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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. \\?' / • tT, L- £-/■ i I / ■ ® - I Mt a. **i I < ‘ e ’ >• tWn # ' . ri\ Hff x Ji \w\ ■ \' X\w- ' 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 I I Workers in Twenty Great Cot ton Mills in Massachusetts Quit When Wages Are Cut. I 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. * • ♦ 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. 3