Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-09

s"nth. After Ncnr< OF Laughing.
+. Advertising men from all corners
~ tho South will convene July 10
of the Southern Council OF the
American Association ~ Advertising
| Agencies.
Al THIS meeting the chairman will
| be elected for the coming year to
succeed Henry Ice staples. president
OF staples & Staples. Inc. OF Rich
! mond
The two Richmond members o. the
association are s,apies & Staples,
! Inc" and Cecil. Barreto e. Cecil Inc
I In commenting on tho increasine
srowth in advertising. Mr., Staples
! said:
''It has no, hcep long since a
! totally i!hcren, condition prevailed
! south OF what some have called the
/ Smith & Wcsson Line T, was
condition most vividly described by
Henry GRADY in ono a. his addresses.
| Here is wha; he said
South Proves Bchiud.
IT was -Eallus fellow
I whose hrecche. struck him under ,hs
( armrits and nit him At the other end
about the knees, He didn't believe
IN dAcoilst" clothes They hur;ed
/ him IN the midst OF marble quarry.
I They Gu, through solid marble TO
make his grave. and Yet little
tombstone they mt above him was
| from Vermont. They buried him In
the heart or 4 pine forest: and vet
the pine coffin WAS imported from
Cincinnati They buried him within
touch q: an iron mine. but tho nails
in his coffin and the iron in a,he
shovel that dug nj. grave were i'm
ported from FittaburEh They
buried him ny the side OF the hes,
sheep isinE country on the face o,
~" earth. aud vet ,h- wool IN the
coffin bands themselves were brought
from the, North.
The South dtdu, Furnish = thing
on earth for that funeral but tho
corpse and N. hole in the sround
clods ratified down on his coffin.
They buried him IN New York
coat, and Boston pair o. shoes.
and pair OF hrcechcs from Chi
csso. and shir. from Cincinnati.
leaving him uothias 10 carry into
the next world 20 remind him OF the
country in which Ne lived and for
which he Tough, Cor four wears but
the chilled blood in his veins and
the marrow IN his bones
Papers Take Up Fight
soon other editors reiterated
Grady's sentiments Move the mills
10 the cotton became the cry. voiced
ny such papers as the old Charleston
News and Courier That was in
n'y when opinion was regarded as
being Immensely more important,
than news And before long ;hs
cotton mills % the South in their
daily diapasoa sang challenge TO
those % Fall River
a-r
largely 20 yarns. They did not make
finished product. Tn. quality was
usually roor
AS la'e IS fifteen years ago.
prominent advertising man. after
travelling for weeks through the
South, told me hat he found no
products good enough TO advertise
II mus; be soL-cr OF Gratihca-
ton 70 every Southern man TO note
the changed condition., OF today. no,
only IN textiles, but in other lines
as well
"Seaids~ss; oranges and grape
fruit. the Incompatible SIT, Of Flor
ifa's golden groves, greet YOU on
the breakfast table a, the Ritz o.
/ the Waidor:
/ Carloads o. Coca Cola. tina, ad-
vertis!nE prodigy q Atlanta. are
/ Guenching thirst in Kansas City and
( Seattle
Z PLANTERS peanu,s-made in suf-
/ tolk, Na.-smiie =. you from the
/ at~s-s,snds along the subway and
as you wait for the South Ferry
Express
'ivory carriers. made in old New
orleans. are IN evidence n the lock
sr rooms = Pine VALLEY. woodlarn
and Sunset Hills. while their owners
are enjoying the caro-! q :he cieek
and the melody q III. rsshie.
Productions Growing.
W fertilizers. made out ~ m.
fertility rhst wen. to nour!sh the
F.. bones Or animals in by-sor. CEN
I turies. are being 81 pped from, tn.
South to ,ns corn belt. 20 thac helds
. may stay productive for man ami
MS chilGren's chIld-.a.
These p-oduc's have al out.
gown tn" swatdl.Hs clothes o. sec.
uonai distribution. These n1anu.ac-
tu-ers as not only mauufacturinr
re goods. out they are ,nanutactu~-
Ing public opinion concerning them
Each ~ the products which nav.
referred - has been hel7ad h. IA
tf37al Advertising prepared By mem.
osrs n thu Southern Counril Of the
American Association Of Advertising
Asencies."