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Merchants and Manufacturers' Bulletin
To Be Ldw Feature of Sunday American
THIS tells of some plans for
the Merchants’ and Mann
faetur -rs' Bulletin of the Sunday
Vmr- an, and formally intro
s a feature that should prove
attractive to a large class of
readers.
Candor compels the admission
that the idea is not new—not the
fundamental idea. But The
American has many new ideas
for the development of the de
partment, and its policy will dif
fer in many essentials from any
thing of the kind ever attempted
in Atlanta.
The aim of the business and
trade section will be to proclaim
throughout the South Atlanta’s
advantages as a manufacturing
and wholesale center.
An attempt will be made to pre
sent to the readers who make up its
vast circulation some idea of the di
versity of Atlanta’s factories. At
lanta makes nearly everything—a
broad statement, but true. Few
residents of the city itself have any
idea of the multitudinous variety of
the articles made within the limits
of Fulton County. To residents of
other sections of the South, Atlanta
stands for Insurance, for commerce,
as the great distributing center of
the South, but seldom for the name
of a city which converts raw ma
terials into the thousand and one
Over the Counter j
Molasses is firm," reports The New
York Journal of Commerce. Cold
weather must have arrived.
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! ilifornia raisins have advanced.
Sh.vh>- the demand for grape juice
nad something to do with it.
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Six oystermeu have been arrested
f r r iding beds at Chestertown. Mb.
A asital, Maryland oysters are quiet.
• « • *
R> ■ , r t that grubworms are dam,?-
in; r-ps to the extent of $12,000,000
i '<r suggests that the suppose!
. r.i-working early bird is not doing
Ms duty.
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Washington herring are reported to
br oo large to ship in oil. This item
will be of little Interest to people who
Insist on the dried variety.
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The expression “easy provisions”
has a different meaning for the man
who is trying to get around the high
cost of living.
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"Live poultry fairly active,” reports
» leading financial journal. This is
not uncommon with live poultry.
• • •
Yarns are holding their own at Bos
ton, particularly when the sailors hit
shore.
• • •
New York reports indicate that the
tariff will cause woolen dress goals
>o be cheaper. This means that mar?
goods will be bought, and that the
sheep will continue to be the ulti
mate producer.
...
Following the fall fashion decree in
women’s hats, the lyre bird hath flown
to parts unknown.
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Since rubber has collapsed in Lon
don, somebody must have turned loose
the other end.
Large shipments of Canadian but
ter were stored pending the passage
"f the American tariff bill. Once they
had attained age. however, they
romped across the line.
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Merchants and Manufacturers’ Bulletin
things demanded by a complex civi
lization.
Atlanta—Factory City.
Nothing but good can result from
letting the country know what can
lie bought here from the makers’
hands.
At the same time, every effort will
be made to set forth to the jobber
the very solid and real advantages
which are his if he will patronize
the Atlanta factories. Almost al
ways, the Southern buyer can effect
a considerable saving in .freight and
a more considerable saving in time
elapsed between order and delivery.
Frequently the 'saving in actual first
cost will be ••worthy of attention.
And when all these things are equal,
there Is the economic advantage of
encouraging home industries —a thing
too lightly looked upon. r
So much for manufactures. ”
Next, the jobbers—perhaps they
should be considered first, for At
lanta is pre-eminent in its position as
the distributing center of the South.
Every great Eastern concern Is
represented by a branch office in At
lanta. This shows that the keenest
Intellects in the business world to
day, the heads of national corpora
tions, recognize Atlanta’s strategic
location as uneqnaled.
Atlantans Made Atlanta.
These Northerners and Easterners
were not the first to realize Atlanta’s
potentialities. The people right at
home were the leaders. Atlantans
made Atlanta. It was Atlantans who
built up great wholesale and jobbing
houses whose fame has spread all
over the South. Ever since Atlanta
Itecame anything of a railroad cen-
Salesmen and Side Lines===
Should Latter Be Allowed?
SHOULD salesmen carry side
lines’
Opinions of Atlanta manufac
turers and jobbers differ, the general
belief being, however, that if salesmen
are paid salaries it is not proper to
work on the side, and that if on a
commission basis, it is.
According to the current issue of
The Bulletin of the National Associa
tion of Credit Men, the attention of
that organization has been called to
the attempts made by some business
houses to sell their products as side
lines by making secret contracts with
traveling salesmen engaged by other
houses on a regular salary basis. In
quiry among local business houses on
this point revealed a knowledgeof the
condition referred to. but none of the
merchants seen was willing to con
jecture as to the attitude of the sales
men regarding it. The attitude of the
House on the question was made plain
in several instances by the flat state
ment that any proof of salesmen hav
ing such contracts, whether they were
paid on a salary basis or commission,
would result in instant dismissal.
Among salesmen interviewed on the
matter there was an opinion prevalent
that the "knight of the grip” had no
right to enter into secret contracts
with other houses for handling side
lines, if paid by his employers on a
salary basis. By those who were paid
on a straight commission basis, and
who paid their own expenses while on
the road, a different viewpoint was
taken.
'MADE IN ATLANTA" SIGNS
NEEDED ON ALL ARTICLES
"Made in Atlanta” signs are attracting a great deal of attention all
over the country, due to the enterprise of local manufacturers. On many
of the articles sent out, this sentence is stamped, and the publicity that
Atlanta gets is wide. Last week a big steel girder lay on North ,Pryor
street, between Edgewood and Auburn avenues, ready to be put in the old
Dougherty-Little-Redwina Company building, which Luther F J. Rosser and
J. H. Porter are renovating. On the side in white letters was printed
“Virginia Bridge and Iron Company. Made in Atlanta.” "That is a good
idea,” declared a merchant who was passing. "If every Atlanta manufac
turer would say more about his goods being made here in Atlanta, we
could soon have local people using little but Atlanta-made goods."
The best buttons for men's cloth
ing come from the South Sea Islan Is.
Panama and South America. This is
one industry in which the consumer
finds excuse for the middleman.
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1913.
ter they have been winning the
friendship of the Southern trade by
fair dealing, equitable credits, re
liable goods, low prices, and service.
Service, prompt, accurate and cour
teous, has tieen the underlying rea
son for Atlanta’s rise in importance
as a distributing center. Years of
attentive study of the trade’s needs
has taught the Atlanta jobber just
what the Southern merchant wants.
The Atlantan knows his people so
thoroughly that he has 'become se
cure from competition.
Not only have invaders failed in
their attempts to cross Atlanta’s
trade frontier, but more, Atlanta has
pushed its boundaries of commerce
farther and farther away each year,
gradually seiifing prosperous towns
aritl even States that rivals had
thought their own forever.
These truths need to be Impressed
and the reasons fo£ buying in At
lanta exploited that the territory
which is Atlanta’s may be widened,
and widened to the utmost limits.
This will be the mission of the
business and trade section of The
American.
This Is the service It will perform
for the jobltef and the manufacturer
In bringing him new trade and for
the retailer In teaching him where
to expend his resources to the best
advantage.
News cf Commerce.
But the business and trade section
proposes to perform a further serv
ice for business men of all degrees
and stations.
It proposes to do for him what
no other Atlanta newspaper, no oth
er paper In the South, In fact, Is do-
It was maintained that the original
employers had no right in such cases
to demand that the road man give his
entire time to their lines, providing,
of course, that the Handling of the
principal line did not suffer from the
time spent on the lesser goods. Sales
men handling side lines saw’ to it, it
was said, that this condition did not
arise, mainly because the earnings
that could be made on the secondary
goods were not so great as those com
ing from sales of the principal line.
One instance was cited of a textile
salesman who earned close to $20,000
a year by handling two side lines
along with his principal line, being
paid on a straight commission basis
for all three and Settling his own road
expenses. This man, it was said,
would not take a position in which he
would not be permitted to sell side
lines after he had “made" a town with
his principal goods, and it was fur
ther said that there wasn't a house
in the city in his line of business who
wouldn't take him on if the oppor
tunity offered.
The Credit Men’s Bulletin suggests
that the best way to meet the matter
of secret contracts is to have a writ
ten agreement between the house and
the salesmen that they are to devote
their entire time to furthering the in
terests of the house. The danger of
being caught handling side lines with
this agreement in existence would, ac
cording to The Bulletin, greatly in
crease the will power of salesmen
when It came to refusing alluring of
fers made by other firms.
Best Month in Year,
Best Year in Years
This Sums Up Business of Ragan-
Malone Company—September
Brought Stream of Trade.
Sales of the Ragan-Malone Company
In September were the biggest in sev
eral years September, moreover, was
the best month in the present year, and
1914 is expected to keep up.
House and road forces are working
overtime to prepare for the winter trade,
with smajl prospect of catching up on
orders.
An official of the concern asserted that
the improved condition of the farmer
was due to the fact that he was learn
ing to raise more products for him«elf,
lather than buying for others, and that
the prosperity of the farmer was handed
around “When the farmer has money
everybody is well off." said this official.
•'He feeds the world and other busi
nesses depend almost entirely on w’hat
he can produce.”
German Government
Is Watching ‘Trust’
BERLIN, Oct.ll. —Preliminary steps
for an investigation of the operations
of the "tobacco trust” In connection
'ith the German cigarette Industry
have been taken by the Government.
: lie Si retary of State for the Inte
rior, replying to the petition sent to
him by the Hansa League, an assocla
! tlon of business men. on September
I 17. asking him to order an inquiry
into the subject, says the German
Government has long had its eye on
liie operations of the "trust.”
Ing—keep him thoroughly Informed
of general conditions in his particu
lar line of commerce.
In a commerce so wonderfully
complex as Atlanta's and that of the
Southeast, the failure of the monsoon
In India, a strike in Paterson, N. J.,
a revolution In China, may have Im
portant consequences. The merchant
would Teel these consequences with
out, perhaps, knowing the cause.
As a matter of fact, the three ex
amples given are not exaggerated.
Serious damage to India’s jute crop
would mean more costly cotton bag
ging and burlaps; the Paterson strike
cost milliners and all dealers In rib
bons considerable money and Incon
venience. China's revolution has cur
tailed the consumption of cotton.
The American feels that It will be
dbing a service of Interest and value
to thoughtful business men of At
lanta and its surrounding territory
by supplying the news of the com
mercial world, news perhaps too
technical for the general columns,
but of Importance nevertheless.
Something of the mission of the
trade journal will be performed, but
better because The American enjoys
resources which a trade journal can
not command; because its news will
not be confined to any one line of
commerce and manufacture, but will
be of interest to all, and because its
news will be fresher.
In a word, the. Merchants* and
Manufacturers’ Bulletin hopes to
“boost” Atlanta in the way which
will bring greatest results, and to be,
at the same time, a section .of inter
est to the business man In particular
and every class of reader in general.
RUBBER OUTPUT
DUE TO BE CUT
BT NEW SCHEME
London Plans Central Selling Of
fice to Maintain Prices—Some
Opposition Is Developing.
LONDON, Oct. 11. —-An important
agitation is being conducted in plan
tation rubber circles here with the
object of forming a central selling
agency for the purpose of upholding
prices. Part of the scheme includes
the standardization of plantation rub
ber, and it is also suggested that the
output should be restricted. The cause
of the agitation is the heavy fall in
the price of plantation rubber a.a J
the disparity between the quotation
of plantation grades and fine hard
Para rubber.
As a result of the agitation, the
directors of one of the biggest planta
tion rubber producers—the Malacca
Company—have announced their .will
ingness to sell their entire output for
the next five years through a central
sales agency, provided that the agea
cy controls at least 30,000 tons of
next year’s crop. They stipulate, how
ever, that the services of the rubber
produce brokers should be retained.
This company’s output last year ex
ceeded 2,000,000 pounds, and the 'S
tlmated production this year is 3,000,-
000 pounds.
Other groups are also supporting
the scheme, but there Is at the same
time a good deal of opposition to it
on the part of those who do not be
lieve in artificial methods of uphold
ing prices, especially by restriction of
dutput. Many expert observers are
doubtful whether the scheme will be
carried out, but all are agreed that
something must be done in the in
terests of shareholders to help the in
dustry.
At the commencement of the pres
ent year the price of standard nlao
tation rubber stood about 4s fid per
pound; since then it has declined over
50 per cent. This fall has had a very
serious effect upon share values.
0. W. McClure Is Back
From European Trip
Lands in New Yorls Sunday and
Will Be in Atlanta Soon —His
Firm Busy With Early Rush.
C. W. McClure, head of the ten-rent
company which bears his name, lands
!n New York this Sunday after a vaca
tion spent in Europe, and will be buck
home in a week to tell of conditions
<and possibly experiences) on the Con
tinent.
Big things are doing in the wholesale
department of the McClure Company.
A night force has been put on in the
shipping section and will be kept on
until after the Christmas rush.
Openings were held Saturday at Li
thonia. Clarkesville, Villa Rica and Mil
len. and other openings will follow this
week. Salesmen are opening up attrac
tive lines and are about as busy as can
be.
Changing Character
Os Trade District
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—The district
below Twenty-third street in the Fifth
avenue and Broadway sections is rap
idly becoming wholesale and the new
center of the lace, embroidery and
ribbon trades Many large firms have
moved to that district within the last
three years from the old wholesale
section below Prince street, and oth
ers are gradually coming up.
It is also interesting to note that
negotiations are in progress for large
space in the vacant Stern Building an
Twenty-second and Twenty-third
streets, and also for the Vantine and
Lord & Taylor Buildings, which will
b- ready for occupancy by new firms
within a few months.
BANNERYEAR
IN BUSINESS
IS PREDICTED
William A. Blessing in
Recent Financial Stringency.
Farm Products Help.
“Business will be In better shape
January 1 than it has been In ten
years.”
This Is the prediction of William
A. Ward, president of the Ward-
Truitt Company, who sees a whole
some lesson and a real blessing In the
recent financial stringency.
"Some people think the conserva
tive tendencies of the past few months
have hurt business, but in my opinion
they have been the best thing that
could have come to us,” declared Mr.
Ward. "Retrenchment has been
necessary to put business on a sound
footing, and has taught us that with
all our prosperity we should be care
ful in extending. Hereafter business
Is going to be on a saner, more legi
timate basis—there will be less specu
lation, and the result will be good.
"The tone of visitors to this stbre
Is very much the same. The cotton
crop has been produced at about one
third the expense of the year be
fore, and the price of 13% and 14
cents Is making the fanners feel fine.
There Is more of corn, wheat and oats
and other things In the ground than
there has been In a long time. Much
corn means plenty of meat, and meat
Is a precious thing in the larder.
"Farmers are enjoying a liberal
measure of prosperity. The auto
mobile has found its way to his place.
He can market his produce more
quickly and easily and at less cost.
Where he formerly planted sorghum
he now plants ribbon cane. In other
ways he Is improving the quality. He
is also learning the value of diver
sification In raising crops. A power
ful Influence in this direction Is that
of the corn and canning clubs, Which
have not only encouraged more pro.-
duction, but stressed quality. Far
mers have found it profitable In many
ways to compete for prizes, and this
spirit has made possible better prod
ucts and widespread Interest in the
things of the farm."
STAPLES RISING
IN GOST, WITH
ND HELP AHEND
Whitcomb Co. Says Shrewd Gro
cery Jobbers Are Buying Now
in Considerable Volume.
Prices of such staples as flour, rice
and coffee will advance for some time
to come. The tariff bIU will have lit
tle effect on these necessaries of Ute,
according to W. M. Burke, manager
of H. H. Whitcomb & Burke Co., gro
cery brokers, No. 149 Madison ave
nue.
“Flour already is cheap,” says Mr.
Burke. “There was a considerable re
duction In its price when the United
States made its bumper crop of wheat
If anything, flour should go up. be
cause It now seems that the world
supply is not as great as forecast.
“It does not seem that putting flour
on the free list will have much ef
fect. The bill provides that flour shall
be admitted free only from countries
which admit American Hour free. So
Argentina and Canada, under their
present laws, still have to pay duty.
No other countries are likely to ex
port wheat this year.
“Rice still Is protected by 56 cents a
bushel duty, and the crop has been
cut very short by floods In Louisiana
and East Texas, which sections grow
most of the rice the United States
produces.
“We look for a sharp advance in
rice, and shrewd jobbers are making
their purchases now.
"Latest advices from Brazil point
to a short crop of coffee, and the mar
ket, it seems probable, wifi continue
to rise. Our correspondents In New
Orleans advise early purchases as
likely to result in economy.
“It is a ‘bull’ year all around. For
tunately, Georgia Is in excellent posi
tion. The ‘bull’ market in cotton is
providing the State with the where
withal to pay for other expensive
commodities, and a great deal to
spare. Georgia is lucky In having
grown a big crop >f corn, which is
extremely expensive this season.
Money which in past seasons has gone
out of the State for horse and mule
feed this season will stay at home.
"Trade Is decidedly brisk. The de
mand from the country has exceeded
all expectations. This undoubtedly is
because retailers were caught with
bare shelves, and, to tell the truth,
wholesalers are much in the sam»
plight. This Is another reason for ad.
vancing prices. Premiums are paid
tor immediate delivery."
SIDELIGHTS ON SELLING.
A collarette of plaited white cot
ton tulle with a lace jabot is now
worn extensively. Those shown have
folds of rose, satin placed in the cen
ter of the tulle ruche. They are
said to be very dainty ip effect.
A biack velvet hat with black pat
ent leather piping around the brim
and band is a late model In Paris.
The hats are trimmed with blue, tan
and green patent leather flowers.
Models of fall gowns will call for all
kinds of band trimmings, tassels de
veloped in rich colors, cabochons,
metifs and garnitures. Bead effects
will be in especially high favor.
Signs of Prosperity Seen by J. K. Orr
+•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+
Tariff Won’t Affect Boots and Shoes
Velvet Four-in-Hand Ties
Are Finding Ready) Market
LAY away your favored Englislj
knlt, your "stand-by" of black
silk or accordean-weave tie ano
don the newest creation just out of
New York—the velvet four-in-hand'
Velvet smacks of the old-fashioned,
but the twentieth century interpre
tation is far different. The freshness
of the bandbox is In every package.
Velvet will not only be worn bj
conservative people, but by authori
ties on dress as well. This Is the
opinion of P. D. Yates, of the Ridley-
Williamson-Wyatt Company, who
was busy the latter part of the week
opening up and displaying an attrac
tive line just received from New York.
Mr. Yates hears that Fifth avenue has
gone crazy over the new style, and
that is why salesmen are reporting a
heavy demand.
“Our force have had these ties
about a month," declared Mr, Yates,
"and they report a greatly Increased
demand. Os course, the demand for
the other styles in ties holds up well,
but there is no doubt of the success
which will be attained by the velvet
Scale Men to Meet
In Atlanta Monday
Twenty-five Salesmen Covering
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee,
and Florida Are Ready
Salesmen of the Atlanta branch of the
Toledo Computing Scale Company will
meet to-morrow for their first annual
conference. E. Schupp, local manager,
and Messrs. Roberts and Theobold, of
the Toledo headquarters, will be promi
nent in the deliberatjons. Probably
twenty-five salesmen will be present.
Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Ten
nessee is the territory covered by this
enterprising firm, and the traveling men
are expected to tell a good deal about
successful selling and business meth
ods.
Small town firms are making a more
general use of the computing scale than
ever before. In fact, the use is so
g€-neral that the scale business depends
largely on renewals of orders rather
than on initial orders.
New Office Tenants
Buying Equipment
A. P. Baylis Selling to Healey and
Hurt Prospects—Much Interest
In Numerous Changes.
A. P. Baylis, of the Baylis Office
Equipment Company, reports several
more sales of office furniture and equip
ment to tenants who have chosen the
Hurt Building as a pla-e for offices.
Mr. Baylis is also, figuring with pros
pects who expect to tenant the Healey
Building after January 1
There has been a great deal of Inter
est among local supply houses over the
names of tenants for the new offtaß
buildings. So far most of the rtiraes
of Hurt Building tenants have been
kept secret, but a list of them is ex
pected soon
Changes In location always means
more or less of a demand for new fur
nishings. especially when the tenant
moves from old quarters to brand-new.
PARSONS IN NEW TERRITORY.
C. E Parsons, traveling for the E.
I, Adams Company, in new territory
around Carrollton, reports a great deal
of activity in grocery lines. Mr. Par
sons was recently aligned to this ter
ritory and his efforts In it have already
I been met with leneroua ratuxuases.
TARIFF changes will hate little or no effect on the
boot and shoe business, according to J. K. Orr,
head of the J. K. Orr Shoe Company, who has
just returned from a short business trip to Birmingham.
The duty on foreign shoes was only about 10 per cent,
declared Mr. Orr, and American-made shoe concerns
are already too firmly Intrenched to be upset by foreign
competition.
“I don’t expect any unsettled conditions to result
from the passage of this legislation.” said Mr. Orr.
“American shoes are so much more satisfactory to Amer
icans that the kind that comes from abroad are a small
consideration. Foreign-made shoes are usually built as
substantially as ours, but they don’t combine comfort
and style to the same extent. Americans will continue
to buy shoes and boots made on this side.”
Well-known At
lantan declares
Americans will
continue to
buy footwear
made in this
country ;*t hat
foreign-made
goods can’t
compete with
industries on
this side.
variety. I am told that they are the
latest thing on Fifth avenue, New
York, and I feel sure they will take
quite as well in this section.”
From ties Mr. Yates turned -to
women's washable -“Balkan Middle'*
sweaters and jersries. with the remark
that the Norfolk styles seemed to be
the correct thing this year. This ship
ment had Just been received, and Mr.
Yates declared the articles would find
a ready market. There were red,
blue, white, brown, gray and navy
colors, and characteristic of the va
rious wearables were belts, upper
pockets, turned-up double cuffs, and
sailor collars.
The ties wholesale at $4.25 to $4.50
a dozen and the better grade of
sweaters and Jersies at sl2 to $33.
Some grades of the latter in misses'
and boys’ sizes are $2.25 to $9.
This concern’s collections have been
better in the last ten days than ever
before, according to W. H. Wyatt,
secretary and treasurer. Mr. Wyatt
sees nothing but prosperity ahead li
the presence of good prices for cot
ton, and a generous measure of con
fidence on every hand.
COLLECTIONS SPLENDID.
SAYS R.-W.-W. OFFICIAL
Collections this year are twice as
good as formerly with the Rldley-Wll
liamson-Wyatt Company, according to
W. Henry Wyatt, secretary and treas
urer of this concern. Thursday, Oc
tober 2, was the best day the firm has
ever had, and the average of collec
tions is spiendifl.
Salesmen report an unusually good
business, and expect it to hold up. The
report on cotton and other crop con
ditions is unanlfnous—that the situa
tion is the most encouraging for sev
eral years.
McClure Ten-Cent Company
Atlanta, Georgia
Importers, Jobbers, Distributors
5-10-25-50-75-1.00
Merchandise
Write us abqut opening a store or
department of this kind for you
Our Salesmen With Our Factory Lines of Spring
Showings of
ARAfiON SIiIRTSandPANTS
Also Advance Line of Dry Goods and Furnishings
Will Call on the Trade Soon.
A. M. Robinson Co.
No. 59 North Pryor Street. Atlanta, Ga.
13A
LDCAI MERCHANTS
READY FOR MOVE
List of Firms Which Will Go to
Produce Row—Building Will
Be Completed Jan. 1.
Local produce merchants are anx
iously awaiting the time when they
can move from North and South
Broad street into their new quarters
on Produce Row. Satisfactory prog
ress has been made on the concrete
work of the two floors, and th© top
will be placed as soon as possible. The
location Is on Central avenue and
Washington street, north of East
Hunter street.
The merchants who will move tn
are Bell Bros., McCullough Bros., the
Williams-Thompson Company, J. J.
Barnes & Fain, Fugazzl, Fidelity,
Southern Produce Company, Connelly
Ac Ennis, Wight, Davis & Co., C. J.
Ealsden & Co., and Gailmard and
Cheves.
An advantage which the produce
merchants will find in this arrange
ment lies in the close proximity to
the railroad tracks, which will enable
the merchants to keep out of th© way
of general traffic.
The building is two stories and
tasement and of concrete and flre
proof construction, it is 400 feet
long, and in this respect rivals the
longest buildings in the South.
Heavy Demand for Tobacco.
The Capital City Tobacco Company’s
ealesmen report a great deal of interest
in th* latest samples sent out by this
concern, and an unusually large num
ber of orders have come in While some
lines of business have been quiet, th<
demand for tobacco has continued
heavy.
A
FREE
TRIP
To Atlanta is avail
able to the mer
chant who buys an
adequate bill from
the members of the
Merchants’ Asso
ciation.
Write to
H. T. Moore
SECRETARY.
Rhodes Building,
Atlanta.