Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16

capital Mr. Habersham is a direct de.
scendant of James Habersham, one OF
Georgia's first governors, and of his son
Joseph HaberSham first Postmaster Gen
eral of the United States, under Wash
ington. His family is also connected with
the Virginia Lees.
Mr.. Habersham is also a great-grand
child of Francis Scott Key, whose ole
home is a Washington landmark
Mr.. Habersham is enthusiastic over his
assignment, and plans to continue the
plan of distribution so successfully put
into force by Mr. Vliet He plans tc
make a thorough swing through his terri
tory very shortly. taking in points in Vir-
ginia, Maryland. North Carolina and
West Virginia.
One of the first to welcome Mr. Haber-
sham to Washington was his old friend
Col. Cliff Long local dealer for the r
ME- go and Flanders 30 cars, which
form the Studebaker line The pair are
old friends, and each is delighted at the
circumstances which have brought ten
into new business relations.
D. D. Phillips. manager of the Shen-
andoah Motor Company of Richmond
Va, and Mrs. Phillips are spending the
week end as the guests of w. P. Barn
hart of this city. Mr.. Phillips takes back
two carloads of Everitt cars with him
when he returns tomorrow
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w. f. Hettinger is the latest purchaser
of a six-passenger Columbia roadster
with full touring equipment.
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That the electric pleasure car Is receiv-
ing more favorable recognition every day,
on account of its many features Is shown
by the fact that over $40, 100000 has been
invested in this class of machine. Its in
slant readiness has recommended 1t to the
physician and the business man. who can
not consider the question of possible de-
lay To the business man the electric
vehicle is demonstrating its value more
and more each day.
The electric car of today is simple of
operation. clean, comfortable and has a
greatly increased radius of operation
There is no one feature which has been a
strong factor in bringing about this
popular feeling for it than the 'Exide''
batteries. Since the early start of the
use of electrics these batteries have been
constantly improved, always keeping pace
with the improvements made in electrics.
The present type of battery fills every
! reasonable requirement of electric vehicle
users. 1t was the original battery design
ed for electric vehicle purposes and is
adapted for both pleasure and CONNER
ciaI cars, and has been for years the
standard with nearly all of the electric
vehicle makers.
The '.Ironclad- E&ide' battery, put upon
the market January, 1911, is the latest
and highest development Of this battery
The superior features of this battery, it
is claimed, are that 1t gives two or three
times the life, that it seldom, If ever, re-
quires cleaning and that it gives addi-
tional mileage.
Maxwell cars were delivered during the
past week as follows: Mascotte, touring
car, to T. p. Brown; model T touring car
w. H. Jordan; Mascotte roadster, w. E.
Huntsberry; special touring car, DR..
z. NJ. Hasbrouck; Messenger, to Joseph
C.. Walker; Mascotte roadster, to Eastern
Motor Sales Company; Mascotte touring
car. to DR.. w. ID. Tewksbury, and "A
runabout, to Miss Maud May. Orders
were placed for Maxwell special tour
ing car for ]. p. Coon.
A Columbia electric victoria was de-
| livered to r. NJ. Dobbins and Column
bia "4S' roadster to j. E. Falk. An Or
der was placed by Bernard Walls for a
six-passenger Columbia Cavalier roadster
| for early delivery.
1912 self-cranking Cadillac touring cars
were delivered last week to p. Smyth
M. p. Greene, Alexandria, Va; J. Bran
son and Senator w. E. Chiffon, West
Virginia.
Twenty thousand automobiles will be
the export record of the United States
in the fiscal year which ends with the
present month and their value, incud-
ing parts and accessories. will approx
mate S21 900, 600. This statement is neces-
sarily in very round terms, for the
bureau of statistics, upon whose figures
the estimate is based has at present de-
tailed figures covering but ten months
They show, however, nearly 1900 auto
mobiles exported to foreign countries in
the ten months ending with April, valued
at S16 500, GOO: parts thereof. So, 25O.O 600
tires, sent separately from machines un-
der the head of exports of rubber manu-
| features, over 100000. and automobile
engines SGj6,OOO, making a total for the
| ten months of practically $22,OCO.0OO, and
! fully justifying the assertion that for the
| full twelve months the total will approx
mate and probably exceed So. 100000. Thi.
figure includes only the exports to foreign
| countries and is exclusive of the 800 ma
/ chimes sent to our non-contiguouS terri
| tory, valued at about 81 10000.
This total of $27,OOO.00O worth of auto
mobiles sent out of the country in 191.
is In marked contrast with the figures o
| a decade ago, 1902 which. by the way
| was the first year in which the bureau
OF statistics found the exports of autoino
biles of sufficient importance to justify
| separate record, the total for that yea
being little less than $1.OOO.O0O, a
against $27.OOO,O0O ten years later.
The growth in exports OF automobile