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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS,
COTTON LOSS BT
Federal Expert Urges Co-opera
tive Selling to Increase Dixie
Planters’ Profits.
By HUGH S. MILLER.
WASHINGTON. June 2.—The pres-
ent slipshod and wasteful method of
handling cotton costs the Southern
growers $25,000,000 to $70,000,000 a
year, and upon the correct solution of
the problem of efficient and economi
cal marketing of .this and other prod
ucts of the farm depends, to a great
extent, the reduction of the high cost
oi living.
This is the statement of Charles J.
Brand, physiologist in charge of farm
ers’ co-operative cotton handling and
marketing, Bureau of Plant Industry,
in the year book of the Department
of Agriculture.
“It so happens that cotton, the pur
est known form of cellulose, will bear
more abuse than any other crop ma
terial and still retain a large propor
tion of Its value,” says Mr. Brand. “It
Is so stable and enduring that it de
mands little oare and gets less. Corn,
because of Its perishable nature, de
mands better treatment and gets it.
“If our $1,500,000,000 corn crop were
treated half as badly it would, no
doubt, shrink in value fully $500,000,
000 annually. There are com cribs oir
the farm and elevators and ware
houses at the railroad stations and
primary and secondary markets for
the protection of our corn crop. Still
ten. bushels of com, worth usually at
primary markets only from $5 to $6.
require as much space for storage as
a bale of cotton, worth from $60 to
$60.
Planters Are Called Careless.
“Cotton planters persist in grow
ing too many varieties in each com
munity, and are careless in many
things, including picking and the care
of both unginned and ginned cotton
on the farm. Through lack of thor
ough co-operation and organized
business methods they share with too
many middlemen the profits that are
rightly theirs. Nevertheless, in a
broad sense, the individual farmer is
absolutely unable, because of the
complexity of fhe system and the
industrial character of the crop, to
cope with the great problems that
exist. Most of the abuses about
which spinners, especially foreign
spinners, complain against the Amer
ican farmer arise after he has parted
with his cotton and when he no lon
ger has any voice in its treatment.
“These facts must be clearly recog
nized, as necessary and permanent
reforms can be brought about only by
united community action among
farmers and by co-operation between
growers, gipners, compress men, com
mon carriers, bankers, buyers, spin
ners and merchants. In no depart
ment of agricultural activity is the
formation- of growing and- marketing
associations likely to secure greater
advantage-than In cotton.
Community Plan Is Urged.
“Permanent and necessary improve
ment can be brought about only when
communities handle and market their
product as a whole. The same is
true as to fundamentally improved
conditions in cotton production. The
individual farmer can rarely sell a
few bales of cotton as advantageously
as a community organization could
sell uniform lots of 50 or more bales.
The individual can not afford to con
struct the necessary warehouses, nor
can he as readily secure needed credit
and many other things which orga
nization would bring within his
reach.”
Mr. Brand cites the co-operative or
ganization of the fruit growers of
California, the grain growing farmers
of the Northwestern States, and of
the cotton planters of Montgomery,
Ala.^ Glendora, Miss.; Greenwood,
Miss., and Purcell, Okla. The cot
ton growers of the Imperial Valley,
in California, organized an associa
tion less than a year ago, and al
though the industry is new' and
small, they have already accom
plished several things of substantial
benefit. exchange has made
banking arrangements for its mem
bers that enable them to secure loans
of $35 per bale on their short and $60
per bale on their Egyptian cotton at
a moderate rate of interest.
As soon as the cotton has been
ginned the grower places it in the
custody of the exchange at the cot
ton yard. The cotton is then classed
at a fixed charge per bale by a grader
secured through the exchange. A cer
tificate is issued to the farmer on
which, as collateral, the loan Is ob
tained.
What United Effort Won.
By united effort the California
growers secured the installation of
a suitable equipment of roller gins
for handling their cotton. New and
excellent arrangements have been
made for concentrating the seed cot
ton. Loading facilities have been
provided along the railroads, a rea
sonable freight rate has been granted,
and the seed cotton is to be loaded
into cars at the nearest station and
shipped to the central ginnery.
ACTS ON THE LIVER
Dodson’s Liver Tone Livens Up
the Liver—is More Than a
Mere Laxative.
Calomel was for years the only
known medicine that would stimu
late the liver. But calomel is of
ten dangerous, and people are not
to be blamed for being afraid of it.
Within the last few years many
medicines have been put out to be
used instead of calomel,- but their
effect is on the bowels—not. on the
liver. Any dealer or drug
says that the only real liver med
icine to actually take the place of
calomel is Dodson s Liver Tone, a
mild, harmless, vegetable liquid
that all druggists recommend to
take the place of calomel and
which gives prompt relief 1n cases
of constipation, biliousness and
sluggish liver.
So confident are all druggists
that they give their personal guar
antee with every 60-cent bottle of
Dodson's Liver Tone. You can be
6ure that you are getting Dodson’s
by asking at any store if they are
giving you the medicine they per
sonally guarantee to refund money
on if unsatisfactory.
Racer’s Bride His Lucky Charm’
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Her Intuition Saves Cyclist’s Life
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Swartz Rides by Wife’s Signals
Mrs. Harry Swartz.
‘Nothing Will Happen When I’m
Around; I Feel Accidents Com
ing,’ Says His ‘Manager.’
“Harry, oh, Harry, come back—
come back!”
A pretty girl—young, yellow-haired,
pink of cheeks, but with face drawn
and hands clenched—ran hurriedly
dow r n the platform In front of the
paddock of the Motordrome in deter
mined pursuit of a racing motorcycle.
Astride the machine was a grease-
stained, smiling young German-
American, dressed in a worn riding
suit and wearing a helmet of steel
and leather. Clutched in his hand was
a rope and at the other end of it was
a service motorcycle, with the track
handy man astride, pulling the racer
away for a flying start.
“Harry! Harry!” shrieked the girl.
Harry wavered, turned his head, let
go the rope, dragged his feet until his
machine came to rest, turned and
asked, with some irritation:
“Marguerite, what DO you want?”
“Come back. There’s something the
matter with your motorcycle—I don’t
know what.”
Back came the machine, trundled
along by the obedient Harry. An In
vestigation followed. Stuck through
the front tire was a nail. Had “Harry”
—who is Harry Swartz, one of Amer
ica’s most daring motorcycle racers—
gone out with that nail driven in his
tire he might have gone home In a
box. A clean puncture of a front tire
in every case means to a “board track
rider” a spill. And that sort of a
tumble In most cases means death.
“How did you know that nail was
in there?” asked Swartz of his young
wife.
“I don’t know','' said she. “I just
feel those'things.”
“It’s queer,” mused Swartz, “but I
can’t ever have an accident when
she’s along. She seems to know and
she calls me back. I wouldn’t ride a
lap if she had one of her presenti
ments.”
And away went Swartz to put on a
new tire. An hour later he was back
on the track, doing miles in 42 and 43
seconds—and ready to stop on a sig
nal from his wife, who stands by the
trackside as long as he is out.
Between Swartz and his girl wife
an elaborate system of signals has
been evolved for use In racing. She
keeps him in touch with the laps that
have been traveled, with his position
in the race and with the need for
greater speed or of the desirability of
slowing down. On her signals he re
lies as Implicitly as though they came
from the oldest general in the army of
“board track riders”—an army, by the
way, whose soldiers run about the
same risk every time they mount their
machines as the Six Hundred did
when they charged at Balaklava.
His “General” for Years.
Yet Swartz has been married less
than two weeks. His wife was Mar
guerite Merewether, of Dallas. For
years she has been a “board track
fan,” and through a long engagement
she had general charge of her pros
pective husband’s racing destinies.
“Do you like to have your husband
ride?” she was asked.
“I do NOT,” she replied, with em
phasis. “I had rather he drove a
trash wagon. I don’t care for the
money. I’d rather work for it myself
than have him risk his life. But, then,
I think nothing will happen while I’m
around. And I’m very proud of him
and 1 know he’s going to win us a lot
of money In Atlanta. After that he’s
going to retire.” Then, turning to her
husband, “Aren’t you, Harry?”
But Harry only grinned.
Every Shot Fired
In Duel Effective
DALTON, GA., June 2.—Dr. L. C.
Furr, fataJly wounded In a pistol duel
with “Whack” Klorden at Crandall
Murray County, Saturday, dted Sun
day.
Rtorden continues to improve,
though he has five wounds. Both
arms were broken, one of the shoul
der blades was smashed and slight
wounds were received In the head and
stomach.
Every shot fired by the two men
found its mark. Riorden’s pistol failed
to work after he fired one shot.
‘T. R. Sledgehammer,
Sued Editor Filbert/
CHICAGO, Juno 2.—‘It seems like
taking a sledge hammer to crack a
filbert for a man like Roosevelt to
sue a country editor in a town the
name of which no man could pro
nounce unless he was sober,” said the
Rev. F. E. Hopkins, in his sermon,
referring to the libel suit against
Editor Newett, of Ishpemlng, Mich.
Colonel Roosevelt, in Chicago yes
terday on his way back to New York,
drank several bumpers of milk in the'
railroad lunch room.
Ask Traffic Man at
Peachtrees Junction
The name of T. R. Southerland, of
11 West Baker Street, whose legs
were broken when he was struck by
a rapidly moving automobile near the
intersection of West Peachtree,
Peachtree and Baker Streets, is at the
head of a petition which will be pre
sented to the police department ask
ing a traffic policeman for this point.
The safety of persons alighting
from cars, as well as traffic in gen
eral, is endangered at this point by
speeding autoists, the petitioners say.
7 Legislators Tried
For Election Bribery
WEBSTER SPRINGS, W. VA.,
June 2.—The trials of seven members
of the Legislature charged with ac
cepting bribes in connection with the
effort to elect William Seymour Ed
wards to the United States Senate
were begun here to-day.
The accused Legislators charge Ed
wards caused their arrests to save
himself. They charge Edwards and
his hirelings, the Bums detective!
created the crime amjl when caught
themselves entrapped the defendants.
Swainsboro Groom
Accused of Bigamy
DANVILLE, VA„ June 2.—John
William Waddleton at the next term
of court must answer to a charge of
bigamy. On May 11 he married Mrs.
Mamie Copeland, of Swainsboro. Ga..
whom he first met in that place 16
years ago. They had Just returned
from their honeymoon when a woman,
calling Herself Mrs. Martha Earts, of
Spray, N. C., appeared here, claiming
that Waddleton was her husband.
Waddleton denies the charge.
Dozen Nurse Girls
Escort Newlyweds
PITTSBURG, June 2.—When Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hogan returned from
honeymoon trip, they were met at
the depot by a dozen pretty young
nurse girls, each pushing a baby car
riage. The nurse girls with their
baby carriages Insisted on acting as
an escort for the newlyweds, much to
their discomfort. An immense crowd
also accompanied the young couple
and ‘‘their nursing outfit" to their
home.
Pimples—Boils
are danger signals—heed the warning in
time. When the blood is impoverished
the gateway is open for the germs of
disease to entor and cause sickness.
• Dr. Pierce’*
Golden Medical Discovery
eradicates the poisons from the blood bj
rousing the liver into vigorous action—puri
fying and enriching the blood, and thereby
invigorating the whole system. Fkln and
‘•scrofulous" diseases readily disappear after
using this old-time remedy.
Hai been sold by druggist* for over
40 years—end always satisfactorily
Lusty-Voiced Doctor
Routs Hold-up Men
Dr. S. W. Arrowood, of 37 Stone
wall Street, put two footpads to flight
and saved $500 by his loud cries for
help Saturday night. The physician
was in front of the Walker Street
School when he suddenly was con
fronted by two hold-up men. They
demanded his money.
One reinforced the demand by be
laboring Dr. Arrowood over the head
with a sandbag. The physician had
no weapon, but was in excellent voice.
His cries rang loud and clear
'fhe physician’s injuries were treat
ed at Grady Hospital.
BEGGAR WORTH $50,000.
ATLANTIC CITT, N. J„ June 2.—
E. L. Jones, a beggar arrested here,
told the police that he estimates his
wealth at $50,000.
Negroes Refuse to
Kill Boll Weevil
WAYNESBORO, MISS., June 2.—
Negroes hereabouts are superstitious
as regards fhe boll weevil, refusing
to destroy the insect when they find
it on the cotton stalks.
One old black who died here some
time ago said in a sort of ante-mor
tem statement that "the only thing
between him and his God was that
he killed too many boll weevils.”
T, R. Told Ryan to
Drink Buttermilk
NEW YORK, June 2.—Before
Thomas F. Ryan sailed for Europe,
a reporter discovered thirty-five cases
of buttermilk in his stateroom. When
Mr. Ryan was asked for an explana
tion, ho said: “Colonel Roosevelt
prescribed the buttermilk diet for me.
I expect to drink all of It during the
trip."
Manual Training
Work on Display
An exhibit of manual training work
is being given in the office of Su
perintendent E, C, Merry in the
Thrower Building by the Fulton Coun
ty suburban schools. The exhibit will
be open to the public throughout
Monday and Tuesday.
Two unusually interesting exhibits,
by the Marion Smith and the Chat
tahoochee Schools, are on exhibition.
These are both mill schools and are
the only county schools having a reg
ular hour for manual arts, although
the other schools do quite an amount
of manual work without interference
with the regular course.
OHIO NEWSPAPER dURNS.
CANTON. OHIO, Juno 2.—The plant
of The Canton Daily News here was
destroyed by fire early to-day with
a loss of $75,000.
White City Park Now Open
DECATUR READY
FOR BIG TRIPLE
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Home-Coming, Smoker and Jeff
Davis’ Birthday Celebration To
Be Attractions Tuesday.
A home-coming, a Board of Trade
smoker and the celebration of Jeff
Davis’ birthday, all scheduled for the
same day, will cap the climax Tues
day In Decatur.
‘This will be the greatest event In
the history of the Board of Trade,"
said W, J. Dabney, president of the
board.
A good band will be on hand and a
good supper has been provided. The
smoker will be held in the court
house at 6:30 o’clock. Co-operating
with the Board of Trade In the
planning of the program and the en
tertainment are the Agnes Lee Scott
Chapter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy and the Clement A.
Evans Camp of the United Confeder
ate Veterans.
W. J. Dabney will preside over the
day s celebration and will introduce
the speakers.
Forrest Adair will deliver one of
the feature addresses of the day on
"Good Roads and How to Get Them,"
a subject uppermost in the minds of
all Decatur citizens, who since the
first of the year have set out to build
$50,000 worth of good roads.
The program will Include the fol
lowing speakers:
Address of Welcome—■3. A. Mont
gomery, mayor of Decatur.
“Value of a Board of Trade to a
Community"—Wilmer L, Moore, pres
ident of the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce.
"Outside View of the Work of the
Decatur Board of Trade"-—R. W.
Parker, mayor of Madison, Ga.
"Co-Operation Between the Towns
of DeKalb County”—R. F. Gilltara,
mayor of Kirkwood.
“Duties of a Secretary' of a Board
of Trade"—Walter U. Cooper, secre
tary of Atlanta Board of Trade.
“Relations of Decatur to DeKalb
County’’—Alonzo M. Field, represen
tative from DeKalb County in the
Legislature.
“Good Roads and How to Get
Them”—Forrest Adair.
"State Chamber of Commerce”—C,
J. Haden.
Winder Urges New
County, All Its Own
While many towns are located in
two counties, Winder, Ga., has the
distinction of being in three counties,
three Senatorial districts and two
Congressional districts. The three
counties meet in the center of the
to^n.
The question of a new county, with
Winder as the county seat, has been
agitated for years, and now is re
garded as a certainty. Jackson, Gwin
nett and Walton are the three coun
ties in which Winder lies. The incon
venience of having three voting pre
cincts, one for each county, makes it
extremely inconvenient and relief will
be demanded of the next Legislature.
Stork and Cupid
Cunning Plotters
Many a New Home Will Have a
Little Sunbeam to Brighten It
Th«M U uauAilj
eeery woman's mind
trees end 4«X*vf of
most
all Hm to bantobod
a oertaki degree of <toe*d la
m to the probable pelc, dte-
«he tortoa bate a
» to «
avoet penetrating appUeafton. tnekee the mottle* ef
ttie aUnnacb end abdomen pltoot mo Our eapand
eeaUy and netairally without pain, without
and with none of «hat peonUar neoeea. narrotuneai
•end to weaken the proe-
the atoife art held
o veneration; they are rated u cunning plot-
tons to herald the coming of a little sunbeam to
gladden the hearts and brighten the homee of a
hoet of happy famlUee
ere ale thousand* of women who hare used
»«r* Friend, and tMu know from expeilanae
It to one of our greatest contribution* to
lilthy. happy motherhood, ft to gold by ail drug-
flat* at *1.00 per bottle, and to eeperlally teooa-
faehded V • ifc*en« to# ef oak In# breaata and «0
other rtuc® dtotreeses.
write t6 Bradfleld Regulator C*> . 131 bam at
Bldg., Atlanta. Oa.. for their very valuable hook
to expectant mothers. tost a fc«lUe td Mmtheito
Friend to-day.
EGGS
17^perDoz.
Wholesale or retail. No
limit. We dose Wednes
day at noon.
^WWWMWWMWWtfSALE OF SUMMER DRESSES.^
. RICH & BROS. CO
3rd Annual June Sale of Trunks &
Leather Goods
For this sale we have a solid
carload of Mendel Trunks to sell
at $8 to $20, instead of the us
ual prices of $12 to $30.
We also reduce prices on every
trunk and practically on every
piece of leather goods in stock a
fourth to almost half. Whoever has
a luggage need can fill it in this sale
and save greatly.
Every Indestructo Trunk in Stock
The Trunk you see advertised everywhere
The Trunk that is guaranteed for five years
The Trunk that is insured against loss, etc.
Make your choice at one-fourth less than the regular prices
$11.50 “Ironclad”
Mendel Trunks
Genuine Ironclad Men n ■*.
del Trunks—favored by eK /
experienced travelers.
Mode of strongest basswood, covered with
sheet iron. Solid brass binding, the best
steel trimmings, sole leather straps. Inside
is full linen lined. Fitted with deep top
tray, divided for hat. Extra skirt tray un
derneath. Suitable for man or woman.
Very unusual value. Sizes 34, 36 and 40.
$6 & $8 Dress &
Steamer Trunks
$4.39
Deep
Made of well, seasoned
basswood, fiber bound,
steel hardware, strong
lock, some have leather straps
tray on inside. Sizes >14 to 40.
Mendel & Neverbreak
Dress Trunks
Values $17.50 & $18.50
$13.50
Made of the best
grade of basswood
and three-ply veneer.
Steel hardware riveted throughout; fin
ished with sole leather straps. Fitted
with one and two trays; the top tray
conveniently divided. Sizes 36, 38 and
40 inches.
Odd Trunks Were
$17 to $22.50 at
Odd numbers of
steamer and over
night trunks. The
famous Mendel and Neverbreak makes.
Suitable for man or woman.
$14.50
.50 to $S.50 Suit Cases
$4.95
Suit eases with steel
frame, covered with
best grade cowhide.
Strongly protected comers, riveted on.
Very strong handle, best mountings and
leather straps that go all the way around.
Linen lined with shirt fold. 24 and 26 in.
$1.50 Suit Cases 98c
Steel frame, covared with Mexican
woven grass. Strong and tenacious. The
lightest weight suit case made. Rein
forced corners. Case is neatly lined.
$15 to $18.50 Traveling Bags
For Tourists and Travelers
$11.50
Smart models in me
dium shapes for la
dles ; large sizes for
the commercial man. Made of the best
grades of leather—walrus, seal, calfskin and
sole leather. Approved designs, shapes and
trimmings. Sizes 14 to 26 Inches.
$7 to $9 Traveling Bags
Made of genuine wal
rus and sole leather,
best steel frame, hand-
sewn corners, leather linings with pockets.
16 to 18 inches.
$4.95
$12 to $15 Suit Cases and
Traveling Bags at
Odd lots grouped for
clearance. Made of seal
and cowhide leathers,
leather or linen lined. Best mountings. Suit
cases have straps that go all around. Suit
able for man or woman.
$8.95
The Mendel De Luxe Skirt Trunk
$19.75
An Exceptional $35 Value at
The Mendel De Luxe is the finest skirt trunk built. At
$19.75 it is about half its regular price. One of the
best values in this sale
A skirt trunk is almost indispensable when traveling. Built of the
strongest, three-ply veneer basswood; covered with strong pegamoid; bound with rnsset
fiber. Mountings arc made of cold rolled steel, riveted strongly on the body of the trunk.
Fitted with strong lock, four steel hinges and three fiber center bands. Lined wih a special
dark green linen. Top tray fitted for a large Paris hat on one side, and the usual traveling
necessities on the other. Two skirt trays underneath. Sizes 36, 38 and 40 inches.
Sale of Fitted Bags
Choose any fitted suit case or trav- ) .*» 0 A — -*
eling bag in stock. Former prices S24.75
up to $65, at J ^
All bellows suit cases at a third off.
All English kit hags at just half-price.
Steamer Wardrobe
Trunks Reduced
A FewOdds and Ends
Were $25.00. $35, $45.00.
Now $17.50, $25, $34.50.
Sale of 20c to 35c Val Laces
A drastic clearance of many broken
lines. Big assortment of edges and insertions in Ca
lais, French, Normandy and Point de Paris Valen
ciennes laces, 2V2 to 5 inches wide; white and real
tints. Not a yard worth less than 20c; most of it
worth 25e to 35c; a few pieces even more. Choice 10c.
(Sals Tuesday at 9 a. m.)
25m m. rich & bros. co. WAWWMWW # rich & bros. co.