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BLONDINE 1o
LATEST HERE
: The high price of today makes the
High price of many years ago seem
almost hegligible, and the high price
of today will soon seem cheap com
pared to the prices of tomerrow, in
the opimion of 1. P. Rosser, millinery
‘unr for the J. Regensteln Company.
' Mr. Rosser went to the source—in
e Bast-—recently, and learned of
ditions at first hand.
““The high price of today will seem
dheap a few months hence,™ he de
sd. "“This condition is due to la
r trotthles, in a great measure, at
1 manufacturing centers, Labor is
manding and receiving enormous
creases in salary, fewer hours,
sch advances the cost of produc
on. There seems to be no roof to
halt soaring prices. And as for next
season, I would not undertake to
make a guess.
. I recently passed three weeks in
New York. During that time I
bought, which was before the general
advance began. 1 look for a great
season in panne velvet, beaver cloth
sombinations as well as velvet hats,
Long nap velours of the better qual
ities are very good. :
*Phe new thing in feather trim
mings is known as ‘blondine’ It
looks like paradise—is pretty and ex
pensive,
“As to the ecolors, I would lst them
this way:
“Blacks, nigger brown, beaver,
copen blue, jay blue and navy. Also,
they are very good in the pastel
ghades, such as jade green, mais,
orchid, turquoise, and all Hght eolors.
The newest development in color i
the burnt orange. This will be prin
cipally used as a finishing touch.
“Ribbons are good for trimmings.
The novelty fancy ribbon with the
meotal ornaments is especially favor
ed. Ormaments will be good to a lim
fted extent. Ostrich feathers have
ecome into thelr own again, A num-
YHer of regular plumes are used, al
though the heads are bent over and
they are not as long as the French
gtyles used to be. Ostrich fancies and
glycerine ostrich are also welcomed.”
Southern Air Mail Is ‘
Proposed at Cleveland
CINCINNATI, Aug. 30.—Mayor
Galvin and the Chamber of Commerca
are taking steps to meet roquiramenta{
of the postal department in providing
a field here for air malil service. TMB‘
action follows reports that Indian
apolis, instead of Cincinnatl, might be
made a divisional point for the ex
tension of air mail from Cleveland
and Chicago to St. Louls and points
southward.
U. 8. TO PROBE OIL STOCK.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-—lnvesti
gations of some fifty complaints of
the sale of wildeat ofl stocks in the
Texas oil fields is under way by the
Federal Trade Commission. The com
mission has sent two of its investi
gators into the region with Instruc
tions to make a searching inquiry in
to the cases.
The complaints were lodged with
the commission by competing con
cerns selling stocks or others inter
ested in the legitimate development of
the fields.
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BY R. K. RAMBO. never have time to learn your Sun-
In summing up the business sit-|day school lesson,
uation, one man's guess is just about It is the 'ong pull that looks haz
as good as another, Any one that]ardous. Most any of us can see a
guesses right is successful, and "the] good fall business ahead; in fact,
man that does not, “ought te know| we could not stop the momentum
better.” One thing is sure, if you read ] sained until we have gathered and
everything that is sent to you that is “marketed the present crop, unless we
“important on conditions,” you willhave another world war suddenly, as
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ROCKY MOUNT, N, C, Aug. 30.—
J. W. Gravely, president of the China-
Americda Tobaceo Company, with of
fices here, will build a big addition
to his company's Rocky Mount fac
tory.
Plans have been completed for the
vuilding, which will be a four-story
urick mill, fireproof structure furnish
ing 25,000 square feet of floor space.
I'be mechanical equipment to be in
stalled will include two tobacco dry
ing machines with a capacity of 70,-
000 pounds in ten hours,
occurred in 1914, Here's hoping we
will never see this again.
The wise ones are prepared for this
season, but as to conditions for next
year and the next year and on, it is
a problem, Then, too, a guess into
the future made today may be cor
rect, but might be knoeked into
cocked hat by an event which miy |
oceur next week, although said eve |
may be foreign. ‘
We must consider that the world is
closer than ever hefere., Business
transactions with the different coun
tries are more closely allied than
ever, One thing is sure, if the Scn
ate would lay aside other matters
and ratify the peace treaty, busincss
would surely be adjusted more rap
idly. Business men are at a. loss to
understand legislation in Washing
ton, any way, and to a great extent
are they particularly provoked at the
delay of so vital and important 'a
question as the ratification of the
most important covenant concerning
this country’s future that has ever
been before lawmakers,
The high cost of living, adjustment
of railway wages, even national pro
hibition, are a side issue as compared
with the ratification of the peace
treaty, and yet it has been said that
the Senate will not be ready for a
vote on this important question be
fore Christmas. ‘
Therefore, the present econditions
might be termed “unhealthy prosper
ity,” wvet after permanent adjust
ment it no doubt will change things
to a healthy condition. Textiles are
high and will continue so—certainly,
as long as production is under nor
mal and with foreign trade looking
to this country for supplies in very
line. Exports are running above pre
vious years and would be greater if
gatisfactory credit arrangements
could be made, \
This is one of the most vital and
important questions now confronting
financial men, and is another evi
dence of prompt action desired on the
peace ratification. The exchange of
all Europe is far above normal, and
with these countries our most impor
tant customers, it is a question of
just how far we want to extend cred
its. fi few years ago France and
¥nglafid were buying our bonds, and
now ‘it is just the reverse. Not only
France and England but all of Eu
rope are offering their securities to
us, and it Is certain that we must
buy these securities if we care to
have their trade. .
Quoting from a reliable source,
“The important idea in every one’s
mind is, what is the basis of this
prosperity? Is it stable? Can we ex
ipoct it to last?” Actually, the wealth
of the country is not lincreasing.
Measured in volume, we are net pro
ducing any more per capita than we
did in previous years; therefore, our
present prosperity can be traced di
rectly to
First, inflation or currency and
credit,
Second, exiravagance, and
Third, to a temporary foreign de
mand for our goodg.
Just to what extent and how far
prosperity will reach is a questidn
that each man would like to know.
We read from good authority that
dry goods trade is showing stability.
However, production is gaining, and
with normal productions we may ex
pe~t slight revisions and a spirit of
there will be a sudden slump, as oc
curred when the armistice was
signed, but one extreme follows an
other, and it is the long pull that is
intcresting most buyers, who must
now obligate themselves for millions
of dollars covering next season.
Local business is as good as could
rossibly be expected. Merchants, both
wholesale and retail and reaping a
harvest on purchases made six and
ecight months previously. This does
not mean that we are all profitesring.
On the other hand, we would welcome
investigation by the government on
hoarding or extravagant profit, It is
the quick turn-overs that most job
bers ure after and appr:ciate.
It has been said befére, and it is
quite true, that all Southern jobbers
are selling their goods for less than
replacement values. This fact should
be appreciated by Southern retail
buyers. It is the time to use your
local jobber for quick shipment and
prompt service, and by so doing you
run less risk than by placing orders
for far off delivery and from far off
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? every Southern State. This will be the Anniversary :
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| bles. A glance at our line and you can readily understand why our growth L'
in the last fey years has been so phenomenal. Our heavy buying powers,
B backed up by our far-sighted analysis of the hat situation, has placed up in-a 4
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! v During the trying times in the last three years we have delivered 99 %‘
! per cent of the goods we have sold and now as we are passing through the 3,,
: most eritical time of all, we will keep the same high standard up. We own :fi:
| our merchandise before we place it on sale. Our floors are packed with 3
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30—What
Alabama may expect if it persiste in
pressing the drastic program of leg
islation aiméd at the insurance coni
panies, is convincingly set forth by
Frank W. Julian, former insurance
commissioner of Pennsrlvania.
Mr. Julian blames the Birmingham
Civic Association for the agitation,
and he warns Alabama business men
that the various measures proposed
will, if enacted by the Legislature,
“drive every sound insurance com
pany from the State’
“Similar bills were enacted,” he
says, “in Kentucky, Missouri and
South Carolina, and the companies
being unable to sell fire insurance
without rates based on the experience
of all companies were forced to with
arew from these States. Business
was shot to pieces and mortgages
were called.
“The business men of these States
-the men who were really interested
in the State's welfare—-protested, and
in one instance the Governor and
aitorney general of a State agreed
not to enforce the laws if the compa
nies would return. In every State
the laws were repealed and sanity
prevailed,
“All of the how! raised against the
rates charged by fire insurance com
panies. emanates usually from those
communiies and cities where the fire
losses are heaviest. The business of
fire insurance in Alabama is not a
profitable Lusiness, as shown by the
reports of the State insurance de
partment, Birmingham, in recent
years, has launchéd at least three tire
insurance companies organized on the
stock plan. None of these compa
nies are now in existence, and none
of them was ‘bought out by the
trust.’ At least one of the compa
nies was officered by some of the
men who are now clamoring for
‘mcre home companies.’
~ “If the business men of this State
permit bills to be enacted, just as
certain as that day comes, the busi
ress man will awaken to find that
he can not get fire protection, even
though the Birmingham Civic Asso
ciation assures him to the contrary.
“Already the State has permitted
inter-insurers of trade mutuals to
come into the State and take insur
ance from the‘*licensed tax-paying
companies, and these so-called inter
insurers are not subject to State
supervision, or inspection as to finan
cial strength and underwritng meth
ods. And if the anti-rate agreement
bill passes, the State will be unable
to enforce the provisions against the
inter-insurers—who also agree as tv
rates—because there will be no way
for the State to reach these concerns.
And the very interests that are clam
oring for drastic laws against the
legitimate stock companies will turn
and demand other legislation, after
the first big losses are sustained by
the so-called mutuals.
“The State is hard-pressed for reva
enue. Insurance companies, the aw
ful ‘trust,’ if you please, are contribu
ing almost half a million dollars to
the State treasury and a large sum
to every municipality in the State.”
Insurance Is Called
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An Aid to Digesticn
A calf reared on the milk of a cow
of strong, hearty stock, will have a
great deal more vitality than a cait
fed on the milk of a cow in indiffer
ent condition, or one fed on over-rich
milk. The right kind of food and tfe
power to assimilate it are the sources
of a man’s working energy. Without
working energy, he will not get far in
business in this day and age.
It is economy to maintain one's
vitality at flood tide. Avoid poor
food or over rich food. The first means
lack o‘s pep; the second, indigestion,
biliousness and grouchiness. KEat
sanely, sleep enovugh, and take sgome
recreation,
Don’t neglect your insurance., In
surance helps a man to digest his
food because it relieves him of anxiety
and worry., It pays to be protected,
Learn the art of self-poise. The man
who lets impatience, irritation or
hasty conclusions possess him, poisons
‘his system and is rarely able to make
a calm, far-sighted decision. Keep
cool! Self-control is often as valu
able an asset as money in the bank.
Conflict Gives Britain
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Grip on Diamond Supply
1 BOSTON, Aug. 30.—Through the
operation of the world war Eughmd
'has become heir to the world supply
‘o’t’ diamonds in the rough. Because of
the policy adopted by the English or
‘ganlzation known as the London Syn
dicate, controlling the diamond out
put, the price of the precious stone
will go still higher and probably will
never return to the level obtaining on
the American market today.