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SPECIAL CLOTHING SALE
AT
Jacobs' Department Store
FIFTEEN DOLLARS
The majority of our customers pay $15.00 for a
suit of clothes —some more —some less—but $15.00 is
the average price. We were determined when enter
ing our fall campaign to sell the best $15.00 men’s
suit that would be, or ever was sold in Atlanta.
We succeeded in getting the best at this price and
so great has been our sales already on our fall line of
$15.00 suits that we reordered on some styles, and
more new suits arrived yesterday at this price that we
are going to show you.
English-American box back models —blue basket weave and serge —black
undressed worsteds —black and fancy colorings—brown and grey in two-toned
effects —mixtures and multi-mixtures. Come in and ask especially to see our
$15.00 suits. Others ranging up to $25.00, or down to SIO.OO.
Jacobs’ Department Store
NEXT TO FARMERS’ AND TRADERS’ BANK
233-35-37 Peters St. Atlanta, Georgia.
Interchangeable Mileage
Facts Worthy of Careful Consideration
The interchangeable mileage book regulation re
quiring the exchange of coupons for tickets has been
the subject of criticism. Much of such criticism
arises because the exact facts and conditions are not
generally known.
In order that the public may be correctly informed
the railway companies make the following state
ment, having full faith in the fairness of public
opinion when the matter i 3 thoroughly understood.
An interchangeable mileage book, as its name in
dicates, may be used for obtaining transportation
over any line party to the interchangeable book ar
rangement. The coupons from these books are equiva
lent to cash, and to safeguard their transmission to
the Treasurer of each railroad company, the require
ment is made for the exchange of the coupons at
ticket windows for transportation, thus causing the
mileage coupons to be placed in the hand of bonded
ticket agents who must account to the Auditing De
partment of each line for their value.
No one will claim that it is unreasonable for a rail
way company to require a traveler to purchase a
ticket instead of paying the money on the train.
The object of this requirement is to have one man,
the ticket agent, handle the money and sell tickets,
either for cash or coupons from an interchangeable
mileage book, and thus make a record of what the
Company has sold; another man, the conductor, to
collect the tickets, and thus make a record of their
use, and thereby have an additional check against the
agent, who must account for the purchase price
either in cash or coupons.
The coupons from interchangeable mileage books
represent cash, for the reason that they are the only
evidence of a claim against the railroad selling the
mileage book, and the Company accepting such cou
pons for sale of ticket is paid by the road selling the
mileage book only upon presentation of the actual
coupons. This is not always possible where the con
ductor lifts the coupons on the train, because he does
not have the same facilities for safeguarding such
coupons, and should they become lost, the railroad
honoring the mileage book would have no means of
securing proper compensation for the service per
formed. The necessity of preserving each coupon is
therefore apparent.
Every well organized business concern adopts
regulations to insure the safety of its cash.
Atlanta & West Point R. R.
Atlanta, Birnvngham & At
lantic Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Attention is invited to the check system in depai.-
ment stores; the cash registers in smaller stores; the
cashiers at hotels, restaurants, etc., and hundreds of
other devices for the purpose of proper accounting.
THE INTERCHANGEABLE MILEAGE BOOKS
PROVIDED BY THE LINES IN THE SOUTHEAST
GRANT MORE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS THAN
ARE AFFORDED BY INTERCHANGEABLE
BOOKS IN ANY OTHER TERRITORY, AND
THEY DO NOT REQUIRE THE HOLDER OF A
MILEAGE BOOK TO DO MORE TO SECURE
TRANSPORTATION FOR HIMSELF AND HIS
BAGGAGE THAN IS REQUIRED OF A PASSEN
GER WHO PURCHASES A TICKET FOR CASH.
They are good on a greater number of railroads.
There are no restrictions as to the passenger trains
on which exchange tickets purchased with inter
changeable mileage coupons can be used.
They give the passenger the benefit of short line
mileage where it would not be practicable in many
instances if mileage coupons were honored on the
train.
The exchange regulation is of benefit to the rail
way companies for the following reasons:
It insures proper accounting.
It safeguards the accurate checking of baggage.
It relieves the conductors of much detail labor,
thereby permitting them to give more time and at
tention to the operation of their trains, thus insuring
to a greater degree the safety of passengers.
It makes it possible to ascertain the volume of
passenger travel from each station and to determine
the facilities necessary.
The exchange regulation has been the subject of
judicial review before Railroad Commissioners and
State Courts, and the reasonableness of the require
ment has been sustained.
The regulations were called into question in a ease
before the Interstate Commerce Commission, in
which that Commission said:
“IN A WORD, THE RIGHT TO USE EXCHANGE
ORDERS AND MILEAGE BOOKS IS IN THE NA
TURE OF A PRIVILEGE, VOLUNTARILY AC
CORDED BY CARRIERS, UNDER THEIR
TARIFFS, AND MUST BE ACCEPTED BY THOSE
WHO USE SUCH SPECIAL FARES WITH ALL
LAWFUL AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY LIMITA
TIONS THAT MAY BE ATTACHED TO THEM.”
Central of Georgia Ry.
Georgia Railroad
Southern Railway
Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis Railway.
Seaboard Air Line Ry.
Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Thanksgiving Exercises
At Stockbridge School.
Thanksgiving exercises will be
given by local talent at the High
School building at Stockbridge on
the evening of November 28th.
The proceeds are to be placed on
school improvements.
Your presence is kindly solicited
and a most enjoyable evening is
promised.
Hours from 7.20 to 9.30 o’clock
Admission 25 cents: Children 15
cents.
Little Fletcher Rodgers
Hurts Hand Badly.
Little Fletcher Rodgers, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rodgers, had
a very painful accident Saturday.
As a result his right hand was
badly mashed and will be several
weeks in healing.
Fletcher was playing about the
merry-go-round at the Carnival
and caught with his hand the wire
cable which operates the machin
ery. In a moment his hand was
caught as in a vise.
That the injury did not prove
more serious was a miracle in
deed.
The little fellow is now doing
nicely and will be sound again, as
no bones were crushed.
Increase in Rates for Job
Printing.
Because of the constantly in
creasing price of paper, The
Weekly finds it necessary to in
crease the rates for job printing
on December 1, 1912.
At first we announced the in
crease to go into effect on Janu
ary l, 1*913. But the rapid raise in
material makes it necessary for us
to put it into effect earlier.
The increase in advertising rates
will not go into effect until Janu
ary 1, 1913.
, Card Of Thanks.
I wish to express my sincere
thanks to those who were so kind
during the illness and death of
my wife. May God bestow his
richest blessings upon them.
E. J. Smith.
TAX COLLECTOR’S ROUNDS FOR 1912.
SECOND ROUND.
Nov.
Tussahaw, Friday 15*
Sandy Ridge, Monday. 18.
Beersheba, Tuesday 19-
McMullens, Wednesday 20.
Loves, Tuesday 21.
Brushy Knob, Friday 22
Flippen, Monday 25.
Sixth, Tuesday 26.
‘■'tock bridge, Wednesday 27.
Shake Rag, Thursday 28.
THIRD ROUND.
Dec.
Locust Grove, Monday 2.
Lowes, Tuesday' 3*
Hampton, Wednesday 4*
Sixth, Thursday 5*
Stockbiidge, Friday 6.
Beesheba, Monday 9-
McMullens, Tuesday lO *
Loves, Wednesday * T -
Brushy Knob, Thursday I 2»
Shake Rag, Friday J 3*
Sandy Ridge, Monday *6.
Tussahaw, Tuesday *7-
I will 1 1 11 M 1 Dc rci gh both weeks of the Superior cot rt
irom Ocl her tl e 21st till November the 4th , and every Sat
urda) ardevtrx First Tuesday.
S VV Whits kti, Tax Collector ol Henry County, Ga u
MR. GEORGE WELCH
HA3 FREAK POTATO.
SweeLPotato Which is Almost
Perfect Image Of
A Duck.
Mr.[George Welch, who lives
out on Route 1 in McDonough
district, brought The Weekly a
real curiosity Saturday.
Itjs a sweet potato in the like
ness of a duck.
It has the long neck, the head,
and the body almost exactly like
a duck and is almost the size of a
full grown duck.
Mr.,Welch is cyie of the coun
ty’s best farmers and raises things
to eat as well as cotton.
At the County Fair Saturday he
won the first prize for the best
boar under one year.
Hogs and potatoes are very
fine diet and crops too. -
Mill days every Saturday.
Bring your corn to Planning mill.
J. H. Rape.
Ellenwood.
There was a large crowd at the
singing last Sunday evening and
the Sunday school is still improv
ing.
We are sorry to say that Mr. H.
C. Bond is no better.
Mrs. J. R. Henry and Mrs. J. Z.
Henry spent Saturday afternoon
with Mrs. Mattie Suttles.
Mr. Fred Bond, of Attlanta,
visted home-folk last Sunday and
was seen going his same old route.
Misses Mary and Artie Rowden
went to Atlanta last Tuesday.
Mr. E. E. Reagin went to Atlan
ta one day last week and we didn’t
know why Mr. J. S. Bond didn't
go.
Mrs. Ella Askew and Mrs. App
Callaway and daughter, of Atlan
ta, visited relatives hen. the lat
ter part of last week.
We are glad to know that Mrs.
John Morris is improving. She was
out riding last Sunday afternoon.
Peggy.
DYNAMITE at W. B. J. Ingram’s.
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