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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29
YOUNG URGES THAT CONVICTS BE WORKED
ON ROADS IN EVERY COUNTY IN ALABAMA

efficient in performing his duties at
his office.
Why do we stand back and see our
sister state reap the many benefits de-
rived from their good roads? Why not put
our convicts on our public highways,
where every one will get some returns
from their labors? And why not take
them out of the places where our honest
laborers can earn their daily bread in
stead of having to contribute in a way
to their upkeep?
I'VE should by all means have excel
lent highways leading to all important
cities, such as Nashville, Chattanooga,
Atlanta, Montgomery, ETC., from Birming-
ham and each of these cities in turn have
highways connecting others which would
cause the touring public, many Of whom
are wealthy prospecters looking for de-
sirable southern places to locate to take
our state into consideration and on &C.
count OF the many resources of this dis
trict would bring additional capital which
We must have to forge to the front as
we should.
There were 700 delegates to the good
roads congress held in Atlanta a few
days ago, and Georgias methods OF road
building came In for its share o. dis
cussion and praise. Montgomery county
Is far in advance of the rest of this state
on roads, and l hope 1t won't be long
before we can see the states conyicts
working on every country road in an ef-
fort to equal Montgomery's, and that con-
Vlct labor Will be taken out of COM
petition with free labor.
Our sister state has shown us how
to do this, so let's get busy and at the
coming session of the legislature provide
such laws that will put our conyicts on
our highways and our honest laborers to
work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29

of our cars than any of the states
controlled by our southern sales de-
partment, and this state is in the heart
of the cotton belt"
Charles W. Tway. southern sales
manager of the Haynes, will return
early next week from trip embracing
the larger cites of Kentucky and Ten
nessee, and visit of day to the
Haynes factory.
+. ID. Wilkerson of the Morris Auto
and Tire company says the business
the past two weeks with his firm has
been better than any times since the
company began business several
months ago. Especially is our gaso-
line trade heavy, showing that peo-
pie are using their cars" he said.
our rubber business Is very fine.
can't see any signs of hard times. We
certainly are not having any,
Mr.. Wilkerson says that in his esti-
nation the Morris company has the
best auto stand in the state on ac-
count of its peculiar location on the
right hand side of the street as the
cars go toward town, on a level grade
Where a car easily stops for gasoline
ana repairs and so forth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29
KEEP YOUR RADIATOR
FROM BEING ICE BOX

One OF the things of prime import
ance to the motor car owner who drives
his car throughout the cold month"; is
radiation. II care Is not exercised the
Ger Will freeze, damaging radiator and
all connections. In commenting on an
antifreeze solution to be used in the
radiators during the winter, ]. f. Rich
man. production manager of the Cole
Motor Car company. says:
winter Is here and you, Mr.. Motor
tht, are liable to wake up some fine
morning and find that your radiator
has turned into an icebox during tho
night. To be on the safe side mix an
antifreeze solution for your radia tor
Experiments with a motor car in cold
storage rooms at various temperatures
SHOW that mixture of so per cent de-
patured alcohol and SO per cent water
makes the best antifreeze mixture.
If the radiator is kept covered, the
solution will last throughout the year
| IL occasionally one adds a small guam
tlty of alcohol"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29
The Sentimental Ag,

Mrs Gaily-"Mr. Bachelor. do your
eyes trouble you these days?"
Mr. Batcheldor--"Mine don't, but yours
do
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29
SPARK PLUG PARAGRAPHS

Tom Morris of the Morris Auto and
Tire company spent the larger part of
last week on a hunting trip. Tom
said he was hunting deer" and his
friends admitted 1t, only they spelled
it "d-e-a-r-s"
Bradley Saunders of the Saunders
Motor Car company reports that still
no shipments of the Dodge car have
been received in Birmingham. He
expected some last week sure. He
says that he would gamble some of
the cars will arrive in town this
week.
Hubert Drennen states that three
more Of the Cadillac s-cylinder demon
strating cars have been received in
Alabama, one for Montgomery, one
for Mobile and one for Selma. None
OF the cars have yet been received
In Birmingham, however. except the
demonstration which has been here a
couple weeks. Mr.. Drennen states he
is making good sales of the new car,
but wishes the factory would hurry
UP deliveries so he could supply his
customers.
Ted Brownell says business in
Fords is booming. The Brownell
Brothers shipped six cars to Annis-
ton. six to Troy and some to Haley
Vile last week. 1.-The contention that
the Ford is 'hard times cars as
well as a good car for all times, is
undoubtedly being demonstrated the
past few weeks" he said. 1T Is sur
prising the number of men who own
big, expensive cars who are putting
them up for the winter. doing with
out chauffeur and are buying Fords
to run them Themselves" Mr. Brow
nell and Mr.. Richardson did not go
to Detroit last week as they had ex-
pected. They now intend to leave this
. week.
The Brownell Brothers are fitting up
new offices in their sales rooms and
garage on South Twentieth street.
They have put In several partitions,
fencing off one end of the big room
into. series of private offices for
the different departments of the COM
pany.
H. M. Hicks, one of the most pro-
pressive young business men of Co.
lumbus, Ga, visited the Haynes sales
room last week and completed negotia-
lions to handle Haynes cars In Co.
lumhus. I'VE are well pleased with
securing Mr.. Hicks to represent u.s."
said Mr. Young, ''as the car that we
are offering the trade and the per-
sonal popularity of Mr.. Hicks will
secure quite nice lot Of business in
this territory.
THE interest in our car. Americas
Greatest Light Six continues to grow
and today our factory has shipped
more cars thanAat any previous time
in the history Ct the factory and IL
working night ard day trying to catch
up with orders untitled
Speaking Of conditions existing in
the cotton belt. II may interest you to
know that Mississippi u selling more
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29

| direct drive. By this means the gearbox
Is absolutely silenced while even the COM
paratively small load on the engine re-
quired to turn the idle shaft with its
gears immersed In lubricant, is done away
with.
To bring this about the layshaft driv-
ing gear slides on the squared rear end
of the clutch shaft. For direct drive 1t
is moved toward the rear of the car 1t
passes out of engagement with the lay
shaft driven gear in the bottom of the
case, and slips into engagement with a
clutch that is rigidly mounted on the
rear end of the driven shaft. In passing
into neutral from direct drive, Of course,
the effect is to pick up the layshaft again
and set it in motion.
OF all the cars that ever have been
projected into the automobile world
Dodge Brothers motor cars will appear
in surroundings that are at once most
extraordinary and promising. In the very
zenith of a career of % years as ma
chinists and manufacturers, the Dodg
Brothers, John F. and Horace T., closed
out an automobile parts production enter
prise involving contracts worth a million
and half dollars a month to embark as
automobile manufacturers In their own
right. But in thus undertaking to build
secondcareer upon a first and unite
the two as one. 1t was wisely determined
not to court an advance appeal. The pub
lie was not to be permitted to judge the
wisdom of the selection until the Dodge
Brothers designs had been finally ap-
proved and the construction checked up
at all points in the shop and on the road.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29

those same people who cannot get work
here have to pay their pro rata share
toward keeping up the courts and the
gov eminent of city and state.
There was considerable agitation wher
the state of Georgia passed laws to put
convicts on the road as to how they would
allot them, and at first good many
counties said they would not take their
pro rata, but this condition did not ex-
ist long, as several of the counties TOOK
all that& they could get, and these coun-
ties went right in for good roads, ano
1t was not long before a certain amount
of rivalry developed as to which county
had the best roads, and today you can
travel practically with as much COM
fort in an automobile over our sister state
as on a Pullman.
AT this season there are hundreds of
people who tour through Georgia from
the north, down into Florida, some. OF
course. stopping at Georgia points. While
there are no available figures as to how
much money these tourists leave, I have
had experience with a great many and
know that it is no small amount.
The farm lands of Georgia are today
bringing more money by 800 per cent than
they would have brought 10 years ago
and good roads are responsible for It,
We must not lose sight of the fact that
automobiles are responsible for good
roads While we hear the cry that auto
mobiles take so much money away from
this section. If you care to investigate
you will find that on these good roads, In
every section, not only our wealthy peo-
pie have bought farms and built hand
some homes, but wealthy farmers from
over the entire United States have come
to the south where everything can be
raised and the seasons are more pleasant
and bought large farms.
They all have their automobiles where
within the same time that it takes to go
home on the cars of the northern cities
they are able to reach their homes in
their automobiles after catching a few
breaths of pure air driving in the open.
Any business man in the city who lives
out and drives in in the morning to his
days work will say that the fresh, pure
air breathed on the way makes him more
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29

be revolutionized. Fisher brought Andrus
to Indianapolis last July where he has
had the cooperation of the speedway
management and the officials of the Ma
tional Automobile factory, in perfectine
his compound. Since that time all kinds
of tests and demonstrations have been
made for automobile officials and ex.
pert chemists The substitute is being
made In still at the speedway and An1
drus explains to those interested the sine
plicity of his mixture, keeping secret only
two of the ingredients which he says can
be bought at any drug store. In tests
for speed and miles per gallon the sub
stitute has excelled regular gasoline in
every instance
At demonstration which was observed
by expert engineers from the automobile
factories, the instructor of chemistry
from Michigan university, and newspaper
representatives, regular stock touring cars
were taken from the Indianapolis fac.
tories and tested first on gasoline and
then without changing the cars in any
way, they were tested on the substitute.
Marmon. Cole and National six-cylin-
der cars, were used. The Cole made 1873
miles to a gallon of gasoline and 1876
miles on the substitute, the Marmon made
1872 miles on the substitute and the Ma
tional touring car made 165 miles per
gallon on gasoline and 1915 miles on the
substitute. N
One of the most remarkable demor-
strations was made with a regular stocx
National touring car with all equipment
and four passengers. Using gasoline, the
National attained a speed of Sc miles per
hour then Immediately after, the Same
car was driven at the rate of 81 miles
per hour on the substitute. Tn a country
road test of 157 miles a National six
made an average of 16a4 miles per gal
Ion, with gasoline. Experts who observed
this test were surprised that the powerful
National, obtained such a wonderful mile
age per gallon
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29

1.-THE new fluid is called 20
hne,'" Mr.. MosI<ovies said.
ut was discovered by John An
drus, . Portuguese of McKeesport.
Pa. who was recently pnid $780,
900 By the government for n dis
cOvery he made in toughening TAR
NOR plate. Andrus has discovered
way of breaking down water
without the use of great hent and
the new fluid consists mostly of
water, a little nnphthnIene and two
secret ingredients that can be
bought at my drug store. Andrus
mixes these in q still to which heat
Is applied and the result II n fluid
that In superior to gnsO1fne.
THE formula for making the new fluid
is known to Mr.. Fisher and another man
and they declare that 1t can be made
for about one and half cents a gallon.
It looks like wnter and smells exactly
like camphor balls. There is no stool,
in the company for sale and there will
not be. I am simply telling you the
story as I know it, of the most wonder
full discovery ever made and one that
is surely destined to revolutionize the
power business for all automobiles OF
INV other engine now operated by gaso-
line."
According to leading articles in the In
dianapolis newspapers those interested In
the new product are Carl G. Fisher, presi-
dent of the Prest-O-Lite company; III
dianapolis Speedway and founder of the
Lincoln highway, James A. Allison, Sec
rotary of the speedway and associated
with Fisher In many adventures, H. 8
JOY of the Packard company, Roy
Chaplin of the Hudson, Howard C. Mar
mon of the Marmon company, and A. c.
Newly, vice president of the speedway
and president of the National Motor We
hicle company.
is predicted, the automobile industry will
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29

Motor authorities who have examined
and ridden in the new car are unanimous
in stating that Dodge Brothers have es-
tablished new standard of value in
the popular priced car field. In point of
commodiousness for the passengers, serv-
ice, sturdiness and general appearance
the car exceeds the general acceptance
of what can be purchased in the open
market at a figure in the vicinity of the
$500 mark. No sound suggestion for the
Improvement of the cars equipment
which includes electric lighting and start
Ing, one man top, ventilating windshield,
and other features, has been offered by
single automobile expert who has seen
the car.
In appearance, the new car will meet
the approval of streamline advocates,
having a graceful body without abrupt
transitions
Left-hand drive is employed with CEN
ter control, the levers being placed for
ward in a position that allows the driver
to enter the car from either of the front
doors The working out of the compact
four-cylinder block engine, with it's in
tegrally mounted, three-speed selective
gearset, reveals close attention to details,
as well as fine appreciation of the fact
that the average American motorists pre-
fers to do great deal of his driving
on high gear. The gearing is conserva-
tive. On direct drive the transmission is
geared 3.615 to l, the driving bevels hav-
Ing AZ and 13 teeth. On intermediate the
ratio is 6.93. affording good speed on
hills, while the low speed is geared 49, 81
to /. as compared with somewhere about
II to ! In a good many much larger
and heavier cars. Thus, running on d.
rect drive, the engine turns over approx
imately $50 revolutions per minute at a
car speed of 10 miles an hour, 760 revolu-
lions at a car speed of 20 miles an hour,
1l40 revolutions at a speed of 30 miles
per hour and 1920 al 90 miles an hour
fabrication is taken care of by a COM
bination force-feed and splash system. a
popularity of which is that the reser-
voir, instead of being in the form of a
shallow pan below the splash troughs, is
a relatively deep compartment below the
first and second cylinders.
one of the points in which convention
has been abandoned for what is thought
20 be decided Improvement in the way
of Design is ip the gear-set No gears
are engaged when the car is running in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29

W. II. Young of the Haynes agency
| on South Twenty first street is a
| strong advocate of the working of the
convicts on the roads. Mr.. Young is ia
| m;liar with what convict road labor
has done for Georgia and talks inter-
| estingly of conditions in that state and
what Alabama should do
In spite of the fact that prohibition
and convict labor on the roads went
into effect the same time in Georgia,
| the loss of revenue from prohibition
and the state convict department was
4 a great deal more than made up, states
Mr.. Young, by the improved conditions
| Brought about by the good road sys-
ten worked out by the convicts on the
roads. Mr.. Young urges the Alabama
legislature to remedy the situation at
the sessions this winter
Il have read with much interest the
articles written in the papers of this
city relative to the employment bureau
established by the trades union and
| having in mind the conditions that ex-
| listed in Georgia several years ago I
| think this Is an opportune time for this
matter to be brought before the public
| of this city
Probably every reader of your coll
| ualns is aware of the fact that the state
OF Georgia works its convicts on the
| public roads.
Georgia Will go broke, were the
words on nearly everyone's lips when
they considered the amount of revenue
that both prohibition and the taking of
ccnvicts from the lease system would
take away from the state and city
What do we see today? Nowhere
can you find motorist who has toured
in the south that does not praise Geor-
gas roads and there is hardly a farm
e. in the state who doesn't own an au-
tonobile. Today their state registration
shows nearly four to our one compared
with ours and good roads are respon-
sible for this and not only this 1t has
taken the convict labor away from the
work that should be given to others
who cannot get work right here ir
this city owing to this condition. Yet
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29
SHIPPING PEERLESS
ALL PURPOSE CARS

Shipment Of "All Purpose" Skies, the
new light short wheelbase six-cylinder
car that was announced recently by the
Peerless Motor Car company have beef
begun from the factory in Cleveland.
This car was presented to the public
along with the "All Purpose" Four SIX
weeks ago. but deliveries of fours were
begun first Dealers In all the promi-
nent cities will have six demonstrators
within few days.
The interest in the new six-cylinder
model has been very high and great
number of orders were taken by the
Peerless company before It was able to
show the car to, it, customers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29

''The things that happen to automobile
tires in races ought to be warning enough
to all users that speed Is expense" says
Horace De Lisser, maker of Ajax tires.
High speed very often defeats its own
object because so much time Is taken
out to replace tires which are used UP
by the friction.
1T should appeal to the private owner
that driving excessively fast is bound to
shorten the life of his tires. Making a
road race out of touring trip will have
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29
OVERLAND BAND HELP
RAISE RELIEF FUND

The appeal of Brand Whitlock, min
lister to Belgium and former mayor of
Toledo, in behalf of the women, chill
d1en and other noncomoatants in Bel
gum, found instant and substantial re-
Spouse in his home city The Com
merce club Immediately started a BEN
belgian relief fund
John N. WHY'S, president of the
Wlilys-Overland company, who was
appointed chairman of the COMMITTEES
to raise funds, offered the services OF
the Overland concert band and the Ov-
eriand Glee club for a benefit con-
cert. Between $500 and $4,000 was
raised at the concert which was given
i'll Toledo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29
The Dodges Announce
Their Nezv Motor Car
Latest Addition to Automobile Industry is Hand.
some Four Cylinder Machine to Sell at $785.
Car Has 110-Inch Wheelbase and Re-
markable Equipment Throughout

After II months of wafu waiting the part of the pub
lie and motor Dealers Dodge Brothers have finally
nounced the complete details and price of the which they
will market for 1913 Contrary to the expectations of those
who expected freakh design Dodge Brothers. is full
grown automobile with fourcylnder motor three and
eghnch bore by four and hafnch stroke developing
3035 horse 1t has wheebase of inches and will
sell for 70o For the present the will be available
touring form
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29
Look Out, King Gasoline!
An Upstdrt Threatens
Discovers of New Explosive Fluid That Resembles
Water and Has the Odor of Camphor Balls
Predict Revolution

substitute for gasoline that be manufactured for ia
gallon is being made in Indianapolis E. Moskovics
commercial manager OF Nordyke Marmon Company of Indian
apo the substitute made and has observed
it. Some Of the biggest the motor business this
country interested and predict that the fuel
ouonze only the motor business but all manufacture
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29
Don't Race When You Tour

| that effect beyond doubt. That is one
lesson racing tells that cannot be dwet
upon too strongly for the benefit of the
general automobilist.v 81
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-07
Young Man Killed.

Mr.. j. A. Mckinley received
a telegram Saturday informing
him of the sudden death of Chas.
Hylton aged Il a brother OF Mrs.
Mckinley. The boy was acct
dentally hurt during the week,
but neither the boy nor his par.
ents thought anything serious
would result from the injury.
Physicians said he would be over
it in two or three days. Friday
afternoon, however, he became
restless and was forced to take
his bed and only lived a few
hours.
MIR. and Mrs. Hylton have
reared a family of ten children
and this is the first death that
ever occurred in their family. -
Hartville Democrat.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-07
Child Cross? Feverish? Sick?

A cross, peevish, listless child,
with coated tongue, pale, doesn't
sleep; eats sometimes very little,
then, again ravenously; stomach
sour; breath fetid; pains in stom.
ach, with diarrhea; grinds teeth
while asleep, and starts with ter.
ror-all suggest a Worm Killer
something that expells worms,
and almost every child has them.
Kickapoo Worm Killer is needed.
Get a box today. Start at once
You won't have to coax, as Kick.
apoo Worm Killer is a candy con-
lection. Expels the worms, the
cause of yourchild's trouble; 25c.
at your druggist. adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-07
CITY OFFICIALS.

Second Ward, w. b. F%ullington
Second Ward, DR.. j. A.. Fuson
Council meets the second Monday
evening of every month.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-07
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