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The New York herald., 1921-10-23
Auto Row Close Ups
By B. S. B.

John Seward of Nutley. N. j.. has a
Franklin of the vintage Of 1907. 1t is
still in daily operation and recently
Seward drove it to Washington and gave
the residents there q treat
With several friends Seward was dis
cussing old cars. Ono of them said:
II was looking over Bill Smiths car
the other day and found that the engine
cranked on the side. That's some old
baby"
Then another member of the party
spoke up.
That's nothing" he said. II was
looking over Stewards old Franklin the
other day and found whip socket in
It"
Ted" Sherwood asked us to get be-
hind the wheel and try out the new Jor-
dan that came to town last week. There
Is no doubt about this car having speed
and pulling power on hills. Although
It Is pretty rough on the old Harlem
River Speedway we had no difficulty in
getting her up to co." and 1t was re-
markable how smoothly and comfortably
she took the rough going. There is no
throw" to the springs
Next we tackled Fort George hill. II
was easy to go over the top at twenty
Ave miles ON hour in high gear. On
Abbey hill 1t was q JOY ride all the way
up from five miles an hour at the bot
tom to thirty-flve miles an hour at the
top.
Slowed down in high gear In traffic
the car moved much slower than the
pedestrians on the sidewalk
1t was our good fortune too, last week
to try out the Daniels Eight on hills
The idea was to see not how fast she
would make come we'll known hills In
high gear out how slowly. One of the
severest tests in New York is the 177tr
street hill running from Riverside Driv>
to Haven avenue. 1t In rough dirt
road with two sweeping turns in it The
Daniels in high gear made the ascent al
eight miles an hour all the way. II
went up Fort George hill and the Dyck-
man street ferry hill at eight miles ar
hour all the way.
We rolled half way down Fort
George hill, then turned in high gear
and went over the top at twenty-five
miles an hour. This was a splendid dem.
enstration Of pulling power and quick
acceleratien on severe grade.
The Daniels Eight engine Is unusual
in that its cylinders are set ut a go
degree angle. 1t was the first engine
to depart from the 30 degree angle be-
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

Aside from this. IT is announced. there
will be no so-called low numbers re-
served for special distribution as in the
past. and the letter series. developed In
the last few years in order to make pos
sible additional low numbers also win
DC done away with. Dealers plates viii
be taken from the numbers running
from 2-001 to 6-999.
In New York city the plates VIII be
distributed as usual from the New York
office OF the Automobile Bureau. This
also applies to Albany and Erie
counties. which have offices OF the Au.
tomobile Bureau. County clerks viii
make the distribution in all the othei
counties in the State. Plates will be
sent out from Albany In time to be dis
tributed after November Is. but may not
be used on cars before January /. 1922.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

tween cylinders After two years ex-
perience in building this engine the
Daniels people have found that it not
only eliminates the so-called dead CEN
tre," but also all cross vibration.
All the latest Doris cars are equipped
with an unusual device called the dis
tillator. In this remarkable piece OF
mechanism all unvaporized fuel is
trapped and returned to central reser-
yolr where it is distilled by heat into
| thoroughly combustible gas.
| This prevents liquid fuel from getting
| into the cylinders and causing such COM
mon troubles as carbon in the combus-
| ton chamber, fouled spark plugs, and.
| most serious of all, being forced past
| the piston rings into the crank case.
thinning and cutting the oil and unfit
| ting 1t for fabrication.
SO far as IS known no automobile has
ever equalled the record of the Wills
Sainte Claire car In covering the distance
between Detroit and New York in 20
hours and 26 minutes, a feat accom-
plished on August IT.
This remarkable exhibition Of speed,
| stamina and roadability has naturally
attracted countrywide attention to the
new car manufactured at Marysville,
| Mich, and which is the realization of
| the long cherished ideal Of its designer
| and maker, c. Harold Wills. But while
the performances of the car has stirred
| motordom its Detrot-New York run has
also served to turn the spotlight on Mr..
Wills. for 1t was he who drove the car.
Mr.. Wills, although intimately identi-
fed with the motor car industry since its
early beginnings, Is not and never has
been a professional driver or stunt per-
| former He Is a distinguished auto
/ motive engineer. metallurgist, inventor
and industrial innovator of interna-
| tional reputation. The role he played
| August II when he drove the car he
created In a record breaking cross coun-
! try flight over Indifferent roads and q
route he had never before covered is
| one with which he had ..oS previously
| tsesr tsssnsified. and Is one also he Is not
| likely to play frequently.--Motor TrdueL
The Rowland Advertising Company.
Inc which handles numerous automobile
| advertising accounts, has removed from
the Grand Central Palace to the Fisk
Building, Broadway at Fifty-seventh
street. New York.
Based on the false idea that motor
vehicles are luxuries our people have
been heavily overtaxed. Last year we
paid taxes individual to our own indus
try of more than 100000 including
taxes on sales, registering cars and
drivers. gasolene, wheel taxes and SIM
! liar imposts.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
REQ SPEED WAGONS
IN DEMAND NOW

Every month sees a new record OF
some kind for the REQ Speed Wagon"
says George Stowe. general manager OF
the REQ Motor Car Company of New
York. Now come the statistics of ex-
ports of motor trucks into Canada during
the month OF August. which have just
been released. and these show that 90
per cent. of all trucks shipped from the
United States into the Dominion were
Speed Wagons. That the demand for the
REQ product was unprecedented is evil
denced by the fact that Canadian ex-
ports in August increased 150 per cent
over the same period of 1920
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

tween cylinders. After two years ex-
perience in building this engine the
Daniels people have found that it not
only eliminates the so-called dead CEN
tre," but also all cross vibration.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
Missing Plug.

In cases where spark plug is miss
Ing because Of its sooted condition and
no replacement is available, the condi-
ton may be overcome by disconnecting
the spark plug lead and installing an
auxiliary gap of an eighth or a quarter
of an inch between it and the plug ter
minal.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
STEPHENS SIX NOW
IN NEW SALESROOM

Tho Stephens Salient Six" the well
known product Of the Moline Plow Com
pany, has opened its new showreoms In
the Circle Building at 1886 Broadway,
under the direction of Mr. Meyer. The
The New York herald., 1921-10-23
Underneath the Lustre and Beauty

The
FOUR-PASSENGER TOURING
The Daniels is not built for
mere seasonal style, but for
permanent beauty and reli-
ability. In each body type
there is simple correctness
influenced by European taste.
This all-purpose car was built
for Mr.. Eugene Greenhut,
New York broker, and is
priced 5000, fully equip
ped, delivered New York.
$3.50 without extras.
The New York herald., 1921-10-23

removal was very opportunely timed.
because the Stephens Motor Works have
just announced their new models. to-
gether with a remarkable reduction In
price, ranging from $3.50 on the roadster
to ssI6 on the closed models.
The Alfred ]. Higgins Automobile
Company has fitted UP its new sales
room with every convenience for the
comfort of customers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29
The Farm Wage.

While the labor unions are contesting even
slight reductions in their rates OF pay the
farmers have reduced the wages paid to farm
laborers the present year approximately one
half the amount paid last year. AT present
prices of farm products the farmer IS not
warranted in paying the high wages that
have been the rule during the last two or
three years.
Wage rates for farm labor reached their
peak in 1920 according to figures recently
published by the bureau OF crop estimates
of the department OF agriculture. The average
monthly rate for the whole country IN that
wear was $4,000 with board and SOAPS with
out board; for day labor other than at harvest
$500 with board and 1876 without board.
The farm wage rate in 1915 was $17.69
without board By 1902 this had increased to
S22l4. and in 1914 the first year OF the world
war. it was $2o So In 1916 the rate began to
exhibit the first effect Of the war, having
risen to $3283 Then followed rapid increases
to S4O.43 in 1917 to $47O7 in 1918,,to 5000
in 1919 and to $6495 in 1920. These figures
are all national averages
The rate OF gain over 1895 was 70 per cent
in l915 and 267 per cent in 1920. The rate OF
gain in the five years from 1916 to 1920 was
1877 per cent.
This increase in the wage rate was one OF
the causes OF the greatly increased cost OF
production on the farm, and which resulted
in so much hardship for the farmer when
market prices for the crops OF 1920 began
to decline. So high had farm labor become
during the last two or three years that 1t
was prohibitive in a considerable degree when
labor could be found Many farmers dispens-
ed with much of their help and extended their
use of labor-saving machinery.
With large numbers Of men out OF en-
ployment, and with industrial conditions not
yet stabilized and in process of readjustment,
there should be abundant labor for the farm
this year, even at the moderate wages being
offered by the farmers OF Southwest Georgia.
Farmers cannot be expected to pay the
high wages that have ruled during the last
five years on the basis OF present and pros
pective prices OF farm products.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29
Washington's Tomb.

A curious dispute has arisen as to the
ownership of the plot OF ground upon which
stands the tomb of George Washington at
Mt Vernon George Steptoe Washington, a
collateral descendant OF the first president. de-
clares that the burial plot was not included
when the Mt Vernon estate was sold to its
present owners, but is still owned by the
Washington family. THE association and the
public have no rights on this half acre. Mr..
Washington asserts. He also disputes the
right of the Conrads, who are descendants of
Nellie Gusts, granddaughter OF Martha
Washington to have their names on the
tomb
Replying to Mr. Washington, Miss Harriet
c. Carnegys, national agent OF the Ladies
Mt Vernon Association, states that this as
ISOLATION owns the tomb, mansion and grounds
outright; that its title to the 200 acres, in
Guiding the burial plot, is clear and cannot
be upset She declared that the body OF
Washington would not be moved, nor would
the tomb be closed to the public.
The body of Washington was placed in
the tomb where it now lies in 1881. The Mt
Vernon estate was bequeathed by George
Washington to Bushrod Washington, upon
whose death it came into the hands OF John
A. Washington, his nephew. In 1858 John
Washington sold it to the Ladies Mt Yer
non Association, which holds it in trust as a
place of national interest. The Washington
tomb stands few hundred yards from the
house, near wooded ravine.
The facts as to the ownership of the Mt
Vernon estate being so clear and so well es-
tablished how did it happen that George
Steptoe Washington, of Nazareth, Pa, be-
came so grossly deceived
The incident has. been helpful in bringing
forth from obscurity this George Washington
of a later day. If he had not spoken none
of us would have ever known. that such a
man lived
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29
Old Fashioned.
From an Exchange.

Everything is so old-fashioned around this
town." exclaimed a young man the other day.
The remark was occasioned by one OF those
restless disConsoate moods which visit every
soul imprisoned in a living body. His use
of the word 'old-fashoned" seemed out of
place although we frequently apply it to that
which is dull and tiresOme because the more
we think, the more we investigate; the more
we learn the more we become convinced
that there is nothing new" The sun has
never failed to tint the eastern sky each morn
ing and tnge the west at night, though his
daily visitations have been unceasing for ages
beyond the comprehension OF man. Beautiful
sunsets are old-fashioned and common, and
yet the sight invariably awakens a thrill in
the meanest soul. The same pale moon that
shines tonight was silent witness of the
burning of Troy, the fall OF Babylon and the
destruction of Pompeii. The stars have mys
tilted the minds of men since men became
possessed OF minds. God is old-faShioned, and
His memorable laws never have and never
will be violated without the penalty being
exalted Electricity unclaimed, flashed with
the same vivid grandeur through the stormy
heavens, the wind shrieked and howled with
the same wild fury, and the thunder rolled
with the same appalling crash the night
that Lear, aged and infrm, was denied the
shelter OF his own poor roof.
Love-the love OF mother for her babe,
and of man for a maids old-fashioned.
That book OF books the Holy Bible is old
fashioned.
We would not have them otherwise.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29
What Ais the Railroads?

The Chicago Daily News, referring to the
suggestion of congressional inquiry to de-
termine what is wrong with the railroads.
says the weekly and monthly reports OF bus
mess since last fall indicate clearly enough
what is wrong with the railroads. The trans
portation act, the Daily News points out
was enacted prior to the industrial reaction
and the consumers strike, events that could
not have been fully foreseen 1t is undeniable
that loss of traffic is the chief thing that is
wrong with the railroads, but it is not so
clear whether industrial reaction or high rates
are responsible for that condition. Doubtless
both causes are contributory.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29
An Old lob for New Women.

''What shall we do with our married wo-
men?" threatens to become an even more Sc
rious problem than the famous question OF
the disposition of our former presidents.
The unusual activities to which American
women were introduced by the world war, the
semi military and more than semi-masculine
work which many OF them performed so eff
ficiently, followed by the widening OF the
feminine sphere by the adoption OF the nine
teenth amendment, have in many instances
robbed the freside OF its charm and sub
stituted desire for public activity and no.
toriety for the old fashioned domestic idea
of making horne pleasant, comfortable and
safe for husband and children.
Just how far this tendency is spreading is
OF course conjectural But good many OBJ
servers profess to believe that it is rather
widely distributed. Married women, even in
these days, can not safely abdicate the duties
and responsibilities they assumed at the al
tar
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29
Congressman to Constituent.
From the Talbotton New Era.

Once upon time a certain congressman
sent a fellow in a south Georgia town pack
ct of free vegetable seed Along in the sum
mer the fellow wrote his congressman that
the old seed weren't any good and set up
a loud howl whereupon his congressman sat
down and wrote him something like this;
Il have never seen any seed of any descrip-
ton or variety that ever did anything for
the professional town loafer who makes his
wife do the cooking, the nursing, the sew
ing, the cutting OF the wood the milking of
the cows while he sits around town all day
wearing out the seat OF his trousers (Which
added another job for his care-worn wife
at night), telling smutty jokes, playing drafts,
chewing a plug of tobacco day and whit
ting on goods boxes, and teaching young
boys how to 'cuss' to perfection"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29
Who Paws Income Tax.

According to the official reports of the rev.
enue department of the government there are
sixty-seven individuals in the United States
whose income is 100000 or more. There
are 1,516938 persons whose incomes are be-
tween 81 900 and $4,000. The whole number
of individuals by classes and the average tax
paid by the several classes follow:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29
Y the several classes follow:

From these figures it is shown that the
average tax paid by those against whom the
income tax operates is $25l.85. The total num-
Der who pay the tax is 4,425, ia, On the basis
OF the number OF votes cast in the late cleo
ton, which totaed 26736269, one adult in
every six in the country paid an income tax.
II the number OF women who voted but who
did not make income returns but whose hus-
bands did, were excluded the ratio would be
much higher. Seventy taxpayers paid
the government $8O,925,376.11 in taxes, while
1,516,938 paid only $26385,73748, or about
one-third as much as the sixty-seven.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

Six senators and thirty-three representa-
tves in the late session of the South Dakota
legislature did not introduce any bills which
is striking example OF conservatism Nor re-
straint, or perhaps it was just good sense.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

If the United States ever sends another
delegation to peace parley the soldiers and
attendants will be asked to go barefoot. The
shoes of the doughboys are responsible for
damage of $125,87025 to Paris hotel, &C
cording to the manager.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

Here is evidence of one of the coal steals.
The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company
has recently been authorized to declare
special cash dividend of $50 per cent on its
$92l0,000 stock outstanding. The $50 per
cent dividend, amounting in cash to $13,815,-
900, represents an accumulation of profits in
the treasury OF the company
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

Editor Paul T. HARDER, of the Commerce
Observer, was recently made member OF
the executive committee of the National Edi-
torial Association. Mr.. Harder is one OF the
states ablest and most popular newspaper
men. and the honor which has been given
him is worthily bestowed. He will represent
Georgia with credit
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

From what is heard it is probable there
will be a clean sweep of all the federal offices
that pay enough salary to be desirable. The
boys who did the hurrahing in the campaign
have been on scant diet for eight years and
are mighty hungry.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

intolerance is unbecomng in any man, and
vet the world is filled with intolerant men.
If all men agreed in their opinions it would
be sweet old world, but it would be mighty
dull and undressing world.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

An Arkansas circuit court Judge has been
impeached because of his charges OF i'm
morality against members of the state legiS-
lature. Better not bite the hand that is feed
ing vou
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

For our part we believe it is the eXcep-
tional instance where a woman tempts a
man to anything except that which is good.
Let sensitive ministers and the ultra-pure
stick to their own knitting, if they have any
worth while When Joan OF Arc sought the
way of the cross she wore skirts that came
to her knees. The world has been overfed
on this libelous "she-tempted-me" stuff, and
is beginning TO feel only contempt for sarto-
rial directions from pulpits and platforms.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

The United States fell down miseraby on
its aerial program for the world war. 1t has
not learned the essential lessons of that fail
ure, but is sacrificing more lives without ap-
parent profit in experience. It's time to call
a halt on the air mail service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

Most people seem to be getting tired OF
Judge Kennesaw Mountain Lands, and his
interminable troubles 1t is rumored that he
may resign his judgeship and cling to the
baseball job, which will be better for the
bench, the ball interest and the public. No
rumor that he may give up baseball and set
tie down to the federal judgeship has gain
ed currency.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

Henry Ford is turning out 5000 cars day
Who's got the money that is being paid tor
them?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

David Lawrence reports that protests
against the appointment of Col. George Har-
vey as ambassador to Great Britain have been
pouring into the white house, while Arthur
Sears Henning says "At the white house it
was stated that no such protests have been
received" The report that the white house is
being flooded with protests is propaganda
started by antagonists OF Col. Harvey, Mr..
Henning asserts. When Washington CORE
spondents disagree who is to decide what is
the truth?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

Much Obliged for Italy's promise that she
expects to pay her little debt to Uncle Sam
when she gets around to 1t.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

What has become of the old fashioned phi
losopher who used to deplore the precocity Of
youthful females and advised the mothers
to keep the girls in short dresses?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

The observant old man OF the Herald
Journal says some Greensboro girls, on &C
count of short skirts, have no trouble watch
ing their step.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

When we want to buy goods without selling
our crops our local merchant supplies on
credit The catalogue house would demand
cash III advance. The problem of reducing
costs of distribution between producer and
consumer will always be a serious one, but
there are times in which we can feel there is
a place for the local retailer, and just now
he is very much Of friend in need
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

We notice that foreign propaganda in the
United States has been a little less active
since a lot of American newspapers began
to expose it. The man who is always think
ing of some other nation first is going to
find himself mighty unpopular here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

The queen of Rumania expresses a desire
to see the cowboys and Indians on her pros
pective visit to America, but if she expects to
see here any savagery equal to or approach
ing the savagery that lately has been on ex-
hibition in her own Europe she will be dis
appointed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

The Madisonian doesn't believe in throw
ing a fit because times are hard, nor does it
have any patience with the fellow who is
always talking optimism and saying times
are better, and adds: footing horn doesn't
get you anywhere. Our people have got to
work more, spend less and trust in the Lord. y
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

The socialist party is going to undertake
to get Mr.. Debs out of jail by picketing the
white house 1t is question whether Mr..
Debs in Jail is not more OF an asset for the
socialists than he would be out of Jail That
seems to be the view Mr.. Debs takes OF it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

What has become OF the old fashioned man
who used to wear pink shirt:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

One of the immediate needs is a thorough
spring cleaning of the entire city, and when
this is undertaken the cooperation OF each
Individual in Dawson is essential.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

The incoming censorship Of movie films
must strike terror to the title writers, since
most OF the titles are worse than the pict-
ureS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

More than one-half OF the prisoners in the
Georgia penitentiary were convicted OF some
grade OF homicide Human life seems to be
the cheapest thing there is.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-29

If those farmers who started out to hold
their cotton until they got 40 cents for it
stick until they get that price they will be
entitled to the medal for sticktoitiveness.