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: 'OTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE MEN Lg__—ag*é}au@g‘:;éflm“_ji&’: WHO MAKE AND SELL ATLANTA PRODUCTS
We enjoyed an excellent business
during he past week, uld W o
Bariniwe of the Ragan-Malone Com
pa , wholesale dry goods, notions, ete,,
“our road men having sent in good or
ders
‘ln addition to this wur houge trade
hag haer inusarily good Business is
Sowing pas good as we had expect
ed, and Lppear that MH W be a
Kood year for Atlanta wholesale deal
ers.’
Saum Haes, W, M. Johnson, W, W
Soott, J. C. Hanes and J. R. Pickens
are in the house, having come in with
-'utfi;nrn- and to meect others who had
notified them they would be in Atlanta
They are all as busy as ecan be ind
are taking orders as fast as they can
be filled
4 1. Warman, who s evervbody
I Atlanta's retuil line Ragan-Malone
goods, is back on the job again after
4 season of siekness I. L. Warman
knows more people in Atlanta than per
baps any other one man, and they are
all hy#: friends and glad to see him back
on t job
McELROY
The
Limb
That'’s
Nearest
to Nature
MEElroy Limbs are the
lightest, easiest to wear
and least complicated
on the market. McEl
roy Limbs work on
Nature's plan. Your
artificial fimb trou
bles end when you
wear a McElroy
Limb.
Write, phone eor call for demonstention,
We guarantee perfect fit.
ARTIFICIAL
MCELROY LIMB CO.
66% W. Mitohell St., Atlanta, Ga.
. Bell Phone Main 1992 Masic Electro Plate Makers
Atlanta Music Printing Co.
ERNEST and HOWARD PARHAM
C v ek
51 South Foesyth Street = ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Furniture, Carpets and Rug:
STERCHI
FURNITURE AND CARPET COO.
ATLANTA, GA.
Mail Orders Sh.ioped Promptly.
“THE SOUTH’S LAly(;-.EI"ST WHOLESALERS”
: When You Cgme to Market.
BLANK BOOKS, BIBLES. PRINTERS’
PAPERS :
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ATLANTA - . . . . . . GEORGIA
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"'.’fl.‘flg‘ T ATLANTA . I?
ACCOUNTANTS,
TTUYHE AMERICAN AUDIT 60
Fourth National Bank Bullding.
Phone Main 872
S B Bidwell C_P_A, Resident V. P.
AUTO’\ TO:!. llAl!. QQ)I\IRI.
AT AUTO TOP AND TRIMMING €O,
165-157 Edgewpod Ave, Phonme llvy 7560
Ploneers with :ho largest factory of this
|_kind i the Bouth. Try us
AR e— e — SRR
AUTO FENDER, RAD!ATO! WO!K
WART[EK SHEET METAL MFG. €O
M 8 Fdgewood Ave Phone Main; 1891
Modern repair plant for all classes of
Hood. Fender laf(""i-. Radiator Work,
DRY COODS AND NOTIONS,
= H. MENDEL, ™ i
“-t,! Gilmer lfl"lN;l“ Audl‘;orlu-m
Complete stoc adles’ an on's
Ready-to-Wear Dry Goods and Shoos,
RAGAN-MALONE COMPANY,
32-34 South Pryor St.
White Goods, Pants, Overalis. Dist. Hal
Mark ‘Shirts. .
- AM. ROBINSON COMPANY,
§9-61 South Pryor St
Dz‘oooa-, Notlons. We make Arngan
Brand of Shirts. Pants and Overails.
. JOHN SILVEY & CO.
114 Marietta St
Wholesale l)r" Goods, l"u.nc{”Dn-n
g-. Silks. Notions, ""’.!EA.;.),!?.-_
ENGRAVED STATIONERY.
T WEBB & VARY COMPANY,
llss West Alabama St :
an Stationery, Wedding
; Announcements, ete
White Provision Co.
Depdrtment Heads
‘Develop Business Rivalry
A rather strong rivalry developed
among the department heads of the
White Provision Company puckln’
house foree, under the direction ol
the genial and popular superintend
ent, Charles H. Sheldon, and that of
the strong-armed Cornfield sales
force, headed by Byron H. Matthews,
This competition and rivalry is the
result of a conversation hetween Sn
perintendent Sheldon and Mr., Mat
thews, the ever-enthusiastic chief of
the Cornfield sales force. ¢
Mr. Matthews ©hallenged the su
perintendent that his department
would actually sell more Cornfield
brand hams during the current week
than would be produced from live
hogs for replacement in the curing
department of the packing house,
This challenge was accepted by Mr,
Sheldon and the competitiol began
bright and early Monday morning.
President White was called on for
an estimate as to the receipts of Hogs
for the week, and when It developed
that this week's receipts would be the
heaviest of any week so far this sea
#on, the superintendent smiled. Mr.
Matthews called in his salesmen and
told them the story. These boys
proved to bhe true Americans, and
with smiles said: “We will hever go
down In defeat.” And while receipts
of hogs at the White Provision Com
pany have been heavier this week
Three of Silvey's Seven Service Stars
wore Sams! Sounds like “Sister Susie
Sewing Shirts for Soldiery Neverthe
less, it was a fact. Out of the seven
men sent by Silvey to serve (Uncle Sam
three of them were Sams. Sam Johnson
was the first, who wen? to the Norfolk
navy yvard and served on a training ship
as musician Sam MeDaniel was also
sent to the navy at Key West, and Sam:
P'. Jones, the last to return, was sent
to the signal corps near Baltimore He
received only Saturday his honorable
discharge, and has now been returned
HEATING. ! 1
P A A
MONCRIEF FURNACE CO. |
Heavy brick-set furnaces for schools.
Furnaces for residences, churches.
Registers, ventllators. asbestos goods
Smmml— T se s
LEATHER.SHOE FINDINGS, ETGC.
A A AP,
ATLANTA LEATHER CO.
168-170 \whitehall. Phone 1876,
Leather Findings, Shoe Store Sup
plies and Shoemaker Sulplies and Har
ness Hardware
NECKWEAR.SUSPENDER MFGS.
ALL-STAR MFG. CO.. ¢
66-70 West Mitchel) St.,
Mfra Neckwear, Suspenders Gartoers
| Belts, eto.
i i i
" STATIONENY DRUG SUNDRIES.
AP AP v A eB .
THE 8 P RICHARDS COMPANY
'Jf-'.1.‘,-u Central Avenue
Whotles®le "Paper Statiorery and full
line of Printers’ Papers, ’
————————————— .
THE HIRSHBERG COMPANY,
f 13-16-17 Nelson Btreet. * -
Mfrs. of Celebrated Giendaie line of
Stationery,. Schoo! Supplies Sundries
SRS WHAOLBSALE AND MFAS
J. K. ORR SHOE COMPANY,
Mfrs. of Red su,l s!n:- ‘;lm'vn’n‘u
lesrooms, 30-32 Auburn Ave. Fac
?:n.,m. Yonge ana Chamberlin Sta
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN - A NewgßaßQf for People Who Think — SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1919.
Lthan any previous week during the
entire season, the sales department
has sold and delivered a greater num
ber of "ornnegd hams to the Atlanta
trade during fhese past six days than
have been fresh hams produced in the
curing department from live hogs
killed for the same period.
You ecan sot stop these Cornfield
salesmen, and when they have as easy
task as that of seiling Cornfield hams
to their Atlanta clistomers and friends
there is no machine on earth can stop
them. It Is needless to say that a
certain city sales manager is smok-
Jng himself more freely and is treat
ing his friends to good cigars at the
expense of a certain packing house
superintendent.
W. L. Mewborn, sales manager of
the White Provision Company, left
last Sunday in his car for a visit te
Macon, Savannah and other branch
selling points. Mr. Newborn will make
a general tour of South Georgia be
fore returning. Mr. Mewhorn Is one
of the most popular ulinme-n in the
State when it comes to selling goods
during the day and talking to the
young ladies In the evenings.
P— \
Among the out-of-town (‘,ornfleld;
boys visiting the home plant were O,
J. Powers, of LaGrange; W. L. White,
of Rome, and J. K. Reeves, of Griffin
Science Helps Nature
.
In Restoring Wounded
. . .
Soldiers to Active Life
Artificial limbs that are so true to
nature as to deceive even experts are
being manufactyred by the McElroy Ar
tificlal Limb Company in Atlanta,
Many of the brave boys who lost
limbs in the great war are being cared
for by the Atlanta concern, not only In
feet, but in hands as well. Of course,
the hand is not so useful as the feet
or legs, but it chn be used to great ad
vantage when the wearer has become
sufficiently familiar with its operation.
Artificial limbs are being made to fit
the particular person who is to wear
them, a plaster paris cast being made
of thc\llmb and the member being ,built
to fit that particujar limb. In this way
the pain is practically eliminated, while
a greater degree of comfort is given.
Science has come to the aid of nature
in the manufacture of artificial limbs,
the result being that they are made life
ke and useful.
to the notion stock of John Silvey & Co.
D P, MecDaniel, manager of the notion
department, was glad to have him back.
'Neal Stoner, néalued en:gkz{oe of
the Silvey Company, u#m buri unday
last, the entire department attending
the fumeral in a body, headed by R. K,
Rumbx. Young Stoner had been with
the company some time and was one
of the most faithful, trusted and best
workers in the hoflse..
I,
A
Free
Trip
to Atlanta is swvalla
ble to the merchant
R
“*-hnd.ollls
chants’' Association.
Write to
H.T.MOORE, Sec’y
Gl amber of Commeres
Building,
Atlanta, Oa.
Nothing Suceeds Like Success
Ad men say prosperity is coming-—-it is already here:
Our business last year was the best ever. We are starting
even better for 1919. There's a reason for this. Good work,
prompt deliveries, latest type. But the big reason, reason.
able prices. . :
N. C. TOMPKINS
No Big Overhead Expense.
16 W. Alabama Bt. —GOOD PRINTING-— Phone Main 795.
Our Motto for 30 Years.
Herring-Hall-Marvin Fireproof Safes
Baylis Office Equipment Co.
No. 1 S. Broad St. Phone Main 124
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13eusEns 48
. Percy, of the Dobbs & Wey
:t‘um;‘: ny. has returned from a trip to
Florida in his automobile, and says he
'hu.d the time of his life, driving, fishing
g;;nd taking life easy
| “I reall would nave remained away
| for another week,” sald Mr. Percy, “but
jour business was such as to demand
| my immediate return to Atlanta,'’
With W. J. Snow in Northwest Geor
gia and Alabama, Sergeant Charles W,
4 Skinner in Northeast e orgia and por
| tions of South Carolina, J. W. @ Donnell,
{who has been ill for some time, well
and back on his job in Southwest Geor=
| gia, and W. Jeter Weems on theé. Geor
;mn road and Southeast Georgia, busi
ness is coming i good and strong, and
| from the present outlook 1919 will be a
| banner year for the Dobbs & Wey Com
pany.
i “For almost half & century we have
sold a number of customers every year
land every season, and added to these
lare the new ones being sold every day,
| 80 we are very optimistic over the fu
| ture, especially this year. ‘
| "Our salesmen are pushing the sale
|nf the famous Johnson English porce
iain, white and wrl artistic designs im’|
!rhln ware for future delivery, which will
| be the latter part of the summer. |
I “This great manufacturing concérn |
was prepared when the armistice was
signed to get right down to business,”’
continued Mr. Perecy, “‘and the result
is that our importations will be as large
as usual in this and other, Jines.” |
“Some of the merchants who are wait
ing for goods to get lower before buy
ing are going to find themseives in a
close corner before they realize it,”" sald
J. Saul, of J. Saul & Co., wholesale deal
ers in mewn's, women's and children’s
clothing.
“If the merchant will really analyze
the conditions of the market he will
readily see that there will be no decided
reduction in prices for many months. In
fact, it will be a year before there are
many reductions worth, while, for the
factories have sold out their products,
and the soldiers returning to civil life
must be clothed
“Atlanta merchants have made good
purchases and the stocks are in good
condition The retail trade can do bet
ter right here than they can at the fae
tory, for the goods are here and they
were bought or contracted for before
prices went s 0 high -
“My advice to the retailer is that he
be prepared to meet the demands of his
customery, for if he waits untf\l there is
a drop in ‘lnu'u-‘ before buying he wiil
find that the goods are not to be had
ind his business will saffer as a re
sult.”
J. SBaul & Co. has enjoyed an excellent
business during the month, their sales
showing a ?.1.-11«‘“«1 increase even over
last year. 'They have offered some un
usual bargains which the retail mer
chants have been gquick to take advan
tage of.
.
Dublin and Laurens Bank
T
Pays 6 Per Cent Dividend
DUBLIN, GA., Jan, 25.—At ‘the an
nutl meeting of stockholders, just held,
the Dublin and Laurens Bank of this
city increased its capital stock from
$75,000 to SIOO,OOO, and get aside a sum
to its surplus and undivided profits
account which made the total of that
fund $125,000. It also paid the usual
6 per cent semi-annual dividend to the
stockholders
This bank has enjoyed a very pros
perous year during 1918, and all officers
were re-elected, as follows: President,
C. W, Brantley; vice presidents, W W
Robingon and H. A. Knight; cashier,
8. J. Lord; assistant “vashiers, B. B.
Fordham and M. A. Regers.
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| X Atlanta Georgia |
Carhartt Overalls
Best For Wear
Write for Prices
Hamilton Carhartt
Cotton Miils
* ATLANTA
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The above interesting map, issued by the United States Chgmber of Commerce, shows business
conditions in the United States'as of Januaty 10, 1919. The map is based on data furnished by 700
traified observers.
By THOMAS C. SHOTWELL.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—For the first
time since the armistice was signed the
business map issued monthly by the
Chamber @f Commerce of the United
States shows a marked change of con
ditions. Business has deteriorated in
all of Florida, the southern half of Geor
gla and the extreme south of South Car
olina. Also in southern Ohio, western
West Virginia and ndrthern Michigan.
In the northwestern part of Montana
and forthwestern North Dakota business
which was fair when the war ended is
now bad. The same condition also pre
vails on the border between Nebraska
and Kansas #nd in southwestern lowa.
There is a marked improvement in .ex
tending southwesterly from Des Moines,
throulgh parts of western Missouri, cen
tral Kansas and northern Oklahoma,
‘“There has beéen no panie, no precipi
tate do;{;lhw in prices, no sudden hu&z
off in the volume of business,” says Arch
er Wall Douglas, under whose direction
the map has been prepared.. ‘“The great
commercial world stood pat, and went
vn doing business much after the same
fashion as before, only with added cau
tion, and with closer scanning of the
future, The past two-months have been
‘a most unique testimgny to the common
sense and cool-headédness of the na
tion. KEspecially is this true because no
one deludes hinself as to the future and
its portentous happenlngl.
In all sections from_the Atlantic sea
board to the Pacific CBast, there is uni
versal expectation of lower prices. This
decline has already begun in some lines
and every onegbelieves that it is only the
beginning of a far-reaching readjust
ment. Yet withal, there is an equal con
sciousness that higher prices, though not
80 high as during the war, will probably
be our portion for some indefinite period
and maturally they will be acvompanid
by a higher scale of wages and salaries
than prevailed before the war. The real
question Mes in the relation of these
two, wages and prices of commodities,
and on t%:a fast-growing belief that the
Georgia Cotton Ginnings by
Counties as Reported by Gov’t
According to a report just issued by
Director Sam L. Rorers, of the Bureau
of the Census, Department ot Com
merce, cotton ginnings in Georgia prior
to January 1 totaled 1,952,890 bales, as
compared with 1,768,315 balés for the
same date a year ago. -
The report was made public for the
State on Thursday, January 9.
The censtus report Issued Thursday
glaced ginnings %n Georg‘l‘a prior to
anuary 16 at 1,994752 les, against
1,781,738 a vear ago. \
Following gives ginnings b{ counties
for the State--quantities are in running
bales, countinF round as half bales—
exclusive of linters: /
Qounty-— ¥ | 1918, | 1917.
Apli PRSI S | 5,560 6,400
T =6O 4% onihe v i 2,871 3,359
BRSO &, 'ea vy ss eniin L?oz 3.076‘
BRIGWIB 3 o 0 30w 9 13,4156 11,371
BRKE .. oo oo be"%e s 9,690 7,080
PINEROW .o oi e ohwn o 17,142 14,620
BRI .. oo behvasluad i lIN 14,146
BW ol e S 8,324 }uss
PN "oiy RN e 6,110 0,601
B i en e e 13,799 10,683
Blockley .. s .. .. 11,884 11,328
TUNORE s i deSes aw 6,147 7,417
BrYan .. .¢ o o 6 oo ¥ 3,879 3,491
BUHOOR ¢ Vo’ suiifs Vu 30,072 29,502
TUEME. <4 o 8 s e $e s 61,654 63,786
g\‘m- ss oo 00 we ‘eag e 15,738{ ‘13,012
eTS G N RS G 6,31 4,994
ORMPhII o' oAy 12,892 10,358
SOREIAY ... i ek e e 10,489 11,776
OREPBII .. ... 0w o] BAXIEEH 24,308
Chattahoochee .. .4 .. 3,136 2,192
Chattooga ~ ~ .4 ..| 9.881] 6816
Cherokee .. .. 4% % .+ 10,172 6,279
EHBEED .. s sd4e¢ o9t 13,778 11,943
CRAPEDN. o 5 a 6 9% 4o nb 12,653 8,99%
RIODE. 50 ie sNe . eeiie 16,927 12,849
BOETI i wn s b o S 14,275 21,685
EIGUItR e, "o A v 12,829] 13,831
Columbiey .. .. ¢ . 17,249 13,636
Coweta .. ~ .. .. .. 28988 l 18497
XIS o 7 . vhies v 5,916 5,846
Crisp . R I 13,049 15,596
SRRSO . i et 4,629 5,004
SRIERIN oy s s A ae kflll.flx 9,39¢
TR e RO A 32,7 30,862
IR R N e 30,801 33177
DOUEREIY .y o s 6,184 8,309
SOOMMEIOS 6 . s Neae 9,333 6,427
BN .. i s e s 7,934/ 6,142
Effingham .. .. .. ..l = 54761" 4420
Ebavlee.. v R 10,0880 INVEY
BRI O v s o !E.Olll 36,296
BYEES . o 0 he WiLba, 7.929 7.073
FRYORES s boraafvi] 15088 31100
BIOPW s 50 % 56 b 0 we 1T'8256]. 13,398
POV . ysvinn Bh: oo 10,519 5,955
FIORERE .. i ol o\ v 24.03’ 20,184
CHAMOBOR . v soenasl 4,863 4,919
SR .. e s 12,8101 8,239
GUABP .« oo o 5 W\ied ws 2,673 2,975
LOPOMD® a o defsn .ks o 4 io.g 15,001
uinnett .. o \3 .. 27,736 20,474
B o v BT e 14,218 8,178
Hanoook .. "% .. .l 93530 38881
.
U.S. Can Win Geramny’s
.
Trade in Central America
NEW' YORK Jan. 26~~The United
States is the logical successor of Germany
tin the commercial field of Central Ameri
| ea. according to Dr. J. P. Henderson, a
scientist who has lived and traveled wide-
Iy in the countries adjoining the Isthmus
of Panama ‘
Dr Henderson, bflfnrqid leaving ‘for
Guatemala to bring up to Mate his infor-y
mation on trdde ronulhll\lim said: -~
“The Germans had carried their peliey
of peaceful penetration no farther in_any
‘lul‘nuty than in Central America. T\ey‘
! had intermarried with the population and
had a firm hold on the import business of
the five countries. ‘
“Their purpose undoubtedly was th nake
u greas German colony out of N!cn&un
Salvador, Costa Rica, . Quatemala an
Honduras. The natives, however, knew
this, and certain factions in all the coun
tries were always hostile to them.
“Since the war brought to light many
ur-h-rvmdml instances of German treach
ery, 1 n-American sentiment has been
s 0 aroused against the Teutons that they
will mever be able to regain their su
premacy.
“The United States, if she will only
ltlrm-rv the opportunity, can have Germany's
ace, -
\"\\'« can sell them salt, tement, ma
ehinery, agrieultural implements, vehicies
and manufactured articles and buy I’TN*
them pulp wood, seventy-two kinds \eof
timber, . drugs, hides, broom oorn, fruit,
lead, cdpper, iron, manganese and num
‘befle. raw materials ™ o
general welfare of the country depends
more v(a‘gon the great purchasing ofower,
and cdnsequent employment the
many, glan upon any other one factor.
‘““Merchandise stocks -in the hands of
dealers, wholesale and retail, are nermal
on the whole, thourh hea.vi in a few
sections, and rather light in the drought
stricken reégions of tfxe Northweshdand
Southwest. They are well assort in
general, and all of our elaborate defini
tion about essentials and nonessentials
seems largely forgotten,
““It is noteworthy that the general at
titude and action are everywhere alike;
cautious buying for immediate needs
only, careful merchandising,, close col
lections, and few commitments for the
future.
“Uncertainty reigns in much of the
cotton belt because, the farmers are de
terminedly holdi:% their cotton-—unl
they still have much unsold—for highe
prices and are greatly disturbed over
the recent severe decline. Both facts
and staistics seem against the farmer,
but the future of cotton prices is always
an interesting gamble with fate.
In southeastern New Mexico, the
greater part of Texas, and portions of
northern Montana and North Dakota,
there is but little doing nor will there
be, until a new crop furnishes the neces
sary means for buying and selling. °
‘““There Is a rift in the clouds, how
ever, in west Texas, around Burk
burnett, Ranger and Dublin, because
of oil discc. -.ies with much “drilling
and prospecting and a sudden inrush of
ai x;lotpulltion hoping to get rich over
night. ~ ‘
“Ther"nda growing ease in getting
goods, a not so much of a seller's
markte as during the war. i
‘““Because of cancellation of Govern
ment contracts and shutting down of
Lovernment works, labor is not so well
employed, not so peripatetic, and of
better calibre and efficiency. The in
dustrial centers show but sma# effects
of the loss of Government contracts as
most manufacturers are still far behind
on old orders from domestic business.
Cancellations of orders are compara
tively few. |
“Great stimulus was given the holiday
Haralson .. N & .. .. 9,166 6771
;}prfls oo el Wiise e e 12,887 10,212
BEL voisa vo feuiee e 15.0*1 15,740
BN .o w 5 Vi 0y oo s 10,719 7,826
BRONIT ius baiipe v 00l SENTH - SR.OON
HOUSOR .o oo a 0 ov ¥ 19,443 17,603
RIS o 2 oy ve guibe e 11,091 15,117
JROKSOR o oo H 0 bs es 31,681 24,520
APNDOE vs ve vofles vk 24,600 21,394
:}eff DOVIR i il b 3,221 3,300
POl v . v viius v 27,797! 32,264
JONKING 5. o 0 se- i s 23,645 19,960
SOBDION vy sa We o seles 18,645 20,420
FONE . s Ws avies e 12,706 f 50,961
T RN R R 54,096 50,961
BL. dh eel 6,647/, 7,523
Liberty .. .o 40 0020 o 2,339 ’073
LEUOBIE .ii de Mkl vy 8,84114 8,187
WO .. 6 G 645 i 2,08 6,624
MEDUIfio <. %3¢ 5o oo s 12,118 11,101
MMBOBRE iy 50 e e w 0 13,221 14,388
MAGIOON .5 o 0 G oo 6a 20,3571 . 19,326
Marioh .. s s s o 4,99 4,647
Meriwethef ~ e oo o+ 28,412 22,921
BTN .. .o rB ek 7,014 4,634
Mitchell' .. oo os oo . 12,451 12,730
MOoNnroe .. se o oe’sn 23,206 20,157
MOPgAR .i~ee oo oo o] 29,68 23,275
MUITAY .. oo .00 oo oo 3,923 2,247
MUSCORE® .. oo oo oo 6,062 4,667
Newton .. oc 6o oo o 22,633] 19,107
Oconne .. .o oo oo o 16,320 14,583
Oxlethom *y Pume e 23,991 21,570
Paulding ~ .. vy e e 9,636 6,958
TUREOO LoVo eoo anl 82,956 6,870
PIRO .. oo ne he of v 24,837 20,730
O (. s v seien 11,930 9,377
Pulaski .. <o 3¢ oo .. 11,709 14,468
PULBAIN .. be o oo l4s 11,895 13,006
RARAOIDR 5y s vios sains 10,568 8,236
Richmond .. 4« 'vo . 14,644 11,853
Rockdale .. ec'e: oo o 10,137 7.139
BERIOY . b 44 evs 5,993 5,893
Boreven .. de"s. oo s 31,112 33,752
BRINE .. oo Fid e e 20,703 16,617
Bophens .o ocieos oo N 7.152 4,823
BORWIEE oo oo Nes.en e 5,698 4,497
BOmtel .. s wa ee s 26,516 25,356
Talbot .. ~ as o« oo *+ 8561 8,317
TaHarerro .. & 'vo oo o» 10,363| 9,210
NS . Seae e 11,863 11,020
BRI . N oy e e e 10,743 9,679
BRUALE V. . BC o 8 e 17,327 18,871
T.X:;\" se waialy ve wa 8 18,887 19,346
THhENM .. oo 8¢ se s 7,663 7,641
L IEITY - G e e 9,631 10,951
TOOMBE +v av fie o wsle 14,408 15,664
TYOUD .. 'so oo 30 on o> 22,412 17,321
LR e T e ek 15,087 18,160
; W 5 i Ry e 11,836 10,261
- Upso, “ian Baeeiek sl o FESNT 12,666
Wn‘finer aa e Yee e e 6,609/ 4,457
Walton ¢ Joe v oo s 31.0“ 28,066
WEPS . s e e 1,417 1,648
WVALTON o oNI 0 oo »f 13,687 11,808
Washington .. ~ ..-.i| 29,277 29,507
SRS o e TEL Des e 5,536 6,133
Whealer .. s o 6 oo oo 8,434 8,217
Whitfleld .c 000 0 o 5} . 6,940 3,842
WHEOE .. oo 50 00 /o 24,146 25953
Wlkes .. 0000400 oo 29,423 25,773
Wilkingon .. «u o 0 s o 8,869 9,005
FOPR .. v onins eas 14,601 16,633
Al other .. .. .. .. ..1 858 34,600
Total,. ~ +« .. .. ..11,063,890]1,768,315
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Case Thrashing Ye?'
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Best in Its History
The forthcoming annual report of the
Jgl. Case Threshing Machine Company for
t,a fiscal yegr ended December 31, 1918,
will show that the company had the best
ear in Its history. Gross sales for the
;:xur were well above $26,000,000 com
pared with $17,667,7564 in 1917 and $13.-
047,257 in 1916,
~ This is directly due to the intensive
production of foodstuffs by farmers
throughout this country, Canada and South
America, which resulted in largely in
creased demand for all kinds of aericul
tural implements ami tractors.
The report will shaw that during the
year the company reduced its bonded in
debtedness to SK.ZOfi,QO. This compares
with bonded indebtedness on December 31,
1917, of $6,012,000, o .
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U. S. Beat Germany in
g .
Science, Says Redfield
NEW YORK, Jan 26 -—America must
send her commerce out into the seas “‘as
& servant of the nations and not as an
exploiter of herself,” Secretary of Com
merce Rv-u.ah\’mm at a luncheon of the
Republican Clu “This is no time to get
all we can out of the misfortunes of our
‘meighbors.” he nul} Mr. Redfield de
¢lared thim country” had not overtaken
Germany in scientific improvement dur
ing the war, but had “beaten her at her
own game. " g
trade by the coming of peace, and the
buying of luxuries and expensive arti
cles of mere ornamentation was most
marked.
“Coal mining has suddenly shifted
from a shortage to a surplus, and in a
number of sections mines are curtailing
operations because of lack of orders.
“The winter wheat planting is about
50,000,000 acres, and its general condi
tion has not been equaled in late years
save in 1915. The greatest increase in
acreage is from Ohio westward to Kan
sas and Oklahoma, especially in the lat
ter States. Even out in thirsty Arizona
they expect to raise 1,000,000 bushels of
wheat this coming harvest, where not so
long ago only the hostile and forbidding
desert held sway.
“In spite of all the pressing and im
mediate food problems across the wa
ter. there does not seem any reason why
the next six months should not brini an
appreciable decline In the price of food
products. Both wheat and hogs are
sustained at their present figures only
by Government regulation.
‘“The recent official estimate in\he
yvield of corn for 1918 is not in accord
with the best private reckoning. The
greatly reduced estimate between No
vember 1 and December 1, as a resmit
of the abandoned acreage and the dam
age done in July and August,seems a be
lated consideration of what had already
been figured by the trad; in their own
estimates on September’ 1. Moreover,
the official method of a mathematical
equation, differs inherently from the
best private system, which is that of
comparison with the yields of the pre
vious year. Besides, the census returns
from crop ylelds ahd the official esti
mates for the census years show
startling discrepancies.
“One of the most significant features
is the general relief at the axpiration of
control and reiulatloq in many lines.
For in truth, the commercial world is
wary of artificial restraint, now that the
necessity for it no longer exists and is
eager for return to theé natural laws of
supply and demand, ‘and that ecompeti
tion and Individual Initiative which
made America and placed her in the
forefront of the nations.
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Liberty Bonds Are
Onßargain Counter
HAT conservative oconcern,
the Alexander Hamilton In
stitute, believes “the declin‘
in stocks and railroad bonds has
been influenced mainly by the
noteworthy slump in Liberty
bonds. The price of Liberty bonds
_has actually fallen until they yleld
more than the gilt-edged bonds of
some of the railroad companies.
That is_why some Investors are
beginning to sell rallroad bonds in
order to buy Liberty bonds. The
latter are absolutely seoure and
can be used to borrow money at
the banks at preferential rates,
*The year 1919 promises diffical
ties to the stock speculator, but a
paradise to the investor. Bonds
offer high yields, with prospects
of gradual appreciation In price,
while the purchasing power of in
come is being enhanced BY declin
) ing commodity prices.*
* |
Cuba Cane Preparing ‘
Mortgage Bond Issue
Directors of the Cuba Cane Sugar M‘
poration have decided to call a meeting
of stockholders in the near future to .-1
thorize the issue of mortgage Donds. While
.no del‘ini\e arrangemeonts have beem con
summated' for the issuanec of these se
curities the directors have thought it wise
to prepare this near financing medium. |
The total isswe of bonds to be autharized
is expected to be $25,000,000, but not all of
this is expected to be sold at this time,, ‘
The management states that the com-)
pany, vhirl’h’la the largest manufacturer
of raw sug in the world now has m‘
funded debt, and that during the lut‘
three years has expended over $25,000,000
for properties. Due to the fact that the
price of raw sugar has been substantially
increased and that the peak of the com
pany's expenses has been reached, it 18
expected by the directors that the cor
poration should have a very prosperous
year.
Williams Reports Record
Prosperity Despite War Strain
Despite tremendous war burdens, mational banks grew and prospered
last year, their resources, earnings and deposits establishing new high
records, according to the annual report of John Skelton Williams, Comp
troller of the Currency. The report said the success of the financial
management of the war was largely due to the eonservative principles
maintained by the banks and the Federal Reserve System, and the eff
clent direction of the individual institutions, \
The report covered the year ending October 31, 1918, and said that
half the $17,000,000,000 of Liberty bonds marketed up to that date were
sold through national banks, yet the banks’ deposits increased nearly
two billion dollars. Interest rates were kept low and stable, in spite of g
big demand for credit from many sources, Mr. Williams said, and these
were only two failures during that fiseal year. /
“A financial catastrophe,” which would have serfously affected the
banks and business in general 148 t year was 4verted, said Mr. “Williaaos,
by the Government's taking control of the railroads.
The b:mkinspower of the Unléed States last June was caleulated =
the Comptroller at $39,082,000,000, £n increase in the year of $4,609,
and a total seven times greateg than in 1890,
The Comptroller contrasted present conditions with those of
panic of 1883, when 153 national banks, with liabilities of more
$80,000,000, suspended. In the frst vear of the war, on the other
only four national banks suspended, representing IMabilities of
$5800,000, .
“An insurance premiim of s§o per million doftars of @epostits
be sufficlent so guarantee the deposits of all national banks
loss, provided the percentage of loss shown in the last four and &
years is maintained,” said the report, commenting on the v
tion foer Government guarantee of d eposits of §5,000 or
tion, it was declared, would bring many millions as
hiding placea. X . 5
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e e
Davenport Sdys Purchases Abroad
Should Be Routed Direct
i~
to Our Ports, . 4.
A .
CHICAGO, ¥an. 25.—T0 ngs '
trade the United States mmet
abroad and route its purchases
from the producer to our ports, P
stead of paying tribute to some Fita
ropeam shipping interest, accowding
to H. F. Davenport, secretary of tie
Brunswick - Balke-Collender Company
and autharity on foreign trade mad
ters. .
~ “Every American who has visited
the great exposition of world's raw
materials on the Liverpool docks and
the East India Company's wharves
on the’Thames in England knows why
English manufactures control the
world’s foreign trade,” Mr. Daven
port said yesterday.
England the Middleman. .
. “The Liverpool docks are sevep .
miles long on the river front and
there is perhaps a mrile of hasin dock
age for every foot of frontage. '%
are in times of peace crowded
ships of every kind from all parts of
the universe discharging ¥aw mate
rial and receiving factory produets.
~ “One can see here more piantatiem
produets, hides, tallow, crade rubber
dyewoods, teas, coffee, lumber, fancy
woods in greater quantity and variety
than at any other place en earth.
~ “Ask where this vast quantity of
‘material comes from and where &t
‘goes and the office managers will tell
' you perhaps 10 per cent of it is used
by factories in England and many
thousands of toms originating in Cen
tra! or South Asherica will again
cross the ocean to the United 83:
or some other foreign country.
land is the broker, the middleman and
tariff collector. ‘
“But the real feature of the British
trade plan which Interests the Ames
ican manufacturer is that the ships
which bring these materials to the
Liverpool . docks, the Thames or
Southampton do not return home with
empty holdg. Their cargees are then
the products of English factories.
' “Some small part may be from the i
mills of the conti t, but even this ,
has passed throdgh the warehouses
at Liverpool, the East India decks or
Southempton and paid tribute to the
Britsh ‘brokers or middiemen.
Key to Foreign Commerce.
“This system, ecoupled with Ervg
land’s Board of Trade, foreign com
merce bank, commercial club and
Consular service, all interlocking and
working in perfect harmony, suppty
the key to#England’s foreign ocom
' merce control that Germany tried for
‘yea.rs td break with cheap prices, en
slaved labor and subsidized shipping
‘marine,
“That is the story of the biz ware
houses on the Liverpool docks Its
ruessage to the manufacturers of the
United States is: Send your buyers
to South America and the Orient. Let
them do the pioneer work and blame {
the way for your salesmen.
“When you sell goods for expost
and find you can not make delivery
on time because of no direct trane
portation fdeilities you are quite like
ly to discover you have wasted time /
and money nndo&ve created a bad
impression” with the buyer, Which
means another boost for our Euro-
Pean competitors.
Send ,Buyers First.
“Let our buyers turn “the tide of
trade’ toward our North American
ports. Induce our importers of fancy
wecod logs, veneers, dyestuffs, eto., to
divert their,orders from Liverpoot @b
rect to the shipping port.
“The producer will find a ship to
deliver the goods at American ports
without twice crossing the ocean and
paying tribute to our esteemed fellow
citlze:fz the English brokers. The
ship ich brings this raw material
to our shores will not returm home
with empty hold.
“It will carry goods of American
manufacture and open a line of trans
portation that will make easy the
work of the salesman who followsthe |
buyer.”
Outlining Shipping Plans.
Plans to give manufacturers of the
Chicago distriet every shipping facih
ity emjoyed by tidewater manufactur
e€rs were outlined yesterday by the
forelgn trade subcommittee of the
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association.
Formal recommendation that trade
service bureaus be established by the
association in New York City, New
Orleans and San Francisco was made
by the subcommittee. Ratification of
the recommendation by the matn
committee is regarded as a certaintx
The bureaus will render to manw
facturers of this district exactly the
service that a personal representative
in the shipping port would render,
They will lopk after shipments 103
warehouses, charter ship space,
up gedltn. report at once on arvivals
of rAw materials and in general look j
after the interests of this locality,
Manufacturers belMeve the bureams
will remove all cduse for the frequemt
complaint that many commission
houses, ship lines, warehouse ownems '
and others often discriminate against
inland® manufacturers in favor of
tidewater interests.