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SWAINSBORO. April 21.—Jordan
Flanders, one of the brothers of the
late Fred Flanders, for whose death
I>r. \V. J. McNaughton has been sen
tenced to death and Mrs. Mattie Flan
ders, his wife, is now under indict
ment for murder, has given out a re
markable statement from the family
of the dead man.
"We do not concede the inno
cence of my brother’s wife,” he
says. "We do not for a moment
doubt her guilt.
"But we do recognize a differ
ence between the guilt of Mrs.
Flanders and Dr. McNaughton.
Mrs. Flanders actually adminis
tered the poisons which resulted
in his death, but it does not nec
essarily follow that she knew the
character of the drugs. I am
quite sure now, although unknow
ing at that time, that even I also
have administered poison to my
brother.
"We know that not every dis
loyal wife is willing to join in a
plot to kill her husband, and not
every man who conceives a plot
to murder his affinity’s husband
and secure his property, as well
as his wife, is willing to trust her
with the secret of his intention.”
Jordan Flanders’ Statement.
The statement of Jordan Flanders
follows:
No one regrets the necessity
of this continuance more than
the P'landers family. The con
stant worry and repeated prepa
rations for this case have been a
great strain on us. 1 would be
thankful, indeed, if it could be
terminated, but there are »o many
witnesses scattered over the State
that it seems, even with every
effort, almost impossible to pro
cure their attendance when need
ed. We can only do all in our
power, and I sincerely pray thaf
at the July term nothing will pre
vent a final disposition of this
case.
Until the night before the case
was called we expected fully to
be able tt^ dispose of the case, but
the presence of our absent wit
nesses was so very material that
even Colonel J. Alex Smith and
Colonel Luther Rosser, represent
ing the defendant, were obliged
to concede the force of our posi
tion. The Flanders family have felt
since they have been engaged in
tiie prosecution of this, the high
est crime known to law, that they
wished to do everything in their
power to insure this case being
disposed of fairly and impartially.
Alleges Plot to Mislead.
We have rigidly refrained
from rushing into print to poison
the public mind, deling that such
a course, while possibly approved
by usage when indulged in by the
defendant, is unbecoming when
used in behalf of the State. But
the persistent efforts to mislead
the people of Georgia unfamiliar
with this crime, by the manipu
lation of an evidently carefully
planned campaign devoted to the
writing of such articles, have led
us to the conclusion that it is our
duty to the people of Emanuel
County to set right some of the
erroneous impressions sought to
be made.
Dr. McNaughton has b£en sen
tenced to death, and, as we all
know from our knowledge of hu
man nature, that fact in itself is
sufficient to rally to his support
all of those well-intentioned but
misguided people who, being of a
sentimental or hysterical turn of
mind, see nothing but the con
demned man in jail awaiting the
gallows. It has always seemed
strange to me that this class of
people devote so little thought to
the innocent victim whose body
.ies beneath the sod, but yet such
is the nature of mankind. The
• lead are soon forgotten, while
the living continue to occupy our
thoughts.
Fred Flanders was our young
est brother. I suppose there are
none who knew him who would
take issue with the statement
that he was a kindly. Christian
man. If he had ever done harm
to any one, I have never heard of
it. He would go out of his way
to do a kindness, and a harsh, un
kind word seldom, if ever, fell
from his lips. While no children
had been born to him and his
wife, yet they lived happily. Into
this happy home crept a viper,
and the result we all know.
Do Not Doubt Her Guilt.
We wish particularly to cor
rect the statement so often made
in the public press of late that
the Flanders family conceded the
innocence of Mrs. Flanders. We
do not for a moment doubt her
guilt; much less do we concede
it. Still we recognize the vast
difference between the case
against Dr. McNaughton and
that against Mrs. Flanders.
Dr. McNaughton was a physi
cian. He attended Fred during
his last illness, being the only
one who prescribed any part of
the course of treatment or the
drugs used. Two facts must be
admitted; to deny them is sheer
folly. One is Fred Flanders is
dead. The second is that he died
as a result of an administration
of arsenic. Dr. McNaughton
claims, in substance, that he died
as a result of a complication of
diseases. This explanation of
his death from a physician is
about as intelligent as to say that
the man is dead because he died.
The arsenic was found in
Fred’s body; will some of those
who are so hysterically support
ing the cause of the doctor give
us any reasonable explanation
of how it got tnere? They have
never offered but one, that was
through the use of embalming
fluid. No one who heard the
trial, or who will take the trouble
to read the reported evidence at
the trial, would have the effront
ery to claim that this explanation
is not completely exploded; first,
because the body was not em
balmed: second, because there
was absolutely no arsenic in
. what little fluid was used by the
undertaker.
Admits Hfi Gave Drugs.
Search the facts in this case
where you will, and the finger
of fate points uneeringly to Dr.
W. J. McNaughton as the needle
of the compass to the north. Still
we recognize the fact that as
far as the case against Mrs. Flan
ders is concerned, she must be
connected with the administra
tion of this poison. It. of course
must be shown that she had
knowledge of these facts, and
while the relations shown to
have existed between McNaugh
ton and Mrs. Flanders furnished
a motive for her, yet it did not
necessarily show that she was
acquainted by McNaughton with
the character of the drugs he was
administering.
She. of course, administered
these drugs, but, as far as that
is concerned, I have no doubt
that I have also administered
them. 'I certainly gave to my
brother at different times medi
cines prescribed by the doctor.
And I am quite sure now. al
though unknowing at the time,
that these drugs contained some
of the very arsenic that killed
him.
We know that not every dis
loyal wife is willing to join in a
plot to kill her husband, and not
every man who conceives a plot
to murder his paramour's hus
band and secure his property,
as well as his wife, is willing to
trust his paramour with the se
cret of his intention. Generally
her very infatuation tends to
blind her to the real purpose of
her lover.
Distinguishes Between Cases.
We have thus called attention
to the distinction between those
two cases because we believe it
is right and fair to the people of
the State that.it be done. We
want to be frank in this matter.
We believe the guilty should be
punished, but they must be
legally punished. We have never
been willing to asi: for a convic
tion on sentiment. We must ask
it on facts.
During the present week a
number of emissaries of Dr. Mc
Naughton have been here, not for
the purpose really of the trial of
Mrs. Flanders, but for the sole
purpose of endeavoring to work
up an artificial sentiment in fa
vor of McNaughton. They have
tried to create the impression
and have through newspaper ar
ticles said that one dare not in
Emanuel County mention above
a whisper his belief in the in-
!Flanders’ Relative
Indicted for Arson
Accused of Burning Swamsboro i
House After Chase a ia Sher- j
lock Holmes
The elements of a Sherlock Holmes
yarn are contained in the story re
lated to-day by State Fire Inspector
\V. R. Joyner of the manner evidence
was obtained wnich resulted in the
finding of an indictment for arson
against Charles M Flanders.
By the arrest ot Flanders another
member of the prominent Emanuel
County family is bought into the
limelight. The entire State has been
Interested in the case o' Matti-
Flanderx, whoso arraignment for
complicity in the murder of her hus
band, Fred Flanders, has been post
poned again, the sixth time.
The Sheriff’s bloodhounds, tell-tale
footprints, a five mile trail of a buggy
track and a half dozen other favor
ite sleuthing devices were employed
in ::V5stenin upon Flanders sufficient
suspicion to warrant the issuance of
the true bill.
Slays Wife and
Commits Suicide
Former Pulaski Official Enacts
Double Tragedy Following
Domestic Troubles.
COCHRAN. GA., April 21. -Domes
tic troubles that had caused a sep
aration several months ago resulted
to-day in A. J. Thompson, one of lhe >
most prominent men of this section,
shooting his wife to death and then
committing suicide. The double trag
edy leaves a 10-year-old son an or
phan.
Thompson formerly was Commis
sioner of Roads and Revenues of Pu
laski County, before the creation f
the new county of Bleckley, of which
Cochran is county seat. His brother,
Morgan Thompson, is Mayor of Haw-
kinsville.
Continued From Page Or.e.
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Freed Convict Lives
Here to Avoid Vice
"More than half of my life has
been spent in jails and prisons and
I am tired of it.”
So said Walter Turpin, who, Feb
ruary 22, completed a five-year sen
tence at the A-tlanta Federal prison.
"I want to make an honest living
if I can and I think 1 can in Atlanta,”
said * Turpin, "because it is hard to
get whisky here, and whisky was my
downfall. Since I left prison I have
lived honestly and I want to keep it
up.”
Turpin is 35 years old and a shoe
maker by trade.
nocence of McNaughton. Yet
these very emissaries have dur
ing the present week boldly pro
claimed their intention to obtain
an absolute pardon for McNaugh
ton. and have been quite bold in
their statements that he will be
pard ,ned in less than a week.
Foresees Plea For Pardon.
We have no doubt of their in
tention to ask for a pardon in
the extreme to which sentiment
will go, but that such pardon
will be granted by the Governor
who has so fearlessly stood for
law and order, after this man has
received, as the people of this
county know, as fair a trial as
was Tver accorded to a human
being, and after this conviction
has been twice passed on by trial
judges, and twice affirmed by the
Supreme Court of George, we dis
miss as absurd.
The agents for Dr. McNaugh-
toft have endeavored assiduously
to create an impression that he
was denied a fair trial; that he
could not obtain a fair trial in
Emanuel County. This is a large
county, one of the largest in the
State, and as citizens proud of
our native heath, which we be
lieve one of the fairest. Its
population is above 25,000; its
people, we believe, are the fair
est-minded on earth A charge
such as this we think a slander
on the integrity of our citizens,
and we are not willing to let it
go unchallenged.
We invite any impartial per
son to come .*nd investigate foi
himself, and see whether or not
the people of Emanuel County
are the best judges of the guilt or
Innocence of Dr. McNaughton.
They knew Fred Flanders In his
life; they knew Dr. McNaugh
ton; they saw the conduct of the
three before the death; they saw
the conduct of the doctor and the
widow after the death. They are
familiar with the surrounding
facts and circumstances. They
heard the evidence at the trial,
and 'he people of our county,
after nearly three years’ lapse of
time, are still firm in their be
lief that Justice has been meted
out in this case according to the
verdict of the jury.
proved willing posers for the
of new paper photographers.
Andrea DeSogurola the baritone
comedian, came in fur much inspec
tion because of the monocle he wears.
He holds the unique distinction of
being the only member of the troup
in whose contract is stipulated that
he may wear a monocle.
Caruso’s appearance upon the ve
randa was the cause- of mild asensa-
tion. Other members of the troup
gathered around him while he ».
endeavoring to open tip his kouak,
and the onlookers edged up closer.
Ho was somewhat disappointed when
an examination bv one of the news
paper photographers revealed the fact
that the camera was broken.
"Well, I am back to you again,” he
replied to.a greeting. have been
treated mighty nice in Atlanta, and
am always glad'of the opportunity to
come back. I think the » it;$ is beau
tiful is what you call hustling—
while the appreciation <*f music is
great.
Pickaninny Interests Caruso.
"All of us like to come here, and
we are always talking when away of
the time when we will come hack
here. When a person wants to
coine back to a place I suppose that
is the best evidence that they like it
mighty well.”
Caruso was very much interested
in the negro "as be really is.” and
the appearance of a- little ragged
pickaninny drew general attention
from the troupe. Caruso and several
others took snapshots of the little ne
gro, and when Caruso handed him a
half-dollar the little negro showed his
appreciation by jumping into the air
and executing a dance, then walked
away singing, giving the great vocal
ists an exhibition of melody in its
natural state.
More interest centered around An
tonio Scotti than any of the other
great stars, for it was Scotti who is
hailed as the man who obtained grand
opera for Atlanta.
A radiant, s'lender, dark-eyed girl
attracted the eyes of most of the star
ing throng that was at the Terminal
Station yesterday afternoon to greet
the first of the grand opera singers.
The eyes lighted with recognition as
they fell on the familiar faces of En
rico Caruso and Antonio Scotti, and
then widened with unbelief at the
sight of Mademoiselle Lucezia Borl.
All consideration for grammar fled
"Is that her?” asked the throng of
each other, and then preseed closer.
Charmed by Bori’a Beauty.
The women in the staring throng
were first to acquire the conviction
that this was really Mademoiselle
Lucrezia Bori, the beautiful. In
tricacies of an artistic sartorial en
semble impressed them before it did
the men. But after a long look or
two, intuition came also to the men,
that the slender young woman was an
unusual person. Then everybody
seemed to know.
Mademoiselle Bori, patiently posing
before photographers and moving pic
ture operators, accepted with a smile
her dismissal at their hands, and with
an active leap was in the automobile
that was waiting to fane her to the
hotel.
Caruso and Scotti were put through
the same gauntlet nr photographers
and admirers. It wan something like
fifteen minutes afte*- the train from
the East arrived tha~ the little party
left the station for the Georgian Ter
race Hotel.
Opera Promoters Greet Star*.
At the station a numr-r of leaders
in the Atlanta Music Festival Asso
ciation were present to greet the
stars to Atlanta, among them H. M.
Atkinson, John E. Murphy, Harvey
Johnson and B. M Grant. The four
accompanied the singers to the Geor
gian Terrace, where a crowd, a little
more sedate than the Terminal Sta
tion throng, but staling with no less
avidity, awaited the coming of the
stars.
With the singer.- was W. J. Guard,
publicity agent of the Metropolitan
Company, who was busiest of all at
the station, because he found a num
ber of friends. Other mefnbers of
the party were Vincenzo Bori. Arthur
D. Payne and G. Scoquamitio, Caru
so's accompanist.
Wedding Gifts for
Kaiser’s Daughter
Worth $2,500,000
All the Royalties of Europe Will
Gither a* the Brilliant
Ceremony.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. April 21. -The prepara
tions for the wedding of Princess
Victoria Louise, the Kaiser's daugh
ter, to Prince Finest of Cumber-
| land, give promise that It will be
one of the most •brilliant ceremonies;
ever seen in Europe.
The galaxy of royal tic.- to be pres- •
ent will include tin Kaiser and!
Kaiserln. the King and Queen of I
HE ASSESSED
MERCER AT FISHERIES MEET.
State Game Warden Jessp Mercer
left to-day for Norfolk, Va.. where
he will attend a convention of the
shell fisher- of the oyster States. He
will outline to the convention hie
plan lor protecting the oyster beds
that are being depleted.
Deposit Your Savings in the
banks
than
urn
England the czar of Russia, the
King an Queen of Italy, Archduke
Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the
King »>f Dcnmu'k. and probably the
kings of Uouiniula and Norway.
The value of the Wedding presents
ia estimated at $2,500,000. The Kais
er’s gifts to his daughter include
jewelry of his own designing. The
bride iti-o wiil receive costly gifts
from all the royalties of Europe.
Manj German cities have voted
sums up to $50,000 for wedding gifts.
I Worsham Defends
‘Long Distance' Pay
Declares His and Dr. White’s Work
Would Cost More Under
Any Other System.
L
Worsham, State Entomologist,
to-day declared he would make no
fight on the proposed action of the
board of the State experimental sta
tion to discontinue the co-operative
system by which he and Dr. II. C.
White, of the faculty of the College
of Agriculture, are members of the
staff of the experimental station and
receive salaries.
"if any tight is to be made it nec
essarily would be made from the oth
er end.” said Mr. Worsham. "We can
only await action. The work we are
doing, however, Ts work that can not
be done in any other way except by
making a much larger expenditure.
We are doing work for the State
City tax assessments on
have been increased more
$1,000,000 this year.
Tills was learned to-day fr
authentic source, despite efforts of of
ficials to keep it ?* cret. The increase
is based on larger capital, surplus and
undivided profits
This increase is the largest ever
imposed on Atlanta banks in one yea:*.
Also it is a positive evidence of their
growth and prosperity. At the tax
rate of .0125 per cent it gives an ad - [
dilional income of $12,500 to the city.
City Gets $200,000.
The totgl increase in personalty as
sessments, it is estimated, will exceed
1 M.000,000. Reports have been made
(that realty assessments will be $12,-
! 000,000 more than last year, making
' a grand total increase of $10,000,000.
This means n net increase in income
of $200,000 from this source.
These favorable reports, though,
form a contrast to the unsettled con
ditions that have reigned in the tax
office since the first of tile year.
Sweeping changes inaugurated by
Alderman John E. McClelland have
been resisted by the three tax asses
sors, J. L. Harrison, C. I>. Meador and
John Malone.
A new order was seen to-day with
the announcement by Mayor Wood
ward of the appointment of Council
man Charles W. Smith, of the Ninth
Ward, to succeed Alderman McClel
land as chairman of the tax commit
tee.
Lightens McClelland's Duties.
Mayor Woodward is relieving Al
derman McClelland of some of his du
ties as a means of persuading him
to withdraw his resignation as Al
derman.
"I am going into the issue of tax
equalization thoroughly,” said Coun
cilman Smith, "but whatever is don >
will be done without any fuss and
feathers.”
Strongest
In the
4P Cent, Compounded Semi-Annually
Trust Company of Georgia
State Bank
South
Capital and Surplus
$1,800,000
Equitable Bldg.
Pryor Street
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^'“s! ^’i^na^in CONDEMNED MAN BEGS TO
DIE IN FASHION’S LATEST
any other way. By the co-operative
system and the aid we get from the
Federal Government, it is costing a
little over $800. I do not think the
board contemplates discontinuing the
co-operative system, as it has given
the best results.”
Boy
Tells Police
He Was Kidnaped
UNIONTOWN, PA.. April 21.—John
Harris, a negro, sentenced to be
hanged Thursday, to-day asked tlm
authorities to allow him to die attired
In a flashy black and white suit and
tan shoes, instead of the plain black
clothes and shoes usually furnished
j by the county. His request probably
will be granted. Harris killed Thomas
Jones here.
Lad, Eight, Declares Negro Man
Brought Him Here From Macon
on a Freight Train.
Bareheaded and barefooted a
bright-faced, blue-eyed boy of eight
years to-day wandered into the At
lanta National Bank Building and
told a remarkable story of having
been kidnaped by a strange negro in
Macon this morning at 3 o'clock and
brought to Atlanta on top of a freight
train. He gave his name as Theodore
Roosevelt Henry and said his mother
is Mrs. Margaret Henry, of 340 Co
lumbus Avenue, Macon.
G. H. Carefoot, who is connected
with the office of Dr. J. H. Powell, 315
Atlanta National Bank Building, took
the little chap to the police station
and turned him over to Chief Beav
ers.
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Opera Stars
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Tidal Wave Wrecks
Pavilions at Tybee
Savannah Rushes Aid to Save Beach
Buildings Threatened
by Sea.
SAVANNAH, GA., April 21.- A ti
dal wave to-day caused several thou
sand dollars’ damage to pavilions and
bath houses at Tybee Beach. Prop
erty owners are working hard to pre
vent a repetition of the disaster by
another tide this afternoon. Car
penters and laborers from the city
went to the beach this afternoon in
response to a call for help.
The principal damage was done to
the big pavilion of the Tybee Hotel,
pilings have been washed away and
wharves are showing signs of weak
ening under the strain.
Temporary pilings will be driven
and an attempt made to tie the bath
houses temporarily so that the high
water will not float them out to sea.
Love of Girl Causes
Boy, 14, to Kill Three
Lad Munches Apple While Telling of
Slaying Sweetheart’s Mother
and Sisters.
ELGIN, ILL., April 21.—Love of an
eleven-year-old girl to-day was be
lieved to have been the motive for
the murder of Mrs. Maud Sleep and
her two children by Herman Coppes,
the four teen-year-old confessed slay
er. The girl is Ida Sleep, daughter
of the murdered woman.
"Mrs. Sleep saw me kissing Ida
and told me she would whip me," said
the boy in his cell in the Elgin jail
J to-day. I didn’t like Mrs. Sleep, but
I I did like Ida awfully much.”
j Then he recited the details *>f his
j crime to .•• large crowd in the jail
office. The boy munched an apple as
he talked.
Guard Royal Party
From Suffragettes
Extra Precautions Taken to Protect
King and Queen on Tour of
Western England.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, April 21.—Elaborately
guarded from suffragettes, King
George and Queen Mary left London
to-day for a four-days’ trip through
Western England. The King and
Queen will spend most of their time
in Cheshire, where they will visit the
extensive railroad and pottery works.
Plain clothes detectives accompany
their majesties and the usual prscau-
tions have been doubled.
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
Variety in Bill At the Grand.
A whole lot of confidence is j n
what has been sai'l in advance of at
tractions coming to the Grand, and the
advance declaration for this week is
that the show is one of the best com
binations of real quality in vaudeville
that has been assembled at the big
theater.
There are two headliners and five fea
tures on the program, and none of
these seven acth conflict with another.
There is variety, and it is variety that
has made vaudeville as popular as it Is.
Truly Shattuck, famous during two .->ea-
sons as the most popular musical com
edy star that hat; been associated with
a Broadway success, is one of the head
liners Miss Shattuck has been Identi
fied with recent George M. Cohan suc
cesses, and would still be entertaining
with that comedian but for induce
ments that brought her to vaudeville
for a brief season. Another headliner is
Little Billy, a boy who is the tiniest
headliner In all vaulevllle, but a giant
in entertaining ability.
Others on the bib are Jere Grady,
Frankie Carpenter and company in their
stage-life comedy play, “The Butter
fly. James Leonard and company in a
travesty entitled "When Ham Let?
Her;" Ed Morton, the comedian who
sings: the Mario Trio, a most inter
esting aerial act, and the Fred St. Onge
company in a delightful and Interest
ing novelty bicycle act.
Stock Company Opens To-night.
To-night the Miss Billy Long Stock
Company will open Its summer season
at the Atlanta Theater in the Lillian
Russell play, "Wildfire.” Popular prices
will prevail and during the summer
matinees will be given Wednesdays and
Saturdays. This is the first summer en
gagement ever played at the Atlanta,
and the management Is confident the
company will make a hit. Miss Long
has a wonderful personality ami It is
believed .that she will quickly leap into
popularity. “Wildfire” is a pla> that
will appeal to all, and tHe* indications
point to a good patronage in the fac*
of grand opera and other attractions
UNFAIR TO
THE DRUGGIST
Tl:e Old Joke About “Some
thing Just as Good,”
Doesn't Apply to This
Drug Store.
^ °u have probably heard dozen,
of times the old story that a drug
store was a place to 'get some
thing Just as good." There is at
least one druggist In tho world that
you can’t say this about.
It is certain that an inferior ar
ticle will never be substituted for
a guaranteed one by any dealer
w-ho sells Dodson’s Liver Tone.
Take, for instance, a safe, reliable
remedy for constipation and liter
trouble like Dodson's Liver Ton-.
This harmless vegetable liquid has
proved so satisfactory a liver stim
ulant and reliever of biliousness
and to entirely take tile place if
calomel without any danger or re
striction of habits or diet, that
there are dozens of preparations
springing up with Imitations of its
claims.
Rut Dodson's Liver Tone Is guar
anteed to do all that is claimed for
it, and If you are not satisfied with
it. your druggist will hand your
money hack with a smile. 'Any
person going to a drug store for a
brittle of Dodson's Liver Tone will
be sure of getting a large bottle of
this genuine remedy in exchange
for his half-dollar.
DUX
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A Thing of Beauty, a Joy
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The diamond is unquestionably A Thing ot Beauty”
and, a3 it lasts always, consequently “A Joy Forever.”
We set diamonds into the greatest variety of beautiful
ornaments, combining them with any of the other precious
stones or creating the most desirable solitaire effects.
The indestructibility of diamonds and the fact that
there is no such thing as a second-hand one, and that the
value is considerably increasing, make diamonds well
bought one of the choicest saving investments of modem
times.
So it is well for the lover of the beautiful and at the-
same time careful investor to consider the purchase of dia
monds.
The cei’tainty of knowing what grade and value you
are getting in any purchase has all to do with contented
possession, and positive knowledge that you are asked the
very lowest price the diamond can be bought for is fairly
and honestly due you. We invite careful inspection of our
goods and prices at all times.
If you do not care to pay cash, you will find our partial
payment plan convenient, the little paid each month scarce
ly being missed, but really saved instead of thrown away as
in many cases.
Our plan of selling provides our customer a guaranteed
cash return and full price exchange value that insures
against loss or dissatisfaction.
Our Diamond Book No. 10, a copy of which we will be
glad to either hand or mail you, explains fully our method
of doing business.
Mail orders or inquiries receive our prompt and cour
teous attention.
- HARR Y L. DIX, Inc.
Diamond Merchants and Mfg. Jewelers
208-9-10 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
THE REPORT
DEATH CLAIMS: “Claims are paid fully and promptly."
GENERAL: “The books are carefully and accurately kept and
all the Company's records are in first class order. " “Attention is
being paid to economy in expenditure, consistent with efficiency.* *
“The calculations of the Company's Actuary have been
checked and total shown is in agreement with his figures. "
I he laws of Alabama require an annual examination of the insurance
companies chartered in that state.
d he foregoing extracts are from the report of W. R. Halliday, official
Lxamming Actuary for the Alabama Insurance Department, made in compliance
with that law, in his examination of 7 he Southern States Life Insurance Company
of Alabama, on March 29th, 1913.
This report is in keeping with the previous
reports based on an annual examination
January showed an increase of 51 -pi • • , j r i- i‘
February showed an increase of 35 1 ne uncriticised record oi this company and
March showed an increase of 28 ‘ the splendid co-operation of the home office should
appeal to life insurance salesmen.
Attractive and Liberal Agents’
Contracts for the right men
“The Company That Has Never Contested a Death Claim”
How We Grow
The Southern States Life Ins. Co.
WILMER L. MOORE, Pres.
ATLANTA, GA.