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LOW EXPRESS
RATES
Commerce Commission Thinks!
Result Will Be Lower Cost
of Living.
An approximate rebate o? 15 per cent
In express rates for all companies
chipping in and out of Atlanta and all
Companies of the United States has
bf en ordered by the interstate com
merce commission. Ae report prescrib
ing this was made public today in
Washington. Rates on light packages
will show a greater reduction.
Drastic reforms in regulation and
operation are also required. October 9
„- as ?e t by the commission as a date
when the companies might attempt to
show why these changes should not be
put into effect.
Briefly stated the new rates may be
said to be based on a minimum charge
n f 21 cents for a one-pound package.
This charge increases in ratio to the
jncrease‘of weight and distance. The
effect on Atlanta is shown as follows:
At present it costs 65 cents for a five
pound package between Washington
and Atlanta. Under the new rates the
charge would be 32 cents. To Port
land. Oregon, from Atlanta, a five
pound package would cost 85 cents; a
ten-pound package $1.65; a 25-pound
package $3.75; a 100-pound package
$14.25. Under the proposed rates thej
charges would be respectively 70 cents,
$1.21, $2.72 and $10.30. The rates to
other points will show a proportionate
decrease under the new schedule.
Simple Rate Schedules.
The most radical change required in
the matter of operation is the change
in the method of determining rates and
in the rate card. There are 35.000 ex
press stations in the United States. To
name rates from each one of these to
all others requires the statement of
more than 600.000,000 different rates.
These schedules now occupy several
relumes and expert authority is need
ed to work out any single rate. Under
the new arrangement the rates from
any point to any other will be placed on
a single card in a manner easily un
derstood by all.
In order that this may be possible,
the United States will be divided into
blocks, each approximately 50 miles
square Rates are proposed between
blacks treating all cities and towns
within each block as common points.
Commissioner Lane states that it is
his opinion that the conclusions reach
ed bj the commission will go a long
way towards reducing the high cost of
living. He believes that the cheap rates
on light packages will encourage com
merce between the food producer and
the consumer direct without the inter
position of a commission man.
JOKE LANDS A BRIDE;
ROMANCE BEGINS ODDLY
PHILADELPHIA. July 15.—As a
Joke. William Percival, of Camden,
placed his name on the wrapper of a
bottle of medicine he shipped from the
Pavonia station, and it developed that
it had brought him a bride. Two years
after the shipment from Camden, one
of the cases of medicine was delivered
at a drug store at Columbus. Ohio, a
substation of the posttoffice. A helper
discovered the piece of paper and gave
it tn his employer, who gave It to Miss j
Bessie Ballard, in charge of the sub
station.
Miss Ballard wrote a postal to Per
cival. and photographs were exchanged.
Miss Ballard was induced to visit the
home of Charles Armstrong, where Per
cival was stopping, and the friendship
smarted in the odd manner ended tn
true love,
DIVORCED FOR PINCHING,
WIFE WINS THE VERDICT
ST. LOUIS. July 15.—Mrs. Edith M.
Hoppe, who charged that her husband,
Augus* F. Hoppe, pinched her to make
her keep her distance whenever she at
tempted to make any demonstrations of
affection toward'him. obtained a di
vorce in Judge Shields' court Thursday.
Testimony in her case was heard June
Hoppe resisted the suit, and blamed
' mother-in-law, Mrs. Emma Long
' nds. and other relatives of his wife
for their difficulties.
FIGHT IS ON IN DENVER
FOR COMMISSION RULE
DENVER. July 15.—The campaign to
eve Denver commission government is
Blank petitions have been given
every city and county officer and
'trfbuted among volunteer workers.
The present administration went into
‘T’ e one month ago. pledged to work
r the commission government, and
rt cry officer is sworn to aid in making
* > hange.
COCA-COLA INFRINGEMENT
SUIT TO BE HEARD JULY 29
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, July 15.—The
aring of the suit tn equity of the
■Cola Company vs. the Crown City
'ling Company has been set for July
n the Federal court by Judge W. I.
' ' ihb. No injunction in the case has
tf r> issued and no action is looked for
•" this regard until after the hearing
part of the month The
<-<'ola people claim an infringe
snt on the patent of their concoction.
p OLICE VOTE AGAINST
SHIRTWAIST UNIFORMS
DEVELAND, July 15. —The sani
poilce held a departmental refer
' urn. and all but one. officer voted
>'nyt tfie adoption of shirtwaist uni
suggested for the hot days
' hats were to match the shirl
lists
Zl Daughters of Dixie in Business Life
TELLING MUCH IN A FEW WORDS KEY
TO SUCCESS OF WOMAN AD WRITER
Mrs. Minnie Randolph. Depart
ment Store’s Publicity Chief,
Advises Ambitious Girls..
Take it from Mrs. Minnie Randolph—
who knows—a woman of many words
can probably bake a cherry pie or sell
ribbons or be a huge success at a bridge
table, but she can’t be an ad writer.
Mrs. Randolph, nho has charge of the
J. M. High advertising, knows, because
she has been on the job twelve years.
"1 wouldn't discourage anybody,” said
Mrs. Randolph, "and 1 refuse to say for
publication that women talk more than
men. I will say, however, that the
woman who would write to interest a
fond mother who wishes to Invest a few
dollars in marquisette for her daughter
had better get it out quickly,"
Mrs. Randolph began her career at
Davison-Faxon-Stokes' in the mail or
der department and in that way became
acquainted with the many sides of the
business of running a department store.
Began Writing For Catalogue.
“I started by writing for a catalogue,"
she said. “A gentleman asked me one
day if I could write advertising, and I
told him that I had never tried. He
asked me to try. I did. It was fairly
intelligent and I have been writing ever
since. 1, of course, had the advantage
of a good education I was with M.
Rich for many years, and then came to
my present employers.
“It's rather hard for me to tell you
what It takes to make a good advertis
ing writer, and /l would hardly know
how to go about giving advice to a
young woman who would adopt, the
profession. To begin with, I don’t be
lieve a young woman—or. at least, one
young in experience—would be suc
cessful. because she would need knowl
edge of the ways of life. But I will say
this:
"It Is an attractive profession for
women. It is dignified: it gives privacy
and it is practically free from tempta
tions. because one is thrown not with
the public. I will say here, parenthet
ically, however, that one shouldn't be
come a recluse or her perspective will
be lost and her scope narrowed. It is
a business that doesn't become mo
notonous, because it changes with each
day and its requirements result in giv
ing one a pretty good idea of human
values.
Education First Requirement.
"As for qualifications—some amount
of education is absolutely necessary,
and the more you know the better ad
vertisement writer you'will be. A worn,
an must be able to look at things from
another's viewpoint, or after a while
she will have a very limited clientele.
A woman must be able to choose a few
words that will express a large mean
ing. She absolutely must not be tedi
ous. a bore.
"She must be a woman. The only
quality which she must possess, which
is generally considered characteristic
of the good business man. is the one I
have named above —ability to be brief.
The male advertising writers who are
most successful are those who best un
derstand women and their wants.
Therefore, a woman who would write
ads should cling to her native talents,
because women are the most consistent
advertisement readers. She should go
out and mix with people; go to card
parties, keep up with the little topics of
the day, raise chickens, fall in love—-
from all of these she will obtain ideas
that will serve her from time to time.
"I often receive suggestions quite ac
cidentally which prove of much value
to the firm I hear women talking of
some particular style and I straightway
tell the office folk about it. From Just
such chance incidents I often learn
enough to aid my firm in preparing for
a heavy demand.
Field Offers Opportunities.
"There are. of course, a number of
“WEARY WILLIES” GAME
WONTHEM ALL FREEDOM
WTLKESBARRE. PA, July 15.
Thirty tramps rounded up In the bor
ough of Plymouth were trotted out to
the baseball field by Burgess W. D
Morris and divided evenly, fifteen play
ers to a side, and told by his honor
that the winning aggregation was to be
well fed and ordered from town, while
the losers were to remain prisoners for
two days putting in their time at work
on the streets pounding stone.
The burgess called one set the “Never
Works" and the other aggregation “Toil
Fearers." He officiated as umpire. At
the end of the fifth inning, tramps and
burgess were tired of the game and
Morris declared the "Never Works"
victors by a score of 43 to 38 When
the crowd got back to the lockup he
fed them as he promised and declared
that the game had been so hotly con
tested that he believed one side was
as much entitled to a victory as an
other, released every one of the thirty
with the understanding that they leave
town ten minutes after their meal was
finished and not show up again for at
least another year.
ROOSEVELT PROVES BOON
FOR SLICK PICKPOCKETS
NEW YORK. Jul' 15 —Colonel
Roosevelt received an unexpected trib
ute from "Kid" Shaffer, a young pick
pocket, who was taken into custody by
detectives as a fugitive from Elmira
reformatory.
"Teddy is a great one for drawing the
crowds." said the "Kid." "Stick with
him and you’ll always have plenty. All
th® pickpockets I have ever met read
the newspapers and keep track of Colo,
nel Roosevelt."
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. JULY 15. 1912.
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Mrs. Minnie Randolph, now in charge of the advertising of
M. High Co.. who has been in the publicity field twelve years.
QUALIFICATIONS A WOMAN MUST
POSSESS TO BE AN AD WRITER
She must know people—especially women.
She must try very hard and learn to sat big' things in a
few words.
She must know the details of the business she represents.
She must be observant.
She must know as much about everything' as she possibly
can. Everything helps.
She need never be unwomanlv.
technical things a woman ad writer
must learn, such as styles of type, dia
gram drawing and so on. But if she
have a good intelligence, a fai; educa
tion. a capacity for hard work, an un
derstanding of people, especially her
own sex. and the ability to say a. big
thought in a few words, she can learn
SOUTHERN FREIGHT
RATE CHANGES RUN
TO ONE THOUSAND
As a result of two weeks' work the
examination committee appointed by
Southern railroad commissioners ano
representatives of Southern trades
bodies have found that Southern
classification No. 29, the new freight
rate schedule ordered into effort on all
Southern railroads on August 1, con
tains more than 1,000 changes in
freight rates.
The majority of these changes are
increases, but the committee has been
unable thus far to make a tabulation
to establish the exact number of ad
vances Because of this the Southern
commissioners have appealed to C.
McCord, of the interstate commerce
commission, for a conference to be
held In Washington on July 18 to urge
the necessity of a further suspension
of the new schedule
Chairman Candler, of the Georgia
commission, said today the request to
the interstate commission would he for
time and nothing more, in case the
schedule proves to contain the number
of advances now indicated specific pro
test to the schedule will be filed with
the Federal commission
KEWANEE. ILL.. BANISHES
ALL FORTUNE TELLERS
KEWANEE. ILL.. July 15.—Con
vinced that Kewanee fortune tellers
are crowding the calendars of the di
vorce courts, the city council passed a
drastic ordinance banishing a’l sooth
sayers.
all else easily.
“The advertising field offers good op
portunities for women. I believe. Cer
tainly it is as attractive an occupation
as 1 know."
Mrs. Randolph is a widow and a
mother. She lives at 36 Peavhtree cir
cle.
'MAN LOST IN SWAMP IS
CRAZED BY MOSQUITOES
EGG HARBOR CITY, N. J.. July 15
Residents of Cologne, a little village a
few miles from here, heard numerous
calls of "Help, for God’s sake, help!"
from deep in the Mankiller swamp. As
the swamp is a thick and dangerous
one no one answered the calls until 3
o'clock In the morning, when several
men started a search. After several
house they came upon a half-naked
man, dressed only in a shirt. He was
terribly bitten bv mosquitoes and was
demented.
During spells he seemed to be normal
and gave his name as Joseph Holz
worth. of Camden. He said that he
had escaped from Blackwell's Island.
New York, and with a friend was on
his way to Atlantic City, when his
friend attacked bint, beating him sense,
less and took his money and clothes
away.
TOO LAZY TO ESCAPE
FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
COLUMBIA MO., July 15 -George
Smith, a negro, has just been sent to
the state penitentiary because, after
being paroled when convicted of forg
ing a check ‘’or $2. he refused to report
to the circuit court here to give proof
of his good behavior.
Unless Governor Hadley- pardon
him. Smith will have to serve five
years. It is «aid that Smith could
easily have ptoved that he had be
haved himself, hut was too lazy to do
so The sheriff warned him repeatedly,
but Smith would not go to the trouble
to walk a few blocks to the court hou
14.000 WEAVERS'
! OUT ON J STRIKE
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Workers in Twenty Great Cot
ton Mills in Massachusetts
Quit When Wages Are Cut.
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NEW BEDFORD. MASS, July 15 !
■ Fourteen thousand union weavers em- |
! ployed in twelve of the great cotton .
1 manufactories here went on strike to- ;
I day. Twenty mills are affected.
i The strike followed votes of the New
' Bedford Weavers union and the Indus- |
j trial Workers of the World. The In
dustrial Workers of the World and the
United Textile Workers are combined
for this struggle.
The loom fixers union voted tn in
dorse the strike and to strike indenend- I
ently in the Dartmouth milicon griev
ances nf their own. Francis P. Duffy
j is secretary of the weavers union and
I will be in charge of the strike.
The tfO’jblf follows the posting of [
I grading noth > s in many plants. The '
I grading snstem, so-called. Is a 'an un
| der which weavers receive only 60 per
i cent n, much for goods ranked as sec
; end-class as they do for goods ranked
j as first - class.
The weavers contend that in many
cases how the goods are classified de
pends on the quality of the cotton or
the machine"" they use. rather than on
their own work.
Grading Scale Cuts Wages,
The weavers average a weekly wage
of about $9. Sometimes as much as $2
has been cut from their wage by the
grading system. The reductions were
| ditided, every six months, among the
| weavers working during that period.
; hut this plan was not satisfactory to
them and a demand was made for a
change.
The manufacturers association, of
which William O. De vol! is secretary,
voted to refuse the demand, and the
strike vote followed.
The Now Redford authorities have
■ planned rigorous measures to prevent
I disorder. Uhief Henry W. Mason has
I issued orde’ s that policemen will be al-
I lowed no da\ s off or vacations while the
trouble lasts, and exira guards were
on hand today to watch the mills.
The strikers had picket lines nut this
morning. Crowds gathered at each
mill and efforts were made to induce
other operatives to join the strike.
New Dock Strike'
Threatens Liverpool
LIVERPOOL, July 15.—Another gen
eral dork strike at this port is threat
ened as the result of labor troubles
across the Mersey river, at Brocken
head Two thousand dock workers at
Brockenhead went out today because
of dissatisfaction w-ith clearing house
conditions. A number of liners sched
uled to sail were held up. and strike
leaders threatened to extend a gen
.eral walkout to Liverpool. The pres
ent trouble arose out of the conditions
obtaining under the national insurance
I act. The dock workers were ordered
j to present their insurance cards at the
! dock offices, but only a few out of 800
| workmen complied.
What Makes a Woman?
One hundred and twenty pounds,
more or less, of bone and muscle don't
make a woman It's a good foundation.
] Put Into it health amt strength and she
I may rule a kingdom. But that's just
I what Electric Bitters give her. Thou
sands bless them for overcoming faint
ing and dizzy spells and for dispelling i
weakness, nervousness, backache and
tired, listless, worn out feeling. "Elec
’ trie Ritters ha e done me a world of
1 good," writes Eliza Pool. Depew, Okla, I
"and 1 thank you. with all my heart,
for making au> h a good medicine.” Only ■
50c. Guaranteed by all druggists.
If you are a housewife you can not
reasonably hope to be healthy nr beau
tiful by washing dishes, sweeping and
doing housework all day. and crawling
into bed dead tired at night. You must
get out into the open air and sunlight.
I If you do this every day and keep your
| stomach and bowels In good order by
I taking Chamberlain's Tablets when
I needed, you should be ome both healthy
ana beautiful. For sale by all dealers.
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He’s Ruptured!
DON'T take any chance fn get- (
ting that trnaa Come to
Jacobs' Pharmacy, where we
have experts to examine the child and
to give you the best professional ad
vice On the Second Floor of our i
Main Store, quiet and apart from the j
general business. have Private |
Fitting Rooms with men and women
' attendants and every other conven.
lence for your comfort.
Jacobs' Pharmacy has the best
equipped Truss Department In the
Southern States We have the moet ex
tensive stock of all standard
Trutsea
Elastic
Hosiery
. Belts
Bandages
cK~7 Abdominal
Supporters (
Your physician feels safe with ou’ I
fitting, because he knows that Jacoba' |
Pharmacy is the most dependable in
these critical cases. Furthermore, we
give you the lowest possible prices on
i these goods. Why, then, take c’aancea |
elsewhere’
Jacohs* Pharmacy
Atlanta, Ga.
WOMAN LAND OWNER
BLOCKS WIDENING OF
i THE EAST POINT ROAD
Mrs. R. M. McWhirter, who lives on
' the East Point road, stands between the
' county commissioners and the comple
• tion of a general widening of that thor
oughfare. under way several months.
'Mrs. McWhirter owns a strip of land
i near East Point, adjoining the road,
and the county officials vainly have
been trying to buy it to make the road
20 feet wider. She steadfastly refuses
to part with her property, though $2,750.
much more than its actual value, has
been offered her.
The commissioners are awaiting the
deed to the property before it is used,
and unless the woman affixes her sig
nature to a contract the work will be
dropped. Already other sections of the
roadway have been widened, and the
county forces are camped on the road
awaiting the passing of the ownership
of the strip to the county.
Citizens of East Point recentlv insti
tuted proceedings to gain the property,
but Mrs. McWhirter won the suit in
court and still clings to her little strip
of land Tim commissioners requested
her to come to a meeting at the Throw
er building today to sign the contract,
but she declined.
'7OO WOMEN IN BARGAIN
RUSH TRAMPLE UPON GIRL
DUBUQUE. IOWA. July 15.—One -il l
was probably fatally injured and three
olhere seriously hurt-when 700 bargain
hunting women attended a special sale
of dishpans ala ten-cent store here to
day. Not until the police had charged
through the store could order be re-’
stored.
Miss Ethel McDermott was picked up'
unconscious from the (loot, taken to a
hospital, where surgeons say she has
three rib'- broken, a broken leg and arm
and numerous cuts and bruises caused
by being trampled upon by French and
Cuban heels. Her clothing was nearly
torn from her body. Other women suf
fered broken arms and ribs, but all
were able to be taken to their homes.
INVALID REFUSES TO
LEAVE BURNING HOUSE
CAMDEN. N. J, July 15.—While
flames raged In the upper portion of her
home. Mrs. Emily Weatherby, an aged
invalid, of this place, never lost her
presence of mind. She calmly assured
excited neighbors that all was well as
the city firemen battled with the blaze.
She refused to be taken out of the
house
With Mrs Weatherby Ilves Miss Mary
A. Dunham, and it was when the lat
ter was preparing food on a coal stove
that the fire started among some
boards. Built of frame, the upper part
of the house burned rapidly, but the
firemen saved It from destruction
SFABOARO ANNOUNCEMENT
ROUND-TRIP Summer Tourist Tickets are on sale
daily at all principal stationson the SEABOARD
and connections to cities and resorts in New
England, New York, New Jersey, Maryland. Washington, D. C.,
Virginia and the Carolinas. The so-called CHEAP AUGUST
EXCURSION to Washington, Richmond and Norfolk will not
be operated this season.
FRED GEISSLER, Assistanl General Passenger Agent
ATLANTA. GEORGIA
; SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
Largest Pharmacy School South. Drug store fn the college Free books, sav
ing S2O book expenses. Large new building and equipment, three laboratories
(Demand for our graduates exceeds supply Fall Session begins October Ist.
Write for catalogue. Address
W. B. FREEMAN, Sec.. Luckle St., Atlanta. Ga. ,
WASHINGTON SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GA
NEW LOCATION—I 374 Peachtree road, just beyond Ansley Park.
GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS; private park beautifully shaded and landscaped,
affording privacy of the country.
BUILDINGS- Boarding department ilimitedt. one of the most beautiful homes
in the entire city. New Academic building a model of school construction in
lighting, ventilation, heating, with open-air class rooms, gymnasiums, audito
rium. etc. Tennis courts and other outdoor games
DEPARTMENTS—Kindergarten, primary, academic, college preparatorv, domes
tic science, physical culture, piano, pipe organ, voice, vinllf,. art. expression
METHODS—SmaII classes: last year 235 pupils and 18 teachers, allowing one
teacher for every 13 pupils.
ACCESSIBILITY Three car lines, Peachtree, West Peachtree and Buckhead
lines; 20 minutes from center of city
PROTECTION Special police officer at 2:30 and 1.30 to protect students get
ting on and off cars
CATALOGUE and views on request; thirty-fifth year begins September 12.
LLEWELLYN D AND EMMA B. SCOTT.
Principals.
Phone Ivy 647.
LOSS OF TEETH IS A CRIME
$5 A *oor Teeth may be saved or !
improved by Gold Crowns or
iRCThMBSy Bric, * e * Ofk My work is
guaranteed and i$ the BEST,
Prices: Heavy Gold Crowns,
Guaranteed C./S
nrjp ßridgework
E. G. GRIFFIN'S °* T ‘ e,TV
" ROOMS
24'/ ? Whitehall Over Brown 4 Allen’s Drug Store.
Hours. R tn 7; Sunday. 9 to 1. Lady Attendant.
Tor sale
Roofing Pitch, Coal Tar,
IMMEDIATE Creosote, Road Binder,
Metal Preservative Paints,
DELIVERY Roofing Paint and
Shingle Stain.
Atlanta Gas Light Co. Phone 4945
M UF BILL ID
MERES M
Hollis Resolution Hint Is That
Comptroller Office Is Fat
Enough to Split.
Legislators who have followed th©
trend of the insurance measures intro
duced during the present session are. of
the opinion that the Hollis resolution,
call ing for an investigation of the fees
collected by the secretary of state and
i the comptroller general, is designed to
show the members of the general as
sembly that the office of comptroller
general, with its present insurance
phase, is fat enough to =p!it. Many of
’ the bills introduced provide for the
creation of a separate department of
insurance.
The only fees collected by the comp
troller general accrue to him by virtue
of his office at as ex-officio Insurance
commissioner and the amount of the
fees can be found In the annual report
published by the comptroller In 1911
Comptroller Wright received one-fifth
of Ihe insurance license fees paid the
state, or $6,147.69. The total fees paid
the state amounted to $30,738.47. By
provision of statute one-fifth of this
amount goes to the comptroller and
• four-fifths to the state treasury. The
comptroller's salary is $2,009 a year.
• Why the Hollis resolution called upon
the secretary of state tor a report of
the fees collected by him is a mystery
as the secretary of state by law re
ceives only a straight salary, $2,000 a
year, as secretary of state and $1,200 as
commissioner of corporations. The of
fice of commissioner of corporations is
allowed SI,OOO a year for expenses. The
general office expenses of both the comp
troller general and the secretary .of
state are borne by the contingent fund
Secretary of State Cook and Comp
troller Wright both said today the leg
islature would be furnished with all in
formation asked, hut all lifformation on
the subject could be found in their an
nual reports now in the hands of the
members of the legislature.
Close of Proverb Contest
has been postponed. All so
lutions must either be- re
ceived at this office or bear
postmark to show mailing
time prior to noon, Tuesday,
July 23.
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