Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

IL is quite possible for the rod to be
useless as tie-rod. though 1t may ap-
pear all right unless carefully examined
The mission Of the tie-rod is to keep the
back axle from sagging. and there is no
doubt that the vast majority of aXles re-
Qui:e this support
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Bruce Emerson and
children left Thursday for Atlantic City.
later going to Hillsboro. eastern shore,
Md
W. W. Barnes has returned from a
J00-mie motor trip through Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware and New Jersey in his
touring car. He was accompanied by q
party OF friends.
Edgar and Charles Orme are sojourn-
inston Thursday last in their touring
cars.
Expensive switches are now marketed
for dual ignition, which enable the driver
to employ magnetic and accumulation ig-
milton separately or together. and even
to use either OF two accumulators or
both accumulators at once. But these
switches are decidedly costly, and GER
tain makers prefer to fit two or three
separate switches a car fitted with a
series of separate switches is A danger
Gus possession. For instance, the spark
must be fully advanced for starting up
on the machine and tolerably retarded
for starting the accelpr.fOrS
Sooner or later the driver is pretty
sure to approach the starting handle
with both switches set" and the spark
full forward, when a broken wrist will
sence of competitive switch great
care in inspecting the position Of the
levers Is necessary before a finger is
laid on the starting handle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Garzislia have re-
turned from fve-hundredm tour
in their roadster On the return trip
stop was made a. Atlantic City.
So great is the prosperity now en-
joyed in Mitchell county, Ga, that the
farmers in that section are purchasing
automobiles and are improving their
roads. Since the road improvements
were started the farmers i'm tina. Sec
ton are making more money on their
investments than ever before, and are
buying automobiles to help them i'm
their farm work. II is now proposed
to issue long-term bonds to the value
of $50, 900 specifically for bodybuilding
purposes.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Weaver returned
la1 ri,
through Pennsylvania and Maryland.
The motorist should be particularly
careful not TO impose unnecessary hard
ships upon the tire equipment il he ex-
poets to secure maximum service. A car
should never be driven in street car
tracks nor the tires allowed to come in
contact with Instructions that can, by a
little care, be avoided. Likewise corners
should not be taken at high speed. \
moments consideration will show the
effect producedsa as the car skids around.
and the force the tires must Withstand.
Also, driving at top speed the great part
OF the time will result In the tire mileage
being less than would otherwise be OBJ
tanned.
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Orme and chill
dren left last Tuesday in their touring
car for Atlantic City, later going TO
Canada.
Barney Oldfield,. the veteran speed king,
and his wife will make a triumphal tour
Of the world. They will start the latter
part Of November, making their first
stop at Honolulu, and will visit Japan.
China Australia. India. Egypt and vari-
Gus European points. Barney will take
along his :oo-horsepower racing car and
clean up whatever foreign records look
good enough along the route. He has long
coveted the honor Of lowering the speed
records made by the Britishers on their
world-famous banked oval at Brookla nds,
England. and has promised his closest
friends to achieve that honor for -Ameli-
ca before he returns home in the spring,
Ii was given out last week that OF
fifty-nine departures from a well known
White mountain hotel on a certain day
not one speeding guest used such an
antiquated method of conveyance rs a
railroad train: they all went by automo-
bile 1t is also added that there are twice
as many automobiles at the hotel In
question as there were last year
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Not satisfied that the recent match race
al Brighton Beach really demonstrated
the superiority of either man as track
driver, Ralph De Palma and George Rob-
ertson have agreed to participate in
another race similar TO that held at the
track by the sea- at the Belmont Driv-
ing Clubs track Al Narberth. near Phila.
delphia, September "a. Robertson will
drive his ninety horsepower Simplex,
while DE Palma will pilot either the Fiat
Cyclone or a ninety horsepower Fiat. the
best two out of three five-mile heats TO
urizes offered for the contest are S1,5C0
to the winner and $500 to the loser-a
record mark TO- such contests i'm the
Philadelphia district
The other events will include a fiye-mile
free-for-all. ten-mile free-for-all handi-
cap. mile record trials to establish a
track record and to lowe. the existing
records for mile dirt tracks, a five-mile
handicap for the amateurs. and price and
piston displa cement classes for stock cars
and chassis are included. and the PRICES
cash for all events but the amateur and
stock cars. in which plate is ofYered-will
undoubtedly attract many entries
Wilmington, DEL, Is to have an inno-
walton In the handling Of funerals in the
future. the Lawncroft Cemetery Com
pany, which has a large cemetery on the