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Conditions Getting tietier All Over The Country Everything now points to con ditions getting Jx'tter and *he country lvcomiug normal again. Cotton made an advance ot two cents per pound last week and it’ ;liis can continue for h month long er ue all hope to see the staple upon which depends the prosper ity of flic South bringing over 25 edits jk*i pound. One ol the strong indications ol better times is that many of lhe industrial plants have ahead) be gun work again and others to l>e gii soon. Tin Commerce Colton .Mills Dpdtr.l up full time last week, tor Winder mills m all probabil ity will dr. the same in a short while and numbers of lhe large mills in North ami South Carolina nee ODU C>l*-I’Ating on full tinm. IV Times follows this with ae einiiils.Ctt different plants over tlm country thit tinve resumed full (imr tar the beoifil 01 our readers, trusting it iii.i}' huve a choc ling Oi !'<•<•! and make us all feel bettor : Bibb Manufacturing Company In to ■ uses Stok to 57.a00.000 —Since 1013 Textile Concern Hits Made Enormous Profits. VJutnn (i . .lan. l>. tSjveeial ) To can) out a plan of expansion due lu the bet let outlook for fu mn> tratio, the Bibb Menu l net tir ing com puny today voted to in •■eeaoe its capital stock by a mil lion and a half dollars, making the total capital $7,500,000. The new issue i to he actual ca.sk stoeli to l: used in pn.viding funds for ox patisioe at I lit' mills in Macon, t o litmbus and Poilerdalc. Many men prominent in banking eirelcN. and also in the textile in dustry, were in nttendunec ai to day's meeting. Among them were Milks IS. hone, of Savannah: W. C. j ’.eadb ) ,of< '<dutnbus ; Judge Sant ■ uH i: Adams, of Savannah: 11. Welter, of Savannah; h. W. Kolv eri, of Atlanta. All the officers •i4 the company were presold. \ltc.r t<iliiyV- nufMinp notices W cvi* senl 1.0 fill slOrkhoMorx slimv j!i£; 11) it t tile news 1 (icL \\ ill Ik* is -m<! i-ts lull iaW stock unit will l>c iiili'Vnl !u tile J!'(\S<'Ul stock holders. in t licit’ par in tlio proportion of one sliii.ro of nt'w Mock fur rwh four wharf's held on IVhnmry 1 f. lit which time the ♦.uiwHptioti lisi wilt open. Al ter I VLctutiy t->, it then' is itny it uihiniiur stock unsold tJir ilin'clorH are givon Up; right to sell to other than stockholders, provided none of tin 1 stork is sold liolnw par. It was also divided that the tpUllUT ly dividend of pel' cent previous tv deelatvd toi the ptv.sent divi ♦ lend period, will lv paid on the now issue .Inly 1 and October t ot # t his yea r. It was shown liy the statement of the rhaimian of the tMin! of di rectors today that the eoinpany’s net eatuimts front Sc.plomber Ik), J‘U2. to Artßilst 111. l!>20, alter <le tm-ting till rU'prveiiition elnii'fics. tats atnounled to sl<i.ntvi,42 ; MW; tliat the cash disbursements for ad Miltons to property and plant Horn .1 a unary 1. 1! * 1 •. t<> dannary I, 114*21, 1 1 ad auioitnted to OMiurJ: that the easli dividends ♦ante period hud amounted to h7h fih I.IT. Vail River Mills Set a Record *or Year’s Dividends Fall River. Mass. dan. S. A new high record I’nr dividends was made f\v the cotton mills of this eitv dnring the year IM2H, Hoeotil ?n<* to a sinmnuiy issued Saturday. *t’he total dividends paid during The mill yeni of Ih'Jn amounted to *!>.hs‘t.;;io, ait avetage of iKVI 18 per cent on a enpitalization of M!ii.Utb.O<Mi The best previous tCeovd ups in this, w hen there was ♦ tishul'tstmein of $4i,0K.).:>21> for a rate of 18.481* per ccoi. The fot.it for I thill is ljtf, 132,405 3.1 excess of the amount dislribll t to stockholders in 1919 and $3,900,974 in excess of 1918 even though that year was considered the banner of nil time. The list shows an unusual mtrn l>cr of large dividends paid during the. year, ranging from 65 per cent down to 10 1-2 per cent on com mon stock. Republic Rubber Plants to Open On Full Time. Youngstown, Ohio. —The Repule lie Rubber corporation will re sume operations Monday and by the following week will be in full operation, it was announced Sat urday. The tire, tube and solid tire de partments will resume on three eight-hour turns on Monday, Janu ary 10, while the mechanical de partment will resume on Monday, January 17, Orders have been piling up since the plant shut down on December 23 for inventory and repairs These orders are expected to keep lhe plant in operation for some time. Dun's Textile Report Extension of the recent improve ment in dry goods conditions marked the beginning of the new year. The pain in distribution is not pronounced, but it has a ri.seu from an actual need for mer chandise, and there is an absence of the unwholesome speculation that has developed on occasions in the past. Further decisive price revisions have occurred on staple, domestic lines, and business in some divisions when 1 prices have reached unusually attractive lev els has been the largest witnessed in months. The more frequent re|>orts Ot resumption of work in mill centers ae also having increased their run ning time a day a week and others having gone on full time, and cer tain mills that have been idle since lhe middle of December have re sumed in part. With the reduced price sales that are being featured iu retail channeLs. it Is expected that consumption will bring about a personal clearance Td’ goods. and thus pave the way for n'place meats nl the nuieli lower whole sal,' prices. SAVAGE ARMS PLANT TO RESUME OPERATIONS t TK A, X. V.. dan. 8.- The Sav age Arms plant in this city will re sujije operations Monday after Ihs uig shut down a month. The force will he iilxmt the usual pre war complement. There will be no change in v ages, but the cm ployes will Ik* on :t nine-bout basis instead of eight horn's. Tlie plant is engaged in making sporting ri fles ami goods. ZINC COMPANY TO RUN FULL TIME Allentown, I’a.. Jan. 8.- -The New derscy Zinc company tit. Pal met ton today announced a 10 per cent cut in wages and the elimina tion ot -an 8 |K'r eg* it bonus system, effective dmmary If*. The plant will return to full operation. CARTERSVILLE MILLS TO RUN FIRST TIME ABOUT JANUARY 20 (’aiicrsvillc, <ut., dan. 10. An nouncement 1110- been made tliat the Faitersville Mills will com mence operations for the first time about January 20. The plant is expected to be running at its full eapacity by April, as its produc tion will be gradually inerrased |until its maximum is reached. ANDFJRSON MILLS-WILL RUN DAY AND NIGHT. I , ANDKRSOV. 8. dau. 10.- j I'lte Anderson cotton mill*, em ploying al*ut TOO operatives, re sumed full time work Monday and will run lK>th day aud night sJiitts, |it was announced. The nftll went ,m curtailed schedule on De-cm jber I. THE BARROW TTMF.S ' T ’ T> . GEORGIA TRUTH ABOUT AVERAGE MAN Not a Batf Fellow at Heart, and Really la at Leaat Entitled to Toleration. The average mania not a bad fellow when you come to know him. Tou have to make his acquaintance If you are not to hold yourself aloof from this hu man, Interdependent world, remarks a writer in the Philadelphia Ix-dger. lie constitute* a majority. It l hy his vote that candidates are act up. and issues determined and business gnv erned and charities supported and plays patronized. There Is n gnat deni of money In pleasing the aver age man. Moreover, the level of his taste* is rising, though pessimist* re fuse to see it or to sa.v so. He Is ta ptible of education and be has (raveled far since Ida training began. He needn't always be given ail that he „!(■. f**r; sometimes tie makes mis takes. an'l snuteiinie* be wants wlwi isn’t imofl for him. Sometime* he loses bis head, and in an Incendiary or inebriate temper, lose* thut which a cooler judgment in u calmer boar buds ill lit to worry for. but on the whole he is (.irangrly r*'*snlile and tiatlenl '(end retf-eorrtrolled It is tiMictUng to ttnd bow often he 1* dohjf the best be can, according l* the light be has. He serves the world far better than seme eccentric and unconventional mortals who sneer *t liltu far following a dull, unemotional routine. Leader* of man have learner! fa deal with the avenige huh*, ta talk hf* iaa gunge and to awlersfamj ht ways. They Lave taught ths rank abd die to discover a Intent capacity n4 ta revcai a aireiigtb bidden and nosns f/eetert. They have had faith In “the general good settee sad honest inten tions of mankind." They have gen uinely loved their fellows nnd their sympathy lots been teal nnd ruaulftwt. Neither in war not in fo-iwe i a vic tory to tie won unless the captains put thejr cutithfence in a Ids'. SCORED ON THE PRINCIPAL Young School Teaohor Gtr. Gtor.ongly Sven fee Long Series e* Sarcas tio Oboervatlona Now. me prinetj'a' of Hus wUwi l* sarrastio a* wrtt as* iHtHUgciif. biWJ whenever *b* happen* t melko a suWJe.i and flnUs (hat her teachers are igFun's lit on (he auh.F< i *he "bgwl* Uicm mu" tor their i<iw>rarnr. t.:*}*.*taty is Uifs resented by the new. recruit. a! the bniblißg. Recently (he prifictpal *citred ‘‘a man,"' who was a widower, she is proud or (Ite acipilsttien. uiealiouifta him often In her etmrvrsarioas. 'l'he other narrniitv she lo'saft to o-U the. teacher? about an rfi* l *>h* had Just read ta the pwper. .%’<•'. petto of tticsii t,at read if. SarcastUnUy site asked : "Well, den t auy of you reak the puperK'r Tlie newast reerntt aruOefl sweetly ami wisely. "<>f conrse," she returned, 'hut util everything th (ivetn. Wc jusi have time o> read flte society page amt then the death uml tune rat list so (Itat we shall know who the- new widowers arc,” —Indianapolis News. Autalng for Wotve*. The niotorcycle threateus to **ut rival tlto bsondto as an instrnineut of leeeiHotiou on Western raruhea and ealtle ranges. According U* th* ntns trnted World, cowboys are oslng it for rounding up cattle, driving ta stray anftnai*. inspecting tv eg tines of fetus's and other such work. By alt odds the most remarkable purpose for which the motorcycle Is employed, however, is dial f chasing coyotes, bin l* a mschioe, if tl*>* terrain he not too (tiffi' dtt < easily overtake ote of these little gray wotvas, tirigg the b-BS( dotfn to a point where It caw ut> longer turn sad dmtg# smceMfttlly. Then it is siinptj n inatiei <♦<* \i;tri of the twine, ami th* vlcion# o;jte. with n few nuick ‘spurts ,<r (he nrccdr f veto is ,-liotted to death. Philadel phia Public Ledger. She Know. The zirls In the seventh grade all wore large hair bows wade of beau tiful. bright tissue paper. They were uot only inexpensive hut ** pretty that (hey were de. lare* o great silt ci~-s until one day it rained aufi the hows faded all ever the lltLle owners* hair. Then great wa- tlie iataeutiug. ino or (he hoys looked from the guts witii their spotted red and blue Hint purple hair t* (we spinster teach ers In the i.fiy-sear-oltl class. "1 (Isn’t know e* thc.v'ce sa badly o It:” be re marked io (he teacher who ?- y(fitng and pretty and with a strong sense ♦4 hunmr. “I'd rather he faded on ac* count *f having beans (ban to be u RcrauHt of uvi having them.” Then (ea< her smiled, bhe (<► had preferences -Intllariaptdls News. Belt Full ef 9ea Lien Scalp*. As (he f-**h lion i? regarded a* the worst enemy of the *tniuu. (he Male of Washingu>u fnos a bounty of 12.50 on every t-eo lion y**if> and rernt!y William Woiiter, who ftavuiejs b!s eu til,' time to humic* pea Ileus, collect, eri H*(H> for scalps which he MtUi ered Uarlna rlic seascui. This (fwu is ate* paid by the salmon hshtruK for lit* efforts* (o rid the water, of (he ar Men*. He i Wuowu a* (ha "Viiut of the sen lino hunter* " • lack Opal *r,a*a. Atumst every known gem lx iwined le Australia. The black tfriat is the wmit tmamiro- of all. It has U roasert S(AF f-et CBt U) vgiuo iu lit* lAW txv# years and th No? qnglUy Brl'ngg marly si* a carat. It i-ahgea in atfeo ft on) l m 40 yarW , i ORMAL EnEOTION OF HARDING AND COOLIDGE FEB 9 WAS Ii INT ITON, Jan. B.—While Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge w ere chosen for president and vice president of the United States in the November general elections, they have not. yet been officially elected, and will not be until February 9. Two important steps remain to be taken to complete their election. One, the meeting of the electoral college, takes place Mouday, vvliile the final step will be taken on Wednesday. February 9, at a joint meeting of the senate and house of representatives when the cer tificates of the vote of each state are opened in the presence of the entire congress, and duly counted. At the conclusion of this c-ere inoay Vice President Marshall will cfficially declare Mr. Harding and Mr. Coolidge lo have been elected. The people, as ia well known, did not vote directly for Mr. Hard ing or Mr. Cox ami their running mates in lhe November election, but for electors of the various par ties. The successful electors of each state comprise the electoral college. They are in numljcr to the senators and representatives from each state in congress, pro vided hy the constitution. They are required by law to meet in their respective state capitals on the second Monday in January af ter the picsidential election to cast their votes for president and vice president in accordance with the wishes of the voters who elected them. The electoral college., there Lore, will !*• in session in the FS state capitals on Monday. The elect ors 1 organize by electing one of •their number as chairman and choosing a secretary. If any of the electors Dax v died since, the November election, the remaining electors of the. state may select New Garage Opens In Winder J. B Lay & Son have opened up an up to-date Garage with an Experienced Ma ehanic who knows (every part and detail about Automobiles- We do alf kind of repair work and keep up cars at the very lowest costs to meet the changed condition. We make a specialty of giving quick ser vice and doing repair work withour having to wait and all our work is strictly guaran teed- Try us and we* will make you a satisfied patron of our garage. Located on Jackson street back of resi dence and close in to business section. Rent Service Day and Night Remember we are Headquarters for Groceries and are ready at all times to serve at our well known store on Candler street. someone to fill the vacancy. Af ter organization, the balloting be gins first for president and then for vice president on separate bal lots. Each elector votes for the candidate for whom he was elect ed to vote. When the ballots arc counted three certificates are pre pared and duly signed in cadi state. One is sent to the judge of the United States district court of the electors’ state; one is sent by mail and another by messenger, usually by one of the electors se lected for the purpose, to the presi dent of the United States senate. | These certificates, in accordance with the constitution, will be open, ed by the vice president , acting us president of the senate in the pres ence or congress. This final cere mony of the election will take place in the chamber of the house if representatives on Wednesday, February 0. Iji a dose presiden tial race, such as that between Til den and Ila yen. the. counting of those returns becomes a .serious matter and atti acts wide attention. WOULD DEFY CREDIT IF PLANTERS REFUSE CUT IN COTTON CROP. New Orleans, January 8.- Reso lutions adopted at a meeting here today of Louisiana bakers, mer chants, cotton farmers and owners of cotton growing land favored dc lial of credit to planters who re fused to curtail LH2I cotton acre age 50 per cent. Land mvners will be asked to sign pledges that they ( will do all ii their power to assist in the re luct ion pcopositioti. President Ben Johnson, of lhe Louisiana Bankers’ association, stated ilia* the,ban hoi's wene-ecm polled to cut down credit as a mat ter of self-preservation and to save the planters from distress. The meet lug, called Lj r the Louisi ana division of the American t ■ot* THURSDAY, JAN. 13, .1921. MANY POSTOFFICES IN GEORGIA PLACED Afe** IN APPOINTIVE GST. WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. B. The postoffice department an uounceH today that the following postoffiecs in Georgia have been made presidential offices, with the salaries as given, and have been taken out of the fourth class grade: JM j Alto, $1,300; Aragon, sl,2tP Baeonton, $1,200; P.yromville, I,,200; Byron, $1,200; Camp Hor ning, $2,300; Carlton, 1,300; Dam ascus, $1,000; Flowery Branch. $1,200; Garfield. $1,200; Grny,s],- 100; Ilepliizabah, $1,200; liosch tou, $1,200; Irwinton, SI,OOO Kingsland, $1,300; Kingston, sl, 100; Kite, sl,2'Xi: Lake Park $1,200; Milan, $1,300; Milner $14100; Norwood. $1,300: Oliver $1,100; Omega, $1,200; Parrott. $1,300; Pinchurst, $1,000; St. Si mon’s Island, $1,400; Smyimj $1,100; Woodstock. $.1,200; i'A* Harris SI4W. Camp Be ruling is uuide a second, class office; the others arv third class. EARLY KIND UOTTON .SEED— ————— t' • Beat the Ixdl weevil by planting a variety ot cotton that matures 'early. This year 1 made 45 bales gathered 42 by Nov. 1. The im portant part is, you not only beat the bolt weevil, but you beat the |Cohl weather also. 1 took spec ial pains thin fall to keep my seed from getting mixed at the gin and am now offering them for sale at $2.00 per bushel, or will swop one bushel for three of any other kind, just so they wry sound —S. J. SFl>_ DATU. Jefferson. G. ton association, was attended by representatives of the Louisiana Bankers’ association and mer chants wiio deal largely with. bVr plies used by cotton growers.