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M jLuescav, August i, ifii. f FORD'S FACTORY ATTRACTS j THOUSANDS EVERY MONTH Two Hundred Thousand Visitors Have Been Conducted Through Plant in One Year "Henry Ford's Interesting Personality" is the subject of the following article which is one of a . eries on "The Truth About Henry Ford" writ ten by Sarah T. BushnelL The Ford company plant attracts thousands of visitors, foreign government official;- and other distinguished travelers as well as plain Americans. Two hundred thousand persons have been conducted through the plant in a year, and in one month there were foreiy-t 'zhi thousand visitors. Naturally they all want to see and talk to Mr. Ford himself; naturally, too, he can re ceive only a small percentage or them if he is to have any time for his own affairs. One day his callers included a European queen, the Rcskefeller of China, an x-preosident of the United States, several senators, two university presidents, a committee of educators and a California woman, TO years of ag-^. who had crossed the country in her Ford roadster. A staff of secretaries is kept busy ~ ~ ~ avm'c woi] T i h >_ yytiiiiij; I UIUC :uuu. * and letters were received each dav for a considerable time. If he were to comply with ail the requests ho receives for help he would be compelled to close his business. Appointment.! generally are made for him by Mr. Ernest G. Lie-bold, who is Mr. Ford's general secretary, to whom he has delegated great rower. He often acts for Mr. Ford. Mr. Lie hold's assistant is Frank Campsaii, who possesses much ability and a pleasing personality. It has been said that Mr. Ford does not read the newspaper and that he dees not keep in touch with the affairs of the day. Both statements are untrue. Mr. Ford reads the morning paper? more regularly than he eats his brakfast; he glances through the noon editions and the evening papers are always put by his favorte chair and reading l'ght. He goes through them carefully. Morever, he receives many cartoons and clippings that (refer to him, both favorable and unfavorable. Studies Modern Needs The activ-'ties of h;<3 experts show that Mr. Ford is in touch with modern conditions and needs. His chemical department has perfected a gas a-JLLJ?u W^PIWCnPMWWHI wwwwr ^ajging*! 1jo*? 17/^Ok^iTtmro^I i VI LUMUEUitOI < Buy a Chevn the Dif \ We guarantee z Chevrolet" to co ^ ?1 i Cent per mue 10 c : 1 Centra! I J. D. Qnaiiiehaum, I I Newberr I ?? - ? - 5 BARB We will fu rnisk a and refreshments at August 12. All Stat dates have a specio old and young and ei W. I H. b --"1 11 "" " "" 4 Ll "|B l oline substitute by liquifying: "?as that form much as coke is made fro cca'. The same department h made testa with a milk substitu which is purer than the a vera j cow's milk and which, it is hope III .1 k] >1 <> fn |-n*ir>\* ihnll V"V . i 1 I'lUH 41 MiV. OO A H ^ Iiiitttj ands of ailing babies. Mr. Ford fr quently discusses small communiti . s industrial centers and many sin Jar subjects. It has happened not infrequent that persons who never knew M Ford have drawn freely from the i magination to substantiate the clai that they are familiar with all ti details of his life. A book was wri ten by a writer with no more found t on ihan a few interviews with M Ford r-3 he stcp-pd from an elevator walked in the park with his wif X early all the stovieii of t.ie Jinanci of tiie inventor in th? ea ly days of his car-making come fro vivid imagination and nothing els At twenty-eighth .>Ir. ForTs on con -if of th.? JKOLI pijnt. The heir to va*?t wealth, would net bo unusual if h? uovot: muh tunc to ^olf and ether amus mentc' and ^pent months ar wini< end summer resorts, or like man another son of a rich father, Jet Da do the work. Instead Fiisel Bryai Ford i> at his desk every morning These who know him well sav he he his father's genius, enthusiasm ar common ?ensc and his mother po'se, and that he is a young man c ability anu strength of character. Edsel Ford was a small child i the days when his father was strup Viir.g to get n start in the automobi] industry, and he naturally has bot love and respect for the great bus ne>T that his father founded an built up. He had no college educa '.:on. for he was schooled in the fa( fft'-v iHvtinr* iri mi nrimnnrtant DC ^it'on he worked his way through th various departments and learned th Drtire business firrt hand. Th draft beard granted him one of th ten thousand exceptions that wer jfiven industrial workers in Detroi' The board felt, that he was mor needed in the factory than in activ military service. Xot by a word o gesture did Mr. Ford seek to kee his son out of war. Seldom Wears Hat Mr.. Ford seldom wears a hat ar h*3 hair :s snowy white. Ke is frail looking man, with shoalde: sightly stooped and he usually wea a p"ray suit that niatehes his gri eves. His features arc delicate, h hands;and feet small, and his heigl ; :out five feet nine inchc-3. In mai Mst Transportation L jlet and Sa)vre ference s. "New Superior ? 6. s - iU ? M /"l a a Si icbo man \sbi*Z, >perate. 'G&fctgc 2 7/.. ru ? ersunuLiy m t-nu/gt V ? C }> k-'? first class Barbecue Peak on Saturday, e and County candid invitation. Come yqy a cfay u;if/z us. If. MAHAttEY IDNEY LINDLER. esfner he is friendly and genial, and alni though very retiring he is a delightas ful conversationalist. He has travelte ed much, has inherited a touch of *- Tii'if ?vt / ] T (j HIS IcU-HUI J> ii.oi; >1 a <iuu v. I'll, joys a hearty laugh. Around his .s- home he whistle:; like a school boy. c- He is devoted to outdoor life, but es abhors hunting. He will not allow ii- anything to be killed on hir5 land, not j even the crickets, nor will he permit jy.the servants to drive away birds, i r.' Amnnp his friends he is known for " i """ :ir his quizzical glance at a rainy sky m ho will remark, "You can't change ic the weather, so change your attitude it-j toward it.'' "Pool your knowledge" a- is a favorite bit of knowledge he r.' gives, and a comment familiar to his sr intimates is, "It takes pluek, not e. luck, to make people successful." al One Sunday while he and Mrs Ford r- were attending services in the Epism copal cathedral in Detroit Mr. Ford's e. car was stolen from in front of the ! church. Since then he laughingly ' ly declares that he has lost interest in 3r church services. And he .is fond of it saying that he "believes in religion, ?J but doesn't work at it much." e- His country estate of seven thousir and acres was ten miles from Detroit iy but extends almost to what is now id the citv limits. There Mr. Ford lives I it the year 'round, entertains his ?.'friends and is happy among his birds is and trees. A part of his grounds exid tends behind the Dearborn village 's school. It is a natural amphitheatre )f and Mr. Ford has had it cleared for ; the use of the school athletic asson elation. He delights in driving r. through the village where his own e boyhood was spent, filling his iimouh sine with boys and girls and carryi ing them off for a picnic in the d , woods. For his personal use he gen i- orally drives a small gray closed car ?a Marmon?but he has, of course, >-! many other cars, including a "flock e | of Fords." e i SkilTfuI Camp Cook e | He is a skillful camp fire cook, e ! and one of his favorite amusements * e is a steak broiling contest with some t. J titled visitor. On such occasions he e personally selects the meat at the e butcher's. His frequent visitors inr elude John Burroughs, who died reP ' certly, Thomas A. Edison and Harvey S. Firestone. These four regu: larly spent two weeks together 'd camping or touring, their automoa biles followed by a "house on r3 wheels," a large motor truck equiprs ped like the prairie wagons in which iy the western sheep herders cook, live 15 and sleep. Mr. Ford and Mr. Fire^ stone, being in the same business, r:_, have many interests in common. Mr. ! Ford nvH Mr. Edison have been the " j closest of friends for twenty years. | Both are possessed of many similar j characteristics and have the same j tireless, inventive genius. Both belive that "success is one-tenth inspiration and nine-tenths perspiration." They have consulted each otjier .in their problems and correspond by letter and occasionally by wireless, for both have wireless stations at their homes. Mr. Ford first met John Burroughs some twenty years ago when the great naturalist was visiting in Detroit. Their devotion to the out I of-coors soon made them the closest I cf fviends, and that friendship was unbrken until death took the naturalist a few months ago. The last time Henry Ford saw his old friend alive . was in December, 1920. At that i j time Mr. and Mrs. Ford visited the Burroughs place, River-by-on-Hudson. Mr. Ford stopped at a butcher rhop on way and bought a number , of choice steaks so that "J. B." 'could prepare what he called "brig' and .steaks." Here are the direc' <. tt.cn::: riace a steaK, a snce 01 oa-. j cor. and an onion on a long: green i stick and hold over the hot coals,' ; i j turning often. Mr. Ford, although ,'he had never mentioned it, hired men ! to clear up Mr. Burroughs' rocky land and also paid ofT the mortgage; i so that the naturalist would not lose i his paternal homestead. This Mr. j i Burroughs mentioned in his will. i ?- I : Mr. Ford still takes a keen delight i in skating, and the small lake on his ' estate is kept clear of snow from the j fi7'?t freeze to the coming of spring. 1 There Mr. i-crcl spends many winter ? j evenings gliding ever the ice. It is j to such pastimes as this, no dQubt, that he largely owes his excellent: health. He has lived all his life; i practically in the same spot and even' j today he seldom leaves the vicinity, | of Dearborn for any length of time ! j with the exception of a summr cruise j ! on his yacht, a hasty inspection or j fcr a brief camping trip with old I ! fv5pnrl< ! The Ford residence is of gray na-j j tive stone and birlt along Gothic j i line?. His study is in the round , | tower. Long bookcases shelter his ! books, the technical ones among them showing plainly their constant use, and a large window looks toward the bungalow which Mr. Ford built in the first days of his pros j perity as a resting place wh^re he j -?1 would be safe from intrusion. Its broad veranda and great' fireplace surrounded with easy chairs make it comfortable in summer or winter. The study windows overlook what at fir^t glance seems an Indian mound, but which is the natural shelter for the electric boat which Mr. Ford drives up and down the river. All the windows give a view of the River Rouge, which has been compared to ,L? T"?*>nc' rxf Vircrinia CIIU clcilUVO v/x ? Within a short distance of the residence is the gray stone parage in which are Mr. Ford's laboratory and experiment rooms, and where he perfected the tractor on which he worked harder than on any of his other inventions. In reality this garage building is a modern power plant with exceptionally heavy walls to shut in all noise. Here the inventor nff-nn labors until late in the night, just as he did in the red brick barn in Bagley street, Detroit, where he made his first car. * >:= * * About ten years ago a certain clergyman in Detroit, who was ambitious to build a costly church, went to Mr. Ford for a contribution, hoping to get a large sum. "No," respiied the millionaire, -'I 1 i~_i:??vnnnciiTo rr Vi ns." (ion t oeiievc in , "Then,' said the clergyman, "will you come to my next service and let me preach a sermon especially for you? I hope to convince you that you are wrong." The following Sunday the minister cast a searching eye over his congregation; then he announced his text. It was from I Chronicles, 17 chapter and first verse: "And it came to pass when David said to Nathan, the pro p'net: 'Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord dwelleth under curtains.' " The minister raised his eyes from his Bible and explained: "The word curtains used here means tents." He followed the text by reading: verses one, two, four, five and nine with f-mnnasis on the fourth, fifth ard ninth. Then he turned the pages to II Samuel, 7 chapter, and read: "And Nathan said to the king 'Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.' "And it came to pass the same niprht, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying: " 'Go and tell my servant David, "Thus said the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for-me to dwell in. " 'I have be&rfc with thee whither* soever thou wenteet and have cut off thine enemies from before thee and I will make thee a great name like unto the name of the great ones that are on the eart^i.' " The clergyman launched into his sermon. After he was well started Vio fivpd his eve* on Henry Ford and "* * said: "The church is the dynamo of the Lord's business. It is right and proper that churches should be beautiful and should be as lovely as it is possible to make them. Why should we live in fine houses, houses of cedar, and worship the Lord in tents? There is a rich man in this city who considers that his engine is the dynamo of his factory. It has always been the custom to place such engines near the rear, in an ugly section of a factory, facing an alley. This rich man had put his engine in the front part of his factory, it is in a beautiful room with pure white tiling. He keeps men constantly polishing and cleaning it; he has surrounded it with handsome plate glass windows. The engine faces the most expensive thoroughfare in our city. Sightseers stop tp admire its immaculate beauty. lie very rich man loves this engirje; he surrounds it with the best that l/ioney can bfly. He considers it]|the dynamo of his business. This is true with churches. They are the djtaamo of the Lord's business. They Should have in and around them everything thai is lovely and beautiful. No expense should be spared in the construction of a church nor in its location.'' The minister went on and on with his argument. The following week j he went to see his richest parishioner. Xo mention was made of the sermon j until he was leaving. "I haven't changed my mind," 'said Mr. Ford then. "I feel just as I did. I don't believe in expensive churches. But I do think that a ! 'minister should be paid a salary that will enable him to live in comfort and lav by something so that he can buy a home or a farm or a little place in the country where he can round out his last days. I'm going to disappoint you; I'm not going to give you anything for your new church." He handed the minister an envelope. "Please give that to your wife when you get home, just a little token of my regard to you both." When the rector returned home he told his wife about tne disappointing visit and handed her the envelope. In it were twenty onehundred dollar bills. The rector later built his big church. He succeeded in his ambitions. He was taken abroad, and sent to various parts of the country 'by the millionaire; eventually he received a large salary. , i Eventually the minister and his I wife drove into the country; they : found and bought a little fruit place, with a tiny house on it, something to tie to in case of old age or mis| fortune. ! It is characteristic of Henry Ford ! +Vi?,f toolr Tin nfFon^p tn the frank j ness of the sermon, but it did not ! change his mind. i * * * * ; In order to keep his factory run: j ning full blast through December. 11920, Mr. Ford took a loss of fifteen j millions. Against the advice of business associates he kept production going umtil after Christmas day. When New York reporters telephoned his office he refused to give his reasons for the shut down, his idea ! being that a statement regarding his retrenchments and the reorganization of his business might repress the market. Immediately there arose wild rumors that he was in financial difficulties. Happily, these were untrue. His aversion for borrowing has placed his gigantic undertakings on a safe financial footing. Detroit is not New York; Griswold is not !' ' ==== I : ' V / ?s $885 The insi e* crr\r\r ? txiv the pub] ... remarkat People c( car so bet % ? be produi Cord tire able at r t cation; tr / Prices F. ing Car, : A Cai T\I/f A iVl/Y - . . . / V *., ui.-?u. miitiL-jul::. ?hwcb? ?i.? j j i mi m\ \~ rr~ We a , Temporarily machines that w? ready for busines I . We have re] cars rolling, and ; trade as usual. I1CYV U' M< Wall Street, but a prominent Detroit banker has said: "If Henry Ford should need lar^e sums of money, Detroit will secure it for him." Hnwpvpr. it was the serious ill ness of his only son, who went through an appendicitis operation, which caused Mr. Ford grave concern during the winter of 1920-21, and not financial difficulties. A joy he is getting from his money is refurnishing 'his mother's old home, which he bought from his brother, John. As stated before, the town line when finally surveyed ran through the house. The county commissioners ordered the hoifoe moved so that a road called "Town-line" could be built. Accordingly, the dwelling was thrust back to make way for progress, and the forest trees in the yard were hewn down bccause they interferd with the grading. Mr. Ford is having similar trees placed around the old home. Pie has gone into the attics and barr. of his brothers' houses and has found discarded furniture which he associates with his mother's memory and he hn? said to the rest of the family: "Before many years roll by we will begin to grow old. We will 17 stently growing dem; 1. Maxwell is indica lie appreciation of its >le value. it, mtinue to marvel that < v i i-i i 1 J /-n tt r I 1 M tUlilUi dJLILl SU WtMl Illi ced at such a reasonabl i s, non-skid front and rear; disc steel wheels, demo im and at hub; drum type lamps; Alemite ]'j totor driven electric horn; unusually long spri O. B. Detroit, revenue tax to be added: T S3S5; Roadster, $885; Coupe, *51385; Sedan, $1 ? J" ... " * rolina Auto c . clhtQood i v r y j \ - v in sggassa^ in a? ?? ? /v re running we have rigged u ire not 30 badly di s, placed our stock a are in position to t? erry Lumb Phone 56 ?mber Newberry Chamber of Coramei fix the hom$ place like mother and ^father had it. We were so happy when we were children there together." ; More than his vast wealth, Mr. Ford's real riches consist of a wife, whose constant thought is his health a:id well being; a loving 6on and two ; mall grandsons, who are his pride and joy. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. The State of South Carolina, County of Newberry?By, W. F. Ewart, J'robnte Judge: Whereas, M. PJ. Abrams hath made suit to me to grant him lettehi of administration of the estate and cffeclo of Thomas J. Abranis, deceased. Th'-se arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Thomas J. Abranis, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the court of probate, to be held at Newberry.,. S. C., on Wdnesday, the 16th day. of August, next, after publication hereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 25tli day of July, ,Anno Domini 1922. - W. F. EWART, . P. J. N. Co. : ~ I'LL '""'" a X I ' ' \ .v /; ; ?/ ' 11 ' and for tive of ' ?* ? really v jp / t i motor 4 f 'L & ade can e price. * I ^ % \ ; untibri y Xags our- j.'V. 485 ' ^ I*: Co 7v . 'ir ' / \\ J': V hi V- ' W: U T T II -I / ; ? ? . J i. r / v now. L ? p a few.of the amaged and are !! - a i ' nd have several ike care of our ] .7 i ' ? '> '% i 5 er Co. rc? 1 \ ' ?