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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24

opening up and so far there are two announced candidates far Mayor wtth prospects of several more. The tive candidates already in the race are J. Emory Pierce and Ed N. Giles. No an. nouncements for Aldermen have been made yet because there is rather q haxy idea of the effect the municipal code law. now in operation. will have on the tenure of the Aldermen now serving. The City Council has request ed City Attorney Murphy to investi- gate and make a report on this matter and a special meeting will be called when he is ready to give his opinion
 The Decatur base ball team was de- feated by the Huntsville team on this diamond yesterday afternoon by score of IS to 10.
 The City Council has appropriated the sum of $2s0 for the purpose Of wir- ing and equipping the City Hospital with electric lights and fans Ihr improvement will add considerably 70 the conveniences at the hospital.
 The. trustees of the Daiias Public School have elected teachers for the approaching year as follows: MES Kate Arnett. principal: Misses Jessie Gillian. Dora Gsron and Marie pick- son. assistants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
COMMITTEE CALLED
WILL CONSIDER RESIGNATION OF
 JUDGE CAHTHEL.
WeIi-Knosvn Alabama sunday School Worker Has Received . Flatfering Offer to Take Charse tn
 Tennessee.

4 meeting of the Executive commit- tee of the Alabama Sunday School As- sociation has been called by Chairman Armstead Brown for Aug. { In Mont gomery. The meeting is held for the purpose of taking action on the res- iRnafion of Judge Joseph Carfhel. Sec retary and General Agent of the Sun- day School Association, who has re- ceived fiattering offer from the Sun day School workers of Tennessee.
 Judge Carthefs resignation was sub mitted several days ago. It has not yet been accepted. The Executive Committee does not want to accept 1t and will not accept 1t if t can get out
 The work of Judge cartheI in Ala bama for Sunday sehoois has been re- markedly successful. Since he has been the general field agent of the schools their development has been better than anything the past has known. The successful work has att tracted the interest and attention in other States. It was recognized that Alabama in Sunday sch ool. work was in the fore front If not in the lead of the other South efn States.
 No small portion of this success in Alabama has been attributed to Judge Carthers efforts. His work has been pursued with the greatest system and with a most unusual energy. The or sanitation as he effected 1t in Alabama has been praised by all who are fa- miliar with 1t.
 Some weeks ago, Judge Carthei was invited to address a gathering of Sun day school workers in Tennessee. new movement was to be inaugurated in that State. It was proposed that Tennessee should be as closely and as thoroughly organized as Alabama. A fiattering offer was made to Judge Carthel to take charge of the work The Tennesseeana were insistent upon 1t.
 He took the offer under advlsenent. A few days ago he sent in his resi9na- ton, having decided to take the Ten nessee offer. The Executive Conanft- tee is to decide now wh etjler it will oz will not accept hts resignation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
PYTHIAN DISTRICT MEETING.


 Ptnckard, July 2s.--(SpeciaI. )--,,7rhs ssmi-annual convention of the KntRh tu of Pythias of the Ninth district has been in session here for the past two days.
 One of the most successful sessions in the history of the order in this part of the State was held. Grand Chan celloF. Sanford, of Pike. was present and rendered much assistance in the conferring of ranks.
 Yesterday at 10:30 a. m., pr. Owen, of Abbeville. delivered a Py1hian lec- ture at the school house here to a very large and appreciative audience. Aft CT the lecture Grand chaneellor Sam ford delivered a speech.
 The following officers were elected to serve the ensuing term: o. C. Dos ter, Jr.. president; Jay W. Harris. first vice president; A. J, Norris. secretary. The next session of the convention will be held in Elba in January, 1909.
 The session concluded with a ban quet last night. About three hundred tickets were issued to visiting Knights and their friends. A six course din- ner was laid. Punch was served by Mesdames W. E. Clements and Tom Snith. O. c. Doster Jr.. was toast. master. An address of welcome was delivered by J. Alto York, and an ex- cellent recitation was rendered by Miss Bowen. The following toasts were proposed: Friendship. ". A. Campbell; Charity, W. U. Acree. Benev- olence, A. J. Norris; The Ladies. James P. Doster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
ENTEnTAIN vErERANs.


 wetumpka. July 3s.--(speeiaI. )--An entertainment will be given to the Confederate soldiers Of Elmore County, their families and the widows of vet- erans in Wetumpka August s. Hon. Thomas Hefiin has been invited to deliver an address and there will be other speeches made at the Auditorium after which the Wetumpkians will fur- nish a tempting picnic dinner.
 Mrs. T. H. Bass returned today to her home in Beaumont. Texas. after q visit to her parents. Mir. and Mrs. B- l.. Gaddis on North Bridge Street
 Mrs g. c. Clarke of Meridian, Miss. is spending some time with her moth CT, Mrs. A. A. Thrasher. who is ili at her home in Eagt Wetumpka.
 Mrs. C. E. Gaddls has gone to visit her daughter. Mrs. Gray. in Georgia.
 Messrs. E. M. Moore, Charles Cad dis and John D. Gaddis, will leave in a few days for McMinnville. Tenn. where John B. Gaddis and Miss Hood enpyl will be married on July 90.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24

days ard as soen aA he fovnd out where It wae. located went ta the Mayors office to request aid in getting out of town card in his pocket indicated New Orleans ss his destination.
 Funde ware furnished by the Mayor, to conyey the map to Mobile. and he was escorted to the station by one of the police officers of the city. It js expected that he viii find in the cos rnopoittar Gulf town some one with whom he can eommunicete otherwise than by signs and ocular demonstra- tions. the large foreign element there furnishing interpreters for members of almost every nation.
 The Russien Is . man of about 4S years of age. and appeared to possess considsrsble intelligence although evt- dently Q member of q very humble sphere of life. The designation. Rus sian" is applied to him principally through process of elimination. ~Spraci1en sic Deutseh." has no signifi- canoe to him. "Pariez vous Francais is q most inane phrase as far as he Is concerned. He was not questioned in Latin. for that Is dead language. nor ing Greek, for that was an unknown lauguage-by those present. Several facts. however. pointed him out as a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24

Company fn connection with the un- yelling of the Lee monument were for the purpose of advertising the property of the company.
 At the time of the fall of the plat form. by which Mir. May received his injury it was loaded down with men, women and children and In view of the eircumsfahees 1t was deemed remark able that more people were not hurt. About dozen were hurt by the col- lapse but none of the injuries were dangerous and the exercises were con- tinusd after the confusion incident to the accident had subsided.
 The suit of Mir. May Is the first which has arisen out of the affair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
HELPLESS FOREIGNER IS
 AIDED WITHOUT WORDS
He Was Russf~s And Tbe cffy's Exeeufive Force Ceui& Net Unaerstnnd fkin,.

..~. Tn silence and hnmhla, dignity, un-
 kenpt and uneared tor. he sat n tnf
 office of Mayor Teesue when the city executive entered the apartment yester. day morning. Pitifutly insuruciene
 seemed his clothing. pitfully superflu-
 oua his hair and beard. slouched over In his chair in an attitude of unspeak. able weariness. his syas sought those
 of the mayor in a Gaze ef praysrtM
 entreaty and implied apology Tor his
 boldness. and when courteovsty aq-
 dressed he answered in guttural syl- fables less enlightening than his previous dumhness
 It developed through naystifying sources of information that the strangsr was Russian who had been picked up i'll on the streets of Mont gonnery about a week ago end had been at that time carried to iecal tn- firmary He was diaeharged iR few
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
MAY SUES FOR S5.0OO
WANTS THAT AMOUNT FOR HIS IN-
 IUHTEs.
He Was Hurt At The Unveslinx Exer- efscs ef The Lee Msnumenfs
 When The FSafform

Claiming skeoo damsges for inturies sustained through the fan of the piat. form erected at Lee Place. Capitol Heights. by the West Virginia Land Company in. connection with the ceie- ment June IA E. L. May yesterday filed suit against the company with ths clerk of the circuit court.
 Mfr. May in the different counts as set forth in his suit alleges that hia wrist was severely cut and bruised that he in consequence incurred a largo doctors Dill. and. that the proper dis- charge of his business duties was in. tarfered with.
 The second and third counts are es. sentialIy the same as the first except that In the latter the point is made that the exercises of the Virginia Land
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
THIRD REGIMENT OFFICER
 TELLS OF STRIKE TROUBLE

Capt s. c. Pelham. duarterrnaster of the 3rd regiment. came to Mont gomery yesterday to confer with Ad- jutant- General Bibb Graves with ref erence to 'the encampment of the n1ili- tia at Chickamauga Park and to see to the shipment of the new equipment to the men of his unit.
 Captain Pelham brought the informs- ton that Company B of the End infan- try, Birmingham, had been ordered yesterday morning to Attalia to es- cort a train load of strilxsvbreakers on the Queen and Crescent Road to Pratt City. The visiting officer of the Srd takes an optimistic view of the sifua- ton in and around Birmingham, ex- pressing the belief that there will be no serious outbreak with the protee. ton of the military thrown about both sides to the strike. He does not see. either that there should be any inter. ference with tine plans of the men to go 29. according to the command Of the governor postponing the trip a week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
Newa of HnntaYiIIe.

Huntsville. July Special. l---Ths claim of the Florence Ice and Coal Company against the steamer City of Charleston. has been upheld by Judge oscar R. Hundley. in the United States Court, and the boat will be ordered sold unless the amount of the bill and all court costs are paid in a speclfed time. The boat has been tied up at the wharf at Florence for several weeks. being held there by attachment saken out by the Florence Coal and Ice Company, who claim the sum of $500 as due for supplies furnished the boat,
 xhs municipal campaign is just
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
rREIGHr BuREAu MEETS.

Thers vii be an important meeting of the Montgomery Freight Bureau this morning at II o'clock tn the once fn the vandiver Building. Several
 matters will claim the attention of the members. Among these will probably the announced raisss of interstate freight rates will bear to the cases of the Bureau now pending with the fn- terstate Commerce Commission
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24

Our long. hot Summers are dsagreeabIe enough with everything in our favor. To be brief---evefy user of coal or wood range these days---o5 in the shade--needs help--and they need it now. Ask the cook, and act ae- cordingly.
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The Washington times., 1908-08-16
SOLICITS ENTRIES
FOR ROAD CONTEST

John o. Heinze, president OF the Low
ell Automobile Club, was in New York
last week TO solicit entries for the 80
mile road race that viii be held az
Lowell on Labor Day. September Z
Mr.. Hsinze had a meeting with the
owners OF the BriarcIiG racing cars az
RectoTs. He found that IL would be
difficult to secure entries unless the en-
trants were guaranteed immunity from
disqualification In the Automobile Club
OF America events. Following the sug-
gestion Of E r. HoIlander and A ".
Church. OF Wyckof'. Church & Part
ridge. Mr.. HeinZe as president and T. S
Corlew as vice president OF the Lowell
Club obtained q guarantee from the
Automobile Club of America that par
ticipating drivers would not be outlaw
ed in future Automobile Club Of Amer
lea events
Immediately on receipt OF this n
formation Clare Hamilton. OF the
Isotta Import Company, made Cn entry
OF an Isotta Fraschini and selected Al
Poole ID drive the car. f. K. HOllander
has also entered the BriarcIin Fiat.
which will be driven oy Ralph DE Palma.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
BUGLE CALL NOVEL IDEA AS
SUBSTITUTE FOR AUTO
HORN.
HORN.

Something new in the line Of auto
accessories has Just been imported from
Germany. and they are making a de-
cided hit.
They are four-tone "Fanfsren from
pete" OF bugles. which are easily play
ed and give a decided novelty TO
auto touring. IN tone they sound ike
trumpets used in coaching. For waking
up sleepy farmers OF for announcing
the approach at hotels they give some
thing different than the ordinary blow
ing an auto horn. The four notes make
it possible 70 produce the various bugle
calls.
On his recent trip abroad in search
Of new things for motorists A. T.
Stewart. manager OF the automobile
wear department of Mcdonald &
Campbell. Of Philadelphia. ran across
this novelty. aud secured for his house
the sole right of import 70 this country.
The first shipment was fifty. but these
were snapped up. and another order
went the same way. A third and fourth
order are now on the way here.
Orders have come fl from Boston
and New York. where motorists have
heard OF them. In fact. so fast have
they gone that the manufacturer is
kept busy filing these orders for An.er-
lea
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
Transcontinental Endurance
Contest Set for July
4, 1909.
EIGHT ENTRANTS
ALREADY ASSURED
Route Lies Through Leading Cities
and May Include Washington
on Homeward Run.

The double transcontinental endurance
contest will be started from Times
Square. in New York city. on July 4,
1905
Nine cars have been formally entered
for the competition. representing four
American and four foreign makes The
American cars are: The Thomas, the
Lozier. the Gearless, two Maxwells.
The foreign competitors entered are:
The Fiat, the Renault, the Isotta, the
Zust.
II is confidently expected that there
will be al least three more foreign con-
testants and six more Americans. In
deed, Il was in order TO enable these ad-
ditional cars 10 compel, that it was
agreed 10 hold the contest in the sum
mer Of 1909, instead of the coming fall.
The Fiat car is entered by II PrOgressO.
an Italian newspaper
More Entries Promised.
Seven cars were formally entered for
the contest 10 be run this fall. Two
others agreed 10 enter at once If 1t
could be arranged 20 start during the
summer season. II was decided by the
seven who were ready to compete at
once that they would delay the start for
the sake Of a bigger field, especially as
assurances have been received from
others who wish 10 compete later that
they will enter cars for a contest TO be
held next year. Immediate steps will be
taken 10 lay out the course for the COM
petition. cars starting over the road to
determine the best available route and
arrange for all the details OF the coz
test
The competition is undertaken by The
New York Times, acting for those man
ufacturers who desire a contest which
shall thoroughly test their cars over all
sorts OF American roads and prove their
stability. The race for specially design
ed cars Of high speed, such as the Van
derbilt and the Grand Prize race, are
well enough IN their way. but there are
many Automobiles who are unconviuc-
ed as 10 what they demonstrate The
stock car races under simiIar conditions
are open 70 the same general objection.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
EFFECT OF CLUTCH
ON LIFE OF TIRE

Always declutch at corners" says c.
w. Oathout. OF the Jackson Automobile
Company.
While it is wise plan to declutch
when rounding sharp corner. merely
as a precautionary measure, to prevent
dangerous skidding. it also has a bene-
fetal effect on the tires Whenever the
car tends 20 skid, due 10 its DETECTION
from A straight course. a cross strain
is brought TO bear on the tire treads
which Is directly proportional TO the
square Of its velocity. II the power is
applied while rounding the curve, the
tendency 70 rip of the tires is further
aggravated by the backward drag due
TO traction
If the clutch IS released however,
that factor is removed, and the strain
thereby Is reduced to it's minimum
amount"
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
FEVER CARS SENT
ABROAD LAST YEAR
Report Shows Falling Of in Ship
ments-Attributed to Fiuan-
ciaf Conditions
ciai Conditions.

During the past yenr ending WIN
June. which terminates the Government
year. American manufacturers sen,
abroad no less than s4.65s ssl worth Of
automobiles and Se20s5s worth Of avte-
mobile parts. making p total Of &.277. sl7.
Owing 70 the slight falling on mar
mas been apparent in the returns OF the
last Few months this does not coma nm
70 the showing OF S5,JO214l. which WAS
the total fer 1907. although il shows q
very substantial Increase over the 1906
figures of Ss.4s7.Ols This is illustrated
by the returns for the month ef Juno
isVe' as compared with the same period
year ago. during which SIC. O54 worth
OF parts and cars were shipped our OF
the country, whereas this year the total
only reached SIG, ID.
Doubtless this falling on can be traced
directly 10 the period of Iessened acri,,-
ity last fan, Tor, as shown BY the de-
tailed returns, such countries as the
United Kingdom. France. GERMANY. ana
Italy. all OF which are automobile pro-
ducers themselves, have taken con
stantly increasing quantities OF Arneri-
can cars and parts. the gain IN values
sent 10 Great Britain during the last
year being more than a quarter mill
Hon. while to France it was $4,000 in
round numbers
The total number Of cars sent abroad
during the last year was 2.477. making
their average value 81 $50 which marks
very substantial increase over those
sent in earlier years
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

he could make the return run on his
own power. To make the test even
more decisive, a passenger in addition
to the driver was brought along on tie
homeward trip.
The Woods employs a unit assembly
frame and is equipped with what IS
commonly known as side chain,
that is. each rear wheel IS driven by a
separate chain. This makes the driv-
ing mechanism independent OF the rest
OF the machine. The motor, as dem
onstrated last week. is designed TO carry
the vehicle over all sorts OF grade and
roads. The batteries have a capacity OF
at least fsty miles on one charge and
a guarantee of this mileage without the
loss of not more than 3 per cent in
speed
The car presents a handsome appear
ance, being finished in standard colors.
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Aese Facts. Then the Selling Price

ing a set of four cylinders for $35. less
than most makers charge for two or
even for one cylinder.
We use the Unit Power Plant. as IN
the latest Decauville, the new Hispano-
Suiza, and the AGotobloc. Motor, clutch
and transmission form a single unit, so
they cannot get out of line.
The wheel base is long-110 inches-in-
surfing easy riding The body is sus-
pended between the axIes, after the
style Of the Mercedes.
Valves like the new Napier The q
elliptic springs like the Renauit Null
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

Diamond Quicl1-Detachable tires. The
usual clincher tires would cost IS per
cent less,
We authorized our factory to spend on
the body finish Is per cent more than
their estimate. Our crank shaft is
larger than on any American car under
60 h. p. Our brakes are enormously
strong.
Twice the price can buy no better fea-
lures, 1t can only buy more power.
The same economy applies to extras
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
ACROSS CONTINENT AUTO ROUTE

fifteen OF the largest cities in the coun-
Try through which 1t would pass. The
competition over such a course would
be sure TO attract the most widespread
interest. and to arouse tremendous en-
thusiasm
All these details of the contest are in
the hands Of a general committee con-
sisting Of one representative of each
contestant, while the management OF
the competition would be in the hands
of an executive committee Of prominent
disinterested automobiiists. and also a
technical committee similarly com
posed In this way 1t is anticipated
that the competition can be conducted
on a sound basis throughout. and the
strictest enforcement OF rules secured.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
2oo-MILE ROAD RACE.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug Eat q
meeting OF the Paramount Park commits
sion yesterday il was voted 10 grant
permission TO tho Quaker City Motor
Club 10 hold a 200-mile road race over
a ten-mile circuit. 10 be laid out on the
excellent roads Of West Paramount
Park, on wednesday. October Z. IN
connection with The Founders Week
celebration.
The race win be for stripped car
GLASSES of the BriaTclin type. An ap.
pl.cation will be Immediately made for
a sanction.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

The gas intake is water jaclIeted 20
avoid the troubles caused by cold gaso-
line. Constant level splash fabrication
perfect dust protection.
Floating type rear axle. used hereto
fore only on the costliest cars. Selective
sliding gear transmission-three speeds
ana reverse Anti-backing device 70
protect YOU On hills. Provision for
double ignition system
So simple in control that a novice can
master the car in ten minutes. A single
pedal operates both clutch and brake.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
LAWSON WILL TOUR
IN HIS STEAMER

Thomas ". Lawson is planning to
leave the Hub City shortly on an ex-
tended motor tour IN his big steamer.
Mr. Lawson has owned this car for a
year and in that time II has travelled
according to his Warner auto meter.
., 900 miles. During the summer months
he uses II daily in travelling be ween
his office in Boston and brentwood.
his country home al Scituate. thirty
two miles from the city.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

The factory cost on this 4-cyl. engine
is S26I. Yet 4-cyI. automobile engines
are sold as low IS so.
The transmission costs US S94. The
axles-made of Nickel Steel-cost S125.
The annular ball bearings used in this
car cost US sos. We use as many as
the Mercedes uses-the Hotchkiss or Re
nault
Look at these costs again. Then think
that they refer 20 features Of a 81, 500
car. We could save half or more on ans
Of them were we trying TO stint on this
car.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

Ii is easy 10 claim the best car az
the price. But compare the facts-put
all claims 10 proof We have no coInpe-
tition 10 fear.
It is also easy TO criticise features
that o,hers cant afIord-devices that
others cane copy. But let US answer
those criticisms and you will realize how
weak ald how futile they are.
I. looks as If the demand for this car
would be twice our supply. Orders are
filed in turn, or you can reserve a car
for future delivery.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

of the Thomas Comparisons of the leading automobile designers
America.
The combines the hest foreign features with the best Am
For Mr. Coffin made two trips to Europe working out Yet
copies nothing either foreign American simply adaps the best
principles of the worlds best engineers.
This assembled from stock parts picked up haphazard
Every design part made by engneerh best
gines in the business. All the leading features patented
This uXuouSspeedy and powerful that you