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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1915
Page
33
A correction notes a misprint in the last issue of the Fining Line about the Ra kan Malone company. The firm remains at 32 and 24 South Bryor street, in a new, handsome building arranged for them. Merchants are invited to visit or write. salesmen will call.
Robert H. L. Patterson, tied to the C H S cigar, spent a week in Tampa meeting with factory officials to outline an advertising and sales push for the coming year. Since taking control of the G H 8 cigar, he has steered US sales from about half a million to fifteen million annually, with a Tampa plant producing 75,000 cigars daily. Patterson tours major markets, aided by E. C G. Everett and L. J. Barnes, emphasizing hard work, push, and merit as keys to success.
Everett Seed Co reports strong demand this fall with heavy orders for seed Irish potatoes and onion sets. Company notes rapid sales with carload shipments sold out as soon as they arrive.
Simmons and Snead establish a wholesale distributing firm at 149 Madison Avenue in Atlanta. J. J. Simmons, longtime Kelley Brothers sales manager, partners with G. H. Snead, former Southern sales manager for C. F. Sauer of Richmond. They distribute Morning Glory ham and lard from A. Bander Packing and Sauer extracts, inviting retailer orders and public scrutiny of product quality.
Mack Hirshberg, traveling in Florida with Hirshberg company, writes about steep grapefruit prices on Pullman dining cars. He notes 35 cents per fruit versus 40 cents per crate in Florida, calling the pricing odd as diners pay high per-apple cost while crates sit unused in the same market. He questions the market and distribution practices on the train.
The writer laments dull work and struggling business and urges a shift from gloom to modest revival. He notes algae, finance, and a plan to adopt Christian science to improve spirits. A call to scatter sunshine may lift a brother, prompting a small smile.
Big Chief Tobacco Co reorganizes with Jesse B Lee as president and active sales head in new Austell building quarters at 810 11 Austell. Ralph L Kahn founder remains manufacturing head with 20 years tobacco experience. Company expands factory, adds cigarmakers, plans 5 cent to 25 cent and 1 dollar cigars, and seeks charter. Harold Kahn is pictured.
Miss Marie Kopp, 16, daughter of Joseph Kopp of Gate City Art, produced an elaborate eight month hand embroidery on white satin using over 150 dollars of silk thread. Binder Frame Embroidery in Lensberg assisted by framing the work valued by some at over a thousand dollars. The piece will be shown in a Peachtree window as Miss Kopp plans to sell it.
3 H McLaurin president of the Southern Wholesale Grocers association will visit Jacksonville late this week to confer with local grocers on entertaining the southern grocers meeting in May. E L Adams, a director of the association, will guide him during the stay.
Schlesinger-Meyer Baking touts Uncle Sam bread boosting out-of-town dealers and Atlanta grocers. The firm notes rising demand and says smaller towns handling the brand see enlarged bread sales and new customers. It also highlights its shipping facilities.
A humorous poem by R. T. Moon recited at the Warman dinner on January 22 mocks Miss Cotton and Billy Finance. It envisions Billy's fortune and social ascent, praising wealth and the end of flirtation with Moon celebrating financial gain and clover. The piece serves as a playful toast to prosperity and romantic trends among the cast.
At the regular Gideon gathering in Atlanta today 3 PM in parlor E C H Burge president of the Atlanta camp will preside. Mrs L C Satterfield will sing several solos and a program of short addresses and good music has been arranged. Everybody welcome.
A 30 member committee, led by J C Harrison, was named by President Swann to organize Georgia Post B preparations for the April meeting in Atlanta. A $1,000 guarantees fund was begun at the January 30 Ansley hotel session to entertain T P A visitors. The group includes EB D McDonald FE L Adams and many others, with more names likely added.
Past councilor T. B. Lewis predicts 1916 will be a bumper year for travelers and meetings. J Hollingsworth and Horne are noted as regulars likely to be present often. J L Moore reports strong auto tire orders while George A. Gershon of Atlanta Woodenwars cautions weather impacts on business.
Mrs Susan Look Avery widow of B F Avery founder of the Avery company dies at 97 in Wyoming N Y She was a national figure in women suffrage and social reform founder of the Louisville Woman's Club and a friend of William Jennings Bryan Her death follows long illness and she leaves many relatives including children and grandchildren.
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