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TUESDAY, JULY 21
Changes Are Announced
J In Rogers Management
: MARKINC AN IMPORTANT STEP IN.THE EXPANSION OF
SOUTHERN „ GROCERY STORES, INC., operators of the Rogers
group of stores, the board of directors elected Scott W. Allen
(left) to the chairmanship of that body, while Arthur S. Bird
(right), widely known Southern Grocery executive and banker, was
named president to succeed Mr. Allen.
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From the Atlanta Constitution,
. Thursday, July 17 , 1830 .
- Announcement
was made Wed
nesday by the Southern Grocery
sj Stores. Inc., operators of the well
known Rogers chain, that Scott W.
Allen the had resigned as piesident of
organization of to become ehair
. man the board o£ directors, and
Arthur S. Bird, prominent financier
and businessman of Kansas Cily,
had been named as his successor.
Mr. Alleu has ueeu president and
general manager of the big grocery
organization tor many years. His
resignation was accepted at a meet
ing of the board of directors at the
general offices of the company on
* Whitehall street. Mr. Bird has neen
in Atlanta tor several days and has
already assumed bis duties as head
, of the enterprise.
Other othcers of the company
are;' Harold U. Rogers and l. n.
f "Moore, vice presidents; K. J. Hud
son, secretary and treasurer, anu K.
B. Jackson, assistant treasurer.
operators of more tnau 4U0 pure
toon stores and ISo maruets in me
southeast, me soutuern Grocery
■Stores, me., has ttu units in ai
| iauta ana city one or more oi in ueariy
•very or town any size in
the state. In addition to tuose mere
are about 80 stores in Bourn Caro
lina and between oO and so in .am
& Damn- in Georgia anu alaoama me
company operates under me name
*At Rogers, Inc., anu altnougu uper
| ' atiug under tile name oi southern
Grocery Stores, Inc., in south car
; olina, the stores mere are Known
as Rogers stores.
Began As Clerk.
FiR mure inan -u years Mr. At
: lr f-nas oeea me controlling uuu
aLuve neau ut mis growing group
« oi stores. He has ueeu Wilu me
rLompany for more man 80 years,
I beginning as a citrn in one u*. me
‘ few stores started i»y
me mie• t-.
VV. Rogers, when mi Rogers oieu
about 'jo years ago, air. Alien was
made vice presiueut and geneiai
manager. A lew yeajs later ne was
maun president has ut me company,
upon aU’. Alien lesteu a luigu
part ox the responsibility tor me
success 01 this group 01 stores.
Muen ot me uelaiis 01 upeiulion nus
fallen., to him and that wiui me
I Close coutinemeiH wmeu lesuiteu
was largely respousiuie tor uis teel
g ing that he needed reliei.
it was announced tuai Mi. Alien
would continue to occupy a very
active place in tlie inanagemem o.,
Rogers stores anu marsets as ctiau -
man of the uoara 01 uueciors. ms
mtentions are to take a rest and
vacation wnnin me nest iew weeas
sucli as he h&s not ueeu in a posi
tion to enjoy for many yeuis. ne
win taite up uis active uuties on re
el turning irom lus vacation.
I "1 leei that 1 need a good long
|F4ld Test,”’said Mr. Alien. Tor neatly
years 1 have been steadily eu
g gaged in the retail grocery uusi
f ness—iu all departments 01 it—anu
% wiule 1 have always nad the loy
ally and lull co-operation 01 inuse
il % associated with me, i uave uau to
assume much respousiomly anu
handle many details iu tue oinia
.Jj lug of our splendid business. 1 am
very much pleased that the Soum-
5 ern Grocery Stores, luc., is now lu
position where i can get wuat 1
r teel is a weU-deservbu and weil
barned lest and vacation.
Long Experience.
"Mr. Bird is a young man, full of
vigor and enthusiasm, and has uau,
eveu lor oue 01 his years, long anu
large expenei^e in chain grocery
merchandising. His coming into
our company is going to add' great
9 strength to us, and 1 leei periectiy
Ut ease in leaving my dess to lake
£ a heeded rust with Mr. Bird iu
charge ait its financial and other
afiuirs. Ml. Bird has already be
gun his new duties with the com
pany. and has made a very agree
able impression with all my asso
ciates and all the employes or uog
-dirs, Inc., with whom ha has come
f in contact."
The new piesident ot the organi
zation is himself a southerner, horu
111 Gainesville, Texas, nearly 35
years ago. Air. Bird believes uior
oughiy in the south, and feels cou
lideht unit the greatest expausiou
in the United States within the next
lew years will be ill the southern
^portion ot this country. He has al
himseit, he says, with the Hog
organization because It is a
southern orgauizatiou and because
61 his sincere belief in the great
future ot this section.
Although Mr. Bird has had large
experience in lines the in retail grocery and
pure food many cities ot
the had south and visited west and Atlanta northwest,
he never uutil
a few days ago. He expresses
t himself as greatly pleased with this
city. He complimented Atlanta on
Its great number of fine homes and
ita roaidentlah districts, and com
mented favorably upon the well
kept houses and lawns, even In the
midst of the dry weather Atlanta
has been experiencing.
.1 A “I believe that Atlanta has great
possibilities for growth, being not
1 j dependent jpon any one or two
sources of wealth, as Is the cast tn
v to many cities, but with the op
§ portunltjr, situated as It le. of de
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kind of industry in which any city
in the south is engaged, and of be
ing at the southern crossroads of
the vast district east of the Mis
sissippi,” said Mr. Bird.
Mr. Bird is married and has two
daughters, Betty Ann, aged 9, and j
Louise Stratton, aged 5. Mrs. Bird j
and daughters are in Europe at
present and will be abroad for sev
era! months.
Financial Success.
The new president of the South
ern Grocery Stores, Inc., has had
gathered into his nearly 35 y^ars
varied experiences in the mercan
tile and financial world that make
him large ideally and fitted growing for^president such of
a concern
as the Rogers group of stores This
wide experience and the financial
success that has been attained by
Mr Bird will be used to good ad
vantage, It is claimed by the di
rectors of this southern group of
stores, to bring about further en
largement and expansion.
After spending some five years
working for the Fort Worth Na
tional bank. Fort Worth, Texas, as
a young man, Mr. Bird decided to
accept a traveling position with
Procter & Gamble a few years ago,
but after a few months he became
connected with a new chain gro
r oery organization known as the
original Pigglv Wiggly group in
Memphis. He served with the Pig
gly Wiggly organization for a num
her of years and finally went to
Kansas City and opened 20 stores
in that c'tv.
Later he was transferred and pro
moted to the managership of north
Texas district, which included about
50 stores located in Dallas and Fort
Worth It was during this stay In
Dallas that Clarence Saunders
staged his spectacular fight in Wall
Street, and when Mr. Saunders of
fered the Kansas City unit of 20
Piggly Wiggly stores for sale, Mr.
Bird, using his credit, obtained
some financial assistance and pur
chased the Kansas City unit, re
turning there as president ot the
newly formed Piggly-Wiggly-Bird
Company. This was in June of 1-928.
Mr. Bird immediately began to im
prove the Piggly Wiggly stores and
added meat markets and other im
provements.
Expands Interests.
in the fall of 1927 he formed a
corporation known as Bird Groo^-y
Stores, Inc., and bought from his
one-time emplpyers, the Piggly
Wiggly Corporation, the Piggly
Wiggly stores in Dallas and Fort
Worth. Texas; Little Rock, Ark.;
Omaha. Neb,, and a large number
of Wiggly independently operated Piggly
stores located near Lincoln,
Neb, increasing the scope of his
operations to an aggregate of about
Iarge^uni["of 1 p'lggly* Ohio? wftgg^y . Stores 1 .
around Columbus, and two
units of similar stores in Michigan.
Shortly after, with his uncle, L. M.
Stratton, lie formed the Memphis
Piggly Wiggly Company, operating
about 60 stores and meat markets.
Thus he became the directiug
bead and was responsible (or the
operations of widely scattered
groups of stores located tin nine
states from the Great Lakes to the
Gulf He controlled approximately
400 stores, doing an annua) volume
of sales of $40,000,000.
■ He later sold his Ohio and Mich
igun Interests to the Kroger Gro
subsequent cery & Baking Company. In s
deal to the Kroger Com
smrk rff ?ho U M«i, M mP t m? c e f p!Ll lgEly e iv Ca t& Wig_ i l '; 1
gly Company fall'of
In the 1928 Bird Grocery
Stores, Inc., was merged with Safe
way Stores, Inc., the third largest
organization of chain groceries in
tiui United St&tes, Mr. Uird becom•
in the midwest and south.
He remaiued with Safpway until
July, 1929, when he resigned to en
EL. 1 ,*!! Investment Cl'tv banking & h«°U field,
of Kansas and’organized of whirh now
president, and be
came Inc, president of Bird's Drugs,
ating a nine new company already oper
City large drugstores in Kan
sas
Last bebruary he took a vacation
a? while s: prarsrsassas
he cruising on the Caribbean
sea, met members of financial
houses Interested In grocery chains
!i 0 1 n .’L. bu / ,lneM ln the 80Ut ? fa" 1
. # fat °u pon° y s* Vo
and er M r BI r (T return
Kansas City, he was Invited east to
confer with members of Investment
banking houses, and through them
met Scott W. Allen, and waa in
vlted to accept fir the J«d. presidency of
tha^company c^aln now falling
which he grocery store huaineaa In
pructlcalW has grows ud.
BASEBALL
STANDING
Southern League.
STANDINGS
CLUBS— Won. T «et Pet.
Memphis .. 66 32 .673
New Orleans 56 40 .538
Birmingham......51 45 .531
Atlanta .. ..50 47 .515
Little Rock . .. . 52 50' .510
Chattanooga . .. 45 53. .459
Nashville .. . .. 42 57 ,4?4
Mobile .. .. . .. 29 67 .302
---------YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
New Orleans 4; Nashville 2.
Biimingha. 9. Little Rock 9. 19
innings, t• game.'
TODAY’S GAMES
Atlanta at Memphis.
Birmingham at Little Rock.
Mobile at Chattanooga.
Nashville at New Orleans.
Sally League
STANDINGS
CLUBS— Won. Lost. Pet
Macon...... 15 5 .750
Charlotte .. . . 13 8 .619
Augusta .. . .10 9 526
Greenville .. .. . 10 11 476
Asheville .. ... 9 13 .409
Columbia .. . .. 4 15 .211
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Greenville 0; Columbia 9.
Aungusta 1; Macon 9.
Asheville 13; Charlotte 15.
TODAY’S GAMES
Asheville at Charlotte.
Greenville at Columbia.
Augusta at Macon.
American League
STANDINGS
CLUBS— Won. Lost. Pet.
Philadelphia . .62 31 .667
Washington .. . 57 34 626
New York .. 53 37 569
Cleveland .. . 46 46 .500
Detroit ..... . 44 50—A68
Chicago .. .. . ..35 54 .393
^t. Louis • . 35 56 .385
Boston..... 33 57 .367
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YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Boston 3; Chicago 1.
Washington 4; St. Louis 6.
New York 7; Cleveland 3.
Philadelphia 6; Detroit 7.
TODAY’S GAMES
Boston at Chicago.
Washington at St. Louis
Philadelphia at Detroit.
New York at Cleveland.
National League
STANDINGS
CLUBS— Won w ®! 1 - *£?*• Lost Vo/ Pel
Chicago........ 52 37 .584
Brooklyn........ 50 36 .581
New York........ 46 41 .529
St. Louts........ 45 41 .523
Pittsburgh ....... 41 45 477
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Gincinnau....... 40 4b .405
Philadelphia...... 30 52 .386
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Chicago 6; New York 0.
St. Louis 8-17; Brooklyn 9-10.
Pittsburgh 2; Philadelphia 7.
TODAY’S GAMES
Cincinnati at Boston.
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Chicago at New York
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Slaton Discusses
Leo Frank Case
GAINESVILLE, Ga„ July 21. —
Much favorable comment has arisen
i n Hall County following the speech
, , tormer „ Governor John . , M. Sla
ton, this week. For the first time
during the present senatorial cam
paign - Governor Slaton was asked
*he 1 e mientiAA- c l ucsll0, b,
"Whpt about the Frank Case?”
In reply Mr. Slaton said:
”i have neither regret to express
nor apology to offer. Imerelydis
char « ed the duty imposed upon me
by the constitution-and laws accord
in 8 to my honest opinion, and if I
had not done so I could not have
retained my self-respect nor have
been entitled to the respect of oth
ers.
"After the trial judge had rec
ommended to me commutation, on
the ground that he doubted Lee
Frank’s guilt, I could not arrogate
to myself that which belongs to
God. to look Into the heart of a
self-confessed and repeated Her and
tell when he was lying and when
speaking the truth.’’,
"There t £ no case known to me
where any pernor took upon hlm
self the responsibility of having a
man executed when the trial judge
urged commutation.”
“The circumstances were such
that guilt lay between Frank and
^ neifro ntuned Conlev Both of
^ the crime. • •
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"The prior character and reput
atlon of the negro. Conley, was ex*
tremely bnd. He was a'drunkard
o1 ' a law type who of
came
a vlc, °* ls ai ? d criminally inclined
family in Pike county. Conley Is
now serving a twenty-year sentence
for burglary, being caught red
handed In the act.”
addition ■jsrr^P? to Urmi the trial v.w r Judge Tri.i x * s “»* recoin- -
mendation for commutation, two
, Supreme Court Justices ui^ed a new
trial, two Justices of the United
nrl^Oh?.?' X Juatlce lleld thut
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Fra nk did not have a fair trial, and
J udge T. E Patterson of the Ocor
gia Prison Commission contended
Frank was Innocent ”
.. After the most careful and paln
slaking^ « e nce I examinations had so much of doubt all the of evl- the
guilt of Frank that I felt U my duty
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Engineers Assume New Role In Nation
By H. W. TURNER. Engineer
Wirfi Natural Gas Engineering Corporation
EDITOR GRIFFIN NEWS:
The Age oi Science, as the pre
sent age is some times called is be
coming a true age of science with
scientific men not merely contribut
ing radios, automobiles, air planes
and other pieces of mechanical , ,
vice s for developing power to it, but
beginning to assume a dominant
position in the cultural and politi
cal life of the times.
This is true in the opinion of
Lawrence W. Waiiace. who is ex
ecutive secretary for the American
Engineering Council and who has
just completed in collaboration
J. E. Hannum, a New York engine
er, a survey of "Engineers in
ican Life. His statement was
true when he said. Men oi
are assuming a dominant position in
American life by supplementing
with broad humanistic and schol
arly interest the technical geniu
responsibie for the ‘Machine Age
they are becoming a controlling
force in politics, finance and educa
tion.”
His views are supported by statis
tics to show that out of the 28,305
"Notable Living Men and Women
named in "Who s Who in America
30.4 per cent are men of
Included in this percentage there
are 2858 engineers and architects,
and among theses 2858 engineers
and architects there are ten gover
nors. thirteen members of Congress,
two members of the Cabinet and
the President of the United States.
Mr. Wallace attacks the view fre
quently expressed that scientific
men are cold-biooded and that they
are seeking to mechanize civilatton.
But, the findings of his surveys show
that engineers and architects are
versatile, not narrow; internation
ally, not provincially minded; lecd
ers, not followers; scholarly, not un
learned; cultured, not rude: hu
mane. not cruel;' lovers, not hateis
of mankind
Hope Fulfilled
The hope and promises once pic
tured for the engineering profa
iion are being fulfilled, for the in
dications are that men of science
are becoming the organizers of the
world in the interest of all man
kind.
However inspiring and satisfying
these indications may be. they should
not be permitted to flatter the van
ity of the members of the profes
sion, but rather to impart a feeling
of humility.
It must be remembered that the
Ideal of the engineering profession
is one which will approximate more
and more Just as it becomes, more
humanized and enlightened, The
challenge to the profession is to sup
ply a type of leaders who will be
sympathetic encouraging and stren
gthening.
Discussing further the engineers
to God and
the sentence.’’
"The path of duty Is not always
easy. If I had been willing to lis
ten to those who advised me to ploy
politics about this matter of life
and death I might have avoided pre
judice and enemies and misrepre
sentation. but I would have been
unworthy to stand before you and
look you ln the eye with a conscience
at rest as tonight.”
’’Immediately following Mr. Sla
ton's speech a large crowd of ad
mirers shook hands with the Sen -
atcrial candidate. One of the
(pectators was heard to remark "I
was not for Slaton until I heard hi-,
masterly the address. Any man "by who has
courage to stand his con
victions like Slaton did ln the Frank
case Is what I term a real man and
it Is the duty of every red-blooded
mgn and woman in Oeorgla to vote
for him for the United States Sen
ate,”
and architects listed in "Who’s
Who in America" the men studied
hold membership' in 1138 associa
tions. commissions, conferences and
the like, half of which are non
technical The activities of these
organizations touch practically ev
ery interest of mankind. They are
not . restricted geographically, but
are located in many parts of the
world. It is a fact that many of
the ills are frequently laid by critics
upon the doorsteps of the
But it is again important to rent
ember that up to the present
tifle men have been engaged in
in? inventions to the wor'd. The
trol and management oi them.
inventions have not strayed into
scientific hands. As Bertrand Rus
sell f am ous British philosopher has
ou , t hey frequently pasr in
the hands of the politicians. For
e xample, Dr. Burton E. Livingston.
) permanent secretary of the Amen
can Association for the
ment of science, once made
statement that science had pro
duced sufficient inventions to date
to uisur-e the happiness of every liv
ing person if these inventions were
put to their best possible Use. but
only too frequently, he charged, they
were put to their worst possible use.
| [ Dynamite for example. can be used
clear lands, make new habitations
for men out ot the winderness, and
spread civilization, but dynamite car
alro be used to wage wars, destroy
habitation and retard civilization.
It is a hopeful sign to see that
scientific men are beginning to
ize that their responsibilities to the
world do not cease with the produc
tion of new inventions. They
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LEGAL—1552,
Alvts T. Dozier vs. Mrs. Sallle
Wright Dozier, Joe Dozier. Elizabeth
Dozier, H. C. 'Dozier, Mrs. Surle
Dozier Coker and Cosby M. Dozier,
No 3378. In the Superior
of Spalding county, Oeorgia.
ber term 1930. Petition for equitable
relief
To Cosby M. Dozier, defendant
Yon are hereby commanded to
and appear at the next term of the
Superior Court of Spalding
ty. Oeorgia, to be held on the
Monday in October next and make
your answer In the above named
and stated case as required by the
order of said Court.
Witness the Honorable Win. F
H. Searcy, JrvJudge of the Superlo:
Court, this the 17th day of June
1930
F P LINDSEY
Clerk Superior Court Spalding
, County, oeorgia.
lend their brains also to the con
troll and management of them. That
is what the engineers of the Routt -
ern Natural Gas Corporation are en
deavoring to do in bringing natural
gas into >e Southern States, We
are trying to help the world to ad
just itself to new conditions which
new discoveries create.
The Natural Gas development is
now providing the "only noticable
activity” in the steel industry, due
to the many hundreds of miles of
pipe line now under construction and
the preliminary surveys which are
being made tor the construction of
new lines throughout the United
States. It is estimated that there
are now over 80.000 miles of natural
gas lines alone, costing over $2 -
i 000,000,000' _ in this country and 1930
will see $250,000,000 spent for addi
tional lines.
The question is frequently asked:
"How long will tho present supply
of gas last?” The geologists for ee -
tern bankers have made a thorough
survey and their findings show that
the present known supply of natu
ral gas will last from 75 to 150 ye n s
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Whit* the price of every
thing hoe gone tteadily “P. *5
the overuge price per unit
of electric eervice hue
shown u constantly down- /
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ward P. t>. trend ARKWRIGHT, \
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What
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census
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| F OR population has been
‘ years, moving
i toward the big cities, concentrating. A
i atudy of the movement, as shown by the
i census records, demonstrates that this flow
has been toward areas with dependable elec
tric service.
It is entirely natural that thrn should be
•o. Industry centers in such areas, and
there are payrolls. Workers are relieved
' from the pulling and lifting and hauling
• I where electricity does these tasks. Home
I life is finer and better and happier, because
electricity gives everyone more leisure, more
time to really live.
But the next ten years should witness a
j change in that movement in Georgia. For
electricity is flowing out to meet the country
boy. Beginning at the bsg cities it has been
j extended to the suburbs, to the smaller com
munities—and now the farms are beginning
Georgia
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COACH EXCUSION
FARES MINIMUM RATE
$ 1.00
One fare plus 10 per cent
limit of 15 days.
One fare plus 25 per cent
with limit of 30 days.
These tickets ore on eate each
Friday, Saturday and Sunday dur
ing July and August and will ap
ply to practically all points south
or, and including Washington,
Cincinnati. Louisville, Evansville
and St. Louis. Also aM points In
Florida and to Savannah.
Rate to Atlanta $1.70; to Macon
$7.40 for round trip.
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bottle of this richest malted milk. A deep
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Send ten cents today for sample and mixer.
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SACINK, WISCONSIN
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NOTICE!
I lie Municipal Pool will be open at the following hours:
6 A. M. to 11 A. M.
2 P. M. to 11 P. M.
each day through the week
On Sunday open at 2:30 P. M.
Closing at 10 P M.
E. P. BRIDGES, City Mgr.
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to get the benefit of this willing, tirekat
worker.
And as electricity comes in, opportunities
for better and more profitable farming in
crease—and men will remain where oppor
tunity is. Life m made pleasanter, and the
farm boy and girl will not need to move
to the city toenjoy the advantages they desire.
The electrification of Georgia’s farms is
necessarily a slow process. It requires
great investments to build lines out into the
country But iris being done!
It was not until July, 1928, thsf this Com.
pany’s first rural line was cut in. Today
lines are being pushed to completion which
will, very soon, bring electricity to a total of
over three thousand farm families.
Compared to the need, this total is not
impressive, But against the obstacles and
problems which had to be overcome_this
beginning foreshadows great
developments in tha next few
years. L
And when the next census
is taken .. . . it is reasonable
to believe we shall see that
electricity will have reversed
the man-movement and
it flowing back to the
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