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SOLONS INSPECT
INSTITUTIONS
ST ATHENS
As Guests of City’s Chamber of
Commerce, Legislators Com
bine Business and Pleasure.
Headed by the two Representatives
from Clarke County, J. Frank Rhodes
and Frank A. Lipscomb, the Georgia
Legislature Is visiting Athens to-day.
Inspecting State institutions there.
The General Assembly, under the
chaperonage of President of the Sen
ate J. Randolph Anderson, left on a
special train over the Seaboard at 8
o’clock this morning, and will return
to Atlanta to-night at 8:30.
For the purpose of making this trip
the Legislature adjourned over to-day
to meet again Monday morning, but
as it is on public business the day
was not declared a dies non.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce
has the entertainment of the legisla
tors in hand. A fine program has
been arranged for their profit and
pleasure.
Automobile tours of the University
of Georgia properties. Including the
Normal and Industrial Schools, will
be made, and the members of the
General Assembly will have every op
portunity to see for themselves what
the State has at Athens and what it
needs.
After the business of the day, the
Chamber of Commerce will tender the
Legislature a big barbecue and Bruns
wick stew on the banks of the Oco
nee River, near Athens.
Twenty-two members of the Senate
and 61 members of the House com
posed the party. A big contingent of
the Senate and House pages went
along, by special invitation of the
Athens Chamber of Commerce.
HOMEMADE PLANE FALLS.
ST CHARLES, ILL., July 12.—8.
L. Walters, an amateur aviator, was
in a hospital here to-day as the re
sult of a 2SO-foot fall in a home
made biplane. He flew six miles.
Are You Sick, Diseased,
Nervous, Run Down?
Have You Blood Polson, Kidney, Blad
der and Urinary Troubles?
IF SO, CONSULT (FREB)
Dr. Hughes, Atlanta’s Leng Estab
lished, Most Reliable Specialist.
I to stay
cured
\ NERVE,
faff&Egg \ BLOOD and
d Skin Diseases. ,
rMESft x -stricture,
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K a J Troubles,
VARICOCELE. I
W a HYDROCELE, I
Kidney, Biad-
J der and Uri-1
2 nary Diseases, I
Plies and all
I \ Chronic and
K vaW Private
nw Diseases of Men
and Women.
I give 606. the celebrated German
preparation, for Blood Poison, and
Guarantee results. Everything abso
lutely oonfidentlal.
If yon can’t call, writ®.
Free Consultation and Advice to All,
HOURS — 9 a m. to 7p. m. Bundo-ye,
9 to 1.
DR. J. D. HUGHES
Opposite Third National Bank.
Itf/a North Broad SL, Atlanta, Ga.
ReaS
Estate
The Best
Investment
For both the man with
a few hundred dollars
and the man with large
capital.
I Look back t en y eaTS an d
I see the immense increase
; in value of all classes
’! of Atlanta Real Etsate.
The increase in the next
ten years will be even
greater.
Why not profit
from Atlanta’s
growth as oth
ers have done?
The Georgian gives you
the widest choice
ATLANTA WOMEN LIKE
SKIRT WITH POCKETS
Miss Lucie Goodrich, xktlanta sponsor for new suffragette
pocket skirt.
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Two Large Receptacles at Sides Feature of New
Fad From Paris—Fine for Suffragettes.
Just why women suffragists should i
have pockets in their skirts is a mys- <
tery. Still they've got ’em, and they 1
make no secret of the fact.
Strafige to say, this new fad orlg- |
inated in Paris, where suffragettes <
are rare. It has come to Atlanta via 1
New York, and has found favor here,
not only as an insignia of the cause t
but for convenience sake. »
According to Mrs. N. Springold, the <
New York creator of fashionable <
gowns, who imported the pocket <
skirt, it is going to be the sensation
of the season. t
“Women, and suffragists especially, t
ought to hail the advent of the new i
Committee Selects ]
Text Book Inquirers
After sharp debate the House
Committee on Education decided (
Friday to have one member from the ,
Senate, two from the House, the Gov- (
ernor and the State Superintendent (
of Schools to investigate the school j
book question.
At the next meeting the committee ,
will decide whether the investigation (
is to be concluded at this session or
whether the investigators shall be !
instructed to finish their work in the ‘
vacation period.
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Bills Provide for
Special Registration ■
Three bills championed by Repre
sentative Miller, of Bibb County, pro
viding for an amendment to the code
so that there may be special regis
tration of voters preliminary to bond >
elections in counties have been re- :
ported favorably by the House Gen- .
oral Judiciary Committee No. 1.
Mr. Miller believes greater interest
will be taken in bond elections and j
a more representative opinion obtain
ed by such a provision. *
skirt with particular joy, she de
clared, “because of the pockets. There
are two of them, one on each side.
And they are not stingy little affairs,
like the pockets that used to be put
in women’s dresses in the ancient
days before Fashion frowned on such
features of feminine apparel.”
In Atlanta a few of them were seen
at the recent convention of the Geor
gia Woman Suffrage Association.
Others have been seen at the Driving
Club and elsewhere in society cir
cles.
Miss Lucile Goodrich has sponsored
the skirt in the younger set. Adher
ents are beginning to gather to the
new fad.
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Mercury Stationary
At 71 as Rain Falls
For three hours Saturday morning
the temperature was stationary at
71 degrees. So far as is known, this
Is a record. At 5 o’clock the mer
cury dropped to 71, which was the
lowest mark of the preceding night.
At 6,7 and 8 o’clock the mark was
exactly the same, variations between
the even hours being inconsiderable.
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending
Saturday morning totaled only .06 of
an inch. Very little rain fell during
the night, but shortly after 6 o’clock,
when the 24-hour' period ended,
heavy showers began and continued
intermittently for two hours.
Movies and Dancing
Curtail Card Playing
CHICAGO, July 12.—Moving pic
tures, cabaret shows and tea dances
are believed responsible for the de
cline in card playing apparently
shown in the report of the Internal
Revenue Collector for this district.
During the last fiscal year there
were 1,109,311 decks of cards manu-
I factuicd, a decrease of 718,231 packs.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
EUROPE’S RUMI
CREDIT FREES
PW
American Expert Declares Farm
Banks and Societies Have Rev
olutionized Agriculture.
By A. E. TATE.
(Member of the American Agricul
tural Commission.)
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, July 12.—Since our com
mission reached Europe, on May 10,
we have studied all the co-operative
agricultural systems and methods of
rural banking in Italy, Hungary,
Austria, Germany, Russia, Swltser
land, Belgium, Holland, Denmark,
Norway, France, England and Ire
land and have found these systems
of rural organization have practically
revolutionized the agricultural devel
opment of these countries.
I found at the bead of many of
their banks and societies some of the
best men In the communities, men
who have caught a vision of noblltty
in this service to their fellowmen
and who are devoting their lives to
this work with practically no mone
tary compensation.
Farmers, who, for centuries, were a
downtrodden peasantry, are being
lifted up to a state of Independence
and freedom such as was never seen
before, through the medium of these
co-operative agricultural societies
and credit banks.
Once Robbed by Usurers.
Formerly they were forced to ob
tain their financial requirements from
persons who abstracted from them
usurious rates of Interest and In
flicted upon them hardships of all
sorts, even to refusing to renew loans
and taking property.
Now they are able to secure their
accommodations from their co-opera
tive rural banks at rates of interest
varying from 2 1-2 to 5 per cent,
according to the length of time re
quired and the character of loan
made
The farmer thus is able to se
cure these loans at such a reasonable
rate and on such liberal terms that
he is amply able to discharge his ob
ligation at maturity with perfect ease
Both the Raiffeisen system and land
mortgage banks are used.
Credit Systems Vary.
The Raiffeisen system, with Its un
limited personal liability, and the land
mortgage band, with its long-time
amortization feature, which allows re
payment of a loan covered by real
estate mortgage in small yearly pay
ment of a loan covering a period of
10 to 65 years’ time, vary tn different
countries.
I have not found in any country a
yearly rate palyment, including In
terest and expenses of amortization,
which has been more than 5 1-2 per
cent on the amount borrowed, which
Is less than the straight Interest in
North Carolina, not to say anything
about the commission which the
farmer has often to pay to secure
money.
Governments Lend Aid.
There Is one thing they have here
which Is a great factor In furnishing
cheap money for the farmer and
that Is the Governments in those
countries are right behind the co
operative societies to encourage them
In every way possible. They have
come to a realization that itls only
when a farmer is prosperous the
country is able to make a real sub
stantial advance along all lines and,
without this, there must be retro
gression and decay.
So Governments have grasped the
full significance of what it means to
have a well-organized, systematic
agriculture and they neglect no op
portunity of developing their agri
cultural resources.
While there Is much to learn along
co-operative lines from Continental
Europe, we can learn very littlee
from them In the way of social con
ditions or country life. In nearly all
the countries we visited we found
women doing farm work.
In a few countries, we might say.
women do the major portion of field
work. This should not be, in my
opinion, and it is a serious defect
In agricultura conditions, and should
be eradicated, If the highest order
of the country' life is ever to be de
veloped.
Army Steals Young Men.
This condition Is brought about,
no doubt, party by heavy war foot
ing in thees countries, as young men
are enlisted in the army and navy
and thus farms are robbed of their
services.
One thing certain we have learned,
that co-operation is a success in
Europe and there will be no difficulty
in our commission agreeing on that
point. Whether that can be applied
to the different States remains to be
seen. Naturally there would have to
be some legislation enacted In both
Federal and State Legislatures that
would enable the farmers to organize
under a co-operative system.
The American Agricultural Com
mission visited Ipswich to-day. and
inquired into the working of the
Eastern Counties Farmers' Co-opera
tive Association and subsequently in
spected Ixird Rayleigh’s farm at Hat
field, Peverll.
Do You
Want an
Automobile ?
The Automobile Col
umns of The Georgian
“WANT AD” Section
is the place to find real
bargains in cars. If you
will read these ads
every day you wil
eventually find what you
want at a price you can
afford to j?ay.
AMERICAN LIFE
INTEREST FUND
IS HELD UP
Court Grants Restraining Order
to Stockholders Who Have
Filed Receivership Suits
Following the filing of two receiv
ership suits against the American
Life and Annuity Company, Judge El
lis Issued an order Friday restraining
officials of the company from making
payment on the interest of income
certificates
Pope M. Brown, defeated candidate
for Governor tn the last campaign,
is president of the company. N. G.
Parker. Horace Sandiford and T. K
Bowlee filed the suits as certificate
holders. July 14 was set for a hear
ing.
Bowles was secretary of the com
pany until November, when he was
succeeded by Parker, who himself re
signed Thursday. General Manager
W. R. Taylor asserts that the compa
ny is In good financial condition and
has assets of more than 3100,000 over
Its liabilities. He said the report of
Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Copeland, made June 15, showed lia
bilities of 388,662.21 against assets of
3189,084.37.
The suits charge that the company
has taken in 3441,000 in the last three
years on income certificates alone,
and that it has other sources of reve
nue. The assets are placed at 3135,-
000. It Is charged that the company
has threatened to pay 312,000 interest
on Income certificates July 15. and
that ft has no funds with which to
do so.
The American Life and Annuity
Company was organized at Mcßae.
Ga.. three years ago. It has been re
garded as one of the most successful
of Georgia companies.
Georgia Merchants
Meet Here 3 Days
The largest meeting of the Georgia
Retail Merchants’ Association since
its organization will be held In At
lanta for three-days’ session July 21,
22 and 23.
Retail and wholesale dealers are
making preparations to accommodate
and entertain members of the Asso
ciation. The Hotel Ansley has been
selected for headquarters.
Members of the association will
do considerable fall buying while
here.
LOWRY NATIONAL BANK
Capital $1,000,000
Surplus $1,000,000
Savings Department Safe Deposit Boxes
Op
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ATLANTA'S OLDEST SAVINGS BANK i
Georgia Savingsjffi§g|||
Bank &Trust
Company
$1 Starts f
the H : I ’ l f
Account j /F S g
GEORGE M BROWN. President.
JOHN W GRANT Vlcr Pr-sMent ts
| JOSEPH E BOSTON Ser and Treat#.
Grant Building ,
AND WALTON STS. nf r--— a. j
Georgian in West
Tricks 5 Women
DENVER. COLO., July T2.—Five
young women of this city to-day are
wondering how it all happened, While
C. F. Thompson, of Macon, Ga v Is in
prison contemplating the danger of a
too vivid imagination.
Three weeks ago Thotnpaon landed
In Denver, it la satrt. with jwst 320 In
a pocket of hts one and only suit
Within the course of a few days he
had become engaged to tour women,
had picked out costly tro:a»«anr for
each and had made arrangements to
purchase two high-priced automo
biles.
Thursday he became engaged to the
fifth young woman, after pawning a
phonograph which he had obtained
under false pretenses This put the
detectives on tils trail. Now he is in
jail, with prospects of a later trip to
Canon City Penitentiary.
GERMS IN EVERY SPANK.
EVANSVILLE, IND, July 12
Wade Green, suffering from typhoid
fever, spanked his three children the
other day and they now have the
disease, supposed to have been con
tracted from him.
NO WASTE--
fine aeh. with no clinker® or
rock* left In the jrtte, yon ar®
burning good coal. Ute our
Standard coal and you will b«
pleased at results Tt’a use eave*
money, time and worry—2 and I
make 4. We have a yard near
you and guarantee prompt de
livery.
Randall Bros.
PETERS BUILDING, MAIN
OFFICE. YARDS:
Marietta street and North Avenus,
both phones 376, South Boulevard
and Georgia railroad Bell phone
538, Atlanta 303; McDaniel street
and Southern railroad. Hell Main
354, Atlanta 321; 64 Krogg street
Bell Ivy 4165, Atlanta, 70S; 152
M« U,h PryOr street ' both Phones
Coaat-Wise Ships
for Pleasant Trips
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
TO
Savannah, Ga.
Thence a cool ocean voyage on
palatial steamships.
Round-trip Fares from Atlanta
w Including meals and berth while at sea
New York >38.25
. Boston 42.25
Baltimore. .. 29.25
Philadelphia. 34.05
Correspondingly low fares from
and to other places.
Ask nearest Ticket Agent.
W. H. Fogg,
District Passenger Agent,
Central of Georgia Railway,
Atlanta, Ga.
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