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Storm Clouds Had Lining of Silver for Dixie Motorists By Percy 11. Whiting. (In Motor.) -r T will be many years before the I South —that is to say. that portion of the country lying below the hypothetical line drawn by Messrs. \i oo.n anil Dixon —will forget the year Never in the recorded meteoro •,l historj of this section has there i , , n .such a promiscuous outpouring of L .. istle rain" as graced most of this year. To be accurate, the precipitation v pi per cent above the ordinary rainfall. Now. the roads in Dixie today bear ■Ji,. I. .-. blance to the proverbial bil ... rd table, either for conformation or ability. The result has been that conditions last spring reached a ~ : of atrocity, unequaled even dur the nest benighted days of the an regime. before the motor car set ~ h , n its career as the apostle of good roots. And yet there was a silver lin ing to Ilie cloud of temporary inconven ,t, , The good roads advocates in I heir years of preaching had never been , to drive home the lesson of the ~f highway improvement as did the "muddy spell. <if course, the unusually bad condi ,,;l of the roads was hard on motorists in the South as long as it lasted, and tor a while it was almost reuinous to , dealers. A Southern branch 'oonnger returned the other day from a ■,,i trip among nis agents. ' 1 don t i. non whether to be discouraged or de lighted," said he. "We are not selling . . niy cars as we ought. On the / . nid. I see preparations being lO ad improvement that will ‘ anything the South has ever i iwn and that, of course, means divi , . for us later on.” South Works on Roads. \ earn ass of the situation in the S , • i demonstrates' that much work is .... done and that real progress is be- Joseph Hyde Pratt, state . o. i.-t of North. Carolina, writes: .nv ii t- are used on the roads of y ,t , Carolina. but they are not state ; ,, T ;ey are convicts who have need directly to the roads fro . the county courts and are direct ly un(lt r . chargt of lite county. Dur- Oig 1 . past year there were approxi maieli 1,454 convicts worked on the I : roads each day. I ~st i.a.- North Carolina built IS7 ... of macadam road, 549 miles of ... road and 297 miles of gravel r . making a total of 3,487 miles of s ..ceil load. Considering the mt that has been raised by the ■ sold this year for road work. i uolina should exceed this num. 1, . of miles of surfaced road in the i oaiing year. T . only stab aid in North Carolina througii the geological and economic . y, which gives . nginei ring assist . me n, counties and arranges for ad i -sos ami lectures on various road ns. Tin legislature of 1913, convem s in January, will no ■ da api-ropi iate a sufficient amount mini, everi county in the state to vi .dl ti c engineering assistance it in the location, construct ion and hire..; ... ~f jts roads. The h gis ■ will also doubtless airang- to - airily for county bonds that s-m,| lor road work, thus sav ’■oum:' s approximately one per ' i a t cost of their bond issue. Virginie Makes Progress. - i ' ■ i . 1 o, in hi, assistant state high- j issioin r of Virginia, recently ’ h hi... commonwealth was I - " ‘ :<• Ituo convicts on the ■ml t.ial from 350 to 400' c i would he hard - surfaced i Mitchell 1913 the important features in rhe Mitchell car for 1913 is the long-stroke, T-head motor; and the most important point about the motor, aside from perfect materials and construction, is the length of the stroke. We make our motors with 6- and "-inch stroke; long enough for the highest efficiency in power and flexibility; and not too long. Everybody who knows anything about it knows that long stroke is best; but “long” doesn’t always mean long enough; we are willing to say exactly what it means in the Mitchell; 6 and 7 inches. There are plenty of other good things' to say for the motor; the stroke is not only long, but it’s powerful; it takes the car along over any sort of a road. The Mitchell 1913 is built to keep going; it’s a car for the man who can’t afford to make a mistake. Long wheel base; all moving parts enclosed; every' moving part gear driven; long-stroke, T-head motor; 36-in. wheels; tapered spokes; Mitchell special seven-eighths elliptical springs; left side drive; center control; electric self-starter; complete electric lighting system, silk mohair top; ventilating windshield; firestone demountable rims; Jones speedometer; Bosch ignition; Timken front axle bearings; Turkish trimming. Now, think of something,[if you can, that is good and isn’t on a Mitchell car. HERE ARE THE MODELS AND PRICES: 7-passenger Six, 60 H. P., 144-in. wheel base, 4'4 x 7 in. stroke, T head motor, 36-in. wheels . $2,500 5-passenger Six, 50 H. P., 132-in. wheel base, 3\ x 6 in. stroke, T head motor, 36-in. wheels , 1,450 2-passenger Six, 50 H. P., 132-in. wheel base, 3'4 x 6 in. stroke, T head motor, 36-in. wheels . 1,8 50 5-passenger Four, 40 H. P., 120-in. wheel base, 41# x 7 in. stroke, T head motor, 36-in. wheels . 1,500 2-passenger Four, 40 H. P., 120-in. wheel base, 4% x 7 in. stroke, T head motor, 36-in. wheels . 1,500 Dealers everywhere *’« an American buil ‘ Fre " ch “ F November delivery Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company, Racine, Wisconsin Branches: New York Philadelphia Atlanta Dallas Kansas City London Paris MITCHELL MOTOR CO. of Atlanta s A GUMM - s „„, this year. One hundred and thirty miles of macadam will be laid, 90 miles of gravel and from 150 to 180 miles of sand-clay or soil road. The last ses sion of the Virginia legislature appro priated $85,000 for the maintenance of the convict road force, and SIBO,OOO for state road aid. The automobile tax. which will amount to $40,000, is also available in Virginia for the permanent improvement of the roads. In <,e >rgia convicts are used on the roads almost exclusively. The number depends only on the number of convic tions. but as there is a large fiegro pop ulation and a strong inclination to make the negroes work on the roads if they ate not willing to wotk elsewhere, there is never a lack of road forces. Exact figures on the number of miles of road that will be built in Georgia are not obtainable because there are so many independent schemes of road building in operation this year. IL is reasonably safe to say that Georgia will improve more miles of road this year than any Southern state. And those who took part in last year's Glidden tour well know that there is no road better titan a good sand-clay road of the Georgia vintage. Louisiana Gets Busy. I he state of Louisiana is just getting in a lair way to do some real road im provement work. It will use 150 con victs on the roads this year and at least 200 miles of new road will be built. Ihe state highway' department in Louisiana was not authorized until re cently and was not organized until Feb ruary 1, 1911. State aid in road build ing is now given bj the state in fur nishing men to control the engineering and supervision features of the work and in supplying the convicts free of charge. Tlie parish securing this state aid is required to furnish mules ma chine: y, equipment, to guard and feed the convicts, and to supply all mate rial. It has in en found that the cost of load construction under this system is a trifle less than SI,OOO a mile. In Alabama convicts are used on the roads by only a few counties. Not over Liu .convicts are being used this year. Cyrus 11. Brown, secretary of state, es timates loughly that 500 miles of road will be hard-surfaced this year and 1.000 miles of new road built. It is hardly probable that those figures are to be taken too literally. However, the state of Alabama will do vastly more toad work this year than ever before. Mississippi Makes Up. Mississippi, a state that hits lagged behind considerably in the matter of road building, is doing something this year. More than $2,000,000 are avail able now. raised by bond issues, for toad building, and E. D. Gunning. U. S. sp cial agent, estimates that 100 miles of road will be hard-surfaced and 250 miles of new macadam and gravel road will be built this year. Convicts are rarely used on the roads and the state gives no aid, but within the past seven months counties have issued $1,105,000 in bunds and work is being pushed. Earle \\ . Hodges, secretary of state of Arkansas, says of the situation, in his state: "Cndc: the laws of Arkansas each county may use its own convicts, who are sentenced to the state penitentiary, upon the public roads. Several of the la "ger counties aid using their county and city convicts upon their roads with excellent results. A number of other I counties have formed improvement dis i triets and have issued bonds for the I purpose of road building. ; Arkansas is f.listing that the legis- W.ire in the mar future will pass some j legislation that will encourage the good THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN - AND NEWS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1912. ATLANTA AUTOMOBILE! SHOW IS FIRST; OTHERS FOLLOW UNTIL MARCH Atlanta, Ga„ November 16 to 23, an- ' nual automobile show. Paris, France, December 7 to 22, mo tor car show. Grand Palare. Barcelona. Spain, January to April, international exhibition with automo bile section. New York city. January 2 to 11, an nual salon of imported cars, ball room, Hotel Astor. Cleveland, Ohio. January 6 to 11, an nual motor car show. . New York city, January 11 to 18, an nual automobile show (pleasure cars) Madison Square Garden and Grand Central Palace. Brussels, Belgium, January 11 to 22. annual motor ear show, Centenary Palace. Philadelphia, Pa.. January 20 to annual show. New York city, January 20 to 25. an nual automobile show (commercial cars). Madison Square Garden and Grand Central Palace. Montreal, P. Q„ January to Febru ary 1, motor car show. Detroit, Mich., January 27 to Febru ary 1, annual show. • Scranton, Pa., January 27 to Febru ary 1, automobile show. Chicago. 111., February' 1 to 8, annual show. Chicago, Ill.f February 10 to 15, com mercial car show. Minneapolis, Minn., February 10 to 15, annual show. Ottawa, Canada, February 11 to 15, automobile show, Howick hall. Newark, N. J., February 15 to 22, au tomobile show, First regiment armory. Kansas City, Mo.. February 17 to 22. annual show. Omaha. Nebr., February 24 to March 1, annual show. St. Louis, Mo., February 24 to March 1, automobile show. Pittsburg, Pa., March 3 to 8, annual show. Boston, Mass., March 8 to 15, annual show. Buffalo, N. Y.. March 17 to 22. an nual show. Boston, Mass., March 19 to 26, truck show. Indianapolis. Ind.,, March 24 to 29. annual show, auspices Boston Commer cial Motor Vehicle association. LONDONERS BRING OUT NOVEL THREE-WHEELER LpNDON. Nov. 16.—A little three wheel motor vehicle that bids fair to establish a place for itself in the hearts of motor enthusiasts has just been placed on the local market. The name l of this newcomer is the Jackson, and | its price, about S6OO, should give it a wide appeal. It is constructed with a pressed steel frame, wood wheels, solid front axle, and "a pleasingly lined torpedo body. The new suspension system is well ar ranged. and although comfortable rid ing on rough roads is so rarely found with three-wheel productions, in the new Jackson it is said that the stlspen. sion is such as to render the riding really quite comfortable, and that the car holds to the road well at high speeds. work and will make an appropriation so that the state may be able to aid this cause." Road improvement in the South is a difficult task. The states are lagge, poor and sparsely settled. Road mate rial is not plentiful. The country is building up so fast that it bar little time for big improvements. It took the young Hoods of 1912 to wake up the South to its needs in the way of roads. From this time on the work will go steadily forward to its | appointed end. Augusta Auto Drivers May Go in “Auto Rogues’ Gallery” AUGUSTA. GA., Nov. 14.—1 fan or dinance, which will be intro duced in city council by Samuel H. Myers, of the Sixth ward, is passed photographers of Augusta will be, able to make enough money in 30 days to go away on a vacation of indefinite length. Mr. .Myers’ proposed ordinance provides, among other thingfc, that every owner of an automobile, who drives th ■ < aims! f. his chauffeur ami every member of his family who drives the car must give name, ad dress. age, etc., and photograph within 30 days of the time the ordinance goes into effect to the collector and treasur er of the city. Mr. Myers' idea in having every au tomobile driver, whether a dashing TENER WILL PROTECT PENNSYLVANIA’S ROADS PITTSBURG. PA.. Nov. 16.—Gov ernor Toner refused last week to grant a charter to a street car company which has, us part of its line, a part of the state road taken up. This road sys tem. which will cost more than $50,000,- 000 when completed, will be one of the finest in the country. It will cover more thin 8.000 miles. The governor stated, in refusing to give up part of one of the roads to the company ask ing for a charter, that he would take the same action regarding existing companies which wanted to extend their lines. Under the corporation laws of the state, the governor has to pass on all charter grants to railroads, street rail way lines and extensions. No line is allowed to begin work without the per mit containing the signature of the governor. Many, both motorists and street railway men, have been watch ing the governor closely to see what action he would take with this first ease of the kind. The state highway department has also been vitally in terested in the action of the governor, and has been quietly working to pre serve the roads for all traffic but street cars amt railroads. mEF* ■M WHITE MOTOR TRUCKS & Have More Than a Guarantee Behind Them ||i|| I i IIW J purchaser of a motor truck, to be secure in II i nvestment ’ must consider , not only the con i 0 wnfllvi s t ruc ti° n °f the truck and * its adaptability to his business conditions, but also the financial responsi- ||l|b "''M & aR d integrity of the truck manufacturer wHI Nil be “ ,t ■ I'6 I 111 ' The 2 uarantees and service inducements under vjM || B which so many trucks are offered for sale, are no t /l iwh better than the reputation and responsibility of the manufacturers who make them, White Trucks are manufactured by a company fißl W///|VI which has had the confidence and respect of the r industrial world for over fifty years. The name of OH ie Company is the best guarantee in the g| I wor ld of the sterling quality of White Trucks. The |l o| ■ 118 MARIETTA ST. IH Manufacturers of ’ Gasoline Motor Cars, // L Trucks and Taxicab® I I t ‘‘i’-fwi' ik » JBStvWliiL IS&fjgffi' Ta; J . .. I a rfl « 'Mt ~fl fkT B —— Vw<, k Bmi' 4 JrwTaE •' 1 ■ \i' l • • |HB i- 1 - BAv / / /<mwwatl ya/iwHMM^Ki^SMuiißWTmtiia «wI DI T' .I'M? —**-? fesss -- , r- J3W young society girl or a coal black Ethi opian, place a photograph of himself or herself yvith the collector and treas urer is. of course, for identification purposes. If a man is knocked down by an automobile he may not remem ber the number, but he will probably remember the face of the driver— that is, if he ever regains conscious ness—and can go to the collector and treasurer's office and inspect the pho tos. Many automobile owners are object ing strenuously to the Myers' "rogues gallery" plan, as it is called, but Mr. Myers insists that the photograph pro vision is a good one, despite the fact that several thousand photographs would have to be taken within a very few weeks. LONDON'S AUTO SHOW PROVES BIGGEST EVER LONDON, Nov. 16. —-The Olympia show is a wonder. The value of ex hibits amounts to $1,250,000. Many notable Importing firms were squeezed out. There were 353 automobile exhib itors, a record number. British firms supplied 45 per cent of exhibits, France 23 per cent, Germany 10 per cent, Italy 7 per cent, Belgium 6 per cent. United States 6 per cent, and Switzerland and Holland 3 per cent. USE SPECIAL TERMINALS. In fastening wire ends to battery posts it is better to use special termi nals, rather than to trust to binding the bared ends of the wires around the posts. The special terminals hold bet ter, look better and give a more satis factory contact. If, however, you do not use terminals, take care to see that the wire is passed around the post in such away that the tightening of the binding nut will tend to wrap it more closely instead of unwinding it. If your purpose has Vana % dium strength—and you go into the automobile question without prejudice and with a determination to make your dollars serve you to the best possible advantage— you’ll come out with a Va nadium-built Ford. Every third car a Ford —and every Eord user a Ford “booster." New prices— runabout ss2s—touring ear S6O0 —deliv- ery car $625 —town ear SSO0 —with all equipment, f. o. h. Detroit, (let particu lars from Ford Motor Company, 311 Peachtree street, Atlanta, or direct from Detroit factory. WHITE GASOLINE MOTOR CARS WAY TO RENT YOUR ROOMS: • USE THE GEORGIAN “RENT BULLETIN” “30" louring Car * ” .y louring Car*lwo sizes '“60” Touring Car-*six cylinder ’JL The T T Morfotta,sn