The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
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| A story too old to be news and too good to be forgotten altogether. IS be- Ing told on a devotee of the exhiia- I rating sport of motoring. who has been wonderment of those who know of his | fondness for the buzz wagons.
 About two weeks ago the young man and party of friends went out for while the occupants of the machine were sitting back enjoying the sweep | of the soft summer atmosphere about their heated brows, and listening to 1 the comfortable purring of the bat teries as long stretcses of yellow gravel flashed beneath the fast revolving wheels. the outlines of wagon ana double team of mules ioomed up a l short distance ahead.
 The emergency brake was necessary | to stop the flying machine to prevent | disaster. It was damned down hard. stantaneous stop. The chauffeur on the hay outfit was given time to back his jar heads into. convenient ditch. | The autoists climbed back into the the r car upatH was stuck. ft ffO could not be budged an inch.
 We're out of gasoline" was the de- cision of the owner. bargain was soon made with the owner of the wag- | on to go to Montgomery and secure 1 a couple of gallons of gasoline, and he set out on his mission. The interim of about an hour was enjoyed py tne motorists in 'lubr.cating" from the contents of several cold bottles, and when the pounding of the heavy foot. ed steed with the commissioner aboard was heard. all were In good spiai's, s,vo. 1 gallon can was seen dangling from the side of the approaching mule, andt In a jiffy the contents had been poured into the tank. and and another sasdn emort was vas fused to budge, and it dawned on one of the autoists that after all there might be some mistake and that the When questioned the negro readily ad- mitted that 1t was kerosene.
 A long blank expresses the conver- sation thereafter. The bottom tap on entire contents of the tank allowed to triekle to the ground.
 After all had run out the cap could not be replaced without a light and struck. Immediately the entire ground beneath the machine caught fire and the holder Of the light was badly l singed. The machine caught hre, ana the most Spartan efforts of the auto ists to roll 1t into a place of safety were unayafling.
 The entire tonneau and all of the wood work was burned of, and when an examination was made 1t was found that the emergency brake had locked, and the shaft forcing it on was broken so that the brake could not be takea off. There was gasoline in the tank, and 1t was this, with the oil, that caused the fire.
 The Beautiful Sunsets.
 Have you been noticing the beautiful gomery the whole of the present month";" asked a nature enthusiast yesterday as the questioned party and the Rtsrrogor G gnassa SeaSfn oneS neo
 hoYe oF coerss oereg tSe lee" coming of fall inva riably brings the beautiful golden col ors, variegated and fresh. After rain, as has been the case several times the past week, the sunsets are partic- ularIy gorgeous, the tips of the rain bow quite Frequently kissing the mar ginal line where the blue of the skies fades into the silver and gold Of the clouds.
 Twilight is more noticeable at tbiS time fthe year than ever before. The dust from the sun sheens and dazzies ere it's death in darkness, and the haze of the autumn season gradually set ties upon the earth until all is quiet, as if in contemplation of the great Do not fail to take peep in the western direction every evening at twilight. It will do you good. and in- spire you to better endeayors'
 crippIea Work of Special Omcers.
 Chief of Police W. H. Taylor says that the action of the Traction Com pany in denying passes to the members l of his department has severely crie- of the special officers. he says. has , been made less efficient by 50 per cent.
 inasmuch as the activities of these , oHicers are generally confined to the we receive a telephone message" l Chief Taylor said yesterday, from a
 woman in West End who desires to , confer with a detective. Nine out Of . ten times the special officer sent can
 only advise what course to pursue l which is generally to carry the difi- , culty into the magistrates court. Should the officer walk to the scene. and he has somewhere to go all of the
 time, he loses from an hour to an hour and a half in matter not at all t ripe for the police. However. he must
 be sent, and he must get there as soon as possible. Accordingly, he has to
 dig into his pockets for the money, or
 walk and lose about half day
 Tt seems to me that the city ought to make some arrangement for ward ing against this danger. We certain : 7 ly cannot prove as efficient as we would otherwise, because of the fact that we are not able to cover as much terri a tory"
 Prof. S. c. starke. of Montgomery, l Ala. was visitor In Loomis for three , or four days during the past week. MT. starKe is one of the educators of his B home city and we must say Alabama
 turns out tovial and sociable peda- gogues if MT. starke is d fair speci- f men. The young gentleman Is Inter ested in the Palmer Mountain tunnel. 7 and put in his time pretty industti-
 ously while here looking into every
 detail of that great enterprise.~ His g expression of satisfa ction was of the
 kind that gives the impression that he
 was charmed with the evidence of a
 rich mine, and he will carry away with
 him to his home hattering report based upon actual observations. He
 cannot ovHrdo 1t by dwelling upon the
 chartcer of the work and the prospects l of producer,-Palmer Mountain
 (Wash,) Prospector
 , 1. + Representative J. s. Williams, of Bar
 bour County, was at the Capitol Sat- urday to tell the state officials that
 his home town of Clayton was after 7 the County High School, and would
 get it, too, if work and inducements