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RIGHTS OF THE CONSUMER TO COUPONS ENDANGERED Lobby Will Ask Georgia Legislature 1 o Deprive The Peo ple Of Benefits From Trading Stamps And Coupons. Another effort will be made at the coming session of the Georgia legis lature, it is said, to deprive the peo .ple of this state of the benefits they tare now enjoying from the issuancd of (trading stamps and coupons. Although the proposed legislation is •backed by a powerful northern lobby ■and is favored by some of the large ;*ity merchants and big daily papers in this section, it is not believed that the Georgia legislature will pass such •a measure. Every effort made in otli ter states has proven abortive, al though more than fifty such bills have been introduced in the last three years. In most states where this big lobby has been active, the bills have pimply failed to pass, and in the few states where such laws have been en acted, they have in every instance later been declared unconstitutional. The objection to the trading stamps and coupons has come only from large mercantile organizations which have hoped by legislation to stifle compe tition, and from big publications who have objected to seeing the public share in the benefits of money spent for advertising which otherwise they might be able to get for themselves. •The public has always welcomed trad ling stamps and coupons, as they amount, to the equivalent of cash dis- tcounts and premiums on their cash 'purchases. The idea that the public was not really getting any benefit, but simply paid more for the original article, or got an inferior article, lias been completely exploded by proofs showing that the goods sold with cou pons are sold at. exactly the same price and are exactly the same goods that competitors of the coupon using merchants sell without coupons. The manufacturers aqd merchants using the coupons are enabled to do ;®o, not by charging more for their wares or selling inferior wares, but jtmthe advertising they get from the coupons and by the-trade it attracts Ito their stores. It is estimated that fully $5,000,000 worth of valuable jgoods are given away to the people of Georgia each year through these cou pons. This money represents over-head advertising expense, which the manu facturers or dealers themselves pay, believing that they get $5,000,000 worth of benefit out of it in advertis ing and attracting business. If a bill were passed prohibiting the use of cou- Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Tour drugjfist wilt refund money if PA7O OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c. Need a wagon? Let us talk to you about the MITCHELL line. See W. H. Field, Agent. . HOUSES WANTED We have several applica* tions for houses. List your property with us; we keep them rented. :: :: :: E. W. Gould & Company Real Estate—Renting and Loan Office in\Dixie Theatre. PHONE 411 CARTERSVILLE, GA. Special Notice City Tax Books will be open on April Ist for receiving of returns of personal property for the year 1917, and remain open until 6 o’clock p. m., on the first day of June 1917. All persons failing to m ike returns of their per sonal property will be doubled taxed as provided by law. By order of the Board of Commissioners’ of the City of Cartersville, Ga. W. W. DANIEL, City Fax Receiver. pons, prices on goods would not be one cent less to the consumer and would not give the consumer an arti cle one white nuj>erlor in quality. It would simply mean that these manu facturers and dealers would cease to distribute among the people of Georgia the $5,000,000 worth of goods, which they now give away annually absolute ly free for advertising purposes. Trading stamps are not the same as coupons, yet the proposed legislation aims to put them on the same basis, and to crush both with the same blow. The trading stamp, strictly speaking, is issued by a company in the trading stamp business, which sells its own ! system to merchants and makes a | profit out of it. There might be some I objection to the trading stamp on the ' part of the small merchant, as he ; might be compelled to buy a system which he did not want in order to keep pace with a neighbor who had pul in the system, but this possible objection does not apply to the cou pon proper at all, as the coupon is packed by the manufacturer or retailer in its own article and given away only with its own articles and redeemed in its own stores. No instance has ever been shown where the people have objected to the system. They regard the efforts of the lobby as a plan to thwart and stifle com petition and deprive the public of a benefit it is now getting without con ferring upon it atiy new benefit what ever to replace what it has lost Nobody but the thrifty housewife knows how th? average Georgia home has benefited and been beautified by the premiums from trading stamps and coupons, for in the homes of every community, large and small, are found coupon-given articles of every kind and description from cut glass vases and waffle-jrons to bedroom furniture and pianos. Nearly everyone uses some filing on which stamps or coupons are given, the list including Octagon Soap, Spearmint Gum. United Cigar Store purchases, Arbuckle’s Coffee, Bal lard’s Flours, Pet and Acorn Condens ed Milk, Quaker Oats and many other standard goods. The whole family benefits. The legislator who votes in favor of this lobby measure to prohibit stamps and coupons will simply be voting at the behest of big business to take $5,000,000 annually away from the people of Georgia.—(Advt.) Just received a car load of cane bot tom chairs. Price for cash 65c each. G. M. Jackson & Son. Bread is the staff of life, therefore have It good. Tip-Top or Butter-Nut Breafi. THE BARTOW TRIBUNE-THE CAR TERSVILLE NEWS, APRIL 26, 1917. °REPARATIONS FOR STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. From Savannah comes the news that unusual preparations are being made for the State Sunday School Con vention which meets in that city, May *ih. tith, 10th. The churches of all de nominations of the city seem to be vying with one another as to which can get the most homes for delegates. 13.5C0 Programs Mailed Out. Every Sunday school superintendent in the state whose name and address could he secured will receive this week a copy of the Sunday School News in which is printed a program of the state convention and a large num ber are being mailed to other Sunday school workers in every county in the state. In all 13,500 copies are being mailed out. The County Sunday School Officers Boosting the Convention. All the counties of the state except j four are now organized into County Sunday School Associations and have president, secretary an;l division pres idents, and to these officers, programs and other printed matter are being mailed, and all are asked to help boost the convention. The committee on ar rangements last week sent out 5,000 picture posters printed in two colors, 1 • :>x2C inches with the pictures of 21 1 of the 03 convention speakers. These were mailed to the Sunday school sup erintendents and Sunday school work ers in every bounty in the state. Prominent People on the Program. Among the speakers at the state Convention will be Mr. John J. Eagan, Atlanta, one of Georgia’s most promi nent Christian business men and Sun day school superintendents * Dr. E. C. Dargan, Macon, pastor of First Bap tist church; Dr. W. N. Ainsworth, Sa vannah, pastor of Wesley Monumental church; Dr. S. E. Wasson, Rome, pas tor of the First Methodist church; Dr. Joseph Broughton, Atlanta, and many other men of equal prominence. Be sides the in-state speakers Mr. John L. Alexander, of Chicago, 111.; Miss Nannie Lee Fraysqr, Louisville, Ky., and Mr. Leon C. Palmer, Montgomery, Ala., will each speak several times. Music a Special Feature. it has been customary for several years to feature the music at the-state convention. Prof. E. O. Excell,' of Chi cago, 111., one of America’s foremost musicians will have full charge of the convention music. He brings with him Prof. W. P. Erwin, a famous pianist, of Chicago. The Methodist Quartette, of Rome, Ga„ is also on the program several times. Delegates and Entertainment. All delegates will pay a registration fee of SI.OO, and then he given a pack age containing a souvenir program, note book, song book and several oth er things necessary to make the time spent at the convention pleasant and profitabe. They will then he assigned homes on the Harvard plan-lodging and breakfast free. new HOME TREATMENT FOR BANISHING HAIRS (Beauty Topics) With the aid of a medol paste, it is an easy matter for any woman to re move every trace of hair or fuzz from face, neck and arms. Enough of the powdered medol and water is mixed into a thick paste and spread on the hairy surface for about 2 minutes, then rubbed off and the skin washed. This completely removes the hair, but to avoid disappointment, get the medol in an original package. Medol costs only 50c and SI.OO a package. Mail orders filled by American Prc- P’-ietory Cos.. Boston. Mass. —(advt.) “THE BIRTH OF A NATION’’ RE-OPENS OPERA HOUSE. .Manning and Wink, who operate a chain of theatres in Georgia and Ten nessee, have secured a lease on the Cartersville Opera House. They will present, it is said, only theatrical at tiactions of the greatest merit. For the opening show they have secured I). W. Griffith’s spectacle “The Birth of a Nation,” which is ceded to be the j most prententious entertainment on. tour today. Three performances will he given of the picture in Cartersville; j Friday and Saturday, May 4-5. A mati nee, starting at three o'clock, will take place Saturdavps well as the evening performance,* which commences at 8:15. It has been promised that when I “The Birth of a Nation” comes to Car ters vflle, the same big symphony or chestra that accompanied the specta cle on its long run in Atlanta and in Chattanooga will be with it. Also, a sixty foot baggage car load of stage and scenic effects will be used. It re quires the services of twenty men to j operate the mechanical pertion of the I entertainment. | Mr. Griffith is advertising the last i tour of his photo-spectacle and is ad vising all who wish to see it to be ! present at this showing. Anew super spectacle called “Intolerance” is to follow "The Birth of a Nation’’ on tour, which is also the work of Grif fith. Reduced prices are in order for the farewell tour. The best seats are from seventy-five cents to one dollar and a half. Ax the matinees the prices are even lower. Mail orders are being ac cepted new if they are accompanied by a money order add self-addressed stamped envelope. Ihe regular seat sale starts Tuesday, May I, at Griffin Dili” Cos. Wherever ’The Birth of a Nation" is presented, the seat sale is often very large, and many times all of the tickets are disposed of before the opening of the first show. For this reason it is well to take advantage of the mail order sale and avoid the dis appointment of not being able to get accommodation. The sale is for the benefit of local and out of town thea tregoers and all orders will be filled in the sequence of their receipt. For Rent, $17.50 Per Month. No. 206 South Erwin street. Six room house, all conveniences. This house now occupied by Mr. J. M. Rising. Can give possession about April 6th. See or phone W. H. Field at the warehouse PROLIFIC SEED CORN—Premium al Bartow and Floyd County Fairs— s3.so a bushel, W. D. Pittard, Cassvil’e. Your responsibility to your children does not end with your death. The Prudential Monthly Income Policy enables you to provide steady, unfailing support for wife and family after you are gone. Ask me about it. It is my bust* ' X, - . ness to help you—let me do it J. B. HOWARD, Agent, Cartersville, Ga. 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