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OPTIMISM ABOUNDS ON AUTOMOBILE ROW; INCREASED SATES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS I — HARD WORK PANACEA FOR DULL BUSINESS, SAYS TOMMY MORRIS Talk of Business Depression Is An Illusion, He Says—Should Pay More Attention to Business and Less to Talk—Extolls Virtues of Paige Detroit Car Which He Represents Thomas Morris is now the sole owners of the Morris Auto aud Tire company, and will now begin an active sales campaign in behalf of the Premier and Paige motor cars, and incidently, the Ajax tires. Incidently, Mr. Morris received a new shipment of 1915 models from the Paige-Detroit factory and demonstrated yesterday just how easy running and durable this latest four cylinder low priced car is. The demonstration was made over the South Highlands, Glen Iris Park, Idlewild Circle and Norwood Boulevard. Throughout the ride the beauties of the residences and well kept grounds brought forth admiring comments and explaining fine points of an automobile was made quite easy under such propitious surroundings and excellent j*oa< Tom Morris Is well known In Birming ham. He Is one of the pioneers among the local automobile men and can sell you an automobile almost painlessly. Hs trundled out the following parcel of opti mistic paragraphs to a patient listener and never noticed the beautiful scenery. "This talk of hard times Is an Illu sion/’ began Thomas, talking like a finan cier, "and if people would stop talking of hard times and get to work this bug a-boo of business depression would soon be over. "At the present time people should Just buckle down and work a little harder so as to fool these calamity howlers. You can’t liven up business by stating to the world that times are dull and you fear the bankruptcy courts. It can't be done! 'When business gets dull with me I tAke ofT my coat, take in another notch In my belt and start in to work at a faster gait and the first thing I know the sales begin to pick up and the dull period Is over. It Is the same every where else. Dull times means lessened enorgy and with a little speeding up and everybody cheerful, business imme diately picks up. All you have to do Is stop talking of depression, the ter rible effects of the wfar, the mistakes of the democratic party, the woman suf frage question and get to work. That Is the point—get to work—put your shoulder to the w'heel and this phantdm of a panic will be obliterated. "Hard times, business depressions, cur tailing of credit, high interest by banks and advertisers cutting down their space ""•in the newspapers Irs all due to a ‘brain storm.’ peculiar to sliort-slghted business men at various periods. As soon as this species of individual gets his bearings and gives his attention to his business instead of worrying over the fact that a heavy rainstorm in Cochin, China, will hurt the silk worm Industry and the high tariff on ivory dominoes will discommode indoor sportsmen, he will realize that after all He has been eating mince pie late at night and has had a nightmare. All you have to do is to wakeup, roll over a fewr times and get up with a fighting spirit, a spirit to get business. Live a Life Worth Living Nerve-Racked, Weak-Willed, Run Down Men and Women, Find a Great Nerve Strengthener in Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers. 50c BOX FREE. Rome folks just exist, w-hen age grets a grip on them: others live, lux uriate and are Joyful. Kellogg's San itone Wafers will make you one of the glad ones—ambitious, full of vigor and strong-nerved as of old. All the doctors and rest-cures from and Your Spirit, a. They Should Be. Dan to Beershetm couldn't vitalize your played out nerves as will Kellogg's Sani tone Wafers. They dispel the brain fag and nervousness—the w'eak will, lassi tude and worry. They brace up men and w’omen who are sliding down the hill of life and fill them with courage, renewed nerve-health and hope. $1.00 a box at druggists. Send your name and address today with six cents in stamps to help pay postage and packing for a free 50c triul ._box of Kellogg’s Sanitone Wafers, to F. J. Kellogg Co., 27 Hoffmaster Block. Battle Creek. Mich. The regular $1 00 size of Kellogg’s Sanitone Wafters are for sale in Bir mingham at Adams Drug Co., 190] 2nd avenue, Averyt’s Chain of Drug Stores. 109-111 20th street; Dewberry Drug store, 2031 2nd avenue; Norton's Drug Store. 1930 2nd avenue; John I,. Parker. 1st avenue and 20th street; Patton-Pope • Drug Co., 300 N. 20th street: Gunn Drug Co.. 4th avenue and 20th street; Eugene Jacobs' Drug Store. J 904 2nd avenue. No free boxes from druggists. Your Printing By Mail Money 50 Calling Cardi.25 cent. 100 Business Cards.25 cent. 100 Note Heads .25 cent. 100 Envelopes.25 cent. 100 Better Heads.25 cent. First class work. Bend^money order. DIXIE PRESS, Vicksburg, Miss. R I CORD’S RESTORATIVE Price $’ At all <1 nutlets. Always on hand at Crntral Store, Collier's; Easley Store, Averyt's; North ft*r*iiii|h«ni Store. Madison’s Pharmacy; Pratt City Bl«rt, Phil lip*-Patterson Oruf Company. Xleatores Mva'a Vitality. \ THOMAS E. MORRIS, JR. Now sole owner of the Morris Auto and Tire company That applies to everything as well ns to selling automobiles.” “That’s all very interesting, but how about this Paige car? What kind of a 'bus is it” was an Interpolated question fired at Tntnmie, who had grown quite ent huaiastic over the business situation. "Why, this Paige car is one of the test low-priced machines on the mar ket. It's greatest selling points are dur ability and economy of operation. It does not perform miracles but it makes satisfied customers and that means more sales. The Paige company will manu facture and sell 18,000 automobiles the coming season.” "Well. Tom, now that you've got that rfY your chest you must feel better and also tired of demonstrating the excel lent points of this smooth-running auto mobile. Thorn Is no question but what It is R great value for the money.” This from Total's passenger as the trip ended at the Tutwiler. Thomas was willing to let it go at that and the conversation turned to "what nots'’ and the brief hunting season for "klllyloo” birds while refreshments were served. Highland Garage Sales ___ * The Highland Garage company reports the following Buick sales this week: One Buick 25. Miller Mercantile company, Hill man station; one Buiek 25, Joe Knapp, superintendent Stockham Pipe and Fit ting company; one Buick 65, Mr. Wood, Grasselli Chemical company. Mr. Wood went to the Buick factory at Flint, Mich., and drove his car through the country to Birmingham, covering over 1600 miles Mr. Wood is highly pleased with lilB Buiek “Six" and states that it performed beautiful!) on all sorts of roads which lie encountered. .Some hills seemed too steep for a goat to climb, but the Buiek treated them all alike. Squirrels Skip on High Wire There has been a crowd of Kensing tonians in Norris square, Diamond and Hancock streets, every day since it uas discovered a week ngo that the squirrels the Kensington Board of Trade put Into the open spare several years ago will perform Incredible climbing Amts for a nut, says the Phil adelphia Bulletin. The discovery was made by a young man who Bpends much of his time studying zoology, botany, and such things. He threw a nut to a squirrel In tile square, expecting to see it do the usual stunt, which is to carry it up a tree and hide It. Instead the lit tle animal skipped across the lawns and ascended a telegraph pole with lightning speed. JVhlle the naturalist looked on amazed, the busy little creature, hold ing the prized nut firmly, skipped lightly along the Insulated wiring to Hancock street. It then hopped to an other wire which leads to the roof of SI. Bonifacious Catholic church Running along the wire with the grace of the daintiest tipe rope walker, the little animal deposited the nut In a erevlc, near the roof of the edifice, and then returned to the square by the same route. The answer is that the squirrels do not trust their old hiding places In the park. They have evidently been robbed of some food they had worked labor iously for days to store up. At least, that Is the way the dopesters In the dally audience have it figured out. It would he a nutty sqtalrrel, they thlnlc that would risk Its life and dignity In such a manner just for a nut. The performances are held dally. A'! that Is necessary Is to give one of the little animals a nut and the show begins. The Recipe for Harmony From tho Washington Star. “You didn’t attend to any of those mat ters I mentioned when you left the house!’’ said Mrs. Crosslots. “I’ll do better next time. ‘Forgive and forcret,’ you know.” I “Yes. You’ll do the forgetting: and I’ll ” do the forgiving.** --- By RICHARD F. LDSSIER-■ | THE 1915 HUDSON “SIX” _____ MILADY AND THE MOTOR CAR Bradley J. Saunders is Ihe distributor for this type of automobile. Mr. Saunders states the present demand for Ilundson sixes is more than he can conveniently supply --------—-**ttitiim ELECTRIC DEVICES USEDGENERALLY Storage Battery Generator Ignition Now Standard Equipment A nnonueemcntM by various automo bile manufacturer* disclose the fact that, In virtually nil model* priced at or over, electrlenl device* for lighting, starting and ignition are non Mated »h Ntnndard equipment. In most cases these devices are built into tiie chassis of the car and are Inte gral parts of it. With but one or two ex ceptions, all large producers have used the presence of a modern electrical sys tem to do away with the magneto as a piece of needless duplication and com plexity. Exceptions to this rule are almost solely manufacturers listing cars at two prices— with and without complete electrical sys tems. Manufacturing efficiency In such a case demands the fitting of an electrical apparatus not an integral part of the chusis and therefore not adaptable to ig nition purposes. H. M. Joy, electrical engineer of the Studebaker corporation, points out the fact that manufacturers who install dupli cate electrical systems have almost al ways after a year of trial abandoned the magneto and gone over without reserva tion to a built-in system that performs all functions of electricity, including ignition. "That was virtually our Studebaker ex perience," continued Mr. Joy. "When we introduced the first electrical system into our cars we fully realized that the generator was, in effect, a magneto, but infinitely more versatile and of greater ca pacity as a source of current. We knew that the magneto added both weight and complexity, and used up a very consid erable amount of horse power In opera tion. But we were determined not to act radically. "One year's experience proved to us that the generator-storage battery sys tem was thoroughly equal to any added task we might impose on it. We adopted It as a built-in unit, added a distributor and discarded the magneto for all time. "Our confidence in our electrical system was amply made good. The storage bat tery and generator have given a ‘hotter' spark than we could ever secure through n magneto. Cold weather starting is im mensely facilitated, the starting spark coming direct from the powerful storage battery. At speed the generator fur nishes a spark as perfectly timed as the magneto ever did. "The'best proof of magneto-less ignition efficiency is afforded by our service de partment, which informs me that, from Postmaster at Cleveland to Inaugurate Scheme to Re- * duce Cost of Living With five new Overlaud delivery car* at hi» disposal, the postmaster of Clevelund, 0., Iius announced his In tention of putting Into effect a plan which will he a decided Innovation for Uncle Sam's postal department. The purpose is to make the parcel post an agency for greater service. Ail farmers living in the vicinity of Cleveland, who have butter, eggs and general produce for sale have been in vited to forward their names and ad- ; dresses to the postoffice. These names will be printed free by the govern ment and the list will be displayed in the federal building and substations throughout the city and in addition will be distributed direct to Cleve landers by mail carriers. The prospective consumers will com municate with the producers regarding prices, orders will be mailed and goods received within a day or two. Uncle Sam will make the collections when i his Overlands make the deliveries. The cars will not only deliver par- | cels but also will be used to bring out- j going parcels to the postoffice from stations in different sections of the city. A novel departure from the usual method of keeping up a delivery sys tem is that each of the drivers will bo required to pay for all repair work on his ear and to provide oil, gasoline, tiros and b\" any other expense nec essary to k< ^ » the vehicle in contin uous service. For this purpose, he will be given a fixed allowance annually. With n view to trying out this plan, cars of numerous different makes were closely examined in order to select the one which would be the most depend able and economical. It was only aft er most convincing demonstrations that the Overland was chosen. Looking Ahead From the Kansas City Journal. "My baby is very intelligent.” ‘‘How so?” “She keeps examining her toes.” “How does that denote precocity:” “Why, the intelligent child evidently realizes that one must have perfect toes if one proposes to tango creditably.” the thousands and thousands of Stude bakers cars in the hands of owners, there has not been a single source of complaint , regarding storage battery-generator igni-1 tion.” I NOVEL USES FOR Farmers Saw Wood, Pump Water and Put Maxwells to Other Uses With ltd ninny new features, the 1915 Maxwell touring ear had wo a ltd way Into the hrartd of thouaandn of Amer ican automobllldta, not only becauac of Ita beauty nnd mechanical perfection, but becauac of the many usea to which It can he put. Several farmers, owners of Maxwell touring ears, have converted their cars Into temporary stationary engines and (Continued on Page Seventeen! I OPTIMISTS AMONG | v AUTOMOBILE MEN BRADLEY J. SAUNDERS: ‘Busi ness was never better. I ex pect my allotment of Dodge cars very soon, and they will be the sensation of the local automobile mar ket. The Hudson’s arc going well, as these sturdy, six-cylinder machines are enjoying an excellent demand through put Alabama. The accessory business Is in line shape, and you can state that the automobile business Is not suffering from any depievsion. Charles Denegre of the Southern garage, distributors of the Packard automobile: “This talk of business de pression is all bosh. There la nothing to it. The automobile market lias not been effected at any time, and more motor cars—high-priced, standard ma chines—are being sold throughout the country now than at any previous time in the history of the industry. I am loking for a big season in Packards.” James McPherson, manager local branch of the Overland company: “There is absolute nothing doing in the depression line around this garage. The public knows the value of the Overland and while I don't know what the other fellows are doing 1 know that we are selling Overlands right along. The trade is especially brisk at the present time and business seems to be very good everywhere. I can see no hard times.” Hubert Drennen of the Drennen Motor company: “This week has shown great gains in business. The accessory sales a/id tire sales have picked up Wonderfully. As for the demand for Cadillacs, it has never fallen off and to tell the truth, I never heard ol this bug-a-boo of hard times and bus iness depression until a few days ago. Personally and in my business we know nothing about It as our books show increased receipts all the time.” Charles W. Tway, southern manager Haynes Automobile company: "Been all over the south in the past 15 days ai-d everything is moving along in good s; lope. Collections are good c seryv. here, and no hard times are no tief;• t>.e t) the naked eye, least of all to the automobile salesman, as more motor cars are being sent south this fall than at any other previous time." Ted -Brownell of the Brownell Motor company, distributers of the v. rid famous Ford car: "We can’t get enough Fords to distribute to our customers. That’s how this hard times talk has hit us. We are doing more business and better business than at this time last year. Collections are good and we are selling our cars just as fast as we can get them from the fac tory. Don't talk to me of business depression. There is nothing to it!" Gentry Elston, manager of tha Birmingham Motor company, dis tributers of the Hupmobile, Fed eral trucks, Pierce-Arrows: "Our auditor has given us a statement showing increased receipts during the past few’ weeks over the*same period last year. The demand for Hupmobiles is so great locally that we cannot supply it at the pres ent time und have to keep buyers w’alting from one to two weeks be fore a delivery can be made. Fed eral trucks are also being sold as < well as Pierce-Arrows, a very high priced machine. I know nothing of depression in business. It is all news to me.” CROSS. FEVERISH. S CHILDREN NED “CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS' A coated tongue means slug gish liver and bowels— Listen, mother! Vour child isn’t naturally cross and peevish. See If tongue is coated; this is a sure sign its little stomach, liver and bowels need a cleansing at once. When listless, pale, feverish, full of ccld, breath bad. throat sore, doesn’t eat, sleep or act naturally, has sour stomach, diarrhoea, remember a gentlo liver and bowel cleansing should al ways be the first treatment given. Nothing equals “California Syrio of Figs’’ for children’s ills. Give a tea spoonful and in just a few hours all the foul waste, sour bile and ferment* ing food, clogged in the bowels, passes out of the system and you have a well and playful child again. All children love this harmless fruit laxative and it never fails to effect a good “inside" cleansing. Directions for babies, chll* tlren of all ages and grown-ups ar* plainly on each bottle. Mother, keep it handy in your home. A Mt.tio given today saves a siok child tomorrow, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a 50 cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs.” Then look ana see that it is made by the “Cal-* ifornia Fig Syrup Company.” We mak* no cheaper size. Don’t be fooled. i j -—- ■■ 'I The New EIGHT CYLINDER Standard of Will Be Here