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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-12

RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts. ...............s 259,173 q
Overdrafts secured and unsecured GO Is
Warrants, stocks, tax certificates,
claims etc. .......... ......... ~ 10
Banking house, furniture and fixtures ~ 90
Other real estate. ................. -. 800 90
Due from other banks .@32,4G 81
Checks and other cash items 179 So
Total. ................. 1890. .s2299s go 49,
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in................. $4,000 90
Surplus fund OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10000 90
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid ........... .......... 5,1s7 80
Dividends unpaid. ......... $l,75O 90
Indy. deposits subject
to check. ............:. 1z3,6B IL
Demand certificates of de-
post ...................... 4.Slo %
Time certificate of de.
pOS1C... ........... 1Ol,S.5 ~
Reserved for taxes...... 800 O
Due to other banks. ..... S, 5A 80 236,122 "
Total ................ ;. seq. 29o ~
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, Ia.
County of Barnes.
I, Walter Coop, cashier of the above
named bank, do sOlemnly swear that the
above statement Is true to the best Of
Walter Coop,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of June 1913.
Notary Public, Barnes County. N. D.
My commission expires April q, 1918
Jas. J. Farley,
VIM. Olson,
Directors.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-12
Report Of the Condition
The Bank Of Valley City

At Valley City, in the State of North Dako-
ia. at the close of business June 4. 1918
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-06-12
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

wound.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
Used Atlanta Underwear,
But Surprised When Told So
Professional Man Had Acquaintance With Man
ufacturer-Didn'tK Know What He Made.

Where are you going2' asked the
Senior Partner as the Junior Part
ner arose from his desk in the Can
dler Building and put on his hat.
"Over 10 the Peter Hill factory"
Peter Hm underwear"
of course"
IN swear! I've been wearing that
stuff for four years, and never knew It
was made here
This IS a conversation which ac-
tually occurred Further the man
who didn't know Peter Hill under
wear IS made in Atlanta had been a
speaking acquaintance Of p. y. Hill
for several years. He never con-
nected the well-known goods with the
maker
This Is another text the promoters
Of the permanent exhibit Of Atlanta
made goods might use. For Peter
HIN underwear, in the making, gives
employment to 100 girls and a score
or so Of statesmen and office en-
plOyees.
Six Years Old.
The firm Is six years old In that
time II has grown to occupy an entire
floor OF the big Commerce Hall
building From one garment il has
expanded until II manufactures al
most 100 different styles Of garments
in a wide variety OF materials. The
original garment was athletic under
wear for men. Neckties, bath robes,
pajamas, union suits In many kinds
OF cotton goods silk and flannel now
keep II busy
"Prejudice2 Yes, we have met with
It, time and again." says Mr.. Hill.
"Our goods sell on Broadway, but
there are Georgia merchants who
won't listen when our salesman calls.
They are fewer and fewer every year.
however We are getting the cream
Of the trade right now, but 1t was a
hard battle"
Making It stand on quality and At,
hut never neglecting price, the bust
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
Pick Subcommittee
To Get Exhibit Site
Manufacturer Who Demand Exact
Details Before Lining Up Are
To Be Satisfied.

No one behind the permanent ex-
hibit project is sleeping. There was
a meeting of the full committee of
the Chamber of Commerce Wednes-
day noon in the Empire Building.
At it's close a subcommittee, COM
posed of Brooks Morgan, ]. X. Orr,
Boiling II. Jones and V. II. Krieg-
shaber was named to take up all of
the 1--WE or six proposals made by
owners Of available buildings, and
report as soon as practicable.
The movement in favor of a per-
manent exhibit has simmered down
to a question of expense, it seems.
Twenty three of the manufacturers
publicly announced their intention of
taking space in the exhibit hall, with
out demanding any further explana-
ton as to details Others privately
assured the committee of their CO.
operation.
But the majority of the manufac-
turers want to know just how much
rentals will be, where the building
is TO stand-in fact, all about it,
Realizing that the only way to get
these people in line is to answer
their questions, the committee ap-
pointed Wednesday will go as far as
possible toward selecting the best
site, and ascertaining the cost.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
Want Garnishment Law Broad
ened and Also Seek Fraudulent
Check Bill at This Session.
MEETING CALLED JULY 2l-23
Georgia Merchants to Convene at
Hotel AnsIey and Make Strong
Effort to Further Cause.

Two thousand retailers from al
parts Of the State are expected &c
assemble In Atlanta July q, %, %
in the annual convention Of the Re
tail Merchants Association Of Geor-
Rfa-
Headquarters will be the Ansley
Hotel and the business sessions
probably win be held in the assembly
room there.
There are two bills now before the
Georgia Legislature which the retail
srs are deeply interested in further
ing They are bills amending the gar
nishment law, making IL broader Of
application, and a bill making II a
misdemeanor to draw a fraudulent
check, unless, within thirty days, the
check is met
This will be the principal matter
before the convention. but there also
will be discussions Of topics Of timely
interest, and the annual election Of
officers. Present officers are J. w. s
Hardy Of waycross, Ca, president;
u. h. Hogsed, Toccoa, vice president;
John Bratton, Atlanta, secretary
treasurer; Louis W. Roberts, At
lantR, special representative.
Years Campaign Waged.
Mr.. Roberts, ex-president OF the
association. has spent the past year
going from town to town in Georgia
enlistinS the interest OF the mer-
chants IN the two bills which have
been introduced before the Legisla-
ture.
The garnishment bill proposes to
make all wages subject to Rarnish-
ment. As the law now stands, men
who do work which Is entirely or in
part manual can not be garnished.
Thus the engineer on a locomotive
can not be garnlshed. while the con-
ductor can be The new bill makes
laborers' exemption 81 per day, and
80 per cent of the amount above that
figure. In other words, a laborer
making So per day would have 81
subject to garnishment-50 per cent
OF the amount above 81.
In the call for the convention,
President Hardy says:
Solid Carloads Coming.
AtA nave tNtlA AtNHbiA u ltfi
proud of your association--it is com
posed OF the leading progressive and
aggressive merchants of the State
Several OF the larger and a few OF
the smaller towns have already
pledged themselves to send a solid
carload Of delegates IL all Of the
towns send even a fair per cent of
the numbers they have designated
we viii have the largest convention
ever held by this organization. There
is every reason 10 believe that our
expectations will be surpassed.
Atlanta is known far and wide for
her hospitality, and while our CON
ventions are business meetings. for
busy men, no doubt you win be &C
corded such entertainment as is APP
propriate."
The meeting was held last year in
Warm Springs. with an attendance OF
something over 1000 members.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
Silk Is in High Favor;
Charmeuse Leading
Goods SO Pretty Women Do Not
Know When to Stop Buying
Says importer.

Silks will be more fashionable than
ever this fall, according to promi-
nent importer recently returned from
an extended trip abroad
There were more silks worn IN
Paris this season than ever before,
he said. THE demand will not only
be for more silks. but for more kinds
Of silk. Much charmeuse is used
THE silks used by the fine trade are
so beautiful that women do not know
when TO stop buying. AS a result
practically the entire summer ward
robe is made OF silk. 1t will be the
same thing this winter.
Our Paris house has been selling
not only to American buyers, but 20
buyers from Russia, Italy, and al
most every other country in the
world Never has Lyons been sold
up so far ahead.
shall we sell American silks
abroad II is possible. ! believe
that our mills are 20 organized that
we will be able to turn out the goods
more quickly than the foreigners
This should enable us to meet then
lower cost OF production"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13

ness has grown steadily, and now
the trade mark has wide fame, par
ticularly in the Southern States.
The uninitiated never can realize
how many different kinds Of things a
man can choose TO wear beneath his
outer clothing until a visit is paid
10 the Peter Hill factory Blue, green,
lavender, pink and tan and just plain
white are among the colors checks
and stripes the patterns: silk, cotton
and flannel the materials.
Winter Athletic Underwear.
The newest wrinkle is a line Of very
light flannel underwear OF athletic
cut, designed for the chap who wants
loose fitting, short sleeve and short
leg underwear in the winter as well
as in summer, but who hesitates to
go through December with the -hlmy
garments Of June.
No other factory has adopted this
idea but the success Of fall sales al
ready made by the Atlanta concern
indicate that competitors soon will
fall In line
Making underwear is just plain
sewing, and no more interesting than
any operation with the familiar high
speed. electrically driven sewing ma
chimes. which seem the limit Of me-
ChaniCal ingenuity
The trick is all in the Designing
how to give comfort and fit, plus
style.
Always New Ideas.
There's always something new, as,
for instance, Peter Hill idea of
sizing union suits according to the
length OF mans body, as well as
according to its circumference.
Neckwear demands more hand
work First, the silks have to be cut
by hand with sharp knives instead OF
with machines. The sewing is done
by machine, but the neckties have to
be turned right side out, lined, press
ed. and boxed by hand. This is what
costs in a necktie, for although silk Is
expensive enough IT does not take any
great quantity to make an ordinary
bow or fourth hand tie.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
TLANTA MANUFACTURERS IND JOBBERS ARE DOING
Clearer Skies
Before Autumn
BY SPENCER TRAsk & CO.

We believe that by autumn a
number of the problems now vex-
ing our financial and business men
viii have been settled; the revised
tariff bill should have been passed
by September or October. BY then
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion may have allowed the 5 per
cent increase in freight rates de-
manded by the Eastern railroads,
and there is also the possibility of
some bill having been passed
amending our wretched currency
laws.
BY then, too, the investing pub
lie will have the chance to get its
proper bearings.
In short, by the fall we should
know much better what our true
economic situation promises to be
for the next few years
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
THOUSANDS GET
INVITATIONS To
BIC CONVENTION
Snappy Talks on Pertinent Topics
Expected-Attendance May
Go Above 1000 Mark.

Invitations are being sent. out as
rapidly as possible to almost every
merchant in six States who does a
business Of any consequence-thou
sands in all-summoning the dealers
to the Southern Merchants Conven-
ton to be held in Atlanta during the
first two weeks of August
Letters to various Atlanta firms
which are taking an interest in the
forthcoming event demonstrate the
enthusiasm which is being aroused.
Il have received letters from deal
ers scattered all the way from Vir-
ginia to Texas" says Boiling H
Jones, one Of the most active workers
for the success of the convention. 81
feel sure the attendance this year will
go far above the 1000 mark set last
season"
Indications are that the first days
session will be one of the most in
teresting During this session, the
diversification of crops will be dis
cussed. There is plenty of meat in
the topics assigned for other sessions
however and none of them is likely
to be dull
Arrangements were made with the
Forsyth Theater last week whereby
the whole house is reserved for the
delegates to the convention on the
nights of August and August IL
Arrangements have been made for a
reception at the Piedmont Driving
Club, and for several thousand seats
for the ball game at Ponce DeLeon
Park between Atlanta and Chatta
nooga August Is.
w. H. White, Of the White Provi-
sion Company, will speak to the con-
Vention on the opportunity offered
Georgia farmers in stock growing
This promises to be one Of the best
addresses of the convention.
1T will be a real convention" says
H. T. Moore, secretary. For in
stance, we are told that merchants
in the smaller towns have been among
the defenders of the One-Crop system
When crop Investigation comes up
for discussion they are likely to air
their views in no uncertain language.
They are close to the farmer, and
what they have to say carries weight
The idea is to avoid loading the
program with heavy addresses. We
want debates-infOrmal talks of five
minute length-short speeches with a
punch in them. 1t looks as If we
will get them"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
European Business
Comes to Atlanta
Firm Unsolicited
Orders From Berlin and Paris Ar
rive Without Explanation of
How Fame Crossed Ocean.
Fame is a peculiar affair.

There have been firms which have
striven hard and long for recognition
abroad, and with Indifferent success.
Again. some article of American man
ufacture becomes known favorably In
Europe, without the slightest effort on
the manufacturer part, and unsOhc'
tied orders follow.
AS for instance
In Marietta Street is a concern but
two years old, the A. Z. Hill Manu-
featuring Company. The Hill COM
pany makes a machine which sharp
ems safety razor blades for all makes
of safety razors. The other day Mr.,
Hill was surprised by cabled order
for a large shipment of his devices,
to be consigned to a firm in Berlin.
And this week he is packing a ship
ment for the Societe Generate de
Couterllerie & Orfevrerie, 81 Rue Pas
tourelle, Paris.
All this without any advertising
abroad. or any effort to interest for
eign buyers.
How they came to learn of my
device in Europe is more than l
know" says Mr.. Hill. "Of course, l
knew ina general way that the safety
razor was catching on in Europe; 1t 10
the kind of thing which would take
we'll there But who first heard of my
sharpening machine in Germany or
France is more than | can say. Need
less to remark, though. all orders are
thankfully received. The French or
der is a trial. Already l have had
repeat order from Berlin, which shows
the device is giving satisfaction
there"
The Hill machine is manufactured
in Atlanta 1t was invented four
years ago, and has been on the mar
ket for two years. A new model was
put out during the past week, the only
change being a better arrangement OF
the circular hone which supplements
the work of the ingenious strops
which literally put a hairs splitting"
edge on safety razor blades. The ma
chimes are automatic. requiring al
most no attention after the blades are
put in place.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
statesmen
JUST NOW BUSY.
PUSHING WARES
Business Of Selling Securities at
Retail Has Much of Human
Interest in 1t.

This is the most interesting period
Of the year in the bond market Al
most every train leaving New York,
Chicago and Boston has carried rep
resentatives Of the principal bond
houses into the country districts,
where buyers of one, two or three
bonds, in receipt Of their semi-an-
nual dividends. have been in position
to reinvest a portion of their savings.
Whether the statesmen can induce
them to exchange their savings bank
balances for $500 or $1,000 bonds re-
mains to be seen. Every kind of per-
suasiVe argument will be used, for
with many bond men 1t means a life
and death struggle to secure enough
orders in July to make up for the
lean business of the last six months.
The art of selling bonds at retail
has been reduced to a science. 1t is
full of human interest. The most
successful house in the business years
ago hit upon the plan of sending
young men on long visits to New
England towns to get acquainted with
the people. One salesman who gained
his experience in this way is now the
head of a great bond house.
He long ago gave up selling bonds
on the road, but almost every week
the mail brings him letter with the
address written in a cramped. old
fashioned little hand, upon an en-
velope bearing the postmark Of a
New England town. The writer was
one of those who attended the straw
berry festivals in the little white
church.
She has bought bonds of him for
years. and the habit has now become
so well fixed that the trust companies
and banks which send their men to
her with attractive investment propo-
sitions do not get a hearing. That
banker has made a small fortune I'm
commissions on sales of bonds to peo-
pie in those little towns.
Thrifty, well-to-do, and with good
connections, those people turn over to
him each year a volume Of orders
which would make even the 10000
900 banks sit up and take notice. 1t
is investment business of the best
sort, most of the bonds taken are
seldom resold being held till matura-
ty, unless death occurs to force a dis
'ribution of the owners estate.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
U. S. STEEL STATEMENT.

NEW YORK, July 1O.-The United
States Steel Corporation reports un-
filled orders on its books as of June 30
OF 5,S07 ,317 tons. This compares with
6 324 1922 tons on May 81, 6.97S. 762 tons
on April 30, 1865, 956 on March 81 and
1907 .346 on June 80. 1912.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
DENMARK SEES GOODS.

There is being held in Copenhagen
an exhibition Of modern Office furni-
ture and mechanical appliances fol
expediting the matters necessary &c
run economically an up-to-date active
business concerns counting room
About so per cent Of the exhibitors
are displaying American goods
The impression made on the public
by the American exhibits is very IA
vorable, and II may safely be stated
that the exhibition of safes typewrit-
ers adding machines, indeXing de-
vices. steel furniture. Office chairs
cash registers and stationery is su-
perior to the similar displays made by
German, English, Swedish and Danish
firms.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
Customs Decision
Interests Firm Here
New York Judge Of Appraisers Court
Rules on Baskets of Mixed
Material.

Judge McClelland, of the Board of
United States General Appraisers,
handed down a decision in New York
last week which is of particular in
terest to thriving Atlanta concern.
A et-importing firm in the
East brought goods from abroad
which were made of braided rush in
natural color and stained willow. The
customs appraisers assessed duty OF
40 per cent, as stained willow, while
the importers claimed they should
pay only 35 per cent, as natural rush.
The importer lost before Judge Nc
Clelland
The Bombayreed Importing and
Manufacturing Company of Atlanta
imports considerable of the same
class of goods, and watched the de-
cision with interest. In the past, ii
is said, K has been the custom to de-
eide whether the duty shall be IS or
40 per cent, according to whether the
natural rush or the stained yellow
predominates in the design.
f. X. Ward, of the Bombayreed
company, is in Grand Rapids, Mich,
where his firm is making an exhibit
at the furniture show. A similar eX-
hibit is being made at the furniture
show in High Point, n. c.
Publication in Hearst's American of
a statement by Mr.. Ward that Ameri-
can farmers could make good profits
by cultivating the native willow on
their waste lands brought a flood OF
letters from farmers submitting sam
pies of willows and requests for val
nations on them Mr.. Ward sticks tC
his statement that there is money in
| 1t for the farmer, and with very little
| work but he says the willow must be
cultivated. as otherwise the shoots
are too short and are crooked and
knotty. A Government bulletin tells
Just how this should be done.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
1 An SHOWS BIG INCREASE

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 12.-Gross
earnings of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad for the fiscal year end
ed June 80 increased more than
three and a quarter million dollars,
Charles Hayden, the company's con-
troller, reports.
Gross receipts from operation from
July /, 1912, to June 80, 1913, were
59,46T771, as compared with $751;
211,78S for the preceding period.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
SALES TERMS
ADOP TED BY
LUMBERMEN
National Dealers Association
Makes Rules to Keep All
Transactions Uniform.

Following considerable agitation in
the last year regarding terms Of sale,
the National Wholesale Lumber Deal
ers' Association has sent to its mem
bers a set of rules covering this
point that it hopes to make uniform
all over the country. This was done
by the association in recognition of
the difficulties of doing business under
the variation of sales terms that ex-
lists at the present time.
Particular insistence is made on
impressing on buyers the necessity
OF remembering that the terms Of sale
under which an order is accepted are
as much a part of the contract as the
prices at which the lumber is sold.
CANNOT STRETCH TIME.
The purchaser has no more right,
according to the association COM
mittee on terms of sale and trade
ethics, to stretch the time allowed
for payment or to violate other terms
of sale than the seller has to raise
prices after they have once been
fixed.
These are the sales terms adopted
Dy the ASSOCIATIONS
The terms hereon are those
agreed on by both buyer and
seller and are a part of the sale
agreement
Settlement to be made prompt
~ on receipt of each car
Freight, net cash, balance by
note at 60 days from date of an
voice or less l IL per cent dis
count for cash if paid within If
teen days from date of invoice:
or l per cent for cash if paid
within 80 days from date of in
voice.
No discount allowed after 80
days.
WHEN CAR is DELAYED.
If car is not received within the
above discount times, and dis
count is desired, prepayment on
account will not be held as ac-
ceptance Of the shipment and the
right to make corrections and
complaint will not be forfeited
thereby. In making delivered
prices. cost of goods delivered at
destination is guaranteed, but
not against delay in transit.
Claims for count or quality
must be reported as soon as car
is unloaded and tally proved. No
claims allowed if not prepaid
within ten days after unloading.
| General Conditions-All con-
| tracts and agreements are made
| contingent upon strikes, fires,
| floods, inability to secure cars,
delays of carriers and other de-
lays unavoidable and beyond our
control
In making delivered prices we
simply guarantee the cost of
| goods at your place, but are in
no way responsible for their safe
| delivery
| Under these rules all orders signed
by buyers are subject to the approval
| of the home offices.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
sEIIING NOTES.

Manufacturers Of women's neckwear
are looking forward to active business
for fall. The demand for laces con-
tinues 90 show Improvement.
Satin faced silks continue to lead the
demand American buyers at Lyons
are placing stable orders for charmeuse
Heavy satins, similar to duchesse. are
also I'm demand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
c-EN-7
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Say fellows says the Tiny Tad we'd better leave here guck
saw lot Of Badg:rn1s and the Microwtars hok