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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-11
MER|T0NE A BIG HELP ID LOCAL
 WOMAN AFTERFLU
Says One Bottle of Meritone Did Her More Good Than All Other Medicines
 Put Together

Mrs. William B. Somers of 6531 Geor- gia Road, Birmingham is one of the many people of this city and section who highly praise Mertone. the famous new system medicine, because of bene hts it has brought them.
 Like many other people, Mrs Somers had influenza last fall and had never ment. She tried everything and spent $60 for medicines but she says Meri- tone only helped her and that it has done her more good than all the other medicines put together.
 SAYS ITS WONDERFUL
 Its a wonderful medicine, this Meritone is. and after what it has done for me I feel that it is my duty to give this public statement and let oth- CTS know about it. Mrs. Somers said.
 Tt was last November that caught t the infleunza and 1 really have never gotten over it right. My nerves were so out of order that the least noise would excite me and I could hardly sleep a night. I had scarcely any sp- petite atsall.
 T spent $6o for medicines trying to get something that would help me but Meritone has done me more good than all the others put together
 T feel 100 per cent better right now and I've only just finished the first bottle of Meritone. My appetite is so good now that I can hardly get enough to eat and I can go to bed at night and sleep straight through to morning without waking and then get up feel ing good.
 LIKE A NEW PERSON
 I'm like an entirely different person and l highly recommend Meritone"
 Thousands of people in many differ ent states praise Meritone just as high 1y as this Birmingham woman does. They have found Meritone a medi cine of real merit for building up the sys- tenn after influenza or pneumonia or for such system complaints as ailing conditions of the stomach, liver or kid neys and the like.
 Meritone is now being specially in troduced in Birmingham by the Meri- tone representative at the Norton drug store and also at the Jacobs drug store at1904 Second avenue, and is sold in Ensley at the Berney drug store anc in Bessemer at the Pegram- ttor Drug company-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-11

is no military routine to the day. ex- cept that the bugle sounds at 7:30 a. m. and D. m. So healthy is the site
 of the camp that there is practically no disease there. In fact, one of the striking impressions one carries away is the fat, healthy appearance of the refugees. Many of them reached the camp after going through the physi- cal and mental horrors of the Turk ish deportations, where sick and starv-
 ing Armenians were manipulated and redistributed until their family life was crushed and the last ties between par ents and children were severed Many Of the children, after the deportations had spent themselves. were collected by the Turks into foul "orphanages, 2 there to have Turkish names substi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-11

forced to walk to Aleppo. His father died from cold; his mother was drown ed in mud and water while attempting to ford swollen stream. One brother died of cholera. Another died from starvation. We had no mattresses" he told me, and my brother was so underfed that his bones stuck through his skin. He could not sleep at night because his skin was all broken through and whenever he lay on the stones the slightest movement pained him"
 A girl of F said: My father was killed in the massacre of 1909. When we were ordered into exile in 1915, my grandparents, my motlier, sister and
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-11

the Sea of Marmora, was tortured by being deprived of food for many days and by having cotton stuffed down his throat to make his confess himself a Kurd and a Moslem. A girl of 10 from the northern shore of the Sea of Mar mora succeeded in getting with her parents to Konia in the heart of Asia Minor; from here they walked through the Taurus range into Aleppo and when they were ordered on to Damas- GUS, both the parents were i'll with typhus. Both died at Etsia, a village near Damascus. which was used as a quarantine station Hundreds died there every day of typhus). A boy of eight. whose father used to keep the coffee shop at Deort Vol. village be- tween Adana and Alexandretta- was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-11

tian expeditionary force, as part of the Port Said base. The Cairo branch of the American Red Cross has 10 work CTS at the camp who are in charge of the industrial department. The Union Generalo Armenienne de Renaissance of Cairo has charge of the educational department. The Armenian Red Cross society and the Society of Friends of Armenia both of London. also help. principally with the sale of camp prod ucts.
 Schools, an orphanage, a hospital, a creche, q row of tented shops and large reed huts, which form workshops. com prise the center of this small city of tents There is no enclosure about the camp the rrlnges of the camp look ing out upon the open desert There
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-11

tuted for their own names and to be absorbed into the Turkish population by compulsion. From the shores of the sea of Marmora, from Adana and Alex andretta, from Brousa, from the heart of the massive Taurus range, they came. many of them walking and fall ing to die by the roadside. down into Syria and the Lebanon. A prey to what ever Turks or Kurds they met with. a prey to disease and to starvation. their numbers dwindled and the remnants Of them, when they reached Aleppo and Beirut, were housed in filthy concen- tration camps, where disease and starv- alton continued to play havoc among them.
 VICTIMS OF THE TURKS
 One boy of 16, from Malgara. nea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-11

 of h warrior the h Inea ndGldys uivehm usan warmeiH eharsofh t hhred dhroua ~ result swi iIhaap int insignia ~f fu~ ~ ~ntdv vkn o the rpoHan
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Banks & Co.,, EutnU, Ala.
 Springfield Lumber Co.,, Eutaw, Ala. Sum Quick Lumber Co.,. Tuscaloosa, Al [. R. PattOn. Tuscaloosa, Ala. [. s. Seanaans, Jacksonville, Ala.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
RURAL
MOTOR EXPRESS

New York. state. through the depart
/ ment Of farms and markets, has taken
q step which amounts TO official rec
ognitiOn Of the Importance Of the mo-
tor truck to the common veal At
/ the New York State fair at Syracuse.
\ N. Y, September 8 to Is, inclusive,
there will be a rural motor truck ex-
press exhibit given by the division
Of foods and markets OF the New
, York state department OF farms and
markets.
The purpose Is to demonstrates 10
the visitors that the motor truck Is q
means OF reducing the cost Of living
to- the consumer and increasing the
return to the producer, and also "A
means Of stimulating production, es-
pecially OF side lines. by furnishing TO
the producer a reliable, efficient and
/ economical means OF transportation.
The rural express can do what NJ
other transportation agency can, take
farm produce from the farm AID de-
liver II to its destination without 4
single Tehandling.
The National Automobile Chamber
OF Commerce has been invited by the
State Department to assemble the
material to be used in the exhibit.
The chamber IS preparing an exhibit
m which only the benefits that viii
accrue to the people of the State are
emphasized, the sole object being 10
sell the rural express idea to farmers
and merchants.
The advantages OF the rural express
will be demonstrated IN four ways:
By posters or placards. by an actual
example OF a loaded motor track suit
ably inscribed, by steremotograph
slides showing rural expresses in ac-
tual operation, and by a demonstra-
tion run OF trucks loaded with farm
produce from Buffalo to the fair
grounds at Syracuse, where they will
be parked for exhibition.
Based on previous attendance rec
ords, there should be about 100000
persons attending the fair. The rural
express exhibit will be housed in the
State Institutions building. one OF the
largest and most visited buildings al
the fair.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18

Defects IN MotOF Mechanism.
Carbon deposits in combustion cham
ber
Weak or broken valve BprinFs
Stuck valve stems.
Carbon under valve headG
Worn push rod or guide.
No clearance between valve stem and
plunEerg
Air leak IN inlet piping
Broken cylinder head EaBket
Air leak through inlet valve EuideE
Faults In Fuel Supply System.
Carburetor ho2t chamber getting dry.
water or dirt In gasoline
Poor gasoline adjustment
Not enough gasoline in float chamber
Too much gasoline, carbueretor dood-
ing.
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
FILM boy SCOUTS
ON MOTOR "HIRE"

Men in the Making" Is the prae
teal title Of q three-reeI moving pic
ture hlm just completed by the Good
year Tire and Rubber Company, fea-
turing the activities Of the Boy Scouts
OF America.
The pictures were taken on a recent
2 2yOOO-mile motor hike" OF fifty Akron
(Ohio) Boy Scouts through New York
and New England IN four big pneu-
matte tired trucks htted out specially
for the occasion. The scouts and their
oRieers visited the Beautiful scenit
and historical points along route
leading through Niagara Falls. Syra-
cuse, Utica, Albany, Lake George
Lake Champlain, st. Johnsburyr
white Mountains. Portland, Ne; Bos-
ton, Worcester Hartford, Bingham
tor, Ithaca. Lake Chautauqua and Erie
back 10 Akron. Each or the scouts in
the party was selected by competitive
examination concerning his general
knowledge OF scoutcFaft and ability 70
secure recruits for the organization.
Following out a moving picture
scenario written by Robert heLaugh-
lin, the Wel-knoEn scenario writer
and playwright, the scouts enacted
many scenes for the camera man
camping beside beautiful lakes IN the
Adirondacks and At the foot Of the
White mountains, hiking along wind
ing mountain roads visiting numer-
Gus places OF historical interest, sit
ting around the campfire, fshinE IN
trout streams, swimming in the waters
OF the Atlantic and many other In
teresttng scenes.
But the 6lm is not limited TO de-
pictinF scenic views and vacation
jaunts. II Includes numerous scenes
illustrating many OF the practical
activities Of scout work, such as rem
dering ..hrst aid" sitting up with a
sick scout lighting campfire, In
dian fashion. BY rubbing two sticks
together. following a traiL, and other
elements OF scoutcraft with which All
good scouts are acquainted.
As lar as is known this Is the first
complete film to be made concerning
Scoutcraft. The various activities Of
the organization are entertainingly
and Interestingly shown. and in such
q manner as to hold the attention Of
the most discriminating observer.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com
pany has for years been greatly in
terested in the Boy Scout movement
and has encouraged it among the fam
lilies Of its Workmen BY appointing
and supporting scout officers and by
financing vacation trips for the
scouts each year.
The flm, Men in the Making" has
been made with the object Of aiding
IN populariEing general Boy Scout
work and in securing q larger en-
rollment Of scouts. II can be proft-
ably used BY boy scout organizations
throughout the country to create 9
greater interest in their localities IN
the work Of the scouts. The Good.
/ year Company Is announcing that this
aim is now available for use by any
scout organization in the country and
viii be loaned free TO any such or
EaniEation applying 60 The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
Motor Bus As Public
Carrier In United States
Crops In Popularity

the disabled car Is repaired OF re-
moved. Not so with the motor bus
q breakdown only ties up the one
bus. Succeeding buses merely pass
around the disabled bus and the
schedule suffers but little
Route Easily ChanEcl.
Surface cars. elevated trains and
subway trains are immobile. when
tracks. upon which these carriers run.
are laid they become permanent fix
tures. Laying tracks IS not only e2-
peusive but keeps thoroughfares ~
an impossible condition for some
time The StraclS once laid cannot Be
shifted to meet changing conditions.
Lines that are Improbable through
lack OF patronage must. if they are
discontinued. either leave their
tracks. considering them a total loss
or must 80 20 the exL Bnse Of taking
them up and restoring the thorough
fare TO its former condition.
The motor bus IS mobile. II some
thing should occur which shuts traf-
hc or from one or more blocks Of It's
customary itinerary, the motor bus
does not suffer from the blockades
It mersly changes It's normal course.
N after bus route IS put into opera
tiOn, the operators 0nd the liRa un-
profitable, they can select another
route, transfer their equipment and
begin operation within a very short
time. No essential and expensive
equipment e. lost and persons living
on the abandoned or new route are
not inconvenieneed BY diBhgufed or
impassable streets.
As a. community dsvelops..its trans
p0rtatiou needs develop. The com
mon electric carriers OF our modern
cities either under or over develop
their service. OVer-development re-
suits IN greater outlay of capital
than is essential. Service which Is
maintained beyond the areas OF need
Is not self sustaining and forces the
service in the densely populated areas
to carry the losses. The passengers
OF the profitable part Of the line
therefore do not receive the best
service that their fare might pur-
chase. The motor bus. on the other
hand, can extend its route just ss
slowly or as quickly az requirements
demand
The Washington times., 1919-10-18

roads, viii buy 10000 motor trucks
in the same. period
Minnesota has road-buildinE
program calling for the expenditure
Of Sll,l2T,986. AS an Illustration Of
what the farmer IN this great State
thinks OF the motor truck might be
cited statement recently issued by
the Northwestern National Bank in
Minneapolis, On Which it Is said that
trucks in large numbers, intended
FOR immediate use IA marketing
grain, are, being sold 20 this large
buying class (the farmers), and ele-
vatoF scales in many places are be-
ing revamped TO accommodate the
growing feet Of farmers trucks.'
iowa, potential buyer OF many
motor trucks, viii spend $50, ,40s ,534
on better highways.
Thus e goes. In the farming
ColnHunities the coming Of the
motor truck has made the era OF good
roads talk give way 70 the era Of
good roads construction. The farmer
Is doing his fun share. 20 the best
Of his ability, On linking his com.
munity 70 the city market"
The Washington times., 1919-10-18

BUILD GARAGES
F0R ENP.0lES

Pr0of that shows % what cEl-tt
the automobila 81 used % drive 90
work among ne great mass of oh-
ersfs that of the huge parishes nlgc
provided b. the principal manlfls-
turers and Industries og the cguntfT
says @ a. Kisseb president g
<lsaeI Motor Car Company.
"a coed many 81 the Big gteel eefe
.porationsf shfpgards manufactrr
50 almost every l'ue of audatFof
provided ersat paFkius suaces
are f1led With tte ears % ine.F co-
plevss. mecha niel and oface
W6rkera
mobile aafe1 at least haIf the u
takes % wax from home q pee
employ ene thereby giving lfe
81 additional tine az hone before
whistle blows
Risht now 7 Understand chat
numBer 81 blE offco huiiiluga trI
ln Chicago and Naa York ere
siderinE building special garages
parking places either lu che a-
menfs Or On the roofs Cor che earn
of tenants end employees
'7rhe .eongeBted busines
iulmedfltely outside the ng
zones in practically every AmarIcl
city, where thouransd of autgmet
are parked daily by burinst nan
and employs. indicate that lhe b8r-
ing problem % 8 serious one and llr
Be giVeu thonght OF course We
rot permit ears % block tfff
neither must We stop the use q lt
automobile ag means of CONVEX
ouee Tor the owner from home .
offce or factory. Hence these private
king entsrpriges are worthy ones
and should be put in eject 81 rce
only commercial elternFiBca hue al
CONCERNS employing thoueands .
people"
The Washington times., 1919-10-18

The motor bus. the outgroWth Of
the American "jitney" with the adop-
tion Of certain principles Of the Eng
iish omnibus. Is growing in import
ance as q public carrier. It's services
al inter as we'll as intra urban. The
irrespOnsikility and lack OF business
methods OF the pioneer "jitney' oper-
ators. has given way to the carefully
and efficiently conducted operation Of
the motor bus OF today. The latter %
as different from the "jitney' Of ten
years ago, as the railroad OF today Is
from the railroad Of fifty years ago.
No longer is there ignorant rate cut
ting, inferior equipment and reckless
operation. These features IN recent
times have been in a large measure
completely reversed.
Every new transportation agency
sooner or later meets antagonisIn
from the older transportation agen-
cies. When the subway was first pro-
posed IL was argued that II would 50
materially decrease the number OF
passengers using existing public car
riers as to make their operation un-
profitable.
This argument has long since been
disproved Now the same arEu-
ment has been advanced against the
motor bus. Motor bus lines are not
direct competitors OF a city's public
carriers. Motor bus lines operate
over routes that have no other kind
or public transportation and at rates
which, until recently, were double
that OF q eity's ordinary public car
riers. The motor bus diners in so
many respects from the elevated train.
the subway and the surface car that
with it's advantages Il has come to
stay.
What type Of carrier could secure a
franchise to operate on such thor
oughfares as Fifth avenue, Riverside
Drive, seventh Ave. or Fifty-seventh
street. tn New York city? Certainly
not an electric surface car, for q,
would mean laying tracks, q nui-
sance that would not be tolerated.
Tde motor bus permits hundreds OF
thousands Of persons 70 utilize these
streets both for business and pleasure
where formerly they could not except
possibly at considerable inconveni-
ence or cost. These thoroughfares
which only a few years ago were used
almost exclusively BY those who
could ahord a private OF. hired con-
veyance, are now, through the medi-
Um Of the motor bus, conveniently
and inexpensively available 70 every
one 90 the city. The motor bus
functions as efhciently as the surface
car, at the same time eliminating the
necessity OF tracks and noise attend
ant to surface car operation.
When q car or train develops q
mechanical difficulty which prevents
its further progress, all the succeed
ing cars or trains are delayed until
The Washington times., 1919-10-18
Motor Truck Is Like
Human Body; 1t Must
Haze Constant Care

'In certain respects a motor truck
is like a human being" declares Mr..
Pardoe, Of the General Auto Truck
Company. local distributor OF the
famous made-in-ChicaEo master
trucks. Neglect the human body
and serious results are sure to fol-
low. Neglect the motor truck and
reduce efficiency results. This grad
uaIly becoming worse until a break
down lays mp the truck.
''5Tith the coming OF cold weather
every truck owner should give his
truck equipment the beueht Of clean
illness and iubrication if he does
nothing else in the way Of over
hauling. Reserve energy Ga the hu-
man system 70 combat the rigors Of
winter is insurance aEainst reduced
efficiency. A truck that has had con-
tinuous use throughout the summer
cannot 90 into the winter and func-
tion as It should without being prop
erly cleaned, adjusted and lubrieated.
CIeanlnE Prevents Repairs.
''The chassis should be completely
gone over and all incrustations Of
mud dirt and road oil removed with
kerosene q wire bEugh, or some good
tire and grease remover, OF which
there are several to be hsd. A day
spent in cleaning and lubricating a
truck before cold weather begins viii
save many days Of fdleness through
the winter due to the truck being
laid up in the repair shop. ,-...-
Occasional cleaning often diseloses
loose nuts, bolts, and small breakage
which in time vii. become a large
break. II gives every moving part
an opportunity to do its best. grant
ing that lubFicatiOn does its part.
Adjustments that may not appear
necessary when the chassis Is dirt
incrusted fairly shout FOR attention
when the dirt is removed.
Pointers On Lubrieatioh.
Assuming that you have thorough
y cleaned the chassis. here are some
pointer on fabrication which win be
OF advantage 70 every truck owner.
be he the pOssessoF OF a Master or any
other make:
"l-Drain, flush, and refill the
crankcase every 800 to 500 miles.
Present grade OF fuel IS so low that
The Washington times., 1919-10-18

IL Is scarcely better than kerosene
and the kerosene content works past
the piston rings into the crankcsse
where IL thins the oil and reduces its
lubricating qualities. The oil evan
crates, the kerosene does not. conse-
quently a high level Indication by the
gauge may be misleading.
"2-Clean springs with kerosene and
lubricate well with graphite or heavy
grease, taking care that the grease
reaches the entire surface OF the
leaves. A well-lubrieated spring sell
DO breaks, rusty and dirty one
breaks easily. Test all spring-clip
nuts for tightness.
old OH An ,Esneny.
"3-Thoroughly clean transmission
with KEROSENE and refill rTith the
proper grade OF oil. The action Of the
gears deposits hne particles Of metal
through the oil and makes old oil an
enemy 70 the gears instead Of assist
ing them.
"4-WoFm gear and diferentiaI
and the housing flled to give the
proper level of lubricant
''Universals take severe driving
strain and should receive regular at
tentiOh.
Remove WhesIs.
"6--Remove wheels, clean bearings
and pack with grease.
7-Rehn grease cups ana turn
down until grease oozes out. This
practice in the army was the only In-
suranee that grease penetrated an the
moving parts. Thereafter, give the
cups each one turn daily.
'hfter cleaning and lubFicatihg the
parts mentioned. there are several
other things TO be done to make the
truck ready for winter. Tighten
down spring clips and 60 over the
entire truck. Tightening ali nuts ana
bolts that have become loose. Valves
should be ground 81 necessary, carbon
removed, cylinders tested for COM
preston, radiator flushed out and re-
filled, oil pump removed and the en-.
tire oiling system cleaned.
Subject 90 Severe Strains.
Special attention should be given
to water jackets. valve tappets and
All bearings Of the motor.
"A truck Is subjected 70 severe
strains and every part should be
given chance to function perfectly.
In cold weather metal becomes more
brittle and the need for good lubrica-
ton is just as great as in summer
when moving parts are likely 70 be-
come overheated.
These are the days Of preventative
medicine for the human body and also
the days when a good overhauiinE
and cleaning Of truck mean much
TO its Notwithstanding power during
the coming winter. The time you
spend putting the truck in shape for
winter Will be time Well spent"
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