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The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-05-04

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The important point is to follow the
mishap with che rig It kind of repairing.
We improve what we mend. We will
put your car in Al trim at our shop.
This fact has been proved too often to
be doubted. We also handle a full line
Of automobile supplies and accessories
hatehitochGs Livery Z Garage Go
Phole 1873 Natcatoches. l.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

the results obtained when it comes
to a matter Of general service for the
public.
Mr.. Lipsey has for number of
years devoted his time to developing
an enterprise whose splendid service
would mean q drink that would in
every way, uphold the good name Of
the famous Coca-COla, IN the Cordclc
plant the words "DcliciouS," RE
freshing" "Exhilarating," "Inyigorat-
ing" mean all that they could mean
in any Coca Cola plant. The uniGormi-
ty of the prepared bottled drink, the
cleanliness of the plant, the care eX-
erciscd in distribution, all so to make
ND the excellent quality of the goods
offered the local trade and the trade
throughout the Cordcle territory.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
THE FIRST coCA.CoLA MADE.

Early in the eighties a well dcvel-
opcd soda water craze seemed TO fair
ly sweep over this country. Coinci-
dent with this, COCA-COLA came in
to existence.
In the spring of 1886 DR.. ]. S. PIN.
bcrton, a skilled druggist and chemist
Of Atlanta, Georgia, made the first
COCA-COLA that was ever sold. At
thai time there were very few soda
fountains in the south that had any
business Of consequence. One OF the
most prominent Of these at that time
was the famous soda fountain OF
Willis f. Venerable, located in ia
cobs' Drug Store at the corner OF Ma
r:ctta and Peachtree streets, which
was then the most congested corner
in the city of Atlanta. Mr.. Venerable
had a very large business not only
with soda water, but ice cream, ant
was a postmaster in the art OF dis
pensing, and people would go blocks
to get the delicious beverages serve;
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
Mccoy Laundry
BEST REPRESENTATIVE OF HOME
lNCUSTRY--FiNE EQUIPMENT
-9iG BUSINESS.

A steam laundry with modern equip
mant and q business system which
.EsurcS the handling CT the linens of
the household by Sir.c1 sanitary meth.
DDS is IN industry thai is always a
necessity il n c0lninani y Us large as
Corlcle. That the Mccoy StCala Laln.
dry meets Tic requirements Is not say
ing enough Mr. Mccoy has g;yCu
a considerable portion CT his bus moss
career TO making thc Corlclo laundry
the pride CT Tic community IN excel.
Lent work, cleanliness, and care wi i
The darticst fabrics.
The service is better than any thal
can be had in competing communities.
There is no work done i'll laundry
that cannot be done IN tho Mccoy
Steam Laundry with as great efIicic2.
cy as if it were done in a city Of 100,
00G persons.
It has required the expenditure Of
large sums of money to give the com
munity the laundry which does the
work for Cordele and Cordele trade
territory. There could be no better
expression of the appreciation OF home
industry than to make it q business to
send the work here instead of away
1t only requires a visit to the laun
dry to satisfy the customer that every
claim as TO sanitary handling OF lin.
ems is justified There cannot be too
much caution exercised in keeping the
laundry clearly for disease contami-
nation often follows the clothes to the
home from the place where they have
been Numbered.
For cleanliness and sanitary meth
DDS, the Mccoy Steam Laundry is the
rridc of the community. 1t deserves
the largest trade possible and should
be Kept busy all the day long. AS the
crccl1ency of the work of this laun-
dry reaches the outside world, larger
business will be done than is even
now being handled. The work is al
ways in the hands Of skilled, careful
employees, a force which is maintain
ed at an extra expense for the sole
purpose of giving the communi'
the best work that laundry can do
a. standard prices.
The parcels post portion OF this
laundry is growing rapidly and large
business is being developed. 1t is
now possible to get work through Nc
Coy's laundry all over, Cordclc trade
territory almost as radily as Il the
work was to be done fer people liV-
ing III (ordelc.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

Churchwell's mems to Cordele and
adjacent trade ,erritorly what the
largest Of the department stores mean
to the larger cities and communities
1t has been the aim Of ChurchWell
Brothers to provide in their Cordele
establishment such store as could
be relied upon for the best grades
of dry goods, clothing, shoes, hats,
dress goods, suitings, silks, white
goods, linens, woolcns and wearing APP
parcl of every description.
This store has been stocked and is
maintained upon the belief that the
trade at home" idea prevails strongly
with people who can find what they
want in their own stores. People who
enjoy the advantages of the great
stock of goods at Churchwell's also
enjoy the advantage of lt.ir prices for
standard grades of goods.
A. F. and j. H. Churchwell maintain
a large wholesale dry good store at
this point from which chain of eight
stores are supplied. This means that
the local retail establishment not only
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
at his fountain.

at his fountain.
At that time there were probably
not moro than dozen soda fountains
in the entire slate of Georgia and
most of these were more or less I'M
profitable to their owners. In Wow OF
this condition it was not surprising
that Or. pcmbcrton, a man thoroughly
unskillcd in business affairs, was UNI
able to make Il success with the sale
OF COCA-COLA. His total sales for
1886 were only 2G gallons.
A considerable loss was incurred by
DR.. Pimbcrton and his associates, and
on July s, 1887, the ownership OF the
trade name "COCA-COLA" passed in
to the possession of Mr.. Venerable
and his associate, Mr.. Lowndes. In
December of that year Venerable and
Lowndcs transferred their interest to
Voolfolk, Walker &: Company, who
we're equally unfortunate i'll their en-
deayors to market this product, and
during the following year they dis
posed of their interest to Asa G. Can
dler, the present president OF The
Coca-Cola Company.
In August Of 1888 Mr.. Gambler asso
ciated with him Mr.. Frank NJ. Robin
son, and in the spring of 1889 S. {
Dobbs, now viCe-president of the com
pany, was sent out to work the south
ern states!s During that summer h
placed COCA-COLA on sale in the pril
cipal towns of the south as far Yves
as the Mississippi river. Total sale
for the year were 2,171 gallons.
The advertising and efforts of thos
interested in the sale Of COCA-COL4
was beginning to bear fruit and i
1890 nearly 10000 gallons Of coca
COLA was sold. From that date o
its growth has been little short Z
marvellous. Today there is scarcely
soda fountain in the United State
that does not make it their leade
And the daily consumption in the I'm
ted States alone is little more tina
/ 100000 bottles or glasses.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
READ PHOSPHATE co. !.
LARGE FERTILIzERPL PLANT

No industrial estimate of CorGele
and this section of the state is com
p lcto without an accounting of the
business done by the Read Phosphate
Company. This large fertilizer pro
ducing corporation has been prepar-
ing high grade product for the past
forty-fye years and tho fact that it
is today a stronger, greater Industrial
factory in agricultural Georgia than it
has ever been is abundant proof that
it has delivered the goods" Its lonG
record of dealing directly with the
farmer is its best advertisement
The Cordcle plant of the Read
Phosphate Company comprises one o.
the largest industries in the commu-
nifty. It's little army of employees is
made up Of a force that has been
trained to the last letter in the man-
ufacture of product best suited TO
the needs of the farming element OF
this section of the state. The Read
product from this plant, as from tie
other plants of this gigantic fertilizer
producing concern, must come up tc
standard which has always been held
high and as nearly perfect as men and
machinery can make.
Realizing that the farmer must still
have his potash in the south Georgia
soils, the Read Phosphate Company
has poured and held for consumption
in this territory a reasonable supply
been used in past seasons in theipre-
narration of the various grades OF fer
tilizer.
The same good grades of fertilizer
are prepared and offered to the farm
er that have been offered in past sea-
sons. The extremely high cost OF ma
terials has brought the officers of the
Read fertilizer plants to a a'careful
| in preparing for the 1915 crops, wiiaci
they have successfully done A'sR
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

large store. 1t is always in charge OF
competent persons. This is in keep
ing with the larger cities and is al
ways we'll stocked with the latest and
best goods. Ladies' who visit this de-
partment are always given every con-
sideration and the greatest care is ex-
ercised by the sales ladies in their ef-
forts to please.
The famous Walk Over shoes for
men, Queen Quality shoes for ladies',
and Churchwell's shoes for the entire
family are lines from which people in
every walk of life may select their
footwear. A large stock of shoes, is
carried for the purpose of meeting the
needs of large trade. 5''pai
Much time has been given to mak'
ing the mems clothing department O.
leading feature. Here,as elsewhere
Throughout this large store, the aim
has been to supply everybody, and the
stock is not only composed OF the
highest grade woolens, but the make
is the best than can be had The Ia
nous Kirshbaum line is now carried
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
Che O-COLA PLANT
RUNS FULL CAPACITY

During the year and half the Cor
dele Chcro-Cola Bottling Works has
been in the hands of Mcssrs. I. b.
Jennings and r. j. Durrett, the bust
ness of this beverage making plant
has steadily grown and is now so
largo that in a future reckoning OF
Cordelo as trade center, nothing
would be complete without full details
of tho management Of this plant.
Tho Chero-Cola Bottling Plant has
been in operation here number OF
years, but it has increased in bu@iness
in rapid manner during the past
season under the new management
and tic volume of business developed
is such as would dc credit to com
munity much larger than CoTdele.
In tic plant OF the Cordole Chero-
Cola Bottling Works the word "Sanl-
tary" has it's fullest meaning. Bottle
cleaning and washing machines are
Gtorilizcd and the bottles go through
q DC1tCu Cdu5tIC SO1utloIi anu "a y OA--E
iod into clean, fresh water and a
rapid revolving brush is run into each
bottle. Then the bottles are carried
into a rinsing machine which rinses
them thoroughly. After each bottle
is filed, it is put over an electric light
and inspected before it is labeled
which eliminates any possible chance
of foreign matter being left in the bot
tie.
Plain, straightforward regulations
are used in developing the business o.
This plant. Chero-Cola is a bottles
drink. unexposed, and cannot there
fore. become contaminated 1t is be
ing pushed into every corner OF Tx
trade territory here and over Wlde
section. and the local plant is develop
ing a great volume of business
Manager T. J. Durrett extends cor
dial invitation to the general public II
visit the plant and make an inspec
tion of the methods of bottlng Chero
Cola. Visitors are always wei
come and every progressive method o
acouainting the public with the popu
lar drink is employed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

Their stock is never depleted.
In the local retail store this NOR
camille house offers every need for
every member of the family. In fur.
nichings the stock is always fresh
and there is a variety Of goods from
which to select which makes it pos
sible for every customer to get what
is wanted. In every instance price
is fixed that cannot be beaten with
standard goods such as are carried
here. If there is local citizen who
believes it necessary to go out Of
town to make his purchase, he should,
at least try for once at Churchwells.
J. c. Holden, manager Of the Cor
dele retail store, has more than the
accomplishments Of the good sales
man. He has studied the needs Of his
community and trade territory as
true merchant should and as result
his ideas go to help make up the
Churchwell way Of operating a large
dry good establishment. He keeps
his place of business in open house"
style all day and busy force of sales
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

As the community grows, this cS-
adjustment adds what it needs in a
complete dry goods stock. 1t is part
of the daily rounds of duty here to
note what has been called for that
could not be supplied, such call, now
rarely if ever made, but nothing that
can be had is too good for the Gus
toners and there are thousands of
articles Of merchandise on display
which all go to make UP wonderfully
complete stock.
A strongly manifested appreciation
of this store and the methods of bust
ness here is shown in the volume of
business which has been given Louis
Roobin over a wide territory. He sup
plies thousands of people in a way
that has brought an army Of strong
friends to the store and this is an en-
terprise whose growth and usefulness
are but as yet small compared with
that promised in the future. 1t is
store that is helping to make a big
ger, better homo trade.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

his stock and this store has a floor
space equal to that used by many OF
the establishments in the larger cities
The display shows wonderful taste
and the store is noted for its cour
teous and fair treatment of its Gus
toners.
There is & corps Of statesmen i'll this
store who manifest desire to please
and they know their business to 4
high degree OF perfection. Even in the
busiest hour, they are never too tired
or too much engaged TO devote their
time to searching out the article which
will best suit the customer.
If there is @ person among the thou
sands who do their shopping in Cor
dele who has not yet made close in
5pection Of the stock at ROBBINS he
should take opportunity and see for
himself that here is store fully
ARREST of the time and one operated
on such q fair business basis as will
always cause it to deserve first con-
liberation.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08


A merchants knowledge Of the needs
of the community i'll the line he is
trying to maintain has long been con
sidered one Of the essentials of good
business methods. Louis Roobin start.
Cordele with the one ambition of hav-
ing a store in which he could carry
everything that should be shown in
dry goods establishment. This was
a desire as natural with him as with
any man that manifests a pride in his
business.
That such store came to him is a
matter which is now a part of the
commercial history of the community
and it came to him as a just reward
of years of study and devotion to bus
mess. He maintains store that
would be credit to a community
much larger than Cordele.
Robbins store serves a large pat
asteady flow Of the best peo-
pie of this and other communities
a patronage not made up merely Of
bargain hunters, but of the thousands
of people who come because they can
get standard article of merchandise
at fair price. The people who make
it possible for this store to be num-
bercd among the largest and best in
the state are those who take pride
in the fact that they can get at home
what they must buy from the store.
By close study of the needs Of the
trade Louis Roobin has been able III
his years of labor to give the commun
ity the advantage of complete stock
fresh stock always, and at the same
time high grade goods of good taste
and latest styles. He has made i;
possible at all times to get at his store
the article needed and he has placed
an abundant supply Of merchandise
at the disposal of the public at prices
mover higher than those prevailing in
the larger trading centers
Clothing, shoes, hats and wearing
apparel of every description for men
and boys, millinery, tailored suits,
shoes, silks, laces and wearing ap
parel for women, linens for every
household need are all piled high in
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08
f2Azy5zEc5|T'1NZ
.s"An'Es szar-. Y 'IgI2IG>@

The Cordele Coca-Cola Bottling Co
was organized in 1907 aId is an enter
Prise managed by c. L. LiDsey, score
ta~y and treasurer Of the Coca-Cola
corporation. Although this famous
beverage has become a national drink,
there are few plants better prepared
for meeting the needs Of the trade
ana the general public than the Cor
dele plant. In every establishment
where business is done by system,
The effect is pretty generally shown in
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08


There is little doubt that this com
nunity is now and has been for some
line living right up to the moment
n taste and style in women's ready
.o-wear and millinery. It has been
necessary for the merchant to pre-
care himself for the demands and in
his respect L. J. Robin has set a
pace that reveals him at once live,
progressive merchant. There is not
4 store in central or south Georgia
With larger or more stylish depart
mcnt devoted to women's wear.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

has the advantage of its own well
filled floors and shelves, but it is
wholesale store to supply any of the
thousand and one articles Of mcrchan-
disc used by the retail store. 1t is
1 fact little known, but none the less
rue, that Churchwell Bros. carry in
Cordele more money invested in care
fully selected lines for their stores
than any other eight stores combined
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

DIEo NEAD II y w 1AII I7I1I T
II has been Mr.. Robbins aim to pro
vide a stock which will enable every
body tGstrade at home. In both rea1y'
to-wear and millinery this store re-
fills weekly with new patterns in
latest style, SO that it is possible al
ways to find something new. Ladies
with every variety Of taste have the
pick of a fresh stock. The goods are
of the best manufacturer and are 81
ways of the kind that have helped
much to maintain the good reputation
of Robins.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

for those who wish their clothes made
to order. This is one Of the best the
country affords
The Churchwell store is supplied by
merchants who have for years studied
how to purchase what the community
would have. 1t has always been
deemed best to offer only high grade
goods and this policy has built bust
ness that has won the confidence OF
a great army of customers. @
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

AN CT WOCDMEN OF THE WORLI
big barbecue will be arranged free for
the visitors. Three brass bands viii
parade and free entertainment will be
provided. There will be more than
&c 900 persons in attendance. Gov
ornor Harris will be present a1 will
three of the members of congress from
Georgia. The Woodmen of the World,
Uniform Rank will compete for prizes
en- July 20. 4 class Of zoo candidates
will be initiated.
This committee composed Of J. Nj
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

OFFICERS AND DEGREE T
The greatest event in the history OF
Corde!e will be the South Georgia Leg
Rolling Association which is to be
held in this city July 20 and II. Al
readg local arrangement is being made
fer this occasion and Cordele Camp
No. JOG has a Bazaar Committee o"t
working systematically upon plan
for arrangements to take care OF the
thousands Of people who viii be here.
This is to be decidedly the greatest
event in the history OF Cordele' a
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

men and sales ladies not only show
the purchases through every line, but
they manifest an appreciation of the
business given them by people who
come to buy.
Churchwell's maintains a most COM
plete millinery department in the re-
tail store, and ladies' ready to wear
department most complete in itself.
It is not possible to find a more COM
olete stock in this line anywhere i'll a
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

CAMP 106, CORDELE, GA.
Walker, A. p. IIammett, f. NJ. Law
renee and NJ. N. Johnston will set up
bazaar Mar 20, and operate it with
plenty OF snap, ginger and live back
ing in order to make it success. 1t
VIII carry with it the idea Of getting
something for those who take part and
al the some time il is hoped that this
viii be Il means Of raising sufficient
funds for meeting all the expenses at
taching to the state meet in July.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-03-08

THE PEOPLE ADvERTIss
ING IN THIS SECTION ARE
REPRESENTATIVE OF COR
DELE AS A TRADE CENTER.
Evening journal., 1916-12-14

toral votes less than he secured in
those same Stats four years ago, 81
his time. against 50 In 1912.
"The statement viii show that ia
very one Of the suffrage States the men
voters far outnumber the women voter
in some Of the States by more than two
to one. In California, for instance, ac-
cording to census figures, the voting me
outuumber the voting women by 2f0Oil
in Washington by l63.567. and 80 o..
This means that II the number OF votin
women had been little larger in those
States, California particularly, which
were close, the votes which the Women 5
Party turned against President Wilson
would have defeated him. In those
States he won through the mems votes.
Miss Anne Martin. OF Nevada. ma
tional chairman Of the Woman's
Party, who has just arrived in Wash
ington from the west. declared today
Evening journal., 1916-12-14
gUFFRAGISTS TO SHOW
TIER PART IN ELECTIO.
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Dec. IA. - Every
member OF Congress will receive
within the next few days a compre-
hensive statement analyz ng the vote
cast for President Wilson in the suf-
frage States and showing that the
woman's vote was not in any sense
responsible for his reelection, Il was
announced In an official statement is
sued by the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage. Preparation of the
document the purpose of which, Il
was stated, Is to clear up misunder-
standings in the minds Of some OF the
members OF Congress, is in the hands
OF M IS Anne Martin. national chair
man OF the Womans Party. and Miss
Lucy Burns, vice-chairnan Of the
Congress 'onal Union.
The official statement follows:
In order that every member Of
Congress may have before him all the
facts and figures as to the woman's
vote In the recent election, there will
be placed in his hands a statement
analyzing the vote in the suffrage
States This will prove conclusively
that President wilson was not re-
turned TO the White House
through women's votes. Il will show
that in the twelve suffrage States, in
spite OF the enormous trend in the
west toward Wilson because Of the
Progressive, labor and mining and
farmer vote, he received twelve cleo