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Clearings for August Reach
$233,116,095 and Set Record
for Month—Merchants Busy,
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Strike Threats and Price Agita
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tion Fail to Halt Commerce.
Now Tell It, Says Barron,
By VICTOR BARRON, ;
Reflecting pronounced activity in
all branches of business here and vi
vinity, as well as furnishing concrete
evidence that the strike threats loom
ing In all sections of the country and
the agitation against high prices have
not had a restrictive tendency, to
speak of, in local trade channels, At
lanta bank clearings during the
month of August smashed all previ
ous high records for that period and
came within about $114000,000 of
matching July's record aggregate for
that period of $:44,4g6,41535.
That means that Atlanta’s business
barometer is at HIGH TIDE, as com
parative bank clearings are looked
upon as the most accurate business
pendulum in any community.
Clearings here for August, as an
nounced by the local clearing house
association Saturday, reached an un
precedented aggregate—for the month
of August—of $233,116,095.89, as con
trasted with $161,938,169.59 the corre
sponding period a year ago. This is
a handsome increase of $71,177,826.30,
the gain alone greatly surpassing Au
gust’s clearings in the years of 1916
and 1915, However, the monthly
clearings were not the heaviest in
history, but were the fourth gréatest
of record, the high record being es
tablished in May last, when that
month's clearings amounted to $284,-
482,334.35. Nevertheless, August’s
clearings are considered extremely
gratifying, inasmuch as the month is
supposed to be the dullest business
period of any year, the public gener
ally having sufficient clothing, etc., to
tide them over until fall, when they
replenish their stocks with new lines.
MERCHANT TRADE GOOD.
However, retail merchants in all
lines assert business during August
was exceptionally good, being heav
jest on record for the period. This
also is considered highly pleasing, in
view of the fact that merchants, es-|
pecially along Whitehall street, had to
contr-ad with a blockaded street, ow=
ing t 6 the tearing up of the city's
main thoroughfare several months
ago to put the street in first class
condition. Manufacturers also were
kept busy and enjoyed business much
in excess of the same period a year
ago, despite the labor unrest and cam
paign against the high cost of living. 1
The millinery establishments en
joyed exceptionally active trade, ow
ing to the approach of fall and the‘
desire of Miss Atlanta to get fixed
{n the latest fashioned hats and trim
mings. Retail department stores also
report an ex!remaly‘ satisfactory call
for fall clothing, the ‘public apparently
anpreciating the scarcity of goods of
all descriptions and taking no chance
of being unable to obtain articles
needed by waiting for prices to come
down. There seems little chance of
mercantile prices to come down this
winter, owing to the faet that retafl
ers are compelled to contract for their
gtocks months ahead, and these pur
chases were made at the wholesalers’
and manufacturers’ highest quota
tions. '
That much for .business. Now
let’s zet back to cold, astonishing f*
ures, which teil a wonderful story in
themselves of Atlanta's glgantic
strides as the commercial and banking
center of the Southeast.
TOTAL IS ENORMOUS.
The business cleared through the
Clearing House Association t?
month brought the combined aggre
gate for the first eight months of the
year up to an unparalleled total of
¥1,875,807,271.98, as dompared with
$1,455,283,962.47 the same period a
year ago—a gain of $420,523.309.51
Now, if that i 3 not enough to guaran
tee the fact that Atlanta has won,
and richly deserves, the title of the|
Metropolis of the South, then roa-ll
this:
The elght months’ clearings exceed
ed by $977,975.578,04 the same months’
clearings in 1917,
If vou can't digest that, maybe yot
can this:
For the first eight months of 1916
clearings agregated $533,082,437.38,
and for the same period in 1915 the
total was $423,233,105,72, which means
that this year’s eight months’ aggre
g:fiv gmashed those totals §1,342,724,-
834.10 and $1,452,5674,166 28.
Whew! What a galn, but how about
this: !
August's clearings were virtually
$200,000,000 in excess of the same pe
riod in 1414, when business was de
moralized throughout the South by
the declaration of war, which caused
cotton to fall to almost nothing :nnl'
remained a drag on tfle market for
months before even the wisest of fln-‘
anclers and business men would touch |
it even at prices ranging from 5 to 10|
cents a pound, For the entire yvear
of 1914 clearings only amounted trl
$780,023.135.80, which, however, was'
almost $60,000,000 more than the mml[
In 1913, the year generally gonceded |
the banner business period up to that
time.
NOW, TELL 'EM,
With the single exception of 1918 |
clearings here for the elght months |
alrendy materially surpaks all previ
ous clearings for the full twelvel
months. And at the present rate of |
inerease this city's clearinms for 1919
will tremendously pass 1918's total of
$2,528,458,083.69, which was more than |
$1,600.000,000 in excess of the 1017|
figures,
No eity in the United States nnnr'
the size of Atlanta In area or popu.
lation ean boast such colossal olear- |
{ngs, nor ean any city on the Aml‘r<l
fean continent show such staggering
inerentes, |
These figures explain, to a vnon-%
erable degree, the great commercial |
and financial expansion this city has/|
enjoved during the last few yunrn,l
and It ls an achievement worth ll!"-'
# the world about,
ol KNOW IT—NOW, TELL IT!
Here arxe the clearings for each
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Miss Eleanor Raoul Declares Suf
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frage Leaders Will Make No
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Effort to Solidify Ballots.
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Party Chiefs Decide on Candi
dates They Will Support, Ac
cording ‘to Own Ideas.
For the information of woman vot
ers of Atlanta a statement has been
issued by Miss Eleanore Raoul, chair
lm:m of the Central Committee of
! Women Citizens, containing a list of
'all the candidates in the city primary
tnnd instructions as to how the votes
mustibe cast to be legal.
Miss Raoul reiterates her statement
that the Central Committee of
Women Citizens is not, as a commit
: tee, taking a stand for or against any
- of the candidates in the various races.
iShe said individual members of the
committee met and decided how they
would vote in the races for member
ship on the City Democratic Execu
tive Committee. 1
In her statement Miss Raoul gives
‘a complete list of all the candidates
and tells how the vote must be cast
in each case so that it will not be
thrown out. 1
SCRATCH ONE NAME. |
Following is Miss Rauol's state
ment: |
“For the benefit of the women vot
ers I wish to say that the voter must
scratch the candidate’s name for
whom she does not desire to vote
and make no other mark on the ballot.
Where there is no opposition, the name
must be left as it appears on the
ballot. Taking this into considera
tion, all of the voters throughout the
city scratch one alderman running
from the Third Ward and twenty
Fixecutive Commmitteemen., This is all
that the voters from the Second,
Fourth and Eighth Wards scratch, as |
there is no opposition in regard to
the councilmen in those wards. ‘
“In the remaining wards the vntvrs‘
must scratch the name of the coun- |
cilman they do not desire. One coun-‘
cilman is to be elected in every ward
except the Eleventh, and there two |
must be electd, as that ward has just
been created and has at present no|
representative in council. Mr. Mur-|
phy is running for the short term in
the Eleventh Ward and must not be
scratched, as he has no oppositinn.‘
Mr. Olsen-and Mr, Faith are runn‘mx“
for the long term and one must be
scratched. |
COMPLETE LIST.
“The complete official list of all
those running for office is as fol
lows:
“Aldermen—Third Ward, James E.
Belcher and Charles L. Chosewood;
Fourth Ward, D. R. Wilder; Seventh |
Ward, W. S. Richardson; Eighth
Ward, E. Harry Goodhart, and Elev
enth Ward, J. L. Carpenter.
““These are elected by she city at
large. Every voter scratch either Mr.
Belcher or Mr. Chosewood.
“Manager for Waterworks—A.
Zode Smith.
“Member ofeßoard of Education—
Paul Fleming,
“No opposition and therefore no
scratching.
“Councilmen—First Ward, T. A.
Conger and Ernest Parham; Second
Ward, Al Martin; Third Ward, F. f‘.l
Woodall, George W. Cooper and F.
. Hoffman: Fourth ward, C, L. Ash
ley; Fifth Ward, O. C. Pinion and Dr.
A. B. Goldin; Sixth Ward, Alvin L.
Richards and Charles Austin; Sev
emth Ward, C, C. Baggs and W, C.
Davis; Righth Ward, W. D. Hoffman;
Ninth Ward, Claude L. Barnwell and|
Robert. H. Yones Jr.; Tenth- Ward,
Frank Callaway and Dr, H. H. Al
ford, and Eleventh Ward, John Faith
and JW. Olson for long term, and
J. C. Murphy for short term (must
not seratch).
“In each ward only the names of
the councilmen running from that
ward will be on the ballot,
EXECUTIVE BOARD,
“Executive Committeemen—First
Ward, T. J.' Akridge, J. L. Peacock, ]L‘
7. Pennington and Amos Z. Shipp:
Second Ward, W, H, Burroughs, John
A. Oulver, W, R. Edwards, O, K. El
lis, W, R, Freeman, Dn J. E. Turner
and C. D, Wilson: Third Ward, George
Freeman, J. R, Harris, Alt Ivey, H, N,
Pannell and J. C. Willlams; Fourth
Ward, . A. Hollingsworth, W. D.
Mills, Carroll Summer and L. A.|
Trowbridge: Fifth Ward, Ellis Bar
rett, J. 8. Harris, W. H. Johnson, Il
M. Leathers, J. T. Mitchell, T. B.|
Thrallkiel and J. T. Wildrell; Sixth
Watd, Raleigh Drennon, Roy 8. Dren
non, Thomgs Goodwin, Dr. Horace|
SQrant, John M. Owen'and J. H, Wea
ver; Seventh Ward, Jesse W, .v\rmi*t
gtead, W. F. Brandt, J. W. Marsh, J.
P. Haunson. J. E. McJenkins, C. H.|
Petty, J. M. Sanders, Paul Toland
and 8. A, Travham; Eighth Ward, J.
J. Jarvis, R. M, Jones, John J. Mar
tin, J. M. Hollowell, (i, W, Polk and
T.awton Nalley; Ninth Ward, C, P.
Bentley, E. . Buchanan, Fred T‘|
(iibhg, Marvin P. Roane, Thomas E.
Seott, Walter A, Bims and M. P,
Warren: Tenth Ward, 0. E. Collum,
W, Garland Cooner, Carl Dolvin, W,
1. Johngon. J. D, Jones and George|
A. Morris! Eleventh Ward, T. N, Cly
att, George B. Long, C. C. Ray mull
J. P, Wall. !
“Four men in each ward must he
feft unseratched. Every office \\'M"h’
ean must be voted upon or the ballot
will he thrown ont.
“Formerly the Executive Committee
hag been voted on by wards, each
voter voting only for his own repre
sentatives on that committees. A few!
weelks ago, however, the mmmm--s-l
changed this ruling so that now the
whole city must vote on forty-four
men for the committee,
month of 1919, compared with the
same perioa u year ago:
1019, 1918, .
Jan., $269,276,033.33 $215,140,437.37
Feb, 194,217,011.19 170,166,686.89
Mch. 215.669,821.56 196,914,670.00
Apr. 207,845,363.00 183,227,941.04
May -+ 284,482,384.35 ]k',',fi'r\,;!\\"vt\i
June 226,724,167.19 167,187,101,33
July 244,478,445.28 170,050,608 .“fi
Aug., 233,116,095.89 10!,10::\,1&:'3.50‘
To, .$1,876,807,271.08 $1,460,283,062.47
HEARST’'S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1919,
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lief They Were Govern
ment Food.
Smoked hams sold by Atlanta re
tailers within the last two weeks were
furnished them through an Atlanta
packing house branch and a provi
sions brokerage firm, and invoiced
and marked as “Gov. Hams” and
“Gov. Reg. Hams,” according to H.
F. Berton, who conducts several meat
markets in Rogers stores, besides two
markets in Broad street. Berton
Saturday exhibited two invoices and
the cover of a box bearing the labels
to Walker Lee, secretary to Mayor
Kee, and called at the office of Lewis
'J. Baley, of the Department of Jus
tice, to lay the matter before him,
gut found this office closed for the
ay.
_ This followed the official statement
by Major John A. Graham,”comman
gdunt at the Candler warehouse army
| stores department, that no govern
!mvnt hams had been supplied any
merchant in Atlanta and that sales
lof hams as government food consti
| tuted misrepresentation,
The invoices exhibited by Berton
were from the Cudahy Packing Com
pany, 54-56 East Alabama street, and
the J. W. Clarke Company, merchan
dise brokers, 60 East Alabama street,
The box top exhibited by Berton wore
the label of the Jacob Dodd Company
of Buffalo, and was marked “10 Army
Hams.” |
HAMS GOOD, SAYS MILLEMN,
¥. O. Miller, president of the J. W.!
Clarke Company, said Saturday night
that his company had handled twn!
carlloads of the Jacob Dodd hams in
Atlanta, He said that their quallty
was good, only three or four hams
having been found to be in bad con-‘
dition.
“They were government hams pre.
pared for the army on regular con-|
tracts and smoked as the government
requires thém to be smoked,” said
Mr, Miller. “They were rejected, 1‘
aminformed, because the army was
over supplied. |
“It is certain they were not refused
because of bad quality. In that (':lse!
the government would have (-on-‘
demned and destroyed them. It does
not allow bad food it refuses to be
returned to the contractor.”
Only slight comment was offered
Saturday night by T. D. Body, gen
eral manager of the Cudahy Company,
‘whnn he was reached by telephone by
The American. He said he was unfa
miliar with the sales.
PURCHASERS COMPLAINED.
“l under stand that we had some
of the hams which had been prepared
by the Jacob Dodd Company on gov=
eérnment order,” he said. “These may
have been the ones complained of. I
‘h!wo no information, however, that
they were rejected by the federal in
spectors.”
' Berton was anxious to show that
ne had acted in good faith in offering
[‘hl' hams for sale to the public, and
said that Major G:aham’s published
‘M(lil‘l‘fl(‘.’lt was his first lu!im:ulun
that the hams were not genuine gov
ernment stock,
} Purchasers had complained to
Mavor Key of the quality of the meat
and had assetred that exchange was
\,v‘-r.,\»ml by the stores from \\'*m‘h they
were bought. This brought "hursacay
from the gxecutive a statement point
ing out 'h:\t the government had
‘u-.:luul to make good any . spoiea
food stuffs sold from the army stpres
| HAMS ARE RETURNED.
It was explainea Saturday to the
mavor's secretary, Walker T. Lee, by
Seott Allen, manager of the Rogers
"-h:nn of stores, that when he caused
the Purity © Market Company last
}.\lmuhy to stop the sale of the hams
he was unaware they also were bheing
dispoged of by Berton, who operates
markets in several of the stores.
‘ About twenty-five of the hams, all
that remalined in his stock, were re
’tm‘nwl to the wholesalers Saturday
by Berton, He declared his busiess
kad been caused to suffer unjustly
through the belief that he was pracs
ing a deception,
int"’lx}mvn-s to go through with this
thing and find out who 1s responsi.
ble,” Rerton declared,
Berton also operates markets ‘M 9
South Broad street and 13 North
Broad street, He sald his Baturday
sales had fallen far short of normal
becanre of distrust engendered by the
trouble, i
Offensive Is Launched
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Against Russian Reds
(By Universal Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 30.—An of«
fensive against the bolshevikli has
heen opened in the Dvina sector by |
Lithuanlan, Esthonian, Polish and
Russian forces, A communique from
the Lettish war office received here
today told of the capture of a nums=
ber of villages by the invading forces,
The eampaign was mapped out at u.]
council of war held o ™=
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Organization Complete and Every
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thing Is in Readiness for
Great Campaign.
With every association in the Geor
gia Baptist Convention organized for
the Baptist $75,000,600 campaign and
with hundreds of the leading men
and women of the denomination ac
‘tively connected with the movement,
‘the first month's effort is declared
by State Director Dr. Aren C. Cree
'to be remarkably successful.
~ “I do not see how we have been
‘able to accomplish the amount of
far-reaching organization in so short
a time,” he stated as he pointed out
how in the face of a number of dif
ficulties the organization plans had
materialized until he feels that a
great part of the task has already
been mastered.
“August has been the first real
month of work for the campaign. The
movement did not get further than
the selection of State officials in
July. But the last thirty-one hot
days of the eighth -month of the
twelve have marked steady and in
creasing. progress in the work of get
ting Georgia Baptists ready for the
heavy task of raising one-tenth of
the total amount of the fund—§7,-
500,000, .
“The work during this month just
closing has gone forward until the
very unit of the campaign is now the
point of emphasis—the local church.
“We are succeeding in this peint
where we feel that the key to the
whole task lies, that is the local
church,” stated John W. Jenkins,
State organizer, yesterday,
Today is the fifth Sunday and all
over the State the Baptist leaders
are gathering for special presenta
tion of the campaign by the leading
ministers and laymen of the State.
Among the men who are speaking
are such leaders as President Weaver
of Mercer University, President Fos
ter of Bessie Tift College, President
Van Hoose of Shorter, Dr. B, J. W.
Graham, editor of the Index; Dr. J.
M. Long, head of the Georgia Bap
tist Hospital; T. 8. Scoggins, man
ager of the Orphans’ Home; J. anry"
Burnett of Mercer University, Dr.|
Montague of Mercer University,
Judge Whipple of Cordele, Judge
Parker of Waycross, Dean Farrar of
Mercer and about fifty others.
The most enthusiastic report is
given out by Mrs. Kate C, Wake
field, State director for the women
in this Baptist $75,000,000 campaign.
She states that Georgia Baptist
women and children will do their part
in this huge task and that they will
do it with an enthusiasm that has
not been witnessed In any of their
church work heretefore, She has
carried the organization to every
point of the State and the detailed
work is now rapidly resulting in a|
prepared condition for the actual
drive, “
Dr. L. R. Secarborough, director
general for the eighteen States of !hu!
Southern Baptist Convention, sends |
to Dr., Cree the enthusiastic rr;mxH
of a man who sees victory, He wmv-si
that he has never geen such complete |
gupport as Is being manifested by the
people everywhere, l
“You people in Georgla are doing
fine, but you had better not stop one |
day if you want to stay in the race,
These other States are right in the
rush of things and they are deter
mined to do their dead level best for
the movement,” he writes to Dr. Cree, 1
WASHINGTON, Aug., 30.-—Senator
Hoke Hmith, who has been handling
the confirmations of Georgia post
masters through Chalrman Bankhead
of the Benate subcommittee, succeed
ed vesterday In having confirmed
Jephtha H. Rucker, Athens; Charles
I'. Graddick, Barnesville, James R
Stafford, Belair; Ruby E. Milliron
Crumps Park; Willlam G, Ingram,
McDonough; Arthur H. Overton, Syl
vester; Warner A, Enterkin, Temple;
John W, Wells, Adel; Benjamin R
Leggett, Broxton; Thomas W. Vicke
ery, Folkston, Abe Hargraves, Ho
merville; Frank D. Colson, Ocllla;
Frank C. Lovett, Sparks; Herbert I
Rudolph, 8t Marys; James O, Var
nedoe, Valdosta.
These complete the confirmations
of Georgia postmasters nominated to
date, with the exception of two whao
are being held up temporarily on re
quest of the congresgmen from thels
districta
~ The entire sales force of M. Rich &
‘IBR'OS. Co.s Queen Quality shoe de
partment, accompanies by a number
}of friends, took a “day off"” recently
and held their annual picnic at Jes
ter’s Old Mill. The party left Atlanta
in trucks early in the morning and
after a big day of recreation returned
tired but happy.
Fishing, rowing, swimming and all
the games which go to make up pic
nics were enjoved. The outing was
one of the most successful that has
been held by the department, em
ployees claim.
Though Jupiter Pluvius tried to
break up the party several times, the
employees ignored the efforts and en
joyed themselves,
i (By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Twelve
months will be the time limit for the
retention of food products in cold
storage, according to an agreement
reached today by members of the
House Agriculture Committce, The
committee is drafting a bill to carry
out Presidents Wilgon’s recommenda
tion for federal regulation of the cold
storage industry as a necessary step
in the government's effort to re
duce the high cost of living.
Chairman Haugen also said the
commiltee} had agreed to adopt the
President’s suggestion that commod
ities which have been held in cold
storage shall be marked to show
dates when they were stored and
when withdrawn. In fact, the chair
man said, the legislation to be report
ed‘ut by the Agriculfural Committee
wifl require that articles sold after
being in cold storage must bear labels
giving their complete history, ‘
The committee is not in favor,
however of the Presideént's proposal
that the label should carry the va
rious prices for which the articles
have been bought and sold as they
pass along through channels of com
merce. Tne President urged that the
articles should be marked with
the producer’'s cost, the price for
which he sold them, the cost to the
parties placing them in cold storage
and the prices for which they are
sold to the jobber and hetailer after
being withdrawn form storage,
BILL READY SEPTEMBER 8.
It is hoped to have the bill ready
for consideration in the House on
Monday, September 8,
The only exemption from the 12-
months time limit, Mr. Haugen said,
will be cheese. He explained that a
lm-rt:\in trade requires older cheese
and that about one-tenth of 1 per
cent of the cheese produced in this
country is held for aging. The com
mitte does not think that this cus
tom should be interfered with,
Enforcement of the proposed law
will be vested in the secretary of
agriculture. An appropriation of about
$200,000 will be authorized for the
gecretary to organize a force of ln-‘
spectors and agents to keep a close
lchw'k on the cold storage plants, l
Where it is discovered that food is
kept in storoge for a longer period
than 12 months, the secretary will be
empowered, under the bill, to secure
from the courts a writ of seizure.
The seized commodities will then be
sold, There will also be a provlsiuv:l
against shipments of stored produtes
in Interstatecommerce after they!
have been in sterage for more than
12 months, |
To insure against reductions in the
feod supply and the sale of tainted|
articles, the secretary will be uullml'-l
ized to prohibit the shipment of any
commodities into any plants he may
deem unsanitary or unfit for storage,
This regulation will be supplement.-
al to the pure food and drug act
which prohibits the sale of food un
fit for human consumption,
TO DRAFT NEW BILL,
The committee is drafiing a brand
new bLill, Chairman Haugen sald,
None of the many measpres submit
ted by member: of the house and the
experts of the department of agricul
turo is being uscd as a basis, Instead
the committes will take the better
sugeestion from each of the plans
proposed and write them into a com=
mittee bill, Some of the suggestion
of Dr. Harvey W, Wiley, the noted
pure food authority, were found to be
very good, according to the chalrman,
Mr. Haugen took occasion to point
out that even with this proposed leg
| inlation In eff®ct, the final success of
the cold storage rigulation will de
pend upon State co-operation. After
feod products arve taken from storage
Land all federal requiremetns are com
plied with, no Federal law can reach
a dealer who might deface the labels
in which it was stored, he explained
it the food Is sold within the Siate
To make the proposed safeguards
adequate, the chairman urged, the
various States should enact similar
legiglation for« State regulation of the
cold storage industry, .
This difficulty might haves heen
overcome, Mr, Haugen admitted, by
employing the taxing power of the
Federal government, but the danger
of adopting this method, he sald, was
that regulation by taxation would
Linevitably result In Increasing prices.
The denlers would pass the tax along
to the consumer, in his opinion,
Larger Curriculum
With the opening of the Tech
School of Commerce, within the
next few days, a greatly enlarged
and improved curriculum will be
offered to the young business people
of Atlanta. .
The Leglslatur? recently appro
priated additional sums for im
provement and mainter.ance of Tech
and part of this money is tb be de
voted to the School of Commerce,
One advantage immediately ac
accruing will be ‘a considerably
stronger teaching staff,
George A. Denfeld, one of the new
professors, who is expected to ar
rive jn Atlanta about September 1,
comes from the University of Mon
tane School of Commerece and Busi
ness Administration, where he was
acting dean., Previously he was on
the staff of the University of Wis
consin.
The courses offered are designed
to prepare men and women for suc
cess in advertising, business man
agement, commercial teaching,
credits and collections, insurance,
wholesale merchandising, private
accounting, government service,
banking, commercial secretaryship,
C. P. A. examinations, export and
import trading, real estate, retail
merchandising, public accounting,
salesmanship, transportation, jour
nalism, ete.
. J
The good ship St. John, first of the
vessels of the South Atlantic Mari
cime Corporation te sail for a foreign
port, is on its cruise to the River
Plate, for the ports of Montevideo,
Uruguay, and Buenos Ayres, Argen
tine, it was announced yesterday by
J. A. Von Dohlen, representative of
the corporation in charge of the At
lanta headquarters. The St. John left
Savannah last Wednesday, touched at
Jacksonville for cargo, and steamed
away for South America. It is ex
pected to mark thé opening of a tre
mendous Latin-American export traf
fic through South Atlantic ports.
The Savannah-Havana line of this
corporation has been operating more
than a month, with two steel ships.
Traffic was so heavy that a third
vessel was added last week. All ghese
ships touch at Jacksonville,
The affairs of the South Atlantic
Maritime Corporation, which opened
its general headquarters in Atlanta
July 29, are progressing rapidly, ac
cording to Mr. Von Dohlen. Several
other offices have been opened, in
cluding a number for Northern busi
ness, and branches in Havana, Rio de
Janeiro and Buenos Ayres. American
offices included Savannah, New York
and Cineinnati.
. W. McClure, chairman for Geor
gia of the South Atlantic KExport
Company, devoted to interesting man
ufacturers in providing tonnage for
teh new merchant marine, said last
night Georgia had been delayed in |
night Georgia had been delayed in its |
organization work through various
reasons, largely because 0 many
business men were on their vacations,
but work will be pushed rapidly from
now on. Matthew Hale, president of
both corporations, is expected soon
for a stay of several weeks in ('(er
gia.
Tariff yrotection must be given the
peanut growers of the South if the in
dustry is not to be seriously crippled
by the importation of the small-sized
product of China and Japan,
This view was expressed Saturday
by Otto (. Lightner, editor of the
Peanut Promoter, published in New
Orleans. He declared peanut raising
was an important phase of the agri
cultural life of South Georgla, Loulsie
ana, Virginia and Tennessee,
“The peanut crop of CGeorgia"”
Lightner explained, “runs from $20,-
000,000 to $30,000,000 annually The
growers now receive about $2 per
bushe! for their product, while the
Oriental puts coming over here, with
out a high protective tariff, will kill
our peanut industry in the South.
The Oriental peanut is far inferior to
the Georgla grown product, but the
former is raised at the cost of cheap
Chinese labor and thrown into this
country at demoralizing prices,
“We ean remember the time when
farmers quit ralging peandts with the
price at 60 cents per bushel. And
Georgia needs the peanut industry. It
{¢ the salvation of many farmers In
the time of boll weevil scourges, and
it {8 a valuable crop for diversificas
tion., It is one of the finest fertilizers,
But the grower of the South must
have |;mf‘('uunf‘
The acreage of peanuts in Georgla
this year, according to the New Ore
leans editor, will reach 600,000 acres.
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Officials Hear Many Fine
Speeches.
CONYERS, Aug. 30.—Intense in
terest and enthusiasm marked the big
agricultural educational meeting held
here today, which was attended by
leading members of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce, agricultural
experts of the State department of
agriculture and about 450 leading
farmers of Rockdale County.
Inspirational speeches were made
by members of the Atlanta party and
by special lecturers who are touring
‘the State on an educational trip un
der the auspices of the Atlanta Cham- |
ber of Commerce, co-operating with
the International Harvester Company,
the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany and the State depa;tment of
agriculture, |
Demonstrations of modern agricul
tural machinéry weer given on the
Vaughn farm near Conyers. A big
barbecue dinner was served at noon
by the women of the Conyers Civie
Improvement League.
SEVERAL SPEAKERS.
Speeches were made during the day
by Col. Sam Wilkins of the Georgia
Railway; Charles E. Robertson, secre
tary of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
‘merce; Henry Branham, State dairy
inspector; Director Hartwell of the
South Carolina Agricultural Exper
iment Station; Mrs. SBam Lumpkin,
Atlanta; H. M. Mobley, International
Harvester Company; Mrs, Adda F.
Hounte, gtlalry expert, and others.
r, Robertson made a stirrring
spvdfir;»!nbm he told of the work
of mmmg Chamber of Commerce
in ‘ag Itural development work.
He pledged the aid of the organization
to all movements that have for thelr
purpose the development apnd im
provement of farming conditions in
Georgia.
“The Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce stand for service and we are
ready and willing to render service
at all times,” said Mr. Robertson.
“We are glad that we have enjoyed
this opportunity of eoming to Con
yvers, meeting you people of Rockdale
County and becoming Dbetter ac
quainted in a work that is sure to Je
of benefit both to the people of Con
yers and Rockdale County and to the
people of Atlanta.”
BRANHAM ENTERTAINS.
Mr. Branham made a talk in which
he told many anecdotes and kept the
big crowd well entertained. He never
let an opportunity pass, however, to
drivé home some thought that would
do good.
All of the speechese made were
short, snappy and to the exact point
and were received with enthusiasm by
the crowd, There was a general ex«
pression, following the meeting, that
thé demonstration was a wonderful
success here and served to sow aoedsl
of progress that will grow in this
section.
Some of the most important farm
ers and business men of Rockdale
County were present at the meeting
among whom were J. B. Blackwell,
farm demonstration agent, who di
rected the plowing demonstration;
Luther King, president of the King
Hardware Company; Roland Vaughun,
Tom Drooks, N. Stevenson, Tom Cal
laway, M. R. Agnew and Waltes
Cowan,
Next Tuesday the agricultural dem
onstration crew will give lectures and
demonstrations at Locust Grove.
EXPRESSMEN TO DANCE.
Piedmont Lodge No. 65, Order of
Railway Expressmen, will entertain
its members, their families and
friends with a dance on Tuesday
night, September 2, nonth floor For
syth Building., The entértaining com
mittee hag made preparations for an
enjoyable evening, and extends a cor
dial invitation to all expressmen and
their families to be with them, Re
freshments and good musle,
Beginning Sept. 1 a special rate will be given at the hotel. Best of
meals, Splendid accommodations, Write for rates, :
B. C. BASS, MANAGER !
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Beptember s the most heautiful of all months I
Wayvnesville, the land of ghe sky
Every variot amusement; golf, tennis, fishing, swims
ming, riding, orchestro and daneing
Private baths, hot and cold running witer every room.
Excellont uisine, world-famous minernl water. Bpecial
rates by week to parties or familles. For ° information,
" rates, et addross
MRS, J. L. MORGAN,
WAYNESVILLE, N. O
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Formwalt and Ira Streets Institu
' '
tion to Give Fete for Re
~ turned Army Men,
All the soldlers who live in the vl
cinity of the Formwalt and Ira street
school have been invited to a wel
come home celebration on the lawn
of the Formwalt school Tuesday even
ing, beginning at 8 o'clock.
This is the first of a series of such
celebrations in every neighborhood
under the auspices of the Atlanta
War Camp Community Service, to
extend a welcome back to the com
munity of those men who have seen
scrvice in the army or navy.
Mrs. H. G. Greer, president of the
Ira Street Parent Teachers Associa
tion, is chairman of the present
event; and the parent teachers asso
ciation of both schools are getting up
the program and making all arrange«
ments,
MRS. SAMS TO SPEAK,
The program will open at §
o'clock. The address of welcome will
be delivered by Mrs. I, R. Sams, and
the response by Basil Stockbridge, of
the American Legion. Bernard Suttler
will make a short talk on “Communi=«
'ty Needs.” There will be community
&inging conducted by Warren Kimsey,
the song leader of the Atlanta War
Camp Community Service,
Mrs, J. E. Andrews, president of the
State Parent Teachers Association,
is acting co-chairman of the occasion,
and is one of the most enthusiastic
supporter of the neighborhood wel=
‘come-home ceremonies.
“l consider such work as this to be
right in line with the policies of the
parent teachers association, and I
hope to see the movement taken up
by all such organizations in the city,”
she says.
WCMEN ACTIVE. i
A large number of the women of
the neighborlhicod have been very ae
tive in arranging for the plans of the
present event, Mrs, H. C. Greer is
chairman of the program committee,
and associated with her are Mes
dames L. R. Sams, J. E. Andrews, W.
W. Card and Mrs. York, The recep
tion conumittee includes Mesdames J,
E. Andrews, James «A. Steele, B. M.
Moss, H. W, Card, W. A. Arnold, J.
C.¥Waldrup, Frank Golden, W, C.
Wimbish, ¥, Frank, L. R. Sams, H,
G, Greer, Moses Strauss and A.
Holtzman.
‘ The invitation committee consists
of Mesdames T. G. Pendley, J. L.
Smith, and Costello, and Misses Ilah
Histerly, Lille Mae Chastain, and
Caronne Murrah, Assisting them are
the followirg boys of the neighbor
| hood; James Hudson, Joseph Cam
eron, Jack Andrews, Henry Andrews,
' Herbert Chenriey, Robert Moody,
James and Davis Hilburn, Jesse
South, Fleming Bryant Julius and
Andrew Stewart, Lenard Jones, Ar
chie Howard, Tom Langferd, Sol Hor
man, Louie Schener, Clyde Freeman,
Delos Carroll, Emmett White, Glea«
sen Snow, Golden Clarke, Bub Sut
tles, Clarence Brannoy, Sidney Saul,
Ben Clein, and Jack Cherlok,
INVITATION LIST.
The soldiers and sailors who have
Feen invited inciude T, H. and H. T.
Howard, J[J. 7, Newton, Gerald Blount
L-e Campbell, Ernset Chastain, John
Rarfome, W, I, Rasmoor, H. B, Fer
guson, Sam Bergman, W. 8. Wood,
Lieutenant D. H. Garrison, Guy Wal.
ler, W. D. Tidwell, C. W, Hanie, 8. E.
Fields, Jr., Virgil Gray, H. B, Rix,
Claude Vandiver, Earl P, Andrews,
. C. Wood, J. . Clarke, Milton Da
vis, Clortes Bettis, James K. and
Dwight Akins, G. H. Simpson, Otis
Crane, R. 8. Hightower, Dennis V.
Letze, Arthur Nicholls, Raymond
Youngblood, J. D. Brandenberry, J.
King, C. Nash, Herman Cates, John
Terrvell, Claude Williamson, Harry
Phillips, John Harrison Gilbert, El
liott, Clyde W. Day, Lee, W, F. Hart
son, Martin H.,Henderson, John H.
Littletom, Sergeant Regis T. Eispine,
Bellotte, W. Wood, M, E, Thiel, Watts,
Harold L. Anglin, Robert P, Southern,
James Brack.
.
Jacobs Will Expand
.
Trade in Perfumeries
The women of Atlanta are fast
learning Jacohs' stores carry one of
the most complete lines of toilet
requisites to be found in the South,
Mr. Jacobs is making an effort to
specialize in this line and his efforts
are shown in the fall and winter dis
play which includes goods from all
the standard and imported makers.
Speaking of their efforts to build
up a big business, Mr, Jacobs said:
“Our complete stock of toilet requis
sites represents an_investment which
smaller stores ar® Incapable of.
Women can save themselves the
trouble of having to accept substi
tutes by coming to our stores, whera
complete lines of American and ime
ported preparations are always cars
ried in the fullest variety.”
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CLAYTON, GEORGIA.
Every convenience of a modern hotel,
Pure mineral water from 9%-foot well.
Running water, both hot and cold, In
bathroom Best food country affords,
Plenty of fresh mountain chicken. Golf,
tennis and dancing. Rates, §lO and M‘
weekly Write or wire /
MRS. W. D. COX, Prop.
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