The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1914-current, June 28, 1914, Home Edition, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextSUNDAY, JUNE 28. Is The Machine for Commercial Service While the Excelsior holds World’s Speed Re cords one to one hundred miles, Speed is of little val" ue in Commercial work. The points that count are Reliability, Durability, Safety and Economy of Main tenance and Operation. The Reliability and Durability of Excelsior has been repeatedly proven, not only in public tests, but in hard daily sendee year after year by public busi" ness concerns and municipal and government service. The Durability of the Excelsior is attained through a combination of Material and Productive Methods possible only in connection with an enor mous output and unlimited manufacturing facilities. Safety is assured by the Excelsior Complete Grip Control whereby every detail of operation is under constant and perfect control of the rider with out removing the hands from the grips or in any way Interfering with the steering or any other operative detail. Economy of Upkeep and Maintenance is prov en by the fact that all repair parts and replacements sold for 80,000 Excelsior Auto-Cycles in 1913 averaged only $3.00 per machine. Economy °f Operation was demon strated in a gasoline consumption test car ried out by 100 Excelsior dealers in all parts of the country on May 24th last, in which one rider covered 162.7 miles and the average was over 100 miles per gallon of standard grade gasoline. The Excelsior Rigid Straight Line Frame is the strongest motorcycle frame ever built and stands the excessive strains of sidecar or tandem load to a degree im possible in any frame of spring, hinge or other flexible construction. First Five $225.00 Machines to Be Sold for $200.00 Don’t Miss This Opportunity to Purchase Your New Excelsior Motorcycle Our Repair Shop is at your service. We repair Bicycles and Motorcycles. All work given our prompt and most careful attention. Prices very reasonable Full Line of Bicycle and Motorcycle Parts and Accessories DIXIE REPAIR WORKS 961 BROAD STREET PHONE 2511 SOME PERSONS WHY THE THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. The Real Proof of Quality is Service and Achievement and Excelsior Auto - Cycles are in daily service in the Post Office, Agricultural, Interior and other departments of the United States Government, Police, Public Safety and Ambulance Corps of Chicago and other leading cities, and such companies of national reputation as the y Western Electric Co., Bell Telephone Co., t Commonwealth Edison Co., Western Union and Postal Telegraph Cos. Home Telephone Co., j Armour & Co., Sulzberger & Sons Co., Scully Steel and Iron Co., and thousands of others and Always Make Good Ts you want to be shown we will glad ly put, you in communication with satisfied users of from one to one hundred Excel sior Auto-Cycles in any line of business in which motorcycles can be used. THREE