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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1911.
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Mid-Week Bargains in Bass’ Mill-End Sale
Second Floor
tong; Kimonos of fancy embroid-
ered Swiss; extra CQa
special at 0$fC
14 of Ladies’ Short Kimonos to
SE£ -10c
Indies’ lisle-finished Vests on
ttle tomorrow S ^
at, only..
ladies’ Mnslin Gowns, lace and
embroidery- QQa
trimmed. ■.WwU
Dresses and Waists
Another big lot of Wash Dresses and Lingerie Dresses, including
the prettiest styles of the season; am
np to $7.50 values | ,gQ
Stylish Dresses of taffeta, mcssaline, foulard and' .novelty silk;
.... $4.95
beautifully trimmed and worth up to $15.00.
Take choice for only
100 dozen Sample Waists in lingerie and colored
embroidery styles; up to $li50 values
55c
The sensation of this Mill-End
Sale has reached many more
manufacturers anxious to dis
pose of surplus lots at next-to-
nothing prices. They are send
ing us big shipments in every
line. More and greater bargains
will be offered you tomorrow.
Come!
Sale of Skirts
Our.New York buyer has just expressed to us 200 Sample Skirts
which he secured at about one-th ird real value from a leading
maker. Included are voiles, Panamas, fancy mixtures, white and
striped, serges, etc. All are new styles. To be sold in two lots, as
follows: .
$2.90
$3.90
87c
Up to $7.50
values at....
Up to $12.50
values at....
White Linen Skirts in good styles;
in this sale at
Second Floor
Lot of Ladies’ Fancy
that were up to $3.00;
choice.
Parasols
69c
Mercerized Petticoats with deep
embroidered ruffles;
up to $2.00 values Ojf C
Linen Coat Suits in splendid
styles; up to $7.50 QQ
54-inch Linen Automobile and
Traveling Coats; £4 QQ
special at ^ I
Furniture Department
Babies' High Chairs as Illustrates at
left; solid oak, natural or painted red
69c
Rolld Oak Porch Sarins as Illustrated
above; natural or mission flnlsh; com
plete with chains and CJ1 CQ
hooks; tomorrow, only “ ■ *ww
Pnuarcs; 125.00 value
t by 11-root All-Wool Brus- CO QA
acts *20.00 Art Squares
t by 11-foot Japanese Mat- C4 CA
tins. Art Square# IgfcnWV
Domestics, Wash Goods, Linens
Good, heavy Towel Crash will be
...3C bold tomorrow at, yard w8v
U Full double-bed size Bleached Hemmed Aft.
,...3C Sheets at only www
Q_ Good size, well-made Bleached Pillow A.
White silk-fiuished Persian Lawn, P.
,.. OC worth 25c a yard; only wC
Yard-wide, soft-finished Sea Island
Domestic; per yard
Yard-wide Bleached Cambric, like
Lonsdale; per yard
All-linen Brown Dress Linen; on
sale tomorrow at, yard
English Rep in white, blue and
natural linen color; yard
See These Extra Specials
Furniture Department
All-.teel Sanitary
Folding Couch a» Il
lustrated; 17.50 value.
iSwT...$3.98
black, whlta and
colors
Ladles' 12-button length Black
39c
Silk
We Give
Green
Trading
Stamps
BASS
, Men's, women's and
hrellna, real $1.00
values, at
Ladies' 811k Hose In
colors; tomor-
[row
children', tfm-
39c
black, white and
39c
i f
18 West
Mitchell,
Near
Whitehall
All-steel and leather one-motion collapsible Ao-
f'art. as pictured; 116.00 CA QC
value s|» ■ »wW
Recllnlng-back Folding Oo-Cart, with nibber-
tired bicycle wheels, $2.98
A few regular 11.00 Folding tfjl QQ
Go-Carta to sell tomorrow, at ...;.. V l, “ u
Oriental Footstools as illustrated OQ«
below; special .*▼*
THE TRUE INWARDNESS OF IT
A STATEMENT AS TO THE POULTRY SITUATION IN ATLANTA
Ordinarily I believe It to be
had business policy to advertise
a competitor’s business by tak
ing public notice of it. How
ever, so many questions have
By H. G. HASTINGS, President Georgia Poultry Association
$3,000 for the privilege of back- Mr. Howell, of The Constitution;
ing-such a show as the one just Mr. Gray, of The Journal, and Mr.
pulled off. I replied to him
dently deeming the poultry busi
ness of too small consequence to
be worth encouraging.
Shortly after this, a represen
tative of The Atlanta Georgian,
keen asked mo during the past which had been giving encour-
( fow weeks as to the Atlanta sit.
uation and the relation between
the Georgia Poultry association
and the newly organized South
ern International Poultry associa
tion, that I deem it best at this
time to make a plain statement of
facts as to he Atlanta situation.
There is absolutely no connec
tion whatever between the Geor
gia Poultry association and the
other organization.
In explanation, I can do no
better than to outline poultry
chow history in Atlanta for the
past eight or ten years.
The old Atlanta Poultry asso
ciation was, to the best of my rec
ollection, the original poultry or
ganization. During its existence it
held several shows, all of them
financially unau&easful, except
one. During its existence sev
eral disgruntled members formed
a competitive organization, which
held one show and then died a
natural death.
The Atlanta Poultry associa
tion also died, but a year later
the present Georgia Poultry as
sociation was formed, and has
held annual shows ever since.
The show held last January in
tho Atlanta Auditorium was the
firat financially successful show
held by the Georgia association,
it being necessary for our mem
bership to finance a deficit on
each of the previous shows. Fol-
lowing the next to the last show,
it was a very serious question as
to whether another show should
he attempted. Most of ns had
flatten tired of going down in
oar pockets and footing the bills.
Baring all these past y?ars
*tth the financially unsuccessful
shows, we had had very little
•npport from the daily press, of
Atlanta. During the summer of
1910 several meetings of the
Georgia Poultry association were
"Id, and it was finally deter
ged to hold a show if suffi-
support could be obtained.
A number of our members pledg-
3 » certain amount, conditional
?°. * sufficient additional amount
eiI) g raised to successfully
nance a creditable show. Com-
ittcej were appointed to make
tk! Deees * a ry canvass. One of
•■ese committees called on both
* Atlanta Journal and The
0f>j *“j a Constitution, but re-
eiik ^ no ’“tteouragement - from
r ' T them, the gentlemen
P r *s»nting those papers evi-
agemept to the poultry business
in general thru its columns for
several months previous, came to
the officers of the Georgia, Poul
try association with a proposition
to back the Atlanta show, both
financially and with publicity
thru its columns, the condition
being that the show be known
ns The Georgian’s Poultry Show,
held under the auspices of the
Georgia Poultry association. The
proposition of The Geqrgisn only
covered one year, or rather one
show, the one so successfully'
held last January.
This proposition was taken un
der advisement, and after much
discussion it was agreed that if
The Georgian would sign a two-
year instead of a one-year con
tract, it would be accepted. The
Georgian’s representatives de
murred at this, but finally amend
ed their original proposition to
two years, and it is my recollec
tion that the vote to make this
two-year contract with The At
lanta Georgian was unanimous.
Aa soon as this contract was
signed, The Georgian gave the
show almost unlimited publicity
thru its columns, and was instru
mental in securing many cups
for prizes and also numerous cash
contributions.
Without going into details, the
result of this contract was that
there was held in the Auditorium
last January the best and largest
high-class poultry show ever held
in the South, many exhibitors of
national reputation stating that
it was second only to the New
York and Chicago shows, and an
impetus was given to the poultry
industry throughout the South
eastern states such as it never
had before. Instead of no show,
we had one of the great shows
of the country. Not only was it
creditable to Atlanta, but it was
a great financial success.
Now, incidentally, thru the
impetus given the poultry indus
try thru the show and by the
printing of a great deal of poul
try news daily by The Georgian,
that paper secured a great deal
of poultry and poultry supply ad
vertising.
A few weeks after this Jan
uary show, one of the gentlemen
who is now an officer of the
Southern International associa
tion came to me with the state
ment that one of the other pa-
would be willing to pay
to
that the paper in question had
been asked to help us in the past
and had turned the Georgia
Poultry association down cold.
Furthermore, we had a contract
with The Georgian for another
year that was both morally and
legally binding.
From time to'time suggestions
were made to me as an officer
of the Georgia association that it
would be a good thing to get rid
of our contract with The Geor
gian, so aa to secure the support
of the other papers. This ac
tivity was confined to some three
or four who seemed to be in
close touch with the other At
lanta papers.
Some time later, notices ap
peared in The Journal and The
Constitution that a new poultry
association was to be formed in
Atlanta, the names of Mr. Loring
Brown, Mr. Poole and Mr. Sim
mens, who were members of the
Georgia association, being men
♦ioned.
Following these notices,
called a meeting of the Georgia
association. Mr. Brown and Mr.
Poole were present, and were
asked to state why they took this
position, and responded, but hard
ly to the satisfaction of the other
members present, who, without
exception^ condemned their course
as suicidal, and it was repeated
ly stated that, with the possible
exception of New York, two
poultry shows in a town have al
ways proved disastrous.
In my personal capacity I have
done eveiything possible to avoid
any conflict. Every opportunity
has be6n given the few who con-
situte the Southern International
Poultry association to come to
gether with the Georgia associa
tion, without result. The demands
they make on us could not be
complied with and retain our
self-respect
I believe the time has now come
to call a spade a spade in this
poultry association matter.
Here in Atlanta we have three
daily papers of large circulation.
The rivalry between them as
newspapers is very keen and each
tries to outdo the othors in enter
prise. In addition to this, there
seems to be some personal feeling
between the responsible heads of
two of them. With this rivalry
and personal feeling the Georgia
Poultry association has nothing
to do. Of these matters the mem
bership of tho Georgia Poultry as
sociation and the public generally
knows little and cares loss. Per
sonally, I am equally friendly with
Seely, of The Georgian, and I be
lieve that the same is true of most
of onr membership. I sincerely
regret that my official position
necessitates, my. taking, so far as
this poultry matter is concerned,
an antagonistic attitude toward
the poeition of The Journal and
The Constitution.
hore in Georgia one of the catch
phrases of the campaign was
“Watch the lino-up.” It is well
to watch the “line-up” in this
new association.
Poultry departments in the At
lanta papers became quite popu
lar after our January show. The
Journal added one, also The Con
stitution, so that all three now
have them. Incidentally, Mr. Pos-
tell (Uncle Dudley), who had been
conducting The Georgian’s Poul
try Department, had a business
disagreement wVh The Georgian
and severed his connection with
that paper. With this disagreo.
raent between Undo Dudley and
The Georgian wo have nothing to
do personally, nltho Uncle Dudley
There is not a shadow of an ex- J expressed himself to me as feeling
cuse for the organization of the
Southern International Poulry
association in Atlanta other than
newspaper rivalry, in my opinion,
and that of the great majority
of the members of the Georgia
association. Several who have
taken a share of stock in this new
association have stated to mo that
they did so under a misapprehen
sion.
It was announced at the time of
its formation that Governor Hoke
8mith was to be its president.
Governor Smith, as soon as he
learned how matters stood, posi
tively refused to let his name be
used. During its organization the
names of others were used entire
ly without authority.
In a recent political campaign
very bitterly against Mr. Seely.
Now for the “line-up.” In the
latest announcement of officers of
the Southern International asso
ciation we find the following:
President, Uncle Dudley (a man
who has had a business disagree
ment with The Georgian).
Josepil Warden, vice president,
. (poultry oditor of Tho Constitu-
tion).
Loring Brown, chairman exec
utive committee, (poultry editor
of The Atlanta Journal), whose
activity in connection with the
formation of this new association
was practically coincident with
his employment by The Journal.
My understanding is that both
Tho Journal and Tho Constitution
disclaim officially that as business
organizations they are connected
with the new organization, but I
believe that the poultry public
can reasonably infer what’s what
and who’s who from the “line
up.” ,
Personally and as an officer of
the Georgia Poultry association
I have no ill-feeling toward either
The Journal or The Constitution,
neither do I hold any brief for
The Georgian. As a -business man
of Atlanta and an advertiser in all
three papers I have always been
personally friendly toward all of
them.
I believe that the position of
The Journal and Tho Constitu
tion, cither officially or thru their
employees, is’ absolutely unten-
able and that they ant dead wrong
in their attitude. Both of these
papers have had ample opportu
nity to promote the poultry busi
ness in the past and refused, and
in my opinion ha\e no right now
to bring on a competitive move
ment that la antagonistic to the
Georgia Poultry association be
cause it chooses to fulfill a busi
ness contract with The Georgian
that it made of its own free will
after aid and support had been
refused by the other papers.
The Georgia Poultry association
will hold its annual show in Jan
uary. If possible to make it so,
it will be a larger and better show
than last January. We absolute
ly decline to be dictated to by em
ployees of firms or corporations
that turned us down cold in the
past, and in this we expect and
will have the support of those.in
the South who have the real in
terests of the poultry industry at
heart. ,With ail due respect to the
backers of the new organization,
I believe they have no right to
attempt to use the poultry indus
try as they are now doing.
The Georgia Poultry association
is an established institution and
has the prestige of holding tho
largest and most successful show
ever seen in tto South. It has
worked faithful^ to promote the
industry in the South. It has
never defaulted in payment of
premiums, has money in hAnk and
owns its own coops for exhibi
tions. It is on a solid basis and
makes no promises that it can not
carry out.
Against my wishes I have been
elected prcsidnnt of tho Georgia
Poultry association for several
years, and so long as I am with
the Georgia association I shall in
sist that it keep a clean business
record, make no boastful prom
ises impossible of fulfillment and
carry out any and-all contracts
that it makes. In this I ask on
behalf of the Georgia Poultry as
sociation the support of every
fancier and poultryman in tho
South. II. G. HASTINGS,
President Georgia Poultry Asso
ciation.
Publicity Bill 8tnt to Conftrcnco,
Washington, Aug. 1.—The cnmpaljrn
publicity bill was tent to conference
today.
Putting It Up to the Legislature
Photo by Mathewenn.
SCENE AT COMMI88ION CHARTER HEARING IN HOUSE QF REPRESENTATIVES ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.
Tha hearing before the house committee drew eo many intaraeted listeners that it was held in the large hall of representatives. Present office holders *
in th# . city government were conspicuous bytheir number. The committee heard arguments for three hour*, but decision on tha bill was delayed a week
thru tho effort of Representative Walter McElreath, of Fulton county, who professed that ho had not read tha bill.