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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
ATLANTA GIRLS
BUY MILLINERY
MADE.AT HOME
Half the Hats Seen on PeaChtree
Street Are Made Here, but
the Fact Is UnheraIded,

Half the womens hats seen on
Peachtree Street are made right in
Atlanta.
The fair peachtree promenaders
don't know it; the milliners they pat
ronize don't know it; in many cases
the jobbers themselves don't know II.
There are three factories in Atlanta
making women's hats, Of straw, felt
plush hemp and the myriad other
materials which go to bedeck miladys
colffure and frame her pretty face.
But as soon as the hat leaves these
factories the manufacturers lose their
identity. The hat is marked with the
iobber's label. It may be marked
New York Philadelphia. New. Orleans
or even London The fact that it is
made in Atlanta is nowhere to be dis
covered.
one manufacturer tells. with a
grin. of Atlanta milliners who
stocked up" in New Eork-With At
lanta- made hats.
Altogether it is an interesting bust
ness.
The American Hat Manufacturing
Company. one of the largest of the
three Atlanta factories, imports
stravs direct from China, Japan,
lldlN anu Itl many Ati'ot ''A"" q
are plated abroad, and either are
dyed there or bleached and dyed IN
Camden. n. J.
Japan sends hemp braid. Italy fur
nishes the milans. leghorns and tus-
cans. Germany furnishes a peculiar
material known as Neapolitan braid,
which. though few know it, is made
from American cotton. China fur
nishes coarse straws.
So much for the straws. The felt
bodies come from abroad, in the
rough-queer, looking toadstools of
various shades. silks ribbons, vel
vets. pushes and ornaments are car
red in quantity enough to stock a dry
goods store of large proportions
Just now the factories are busy
with the hats to be worn this fall and
winter. and with misses and chill
dren's hats for spring 1914.
Sample rooms already are filled
with fall and spring lines. dazzling
arrays of ColOrs, and seemingly in al
most every shape. but with smaller
hats predominating
The making of "A hat may be said to
begin in the room where a skilled
workman makes plaster molds aCcu-
rately defining the shapes From
these plaster affairs, metal dies are
made. These dies are put in the
presses and heated by gas flames
The rough shapes, either felt. velvet
straw or hemp. are stamped with
these hot dies and held in them unit
dry. When removed the heat ha!
baked the sticky Sizing until tn,
shapes are firm.
From the presses the velvet ant
plush hats so TO a workman who
steams them and brushes up the nal
to its original beauty.
The straw shapes are made in the
factory. Ingeniously designed sewing
machines, manipulated by skillful
girls, sew the braid round and round
until a tiny knot grows into a gigantic
hat In the straw sea son $50 girls
are busy at these machines
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

him show visitors through. If a
visitor manifests interest in one line
or several, let him telephone at once
to the manufacturers of these lines
to send a salesman. l believe, too
that manufacturers in the outskirts
of the city will find it profitable to
use the exhibit building for their
downtown Office. This is done else
where with profit
Atlanta should have four times
the payroll it now has. This is the
way to go about it,
Evansville's Experience.
Boiling II. Jones told of the ex-
perience of Sc furniture manufacture
ers in Evansville, Ind, who put up a
building and displayed their lines in
it, keeping the ground floor for their
offices. They find it easier to get
prospective customers to look at their
wares, and also find the selling cost
cut to 3 per cent
THAT convinced me-" said Mr..
Jones. Did any manufacturer here
ever sell goods for per cent mer-
chandising cost? This argument
alone seems to me unanswerable."
He spoke of the changes which have
come about in the Southern field
within five years. No longer is it
possible to sell a merchant a full car
load of one line. Therefore, he ar
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Silk Dyers Strike;
Feathers Face Bar;
Flowers in Favor
Milliners Think That for Once They
Can Predict Styles for Fall
Well in Advance.

Flowers will be popular on wom-
ems hats for fall and winter wear.
In July this is a dangerous predic-
ton. Circumstances, however, make
it fairly safe prophecy. in the opin-
ion Of C. B. Palmer. of NJ. Kutz Co.
wholesale milliners.
Dame Fashion might take a notion
to dictate ribbons. But the silk dy-
ers' strikes in Paterson, n. J., have
caused an increase of 20 per cent in
the cost of ribbons. and even at these
advanced prices. deliveries can not
be made At best, goods can not be
promised before August Is or Sep
TENDER 1, and even if the mills re-
open, they are likely to be over
whelmed with the orders which have
been accommodating.
Feathers, again, might have been
Fashions favOrites. But right now
there is trouble in Congress over the
importation of feathers. The milli-
ners and the Audubon Society are in
the throes of a bitter struggle which
will decide whether feathers will be
admitted at all under the new tariff.
Remain only fur and flowers. For
three seasons. velvet and silk flow
ers have been increasing in popular
ity on fall and winter hats, and, with
the scarcity of other materials, are
likely to take the ascendency this
fall.
Small hats will rule-that is. small
er than those which have been worn
for the past few seasons. Crowns will
be round, with turned-up brims, ac-
Cording to Mr.. Palmer. What will be
the favorite ColoTs. besides the sta
pie blues, browns and black, no one
will know until September l.
The Kutz Co statesmen started out
last Monday to cover the Southern
States for fall business.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Permanent Exhibit NOW Assured;
Long Campaign Near elimination
WORDS WHICH STIRRED
ENTHUSIASM FOR SHOW

All the machinery, all the
enthusiasm, and all the push Of
the Chamber of Commerce will
be behind the launching of the
permanent exhibit. Wilmer
L. Moore, President of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Il firmly believe a perma-
nent exhibit will bring to At
lanta more merchants and
more business than all the
other things we have done put
together. Brooks Morgan,
Chairman of the Exhibit Com
mittee.
Five years ago, you could
sell solid carloads of one line
to Macon and Augusta. You
can not do it now. This plan
will enable you to make up
mixed carloads. Other cities
are doing it. Atlanta must,
not only to get more, but even
to hold what she has. BOIL
ing H. Jones.
THE man who makes good
products and doesn't adver-
tise is like the man who
winks at a girl in the dark.
He knows it, but she doesn't t,
and it doesn't get him any
where. &C. S. Dobbs.
Agitation about the smoke
nuisance makes me tired. I
wish to goodness some one
would turn 500 more smoke
stacks loose on us. I'll war
rant there S not s. man in town
who could write a list of sew
enty-five of the hundreds of
articles made in Atlanta. -
Forrest Adir.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
AtIanta's Future Absolutely De-
pendent on Building Up Fac
tories, Experts Declare.

gued. the exhibit will be valuable in
getting buyers to make up mixed
carloads of Atlanta made goods.
Other cities, rivals of Atlanta, are
doing this, he said, and Atlanta must,
to keep what it has, to say nothing of
expanding.
Advertising no longer is a matter
of buying a few inches Of newspaper
space, asserting through this space
that John Smith makes good
beds" said c. :. Dobs Advertising
is the science of creating a demand.
Publicity is the cheapest known
method of selling goods. 1t may be
newspaper publicity: il may be bill
boards; it may be an exhibit of the
kind you are considering. 1t may
better be all three.
Like Shop Windows.
Il believe this exhibit will have the
same effect as the Whitehall Street
windows. A man comes downtown to
buy a pair of shoes AS he walks
along the street, he sees hats, neck
wear and walking sticks displayed.
These remind him that he needs such
articles. The result is that he buys
more than the shoes he set out after.
Forrest Adair has a punch" when
he talks
Il am selling a home below the Fort
to a family which consists of father
mother and seven girls. The father is
a wagon-maker. The seven girls are
employed in seven different factories
in Atlanta. Wouldn't you rather buy
the things these girls help make than
some product of a New England
sweat shop?
yet 1 talked to a bank director
to-day who did not know that car
wheels are made in Atlanta, and who
thought that the famed Atlanta shoes
really were made in Boston and sent
here to be sold under the local label
Interests Here Diverse.
When the bottom falls out of the
iron market, Birmingham and Pitts
burg hang Grape on the doors, and
send flowers to each other. Do we
care? We do not. Two or three of
our plants suffer but the hundreds
of others go on. and business in the
aggregate shows little contraction.
"As a man who earns his very
bread from the growth Of Atlanta,
and who owes more of that bread to
you manufacturers than to any other
class, l want to make it as emphatic
as I can that you must build up At
lanta's factories if you wish to see
her continue to grow"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
EngliShmlan'SC Criticism of
AmeriCanStOresA Answered
Selfridge's Manager Unjustifed in Saying Gus
toners Wait Too Long for Parcels.

Managers of Atlanta department;
stores made tests at random TO dem
onstrate that it takes on an average
80 seconds for the delivery of a pack
age and the making Of change
Lucian York. manager of Rich's,
says:
We have system which We be-
lieve is the best yet devised from
the viewpoint of the customer, and
Selfridge's certainly have nothing t.
compare with it. We use an identi-
aCation coin.
Departs at Once.
Most Of our charge customers
have their parcels delivered. After
the transaction is made the customer
merely gives her name and address
10 the salesperson, shows her identi-
fiCation coin, and departs at once.
Even when the customer takes the
parcel with her, the wrapper in the
stand has 1t ready in a jiffy. Time
records TO gauge our wrappers show
that on an average they use less
than a minute.
THE delivery of packages, after all,
is simply a minor matter What our
American people want broadly is
sertice-the right merchandise at the
right time at the right price. In Eng
liSh stores customers still are impOr-
tuned to buy; in fact, in many of the
stores 1t is.almost impossible to leave
without buying. Fancy such a condi-
ton here!
Again. here we make every effort
to get what the customer wants. We
anticipate the styles, bring on new
models and patterns
when the customer purchases
these goods she buys them at our
risk-if they are not pleasing TO her
when she gets them home she is at
liberty to return them. Here the Gus
toner is always right-in England.
from what | understand. she is more
at the mercy of the storekeeper"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Rome, Ga, Exhibitors
Sign Up for Space

Rome, Ga, is Growing over the fact
that II made definite plans for per-
manent exhibit before Atlanta.
Twelve manufacturers already have
signed contracts for space, and nine
more are about to do so. II is ex-
pected that 1000 feet Of floor space
will be used.
a building. and the exhibit will be
ready within two months, Louis Spen-
Ger, managing director, says.
Included among the exhibitors are
a stove works, a machine factory, "A
foundry, a furniture factory, a trunk
factory and a spring bed factory,
Some of these lines are duplicated.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

A. f. Cowper. one Of the important
men in the organization of Selfridge
& Co, which in turn has, perhaps, the
most important department store in
London, recently made a visit to the
United States. He spent most of his
time, of course in looking over
American department stores, and be
fore he departed for England freed
himself Of some criticism.
One thing which struck me was
the time it takes to complete a pur-
chase and get your goods wrapped
and delivered" he said
AT home we have no bundle wrap
pers; the clerks wrap the packages.
and we find it saves time and mis-
takes. When a customer has made a
purchase and the goods are shipped
by carrier or messenger to a distant
cash-and- bundle desk. every second
she has to wait is magnihed to a
minute, whereas if the goods are
wrapped by the clerk, the customer
is getting the full attention of that
salesperson, and if a minute or two
should be lost, she is seeing the ac-
ton all the time, and does not feel
that she has been lost sight Of. In
Selfridge's We use cash registers. and
we find them great savers of time"
Atlanta merchandise experts do not
agree with the English student of
store service.
Mr.. Cowper, in the opinion of va
rious Atlantans approached on the
subject, magnifies the Importance of
the transactions where the purchases
actually are taken away by the buyer.
They remark that while it may be
the custom in London for shoppers to
carry home their purchases, nine out
of ten customers in Atlanta demand
delivery by wagon
At any rate, they say, there is very
little delay and it is much better TO
free the salespeople from the duty
Of wrapping packages.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Thousand Lined Up
To Get Into Store
Furniture House Oevises Attractive
Scheme to Induce Public to
Notice Low Prices.

Even in busy Atlanta. It is seldom
enough that q thousand people are lined
up waiting to get into store when
the doors are thrown open This was
the record established by Sterchi Bros
& Barnes, Mitchell Street. near White
hall, Thursday morning
The attraction was an unusual sale Of
furniture, coupled with a prize offer.
Tags were widely distributed among the
friends Of the store. Each Of these tags
was numbered, and 100 Of the numbers
corresponded with the numbers on tags
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
MORE BUYERS THAN PEACHES

NEW YORK, July 5.-Buyers re-
turning here from Georgia say that it
is generally estimated the peach crop
of Georgia will run about 1900 cars.
According TO the railroad men, they
do not expect to move over IS cars
day out of the State at the flush of
the season. There are a great many
buyers at Fort Valley. Fully IS per
cent of the peaches are being sold
on track-in fact, there are more buy
ers than there are peaches.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

borne by articles in the store. When
any visitor matched his tag with any
tag in the store, he was privileged to
claim the article, without being ohli-
gated to purchase anything
The plan drew a big crowd, and, bet
ter, it attracted attention to some very
low prices, and resulted in good sales.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
TAFFETA RIBBONS SCARCE.

A scarcity of taffeta ribbons in
stock colorings is reported Pinks.
blues ana whites are especially hard
to get
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-21
RESPONSES WERE MANY
 AT ANNUAL ROLL CALL
Of UnjversaIist Church-2o Letters
 Read from Absent Members.

At the annual roll call at the Church of the Good Shepherd at 7.45 o'clock Thursday evening there were v re- sponses to the reading of the roll, 20 of these being by letter. The service opened with the singing of hymn and the Lords prayer was repeated by the congrega ton. Following an an- of silent prayer for the absent ones. The pastor. Rev. J. F. Cobb, called the roll, the 57 members present respond ing with appropriate verses from the scripture. The clerk, Mrs. George A KeppIer. read the 20 letters from the members who were unable to be pres ent.
 The first name to be called was that of Mrs Catherine Hampstead the old est member of the church. Mrs. Hampstead became a member in 1S41. The majority of the letters each con- tained verse of scripture with the individuals own interpretation and ap- plication of it. and some very appro- priate sentiments were expressed. The members from out of town who re- sponded by letter were: Miss Alice M Jenkins of New York, Rev. and Mrs E. D. Barber of Danbury, MT and Mrs. George D. Brown of Putnam A. J. Bowen of Springfield, Vt, Miss Bessie Cook of Waltham. Mass, Mrs. Mary L. Coggins of Providenc. Mrs. Etta F. Mattoon of Thomaston, Conn.,, Mrs F. L. Moore of Providence, Frank L. Potter of New York, Mrs. Laura Sanford of Stafford Springs, Miss El- mira Whitney of Lancaster. Mass. Henry H. Woodward of Hartford
 Following the roll call there was holy with the singing of Blest Be the Tie That Binds
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-21
OBITUARY.
George e s. Hathaway

The death of George Simmons Hath away. aged 61. occurred on March r, at Jamaica, L.4L.
 MT. Hathaway was the of the late Joseph Gardner Hathaway and his wife. Manda Fairchild Roberts, of Greeneville Conn, where the deceased was born. Besides his wife Mir. Hath away leaves two sisters, Mrs. H. NJ Johnson and Mrs. Frank Atkins, of Lynn. Mass. He was the uncle of Mrs. William H. Allen of Hunting ton Place and cousin of Mrs T. P. Wattles of Broadway.
 He lived for a time in New Hamp shire before going to Jamaica, Burial was in Lynn, Mass.
 James c. Russell.
 v a telegram received here Thurs day, Miss Maud c. buckingham learned of the death of her uncle, James c. Russell of rooklyn, N. Y. who with his family is well known to many Norwich people as they spent many summers at Eastern Point. Mi. Rus sell Is survived by his mother, Mrs. William s. S. Russell and two sisters, Miss Sadie G. Russell and Miss Eliz- abeth Russell.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-21
GHEEhEviLLE CHURCHES
 VOTE TO CONSOLIDATE
Third Baptists and Methodists Organ ize Federated Body-To Use Form CTS Church-WiIi Be The Federated Church.

On Thursday evening special meet ing was held in the chapel of the Third Baptist church for the purpose of con- solidating the two bodies, Methodist
 and Baptist, of Greeneyille. There was a large. attendance at the meeting and the session was an enthusiastic and interesting one. The evening was opened about 7.15 o'clock, and follow ing the brief devotional exercises Rev A. B. Coats, D. D.. superintendent cf missions of the Connecticut Baptist convention, took charge. The mem bers of the two churches then Joined themselves in one federated body for the purpose of greater efficiency in their religious work It will be called The Federated church. Officers of tt.e new federation were later elected as follows: Board of directors Amos Baldwin, $. D. Barnes. Robert Me Nicely, Mr. Edmunds; clerk of the fet . erated body. Robert McNeely: treas urer, H. I. Peckham: pulpit commit tee, the board of directors given abov" with Miss Gladys Upton and Mrs Herbert Baldwin; financial committee Herbert Baldwin, Amos Baldwin, Rob- ert McNeely, Miss Anna Fletcher and Miss Gladys Upton music committee Miss Anna Fletcher and H. I. Peck ham; superintendent of Sunday school, Robert McNeeIy.
 The meeting came to a harmonious close with the singing of Blest Be the Tie That Binds and benediction. This consolidation has been under consider ation for some time by the members of both churches and according to all present indications it has a future of success and prosperity before it. The services of the new federation will rc held in the Third Baptist church, in cluding also the Sunday school. Al the present time Rev. A. L. Tedford is the pastor of the federation and he will continue in that office until the first of April. At that time a meeting will be held to consider whether or not Rev. MT. Tedford will continue to oc-t cupy the pulpit of the church. During the short time that he has been pastor of the church he has shown himself efficient in every respect and he ,s well liked and popular with the con gregation. It is expected that Re- Mir. Tedford will be asked to remain permanently with the church At present there are two young people societies among the two bodies and these will be consolidated at later meeting.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-21
NEEDFULs AND EMERY.
Purchased Thursday for Easter Wear, Although the Weather Was Unfav- orabIe-Rich Apparel Moderately Priced.

Rainy though the day was Thurs day, the buying of spring needfuls and hnery went on uninterru ptedly. Shop pers realize the nearness of Easter, and those who could do so made their selections yesterday.
 Wilhelmina blue, onion cafe au lait, dove, sand, black and white. and other seasonable colors in spring garments sold well.
 One favored coat was a delicate sand brown Bedford cord with Balkan band effect, black velvet collar and cuffs It was exquisitely lined in old gold satin.
 blue whipcord coat had lining of old rose and old rose collar with rich applique lace.
 Tn a smart street gown, Copenhagen crepe meteor was developed in a one gold lace, Irish point and self revers, and rich draperY caught at the side with self buttons, added to the charm ing features.
 A blue eponge coat in Bulgarian blouse effect had Persian collar and cuffs, and for finish large buttons COW cred with eponge. This swell garment was lined throughout with navy blue peau de cynge.
 In a leather color ratine suit the skirt was draped and the cutaway coat, long over the hips, had fancy buttons for trimming.
 Never were garments so graceful and so carefully designed and tailored as they are this season. Important too, is the fact that even the most elegant models are moderately priced
 Just where the best value is to be obtained for the least expenditure may be learned today by a study of what The Bulletins advertisers have to tell
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-21
FUN ERALS.
Alfred J, Pardy.


 The funeral of Alfred J. Pardy was held from his late residence, 40 Bent ley avenue Thursday afternoon at 2.3C o'clock. Rev. J. Eldred Brown con- ducted the services and the bearers were. James Grferson, Dwight Allen Frank Edmond and Michael Kelley. the latter representing the Carpenters union. Burial was in MaplewoOd cem- etrey Among the large attendance were MT. and Mrs. Thomas J. -Pardy of Bridgeport and Mrs. J. Berhaut of New York city. The many handsome floral offerings included: A bunch of roses, MT. and Mrs. Thomas J. Pardy; bunch of flowers and palms, Mrs. Ber- haut and family: wreath. Clarence Pardy; a wreath from sister in law and nephew pillow by Carpenters union: wreath, Peck McWilliams Co.,: wreath, shopmates; standing wreath, neighbors: magnolia leaf wreath, Nor mate of Chelsea; a bunch of flowers and potted plants, fifth and seventh grades, Broadway school; daffodils, J. A. Turner.
 Henry Allen and Son had charge of the funeral arrangements.
 Frederick A. BeausoleiI
 Funeral services for Frederick A. Beausoleil were held Thursday morn was large attendance a the services. The remains were sent to Norwich on the 1145 train and burial was in St. Marys cemetery. Relatives accom- panied the remains to this city, six acting as bearers. Shea and Burke had charge of the funeral arrange mentS.