Word: blackton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...highways to make it easier for them to travel in the State, and we are spending $100,000 for advertising, part of it in TIME, to invite them here. We shall appreciate it if you will give this letter the same publicity you gave that of Salesman James Blackton...
Delay in answering Mr. Blackton's letter was occasioned by an investigation of these charges, which was instituted here immediately following TIME'S publication of them...
Affidavits from the arresting officer and witness declare that Mr. Blackton, driving a truck, was stopped by officers as he approached a courthouse at which the permits are supplied, and was notified that such a permit was necessary and requested to obtain same. Without hesitation and in plain view of the officers who had notified him, Mr. Blackton drove his truck past the courthouse and on out of town. The officers followed, arrested him as they should have, and brought him back to be fined. To show further that Mr. Blackton knew well in advance what the requirements were...
...only thing irregular about the whole procedure was that Mr. Blackton was only fined $1 and costs whereas the law provides a minimum fine of $10 and costs...
Although truck drivers covering several States are usually intelligent enough to inquire about local regulations, we have today ordered large signs erected at points where major highways cross the State line for the future guidance of drivers of commercial vehicles who, like Salesman Blackton, may otherwise wish to plead ignorance...