down to the 1/oat landing a nyctt>vl!Je dried fruits, vhis1:id .rther products of the mount i c.lon of Western Carol.na ar. a?torn Tennessee. bringing back lose families such supplies as tod oil: r.ndlehuUl not thr ms--'vrodrjef: It. whs in this era of pf' a asportation. that the old c ook-v Ji or' 'prairie F.rl\bonor" wa? ?krig. iited end to this day It coull. >.o ft Improved upon for the pur; o* >r which It was Intended. It w? constructed that the barrels hiskey.' mo'.aese? or the. leas bulk ie rear. The Tighter Vn3 more bulk uff has loaded on top of this. &U1 aving ample nocru for th? horn ted and- for the occupants of th agofi to sleep- The proj'.ctlop o is oovrff at front v?(l -'-&r x^Y* ro^teciClon. b?ftth^ to the drlvar^im?a^th#,roar. end* on'coV z.lghta the" agon was placed at what the old 1 iam*t*r? termed- 'quarterln* to" th* .Mh II 11II THE ROXBORO COUBia> . A? zhooner" Type. f New York Wagon", A < Molina to Get Vehicle of Type tgLed oa Broadway With the je Giwmg Upon It<?History >ef American History. f tl?d behind his wagon. For this traffics It was tha Ideal vehicle. Plfcved In Industry when Wtnetov-enlsm's early ls> dostrtoir ?t?ed oau*eti other than . the local one* these wagons served tii.j nihstvortaOon problem. They , healed Into Wtnetow-Salem the m? Pm Mt ntrni f?eforle?. &n4| . OMx hwgtofr har firm prtxJttote.H tJU MU of ?Mu ?ife "0e<MIed" CTtnl r tfknm totm to tow*. Tire firm to-m Weep? ?u w a ja tit? Itonous FtodMoiitfl , #h ntfrmm at Vtorth CWoMna ami Vfr-B gdtoto w? lis slut mf ftmrfret on - ly'^$"'21 SWI ?>? ? S||t4 121 v 1 lt:?-' > j. J|BI 1**^"*iR^B5v v*' Rfly' IV /,\fRB l.soh wagons" and they have carried I! the bulk of it ever since. It has been I truly said that these old wagons laid | the foundation for the world's largo lest tobacco Industry for they hauled in the first machinery for tne raanI ufauctnro of tobacco, and they hauled out the first manufactured toll batco that Winston-Salem, the larg est tobacco* center in the whole world, produced. Many communl ties throughout the country first saw heard of "NltDcn wagons" through there peddling expeditions. War-TIine History ween me civil war came on, the Confederate government contracted for. all the wagons that the factory could produce and tills again helped ! to spread their fame. With the grimgray -veterans of Lee and Jackson these old wtigons started in at Bull I Run and stayed straight through to ; Appomattox. During the stirring1 .days of 1S61-G5 they carried food j ( and clothing to the men on the fir-i i ing line. They carried wounded sol- , I d:ers through swamps and across j mountains In hasty retreat before . the overwhelming lines of blue. Wheil r%> were drawn Into the world conflict the Nlssen factories 1 were again drafted into service and for months were busy building wagons which helped our dough- ; boys stop the enemy, so It is -. seen that neither the deadly swing of the I. Indian arrows, the sting of the.I Yankee bullets, the scream of German shrapnel, nor the thundering1 of the "big Berthas" of the Germans have been strangers to the "Nlssen wagons." Three Generations At Work ' In the "Nlssen" factories you will find, in mere instances thai) one, three generations of wagon-builders working side by side. Son is being trained to take up where father leaves off. and grandson steps up into his father's place. Twenty-five percent of rhe men in the factories today have from twenty to fifty years Of "Xi.sen" Service to their credit and r,UTif than fifty per cent cf the Tr.cr. have been in the organisation from ton to twenty-years.. y A Con n!n?J < % ganlzatlon When the '.'rlv -raorr.!.,? f'.ro of Augur,! -Oth, 191-i. completely wjped cut the train f-.cT.ry building H '. -fl ' no., tools nor rr.i.hir.ory of . ny kind. Not' "even a hand ftmmcr cl, ut before night!;.:: . f the siime day tlvrr.en had bor: ' ur bovShiWflteJWt toe's to begin v. ork (u^teroporary QU.irjgrs and within a""r.tirprisfnpijr short tiairf machinery Mad fc? - t ; s^PTpbl I. While ;he output wit#. evjr.se. . j restricted1 basis, production of ".hos" famous wagons i.ev >rthelotj? wen: Ktc-adily. oh/ " Maohiiury yr>ans;f!go ">vt sorvico ami siordd in ? ut-i u:ldlr.ga was :< ?jrr?rCto>i am 1 put in work until . . .v r.'.achlhery o - procured. by this \ lie" sp rit '.he record cf 13f. \ . * " rif continuous wor< r-I'g was rtain mined. > cc-:: .,)! 5?s" v..?; the Nissen or-"' gUn. n i:.:.: : o oij.s:d> beep was c.i'.'f-: sn re-ic^es'.r-jct the burned bui'.-Vifc!* The rim he- for the'-new buiiidr.f v-as u- from their own large J.i'. iber { resf-ry'e?%-by their own t.rv.- :r.i'.'.-; ;5ie* br.c",; were laid, rimt?j;s placed.-for:;<? built, and con-| jcrete mixed anc ^poured, by meat SHIP AND rORT COMMISSIONERS ARE IN RALEIGH FOR SESSILE Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 13..?Membra of the commission inquiring into th ships and terminal proposal of Gov ernor Morrison are hc?e tonight t begin taking testimony tomorrow. Two whole-day session are a'riea and at this meeting perhaps th most important evidence yet bubmit ted ("will ,)e- taken. The cotomissio has the remaining months of the yea to finish its works but the report o I the findings will hardly be made witti Jin that time, " tnivinvic y ic? m mo aamum tration's desires is expected. ?: a Charleston, S. C., may hae had graee-iul city adminstfaationy bot ht pathway will novrhs- 3toney indee< * ? -o rummaa printers, hnvn irtimair Pun WiUly ~~ ~~ f ? <; _ and ChicoZ New Pictu: That Has Been Made in ' Finest Automobiles of * of Nissen Wagon trained and. In many instances practically reared in the orfj&niz&tloii. A Cfeacury Of flrtyroM It to ttoo reoair%-.4l? that, alOw^h * hwadi^d ytopto^ and more BbOT wmot* ud y t?? >em?gt *t(?t IntmMMt ?nvln> ma'ili>wijiy mmd |iI ? wu. W tmuaafuamn in <MM obi. b*tt? mn??i<ii>i tor waqfe tut tlwn thoao tJ? ftiat W?mi cMInt not Boon taoad. A Miiilln il mow uSS I HHHH gg? choice. The Xlssens of today, did the Xlssens of Washington's time, use their axles, tooth, second growth hickory. Fdr their hubs, epokee. felloes and all other, gear parts they1 prefer and. use the eturdy, Btront white oak. They still cut their timber in winter when the sap i* down, and dry It by ths natural process outdoors under cover until its Is "bons dry." ( TnSftv 1 ? ?w r?.ut. ?uu lumoer tsnfiQfl cover twenty acres of - ground, and have sufficient material, machinery and equipment to produce a complete wagon every ten minutes of tfce working day. but the ownership, su? pervlaion and complete operation re? main In the hands of the Nlssen family without a dollar of outside capital. Upholding the reputation of their product has become a matter of family pride. Every wagon produced must be a tribute to the early Nissens and a credit to the Nissens of today. "Virtue It's Own Reward"^ "Never has this saying been more truly exemplified than In the standing and good will possessed by the Nissan organization. Their wagons have not only a national reputation. But In many, tropical countries, where the ravages of climate soon cause ordinary wagons to disintegrate, Nissens are used almost exclusively. Many of the large farming syndicates operating In tropical countries have adopted them as best suited to their needs, and this puslnoss has grown to a point where the export business done by the Nlssenjs la of considerable volume. . The unquestioned standing of this concern todaj-l.V simply 4 matter of carrying out-an I Amf.ric0.iv4deal?the desire, the determination, to excel In an uadertak- { in?r. r^'xhTBa I I Pj. il ! P 1 ' ' I P 1 r 1. 1 U\ i : V/ 1 m FRIENDLY SQ| <1 1 ?| BANK" TheF "~T"7T"^ri7"ii~Tt ii ?if .? .iu'i. - ^ t " ' GAS WiLL DECIDE FUTURE WARSi .' ! Whole Armies I'ut to Sleep and Im- ' prisoned In Gas Warfare 1b Not Impossible. | New York, Aug. 13.?Whole armies put to sleep and taken prisoner in I gas warfare is by no means an imnnfleiKilifir *>K -? 1? " " /cofs Hence, DOJ? Bacon, chief of . the technical division . of the chemical Warfare service. A. , E. V., says in a description of the pos- , sibilitiea of the future art of war ] made public by the American Chemical society. , The 12,000,0000 spent on the research organization did more toward i winning the war, Gol. Bacon asserts,', than any other $200,000,000 spent' in other ways. One of the greatest' ] lessons of the war has( so far gone almost unheeded, according to Col. Bacon, who continues: "To say the use of gas in warfare must be abolished is almost the same as saying that no progress must be made in the1 art of warfare toward , making it more efficient or mere humane. If one reads of the great battles of history one will find that the victorious general conquered his 1 enemy usually because of the fact that he so chose his', position as to , : have his flank nrotecteH hv fbrw I mountain range or some naturally strong barrier. "Much ofjthe strategy ot these bat- ( j ties consisted in manoeuvering so a to obtain the advantage of position. With the us^ of gas it fe possible. t to saturate a piece of ground so that , no troops can cross it, and thus make an artificial barrier from the flank or j protect the lines of communication. ^ Moreover, these artificial barriers can be kept barriers for just as short a time, as the strategy cf the [particular (battle demhnds. These are but hints, but show the tremendous unexploited.- possibilities of gas in warfare. "One can easily imagine the. situation at the time the fighting was hand to hand. with, the spear or the [sword, and gunpowder was first ini troduced, which in those days perhaps permitted the antagonists to fight at n range of TOO- to*-200' yards. 'There must have been a great outcry 1 as to prohibiting the horrible new mode of warfare, and it must have been felt' that it was very unfair | to stand off 200 yards rathar than to meet in combat man to man. "But no one looking back* on that [period would attempt to sav that it waa possible to have stayed the hand of progress and to have prevented hy any. legislation or agreement the use of gundowder in \tfarfare. Moreover, .the consensus of opinion today would be that the hand to hand fighting with speaT and sword was morecruel and inhumane than the fights if"snHviJWWP nker and The ] t By co-operating with himself in position to port that is so necessa agricultural pursuits, operation that places t tier such support. In a . . farmer used each othi tVe particularly solicit because we are really facilities of this bank , al. m. T m - 1 irst National: ORGANIZED 1918. ~ t? ? 1 ft . -? ' v.'!" . eg* li.ia guu -tad the bullet. Simi .* prtiJa: null! wo cannfct iffec'aialiy st?y the prosrre?p of icience, and to attempt to do so is toe only unwise but is alio preventng the possibilities of a really more inniane type of war." o EDITOR HARDING'S CODE OF ETHICS The following Code of Bthirt was ' written by President Harding, as .ditor of The Marion Star, and was itrictly enforced by him on the mem-' hers of his staff: "Remember, there are two sides to svery question. Get them both. "Be truthful. Get the facts. Mistakes are envitable, but strive for accuracy. I would rather have one story exactly right than a hundred half wrong. "Be decent, be fair,, be generous. ".Boost, don't knock. "There's good in everybody.'' Bring out the good and never needlessly, hurt the feelings of anybody. "In reporting a political gathering, give the facts. Tell the story as it is, not as you would like to have it. .* Treat all parties alike. If there is any politics to be played we will play it in our editorial columns. "Treat all religious matters reverently. "If it can possibly be avoided, never bring ignominy to an innocent man ivmsan or child in telling of the mis- ^ deeds or misfortunes of a relative. V Don't wait to be asked, but do it without the asking, and above all be clean and never let a dirty word or suggestive story get into type. "I want this paper so conducted that it can -go into any home without des:roying the innocence of any child." WRIGLEYS Take it heme to ?frM ,he kidsJ&Kaff (lava a narko# in your pocket for an ever-ready treat. CflHRfeK A delicious confenlion and an aid to Farmer | ' 1" $ , ' J r. ' >V^J'.? I a bank the farmer places receive the financial sup- * ry at certain seasons in all l|j! And it is the farmer's co- & he hank in position to ren- i|| vvnrH thn kitnl/Ai* n?d ol?n .. V?.v WMIIUVI aiiu LUIS Jr' I .. . ; the accounts of farmers, rS ?.< . a farmers bank, and the S| 1 are always at their dispos- raj ?-r*?^ j|
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