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OUR photograph shows, from Jest to right, Job E. Hedges, Republican candidate for governor ot New York,
Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, Jr., and her husband, the Republican nominee for lieutenant gqvernor.
BANKERS FEEL PINCH
Society to Be Organized to Re
lieve Pressure of High Prices.
Will Buy All Supplies From Producers
and They Will Be Handled at
Minimum Cost —Has 1,000
Members.
Boston.—Even the fellows through
whose hands flow each year millions
in good, hard cash feel the pinch of
mounting prices. Like the rest, they
have contemplated with disgust and
chagrin the bill of the butcher, the
grocer and the other dealers in house
hold necessities and have grown tired
of its constantly growing proportions.
They have not been content, however,
to sit stip under the burden; they have
decided that the time has come to do
something and the Co-Operative So
ciety of Bank Men is the result. It is,
generally speaking, a plan to bring
back the so-called 60 cent dollar to
something like its face value.
The new organization, which was in
corporated recently under the laws of
Massachusetts with a capital of $25,-
000, will start with a membership of
1,000 and will eventually take in a
membership in excess of 2,000. Pri
marily it was founded for the benefit
of those who are connected with banks
and kindred financial institutions, but
its scope may be extended a little to
take in others who may prove satisfac
tory to the original members.
On the whole, the association pre
fers to do business with the producer,
and has already made arrangements
to that end in a number of lines. It
has been figured that at the outset a
large amount may be saved by cutting
off the small profits which accrue to a
number of agencies before goods reach
the average retailer.
In the beginning, the society will
endeavor to confine Itself to a staple
line of goods which may be turned
over quickly so that the capital may
not be tied up for any long period.
These staples will, naturally, embrace
meat and groceries, but will not be
confined exclusively to them. As the
demand arises, a wide variety of ar
ticles for household and general use
will be added. While the nature of all
the merchandise has not been decided
upon, it is sure to have a wide enough
range to satisfy the calls from cus
tomers. There are possibilities in
many fields of retail trade. For in-
FAVORS ESKIMO QUARANTINE
Explorer Stefansson Would Keep '
Civilization From Blond
Men of North.
New York.—Vilhjalmer Stefansson,
who discovered the blond Eskimo in
the Coronation gulf region, hopes to
find away to keep all kinds of civili
zation, including religion, away from
them. He fears their speedy extinc
tion if civilization gets to them, and
he will go to Ottawa to ask the
Canadian government to issue a proc
lamation of perpetual quarantine of
the whole district.
'1 want to shut out the missionary
as well as the trader," said Doctor
Stefansson, who is himself a graduate
of the Harvard divinity school. "The
blond Eskimos do not need the trader
and they have a religion of their own
which answers their purpose very ।
■well. The most deadly disease that
ever struck the Eskimo anywhere
was the measles. The missionaries
and their supply ships are as likely I
to carry measles as are the fur trad- ।
era. The only intelligently governed '
Me gwUcHtj
NUMBER 13.
• stance, it has even been suggested that
the younger members might be sup
plied with some sort of sporting goods
and might be able to cut down expend
itures on such semi-luxuries as golf
1 and tennis balls.
A sizeable economy, of course, will
be effected in the selling as well as
the buying end. The society has no
idea of starting anything like a gen
-1 eral store, but will maintain a dlstrib
’ uting station at some point conveni
■ ent to the financial district. Here the
’ goods will be stored not with an In
tent to display, but tor easy and rapid
1 handling.
। One element which will be insisted
upon will be the handling ot only such
goods as give reasonable assurance of
’ a quick "turnover." The society .will
, avoid from the start those' things
which are familiarly known In the re
tail trade as "stickers.” The stock
’ of merchandise must be cleaned up
i rapidly and a new stock bought. Noth
' ing that will lie on the shelves from
season to season will be included In
J the list of articles in which the cor
poration proposes to deal. All goods
i will be sold at a safe margin of profit
’ so that it will be Impossible for the
1 society to be caught In even tem
' porary difficulties.
’ Curiously enough, two men In the
. financial district were working out
, plans for some sort of concerted effort
among their fellow employes. For
some time past Frank W. Chase of the
United States subtreasury had been
making an investigation into co-opera
’ tive methods ot buying and had been
. interesting his friends In the advant
’ ages of the scheme. At the same time
‘ Charles E. Nott of the New England
’ Trust company had been perfecting a
i similar plan. Neither had at the out
set any conception that his ideas
। would meet with the general approval
, which later developed.
I All the officers and other members
■ of the society who may be called upon
to serve in various capacities do so
i without salary, and the only salary ex
> penses will be for such persons as
i may be employed in^buying and sell
■ Ing.
I ■
Withstood Mighty Shock.
I Kittanning, Pa. —Thomas Schaeffer,
i a lineman, had 22,000 volts of electric
■ ity pass through his body while repair
ing wires at the top of a high pole and
still lives.
Eskimo country in the world is
Greenland, where Denmark maintains
a strict quarantine, no one being'per
mitted to land without investigation."
MAGIC IN BROTHER’S VOICE
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Arouses Young Syrian From Corner
In Which He Had Lain
Three Months.
Cleveland, O. —The sound of his
brother's voice has roused Shackery
Nashan El Aswad, a young Syrian,
from a state of coma In which he had
lain for three months. The brother,
who arrived from Syria just to see
the boy, says he will take the patient
back home as soon as he shall have
completely recovered.
The younger brother Iles In New
burg hospital, whither he was taken
when his health broke down upon his
completion of engineering studies.
When the elder, Kallal lai El Aswad.
chief of staff of the governor of his
province, arrived, the doctors thought
his presence might arouse Shackery,
and the event proved the truth of
their theory.
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1912.
USES CORNET AS SCARECROW
Connecticut Man Drives Off Raiding
Deer From Orchard With
Blasts From Horn.
Winsted, Conn.—At dawn when deer
invade his orchard of 400 young ap
ple trees on the Old Colebrook road,
George A. Howe, who has slept in the
orchard all summer to protect the
fruit trees from the ravages of the
animals, plays a cornet and the deer
bound away.
Howe says he has counted twenty
deer in his orchard at one time eating
the tender sprouts on the trees. They
became so accustomed to the reports
of a shotgun which was discharged
high In the air by Howe to frighten
them that they refused to budge.
Then Howe hit upon the idea of
stampeding them with blasts from his
cornet.
The deer are protected at this sea
son under the Connecticut game laws.
LEAVES - MAN HALF SHAVED
Barber Told of Sudden Fortune Quits
Work and Walks Out of
Shop.
Haverhill, Mass.—Only one man
had reason to regret that Joseph
Naymalis, a Haverhill barber, in
herited $30,000. Naymalis was shav
ing Jerry Waite when a postman
brought him a special delivery letter
telling of his good fortune.
Naymalis tossed his razor out of
the window, threw his barber’s coat
into a waste basket and left his cus
tomer half shaved. He didn’t even
say •‘good-by.’’ The money was left
him by an uncle. Naymalis immedi
ately packed his valise and left for
Indiana, where he hopes to enter the
state university. And Jerry Waite
had to go to another shop to have the
other side of his face shaved.
LONE PIGEON FOLLOWS TRAIN
For Three Years It Has Been Ma
king Regular Trips In
lowa.
Maysville, la. —Every time a north
bound passenger train leaves Mays
ville over the Great Northern coast
line a solitary pigeon leaves the sta
tion and accompanies the train for
three miles. Railroad men say the
bird has not missed a trip In three
years, and is as prompt as train or
ders. It never fails to end its flight
when a certain point is reached.
' MANY WOMEN IN BANKRUPTCY
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Report Shows That 399 Failed In
Business in England Dur-
ing Year.
London, England.—Women In Eug
■ land appear to be exercising their re
cently acquired rights of bankruptcy,
for during the last fiscal year there
were 399 failures among the members
i of the fair sex. The married woman
failed more often than the widow and
, the widow oftener than the single wom
l an. The report records the failure of
161 married women, 157 widows and
81 spinsters.
The preponderance of married wom
■ en may be due to the fact that their
speculative trading is due sometimes
to a dishonest husband. It appears
from the records that the women are
i much more successful than men in
coming to an understanding with
their creditors. The report does not
state whether this fact is due to the
more adroit dealing of the woman
debtors or because the creditors are
' more forbearing to debtors of the
gentler sex.
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