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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26
HOW TO DECORATE
THE SQUARE HOUSE
This Type Of Dwelling Can Be
Made Distinctive at Reason
able Cost.
SEVERAL METHODS ARE USED
Structure Described Here Possesses
Many Features Attractive TO Those
Who Have EYE for Good
Planning.

Mr.. william A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building, for the readers Of this
paper. On account of hts wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufactures, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, I'LL, and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26

II haven't seen Hemmandshaw fOR
a week."
'No; he hasn't been out Of the house
since his accident"
'Was he seriously injuredy'
@No; but he feels the disgrace deep.
Iy. After living in the heart Of tho
city all his life he went to the country
for the summer end and was run
over By milk carts
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26
Plenty of Room.

c'Why don't more women write their
photographer"
81 have often wondered. My wife
could thoroughly enjoy herself If some
publisher would turn her loose to tell
the story of her life in about twelve
volumes"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26
True 70 His Word.

Il haven't any case" admitted the
client, ''but I have money"
"How much?"
"Sixty thousand dollars"
! "Phew! You have the best case
ever handled" said the lawyer. "Tll
see that you never 60 to prison with
that sum-
And the client didn't-he went there
broke.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26

An optimist is a man who is happy
when, he's miserable. and a pessimlst
Is man who is miserable when he's
happy.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26
The Question.

It isn't so much question Of what
a man ought to do as what has he
done?
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26

Constipation generally indicates disordered
stomach liver and bowels WrightB indian
Vegetable Pills restores regularity without
gripping. Adv,
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26

1t isn't the most accomplished man
who accomplishes the most.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26
AVOID a nocToR,s anu

on the first OF the month by taking
now a bottle of Mansfield Cough Bal
sam for that hacking, hollow cough.
Price 25c and 50c.--Adv.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26
Some stlnax Man.

We know a man so stingy that he
can raise onions in salve box.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26

A woman would sooner do anything
than be herself.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26
Every Woman Wants
". n. u, MEMPHIS, NO. 41-1s17.
So plslnierested.

So Dislnterested.
"Count, my father has lost all his
money"
twill marry you anyhow"
"Do you really mean itf"
ayes; man like your father can
easily make another fortune
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26

DON'T 0AMBLE
that your hearts all right. Make
sure. Take "Renovine'--a heart and
nerve tonic. Price SOC and s1.0O.-Adx
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-10-26

It's a good wind that doesn't blow
the dust into somebody's eyes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

wording of the New Jersey law, amber
colored lenses, such as are all rlgnt III
New York, are not permitted there.
This is. Commissioner Dill says, be
cause the New Jersey law requires that
the front lamps of an automobile snail
show ''white lights"
81 believe" he writes to The Trib-
une, chat it would be dangerous
precedent to approve any colored lens
solely on the theory that the dazzle and
glare are eliminated. If the amber lens
were to be approved it would compel US
TO approve lenses made up OF other
various colors, and this would soon
lead to confusion, in that the motorlst
would be unable to distinguish between
lights that might be used by munlcl-
pality to illuminate dangerous street
intersections or lights employed by
railroad companies to indicate grade
crossing. 900,
1T is permissible for the automobiles
to paint the lens over sufficient area
so that the beam will not be directed
above height greater than Az feet
from the roadway. We require, how
ever, that the paint be non-removable.
The use Of Bon-Ami, whiting, etc, sus-
ceptible to the elements, is not al
lowed. IL is mi sc 10 paint tne par
abolic reflector. The same result may
be obtained by painting the glass.
at is prohibited in this state to use
any device dependent upon the will OF
the operator. In other words, light
ing system where small bulbs can be
used in the city and large bulbs in the
country is not allowable in New Jersey
unless the lamp is equipped with lens
that will reduce the binding effect
when the large bulb is used, in man
ner similar to the intensity Of the beam
when the small light is used. !"
The experience and example of New
Jersey are of interest as a guide &c
New York. 1t is to be hoped that New
York, having a month before the law
goes into effect, will work out uni
form plan, so that motorst whose
lights re all right in any one COM
munity may be 0. X. wherever he goes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Dealers Defence on That
Guarantee Is De-
feated
Money Back to Owner
Sues on Implied Pledge That
Auto Shall Be Fit When
Delivered

A case of considerable interest to ell
persons connected with automobile use
buyers, manufacturers and dealers
as bearing on the standard warranty OF
the National Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce, was recently decided in the
City Court in New York. A car bought
from a dealer early in the year did not
from the start perform satisfactorily.
The owner brought the car back for adj
iustment 20 the dealers service station,
but the work did not achieve the de-
sired result.
When he reported this 70 the dealer
he was urged to bring it back again,
but he declined, saying that he did not
care to spend the time necessary 10
give to work done at the service sta-
ton, but was willing to have me-
chanic 60 to the garage where he kept
his car and do the work there. The
workman who was sent out as result
attempted to adjust the car, but appar-
emily was unsuccessful. The chief diifi-
Guilty was with the clutch. 1t could not
be made to hold properly, either grab
bling or slipping. There were many
other details by which an imperfect de-
livery was apparent.
The owner then announced that he
did not want to keep his car and asked
to have his money back. The dealer
contended that he should have further
opportunity Of putting the car in shape
as that was his responsibility under the
Chamber of Commerce warranty. The
owner said that he had given the dealer
opportunities enough and that there
was an implied warranty such as went
with new automobiles that they should
be in disable condition and properly ad-
justed before delivery.
The case eventually was brought into
+ court. 1t appeared by testimony from
both sides that the car was not prop
erly adjusted upon delivery. The plain
tiff set forth "there is a general Gus
tom in the automobile trade that all
new automobiles which are sold as new
shall be in good running condition, fully
provided with oil and grease, perfectly
adjusted and capable of being run
smoothly and perfectly by merely sup
plying same with fuel"
Judgment was rendered against the
dealer for the amount paid for the car
and interest for brief period Of time
on that amount. Judgment has been
entered and the case will be appealed
by the dealer.
The dealers contention is that his
responsibility is limited to the war
ranty of the National Automobile Cham
Der of Commerce, which involves only
the replacement of defective parts or
repairing the results of inferior work
manship in the car. On this basis he
believed himself justified in continuing
to request the customer TO return his
car for service. Furthermore, he based
his argument on the fact that it is not
always possible to put machinery in
perfect running condition so that it
may not subsequently need some ad-
justment.
The case on appeal will probably not
come up till October. 1t will go far TO
determine exactly what is the respon-
sibility of n dealer under the warranty
of the National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce which is apparently far from
clear at this time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

Occasionally a bucket for carrying
water is a much needed convenience.
as the man who searches the territory
around his car for tin can or other
receptacle has found. One that is
readily carried is made OF heavy wa
terproof canvas, with metal frame
members rust-proofed. Its capacity is
over gallon. In shape its top is rec
tangular, with one Of the narrow sides
bent out to facilitate pouring. his
shape is said 10 make it easy to han
die. and easy 20 fill from a shallow
stream. Folded the bucket is one
half inch thick, four inches wide and
ten inches long, and can be kept un-
der the seat or in the door pocket,
where it is quickly available. Folding
or opening the bucket consists merely
of a simple motion. The bucket sells
at 10 cents.
Another thing that comes in very
handy and is often needed on long
trips is n towline. There IS one
strong enough to pull a two-ton car
up a 20 per cent grade, yet which can
be rolled up under the seat out of the
way until it is needed. The outfit
weighs complete but Az pounds. 1t
is twenty-five feet long, made of steel
wire twisted into a strand half inch
in diameter. At each end is a patent
ed snaffle hook, which fastens into
manila sling after the latter has been
secured around the axle Of the car.
Another useful feature claimed for
the device is that car may be made
to pull itself out of a mud hole. One
end Of the line is attached to a tree
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
New Associated Tours
Guide Now Is Ready

The 1917 edition Of The Associates
Tours Guide, published by the Auto
mobile Club of America, is now ready
for distribution TO motorists. The tours
represented in this edition include; Inc
Post Road, Green Mountain, Scenic,
Granite State, Adirondack, Maine, Cape
Cod, New York-to Florida, New YORK,
Chicago, Real. New Jersey, Ideal s sns
Capital tours, providing In all low
miles of routes in the Eastern sts'es,
together with the main connections W
the Middle West. Itineraries, mileaes'
hotels, ferries and other data are PRIV
vided in a most convenient form.
A new feature is the group OF eiY
maps, more than fifty in number, ~nies
aim to make plain the way OF the Az
tomobile tourist through the more con-
gested cities.
Readers of The Tribune who AZ
owners of motor cars may oouIn
copies of the Guide By writing w
Bureau of Tours. the Automobile CluS
of America, 247 West Fifty-foern
Street, New York, enclosing 10 cen" "
cover cost of mailing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Storms Wreck Roads in
Northern New England

Road conditions throughout Northern
New England are bad and will be for
the next few days, according to re-
port just issued by the touring bureau
Of the Maine Automobile Association.
This is due to heavy rainfall, which in
several localities assumed the proper
tiCns of cloudbursts. Road crews are
low working to repair the breaks.
Where bridges have been washed out
temporary ones will be constructed.
The greater part of the damage is in
the shape of washed-out roads. over
which traffic may pass, but only with
caution.
In Maine the roads are badly washed
in many localities, but nearly all the
Maine thoroughfares are passable. Be
tween Brunswick and Bath there is a
bad place on the detour. One of the
worst conditions is found between
F-idgton and Fryeburg, where for long
distances in several places the Saco
River flowed over onto the highway, in
some spots to depth of more than
four feet. The water has now left the
road. At Naples there is another place
whore the lake washed over the road.
The road from Portland to Augusta,
via Lewiston, is in fair condition.
From Augusta to Waterville most OF
the roads are in poor condition. The
Weber Pond Road is recommended.
Automobile traffic between Brunswick
and Augusta over any of the roads IL
not recommended. The road between
Rockland and Augusta is passable, but
not good. Road conditions between
Rockland and Bangor are bad.
Between Portsmouth. y. H., and Port
land. Me, bridge was washed out at
Wells. This has been replaced by a
temporary structure. The road is IN
excellent condition between these two
points.
Aroostook County did not suffer from
the storm as much as Southern Maine.
and no serious washoutS arc reported
in that section. However, the rain has
made the roads rough.
Highway damage in New Hampshire
as a result OF the storm IS heavy, and
some Of the important trunk lines are
closed 20 traffic. One OF these IS the
main route between DiXville Notch and
Berlin. Another through route of travel
/ temporarily closed is that between Dix
Vile Notch, " H., and Newry, Me.
The road through Crawford Notch Is
tho worst il has been for years. Hun
dreds Of small streams flowed across II
washing out the road. and trees were
blown down, several of these across the
highway. The road is now passable,
but great care is necessary in order TO
avoid broken springs in going through
the washouts. All the fallen trees
have been cut away.
Motorists. also, in driving, would do
well 20 keep near the centre OF the
road, as many OF the washouts are
along the sides.
Throughout Northern Vermont con-
ditions are also very bad, with many
serious washouts and several main
+ highways rendered temporarily impas-
sable.
In several places in Northern New
| Hampshire and Northern Vermont
/ there we're cloudbursts after the big
/ storm which added 10 the destruction.
| ~ many cases there we're severe hail
! storms and miniature tornadoes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Motor Cars and
Motorists

Automobiles who have to go from
Staten Island on Sunday in order to
reach New Jersey points will probably
find themselves up against congestion
at the ferry exits, and certainly at
Tottenville. Last Sunday, at about
1880 o'clock, thirty-four automobiles
were in line waiting for the one boat
that was running. The other is laid
UP for repairs. The boat holds any
where from twelve TO sixteen cars, ac-
cording to size; so it is fair to assume
that an average Of fourteen will be car
ried on each trip. In other words, it
took about an hour for the motorist
who is about thirtieth in line to accom-
plish the eight-minute sail across to
Perth Amboy.
Between Perth Amboy and South
Amboy is wooden bridge, about a
mile long. Coming up from the coast
resorts on Sunday there IS a terrific
mob of automobiles which pours through
Perth Amboy and on beyond into New
Jersey points. At present repairs are
being made at the Perth Amboy end
of the bridge, and also there is a weak
spot out near the middle.
Last Sunday there were fully one
thousand automobiles on the bridge.
and a great many hundreds more
parked along the roadway waiting for a
chance to get on when the congestion
was not so great. II was a case of
crawling along over the bridge, and the
congestion and confusion were greatly
heightened by irexpert handling by a
couple of bridge tenders.
the bridge at the South Amboy end
moved in a triple line. Subsequently
this became double limo, and when
the weak spot on the bridge was
reached il merged into a single file.
The bridge tender at this particular
point apparently had no idea Of letting
any one on the left hand line get into
place along side the right hand rail. IL
depended upon the boldness of the
motorist and his willingness TO have
his tenders smashed, because those
who already held the right of the
bridge showed no willingness 10 drop
back one place TO let any other person
in. From this arose the greatest con-
fusion in connection with this trip
across the bridge.
Until the bridge repairs are com
pleted it is wise idea for automo-
bilists to stay away from Perth Am
boy.
New Jersey motorists in general
have a certain hostility toward auto
mobilists whose cars bear a New York
or other foreign license plate. A gem
eral indictment. OF all Jersey motorists
as being discourteous would be I'M
possible of proof But many OF the
motorists that New Yorker encoun-
tiers in the course Of days run in New
Jersey are not overburdened with po-
likeness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

A third ferry across Long Island
Sound started yesterday between
Greenwich ard Oyster Bay. The twin
screw steamer Oyster Bay Macs the
oight-mile trip in little less than
forty minutes and has n capacity of
twenty-five cars. The lower deck OF
the boat is exclusively for vehicles.
One thousand passengers find room on
the two upper decks.
The oyster Bay is new departure
in ferryboats Instead OF being the
regulation double-ender with wide
overhancs that prevent her crossing
the SOUND in heavy weather, she is
regular bow-and-stcrn steamer with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Neov Wrinkles for Car O1vnerS
Readers Tribune Who cant to knoo Dhere Of these things
oy be had can find addressing tho Automobile Editor

or stake directly in front Of the car,
and taking a turn of the rope around
the hub of the mired wheel, the other
is fastened around the wheel by means
of the manila sling. Applying power.
the motion of the wheel makes a winch
of the hub that gradually pulls the
car toward the fixed end of the rope.
The outfit complete sells at Si.55.
The announcement of the new light
ing law for New York State will slim
ulate purchases Of legal headlight
glasses. There are very many types
on the market, both DETECTING and diff
fusing. Prices average from 81 to S.
pair, according to size and style.
The smallest ones are for spotlights
and searchlights, which in this state
are under the same rules as the head
lights. Supply stores everywhere carry
one or more styles of headlight
glasses.
A compressed air starter to be
mounted on the front Of the Ford in
place of the starting crank is operated
bv a lever placed on the steering
wheel. Air pressure is carried in a
tank under the rear OF the car and
the pressure is automatically main
tanned in this tank BY the starter,
which also acts as a pump. This air
may be used for initiating the tires.
Price, 500.
The luggage carrier mentioned In
this column last week at SO was a Ford
size carrier. There is larger size at
81 which takes all thicknesses of suit
cases up to seventeen inches and TWEEN
ty-six inches in length.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

both ends opened up so that autos run
in one end and out the other. just as
on a ferryboat
The Greenwich landing is on Steam
boat Road. just below the New Haven
railroad station, and the Long Island
pier is on the shore of the open Sound
on the Centre Island Road, Bayville
Beach. Oyster Bay. The boat leaves
Greenwich even hours and oyster Bay
odd hours, s a. m. to p. m.
BY this new ferry route. motorists
from Westchester and Connecticut
save sixty miles and avoid the dis
agreeable features of the New York
traffic necessary TO get over the
Greensboro Bridge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Estimates Of Car Ownership

Government experts estimate u
there are now in this country l,iOe' 4
owners OF passenger automobiles
cost at the time OF original pure
$500 or less each: 100000 owners
paid between $500 and s. coo for
cars; l,2l9,000 in the $1,000 10 ~
class. and 23l 900 having cars OF VII
the list price was between $1,000 =
$4,000. There are also in use, Of eosrs
many thousands OF cars that GOV
originally more than $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

head Of the nail or tack has BEEN worn
off so that it cannot be located from
the outside. This happens every day
and generally the motorist will put
several tubes in the casing with the re-
suit that they are punctured by the
concealed nail or tack.
Take the precaution always in
changing a tire, to run your hand care
fully around the inside of the casing in
search Of these sharp objects which
puncture your tubes. This casing was
originally punctured in the centre of
its tread. While, usually. the air
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Confusion Bound to Arise
From New Headlight Law
Lighting-Up Time
To-day. sos %. N

Monday. july 2.s.05 Friday. July s.....s0a
Tuesday. July $500 Saturday July 7..s0i
w'nesday, July IS 04 Sunday. July s....s:O3
Thursday. July $500 Monday. July 9....s:0J
Ldi0 requires that lamps on all motor
vehicles be lighted onc-hdV hour after
sunset. This time for the days men
toned Is figured above for Neio forh
Cify, Nc,o Jersey, Connecticut and Penn
syiuGnia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Stealing the Dentists Stuff

In adjusting diHcrential gears diff
GUILTY is often experienced in seeing
whether the gears are meshing proper
ly. A small pocket mirror, mounted
on a soft iron wire handle, may be
used In much the same manner as a
dentists mirror. Inspection or repair
on many hidden and obscure parts is
also facilitated by the use of this
mirror.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

would escape through the puncture, in
this case it has followed the fabric
plies and come out between the outer
ply and the rubber tread. In seeking
the point Of least resistance it has &C
cur.ulated where the rubber was thin
nest and formed an air pocket. The
thin rubber soon gave way to blow
out.
This casing could have been easily
repaired. A new tube should have
been put in the casing and at the ear
hest opportunity the loose rubber
should have been vulcanized to the car
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

IHt OHIIVU pNdVcH Huo uUVuV U,IV S''3
to every thirty persons. On like ba-
sis, throughout the rest of the civilized
world, there would be more than &c.
100000 cars in use. Il only goes TO
show that population isn't buying
power. The department estimates a
market outside this country of nearly
100000 cars-more than half of them
or Europe-and urges that as the
golden future for motor car makers in
this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
IF All Were Like
u. There d Be
100000 Autos

It is reported by the foreign trade
department of the National Association
of Manufacturers that on January /,
1917, there were in use in the world a
total Of 4,216,943 cars, so distributed:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Gum" Blow Out

Tire No. 7 has been a victim OF n
slow leak which caused n surface or
gum" blowout. Very frequently
SLOW leaks" are caused by picking up
loose nails or tacks. The head Of the
nail or tack prevents the air from com
ing out OF the casing at the puncturod
spot, but not 80 Of the tube. Possibly
before the slow leak is noticed the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

Tire No. shows the effect Of skid
ding. caused by sudden application of
the brakes. Ever fall and skin your
knee? This poor tire has experienced
worse than that. Part Of its face has
been scraped Off. Purely carelessncss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

Illustration No. 3 shows casing
with two-thirds of its life wasted, for
neglected cuts in the tough rubber
tread have caused it to blister. In this
instance sand and dirt had been forced
into the cuts and worked around under
the tread Note the several large
bumps" where the sand and dirt have
accumulated. II a tire is carefully
watched for these cuts, little Plastic
will heal them quickly and no damage
will result.