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=3^ IHtiS AKNESVILLE ADVANCE. C AKNESVILLE, GEORGIA.
Official Organ Of Franklin County
ftetha Purcell Editor
E. B. Turcell Business Manager
1 Ratc Of Subscription
ONE YEAR I I I I I I I I I I I ( ■ cm
SIX MONTHS I i I • a a I I I I I I c_—.
THREE MONTHS • • • • • » • • • • • • • • • • CM let;
Entered at tho Bost Office at Carnesviilo Georgia as Second
Class Matti r
Have you subscribed -o the
school fair?
Here goes the Athens Ban¬
der; ‘’It pays to advertise.”
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March comes ir. like a lamb
and will doubtless go out like a
lion.
The Civic League has enough
committees appointed to stir
things up in Carnesville.
The automobile show in At¬
lanta is proving io hi the great
cst exhibition ever held in the
Sauth of its kind.
Friendship is helpful—not so
much heeause it helps you as
because it compels you to help
your friend. Seifi hn vss is the
foundation of sin, and friend¬
ship is the destruction of selfish
ness.-Amos R. Wells,
Scmekcdy warts t) know the
difference between “ler.d” and
“loan.” Interesting! There is
no difference in principle; both
have an “owe” in them, Athens
Banner,
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The editor of this paper f
ceivesabouta hundred weekb
ard daily pi pers a ^ek We
open each pap ;rand look throrg
it. Some we read m'*< c k
fully than others. The time w.
spend in reading a paper is d
termined by ill t : me we t ;.i:k
the editor spends in getting
his matter up. We try not to
attach more importance ton
paper than th editor does. If
an editor speeds no time m
ting matter up for his paper he
cannot expect his readers to
waste perfectly good f ime road
ing it. We try to rneasur g he
time readin i paper by the
time the editor spt nds writing,
We are of the opinio, “that the
subscribers ano othfr readers
lock at a pap ., i , about the
same light. The editor sets
t: e pace.—Lavoma Times
bonder how Mr. Burton pub-
ii hesthe Lsv-mia T’mes as it
takes six lcng d'ye each ------
w» -k tc get m V e A vance
aiiu if ht re: d 4 I pi .per ac
cordingly who pubiches The
Times?
We ..w-omeye. • j smines
ye-tef St.rine hu;: prang.
The crowu ac I’ybee yester¬
day was large. We saw three
m n in b. ; print? ba*
sprang
Wt saw a b ue b rti today
Evident!} those in Georgia art
not all dead. Spri g has sprang.
We looked ter a bosk beer
sign today, but oee.ng none we
remembered we were in Geor
gia. Still, spring has sprang,
W e saw a country man Satur¬
day with a stri.ig of yellow
breasted perch. Spring has
We met a man with a Lo >k of
light weight clothing
under his arm, Spring
sprang.
A woman paid $10 fora ligl
and airy hat t.iis morning tha
must have cost 98 cents to
Spring has sprang.
We saw a man this mornin
looking over a vegtable seed cn
alogue. And ail the ground h
owns is a brictced-up backyai
Spring has sprang.
The ninety day no'e we
at Christmas is just about
the bank says. Spring
tprang.
An old colored woman at
market offered us a bunch
sassafras roots today. Spring
ha sprang,
1 he plum trees are
ditto the peach trees,
the violets, Spring has sprang
Savannah Press.
Honey To Loan
Private funds in any > amoimt
farm. $1CC0,C0 up on rea estate •
Honey io tank.
Robert T, Camp
Eiu UQ s iiiicl Drug ^undres
I ha’ e a complete line of Drugs
arc drugs siiiidries and ! wil
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your trade.
I have ins fa! ed a 550 gallon gas
oline tank and will sell TSiatGood
Gulf Gasoine.
Come see me,
W. H. C0X r ., Carnesviiie, Ga.
BUY YOUR FLOORING
Ceiling Siding
IVIoudlding Brick
Cement Lime
Atul any other Building Material you may need
from the
Martin Lumber Company.
Martin Ga
ivjoti ce
Mittie J. Powers vs II n rv
Powers Petition forilivirci in
Franklin Superior Court, S.iptem
her tor:n, 101 f$. To the Sheriff
of said County—Greeting
The <!• f mlant Hen v Powe
is lierehv cited and required per¬
sonal v or bv attorney to be and
ippeirnt t.h 1 Superior Court to
h ; he’d in and for said county on
the Fourth Monday in March.
19’7/her, anlr.hsre to make a ns
wer or defensive allegation, in wri
ting to plaintiff’s li b :1, as in de
ault thereof the c>urt will pro¬
ceed according to the statute in
such cases made and provided.
Witness the Honorable, Jos. N.
Worley,Judge of sa.l Court, tins
18th. day or October, ltilfi
C. J. Culp -pper, C. S. C
Notice
In the - matter ot J.C. Bishop
Bankrupt—In Bankruptcy, No
77c8.
To the Creditors of ,T. C. Bishop
of Lavonia in the County of Frank
hn and District aforesaid, a bank
rU| '; ;
I thSflHlav uf Junuar? a" ], S3- 1917
t !jo said J. C. Bishop was duly ad
juciattd bankrupt, and that the
first meeting of his creditors will
be held at 514 Southern Mutual
Bldg Athens Ga. on ilie lOtlulav o!
March A. I)., 1917 at twelve
o’clock noon, at which time the
said Creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint a trustee>
examine the bankrupt and trails
act sucii other business as may
properly come before said meeting
Blanton Fortson
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Hated, Athens Ga., February 27tl,
J917.
"SOUTH’S COMMANDING POSITION
IN THE COTTON MILL INDUSTRY
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Map of Southern Railway lines showing location of cotton mills, each dot indicating 10,000 cotton spindles. X
Washington, D. C.—(Special.)—The commanding position of the South with respect to the cotton mill industry
is graphically shown by figures and presented in the annual report of Southern Railway Company for the
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fiscal year ended June 30ih, 1P1G. in the report, ‘‘is
“A notable feature of Southern manufacturing development,” says President Fairfax Harrison
the rate at which the consumption of cotton, one of the principal raw materials of the South, has increased in
Southern mills. United States figures show that in the twelve months ended July 31, 1916, the .mills of the
census of 499,818
South consumed 3,526,787 hales, as compared with 3,026,969 bales last year, an increase
2,869,185 bales in the ... twelve
bales, or 16.51 per cent. The mills of all other States consumed
months this year, as compared with 2,570,393 bales last year, an increase of 298,792 bales, or 11.69 per cent. Fully
seventy-five per cent of the cotton spindles of the South are in mills along the lines of Southern Railway Company
and its associated companies.”
HANDLING OF 11. S. TROOPS
WAS BEST IN ALL HISTORY
Report Of Quartermaster Genera! Com¬
pliments American Railways.
MILITIA MOVED PROMPTLY
Splendid Results Attained by Cordial
Co-Operation of Railway Em-
pioyees and Officials With
War Department
Washington, D. C.— (Special.)—
There has been no case in history
where troops have been as well han¬
dled and cared for as in the move¬
ment to the Mexican border during
the summer of 1916, says the annual
report of the Quartermaster General
of the U. S. Army, which has just
been made public.
On behalf of the railways, super¬
vision of moving the troops was in
the hands of a special Committee on
Co-operation with the Military Author¬
ities appointed by the American Rail¬
way Association, at the request of the
War Department, and composed of
Fairfax Harrison, president of the
Southern Railway, chairman; R. H.
Aishtcn, president of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway; A. W. Thomp¬
son, vice president of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad; W. G. Besier, pres¬
ident of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey.
The report tells of the uniformly
excellent handling given troops and
supplies through the co-operation of
railway cfficials and employees of ev¬
ery rank with the War Department
officials. It states that to carry the
first 100,000 of the National Guard
moved to the border, 350 trains, which,
if combined, would have been nearly
90 miles long were required, and that
they included 3,000 passenger cars,
400 baggage cars, most of them equip-
ped as kitchen cars for serving hot
meals en route, 1,300 box cars, 2,000
stock cars, and 800 flat cars. Approx-
imately 4,900 road locomotives and
crews had a part in handling this
movement, in addition to a large num-
be L°-l- yard ®? glneS ? nd C !? WS '
Striking sentences from the report
are as follows;
“Considering the great distances
traveled by the militia from the vari-
ous camps to the Mexican border, the
fact that there was but a single ac-
cident, and that of a minor character,
the celerity with which the trains
w’ere moved and the entire absence
of congestion or delay, it is believed
that there has been no case in history
where troops have been as well and
safely transported or as well cared for
while en route as in the recent mob-
ilization.”
"Every assistance possible was ren-
dered the Government by* officials and
employees of all railroads concerned,
front the presidents of the companies
down to the minor employees.”
“Although the movement of the Or-
ganlzed Militia to the border came
at a time when the commercial traf-
fic on railroads of the United States
was the largest in years, the trans-
portation of the militia was performed
with very little interference with reg-
ular train service and with no conges-
tion whatever, either at initial or ter-
minal points or en route.”
“It is, of course, impossible to com-
pare the concentration of the United
States Militia on the Mexican border
with the mobilization in Europe in the
summer of 1914. In Europe all civil
traffic was stopped end the entire
F!M?F9M Hw* ever to the
itary movement. The distances in¬
volved in this movement of the Or¬
ganized Militia are very much greater
than those in Europe, the longest run
in the German Empire, from one fron¬
tier to the other, being about 700 miles
and those in France much less. The
distances traveled by the militia or¬
ganizations of the United States vary
Louisiana £ 2% mTesfn Z
case of the Connecticut troops, The
majority of these troops came
North and Northeastern States and
were carried over 2,000 miles; in
most cases in remarkably fast time.
“When it is considered that these
trains were, as a rule. - hr-av-y trains
of from 17 to 22 cars each, and were
composed of freight, passenger and
baggage equipment (which was nec¬
essary in order to enable each unit
to proceed- to its destination intact
with all its equipment and impedi-
ments), it will be seen that the move¬
ment was made with exceptional fa¬
pidity.”
FREIGHT CLAIMS PAID
PROMPTLY SAYS HARLAN
Member Of Interstate Csmmere-o Com¬
mission Praises The Railroads.
NO CAUSE FORJUSTCRITICISM
Mr. Harlan Tells Freight Claim Asso-
ciation of Surprise of Commission
at Excellent Showing as to
Prompt Payments
Washington, D. C_(Soecia! )_
Where the claims of shippers against
railroads are well founded they are
paid promptly, declared Commissioner
James S. Harlan of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to the men,-
hers of the Freight Claim Association
in an address in which he told of an
investigation made bv the Commission
and the surprise of its members at
the excellent showing as to prompt
payments made by the railroads.
“Before taking my seat,” said Mr.
Harlan, “I wish to make a very frank
confession. During the course of my
ten years service on the Commission
of S^defn^in^the pa/ment^by^* car
riers cf the claims of "shippers that
I had come to think that the matter
of claim adjustments was a very weak
spot in cur railroad administration,
1 was, therefore, particularly interest-
ed in the suggestion that
lions should be addressed by the
mission to the carriers for othVr the purpose things!
of ascertaining, among
tho length of time taken bv them
settling the claims of shippers.
“The results that were tabulated by
the commission on the answers return-
ed by the carriers about a year
were so surprising (o me and to
colleagues and were considered bv
of such importance that we at once re-
ported the facts to the Congress as
useful public information. I wish to
congratulate the association on the
showing made.
“The trouble with us was that we
had made no distinction between
claims that had been declined or that
were without merit, and therefore still
pending, and claims that were well
founded and had been promptly »j.
Justed.
“The shipping public should know
that instead of being a weak spot in
the railroad service the work of your
association has been so systematised
as practically to eitoiaat® all reason-
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CLOSE MARGIN OF PROFIT
IN OPERATION OF RAILWAY
Large Amount Of Capital Risked For
Very Small Returns
OF VITAL INTEREST TO PUBLIC
Investors Will Not Provide Money for
Improvements Unless They Are
Assured a Reasonable Profit
on Their Investment
Atlanta, Ga.—(Special.)—The close
margin of profit for a railroad under
present conditions is strikingly shown
by figures submitted by President Har¬
rison in the annual report of South¬
ern Railway Company for the fiscal
year ended June 30th, 1916. In the
most prosperous year of the Compa¬
ny’s history the net operating income
($21,004,005.09) represented only 5.31
per cent on the investment ($395,722,-
785.06) in the railroad and equipment
which produced it.
“It may perhaps be said,” said Mr.
Harrison, “that there is no industry ex¬
cept a railroad in which so large a
capital is risked for such a return in
its most successful year."
At a time when the newspapers dai-
ly are P rilltin S articles in regard to
increasing railroad gross earnings, as
indicating a rising tide of general
prosperity, it is well to bear i;i mind
the very small re.urn on money in¬
vested in railroad property.
Many persons are misled into believ-
inR that the railroads are fabulously
l )ros P e t'ous by the mere size of the fig-
ures in which the earnings of large
railroads are expressed, but it should
be remembered that an enormous sum
0 f money was required to construct
and * equiD P thPir nlant _ - nd ? tha( th(S
^ tU ln ° n eaCh . d , ° „ Uar lnvested , ls reIa '
tively , small>
11 is manife stly in the interest of
the employees of a railroad and of
the public served that the railroad
secure new capital for addition's and
improvements to its plant so that it
nmy give better servi ce and offer en-
!A! ' s * d ^Foymont. However, this
CiiU be atc - m PDshe«i only by allowing
the railro? d to earn an amount on
th ® capital already invested sufficient
to promise a return on the additional
capital desired,
Governmental agencies may depress
rates and enact restrictive legislation g s atl n
'
j • , ... . * . ‘ , ® Wh ° has
already invested in railroads of a fair
return 011 hi3 ievc-siment, hut no plan
l!as been devised for forcing the man
with money in the bank to put it
into railroad construction or improve-
nient. Unless the investment appears
attractive to him and offers a fair
retu « ‘ he will 1U out his hls money nlone> in in b0ln *
eu erpr:se , that , ca nnot be affected by
£ovenin,ental agencies,
Every employee of the Southern
Railwft > r and every shipper served by
it wll ° r ^ ( -°sn-aes his tfue interest will
do what ,!e can lo injure such a re-
tum on L ‘ ia m’.pital now invested in
Sou the m Kni-way as will make th#
aecuritl< ‘* of the Company more at
tractive to investors, so the Company
wiU be able to sftcure the additional
“P 11 ® 1 neei ied to carry on a consist-
ontly obstructive program which wiil
mean increased Prosperity for every
interest in the territory served by it,— ;
N«ws fiwlleffi},