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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,
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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,
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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.
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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.
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\ 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.
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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.
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