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UKAKST'S SUNDAY AMEKHJAN, AJIAWIA, UA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1013.
FUST SUPPLIES
New Willys Utility Truck Is Displayed
Before Numerous Admirers on Auto Row
Tendency of Buggy and Wagon
Men to Enter Automobile Busi- 1
ness Noted by McCutcheon.
Having returned from the factory, i
George I). Mc<’utoheon, manager *>f
the Atlanta branch of the Buick Mo
tor (Company, l§ enthusiastic over the I
Buick 1914 line of care, the prospects ;
for a recorfl builneaa for the coming
season and the wonderful future fori
the auto denier In the Southeast Par
ticularly is hf a great believer In the j
vehicle and Implement dealer as a j
logical distributor of Buick care, es
pecially to the farmer trade, which,
as is well known, is constantly In
creasing.
"Many of the most profitable and
otherwise satisfactory agencies the
Buick Company hat ire re: til v< Icii
and implement establishments con
ducted by men who for years have
been recognized by the people ax their
source of supply for anything [n the
vehicle line," said Mr. McCutcheon.
Vehicle Man at Head.
,r When President Charles VV. Nash,
who for over twenty years, devoted
his energies to the building of vehi
cles. became president and general
manager uf the Buick Motor Com
pany, he selected R. H. Collins, a man
with years of experience In the sale
of vehicles and Implements, as gen
eral sales manager, who now directs
the Immense selling organization of
the big $12,000,000 corporation, mar
keting Its product through twoscore
of branch houses and Innumerable
distributors throughout the world.
“Under Mr. Collins* management
the wile of Buick cars has increased
to a phenomenal degree, and he has
earned the sobriquet ‘Tralnload’ Col
lins. when as the result of his efforts
it became necessary for the company
to ship solid trainloads of automo
biles in order to supply the demand
for Buick cars in the leading centers
thr oighout the United Slates.
"When Mr. Collins took charge of
the Buick sales organization he saw
the Chicago branch was in need of a
new manager. Aware of the ability
of his former fellow employee, he se
lected Fred W. Warner, recognized
throughout the Southwest as <uie of
the leading vehicle men, to fill this
Important position.
Big Field Invaded.
“From the great vehicle and im
plement trade center in the Middle
West ne selected F. W. A. Vespers,
noted for his ability as an advertis
ing manager, ns well as salesman, to
assume the duties of directing the
general publicity of the great organi
zation. Mr. Vespers is now assistant
general Hales manager.
"In other distributing centers we
find former vehicle and implement
men In charge of Buick branch
bouses. J. F. Martin, manager of
the Kansas City branch, was former
ly with the John Deere Plow Com
pany; J W. Atwood, manager of the
Dallas branch, formerly with Par-
I in & Orendorff, and W. H. Vespers,
manager of the Oklahoma City
branch, formerly wit It Kingman Plow
Company. A. H. Sarver. manager of
the Pittsburg branch, also Is a vehicle
man and for many years closely in
touch with President Nash through
their long association with the Du
rant -Dort Carriage Cofnpany of Flint,
Mich."
Mr. McCutcheon himself is an old
vehicle man. for years connected wlth #
the vehicle factories of Flint, and its'
manager of one of the vehicle manu
factories whose produtes were dis
tributed through jobbers and dealers
over the entire United States. For
several years he has been close
ly affiliated with the Interests of
the Southeast and perhaps has per-
.faultily visited as many of the mer
chants selling vehicles throughout the
States south of the Ohio and east of
the Mississippi River* u* any other
one man connected w ith the trade.
Proud of Buick Home.
He believes this territory embraces
the greatest opportunity of any sec
tion of the country for vehicle and
automobile dealers, being especially
proud of the new and magnificent
home in which the Buick Motor Com
pany is permanently located on
Peachtree street.
In the local branch are other* who
have been identified with the vehicle
trad< B H King, who fop a great
many years has represented leading
vehicle interests in Tennessee. Geor
gia Alabama and Florida, Is now so
cial representative In the Atlanta ter
ritory B. T. Dorris, chief clerk in
the sales department to the local
manager, has beep actively connected
with vehicle Interests in the South for
u number of years and 1 >• thoroughly
familiar with conditions and require
ments peculiar to this section of the
country. .1 W. Hawkins, better
known to vehicle dealers as "Uncle
Bill.” who has been a live wlrf In the
vehicle trade, for years, is in the
Buick salesroom.
The Willvs-Overland Company has originated a new style of motor truck which is intended
to come between the light delivery wagon and the one-ton truck. It is on display at the offices
of the Overland Southern Automobile Compar. on Automobile Row, and has been the subject of
much favorable comment.
'‘More Efficiency!"
is Auto Men's Cry;
Economics Involved
Clement Studebaker, Jr., Declares
Missing Quality Must be Added
to Beauty. Durability, Power.
“How to make the automobiles of
the present !.<>t more beautiful. not more
powerful, not more durable. hut more
efficient, is the task which ever\ Amer
ican designer and manufacturer must
tackle right speedily, declares Clement
Studebaker. .)r
“We have the beauty, the power, the
durability, and we have thorn all at an
amazingly low cost, in the typical popu
lar priced American ears. But American
standards of efficiency are still below
those which prevail abroad, especially in
the cases of the leading costly tyj
“What sane business i
a plant which could lib
erated by an engine of
would buy for it a poi
«ir five times that size
fice system is it that puts two or th
men at work on a task which one man
can perform without being overworked?
Yet how often Is it that the ver> man
who would shudder at such a waste buys
a motor car so ov» r-powered as to be
absolutely wasteful!’’
WARREN JOINS STUDEBAKER.
• K F. Warren, an automobile engi
neer of wide experience, has joined the
staff of Chief Engineer He&slet of the
^Studebaker Corporation, of Detroit, as
draftsman, ir: charge Of the big
i at Plant 10. where a foree of 40
is qantinua'ly at work, incorporat-
w
designers.
Automobile Market
Swings Back to City
Cartercar Manager Finds New Crop
of Buyers to Take Place of
Car-Owning Farmer.
At first the market for motor ears
was In Hu-, city, then it depended on the
farmers, and now it is hark in the city
again, according to llafry U. Radford,
vitas president and general manager of
tho Cartercar Company.
"Practically ull of the well-to-do peo
ple in the country already own cars,’’
hhId Mr. Radford, "and now tho corning
market Is among tho newer wealthy
people In the city. HJnce the first great
wave of popularity swept over the cities,
a new strain of prosperous city people
Iihh sprung up. and they are now ready
to buy cars. The man who during tin-
last four or five years has become suc
cessful will now want a car, when per
haps Just a short time ago it was an
impossibility for -him to invest that
amount of money
“The reason for this quick change
buck to the city, ami the reason why
tho market will stay in the city for u
longer time than in the country, is'that
wealth is created so much more quickly
in the city.
“The farmers who are not now able to
buy cars will probably not be ready to
buy for several years While, in the
city a man who is comparatively poor
today may be rich to-morrow. And the
great prosperity which the country is
enjoying 1 as made thousands of wealthy
men during the last two or three years
Wo have already noticed a splendid in
crease in the business of our clfv agents,
and the gearless transmission shows its
perfect adaptation to use on crowded
streets. The unlimited speeds of the
Cartercar are very popular."
Cadillac Carries
Standard Oil Fine
Car Transports $500,000 Which Big
Corporation Paid to the
State of Texas.
A Cadillac seven-passenger touring
car played a not inconsequential part
in u closing act of the Texas drama in
which the Eon© Star Slat© bested the
Standard ull octopus, tin* automobile
being use at^ Austin for the pleasant
task of transporting the $600,000 {tenuity
to tho Stub- coffers.
The Standard Oil's fine wrh paid in
cash. $450 0oo being in currency and
$50,000 in gold The money was loaded
into a Cadillac belonging to Morris
lllrshfeld, cashier of the Austin Na
tional Hank.
Then \V. E. Folts, vice president of
tiie hank: Attorneys General Sweetoti
unci Cureton and Captain J. M Fox,
of the Stale Hanger Service, climbed
into the car and made a rapid run to
the Capitol.
The cash was placed in a telescope
gr!i> and a suit ease, having been drawn
from a $500,000 deposit placed to the
credit of the Austin hank in the Na
tional City Hank of New York.
Truck History Made
In Run of Federal
Great Carrier Runs 466 Miles in 42
Hours With Big Load of
Bed Springs.
Truck history was made In Canada
recently when « Federal with a 7,500,.
pound load made the extremely diffi
cult run from Winnipeg to Regina,
Saskatchewan, a distance of 464 miles,
in 42 hours of running time, only
th-.jse who have tried the roads 1n this
territory will fully appreciate the
achievement of this 3,000-pound truck.
The Federal, with a load of be I
springs and mattresses from th»
Alaska Bedding Company of Winni
peg to the Alaska Bedding Compan\
of Regina, left Winnipeg at 5 a. n.
Saturday. July 26, and reached Re-
ginu at 4:50 o’clock Tuesday after
noon, July 29. The daily average was
116 miles.
Motor Buses Profit
In Street Car War
nipping
ccessfully op- |
ertain power, i
plant of f
And what of
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URGED T8 USE
WIDEST TIRES
Solution of Paving Problem Not
in Exclusion, Declares Official.
Parallel in Atlanta.
Albany Scores One
With Unique Entry
! South Georgia Concern Would Com
pete in Thanksgiving Races With
Car of Own Manufacture.
“The solution of the problem which
is ho seriously affecting the^truck
industry in Baltimore and elsewhere
Is Hlate legislation requiring larger
tires,'’ says <\ W. Martin, manager of
the motor trilck tire department of
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany.
Mr. Martin’s observations are of in
terest in Atlanta, because of the
proposition to make auto trucks keep
off Peachtree and use less important
thoroughfares!
"City Engineer McCay should have
proposed a law prohibiting the over
loading of motor trucks instead of
suggesting that motor trucks be
harped from certain streets in Balti
more." says Mr. Martin.
“The motor truck with its wonder
ful and unparalleled growth has be
come an economic necessity, and such
restriction would work hardship on
society. If there were legislation re
quiring that a certain width tire
should he used to take care of the
loud, there would ho no danger of
cutting up tho streets.
Overloading Oangerous.
“Overloading is the most serious
problem that confronts truck owners
to-day. The evil is so prevalent that
1 should not be at all surprised to
SAVANNAH, Aug. 23. It is possible j
that a Georgia automobile manufactur
er may enter a car in the Thanksgiving
week races. Secretary Arthur W. Solo
mon is in receipt of a letter from the
Owens Automobile Manufacturing Com
pany, of Albany, inquiring about the
racing requirements.
The writer explained that his company
had built a big racing car and was
thinking about entering it In the events
here tins fall Mr. Solomon had heard
some time ago that the Owens people!
had bought a powerful engine and were ;
constructing a car around it. He has
sent full information about the races
and copies of entry blanks.
Roe some such bill introduced at early
sessions of many State Legislatures.
Such a Dill will he passed wherever
presented, since itH logic is plain and
distinct.
"It Is rumored that the Auto Club
of Maryland already has some such
project in mind.
“Providing such a bill is passed,
the question will be easily settled,
with a great advantage gained by
all parties concerned.
Solution Plain.
“Not only will the city be saved
the extra expense of repairing streets
that have seen the use of heavy and
overloaded trucks, but the legislation
will also be a Benefit to the truck
owner. Trucks with the proper size
of tire equipment aid materially in
prolonging the life of the motor, while
the tires will undergo the wear and
tear to which they are subject, with a
much less detrimental effect.
“In Porto Rico, where they use
carts and wagons to transport sugar
cam*, the Government regulates the
width of the wheels. In other words,
the breadth of the iron tire must be
in proportion to the weight and ca
pacity of the wagon."
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Traction Company Refuses Six Tick
ets for a Quarter and Schenec
tady Runs Independent Line.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y . Aug 23 —As
n result of a transit war between a
Socialist administration and an obdurate
street car company, a new bus line In
the city of Schenectady has had a rapid-
fire growth. Beginning its service last
April with on© White 22-passenger bus,
the operating company lias purchased a
new White every month and carried
more than 1S2.000 passengers in four r
months
Each bus has carried 24.000 passengers
per month The bus line had its incep
tion in the refusal of the efty to grant
g f<>r troll.»-xt.a.- . i ' until !
the true i ’■ company restores six-for-a i
quarter tickets. •
REPUBLIC
s T a G 6 A r D
1 TREAD TIRES
DEMANDED
BY
VETERAN DRIVER
E. L. FERGUSON
Pathfinder of the All South
ern Trans-C ontinental
Route.
BUYS
REPUBLICS
When in Atlanta, Mr. Fergu
son paid a distinct compliment
to the high quality of Republic
tires by insisting upon them for
his grueling trip from Atlanta to
San Francisco.
THE REPUBLIC RUBBER CO.
237 Peachtree Street.
Automobile, Motorcycle
and Carriage Tires.
Republic SfagprardTi'ea d
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The Tremendous Power and Dependable
“Going” Quality of the Past Linked with
Refinements of 1914
InkcmmA
mwmn
The same values that have sold Buicks in the past will
sell Buicks this year. Then there is the added value of
Electric Starting, Lighting and Ignition, Left Side Drive,
Center Control—-Every “Advanced” Improvement.
But not one atom of
Buick excellence has been
sacrificed.
Buick popularity with dealers and owners
is founded on the bed rock foundation of giv
ing the owner uninterrupted use of his invest
ment at all times and under all conditions.
It’s this ability to do what’s required every
time without flunking that has built the Buick
reputation and will make it greater in the fu
ture.
To better Buick essentials is difficult—near
ly impossible. But we can and have added,
and made part of the car, features that insure
the greatest enjoyment of every mile of road
covered.
Is it any wonder that Buick dealers are sat
isfied? Dealers who have sold Buicks know
that it sells fast—on its merits as a car. With
its marvelous construction—its guarantee on
power, speed, economy—with its mileage rec
ords up to fifty, seventy-five and one hundred
thousand, and finally with the best of the new
features, the 1914 Buick is destined to greater
popularity than ever.
«
Buick Dealers Are Prosperous
You, as a dealer, want a car that starts trade
and holds trade and continually develops
trade. If you are in unoccupied territory, ask
about our contract. IT WAS MADE TO
MAKE YOU MONEY/.
The Delco System
cranks your car, lights your laipps, ignites the
charge in the cylinder.
One system—control from the driver’s seat.
All 1914 Buicks will
be equipped with the Delco
System.
The Buick Six
The Buick Six is ready—complete descrip
tion will appear in this publication September
Sixth. After a year’s hard road test under
every possible condition the Overhead Valve
Buick Six has proven to be delightfully quiet,
overwhelmingly powerful, and cannot be sur
passed in a Six for Economy.
1914 Buicks
Model B24—Roadster—28 horsepower—$950.
Model B25—Touring Car—28 horsepower—$1050.
Model B36—Roadster—35 horsepower—$1235.
Model B37—Touring Car—35 horsepower—$1335.
Model B54—6-Cylinder Roadster—48 h. p.—$1985.
Model B55—Six-Cylinder Touring Car—
48 h. p.—$1985.
SwwMsai
Model B 36-—Two-Pas-
senger Closed Back
Roadster — 35 Horse
Power — Price $1,235
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A few of the leading 1914 Buick dealers, a number cf whom have just returned from a visit to the
Buick factories, are prepared to give you full information regarding 1914 Buick cars:
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GEORGIA.
I. TON & KELLY. Augusta
GEORGIA AUTO EXCHANGE, Columbus
J. M. HOOD, Athens
CHAMBERS AUTO SALES COMPANY, Rome
S. S. PARMELEE COMPANY, Macon
J. H- BURTON, Lavonla
M. P. ELLIOTT, Commerce
\V. M. HARDWICK, Dalton
FLORIDA.
JOE B. JOHNSON. Tampa
COOK AUTO & CARRIAGE COMPANY, Orlando
OCALA GAS ENGINE WORKS, Ocala
HORTON-BUICK COMPANY, Jacksonville
ALABAMA.
C. O. NORMAN, Montgomery
ESLER AUTO COMPANY, Selma
ADAMS MACHINERY & MFG. CO.. Mobile
THE B. AND B. MOTOR COMPANY, Birmingham
FLETCHER & O’NEAL, Andalusia
THE CITY GARAGE. Tuscaloosa
JOE M. GOLDTHWAITE, Huntsville
HENDON & JOHNSTON, Tusltegee
TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE MOTOR CAR'COMPANY, Nashville
CHATTANOOGA BUICK COMPANY, Chattanooga
H. A. HARTH, JR., Knoxville
BUICK MOTOR COMPANY
Atlanta Branch 241-243 Peachtree
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