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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS* SATURDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1911.
YEAR IN BUSINESS FAIR;
BETTER TOWARD CLOSE
WAS REPRESSION.
THE STATISTICAL STORY OP 1S11.
1911 and Forecasts Good
Trade During Year 1912.
WAS AN IRREGULAR PERIOD
Some Record Outputs, Despite
the Industrial Short Time.
Profits Were Cut Down.
Bradstrertu, one of.the great mer
cantile- reporting companies, has issued
its annual analysis of the business his
tory of the year. It Is not a "boost/'
not a flattering review in which only
the good is recorded and the bad
glossed over, hut a clear-cut story of
the year in trade, it follows:
Nineteen hundred and eleven was a
period of striking irregularity in trade
and industry, but despite evidences of
widespread caution and repression, a fair,
in some lines a record, business was done.
This it is conceded, we- generally at the
expense, of profits, which latter, rather
than the aggregate volume of business,
came In for widespread complaint. It
was a year of. generally high commodity
prices, broken,’however, by some remark
able Extremes of movement in staples,
causing especial strain alike upon manu
facturing industry and consumption, and
eventuating in u lessened volume of busi
ness and much idle machinery. It was,
furthermore, a year of decided unsettte-
meni,.of intense agitation in some finan
cial as well as Industrial lines, which for
the first time experienced the application
of hitherto untried methods of legal reg-
ulatlon These, at first viewed with de
cided alarm. Inter lost most of their ter
rors. and with the passing or the year
toward its close somewhat saner views of
politico-economic questions led to a per
ceptible Improvement In general sentl-
Yields,
19IX. t , A -
Chang,
from 1910
Past records
Year
Corn, bushel* *.
Winter wheat, bushel*.. .. .. ..
spring wheat, bushels
Total wheat, bushels;. .. ..
Oats, bushels .. ..
Burley, bushels
Rye. 1 bushel*,.- ..
Buckwheat, bushels
Total, six cereals., .. .. ..
Flaxseed, bushels., .. .. .. ..
Potatoes, bushfels.. » f '•
Hay, tons
Tobacto.' pound*.. ....
Rice, bushels.. .,
Cotton, bales (estimated).. ..
Sugar.' beet and cane, tons (cat.)
2,531,4^3,000
,430.666,000
190,682,600
621.318.000
922.298.000
160.240.000
*33,119,000
17,649,000
Dec. 12.8
Dec; .8
Dec. 5.0
Dec. 2.2
Dec. 21.8
Dec. 7.8
Dec.. 6.8
Dec. .2
2.886,260,000
492.888,004
293,185,322
748.460.218
1.180,513,000
' 178,916.484
33,630.692
22.791.839
4,286.032,000
19.370.000
* 292,737,000
47*444,000
905.109.000
93,*9S4eM0
16.600.000 *
845.000
Dec. 13.0
Inc. 62.3
Dec. 14.3
Dec. 22.1
Dec 17.8
Dec. 6.6
Inc. 29.1
Inc. 10.8
*29,884,880
376.537,000
70.798.000
1,103.415,000-
24.510.000
* - 13,825.000
785.000
lillllll
Agricultural Value*.
mi
Value,
Change
from 1910
Past records
Year
Corn
Wheat
Cats ..
Barley.. .. .. .. ,, .. ..
Rye..
" uckwheat ..
Total, sis cereals
Flaxseed.. .-
Potatoes 1
Hay
Tobacco
Rice
Cotton, Including seed
Total of agricultural product*
Value animal product*
Value field crops
fI756B/2&8,000
643.063.000
414.668.000
139.182.000
27.667.000
12.735.000
Inc. 18.0
Dec. 3.2
Inc. 2.0
Inc. 38.6
Inc. 10.4
Inc. 9.4
tl.621,105,000
676.517.000
407.887.000
100.426.000
24.953.000
16.812.000
1909
1909
1909
1910
1910
1866
T~2J02,4^,000
36.272.000
233.778.000
694.670.000
86.210.000
18,174.000
776,000,000
Inc. 8.5
Inc. 19.0
Inc. 20.1
Dec. 7.1
Dec. 16.7
Inc. 9.9
Dec. 14.0
liiiiil
S 0 c — 0 0 0
#»’.417, (100,000
2.913.000. 000
5.504.000. 000
Dec. 3.1
Dec. 10.0
Inc. *.8
' 88,694,000.000
3.234.000. 000
6.460.000. 000
1910
1910
1910
Finance and Industry.
ini
Change
from 1910
Past record*
Year
Hank clearings (estimated).. ..
Imports of inerchandlst (est.)..
• Exports of merchandise (eat.)..
Total trade (estimated)
Circulation December 1..
Building expenditure
New York stock sales
New York bond sales
Buftltaess failures, number ., ..
Failure liabilities
Pigiron output, tons .. .. ., ..
Iron ore shipments, tons..
Coal production, tons 1
Anthracite shipments, tons.. ..
Like tonnage ;
Libor strikers ]
Ii67, boo,000.000
1,680,000,000
2.067.000. 000
3.597.000. 000
3,590,682,763
825.000. 000
135.000. 000
900.000. 000
12,634
183.000. 000
34.000. 000
32,130.411
616.000. 000
70.000. 000
7 i,000,000
255,000
Dec. 2.9
Dec. 2.0
Inc. 11.0
Inc. 5.0
Jnc. 2.4
Dec. 2.0
Dec. 20.0
Inc. 43.0
Inc. 8.0
Dec. 1.0
Dec. 12.0
Dec. 24.0
Inc. 2.7
Inc. 7.0
Dec. 10.0
Dec. 63.0
<164,300,860.342
1.562,807,612
1.923,426,205
3.427.218.892
3,192,615.314
804,530.532
283.662.848
1,311,874,700
16,508
383,700,000
27,303,667
• 42,620,206
501,000,000
67,109,393
86,732,316
660,000
1909
1910
1907 -
1910
1910
1909
1906
1909
1893
1907
1910
1910
1910
1907
1910
1903
IN CENM SHOW
Not Only Southern Champions
But More Birds and Better
Ones Will Be Exhibited.
WILL SURPASS ALL OTHERS
largely during the year, but the number les of life. Finally, the effects upon con- those that won will be in Atlanta to
fulling was not greatly enlarged, and lia- sumption of shortened agricultural yields, finish
at the South, of much reduced
agricultural yields.
- . ■ r - —- of much reduced
financial crop returns, are yet to be reck
oned withi On the other hand. It Is prob
ably true that under existing conditions
neither a presidential election nor a pros
pect of tariff revision creates the feeling
- lt £
flme ra in y Industry."or withdrawal's from
savings hanks, of tariff revision and tink
ering. of crop scares, of closely consid
ered hand-to-mouth buying and of Slow
collections, while the last four months
was a period of some relaxation of cau
tion. of growth of morn cheerful feeling
and of a illsinodtlon to lock on the brighter
aide of things. , ... .
There were many drawbacks to trade
and IndtiHtry aalde from real or fancied
obstacles finding their origin In now qp-
plleatlons of oil lawe. The weather wua
not of the best. A wet. cold spring re-
Htrlcted retail trade, and widespread
drought and excessively hot weather from
May to July damaged crops severely,
cereals and foods for man and boast al ko
buffering, this resulting In smaller yields
of and Maher prices for all crop# but cot.
ton, which because of low price at time
of heaviest movement, showed a Mttpj-
turn amailer than lias been realized from
some earlier crops far lighter in y «W; *
ysst harvest in the North seriously low-
W {n f#fl **Vall-st. acted vory much the
part of a weather vane, extreme pesslm-
Ism being vlslhlo at times, wh le at other
periods a disposition to view-thlno Inn
conservatively optimistic light developed.
With truHt prosecutions hanging lire, the
tendency was apparently to fear the
worst, while the actual Judicial decisions
seemed to bring an almost undue feeling
of eheerfld relief. The pressure was not
entirety confined to tho slock market,
gloomy views then reflected spreading
gradually to other lines and sectlons-nf
country, but not affecting the booth until
low coiton prices made their appearance,
gpeculation, whether In stocks or com
modities. was closely restricted through
out a large part of the past year, hut de
spite this, and as Illustrative of tile fact
that capital was not entirely prostrated,
new Stock flotations were of large vol
ume. bonds sold better titan n 1910, short-
time obligations were actively bought,
and thu close of the year flnds moat stocks
higher in price than at the opening.
Withal, money was easy, a reflection part
ly. no doubt, of .inlet in general and spec
ulation gome idle capital. Indeed, sought
more profitable employment abroad,
where, uv the way, the course of inter
national affairs did not run with entire
smoothness. ...
Domestic trade was large but not of a
record volume. Repression was in evi
dence In httylng, stocks of. goods were
kept down. an.I smalt and frequent rather
than large orders were the rule. Bust-
peas was therefore, perhaps, les* prollt-
ably carried on. Basic conditions ap-
twared sound, however, economies were
practiced and credits were not apparently
over-extended. Collections were made
rather slowly, city payments being easier
than those from the country.* but, except
In parts of the Northwest where past
crops had been deficient, and from the
South, where low-priced cotton late in
the year repressed both purchases ana
iiayment*. no real concern seemed visible.
Wet or inild weather retarded retail
trade In December, bin holiday trade wai
of good volume.
Commodity prices Justly came In for
blame as hampering some industries.
Thus, high-priced cotton am! failure to
place goods made therefrom caused much
short time from January well Into Sep
tember. l«ater, uncertainty as to the ex
tent of the decline hampered dealings.
Efforts to sell iron and steel were not
crowned with success until low, perhaps
cost, prices were reached in some in
stances. Then, however, consume™ acted
promptly, and nl|ho the railroads were
out of the market early in the year, their
purchases of cars and equipment later
on was a welcome support to the. market.
Building was quieter than in the preced
ing two years, but still expenditures
bulked largt in the year s operations.
Foreign trade made new records. Ex
ports especially were helped early by
lower price* for foods, and European
markets were reopened to our cereals and
meats, while iron and steel and cotton
also swelled the balance of trade In this
count!?’s favor. 1-ater on low prices for
cotton reduced the favorable balance
slightly. Imports, despite reduced pur*
The number of strikes and of strike™
was less than half those of 1910 The
number of those In business increased
bilttles in fact fell off.
Looking Forward.
One of the most notable features In
many lines of trade and Industry as the
year draws to a close Is the air of con- .
scrvatlve cheerfulness in evidence. While 1 of unsettlement that it formerly
there Ih testimony to this having a solid (Furthermore, the basic facts can not bo
basis In actual Improvement already reg- j obscured that stocks of goodse are down
J * ‘ *"* * * *»ard pan; that any change after two
rs of repression and of growing up to
i-i- . years In the country’s past j the country's productive capacity is likely
history, and In the very apparent belief to be In the direction or expansion; that
that some of tho year's doubtful questions money Is and promises to be reasonably
have been settled. It may be well, how- ' easy, thus inviting new investment, and
ever, to call attention to a few caution- that new cron m
ary signals that are
—p«,r the mirttoaos of a trade re- m actual improvement aireaay reg- onscurea tnat stocks of goodse are down
XS'■ J|«.| ho’vrarShoCldbedivl.ip.1 flerad. lt 1. plain that »om, of It ha* had , to hard pan; that any change after two
fimtwS part*, with the Aral eight month, Sra na« 1 th?” ° f *P<» mowing HP
generally a period of disturbance, £C short £1?FJL. nr *2 ln A* 1 ® country R . Pfcfi I I h0 ,
tinker with the tariff, and It no doubt 1
see continued efforts to put the antl-tr
act to further use In a legal way. Then, possible political progress and of legal
too, present and probably future high regulation of business, and for real na-
>rlees for food will constitute a bar lo j tlonai conservation and upbuilding in the
idlest buying of the secondary neceafcar- year to come.
MANAGER MATTICE TELLS
ABOUT GRAND OFFERINGS
"If Atlanta theatergoers do not coll this
a menu to make the mouth water, then
1 don’t know theatricals," said Manager
Arthur Matt Ice. of the Grand opera house,
lie was looking over the bookings for the
Grand for the after-Christmas season,
when theatricals really begin to get un
der way and routes take definite shape.
"1 don’t think Atlanta ever had better
offerings than those the Bhuberts are
sending us this year,” he said. "Just
glance over this list:
"Just after New Year’s ‘The Common
.Law,* a dramatisation of /Robert W.
Chambers’ great novel, will come for
several performances. Then William
Kuvcrsham, In ‘The Faun,’ will be seen
at the Grand. This was greatly dis
cussed last season, for the handsome ac-
appeared In the coetume of the
ge man-animal of mythology Instead
..»e evening clothes with which he
Is most often associated. ‘The Faun'
drew an unusual amount of space In the
magatines last aaaton."
Down the list are many famous names
billed for this season. There )s the
tom Paris; two opera companies In rep-
jrtolre, music* 1 comedies, heavy dramas,
and Lew Dockstader’s minstrels, which
a™ said to be unusually good this year,
and which play next Thursday and Friday
with Friday matinee. But here la the
list of bookings received so far:
Lew DockstadCr’s minstrels, new and
brought up to date. The reports say
Lew has the beet one on the road this
season.
"Over Night.” a farce which played all
last season at the llackett In New York.
"The Kiss Waltt,” a New York Casino
success, with the original company.
"Baby Mine," one of the big funny hits
of the Broadway season.
Grace George, always a favorite In
Atlanta.
Margaret Illlngton and a "this year s
play, ’’Kindling. Bhe Is now appearing
in this at Daly's.
An all-star revival of the operetta
•'Pinafore." There are some "big people"
In this.
Sothern and Marlowe, together once
more, in a Shakespearean repertoire.
Blanche Ring, who made a hit here last
year. In "The Wall Street Girl.”
The Abom Opera company in light
opera. They were here last year for
four or five performances and everybody
liked them
Forbe~ *'
actors i
play. —
Back," which Atlantans have read of
for two years, but have never sden here.
John Mason In the successor to his fa
mous "Witching Hour,” "As a Man
Thinks." with the same coat which played
a solid year In New York.
Sam Bernard, the German comedian, In
“He Came from Milwaukee.”
•When Buhty Pulled the 8trlngs,” the
Scotch comedy now In New York, and
more talked about than anything else in
the theatrical world. It will bring the
Scotch company.
William H. Hodge, In “The Man from
Home."
"Bought and Paid For,” a play so
strong that the critics called ft "bru
tal."
I "Evtrywoman,” the queer play with the
There is Only One
“Bronze Quinine 99
That Is
Laxative Bromo Quinine
USED THE WORLD OVER TO BURE A COLD IN ONE DAT.
A1-»ti remember the fall name. Look
for Uti* ngutar* an every, bos. 25c.
6%&
&rtrv\*
fine costumes, which was so much dla
cussed last season.
Gertrude Elliott, the pretty sister of
Maxine Elliott, and herself a favorite
young actress.
Mme.
Is fast ■
"The Never Homes/
way theater.
"Peggy," the London Gaiety success,
which Alan Dale praised so highly in
the magaxlnes.
The Russian dancers, the real ones,
with Ml kail Mordkln again, ami Mme.
Ueltzer lnstead.of Pavlowa. .
"The Paper, 1 * and' Maeterlinck’s ”B1im»
Bird,” front tho New theater.
The Lambardl Opera company, In re
pertoire of Italian opera.
“Introduce Me," the Countess DeSwIrs-
ky, a barefoot dancer, and a big- or
chestra, and the Sheehan opera com
pany. . . *
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ORGAN CONCERT SUNDAY;
COLD HAS BEEN CURED
The regular »rve concerts at the Au
ditorium-Armory. which have been dis
continued during the past few weeks on
account of the poultry show, the peace
meeting, and for other reasons, will be
regularly resumed on Sunday afternoon.
The organ, which got out of tune be
cause of sudden changes of tempera
ture in the Auditorium building, has
been put back Into perfect condition,
and the temperature will henceforth be
kept equable.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From The New York Press.
Solomon advertised his wisdom, and yet
he had wives.
What makes a girl see thru a man is
The more work a man would like to do
for fun the less of It he would want to do
for pay.
Georgia Poultry Association
Has Received Entries From
Greatest Breeders Extant.
One week from next Monday the
doors of th. Auditorium tvlll swing
open for the eighth annual show of the
Georgia Poultry association—and they
will swing back on the greatest display
of high-class birds that has ever been
shown in th, South.
The prestige and influence of the
Georgia Poultry association, Its record
for excellent shows and the chance at
nearly 22,600 worth of prizes of va
rious aorta, has done the work and th,
beat breeder, of the South have sent
their best bird, to Atlanta.
The coming show will not be the
largest of th, season numerically. But
It will be a stronger showing of high
grade poultry than was ever before
made In the South, or at least that 1,
the Indication now.
Many of the classes will be numeri
cally stronger than any of the year.
The local showing of White Wyan
dotte, will be sbven larger than that of
Madison .Square Garden, and the local
display of the winderful White Indian
Runners will be way above the Madison
Square Garden figures. Also there will
be some New York winners shown In
Atlanta.
In several of the breeds birds that
did Wfll In the national show in New
York will be on exhibition In Atlanta.
Several Southern breeders went In
strung at the big show this year and
up the season with a try at the
Southern championship.
The show committee worked Friday
night until nearly midnight, but it has
not yet completed the taek of list
ing the vast number of Individuals en
tered. For that reason no estimate of
the number of birds can be made. This
much Is certain, however, there are 87
more exhibitors than last year, and 1303
more In entry fees have been received.
First Marked Catalogue.
The ninclats of tho Georgia Poultry
show. In their efforts to make the ex
hibits the Madison Square Garden show
of the South, have prepared one de
cided novelty—a marked catalogue.
In the average show—In all. In fact
save those of New York, Chicago and
Boston—a catalogue Is prepared before
the show begins, and I, circulated as
soon as the prizes are awarded. If a
man wishes to know the winners he
has to search the show with the aid
of the catalogue, and note the marking
on the pens. If he wishes to carry
home a record of the show hu must
mark his own catalogue, which would
be the work of three or four hours.
The new catalogue that will bo put
out for th? forthcoming show will have
every prise-winner marked. And the
book, with all the winners marked, will
be put out a few hours after the last
award Is made. This will tax the speed
of a lively printing shop, but It will be
done In fine style. And every man or
woman who gets the catalogue will be
able to take home a complete record
of the show. More than that, they will
be able to go about the show room and
to know the full details of the awards
as the bird, arc louked over. Each cat
alogue will show the number of every
bird, the variety, the owner, his address
and tne winners.
Will Be Valuable Book.
The placing of the awards in the cat
alogue will make It a moat valuable
book, and one that every man . and
woman who goes to the show will bs
willing to take home afterward,
will also be of great value to those
who enter birds In the show. For many
a man will take homo a catalogue and
afterward use It as a directory In or
dering eggs and stock. With the ob
ject of making it of the greatest value
In thl, direction, an alphabetical list
of the entrants will also be published.
Another attractive feature that-has
been planned for the coming show Is a
gathering of the sweepstakes winners
at some one point In the hall, so that
people who have not enough time to
make a careful survey of the field will
be able to sec th? cream of the Bhow at
some one point. Of course,. It I, possi
ble that there will not be space In the
hall for this sort of a display, and If
thl* proves to be the case all the win
nera will be shown In their regular
places.
Standard Arrangement Used.
Tho Georgia Poultry association will
do everything possible to display the
birds 111 such a,way that every variety
Is plainly marked, and that all the birds
will be *o placed that they will have a
favorable light and enough room for a
good display. The birds will be cooped
In numerical order, according to the
arrangement used In the Standard ot
Perfection. The chickens of the Amer
ican class will be shown first, the other
ports of poultry will follow, and the
ducks, geese, turkeys and special will
wind It up.
That the South s best breeders will
be represented almost to a man Is the
opinion of the member* of the Georgia
Poultrv association. And this opinion
Is backed up by a careful listing of the
entries. Among the last to come In
were those from many breeders of na
tional fame.
Sam, New Entrants.
Another nian was added to the list of
those who showed at Madison Square
Garden, and who will show In Atlanta,
when Charley Dobbs, of Gainesville,
named 42 birds. He will show Rhode
Island Redr and White Orpingtons. As
he .has some of the best birds In the
South It Is virtually certain that he
will he among the prize winners,
A strong addition to the pigeon di
vision "as made by the entry of a big
showing from the Ideal Pigeon Loft.
Tills pigeon plant Is owned by H. E.
Bovnton, Dixie's greatest authority on
pigeons, and one of the greatest pigeon
men in the world. His showing will be
one of the strongest ever made any
where. •
Prize Winner, Here.
Some star specimens were added to
the White I-eghorn class by tile entry
of some birds from the yard, of B. P.
Hait. of College Park. Mr. Hart ha*
won steadily thl* year, fairly cleaning
things up at Nashville Mini Macon. Last
year he won at the Atlanta show, and
also took away a load of prizes from
Knoxville. He will show four cocks,
two, hens, four cockerels, two pullet,
and three pens.
A small entry that will undoubtedly
be big with claas U that of a two Pit
NOW IN BUSINESS
IN NEW LOCATION
“See Both Sides and Get All the
Facts” Is Foundation of the
Popular Survey Plan.
MARTIN MAY.
For the past'eighteen years he has
been a member of the firm of Schau!
& May, and with the dissolution of that
partnership he has entered business for
himself at 19 1-2 Peachtree-st., up
stairs. Mr. May will do a general brok
erage! business and will make a spe
cialty of selling diamonds and other
precious stones. In his new location
Mr. May has the benefit of cheap rent,
which will be passed on to Ills patrons.
He has a large number of friends who
will be Interested to know of his new
business.
With the Motion Pictures
At th. Nations!.
fhe management of the National prom
lie, for all next week a series of motion
picture program, which will please the
most fastidious and critical motion plc-
tura devotee. Some of the educational
pictures will depict scene, in lands never
before entered by the motion picture pho
tographer, and the-dramas will foe fin
ished and ebsorbing In every detail. The
well-known comedy fllma shown by this
theater need no dilation, for they have
made a name for themselves. The pro
grams will be so dlverslfled that some
thing of every character will be shown
dally, catering to the taste of ,11 who
visit the theater.
At th, American.
The Hill and Edmonda Comedy Com
pany will produce a musical melodrama
all next week. The playlet Is called
"The Indian Princess." The nature of
the play will give the company an oppor
tunity to spring some new costumes, a
wealth ot which Is carried In the ward
robes of the. members. The company
headed by Mr. Hill and Miss Edmonda
Is too well known to need much Indorse
ment, as has been attested by Ihe packed
houses which have been greeting them
since the engagement began. IThe atory
of "The Indian Princess" Is deeply In
teresting. and the music which will ac
company It Is pretty and tuneful. Mo
tion pictures will be shown after cacfi
performance.
At tha Superb*.
rom which he emerged with a brand-new
title for his playlet of next week. The
offering will be called "Cabman No. 93.”
abi ‘ ' " ‘
you are sure to do before the w,«k
over. After all. It I, not any great myi'
tery. Here was a play without a name;
there was a nama without a play. And
Manager T. Brian ger (tapped In and WSld-
S i them together. The company pro-
uclng the play la the tune which haa
By THE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.
It Is fashionable for preachers to
criticise the newspapers, and to talk
sweeplngly about their lack of accu
racy. A few day, ago a distinguished
clergyman, who has been very pro
nounced In this sort of criticism, had
occasion to write an article that pur
ported merely to be a record of facts.
An editor, who knew the entire situa
tion, said, "If a reporter on any news
paper had done this, overlooking most
of the facts and perverting the othtws,
he would either have lost his position
or have been severely reprimanded by
his city editor."
The incident I, but Illustrative of the
wholesale disregard for th# facts of
the case which characterizes profes
sional religious worker,. There ls no
calling or business which Is more edit
stantly Ignorant of the feet* concerning
Its sphere, than th# pulpit and the
trained church worker The newspa
pers on the whole have been too polity
to press this point. Now It Is being
brought Inexorably home by the new
methods adopted by the latest forme of
national religious organization. .
When the "Men and Religion" cam
paign, which In turn has but been fol
lowing the example of the National
Federation of Churches, makes Its final
report In April, the entire religious
body of North America will doubtless
be stirred by the revelation of the im
mense area of vital and pertinent fact,
of which It haa been entirely Ignorant.
Heart searchings nad readjustments In
local church work, and denominational
and Interdenominational activity, will
surely result fro mthese revelations.
Incidentally It Is already clear to those
upon the Inside of things that the cen
sus, or sprvsy method, ha, come to stay
as a potent and determining force In
religious activity. The churches are
btlng driven to tho Journalistic plat
form laid down by Charles A. Dana,
"See both sides and get all the facts."
The 8way of th, C,n,ua.
Naturally the government census is
first of all responsible for this new
order of things. The ascertained fact
Is th, foundation of all deductions. As
a whole, the people—the churches In
cluded—accept proved facts, altho after
each census there have been amusing
attempts on the part of religious lead
ers to explain away any unfavorable
showing. Figures concerning decreas
ed membership In church and Sunday
school, and decreaaed attendance, are
vainly juggled In an attempt to make
It appear that they mean something
else than shows on the surface. Not
withstanding this, the facte prevail.
Next to the United States census as
a factor In bringing about what will
doubtless be a permanent method of re
ligious work, was the series of scien
tific surveys undertaken by the united
social, oharl table and philanthropic
Is sufficient guarantee of a delightful cm
tertalnment. Pictures will be shown after
each performance. v
At the Bonlts.
The bill offered for next week at the
Bonita bids fair to excel anything yet
K reduced over In the Peachtree-st. play-
ousejif advance notlcea count for any.
thing. C\nm nt tie* fenfiire* will h* A r,
thur ivj’ino, ifi hi* iiiu»iw«ii vivm-
tlon. In which he uae* a genuine Cremona
violin, anil produce* from It soulful music
of the kind that holds one enthralled. An
other star feature Is Baby Isabelle, the
famous child actress, who Is Seen In so
many motion picture plays produced by
the Kalem company. Others on tl
are Jack and Mable Price, in a pi
tion called "The Laugh Factory,” and
Frances Raymond, noubrette. Beg
Thursday, the Beatles will be add
the bill, doing a juggling and danclu. —
which is sola to be the equal of anything
ever seen at the Bonita., Besides this, a
fine set of motion pictures will be shown.
The performance Is continuous, from noon
to 10:30 p. m.
friends and admirers of Miss Mayme Cly-
bum. the popular soprano, will learn of
her return engagement at the Vaudette,
which begins on Monday. Miss Clybum
is so thoroughly identified with this
theater that one can hardly imagine her
singing In any other Atlanta house. For
the past few months Miss Clybum has
been studying in Springfield, Mass., under
Mre. Viola Hampton, and the ease end
finish with which she rendered one of the
most difficult programs, In both English
and Italian, in that city recently, when
•he appeared before one of the largest
gatherings of the season, occasioned wide
spread complimentary criticism.
That Miss Clybum hse gained much bj
her association with Mrs. Hampton wll
be recognised by all who are familial
with her work. While In the past she haa
been a source of delight to all who have
heard her. there Is now an added charm
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Inga that are almost unendurable
Thousands of grateful people’ hav.
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and permanently cured of this painf d
disease by the constitutional remedy.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
which neutralises the acid In the blond
-which the dlaeaae depends and ex-
In usual liquid form or In chocolate*
tablets known as Sarsatabs. te “
llglous organizations; 28 question,
about public, and Sunday school - *
rles and about other
libra-
educational
^oys In shops and factories and twelve
about boys in stores and office* »,*
about boya working on the streets /
newsboys, peddlers, etc.; five ,bom
messenger hoys; nineteen about nark,
and playgrounds; five about Indoor
amusements: seventeen about theater,
moving picture shows, etc.; eighteen
Juvenile delinquency: twelve about bo«
c ubs. Boy Scouts, etc.; five about ,™!
clal religious organizations for bov* i„
eluding Sunday school and the Youni
Men's Christian asosciation. *
There arc two Bible study blank,
on# having 21 questions and the 0.1,.;
sixteen. r
The moat searching study of
question of "evangelism" and Its re”
suit* Is provided for by a blank upon
,u . twenty mij„ r
this
UNION CAVALRY SABER
AWAITS ITS OLD OWNER
S. E. Broadnax, whose business ad
dress Is 1308 Fourth National bank
building, has a handsome cavalry saber
which he found In a house at 102 Ivy-
«t. when he moved there fifteen yeara
ago. On the aaber are engraved the
initials. "U. 8., C. E. W., 1324." on one
side, and on (he other side, "Mansfield
Lamb. Forestdaley."
Mr. Broadnax think, probably the
Federal officer to whom the sword be
longed may still live and he would be
glad to return It to its rightful owner.
Up to her wedding day
that If a husband lias bad nablts It
because his wife never feed' him angel
Games and two Blackbreaated Red
Game bantams by W. 8. Goldsmith, Jr.
These are reported to be excellent
Ipeclmena.
Many good entries have been received
this year from Columbus, Ga. Among
the late one, to come In waa that of
Buff Orpingtons .for J. P. Layfleld.
Strong Showing of Ducks.
W. E. Lumley, a noted duck breeder
from Tullahomo, Tenn., has made one
of the strongest entries of ducks. He
will show Pekin*. Indian Runners, and
Buff Orpington ducks. This last-
named breed la one of comparatively
receqt origin, but one of great promise.
Another strong duck entry has been
marie by the Model Poultry Farm, of
Colbert, Ga.. owned by J. L. Reinhardt.
He ulll show six Indian Runners, as
well as seven White Leghorn*.
These are only a few of the famoua
Southern breeder, who have made en
try. but It give* a pretty good line on
what may be expected of th, entire
show.
workers of New York; and reported
In their publication, "The Survey.” The
famous "Pittsburg Survey," dealing
with the Industrial Interests of that
city, arouaed groat Interest In rellgloua
circles. Sunday school surveys have
been frequent, but these are usually In
complete and superficial. Now, the
"Men and Religion" campaign, which
U centering thla winter In »ome 90
cities of North America, has baaed all
its work upon, a series of preliminary
surveys conducted In each city. These
surveys have not figured In the press
reports, and their findings have at no
time been fully disclosed. Even the
cities that have experienced "Men and
Religion” campaigns are not fully
awake to the significance of the survey
data In the hands of the "Men and Re
ligion” workers. Yet these survey,
are more Important than the speeches
delivered.
Som, Sensation, Coming.
Th, "expert," of the "Men and Reli
gion" movement have based their
speche, on the showing mad, by the
local surveys. Sometime, they hav,
made sensational disclosures. Partic
ularly striking have been the discov
eries alone social and civic lines; such
as, the sanitary condition of food fac
tories: the employment of child labor
and the pernicious moral atmosphere
to which some of them were subjected,
and the relation between "respectable"
property owners and vice. At Houston
Texas, Rev. Charles Stelzls, the social
service expert, was arrested on th*
charge of libel, for the statements he
made, but the leaders of the movement
cheerfully welcomed this, as they say
they had followed their method of not
telling all that they knew, and of keep
ing well within the ascertained facts.
At the "Men and Religion" congress
In Washington next April, when the
results of this national campaign will
be summarized, the conclusions of these
surveys will be made public. The find
ings will astonish the churches and
the public generally. The fact* about
the churches and the general religious
and social organisations; about the
moral condition* of certain classes of
people; the neglect of entire section*
of the population by religious agen
cies, and the facts about boys and
about social service will be of a sort to
'get first-page headlines In most of the
papers of the country.
What They Want to Know,
In every city where the "Men and
Religion" campaign has gone,' blanks
have been Issued, and men set to work
to investigate local conditions along
right lines. These forms are almost
staggering In their encyclopaedic char
acter. They probably want to know
too much, and are, therefore, incom
pletely filled out. The present equip
ment of the Protestant churches of
North American ls such that the* are
not fn a condition to fill out Intelli
gently such full and searching ques
tions. The very fact that "Don't know"
has to be written *0 often on the blank,
concerning the most elementary facts
about the church’s attendance and
field, Is Itself as severe a stricture as
any particular finding is likely to be.
Tne first blank deals with boy* work
and asks 40 questions about the public
school* of the city; seven questions
about special educational work by re-
questlons and many subordinate nut.
tlons. What Is called community
tension In this Met, and Religion For
ward Movement really means »h 0D
meetings for men and other sped.;
service* held outside of conventional
religious environment. There Is a blank
for this.
The two largest of the survey papers
deal with "Social Service: t h .
Churches," and "Social Service
eral." The first, In 23 questions, wants
to know all about each local church
the number and character of Its mem.’
bershlp and official boards: the na-
ture of Its work and of its constituency
and facts concerning Its community
which the average congregation prob
ably never thought of asking itself
Here are a few of the questions:
What are the boundaries of what
you may* legitimately call your pariah’
Upon what baals do' you claim this
territory? How many persons live
within this area? How many saloons
are there In your parish? What 1* the
general character of these saloons’
How often Is your church open? Give
actual schedule of meetings for a week
with total attendance at each of the<e
services, noting how many of the at
tendants are men and boys. How much
money did you spend last year for the
.maJntenance :of all departments of
your clturch work, not Including benev
oiences and outside work? How do
you care for your church poor?
The social service survey takes up the
area of a city, its character. Industry
population (Including nationality, lit-
eracy, etc.), the form of municipal ad
ministration; the social Influences,
number of churches, lodge*, musical
organizations, etc. Under Industrial
life a mass of facts are expected as in
the nature of the Industry, the number
and character Y>f Its employees, the
compensation, organized labor, concil
iation and arbitration. Under "Com
munity Problem#." facts about th* sa
loons, dance halls, crimes and arreiu,
housing, health and political life are
sought. Social service agencies, mu
nicipal and private. Including hospitali,
care of the aged and of children, and
associated charities are covered. The
last blank, aside from the summaries.
Includes home and foreign missions and
what the ohurches are doing for these.
Surveying a Whole State.
One of the few tangible things which
the' National Federation of rhurch*§
has undertaken haa been the survey of
a few states with respect to their re
ligious condition*. The fact* about the
over-churchlng' of certain communltlea
and the overlooking of others, have been
brought out. These place responsibil
ities squarely, and show whlrh denom
ination, are the worst offenders In
crowding Into neighborhoods where
they are not really needed. Such fsets
as these are more eloquent than sny
oratory.
Local organizations have undertaken
city aurvey, after the "Men and Re
ligion” order. Occasionally this le don*
as an Independent enterprise at the In
stance of the ministers' meeting.
Obviously, th, first step toward the
readjustment of all church work Is w
find out the facts In the case. If the
church expects to retain the respect
of thoughtful persona, she must snap'
her policy and her method* to conform
to the facta. There are Intimations
that the year 1912 will be notable for
having put up to organised religion m
North America, not only a definite
statement of the work It Is doing, but
also of the work It has failed to do-
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