The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 01, 1918, Image 5
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PERSONAL.
Ueut Walter Hristow. It. M C, of]
P ?Jreen. Is in the city for)
a visit cf Bevern I (lays to Dr. and Mrs
I /. ile. iron. I?r. Brlstow will
probably leave for France within the
next few week's.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sholar, of Wil?
mington, N. C nie visiting Mr. II
W Sho'ar, having stopped over on
their wi y to Camp Sevier.
Mm. U. B. YateH who has been the
Kuest of Mrs. W M. Folsom for sev
?ral days has returned to her home
at Andrews.
Mr ind Mrs. D. C. Stuckey, Mr
H R ('unnlmili.uii, Mr. II. S. Oun
rtnjfhau , editor of the leader anil
Vindicator, and Misses Lutte, Ixmlse
snd All ne Cunningham, of Bishop
ville> spent Thursday afternon in the
clly
Mr. Arthur Haynsworth, who has]
been on a visit to his parents return?
ed to hin post of duty at Beaufort. S.
C , where he Is detailed for recruiting
service fei the navy.
Mrs. W. B. Bums, Miss Lucy
B?HM a id James Burns left for
Greenville this morning where they
will be Joined by Miss Dorothy Burns,
to spend a few days with Mr. Hallett
Burns, u ho Is at Camp Sevier.
Mise Marian Satterwhlte, of Win?
throp College, is spending the week?
end in the city.
Mrs. H. M. Meadors, of Savannah,
Oa , is spending a few days in town
with relatives.
Mr. A. O. Sackmann, who has
been in the employ of the Sumter
Electrical Works for several months
has returned to Newark, N. J., to re?
sume a position with the Splltdorf
Manufacturing Co.
In S. H. Edmunds goes to Char?
leston tonight to deliver an address at
the Citadel tomorrow.
Messrs. Walker Frlerson and Wal?
ton McLeod of Lynchburg were In
town today.
Mr. Charley Mi i'.icw, of Raeford.
N. C. spent Sunday in town.
Mr. J. V. Morris spent Sunday in
Charleston with his brother, Mr. J.
C. Morris.
Miss Marie Rotholz left for Chicago
and other western cities on Saturday
night for a stay of a couple of weeks
The people of South Carolina are
Tn?re Interested in the big Issues of
the war than in factional politics and
at the club meetings Saturday gave
a cold shoulder to the anti-war and
ant!-administration propaganadlsts
who discounted the patriotism of the
people and attempted to ride Into of?
fice on anti-war Pro-German platform
The office hunters are finding out that
people will have none of the
scurvy tribe of un-American slackers]
who are not willing to flnht In de
fence of democracy ami the freedom
of humanity from the rule of the
Huns They are finding out that the
people do cue and care greatly what
kind of country their children will
have to live In hereafter. The poll
in who docs not care what hap
pens after he Is dead and unable to
hold office is not popular in Smith
Carolina with loyal American citizens
?and a Urge majority of our people
are descendants of ntl who followed
Sumter. Mirum and Plckens when
Bloodv B II CoaalBgh.ni>, the Tors
renegade, was butchering the non
combatants who fell into his hands
Bloody Bill w.is a tool of German
autocracy as then represented by
George HI. the German king of Eng
lend, and there are men In South
Carolina who would follow in the
footsteps of Bill if the Kaiser should
gala a foot hold in America When
yog hear a man say he does not care
What h U pens to South Carolina after
he la dead, you may set It down that
he Is out s lOgal American anil dOOSj
not know what real patriotism means
In the struggle for American free?
dom he would not have risked his all
to follow Sumter or Marlon He prob
ably would base r.een i hanger-on and
a eamp followed of Corwallls.
The speculative cotton market has
broken all to pieces, but there is no
i ush to sell spot cotton, nor has the
doth merket followed futurea The
mills have sold their output ahead on
a ha him of forty to fifty cent cotton
and ths piiees are holding tlrm.
Ifc*ath.
SSSSSMMBB
Mr Trabue Barksdale, a former
resident of Sumter. died yesterday. a'
Raleigh. N C The hod) will be
"ght here for get Of III Sil I and I fed
burial service will be held at tin
cemetery.
Ttiherculfed* < amp Fund
Richard I Manning.$ I"" 10
John Haynsworth .
F K Holman. 11.00
You Know the Terms
that 22,000 M?e Test?
Maxwell
Motor
Cars
5 P.m. Car ... $ 825
RouJster.825
5-Pass. Car with All
Weather Top . . 935
5- 1^83. Sedan . . 1275
6- Fats. Town Car 1275
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p<r gal'j? ? ?
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{wade un laat day of the test.
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9,67'j miltt
SUMTER MOTOR CO.
Sumter, S. C.
You know, of course, that the Maxwell Motor Car is the long distan e champion
of the world.
You have read that a "stock" Maxwell 5-passenger car ran for 44 days and
nights without stopping the motor.
And that, in the 44 days non-stop test, the Maxwell covered 22,022 miles, at
an average speed of 25 miles per hour.
But have you, up to now, realized the full significance of that performance?
Do you know that no other motor car in the world has ever equalled or even
approached that performance?
In a word, did you take this test seriously when you heard of it?
Or did you set it down as a "selling stunt" to give the publicity man something
to talk about?
It's worth your while to read and to study the conditions under which that test
was made.
You know that the American Automobile Association (familiarly known as the
? "A.A.A.") is the official arbiter of every automobile test and contest.
But perhaps you didn't know that when a maker places his product under A. A. A.
supervision he must do absolutely as told and abide by the decisions of the Board.
That's why there are so few A. A. A. Official Records!
This 22,000-mile Maxwell non-stop test was official from start to finish.
Therein lies its value to you.
It proves absolutely the ility of the car?of the very Maxwell you buy.
For verily this was a "stock" Maxwell. Listen:?
First: the inspectors disassembled the motor to see that no special pi: tons, valves,
bearing-metal or other parts had been used.
Every other unit was as critically inspected. Then the car was re-assembled
under their own supervision.
As we had much at stake and the test was made in winter (November 23 to
January S) we asked permission to take certain little precautions against acci?
dental stoppage.
Sounds reasonable, doesn't it?
But they refused permission to do any such thing.
For example:?They would not permit a rubber cover over the magneto?it
wasn't "stock."
They refused to let us tape the ignition wire terminals?they are not taped on
the Maxwells we sell?so or course it wasn't "stock."
Neither would they l?t us use a spiral coiled pipe in place of the usual straight
one from tank to ca/.>uretor to guard against a breakage from the constant,
unremitting vibration?it isn't "stock."
Nor to me a special high t riced foreign make of spark pi :.g?the run was made
on the same spark plugs toith which all Maxwells are equipped.
So rigid were the rules, we were unable to carry a spar?, tire on. the rear?it
wasn't "stock." A telegram to headquarters in New \ ytk finally brought a
special permit to carry a spare tire.
"It isn't stock!" "It isn't: stock!"
That was the laconic reply of those A. A.A. inspectors to every last suggestion that
called for anything but t he precise condition of the standarc I, stock model Maxwell
that any customer can buy from any one of 3000 dealers anywhere.
We are glad now ? mighty glad ? that the rules were so strict and so rigidly
enforced.
Any other car that ever attempts to equal that record must do it under official
supervision?and comply with the same terms.
And it will have to go some.
For Maxwell set the standard when it performed this wonderful feat.
Maxwell complied with those rules?and made good.
Every drop of gasoline and oil and water was measured out and poured in by
the inspectors themselves. They would not even let our man pour it in!
FJvcry four hours the car had to report at the official station for checking.
And it had to be there on the minute.
And every minute there was an inspector beside the driver on the front seat
two more men in the rear. One got out only to let another in?day and
night for 44 days and nights!
There was one technical stop.
It 19 interesting to know the circumstances.
Dead of night -a driving :;torm?a cloudburst?suddenly another car appeared
in the road ahead.
In his effort to avoid a collision the Maxwell driver stalled his motor.
At least the observers thought it stopped and so reported.
The car did not stop, however, so its momentum again started the motor (if it
had indeed stalled) when the clutch was let in.
The contest board exonerated our driver on grounds that his action was neces
saiy to save life.
That shows you how rigid were the rules how conscientiously applied by the
observers.
You who have owned and di iven motor cars?you who know how small a thing
may clog a carburetor or a feed pipe; "short" a spark or stall u motor?will
realize \"het a wonderfully well made car this must be to go threugh that test
linder those conditions?44 days?22,022 miles without stopping.
The exact amount of gasoline, of oil, of water used; the tire mileage, tire
troublt c, tire < hanges; the distance and the routes are matters of official record,
attested under oath and guaranteed by the A. A. A.
(By the way, the average was nearly 10,000 miles per tire.)
Any Maxwi 11 owner?or anyone interested may see those records.
And ht i *s the most wonderful part -though no attempt was or could be made
for economy; the Maxwell averaged 22 miles per gallon of gasoline
Some other car may, some time, equal some one of those performances. But to
equal them all in the same test- that car must be a Maxwell,