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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1913.
TO NEED OF EXHIBITION
Permanent Showing of Home-Made
Products Believed Feasible and Sure
to Aid Greatly in Developing the
City s Industries—Can Support Itself.
Atlanta should establish a permanent exhibit of the thousand
or more products of its 548 factories.
The plan is feasible.
The exhibit will be self-sustaining.
Atlanta could devise nothing which would impress the visitor
more favorably.
Sixty-five members of the Chamber of Commerce thus for
mulate their belief, after inspecting Thursday Chattanooga’s dis
play of home-manufactured goods.
The delegation filled a special
oar, attached to the “Dixie
Flyer.” It was a business trip.
There was no entertainment
program, no time for play. Ar
riving in Chattanooga, the At
lantans went directly to the two
buildings where the permanent
exhibit is housed.
They went through the building
from top to bottom, accompanied by
members of the Chattanooga Manu
facturers’ Association. They asked
innumerable questions as to expense,
number of visitors, how the necessary
funds were raised. what the exhibitors
think of It, whether it pays, and how
It Is made to pay.
The hosts answered In explicit de
tail.
Hosts Withheld Nothing.
"We have no secrets,” said O. L.
Bunn, secretary and manager of the
Chattanooga Manufacturers’ Associa
tion “We are glad to explain every
thing. even to open our books to you
if you so desire. We feel that the
building of such an exhibit by At
lanta can not hurt us, and, in fact,
that it will aid us by advertising the
South even more widely as a manu
facturing section.”
Among other details which the In
quisitive Atlantans learned were
these:
Aji average of 50 persons a day,
year in and year out, visit the display.
Pew manufacturers who once make
an exhibit ever cancel their reserva
tion of floor space.
Many sales can be traced direct to
the exhibit.
Some manufacturers have abolished
their sales rooms and use their exhibit
space for this purpose.
During large conventions the visi
tors throng the building and carry its
fame to their homes all over the
United States.
While the Confederate reunion was
in progress 35,000 persons went
through the building.
The “home folks" do not ignore the
displays. Now Year’s Day, 1913, 15,-
000 Chattanoogans attended a recep
tion in the building.
Chattanooga jobbers and retailers
are proud of the label, “Made in Chat
tanooga,” and they have been edu
cated to this point largely through the
exhibit.
Rental Pays Expenses.
There are 120 exhibitors in the
Chattanooga exhibit, out of 300 mem
bers in the Manufacturers’ Associa
tion. Within four years the exhibit
has outgrown a four-story building,
25 by 110 feet, and now tills another
building of identical $>ize. Rental of
floor space has served to pay all in
terest charges, expenses and to create
a sinking fund. It will not be many
years before the buildings will be free
of debt. As it is not the intention of
the association to realize a profit on
the undertaking, it is likely the rents,
reasonable enough now, will be re
duced from year to year as the debt is
retired and the Interest charges grow
less.
Walter G. Cooper, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, perforce, took
the lead in Thursday's investigation,
because of the absence of Brooks
Morgan. Mr. Morgan has been •.
leading spirit in arousing enthusiasm
for the “Made in Atlanta” exhibit, but
a case in court prevented hif? attend
ance Thursday.
Price Not an Obstacle.
Mr. Cooper went into financial ques
tions with especial thoroughness He
ascertained that rentals to exhibitors
are 60 to 90 cents per year per square
foot. The low rate is made possible
by a combination of favorable cir
cumstances. Whether Atlanta can dc
it a* cheaply is debatable, but Chatta
nooga’s experience demonstrates that
the price need not be prohibitive.
One thing Chattanooga has not done
which Atlantans believe could be done
with profit, is a display of raw mate
rials.
They would display all the re
sources of Georgia, from cotton to
iron ore, with placards giving statis
tics as to quantity and information as
to availability. This would be for the
purpose of encouraging new industrial
development.
How It Was Done.
O. L. Bunn gave in detail the plan
followed in establishing Chattanooga's
exhibit. The site was offered the
Manufacturers’ Association at a flgur.
below what it would bring on the
market. Mr. Bunn took the option in
his own name. Then he proceeded to
sell bonds to cover this amount. When
this had been accomplished, the man-
ifacturer* were called upon to engage
floor space. At 10 o’clock of the last
day of the option the deal was closed.
A holding company was organized
called the “Home Association.’’ Title
to the property is vested in it. The
Manufacturers’ Association pays a
fixed rental for its offices to this hold - ,
ing concern as do the exhibitors. The
rentals are enough to pay all expense
of operation and maintenance, to pay
Interest on the bonds, and to create
a sinking fund for retiring the bonds.
The rentals amtfunt to a figure be
tween 60 and 90 cents per square
foot per year for exhibitors.
In the four years the exhibit ha.*
been in existence few’ manufacturers
have expressed dissatisfaction or quit.
Most of them are enthusiastic as to
its advantages. Some can trace many
sales direct to the exhibit. Others
have faith in It in the same way that
they believe In general advertising
that sales come even though they can
not be traced.
Some Striking Examples.
Some striking examples of direct
sales are given. There was a conven
tion of textile mill superintendents in
Chattanooga, and one of the delegates
visited the exhibit, though he was not
intending to buy goods. A few months
later the manager of his mill needed
a device, and did not know where to
get it. He told his plight to the
superintendent, who said:
“Why, J remember seeing just that
thing In the Chattanooga-made ex
hibit.’’
A sale followed.
There is a concern in Chattanooga
which manufactures automobiles.
During the Confederate reunion last
week three orders were taken as a
direct result of the display.
Several devices are used to make
the display of value to the exhibitors.
For one thing the elevator (made in
Chattanooga, by the way) will not
stop at 'nterrnedlate floors, but carries
-all passengers to the top. This forces
all visitors to see the whole exhibit.
Salesmen Called to Hall.
On each floor is stationed an em
ployee of the association. He shows
vistors through and explains the ex
hibits. If any visitor shows that he
is particularly Interested in any one
display the attendants goes to Lhe tel
ephone and calls up the exhibitor, who
sends a salesman to the building at
once.
Then there are inquiry blanks,
whereon the visitor writes his name
and address, and the name of the
firm from which he wishes Informa
tion. Inquiries of this sort are nu
merous.
Ordinarily, an attendant on each
floor and two jaintors are enough to
take care of all visitors. When there
is an unusual crowd, the office force
from the association’s headquarters
is pressed into service, and If these
are Inadequate, members leave their
offices to assist.
At every display, descriptive liter
ature Is made available for visitors.
Booklets answer many questions
which no attendant could memorize.
Many displays explain themselves.
For intance, a lighting device manu
facturer has a. display of lights in
operation.
Kindred Lines Grouped.
An effort is made to group kindred
lines on the same floors, but this Is
not always practicable. Almost every
foot of floor space Is In use, and .It
has to be utilized to the best ad
vantage, so that competing manu
facturers of stoves, for instance, can
not always have their goods side by
side for comparison. There has been
no complaint from the exhibitors on
this account, however.
New’ Haven, Conn., and Richmond,
Va., have been so much impressed
with Chattanooga's example that
these cities are following suit.
Every effort is made to maintain
an attitude which shall be strictly
impartial as between rival exhibi
tors.
Mr. Bunn records an actual conver
sation of recent date.
A man, a Stranger to him, viewed
the exhibits and expressed his inter
est in office supplies.
Avoids Neat Trap.
“I see you have two displays of
office devices,” he remarked, “both
are excellent, but which Is the bet
ter?”
“Both are among Chattanooga's
most progressive firms," replied Mr.
Bunn.
“But confidentially, now, which Is
the better firm for me to trade with?"
persisted the visitor.
“They're neck and neck." said Mr.
Bunn. “You’ll have to decide for
yourself. Shall I call them up?
They’ll be glad to send salesfnen
“You needn’t mind.” said the
stranger. “I'm one of Smith's sales
man myself.”
laid a trap to test the attitude of
Smith was an exhibitor and had
the exhibit manager. He was satis
lied.
One of the greatest tasks which lias
confronted the Chattanoogans is the
difficulty of making the exhibits
strictly "Made in Chattanooga” dis
plays.
This caused a tussle with the job
bers. Many of the manufacturers
carry lines made in other cities,
which they sell as supplementing
their own goods. They wanted to
display these lines in which they are
distributors.
Strictly “Made at Home.”
The association firmly ruled them
out.
"We want to be able to tell every
Hardware Men See Great Display PICKLE FACTORY
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Auditorium Floor Entirely Filled
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Atlanta-Made Lines Prominent
T. G. Green, of Eatonton, a nd John L. Moore, of Madison,
president and secretary, respectively, of the Georgia Retail Hard
ware Association for the past v ear.
Atlanta-Made Goods Prominent in
Display—Six Georgia Factories
Have Space on Floor.
Twenty-nine exhibitors had floor
space at the eighth annual convention
of the Georgia Retail Hardware As
sociation at the Auditorium the past
week.
Of tliest twenty-nine exhibitors, six
showed Atlanta or Georgia manufac
tured goods. Thirteen of them have
agencies in Atlanta.
Which may be taken to mean, with
out dispute, that Atlanta Is the hard
ware center of the Southeast.
Stoves of all kinds, farm imple
ments of all kinds, sole leather paper
products, buggies and . wagons, and
harness are among the "home made”
products displayed, and these exhibits
w r ere equal In completeness and qual
ity to the exhibits, side by side, of
the greatest makers in all the coun
try.
It was the best exhibition ever
made at a Southern hardware con
vention, said the veteran dealers in
attendance.
Atlanta Made Exhibits.
The Atlanta Agricultural Works,
w hich makes almost everything in the
way of machinery or implements for
use on farms, had an attractive dis
play which included a stalk cutter of
novel design. This machine drew
more attention, perhaps, than any
other farm Implement shown. Almost
as high as a man’s head, with a ser
ies of knives on upright shafts, the
stalk cutter is designed to take care
of the tallest corn or cotton grown.
Plows, cultivators, harrows and many
other Implements made up the rest
of the exhibit.
The Mascot Stove Manufacturing
Company and the Atlanta Stove
Works had splendid displays of stoves
both heaters and cook stoves, resplen
dent with enamel and nickeled fit
tings. The Mascot works are at Dal
ton, but the general selling agency is
in Atlanta, and all goods are distrib
uted through this city. This concern
is under new management.
The Atlanta Stove Works is one of
tiie largest in the South, and its prod
ucts arc well known to the Southern
trade. H. Wilensky Sons Company
exhibited sole leather strips, and had
a table demonstrating the cutting.
The leather all comes from Georgia
tanneries. The display was presented
in attractive style, and was interest
ing.
McCurry and Inman, of Fairburn.
Ga., made an elaborate display ot
harness, all kinds, for work and for
pleasure vehicles.
The National Paper Company,
which has an Atlanta factory, show
ed building and roofing paper, and
other paper products of considerable
interest to the hardware trade.
The White Hickory Wagon Manu
facturing Company and the Blount
Buggy factory, showed vehicles for
the farm and for pleasure use. This
is the largest plant of this kind in
its territory.
Plants Invite Visitors.
Besides making these exhibits, ail
the Atlanta Manufacturing plants, In
cluding the Atlanta Steel Company,
which makes wire fencing, among
other things, announced that their
plants were open all week for the In
spection of the dealers, and many
delegates availed themselves of the
opportunity offered to examine the
processes whereby the goods they
handle are made. ,
T. G. Green of Eatonton has been
president and John L. Moore of Mad
ison, secretary of the association for
the past year. 1 here are about 150
members.
About 200 delegates were on the
flpor during the sessions, many of
course, not being members, although
interested in the hardware trade.
Conventions have been held in In
dian Springs, Valdosta, Rome, Macon,
and Athens preceding the Atlanta
convention.
"As a jobbing center, Atlanta is
ahead of all Southern cities, and as a
manufacturing center, it is forging
to the front rapidly,” said P. S. Tvvlt-
ty, of Dublin, In an address to the
convention, and his sentiment was
applauded heartily.
Gathering Makes Converts.
The convention is believed to have
done much good, not only in tending
toward the solution of problems pe
culiar to the hardware trade, but also
in making Atlanta jobbers and man
ufacturers better acquainted with
their customers throughout the Stale.
Many dealers who have been buy
ing elsewhere are said to have learn
ed through the convention that they
have been making a mistake. At
lanta w’ill be the terminus of their
buying trips hereafter they declare.
The Exhibitors.
Among the exhibitors at the Audi
torium were:
Atlanta Agricultural Works,
Atlanta, Ga.; Acme Steel Goods
Co., Atlanta, Ga.; Allen Manufac
turing Co., Nashville. Tenn.; At
lanta Stove Works, Atlanta, Ga.;
Avery. B. F. & Sons. Atlanta, Ga.;
American Steel & Wire Co.. New
York; Atkins, E. C. & Co.. Atlan
ta. Ga.; Bird, F W. & Son. East
Walpole, Mass*.; Beck & Gregg
Hardware Co.. Atlanta. Ga.;
Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., Canton,
Ohio; Central Oil & Gas Stove
Co., Gardner, Mass.; Dabney, W.
J. Implement Co., Atlanta, Ga.;*
Detroit Vapor Stove Co.. Detroit,
Mich.; Deitz, R. E. Co., New
York; Engman-Mathews Range
Co.. South Bend, Ind.; Empire
Cream Separator Co.. Bloomfield,
N. J.; International Harvester Co.
Atlanta, Ga.; Mascot Stove Mfg.
Co., Dalton, Ga.; Malleable Steel
Range Mfg Co.. South Bend, Ind.;
Majestic Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.;
McCurry & Inman, Fairburn. Ga.;
National Paper Co„ Atlanta. Ga.;
Norvell-ShapJjeigh Hardware Co.,
St. Louis, Mo.; Standard Oil Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.; Sharpies Separator
Co.. West Chester, Pa.; Southern
Moline Plow Co., New Orleans,
La,; Wilensky, H. Sons Co., At
lanta. Ga.; White Hickory Wagon
Mfg. Co.. Atlanta. Ga.; Woolsey.
C. A. Paint & Color Co., Jersey
City, N. J.
visitor that everything in this build
ing was made in Chattanooga." said
M. E. Temple, chairman of the ex
hibit committee. "And now we are
able to do so truthfully. It is much
more impressive when this rule is
adhered to strictly. I think every ex
hibitor sees R that way now. and
we are having no more trouble on
this particular score. Those who
were exhibiting jobbing lines hsve
withdrawn their exhibits and are fill
ing their space with their own goods."
Soves Buyers’ Time.
“This is great." remarked an At
lanta delegate. “I can see how It
works. A buyer comes to Chattanoo
ga and sees this exhibit. Here he
finds competing lines side by side. He
doesn’t have to go to one factory on
one side of town, then to another on
the other side of town, and finally re
turn to the flrst to make his pur
chases. He does here in three hours
what would take three days were it
not for the exhibit. I’m for it. and
I want Atlanta to have an exhibit
of just this kind."
The Chattanooga Manufacturers'
i
Association has undertaken one work
which is provided for in another way
in Atlanta. All freight bills paid by
members are checked over by the as
sociation. Whenever necessary claims
are filed and collected through the
association. Members declare this
service saves them more than their
yearly dues. On a blackboard in the
exhibit hall Is a monthly record of
the list of claims against each rail
road. the number paid and the per
centage paid as against the number
filed. This is done for its moral ef
fect on the railroads.
Atlanta’s interest in a "made at
home" exhibit dates back ten years,
but never has the dream come so near
fulfillment. Temporary displays have
been made several times, and with
considerable success. These served
only to emphasize the need of a per
manent demonstration. With the new-
life added to the Chamber of Com
merce by the new members secured
at the beginning of this year the idea
took definite shape, and Brooks Mor
gan. with his fellow members, has
worked indefatigably toward this end.
Farthest-South Plant Successful
and Engaged Now in Work of
Remodeling Building.
Pioneer in the field, but demonstrat
ing the diversity of industries which
thrive in Atlanta, the Dixie Vinegar
Works, 376 Marietta Street, is one of
the most interesting as well as one of
the most prosperous manufacturing
establishments of the city.
At the present time, all is chaos at
the plant, for the remarkable gTowth
of the business has made necessary
extensive changes. The entire plant
is being remodeled, new floors are
being laid, new equipment Is being
installed, more floor space is being
added, and the plant is being brought
up to the minute in every respect.
With all this work going on. still
orders must be filled. The result is
confusion, but progress.
Pickles of many kinds, jellies, sauer
kraut, cider and vinegar are the prod
ucts of the factory, together with
canned vegetables and kindred prod
ucts.
Almost Alone in Field.
Large as is the Southern consump
tion of such edibles, the factories are
very few. indeed, the Dixie is the
only one In this territory, and Is
the farthest south of all.
Cucumbers, apples and other fruits
and vegetables are us*ed in car-load
lots. The apples come from Georgia,
and from New York. Eight months
a year or longer, the factory crushes
the fruit and makes the cider which
is sold at soda fountains all through
the city, and in other cities of the
South. Cider is difficult to handle,
because of its propensity to get
“hard,” and of all drinks, cider is the
most deceitful when it loses Its first
harmlessness and acquires a “tang.”
For this reason, it has to be kept on
ice. both at the factory and at the
soda fountains.
Another use for the apples is in
the making of jelly. As every house
wife knows, the ingredient of the
apple which sets the jelly is found
just beneath the skin. For this rea
son, a large proportion of the skins
Is used in jelly making. Thoroughly
cooked, with sugar, the juice is poured
off by hand into clean tumblers,
capped with paper and sealed with
melted paraffine, just as it would be
done ip a home kitchen.
“Cuke*” by Carloads.
The cucumbers come by the car
loads. mostly from Michigan, put up
In strong brine. They are taken out
of the brine, washed, soaked in clear,
fresh w’ater for a considerable time,
then put through the pickling pro
cess and covered with the liquor,
either vinegar, a sweet spiced mix
ture for sweet pickles, or the dill
formula.
Huge vats are used for the making
of sauer kraut, vats holding from
25,000 to 40.000 pounds. The cabbage
is shredded and put into brine, then
subjected to considerable pressure. It
is. for the rest, an automatic process,
until it is ready to be shipped in bar
rels or cans. An increasingly large
proportion of lhe output every year
is canned.
By the w r ay, the day of the solder
sealed can is past. Nowadays, the
cans are filled w ith the vegetables and
juice, and sealed by pressure. A ma
chine crimps the edges and seals the
containers as fast as an operative can
put the cans in the device. The vege
tables are cooked with live steam, in
the cans, cooled, labeled, and boxed
for shipment. The only variation from
this is that some vegetables have to
be partially cooked before being put
in the cans and steamed
Another New Device.
The paraffine sealing for jellies gives
way, too. before the march of prog
ress. A vacuum pressure device soon
will put caps on the glasses of jelly
so tight that they never can be re
moved.
This will obviate a good deal of
handwork, and will be just as sani
tary.
With the large quantities of jelly
pnd other sweets about the factory,
it would be natural to suppose that
great swarms* of flies would Invade
the place. No doubt they would, but
for the eternal warfare waged against
them.
The “kitchen," as it is called, is
screened carefully. . A rigid rule is
that the screens must be kept closed
all the while. Then a negro mammy
who looks strong enough to kill all
the flies in creation if they were
within her reach, is hired expressly
for the purpose of chasing out every
fly who slips by the screen doors. She
gets after them, too. and the place
Is freer from flies than many a pri
vate home.
B. A. Hancock is manager of the
concern. He has had long experience
in the business, and much of the re
cent expansion is due to his efforts.
SOUTH’S RESOURCES
ALMOST BOUNDLESS
Georgia Alone Has Kaw Material Enough to
Keep Factories Busy for Centuries.
Great as has been the development
of manufacturing industries in At
lanta, the surface only ha9 been
scratched, according to experts who
have made a careful study of the r e-
sources of the State.
Georgia has increased the value of
its manufactured products from
$94,000,000 in 1900 to $263,000,000 in
1912, but this, say the students, is
but a beginning. The 5,384 factories,
$225,000,000 of capital, 122,000 em
ployees and $40,000,000 of wages rep
resent hut a small percentage of what
Atlanta may expect within the next
decade at the same rate of progress.
At the basis of all manufacturing
lie power and raw material. Next
in importance are distributing facili
ties.
Georgia’* Coal Supply.
Coal long has been and long will
be the great source of power. Geor
gia, though the fact seldom is men
tioned. has 920,000.000 tons of coal
as yet untouched, nearly all of a
grade which can be used in manufac
turing plants. Most of it is “coking
coal,” according to the miner aolog-
ists. The figures are from E. W.
Parker's "Mineral Resources of the
United States,” published in 1911.
As Georgia, in nine years, mine!
only 3,079,197 tons, it is plain that
no immediate exhaustion is to be
feared, even with vastly increased
consumption.
The reserve supplv of the South is
estimated by the same authority .it
630.002,000,000 tons, which will last
3,000 or 4,000 years at the present
rate. Apparently a little speeding up
of manufacturers can be done with
out danger of using up all the fuel.
Next in importance to coal, and
No Cessation in
Developing South
Alabama Wire Mill and Stock Yards
at Macon Listed Among
New Enterprises.
BALTIMORE, May 31.—Among the
many Southern industrial and other
developmental enterprises reported in
this week’s issue of The Manufactur
ers' Record are the following:
United States Steel Corporation,
New York, announced that the Amer
ican Steel and Wire Company will at
once proceed with construction to
complete its steel and wire works at
Fairfield, Ala., representing an in
vestment of approximately $3,500,000.
Cumberland Mountain Land Syndi
cate Company. C. H. Smith, engineer,
Chattanooga, Tenn., will develop 20,-
600 acres of coal land near Whitwell,
Tenn,; plans mining town, steel and
rated, with capital stock of $100,000
tnd privilege to increase to $1,000,000.
fireproof brick building to be equipped 30 Vj, 60
with mod pm minine: machinery, etc.; 9 f or levee construction along Mis
gaining every’ year as a producer of
power, are the streams of the South.
Georgia has some 1,500 water power
plants, developing 166,000 horse
power, and can Increase this amount
indefinitely.
Lumber Is another great resource
W’hich Georgia hardly has begun to
manufacture. It Is shown by statis
tics that out of every 100 feet of
lumber milled In the South, only 30
feet are used by Southern factories.
The factories of Illinois, on the other
hand, use more than 1,000 feet of
lumber for every 100 feet produced
in that state.
A vast field is here for Georgia
Industry. In the old days, all the
cotton grown In the State was sold
in Its raw’ state, to be made into
cloth In England or New’ England,
and repurchased, In large measure by
the South. Prosperity has followed
the introduction of the cotton mill
into the South, so that now from the
lint to the finished cloth, from the
seed to the edible oil, Georgia han
dles the chief product of Its soil.
Where Prosperity Beckons.
Industrial srtudents believe the
same prosperity would follow the de
velopment of wood-working indus
tries in the South. True, there are
furniture manufacturers and other
wood-working plants in Georgia, but
they freely admit the field is not
crowded, and do not see why Atlanta
cannot become another Grand Rapids
when it comes to furniture.
Georgia, too, ha« large deposits of
iron ore, the red hematite and brown
varieties. With the increasing use of
iron and steel products in the S^outh,
economists hold that the State can
very well smelt, convert and man i-
facture its own iron and steel.
Oil Mill Experts
To Convene Here
Recognize City as One of Important
Centers of Industry—Machinery
Display To Be Large.
“THE ATLANTA SPIRIT”
One of the reasons Atlanta
take# front rank as jobbing
center is the fact that the job
bers, wholesalers and manufac
turers have the entire city with
them.
Wilmer L. Moore, President of
the Chamber of Commerce, and
Mayor James G. Woodward wol-
comed the Hardware Retailers to
the city when they met here for
tneir eighth annual convention.
In another community, little or
no interest would have been dis
played by the municipal officers
or the general business leaders
outside that particular line,
despite the importance of the
gathering!
It was another manifestation of
the “Atlanta Spirit.”
Among the co<mdng events which
attract attention to Atlanta, and em
phasize Its importance as a manu
facturing center, is the meeting of
the Interstate Association of Oil Mill
Superintendents.
The convention will be called to
order Wednesday morning at the Au
ditorium. Representatives from
North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Tennessee, Alabama and
Mississippi are expected.
An attendance of 400 delegates is
promised. When the first convention
wa« held in Macon two years ago,
there were fifty delegates. This is
Indicative in largo measure, of the
growth of the cotton oil business in
Georgia and the South.
Once a nuisance, dumped In the
streams or used as fertilizer now
the cotton seed la prized, and brings
high prices. From it are made oil,
meal, and hulls, while clever pro
cesses clean the “fuzz” from the
shell, producing a material useful for
felt for mattresses, for horse collars
and other purposes where cotton of
spinning lengths would be too ex
pensive and no more satisfactory.
Atlanta Is a recognized center f^r
the manufacture and sale of cotton
oil mill machinery, and on the main
floor of the Auditorium will be an
extensive display of apparatus, the
newest and best, for the needs of the
oil mill man. _
J. T. Holmes, of Sheilman, Ga.,
is president of the association. The
Atlanta Manufacturers Supply Asso
ciation will entertain the delegates.
WOOLEN PRICES VARY.
Surprise is expressed in the woolen
goods field In the wide variance of
prices of these goods disclosed re
cently at Philadelphia by the open
ing of bids for Government contracts.
Between the bids of the two lowest
bidders a difference of about 20 cents
a yard was shown, while between the
lowest and the highest a difference ot
40 cents was reported. With such dif
ferences as these In production costs
It is thought in certain quarters that
schedule K may be able to stand a
cut without doing a great deal of
damage, after all.
D R O PSY
SPECIALISTS
give Quick relief usually
from the flrst dose. Dis
tressing Symptoms rapid
ly disappear. Swelling
and short breath soon
removed; often gives en
tire relief in 15 to 25
days. A trial treatment
FREE by mall.
Dr. H. H. Green’s Son*
Box 0, Atlanta, Ga.
ith modern mining machinery, etc.;
will establish central power station
and drive machinery by electricity;
construct by-product coke oven plant
at Chattanooga. Total cost, about
$1,500,000.
Colorado River Power Company,
Dallas, Texas, is reported as planning
to construct $1.00,000 dam across the
Colorado River near Ballinger, Texas,
to store water for irrigating 75,000
acres of land; also reported as to con
struct hydro-electric plant 40 miles
north of Austin, Texas.
City officials ot Memphis, Tenn.,
adopted plans for flood protection in
North Memphis; plans include levees,
floodgates, culverts, pumping station,
etc ' will vote May 29 on $1,500,000
bond issue, J. H. Weatherford, city
engineer.
Seaboard Air Line Railway, M . D.
Faucette, chief engineer, Portsmouth,
Va will build phosphate elevator on
Seddon Island near Tampa. Fla.; ex
tend docks and bulkhead about 550
feet, improve and increase trackage
facilities, extend and enlarge basin
etc., at estimated cost of from $90.00
to $100,000. „ , „ ,
Georgia Packing and Stock Yards
Ccmpany, Macon, Ga~, was incorpo-
Gives Quickest and Surest
Cure For All Sore Feet
The fallowing is absolutely the
surest and quickest cure known to
science for all foot ailments: Dis
solve two tablespoonfuls of CaJocide
compound in a basin of warm wa
ter Soak the feet in this for full nf-
teen minutes, gen
tly rubbing the j
sore parts." The!
effect is , really
w o n d e rful. All!
soreness goes in
stantly; the feet;
feel so good you,
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Corns and cal
louses can ' be j
peeled right off. It<
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A twenty-five cent box of Caloclde
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pores and removes the cause of the
trouble. Don’t waste time on uncer
tain remedies. Any druggist has Cal-
ocide compound in stock or he can
get it in a few hours from his whole
sale house. It is not a patent med
icine, but is an ethical preparation.
Green Park Hotel,
Green Park, N. C.
tBlowing Rock)
Literally a home among the clouds, 4,300 feet. Pure, cold, spring water.
Delightful scenery, bracing air, fire at evening and blankets at night for
comfort. Fine Turnpikes for motoring ami driving. Booklet. Address until
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High Grade Monumental
and Cemetery Work
Artistic Designs
Best Workmanship
Satisfaction Guaranteed
173 E Hunter St.
Bell Phone Main 1125
ATLANTA MARBLE S GRANITE CO.
sissippi River between Cairo and
White River, involving about $800,000
worth of work to be done in several I
contracts running from six to eight
een months; Mississippi River Com
mission, First and Second District. |
Memphis, Tenn., will be in charge.
Tropic Palmetto Fiber Company
was incorporated, with capital stock
of $250,000, and Edwin M. Lee, presi
dent, Indianapolis, Ind.; plans estab
lishment of plant in Florida to extract
fiber from saw palmetto and erect
warehouse in Indianapolis.
James P, Williams and T. C. Wil
liams. Columbia, S. C., are planning |
organization of company, with capi
tal sto ck of about $100,000, to develop
shale and clay deposits and establish
brick plain
Georgetown Gas and Electric Com
pany, Georgetown, S. C., was incor
porated, with capital stock of $100,-
000. by Claw’son Bachman and James
T. Hayden, both of Philadelphia, Pa.
ited
Talcum
Guaranteed pure.
The smoothest.
White or Flesh Tint.
Talcum Puff Company
Jllner* and 9unfkftircni, Hash Tfnriul
Building, Brooklyn, Now York.
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Outdoor Gymnasium.
Atlanta Phone 5856-A.
Magee’s
Physical Culture
Health Home
CASCADE SPRINGS
Prof. F. B. MAGEE,
Former Physical Director of
Y. M. C. A.,
Proprietor,
R. F. D. No. 1, Atlanta, Ga.
Cottages, Camping Privileges
and Pavilion for Private
Parties For Rent.
5% miles from center of
City, 2y z miles from White
hall West End car line.
For Rates Drop Me a Card.
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By Using the
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LEVER
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No losing bait, nor coming home without your largest fish. No
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We claim for the LEVER hooks that a fish does not have to be
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PRICES—Size 8, 10c each; 76c doz. Size 1-0, 10c each; $1.00
dozen. Size 3-0, 15c each; $1.50 dozen. Size 5-0, 15c ©aoh; $1.50
dozen. Liberal discount to dealers.
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send me by return mail
size Greer Lever Hooks. .
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2 1-2 Walton St.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA