The information comes from Raleigh that 70,000 North Carolina motorists are wearing the new “King Tut” license plates and more than a million and a half dollars is credited to the account of the State highway commission at the close of business Saturday at the license department in Raleigh, and six days for the old green and white plates to run. All records have been broken in the rush of the forehanded.
Applications for new licenses are coming at a rate of 10,000 a day, and the department expects that by the end of the week that upwards of 150,000 licenses will have been issued and $2,500,000 placed in the treasury for the improvement of roads. The old numbers have passed into history at the 188,000 mark and no more of them will be sold.
Last year and the year before, the collection of the license fee encountered the greatest reluctance on the part of the motoring public to part with money. Secretary of State W.N. Everett sees in the rush this year an indication of a greatly improved financial situation, and more widespread prosperity. The alacrity with which people pay up is taken as a good barometer.
More than 100 extra clerks are working 10 hours a day to keep up with the rush, and the mail that goes out every day reaches a total of five tons. The postage on plates mailed out amounts to more than $500 a day, and the post office department is (words missing). The initial rush will be over within two weeks and the staff will be gradually decreased until the business shrinks to normal.
From the front page of the Lenoir News-Topic, Tuesday, June 26, 1923
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