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VOLUME 62
LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, 1-R1DAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1905.
NUMBER 5
“BEST EVER HELD.”
This is What the Ladies Say of Gold
stein’s Embroidery Sale.
Messrs. Sam and Morris Gold-
Btein, the enterprising members
of the firm of Goldstein Brothers,
are enthusiastic on the great em
broidery sale nt their popular
trading place on the corner.
And the Indies—well, they are
unanimous in saying that the Em
broidery Sale Monday nt Gold
stein's was the biggest and best
ever given in LaGrnnge. They
came to tin sale in twos, threes,
fours and sixes, and th3 store was
for a time captured by them, ea
ger for the many bargains in Em
broidery and ether lines.
The Indies had rend the adver
tisements of Goldstein Bros’, in
The Reporter, and were confident
that the sale would be exactly as
advertised.
This firm has built up one of
the best stores in this section of
Georgia.
Small Boy and Rifle.
The Reporter is in receipt of n
82 rifle bullet which was shot
through a kitchen window one
day last week, just missing the
lady of the house.
She had been standing in front
of, or near, the window only a
few minutes before the bullet
came crashing through, and was
was saved from serious if not fatal
injury by having walked to an.
other part, of the room just at the
right moment.
The bullet was sent us with the
request that we mention the oc-
curranee in The Reporter as a
Warning to the small boy with
his rifle. Our Mayor has already
warned them and «tnted through
The Graphic that the police had
been instructed to report anyone
shooting within the city limits.
More than this, how would one
of our bright boys feel to know
that he had seriously injured
someone—if not killed them—
just because lie was thoughtless
enough to shoot his rifle while
neat a house or where people wore
constantly passing. Think of if
boys!
Call From Judge Longley.
To the Cotton Growers' Associa
tion of Troup County:
A meeting in the various coun
ties of the State, has been called
for the first Tuesday in March by
the Georgia President of the As
sociation for further organization
and to receive reports from the
several districts as to reduction
in cotton acreage.
I therefore ask you to meet nt
the Courthouse in LaGrange on
tiie 7th ; being Tuesday next, for
above purpose, and also to
elect a County Chairman, as un
der the Constitution of our asso
ciation I am ineligible to the of
fice, having beeu elected to the
legislature.
I think you should also have a
permanent secretary, I am sorry
that I cannot be with you Tues
day next, as on that day I am to
be in Newnan on legal business
before Judge Freeman. I want to
thank you for your generous
kindness in electing me as your
chairman and assure you ol my
earnest co-operation with you in
a movement that mea^s so much
for the South.
F. M. I ^ongley,
Chairman C. G. P. A.
List of Letters
Remaining in the LaGrange
postoffice unclaimed.
E. P. Battle, Mrs. Arthur Bus
sey, Louisa Chisolm, Mary Dan
iel, Chas. High, George Heard,
Miss Minnie Harris, W. D. Louis,
C. W. Kellogg, Miss Jennie John
son, Thomas Morton, Mattocks
Smith.
MR. OLNEY HERE.
Civil Lngineer of the A. & B. Rail
road In City Tuesday.
Mr. Alfred C. Clney, civil en
gineer of the Atlantic & Birming
ham railroad spent Tuesday iu
LaGrange and went over the sur
vey through the city for the A.
A B. Mr. Olney’s stay in La-
Grange wns necessarily short on
account of it being necessary for
him to return to Wavcross im
mediately, in order to take up
the work of the permanent survey
from Montezuma this way.
Work of grading and laying
rails will be taken lip as soon af
ter the survey as is possible.
for Mayor,
Below we publish the announce
ment of Mr. John D. Edmuiidson
for Mayor of LaGrange.
Mr. Kdmnndson lias filled this
position before and says his
record is with the people, and
that he will serve them again, if
they wish, to the hest of his abil
ity.
HON. .1. D. EDM 1'NDSON.
In entering the race for Mayor,
1 do so with a full knowledge of
the responsibilities 1 propose to
assume. I believe my previous
occupation o! this honorable of
fice improved my capabilities for
the duties. My interest in all
enterprises, both here or prospec
tive, are too well known to make
mention.
I have great confidence in the
people and shall join them in
their choice for Mayor, whom
soever it may he, with a cheerful
ness and vim equal to any man,
for it is LaGrange and her inter
ests at stake in this contest and
not the candidate.
J. D. Edmondson.
Wins Beautiful Prize.
Miss Addin Dickinson, young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Dickinson, is the happy winner of
a handsome Bible in the Young
People’s Prize Story Contest of
the Farm and Home. The story is
remarkably well told for one of
her age, and it is no wonder that
she won the prize.
Good News.
Oglethorpe, Ga., March 1.—Mr,
George Dele Wadley, vice-presi
dent A. <fc B. railroad, is in Ogle
thorpe today in his private car,
“Atlantic.' ’
The surveying corps of the A.
& B. is here and camped in the
center of the towm. They are ac
companied by Mr. Alex Bonny-
man and are surveying the road on
to Birmingham.
Within a few days a force of
hands will be at work on the
road bed.—Macon Telegraph,
Thursday.
ROLL CALL.
Dr. Vaughan, pastor of the
First Baptist church, requests
The Reporter to announce that on
next Wendesday night at the reg
ular prayer-meeting hour there will
be a roll call of members.
This will be done to assist the
clerk and a special committee in
their work of getting up a correct
list of members of the church, to
gether w ith correct name and ad
dress of all who have moved away
or who have married.
Every member of the church in
the city, or near, is especially
urged to be present.
A lot of fine young Kentuckey
Mules for sale or swap.
E. R. Bkadfield.
ro 177,ST IN HILL VIEW.
Mrs. T. H. Wliii.. Died At An
Early Hour Monday i>.. mg.
The death of Mrs. T. H. Whita
ker, which occurred at six o'clock
Monday morning at her home in
this city, causes universal sorrow.
She was a lady of great refine
ment, and was greatly beloved by
all who knew her.
She had been in a critical con
dition for some time, but it was
not generally known that her con
dition was so serious.
The services were conducted by
Rev. Fletcher Walton and Rev.
J. G. Herndon at the residence,
the remains being interred at Hill
View.
Mrs. Whitaker was a member
of one of Troup county’s best
known families. Her husband wns
Hon. T. H. Whitaker, who died
about ten years ago. He was a
prominent attorney, and ranked
among the lenders in his profes
sion. She was t he daughter of Mr.
and Mis. E. A. Reid, and sister
of Mrs. J. J. Ware and Mrs. An
derson Leslie of LaGrange, and
of the late Mrs. J. M, Dunson
and Mrs. W. A. Reid.
Three children are left to mourn
her death, Mr. T. A. Whitaker,
of Hamlet, N. C., Miss Evelyn
Whitaker and Mr. Reid Whitaker,
of LaGrange.
Mrs. Whitaker was a gentle,
lovable lady and there are few
whose presence will be more miss
ed.
The Reporter extends sympathy
to the bereaved and sorrowing
ones.
FOR COUNULMEN.
A Sguare Deal Asked Lor By Citizens
And I ax-Payers ol South LaGrange
Editor Reporter:
Inasmuch us we feel and realize
that the future destiny of La
Grange depends largely upon the
consistent wisdom of of our next
council, wo therefore respectfully
ask for a square deal in selecting
the men to administer the affairs
of our city government. We want
none hut consistent, conservative
and progressive men whose past
record testify to their able execu
tive ability.
Now, let us lie in harmony and
reason together for the best inter
est of all concerned, as well as the
future progress of LaGrange. Will
not all fair-minded men concede
the fact that the citizens who re
side south of the courthouse should
have and are justly entitled to an
equal representation in the man
agement of our city government?
Such being the case, which
facts you cannot truthfully deny,
we therefore respectfully ask that
Hon. C. V. Truitt, E. G. Walker
and E. D. Daniel be elected on the
city council from the South Side
to fill the places of the three able
couucilmen who are soon to retire.
Signed: Citizens of South,
South-East and
South-West
LaGrange.
ANOTHER SUGGESTION.
Editor Reporter:
As it seems to be up to the peo
ple to suggest their preference for
Mayor and Ccu icilmen-and I agr< e
with The Reporter in saying this
is the better way—I beg to submit
a list of representative citizens
who would fill these offices to the
entire satisfaction, I have no
doubt,.of every citizen of La
Grange :
For Mayor—Fuller E. Callaway
For Councilmen—Either three
of the following men : C. V.Truitt,
W, S. Davis, H. H. Childs, Wade
McOaine. N. E. Marshburn, G. S.
Hanson, J. C. Roper or C. D.
Hudson.
While there is other good ma
terial in our city, a fine selection
can he made from this list, giving
to each section of the city a com
petent representative.
Believing that more depends
upon the next council than ever
before, I beg to urge our best cit
izens to offer for office on its board
and all pull for LaGrange.
“Old Timer.”
IN JEST OR EARNEST?
Mr. Young Now Says He is Not in
the Race for Mayor but for Recorder.
A Letter of Several “Points.”
Mr. Editor and Fellow Citizens:—
I have no more idea of boing May
or than if my first article had never
appeared, but possibly in an in
direct way, to express my views
on some presont conditions, that
are to me indeed awkward 1
Did you ever stop to think of
the peculiar situation LaGrange
and Troup County occupy with
relation to the sate of Liquor?
Now and for all time, not a word
of censure, or indirection shall he
uttered with the slightest person
ality, or reflection on any incum
bent, hut with an earnest desire
to show the dual inoonsistant
duties of tho Mayor, County Com
missioner and Ordinary.
The Mayor is one cf the Dis
pensary Commissioners; ho helps
to elect the Dispensary Managers;
the Managers do tho best they can
to make money from tho sale of
Liquor from tho Dispensary. Now
if, in a business way, they sell
good whiskey high, or mean whis
key at medium price to make
profit, and “Mr. Stern Reality”,
buys it and “fills up,” and a case
of plain drunk is made against
him. Mr. Mayor—one of tho Dis
pensary Commissioners—passes
on his offence, and fines him, for
drinking his “prescription.” If
Mr. Reality pays out, the City
gets tho pinu, and thbice-fourths
of tho profit from tho first pur
chase! That is a fine money
making business, an endless ohui i
process—furnish the “dope” and
then charge for too big a drink of
itl Tho City certainly has a “cor
ner,” on this enterprise 1 Now the
County, through her Chairman of
Board of Commissioners (Roads
and Revenue), is a second party
to this transaction, and gets no
part of the lino but one-fou:.tii
of the sale profit, and m turn pays
the full fare of all prosecutions
of all resulting crimes in Court
expenses.
The third party to tho transao-
actions in the Ordinary, who
stands as tho great guardian of
all decendents’s estates of widows
and orphans and indigent minors.
Then when his (ours also) Dis
pensary deals death and poverty
to his wards, how can lie, with
conscience void of offence toward
God and man, mix these two af
fairs? My point is this, is the
just administration of estates,
the care of widow’s and minor’s
funds, the proper companionship
for the sale of liquor business.
As we stand, the City makes
more money, the more cases
Liquor makes, the County reve
nue may play even—but does it?
The Ordinary is the last Officer on
the face of the earth to fool with
it, in my judgement, unless you
wish to increase his number of
writs of lunacy, imbecility, and
inebriety, and insolvent estates.
Are there not many business
men who would refuse to serve as
Mayor, County Commissioner or
Ordinary, rather than supervise
the Dispensary? Why is the po
sition of Dispensary Commissioner
an object of ambitious desire?
Cannot this be remedied, be
fore some grief befalls us? Go to
thinking and have some convic
tion on the matter, and stick to
it.
I am not in the race for any
thing (but RECORDER) on the
the square system or not the
round. Bon Young.
AN IMPROVEMENT.
Quite an improvement is being
made in front of the First Bap
tist church by the addition of
several stone steps leading down
to the sidewalk.
SOLD ATLAN1A PROPERTY.
LaGrange People Dispose of Proper
ty to Asa G. Candler,
In the Atlanta Journal of Mon
day the following appeared, which
is of interest to LaGrange readers:
“The Banks property, at
No. 165 Peachtree street, between
the Grand opera house and the
Aragon hotel, has been purchased
by Asa G. Candler for $1)7,000.
The deal has been under way for
some time,lmt was not oonsumated
until last. Saturday. Forest and
George Adnii*, real estate agents,
negotiated tho trade, which is one
of the largest of its kind ever
made in Atlanta. The property
was purchased from the four chil
dren of the late Henry Banks.
They are James Banks, Henry
Banks, Jr., Mrs. Mattie B. Swan
son and Mrs. Fannie B. Callaway,
tho last throe living in Troup
county. Fronting 005 feet on
Peachtree street and extending
hack for a distance of 400 foot to
Ivy street; the property is among
llie most valuable in Atlanta. The
price paid|was about $1,000 per
front, but m spite of this, it is
tho opinion of those well versed
in real estate that Mr. Candler
has secured a bargain in tho
Banks placo. For yours tho place
lias boon the home of Mrs. Henry
Banks, widow of the late Henry
Banks, and her son, James Banks.
It is adorned by an old two-story
brick building and forms one of
Atlanta’s oldest landmarks. The
property has been in tho Banks
family for many years. It was
purchased by tho late 1 Henry
Banks in 1807 from Oliver H.
Jones. At the death of Mr. Banks
tho proporty was inherited by his
four children, Henry Banks, Jr.,
Mrs. Mattie B. Swanson and Mrs.
Fannie B. Callaway, of LaGrange,
and James Bunks, of Atlanta,
A WORD FROM PASTON
VAUGHAN.
Tho first week in the year wbb
observed by a goodly number of
brethren as a week of prayer for
Foreign Missions. Tho second
week, for a revival at home. On
one occasion, there being fourteen
brethren present, representative
men of LaGrange, a motion was
made and unanimously carried, to
invito Dr. Lon G. Broughton to aid
us in a meeting sometime in the
near future.
Ho was accordingly written to;
and ho has accepted the invita
tion ; and tho meeting has been
announced to begin on Sunday
tho 80bh of April next.
It is our desire as a church to
unite with all Christians in the
town, in a series of meetings, with
especial reference to a general
awakening and revival.
Many of our people heard Dr.
Broughton last November in Co
lumbus, and were greatly pleased,
and happily disappointed. They
went to tho church prejudiced
against him; they came away
singing his praises.
It will be remembered that dur
ing last year, he held a meeting
in Athens. Professor Steward, a
representative of the State Uni
versity was in our city this week,
and informed me that Dr. Brough
ton did great good in that city;
and he felt sure that there was
for us a blessing in store in his
coming. Let us not be preju
diced; hear him first.
I think I voice the sentiment
of all interested Christians in
LaGrange, when I say, we need a
mighty tidal wave of spiritual
power and life to come over our
fair city; and now that we have
the promise of the help of one of
the mightiest Evangelists in the
nation, do let us exert ourselves
at once and perseveringly. Dr.
Broughton much prefers to hold a
meeting in which all the churches
are equally interested; and hav
ing been in the initiative in this
work, I cordially invite my broth
er pastors, and brethren and sis
ters of the churches to unite with
us. May God bless us all abun
dantly.
A. B. Vaughan.
.WILL MISS COLUMBUS.
Atlantic and Birmingham Plans to
Skip Atlanta also.
(From the Constitution of Fob.
26th.)
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 24—(Spec
ial.)
It now seems to be definitely
decided that the main line of tho
Atlantic it Birmingham Railway
will not pass through Columbus,
judging by tho letter of Vice-
President Geo. Dole Wadley to
the board of trade of this city.
From tho routo virtually choson,
which is through Talbot, Meri
wether and Troup Counties, it
would appear that Atlanta, also,
will be many miles from the main
lines. And, yet, paradoxical as it
may appear, both Atlanta and
Columbus may yet capture the At
lantic & Birmingham Railroad.
The proposod plan, which is
said to have the consideration of
the officials of tho road, is to build
n north-and-south branch from
the main line at some point bo-
tween Warm Springs and the .Ala
bama state line, Atlanta being
tho northern and Columbus being
the southern terminus of this line.
Running, as it will, almost half
way between these two cities, two
of tho most important in Georgia,
it iH pointed out that the Atlantic
& Birmingham could hardly af
ford, ns a business proposition,
to not build such a lateral line.
Such a line, it is believed, here,
would hasten the completion of
the Georgia, Florida and Alabama
railroad and the Birmingham,
Coin inbus and St. Andrews rail
roads to this city, as it would give
them both another outlet to the
north. This would be the shortest
route between Columbus and At
lanta. At the same time the road
would give Atlanta, with the com
pletion of the Georgia, Florida
and Alabama and tho Birmingham
Columbus and St. Andrews rail
way, a direct line to the two ports
on the Gulf of Mexico. Both At
lanta aiul£Colmnbus would then
be in the direct routo of travel
from the north to the isthmian
canal.
Washington’s Birthday Pro
gram.
On last Wednesday the La
Grange High School obsorvetl
Washington’s birthday in a fit
ting manner.
Professor Ricketson and his
able corpse of teachers are always
ready to have the children ob
serve by appropriate exercises the
holidays, both national and state,
and especially the birthdays of
our illustrious dead.
The following program was
rendered by the children at 10 a.
m. last Wednesday and enjoyed
by all present.
Music Misses Wilkinson and Hanson
Recitation Bryan Stephens
Song: The Flag Brigade
First Grade
Recitation: The Lisper
Jennie Harwell
Recitation: The Rag Doll
Miss Eleanor Dunson
Class Song Second Grade
Recitation: Stars and Strides
Second Grade
H ong Margaret Phillips
Recitation: Why? Thomas Hall
Little Housekeepers
From Second Grade
Recitation: Prettiest Girl
N. E. Marshburn
Recitation: When I’m in the Tens
Luelle Jenkins
Class Song Third Grade
Recitation: The Minuet Ruth Pike
Recitation: A Little Like Washington
Charles Traylor
Flag Drill Third Grade
Song; My United States
Fourth Grade
Recitation : Our Nation’s Colors
Fourth Grade
Recitation : Nettie’s Thanksgiving Visit
Mary Render
Class Song Fifth Grade
Beautiful line of new
white Waisting for early
spring waists just received
at Callaway’s
