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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER
FRIDAY MORNING,
, AUGUST 29, 1913.
Social Items of Interest
BUTLER—CROCK ETT.
IN HONOR MISS MATTHEWS.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. McGee and
children, of Florence, Ala., have been
the guests 0 f Mrs. B. A. McGee on
Park Avenue.
* * •
Miss Leonpnie Woodall is spending
a few days \<rith relatives and friends
in West Point.
* * *
Miss Ruth Butler and Mr. J. B.
Crockett, of Glynn, were quietly mar
ried some time ago at the home of
the bride.
After the marriage the young cou
ple went to GJynn in an automobile
and the wedding was kept such a
secret that few LaGdttngle people
knew of it.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Butler, of this city, and
Mr. Crockett is a young business man
of Glynn. Mr. and Mrs. Crockett
have the best wishes of their many
friends.
RICHARDSON—MILAM
Miss Willie Mae Richardson* <|f
Madison, and Mr. Henry Milam, of
this city, were married last Saturday
night at the Methodist Parsonage at
Madison.
Immediately after the wedding the
bride and groom left for LaGrange.
On their way home via the Georgia
Railroad the train was wrecked and
a number of passengers injured and
one was killed. Fortunately neither
Mr. Milam nor his wife was injured
and they arrived here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Milam are at home
to their friends at 46 Greenville
Street. They will continue to live
in LaGrange and Mr. Milam will be
engaged in the real estate and insur
ance business.
MISS MARGARET PHILLIPS EN
TERTAINS WITH PARTY.
In honor of her guest, Miss Lena
Holt, Miss Phillips invited a number
of her friends to play rook last Fri
day afternoon. Quite a number of
the school-girl set were present and,
needless to say, enjoyed the occasion.
Potted plants and ferns were the
decorations and the color scheme of
green and white was carried out in
the ices.
Miss Phillips is a popular girl
and her friends regret that she will
soon go away to school.
MISS LUCILE MARKETS PARTY.
A very pretty party was given by
Mrs. C. E. Market for her little
daughter Lucile. A large number of
children were invited and enj#yed
many games, also cream and cake in
abundance.
The hoYne of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
E. Market, on South Lewis Street,
was the scene of a happy party last
Wednesday afternoon. Miss Lucile
Market entertained 86 of her little
friends in honor of her cousin, MisB
Trances Matthews, of Atlanta.
Many games were played during
the afternoon. One feature of the
afternoon was pinning on the donk
ey’s tail. Miss Celess Dunson re
ceived the first prize, an ivory fan,
and Master Robert Segrest, the sec
ond, a box of candy.
Punch was served on the porch by
Misses Lois Schaub and Dora Lane.
Late in the afternoon a dainty ice
course was served on the lawn and
the children were carried to the
Grand Theater.
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MRS. ATKINSON ENTERTAINS
AT BRIDGE.
A pretty compliment to her sis
ter, Mrs. James Willis, of Columbus,
wa3 the al fresco party given by Mrs.
T, A, Atkinson at her home on Broad
Street. Under the trees and vines is
an ideal summer parlor and here ta
bles were placed and the interesting
games of bridge were played.
Mrs. J. E. Dunson, Jr., made high
est score and was presented with
white silk hose. Mrs. Pou, of Co
lumbus, and Mrs. Henning, of West
Point, were the out-of-town guests.
Mrs. Willi's, the honor guest, was
handsomely gowned in lavender silk.
After the games Mrs. Atkinson
served one of those delicious lunches
for which she is noted, and which
was very much enjoyed.
Personal.
Miss Allie Thompson, of Odessa,
after a pleasant visit to Mrs. Emory
Long, returned home Saturday.
Little Norah Lee Tucker, who has
been seriously ill, is improving, we
are delighted to hear.
* * *
Master Gregory Griggs, who has
been on a visit to his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Griggs, returned
to his home in Atlanta, Friday.
Miss Vera Edwards visited Mrs.
Frank Davis, of near Loyd’s Church,
thi3 week.
* * *
Mrs. W. J. Carter, of Myrtlewood,
Ala., is spending the week with Mrs.
H. C. Butler.
• * V
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Crockett, of
Glynn, visited the latter’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs! H. C. Butler, last week.
* * *
Mrs. C. M. Cox, of Atlanta, will
arrive Saturday to spend a few days
with her sister, Mrs. H. C. Butler.
* * •
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cleaveland,
of South LaGrange, and their little
adopted daughter Martha Eugenia,
and her sister Margaret, were in the
city Thursday visiting friends and
relatives.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Harold, of West
Point, visited relatives here last
week.
* * *
Mrs. G. Y. Lester, of Talbotton,
has returned to her home after a
pleasant visit to her sister, Mra.
Keys.
* * *
Misses Cook and Hollingshead, of
Milledgeville, are the guests of Mrs.
Cook on Greenville Street.
* * *
Mrs. Hal Childs and children have
been for several weeks at Blue Ridge.
• * *
Miss Effie Swanson is visiting her
sister.- Mrs. E. W. Pinckard.
WHEEL FOUND AFTER HUNT
LASTING FOR WEEK.
After a hunt lasting for nearly
two weeks, the wheel that was stolen
from E. B. Flowers, an employe at
the ice plant, was found by Police
man Upchurch last Monday, and
Charlie Kirkley, a negro boy, was
convicted of the theft.
The frame of the wheel was found
on Methodist Hill and the front wheel
was found at Kirkley’s home on Bat
tle Street.
Kirkley was placed under suspi
cion on account of the report that he
was trying to sell a bicycle very
cheap.
He was arrested after the wheel
was found and urged by a slight
touch of the "third degree” confessed.
He was tried before Mayor Ed-
mundson Tuesday afternoon and
fined $100 or six months in the gang.
MR. C. J. PARHAM GOES TO
BARNESVILLE.
ROOK CLUB MEETS WITH MISS
HUNTER.
Miss Mary Hunter entertained the
Rook Club at he homre on Park Ave
nue last Friday morning. The mem
bers of this club are girls nearly
through college and their meetings
are especially interesting.
PIANO TUNING.
Miss Effie Hill and Miss Joaie Lan
caster spent Saturday and Sunday as
the guests of the latter’s brother in
West Point.
» * »
Miss Alice Wynn is spending a few
days at Warm Springs.
* * *
Mrs. W. K. Clements, nee Miss
Willie Kurby, of Auburn, Ala., and
her niece, Mis3 Ruby Kurby, of Abi
lene, Texas, spent the week-end with
their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Harwell.
Mr. Charles J. Parham, for several
years a useful and popular citizen of
LaGrange; left on Wednedsay lfjor
Barnesville, Ga., which he will make
his future home. Mr. Parham will
be in the weave room of the Aldora
Cotton Mills, of Barnesville. While
giving him up with reluctance, Mr.
Parham’s hosts of friends wish him
much success in his new field.
MR. LOVIC SPINKS JOINS NAVY.
Mr. D. B. Evans of Atlanta is at the
LaGrange College rebuilding and tun
ing pianos and will be glad to serve
his many friends and patrons in La
Grange.
Mr. Evans is recognized as an
authority on pianos and piano quality.
DOZIER
SAYS
We are pleased to announce
that we have secured the
agency for the Celebrated
ANSCO CAMERAS
and will carry a full line of
all the necessary material for
making Kodak pictures.
. Let us supply your films, any
size fits any Camera, Quality
guaranteed.
Come in and let us demon
strate the strong points of the
"ANSCO.”
The Amateur Camera of pro
fessional quality, $2.00 and up.
Dozier’s
Pharmacy,
Phones 262—263.
“The Corner Drug Store”
Mr. James Holt, the popular soda
dispenser for Bradfield Drug Compa
ny, has just returned from a week’s
vacation in Florida. Mr. Holt spent
most of his time at Appalachicola.
* * *
Mr. O. C. Crabb has returned from
Montgomery, Ala., where he spent a
week with relatives and friends.
* * *
Mrs. Thomas Watson, of Durango,
Mexico, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
B. A. McGee, on Park Avenue.
Mrs. A. J. Heard is spending sev
eral weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
M. L. Glenn, at Salem.
* * «
Mrs. S. P. Callaway spent last week
with Mrs. A. B. Handly.
* * *
Mrs. S. P. Callaway, Mrs. A. B.
Handly and J. M. Handly spent last
Tuesday at Warm Springs.
Miss Clara Warlick has returned
from a visit to Chattanooga, Tenn.
* * *
Mrs. I. N. Lozier i3 spending a few
days with relatives at Sandersville.
* * *
Miss Mary Wallace and her cousin,
Miss Reed, of West Point, were visi
tors in the city last Friday.
* * *
Miss Marion Bradfield, of Atlanta,
accompanied by her father, was a
visitor in LaGrange Wednesday.
* * *
Mr. J. G. Truitt spent Thursday in
Atlanta.
• * *
Mrs. Walter Barnwell, of Atlanta,
is on a visit to Mrs. R. T. Segrest.
* * *
Mrs. Collins Sledge left Monday
to attend a reunion of her father’s
family, the Horrnes, of Bridgeport,
Tenn. She will visit Knoxville and
other points before she returns.
Word was received last Tuesday
from Newport, R. I., that Mr. Lovic
Spinks had enlisteld in the U. S.
Navy at that place.
The news was quite a surprise to
the young man’s relatives and friends
as he said nothing of his intentions
when he left here for a short vaca
tion August 5th.
The enlistment means four years
of service on the sea, Mr. Spinks
will be greatly missed by his wide
circle of friends in the city.
Not Unreasonable.
"Boy wanted for sausages,” runs an
announcement in a butcher’s shop at
Harlesden. It sounds unappetizing—
yet no doubt a boy is the proper ac
companiment for the mashed.—Lon
don Opinion.
DOZIER
SAYS—
You will make no mistake in
bringing your PRESCRIP-
TIONS to his Drug Store to be
compounded; neither will there
be any mistake in their composi
tion, for they will be handled
only by Licensed Pharmacist
and filled according to your
Doctor’s directions.
Phone us to send for your next.
Dozier’s
Pharmacy,
“The Corner Drug Store.”
Phones 262-263.
WANTS RURAL SURVEY TO
AID PEOPLE IN COUNTRY.
Find Out What’a the Matter, 8o Reme
dies May Be Devised.
The social survey is coining into
favor in tnuuy parts of the country as
a menns of social betterment. It is
a simpler mutter to bring about Im
provement in a city, a county or a com
munity when the conditions are fully
understood. To obtain the knowledge
that Is necessary for intelligent and
effective effort is the object of the
aoclul survey.
A writer in the Progressive Farm
er makes a plea for rural survey
work In the south und points out some
notable Instances where these surveys
have been made. The University of
Wisconsin, the Ohio board of agricul
ture and the Presbyterian commission
on country life ure cited us havlug
engaged In this line of endeavor with
and results. These organizations make
their surveys by counties, and the In
vestigations bring out a great array of
information.
The county survey means nn inves
tigation of the school, the churches,
the roads, the social opportunities, the
facilities for marketing, the conditions
on the farms, the tenantry, the in
fluences that make for rural uplift
nud those which tend to rural deellue.
The correspondent of the Progressive
Farmer sn^-s:
“A rural survey would be nn index
to progress. It would show the lines
of farming that were profitable; it
would ereute a spirit of rivalry be
tween counties; It would show condi
tions us they are and probably help
locate the reason of the migration
from fRrm to town and help check
the same.
“Many of the problems of rural life
have not been touched at all, but these
will ultimately come Into sight and
be solved. We have soil surveys, min
eral surveys, geological surveys and
other kinds of surveys with which
people are familiar. Why not have
a rural survey and find out the real
condition of the people living in rural
communities and systematically go
about: helping make these conditions
ideal ?”
The value of such surveys Is evi
dent Where efficiently made they
show the strong points and the weuk
points of the county. In a movement
for general betterment they are of
great service nud should prove ns use
ful In the south as they have been in
the north.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
SWAT THE SPARROW TOO.
Fliea and Thia Bird Belong In Same
Claaa aa• Nuiaances.
To the slogan of “Swat the fly!”
might well be added that of “Kill the
sparrow!” Flies and sparrows belong
in the same class as nuisances and
menaces to health.
Most birds deserve to be protected
for some service they perform, but
when all the evidence has been sub
mitted in the sparrow’s case it will
stand condemned. Perhaps it occa
sionally eats a harmful worm, but the
greater part of its food is of grain.
Then It Is the constant enemy of na
tive birds, which, unlike itself, live
mostly on worms nnd insects that are
injurious to trees and crops.
Wherever European civilization has
gone this pest bird has gone with it
There .were no sparrows In America
until they were imported from Eng
land to free shade trees of caterpillars,
and this they have ever since refused
to do.
For many years the sparrow was un
known except in the towns, and it
gnined the name of "town bird." But
in later years it has spread all over
the country until now it is probably a
greater nuisance on the farm than in
the city. The sparrow’s habit of liv
ing always near settlements and in
sheltered places makes it a most pro
lific bird. It Is almost independent of
the seasons in breeding.
The sparrow helps to spread diseases
by building nests upon or nenr houses.
Building on houses is especially a
menace to health in the country,
whore people catch water from the
roofs to fill their cisterns.
Make Your Main Street Attractive.
If a town’s leading thoroughfare is
attractive and up to date it Indicates
that the community is thriving nnd
prosperous. If the reverse Is true It |
usually follows that something Is rad
ically amiss with the progressiveness
of the citizens. If the merchants nnd
public spirited members of n commu- j
nlty would seek by organized effort to ;
correct abuses, such as ill looking
waste places, ugly signs or dilapidated |
building fronts, much could be done to
make the visitor take away a pleasant
and lasting Impression, which In the
aggregate would have the effect of In
creasing the town's prosperity, besides
making beautiful what had been be
fore 111 favored nnd ugly.
Chrysanthemums.
Inquiries have lately come in regard
ing chrysanthemum cuttings, division
of old plants, etc. Cuttings should not
be put In later than June. That is
also the best time to divide old clumps,
being sure to cut oft all the tops they
qow have. At first the plants only
need be watered enough to keep them
from standing still, with no fertilizing
at all. When they are growing vigor
ously, a couple of months inter, begin
to manure and water them more heav
ily, increasing both until the first buds
show color, after which they need nn
abundance of water, but no more fer
tilizer. Yon must pay strict attention
to disbudding if you wish good results.
—Los Angeles Times.
Buyers Guide
Directory of Leading
LaGrange Merchants
Are you thinking if trading in
LaGrange soon ? If so it will
pay you to look over this list and
to decide just where you want to
trade. The following business
men have established a reputa
tion for fair dealing and a just
consideration of their trade at all
times. Read this list it will pay
you to get acquainted with these
men and houses.
Drygoods
LAGRANGE DRYGOODS CO.
East Side Square
Dealers in shoes, clothing and dry-
goods.
THE MARSHBURN CO.
East Side Square
Gents’ furnishings, ladies’ ready-to-
wear and millinery.
BRADFIELD-HUTCHINSON CO.
East Side Square
Clothing, hats, shoes ana genes'
furnishings.
RED STAR DEPARTMENT STORE
No. 10 Mai.-; Street.
“The store with a reputation.”
CALLAWAY’S
Cor. Main and Broome Sts.
Drygoods, shoes, clothing.
W. C. FORD
North Side Square
Millinery and ladies’ ready-to-wear.
MISS MOLLIE ROWLAND
North Side Square
Millinery, drygoous and fine dress
goods and trimmirgs, specialties.
RACKET STORE
West Side Square.
“Teaches your dollar to have more
cents.”
Books.
CLARK’S BOOK STORE
West Side Square
Office supplies, stationery, books,
sodas and cigars.
Hardware
HANSON HARDWARE & FURN
ITURE CO.
Main Street
Hardware, furniture and house fur
nishers.
HUDSON HARDWARE CO.
Main Street.
Dealers in hardware, automobile
and electric supplies.
Jewelry.
LEHMAN JEWELRY CO.
Norlh Side Square
Dealers in high-class jewelry and
silverware,
Tailors
M. GOLDBERG
14 Main Street
The best work at lowest prices.
Groceries
CALLAWAY’S
Cor. Main and Broome Sts.
“The sanitary grocery store.”
M’CAINE BROS.
West side of Square.
Complete line of fancy groceries.
THE LAGRANGE FISH & PRO
DUCE COMPANY
6 Bull Street
Fish, Poultry, Vegetables, fruit and
all kinds of Produce.
Telephone No. 336.
Furniture
PHARR BROS. & CHILDS
West Side Square
Housefurnishers and undertakers.
Art Gallery and Book Store
M. D. FOWLER
High-grade photographs, books and
office supplies.
Shoes.
RED STAR SHOE STORE
West side of Square
Full line of shoes and gents’ fur
nishings.
“Star Brand Shoes Are Better.”
Shoe Repairing
JIM VALERI
High-class shoe repairing.
PRESIDENT BERRY VISITS LA
GRANGE.
Mr. C. H. Berry, the president of
the LaGrange Ice & Fuel Company,
who is also president of the Pelican
Ice Company, of New Orleans, ar
rived in LaGrange the first of the
week and will remain here probably
through Saturday.There would hard
ly be found a more genial and cor
dial spirited man than Mr. Berry,
and were all corporation heads of his
type there would be no feeling among
the people against corporations.
Talking Pictures
Advertised to be shown at
the Grand Theatre three
days beginning August 28,
Postponed on account of
part of mechanism being
damaged in transit. UThey
will be shown as soon as
the damaged part can be
replaced
Coming Next Week.
The Belmont Comedy
, Four
Southland’s Classiest
Quartette
CRAN
” Theatre
Presenting the better kind of
. PICTURES—MUSIC—SINGING