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SUNDAY, JUNE 22
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Editor Motor Service Rut's an R evict* of Ravi cuts
The Light Trailer
CHE LIGHT TRAILER, for use behind the ordinary passenger automo
bile, has now become a recognized factor in motor car practice. As
the motor car is now the "general utility” vehicle it is constantly
being called upon to perform a rapidly widening range of services
such as are constantly demanded in business and domestic life and the
pneumatic tired, two wheel trailer has provided the response to this
demand. The average automobile owner possesses bnt one—usually a
passenger car and this must be used for all his purposes. By fitting to
it a light trailer, he can do trucking of goods which would spoil the interior
finish if loaded into she passenger body, he can handle, on good level
roads, a full body load and a full trailer load, without subjecting his car
and its tires to more than slightly abnormal wear and tear and can
render himself in great measure independent of express and railroad com
panies. by his ability to carry with him the baggage which he requires
for which the modern car itself provides no carrying space, owing to the
very low seats, now in use, and the monopolization of the rear of the body,
by the spare tire equipment. Judiciously used, the light trailer is an
extremely handy and valuable motor car accessory, immensely increasing
the all-around usefulness of the car to which It is applied but, like every
thing else, it should be used in a reasonable way and one should not try
to "move mountains” with it over rough, hilly roads and then wonder why
uis car suddenly requires repairs.
Care Of Ignition Circuits
Watch The Primary Connections And The Secondary Insulation
I,?,; N h ITION^ RCUITS ARE OP TWO KINDS - the Primary and the see
“„ a . ary ‘ ,u former is circuit which comprises the battery, ignition
the . coarse wir e winding of the spark coil, the timer contacts
th» fin the wiring necessary to connect them. The latter circuit comprises
hrLh nnJ lre f lndlng ot the spark coil, the distributor with its rotating
the sever,. in'? Segm ! n V" tbe cabl( * s frot " the distributor segments to
Cireo.r flnw 7 ers and the s P ar k-p!uss located therein. In the primary
the seconrmrv a e? Urre t nt ° f - '° W pressure ’ usually ot about six volts, while
or tPn C rc “ lt carnes a very high pressure (high tension) current,
rnrrlnr tbousands of volts. Because of its low pressure, the primal
dirty connect™ T * Very S, ! ght to stop its flow. 1 foTe 0 I
nnxio coanectl °n at a wire end will do it. On the other hand, it has little
?, er escaping from its circuit and thus comparatively slight insula
contrary* The Ee ™ ndary current on tle
flow affected by loose or corroded connections and will even
has the natZ nt und,m,nlßhe(l ’ through a slight break in a wire, but it
Ooers h .Ms nL. f J , umping a considerable distance and where a "short cut”
from’’the above ' h,“? fail reaCh the Bparkplug - It is evident
Pi™?,,, , that tba Principal requirement in caring for the two
circuits of an ignition system lies in keeping the primary circuit from
’hat a short-<dr^ft ted a “ d , keeping tbe secondary circuit so well insulated
be free f?om hrelt Cann ° l OCCUr ' In the primary ' every inch of wire must
if , V breaks, every wire end must be clean and firmly secured to
i s bindmg post, the switch must have no dirty or looTconUcU the
be secure InThe *”,? fr ° m corrosion and the ground connection must
nnd wff V 1 , the secondar y. every inch of wire must be heavily insulated
and k M Pt f ‘‘ ee f rom grounded parts, the distributor must be free from dust
and mi and the spark-plug insulation clean of soot and oil It is useless to
pE vXbeT mg P d! U f VO 'T aDd tigbteniDg ca ble connection “ the
M p nin’J h h s ' dlrt and loosen ess are of no account there. Keeping
pCrtaCl mat°te C r UnS thUS avolding short <‘rcuiting is the im
Electrical Short-circuits
lAkc people, Currents Seek "The Path Of Least Resistance
S A N ELECTRIC CIRCUIT, the current finds a path ot
Ih I f ‘ bat Is sbor l ter and “easier” than that which it was intended
!h dad tbus tails t 0 pass trough all the devices that it
T^ h ba ‘ d operate, there is said to be a short-circuit. When flowing
a " sh °rt cut," the current meets less
ncreased current ance H tban its re £ ular circuit offers and thus a greatly
o“her mrcim. r “ w k BO great in some instances, as to prevent
wit 's through ” I . obta ‘ nln^, any curren t at all, to dangerously heat the
sunnlies -T , PaSS6S and t 0 rapidly discharge the battery which
grUion syste "‘- The electr ical devices, horn, lamps or
receiving ; ‘“/he deranged circuit, which are prevented from
lion U she form r 7 sh ort-circuit. of course, fail to operate. Insula
s supposed n n I"” alr . s Pace, rubber, porcelain or some other material,
between the single X b , etween the two wires of a metallic circuit and
which is the p a r g f 60f a ° ne W,re circuit and the so-called “ground,”
such m’-iiation I”®' ? ngln ? and other imporUnt metallic parts. When
~ insulation is absent, as by the chafing away of wire covering or hv
Me coming into contact of metallic parts, a is lively to occur
ttrcM provided -ith a fuse, w hiclT meHs °and
which e ac a t b ompPs a h ly th large ot ,“ erS U with‘ i au!omati C V sw,?che t s t !
- “• —ctumecUo^board l *where
’he°spnlng r clK;uit V breaker e iß then'be ° Ut fUSe ° r
(amp is connected around the burned outfuse this and a test
intil the "short" is removed With ,h„ , l an ? p wiU rema,n i^ted
loose parts of the wiring and generally k f l, I" OVe any
lest lamp goes out. the “short" has been removed and C i!' CU When tha
restore the defective insulation, the failure of which caused^th.ToubTe. ‘°
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Ford cars have become such a world
utility that it would almost seem as if
every family ought to have its Ford car.
Runabout, Touring Car, Coupe, Sedan,
(the two latter have enclosed bodies),
and the Truck Chassis, have really be
come a part and parcel of human life.
You want one because its service will be
profitable for you.
To insure delivery let us have your
order now.
.LOMBARD MOTOR AND
SUPPLY COMPANY
Phone 2249. 629 Eleventh St.
Shell and Car Made By Templar Co.
■ V,T *'*■'■£’' • i' ~ •■''"■ ' *' ip?£'*s£%s
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Two of the fastest things in their lines. The Templar Speedster and the six-inch shell manufactured by the
Templar Motors Corporation. There is no doubt that both of these Templar products attain their ends with effect and
dispatch. This can be proven conclusively by both Templar owners and a multitude of Germans. Hitting In the Temp
lar speedster is Mr. Harry A. White of the* J. H. Lifsey-Smith company, the distributors for the Templar in this sec
tion.
SHIP BY TRUCK
(By E. H. ELLEBY, of the 1172 Tire Company.)
(By E. 11. Elleby of the 1172 Fire Co.)
The ship-by-truck movement is open
ing many new avenues of profit to the
shipper. Ar7\mtire new field of resources
is being tapped, bringing the farmer,
market and consumer into close relations.
And in this marvellous development
which motor express has seen In the last
two years, the value of the ship-by-truck
movement to the manufacturers should
not be overlooked.
To manufacturers, the motor truck of
today is as important a unit of their
production facilities as the very machines
which make their goods. The use of the
motor truck has wrought changes in
every department of their business, and
has done much to increase their produc
tion capacities and to lower their over
head expenses.
Bet us compare the cost of horse trans
port with that of motor shipments. When
the manufacturer was wholly dependent
on the former method, he either had to
hire his horses by the day, or else ho
had to maintain horses and stables of his
own. The latter course entailed quite an
outlay in building* and drivers. It In
volved the use of a large amount of val
uable floor space for horses, wagons, re
pair and paint shops. Furthermore, there
had to be a blacksmith shop as well aa
lofts for hay and grain.
When he had made all this investment,
what did the manufacturer have? tie
had nothing better than slow-moving
horse-driven vehicles, whose actual ca
pacity. for service was limited to the
physical endurance of the animal; and
the horse, being an animal and not a
machine, can be subjected to only a few
hours of hard labor daily if he is to re
main fit for continuous work. When the
manufacturer displaced the horse equip
ment, with its accompanying parapher
nalia, anrl turned to motor trucks for his
means of transport, he was able for the
first time to get the transportation and
of his business down to an efficient work
ing basis, where haulage cost per mile
could be determined accurately.
Some startling facts were revealed. It
was apparent that, on the average, one
motor truck would do the work of from
three to four wagons, and do it more
quickly. In this way alone there was ef
fected a tangible saving at the stakt rep
resented bv the cost of extra drivers,
horses, and wagons, as well as of the fa
cilities necessary for their maintenance.
The manufacturer further observed that
he could house and care for a fleet of
motor trucks in less than half the space
and with far less labor than was required
for the same number of wagons with a
relative tonnage.
MOTOR TRUCK IN
MAIL SERVICE
The growing use of the motor truck
aR means for handling the United States
mail is an important development in
truck work saya Ralph H. Arrington, dis
tributor of Nash trucks. At the present
time there are 31 main truck routes in
operation, covering 3.781.53 miles of road.
In the parcel post service alone there are
104 trucks and two men employed to
each truck. Twelve cities are using the
motor truck parcel post serviro at tho
present time. These are: Washington,
St. Louis, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New
York, Nashville, Indianapolis, Detroit,
Chicago, Buffalo, Brooklyn and Boston.
By the use of these parcel post trucks
the mail service throughout the rural
districts of the country is developed to
a remarkable extent. A bill is before
the House post office committee at the
present time for h»i appropriation of SB,-
000,000 for the development of the motor
truck mall service in the year beginning
July 1, 1919. As there is a law in exis
tence at the present time which permits
the War Department to turn over to the
Postoffice Department any surplus
trucks without expense to the latter,
this sum of money will not he used for
the purchase of new trucks, but merely
for maintaining and furthering the work
of tho department.
The release of additional war trucks
when the work of winding up tho af
fairs of the army is completed will make
It. possible to cover the country with a
network of parcel post truck routes. At
the present time the Postoffice Depart
ment has already requisitioned from tho
War Department nearly IC,OOO melltary
trucks. The annual report of the Post
master General states that, the govern
ment owned city mail trucks total it os
and were divided as follows: Chicago,
230; New York. 163; Philadelphia. 113;
Boston, 93; Brooklyn, 92; St. Louis 00;
Pittsburg. 54; Detroit. 52; Washington.
51; Buffalo. 31: Indianapolis. 15. amt
Nashville. 11. The truekv. in use were
Fords, White. Packard, Studebnker. G.
M. (\. Overland, Reo, fltilck, Ltppsrd-
Htewart Brockway and Kelly-Springfleld.
DEALERS SHOW EVIDENCE
OF LIBERTY SUCCESS
"Tho Motor Car Induatry him ni-ldom
witnoaacd inch vlKoroim Kruwth a* la now
truo of the Liberty Motor t'nr Coo,pany "
aaya John K Day id non. tho local ilia
trlbutor for tho Bibertv Tar.
"Tlila company »« the first notomobllo
marnjfacturinc concern to break prodije.
tlon record* after the war * do*. it |»,n
t.rx-n iteadlly increaalne production ever
*inon.
"The dmiand* of new bon!nor. hav*
her n m tiertiit nt that they lit..rally com.
prllr-l the bulldinic. In the company *
home city, Detroit, of a mammoth now
motor car factory which I* to 1,0 one of
the moat complete, modern t.lanta i.i r *
latrnce. But whllo the i-fr-ct* of tl a
trrmendou* popularity of the car or.
mr*t obvlou* at It* hcadqimrt. rr the 1
whole country ;|v. a avtdcr.c of * n or,- i
iDlrlttkable liberty aucc.aa In the proa
penty of it* dealer or.-'anlsmtion
■ro-lnr irlcntal v|th th. Imlidlnr of the
new factory I* the bulbil,,.: of „.. w pl.-r . »
>u*lne»* by many dlatribufora anrl
• leebra A reinforced concrete htilblln*
of five atorlea and fovertnc a quarter of,
a city block, la now be ini; erected bv Mr I
Wampek. the Liberty dlatrlbuto. In Hiony
f.l«v, lowa, at a coat of ove- half a illlon
MPiisrs A three-story liuP'!ir:g "omßrii't
ed eapectally for IJbeet , i ~.,,,, „
only recently oo - ,bt I foe |< \y
the Liberty rtlrtr'butor at Hamilton On-
Urlo The Bhb b'c Mo • r n ,
repreaemina the Liberty K e »t,|, „
abort lime a ko, mowed into a 5-*tory I
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
The capacity of the truck for work is
unlimited. There is no limit to what it
can do, and the limit of whore it can go
is determined only by the condition of
the roads. You can and should exact
duties from your truck that are entirely
beyond the potentialities of horse and
wagon transportation. You can give your
trucks new transportation duties, a wider
radius, and special responsibilities that
no other transportation method can as
sume.
One year ago highway transport had
arrived nationally, though few* of us knew
it. It took the war to wake us up to its
possibilities. Today it is known, discuss
ed, praised, criticized, encouraged; and
every month sees it grow in volume. In
five years there will be a network of rural
express lines on ail the main highways
of this country that will cut down the
cost of food, increase the quantity of
food, and still create more profit for the
farmer.
Volume of business in dollars and cents
is usually the criterion of prulit on an en
terprise. If we furnish better and quicker
transportation to our rural districts it will
add greatly to the wealth of the country
as a whole, while we stimulate an in
creased production and bring the market
closer to the purchaser. When we realise
that the farmer is the only big business
man who is forced to supply his own
transportation, and this rarely on an eco
nomical basis, w'e can see the great fields
that are open to rural development. The
motor express lines of the future will
make a shipping platform of every farm
er's gate.
Other industries are being benefit ted,
and benefiitted greatly. Even now in the
far West trucks are boring their wtav into
the forest, and, with the aid of trailers,
bearing off the logs to the mills, the lum
bsrmsn have reported ss idKh .1 s 60 pw
cent saving over any other method. Back
ing companies have begun to transport
fresh meat in huge refrigerator trucks.
Livestock is being brought to market in
Omaha, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Inst
ances of the utility of motor trucking
could be multiplied indefinitely.
in particular, the government has re
solved to take a hand. Already mail
routes run from Portland, Me., to Hart
ford, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
and Washington to the Plains, Virginia.
Between January 1 and’June 30, 1918. the
national mail routes averaged more than
twenty-six hundred miles dally, cleared
over $15,000 and justified their being ex
tended to the Pacific coast.
building which provides them with quar
ters that are surpassed by very few deal
ers in the country.
“A considerable number of the promi
nent Liberty distributors have recently
entered larger and better equipped places
of business. Notable airnmg these Is K
.S. Partridge & Co.. Inc., who an now
located in one of the most beautifully
decorated showrooms along the New York
City's auto row, at 1826-28 Broadway.
The Loveland Company, of Buffalo, whoso
formal opening of new quarters at (1111-815
Main Street, marked the climax of many
years* automobile selling. The Judd-
Brower Company, of Salt Lake City, who
now occupy a much larger home al 455-5:1
Main Street, In that city, and the Liberty
Car Sales Company, of Washington. 1,.
C , who share in the general demonstra
tion of Liberty prosperity by t.hetr ocou.
pation of larger and better headquarters
In that city.”
LOMBARD MOTOR SUPPLY
COMPANY REPORTS A VERY
LARGE SALE ON FORD CARS
AND TRUCKS
John M. (’loud report* # a very large
wile of Ford oar* and truck* for the
week and «tate* that they could hell a
good many more earn and tru-’ki, if
quicker deliveries* could he made from
the factory. Clifford (Tip) Cloud in a
new addition to the welling foroe and ho
far ban made a wonderful record for
hlmHelf, Mr Cloud was formerly con
nected with the Augusta Herald *nd it
a very nrogre»*ivc and huMtllng young
man. Mr. W. J. Haul !h In charge of
the nervlce department and all Ford
owner* know Mr. Baul and th** good kind
of Hervloe that he I* extending to the
many owner* of Ford «urn or irurl;*.
Mr. Albery Gay I* In the part* depart
ment and in always on the Job extending
Hervlce and giving the motoring public
the benefit of bin long experience with
Ford car*.
M. H. GALLMAN, MANAGER
OF SALES FOR JOHN S.
DAVIDSON, REPORTS A
NUMBER OF SALES FOR
THE WEEK
M If. Gallmnn, representing John H
DavlrjHon report* « number of nule* for
the week one I’afge Hpeedater, being
«ol#l to Mr. George Bat'*, Cnnhier of tho
('lantern Loan K Having* Bank, In ad
dition to a number of other sale* in the
•Bv and th< surrounding territory.
Mr Gnllrran war. al*o I" Atlnota la*t
wei k and report* the auto hualur- t*
'rv rood there, )n fad he «ald the nit
uatlon v** very ninlinr to Augusta, a
larger demand than the supply.
GASOLINE SHORTAGE
NO LONGER A PERIL
By L. W WOODWARD,
(D strlbutor of the Auburn Beauty Six.)
W* don't hesr p uch any morn about
the ulway* Impending: taaoline ahortago
which whs *o general a topic el
vernation among motorists not Jong r.gu.
Ire, plto the nr ormou* Innrnsso In
mohlln productlon manufacturer lot*y
are not greatly concerned about this
old-tlfno bugbear
In the first place, nclenttatii aasttro us
thru u substitute lor gasoline t-in l,e
tlcvr oood whi conditions dem-n I l|,
lb ordly, engineer* have drrnonitrfed
tic* ns the quality of gasoline dlmln
l« r |t |* only ne<-. seary to design tho
en*l.l« so Uiat It will run hwltev and
therefore handle poor fuel better. And
finally the improvements in car con
struction have greatly increased the
mileage per gallon, which has the same
actual effect as increasing the uupply.
Since the infancy of the motor Indus
try, the keenest engineering minds in
the yrorld have been working for more
economical operation of motors. The
new Beauty-Six illustrates the progress
they have made. The nineteen years'
study and experimentation of tins Au
burn engineers have developed for that
car an engine which marks the farthest
advance in frugality as regards gaso
line consumption. Yet as a further Hav
ing, every ounce of excess weight has
been eliminated from the chassis, which
not only insures greater tire mileage,
but also increases power.
And while the engineers have been
perfecting the mechanism of their car,
the Auburn designers have kept pace
in making it beautiful. The straight
line of the bonnet merging with the
bevel edge of the body, the cowled front
seats, the graceful sweep of the fender
—all lend charm to the Beauty-Six.
Tho marvelous improvements whl.Vq
have been made both In the mechanism
and in the appearance of motor cars
are indicative of the powerful brains that
direct the automotive Industry. ?’hoso
brains will take care of tho fuel prob
lem. Motorists know it, and that is the
reason a threatened gasoil no shortage
doesn't attract much attention hi there
days.
Man mila fur irillan
Man main am Urn
JERNIGAN & WALL
318 JACKSON STREET. PHONE 3280.
300,000 Maxwells; they
grow better as their
numbers multiply
A
LIKE an artist who paints a picture, or a man
j in business, the Maxwell improves with each
day’s output
Gradual, almost invisible to the man at the forge
or in the accounting office but certain as the rising
of the sun, there’s an improvement well nigh daily.
There have been five years of making this
Maxwell better and better, and the basic design has
never changed ’once in that time.
At one time the Maxwell was known only as a
hill-climber. Again it gained attention through its
work in rough country. Then it earned a reputa
tion on economy. But gradually it became better
and better spoken of for its enduring, everlasting
reliability.
That kind of reliability that doesn’t burn your
pocketbook with repair bills, that knows no task too
difficult, that never complains of old age, that gives
you about as much trouble as a pair of shoes, that
travels on a very small gas appetite.
300,000 of them are in use throughout the world.
In those sections of the world where few cars
make good, there you will find the Maxwell —often
the dominating car.
The 300,000 th Maxwell is the same basic car as
Maxwell No. 1. No changes in design—but many
improvements.
There’s no doubt it’s a better car today. Nearly
300,000 of one model has its obvious effects.
i-iair & . Seago
Ford Repairing
GENUINE FORD jJARTS USED
—TOPS RECOVERED
PHONE 1628 468-70 BROAD ST.
RELIABLE WASHING
RELIABLE STORING
RELIABLE REPAIRING
Open
All
Night.
GOODRICH TIRES AND TUBES
“The Besit in the Long Run.”
AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES.
RELIABLE GARAGE &
SALES CO.
W. H. MOULTHROP.
120 JACKSON STREET. PHONE 3427.
Augusta, Georgia.
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RELIABLE VULCANIZING
RELIABLE SERVICE.
FIVE
Open
All
Night.