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KEEPING MACHINES
■SAVE VALUABLE TIME-
FIGURING
PREVENT^
PRICED AS
LOW AS *123
Charge mnt
Invoice* prove#
Hunting Down the High
Cost of Errors
It was die smallest kind of game that the Howell
Brothers, Richmond, Va., found when they had stalked
"the high cost of doing business” to its lair—nothing,
in fact, but the high cost of little errors.
The errors were picayune affairs—too small even to
hanre been suspected, but in the aggregate, they made a
good sized bag.
And it isn't mere coincidence that after these penny
and nickel errors had been smoked out of the business^
Howdl Brothers’ hardware store started a growth that
soon made it one of the most progressive businesses in
Richmond.
Hunting in the Breeding Ground
Uost of the errors were trailed to the'bookkeeping.
How easily mistakes creep into invoices and statements
—and slip through unnoticed, in many and many a
concern. *
If it is an overcharge—it means a disgruntled! cus
tomer—if an undercharge, a loss to the house.
In either case it costs real money.
Mistakes in accounts payable are just as expensive.
And don’t forget that errors in the books mean time
wasted in hunting for them—and a bookkeeper’s time
is money.
The Howell Brothers, having caught the errors, looked
for the cause, and came upon human fallibility. The
obvious remedy for human error was something that
wasn’t human, and couldn’t err-and naturally they
installed a Burroughs Figuring Machine.
Odaed Season on Errors
Error hunting is over now—there’s no more game.
Today, all figures are turned over to the Burroughs.
All invoices are checked when they come in and state
ments before they are mailed. The result—no more
apologizing to irate customers.
All accounts payable are checked before cheque is
mailed. Result—another source of leaks I
Postings are proved and trial balance made up go the
machine. Result—die bookkeeper spends his time oo
productive work—not errors
deposit slips—in short for all figuring where speed and
accuracy are desirable.
And Howell Brothers have found that in cutting down
the cost of errors, they have cut down the cost of doing
business* .
'98 Burroughs Models
There is a Burroughs for every business, large or smaU.
Consult your banker or telephone book for the address
of the nearest of the 170 offices maintained by the
Burroughs Adding Machine Company in the United
States and Canada.
Georgia for several years.
Already tho vast majority of stat t* -
have the indeterminate sentence, ai ' f
it was recommended to the Geor? 1
legislature as far back as 1914. T]
indeterminate sentence, simply lta
ed, is this:
In stead of sentencing a man to ti
penitentiary for ten years, a judg
baa the authority to send him up f 0
a minimum of five yean, with t>
privilege of a parole after servin
that length of time If his condu
msrita a parole recommendation
the penitentiary authorities.
This puts the prisoner on his met
tie to show his wrath, makes the ad.
ministration of penitentiaries easiei
for the authorities, and relieves th
pardon board and the governor of
great deal of work in connectioi i
with pardon and parole applications.
SOME RELIGION HERE
Atlanta, Ga.. July.—Rev. Franklin
Pierce, an Atlanta missionary re-| 1
turning from the orient, tells of a|
fellow- missionary shipwrecked on anl
island which he believed to be inhab-|f'
ited by cannibals. After hiding three *
days in terror of his life he was forc
ed by hunger to come out and brave
the perils unknown. Approaching a
hut where he saw smoke, he heard a
man bawl out: “Why in the hell did
you play that card?” Dropping on
his knees the missionary exclaimed™
“Thank God, they’re Christians and
not cannibals.”
YOU HIVE
KIDNEY TROUBLE'!
PEACH MOVEMENT IS
JUST ABOUT OVER
Atlanta, Ga., July.—The last of
Georgia’s poach crop is moving to
market this week, and in the history
of the peach orchard industry in this
state the season of 1917 will stand out ■
for many years, in all probability, as 1
one of them ost profitable %n record.!
With a short peach crop in Texas
and Arkansas, and with a highly ef
ficients istribution of the Georgia
crop to the very bestm arkets by the
Georgia Fruit Exchange, Georgia
growers haves old practically every
crate of the 4,000 carloads of peaches
at fancy prices.
Atiantians accustomed to receiving
crates of peaches from friends in the
great South Georgia peach paradise
have felt the effects of high prices
thin season as never before, since the
growers haves old a greater propor
tion than ever before and donated
fewer peaches to their friends.
The fruit exchange has carefully
handled shipments so that no market
was glutted and high prices were paid
for* every car, practically the whole
crop being purchased at the orchard.
STATE CAN’T PAY DEBTS
WITHOUT EQUALIZATION LAW
MERCHANTS CAN HELP
RELIEVE CAR SHORTAGE
A lull mul complete line of
Ciisketp, Coffins and llurinl- Robes
always ready for your inspection.
The exp.o’ifiK’.c of twenty years in
this line emddes us to offer unex
celled service.
X
J. P. Heard s Sons Company
Funeral Directors
Marble Vault, Furnished Upon Prapar Notice
—W— I———■
Atlanta, Ga., July.—Atlanta ship
pers and receivers of freight have un
dertaken systematically to co-ope
rate with the railroads In the conser
vation of the car supply, by prompt-
{ ly loading and unloading ears; by es
tablishing shipping dates for package
cars; by promptly taking ont bills of
lading for cars when loaded, and
promptly tutoring in order notify bills
of lading when shipments are receiv
ed; by notifying railroad agents
where cars should be placed in ad
vance of arrival, so that shipments
do not have to be delayed until con
signees notify the agents where un
loading will taka place; and by other
methods which have been worked out
by the traffic officials of the railroads.
As pointed out by railroad officials
of Atlanta, the physical plant, which
Atlanta, Ga„ July.—As the 1917
session of the Georgia Legislature
passes the half-way mark and heads
for the home stretch, it becomes more
apparent than ever before that the
state could not pay its bills without
the tax equalizatio^J^titwhich has
been so vigorouslyjHKed and crit
icised because it compelled the return
of property for taxation by owners
who had been in the habit of dodging
their taxes before the law was pass
ed.
If the state should ever go back to
the old system of “passing around the
hat" It would be necessary to cut
down pensions, cut down, common
school appropriations, cut down ap
propriations for higher education, cut
down appropriation! for agricultural
INDETERMINATE SENTENCES
MAY BE ESTABLISHED
SIGNS OF DANGER
Backache, dizziness and headache
with, “specks beore the eyes,” irregu
lar heart action and liver trouble
The severity of the early symptom:
dependent upon the amount of pois
ons which the kidneys have allows
to -remain in the system.
Symptoms
Aching pains over Hips, Backacht
Sediment or Deposit in Urine, Irrita
tiori of the Bladder, Pain in Urinat
ing, Rheumatism (uric acid in blood)
Sudden Stoppage of Urine, Highl
Colored or Milky White Urine, Pas
Blood or Mucus in Urine, Strainini
after Urinating. Thick or Sluggisl
Urine, Stone in the Bladder, Cystiti
(inflammation of bladder), Catarrl
of Bladder or Bowels, Puffiness un
der Eyes, Voracious Appetite, Thirst
Gall Stone, Gravel, Pain in Uretha
Swollen Ankles, Dimmed Virion
Specks before the Eyes, Scanty Urine
Frequent Calls, Mouth Dry, Billious
ness, Dribbling, Lumbago, Loss
Flesh, Weakness, Irregular Heart Ac-
’tion, Ulceration of the Bladder, Skin
Pale, Waxy, and Dry, Bad Odor of
Perspiration.
Simple Test For Kidney Disease
Fill a bottle with urine; let it
stand for twelve hours; if there is
pediment or cloudiness of any kind
you have kidney or bladder trouble,
and gou should begin taking Kidneco
treatment today. Don’t delay until
the disease is too for advanced.
Kidneco is put up in 25, 60c and
11.00 packages.
FREE KIDNECO COUPON
Atlanta, G*., July.—The indeter
minate sentence will be established in
Georgia if tho legislature follows out
the recommendation of- the State
Prison Commission in their report
which was recently submitted. It is
a reform which progressive judges
and lawyers as well as other students
of social conditions and criminal prac-
THIS COUPON with Ten cent*
in Silver forPostage, etc., en
titles the holder to one 25c
Package of Kidneco FREE
Address
Dept. M., The Kidneco Co.,
Boston, Mass.
For Sale By
T. L. ROBERTS
Pinshurst
work in the interest of the farmers.
The tax equalisation law haa in
creased Georgia’s taxable values
nearly $100,000,000 and haa saved
the state from hitting the financial
cocks.
That invisible property consisting
of notes, stocks sod bonds, cash in
manufactures transportation cannot thank and other personal property,
possibly be enlarged, and consequent-! will eventually he forced to beer its
ly the only method of increasing trans' Jus* proportion of the expense of
porta tion is by increasing the efficien- government is osablutely certain.
cy of the existing plant. The most
effective way to accomplish this much
dcrired and greatly needed increased
I efficiency is by gutting down the
: wasted space in railroad freight can.
though the day when a system of
stamp taxes will arrive is a matter of
uncertainty. Every year
the sentiment is growing in the legis
lature.
IT IS A GREAT SATISFACTION when you
need undertaking service'to be able *0 give it to
some one who is thoroughly reliable. CALL
L; F. RIDI.jEY