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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
NJ CLURE BUILT UP
FORTUNE ON 500
Life Story of Well Known Atlanta
Business Man Reads Like
Romance.

Charles w. Mcclure, the Atlanta
owner of a chain of 5 and 10-cent
stores can tell remarkable story
of business success, Of his rise from
the proprietorship of a shop whose
meager stock cost just 500, to po-
sition OF financial impregnability as
the owner Of interests valued con-
servatively at 100000.
1t is likely that Mr., Mcclure, born
July 4, 1866, derived something OF
energy and independence from the
spirit of his natal day. However that
was, when he was only twenty years
old, he left his fathers farm in
Washington County Illinois, and
with a capital of 500, established a
5 and 10-cent store in a southern IL
linois town of 600 population. La
ter he originated and established the
first dollar limit store
To- day he operates a chain of re-
tail dollar limit stores, which are To-
Gated principally in Georgia, al
though the chain extends into several
towns in South Carolina. Also, he
operates the only wholesale dollar
limit establishment in existence,
which is one of the largest jobbing
houses south Of the Mason and Dixon
line
Besides his stores, Mr. Mcclure,
with a keen<eye for business oppor-
tunities, has acquired valuable real
estate holdings, in city property and
mineral lands. He owns much prop
ertv in Atlanta, including d half block
of real estate within zoo yards of the
Terminal Station, and suburban
property.
And all this grew out of his 500
store of twenty five years ago, when
he paid IS rent, and was proprietor
floor walker clerk and janitor com
bined. He does not consider his sue
cess as exceptional, but declares II
can be attained by any one
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Cant Sleep in Warm
Bed; Uses 4 a Night
Sleeper Progresses From One Room
to Another Throughout Night
to Keep Cool

NEW YORK. April IA good
patron has left the Manhattan be-
cause he occupied more beds than
three average travellers that came ia
a New York hotel. He had two single
and one double room, connecting. He
managed to sleep in each of the fouI
beds every night,
He insisted on linen sheets for ev-
erv bed. saying they were cooler than
cotton He said that in order to fall
asleep he had to lie in cool bed, and
that the moment it became warm he
awoke
1t was his custom first to tackle bed
No. /. and go from one to the other
until he had occupied all four Iheh
he wouId crawl back into No. for a
fifth nap.
When it was suggested that he try
sleeping in a clam bed for change'
he became incensed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Court Values Eye at
$500; Ear Only $500

BALTIMORE. April 11.-Estimating
the value of eyes at $500 each and the
hearing of one ear at $500. Judge Rose
in the United States Court began assess.
ing the damages which the Foard Com
pany and the General Stevedoring Com
pany must pay for the loss OF life and
injuries sustained through the dyna-
mite explosion on the steamer Alum
Chime in Baltimore harbor last March
The suits against the defendants to-
tai about 81 100000 and more than $780,
600 has been ass essed.
The amounts allowed for husbands
killed varied from $4,000 to $4,000 and
John W. Bishop and his wife were al
lowed $4,000 for a son killed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Digests All Food, AbsOrbs Gases
and Stops Fermentation
at Once.

Wonder what upset your stomach =
which portion of the food did the
damage-do you? Well. don't bother.
If your stomach is in revolt; IL sour,
gassy and upset, and what you Just
ate has fermented into stubborn
Jumps your head dizzy and aches
belch gases and acids and eructat4
undigested food; breath foul. tongue
coated-just take Papes DiapepsIn,
and in five minutes you will wonder
what became Of the Indigestion and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Streets Name Is Too
Noisy for Residents

NEW YORK. April 11.-Protesting
that Racket street is an inappropri-
ate name for a quiet neighborhood,
residents Of that thoroughfare In the
Ridgewood section of Queens have
a asked the Board of Aldermen to have
their street renamed.
They say that for 80 years or more
the street was known as Vanderveer
avenue. and was named for an ola
Long Island family. Some years ago
the name Racket street was substl-
tuted for Vanderveer avenue, while
Vanderveer place, some distance
away. was changed to VanderVeer
avenue. The petitioners say that the
name Racket street is detrimental to
the neighborhood.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
BUSINESS NOTICE.
PILES
Quickly
Cured
Instant Relief, Permanent Cure
Trial Package Mailed Free 10
All in Plain Wrapper.

We want every man and woman SUI.
fering from the excruciating torture Of
piles 10 just send their name and adj
dress to us and get. by return man, a
free trial package Of the most euectiVe
and positive cure ever known Tor this
disease, Pyramid Pile Remedy.
The way TO prove what THIS great
remedy will do in your own case is TO
just hl out free coupon and send TO US
and you will get, by return mail, a free
disease, Pyramid Pile Remedy.
Then. after you have proven 70 your
self what II can do, you viii go TO the
druggist and get 5O-cent box.
Don't undergo an operation. opera
tons are rarely a success and often lead
to terrible consequences Pyramid Pile
Remedy reduces all Inflammation, makes
congestion. irritation, itching sores and
ulcers disappear-and the piles simply
quit.
For sale at all drug stores at 30 cents
a box
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Spends $4,000 to
Enter Society; Fails

NEW YORK. April william w.
scheffler. a well-to-do hair dye mAn-
ufacturer. filed an answer in the Su-
preme Court yesterday in separa
ton suit brought by Mrs Saidee B.
Scheffler He said his wife had at
tempted 10 enter society by spending
S12.0 q year but had failed.
Scheffler alleged that iu spite OF
the annual allowance Of $4,000 that
his wife got, she gave promlssnry
notes to the butcher and grocer and
bought expensive gowns He say, he
has been tri.g tu JAS his y,ies
Debts. but has haa utlle Success.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Why Bald Heads
Nod in Church

IOWA CITY, April 11.-Ralph
Eyre. of Osceola. a senior electrical en-
cheering student in the State Univer-
sity, has found the scientific basis for
the fact that ba'dheaded men are prone
to fall asleep in church, and he has
found the remedy for this unfortunate
fact.
"A glaring light before the eyes is
sure to produce drowsiness." Mr.. Eyre
reasoned. '"Men with bald heads and
negligible eyebrows are less protected
with abundant hair A little care in
placing lights in a church will have all
the difference In the world"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Columbia Students
To Make Own Beds

NEW YORK, April 11.-Whether or
not they should make their beds one
day a week is the problem before the
residents Of Hartley Livingston and
Furnald halls, the Columbia Univer-
sity dormitories. A petition was cir
culated among the dormitory resi-
DENTS asking that the maids in the
three dormitories get Sundays and
holidays off on condition that the stu
dents agree to make their own beds
on these days The maids work
seven days a week for 1928.
The proposition has met with gen
eral favor and up to last night nearly
40 per cent Of the 500 students room
ing in the three buildings had agreed
to make their own beds one day a
week
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12

That Alexander Graham Bell was
the inventor of the telephone was ac-
cidental and is due entirely to his
wonderful powers of observation
while engaged upon a serious effort
to invent another form of telegraph
This occurred in 1875. BY 1876 he
had, as he thought, reasonably per
fected the telephone, and in 1877 the
first outside line was constructed.
This indicates the youthfulness of
the telephone business. and yet,
though the invention occurred SS
years ago. the business is really but
fourteen years old, because IT was not
until 1900 that the telephone was put
upon a sound commercial basis, BY
that time. through much experiment
tation and invention, the switch
boards. subscribers apparatus and
underground conduits and cables were
perfected. and the measured rate was
fairly well introduced.
"Sinoe 1900 the growth Of the tele-
phone business has been marvellous.
At that time there were only s01 600
Bell telephone stations in the United
States. and connecting with $4,000
stations otherwise owned. To-day
there are 5,415.O0O Bell telephone sta
lions and 2,71S,00O stations otherwise
owned, but connecting with the Bell
system. or a total of 8,1SS,OO0-ten
times as many as there were four
teen years ago.
"To meet this wonderful demand
for telephone service required raising
in this short time for just new bust
ness $3.50. 100000 for the entire in
vestment in 1900 was S2SO,oOO,O0O, and
to-day it is 100000.
"Stiu more wonderful is the train
ing of the people necessary to fur
nish this service. Fourteen years ago
there were $4,000; to-day there are
$4,000 Bell telephone employees
An Engineering Feat.
This extension Of the telephone
business. costing S75O.O0O,O0o. and re-
curing several hundred millions adj
dltional for the replacement Of worn
out property. is an engineering feat
OF the first magnitude, being three
times the amount of money that the
Panama Canal cost The difficulties
were not alone those due to volume
of business, but were due to the ever
changing demand of the public for
longer hauIs on toll lines, better serv-
ice in the cities, and the placing oil
lines underground.
1T was also complicated by the pc
Guitar nature of the telephone bust
ness. Telephone service is per-
sonal or individual service, requiring
individual lines and apparatus toI
serving the wants OF the individuals
using the telephone. This distin-
cuisines it at once from all other pub
lie utilities. in which all or nearly an
of the investment is used by one sub
seriber i'm common with that Of otheI
subscribers. Imagine the water serv-
ice OF the city being put upon inc
seine basis. with m individual pipf
haze from the reservoir or pumping
station TO each house The engineer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Pure Food Baby, 2,
ConverseS in Latin

NEW YORK, April l1.--Dr. Wiley
who is here this week, says his %
month old boy speaks Latin as well
as English.
THE proper training for infants
and young children he says, CON
sists in pure food and good language. =
The boys dellght-from the stand
point Of his father-is when he goes
walking with his father and receives
his daily lesson in Latin, which he
enjoys
Harvey w, Wiley, II, has never had
any meat or poultry He has never
had any candy. sugar Ice cream.
sweet cookies or other foods Of that
kind He is a perfectly developed
boy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Nebraska Will Vote
On Suffrage in Fall

LINCOLN, April 11--As result
Of the initiative petitions filed with
the Nebraska Secretary of state here
by Mrs. Draper Smith, president %
the Nebraska State Woman Suffrage
Association. the equal suffrage
amendment viii come before the
voters OF tn State in the fall.
Nebraska is the fourth to get in line
as a suffrage campaign State this
year. The others are Montana, Ne
yada and North Dakota.
The petition filed by Mrs. Smith
contained 42.523 signatures. or 5000
more than required.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
FEW MOMENTS! N0INDIGESTION OR
SICK STOMACH -PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN

distress. Millions OF men and women
to-day know that It is needless 70
have bad stomach. A little Diapep-
sin occasionally keeps the stomach
regulated, and they eat their favorite
foods without fear
If your stomach doesn't take care OF
your liberal limit without rebellion: II
your food is a damage instead Of a
help, remember the quickest, surest,
most harmless relief Is Pape's Dia :
pepsin. which costs only fifty cents
for a large case at drug stores. It's
truly wonderful-it digests food and
sets things straight so gently and
easy that 1t is astonishing. Please
don't go on and on with a weak, dis
ordered stomach; it's so unnecessary.
ADVERTISEMENT g.. -.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Soda Water Business
ThriveS in Atlanta;
Founts Everywhere

Strangers in Atlanta are always
impressed by the number of soda
water fountains in the city. 1t is said
that, according to population, Atlanta
has more soft drink places than any
other city in the United States.
An enormous amount of money is
spent yearly by Atlantans for ice
cream, sherbet and soda water Some
of the most costly soda .fount fixtures
are to be found here and makers Of
founts and syrups maintain large
branch offices in the city.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Says Aged Husband
Has Bulldog Grip

TRENTON, April 11.-Twenty- ono
year old Katie Donovan, after a year
as the wife of Matthew Donovan, 81,
OF Paterson, worth upward OF $500
600. has filed suit for a divorce. In
her petition reciting cruelty young
Mrs. Donovan alleged that on a Euro
pean trip Donovan chOked and be IL
her and once II took three men to
loosen his hold on her.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Little Pills Prove
To Be Dollar Bills

PHILADELPHIA. April IA man
was arrested in Arch street because
he seemed to have trouble in walking
straight, and when he was searched
1929 N paper money, the notes
wrapped in individual balls, was
found on his person. He said he WAS
formerly chief of the street cleaners
in Baltimore.
Some OF IT, little ball3 Of money
were concealed in his hatband and
Others nestled snugly in the lining Of
his clothing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Predicts Bumper
Crops in the West

OMAHA, April 11.-"Never during my
residence in Nebraska have / seen the
outlook so promising at this season OF
the year for a bumper crop Of fall
wheat" says General Manager Ware OF
from a trip over practically every mile
OF his compauys lines in the country
between the Missouri and the noun
tains.
Indications are that the acreage Of corn
Is going to be larger than that Of for
mel wears
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Judge Orders Man to
Take Antiseptic Bath

MASON CITY. IOWA. April ILL.,
James w Irons was denied an order
on Injunction against city health Off
GERS, restraining them. from fumigai-
ing his home and making him take an
sntiseptic bath following the recovery
~ bls child from measles Judge Clark
held that the court had no right 70
Interfere with health regulations.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Only 100 Words to
Wife in Two Years

CHICAGO April 1l.-Warren r. Con
Get kept the total of his conversation
with his wife down 40 not more than
100 words for the last two years. ac-
cording to Mrs Condict's testimony IN
her divorce suit
Few words. and those few offensive.
was his attitude. she said
The only time be- talked. she testi-
fed. was In trying 10 aiIenste the aztec
lions at their i2-s eaI old daugnttr
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
CASCARETS TONIGHT! IF BILIOUS,
HEADACHY, C0NSTIPATED-10 CENTS

Rnd poison from the bowels. A Cascaret
tonight straightens you out by morn
ing-a i0-cent box from any druggist
keeps your stomach regulated head
clear and liver and bowels In fine condi-
tion for months. Don't forget ahe chill
dren
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12

mountable, and the cost of the service
would increase with the completely
resulting from the number of users.
The same is true of the gas service or
electric light service. That it is true
of the street car service and street
traffic we need only imagine every
street car passenger travelling in au-
tomobiles, and then the difficulties
arising from individual service would
make the cost of travelling almost
prohibitive.
Cost of Service.
1.-THE telephone business, then, is
subject to the law that in general,
wherever an individual service is ex-
tended to a larger number of people,
the increased number served en-
hances the cost by reason of the com
plexities introduced.
THE telephone business is a re-
tail business and never can be a
wholesale business You might think
that because you subscribe for two
or three telephones the cost should
be less. This might be true to a
slight extent, but the telephone COM
pany is not selling telephones and
lines; it is selling a service, and that
service is rendered by the message,
and the costs are in accordance with
| A. - y,a-eauac
IF you should buy a pound of
sugar, have it wrapped, pay the bill,
and walk out, you would have made
complete transaction If you re-
peated this operation 100 times a day
the grocer could not afford to sell
you sugar for any less, but If you
had purchased 100 pounds Of sugar
the first time in one package, he
might have made a reduction, be-
cause it was a wholesale transaction.
| The telephone business viii always
remain upon the basis of the pounl
purchase or message unit.
That the telephone is an indi-
vidual service and that it must re-
main upon retail basis are i'm
portant reasons why telephone rates
apparently tend to increase with the
increase in number of stations served.
As a matter Of fact, telephone rates
90 not increase with the size of the
exchange, if the proper measure OF
| service be used, the simplest measure
being how many hundred telephones
| can be reached per dollar, In town
with 1000 stations the business rate
is. say. "a per month. In Atlanta
with $4,000 telephones. the business
rate averages &c. In the first case
the business man pays 40 cents d
month for every hundred telephones
he can reach or which can reach him.
while the Atlanta business man pays
but cents a month for every LOO
telephones which he can reach OF
which can reach him. although the
hate IN Atlanta is 80 per cent higher
"This tendency Of the cost per sta
ton per month 10 rise with the
Growth of the exchange was the great
engineering problem which had to be
/ solved before the business could efV"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12

LIEU ]. q. w. VAUGHAN.
cathartics and purgatives, for while
these do but temporary good. Syrup
Pepsin cures permanently. The eff
feet of its action is to train the
stomach and bowel muscles to do
their work naturally again. and in a
short time all forms of medicine can
be dispensed with. 1t can be bought
without inconvenience at any near
by drug store for so cents and one
dollar a bottle, the latter size being
regularly bought by those who al
ready know its value. Results are
always guaranteed or money will be
refunded.
Families wishing to try a free
sample bottle can obtain it postpaid
by addressing DR.. w. B. Caldwell,
419 Washington St, Monticello, Ill.
A postal card with your name and
address on It will do.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12

Cascarets make you feel bully; they
Immediately cleanse and sweeten the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
and fermenting food and foul gases
take the excess bile from the liver and
carry off the eonstipated waste matter
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
George J. Yundt.

One of the most interesting addresses heard by the Ad
Mems Club this year the talk Engineering ele-
phone System by George Yundt chief engineer OF the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. Among
other things Mr.. Yundt said
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-06
RACHEL TOD BRIGGS,
| DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Member Of One Of City's Oldest
Families; Was III Only
Short Time

Miss Rachel Tod Briggs. a direct de-
scendant of John Harris, the founder
of Harrisburg, and daughter of the
late John H. Briggs, for many years
one of the prominent lawyers and
bankers of this part of Pennsylvania,
died to-day at her residence, 324 North
Second street. Miss Briggs had been
i'll from pneumonia for two weeks.
Miss Briggs was born sixty-nine
years ago at the old Briggs family
mansion, 19 North Front street. and
was educated here. She became con-
nected with Market Square Presbyte-
rian Church early in life and took
an active part in it's activities. For
years she was one of the members
Of the choir. When the Children's s
Industrial Home was projected Miss
Briggs took a prominent part in it's
establishment and served as man
ager for years. She was also active
In the formation of the Florence Crit
tenton Home and was member OF
the committees for visitation Of the
county prison and almshouse and
many will recall her ministrations. In
all religious and charitable work Miss
Briggs was especially interested and
had friends in every walk of life.
Mrs. John Fl. Phillips, Pittsburgh, is
Miss Briggs only surviving sister.
Mrs. Herbert Lloyd Thomas and Miss
Mary K. Blaillie, of this city, are
nieces. Miss Briggs was connected
with several of the prominent families
Of this CITY,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-06
How to Make Your
Hair Beautiful
Ten Minutes Home Treatment Works
wonders, Stops Falling Hair, Itching
scalp and DandruR and Makes
the Hair Soft, Brilliant
IuAfrOma and EIuRv


Better than all the so-caIled "hair
tonlcs' in the world Is a simple old
fashioned home recipe consisting of
plain Bay Rum, Lavona (de Composed, ,
and a little Menthol Crystals. These
three mixed at home in a few minutes
work wonders with any scalp. Try it
Just one night and see. Get from your
druggist 2 OF. Lavona 6 OF. Bay Rum
and u drachm Menthal Crystals. Dis
solve the Crystals in the Bay Rum and
pour In an OF. bottle. Then add the
Lavona, shake well and let 1t stand for
an hour before using. Apply it by
putting a little of the mixture on soft
cloth. Draw this cloth slowly through
the hair taking just one small strand
at time. This cleanses the hair and
scalp of dirt. dust and excessive oil
and makes the hair delightfully."- soft,
from falling and to Make It t' grow row
again rub the lotion briskly into the
scalp with the finger tips or medium
stiff brush. Apply night and morning
A 1ew days use and you cannot find
a single loose or struggling hair. They
VIII be locked on your scalp as tight
as a vice.. Dandruff will disappear and
itching cease. In ten days you will
fnd fine downy new hairs sprouting up
all over your scalp and thfs new hair
VIII grow with wonderful rapidity
ANY druggist can sell you the above
The prescription is very ineXpensive
and we know of nothing so effective
and certain In its result.--Adyertise
nent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-06
Treasurer Bailey
Nets County $31O
in Deal in Bonds

Dauphin county saved the nice lit
tie sum of 1910 on deal in county
bonds that was negotiated by County
Treasurer A. II. Bailey. A few days
ago Graham and Company, Philadel-
phfa, offered to sell some four $1,000
bonds at ninety-nine. They were three
and half per cent. interest bearing
bonds, par 800, due in 1918. Mr..
Bailey who got the letter wrote back
and offered to redeem them on a five
per cent. basis which would have
meant at price of ninety-four and a
quarter The same firm offered to buy
the bonds itself at ninety-seven but
finally 1t agreed to close with the
county treasurer at ninety -eight and a
quarter.
On this basis the county will save
$3.50 on each bond or $40 on the
four. In four years the interest would
amount to $3.50 plus the $40 would
mean a gross gain to the county of
$3.50. Figuring however that the s4.-
600 at interest would not 1920 at the
two per. cent. basis, the net gain would
mean the difference between the two
or $310 Mr. Bailey was directed to
close the deal.