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iii ii . ■"» ■ w ,»'<■ ■■■ ‘.w. F'a( I Xln i A' i'ii'isssftii ' ' a— SKIDDING CARS AREOANGEROUS Wet Streets and Slippery Pavements Cause of Many Accidents. Ihe recent agitation among the in surance companies regarding the great increase tn automobile accidents within H —the last few—years and t!m marked in tention of some of th< accident insnr- S ance men to increase their rates I: is B led the more careful owners and drivers to inquire what the coup s of these accidents are. It is only natural to ->, expect that the majority of these mis haps take place in the city where there i ate more cars, and this is found to be > actually the ease. According to the , insurance experts, the greater part of ihe ? .iclfr.ts ate not duo io * i.rele .-.<- ness, but nevertheless tin- • :t<- a great man.' v hie'. .;.< . L ;!■> ir.u-e.ibk to ' this .no no oth< r cause. 1 on- of the mi st prolifl ea is, s <>l a - Wei. IB in eitv Ir< t« - -kidding. Not I less than 80 p< .■ <■ nt of t .<• .-kids .n- . I cvutitei, d ar. r.ot * l . -1 >;. g , \geuer cti tiv- • tot the i t.' . . Anae- Videi which mat hupp, n to any one S lan tn- wlii'ii tt)e ear <.rm-“ upon a free' ' sprinkled .« let. i: ol a side: h and is eornt ,'ded by n.tffic ■ xigenci. • to H-a i quick -itiip. When tie brakes *ife rrd on a oii-a.-iim ~ . il« ■'!-•<• . > : s .11 1.1 .'..la oii.ing In - . 4 cause the back v. i, . ■«. are oek.'O. If j.I the frictional gup t. : tires op tin | vet Burfßee of the -o d is sufficient to ■ check this slip befi ire ii become-* dan- «gi rocs, there is no danger to o. f. e<l. Out ot Control. Where tla. raid ,s no’ ch< cki d. flow - e'er. tl'.e ua is entirely oat of the drive 's control, inby. by ii -re chance he tnay .‘gain apply tl r- mn er l and secure suttieient tra. on tog t th. car again under command. W n-r • tie skid is not prevented, an m-i i ■nt is 'i. exit emely probable if tl.< ttnfiic Is dense. An accident of th s '.u 1 is in frequent when the relative numbei of the cars in use in the streets of a . tty like New York i.» considered, still it ■ sufficiently frequent to inaki a i-onsiil erable. number when taken in th ag gregate. The chief objection io asphalt is ~ pavement is its slipje-rim-ss at the slightest moisture. Tin dust which settles on the surfaw of tin asphalt t. combines with the water to make a thin layer of paste which acts in about ■ the same manner as a slippery grade -_uf axle grease would do should it be • spread upon the surface of the road. It ■ is a fact that a little moisture on (lie , asphalt road will make it more slippery I than would be the cure with a heavy rain. This Is due to tin fact that when the rain becomes sufficiently heavy it washes the mud off th. surface of the road and takes away the slippery mix ture which is so apt to cause a skid at the slightest semblance of locking the wheels. The advice which is often handed out by people who are in a position of knowing, to "put the chains on at once,” is no fairy persiflage. Slippery Street Cause. The uncomfortable feeling ..f -itting t in a car that has passed beyond the d driver’s control and is swinging about I end for end, has only io be felt once to convince any one of the advisability of taking tholittle xtra trouble neces sary in putting on the tire chains. If any definite proof of what • xmTien, ed owners of large numbers of city -going —wabiiles think of tin advisability of ' guarding against th. fatal skirl, it is L only necessa to asl- the managers of I the >arge taxicab eouc. ns. The posl- F titre instructions-issued i»v these |M'ople E to their drive’s lent' no loom foi fur- I riu r doubt. t’ol’tslon on account of he ignmanve I of traffic tegulu '.ms also send- .. any | cars to the re|>ai s.iops. .mil passen gers to the hospital. Thhre is only . / one piece of odvieo necessary in this I % connection, and hat is to socur. n ; *.booklet fro:.’ t • munieipality and' * j*'idy it. You wi'i then know what you .-xpecied to do am .last what you expect of the other driver. T .se - kiets are gotten up by cities fo> th. We-cial purpose of instructing the dr I . r 1 of a ear what to do in the crow ad ,eity streets. They are not only words if advice, they ar. words of law Ig norance of tne la' is lilt defense of its infraction and . ill not ke.-ji an offend, r out of jail or ffee from the imposition of a line. The traffic po io-nian is an f excellent institution, but entire eonfl- 1 . tlenco can not be placed in him unless i f. every driver understands his signals ; | and whistles. One car only > - -a| mnny 1.r0k.-n s parts because of exception; strong I construction. This was th. r.-ult ..fl I a city accident in one of the Western - town's. An attempt was mad. t.> .ut ! across the rear of a car. when th. m evitable car going in the opmmit. di- I section canght the forward t>art of vie automobile and caused a bad wre.-k i Accidents of this kind are frequent and I are really caused by careless driving. ! for there' is no excuse fm- a driver not i L.exerctsing every possible .-are at a I street crossing. Many drivers have the I vier.' pronounced fault of si-ceding ■fhroagli cross struts between a Venn..- F and then when they reach the avenue i taking a chance without slowing down. ( Caution Avert* Trouble. i When approaching an avenue, slow ; down Ito almost a stop if the avenm is] much traveled. If you intend to turn ' into the avenue, tite hand should be I extended to signal a possible driver behind that a turn is to be mad. . This will prevent him coming .alongside un awares and cutting into your car by going straight ahead just as you are making the turn. If the turn is to be made to the left, the car should be driven straight across the road past the central intersecting point of the street and the avenue and the turn made be yond this point. If the turn Is to be inade to the right, it should be made close to the curb so as to allow a ve hicle coming straight dow n the avenue | to pass. Another way to prevent accidents in : crowded driving is to always sound th. ' w arning signal when passing a car. A I •lUently found even in the most traveled «>f th* city afreets. Should another .ar he in the *ct of pasaing as this swei v. «s made by a driver who does not knov ♦hat there ie a car ,lls •" | w.-cident having serious con-.-queii..- to the running gear of either or botl , ggra tnay ensue. j ' MOTORCYCLE RACES ARE POPULAR * = 1 Fuzzy Woodruff Describes the Thrilling Sensation of the "'■■sX. Piedmont Meet. / - X: - By FUZZY WOODRUFF. W gob j /'v| / down people’s spin columns. / / ■ - -wgßr I’hi..••••.• T. it. -i n.i lived, got rich, anu / / ■ \ it / / \ - Ox\ 1 / ■A/;:':-':.... ■' fl foi i -A®, Sk \ \ I V f XjiL xjr >■ * <. .?. ' 5 ’ kS *' jJeOj&jßjiE. ■ << * Jf I ._-A-z t - - P 7 >■ * -JF * y a - JrwWwMlßZg MK gOE jfllr " —««■ Iff 7 Wil)) v J —- ■ and with the opportunities that the mo torcycles ami tin men that ildi -lltoin •iffer in min | irtlciilar form el s-nu.-ie nient, Im tier cent of the populm ■ would bi going around shaking like a gentle man accustomed to a quart a day sud denly deprived of the wherewithal to purchase liquid solace. Thi other 10 per i "nt would be riding motorcycles for tlic further filling of I>. T.’s ioffers. About 3.00 U Atlantans saw the races of th" Atlanta .Motorcycle club at Pied mont park last Saturday, and there were more coses of jimmies in Pulton county that night than were < ver caused by the rawest wood alcohol sold by a Decatur street tiger. I attended the rae s myself, and en joyed them. It’s a peculiar kink in human nature that causes a man to spend money or walk miles or get his throat clogged up with dust for the privilegi of s. ing some performance the probable ellinnx of which will be the breaking of somebody's neck. It wouldn't be worth a W’hoop to see the lion tamer go into the cage, unless Did You Notice The Jam At 141 Peachtree? Just the Crowd admiring and raving over the first 1913 Model O akj and The Car With a Conscience” See it—-You will never look at a prettier or better automobile Oakland Motor Co. Direct Factory Branch - . 141 Peachtree The Atlanta Georgian Automobm Department ■ tbeie was the lurking suspicion that 1 he was going to entire mil shy some • of his anatomy ,’ind that they wouldn't . liave io iced the beast again that day. They ;ook all the starch out of lerial acts when they started putting nets un > der the performers. An automobile race. • sans tragedy is as futile as Hamlet ‘ without a ghost. Baseball is made dou bly enjoyable by the fact that you never cease hoping that the umpire will be torn limb from limb, l-'iir maidens , cheer when their football hero is thrown fifty feet by another husky brute. Aero- 1 planes will be n joy onjj’ as long as I they continue to kill. But the motorcycle race goes one bet ter There is not a single spectator who has a suspicion that anybody is going to get hurt. They Just know it. They 1 look forward with an absolute certainty ' to an afternoon of carnage undreamed i of in the philosophy of a Balkan war ; correspondent. The only people who don't expect something sinister are the men who race. The fact that Patterson’s ambu lance and Dr. Hancock, with his three nurses, were standing ready to rush for the injured didn’t perturb them at all They seemed to have a faith in their machines as sublime as the belief of tile early Christian martyrs just before they were being made ready to be con verted into a Roman torchlight pro cession. The stage has a somber setting for motorcycle races. The ambulance doesn’t look any too cheerful, however merrily its gong may clang. The nurses may be pretty in their uniforms and starched collars, but nothing looks pret ty when you’ve got a hole in your head. The machines themselves are barking away with all the sinister sound of a glory and gore stained battlefield. The riders look like Martians. They prob ably dress that way in anticipation of making a sudden trip to the skies, you think. Hi i n George Brigham, who started the races, sent them away with a pistol that looked like it had committed two dozen murders. But the races— Prom the crack of the pistol until the final flag, the riders forget their earthly sins. They couldn’t think of them and ride like they do. On that little half mile track at Piedmont park, with the IGARFORD MAKES CLAY MODELS OF ALL CARS BEFORE MARKETING I "Common clay" is an expression often I heard in referring to the ruman race, and I seldom, if ever, connected by the lay ' man with an automobile plant. But some of the most "expert sculptors are to be found in the engineering and designing departments of the big motor car plants. The Garford Company, of Elyria, Ohio, furnishes an illustration of the import ance of the modeler in clay in the motor car industry. Every model of automobile turned out by this company for the ap proval of the buying public is first per fected in clay before a machine starts working on the metals and wood of which the completed car is composed. Touring car or big limousine, in exact scale and true to the slightest detail, is built of clay in the designing room, away from the pry ing eye of the public and the possible I competitor. "We find this is the best wu} to realize i our ideals in building new models,” says President John X. Willys, of the Garford I i Company. "Sotn-s concerns build a new j part at a time and then fit their special : machinery to make this part, only to i find, later, perhaps, that it is all wrong I when assembled. This kind of experi ' menting is costly. Our engineers find the clay model a much more economical and certain way of carrying out their ideas, for everything Is correct before a machine in the shops starts to work.” curves barely banked, they roared around at top speed, racing for all they were worth, while the spectators shut i their eyes to keep from seeing the j tragedy, and then opened them to see ! the extent of the fatalities. And they did this for nothing—that ‘ is, nothing but sport. There wasn't a purse hung up. The prizes were hardly such as would tempt a. man to risk his neck. If there, was a bet down on any race, I didn’t hear of it, and I could spot ;• bookmaker if lie wore ninety dis j guises. They simply did it to thrill the , crowd, thrill themselves, and hear the I shouts for the winners and the expres | sions of admiration for the losers. Men I knew, like Harry Glenn, Ollie ’ Roberts, James Pritchard, Bert Gleen • ! and Reno Lancaster, shot around that track, seemingly making a fool exhibi tion of their disregard of death. I knew them all and knew them for sen sible men. I couldn’t account for the discrepancy. I decided to ask. AVhy. the only people who are afraid of motorcycles are people who don’t know anything about them.” a rider told me. when I asked. It was simply a case of ignorance again qualifying as bliss. I had been shaking like an aspen leaf all after noon. I had enjoyed horrors that had delirium tremens beat a mile, and when , I had asked an authority I had discov ered that I had been witnessing soiiie thing about as dangerous as a spelling bee. Just the same, if anybody wants a thrill, don't fail to have a front row seat 1 when the next races are staged. B * I I. [ I Hudson Closed Cars | Luxury, Beauiy, Comfort and Quality ufithaut Extravagance. Finett I i Limousine and Coupe Bodies on Chassis Designed by 48 Master Builders. ■ i A Four —the “37,” and the “54” —a Six. If you seek beauty, comfort, quality, rich- These men were gathered from 97 leading I , nese and appointment, and do not especially factories of Europe and America and have care for exclusiveness which is obtained only had a hand in building more than 309)000 ■ : by paying a high price,- these cars will appeal motor c? *• y° u - They ..ve contributed ail their experience I 1 The bodies were designed by men who have and skill to the production of the HUDSON ■ I done similar work for builders of the most "37” and the "54” HUDSON. These cars ■ I expensive cars. No expense has been spared in are the best they know. material or workmanship. By larger produc- Just „ mucSl , kUJ al|d |, tion than is posable with cars of much higher porated the tfce bedioa. price,wr are able to include all m appointment, - ■ in finish, completeness and other essentials The imagination nf the mont fasttdtaae I , that is to be had inajiy closed body airtopiobile. buyer can suggest nothing in appoantwteert, I tone, character or completeness that these ■ | Designed by 48 Leading Engineers cars do not pMsea<l Every HUDSON cars are designed and built by anticipated. In rhoosing a HUDSON the S , IS expert engineers, at the head of which body only detail that you do not get which is found ■ ' is Howard E. Coffin, America’s leading auto- in some other cars, is that uncertain quality mobile designer. which cost alone suggest* but does not snore See the Triangle on the Radiator I Electric Self-Cranking—Electrically Lighted The Limoueine an 4 Coupe bodies used are identical for both chaeeia. The former scat* eovaii — ■ tl*e letter three paaeengers. Limousines are finished in imported Bodford Cord, oror-stuffed ■ ; upholstering. The Coupe is upholstered in pebble grain leather. The Limousine on the “37” chassis is $3250, and on the ”54” —the Six—chassis—is $3790. The K Coupe on the ”37” is $2350, and on the “54” $2950. Prices are f. o. b. Detroit. Open bodies— 'ther H Touring, Torpedo or Roadster type—are furnished at extra charge. | FULTON AUTO SUPPLY CO. I Distributors || 56 E. North Ave. J. W. Gold&rnith, Pres. II J " ■- - ... r . 2 ' " __ *"' 7 ® il m^MfiSMB.-' n,». -~-‘~*-j’~Sj <-a ~^'^Sr aa ✓ 4if IJsw^£LL<^J| Ph ' < J ! '. <?3 (*° I’ £l. k *t~_. ;• ,7>s—/rsZaoatl ' I ’ Straw votes? Poll the high ways! Every third car a Ford! Already the Ford is elected—and by a tremen dous majority. It’s the pop ular favorite—for the very good reason that its worth can’t be measured by dollars and cents. One hundred and seventy thousand Fords in service—and every Ford user a Ford ■‘booster.’’ New prices—runabout $525 touring car S6O0 —delivery car $625 — town car SBO0 —with all equipment, f.o.b. Detroit. Get particulars from Ford Mo tor t'ompany, 311 Peachtree St., or di rect from Detroit factory. . ~ ---- - - "I . ■ i CA DILLAC STEINHAUER & WIGHT 228-230 Peachtree St. Ivy 2233 * t i/2 •* 3 '*• nnci 3 lon cnpacitici’. Simple Enftinc * AcceiS-sablc * Economicnl The White*®® Company ’ ’ ’ . UO-32'ftnricUa, St. _ WAY TO RENT YOUR ROOMS: USE THE GEORGIAN “RENT BULLETIN”