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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
ELECTRIC MAP TELLS
SALES STORY QUICKLY

/ Graphically to illustrate the phrase
| Say 1t With Flowers" Frank NJ
Ross, florist, Of Philadelphia, Pa. ha.
/ made good use OF his window to in
slall an ingenious electric map of the
+ nIted States, upon which are por-
trayed the principal cities of every
state, connected by wires strung frota
telegraph poles and reaching all over
the country.
A small red electric bulb indicates
/ every large city. and by means of an
automatic device. the message" IS
flashed from place to place, the mulbs
lighting mp here and there every
second or two.
Inc loea to be conveyed TO the pub
lie Is that flowers may be sent to any
/ CITY In the United States and Canada
AZ any time through the Florists
Telegraph Delivery association. by
| merely giving the local florist an or
Ger for tiowers to he delivered in Chi
cage for instance. III "A certain hour.
insufes that the friend or relative at
q distance viii receive the flowers at
the proper time. There is no extra
charge expense attached to this serv-
gee, the telegraph tolls being borne
ny the associations members
Although the map cost MIR. Ross
something like $4Q0. the expense wus
amply, justified bY the attention IL at
traeted as Well as by its value in call
ing the public's notice TO the tele-
graphic feature of the service. An in
teresting point brought out by the dis
play was its attraction for children
VINO on their way to school stopped
10 hgure out in advance the days leg
son in geography and 10 compare
notes with each other.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
Two $780, 900
Paper Pulp Mills
Proposed in South

Two s5o0.ooo paper pulp mills viii
he built In the South by Proctor &
Gamble Interests. All details have
been determined. and the daily capac-
ity of each plant VIII be seventy five
tons of chemical cotton pulp, the ioca-
lions being Memphis and Augusta. All
contracts have been awarded for con-
struction and the equipments Of ma
chinery. The manufacturing building
for each mill viii he of concrete and
steel construction. 1855 feet long by los
feet wide and eighty five feet high,
Fred n. Young & Sons. of Memphis,
being contractors for the Memphis
structure
The Buckeye Cotton on Co. r. Cain.
manager at Memphis: c. Douthitt,
president an dgcneral manager,
Atlanta. will build these plants It
is a subsidiary Of the Proctor & Gam
bic company, with the Proctor 4 Gam
Die Distributing company, az sales
agent both of Cincinnati.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
500, 900 Pier
For Norfolk

Demands for increased oil-handling
facilities at Norfolk for the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey have re-
suited in the company deciding upon
q 100000 expenditure to build pier
with runways.. The pier will be of
re inforced concrete 500 feet long by
so feet wide, WITH temporary runway
,so0xl4 feet, extending TO bulkhead.
There will be permanent runway
500x14 feet. extending from bulk
head to pier The latter will have
space for four vessels and equipment
for loading oil direct into ships.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
TAG SYSTEM MAKES
SIZES EASY TO FIND

Have YOU ever wandered into q
u.en's furnishing store. carefully i'll
spected the sample case filled with
collars discovered one that FITS your
fancy and requested half "a dozen OF
thnse"~oulv TO nave the clerk come
round IA frofit TO fna out the name
Al 4he style, spend five minutes look
iuw Cor the size you want and then an
uounce in a discouraged voice, w G
dor seem to have that size
OF course you have--and. equally,
Of course. il die not occur in the Mil
waukee store Of Browning, King x
Co. for this organization has worked
out a system whereby customers can
purchase their collars in pretty close
tn nothing fat"
Here's the answer:
On the back Of each collar in the
glass sample case Is pasted a tag, con
tanning the style name and some
cryptic figures, Suppose. for ex-
ample. that the customer asks for a
Talbot, IS 3-4--not naming the style,
bat merely pointing 10 the collar.
From his position behind the counter.
the clerk can sec and easily read the
tag which carries tho information:
Talbot 2---l3 IL 70 II ga. and
below a large fcure go"
This tails - glance the name of
the style. us height Gin The event that
a similar height may be desired In an
other style} the range OF sizes ia
stock, the fact that the collar comes
in quarter sizes. and most important
OF all. the number Of the compart-
ment ia which that collar viii be
found.
This compart m ent ARA nFement is
a Browning King specially. Instead
Of keeping collars ln their original
boxes and thus eating up lots Of valu-
able shelf spare, they are taken out
of their containers and placed in deep
drawers with separate compartments
for each size Each drawer bears u
number, corresponding TO the one ON
TIE hack u the safnnfa coIlar
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
Business Growth
In Virg inia
During the Week

Norfolk--Garage.- Dixie Motor Co,
r. r. Wrenn, Mgr; CRANKY & Byte
SITS; two story 40x104-ft. building:
Wickhau, Taylor, Archt, Citizens
Bank Bldg; J. II. Pierce, Contr.. Law
Bldg.
Norfolk-Garage. Overland Motor
Car Agency. Arthur w Depue. Mgr,
two story 53x2so-ft building; wick
ham Taylor, Archt.; J. NJ. Pierce,
Conr,, Law Bldg.
Norfolk-Garage.- -Oldsmobile CO.,
two story brick building; 10000 so.
#. floor space; 100000.
Norfoik--G,arago Buick Sales &.
Service Co. II. c. Taylor, Mgr, two
story 2S3x53 II building; Wickham
Taylor, Archa.. Citizens Bank Bldg;
j. II Pierce Contr., Law Bldg.
Roanoke-Motor Trucks.-Motor
Activities Corp. chartered: $4,000;
Roy r Dowdv, Pres.
Bristol-Holston Creamery Co. D.
J. Hart, Mgr; ice plant, creamery and
ice cream factory. and q stories;
40xI1o and 22oxI00 TT: brick and con-
crete construction: contemplated.
Colonial Beach-City. J. N. ROLLING,
Mayor may inStl1 ice plant.
Portsmouth, Portsmou Coal g.
Ice Co, remodel plant; install electric
drive fer compressor. $50 II. p. motor;
Henry 3. Reardon. Jr., Electric Ener.
Bankers Trust Bldg, Norfolk. Va.
Princeton.-Traux Bros. s. 1ayman,
Roanoke IA. 40-ton capacity plant:
improve plant purchased from w. c.
Ellis
Norfolk Morning side Realty Co.
sewer and water systems. paving and
curling. $4,000. Jno. Z. Ballanger
Of Arnberger & Mac Donald Contr.
acknowledgements johnson Douche
Corp. chartered $50, 000 Jos r. John
ston, Pres: c. r, Carver. Secy.
Bristol-Ice Cream, etc.--H olston
Ceanery Co, D. ]. Hart, Mgr; con-
templates ice cream factory, creamery,
storage and ice plant: two and four
story; 40xtto IT. and 220x1o0 #
brick and concrete.
Hampton Motion Pictures -
southern Pines Film Corp. chartered
$4,000; J. l.. Hunter. Priest, Hilton
Village. Va.
Norfolk akery-Coloniai SAM
/ tary Bakery ncptd. 10000; j. s.
Ddenhau, prest.
Norfolk--Ice Cream.--Jersey Queen
| Corp, 22d St and DeBree Ave. three
story factory install switch board,
motors, transformers and wiring;
Henry y. Reardon, Jr.. Electric Engr.
! Bankers Trust. Bldg
| Norfolk-~Drugs. -(talgo Co. lately
| noted incptd, capital SIS. 10000, 423
William St, organized, Richard Ned
| do, Prest: jefferson Young, V.-P. and
| Gen. Mgr: leased building; manufac-
| ture drugs: install bottle washing, fill
| Ing and labelling machine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
Sale of Army
Cotton Cause
of Criticism

So much trade criticism Of the gov
ernmsnt'S method Of dispesing Of sur
Illus inercha nliise nj auction has
grown ont ct the Withdrawal at last
Thursdays sale here of 1890. 600
wards ~ 2f-inch So fp. courtyard
sheeunEs without previous notice to
prospect Ne buyers. that inquiry WAS
made yesterday at the Zone supply
once. 451 Eighth aven0e. as 10 why
he goods were taken auL There the
assertion WAS made that the goods
were withdrawn at The order Of a
reure sentative OF tie governing sales
board IF jD@ war department at
Wasting on. ANA that the local supply
office being technically a field organi-
sation. had 30 Obs orders,
The reason advanced for the with
5~aWa} or1er was aat, while the
goods we're ssfu~~m 09t the stock books
( The war department. It was impos-
sihIe 10 locate thcHj tn time 10 include
gher7 Tn faa safe The trade rumor
.haJ they ha.vheeu disposed Of AZ
private sale at 3lshsr riees to the ST
oerlan Trade Committee that bought
ii the first auction was spiked by the
assertion OF a zone supply Office of
aCial that the goods would be put up
a.: the next auction held When this
would take place could not be said
yesterday.
AprCprs 'cf she high prices got for
some 81 Tire F5e51Jsss Jr44 474szIi Il l.e sake
Il was brought out that. In some Of
actal circles AZ least, the opinion pre-
vailed that he wag department, in ac-
eepting hem. wa% operating contrary
10 the Administrations policy in re-
gard 10 reducing the high cost Of liv-
Ing. Apparently backing up this opin-
ion lc the fart that tbp hfgh bfHe re-
eeiyed for tw enty-three4 lots offered
al the sale. twenty~two Of which con
aimed cotton duck. have been rejected
by the war department on the ground
that they were too luw. When asked
to reconcile this tact with repeated
statements that &he government had
no intention eft nrofitcering in rela :
ton 10 dIsposinR OF Its SURPRISES the
Zone Supply office official communi-
Gated with asserted that. while the
war department most emphatically
was not trying to- protiteer at the
same time il was not holding the aue-
tons in order 9 gave goods away
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
| T - FIFE BUSINESS
| = &-COLUMN r.,
Ii Nh EDrTED MANSFIELD F, HOUSE es~~sr) III
E-S1fA 4 Vs..
EDrrED By MANSFIELD F. HOUSE G

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
Better Buying
Has Stiffened the
Price of Leather

Upper and sole leather has stiffened
In price during the last few days IN
der the stimulus Of Better buying Al
though the large fall buyers are not
in the market as yet, there has been
= decided improvement in the volume
of sales. An active market is expected
within the next ten days. as shoe man
ufacturers are preparing to send their
representatives out to purchase leather
for their spring lines.
A dealer in upper leather who has
just returned from Boston states that
tanners there do not anticipate lower
prices, despite any declines that may
take place in the leather market It
is said that the labor situation is SO
bad at the tanneries that production
at lower quotations cannot be accom-
rliShed except at a loss.
Yes, Rose. money makes the mare
60, but il doesn't Away make her
70 under the wire first
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
ZIP KELLY CAN'T FIX
III. THROW fT WAY"

About every onc N HlgFlIand Fars.
Calf. knows Just whom 10 sec when
the door lock gets out Of order, the
baby carriage refuses to work easily
the gas range won't breathe naturally
or the sink faucet refuses TO turn OF
"2s' hye Handy Andy. over on Fifty
eighth street. OF course
This Isn't becaute they see very
much OF Handy Andy. for he's out
much Of the time. But 1t Ia because
the business Of callers who find hlm
out is not lost. His workshop door
may he closed. out the customers can
seribbie ii note and drop II into the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
SIMPLE PHONE ORDER
BLANK ENDS ERRORS

NI-,-t n t6n II Ift,l,I+tng ,r5 b,v-l
cans incident ~ s,ias s,,itai+i-a.
| the tclcnbnne arc fiir,;r ','.l'5''7
/ form, ~ ora.r 49, ~ d
land poppe az c5ns,rt,,ati r, ~ <N'''ss
I The bjank ig ~ gan1r[,,e gi., f..
arranged az follows -
Name .ay,,...-
.ftho,ias M ~. - ~ -
Time C.eo.}.' ',' 81 V'4 =
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Filled Inv Tit1a -,
These blanLs ,ora -, a - =. .,
color from, nthar a., ~ ssr a N - '',l
Instance tbn c,,stn,,a,'. 80 -
number Is entcra6 ~ tho psl'''. .c
r,f1i,. II tsl' store IS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
CARGO or BEER Is SEIZED
BY OFFICIALS; HAS KICK

Forty-fve barrels of beer believed
Wy federal officials TO have been en-
route from ST. Louis to Peoria were
seized in Pekin. III, by police and
government agents Just as the steamer
Cooked and started to unload the
cargo. The beer. which was labeled
Hyde Park" was in twelve-ounee
bottles and 1t is believed ny Pekin
" olice to be Of large alcoholic content.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
Big Year i'm Locomotive

The annual report Of the American
Locomotive company says that its
year ended June 30, 1919, was the
r2cst successful in the history of the
company. Gross earnings amounted
10 more than s103.eoo,oo0. and profits
70 more than sic, 900, there be-
ing reserved from the latter over
s4,9o0,oo0 for income and excess
profit taxes, leaving available net
proht OF more than sl2 100000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28
The Course of Thrift

In the columns of this paper you will find the adj
verlsements OF alert progressive merchants and manu-
facturers who telling you something they believe
you ough to know.
his advertising news Real news about the 'verv
things that will interest you mostartices that will save
your money, lessen your work. or add materially to your
comfort and weL-being.
Thrifty men and women read advertising. To them it
is plain everyday business propositon--a duty to
themselves and to their pocketbooks
1t tells them where they buy exactly what they
want at price they can afford to pay
Advertising pays them. They make pay
1t will pay you too.
few minutes spent in reading the ads" at home, on
the car, or at the office, is well worth while
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-15
SPELL NAME ON
 ROADS OF STATE
KIDD-eosslNeER HARDWARE co. WILL HAVE TIRES WITH THEIR TRADE MARK ON TREAD TO
 MAKE THEIR MARK.

The Kidd-Bossinger Hardware Con- pany has taken on the Ohio line of automobile tires and casing and for two months a representative of the factory will travel Arkansas, advising the trade of the wonderful tires and casing distributed by this company.
 The Ohio tres are manufactured hy the Manseld Tire & Rubber Go. of Mansfield, Ohio. This is one of the largest manufacturers of rubber goods in the United States and their line is considered one of the very best. The castings have guarantee of 5000 miles.
 The tires put out by this company have the tread spell out the name of the tire OHIO and this imprint is left cn the road when the car equipped with them passes along. R. A Kidd will have this changed when the tire has become standard in Arkansas, so that it will leave K-B on the road instead. MT. Kidd states that the quality of the tire is such that it will soon be one of the best sellers in the state, and that his concern is sure to put them out in such quantities that the factory will be glad to make a mould which will give the local com pany credit for handling a good tire. The d-Bossinger company now has nine men on the road, all of whom report business conditions good in their territory.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-15
Il. (. 1. MERE
 POPULAR CRY
FOOD IS NOT AS HIGH TODAY AS IT WAS A YEAR AGO, AT LEAST WHOLESALERS ARE NOT
 GETTING THE PRICES.

Whoever compiled the figures to show that the cost of foodstuff today is greater than it has been in the past four years, did not get prices on the things which are used in great quantities by the people, or there would have been no great furry about the high cost of living, says J. B. Dickinson of the Cooper-D Dickinson Grocer Company.
 Beans are selling much lower to. day than year ago. Canned toma- toes and much canned goods are sell ing for prices as much as thirty cents a dozen less than they were bringing a year ago. Many things are higher, but those who quote the prices which have advanced, should be kind enough to tell about the many things which are cheaper"
 Other wholesale grocers or sellers of foodstus express themselves along the same line, and intimate that the striking railroad men are not assum- ing a fair attitude when they put their whole demand for higher wages upon the advanced cost of necessities aof life
 The average wage earner is not fair in his statements" said one of the jobbers in discussing the question. "The mechanic today earning double what he was four years ago. He was then able to save probably $1 per day. His cost of living has not doubled. The prices of food are not double what they were prior to the war; ex- eept in exceptional cases If he could save $1 per day before the war, is earning twice what he did then, with living expenses less than doubled, then he must be saving, or in posi- iion to save, $2 day or more now. see the most our mechanics driving automobiles now, something they could not do on their earnings four years ago, and the price of automo- piles is up about 25 per cent over 1915. I am not against the wage earn CT riding in automobiles. I am glad they are prosperous, but they should not put all the blame on the high cost of living when they come to ask for higher wages. The wage earner has more extravagant ideas than in the past, and he ought to be frank enough to say he wants to satisfy them in stead of saying that he must have more money to buy the bare necessi- ties of life. Every man is worthy of his hire, and I don't blame them for getting al lthey can, but misrepre- sentation will not get it."
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-15
NATIONAL HAS
 NO TROUBLES
SECONDARY EQUIPMENT OF THE BIG ICE CREAM PLANT MAKES DELAY FROM BREAKDOWN
 AN ACCESSIBILITY.

Some time ago the National Ice Cream Company was forced to pur- chase ice because of broken crank shaft which tied up one unit of the. refrigeration plant. This shaft had done good service for number of years before flaw was discovered by the break. The officials of the company then went to work to see that there was never a repetition of the accident and today the various parts of the plants are equipped with emergency machinery so they can go right ahead, no matter what breaks.
 The latest installation at the Ma tional plant is a ten-ton ammonia compressor in order that the direct expansion freezers can be operated without calling upon the refrigeration machinery of the plant. This gives the plant now three units, one fifty ton ice and refrigeration system, and the other twenty-toa ice machine These, with the new ammonia com pressor complete the equipment Of the refrigeration plant.
 The National is now installing q power separator. which will handle 5000 pounds of milk hourly, separat- ing the butter fat from the milk. The butter fat goes to the retorts where it is mixed for ice cream, and the skim milk is sold for hog feed.
 The company has also added two new trucks to the delivery system and the old solid tires are being changed this week to pneumatics, they being considered more economi- cal
 On Sunday the new cabinets for drug stores were delivered in Little Rock In these cabinets are stored pints and quarts of ice cream, packed in an oil paper or parrafine box, which are filled at the factory.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-15

Il visited building erected on q. hill by the Crown Prince, which he ased as headquarters. It had a hien lower fer observation purposes, and beneath the building was a series of concrete dugouts that extended well into the earth. and there was an opening also in the yard some dis. tanee away. I was called to this build ing by the report that it ahd been mined, but found that the suspicious wires was merely a signalling sys- tenn, by which warnings could he given from one part of the building 10 another.
 At another place we were quar- tered for quite while in the con- crete dugouts under the foot of a big hill, which had been built by the Germans. We occupied them for sey- eral days, and in one compartment near mine, we found 120 big electric mines. We let them go all at once. and it certainly tore away a good portion of that mountain. It was these mines that the Germans used to blow up roads and to mine bridges over which our armies passed.
 We also destroyed the pyrotech- nies, and there was a considerable supply of it in Europe when the fight ing ceased. It would have made onc grand Fourth of July celebration at home, but we had something to ceie- brate over there, too, so it did not go to waste"
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-15

Fred l. Brown has completed deal by which he becomes the sole owner of the Arkansas Foundry Company which has been operated by him un- der a lease for number of years. The purchase was made from Major John Fordyce and the consideration is given at $60,000 MT Brown is now free to make improvements where they are necessary and will not hesi- tate to do so. The Fordyce plant is one of the best in the Southwest, but never was made to yield dividends un- til leased to Fred Brown.
 Probably no plant in Little Rock has had such I remarkable growth as had the Arkansas Foundry Company This company has been forced to double it's forces in it's structural steel department in order to keep up with its orders and turn them out prompt ly. During the past week contracts were received for the structural steel WOlh bH tue JOHH M MoOIe Duiiutub, Eighth and Main streets, Lasher building at Second and Scott streets; O'Leary Produce Company building on Ferry street; and the Joe Daniels elevator in East Little Rock. The company also booked an order for thirty tons of special tool steel bars for use in the new vault of the South ern Trust Company in Little Rock, as we'll as the iron work on the new ele- vator shafts for the same building.
 Outside of Little Rock the building is as brisk and contracts have been entered into for the steel for the new Frauenthal & Schwartz building at Conway, as well as buildings at Her nlitage, Des Arc, Bigelow, Haynes, Clarksyille, Magnolia. Lcpanto, Beebe, Tillar and Lake Providence, La. study of this territory will demon strate the ability of the company to outfgure competition.
 The company now receives double car shipments of steel from the mills weekly and carries a stock of from 500 to TOO tons of structural steel at all times. This is the largest stock of this kind in the South. Plain struc- tural materials are shipped the same day the orders for them are received.
 The machine shop of this company is now working overtime with a dou- bled force of mechanics. In addition 10 this the company has mechanics out rebuilding engines at Carlisle, Forrest City and Scarcy and during the past week two cars of machinery to be repaired was recenyed from Carlisle and Des Arc.
 Joe Schneider, assistant manager, has returned from Chicago, where he secured additional mechanics for the plant, as well as material badly need ed by the rush road and bridge build CTS of this section.