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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

Marietta, Ga, Dec y. 1916.
Dear Santa Claus:-
| am writing this letter TO tell
you what / want.
Please bring me watch and gun,
free crackers, cowboy suit, and a
raincoat, a foot ball and a pocket
book.
| will be glad to get any thing
you bring.
Your little friend,
D. G. HANEY.
Second grade.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

Marietta, Ga, Dec. IL, 1916.
Dear Santa Claus 81
| am writing this letter to tell
you what | want.
Please bring me doll, some doll
furniture, doll chair, some ribbon
a watch-bracelet, a doll table, a
tea-set, doll bed, lots of fruit
and candy, a cooking-pan, a doll
trunk, some doll clothes, a hat, a
dinner set.
|. will be glad to get any thing
you bring.
Your little friend,
COMERDELL SPINKS.
Second grade.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

Marietta, Ca, Dec. Is, 1915
Dear Santa Claus:
l am writing this letter to tell
you what want.
Please bring me an Indian suit,
tea-set, pencil box, baby doll,
clothes, a bracelet, necklace, lot
of fruit and all kinds of candy,
mixed nuts, bed room slippers.
will be glad to get anything you
bring.
Your little friend,
EVA MAE MILLER.
Second grade. :
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

1 viii be glad to get any thing
you bring.
Your little friend,
WILLIE MAE GARRISON.
Second grade.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

Marietta. Ca. Dec. II. 1916.
Dear Santa Claus:
1 am writing this letter to tell
you what want.
Please bring me a watch, and
train and drum, one box fire crack
srs, some apples and some oranges,
mixed nuts.
1 will be glad to get any thing
you bring.
Your little friend,
ERNEST BLACK,
Second grade.
Marietta, Ca, Dec. II, 1915.
Dear Santa Claus:-
I am writing this letter to tell
you what l want,
Please bring me some doll chairs,
table, doll trunk, tea-set, a lot of
fruit, candy, cooking pan.
l will be glad to get any thing
you bring.
Your little friend,
MARIE GRAHAM.
Second grade
Marietta, Ga, Dec. IL, 1916.
Dear Santa Claus
l am writing this letter to tell
you what | want.
Please bring me a doll, a watch
bracelet, a doll chair, little table,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22
Second grade.

Marietta, Ca, Dec. Il, 1915.
Dear Santa Claus:-
l am writing this letter to tell
you what | want
Please bring me a drum, some
fire-crackers, some sand-erackers,
sand-mill, picture-machine,
l will be glad to get any thing
you bring.
Your little friend,
TONY CARTER.
Second Grade.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

Marietta, Ca, Dec -, 1916.
Dear Santa Claus:-
| am writing this letter to tell
you what | want.
Please bring me gun, watch,
train, a drum and a lots of fire
crackers, rain coat, a tinker toy,
a pair of pants, a cap pistol and
some nuts, and some oranges and
apples.
l will be glad to get any thin z
you bring.
Your little friend,
LINTON GABLE.
Second grade
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

Marietta, Ga, Dec u, 1916.
Dear Santa Claus
| am writing this letter to tell
you what | want.
Please bring me doll, tea-set,
a pencil box and some fruits, nuts.
and candy.
| will be glad to get any thin g
you bring
Your little friend,
EVE KILE.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

Marietta, Ga, Dec. -, 1916.
Dear Santa Claus:-
| am writing this letter to tell
you what | want.
Please bring me a gun, will you
bring me fire crackers and cow
boy suit, a train, a cap pistol and a
tool chest
| will be glad to get any thing
you bring.
Your little friend,
EUGENE DAVIS,
Second grade.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

Marietta, Ca, Dec. II, 1916.
Dear Santa Claus:-
am writing this letter to tell
you what | want.
Please bring me some ribbon. l
want doll, and oranges and can
dy, and apples, tea-set, doll
clothes, and an Indian suit fire
crackers.
l will be glad to get any thing
you bring.
Your little friend,
FLORENCE ALLGOOD.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

you bring.
Your little friend,
EDGAR MAYSON,
Second grade.
Marietta. Ca, Dec. Il, 1915.
Dear Santa Claus:-
| am writing this letter to tell
you what | want.
Please bring me a doll, a big doll
some doll furniture. an Indian suit
doll clothes, rain coat, tea-set, a
lot of fruit and candy, a watch
| will be glad to get any thing
you bring.
Your little friend,
EDITH MANNING,
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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-22

Second grade.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
NEW COAST RECORD is
SET BY CADILLAC EIGHT
ROund-TrIp Los Angeles Bnkcrsfeld,
Cal., Is Nude In Five Hours
and Forty Minutes.

Another speed record has fallen he.
fore the Cadillac Eight. this being foi
the Los Angeles bakersfield round.
trip. $50 miles each way. The new
mark for the distance. five hours and
forty minutes. is one hour and twenty
four minutes under the best previous
motor car recoud for this run, recent
~ made by II twclve-cylinder car.
The car was driven 10y Ted Beaudet
Thick fog obscured the mountain road
way. which was slippery to the point
of being dangerous. In spite of these
difficulties and the loss of seven min
utcs on account of tire trouble. the
run to Bakersfield was completed in
two hours and fortY-ninc minutes. The
time for the return was two hours and
ffty-onc minutes. only two miuui Is
louEer-eNidcuce OF consistent driving
under adverse conditions. The twelve
cylinder car had made tho trip from
Los Angeles to Bakersfield and return
in seven hours and four minutes. which
was the best previous record up to
the time OF I'll" Cadillac's performance
II is less than a year since u Cadil-
lac Eight. With the same driver. made
the run from Los Angeles 10 san Fran
cisco in twelve hours and ten minutes
heating by one hour and thirty-iive
minutes the train known as the Lark
the fastest on the Southern Pacific
between the TWO cities.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
Solid Truck Ties In Demand

I. j. Welch. manager OF the solid
truck tire department of the United
states TIRE Company, said recently
that his department was simnIy
Swampcd with orders.
We don't have to sell truck tires
he said: my big problem is in filling
orders rapidly enough. Our factories
ar" running day and night. Orders
arc pouring in on US constantine and
| credit il all 10 the fact that our new
SOo-ton vulcanizing process and the
new rubber compound, about which
cannot give details. have combined to
make our truck tires render mileage
so far beyond tho ordinary that every
one who hears of their remarkable
services demands United States truck
tires, and will accept no other"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
MAXWELL COMPANY GETS
BIG MUNICIPAL ORDER
Low Fuel Consumption Mig Factor In
Signing Order for Twenty
Seven Automobiles.

The Maxwell Motor Company closed
n contract last week With the mmni-
cipal government Of Kansas City for
twenty-sevcn new motor cars. The
order was placed b. William c. Weav-
err. purchasing agent for Kansas C';y.
after he had made AN investigation cN-
tending over a field Of cars of various
makes He found the Maxwell best
adapted TO the needs Of the oNacting
municipal service. because Of its dur
ability, it's depcnoablity and it's great
economy in operation.
Another factor that entered into the
closing Of the contract was the prompt
delivery guaranteed by the MAXWELL
Company. \ promise was made that
the cars would all be turned over in
three days. and this promise was fu!-
filled TO the letter.
In the consignment are twcuiy-one
runabouts and a touring car, the re-
mainder being chassis for special com-
mercial bodies.
The growing popularity Of tho Man
we'll chassis in the commercial held
was another element that entered into
the transaction. These chassis are de-
Iivered all ready for the tops To be
fitted on. There is no extra wiring cr
adjusting 30 lee done. The tops may
he made according TO the specifications
and requirements Of the owner. Many
HierCndnlS are h'hi'e us - '''F' 80
venient method Of purchasing cars for
delivery purposes.
Last year. Kansas City used mum
her Of motor cars of make otheT
than Maxwell In its municipal service.
For several months. Mr.. Weaver. the
City's purchasing agent, has been keep
ing n close tab ON gasoline consump
ton and he knows a good deal of
what the Maxwell can accomplish along
this Very important line. lie wisely
concluded tina, the use of Maxwell
cars for the city service would cut
down the municipal gasoline bill 70
an appreciahle degree.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
DANNlTE SHOWS SPLENDID
RESULTS IN SEVERE TESTS
Inventor of Damn Spring Insert Pro-
duccS nm Oillcss Hearing ana
Grca~cIcss Pushing.

That Dannite. the oilless bearing and
creaseiess bushinr. will revolutionze
the bearing business is now an AS
sured fact according to the announce
ment made dav hv T.. 9. Damn. Con-
eral manager Of the Damn Products
Company. Chicago. Ill, it's manufac-
turers.
Since the announcement OF Dannite
some months ago, CcaseleSs testing has
been going on, not only by the Damn
Products Company, huI by some Of tn"
leading engineers in the country. who
now pronounce 1t one Of the most
startling inventions Yet made in the
world of mechanics.
High-speed tests of as high as IL zoe
revolutions per minute continued into
the hundreds of millions of revolu-
tions have shown Dauuite perfectly
cool ana dry as bone, improved, il
anything. by the usage.
+. q. Damn viii be remembered as
the inventor OF Damn Spring Insert. the
interleaf shock ahsorber. which is to-
day admitted by sprinCmakcrs and
hundreds of thousands OF users as the
only logical and cncicn, shock an
sorher.
To accommodate tho increased p~o-
duction OF Damn Insert. Il large plant
has been arranged for in the city ui
cleveland. and thousands OF service
stations are heirS established every
here throughout the United States.
II is the intention OF the Damn Prod
ucts Company to inform the public oi
their service facilities ia series al
advertisements in the general news
papers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
"N0BBY" TREADS SHOW
REMARKABLE MILEAGE
Consistent Durability Of Product Is
Pleasing to United states
Tire tompHuy.

The remarkable regularity with
which letters have been received re-
Gently 10y the United states Tire Com
pany commenting their tires for cN-
cess mileage received. proves beyond
the question of a doubt the truth of
Cannon Ball Bakers claim that no
other tires could have stood the severe
road conditions 10 which he subject ed
them in his remarkable trip across the
Continent.
y letter recently received from Okla
homa States that a "nohhy" tread on 4
second hand HupmOhilc which had run
5000 miles when the owner bought il,
gave 1000 miles more service. and
that without n punCturc.
Another letter says that the chauf
feur OF the Governor of Michigan has
nun more than 1000 miles on a set OF
"nohbys' and feels certain that this
set will stand 5000 more.
..Elevcn Thousand miles and sin
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
MORE ATTENTION BEING
GIVEN TO Rim EQUIPMENT
james Atkins. Rim Expert. Tells OF the
simplicity of the Goodyear
Detachable Him.

Because of the increased popular
demand for simpler and lighter rims,
more attention is now being given to
rim expert. Of The Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company. Akron. Ohio.
More and more is II becoming evil
dent he states. that the rim of the
future IL to be Il detachable rim. The
dcsir" on the part Of dealers and manu-
facturcrS to Eet away from cumbcr-
some Chinese puzzle types of rims with
their many complicated parts To Il sim
plifed type. IL indicated Strikingly by
the reception which has been accorded
The Goodyear detachable rim. This
rim is designed to take the drudrcry
out Of tire changing l.atchcs, lugS
and locks have been eliminated. There
is but one working part, and it lifts
RICH; out. II obviatcs the use Of all
special tools and fastcninEs and en-
ableS the motoriSt To remove tho trio
from the rim without taking the rim
from the wheel
THE Goodyear detachable rim is Il
twO-piecc rim and is SO simple that
uron dcmonstrat its virtues are APP
parent. and motorists want il. II also
harmonizcs with the principles OF light
ness SO long sought by car makers.
Then !; has the added advantage Of n
wider base. The extra air space there
by gained and the simplicity of opera =
tion has made ii "a rim Of extreme COM
fort and convenience for motorists.
The Goodyear detachable rim WAS
designed originally for use on wood
wheels. but It's lightnrSs and durnbN
ity have made it adaptable 10 wire
Wheels which are themselves designed
TO meet :hc requirements Of iightnnSs
and strength.
NOW that wire wheels have ar
rived great impetus has hccn given
TO the demand for Goodyear detachable
rims, which after many eXactinG tests
have proven the ideal equipment for
wire wheels. MANY car makers have
been observing wire wheel development
very carefully and after exhaustive cX-
pcrimcntation have adopted them as
standard or optional equipment.
AN evidence of the advantage of
wire wheels from the standpoint of
liEhtncss and durability, is their use
on the cars which have competed for
speed mastery on the various race
courses of the country. III fact their
advantages were first brought to pub
lie attention through these great tests
Of speed and endurance. Every manu-
facturer Of wire whcn.s is using Good
year detachable rims-wnich attcsts
the high standard ;hcy have attained
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
Reduce Fur value 10 SD.

TOLEDO. OHIO. June distinction
has just been secured from the Stat.
OF Ohio and the \~w York Stock En-
ChautEc to reduce the par value of each
share of common capital stock OF the
Willys-ONcrland Company, OF Toledo
Ohio. from Slno TO So share This
change has been made in order to Gre
at" a wider market and more general
distribution of the stock of the giant
automobile Industry, which has prov ed
one Of the most popular investments
on the market in recent years.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
running." says n third.
Nobby" tread tires are adjusted on
Il basis of 5000 miles.
MnXwcils Going 10 France.

In letter to the export department
OF the Maxwell Motor Company, at
Detroit. y. l.. O'Connor. special repre-
sentative of the Maxwell service de-
partment in Paris. France, says that
Maxwell cars are giving excellent sat
istaction in France. lie writes that
III spite of keen competition. the de-
mand for Maxwclls is increasing
1n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
.4.S Miles on One Gallon of Cas-.

~ novel test. demonstrating the eff
hciency of an Overland model IS was
made At keokuk. la., recently, when an
Overland Travelled 24.S miles on one
Overland trevelcd 2i.S miles Oh one
gallon of gasoline On this test the car
mad" cighty-eiGht stops. The test was
made by a bakers delivery wagon and
the car was driven on its regular route
ihe test was made by the driver for
the bakery company. accompanied by
one OF TIL" men from the Overland ra :.
rage in that city
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
big knitting Will nj Chnttnnn.-n.

CHATTANOOGA. TENN. June To-
The Signal Knitting Company, which
has been organized here with rapital
set down at $4,000 is proceeding
rapidly to build Il big mill in which
il is proposed to manufacture all kinds
of knit underwear. The factory Will
employ over 100 hands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-18

l.. K. Liggett Co., the successor to the
Hegeman-Ja agnes and Lyon
Companies. will reach over $25, 600, 900
per annum.
The simple, straight forward business
principles adopted by the founders of
this business nearly enc hundred years
ago are the principles we intend to
keep in operation for all time to come.
t'My aim will be to develop the new
company into an institution that will
benefit each community in which we
have stores. We intend to improve
the quality of our merchandise wher-
ever possible without advancing the
price, and serve the public with the
best there is to be had in drug store
goods
Jerome A. Crane. former advertis-
ing ma Eager, will be general manager
of all stores in Massachusetts and
upper New England.
Fred L. Tompkins will be general
manager of all stores located in Rhode
Island and Connecticut.
E. l.. Meserve will be general man
ager of all stores located in Manhat-
tan, Bronx and Westchester county.
H. w. Weed will be general manager
Of all stores located in Brooklyn. up
per New York state. Michigan Ohio
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-18

in which no Riker stores, are present
will continue under the original name
The headquarters of the new com
pany will be $40 West Fourth street
New York.
John s. Alley, former president, be-
comes vice president of the new COM
pany and will take an active interest.
William G. Watt was former treasurer
of the L. K. Liggett Co. and will be
vice president of the new company.
George NJ. Gales, president of the
new company, says, 1.-THE drug store
established by William Hegeman at
Broadway and Walker street. New
York began in 1925; the store at
22nd Street near Sixth avenue, New
York, opened by William B. Riker
in 1916; together with the original
stores of c. p. Jaynes in Boston and
George c. Lyons in Providence, r. L,
were of course. the nucleus of the
chain of stores of which I now am
president.
ITO me it seems quite a coincidence
that the views o& these four men re-
garding the relation of store and Gus
toner were indcntica1. Satisfactory
service to each and every customer;
Honest advertising and plenty of it
These were the slogans that made
their businesses grow until today tho
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-18
Savings i'm Housefurnisllinqs

auditor; directors. L. <. Liggett, F L.
Tomplzins, r. B. Wattley, w. ]. Rash,
H. R. Andrews, J. A. Crane. George
NJ. Gales. John S. Alley, William C.
Watt.
The new L. K. Liggett Co. will OPP
crate stores in New York, Boston, and
all other leading cities from Bangor,
Me, to Detroit, Mich.
The Riker-Hegeman and Rfker-
Jaynes stores number 1o7 and the
Lfggett stores As; the total of 152
stores making it the largest retail
drug association in America today.
The LiEgett Co. is owned by the
United Drug Co. of Boston. at the
head of which is Louis K. Lggett, the
newly elected president of the Boston
Chamber Of Commerce.
The United Drug Co. in turn is
owned and controlled by 1000 retail
druggists throughout the United
States and Canada, now operating
stores as the "Rexan Stores"
The g stores in Greater New York
and all others bearing the Riker-
Hegeman name will be known as the
Liggett's -Rik er-Hegernan Drug Stores.
The 20 stores in Boston and others
bearing the RikerJaynes name will be
called Ligget' -Riker-Jaynes Drug
Stores, The Liggett stores in cities
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-18

L6ndon, Feb. 17-The night Of the
rsAt Zeppelin raid on the Midland
eonnties found London ready and
waiting as never before. Every one
knew zeppelins were expected. This
tine it was no mere rumor. Shortly
after dark. the street car and bus.
service in the outlying districts of
the eastern part of the city was sus-
peuded and incoming trains were held
mp ON certain lines People in the
coast towns telephoned to friends that
the raiders had been seen.
In London itself precautions as to
the darEenfng OF streets and buildings
were strictly enforced. Motor trucks
bearing anti-aircraft guns clattered
through the streets with the unnistak-
able racket of their type The result
was the theatres opened to smaller
audiences, and people stood in the
streets with eyes open for the flash
OF lights and ears tuned for the boom
Iof guns or the sharper note of
bombs
Before the first great raid on the
city. seachlights were used to search
the sky by those on lookout but it was
decided that these shafts of light,
touching up the distant clouds, acted
as gufdeposts to the raiders So now
the searchlights are not employed
until It is known the Zeppelins are on
hand. There were two reasons for,
expecting raid. In the first place
the weather had been what is known
locally as Yep weather Both lower
ard upper afr currents were nearly
still with drift from the northeast.
The usual mist of fog and smoke col
1ected in the Thames valley. which
grew rather thick for a day the time
preceding the raid. In the second,
the bombing of Paris, followed by an
attempt the succeeding night, made
authorities and population feel that
London would not escape
On the evening of the great raid
tHs sound of guns WAS heard distinct
" in London from eastward. This
went to support the story that the
invaders had been beaten of. The
mass Of London believed the raid had
resulted in hasco until they read a
brief statement in the morning papers
about certain eastern and northern
counties being visited by six or seven
Zeppelins. without any considerable
damage. From then on until O'Clock
that evening they awaited the war Of
acefs promised further communities
ton. The totals of killed and wound
ed were announced without any waste
OF words. With this report the papers
had to content themselves for another.
"a hours.
while waiting for the casualty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-18

statement newspapers Of the more
sensational kind, grew sarcastic. One
paper following the English method.
of announcing the feature of each
edition with a p1acard in circrs-bili
type, printed the word, tOmciaI'' with
a blank space underneath. Most of
the papers attacked the reticence Of
the war Office while a great many dis
torted rumors were passed about
among the people. But these rl.rnors
soon cleared up.
People in the raided towns tele3
graphed to friends and relatives such
messages as safe. don't worry'' and
the like which AFFORDED clues eyvs
also was received from travellers from
northern counties. -e= When the official
German.report was received everyone
drew the conclusion that the Ger
mans had guessed wildly. 1t is said
that lowland fog prevented direct
reckoning AS an airship, unlike sea
craft, has nothing stable like water
to measure its progress against being
unable to estimate the air currents
while running, it would be eagy to
mistake one town for another one a
consid erable distance away IL was
because of the belief that exact data
would be Of use in case Of sanothereirn-
mediate raid that the war office CON
fined its account of the movements of
the hostile fleet to counties.
The recent Zeppelin raid on Paris.
shortly preceding the attack on Lon
don. shook public confidence, az, <the
long immunity Of the French capital
caused the people to believe there
could be such a thing as absolute de-
Tense against air raiders 1t was
known that London's defense had long
been greatly improved as the mount
ing of protective guns and appearance
of scouting dirigib1e balloons obvious
" suggested.
The last two raids made good. to a
limited extent, fancifuI pictures of
death and destruction which hav-e an
peared in German illustrated maya
ines. The results, when seen in broad
daylight, showed what wrecksge a
German bomb is capable of and were
not reassuring. Still, London's rou-
tine has not varied. Tt is only dur
ing Yep weather which is ths re-
suit of unusual acclimatic conditions
that apprehension is felt.
Stories that seem based on good
authority have it that the zeprelins
were driven back by British ai.men
during the time of the attacks on
Paris and even on the night Of the
raid on the nidlands, but on the lat
ter occasion the Zeppe1ins escaped in a
fog and e1uded their pursuers. which
presume bly, is the reason for their de-
tour to the north.