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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-13
THE TRUST.

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or .ho ;,snrance com.
,,,;t practically
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.n,oa tho nub,ic To
;. h tb,t tho pnblic
80, . I'D ~, narticular
,ortad themselves
"a. a.,mh,;ng Tho
mn.n;os had heen
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-, ho;no marinnlated
,a;a i~,toras+s for. Their.
a,aI..a;o Those interests
ga !. oronose ~ lot -sucb a
80 +b;no slim" and therefore
nr+,r M 81 mn 70 the people
70 nav rle losses. leaving their
"canitatr intact. And they judg-
Cd their public exactly right.
for that same public promptly
mn. nm and with onlv a little
orumblinp and did not even
WORRY them With auy particular
protest That same public has
boon naviup these outrageous
rates with an occasional drop
NV tho trDst lust to encourage
the accommodating public, until
the present. and in this State
with a very placid Attorney
General and q very blind Leg
i~slature and a yery confding
pubiic the insurance trust has
with . festive smile pnt the gaft
To the dear people right.
And raf.vat+a--;t i only a
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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-13
Baton Rouge State.

baton Rouge State.
A prohibition movement has
started in Shreveport prohi-
bition movement that stands an
excellent opportunity of making
that metropolis of North Louis.
lana dry town" when the spe-
cial election is held in April.
There is a decidedly keen and
pointed lesson in this.
For months Shreveport has
been "closed''-that is, the
Sunday law was observed gen.
orally. there were no slot
machines and speak easies"
and groggeries were rare.
About one month ago the old
Chief of Police-Chelette-be.
gan to let up"-this being part
OF an understood program in
governmental circles in the
town.
A brief campaign resulted in
the dismissal of the CHIEF by the
City Council, and the installation
Of Chief Allen, who has worked
hand -in-hand with Sheriff
fIournoy to see the laws
obeyed.
The saloon men became bit.
ter and resentful and began a
concerted effort to break down
the law.
Immediately a storm of pro.
test arose and in ten days the
saloon men reversed face and
began to organize and plan to
heir the enforcement of the
law"
However. they had repented
~ late.
Their N weeks of arrogan ce
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-13

vsda, 176. tlS95) held hat an agree
ment before an ."p t. share the
salary and fees of an Office, in con
sideration of the plaintiffs using his
influence to elec- 81, oeiendaut TO such
Office, is voio: 81, Leonard, Judge,
in deciding the case, said:
1T is undon:ar.f void, as con-
trary to public - I.r:. 1t was in
terms a promise to use not only per-
sOnal effort, but pss~oraI Influence,
among the voters uf Storey County to
secure Defendants election. It's in
f1uence upon plaintiff was the same as
though defendant ha promised to
give him a definite sum of money in
case of election. Success would bring
reward, while defeat would result, moi,
only in loss of coveted profits, but
time and labor as well. BY it plain
tins love of gain was stimulated, and
a great temptation placed before HIM
to promote his own interest regardless
of public good. This arrangement
may have induced him to influence ten
men, or a hundred, to vote for de-
PENDANT in opposition to pre-conceived
political principles, and fixed ideas Of
right and duty: and too, when they
have preferred his opponent as an in
cumbent of the Office. Such a contract
cannot be upheld. Its tendency was
to corrupt the people upon whose in
tegrity and intelligence the safety of
the State and Nation d~epends-to lead
voters to work for individual interest
rather than the public welfare.-Adv.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-13
Notice Of Registration.

Notice is hereby given that 1 Will
open my registration Office at the
following places, to wit:
LIST Ward-at Peres' store Monday
Nov. Is.
End Ward-at Alexis Breaux's store
Tuesday Nov. 10.
4th Ward-at Theall's store We'd
nesday Nov. 20.
5th Ward-at j. G. LeBlanc's store
Tuesday Nov. Il.
9Th Ward-at A. G. Guilbeau's store
Friday Nov. %.
It'll Ward-at Pilette Hall Saturday
Nov. %.
8th Ward at c. Monte's store
Monday Nov. 25.
And from Tuesday, the 26th of Nov.
1907. to %Janusry the II, 1908, at the
Court House.
NJ. MELANCON,
Registrar.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-13
Baptist Services.

There will D. Baptist services
at the Masonic hail, next Sun
day at II a. H., and $50 p. m.
Preaching by Pastor Kendrick
and Sunday School at &c a. m.
A cordial invitation extended to
all.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-13
Notice.

Notice.
have taken up one black and white
spotted SOW with hole in right ear.
Owner can have same by paying costs
and proving property. Otherwise
will be sold according to law to the
highest bidder at my house on
Saturday Dec. 81, 1907.
ARTHUR HoFFPAUIR,
Constable End Ward.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-13

and indignation precipitated a
prohibition campaign that was
already brewing.
In Shre.cpnrt, AS in Natchi-
toches, and i. mississippi, and in
Georgia, prohibition has resolved
itself into & question even more
economic and political than
moral.
Wherever Sac ilqnor interests,
as such, assume to dictate
policies and -r arrogate to them
selves special privileges and
rights they are inviting their
own annihiIatiOn.
There is @!aJm a majority Of
the voting populatiOn that be-
lieves in prohibition per Sc, but
there is haTo.v a community in
the United States but will
choose prohibition rather than
submit to political dictation at
the hands OF lquor interests and
defiance of the laws by avowed
ministers t. wee
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-13
Notice

All parties indebted to me are here
by notified to settle with Levy Bros.
by Dec. Is, otherwise the accounts
will be placed in the hands of a law.
yer for collection.
L. LEVY,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20
IS HARDEST TEST
'GLIDDEN TOUR REQUIRES
SPEED ON ALL ROADS.
Fast Schedule Is Necessary at All Times
Over Rough Roads-0ther
Hardships.

That the A. A. A. tour for the Glider
trophy, now in progress. is the severest
test to which American touring cars have
ever heen subjected, Is the statement made
by Alfred Reeves, general manage OF
tn American Motor Car Manufacturers
Association, upon his return from Indian
apolis early this week, after covering hall
the journey in competing cars. Although
the tour from a scenic and novel point
of view does not compare with the one
through Canada last year. MIR. Reeves de-
clares the present affair Is going TO do
more for the pastime and industry. as II
IS going through a thickly populated coun-
try and among a class Of people who are
interested in improving the highways ana
who are able to buy motor cars.
with the trip about half over. / am
convinced that the present tour from
Cleveland to New York. by way OF chi
cago. Indianapolis and Pittsburg, is the
hardest test to which regulation touring
cars have EVER been subjected said Mr.
Reeves. "This Is owing TO the very fast
schedule required and the rough roads
over which the tourists have TO traNei.
Indiana roads are good. but Ohio and
Michigan can do but little b~oasting of
their highways.
TN an effort to furnish a fast enough
schedule for the big cars. the little cars
areN receiving the worst Of II. Any ma
chine In the contest OF less than twenty
four-horsepower IS required to go almost
Mt its limit in order to make the schedule
and have enough TO spare 10 fix tires or
make any minor adjustments.
These conditions have resulted In an
abnormal test Of machines and an eX-
hausting endurance trial for the drivers as
we'll as for the occupants OF the cars.
Old Sol. when it didn't rain, sent his hot
rays down on the tourists. most OF whom
discarded touring stops in order to make
better time on the road.
: I'm my judgment. future contests OF the
sort will have to be with a price classiii-
cation. In other words. cars Of 5000 or
less should require to make fifteen miles
an hour: those selling from $1,000 to 500
would be asked to make seventeen miles
an hour. while the machines selling for
So. 600 or more should be asked for nine
teen miles an hour average. In this con-
nection. the work of the small cars like
the REQ and Maxwell has been a source
of wonder on the trip, they having 70
travel at their very limit in order to make
the time. I heard one man remark that
never again would he go on the Glidden
tour with a car of less than 40-horsepower.
while another big car maker declared 1t
was useless to enter a big car when he
could not win any more credit than Is
accorded a small one.
From present Indications ] would say
that eighteen or twenty cars should come
through with a clean score. although. of
course. these can an be put out by max
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

twentv-four-hour contests. n which
holds the records from one to fifteen
hours. and the Locomobile which won the
recent long distance grind in st. Paul A
newcomer in the racing game, the Stude-
baker. may prove the dark horse in the
Brighton NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. race.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

Among those who hav been accompany
Ing the Glidden tour by train are ]. d.
Maxwell and Benjamin Briscoe. of larry
town. N. Y. The plan of giving the cars
cards bearing numerals showing the order
OF their start. which has been adopted by
the committee. was first proposed by Mr..
Maxwell at Cleveland the day before the
tour began.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

RiuA see hat there are SGT distinct
muscles in the human body, OF which
81 are in the head and face
JIl-And when a man Is taking on. g
uses ali Of aem.-Yonkers Statesman
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

One car. No. 20, a Berliet, is having an
extra private test of its own by running
as a competitor for the Glidden trophy
with its bonnet sealed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20
Motorists who believe that the

Motorists who believe hat the two-cycle
motor is to be the motor Of the future
are more than delighted with the howing
being made by ]. H.. Becker with his Ell
more on the Glidden tour. The Gilmore is
the only 'two-cycle'' car In the contest,
and has thus far successfully met not only
the severe conditions of the tour itself,
but the handicap Of having Its mechanism
sealed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

Among the few perfect scores in the one
day endurance run recently held by the
|Bay State Automobile Association was that
Of the Studebaker car, driven by w A.
Daniels, of Boston. The distance Of this
contest, which is the first Of the kind
ever conducted by a New England organ
~ization, was 21 miles, and the time al
lowed was thirteen hours and ten minutes.
The debut Of the Studebaker in the field
of automobile competition was made at the
sealed bonnet contest, with a perfect
score. Encouraged by these two victories,
the S~tudebaker Is to enter the more siren
uous game of long-distance track racing,
and will start in the Brighton Beach
Neutrality-suspicious. race on August 8.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

When meeting a road hog, fresh from
his pen, give him roofing room. Tot US
better to ditch oneself than to be tossed
over the fence onto the greensward- Is It
not written that the pen is mlghtier tnan
the sward?
1t ia probably true hat the demand Tor
h-igh-powered cars has led TO a serious us
proportion between power ana Welgnl IN
many cases. 1t Is about as unfortunate TO
have too much power in too light a car as
to have a car too heavy for the motor tna'
is in it. In a car having weight ana power
correctly balanced. of which the l6-2O-
horsepower Maxwell, hich weighs about
1. 100 pounds, ma be taken as an exainpie'
the result is a smooth-running. quiet ma
chine and q car that is easy on tires.
A simple trouble that sometimes is very
bothersome is due to the float OF a car
buretor becoming, submerged. or the
needle valve getting stuck in its seat.
This difficulty is easily adjusted by nand'
The chief bother is to locate the kink.
An ingenious plan for meeting the con-
ditions imposed by the Glidden confess
rules was adopted by II. c. Townsend
driver of the Berliet car. The rules can
for touring cars to carry -four passengers
or the equivalent in ballast AS pas
senger conditions vary In these tours
Townsend hit upon the scheme of carry.
ing with him a sack, which, when nliee
with sand, would weigh 10 pounds ~
this plan the car could take on a pas
senger for a day and replace him by the
sack of sand the next day. incidentally
a lot Of sport was gotten out OF Town
sends scheme because of his dressing th'
bag Of dirt up in a hat and veil ant
buster and naming the dummy Sally y
Sandsak, the middle initial standing FOL
Berliet. Sally early became a popuial
character with the tourists.
Women are learning that the "autono.
bile complexion is better than any brand
TO be had in the drug stores.
Motorists all over the country have bser
contributing since early spring to the en-
largement OF the information in the tour
ing bureau of the American Automobile
Association. BY the time the fall TOURING
season is at hand all changes IN routes
because of the improved roads, viii be Il
the hands Of Secretary, r. II. Elliott, q
: 47 Fifth avenue, New York b IN
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

Last week, In the Irish reliability trials,
both the six-cylinder touring car and the
f~our-cylinder runabou made perfect scores.
The runabout made the fastest time in Its
class in the hill climb, and received a
certificate testifying to a 'high-gear run
during the first two days. 1t is interesting
to note that this Ford model. which sells
for $500 In this country, lists at EGO
(SS03) in Great Britain. And that the
American Ford six is in demand there at
9650-S3,150 in our money.
A move that for ~frankness and daring is
almost unprecedented in the annals OF
business was that of the Ford Motor Com
pany, when 1t announced last week the
names of several prominent makers, pre-
facing them with the statement hat these
all would build six-cylinder cars next sea-
son. That this announcement has not
been denied by my of those named would
seem to prove that the Ford underground
information service had been pretty ac-
curate in its reports. The sensational per-
formance of the Ford Six last week, when
it established the new worlds record OF
LBS miles in twenty-four hours on a one-
mile track, and in competition with some
of the foremost representatives of the four
cylinder makers, has done much to settle
in the mind of the public the question OF
supremacy Of the two types. And since
the successful six was only forty-horse-
power, anu tue NHHquioneu AouiS ~
rated as high as sixty, the skies seem to
have it.
One of the earliest 1908 announcements
from the big factories is that of the Ford
Motor Company. in which 1t is stated tnat
there will be no change in the 1897 SIX
cylinder model for the season Of 1908.
Says Designer Henry Ford: "A car that
can show "A list of accomplishments such
as our 1907 model has been credited with
will stand little changing or tinkering
with. 1t Is the product of four years con-
sistent work toward the development OF
one model, and we can now see no way
in which 1t can be improved without dan
ger of sacrificing more in one direction
than could be obtained In another. Being
progressive, we find 1t hard to leave well
enough alone but in the case OF the SIX
that established the worlds record Tor
endurance the other day, we think this IS
a good plan to follow"
The New York AUTOMOBILE Club. tor
merly the City and Country Motor CLUB
has made application to Secretary r. H.
Elliot. of the American Automobile Assoc
citation. for admission to that body ana 70
the New York State Automobile Assocla-
ton. 1t is expected that action on this
application will be taken at the next
meeting of the A. A A.. and hat the
New York Automobile Club will then take
its place as one Of the important compo-
nent parts of the national body
Miss Irene Bentley, star of The Street
Singer" has acquired the nuto habit. Sne
has Just received delivery Of a crimson
Dragon. and Is frequently seen driving at
Larchmont. Miss Bentley placed her
order with D. Hamilton, OF the New forA
Dragon agency. and has learned to 10 ut
driving herself.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

OF all methods Of reaching the public the
newspapers are by far the best.-A. NJ. Palmer,
Palmer's Theatre.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

David f. Levy, the New York broker
who started for Chicago last week in his
Matheson car, reached the Windy City
in five days-an excellent performance for
a private owner, who travelled only part
Of each day. MI. Levy and his party are
now returning to New York over the
route of the Glidden tourists.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

There is a strict rule against racing on
the road. All cars doing so are liable to
be DISQUALIFIED. The cars must heck in at
the end of each days run in the same
order with relation to the other cars that
they started.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

formation is very valuable and win be
furnished only to members. 1t costs too
much to collect for 1t to be given to men
too stingy to pay 50 for membership.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

The first car to arrive in every city is
not a competing car. but is the 40-horse-
power Maxwell Off cial pilot car. that
starts two hours ahead OF the competitors
and strews the route with confetti. This
car can be readily distinguished. as 1t is a
red and white runabout especially built for
the task. and it carries an official nag.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

When it is desired to accelerate the
speed quickly it is advisable to retard the
spark somewhat, as a sudden opening of
the throttle with IAN advanced spark pro-
duoes knocking until the motor speed
reaches a point synchronous with -the
spark.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

One of the hardest fought battles In the
history Of automobile competition was the
Neutrality-suspicious. endurance race held on
the Harlem track, Chicago, last Friday
and Saturday. From start to finish this
contest was n neck and neck struggle be-
tween c. A. Coey, the wealthy young
Chicago sportsman. and the Matheson
driven by Buck and Mongini. At the end
of the long grind only four miles separated
the two contestants, Coey being the WIN
ner, with s46 miles TO his credit. Time and
time again during the final six hours Buck
and Mongini, in the Matheson, snatched
the lead way from Coey, who drove his
Thomas racer. The latter, however, was
able TO secure a lead of six miles fifteen
minutes before the end Of the race, and
the Matheson in this short time could only
cut this down to four miles. The result
of the Chicago race, which is really n joint
victory for Coey and the Matheson drivers,
leaves the question of long distance rae
ing supremacy between the two makes OF
cars in doubt. The Matheson people are
anxious to have Coey come East and en-
ter the Neutrality-suspicious. race, to be held
at the Brighton Beach track. New York
on August Q and 10. If he does. he will
again have an opportunity to try coneln-
sIons with the Matheson. At the Rrighton
Beach race. however, these two Will not
have things all to themselves, as they did
IN Chicago. They viii have to buck up
against the Frayer-Miller car, which per-
! formed SO well IN the two Philadelphia
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

Charles Glidden. the giobe-girdling mo-
torist and donor of the trophy for which
the touring cars are competing. is riding
with Chairman r. b.. Hover IN the off,
cial committee car. He says that he is
enjoying the trip immensely. and thinks
the tour a great success.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

In an effort to establish a new trans
continental record between San Francisco
and New York. Darcy Scott & Co, tho
agents for the Dragon on the Pacific coast,
have wired here that a Dragon car is now
on the way to New York. This record Is
now held by the Franklin car. which made
the trip in fifteen days. The Dragon car
which is attempting to establish a new rec
ord is the same car which broke the Olds-
mobile record around San Francisco Bay.
The car circled the bay, a distance of over
100 miles. in 8 hours 26 minutes, which
was 20 minutes faster han the record.
Mr.. Scott, in speaking of the run. said:
W. are not undertaking this task without
a great deal Of confidence, and we also
realize the immensely Of the job. We will
nave the same crew that we had when
we broke the record around the bay, and
since tina time we nave driven the ear
nearly $500 miles up and down and around
Central California, over some OF the
steepest hills in the State, and also over
as bad roads as those which will be en-
countered from here to New York. The
makers OF the Dragon have every conf
dence in the ability Of the car to success
fully make the trip in record time. The
Dragon. though a medium-priced car, has
proven itself absolutely dependable in
every particular. The result will be looked
forward to by the automobile fraternity
with interest. and within two weeks a new
transcontinental record will probably be
established.
Not only in their horne country are Ford
cars winning laurels in hill climbing, en-
durance and reliability contests, but in
foreign lands also, where they come into
competition with the flower OF the Euro
pean product, and under conditions fai
more severe than those which are i'm
posed in thisScountry The Ford six made q
splendid showing, being second only to the
60 horsepower Napier. in the recent Eng
lfsh "gearlessf test. in which the rules
forbade the uph II any but the high gear
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

Samuel VAUGHAN, sr.. superintendent Of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila-
delphia, is an enthusiastic automobilist of
many years experience. On a visit to
New York city last week, he placed his
order with the Lozier Company for a 40
horsepower touring car, with which he In
tends making an extended tour through
New England and anada Among other
recent purchasers Of Lozier cars are John
A. Weed, q 4o-horsepower r%unabout; Q. S.
Richards, of Yonkers, a 40-hprsepower
touring car; s. KeInpner, Elberon; E. l..
Faul, w. d. Wright and T. A. Klenke.
, The Standard Automobile Renting Com
pany. a new company organized TO rent
hi~gh-class touring cars, has also Just pur-
chased three 40-horsepower Lozier touring
cars.