Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

GIBLS WILL SHOW ATLANTA GOODS “Atlanta for Atlantans” Expo sition Expected to Increase Demand for Local Wares. -—r- Atlanta girls in charge of the booths, dressed completely from head to foot m clothing made here, will form one of the features of the exhibition of At lanta-made goods which is to be held at the Auditorium-Armory during Au gust. The object of the exhibition is to show how many things are really made by local manufacturers, and the man ufacturers believe that in no more con crete form can the diversity of clothing produced here be shown than by hav ing the young women in charge of many of the booths garbed in waists, skirts, coats, shoes, stockings and other garments put forth by Atlanta firms and Atlanta workmen. During one day of the show, and ' possibly more, a number of prominent men and women will be asked to appear on the stage of the Auditorium dressed the products of Atlanta's factories. Every manufacturer in Atlanta is asked to be one of the exhibitors and v ill he. furnished with all information on request. Telephone messages or letters to Secretary Walter G. Cooper of the Chamber of Commerce will be answered promptly. Exhibitors will be given tickets to the amount of ten per cent of the cost of their floor space, and they are at liberty to give these to their employees or their customers. The price of ad mission will he a very nominal sum and this, with the amount charged for floor space, will pay the actual expenses of the exhibition. CORPORATIONS MUST RAISE VALUATIONS OR ALLOW ARBITRATION Tlip tax returns of eleven important Georgia service corporations will go Io arbitration unless voluntary increase is made in taxable valuations submitted to the comptroller general. Comptroller Wright has notified the corporations that the tax returns recent ly made to his office would not be accept ed by the state. The corporations are: The Savannah Union Station Company, Monroe Railway Company. Athens Rail? way and Electric Company, Macon Rail way and Right Company. Rome Railway and Light Company, Georgia, Savannah and Gulf Railway. South Georgia Rail way, Macon, Dublin and Savannah Rail road, Greene County Railroad. Gainesville Midland Railroad, and the Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad. FIRE CAUSES LOSS OF $60,000 TO BIG STORES IN THOMASTON, GA. THOMASTON, GA., May 25.—Eire thai raged for three hours, with no water with which to fight it. did $60,000 damage in the business part of this to,wn yesterday. It started in th" grocery room of the Jones-Adams- Johnson's Company's store on Center street. This company lost $30,000, with $12,000 insurance. The Rexall drug si ore, owned by Dr. A. W. Daniel, lost SIB,OOO. The R. A. Mathews store house, owned by the Mathews estate, was burned, entailing a SIO,OOO loss. The Weaver Merchandise Company and others suffered $2,000 smoke and heat damage. A water system is now un der construction here, but has not pro gressed far enough to give service, even in the business district. Escapes An Awful Fate. A thousand tongues could not ex press the gratitude of Mrs. ,1. E. Cox, of Joliet 111., for her wonderful deliver ance from an awful fate. “Typhoid pneumonia had left me w ith a dreadful cough,’’ she writes. “Sometimes I had such awful coughing spells I thought I ■would die. I could get no help from doctor’s treatment or other medicines till I used Dr. King's New' Discovery. Eut 1 owe toy life to this wonderful remedy, for I scarcely cough at all now." Quick and safe, it’s the most i"liable of all throat and lung medi cines. Every bottle guaranteed. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free at all drug gists. **• There never was a time when people appreciated the real merits of Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy more than now. This is shown by the increase in sales and voluntary testimonials from persons who have been cured bv it. If you or your children are troubled , -with a cough or cold, give, it a trial and b-come acquainted with its goad quali ties. For sale by all dealers. ■' '‘The Gates of Silence" begins • in Monday’s Georgian. Don’t miss it. We are looking for you at Warm Springs. The auto roads are good, and the rail road fare is cheap. SEABOARD PUTS ON LOW RATE TO WASHINGTON AND RETURN. On sale June 5,6, 7, only $19.35 round trip. City Ticket Office, 88 Peachtree St. The next Bell Telephone directory goes to press soon. Now is the time to subscribe in order to get your name in the new book. If you wish to make changes or correc tions in your listings, call at the manager’s office, South ern Bell Telephone and Tel 3graph Company. Veterans Will Pay Tribute to Memory Os Pres, Davis June 3 ■ln accordance with article 9 of its constitution, Atlanta chapter No. 159, United Confederate Veterans, will hon or the memory of Jefferson Davis, only president of the Confederate States of America, with appiopriate services on the afternoon of June 3. 1912, in the hail of the house of representatives at the state capitol. Charles Murphey Candler will deliver the oration and there will be also a program of music and song. Crosses of honor will be distributed on the same occasion to veterans by the president of the Atlanta chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy, who are al way® expected to participate in the celebration of the birthday of President Da vis. To thes- exercises all «.f the Confed-, erate camps, the Ladies Memorial as-' soeiation, the Daughters of the Con federacy, the Sons of Veterans, the Children of the Confederacy and other organizations are cordially invited, WATER WORTH $6 A GALLON. PUNXSUTAWNEY. PA.. May 45. Water from a well on the farm of Da vid Stoops has been found to contain gold to the value of $6 a gallon. 1^”^" ao YO(J BELiEVE in sions ? ""1 I* Everything to Build and Paint With 1 IS THE SION OF THE S WEST LUMBER CO. We furnish everything that goes in a. building from the Sand to the Cabinet .Mantesl, Tints and Stain for the Woodwork. Our CHIEF BRAND WALL PLASTER can not be beat. Our PAINTS have no equal. Our HARDWARE at the hardware man’s price. Our PREPARED ROOFING can not be beat in quality nor equaled in H price. Our MANTELS, TILES and GRATES have the world beat. Our TWO YARDS and STORES combined with our facilities for quick de- H livery will suit you exactly (SO CONVENIENT TO GET EVERY- K THING YOU WANT AT ONE PLACE). Give us a trial. WEST LUMBER CO. | EVERYTHING TO PAINT WITH I 238-242 Peters St. 269-285 Bellwood Ave. I Phones 573 Main 1654, Atl. 1009 I SATISFIED CUSTOMERS ARE THE BEST ADVERTISEMENT—WE HAVE THEM | Quick Sales, Low Prices, Good Goods and Prompt Delivery (ATLAS ° FTHE WORLD | FOR READERS OF THE GEORGIAN I im mapsand I rli rr OHAETS 6 First-Page Headings £3 I W-AMTA torypr V rrenjrn ' - a3as - rJ •**•4 ’. • • 1 ,**•’.*•*,” 1 • * , »'» »*•***- * *•« (Clipped to show the date line) ."£■•’< 1’ I ■ *!'•*' h and the small expense fee I to defray the necessary : S 1 items of the cost of hand ;'sj >% | ling, packing, shipping, 2 8 £ I checking, accounting, etc. £$ §£• .?• ™S USEFUL MM I tlik< illustration I is bound in sill- ,‘-5’S finished cloth, beautiful and dura- I' «*•: U- .*•*. n hie: printed on superfine pa pet . H containing full-page colored maps ’.".1 ?.'•<:J- pf •P'> < • K of every state in th" Union and *** ytaSerflT--L"' E every country in the world, show ins 3 railroad iii-c-. st "ii n i-u i;. route-- ,-t- . ' 1-• i wEft) 3 history of the world at a glance V 3 I froul TOatf B. <' to the present; also VV.'-, » new descriptive gazetteer of the *•*•*• -It mation service; and population ,i REDUCED ILLUSTRATION—ActuaI Size 8 ;i ' 4 x 7 inches. ■ ad principal cities and countries of —— I tim ■ nti,-e world Present at this SENT BY MAIL for the headings and expense fee, and I ?onsecmhe a date's 53c £x r" 5 ' 15 cents extra for postage. Address THE GEORGIAN ’AT I .nd t >. 1 ftt LAS DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA. GA. taa ,1111111,1 ,1,1 in im m iminff • ( riL a I nAXTA GEORGIAX \XI) XKW S: SATURDAY. MAY 25, 1912. Across the A1• ' / \ Atlantic mivjiiwnk for $1.50 When You Go Abroad Western Union Cable Let ters will keep you in close touch with home. Before sailing, inquire at any Western Union office for the rates from your home to foreign countries. Full Information and Rates by Telephone THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY Untold Pleasure and $16,000.00 Profit For Contestants in the Proverb Contest IF YOU HAVE NOT ENTERED, DO SO NOW With Back Numbers and the Proverb Guide to Help You, We See No Reason Why You Should Not Win One of the Many Prizes If you have not yet taken advantage of the Georgian's Great Proverb Con test in which thev offer $16,000 in cash and costlv prizes, you should do so NOW. Back numbers of the puzzle pictures await your order. They may be ob tained from The Georgian at the regular rate of the daily Georgian—2 cents per copy. The Proverb Book is still in demand and every contestant should have one of them to aid them in the solving of the puzzles. They are inex pensive. and if you buy out* of them you will make no mistake, for they con tain 3,000 proverbs, and each proverb used in our contest will be answered in this little booklet. Not only the answers that will be used in the contest, but a great many others, and the book will be found very useful after the contest doses. 'I hey may ho used for proverb parties, guess plays, or a great many other games of amusement. \\ e want to urge one precaution on the part of the contestants, and it is this; Keep a copy of each solution sent in at the close of the contest. Some few contestants, of course, will write that they had a certain number of their answers right and did not understand why they did not get a prize. On looking up the sets of answers, ala cost of great labor to th(> contest staff, it will be found that the answers were sent in wrong. If each contestant will keep a list of each solution so that he or she may compare * the list with the correct solutions that will bo published at the close of the contest, it will avoid all this lime and trouble. Especially should contestants he careful not to send in any solu tions until the close of the con test. All solutions sent in before the last picture puzzle has appear ed will be thrown out. Hold all solutions until the last picture lias been published, then send them under separate co\er to the Con test department of The Atlanta Georgian. 20 East Alabama street. The following questions were re ceived from contestants and are answered in the columns of The Georgian in order that they may benefit not only those who ask the questions, but also a great many -others who read the conditions of the contest day by day. Q.—How may we enclose the amount for the back numbers and Proverb Book? A. —s'ou ma\ send stamps, money order, check or express or der. Q. Will it be necessary for the name on each slip or on the front page ? A.—Name and address should be on every slip as they will be counted separately. Q- —What is meant by original ity and ingenuity? A.— Artistic decoration, tasteful putting together of book forms, etc., come under the meaning of originality and ingenuity. Q—H ow will the prizes be given in case of a tie? A.— In case of a tie, the prizes will be awarded according to neat ness. Q.—AVhat size may we use if we want our answers in book form? A.—Any size you choose. We would suggest that the bottom paragraph, “Hold answers until the close of the contest." be omitted. This Is Picture No. 42 / » W.3H THAT MAMA I wOOtO MOVE ASIP& i Lwq ' AU • SSB 15 I An thb back o* | H , s h«ax> ) * I j/that xio'sq . ■■ ' - J II MAO AT A _ , llsweTwpki I ( ~ nr — Em ii? s Wj II In i M U Whaf Froverh Does This Picture Represent? Proverb Contest Editor, Atlanta Georgian No. 20 East Alabama St. My solution to Proverb Puzzle No. 42 is My Name is Street or R. F. D. No Town State Hold all answers until you have the entire set. No answers will be considered if sent In before the publica tion of the last picture. Here’s the List of 1,500 Prizes Ist prize. $2,000 in Gold. 2d prize, SI,BOO Auto. 3d prize, SI,OOO in Gold. 4th prize. Mitchell three-passenger roadster, sth prize, SSOO in Gold. 6th prize. S4OO Piano. 7th prize. S4OO Piano. Bth prize, S4OO Piano. 9th prize, S4OO Piano. 10th prize, S4OO Piano. 11th prize, S4OO Piano. 12th prize, S4OO Piano. 13th prize, S4OO Piano. 14th prize, S4OO Piano. 15th prize, S4OO Piano. 16th prize, SIOO in Gold. 17th prize, SIOO in Gold. 18th prize. SIOO in Gold. 19th prize, SIOO in Gold. 20th prize, SIOO in Gold. 21st to 28th prize, $75.00 Typewriter. 29th to 78th prize. Elgin Watch. 79th to 83d prize, Beautiful Brass Lamp. 84th to 115th prize, ten-year Knickerbocker Watch. 116th to 140th prize, ten volumes Poe's Works. 141st to 340th prize, Imported Cake Set, hand-painted. 341st to 540th prize. Imported Berry Set, hand-painted. 541st to 740th prize, White and Gold Cake Set, Imported. 741st to 940th prize. White and Gold Berry Set, Imported. 941st to 1.040th prize. Sterling Silver Mounted Fountain Pens. 1,0415 t to 1,066th prize, Silver Watch—l 6 size. 1,066th to 1.090th prize, Seventeen - Piece Imported Choc olate Set. 1.0915 t to 1,290th prize. Imported Griffon Razor, 1 291st to 1.305th prize. Eight-Piece Imported Steak Set 1.306th to 1,405th prize. Eight-Piece Kitchen Set. 1.406th to 1,500th prize, Decorated Plaques. Total Value $16,000.00 5