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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA,' GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1313.
j TJ. LI TTLE, <'hairman of
J • the barbecue committee,
has been one of the energetic
workers for this and previous
conventions.
Secret Out! Little
Gives 'Cue Recipe J
‘Get Expert and Give Him Carte
Blanche,” His Method—Firm
Builds New Home,
Stock Ranges From Skulls to Silk
Robes Heavy With Gold and
Silver Braid.
Unique in the South ic the W. K.
Floding establishment in Whiteha’i
street.
Grinning skulls of papier maehe,
silken robes heavy with gold la
tomahawks, war clubs, spears, can
non balls, mechanical goats, rule. e.
squares, compasses and candlesticks
are among its goods.
Africa, Brazil, all the Islands of the
Western Hemisphere, Canada, Europe
and Panama send orders.
There Is nothing mysterious about
this, though mystery is the very es
sence of the firm’s success. It is, in
short, a lodge regalia supply house,
one of the few of its kind in the Unit
ed States.
At first, one might think that a
concern which dealt in nothing but
lodge paraphernalia would have slim
business. But a little reflection
brings to mind the fact that almost
every man belongs to one or mo-e
lodges. Simply the names of the va
rious secret orders would fill a col
umn. while a comoi-'*- directory of
the lodges in some of the larg?r
bodies fills a thick book.
Great Field Ooen.
Then, remembering that the scope
of the business is world-wide, and the
competition is limited to a few houses,
none in the South, the magnitude of
the possibilities begins to assume tan
gible form.
As a matter of curiosity, Mr. Flod-
ing has saved some of the foreign
envelopes which come in. keeping
only those which show different va- j
rieties of stamps. As a result, he |
has a packet which is all two hands
can grasp. Here are a few of the
foreign nations represented in this
collection: Liberia, San Domingo, tho
Bahamas. Brazil,' Canada. Panama,
Cuba, Honduras, Leeward Islands,
France, Indian and Trinidad.
As might be inferred, the Messrs.
Floding are members of a great num
ber of secret orders. In no other way
could they know just what is needed
in the lodge work. The design of a
robe, its cut, its ornamentation, may
be very important in the lodge ritual,
they explain.
Unless one has seen, it is hard to
believe the number of articles in
stock. Something of their scope has
been hinted at, but nothing like
full catalogue can be attempted.
Has Eerie Look.
The show* room itself is no place
for a nervous man at dusk. Skulls and
skeletons leer from unexpected cor
ners; goblin heads and His Satanic
Majesty are represented in more than
life size. But the background is
made up of beautiful silks in gay and
rich colors, heav with geld and sil
ver lace and braid, embroidered with
emblems which men have been taught
to look upon with reverence.
PLAN TO SELL‘BABY BONDS’
IN STORES IS DISLIKED
A proposition was made by the
Mayor of Cleveland to induce de
partment store managers to sell mu
nicipal bonds, in denominations of $5,
$10 and $25, to their customers.
Reports have it that the plan has
already met with considerable favor
in that city. At one of the New
York stores it was said that it would
hardly pay customers to purchase
bonds of such denominations, but it
was admitted that the matter would
depend to some extent upon the rate
of interest. It was thought that no
investment in bonds paying 4 1-2 per
cent or less would be attractive un
less the total investment amounted to
at least $500.
An especially strong objection to
the plan was raised on the ground
that the small investors would de
sire to withdraw their money before
the bonds had run their time.
"What is my recipe for good bar
becue?”
J. R. Little repeated the question
fired at him, and deliberately an
swered :
“Why, my recipe is to get an ex
pert and give him carte blanche.”
And there you are. The secret is
out. Mr. Little managed the barbe
cue for the merchants’ convention
last year, and will manage it again
this year. Last year’s barbecue still
Is talked about as the best ever held,
and every one was anxious to know'
how "Jim” Little did it. For the first
time he explains.
But the barbecue isn’t all that Is
on Mr. Little’s mind. He is presi
dent of the firm of Dougherty-Little-
Redwine. and the convention means
more to his firm than barbecue.
The firm will welcome its friends
at temporary quarters, Nos. 32-34
South Prvor street. Next season it
will be in its own buflding, which
now has risen to the second floor,
at Nos. 90-92 South Pryor street.
J. R. Little is president, L. A. Red-
wine Is vice president and H. D. Car
ter is secretary-treasurer. G. W.
Little, of Baltimore, and Dr. H. F.
Harris, of Atlanta, are directors.
FAbRICS SEEM TO REFLECT
ATMOSPHERE OF PERIOD
It is difficult, if not utterly impos
sible, to imagine how anything could
be more becoming to the girls and
women of 30 or 40 years ago than the
calicos, chintzes, ginghams, delaines,
muslins, merinos, alpacas and poplins
of the period. Recollection, at all
events, associates the cottons and
woolens of these days with beauty,
grace and dignity.
Nothing could have been neater
than the gingham school dress, with
its tucks and flounces; few things
could have been more s'vlish than the
delaine or merino gown; as for the
black alpaca, it was the very acme of
respectability, as it might upon occa
sion be the costume of gentility and
even of aristocracy.
It is said that modern fabrics are
equal, if not superior, to any that
were ever produced by the mills in
the past. This may be so. But the
past itself had a good deal to do with
the cut and hang and swing of the
old-fashioned dress goods. They
would not look so well in the present.
The element of time is a strong factor
in matters pertaining to the fashion-*.
Styles and periods must fit into eacn
other. The girl and woman of 30 or
40 years ago were not exactly what
the girl and woman are to-day. There
has necessarily been growth and prog
ress.
But to say that the girl or woman
of 30 or 40 years ago could have been
more becomingly dressed than she
was in the calicos, chintzes, ginghams,
delaines, muslins, merinos, alpacas
and poplins of her time would be go
ing too far. No doubt, with all the
admitted faults in the fashions of this
period, there will he someohe to say
kind things about them 30 or 40 years
hence.
Allies of H. H. Whitcomb Co. Plan
to Give Atlanta Flour Which
Never Has Been Touched.
Newcomers in Atlanta are W. W.
Warren and W. J. Howell, represent
ing the Allen & Wheeler Company, of
Troy, Ohio, millers. Warren and
Howell have allied themselves with
the H. H. Whitcomb Co., Atlanta’s
foremost grocery brokers, No. 149
Madison avenue.
This marks something of an inno
vation in the flour trade For the
"most part. Atlanta jobbers bring flour
here in jute sacks from the mills,
buying by specified grades wherever
prices arc "right,” and re-sacking un
der their o vn brands.
Warren & Howell are handling flour
which is sacked by machinery at the
mill, and which comes here ready for
the housewife’s use. All handling and
re-handling is done away with. Noth
ing but machinery ever touches the
flour.
New crop soft wheat flour now is in
the market, and prices are off about
$1 in consequence. The quality this
year, according to \V. M. Burke, of
the H. H. Whitcomb Co., is excellent.
Soft wheat of the present crop is
better than it has been in many years
Several cars of the new crop have
come to Atlanta. Whereas; not long
ago. sofL wheat was selling at a con
siderable premium over hard wheat,
conditions now are reversed—that is.
they are normal again, instead of ab- j
normal.
“New pack” California asparagus
also has arrived at the Whitcomb |
warehouses. The beds from which it
was cut now are three years old, and
the quality, therefore, is at its very
best. A carload of tips is just in.
Tinned meats are advancing, as is
dried beef, says Mr. Burke.
For some reason, tripe has leaped
up in popularity, and several thou
sands of cases have moved within the
month. Strangely enough, while tripe
is so popular in Georgia, it Is hard
to sell in adjoining States.
Gives Reasons for
Buying in Atlanta
Edward P. Lewis, of the C. W. McClure Co., presents in force
ful style the reasons for buying from Atlanta manufacturers and
jobbers. Co-operation with home industries is essential to the
welfare of the South, he points out, and speaks, too, of the ad
vantages of quick shipments.
The three reasons for buying here, Mr. Lewis gives as follows:
First: Any, house should co-
o(iernte with home Industries.
The South is enjoying a big trade
from other countries. Some At
lanta manufacturers and Job
bers are now shipping their prod-
nets across the waters. Where
this can lie done, does it not
seem reasonable to suppose that
your next door neighbor or even
the merchant five hundred miles
from Atlanta could make It to
his Interest to buy goods here?
One can come here and buy a
stock for any line of business
which he wishes to enter, from
knitting needles to a locomotive.
Atlanta has more than three
hundred manufacturers and Job
bers ; does It not look reasonable
that one could buy his wares
from Atlanta-made goods for less
than the same could be bought
from Northern or Eastern
houses?
Second: Think of the enor
mous freight and express rates
and the delay In getting goods
from the Eastern houses I As a
rule retail merchants buy from
$1,000 to $5,000 worth of goods
of Atlanta houses, get them In
and sell them out in the same
length of time It takes to get
goods from New York or Balti
more.
Third: Goods can be bought
here and half the money invest
ed that one would have to In
vest should he do his buying
from Eastern firms. Stock can
be kept up and gotteu right off
because of the shipping advan
tages. Here are a few, and only
a few, of the many lines which
one can buy In Atlanta for no
more money than Eastern houses
would charge—anything In dry
goods or anything pertaining to
the dry goods line; anything that
is made of leather; anything
made of Iron and steel.
Even the smallest pieces of no
tions come to Atlanta by the car
load. Outside of the different
wares made by Atlanta factories.
Atlanta Jobbers use the output
of various lines from other fac
tories. Is not this enough to
convince uny merchant that At
lanta is the place In which to
buy hls goods?
Car Repairs Urged Carolina Forests
Earlier in Season Subject of Study
Railroads Implored Not To Be
Caught in Harvest Rush With
“Bad Order” Cars.
Railroad managers are being cau
tioned not to accept the present lack
of demand for a large share of their
equipment a« an index of conditions
which will prevail through the fall.
The latest idle car statement, show-
ed practical^ no change in the num
ber of cars out of use. and the surplus
may be increased in coming weeks,
but railroad men know* from the Gov
ernment’s crop figures that the same
old shortage of rolling stock may be
looked for in October.
For this reason some of the car
riers are being urged to reduce the
number of bad order cars on their
lines by having repairs made now
when the shops are not rushed. Last
year the beginning of work on cars in
preparation for the crop movement
was not started in time, and as a re
sult there w'as a larger percentage of
car* in shops in October and Novem
ber than there need have been.
Had work been started a little ear
lier It would have been possible to
add 8,000 more cars to service when
they were so badly needed in the late
fall.
Eastern Piedmont Section Will Be
Surveyed by Federal and State
Authorities Together.
WASHINGTON, July 26.—The Secre
tary of Agriculture has just signed an
agreement with the State of North
Carolina for a co-operative study of for
est conditions in the eastern Piedmont
region. _ The work will be carried on by
Hie" forest service and by the State
Geological and Economic Survey with
one-half of the cost paid by each.
The study will determine the distri
bution and proportion of forest lands,
and the relative value of lands for tim
ber and for agriculture. It will take
into account the present status of lum
bering. the causes and effects of forest
fires, and will recommend a system of
fire protection and of forest planting
The study Just arranged supplements
two already completed In the more
mountainous regions of the Stase The
first, a study of forest conditions in the
Appalachians, has been published as a
State report. A study of the forests of
the western Piedmont region was com
pleted recently and the results are being
prepared for publication. When the
study of the eastern Piedmont region Is
finished It Is planned to proceed to a
similar study of the coastal plain re
gion, so that eventually the entire State
will have been covered by a forest sur
vey.
DIXIE PICKLE AND PRESERVING CO.
Manufacturers of !
Pure Apple and Distilled Vinegar, Catsup, Pickles, Mustard, P-epper
Sauce, Sauer Kraut, Jelly, Etc.
CANNED GOODS
364 to 378 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga.
NEEDLE NOTES
Little cobwebby, lacy things, some!
of filet, others of Teneriffe, are much ,
affected just now for the dressing ta- |
ble under tlnv china ornaments.
The dainty lazy daisy embroidery is !
proving a very popular decoration for I
dressing sacques and boudoir caps. A :
sacque observed not long ago sloped j
from the pointed elbow drapery to a
point in front as well as to a point l n
back. The ca e had a full gathered j
back with a front flap turned back
and embroidered. A rosette coquet
tishly terminated the flap at each side. !
RIDLEY-W1LLIAMSON-WYATT CO
Wholesale Dry Goods and Notions
ATLANTA, GA.
Before buying see our specials in Ladies’ Coat
Suits and Ladies’ and Children’s Cloaks.
Also other special lines at prices that would
interest you. We name a few:
Oilcloth at $1.50 and $1.65; Laces, Em
broideries, Ribbons and many odd lots at 50c
on the dollar.
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To-morrow is the opening day. Everything
is shipshape for the visiting Merchants and every
body's happy.
Thousands of keen eyes are going to be on
Atlanta the next two weeks. She's going to be
inspected from every point of vantage —her
stores, her factories, her industries. More than
that:
The quality of her hospitality is going to be
scrutinized. The sincerity of her glad-handing is
going to be put to the test.
It is up to every Merchant, every Manufac
turer, every Citizen of Atlanta to make our guests
believe more strongly than ever before in the
Atlanta Spirit.
And you Merchants who are going to make
Atlanta your Mecca during the next two weeks,
come right in and make yourselves at home. We
are unfeignedly. glad to greet you and we hope
that you will have the time of your lives.
Don’t fail to ask questions and to see what
you want to see. Let “Show Me” be your slo
gan. Take things just as easily or just as stren
uously as your constitution dictates.
Make a mental note before you strike the
town of the things that you are most interested in.
Then when you get ready, you’& know just
where to go and what to do.
Be sure to reserve plenty of time for the
recreational features of the Convention. Baseball,
Barbecue, Theater Parties, Reception and Drives
are some of them. Don’t skip these—they’re going
to be jolly.
Do just as much business as you like. Atlanta
loves to combine work and play, and you’ll find
plenty of willing listeners if you want to Talk Shop.
It’s quite possible that you could make your trip a
Free Proposition if you talked shop sufficiently.
Talk to Secretary Harry T. Moore about this point.
But whatever you do, be very sure that this is
going to be a great affair and that all Atlanta is
glad to have you come and share in its privileges
and its pleasures.
All Aboard!
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MERCHANTS M MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
Southern Merchants Convention, Atlanta, August 4th to 15th