Salisbury, Oct. 5 (AP)—The old town perked up its ears when a motor vehicle of the flivver variety, driven by a negro from the Mocksville section, took to the sidewalk, and careened between pedestrians and plate glass windows without harm to either, and finally came to rest in the street. The dazed negro admitted he got excited, but claimed that his car acted peculiarly and that the wild ride wasn’t entirely is fault.
Editor’s note: Flivvers were small, humble automobiles, as opposed to luxury or high-end cars. Ford Model T’s were often called flivvers.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1926
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