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J l f I ** ' • v mmm Merchants and Manufacturers’ Bulletin Gifts Thursday Bring Many Orders to Frank E. Block Company <•»+ ADVERTISING GAIE CITY I miustrial and Statistical < )rganization of < Cham ber of Commerce to Herald City’s Many Ad vantages—Figures Show Big (Trowth. The caAch phraae "Atlanta Alwaya Ahead" will continue to be a lire reality If W. H. Leahy, secretary of the In dustrial and Statistical Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, can make it so. Mr. Leahy has evolved a scheme for setting forth Atlanta's resources In such a way aa to leave an indelible impres sion. He has placed in every hotel, hank and raHroad station in the city fmme-printed cards telling of the city’s resources. These displays are about three feet srruare. the bright particu lar feature being a comparison in pic tures of Atlanta's skyline in 3893, 1903 and 193 3. A . Factories In Atlanta 548. The card states that there are 548 factories in Atlanta, employing 15,877 wage earners. 2,281 salaried employees, with a capital of $44,094,782 and prod ucts worth $42,977,883. The laborers draw $0,948,233 and the salaried ipen *3.257.284. The number of buildings erected in 1*12 was 3,911, at a cost of $9,982,825. There are 3 40 passenger trains each dt'- in and out of Atlanta. Atlanta is the third Insurance center In the. United States, with 227 com panies of all kinds, and is the fourth premium center. There are eighteen skyscrapers and 22 firm-class hotels, with 3,391 rooms. Financial Status Fine. Bank clearings for 1912, says the bul letin are $691,941,254, and for 1903 were only ’ $131,200,457 a gain for the decade of $500,740,797 BaiiA deposits In November. 1913. were $35,3 33,098, and 1n November, 1903, .419, difference of $20,- only $15,1 906,679 The capital stid surplus of Atlanta banks in November, 1913. was $11,374,- *95, and ton years ago only $3,504,825, a difference of $7,780,170 Oood Population Showing. For the fiscal year ending June 30, If)8, post office receipts were $1,322,011, aad for the same period last year only $012,006 a difference in favor of 1913 of $116,005 Atlanta ha* 61 public schools, with a total enrollment in 1913 of 28,678 There, are 800.000 people within a radium of 60 miles of Atlanta. The assessed value of propel ty Is $154,827,487. There are 200 miles of electrb street railway and 34 of iuter- urban electric lines. Railroad lines radiate in 14 directions. It is the Idea of the officials In the Industrial and Statistical Bureau that to place these cards permanently around the public buildings will Tiring them graphically to the attention of the trav eling public and to native Atlantans as well Thousands of people passing year ly through local hotels and railroad stations will -see the figures and tell th»*ir friends at home about them Not only in the hotels and stations, but in other public places like office buildings the placards will go. The Bureau received 50 cards Thurs day and the officials have begun hav ing them framed. Leahy Seeking to Bring Large Factories to City. W. II. Leahy, secretary of the Indus trial and Statistical Bureau of the At lanta Chamber of Commerce, Is prepar ing circular letters to send hundreds of factories in the principal cities .of the United States calling their attention to the advantages of Atlanta as a manu facturing center and inviting them to locate here. The letters are expected to be ready for the malls this week and there will be stacks of them. It Is Mr. Leahy's idea to set forth the advantages which exist in the (late City for manufacturing enterprises of all sort ; and to assure these organizations that they can find unusually good loca tions. with or without railroad frontage, at very reasonable prices. Concerns not satisfied In their present, locations will be invited to move here "lock, stock and barrel '' Others which don't want to move headquarters will be asked to establish Southern branches, and a third kind of establishment will be the independent concern. There arc now some 550 different "made-in-Atlanta” articles, and the of ficials of the Industrial and Statistical Bureau are seeking to increase the number materially by pointing out the city’s good transportation facilities and other advantages. McCLURE TEN CENT COMPANY Importers, Jobbers, Distributor* GOODS TCURETAIL AT 5c TO $1.00 Write n» about SfNnfcig ■ star* or department of tfiti kind for you the: EDISON DICTATING MACHINE «AV"ER. HALF THE TIME. EXPENSE AND TROUBLE OF LETTER WRITING Mad* tieAOranif* by Thomas A Edition. Sold, damonatratod and *«*r- * antoed In Georgia by BAYLLS OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO. I Office Furniture—Commercial Stationary fHo4 i t <*oufh Broad Rtn-et Phono 241 CAPITAL CITY TOBACCO CO. ITO-ttfr Marietta St Atlanta, Qa. ■xroanM *mo jobmm The Only Exclusive Tobacco House In Georgia When ta town oome to tee us or write ns for sew price Hit. It wCl be worth your while E. L. ADAMS CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS OUR MOTTO: First Quality Merchandise and Prompt Service. Voilmer Manufacturing Co. We Cater to the Retail Jeiveler Only Mancfaetawirs and Pesiffners of Fine Jewelry. Bnentw- ing, Diamond Setting and Watchmaking a specialty. Special Designs in Platinum, Let us do yow diamond monotisg. and repair work. Bell Phone Ivy 1670 Moore Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta-Made Goods To Be Extensively Advertised in This Manner 1 0N T J. DANIEL, head of —> Daniel Urol,hers Com pany, who negotiated pur chase of crackers and cakes from Block concern. Twenty Thousant ! I angry Pedestrians Boxes, Wort I -Publieitv i $1,()(H), Feed Helps Finns. As a result of the gift of 20,000 boxes of crackers and cakes to At lanta public Thanksgiving Day from the store of Daniel Bros., Nos. 45 and •17 Peachtree street, the Frank E. Block Company, manufacturers, have received a number of large orders, and the lesson in the situation, ac cording to Brooks Morgan, of the Block concern, Is that it pays to ad vertise. On the other hand, the Daniel store did a big business and will probably hear responses from its "bread line’’ for weeks to come. Hungry Crowds Satisfied. Lon J. Daniels, head of the con cern, arranged to purchase a big stock of crackers and cakes from the Block concern, and to give the .same away to the public, without any strings whatever attached to the gifts. Thousands of Atlantans re sponded and there were few hungry people on the streets by 1 o'clock, when the crackers and cakes gave out and the store closed for the day. There were animal crackers, oyster crackers, soda crackers, lemon and vanilla wafers and every other kind, and Mr. JJaniel declared that in giving them away he did so with the knowl edge that there were none b€:tter made. Atlantans need not go out side the city for such products, he said. $1,000 Given Away. The packages retail at G cents apiece, and the 20,000 packages there fore, represented a value of $1,000. They were eagerly snapped up by the crowds. It was Intended to open the doors at Daniel Brothers at 9 o’clock, but the crowds were so large and blocked the sidewalks to such an extent that. the police ordered the 'oors opened half an hour earlier. Street cars had been stopped and automobiles passed with difficulty. A motion picture mar came along and ground out severs yards of film, and the pictures ill probably be seen this week along Peachtree. Harry Lindburg, A. W Long, .John A. White, D. M. Meador and Thomas Robinson assisted Mr Daniel and Mr. Morgan in distributing the boxes Many Things Given Away. Gifts of Atlanta-madD goods, say local merchants, are oi y beginning Never before in the history cf the city has the necessity been g eater for get ting local products before the public. "Patronize us and we’ll i itronize you,” is the slogan, and Atlai a people are catching on. The merchants and anufactusers who handle and make Atlanta prod ucts do not ask any undue discrimi nation, but they want he patronage of Atlantans when sue 1 , goods and products are as high-class as can be found elsewhere and a e offered at the same or a lower price. Hundreds of Atlanta a seized the opportunity which Georgia Products Day presented to find out more about Atlanta-made goods. They took their coupons from the Auditorium dinner tickets and redeemed them at grocery stores, bake shops, shoe stores, cloth ing stores and other plar*-s. The goods have in every instance given satis faction. More extensli’e displays are being planned by the makers of things in Atlanta. Extensive advertising cam paigns are being planned, and the ad vertisers feel sure they will reap a golden harvest in increased local trade. B rooks Morgan, of the Frank . E. Block Com pany, who helped give away thousands of boxes of crack ers and cakes Thursday. I those days the individual purchases were much larger than they are now. despite the increased population of the country and the greater number of retail outlets. Then a whole sea son’s merchandise was often contract ed for at one time, and If the mer chant were not a good buyer he paid for his ignorance or ill-luck With the separation of stores Into departments and the resultant in crease In the number of buyers per store, the Individual purchases be came smaller and more frequent. Buy ers used to come to market twice a year, or they came three or four times if they were not too far from New York. Now they come more frequently, and it is not a rare thing for many out-of-town buyers to visit this m*j - ket every month. Never before have the hotel registers borne the names of so many buyers at this time of the year. It Is admitted generally that the uncertainty attendant on the passage of the tariff bill had a deterrent ef fect on many buyers, but there aro some wholesalers who are waiting fof spring to prove their contention or the passing of'the seasons as a fsc- tor In retail merchandising. \ I m <y-V 'V- ; THE MAIL ORDER COFFEE ROASTERS ATLANTA COFFEE MILLS COMPANY Blenders «f HigtvQrade Coffer* Special Blends EUREKA. ATCO, SQUARE DEAL Rich in Flavor, Freah and Roe* Ask Your Grocer. Bay Your Coffee Direct From the Mid—Roasted Daily 402 Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, Ga Big Force Is Busy Developing Tracts For 30,000 Trees Red ‘Hills of Habersham’ Converted Into Blooming Orchards—Land Values Going Up. Over in Habersham County, near Clarkesville, a development in apple lands Is going on that promises to as sume large proportions. Tb« Hab ersham Orchard and Improvement Company has already planted 126 acres In trees, which are now two and three years old, arid as fast as practicable will continue the work until 1,700 acres will have been planted. There are 6,GOO trees on the 125 acres, and there will eventually be a total of 80,000 on the entire tract. Officers of the orchard company are: Norman T. Pool, president; J. R. Collier, vice president; L. A. Dottier, secretary and treasurer, and F. A. Qullllan, attorney. These men have the indorsement of C. C. New man, horticulturist of the South Car olina Experiment Station, and many other well-known citizens, and the orchard land is commended by O. B. Brackett, pomologi t of the Federal Department of Agriculture. Apple land In Habersham County has Increased wonderfully; It Is on the market at prices up to $800 an acre for four-year trees. Speaking of the development. Mr. Pool said: "The officers of the company are Atlanta business men who are bent on raising apples, not going Into the stock or bond business and selling shares on undeveloped property. We are selling bonds on what we have already set out, however, and people have taken $25,000 worth, which are secured by the Trust Company of Georgia, trustees for the bondhold ers. | "We have, a large force of men at work clearing up the land and expert tree officials in chafe** of the or chards.” w Costly Improvements. The Municipal Board of Catania, Italy, has submitted to the Municipal Council of that city a plan for pro viding better sanitation and other im provements in the city of Catania at an estimated cost of $5,790,000. Dutch Engineer’s Work. The Vice Consul of Callao, Peru, reports that the Peruvian Government has contracted with a Dutch engineer, who will be assisted by two other ex perts from Holland, to carry out the contemplated improvements of the port of Callao. Atlanta-Made Goods 1 riumph in Pad Award An estimated saving of at least $75,000 a year will be made to the patrons of the common achools of Georgia as a result of the adoption by the State School Book Commission Thursday of uniform Ink and pencil writing tablets for the school children of the State. The tablets are the work of J. R McRee, of Atlanta; Professor A. P. Griffin, of Stone Mountain, and Pro fessor R, C, Little, of Atlanta, and are made In Atlanta by Montag Brothers, stationery manufacturers. The pencil tablet contains 340 pages, while the Ink tablet for com position and examination contains 80 pages. They will retail for 5 cents apiece. ’ Heretofore pencil tablets o' the same grade of paper have con tained not more than 200 pages, while ink tablets have contained anywhere from 36 to 60 pages, according to the retailer handling them There will be a saving of nearly 7 per cent In the pencil pads and from 50 to 30 per cent in the ink tablets. Instead of the usua: fan^v pic tures on the fronts of the tablets, there will be model figures and smn-' of the simple rules of arithmetic on the pencil tablets and rules and punc tuation and capitalization on the Ink tablets. To prevent imitation and substitutes these front leaves have been copyrighted. Both Governor John M. Slaton and Superintendent of Schoe * M. L. Brit tain are enthusiastic over the saving which will result to the State by the use of these tabletB, as they repre sent a far greate.* value than mer chants are usually able to give the school children. This will also mean an increased pay roll for Mon tag Brothers, and will result In money being circulated In this section which otherwise would go to Northern or Eastern factories. ■ ; s;##i / i jr. / Buying Hosts Seek New York Marts Earlier This Year • Cause Is Generally Supposed To Be Due to Recent Tariff Legislation. NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—One of the mosf interesting results of the recent I passing of the tariff law is the large number of buyers it has brought to this market in a period which ordi narily is more or less noted for its si aujpun „jods„ st> jbj os ssoutetnb concerned. Twenty years ago, according to ex perienced local wholesalers, it was only on the rarest occasions that a retail merchant came to this market more than twice a year. At that time, they say, there was by no means the number of individual buy ers' there are to-day, which usually meant that the merchant himsqlf did all. or nearly all, of the buying. In Here We Are Again You may have noticed that we held up our advertising for the past few weeks. It looked like folks were buy ing more Red Seal' Shoes than our factories could make. We have now pretty well caught, up with our at-once orders. We are in good shape to fill orders promptly. Now this is the time to get ready for the holiday trade. J. K. ORR SHOE CO. RED SEAL SHOE FACTORY Atlanta Look through our catalogue for the season s best sellers. If you haven’t one, say so on a postal. GEORGIA PRODUCTS DAY ' EVERY DAY WHEN YOU WEAR ARAGON SHIRTS-—PANTS---OVER ALLS MAN! FACTI RED BY A, M. ROBINSON COMPANY W Nertli Pryor St. Atlanta, Georgia Value of Exports. The value of exports to the United | States declared through the London I Consulate General In the first nine ! months of the present year was $101.- 035,661, a decrease of $19,128,591 from the figures for the corerspondtng pe riod of last ye£r. Activity in Neckwear. There is noticeable activity in the high neck types of women's neckwear, and silk combinations with lace are j also moving well. The demand for celntures and girdles continues strong, ! and indications are that these goods will be good holiday features. Merchants Are Using Cry of ‘Shop Early’ Only nineteen more shopping days! Atlanta merchants are urging their customers to hurry uo and buy Christmas things in order chat every body—shopgirls and clerks as well as buyers -may enjoy the glad tidings cf the holiday. There will be thousands of things bought in these nineteen days, and thousands of dollars spent for them, and the merchants are expecting the heaviest trade In many years. Shop windows are already being gayly dec orated in anticipation of many calls for the articles that are displayed. The merchants are making a spe cial effort this year to put forth to best advantage Atlanta-made goods, demands for these lines having *n- creased wonderfully since last Christ mas. Extra store forces will soon he added, and no stone will be left un turned to give customers the very best and quickest service. Above all the din and clamor of the situation, however, rises the chorus of the merchants, "Shop early.” Salesmen Go Out With Spring Goodsj The force of salesmen of the Dough- erty-Little-Redwine Company ten in number have been on'the road for the past ten days with the new spring sam ples of this concern, and they report much interest among merchants. The generally good weather of the past week bus enabled the salesmen to get about over a wide territory, and or ders for the spring goods will soon be gin coming in fast. 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 SECRETAFY. Rhodes Building, - Atlanta. THE HJRSfiBERG CO. QUA LWSTT3 H&mt :':^t;or..:r-eoiA!)rB^}f3t3Su»l4des tf. < * - f7 WCt AON STfc Dougherty ■ Little-Redwine Company “They Sell Because They Satisfy Reads the Sign That Hangs Over the Door When you come to Atlftnta. drop in and let us show you through our new home, the most modern and thoroughly equipped jobbing house In the South. Here you will find a stock of wholesale Dry Goods and No tions of the season’s latest styles and designs. A showing c om plete In every detail and you will certainly tind what you v ant. If you can’t come to see ns, write us for salesman with com plete line of samples. Dougherty=Little*Redwine Company 92-94 South Pryor Street Atlanta, Ga. Your Last Chance For Holiday Goods Own up— You intended to handle Christmas Goods this season, didn’t you? Time slipped by— Now, it’s the 1st of December and that order is not placed yet. We expected some of our friends would find themselves in your fix, and prepared for them with a good stock of Toys, Dolls, Cut Glass, Stationery, Novelties, Etc. These goods can be sent out at once—in one shipment—from Atlanta. Come to see us this week, sure. Our sample room is just around the corner from the Terminal Station; you can’t miss it. Wire or write when you can come. MONTAG BROTHERS WHOLESALE ONLY 10 to 20 Nelson St. ATLANTA