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“Bellefonte, Pa., 1 Pa., December 12, 1924.
POINTERS FOR DRIVERS
IN HILLY REGIONS,
The inexperienced driver arriving
for the first time in hilly regions is
prone to think that “putting the car
over the road” at a high speed covers
all the rules for demonstrating driv-
ing ability, in the opinion of J. B.
Dickson, maintenance manager of
Neel-Cadillac company. Good driv-
ing, with due regard for engine and
brakes, and conducive to long life of
the car, means much more, he con-
tends.
“When a car is pulling steadily up
‘hill it is natural for the driver to
think chiefly of the engine which is
performing the heroic task,” says Mr.
Dickson. “As it tops the summit and
begins the steep descentitis equally
natural for him to change his mental
picture and think only of the brakes.
So the instructed driver seeing ahead
of him a stretch of roadway sloping
downward, usually suits his muscular
movement to this mental shift and
transfers his foot from the accelera-
tor to the brake pedal.
“But, as most drivers know, and as
those who do not know should learn,
this is not always good driving nor
safe driving. Stopping a car on a 10
per cent. down grade at a given speed
is, of course, a greater load upon
brakes than stopping on a level at the
same speed. Yet in cars with ade-
quate braking systems, properly ad-
justed, it is not merely a question of
being able to stop. We are talking
about good driving, about using our
transportation unit with due regard
to long life and economical mainte-
nance.
“In using the automobile engine for
braking it should be clear that the
faster the engine is driven in rela-
tion to the speed of the car, the great-
er will be the resistance offered. On
gradual declines the resistance offered
by the engine when the transmission is
in high gear, or direct drive, may be
sufficient. On steeper grades it is
best to shift into intermediate gear
before beginning the descent. On
very steep mountain grades, on which
one should proceed slowly, it is advis-
able to shift even into low gear.
“In using the engine to assist the
brakes it is natural to think it will
help still further to switch off the ig-
nition. Inconsistent as the statement
may seem, this should not be done.
Even when the throttle is closed
enough fuel is admitted to the cylin-
ders to drive the engine at a speed of
about 300 revolutions per minute. If
this fuel is not burned: it condenses
on the cylinder wall and washes off
the oil by which the pistons are lu-
bricated. Also this condensed gas
works by the pistons and rings, get-
ting into the engine lubricant and di-
luting it in excess of normal dilution.
At the same time the power developed
by the burning of this small amount
of fuel is insignificant compared with
the power absorbed. Switching off
the ignition when coasting, with the
car driving the engine, does not ap-
preciably increase the resistance, and
is almost sure to have injurious re-
sults, even though the throttle may
be closed.
“If drvivers will learn these two les-
sons about driving in hilly regions, to
use the engine for braking purposes
but. not to turn off the switch, and to
sense the moment at which to shift
into lower gears, they will be reward-
ed by a better braking service, with
fewer brake adjustments and longer
life with better performance from the
engine. As a matter of safety on ex-
ceptionally steep grades it is wise to
stop the car and engage a lower gear-
ing to make the descent, which argu-
ment gets back to the elementary rule
of driving—‘When in doubt stop.””
Missed a Lot.
Mother (reprovingly)—“When I
was voung, girls never thought of do-
ng, the things they do today.”
Daughter—“Well, that’s why they
didn’t do them.”
——It's all here and it’s all true.
Buy at Home
We pay taxes here and con-
tribute to every public move-
ment. And we sell Groceries
that are as good as you can get
anywhere.
(ity Cash Grocery
In Ordering Bread
Don’t forget to enrich your table
with our other baked goods that
lend variety and deliciousness to
your meals at little expense.
BREAKFAST ROLLS CRULLERS
COFFEE RINGS CAKES
FANCY BUNS RAISEN BREAD
CURRANT BUNS PIES
They give you the same fod value
as our wholesome Bread
CITY BAKERY
GALAIDA’S
SANITARY
Fish anda Oyster Market
Bush Arcade—Both Phones
Fish, Oysters and Dressed
Poultry at All Times.
Bell Telephone 82 M
WINANS AAPA ANP
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Motor Cars
Graham Bros. Trucks
Hockman’s Garage
Dodge Bros.
...The...
Center Oil and Gas Co
Distributors of
$® Products
Bottorf Bros.
The EXIDE Battery
Service Station
Automobile Accessories,
Radios and Supplies
and
Electrical Contractors
Bottorf Bros.
Service Quality Courtesy
Bellefonte Motor Service Co
W. F. McCOY
General Repairs All Cars
Tires Tubes Accessories
“The MOON SIX”
HUPMOBILE
UNBREAKABLE
Can’t Break, Crack or Leak
A Le Boeuf Fountain Pen
is Guaranteed Unbreakable
Come in and Try to Break One
The Mott Drug Co
Hunter’s Book Store
All Standard Lines
Eaton’s and Craine’s Papers
Blair Tablets
Carter’s and Stafford’s Inks
Dennison Goods
Eversharp and Conklin Pencils
Conklin and Moore Pens
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IT'S REAL SATISFACTION B
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UU EA ASA ANS AAAS
ENP Ow
We Invite you to drive it S
over any Mountain you suggest.
PENN STATE AUTO CO.
DON'T BUY FROM
The
Potter-Hoy Hdw. Co.
Unless you want Real Quality
and Satisfaction for Your
Money.
| Before You Buy
Any LUMBER, FLOORING,
FINISH, SASH, DOORS,
MILL WORK
Get Shope’s Prices
Bell 46 W United
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Bellefonte Lumber Co
MILL WORK SHINGLES
BUILDING SUPPLIES
ROUGH LUMBER LATH
Bellefonte Lumber Co
Enduring Gifts
Quality Furniture...
Showing the largest Lines of
Exclusive trade-marked Furni-
ture in Centre County
W. R. BRACHBILL
Spring St. Bellefonte, Pa.
They Say they Know—that
The Variety Shop
China and Toy Departments
are the Best in Centre County.
Kom and C what U think.
G. R. SPIGELMYER & CO.
M. R. JOHNSON
Marble and Granite
CEMETERY WORK
of every description
Before You Vote
BE SURE TO READ THIS
We have nominated as our
leaders the
MODERN GLENWOOD STOVE
W. W. Lawrence & Co’s
READY MIXED PAINTS, Val-
spar Varnishes, Enamels and
Stains,
H. P. SCHAEFFER, Hardware
Put dS AAS AAS
COAL!
Our careful selection has ena-
bled us to sell and deliver at
any time the Best Grade of Coal
mined in Centre county.
Centre Co. Fuel & B’ldg Sup. Co
NATHAN KOFMAN, Prop.
ld EAA AIT
Knisely’s Market
Clean and Up-to-Date
FISH OYSTERS
BUTTER EGGS
SMOKED MEATS
West High Street
Lyon & Co Lyon & Co
We specialize in Ladies, Misses
and Children’s Ready-tc Wear
Come and see our Blankets and
Comfortables
Visit our store before you do
your Winter buying. It will be
a Big Saving to you.
LYON & CO.
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Bellefonte Filling Station
and Rest Room
A Service Station for Impatient
Motorists
GREASES OILS GAS
Confectionery Tobacco
0il Changed Free
FRANK SASSERMAN, Prop.
Russ-Bell’s
Sodas, Ice Cream, Candy
Martha Washington
CANDIES
Old Time Home Made
Only a Few
Christmas ure
Watch Casebeer’s Windows
For Suggestions
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C. D. CASEBEER
Jeweler and Optometrist
PU EE PASI
MANY STILL LOVE
T0 RE HUMBUGGED
Seem Not to Mind Having “Some-
thing Put Over” on Them the
Least Bit.
PINK PAJAMAS FOR SHIRY
Mail Order Houses Find It Easy tc
Make Substitutions Becaus: of
the Cost of Making
Exchanges.
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It was a famous American showmar
who declared that the American people
love to be humbugged. That saying is
many years old now but sometimes it
seems that there is about as much
truth in it now as there was when if
was first uttered.
People as a rule do not like the ides
of having “something put over” on
them, but from the way in which the
great mail order houses in the big
cities flourish it seems that a greal
many people do not mind it a bit.
The business man who, when he gets
a call for an article which he has not
in stock, attempts to substitute some
other article of a similar nature with
out telling the buyer of the substitu
tion, is “putting something over” on
his customer. Few retail merchants
nowadays attempt to do a thing of thal
kind. The great majority of merchants
do not do this for two reasons. One
reason is that they wouldn’t do it i
they could and the other is that they
couldn’t do it if they would. The mar
who buys an article over the counter
and sees what he is buying before he
pays for it, is pretty sure te get wha
he wants.
Ordered Shirt, Got Pajamas.
But there is another class of mer
chants, of which the same thing can
not be said. A man who has been close:
ly connected with some of the big mail
order houses is authority for the state
ment that the heads of the various
merchandise departments of many
mail order houses have standing orders
to substitute with the nearest thing
they have if the articles ordered are
not in stock and available for delivery
It is related that in one instance as 8
result of these instructions, a man whe
ordered a dress shirt from a mail order
house received a pair of pink pajamas
instead.
It is easy for the mail order house t.
get away with this substitution of an
other article for the one. that is or
dered for the reason that to exchange
an article received from a catalogue
house is a costly undertaking.
Exchanges Are Costly.
If a mail order buyer is disappoinuv
ed in his purchase, as he is very apt tc
be when he compares the article upor
its arrival with the picture and flowery
description which appeared in the
catalogue, the wisest plan is to take
what he gets and make the best of if
for every time he sends an article back
to be exchanged, he is piling up the ex:
press or freight charges and even if
the article is exchanged as requested
the buyer is not apt to fare much bet:
ter on the second attempt.
The mail order houses are we.
aware of the fact that the majority of
their customers will not go to the trou:
ble and expense of returning an ar
ticle if it does not come up to their
expectations and as a result they can
work the substitution game to their
hearts’ content.
The home merchant, however, can
not do business in this way and, as has
been said, the majority of them would
not do it if they could. The home mer-
chant, if he has not the article called
for, may offer another with the expla-
nation that it is of the same quality
as the one for which the customer
asked. Good merchants nowadays even
‘hesitate to offer something “just as
good” to the customer especially when
the article called for is one that has
become well-known and popular
through the advertising done by the
manufacturer, but to attempt to make
a soabstitution without the knowledge
or consent of the customer! Well, it
isn’t being done by the local merchants
today.
Substitution Made Easy.
Substitution is made easy for the
mail order houses, also, by the fact
that they do not sell much of what is
known as “advertised” goods—that is,
goods that have been thoroughly ad-
vertised by the manufacturers and
have become nationally known through
such advertising. A large part of the
merchandise which the mail order
houses sell purports to be manufac-
tured by them—although in most cases
little of it is made in their own plants.
Much of this merchandise bears only
the name of the mail order house and
it is easy to substitute one article for
another without the customer being
any the wiser.
The methods of the home merchant
aaturally are different. With the great
development of advertising in recent
years much of the merchandise carried
by the retail merchant is “advertised”
goods. These goods are of familiar
brands, the names of which have been
made famous by the national advertis-
ing of the makers. This advertising is
a distinct protection to the buyer for
the latter knows when he goes into his
local store and asks for an article of
this kind that he will get just what he
asks for if the merchant has it in
stock and that he will be told if the
article is not in stock. There is abso-
lately no opportunity for the merchant
to “put one over” on him, even if the
merchant had the inclination to do 0.
The Best at Less
Pianos Radios
Phonographs
HARTER’S MUSIC STORE
18 N. Allegheny St.
Alcohol
Are you going to take a chance
with your
RADIATOR
Let us fix it so You will be
Safe
S. H. POORMAN’S GARAGE
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Your Satisfaction
IS OUR RECORD FOR SERVICE
That Good (j{J] I _Gasoine
on the edge of town, on the State
College road.
EDGEFONT FILLING STATION
and REST ROOM
BOND C. WHITE, Prop.
The Scenic
Moose Temple Theatre
PICTURES
SHOWS
(oo
Have You Been
getting everything that’s com-
ing to you when buying groceries
We give you Service and Good
Groceries at Right Prices
THOMAS S. HAZEL
DEALER IN
Staple and Fancy Groceries
$1.75 $1.75
Ladies’ Silk Hose
(Guaranteed)
We will give a new pair free
for any pair that shows a run-
ner in the leg or a hole in the
heel or toe.
Yeager’s Shoe Store
BEEZERS GARAGE
STUDEBAKER
International Trucks
See the “Duplex” Car
GEO. A. BEEZER
G. F. Musser Co
WHOLESALE GROCERS
FRANK M. MAYER
Manufacturer of
Snow-flake and White-lily
FLOUR
We carry a large stock of All
Kinds of Feed in both our Mills.
We are always in the market for
‘Grain.
Bellefonte Mill Roopsburg Mill
Was Never in Business
in Any Other Town
Wion Garage
New Location...W. Bishop St.
BELLEFONTE
We are fully equipped to meet
your every requirement
for your Holiday
OUAANANI IAIN
Shopping
Handkerchiefs 10c to 50c
Neckwear 50c to $1.50
Gloves 25¢ to $3.50
Hosiery 25¢ to $1.50
Shoes $2.50 to $10.00
Hats $1.50 to $5.00
Bath-Robes $2.75 to $8.50
Kimonas $1.50 to $10.00
Slippers $1.00 to $2.50
Cohen & Co.
Department Store
The Best Place to Trade Anyway
1;
Montgomery & Co
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Genuine
ENGLISH BROAD CLOTH
SHIRTS
Specially Priced
$2.45
Blue — Tan — White — Gray
RRIF T0000 DT STP Se A A
The Real
Coaster Wagon
“The Premax”
The best built wagon we
know of.
Just an ideal X-mas gift
for the Boy.
Olewine’s Hardware
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The Talk of the Town!
Selby’s and Just Wrights
Arch Support Shoes
FOR MEN AND WOMEN
Mingle’s Shoe Store
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WOU ANIA API SR
KISsel's Meat Market
is in on the Buy at Home Cam-
paign because it offers such
Choice Meats at the Right
Prices that there is no reason
for anybody buying elsewhere.
Fruits Vegetables
EVERYTHING IN SEASON
EVERYTHING OF THE BEST
Carpeneto’s
Buy In Genre Gounty
Buy from whom you please
BUT
Buy in Centre County
Hazel & Company
eese T H E eco
Bon Mot
EVERYTHING THAT
IT’S NAME IMPLIES
Schlow’s Quality Shop
Offers you Many Opportunities
in Quality and Service
that you can’t get by
buying abroad