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VOL. XXVII.
AGAINST TAXATION
OF FARM PRODUCTS
Gathering of Farmers Resolve to Memorialize the
Legislature dertain Measures.
The meeting of the state officers of
the Georgia division of the Farmers’
Union, the members of the state ex
cutive committee, the directors of
the phosphate and implement plants
which has been in session at the
Williams house oir South Forsyth
street, has adjourned, after compler
ting ali the reports which will be
presented to the state convention of
the union, which is to be held in
Macon July 18, 19 and 20.
Before adjournment the following
resolutions having for its purpose
the exemption from taxation of pro
duce in the hands of producer for
one year after harvest was introduced
by Col. W. L. Peek, of Rockdale
county, and unanimously passed:
Whereas under a statute of the
state of Georgia, farmers are com
pelled to give in their cotton for tax
atiou before the crop can Le marke
ted, or even ginning is finished, and,
Whereas, on the fourth day of
March last, we were compelled as
farmers and taxpayers to give in for
taxation all cotton on hand for sale.
The report of the United States
government showed on the twentieth
of said month that there were twenty
two thousand bales of Georgia crop
still unginned and subject to taxa
tion, besides what was then in the
hands of the farmers already ginned,
which we believe caused many bales
to be put on the market when the
price was below the cost of produc
tion, and
Whereas, at the same time farmers
were paying taxes on their lands,
stocks, wagons and other plantation
tools, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the representa
tives of the Farmers Educational
and Co-operative Union, respectfully
ask the legislature which convenes
on the twenty-fourth instant to pass
a bill exempting from taxation all
agricultural products in tne hands of
producers one year after harvest.
COTTON WAREHOUSES.
The following resolution was also
introduced by Colonel Peck and pas
sed, and has for its purpose the le
galizing of cotton warehouses and
the issuance of interest-bearing notes
on cotton stored in said warehouses:
Whereas, That it is a recognized
fact that when cotton is put upon
the market in the fall of the year,
that farmers are often forced to sell
at a price below the cost of produc
tion, and that the law of “supply
and demand’’ cuts no figure in the
sale thereof, and men of means take
the advantage of farmers, and that
the farmers are unable to obtain
loans to pay their taxes and other
pressing obligations and that money
is the lifeblood of a state or nation,
and when congested or controlled by
a few, others become weak and un
able to live as was intended by the
founders of the state, and that it is
unfair to give the non producing
classes a monopoly on the dispens
ing of money the circulating medium
of this land and country, to the im
proverishing of the producers of all
wealth, and
Whereas, it is an indisputable
fact that the life of cotton well cared
for is almost that of a human being,
that it is medium of circulation; that
it is the best collateral and as readily
converted into actual cash as almost
anything known to the commercial
world; in fact, it demands gold in
every civilized country in the world;
is the largest factor in national and
international commerce of any ar
ticle produced from God’s earth, and
on it the south bases all its business
operations and good prices, for the
staple is the only rock on which the
prosperity of the farmers rest.
When the farmers prosper all
other classes prosper. To put the
crop all on the market in two or
three months means ruin to the
farmers; therefore be it
Resolved, That we the representa
tives of the Farmers’ Educational
and Co-operative Union, most re
spectfully memoralize the legislature
that meets on the twenty-fourth of
this month to pass a bill legalizing
bonded cotton warehouses that they
may issue interest-bearing notes at
a small rate of interest on cotton
stored in said warehouses that said
notes be receivable for all taxes due
said state of Georgia.
A resolution was also interoduced
by Colonel Peek authorizing the ap
pointment of a committee of three
whose duty it will be to present the
foregoing resolutions to Governor
Smith and request him to call the
attention of the general assembly to
the matters contained therein. The
resolution also requests the press of
the state to publish the resolutions.
Chairman Duckworth named as
the committee to see Governor Smith
W. L. Peek, of Rockdale; J. G. Eu
banks, of Union City, and George F.
Hunnicutt, of Atlanta.
BARN BURNED.
Mr. John C. McTier Loses Largely From
Fire Caused By Lightning.
The barn of Mr. John C. McTier,
at Cassville, was struck by lightning,
caught fire from the lightning and
was burned up last Monday after
noon. A terrific electric storm visited
the Cassville locality as well as a
number of other sections of the
county that afternoon. The barn,
when it was struck, seemed to be en
veloped in a sheet of flame almost
instantly. Any effort to save the
structure would have been absolutely
futile.
None of the contents of the barn
were saved. Mr. McTier had his en
tire wheat crop in the barn, besides a
great quantity of forage and other
feed stuff and it was all consumed.
The Cartersville News
BRYANT T. LEEKE.
Tribute to Worthy Citizen of Bartow
Lately Passed Away.
In the death of Bryant T. Leeke
Bartow county lost one of her best
citizens. He was born at Laurense
court house, S. C. Feberuary 19th
1828. He was married to Miss Mar
tha E. Cook, of South Carolina, in
the year 1847, and shortly thereafter,
in the year 1850, he moved to Georgia
settling Jn Bartow county. From
1850 until his death, May 21, 1908, he
resided on his large plantation in the
Seventeenth district.
He was a devoted member of the
Methodist church, having joined
when quite a young man. He was
also a member of the Masonic Fra
ternefy, taking a keen interest in all
things which tended to advance the
cause of Masonry.
Mr. Leeke was an extensive plainter
and his life was mainly given to the
farm and its pursuits. His commo
dious country home was noted for
its warm hospitality and his spendid
entertainments will linger in the
memory of those who were fortunate
enough to share in the generous
hospitality of his home. Mr. Leeke
was one of those rare characters
who made the farm and the farm
life attractive and pleasant, lending
it a charm all its own.
Mr. Leeke was a gentleman of the
old school. Shams and frivolities
were foreign to his nature. His
plain honesty and uncompromising
courage were a part of him and in
his lile he exemplified the virtues
and the characteristics of the south
ern gentleman before the war. He
represented a type which is fast pas
sing away and it is probable that
this country will never again produce
the equal of his generation in point
of rugged manhood and intense
patriotism. He witnessed the
making of the brighest, most heroic
pages in southern history and in his
day and generation soutnern chivalry
was synonymsus with southern
breeding.
Though a native of South Carolina
Mr. Leeke was a loyal citizen of
Georgia and loved his adopted home
with patriotic devotion. He served
his state in the Civil war as a Con
federate soldier and did gallant
service.
His familiar figure and cheerful
disposition will be missed in his
community. By nature he was an
optimist and constantly looked on
tne bright side of life. His jolly,
cheerful disposition made him friends
wherever he went. He allowed no
one to stand in his sunshine and his
ringing laugh had in it ail the ele
ments of good cheer.
He servied the Euharlee district a§
J ustice of the Peace for years and he
was known throughout the commu
nity as “Squire Leeke.” His knowl
edge of the law gained in this way
was remaikable. His neighbors con
stantly sought him for advice on
legal questions and his practical
judgment rarely led him astray.
Mr. Leeke lived to the ripe old age
of eighty. His past few years were
moved with much suffering, but his
remarkably strong constitution with
stood for a long time the inroads of
disease. His body sleeps in the
cemetery at Euhaalee.
Mr. Leeke is survived by eight
children: Messrs. Walter and Joseph
Leeke, of Mississippi, Mrs. C. H.
Cunyus, of Rome,Mr. Annie Faulkner
of Alabama; Mrs. Lou Dent, Mrs. S.
T. Burns, Messrs. C. T. and Alex
Leeke, of Taylorsville.
DAVITTE CRAWFORD.
Bartow County Young Man Weds Polk
County Young Woman.
A wedding of unusual loveliness
was that of Miss Nan Davitte and
Mr. Tom Crawford, Wednesday af
ternoon at 7 at the home of
the bride near Rockmart, Rev. G. F.
Venable officiating.
The home was beautifully decora
ted for the occasion.
Mendelssohn s wedding march was
rendered by Mrs. Robert Hubbard.
The attendants were Miss Pearl
Davitte, sister of the bride, as maid
of honor, and Mr. Crawford the
groom’s brother as best man. The
bride was unusually beautiful in her
wedding gown of white messalin
trimmed in real lace. She carried
bride roses and wore a wreath of lil
lies of the valley in her hair.
The maid of honor was lovely in
white and carried a large boquet of
carnations.
An elegant reception followed the
ceremony, the color scheme of yellow
and white being carried out in every
derail.
Quite a number of friends and rel
atives were present.
Miss Davitte was one of Rockmart’s
most charming young women, and
Mr. Crawford is a highly esteemed
young man of Cassville, Georgia.
Immediately after the reception
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford left for Rome.
The bride’s going away gown was
of blue voil with hat to match.—
Rockmart Courier.
Alex. Akerman.
Hon. Alexander Akerman, of Ma
con, who is a delegate to the national
Republican 'convention from Geor
gia. is a member of the committee on
credentials, being appointed by
Chairman Burrows. Mr. Akerman’s
friends in Macon are pleased at the
honor conferred upon him.—Macon
News.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1938.
SOME FINE BASE BALL
Cartersville Plays a Series
With East Point.
Some of the Best Playing Ever Seen on
the Cartersville Diamond
This Week.
Cartersville has been enjoying some
fine baseball this week. The East
point team, which had just played a
series of games with the Cedartown
club, came over Monday to engage
our hoys for a series of three games
this week. The first game was pulled
off Monday afternoon and was one of
the finest ever seen on the Carters
ville diamond. The East Point boys
are an all around good set of players,
strong at every point, well practiced
together and play with spirit and
confidence at ali stages of the game.
They made a stout proposition for
Cartersville to encounter, but with
their usual pluck our bovs nerved
themselves for the combat.
In the game Monday afternoon
Richards and Phillips composed the
battery for Cartersville and Klin**
and Huddleston for the visitors aod
it was a battle royal between the bat
teries with good support given them
by both the teams. Innings were
played, first one, two, three, four,
five, six, and on up to nine with
nothing but an overflowing nest of
goose-eggs and when the regulation
number of innings had ended and
never a score either side, the
spectators just about came to the
conclusion that they had witnessed
about the finest game ever played
here and one of the finest ever played
between amateur teams.
In the tenth inning East Point
made two runs, winning by a score
two to nothing.
Tuesday afternoon Cartersville
strengthened themselves up for the
fray and started into the game like
they were going to be winners,getting
scores the first inning, but the East
Point boys bided their time and came
up with some scores later on, which
put the teams at the ninth inning at
4 and three in favor of the visitors.
Things were at a strong tension when
the rooters distributed themselves
for the last pull with two men on
bases and a fine chance for the tally
that would tie if not another to win
with. Bragg was called to the bat
and sent a fly far out into the left
field. With that steady hand and
clever eye that always gets them the
East Point fielder took in the beauty
and won the game for his team.
The batteries for Tuesday’s game
were Dan Freeman and Phillips for
Cartersville and Robinson and Lan
drum and Huddleston for East Point.
The last of the series was played
yesterday afternoon and was a vic
tory for Cartersville by score of 4to
3. The features of the game were
two fine double plays by Cartersville
and the superb work of the two bat
teries, Lemon pitched for Carters
ville and never did finer work, Phil
lips behind the bat was there with
the goods every time.
A large crowd witnessed the game
yesterday afternoon, and owing to
the closeness of the score, pronounc
ed it the most interesting yet played.
DISCOURAGED GROWERS.
Peach Men of South Georgia Say They
Will Cut Down Orchards.
“The middle Georgia peach grow
ers are going to raise just one more
crop. If that fails to pay they will
cut down the trees in their orchards
and use their land for planting corn
and cotton. These were the words
of a well-known fruit man who has
just returned from a trip to the
peach belt around Fort Valley,
Amyricus and Columbus.
“Of course, we are sorry that
those fellows are not making more
money, but it is a better thing for
us. They are not making anything
at all out of their peaches this year.
They are having the usual troubles
with commission men, and many of
the cars they send do not yield them
a dollar’s profit. The car situation
is better than last year, however I
think north Georgia' has the advan
tage of the section south of here as
the peaches come later, and there is
a better market for them.
“There is absolutely no doubt that
they intend to stop growing fruit un
less next year’s^crop is profitable,
biggest orchard man in that entire
section will set the example. They
have learned a lesson in crop educa
tion from the iarmers’ Union, Yvho
cut down the acreage and even
plowed up fields after they were
planted.
“I really do not doubt that there
will be thousands of trees cut down
at the close of the season next year,
and as a result I believe North Geor
gia fruit growers will get better pri
ces in 1910. At present the Middle
Georgia people are selling the
peaches at seventy cents a crate in
New York and there is no monev in
that. They have not sufficient
money invested in canneries to keep
up the business, and you may look
for fewer fruit trees and more cotton
and corn in Georgia year after next.”
Concerts.
The Cartersville Concert Cos. will
give a performance at Calhoun on the
9th of July. They will be assisted by
Prof. Sprayberry, with his orchestra
and other local talent. The company
gives an entertaiumeut at the Cotton
Mill at Atco on the 11th of July.
A mill at Great Barrington, Mass.,
was shut down in a most unusual
manner a few weeks ago, when water
bugs, crowding into the space around
the engine-stop push buttou, pro
duced a short circuit and the con
sequent stoppage.
COL l C. SAXON DEAD
Prominent Citizen Dies at
Grassdale.
Was Confederate Officer and County
School Commissioner Six
teen Years.
Col. R. C. Saxon, one of the best
known and most highly esteemed
citizens of Bartow county, died, at
his home, at Grassdale, last Wednes
day. He had been in feeble health
for a number of months, and his
death was not unexpected.
Col. Saxon was born iu Laurens,
S. C., August 10, 1821, and, therefore
would have been 87 years of age at
his next birthday in August. He
moved to Georgia in 1850 and located
in Gordon county. In 1859 he moved
to Bartow county, settling at Cass
ville. While living at Cassville he
entered the confederate army, poing
out iu one of the six-months term
regiments that located at Savannah.
After his return from that service he
went into the 55th Georgia regiment
of which he was elected adjutant.
He afterwards raised a company for
the Georgia Reserves and was elected
its captain. A number of survivers
of his old company yet live in Bar
tow county. He was finally made
quartermaster of his brigade which
was commanded by General Lucius
J. Gartrell. Iu all his connections
with the army he was faithfully de
voted to all his duties and left be
hind him an honorable, clean and
a gallant record. His soldiers whom
he commanded always spoke in the
very highest terms of him after the
war.
Col. Saxon served Bartow county
for sixteen years as county school
commissioner. He succeded Rev.
Theodore Smith, in the senenties and
and was succeeded by Ifon. R. A.
Clayton in the nineties. He was
faithfully devoted to the educational
interests of his county and spared no
effort in advancing the cause of edu
cation during his term of office.
Col. Saxon was a devout member
of the Methodist church and did
much for the cause of the church and
religion. He was an all around fine
citizen and no man iu the county
carried the respect of everybody
more completely than he did.
Col. Saxon’s first wife was Miss
Elizabeth Crocker, whom he married
at the age of 21. There were seven
daughters and two sons from this
They were: Mrs. Alfred
Best; Mrs. R. L. Saxon and Mrs L.
D. Munford, of this city; Mrs. W. F,
King, of Calhoun; Misses Mamie and
Lydie Saxon, of this county; Mr.
Charlie Saxon, of this county, and
Mr. Henry Saxon, who is dead. He
married his second wife in 1892. She
was Mrs. Georgia Whitaker, of Eat
onton, Ga. She survives him.
Col. Saxon’s remains were interred
at Cassville cemetery last Friday.
The funeral took place from the
Methodist church and the services
were conducted by Rev. G. W. Duval
of this city. A large concourse of
friends followed the remains to their
last resting place.
MISSIONARY INSTITUTE.
To He Held at Cartersville Baptist Chnreh
Next Week
The following is the program of a
missionary institute to be held at
First Baptist church in Cartersvslle
July 1 and 2:
PROGRAM.
10:30. Devctioual —Mrs. Brame.
Welcome —Miss Grace Gilreath.
Response—Mrs. P. E. Gatlin.
Why a Missionary Institute?—Mrs.
Bond.
Why the Woman’s Missionary
Union?
(1) Christ’s Call for It.—Mrs. B.
D. Gray.
(2) The World’s Cry for It.—Mrs.
Lem Gilreath.
(3) Woman’s Personal Need for It.
—Mrs. L. Tribble.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
2:30. Devotional—Mrs. R. B. Head
den.
The Woman’s Missionary Union at
Work.
(1) In the Woman’s Missionary
Society.—Mrs. C. K. Henderson.
(2) In the Young Wonan’s Auxil
iary.—Miss Hall.
(3) In the Sunbeam Bands—Miss
Pitts.
Mission Study.—Mrs. H. Hatcher.
Bp. m. Sermon.—Rev. Buchholz,
Atlanta.
THURSDAY FORENOON.
9:30. Devotional.— Mrs. J. B. Crow.
The Largeness of the Work.—Mrs.
Calder Willingham.
The Call to the Other Woman. —
Mrs. J. G. Green.
The Missionary Training Seliool.—
Miss Amos.
Christian Stewardship. Mrs.
Wiggs.
AFTERNOON.
2:30. Devotional.—Mrs. J. C.Foster.
Needs, Difficulties aud Encourage
ments as to the W. M. U. in our
special section.
Open parliament, led by Mrs. J. H.
Gilreath.
Young People’s Hour, conducted
by Mrs. A. R. Bond.
The music will be arranged aud
conducted by Mrs. Lee Webb.
The ladies of the Baptist church
are busy arranging a Missionary
Institute for July Ist and 2nd. They
are expecting a large crowd from
neighboring towns, Cedartown
Rome, Adairsville, Dalton, Kingston,
Cassville, etc. Several of the promi
nent workers in Marietta and At
lanta will take part in the program.
Luncheon will be served two days
in the park to ali visitors and repre
sentatives to the Institute.
London food inspectors have
found as much as 154 grains of bor
acic acid in a single pound of meat
imported from America.
MANY INDUSTRIES ARE
RESUMING OPERATION
Signs of Recoveries From Business Depressions Are
Everywhere Apparent.
IRON INTERESTS.
Encouraging Outlook For Great Industry
So Important to South.
Mr. Joseph G. Butler, Jr., of
Youngstown, 0., one of the leading
iron masters of the Central West
who has recently made a personal
study of southern iron ore opportu
nities, in the course of an article in
this week’s issue of the Manufac
turer’s Record on iron making north
and south, points to a great expan
sion of the iron and steel industry in
the south. He says:
“The quantity of ore in the south
is, of course largely a matter of com
putation, and I have no doubt the
iigures given me are correct. It is
simply fabulous.
“The increased use of the basic
process is going to be a very great
help to the south. Bessemer ores
are getting scarcer and the use of
basic process is widening both north
and south. The time is coming when
a great deal of the pig iron shipped
north will be manufactured at home
into various different, forms. This,
1 think, will be first taken in hand
by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Cos. I believe it is the in
tention of the corporation to build
additional finishing plants in the
south.
“As stated to me on two or three
occasions while in Baltimore, I think
the property of the Tennessee Coal
Iron and Railroad company is second
only in importance to thqt of the
Carnegie Steel company, as one of
the subsidiary companies of the
United States Steel Corporation. I
believe the leading officials of the
corporation so view it, and will go
forward aud build it up and strength
en it. This will require many years
and much expenditure of monsy.
Hesetofore the Tennessee property
has been considered more or less as
a speculative affair. It was taken
hold of, however, in earnest by the
officials who had immediate charge
prior to the acquisition by the United
States Steel Corporation, and I have
no doubt had these people continued
in the ownership that great improve
ments would have beeh made. How
ever, the property has been taken
out of the speculative class and will
be gradually put upon a solid earning
basis aud placed in the investment
class by the people now in charge,
who have the necessary capital and
the necessary practical as well as
business talent.
“Iron ore is, of course, the founda
tion of all the steel aud iron produc
ing interests. There are three great
sources of supply—Lake Superior,
the south and Cuba. These are sup
plemented to a considerable extent
by the Cornwall deposits in Penn
sylvania and the magnetic deposits
of Northern New York and New
Jersey, which are being electrically
treated and are now used in the
mixtures of all the eastern furnaces.”
Another important element in the
iron and steel industry is, of course,
coal. Iu exposition of the progress
made during the past ten years in
southern coal mining the Manufac
turer’s Record says:
“In 1907 the south mined 94,799,835
short tons of bituminous coal, nearly
9,000,000 tons more than the total
out-putof coal in the country in 1881,
and about 4,250,000 tons more than
the whole bituminous output of the
country in 1887. The 1907 produc
tion by states in comparison with
the production 10 years previously
is shown by the following table:
States 1908. 1907.
Alabama 6,535,283 14,250,454
Arkansas 1,205,479 2,470.438
Georgia 243,187 362,401
Kentucky 3.887,908 19,753,121
Maryland 4,674,884 5,532,628
North Carolina.. 11,495
Tennessee 3,022,896 6,810,243
Texas 686,734 1,618,069
Virginia 1,815,274 • 4,710,895
W. Virgiua 16,700,999 48,091,583
Total 38,785,139 94,799,835
United States.. .219,976,267 480,450,042
“In the ten years the production of
bituminous and anthracite coal iu
the rest of the country increased
from 181,191,128 tons to 385,650,207
tons, or by 204,459,079 tons, equal to
112,8 per cent, while in the south
the production of bituminous coal
increased from 387885,139 tons to 94,-
799,835 tons, or by 56,014,699 tons,
ebual to 144,4 per cent.
Court Notice.
Only the first week of the July
term of Bartow Superior Court will
be held and only criminal business,
divorce, claim, appeal, protest and
such cases as can be disposed of
without a jury, will then be tried.
Court will then adjourn until the 9th
day of November, when traverse
jurors drawn for August 17th will
attend and will serve, and those
drawn for August 24th wdll attend
and serve November 16th.
A. W. Fite,
J. S. C. C. C.
Ice Cream Festival.
The Methodist ladies of Market
street will serve ice cream and cake
Saturday afternoon, June 27, from 4
to 8:30 o’clock, at the city park.
Everybody invited. Miss Kathrine
Lovejoy, Mrs. McMichael, Miss Julia
Jones, Miss Flora Fite, Miss Lillian
Harris, Mrs. McCaflerty, Miss Price,
Mrs. Jack Abbott and Miss Lena
Renfro are the receiving committee.
In 1904 Japan exported a little over
SI,OOO worth of human hair: the total
export was valued at $60,000 in 1906.
Large quanities are made into wigs
in Paris.
The Georgia and Alabama Indus
trial Index says in its regular week
ly issue:
“From all over Georgia and Ala
bama come reports of resuming in
dustries, showing that this section
is recovering rapidly, from the effects
of the business depression of a few
months ago, which while it affected
the south less than any other section
of the country, yet had is a general
way a more or less demoralizing in
fluence on all business enterprise.
“Cotton mills that have been run
ning on half time and four days of
the weeks are going back to full time,
iron and steel plants are in full blast
again, and miscellaneous manufac
turing enterprises of every descrip
tion are getting back to normal con
dition. Monday of this week was en
thusiatically described as ’Birming
ham prosperity Monday’ by one of
the papers in tnat city on account of
so many thousands of workingmen
going back to work on that day.
The Southern Railway announces
that the work of double-tracking
its line between Atlanta, Ga., and
Washington, D. C., suspended be
cause of the financial stringency, is
to be resumed.
“The old cheerful look is begin
ning to return to the faces of the
lumbermen, for the volume of in
quiries is rapidly increasing, sales
are getting more satisfactory and
the market is beginning to stiffen.
“Investors in the two states ap
pear to realize that the present low
prices of building materials cannot
continue indefinitely, and judging by
the freedom with which they are
buying brick and other material
they seem determined to make hay
while the sun shines. Building ac
tivity has taken on a still greater
spurt during the past few days, and
a large amount of construction is
announced in The Index this we^k.
“Numbers of interesting land
deals are reported for the week, the
one of the greatest magnitude being
the sale of 50,000 acres of timber
lands. together with a big lumber
mill, in south Alabama, the transac
tion being in the #450,000 class.
“All the prosperity is not confined
to factories and mines or to the
more common forms of agriculture,
for the German farmers at Cullman
Ala., are jingling coin in their pock
ets freely, the result of the big
strawberry sales there this spring.
Cullman shipped over 70 carloads of
strawberries this season and the
shipments brought in quite a tidy
sum.
“Jeflerson county, Alabama, is
building what it terms a model
boulevard, and the incident is of in
terest in connection with the good
road movement all over the two
states.
“During the week the sum of $50,-
000 was given the University of
Georgia out of the Peabody fund,
and this means the erection of
another handsome college building at
Athens.
“Quite a number of Georgia and
Alabama cities are now advertising
bonds for sale, the ie;ult of recent
elections, and before long will be
building schools, streets and sewers
and making other public improve
ments with the proceeds.”
MAIL ORDER CONCERNS.
Sinn? Have Gone Oat of Business Since
the Lute Festal Ruling*.
The recent ruling of the postoffice
department on second class matter,
says the Mail Order Journal, has
wrought devastation among the mail
order monthlies. Before that ruling
was made the total circulation of the
well known mail order monthlies
amounted to about 25.000,000 copies
a month. Since then the following
monthly publications have disap
peared:
Circulation.
New \ork, Cheerful Moments 250,000
New York, Home Monthly 150,000
New York, Paragon Monthly. 150,000
New York, American Queen.. 140,000
New York, Evening Hours 100,000
Augusta, Me , Lane’s List 720,000
Waterville, Me., Sawyer’s Trio
Waterville, Me., American
Home 370,000
Waterville, Me , Home Queen 330,000
Boston, Cushman’s Six (only
two of the six left) 1,200,000
Boston, Modern Women 400,000
Waterville, Me., Clifton
Monthly 100,000
Richmond, Ind., Diguam’s
Magazine 250,000
St. Paul, Minn., Mail Order
Monthly 200,000
There has been absorbed by
the Uncle Remus Magazine
of Atlanta, Ga., the—
Indianapolis (Ind.) Home Ma
gazine 210,000
And by the People’s Popular
Monthly of Des Moines the
Des Moines (la.) Ladies’ Fa
vorite Magazine 200,000
Suspended for financial rea
aons:
Oak Park (111.) Star Month
ly 180,000
Long before the ruling of the
postoffice department was
annonuced there went out
of existence in New York,
Hearthstone 500,000
The following papers have aunun
ced reductions in circulation:
Copies.
New York, Modern Stories,
i educed by 175,000
Philadelphia, New Ideas 50,000
New York, Illustrated Com
panion 110,000
Dansville, N. Y., Vick’s Ma
gazine 150.000
Milwaukee, Badger 50,000
NO. 31