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*-End Review By r Beam, Pre*. A, Raleigh S Tile American trucking indus try* invested $2.8 billion in new vw#iipment and added 305,000 new employes in 1953 to meet record breai.mg demands for motor trans port services in every segment ot the nation’s economy. The well-being of the trucking indus ry s integrated with the health of the entire economy and the outlook for 1954 is good. Tlys conclusion tabes into account niin o. adjustments in industry, agri culture and commerce, but does not anticipate any serious decline in our genera! economy. During 1953, the industry bought 920,000 new trucks and 63,00-3 new trailers, for a net in crease of 385,000 units after re tirement of old equipment. It is estimated that the registered truck fleet in the United States totaled 9,215,000 at the end of 1953, not including more than 400,000 government-owned trucks and an undetermined number of military vehicles. Already the nation’s second largest employer, topped only by agriculture, the trucking industry increased its direct working force at the end of the year to.an all time high of 6,773,000, according to preliminary estimates by the American Trucking Associations Research Department. These em ployes earned a total of about $2-1 billion in 1953—more than a bil l'on dollars higher than theii earnings in 1952, No exact data are available to Ihow the total tonnage moved by aP trucks during the ‘ past year since many trucks, particularly farm-owned veh’cl'es. are not re /luired to report their tonnage, Previous studies, however, have demonstrated that, ill terms of tonnage, the trucking industry at one t'me of another hauls almost 75 per cent of the freight moving in domestic commerce. In terms of inter-city service, i r'vate and for-hire motor car riers performed an estimated 200 billion ton-miles of freight service n 19 "2. an increase of approxi mately 16 billion ton-miles over the previous year. Tons of inter-city fivght leans Pvt. Ralph L. Picklesimer of Gastonia, N. C., is a member of the 5th Regiment’s championship football team of the 1st Cavalry Divis ion conference on Hokkaido, Japan. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Picklesimer, 113 W. Drake st., he is a rifilemen with the 5th Cavalry Regiment. The Gastonia so'dier, who plays center and full-bacjc on the team, entered the Army last March and arrived overt>eas in Sep tember. DRIVE IN ZHEPRYVILLE, ,V. C. ON HIGHWAY ISO between Cherryville and VVacc PHONE 4691 PHONE 4691 "We Play Nothing But The Best' yHOW STARTS AT DUSK ALL OVER TWO ADULTS TO A CAR F-R-E-E 2 SHOWS NIGHTLY-STARTS AT 1 P. M. WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, JAN. 6-7 "TARZAN and the SHE DEVIL" LEX BARKER FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 $135.00 CASH DRAWING "A MAN BETRAYED'' JOHN WAYNE ALSO COLOR CARTOON SATURDAY. JANUARY 9 DOUBLE FEATURE _FEATURE NO. 1 "THE MARKSMAN" WAYNE MORRIS _ SECOND BIG FEATURE — "HE RAN ALL THE WAY" JOHN GARFIELD—SHELLY WINTERS ALSO COLOR CARTOON_ SUNDAY, MONDAY & TUESDAY ;v "RIDE VAQUERO" HOWARD KEEL—AVA GARDNER ALSO COLOR CARTOON _ WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY 1 l "DREAM WIFE" CARY GRANT—DEBRORAH KERR * V ALSO COLOR CARTOON ported l>y trucks increased about 10 per cent over 1952, according to incomplete figures available for Class I interstate carriers just be fore the year’s end. Compared to the same periods last year, inter city tonnage transported by these carriers in the first qdarter of 1.195:; increased 10 per cent, 13.5 ! percent in the second quarter, and ' 12.5 per cent in tlfe third quarter. ; A modern decrease was report ed' in inter-city freight tonnage moved in trucks and trailers in 1 the fourth quarter compared to j the same period in 1952k This j dowhward trend offset some ot ! the increases realized during the | first n'ne months and brought | total tonnage for 195*3 to a level j approximately 10 per cent higher than last year . . . still an all-time I record for the volume of inter city, freight transported by trucks. . Fo.r-h re carriers operating un der authority granted by the ICC - earned gross revenues of about •v", billion in 1953, Cambers hand I ling commities exempt from ICC : certificate and permit regulations learned about $3.5 billion. | Expenditures by the entire in | try in 1953 for truck parts, j fuel and tires totaled approxi mately $5 billion, in addition to J ihe 827 billion the industry paid j out for new. vehicles and sabvr es. i Vtu!(> the outlook for 197-1 is j orfillv. r -■ h ‘V> fuck in • in I dvl-trv i"o • yr fh irate •.pjtb.i«is. I pro''' .... aids n •• out of the 1 ' V i breakdown- of huv :-'?e reciprocity due to ton-m:!e and other third structure taxc = now being considered of already imposed by some Stale he g: M'res. Creation o’’ rb'so. 'e bav •iers and dangers not only our .existence . but also threatens the economic balance' of a nation j geared to mass production and. mass ,ii<st''ilnfEon.' irrespective of, 'political .divisions. It i .'ir/ied to • their ' in.ev.ifable oa.p.a Pop.■ po'ic'es such a>s those j bi tiatcd by the State of Ohio I would erect a Ch'nese wall at each I state line and ultimately would j destroy the system of interstate commerce that is the foundation our •dynamic -economy, Such un- | reallst’c restraints would wreck , agrrulture, industry and business ' in the process of throttling the trucking industry. I am certain that once this tragic truth is rec ogn’ccd. widely, the legislative trend toward reciprocity will re sume. The inequitable and discrimina tory nature of the “ton-mile' theorv” of taxation has been ex nosed' by the Bureau of Public ■Roads, the National Highway Users Conference and many states. Ten states which tried fhe ton mile tax and then discarded it found that th;s method of taxa tion is extremely costly and diffi cult to administer, creates insur mountable obstacles to develop ment of reciprocity agreements with other states, and, in many | cases, results in a cost to the car- . riCr in bookkeeping and reporting that is at. least double the amount | the carrier pays in taxes to the ' states. Obviously, the cost of such taxes cannot he absorbed by the carrier and must be passed on to the consumer. The trucking industry is in full agreement with numerous state otHeials and planners, and other highway, users, on the need for improvement of obsolete high ways. Although the renovation of j highways cannot be brought about over night, much has not been done that could have been aecom pl'shed. For example, the Natioii i al Highway Users Conference re i Ported that 3,685 miles of major highways could have been eon - true ted in 195*2 if 25 states and the District of Columbia had not i diverted to' non-highway uses | A2i'2.s00.000 ■collected in gasoline | and other highway user taxes. Of course, the trucking mdus ' try. in partnership with other ! highway users and officials, will I continue its efforts to correct : these and other failures. But the ! most immediate task confronting | th;s nation is to utilise our pres | ent highway system as efficiently I and safely as possible. We pledge 1 the experience, resources and ef j forts of our industry to this task jin 195 1. l __;_ Classified Ads i ______ WANTED—To bake your home made Cakes and Pies. Will bake any kind at any time. Would like »o do washing and ironing at my home. NETTIE DELLINGER, Cherrvville, N. C.. R-2. Phone 6134.' tf FOR RENT — Three Room Apartment.' Call 2472 or 3561. It STOP IN AT Ray's I Shoe Shop For Your l Shoe Repairing Shoe Polish First Class Work RAY'S SHOE SHOP 279 East Main St. OPEN SUNDAY A. M. FROM 7:30 TO 11:00 FOR SHOE SHINES ■■■■Mr*- ^« ■' .:.*u««Ji MRS. CAROL MILLER SELLERS Miss Betty Jean Sain Becomes The Bride Of Mr. Sellers In Pretty Church Ceremony Miss Ri'tty Jean Sain, daughter of Mr. a”! firs. Ervin Briscoe Sain of V illi', became the bride of Carol Miller Selle- s < •' IJneolnton. son of M'-s. Samu"' P Digh, and the late Garre J. S i!er<. on Sun t-r;. Janvier" V'o P. M. at Hull's Gro' o Baptist Church. The Rev. Seth Ivester. pastor of the church, performed the double-ring ceremony, bef m a hprkgvund < r palms, ferns and white gladioli. An opened Bible-on the pUlnit flanked lo- -.o--pp-hrau'’hed cande labra, holding lighted tapers. Mohc was presented bv Shirley Davis, organist, who also aecom vmri’ed Rvelvn Turner, soloist, lii-’fi of I.ircolnton. T.arrv Sain, brother of the bride, and Garland Chapman. of F.in corrrten lighted th" candles just hi-fvc *h“ • eremonv. Jack 'Vgh nf High Shoals was best man. TV'o.s w Robert Sain and John D gh. brothers of the bride and bridegroom, and •Jerry Digh o* High .Shoals, Mi -s Sac Jenks of Cherryville wr< wn'd nf h«rrr She wore ny lon. net over velb'W taffeta, fash ioned with straolcss bodices of lace and matching cape. She car ried a nosegpv of lavender blue carnations Bridesmaids were Mrs. Clyde r.edbetter asd Mrs. John Davis, sisters of the groom. They wore nylon ne' over mint green taffeta with tiered skirts and strapless bodices of lace end matching capes. They carried i nose trays of red carnations. ! Miss Vicky Tallent of Vale, was 1 dower rii'l Her grown was yellow I shinned Fl-e those of the other I ’ ■•*♦ ndanfs. and -he ca' ried a , white satin covered b?-sket drop rose net0'- d 'tvn the aisle. , The r n- hearer was Kiddie Beam o" T.’ncolnton. in '•'ar-:atr'.‘ hv Her fath- : er, the bride wore a full len^tb >w i.rp-t d hand-clipped ! chanti'fy lace over sat n, fash'on i ed with loner Vioerincr sleeves end :P ■’ cal' i eoint over the hand. •• s-ellor neck line with seed near's an I with .the two tiered finerer tin voi 1 of illusion, was at*ached *" a J"l'et cap of 1 at.n. seed -earls and sonuines. hv eav'ed a purple orchid on a vhil ■ praver hoop showered with streamers of satin ribbons t:od in leers knors and lily of the valley. Her eni- rma’-e-t was a strand of pearls, trift of the proom. After the ceremonv the eoujitf yaw d :n fhe — hu”‘'h vestibule to receive - untrratulations and best ■ w shes fuini -relatives and friends. f ate'- 'he cout'le left for a wod , dinar trip to Florida. The hr’de wore a 1 i-."ht h'ue suit with navy accessories w th an orch'd cor sao-p. M‘s. Sellers is a eraduate of Xorth Brook Hitrh S -hool. and is now employed with Southland Life Insurance Company in Char lotte., Mr. Sellers attended Lincolllton 12 X. C. 4-ii‘wrs Will, ^aiionai Honors Falioa Davis ■ Hilda Gray r Appla Bobby Newton SXMSMW'. . .WoKxot Nancy Mason Martha M. Stevenson Charles Lee Rogers Billy B.van font Mann Nancv K*arns latty Lesttr Mary Jackson Lois Simmons TWELVE North Carolina state members have won national honors in t-H awards programs. reiton navis, js, ot uoiasooro, | has won national honors in the ; 4-H Dairy Achievement program ; and a $300 scholarship awarded i by the National Committee on 1 Boys and Girls Club Work, Chi . cago. In 1952 his family moved to : a 244-acre farm and more cows ! were added to their herd, a j Grade-A bam built and electric n.ilkers installed. Hilda Gray Apple, 18, of Gib sonville, in six club years made | 214 articles, remodeled 60 gar ments nd mended 175. As a na tional winner in 4-H Clothing, i she received a $300 scholarship given by the Spool Cotton Co. Bobby L. Newton, 18, of Creed moor, seven years a 4-H’er, re ceived a $300 scholarship award in 4-H Citizenship program, in honor of Thomas E. Wilson, of Chicago. He was a 4-H camp I leader and junior counselor. Bob I by has given 29 speeches. Nancy E. Mason, 17, of States ville, alsq a winner in Citizenship ' and awarded a $300 scholarship award in honor of Thomas E. Wilson, of Chicago, believes that good citizenship is essentially be ing a good member of one’s fam ily and community. <■ Martha M. Stevenson, 15, of Loray, was named a national 4-H Dairy Foods Demonstration win ner on a trip to the 4-H Congress, donated by the Carnation Com pany. A 4-H’er for five years, she believes that dairy food demon strations are the best way to teach people the importance of milk to good health. Charles Lee Rogers, 19, of Wake Forest, began his corn project in 1946 and harvested 103.3 bushels per acre. In 1950 he increased this to 122 bushels per acre, winning county championship. Charles re ceived a $300 scholarship from the International Harvester Co. as national winner in the Field i Crops program. Billy Bryan, 18, of Blatjden rx>ro, a national winner in 4-n i Health Improvement program, re ceived a $100 U. S. Savings Bond and a trip to the National 4-H Congress, provided by the Kel logg Co., Battle Creek, Mich. . Kent Mann, 17, of Mebane, started his first poultry project in 1951, with 2,000 broilers and raised 97 per cent of the chicks. This year he raised 27,000 broil ers and a laying flock of 991. As national winner in the 4-H Poultry program he received a $300. scholarship from the Ford Tractor Division of the Ford Motor Co. Nancy Jean Kearns, 17, of Farmer, a seven-year 4-H’er, helped with recreation at 4-H Club Week and trained recreation leaders. As a national winner in 4-H Recreation and Rural Arts, she received a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress, provided by United States Rubber Co. Betty Wray Lester, 17, of Reids ville, enrolled in the 4-H Better Grooming program to improve her appearance. She was awarded a trip to the 4-H Club Congress and a $300 scholarship, provided by the Toni Home Permanent Co., Chicago, for winning national honors in the program. v Mary Faye Jackso"n, ” 18, of Mount Airy, in her eight years of 4-H work, won national honors in Improved Ironing. She received a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress and a $300 scholarship provided by Proctor Electric Co. Lois Simmons, 15, of Elon Col lege, a five-year 4-H’er, began crocheting to pass away the lone some winter evenings on her farm. As a national winner in knitting and crocheting, she re ceived a $300 scholarship and a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress, from the Spinnerin Yarn Co. and King Cole Yarn Co. All these programs are con ducted by the Cooperative Exten sion Service. High School. Later he served two years in the U. S. Army, j which he spent thirteen months Lo'-eeh combat dutv. and also re- | ceived three battle stars. He is j now employed with Coble’s in Charlotte. Year End Statement President U. S. Steel Corporation C. S. Steel Corporation is back ing its confidence in the country’s o future hv an investment of approximately $1100,000,000 during 1954 in new equipment and replacements of its production ‘"a ; 1 ’tit s. We are undertaking th's ex penditure because we believe that ‘bo Corporation can best serve the long-term interests of its custom ers, employees, stockholders and the defense interests of the na tion by maintaining its producing equ'muent. at a high efficiency level. This includes also the con tinuous search for and develop ment of raw materials to replace those consumed and to insure ade- ] 1 < uate reserves for any emergency t.aat might ar.se. Such policy is, moreover, the only one that con forms to the nation's long history o. ever-rising liv ng standards, which m turn is the proof of the supe:.onty of the American coni-J pti.L.ve s.\:-em. over socialism. j % - "C is-, .nv’t.i of America’s steel. y, pacc.c.ularly since the | end of World War II, has provided us with our greatest basic strength I in history. During 1953 U. S. i Steel, alone, established an all-1 time production record of 35,700,- j .000 ingot tons of steel which was , accomplished by operating at the aver’age annual rate of 98 per: cent of capacity. n Production records Set by U. S. ! Steel and the rest of the industry ! w ere aided by many factors dur- j ing the past 12 months. There! has been substantial freedom from j major work stoppages. Price and | wage controls were eliminated i end the distribution of products, I for the most part, returned to the J no-nial channels of free enter-! prise. The cost of living levelled j in itc; hazardous climb. Yet these developments, I must ’point out, do not in themselves guarantee this country a flourish 'll-: economy for 1954. The heavy demand for steel during 1953 stemmed., in part, from a backlog of deman Is left ill the disastrous wak1 of the stee.t strike of 1952, when some 18,000.000 tons of! steel were lost to the economy, j Til addition, defense requirements! continued at a high rate, roquir- 1 ing additional millions y>f tons ot steel that m'ght have brought oti* civilian requirements into more 'realistic proportions for the year. ! Today steel for defense has been significantly cut hack, lnven-! ton- adjustments arc having their , -Toot on current steel shipments, j Readjustment is going to mean; tougher competition. Rut after! many years of tho government tel’ing steelmakers w-hat to make, how much to charge for it and where to shin it. I welcome—and t am sure most businessmen do— the return of competition and business practices associated with r--o ’ enterprise. The decline in stool require- ] ments for defense indicates not only a readjustment for steel pro ducers, hut it means—and per haps to a more serious degree—a challenge to those who have been .using steel in defense production and who must now intensify sales to existing civilian markets and develop new- ones. It is a problem j for steel producers and such cus- i tomers to solve if an increased | civilian market is to fill the gap created bv declining defense pur chases. The success of this joint undertaking will have an import- ; ant hearing upon the rate of steel j production during 1954. The operating rate of the steel! industry is one of the measures! whi’-h economists and business ex- | ports watch in anpraising the eco. i comic future. Howc- er, the cur-1 rent slackening in the industry’s! operating rate may easily he mis-1 interpreted. In recent years, with a few ex-1 editions, due mosttv to work stop- I ■pages, the steel industry has been , operating at ngar-capacitv levels. Rut it must he stressed that steel | plants never were intended or de- i signed to run at 100 per cent of theoretical capacity. Historically, the steel industry—Tike most in dustries—-has had a substantial reserve of capacity for use in times of temporary 'peak demand or national emergency. At such times it is able to run at 100 per cent- only by resorting to the un economic use of marg nal facili ties. materials i and manpower. For this reason, a decline in the h gh operati ng iaie — U. S. liter l averaged '• - p- r cent in 1953-—docs not indicate that hard times are ahead for the industry and those who buy its products. Although the rate of production hasldeelined, I feel that economic Conditions throughout the first half of 1954 will he generally fa vorable. As a result of additions to and replacements of facilities in re cent years IT. P. Steel is well pre pared to meet increased competi tion in the Now Year. The most impressive of constru ct'on accomplishments for 1953 came when the last of the major ‘VUilics of tlic new Fairless Works at Morrisville, Pa., were set into operation during the late fall. Designed to -servo customers in eastern states, the new mill is producing slabs, sheets, liars, bil lots. tinplate ami i n.,nuous weld pine. The Corporation-- iron ore mine development at Cevo Bolivar, Venezuela, also neared completion during the year and the first ore shipment is scheduled to leave for the United States early in Janu ary. Shipments of iron oro from Vet'- -ne!a -.ng 1954 arc ex ported to reach .ihstanDa! ton " ages. \ milestone of many years of research was reached in .Tunc when the first carload of tar,mute • 'encertrat.es \va< shipped from the Oliver Iron Mining D’vision’s Mountain Iron n'a”‘ in Minnesota for commercial m il use. it was a -•ignifi-ant, step in expanding our domestic sources of bon ore and provides bright promise for vol ume use in the future. ,\s, an important phase »n our constant, search for new and im proved steels and better processes for making them, the Corporation started construction last July of the country’s most modern steel P•-•-p center near P’tfshurgh, Pa. When completed in 1955, the new laboratory not onlv will pro vide the Corporation with expand ed research facilities, but it will serve to coordinate all of IT. S. Steel’s technological development programs. In the field of labor-manage ment relations. David ,T. McDon ald. president of the Un’ted Steel workers of America, and I started a series of plant visits last No vember to study our problems at the plant level. As a result of our trips to plants in the Cleve land. Pittsburg and Chicago areas, we have high hopes that these visits will proAdde us with a better understanding on both sides and a means of finding greater labor management harmony at the p’ant level. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our deep appreciation to our neighbors and f"iends for the many deeds of kindness and words of sympathy during the illness and death of our dear mother and grandmoth er, Mrs. Thomas F. Be’lers. We are also grateful for the many beautiful floral tributes. The Children and Grandchildren STATEMENT OF CONDITION CHERRYVILLE NATIONAL BANK Cherryville, N. C. At The Close of Business December 37, 7953 RESOURCES ( ash in vault and on deposit with banks , . 620,752.78 Loans and discounts 656,480.79 Banking Building and equipment 18,100.00 Bonds Owned 1,057,5.69,38 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank 3,000.00 TOTAL $2,364,911.95 LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital Stock 50,000.00 Surplus 50,000.00 Undivided Profits and reserve 84,256.64 Deposits 2,180,655.31 TOTAL $2,364,911.95 OFFICERS J. T. ALLEN, President DR. r. H. HOUSER, Vice-Pres. E. V. MOSS, Exec. Vice-Pres. A. C. BEAM, Cashier DIRECTORS J. T. ALLEN E .V. MOSS BEN R. RUDISILL DR. F. M. HOUSER TROY C. HOMESLEY Member Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation * 1
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