The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, November 08, 1911, Image 4
EXPECT TD LOWER ALL
PREWOUS WORLD RECORDS
Races at Savannah Will Be Greatest
In the World.
Savannah, Ga.?Over seventeen
miles of roadway, averaging from sixty
to 125 feet in width, as level as
one's hand, and thoroughly oiled from
start to finish, the greatest racing
drivers in the history of the world
will pilot monster machines, especially
constructed at enormous expense,
at Savannah on November 27 and 30,
in four world famous races, two of
which are the acknowledged blue ribbon
events of automobiledom?these
latter, the International Grand Prize
^ Race and the Vanderbilt Cup Race.
Drivers of international fame have
pronounced the Savannah course the
finest in the world. Yet there are
many people in the South Atlantic
states who have never seen it From
all parts of the world people come
to these races. It seems this time
that the folks living right at Savannah's
door have made up their minds
v that they are not going to let another
nnnortrmitv n&ss to witness these ex
citing, hair-raising events, end, remembering
the two Grand Prize races
held in 1908 and 1910, when the winners
nosed out the next men by mere
seconds in races extending over 400
miles, they have evidently decided
that they are certain what they are
going to get this time, for from every
hamlet, town, city and metropolis
- come letters of inquiry. If Savannah
could have her census taken during
race w.eek, she would be one^of the
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Ready for the ride with death, i
Bruce Brown at the wheel.
largest cities in the country. Those
who come will probably see all pre\
vious world's records lowered. The
course will be patrolled by the local
military, who made a reptuation forefficiency
in the past two races. All
of the net profits of the races will
be given to the military organizations.
\ There will be telephones all around
the course, and the folks at the grand
stand will he continuously advised of
the progress of the leading cars.
There will he two large score boards
on which the time of every lap will
be posted in large figures. Every one
will know at any time where any car
is and exactly what its standing in
the race will be. Many times will
cars going at the rate of 80 to 100
miles an hour pass one another in
front of the stands. The main stand
will accommodate 35,000 persons;
there will be 150 boxes, each accom,
dating six persons, the price of which
is $50 each. There will be over one
hundred parking spaces. A ticket entitling
one to see the four races in a
reserved seat costs $3; general admission
tickets, entitling the holder to a
seat on the general stands, are $1
for each day of the races.
THOUSANDS WILL TOUR
TO SAVANNAH RACES.
Largest Crowds Will Come From the
Neighboring States.
Savannah, Ga.?Every indication
makes it certain that the number of
people from North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, who
will 'attend the? V*.nderbilt. Grand
This machine left the course whil<
tice for the Savannah races.
Prize and' light car races at Savannah
on November 27 and 30 will be
considerably larger than ever before.
This is attributable to the fact that
such a large number of cars have
been sold during the past year and
so many will motor to the races. The
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run to una.nollc luou dwycu w ouu.
ulate Interest. For several day# before
the races at least a thousand
cars will be headed for Savannah
. from every hamlet, town and city in
these states and Georgia to see the
greatest automobile race event the
world has ever kVnown, for the interest
is not confined to the cities
, this tfm^ as has bees, the case heretofore.
Savannah Is preparing <o cor*
di&lly receive and entertain them.
Dai far Dipibmicy. " if
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(From the Popular Magazine.}'
i 'What is this 'dollar diplomat
they're talking about?" asked dta
good-natured man.
"Same old kind we've always had,"
exclaimed the thin man. "it means
that only millionaries can afford to
ambassadors."
DETAILS FOR GREAT
RACES AT SAVANNAH
NOVEMBER 27-30
Length of Races, Prizes Offered and
General Provisions of
i Contests.
Savannah, Ga.?The four great
races which are to be run at Savannah
on November 27 and 30, with the
prizes offered and other information
concerning the respective events, are:
Grand Prize of the Automobile Club
of America; American and foreign
cars eligible to compete; , no more
than three cars of any one make can
be entered; length of the course approximately
17 miles, which shall be
covered 24 times, making the distance
of the race about 108 miles; the date
of the race is November 30; the entry
fee is $1,000; two cars, $1,500; three
cars, $1,750, of the same manufacture;
first prize (in adidtion to gold
cup valued at $5,000), $4,000; second
prize, $2,000; third prize, $1,000; in
addition to which large cash prizes
have been offered to machines using'
certain oil or mechanical contrivances,
magnetos, etc., and, moreover,
$1,000 is offered to the American car
finishing first.
The William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Cup
Race; open to Class C; length of race
289 miles; date of the race, November
27; entrance fee, $500 for each
car. The winner will be awarded the
?2.000 in cash and a snecial "do......
ymynm
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Gut of the big racers at Savannah.
nor s trophy" fur permanent ownership.
The Savannah Challenge Trophy?
For "light cars" (of 231 and including
300 cubic inches piston displacement);
length of race 221 miles; first prize,
Savannah Challenge Trophy, "Donor's
Trophy" and -$1,000 in cash; second
prize $500; third prize $250; entrance
fee, $250. \
The Tiedeman Trophy race; open to
same class cars as Savannah Challenge
Trophy, except they shall be
of 161 and including 230 inches cubic
inches piston displacement; length of
race 170 miles; first pirze, Tiedeman
Trophy and $1,000 in cash; second
prize $500; third prize $250.
All of the races will be run over
the same course. The two light car
races will be run at the same time
on November 27 and the Vanderbilt
Cup race will immediately follow. Two
days will then intervene and the great
international race will begin.
GREAT RUSH FOR SEATS
FOR BIG SAVANNAH RAGES
Management Found It Necessary to
Build More Boxes.
Savannah.?With the first day that
boxes were put on sale for the Vanderbilt
and grand prize races during
Thanksgiving week fifty-two boxes
were reserved. There was also a
great rush for reserved seats, and the
advance sale of these as well as the
boxes was. more, tlian.. twice, as great
s runing 97 miles an hour in the pracon
' the first day of' the saie
than were the sales for the two
previous grand prize races, indicating
that the races this year will be
much more largely attended than the
previous ones. Mr. Harvey Granger,
president of the Savannah Automobile
Club, has charge of the sale of
boxes, while reservations should be
made through Mr. S. E. Theus, chairman,
at Savannah. Every mail is
heavy, with requests for boxes and
teats. The same prices as heretofore
will prevail, viz.: Boxes $50 each
aad reserved seats $3 each, good for
both days of the racing. It has "been
found necessary to construct one hundred
additional boxes, so great has
been the demand for box seats.
DURING THE SAVANNAH RACES.
The Indtan Refining company, which
has the contract for oiling the Savan>
nah course for the Grand Price, the
i Vanderbilt Cup and the Light Car
races to be held in Savannah Novem'
ber 27 and 30, will tender an enteri
tainment u%der the auspices of the
Savannah Automobile Club on November
29. .
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Dear Old Thanksgiving
Day.
I remember, I remember
Thanksging long ago,
The day was always crisp and bright,
The ground was white with snow.
Neath buffalo robes we nestled close
In our big double sleigh
And dashed away to grandmamma's
To spend a happy day.
I remember, I remember
The farmhouse kitchen clean,
Upon whose shining, painted floor
No speck was ever seen.
And, oh, the appetizing sights
The pantry shelves would show,
I Where pickles, doughnuts, tarts and
cheese
Stood in a tempting row!
I remember, I remember
The turkey of great size,
The squash and turnips, homemade
bread
And golden pumpkin pies.
Grandpapa's bent and hoary head
I never can forget.
(I wonder if the dear old man can be
a-living yet!)
I remember, I remember?
Oh, I guess that's enough!
I really can't write any more
Of this old-fashioned stuff.
I only know of it from books,
But this thought gives me joy?
We're further from that sort of thing
Than when I was a boy.
?Judge. ^
For Sale.
I have several nice lots and houses
for sale. Fine investments in town
and several nice farms near Chapin,
that can be bought cheap. Apply to
A B. SUMMER,
Real Estate Agent, Chapin, S. C.
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2ND WEEK JURORS.
Oarwiie .Shealy, A. JB. Goodwin,
Ben F. Neese, David G. Hyman,
Wm D. Huffstetler,Jas. K. Swygerfc,
Jesse D. Price, Harry C. Hendrix,
F. Pierce Shealy, W. Fickling Mack,
Geo. T. Snelgrove,John A. Lucas,
Horace F. Rucker, V. L. Goodwin,
C. P. Haltiwanger,Noah J. Roland,
Charley Conner, L. C. Fnrtick,
John C. Chapman,Jacob B. Jumper,
J. Wilber Derrick, C. K. Lybrand,
G. Holley Shealy, Ed. E. Hock,
Ernest C. Eargle, Geo. N. Buff.
John T. Long. Roy J . Sease,
J. Moses Taylor, H. Capers Gunter,
Thos. L. Williams, J. Adam Araick,
Dempsev A Wilson, Jas. C. Dunbar,
W. Barrett Hill, Johh C. Rice.
The Place to Buy at Chapin
We always sell our customers the
best goods at bottom prices. Flour,
meal, corn, fine feed, fancy groceries,
notions, shoes, etc. See us before you
sell your cotton seed. We pay top of
marfcet, and will sell you meal and
hulls at lowest prices. We kuow how
the doilar comes and are always glad
to give perfect satisfaction.
SUMMER & FULMER,
2 Chapin, S. C.
On a steady consumption of 400,000,000
feet per year, it is estimated that
New Zealand's timber supply will give
out in 50 years.
To secure Russian emigrants for
Canida the Canadian Pacific railway
has opened emigration offices in Dalny
-? tt k r i : _
ana JtiarDin, inauouuria.
Manchester, England, sent to the
United States and its possessions $18,513,599
worth of goods in 1910, chiefly
cotton good9, machinery, linens and
paper stock.
A Boston girl who was watching a
Sedgwick county farmer milk a cow,
adjusted her glasses and said: "It is
all very plain except that I don't understand
how you turn it off."
Jeff Davis, the fire-eating senatoi
from Arkansas, was admitted to the
bar at the age of nineteen. He observed
strict neutrality daring the ciyi]
war, being but three years of age
when Lee surrendered.
New South Wales, Anstraiia, makes
state loan9 to settlers at from 4 1-2 tc
5 per cent, interest, payable by yearl}
instalments spread over not more thai
31 years. No loan is larger than 2,000
For Rent.
My home place, a good 3-horse farm,
1 yz miles from Lexington. Will gro?
almost anything. Apply to D. E,
Ballentine, Columbia, S. C., R. F. D.
Paper mills in India have not beer
very profitable, as the raw materia!
has to be brought from long distances
and the cost of freight eats up the
profits. India's import of paper and
pasteboard in 1910 fiscal year was oi
the value of $3,284,000. Bamboo foi
paper making there is iugge9ted.
There is a widespread and violenl
Itf acaanVmBAt.tH tn t,hf
OppUBlWUU JU iuaou?uuuu<?v>.
moyement for a statute in memory oi
the late General Benjamin Butler,
All kinds of charges against th(
lawyer, soldier and governor have
been raked up, from treachery to la
bor to admiration for Jefferson Davis,
Good Farm For Sale.
I will sell my farm containing 121%
acres, to the highest bidder on November
15, 1911, at 11 o'clock, at mj
residence Terms of sale: One-third
cash, or to Buit purchaser; balance tc
be secured by mortgage of premise*
sold. J. B. OSWALD,
4wl Gilbert, S. C.
?r^f. - h i i 11 H - -
of Wagon Buyers is th;
is the Best and Most E
Every year aimost t\
| wag'ons are sold as any
People who Know
I wag'ons have been
B hnvino' "^tnrfo'hak'orc"
IA/ W4y w /
for nearly 60 years, ft
They re buying' more to- it
day than ever before. >
A S t u d e b aker * I
wag'on is bought somewhere
every two :
StudebaKer wag'ons
tremendous rate unless t
than other wagons. Let
it will put you under no oh
Gregory-Con*
COLUMBIv
OUR BIG SI
But we have Bargains Galore to offe
All of the Seasons Newest and Best
Millinery, Etc., is here. They are m
New goods are coming in every da:
P. H, STALLINGS, I
COST
We wish to announce
I Is to go at and below
, Sold. Come and see our
; Stock is broken.
Regular $1.00 Overalls an
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Regular 50c Overalls anc
Regular 10c Outings to go i
; Regular 8 l-3c Sheetings at
j Regular $4.00 Shoes at
1 Regular $3.00 Shoes at
J Regular $2.50 Shoes at
Regular $1.50 Shoes at
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vice as many Studebaker
other make. ,
minutes.
wouldn't sell at this 9
hey g'ave more value M
us tell you why?
ligations whatever. sSa^M
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Jer Mule Co.,
s. c.
r you in all manner of Merchaadise.
in Notions, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats,
arked at prices that will move them.
f. ome whether you buy or not.
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lew brooKiano, 5. u.
! .III. M IMIi ?P*g? .11 IHI.il f ? ! ?. MM III ?J1 ? ?.
Cost until entire stock is
many bargains before this
d Shirts at 80c.
i Shirts 40c.
it yard 8c.
the yard 6 l-2c.
$3.25.
$2.40.
$1.75.
$1.20.
greatly reduced prices. ^
T
et Bargains.
UTB. CAROLINA.
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