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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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Shortage in Potato, Corn and Oth
er Crops Tends to Raise Prices
of All Table Foods.
By B. C. FORBES.
Tour household expenses are apt
to rise rather than fall during the
next twelve months.
That is the discouraging fact writ
ten across the face of the Govern
ment’s report on crops. Issued yes
terday.
• • •
Whatever reductions In the cost pf
clothing and other necessaries may
be brought about by the lower tariff
duties will be offset, unfortunately,
by higher prices for beef, pork, mut
ton and other foodstuffs, for the
1913 harvests are to be very light—
the corn crop has fallen fully 775,-
000,000 bushels below last year, and
nearly as much below the calcula
tions of a month or two ago. House
holders will not be allowed to reap
the full advantages of tariff reduc
tions — the manufacturers, the im
porters, the wholesalers and all sorts
of dealers will see to that. By-and-
by co-operative movements, munici
pal markets and the like will bring
some relief, but for the immediate
future the outlook is not particularly
cheerful.
• • •
You may not know that America's
corn crop is not only the most val
uable one raised in this country, but
is worth more than any single crop
of any other country on the face of
the earth. Therefore, the condition
of corn is of prime importance. Whit
are the facts to-day?
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The Government yesterday reported
that corn is in a poorer state now
than in any season since the disas
trous year 1901. Last year corn
filled 3,125,000,000 bushels. This year
the outlook is for only 2,251,000,000
bushels, or the smallest in a decade.
The need for heavier instead of
lighter crops has become urgent, of
course, through the enormous growth
in population during recent years, to
sav nothing of the multiplicity of
purposes for which corn in one form
or another is now used.
• • •
The loss In corn will not fail short
of half a billion dollars—equal to $5
for every man, woman and child In
the country.
• • •
You begin to see now, don’t you,
why the damage to corn is a serious
matter for all of us?
• • •
Wheat has done excellently. A
total yield of over 750,000,000 bush
els is promised for the year, or 25,-
000,000 bushels above 1912 and the
best in our history.
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Every other crop, however, has
done worse than last year—and some
of the so-called “minor” crops are
of major Importance to consumers,
whose butchers' and bakers’ bills are
a serious matter. Take hay, for ex
ample. It enters very largely into
the feeding of animals that furnish
our tables. The 1913 yield of it Is put
by the Government at only 63,000,000
tons, against 73,000,000 tons Iasi
year. Potatoes enter into the diet of
all normal mortals here. Well, this
year’s production is only 325,000,000
bushels, in contrast with 421,000,000
bushels In 1912, a shrinkage of
nearly 100,000,000 bushels, or a whole
bushel per capita.
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All this is rather serious, isn’t it?
• * *
The effect upon general trade can
not but be considerable.
• • *
Business throughout the country
is still of large volume, although
latest advices are less optimistic.
The West persists in scoffing at the
East’s conservatism—1 talked with
numbers of Western business men 1
met abroad and on the ocean, and a.l
bubbled over with confidence and en
thusiasm. Bankers, however, are now
urging caution. Profits have not been
In harmony with the volume of busi
ness done. There has been much
trading on burrowed capital despili
the lightness of stocks of merchan
dise carried by most firms.
...
Did you notice the detailed state
ment Issued by the Comptroller of
the Currency this week? National
bank loans are the heaviest evet
recorded—$6,1st. 000,000 — but depos
its are far below those of a year a*,
and cash snows no appreciable gaii
over either 1912 or 1911. Chicago re
ports more extended loans than a
year ago despite a loss of cash and
a heavy decline In deposits. New
York banks have gained cash am
cut down loans a little, but their de
posits have uwlndled no less than
$130,000,000
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The Treasury's plan to dlstrlbu'.
money among banks is not working
well. One New York bank has out
standing more loans to banks than
the Treasury Is l|kely to make at j
any time this year.
...
To-morrow I intend giving public
ity to a hidden chapter of national j
finance that will arouse nation-wide
interest and force several gentleman
in high places to try to save their !
faces.
Mrs. Randolph Now
In Real Estate Field
Mrs. Minnie Iverson Randolph,
well-known adverting writer, for
fifteen years connected with the big
stores in Whitehall street, has re
signed her position with the J. M.
High Company to «nter the real es
tate business.
She \9 associated with Mrs. C. L.
Bovard at No. 508 Peters Building.
Mrs. Bovard Is one of the leading
real estate operators in Atlanta, and
with Mrs. Randolph, who has a large
circle of friends, additional success Is
predicted for both of them.
For the present Mrs. Randolph Is
handling a few advertising accounts,
but later on expects to devote her
time to real estate. Already she has
made several large sales and is pre
paring to open a new subdivision.
Third Child Born'to
Ethel Barrymore
NEW YORK. Sept. 12—A third
child—a boy—was born to Mrs. Rus
sell O. Colt (known on the stage as
Ethel Barrymore) Tuesday at the
Colt home at Mamaroneck.
He will be named John Drew Colt,
after Miss Barrymore's uncle. Little
John has a brother, Samuel, 8 years
old. and a sister, Ethel, not quite 2.
Mrs. Colt, when able, will appear in
the new Haddon Chambers play,
“Tante.”
FORK
He Says the Commission Will De
fine Stand—Dan Carey Ex
plains Attitude.
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OBITUARY.
The funeral of James Abner Gill, No.
280 Hardee street, will be held at 2
o’clock Friday afternoon at the
Edgewood Avenue Baptist Church,
the Rev. V. C. Norcross officiating.
He was 67 years old, and had been
for many years clerk for the South
ern Railway in Atlanta. He is sur
vived by three sons. C. F., W. M.
and the Rev. E. B. Gill; two sisters,
Mrs. Belle Joyner and Mrs. Maggie
Oakley, both of Bridgeport, Ala.,
and two brothers, J T. and L. A.
Gill, also of Bridgeport.
Vera Crowley, 13-year-old daughl?r
of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Crowley,
died at the home of her parents ’n
College Park at 7 a. m. Friday after
a slight illness. The little girl is
survived by her parents, two broth
ers and one sister. Funeral serv
ices will be held at the residence
Saturday afternoon at 3 p. m. Car
riages will leave the undertaking
establishment of A. C. Hemperly at
2 p. m. Interment in the College
Park Cemetery.
The funeral of G. W. Battle, aped 60
years, who died Thursday at *he
residence of h’s son-in-law, John
Virdi. No. 20 Clifford avenue, will
be held In the chapel of Greenberg
& Bond Friday at 3 p. m. The body
will be taken to Griffin for inter
ment in the family burying ground
of Colonel L. T. Doval. stepfather
of the dead man. The wife, two
daughters. Mrs. May Virdi and Miss
Irne Battle, one son George W.
Battle, and one brother. Colonel T.
C. Battle, survive.
James F. Christian, 72 years old died
at a private hospital Thursday
night. He is survived by a son.
George J. Christian; three daugh
ters. Mrs. W. B. Chambers, Mrs W.
I, Wallace and Miss Fannie Chris
tian; two brothers and three sis
ters. Funeral announcement will
be, made later.
The funeral of Eli F. May, No. 476
Whitehall street, will be conducted
from the residence at 3 o’clock Fri
day afternoon. He was 56 years
old, and is urvived by his wife, one
son, J. N. May, and five daughters,
Mrs. W. B. Burch, Mrs. Clara Snod
grass, Mrs. P. M. Marshall, Mrs.
Charles Godsey and Mrs. L. F. Gol-
lohon. Interment at Westvlew.
The funeral of Lieutenant Joseph
Matthew Shields, for twenty-six
years a member of the Atlanta Fire
Department, will be held at 3
o’clock Friday afternoon at the
Payne Memorial Church. His com
rades of the department will act as
pallbearers.
The funeral of J. M. Webb, Sr., No.
574 Lawton street, has been post
poned from 10 o’clock Friday morn
ing to the same time Saturday
morning. It will be held from the
home.
Robert Sheats, ten years old, died at
midnight Thursday at the residence,
No. 27 Joe Johnston avenue. He is
survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. Y. Sheats. Funeral an
nouncements will be made later.
Carlos H. Mason, chairman of the
Police Commission, strongly intimated
that the Commission would repri
mand the police officers for arrest
ing spooners and declare a more lib
eral policy. Police Chief Reavers has
upheld the officers in their arrest of
the spooners and kissers.
“We want it understood that the*
Police Commission is not going to
stand for any one being persecuted
by the police in Atlanta/’ said Mr.
Mason. “If that young man who came
before the board and told of being
arrested for sitting on the Capitol
steps and explained how both he and
the girl had to spend the night in the
police station told the truth, the ar
rest was an outrage.
"We are going fully into this mat
ter, and if the police were wrong they
will be punished.”
Dan Carey, general manager of
parks, gave out a statement Friday,
in which he said he wanted to set
right the greatly misconstrued invi
tation to spooners to use the parks.
He says that young women and men
have a right to use the parks for
purposes of courtship, but that no
immorality will be tolerated.
Mr. Carey will apppar before the
Police Commission in defense of Po
liceman Norman, who is charged with
kissing a woman in Grant Park.
Frederick Hall to
Give Organ Concert
Frederick Hall, organist of historic
Christ Church, Philadelphia, will be
the jioloist at the free organ concert
Sunday afternoon at the Auditorium,
under Music Festival Association
auspices.
Mr. Hall Is perhaps the best-known
organist in Philadelphia. He is one
of many who have come to Atlanta
from various parts of this country
and from England in connection with
efforts of the Mustic Festival Associa
tion to select a successor to Dr. Percy
J. Starnes.
GOSPEL SIKHS
HOLDING RIVAL
FESTIVALS
Old-Time Song Services at the
Auditorium-Armory and Prim
itive Baptist Church.
HOLD HUSBAND AS SLAVER.
SEL.MER. TENN.. Sept. 12.— .7. A.
Ingle, 30 years old, married, was held
to the Federal Grand Jury here on a
charge of white si very In taking
Velda Hodge, 21, from Chester Coun
ty to Cooter, Mo.
Albanians Massacred
By Soldiers of Servia
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA, Sept. 12.—A reign of ter
ror as bloody as any In history ex
ists in northern Albania, according
to dispatches received to-day from
Avalona, provisional seat of the Al
banian government. Servian soldiers
are reported slaying and burning
without restraint.
It is charged that the Servians are
trying to depopulate the country so
they can colonize it.
State Tax Head Pays
Rent for First Time
For the first time in his life Judge
John Hart, appointee recently to the
State tax commisslonership, paid house
rent Friday, following the removal of
his residence from Union City to At
lanta. The Judge has lived under ei
ther his father's or his own roof all his
life.
Judge Hart laughingly referred to ♦he
incident Fr ! day morning. Judge Hart’s
family will arrive in Atlanta next week.
They will reside in a handsome resdence
near Seventh and Peachtree.
War Scare Draws '
Recruits to Marines
The possibility of war with Mexico
has served to draw many young At
lantans into Uncle Sam’s Merino
Corps, according to Corporal John W
Bull, of the recruiting station, No
10 1-2 South Broad street, Friday.
Examination of applicants has been
continuous for the past two months
Only about 20 per cent, however, have
been able to meet the requirements.
Chanting the old-time gospel melo
dies with campmeeting fervor, mem
bers of the Sacred Harp Musical As
sociation began their unique three-
day convention Friday in the Audi
torium-Armory. Singers from many
Southern States were present. By
Saturday it is expected that practi
cally every State of the South will
be represented.
Officers were chosen Friday after
noon to *ucceed the old corps, made
up of Colonel J. 8. James. Atlanta,
president; C. J. Griggs, Atlanta, vice
president; 8. W. Everett, Almon, Ga.,
secretary, and T. B, Newton, Atlanta,
general manager.
Interesting developments began
right at the outset of the convention.
It first became known that other
singers, formerly associated with the
Sacred Harp Musical Association,
were holding an oDPonition meeting
in the Primitive Baptist Church, un
der the leadership of James White.
The split occurred over White’s re
vision of the song book.
Following this, Colonel James was
notified that suit had bf*on started
against him for $3,000 by W. M.
Cooper, who alleged he had Infringed
upon copyrights of 1902, 1907 and
1909 In publishing the song book
which is being usf'd by the singers
The forenoon session at the Audi
torium was given over the rehearsal
of eospel songs under the leadership
of Profe s wor R. E. Bartlett, of Texas.
Two picturesque figures at the
e-athering were those of the Rev. H.
8. Reese, of Coweta County, 86 rears
old. and A. L. ("Honey”) Smith, of
Lathonla. 81.
Mr. Smith obtained his soubriquet
from his 12-vear-old hoolt of bring
ing large quantities of honev for the
singers, many of whom bring their
lunches with them.
The Rev. Mr. Reese is the com
poser of many of the melodies con
tained in the* Sacred Harp and has
been a Baptist minister in Georgia
nearly 60 years.
Pardee Will Select j
Judge to Try Watson \
United States Circuit Judge Don £
A. Pardee announced Friday that he 5
had made provision to send a judge i?
to Augusta the third week In October ;jj
to try Government cases. .»
Several noted cases are to come up.
among them that of the Governme u
against Tom Watson, the publisher,
indicted for sending degrading lit
erature through the malls.
Police Hunt 3 Who
Fled Hapeville Home
The police are looking for three 11-
year-old boys who ran away from the
Orphans’ Home at Hapeville Friday
morning about 4 o’clock.
The boys are Martin Bohler, J. P.
Bullard and Grady Sedderfield.
FREED OF SLAYING.
WAYCROSS, Sept. 12. L. L. Hall, j rg
charged with murdering George Gor-
don, at a near-beer saloon in Douglas, j :§
ve years ago, was acquitted last j
night. I ^
W, & A, Commission
To Organize Sept. 22 1
The new commission to investigate
the re-lease of the Western and At
lantic Railroad, which was completed
Thursday, will hold its first session iht:
September 22, following a call issued
bv Governor Slaton Friday morning 55
The commission will organize at the ~jj
first meeting.
The commission consists of Barry ~
Wright, of Floyd; E. D. Cole, of Bar- j”
tow; II. j. Fullbright, of Burke; L. R. ~E
Akin, of Glynn; A. R. Greene, ot '
Houston; Senators W. D. McNeil, ot
the Twenty-second; Grant 1>. Perry, —
of the Twenty-eighth, and M. C Tar- —
'er, of the Forty-third; Fuller K. Fal- ~
la way, of LnGrange, and G. Gunby
Jordan, of Columbus.
Our Store w ill be Open
All Day To-morrow,
Saturday, Until (> P. M.
Annex
Depts. Shoes, Soda
Fountain and Men’s
Furnishings, Until 9:30
P. M
W e want 2,IL>0 Boys ana Giris to come
Here To-morrow, Saturday, with their
parents.
BOYS' and GIRLS’
“CADET”
STOCKINGS
/In hlack, white and tans. Toes,
I heels and knoeg reinforced with
\ linen. Makes them wear like
iron, and will outlast, any two
1 pairs of any other stock- » -
I ing Come In three /Sf
\ weights. Pair.
ho says Romance is dead?; —
Read the exclusive feature in EE
Liie Sunday American how a EE
Southem beauty swam the tor- =
rent to get to the minister before EE
her pursuing father.
a Sale of Boys’ and Girls’
| School Needs All Day Saturday
HCHILDREN’S READY-MADE DRESSES
Rich's Economy Basement \ =
Why should a mother worry and put her eyes out o ver a sewing machine when
ready-mades can be obtained so pretty and so cheapt
Dependable
Shoes
At Special Prices. f §==
We open the Fall campaign t -
for business by offering over t -
1,000 pairs of fresh, new high f
shoes, all new and desirable 5- | ———
styles, at a saving of over $1 f j =
a pair. f !
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Look!!
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Children's Dresses to Parealaa.
Chambrar and Gingham; solid
color* with striped and checked
trimmings.. Striped goods with
red trimmings and but
tons to match. 6 to 14
years. tl-OO kinds at .
59c
Children’s School Dresses In
plaids, checks and stripes and
solid colors. All kinds trim
mings. 6 to 14 years.
$1.50 kind Saturday
at
98c
Children's School Dresses in
fine Ginghams and Chambrays.
Stripes and plaids with tie and
combination trim
mings. $2.25 kind
Saturday at
$1.50
(Second Floor.)
Boys’ Cambric
Handker-
Children’s lxl
double heel
Boys’ and Girls’
Windsor
chiefs, hemstitched
and bor-
and toes, blaek
and white
dered, Saturday .
Be
Stockings, pair
15c
Ties, beautiful line
25c
$3.50 High Shoes Now
$2.45
$4.00 High Shoes Now 5-
$2.95
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Child’s!^
S hoes-: §p
Sizes 1 to 5, 85c f EEEE:
values 5: | =2222
65c
Sizes 5 to 8, $1.25§
values
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Men’s Tie Sale To-morrow
See Window Display
40 dozen beautiful silk and some
silk knit four-in-hands. Worth ab
solutely 50c in men’s stores. We will
sell them at
25c
Men's $1 90 Per
cale and Madras
Shirts To mor
row at
90 c
In Patent and Yiei Kid.|
Rich’s |
Economy Basement §
79c
Annex, Men’s
Furnishings,
open Saturday
evening till
9:30
New
Balkan
Middies
Children's and Miss
es’ IIvdegrade Gala-
tea Balkan Middies.
(See cut.) White
with collar,
pocket and
solid navy
and red—12
years. Very
$1.50 regular price.
Saturday at
98c
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“Correct Dress for Men”
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SELECT YOUR
FALL HAT NOW f
and lie sure it has the “Essig” EE
label on the inside. It carries | EE
with it all that pertains to Hat
Style, correctness in shape,
j
••/. color and price
“Girls’ Reefers”
In solid rod, stripes,
black and white checks,
blue serges trimmed in
fancy trimmings and
buttons. $6.00 and $6.50
value, Saturday, for
$4.98
2 to 6 years.
“The Darby”-—
E. C. Adler’s neu English derb;i, is not only correct,
but is the snappiest tiling shown in 1913 hats. Come
in and try one on.
The great Comic Section of
The Sunday American will keep j
you in good humor all week. All
your favorites, all doing funn;
stunts. Order your paper now. I
—iBBUIms
lid PEACHTREE
\ Juniors’ Reefers
'SEES Solid red and red-
Soft Hats and Derbies EEEEE trimmed green Collar,
E Cuffs and Belts. 13, 15
: and 17 years,
j $8.50 and $5.98
Essig Special, $3.00 Stetsons--All Styles
Knox Hats - $5.00 $3.50 to $5.00
Silk and Opera
Hats
S).93 (o $3.0)
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Essig Bros. Co.
Correct Dress for Men’'
26 Whitehall St.
151
Juniors’ Reefers
In black and white
checks, black patent
leather belt; also in solid
red; regular price,
$11.98; Saturday,
$9.95
You should bring the
young ladies in and see
these. Second floor.
•liilili
On Second Floor.
(iirls’ "School
Hats”
in soft plushes, felts,
velvet and satin, with
cute little flower and
bud trim s. T a m
O’Shanter effects, poke
bonnets, corduroys. \Ye
earn,' all the little nob
by styles. Second floor.
$8.50down to$1.50
“Children’s Blue
Serge Skirts”
8 to 14 years. Pleated
Skirts or Waists to
wear with Balkan and
Middy Blouses. Satur
day
$2.98
500 Women’s Empire
Crepe Kimonos Ele
gant Assortment De
signs and Colors, $i.50
Kind Saturday
98c
“Junior Separate \
Skirts” |
in all-wool blue serge— =
10 to 17 years—
$3.50 and $3.98 =
lOO Dog. Childrens i'-R-
Cambric Drawers 6 for SOc