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Y HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, AUGUST’S, ISIS. 7 C Monster Alco Motor Truck Attracts Crowd *•+ +•* +#+ + .^. *e+ *e* +•+ Many Queer Antics Explained byM. Nabors AutomobHe Owners-Attsntion No more worry about punctures. PUNCTURE BEAL. solves the tr pUNCTURE SEAL, injected into your tubes will seal aTIy puncture up to a 20-penny nail, will pre serve and lengthen the life of your tubes and lessen blow-outs by eliminating rim cuts. It will not stick the tubes to the casing, will not gum, become hard or evapo rate, is not affected by heat or cold weather, does not interfere with the removal of tubes or with vulcanizing. _. . .. PUNCTURE SEAL pays for it self many times a season by pre venting Punctures and r m cut* We charge less for Pi NCTLKE. SEAL, than any of our imitators. Good territory open to agents who write at once. We are in business t0 SAVE TEMPER, TROUBLE, TIME AND TIRES BY USING PUNCTURE SEAL. Motorcycles ... •• ♦ 4i>u Automobiles, 30 by 3, 30 by 4 $7 per car Other sizes in proportion. Atlanta, Ga., July 17, 1913. Puncture Seal Company, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: I have examined your prepa- ration for the stoppage of punc- tures in rubber. PI NCTLRE SEAL,” and have found that it contains no substance injurious to rubber. It has a decided ad vantage in that it may be used in the coldest weather without freezing. Yours very truly, <Slg EDGAR EVERHART. Chemist. Home Office Pusscture Seal Co. 407 Edgewood Ave., Atlanta, Ga. NEW MAXWELL‘25’ Republic Manager Traces Growth of Tire Business in Atlanta. Rubber to Remain High. By Q. A. SOHL. Manager Repubiio Tire Company, Atlanta Branch. It was only a few years back when the purchase of an automobile tire was an evsnt of anxiety Instead of a common occurrence. In those days there were only four or five brands known In this section, and they were all about the same price. The car owner had little choice^ and If he did atop using one brand, It was only a short time before he came back and bought again. Many Interesting deals are recalled now when conversation drifts back to that period. Car owners knew little about tires, and apparently cared less. They did not seem to know how essential It is to keep “pumped up” and to have glass cuts and ordinary bruises re paired promptly. It was always up to the tire company t.i make good, and their car “never had gone over a thousand mllea." Car Traek Driving Common. Tou see, speedometers were uncom mon and they really did not know how a little evening ride cou:d stretch Into 60 or 60 miles. Then, again, we didn’t have the good roa.ls we have now and car track driving was In vogue. This practice Is hard on tires and It cost some owners money to find It out. It puzzled a great many auto own ers when a tire blew out on a perfect ly level road. This blow-out is pri marily caused by a previous bump or bruise which has weakened the fabric, even though no mark Is visible on the tread of the casing. And how they used to "pinch” their tubes, or "in- ners” as we called them! The old style clincher rim was sure "cussed out.” How different now! The rub ber companies have campaigned edu cationally until now almost every one, auto owner or not, knows some thing about tires. There used to be several varieties of rims and tires, which were not standardized or Interchangeable as now. This brought out many ludi crous situations. One in particular was a certain iocal clubman who was absolutely crazy about his automobile. He was In It all the time—couldn't leave It long enough to get a tire fixed, and It was said he had his house servants wash the car after he retired at night. On one occasion he drove to one of the tire stores here, tooting his horn until an attendant ran out to the street to see what was wanted. A Bad Customer, Mr. Clubman wanted the manager, and when the affable manager came out, a storm of abuse and cussing was handed him, calculated to scare half his life. The ding-busted blank- dash tire was no account, never was any account, was a roll of junk and the tire company' was a blank-daso , robber, and so was everybody con nected with it, ending up with he d croak before he would buy any more tires. "All right,” replied the manager, "if that's the way you feel about It, I don’t reokon I can satisfy you any how. Good-bye.” He went away, but he came hack. , No other concern in town had a tire to fit his rims, and he wanted to ride. The poor fellow was too chagrined to apologize. Just recently we had a man come in here with a tube in his hand, bawling us out. He was a hard man. and his line of talk was harder. When ,ve had a chance to get in a word, we told him the tube wasn't of our manufac ture—the name was right before him all the time. He hushed, then apolo gized and bought from us. Veterans in Game. It seems that once in the business the fascination keeps us in It at any cost. Nevertheless, we have some old- timers still with us. Take George Hanson, Daddy McCall, Frank Stein, hauer, John M. Smith, C. H. Johnson, Charles I- Flyea and a score of others who have been in the field almost from the first. You couldn’t disen gage them Men who visit all sections of the United States comment strongly on one thing about Atlanta. That is the absolute friendly spirit among the trade in this good old town. Before It got so large we would meet and see each other much oftener, and even now our association meetings are fairly well attended. There can be no monotony In this field. Some thing new turns up almost dally. Sur prise is superseded by amazement when one hears of one stunt after another. Now we have auto polo. What next? Atlanta folk who by accident, habit or necessity lingered or wended their way upon Peachtree, Whitehall or any of the principal by-streets Sat urday were astounded over the sight of a great big powerful automobile truck whose body raised itself from its natural position upon the frame and gradually climbed to a position of almost 90 degrees, sliding gently into a position to land its load. Teamsters and small boys called wildly to the driver that something was amiss. It looked as though a great catastrophe was soon to hap pen to that truck, but the driver paid no heed, so intent was he upon suc cessfully steering his car through the traffic. Then the body, with the same graceful movement, started upon the return journey and finally slipped quietly into place upon the chassis and remained there for a few min utes, only to repeat the performance shortly. When the astonished crowds real ized that there was nothing wrong they became curious to know what caused the body to act so queerly. Suddenly a street car blocked the traffic and the truck stopped. The body at that time was at an angle of 45 degrees and remained poised upon its arm in a graceful pose until the journey of the car was resumed. Then it continued upon Its course to the dumping position and back again. Yes, It was an Alco truck! The Alco drew up to a curb and the spec tators gathered around. "What on earth Is this?” asked a bystander. "Why,” said M. Nabors, of the lo cal Alco agency, "this is one of the two latest Alco automatic dumping models, recently sold to Fulton Coun ty for work upon the roads.” “How In the name of peace does it work?” “It's very simple,” said Mr. Nabors. “You see this new Alco automatic dump body is operated by the driver from his seat by simply pulling back this lever on the right-hand side. “The principle is as follows: The counter shaft of the transmission Is extended through the transmission case, to the end of which is attach ed a train of gears. Body Lowers Self, “These gears are thrown In mesh by the operation of the lever describ ed above. The body then automatical ly lowers itself by means of a re volving arm upon a rotary shaft upon which it travels. When this arm is halfway around the body has slid Into the full dumping position and immediately begins Its return jour ney as the arm completes the circle. “The body can be stopped at any angle by simply throwing out the speed clutch, as was the case when I had to stop in order to let the street car pass. “The simplicity of the arrangement and the rugged manner in which the Alco goods are built will Insure the Fulton County Commissioners trucks of long life with trouble and expense at a minimum.” The new Maxwell ”25,” the 1914 sensation of the reorganized United States Motors, Is In Atlanta. There will be a great jubilee at the local branch, No. 380 Peachtree street, all, day Monday, when the car Is put on exhibition. Sales Manager Redden and Charles Booth, district manager in the South, will be the hosts. In quiries from all over the territory have been pouring In and a record- breaking attendance is expected. New Car Solves Problem. "Not since the first announcement of the old E-M-F has any car excited the Interest that the new Maxwell has at 3760,” says Mr. Booth. "We feel that we have at last supplied the car to meet the demand between the $500 and the $1,000 class, “The Maxwell ’25’ la a big little car, seats five large people comforta bly upon cushions of deep upholstery, wheel-base 103 Inches, center control, Simms high-tension magneto, inclosed valves, left-hand drive, cone clutch, 32-inch springs In front and 40-Inch In roar, quick detachable rims and 30 by 3 1-2 tires. A feature of the new Maxwell Is that the entire weight of the car rests upon the rear axle hous ing. Success Is Predicted. “There is no question of the little car proving a big success, and it Is my prediction that In less than six: months Its popularity will be assured. I “The car will remain in Atlanta I during Monday and will then be driven all over the Southern terri tory to enable those who did not have the opportunity of visiting the local showroom to view our new product at close range.” New Model Machines Are Eagerly Sought “It is beginning to look as though we would either have to advance the date of our yearly announcement or make more cars annually,” said G. W. Bennett, vice president of the Willvs- Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio, in dis cussing trade conditions with a party of friends recently. “While our 1914 announcement will not be ready until the middle of August, we are being besieged by dealers and dis tributors who have about closed out their 1913 allotment and are anxious to get started on the new cars. From our Chicago distributor we recently re ceived a telegram stating that he had but five of the 1913 cars left, and asking If he could not be favored with an extra early shipment of the 1914 models.” QUADRUPLES EFFICIENCY. Harry W. Wood, district representa tive of Enoch Morgan’s Sons, with Ulevoland as headquarters, says that any traveling salesman who covers the grocery trade can Increase his scope fourfold by traveling in an automo bile. Mr. Wood makes this statement as the result of hir own experience in handling Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois in a Studebaker touring car. Ample Provision For People Who Go To Savannah Races SAVANNAH, GA., August 2.—Indi cative of the large crowds that will visit Savannah In November for the Grand Prize and Vanderbilt Automo bile races, many inquiries are being received by the hotels from persons all over the country who wish to make reservations. Among those who have already booked guests for the week of the races are the Hotel Savannah. th6 De Soto and the Pulaski House. The Collins Hotel has als«o received re quests to reserve rooms and suites, but it is the policy of that hostelry not to make reservations so far ahead except for its regular patrons. Still other hotels have had inquiries and requests from prospective guests, and are making reservations for them. While it is probable that the hotels will be crowded their capacities, the various managements are confi dent that combined they will be able to accommodate comfortably the time give the best of service. National Machine In 10,000-Mile Tour A five-passenger National car has Just completed a remarkable tour of more than 10,000 miles for the pur pose of testing tires. While the test, observed and re corded by the testing laboratory offi cial of the Automobile Club of Amer ica, was primarily for tires, it is also an unusual demonstration for the National car. During the tour 495 hours were spent in actual running during the 96 touring days. The total mileage was 10,017 miles, with an average speed of 20.2 miles per hour. The maximum speed at tained was 60 miles an hour. There was no effort made for speed, but rather a consistent steady grind. ORDERS BY THE MILLION. On two small order blanks Pur chasing Agent C. J. Reynolds recent ly let the contract for 16,000,000 pieces of material for use In building the first run of Studebaker cars in the fiscal year that opens September 1. The order represented cotter pins and nuts in quantity sufficient to last un til about January 1, 1914. It’s Here The Maxwell “25” $ On Tuesday last 50 cars of the Maxwell “25” Model were shipped to fifty important points in the U. S. We will receive one of these cars to-day. Come and see it. OUR RESPECTS to oxrr esteemed competitors who have been wasting so much sympathy on us while telling us this car would nover appear. WE CORDIALLY INVITE them—one and all—as well as the public gener ally—to come in and see this real automobile. WE HAVE A SURPRISE in store for them. Instead of a “dinky tin car” such as they have been telling you this would be if it ever did happen they’ll find an automobile that classes with the best in the thousand-dollar group—but selling for 25 per cent less. IT’S AN ENGINEERING TRIUMPH—you’ll say so when yon have examined it carefully. And so will they—under their breaths, however, for, of course, they can’t afford to say so out loud. “CLEVER—WONDERFULLY CLEVER” exclaimed one of the foremost auto mobile engineers after he had examined the various features. And he is connected with a rival concern, too. AND IT IS CLEVER—You will be lost in admiration of the way Designer Benner has done some things. You will not find a really new nor a freakish feature in it. But you will stop and try to' figure out just how he has arrived at some things—by a shorter and at the same time a vastly better route. WE’D LIKE TO TELL YOU in detail about this great Maxwell achievement, because we are enthusiastic to the bursting point. But space forbids and we refrain. You will be'the more delightfully surprised and pleased when you see with your own eyes and ride in it yourself. IT WILL BE HERE—this first car—for only a day or two, then we are going to drive it around our territory to let the various other dealers and their friends see it. So you will have to hurry—come in to-day—if you want to see this car about which the entire automobile trade has been talking for several months past. UNITED MOTOR ATLANTA CO. 380 Peachtree St. Southern Speed Men Taking Long Tours On Fast Motorcycles Th© Joys and pleasures of cross country touring on th© motorcycle are becoming more manifest In the South every day. Several local riders have made long tours this summer and returned brimful of enthusiasm over the roads. On Friday last three members Df the Savannah Motorcycle Club passed through Atlanta en route to Chatla- nooga. They were A. A. Rainey, J. S. Valmor and J. C. Carroway, the lat ter being president of the club. They are riding Ilarley-Davldsons, equipped with chain tread, non-skid United States tires. They rode from Suvannah to Tallulah Falls and back to Atlanta, and are now en route to Chattanooga. From Chattanooga they will return through Atlanta and go back to Savannah. These boys carry camping outfits on their machines, which enable them to stop whenever they desire, eat lunch, pitch camp, fish, swim and en joy a!! of the advantages of country life. The party Is loud In praise of United States tires. They state that with the exception of one puncture they have experienced no rubber trout ble upon the entire trip. BLOOMINGTON'S WILD WEST. A. L. Baldridge, of Normal, I1U has received hla new Studebaker ”26,’* which he recently ordered. He was busy to-day getting his car tamed down. Bert Reynolds also Is driving a new Studebaker. Savannah Official Opposes Auto Tax SAVANNAH, GA n August 2.— ‘First, last and all the time I am opposed to a special tax on auto mobiles,” said Frank C. Battey, for mer president of the Savannah Auto mobile Club, when asked his opinion regarding the recommendation of the Ways and Means Committee of the House that the registration tax on automobiles be Increased. . “I think it unwise, unreasonable and unjust,” he continued. “The auto mobile owners of the State pay Just as much property tax as anybody else, and there is no reason why any ene- clal vehicle they may choose to ride in should have an extra tax laid upon it simply because it is an automo bile. It Is class legislation, and T don’t believe the courts would uphold such a law. Automobiles do not wear on the roads near so much as the steel-tire vehicles, and yet the latter are not taxed.” Z Of Interest (o Merchants Z Z and Manufacturers Z A Motor Truck Is No Stronger Than the Organization That Builds It W ITniN a few years Alco tracks hare risen to a commanding position. They hare be hind them a company with a capital of 550,000,000—a company with seventy-seven years of accumulative experience In transportation. They are built In the most completely equipped motor truck shops In America. It !a but natural, therefore, that 62 per cent of the Alco trucks now In use were purchased on repeat orders, the dollars and cents expression «f the satisfied owners. We sell Alco trucks on a scientific basis. We are not so much Interested In the Im mediate future as In the ultimate business, therefore three years ago we established the transportation cost bureau. This bureau will determine for yon Just how much your horses are actually costing you; will blueprint your horse delivery system, estimate If you can employ motor trucks to advantage, determine how many you need, the size, the type of body and so on. This service Is rendered without charge to you. . Write or call for the new 112-page catalogue about the Ales. AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY BUILDERS OF ALCO CARS AND ALCO TRUCKS ALCO MOTOR COMPANY, Distributors 227 Peachtree ATLANTA Phone Ivy 2000 1 a These braided wires, which we control, gave us rulership of tiredom. The Goodyear Secret The No-Rim-Out tire is a Goodyear invention, and we still control it. An essential feature is these braided wires, which no one else can make. This tire can’t rim-cut— that we guarantee. This fact has saved motorists many millions of dollars. It has also made Goodyears the world’s favorite tires. They now outsell any other. Ruins Almost 1 in 3 Time and again we have gathered sta tistics to show what rim-cuts cost. This year we employed certified public account ants, so the figures could not be disputed. They examined thousands of ruined clincher tires, taking them as they came. The old-type hooked-base tires. And they found that 31.8 per cent had been discard ed for rim-cutting only. That's almost one tire In three. That conveys some Idea of the saving accomplished by this Goodyear No-Rlm- Cut tire. How We Did It Ws did this by making a hookless tire- one that does not hook to the rim. Thus your removable rim flanges can be set to curve outward—not Inward as with clincher tires. Then the tire, when wholly or partly deflated, rests on a rounded edge. There is no curved-In rim flange to dig Into the tire. Thus rlm-cuttlng Is made Impossible. These tires fit any standard rim. This hookless tire makes tt essential to have an unstretchable tire base. It must be held on, under every strain, so that nothing can stretch the tire over the rim flanga We get this by vulcanizing Into the dr* base six flat bands -of 126 braided wires. See picture at the top. This tire can't be forced off. But when you unlock and remove a flange It easily slips off. There are no hooks on the base to "freeze” Into the rim flange, oe with old-type Urea Controlled by Secrecy These braided wires are made under lock and key—made by secret machinery. They can not be Imitated. And It seem* that a faultless tiro of this type can not be made without them. Makers have tried It again and again, but thousands of the tires came back for replacement. So the wish to end rim-cuttlng has foroed tire users to Goodyear No-Rlm-Cut tires. Hundreds of thousands of men have adopted them. And this fire In after eight years of tests, the lee ding til* of the world. How We Combat Two Other Ruinations If ext to rim-cuttlng, the ooetlleet Items In Ure upkeep are due to blow, outs and treed eeparstiona To Minimise blow-outs we use the -On- Air Cura' The tins* are final-vulcanised on -aerie atr «=*ead - an Iron oore. This prevents the tatvto from bucking and wrinkling. It equalises strains Thus we avoid the cause of countless blow-outs. This “On-Air Cure,” used l»y ua alone, adds to our cost $1,500 dally. YEAR 4KRON, OHIO No-Rim-Cut Tires With or Without Non-Skid Treads Tread separation, when tt occurs, comae near the breaker strip. This Is the fabric strip which comes between the tread and carcass tn a well-made tire. For this strip we use a patent -if vet fabric.” This permits ue to run, from the tread to the carcass, hundreds of large rivets of rubber. Then the tire le vulcanized en masse. We have exclusive use of this patent. No other tire can thus prevent the ruin of loose treada No-Rim-Cut tires, with these costly fea tures, used to cost one-fifth more than clinchers. Now they cost no extra price. This is due to our multiplied output. Our dealers are everywhere. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO This Company has no connection wnatever with any other rubber concern whl ch uses the Goodyear name. Atlanta Branch, 223 Peachtree Street, Phone Bell Ivy 915-16, Atlanta 797.