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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10

Leighton Hester, of Winston,
Fla, is the guest of his cousin, Mrs.
Herschel Smith at her residence on
South Lee street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10

Mrs. W. D. Philips and two young
sons, will leave for New York to
join Mr. Philips in making their
home in that city, alter spending
several weeks with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John r. Taylor on Lee
street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10

The many friends of Mrs. Wyatt
lyey and lovely daughter, Miss Mar
that Ivey, will be Interested in
knowing that they have returned to
Americas from Los Angeles, Calf.
to make their home, and are at pres.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10

Jack Harris has returned to his
home in Lakeland, after Y isit of
"a week to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. w. Harris, and his daughter,
Mrs. Clifford Carswell.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10
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Mrs. Alice Hammond has return
ed to Americas alter spending sew
oral months pleasantly with rela'
lives and friends in Macon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10

Rev. Richard F. Simpson will go
to Atlanta Saturday and will occupy
the pulpit at the morning and even
ing services at the Central Prcsby-
terrain church.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10

Mrs. Bryson is pleasantly remember
ed in Americas, where she has visit
ed on numerous occasions, as Miss
Lydia Verdery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10

Lee street. They were accompanied
home by Miss Louise Hamilton and
Miss Mabel Hamilton who will be
their guests for the remainder Of
the summer months.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10

Walter Stapleton has returned
from a stay of several weeks in
North Carolina.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10

Mrs. Annie M. Mann, Of Macon,
is visiting Mrs. John 7. Taylor at
her home on Lee street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-10


Mrs. T. O. Marshall and children
have returned home from a visit of
several weeks to her mother, Mrs. 7.
H. Hunter in Quitman. Mrs. Mar
shall was accompanied home by Mrs.
Hunter, anG young niece, Miss Emf
" Hunter who are her guests at
her ONE on Harold avenue.
Frank Stapleton has returned
home from stay Of several days in
Atlanta.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D, Hooks, Mr..
and Mrs. Hamilton Yancey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Coney, Mr.. and Mrs. W..
C. Cage, Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius Nc
Cleskey, and Lewis Ellis formed a
congenial party motoring to AL
bany last evening to attend the dim
ner dance given at the formal open
ing of the Hotel Gordon.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-10
INSTITUTE HOLDS
 FORTH ONCE MORE
Round Table Talks Concern Europe and America, Too

Williamstown, Mass, Aug. 10 ND The little entente, made up Of Rumania, Czechoslovakia and Jugo- slavia, is maintaining spirit of dis trust in central Europe, Felix Valyi of Paris, editor of the Revue Po- litique Internationale and Hun garlan by birth, said at round table conference of the Institute of Politics today,
 There is no such thing as Hungarian peril" he said. There Is a question of progress or reac- ton in the valley of the Danube and the Hungarian people need some time to adapt themselves to new conditions since the war. But the very existence of the little entente is a hindrance to 8 better under standing among the nations of cen- tral Europe. The little entente rep resents new forces of oppression combined to obstruct the way to a solution of international problems by friendly hands. It intends to maintain by military force state of dis-equlibrium between races and hinder the free play of economic forces. The problems of European equilibrium cannot be solved on ethnographic grounds"
 lnter-American Relations
 At the round table conference on outstanding problems in inter- American relations, Dr. l.. S. Rowe. director general of the Pan-Ameri- can union, said:
 Anyone studying the published documents relative to the military occupation of Haiti by the United States cannot help but feel that the various reasons set forth therein do not afford q satisfactory or at least a complete explanation. The true explanation is 10 be found in the circumstances surrounding the Euro- pean war.
 At the time of the military occu- patton we were still q neutral conn. try and President Wilson was bent on maintaining our neutrality. Ru- mors of all kinds were afloat con- cerning possible German or other submarine bases in American waters, There was natural apprehension of complications that might arise if q Haitian port were used as such base. The letter written by Secre- tary Lansing at the time of the Hai- tian investigation indicates how real this fear was
 Tn view of all these circIn,- stances 1t is not surprising that the government of the United States utilized the complications arising out of the murder of the Haitia n president by an infuriatod mob as the occasion not only to meet the then existing emergency, but to put an end to further possible compli- cations during the period of the Eu- ropean war. Viewed in this light the policy adopted in 1915 is at least applicable"
New Britain herald., 1925-08-10
MAN, 9t, DEPLORES LACK
 OF OLD TIME WHISKEY
Attributes His Old Age to Drinking and to Smoking-Rcplies to
 W. c. T. |. Slap

New York, Aug. 10 PD-Dcclar- ing that the lack of whiskey is breeding a race of ping pong play CTS" Nathan Douchy, 91-year- old champion of rum and tobacco. has spoken his mind about what this worlds coming to.
 Celebrating his birthday a few days ago with friends at Darien Conn.,, he attributed his age to whis- key and smoking. Mrs. Aida J. Cumming, leader of the Stamford Women's Christian Temperance union promptly offered to appoint a committee to investigate what really made him live so long, She was certain it was not whiskey. Yesterday Douchy replied:
 My ambition has been to live to a hundred and still drink whiskey. Seems as though prohibition will stop me. Just why people consider whiskey a thing to legislate against don't know. They ought to legis- late against soft drinks.
 "One of the most disgusting sights is to see young man ordering a sarsaparilla soda. My dad would have licked me had he seen me drinking anything likethat.
 We're getting too highly moral We're being dominated by the femi- nine mind. In time we'll be breed ing a race of ping pong players. Football will be too rough; baseball too strenuous. Golf Is one sign of our degeneracy. Poker is giving way to bridge and the like. It's not because of whiskey, but the lack of it."
 Rules of health. he said he has none. His Sunday dinner consisted of steak, potatoes. pie and coffee. After that he puffed on a clay pipe ten years old.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-10
WEALTHY GIRL IN BOYS
 CLOTHES IS MISSING
New York Police Searching for Evelyn Hobbs, 1s-Year-
 Old Miss.

New York. Aug. 10 P-Police of the metropolitan area and parts of New England were pressing their search today for Evelyn Jacoueling Hobbs, 1s-year-old society girl who vanished two days ago from her par ents' Park avenue apartment clad In boys clothes.
 Weakened by recent operation fer the removal of her tonsils f6l- lowing toxic poisoning, it Is feared that she wandered off with s25 in her pockets during a period of men, tai abernation.
 Her father, Elon $. Hobbs, law yer and president of the Iron and Steel Board of Trade, declined to eountenance the thought of an slopement Or Kidnapping. Evelyn, he said, was fond of outdoors and cared little for men. She he'd no quarrel with her family MT. Hobbs
New Britain herald., 1925-08-10
STRIKE SEPT. 1 7 7 NOW SEEMS SURE
Lewis Does Not Think It Can ;gs5,,e Be AYerted

Atlantic City, N, J., Aug 10 R)- Suspension of work by 1SS,OOo men In the hard coal fields September 1 appeared more certain today follow Ing publication Of q reply from John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America to the letter recently addressed him bv Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of the anthracite operators conference.
 MT. Mariners letter, made pub- lict last Thursday, denied that the operators committee was under in- structions to refuse concessions to the miners regardless Of the merit or iogic of their demands, and ex- pressed hope that Means will be found to compose the differences be- tween Us and avoid suspension of operations"
 MT. Lewis in his reply said the Warriner letter merely confirmed inc previous position :akon by the cper. ators' scale committee in the confer- ences here. He said both Mir. War riner and the negotiators were com mitted against granting the miners wage increases and the checkoff.
 Be 1t so." Mir. Lewis said. We do not have any inclination to fur ther argue when judgment has been given. l Will be glad to hear from you when you abandon this posi- hon."
 Hope of averting a hard coal tie- up apparently rests today almost wholly upon two slim chances.
 One, according to observers, would be for the government to intervene In advance of September 1, which Secretary Hoover and others have said officially the government will not do.
 The other, it was said, would be Tor the anthracite mine owners to abandon" their position as Mir. Lewis suggested. Those who have tested the temper of the operators the most deeply pronounced this in- possible.
 There has been no intimation Of any peace overtures coming from the miners
New Britain herald., 1925-08-10
Scott, in Asylum, Will
 Become Basket Weaver

Chicago, Aug. 10 Ll = Russell T. Scott, convicted murderer of Joseph Maurer found a new job awaiting him at the Chester asylum for the criminally insane today. He will spend his time weaving baskets, ac- cording to word received here, asy- lum officials holding 10 the belief that his insanity is not sufficient to prevent him from doing some sort of work.
 Scott last night secuted the idea that he was insane at all "T am ma more crazy than you" he told Su- perintendent Subhleheld, but this seemed the only way out of it."
New Britain herald., 1925-08-10

declared, Mrs, Hobbs, who was Miss Annie Smith of Hackwood Park, Va, Is on the verge of nervous break down.
 Evelyn in her brothers hiking suit looks much like slim, dark haired, dark-eyed youth, Sho left the apartment Saturday morning. Mr. Hobbs said he heard her so, but thought she was with nurse who had attended her during her illness, Her description has been broadcast by radio.
 She formerly attended a private school in Washington and the Ogontz school near Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25
Important Quality Lacking

Lacking the ability to adapt them
selves quickly to new conditions in
their driving experience, too many
operators of cars are at complete
loss to know what to do when any
thing unusual occurs. In an effort
TO remedy this situation, a series of
experiments has been devised. The
motorist who undertakes them is ask
ed to back a car out OF a garage after
1t has been placed flush with a wall
of the garage so that any attempt to
back out straight would be futile.
Next he is asked to run the engine
at speed equivalent to a car speed
of twenty-five miles an hour This
experiment is for the purpose of
noting how keen is the drivers iudg-
ment with regard to engine speeds.
The ammeter, of course, is covered
during the experiment so that he is
deprived of one of the most effective
guides to engine speed.
n third test requires the driver to
sound the horn continuously while
making a turn. Both hands must be
kept on the wheel. The purpose in
this is to train the driver to use his
elbow in touching the horn button.
In another test he is obliged to
shift gears with his right foot, a
trick which requires considerable
practice.
To the motorist who has never at
tempted these featS the tests may
seem quite unnecessary. He reasons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25
FOR DRAGGING CLUTCH.
Retarding Spark Slows Down
Driven Disks

The real remedy for dragging
clutch lies in a correct clutch adjust
ment with inspection of the clutch
brake. but knowledge of this is of
very little use when you are trying
to shift into low" on some busy
thoroughfare. You are ready then to
accept any makeshift just 50 long as
it temporarily solves the problem.
That is why you should learn to re-
tard the spark if the clutch drags and
offers you the difficulty Of shifting
into low" or reverse without
crashing the gears. When YOU re-
tard the spark the engine naturally
idles slower. That slows down the
driving disks OF the clutch as we'll
as the driver disks, which, under or
binary conditions. should be at rest
when the clutch pedal is depressed.
With the driven disks running so
very slowly the shift can usually be
made without danger of clashing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25
THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS:

It's all very well to know how to
take the car apart, but it would save
lot of time and trouble TO learn
what to let alone when tryin' to make
an adjustment or a repair.
can illustrate this to perfection
with the horn on Browns car. He
wanted TO pep up the horn little so
that it would bark little louder and,
havin' worked on horns many times
before, he removed the cover and went
to n lot more trouble than was neces-
sary, because when he removed the
cover he found that he could have
made the adjustment just as well with
the cover on.
DOM the work in the twilight, he
hadn't noticed that there was an ad-
justment screw that protruded. This
isn't the usual construction, for in
most cases the adjustment of the horn
Is made at the end Of the motor shaft,
and of course that Is covered up.
But Browns one of those fellows who
never has time to look for an easier
way of dom things.
I had to help another fellow the
other day because he was havin' trou-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25
TRACE MANY ACCIDENTS
TO UNINFORMED DRIVERS
Experts Recommend Practice and Ex-
Fermentation With Car Operation
to Safeguard Against Hell plessness.

that it Is better TO perfect himself in
doing the conventional things in driv-
ing, but he thereby ignores the posi-
bility of finding himself in q situation
in which he will be deprived of the op-
portunity to handle the car in his
usual way, however seemingly skill
full and efficient that way may be.
Helping automobilists from suffer.
ing and inf1icting injury by teaching
them how not to be panic-striken IS
the keynote of the newer develop
ments in the higher education of mo
toristS. The average driver is not
versatile enough. He must learn how
to get along when things are not in
his favor. Or, to put it another way
he must learn to be ready for any
thing.
Experiments along these lines have
revealed the fact that a number Of eX-
perienced drivers do make an effort
to broaden their range Of car control.
One driver who declares that the abii-
ity to crank a stalled engine quickly
IS one OF the prime safety require
ments makes a regular practice OF
learning how TO crank his engine
under various handicaps. He crankS
the engine while the car Is coastinE
down hill. He cranks it while apply
ing the foot brake imagining that the
emergency brake (the hand brake is
out of commission. This he does. OF
course, by transferring his left foot
to the brake pedal, releasing the right
foot for the starter button.
Some drivers have even gone so far
as to practice holding out both clutch
and brake pedals with one foot, free
Ing the right foot for the accelerator
Such detailed control of a car is an
advantage where extreme caution with
lF,IHy 10,
negotiating a very hazardous piece of
road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25

BILE with the gaskets on the exhaust
manifold. Here he had gone to work
and removed the manifolds just to
grind in the valves. 1t wasn't at all
necessary. In cleanin' out carbon I've
seen motorists go to all the bother
Of removin' twice as much wirin' as
necessary. Yet If It's mainly a mat
ter of grindin' in the valves and there
is little carbon in the head I've been
able to do the job without unscrewin'
the spark plugs.
Unless a car is equipped with front
wheel brakes one of the simplest ways
of cleanin' out the front wheel bearin's
Is to keep forcin' in fresh grease
That forces the old grease out on the
inside of the wheel. It's just as eff
fective as cleanin' the bearin's by re
movin' them. and it often saves
damagin' them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL

Believing that a large percentage
of automobile accidents result from
too limited skill on the part of the
driver, safety and driving experts are
recommending practice and expert
mentation with car operation as a
daily routine. In the opinion of those
who have witnessed the helplessness
of drivers in a crisis. the automobile
as a mechanical monster is not famil-
lar enough ground.
In the new view of preparation for
safe driving the average motorist is
V1sualiZed as spending q few minutes
each day literally getting himself con-
fused, and then performing the con-
Vent1onal acts of starting, stopping
and steering in new ways and learning
that in an emergency there is always
another way Of doing things.
In a demonstration of what motor
lists should make a daily routine, it was
shown that difficulty was experienced
by several drivers when required to
start the engine without removing
their hands from the rim of the steer
ing wheel. The adjustment of the car
used for the experiment was fixed
so that the engine would stall unless
the throttle was kept normally open.
When the drivers found that they
were not permitted to hold the throttle
open by means of the hand control.
several said the feat could not be
done. Only one driver was so YER
satile as TO use his left foot to press
down the accelerator while using the
right foot to press the starter but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25
Double Duty Possible.

Those who advocate greater famih-
arity with the car controls recon-
mend learning TO do several things
simultaneously rather than in a def
mite order which might easily be dis
arranged with disastrous results For
instance, driver should be able 70
apply the brakes while he sounds the
horn. The usual practice is to sound
the horn and then apply the brakes, a
plan which is frequently ineffective in
avoiding collision. Shifting gears
while making a sharp turn is another
point which emphasizes the value of
simultaneous action. The ability to
do this is Of particular advantage
where the driver finds that he has
turned, or is turning, into a street
where he must drop back 10 second
gear and move quickly or suffer a col
lSon.
Another plan suggested is that of
becoming familiar with different makes
of cars as precaution against getting
into rut in driving. Controls are
just different enough on other cars
to remind a driver Of the importance
of being versatile in handling a car.
These differences stimulate him TO ac-
Continued on Seventh Page.5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25
BINDING STEERING GEAR.
Looseness of Housing Is Often
Cause of Catching.

When a steering gear starts to bind
there are two possible causes, assum-
nections are properly creased. On
one type of steering gear the steering
arm, sometimes called the Pitman
arm, may work out too far on it's
shaft and alter the leverage, thus af-
fecting the steering.
The more general cause, however,
is looseneSS of the whole steering
gear housing, so that when any strain
Is placed on the gear the housing
changes it's position. This strains
the bearings and causes the gear to
bind. Tightening the frame connec-
ton is the remedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25

instances cars with unimproVed
brakes are capable of less speed. They
are usually older cars. They may be
capable of a burst of speed for a
few minutes, but they cannot keep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25
EASY ON UNIVERSALS.
Travel Over Rough Roads il
Second Gear to Cut Wear.

Much wear to the universal joints
may be avoided by travelling over
rough road in second gear. While
in second it is possible to keep the
engine pulling constantly without
having the car gain speed that will
he too fast for the road. If power
is applied alternately with the appli-
cation of the brakes, to keep the car
from going too fast, the universals
receive double shocks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25
More Care Taken.

| IL up.
More Care Taken.
It had been predicted that with the
! inevitable period of transition from
! unimproved to improved brakes there
would be no end of collisions, but APP
parently the automotive prophets
| failed to consider the fact that owners
| of unimproved brakes would make
every effort to keep their brakes in
better condition. That better service
on brakes has helped to make the
period of double standard stopping
| relatively uneventful Is demonstrated
by the records of repairers, especially
specialists in brake work, who report
that car owners who formerly paid lit
tie or no attention to their brakes are
now subjecting them to periodic in
specton.
The police departments also have
aided in safeguarding the transition
period through brake inspection and
penalties for driving cars with defec-
tive brakes. There have been instances
where cars that had poor brakes when
brand new were provided later with
a set of very effective brakes.
At the other extreme there have
been> additional reasons for making
the change less of a hazard. Chief
among these is the discovery that
many owners of four-wheel-brake cars
have been so well satisfied with the
stopping ability of their cars and have
had so few occasions to make every
demand upon their brakes that they
have actually neglected them. In
other words, many cars with four
wheel brakes are not stopping as
quickly as they might if the brakes
were given normal attention, thus
minimizing to some extent the dis
crepancy between the two-wheel and
four wheel systems. This, combined
with greater attention to poorer
brakes, has helped to make less Of
gap between newer and older braking
Despite the facts and tendencies.
however. those who are of a logical
turn of mind contend there should be
more rear-end collisions, and very seri-
Gus ones, when so many cars can stop
twice as quickly as so many others.
Yet the flood of rear-end collisions
has not materialiZed. Motordom is in
clined to attribute this situation to
greater intelligence in the use of cars
rather than to pure luck.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-25

Prices range from szsss for
the Brougham to s44ss for the
Custom Imperial. F. 0. B.
Detroit. Tax to be added.
General Motors own time
payment plan (GMAC)
furnishes purchasers with the
most economical way of buy
ing a Cadillac on time.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-18
A AUNIoUE AND THOUGHTFUL CHARITY

Almost everyone has his her pet charity. l. may be work for the poor service for the hospital help for some
 lonely old soul who awaiting the comfort to come But most charity falls into definite grooves charity revealed until hs death last week probably brought joy and comfort many that of the Sas Chapman of the best known citizens of Hartford Mr Chapman funeral last Saturday employees the Cap ito City postoce told how for years Christmas Mir Chapman would buy stamps for these Der of foreign letters hand being held for insufficient postage
 Mir Chapman wud buy stamps for letters pae the condition that the pooee employees would give publicity his The involved sometimes a fairly considerable amount. Mr Chapman would say that these letters probably carried Christmas to many who far away from home the feast when hardest of all be from ones loved The postoce kept Mir Chap mans secret for quarter of century and story only told this week