Free Wheeling
*> modern youth trying to hold
n his sp-edometer to 55 or 60!
on today'* ribbon-like highway*.1
the spiv!aclc of a world without
automobile* is beyond belief. Vet.
some of hi* elders may well re
memtx'i the day they first saw
one of those curious shaped
"horseless carriages" as it chug
ged along Main Stnvt. clatter
mg. shaking and smelling highly
of oil and gas.
The industry at that time was
considered a passing fad. It was
cordially detested by the citizens
of the lS90s. The auto would not
sell itself, as a matter of fact. It
had to lie pushed into the homes
of millions of people.
For those manufacturers who
succeeded in selling a few ma
rhinos, it meant continuous ex
piTimonting. developing and pro
duction. For the country it meant
the birth of aeveral important in
dust ties notably rubber tires and
gasoline.
Tlte gas powered carriages
were not the only contraptions
that frightened children and
horses in the early days. The
steam and electric vehicles were
just as popular. However, eacli
Hioounterrd certain drawbacks.
It took too much time for the
water to get hot in the -seam en
gine and vvnen emphasis was
lAced on speed and hill climbing
^H-Icctric car was shorted out
aHo, travel had to be kept to n
minimum because the battery de
manded recharging every few
miles. Thus, experimenters lurri
ed their attention to the gasoline
engine.
It proved itself to lie the life
blood of the auto industry.
Pioneers like Henry Ford. Ran
som E. Olds. David Dunbar Bu
ick. the Studehaker Brothers, the
Dodge Brothers. James Ward
Packard. Walter Chrysler. Cha
rles Mash and Louis Chevrolet
led the way. But for one or two
successes in the business a hun
tired others failed.
At the start of the new century,
tile auto industry had just about
jassed its creeping experimental
stage. It was ready for the first
big step. Tn lfxjo production
reached a new high 1192 cars
CLIFF
BLUE
May 30
• Served 9 terms as Member
of House from Moore
County.
• Speaker of House 1963
Session.
• Presbyterian, Lion, Mason,
Woodman.
• Business: Newspaper and
Commercial Printing.
• Home: Aberdeen.
• Family: Married. 4 chil
dren, 3 grandchildren.
wrp told.
Pro*?it's* came swiftly thereaf
ter. The next year Olds turned
out 425 curved-dash OMsmobiles
Ho is known as the first mass
producer of autos in the world.
New York sold license plates that
year, too. a.id added nearly $1000
to the state treasury.
The industry's adolescence was
marked by other development
highlight*.
1901 — Ford Motor Company
opened its first branch (in De
troit) .. Pope-Hartford wascriti
cie/d by its competitors for in
cluding lamps as standard equip
ment. . .Cadillac Motor Company
organized.
190V — Humps were purposely
built into street in Glencoe, Illi
nois to discourage speeding —
Maxwell designed a special car
for doctors, named it the “Doc
tor's Model”. .Congress was ask
ed to regulate speed, identifica
tion and registration of cars
i killed)...
1909 — First mile of rural con
crete pavement in the U. S. was
opened July 4 in Wayne County,
Michigan. ..Louis Chevrolet be
gan work on a car of his own de
sign, .fabric tops appeared on the
market.
1913 — A trend toward slop
ing fronts and hoods began...*
standard 90-day warranty for
cars was recommended by Na
tional Automobile Chamber of
Commerce.. .Gulf began to distri
bute free road maps.
1914 — Dodge started produc
tion .. the first stop sign to con
trol traffic was installed in Do
troit...Fo*xl planned to rebate
between $40 and $60 to each pur
chaser of a rew Model T provid
ing the company sold more than
300.000 cars from August 1914 to
August 1913.
1917 — the first Nash appeared
.. l-rneoln Motor Company form
ed. Essex Motor Car Company
began manufacturing a light car
| . .several closed cars at the Xa
1 tional Auto Show were equipped
! with heaters.
191k — Because of the war mo
j tor cars officially considered dis
pensable luxuries and heavy ex
cise levies ta.\ed them like tobac
1 cot perfumes, whiskey.
1919 — Studehaker discontinu
ed carriage making to concen
trate on motor vehicles -world's
first three-color traffic light was
installed in Detroit- 90 percent of
the passenger cars built during
, the year were open models (tour
ing cars and roadsters).
And in 1920 sloping windshields
j were evident everywhere by Oc
i tober. completion of Federal-aid
highwa projects totaled 191 miles
I —a compass and a camera were
' offered as standard equipment on
tlM Tf|il|i touring roadster and
flower vases were part of the
equipment on the sedan model.
1 Rible Conference
Sait Vm RWnecrest
RIDGECREST. <N. C.) - An
I annual Southern Baptist Bible
conference will be held Aug. 20
2t» at Ridgecrest tN. C. • Baptist
1 Assembly.
There will be Bible exposition
| based on Deuteronomy and simul
i tancous conferences considbrin;
| biblical teaching about “Christiai
; Worship." “The Gospel of Out
l reach." “The Gospel of Life and
i Work." and “The Gosnel of Judg
i ment." “The Sons of God" will bt
the topic of s daily period on
Christian doctrine.
Bible scholars scheduled to
lead the conference are Dr. B. El
mo Sroggin. professor of Old
Testament. Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Wake For
est. N. C-: Dr. Ray Summers, pro
fessor of New Testament inter
nretation. Southern Baptist The
ologieal Seminary. Louisville; and
Dr. Roy O. McClain, pastor of
First Baptist Church. Atlanta.
For further information write:
Willard K. Weeks. Ridgecrest
Baptist Assembly, Ridgecrest. N.
C. 2X770.
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Happy Birthday 10 tin* Exten
sion Service: They de*er\e it. No
more dynamic organization exists
in America to pioduce "agricul
ture in action." And in this fifti
eih year of operation. the "child
ren" and the "relatives" and the
friends of Extension salute this
prime mover of so much agricul
tural progress.
All America owes a big ilebt to
Extension for its work during the
two World Wars boosting farm
production to meet the food and
fiber need* of the Armed Forces
around the world. And remember
how the home agents fought flu
on the home front in 191S? They
nursed and -ooked and kept oth
ers* houses. Many agents died
from the flu. while their "pa
tients" recovered.
Extension's work, based or the
demonstration plan, has helped
to make American agriculture a
showpiece for the whole world.
Our ability to produce food in
abundance ia the free world's
chief weapon against Commu
nism.
All North Carolinian* owe a
great debt to Extension. They
started and built t’p a statewide
network in Home Pemonsratinn
Clnbs with many thousands of
members. They ‘‘fathered and
mothered" the I II Club m >vr
ment in the state, winch has,
more l-H'ei ; than any other state
• ltij.mssi. They l.ninded and built
up North Carolina's community
and area development prog;am.
a model for the whole nation and
forerunner of tin- national Kural
Areas Development program.
Extension' ■ practical, successful
programs to raise the yield of to
bacco and -weel potatoes and a
wide variety of crops, to improve
the quality of beef and hogs, to
rut the cost of poultry and egg
production 'he list could go on
and on have neipeu tremendous
ly to boost fa-m income in the
state from )e«s than $100 million
n 193.1 to more titan SI 3 billion
today
But surely the greatest good of
Extension's work has been in
broadening and intensifying the
education of rural people. Today's
Tar Heel farmer has a far hetier
sense* of the value of his land
than his ancestors did. His wife
can match and often surpass
skills in living with the most sop
histicated of urban wives. His
children are better potential ritl
a*ns His community is cleaner
and prettier, well lighted and
'phonal.
All lieeause of Extension? No.
But lot's jtist say that things
wouldn't be near so Rood if it
weren’t for Extension efforts.
Nor is this by any means a pie
tuie ol all North Carolina. Then*
is a great deal more improvement
ahead.
That's why we wish Extension
many happy returns in its next
!V» years of htrthdays.
Do you avoid storing loose ma
terials overhead on your farm?
Eleven j-ersons in North Caiolma
died lest year from foiling ob
jects.
Do you k*op tractor wheel#
spread when possible to teduee
tipping hazards? Almost forty
North Caro''itijns died last year
In tractor accidents.
Are ladders and steps well
built and in good repair? Well
over 200 perrons died in North
Carolina las' year as the result
of foils.
So there's a North Carolina
Rural Safety Council.
Its members: N. C. Medical So
ciety: N. C. State Agricultural Ex
tension Service; N. C. Farm Bu
reau: N. C. State Grange; N. C.
State Board of Health; N. C. De
partment of Motor Vehicles; N.
C. Organization of Home Demon
stration Clubs; Home Security
Life Insuran t* Company; Coro
linas Farm Equipment Dealers
A worn lion; Duke Poison Con lor:
Hospital Saving Association; Hos
pital Caro AuMUMlinn; 'Dio Pro
gressive Parmer; Auxiliary to the
Medical Society «>i N eth Caro
lina: X. C. Wildlife Resources
Commission
Tliat was a necessarily tone
I paragraph. Ami thank goodness,
ft ahow< that then* are a whole
lot of folks in Xorth Carolina who
aie concerned enough abut ru
ral safety to dc something about
it.
Some of the things that were
done about it <l!ki3i; o25 new*
releases prepared, plus ISO radio
epot announcements. 1»10 TV spot
anriouncementa, 33 safety films.
5o TV sink*-. or film snips, 10 de
monstration kits. 310 exhibits. 3
circulars, and ?.">n radio programs.
Quite a commendable job.
The next iob is you*-* «how tW*
Council that its efforts are not
in vain by: til Staving alive dur
ing 1964; <2. Reins
off fingers and toes, stick things
in your eyes, inhale farm pounds,
and swallow poison: <3) And just
generally doing everything you
can around farm and home to
keen your name out of the pa
pers. <Accidents moke real good
new* copy. This anti-publicity
campaign does not apply to aspir
ing politicians during li*t> 11
Incidentally - the Pforth Caro
lina Rural Safety Council 1.g,,t>
Colored News
MrSWAl.N AT HOME
Ptc. Lawmrp Calvin M^ain.
son of Mrs Hi -illo M-Swain of
Uu Childers street, lia.s returned
to Fort Bi.v-r rfter spending the
weekend at h urn*.
The Kings Mountain soldier rn
f • ■ Mj> 30, fwl
lowing his ^i.’iduaiioti fi.«m Com
pact high school Ho completed
basic training at Fort Cordon.
Ca. ami ad ante infantry train
mg as a tdat on sergeant! II.- lias
•ample! od Jump School at Fort
Bcnning and has t>een assigned
to Fort Bragg as a radio-tele
its fourth birthday • indie in
May. Oops' »S«* <ure to break ihat
match in two* ftemombet 22’.
persons died in North Carolina
last y ear from tiro and explosion'
phon<- operator. Hi* company lias
ujst completed the Cherokee
Tiail mone'iver*. an operation to
train the *2»id Division for gueril
la warfare.
I*f<\ MrS-vein's address: Com*
pany B l.VM ABN Inf. s_>nd AB N
Division. r*ort Bragg. N C.
THOMSON &
McKinnon
Members
New York and American
Stock Exchanges and
other loading Ex
changes
110 Liberty Life Budding
Charlotte. N. C.
IN KINGS MOUNTAIN
Dial 7.19-2631
for information on any
stock that interests
you.
(No toll charce)
MARK KANE,
Manager
Athlene G. Smith
Registered
Representative
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