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I Or THE LES mm 0; IB mm mm club. Top Row Reading Lett to Right?George W. Tledman, Mayor 8?v?n"aK and Chairman Finance Committee; Harvey Granger, President; Arthur W. Solomon, Secretary. A. B. Moc;o, Member Exscutlvs Committee; Oliver T. Baoon, vice Preeident: Frank C. Battey. Chslrman Executive Commjttee._ FREE RUNS TO SAVANNAH RACES Will BE GIVEN Jackson Argus and Other Papers Get In the Game. Savannah.?As an evidence of the great amount of Interest being taken throughout the state in the com? ing Grand Prize, Vanderbilt and light car races at Savannah during Thanks? giving week, nothing is more convinc? ing than the action of a number of Georgia papers in promoting 'free runs" to the races. The Jackson Ar? gus was probably the first weekly pa per in the state to inaugurate these contests, under the conditions of which trips to the races are given in return for subscriptions, the per* sons sending in the largest number of subscriptions in each militia dis trict being awarded an automobile j trip to the races, with all expenses i paid. The arrangement has proven! a splendid thing for the publishers, j and will probably serve to increase j the attendance on the races. It 16 j certain that the crowds will be larger than ever before and that the events ; will be the greatest ever held in the history of automobile racing General view of the "start and finish" line at Savannah races. There is another grand stsnd, three times this Isrge. EXPECT TO LOWER All ' PREVIOUS WORLD RECORDS Races at Savannah Wfll Be Greatest in the World. Savannah, Ga.?Over seventeen miles of roadway, averaging from six ty to 125 feet in width, as level as one's hand, and thoroughly oiled re ? start to finish, the greatest racin drivers in the history of the world will pilot monster machines, especial? ly constructed at enormous expense, at Savannah on November 27 and 30. in four world famous races, two of which are the acknowledged blue rib bon events of automobiledom?these latter, the International Grand Prize Race and the Vanderbllt Cup tlace. Drivers of International fame have pronounced the Savannah course the finest in the world. Yei there are many people In the South Atlantic states who have never seen iL From all parts of the world people come to these races. It seems this time that the folks living right at Sevan nah's door have made up their irind? that they are not going to let another Convlcti working on the world famous course, where Grand Prize ana Vanderbilt Cup Races will re held November 27 and 30. WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS WILL BE AT SAVANNAH Never Before Has Such a Galaxy Been Gotten Together. Savannah, Ga.?Among the famous drivers who will pilot cars in the great Vanderbilt cup, international Grand Prize, Tl?ieman Trophy and 8avannah Challenge Trophy races, which will be held in Savannah No? vember 27 and 30, are Bruce-Brown, Burman, Wagner, Basle, Dawson, Hemery, Bragg, Grant, Mulford, De Palma, Tatzfeid, Hearn and a score of others. These drivers* are all world famous. Never before was such a galaxy of world famous driv? ers assembled in one place. The greatest rivalry exists and it Is known that these men will enter the races to win at all hazards. It is "do or die" with them, for the race will make ?ha driver and the manufacturer of the machine rich and world famous. No amount of money could purchase the prestige which winning these races will give the cars. The manu f et rer-5 have spent many thousand ;cliars building special cars and speed madnofll will be rampant in Savannah during the otherwise calm days of our Indir.r- su'rmer opportunity pass to witness these ex? citing, hair-raising events, and, re? membering the two Grand Prize races held in 1908 and 1910, when the win ners nosed out the next men by mere seconds in racos 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\mve her census taken during race week, she would be one of the 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 roptuation for efficiency 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 be continuously advised of the progress of the leading cars. There will be 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 33,000 persons ; there will be 150 boxes, each accora dating six persons, the price of which is $50 each. There will be over one hundred parking spaces. A ticket en? titling one to see the four races in a reserved seat costs $3; general admis sion tickets, entitling the holder to a seat on the general standa, 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, Georg*:, and Florida, who will attend the Vanderbilt Grand Prize and light car races at Savan? nah on November 27 and 30 will be considerably larger than ever before. This is attributable to the fact that such a large ntimber of cars have been sold during the past year and so many will motor to the races. The run to Charlotte also served to stim? ulate interest. For several days be? fore 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 t!.9 greatest automobile race event the world has ever kVnown, for the in? terest is not confined to the cities this time, as has been the case here? tofore. Savannah is preparing to cor? dially receive and entertain them. OcTAiLS FOR GREAT RACES AT SAVANNAH NOVEMBER 27-30, _ Length of Races, Prizes Offered and Genera' rovisions of Contests. Savannah, Ga.?The four great .aces which are to be run at Savan? nah 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 ap- , proximately 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 manufac? ture; first prize (in adidtion to gold cup valued at $5,000), $4,000; second prize, $2,u00; third prize, $1,000; in addition to which large cash prizes have been offered to machines using certain oil or mechanical contriv? ances, 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, Novem? ber 27; entrance fee, $500 for each car. The winner will be awarded the cup, $2,000 in cash and a special "do? nor's trophy" for permanent owner? ship. 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 eash; second prize $500; third prize $250; entrance fee, $230. The Tiedeman Trophy race; open to same class cars as Savannah Chal? lenge 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 ran 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. SAVANNAH PREPARING TO CARE FOR THE CROWDS Bureau Has Been Formed With Thli End in View. Savannah is making groat prepara? tions to take care of the crowds that will come to the races. Naturally the regular hotels and boarding houses could not possibly accommodate the hundreds of thousands who will be on hand, and the bureau of informa? tion for tho races has arranged a regular clearing house at which visit? ors can get all the information they want as to other accommodations. Kvery person in Savannah having spare rooms or other accommodations has been asked to communicate the information to the bureau, which is in charge of Mr. W. K. Finnegan, and ho has received word concerning thou? sands of rooms that will be available for strangers. No one need fear that ho will not he taken care of. In addi tion to these accommodations the railroads and steamship companies have arranged to park their shaping cars arid dock their vessels, so that many can occupy comfortable quar? ters there during the races. Special and private cars and steamship:; will he provided with all conveniences. Numerous special train will be run, nnd tin' railroads have made a half n>t?' for the occsilon. For coughing, dryness and U< k llng in ths throat, hoarseness and all coughs ;iTid colds, ?:?kr Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Com il is no opiates PM rfs Drug Store. ENORMOUS GASH PRIZES IN BIG SAVANNAH RACES Driver* of Big Cars That Win Wll' Be Made Rich. Savannah. Ga.?With $19,950 in cash already hung up as prize money for the winners of the automobile races in Savannah on November 27 and 30, and with the large majority of the tire concerns and accessory manufacturers not yet heard from, it appears that not oniy will the races I set up records fcr the annihilation of 1 distance, but will as well place new figures on prize money carried away by winning drivers. Recently the amounts were added to by offers from the Bosch Magneto company of $1,550 for the winners who are equipped with Bosch magnetos and by the Findelsen & Kropf Man? ufacturing company, makers of the Rayfleld carburetter of $2,500. These with the previous offer of the Remy Electric company of $4,250 to those winning with Remy magnetos and the offer of the Savannah Auto? mobile Club of $12,500 in gold to the winners of the events, make the to? tal, which will be greatly swelled when the other offers come in. The letter of the Findelsen & Kropf Manufacturing company is for the winner of the Grand Prize race $1,00(1, ; the winner of the Vanderbilt $500, second man in the Vanderbilt $200, | winner of the Savannah Challenge Trophy $250 and winner of the Tledo- 1 man Cup Race $250. I The offer of the Bosch Magneto company is $500, $200 and $100, re? spectively for first, second and third place in the Grand Prize; $200, $50, and $50 for first, second and third in the Vanderbilt; $100, $50 and $50 for ' the Tiedeman Trophy and the same for the Savannah Challenge Trophy. All these prizes are offered with the proviso that the winners must be equipped with the product of the com? pany offering the prize. The gold | prizes offered by the Savannah Au- ; tomoblle Club are without restriction to go to the winners. GEORGIA-AUBURN GAME AT SAVANNAH NOVEMBER 29 3reat Annual Football Game During Race Week, i Savannah, Ga.?In addition to the j Vanderbilt and Grand Prize Races at Savannah during Thanksgiving week and the big pourtry show that is to be pulled off, there is another stollar attraction in the shape of the great annual football game between Geor? gia and Auburn. These old time ri? vals will battle for the supremacy of the South at the Savannah Athletic park on Wednesday afternoon, No? vember 39, the day before the grand prize race. Tho teams weigh about the same and each has a remarkable record for the season and a notab'.o game is sure to be seen. Arrange? ments are also being made to have a big airship event and it Is certain that there will not be a dull moment in Savannah during the woek of the ] races There is r.lso to be a D. O. K. K. pdrade and special attractions will ho on at all of the theaters. GREAT RUSH FOR SEATS EOR BIG SAVANNAH RAGES Management Found It Necessary tc Build More Boxes. Savannah?With the first day that ocxes were put on salo for the Van? derbilt and grand prize races during , Thanksgiving week lifty-two boxes 1 were reserved. There was also a ; great rush for reserved seats, and the ? advance sale of these as well as the ' boxes was more than twice as great i on the first day of the saie ' than were the sales for the two i previous grand prize races, indlcat ! log that the races this year will be ; much more largely attended than the I previous ones. Mr. Harvey Granger, j president of the Savannah Automo ' bile Club, has charge of the sale of j boxes, u*Mhb< reservations should be made through Mr. S. K. Theus, chair? man, at Savannah. Every mail is heavy with requests for boxes and seats. The same prices as hereto? fore will prevail, viz.: Boxes $50 each and reserved seats $3 each, good for both days of tho racing. It has been found necessary to construct one hun , dred additional boxes, so great ha? been the demand for box seats. ROUND-THE-STATE TOUR WILL STOP AT SAVANNAH. Savannah, Ga?The 1911 Good Roads tour around Georgia will start November 22 from Atlanta and will terraiuate at Savannah for the Van? derbilt Cup and Grand IYize races, the world's biggest automobile events, on November 27 and 30, in addition to which Savannah has plan? ned a general gala week and will ac? cord tho tourists a hospitable wel come. It will *!->o afford ono an id?>el opportunity to we Georgia, trav? eling through much of Its richest ter? ritory, and over some of its best roads Some of the towns at which stops will be made have generously ?greed to entertain the tourists fr<M> of cost, so that tie- expense of the tour win b*' thereby considerably re? duced. Complete information as to ? r gulatlons and prizes will bei promptly and itladly furnished en ap? plication lo Fred Lewis, Becretarj for Tour \ri>iimi Georgia, Tho Oonstitu< ? wo, ttlnnta, Ge j A Cure for Meningitis, - At the annual conference of the Sanitary Officers of the State of New York, held In New York city last Friday, Dr. Simon Flexner. dire tot of the Rockefeller Institute for M- ?1 Ical Research, announced that as the r. suit of many experiments with se? rum, he was aide to say definitely that spinal meningitis could now be entirely controlled. This. he said, could be done by putting the serum in the oorebro-splnal membrane, thereby reaching tho seat of the dis? ease. Efforts to gel the serum Int., the blood of infected persons have, he said, met with continued failure. Dr. Flexner's announcement was made In the following words "It has taken a large sum of mon? ey and a long time to perfoct thi3 cure. This is tho first time I have announced it, as only very recently have I demonstrated to my own satis? faction that the serum I have prepar? ed will do what I claim for It. Influ? enza meningitis In the child, which has caused so many deaths and winch spreads so rapidly, will, with the ap? plication of this new form of treat ment that we have discovcied, be not one-tenth as dangerous as it was be- j fore the discovery of this new serum and method of treating such a dis? ease." This statement announces what is, undoubtedly, one of the most impor? tant medical discoveries of modem times. Meningitis has been a pecu? liarly baffling disease, and the mor-1 tality resulting from It has been very; high. Heretofore no method of con trolling its ravage has been known, and, because of its highly infectious nature, and Its rapid progress to death, It has been one of the most dreaded of affections. especially among children, who are peculiarly subject to it. Dr. Flexner's definite and specific declaration that the now treatment will make the danger of i the disease one-tenth of its former menace will give the most Intense I satisfaction. Tho meningitis serum should rank in its benefit to humanity with the diphtheria anti-toxin, which has practically robbed of its terrors a malady that was formerly the dread r>t every household.?Charleston Post. Potoali Find in America. i Washington Post. A discovery by the scientists of 'he i , department of agriculture that is ex? pected soon to bring about an annual saving to the country of about $12. 000,000 is announced by Secretary Wifcon. The Secretary states that several rich potash sources have been locat? ed in this country, and that he ex? pected that they will he yielding J enough potash soon to supply the needs of the nation. Heretofore. Secretary Wilson said. ! the country has been buying its pot fash from Germany, spending fur it about $12,500,000 annually. Recently an appropriation eras asked for to be used in the work of searching for potash deposits in this country. Only 'a few thousands dollars WSJ secured f >r the work, but the money was used to excellent advantage. I Secretary Wilson said that he is not yet ready to go into details ay to the mines. He said, however, that ? most of the deposits had been located in the West. j_ i \ Household Medicine That stops cougs quickly and cures iolds is Foley's Honey and Tar Com? pound. Mrs. Anna Polzer, 2526 Jef? ferson St., So. Omaha, Neb., says: ' "I can rcrommond Foiey's Honey and Tar Compound fti a sure cure for coughs and colda It cured my daugh? ter of a l>ad cold and my neighbor, Mrs. Benson, cured herself and her .whole family with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Everyone in our ! neighborhood speaks highly of it." Blbert's Drug Store. - It seems to be settled thai the Maine was blown up from outside but it Is not yet char whether this was merely the Spanish way of re? ceiving Fncle Sam's visitin*-; card, or whether some Cuban WSJ setting time'! clock along a little.?Green ! vllle NeWS. Don't wanto your money buying strengthening plasters. Chamberlain's 1 Liniment is cheaper and better. Dampen ? piece of flannel with it and bind It over fhe affected parts and It will relieve tho pain and soreness. For sale by all dealers. There is very little talk ai? ?ut mac? adam rads now-a-daya it has ben conclusively demonstrated that sand ami clay roads .ire cheaper and bet? ter.- -Torkvlllo Enquirer. ^a?eii Manj From Death. W. I., stock, of Mock. Ark., be? lieves Ii > has saved many liv?\s In htS 28 years of experience In the drug business. "What I always like to do,' he writes, "i* to recommend Dr. King's New Discovery for weak, sore 1 lungs, hard cohis. hoarseness, ob? stinate coughs, la grippe, croup, asthma or other nr< fichlal affection, for I feel sure that S n.'tuber of my neighbors are alive and we!! today I because they tons my advice to use if. i honestly helle** e Its the best throat and lung medicine that's made." Easy to prove he's right. Get i trial I- >ttl? free. (.r regular BOc or $1.00 bottle. Guaranteed by Sil ert's Drug Store. What are Soil Surveys Worth? I " A recent letter in a Southern news pa;?er, speaking of the T'nited States Government soil survey, says; "The survey, when made, will be an analysis of practically every soil in the county, and the farmer* will know exactly what their soil is lack? ing, so prepared fertilizers can be ap? plied without any waste whatever and better crops can be grown with less I xpense." Now, it will tell them nothing of the sort, for even if a chemical an? alysis vere made of every description of soil in the county, it would simp? ly show what is in the soil, but will tell the farmer nothing about its avail? ability. It may show that the most unproductive soil in the county has plenty of plant food in it locked up. Hut the soil surveyors will not make the analysis that the writer thinks. They will take samples of the various soils and will wash them out and find the different percentages of coarse sand or gravel, fine sand and silt and clay in each and will give each a fancy name from similar soils found in other localities, such as Cecil clay for the red clay of the Piedmont sec? tion, Iredell clay for a tough clay thay found in Iredell, Hagerston loam for the rich loam of that section, Nor? folk sandy loam for similar soils wherever found, and so on. They will tell you that Cecil clay is a good wheat soil, because in Cecil County, Maryland, it makes good wheat, and that Norfolk sandy loam is a good truck soil because the Norfolk grow? ers found it out before any soil sur? veyor saw it. The Bureau of Soils of the Department of Agriculture, in connection with the State Depart? ment of Agriculture has spent thous? ands of dollars In soil surveys in North Carolina, and so far as I have been able to observe, the only result is a series of parti-colored maps. If any farmer in the State has ever had a dollar's worth of benefit from the surveys, I hope he will hold up his hand.?Progressive Farmer. Is your husband cross? An irri? table, fault finding disposition la often due to a disordered stomach. A man with good digestion is nearly always geod natured. A great many have been permanently cured of stomach trouble by taking Chamberlain's Tab? lets. For sale by all dealers. It looks as If the Navy Depart? ment would have to get busy once m~>re at its regular stunt of pema nently abolishing hazing at Annapolis. ?Indianapolis News. "It is a pleasure to tell you that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is the best eolith medicine I have ever used," write* Mrs. Hugh Campbell, of I.avonia. Ga. "1 have used ft with all my children and the resultr have been hierhly satisfactory." Fo? sale by all dealers. HIDDEN DANGERS. Nature Gives Timely Warnings That No Sumter Citizen Can Afford to Ignore. DANGE IL SIGNAL NO 1 comes from the kidney secretions. They will warn you when the kidneys are aick. Well kidneys txcreate a clear, amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out a thin, pale and foamy, or thick, red, ill smelling urine, full If sediment and irregular of passage. DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 comes from the back. Back pains, dull and heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of sick kidneys and warn you of the danger of dropsy, diabetes and P.right's disease. Doan's Kidney P'Us arc for sick kidneys. Here's Sumter proof of their merits: William Yeadon. 27 Haynsworth street, Sumter. S. C, says: I am confident that Doan's Kidney Pills act just as represented and are worthy of endorsement. I have taken them for dull backache and trouble with the kidney secretions, getting my supply at China's Drug Store. I have always received most prompt relief and con? sequently I havo no hesitation In giv? ing this preparation my endorse? ment." T r s le >?y all dealers. Price 56 cents. r.'ster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Now York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's-?and take no other. No. 3 A Little Money Buys Beautiful Hand Painted China at This Store White we pride ourselves on the ( general quality and progressive BOSSJ of our stock, we are particul? arly proud of our Hand Painted China, We have hero the best that is painted. This china that we offer for your Inspection ts painted by artistic people; by peo? ple win know how and get paid for knowing how. This chin:, costs no more than the ordinary Hand Painted China. The nest time you are near our storo would Hke to ha\ ? you pay us a visit, W. A. THOMPSON, Jeweler and Optician. 6 S. Main Sr. Sui r,gS. C. i