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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

Fall, 1913, hats for men are being
shown by jobbers in Atlanta,
Take them big and large, they de-
serve the name the women give their
headgear-they are creations"
One Creation" for instance, is
green velour, with a little bow of
the back, and button hole stitched
edge.
Brown Perryman- Greene Company
say velours, particularly in blue and
green. are the thing for fall. Velours
retail from $3.50 to $3.50
The Trooper" shape Is proper. To
make a Trooper shape. punch out
a crown, then strike it with the edge
Of the hand, lengthwise. That's all
Another creation" particularly
fetching is blue, with red. white and
blue stitching which runs up and
down the crown and around and
around the brim. A button is in the
geometrical center OF the crown.
Perhaps the best of the bunch, to
many tastes, lie a green felt hat
Trooper" shape, of course, with
zebra" finish. Zebra" finish means
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Strenuous Work Done
Preparing for Convention.

When the four or 1--WE thousand
merchants from all over the South
gather in Atlanta for their conven-
ton during the first two weeks Of
August. il IS doubtful II any OF them
will be able to realize the care and
effort that has been expended to
make their meeting a success.
For instance, one energetic com
mittee has been toiling throughout
the hot week In an effort to raise
funds for the entertainment OF the
visitors As a result of-their consci-
entious endeavor, the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association sees its
way clear. as to finances, to play
host to the gathering.
Another committee has been hard
at work preparing the program The
program is to be an elaborate affair.
Three or four topics a day will be
discussed and most OF the discus
sion will be in the shape Of five
minute addresses. Thu travelling men
are doing yeoman's work in finding
the good speakers scattered through
out the territory. men who have
opinions worth hearing and expert
encsS likely to be helpful to other
merchants IN their fines
Still more hard workers are pre-
pairing the invitation list. This in
itself is a StupenSous task. And the
invitations are to go out early In
July.
Altogether, prospects are bright for
the most interesting and largest con
venjion Of the kind ever held In the
South
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

Special Gable 70 The American.
BY COLONEL HARVIE JORDAN.
(Member of the American Farm
Credits Commission and President
of the Southern Cotton Association
OLDENBERG, GERMANY. June
2S.-The capitalization of Southern
cotton growers through the mortgage
bank system giving them mortgage
loans at low interest with easy pay
ments would completely reorganize
the cotton growing industry of the
South. I am convinced that the land
mortgage business in America can be
systematized along the lines of SINH
lar mortgage systems in Europe
If this is done 1t viii bring a new
era of prosperity to the South and
greatly increase the cash returns
from cotton, which now represent
practically the entire balance of trade
Of the United States.
Southern cotton growers to-day are
Just one year behind financially They
have been behind since the Civil War.
The curse Of the cotton farmers is
the store lien system, under which
they are obliged each spring to pur-
chase their supplies on credit from
the supply merchants. Frequently
farmers pay so per cent or more in
excess of the cash price Of goods for
the privilege of this credit More
over, the supply merchants secure
absolute control over the farmers.
Marketing Is Hurried.
The cotton crop has to be marketed
as soon as harvested. Farmers have
practically no control over the mar
keting. This is because they have no
independence. The Ameri-
can commission has studied the mort
gage systems which place European
farmers in far stronger positions as
borrowers than our own farmers In
America we still are clinging to the
Anticipated practice of forcing short
time loans on the agriculturist.
European farmers borrow through
an Intermediary society and enjoy as
strong positions as any railroad or
If our Southern farm
ers mortgage their land they must
pay back the entire principal in lump
sum in few years, else pay a costly
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
COLORED LINEN
IN BIC DEMAND.
MAY De SHORT
Available Supply Likely to be Ex-
hausted Soon, Importers Be-
Iieve-Market Dull.

The shortage Of several popular
lines of wash fabrics for the current
summer season has brought out a
much stronger demand for colorei
dress linens and ramies. COlorei
ratines, which did not sell well earlier
in the season. are also good property
at the present time. Several promi
nent importers in the linen trade
predict that before the month is over
there will be a shortage of colored
dress linens, and that within the next
80 days buyers will find stocks COM
pletely exhausted
Summer weather Of the real sort
has brought out an unexpectedly
large share of the business. The
setback suffered earlier in the season
through the remarkable popularity
Of ratines is being rapidly overcome
Importers are not doing very much
at the present time in the way OF
new business except in a few cases
where goods are available for spot
or early delivery.
Stock lots of colored linens and
linen ramies have been sought for
and have found a ready market
Goods on fall order are being charged
up as delivery dates fall due, and
in a good many cases shipments sent
the goods were available. Shipments
from abroad are not prompt, and
importing houses are forced to wait
until goods arrive even where they
are past due on old contracts.
Women who buy dress linens know
that these goods have now become
an all the-year- around article, and
the linen gown made up for sum-
mer wear gives excellent satisfac-
ton as a house dress during the cool
months. AdviCes from abroad state
that buyers are hesitating over pay
ing prices current for forward CON
tracts, and are not placing many con
tracts at present. Yarns hold strong
and the chances of seeing lower
prices on the finished goods in tine
near future is very remote.
Mail advices from Belfast state
that the market has been quiet but
steady, and there has been little in
the way Of quotable change compared
with previous weeks Buyers hest
tate to pay the prices current for
forward contracts. and consequently
are only operating in a hand-to-
mouth fashion, as necessity compels
them. There is, however, a hopeful
feeling.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Jordan Thinks EurOpe'S
Land Banks Ideal for South
Cheap Loans on Farm Lands Spell Financial In
dependence for Cotton Grower, He Says.

commission for renewal. So long as
this is true naturally the farmers
won't mortgage their land until &C
tually pressed to the wall.
IN contrast to this European farm
era repay their loans in small annual
installments So long as they meet
their interest payments they can new
er be sold out. Their entire payments
for both interest and principal amount
to less than our farmers frequently
are required to pay for interest alone.
Cash Basis Possible.
If Southern farmers can get a de-
vice to act as their agent in borrow
ing and can capitalize their land
holdings on terms that will permit
them to repay little by little. we can
put the cotton growing industry Of
the South on a cash basis. This would
enable our farmers to buy on cash
basis and secure financial independ-
ence. II would break the power of
the supply merchants. II would be
the surest way to a New South. A
New South would mean prosperity to
the nation.
There is no theory in this PROPOSE
ton. l have studied these mortgage
systems here. They are straight
business enterprises that we Ameri-
tdi1S Tan duO''' DeEud'S improve
upon. The Legislature of every State
in the Union should take this matter
under consideration.
When currency reform Isl enacted
in the United States this should form
part of the program. Farmers never
up to this time had any considera-
ton whatsoever given their require
ments as borrowers. In currency or
banking legislation they have been
left to get along as we'll as they
could. This has been largely respon-
sible for the financial positions of the
Southern farmers to-day.
The American commission will re-
turn to the United States with def
mite Ideas concerning the credit prob
lem, particularly in the mortgage
field. Their recommendations should
receive the attention of every banker.
farmer and consumer in the nation
for the financial position of our farm
ers is a matter of vital interest to
every individual in the United
States.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
City Statesmen Take
Outing; Truce Kept
Jobbers Agree Not to Scout for Bus,
mess During Absence Of
Their Representatives.

City statesmen will be conspicuous
by their absence this week. The gro
GER or dry goods merchant who needs
to replenish his stock must telephone
to his jobber. The jobbers have
agreed not to solicit business for the
week, but just to take what comes
to them in the natural course of
events
The reason for this strange pact is
that the jobbers are on their annual
outing at the Isle of Palms, near
Charleston, S. C.
In order not to take advantage Of
their absence, fifty or more iobbers
signed formal agreement of neu-
trality for the week, and O. T. Camp,
president of the Retail GroCers' and
Butchers Association. sent letter
to all members of his organization
acquainting them with the state of
affairs, and asking that they fill urg-
ent needs only. by using the tele-
phone.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
SALES
SHOW BUILDING
KEEPS UP WELL
Dealers in Supplies Tell of Big
Things in Prospect for the
Coming Autumn.

Dealers in lumber, brick, cement
plaster and building supplies report
that Atlanta is going straight ahead
in its expansion
Unanimously they report good
trade. one particularly encouraging
feature, according to their express
sions, is the steady increase in the
number Of small residences, homes
costing between $4,000 and $4,000,
seeming to predominant.
Furthermore, building supplies
dealers are unanimous in saying that
there are great plans in store for
fall. If all rumors are to be believed,
property owners are contemplating
improvements at almost a boom
rate as soon as summer is past
Paint dealers also are cheerful.
They report contractors figuring on
work far ahead and also general ac-
tivity In refurnishing buildings which
are not new, but which are being re-
modelled to meet the citys growing
needs.
Expressions from dealers in these
lines follow:
Y. II. Kriegshaber: Our observa-
ton is that there is a good deal of
building contempated-in the wind,
so to speak. When conditions settle
down this fall, We look for an excel
lent trade in building supplies"
Randall Bros; Our business is
better than il ever has been in lum-
Der and building material. The in
crease has come from the increase
In medium priced houses, residences
to cost between $4,000 and $4,000.
1T is hard to tell about the fall
but we look for a good trade. Prices
are a little lower This always is
the case in June and July. There
will be a reaction in August and Sep
TENDER, and quotations will be
stronger. This is the history of ev-
cry year"
Wilingham- Tiff Lumber Co: BUS
mess has been quite brisk up to the
present time, with particular activity
in the erection Of small houses. This
looks to us like the right time to
build, for prices in our opinion. are
at the bottom"
SCiple Sons: Business is fairly
good at the present time. and # is
picking up rapidly We look for a
very good trade for the rest Of the
year. The market is steady, still
prices are reasonable and il is good
time to build We notice a revival
particularly in the erection Of small
houses"
Dozier & Gay: From the number
of contractors who are figuring on
painting to be done between now and
fall, we look for a big business
Every indication is that a large
number OF new homes are to be built,
and there are rumors Of several large
buildings for wholesale houses and
small factories.
"Of course, we are but fifteen
months old in Atlanta, so we have
only the figures for that period by
which TO judge But from these, we
are able to show an increase of al
most 100 per cent in our trade.
"One remarkable feature has been
the great amount of painting done on
buildings which are not new. Con-
tractors tell us this class of work ex-
ceeds the record of several years"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Moving Big Concern
Takes Almost Week
Dougherty- Llttle.Redwdne Co. Get to
Temporary Quarters by DIut Of
Hard Work.

Almost a week has been required
for moving the Dougherty- Little
Redwine Company from it's old home
in North Pryor Street to temporary
quarters at SO-S2 South Pryor Street.
1t is estimated that about forty
boxcar loads of goods were moved,
the stock being valued at $1,000
That amount of silks would not
make much of a showing, but when
Il comes to underwear. II is a diff
ferent story" remarked J. Little.
BY a peculiar freak of circum-
stance, buyers thronged into the es-
tablishment the very day the NOV
ing began, and members of the firm
had one of their best days sales
while trying to manage loading the
four trucks which kept plying be-
tween the old store and the new
quarters.
The firm will have its own building
at 9092 South Pryor by November /.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
A. B. & A. CERTIFICATES DUE
JULY | TO BE REFUNDED

The Atlanta, Birmingham & At
lautic. property largely owned in
New England and into which nearly
$4,000, 900 of Boston and New Eng
land money has ben poured. has ma
turing on July / an issue of S4,700, 900
one-year 5 per cent receivers GER
tifcates. 1t is understood that plans
are already under way to refund
these certificates with a new issue
bearing probably a higher rate OF
interest. The new issue will probably
be placed in New York.
The time for making the reorgani-
cation plan also expires on July l.
but this VIII be extended for another
two or three years The property
has been in receivers hands since
January 1909. over four years, and
a practical solution of its financial
troubles has not yet developed,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17
Purely Personal

Mrs. Joel D. Mcpherson, who was
the guest of Mrs. H. l.. Mcpherson
for several days, returned to Madi-
sonville Monday.
Robert Wright is visiting friends
in Pine Bluff, Ark.
Mrs. Lucian Long, of Cerulean, is
the guest of Mrs. Tom Overshiner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Smith, of Eddy
vile, were here this week visiting
Judge and Mrs. ]. T. HanberyA
Mrs. Will Waller has returned
from visit to her parents at Cal
houn, KY.
Miss Ruth Oldham is visiting Miss
Mabel Oldham, at Elkton.
Miss Gillenwater, after visit to
Mrs. John Winfree, has returned to
Nashville.
DR.. ]. N. Prestridge. after a
weeks visit to DIR. j. D. Clardy, re-
ty&Aed to Louisville Monday.
~ and Mrs. Lucian H. Cayce
left Tuesday morning for Monteagle.
Mrs. Cayce will be at Monteagle for
several weeks.
Miss Martha Jackson, of Char
lotte, N. c.. is the guest of Miss
Rebecca Gather.
Mrs. w. 7. Cooper has returned
from Cerulean.
DR.. T. w. Blakey has returned
from Dawson.
Miss Mary Barnes, of Nashvi lie.
arrived this week on visit to Miss
Kath rine Skarry, Belmont Street.
Nat F. Dortch was in the city the
first of the week. and was one of the
invited guests at the barbecue at
Lake Tandy Monday.
Miss Helen Roper went to Kutta-
wa Tuesday to join boating party.
Mrs. Ad. Joiner. of lafayette. is
visiting Mr.. w. Rhodes Thompson.
A.. Mrs. c. E Harris and children are
4 biting relatives in Jacksonville.
Winchester and Chaplin. Ill.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17

The handsome cover design on the
July number of the Popular Me-
chanics Magazine prepares the read
er for the feast of good things to be
found within the book. The cover
depicts a car filled with passengers
ascending one Of the aerial cable
ways in the Alps. ln the back
ground tower mountains; below are
populated valleys. and imminently
near seem gaunt crags of the peaks
toward which the car is bound.
Other views and an article within
the magazine. describe in detail how
such railways are safeguarded and
operated.
The July magazine clntains $50
articles and 419 pictures.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17
GRANT BROTHERS
LOST in A DESERT
GrandSOns of Former President
Wander Three Days Crazed
by Thirst.

San Diego, Cal, July 16 Lost in
the desert between the little towns
of Mecca and Brawley. CAL, Chaffee
Grant and his younger brother. u.
IS. Grant w.. tramped for three
days on the verge of death, They
were rescued by pure chance and
the aid of an old desert Indian.
known in the district as Piute Jake.
At one time during the awful per-
iod Chaffee was so far gone with
thirst, hunger aud exhaustion that
his brother, himself dazed and al
most crszed by his experience,
with the Indian in an effort to shoot
the helpless man an6 to put him
out of bis misery"
The experience began Tuesday of
hist week. The men were carried
into Brawley on Friday afternoon
and word sent to Mrs. Chaffee Grant
as soon as chaffee was out Of danger.
Last Tuesday Chaffee and U. S.
Grant left Los Angeles over what is
known as the hundred thousand
dollar turnpike. f" leading across the
desert to Brawley. When they
passed the little town of Palm
Springs they noticed that their en-
gine was beginning to give trouble.
1t held up for some time however.
and they passed Mecca still going
fast.
About midway between Mecca
and Brawley. seventy-five or eighty
miles away from the nearest help.
the engine went dead. For hours
the brothers worked over the balky
motor. Then their supply of drink
ing water ran out and they were
forced to drink the water in the rad
iator of their machine, thus putting
it bopelessly out of commission.
All day during Wednesday the
pair tramped through the binding
clouds of dust. Wednesday after.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17
DR.. E. M. Sanders, a friend Of DR..

DIR. E. M. Sanders. a friend of DR..
Jackson, and who has performed
many operations for appendicitis in
Hopkinsville, came to the city Mon
day and was the guest of DR.. Ander.
son at Lake Tandy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hampton Fox are
visiting friends in Darlington.
DR.. and Mrs. H. C. Besz ey have
returned from Sebree.
Mrs. E. M. Sanders, of Nashville.
was the guest of Mrs. Williams the
first of the week.
Miss Nellie Drexler, of Nashville,
has returned from Dawson Springs,
and is spending a few days with
friends in the city, enroute to Liv.
ingston, Tenn, to visit friends.
Miss Margaret Hord is visiting
Miss Annie Radford at Pembroke.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Mallory are
at French Lick. Indiana.
Mrs. Odie Davis and children have
returned from visit to MuhlenberR
county.
Mis- Lizzie Tandy Trabue. of Penn
broke. is visiting Miss Annie Waller
Miss Mary Neville Hancock is Wis
iting relatives in Mayfeld.
Mrs. A. M. Wallis and Miss Mar
tha Wallis will return from Dawson
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Kelly anC
little son. Walter. Jr.. arrived Mon
day night from Houston, Texas. t.
visit Mr.. Kelly's parents. Mr.. anC
Mrs Walter Kelly. West Fifteenth
street. They will be here for two
weeks.
T. L. Morrow and Irving RosAbor
ough were at Lake Mckenzie fish
ing this week.
Mrs. Major Goodwin. of Cerulean
is visiting Mrs. Lucy Jane Shelton
near Church Hill.
Miss Elizabeth Ward. of Memphis
arrived in the city Monday to visil
relatives.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17
BOOSTER FRANK HOGE
Has Reached California and the
Pacific Slope Is Taking
Notice.

Frank Hoge has hit Caiiforn
effervescing with enthusiasm and
has already made Los Angeles sit up
and take notice. He started West
two months ago with his bride, to
make the trip overland in his auto,
to blaze the way for autoists who
will visit the exposition that way in
1915. The Tribune, copy Of which
he sends, contains picture of Frank
and his machine and a breezy inter
view with the pathfinder" in which
he says he is the foreruuner of rs. .000
tourists who will wheel their way to
San Francisco. The Tribune says:
More than $4,000 people will
come to Los Angeles in 1915 by auto
mobile. enroute to the expositions al
San Francisco and San Diego.
This was the declaration yester-
day of F. G. Hoge. of Hopkinsville,
KY. official pathfinder for the Pana.
MAJ Pacific international Exposition,
who arrived yesterday on his first
trip by auto from the East. Mr..
Hoge is engaged in collecting all
data cf use to motorists who will
make the journey to the eXpositions
frouI the East.
His principal work is to outline
the best routes of travel, to make a
complete list of reliable garages and
hotels in every city and to encour-
age the making and cleaning of all
water holes in the desert section of
the country.
The route as now outlined by
Mr.. Hoge will bring the Eastern
autoists from Chicago and New
York through st. Louis. Kansas
City, Hutchinson, Kansas; Colorado
Springs, Santa Fe, Albuquerque,
Globe. Phoenix. Yuma. Riverside.
Los Angeles. San Diego. Santa Bar
bara and San Francisco.
"The number of machines that
will be driven over the route is now
placed at $1,000 by the officials of
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17

noon they we're overtaken by a storm
and when this had passed they were
hopelessly lost.
On Thursday Chaffee broke down
completely. His tongue was hang
ing out of his mouth, his eyes burned
deep in their sockets. and his limbs
refused to carry him further. U. S.
Grant was in little better condition.
but still able to travel. Leaving the
brother l.. s. Grant went on until
he found Piute Jake.
With the Indian he returned to
where Chaffee was lying on the
sand. Chaffee was rsving by this
time. and u. S. Grant. himself half
crazed, decided it would be better tC
shoot his brother and put him out OF
his misery than to attempt the seem
ingly hopeless task Of getting tC
Brawley.
The Indian, however. refused Il
allow the shot to be fired. and fore
ing U. S. Grant to go with him
tramped miles over the desert to his
little hut. There they found {
burro. With this they went back t
where Chaffee was lying and hoist
ing his unconscious form over tn,
animal carried him to where th'
auto was stalled.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17
Mineral Waters.

The following citizens of Hopkins
vile and Christian county are using
the mineral water from Church Hill
mineral well. Anybody aft cted
with indigestion. constipation or
stomach trouble can inquire of them
as to the virtues of the water. Mum
cey Moss, Roy Kenner, Gus. Breath
tit. j. c. Hooe. j. w. Lander, Rev.
E. w. Barnett. Flem. c. Clardy,
John c. Gary. Del. Henderson and
many others.
Anybody wanting this water can
Telephone $685.. or Coates Drug
Store. l.. H. SMITHSON.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17
Fine Farm at Commis-
sioner's Sale.

The James M. Green Farm, about
two miles from Hopkinsville, on the
Bradshaw pike, will be sold at court
house door Monday, August 4th. For
further information see Lucian H.
Davis, Master Commissioner, or Ed
munds & Sites, attorneys. .-Adver-
tisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17
fall, we are going to

the Indiana, Illinois. New York and
Tennessee auto clubs. On an aver
age, Mr.. Hoge says. they expect
each machine to carry five passen-
gers"
1t will be noted with pleasure that
Col. Hoge still claims to be from
"HopkinsvilIe, KY"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17
Fat Boys Close Call.

Willie Miles. 10. the 330-pound
boy, who won the heavyweight prize
at Pikeville, Kg., July A. was over
come by heat Monday while driving
a hay rake. and for two hours was
thought to oe dead, out finally re-
vived.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17
KnOCker Went Broke

The man who bought 500 cofins
and set no shop at Gettysburg went
broke, The moral is. don't knock.
but boost. COURIER Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1913-07-17
Killed and Burned.

The wreckage of an aeroplane was
found near Versailles. France, with
the charred remains of two aviators
under it. The fuel tank had ex-
poded when it struck the ground.