The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-08-23
OWNING AN AUTOMOBILE is
LIKE OPENING A PRIZE BOX
One Never Knows What Hair Raising
Experience viii Come Next ON
Even the shortest Trip
MR.AND MISS HINsoN ENTERTAIN

tuclt a. never any ttt4tA= WHAT t4At
may discover on even the shortest
and most casual trip.
4 few afternoons ago, several OF
US. three women and ten year old
girl TO be exact, were enjoying an
idle spin towards Arson. On the re-
turn tlip. when we had just released
our noses after the latest car had
passed. and had actually caught a
Whit OF cool woods and damp earth,
there was a sudden explosion under
the right hand front fender, and the
usual but unexpected had happened.
We side-tracked and crawled out.
That much We could 90 eNpertly.
The jack came next. 1t operated
beautifully Then!
Now, we all know how tire should
be mended-theoretiea But when
il came TO the actual experience. II
seemed that this particular tire sud
denly developed as much tempera-
ment as an opera singer. and took
a fiendish delight in going contrary
to all laws OF man and automobiles.
OF course all traffic had ceased. A
sure way TO stop il Is to get in troub-
lie along a road side and want help.
For once there was no cloud Of dust
upon that much travelled highway.
Theory and PRACTICE Are Two Differ
ent Things.
After much discussion as TO the
best way 10 do il. each Of US having
an entirely different idea about the
matter, We had gotten as Tar as UNI
screwing that thingamajig where the
air goes in, and IL got hung midway,
and gleatully refused TO be removed
at all. We were just in the midst of
post-r ortem, when, glory be, Il car
hove liz sight. II was a Franklin. y
perfectly harmless looking middle
aged man and his wife 1--WE supposedl
were a Il. We began TO beam. Here
was help we knew. But!
Our beams turned into total
eclipse as that Franklin car. without
stacking is speed rolled majestically
by leaving us in a fog OF dust and
very much crest fallen as to hopes.
well" remarked one. philosophy
cally. Don't expect folks in fine cars
to stop and help Us. Look and see
If there is a Ford coming from any
direction. There was not.
We feopened our argument with
the refractory tire, determined to
conquer il some how. Then another
car hove Ia sight 49,. One man was
in it We assumed our most ap-
pealinc expressions. Never had a
man ,cp.eA 80 lOoa. TO Us. He was
actuall inning at us. and we We're
grinuir- bao'. in our most welcoming
manae". wish, Another
clord a. Just and RAPIDLY disap-
pear,nc car, And he was (sh-h-h-hD
a well known Monroe man too, We
took time to rise up from the dust
and hope he and the Franklin man
would both have at least one punct-
ure q piece before they got to where
they were going, and would find at
the last minute that they We're en-
tirely out of patching, too! So
there
We felt better then and went to
work again. Evidently If that tire
was going to be changed we were the
ones who would do il, whether we
could or not.
South Carolinians Restore Belief In
Mankind's Chiyalry
Then another car came into view.
But we were thoroughly disillusion-
ed by this time and expected moth
ing To our utmost establishment
and intense delight. however, this
car rolled up and stopped, and the
hail "need any help?" came simulta-
neously from the two men in 1t. We
all four told them at once that We
did, then each told them separately,
then all together again. Fact Is we
were bordering on the desperate, for
night was fast approaching, BY the
time these two men had gotten out,
another car rolled up and offered
help. The world was right once
more!
You'll never know what a relief II
all was! II was two-fold relief in
fact. Not only did We have a mend
ed tire in a few minutes (the man
said he had had Ave puntures in one
mile a few days before so was in good
practice hut our faith in the chiv-
airy OF mankind in general was firm
ly restored after rocking and totter-
ing sickeningly for very bad half
hour. We were almost incoherent.
so ELUSIVE were our thanks to our
rescuers, and | believe We were still
thanking them when they disappear
ed from sight down the road. And.
now, where do you suppose these
men were from? Why none other
place than South Carolina
Marshville News Items
Miss Kate Hinson and brother,
Mr.. Talmage Hinson. entertained de-
on Thursday evening al
the home Of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. G. Hinson, in honor of their
guest, Miss Lille Bell Phifer of
Clarkton. After the arrival OF the
guests progressive conversation was
enjoyed. there being ten topics to
discuss. The couples found comfort
able seats on the lawn in the moon
light The fourth topic of conversa-
tion being Cant Elope" cantaloupe
was served during the time of dis
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