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1 Ordinary
VOL. V2
ESTABLISHED 1842.
FRIDAY MORNING NOV. 28, 1918.
FIVE CENTS A CiyPY.
LAGRANGE MINISTERS REAP
POINTED FOR ENSUING YEAR
1914 CONFERENCE AT MARIETTA
Rev. J. J. Ware Replaced By Rev.
Lucien Roper, For South LaGrange
Church. Several Changes of Pas-
-tors In LaGrange District.
The following appointments of
ministers were made for the La-
<Grange District by the North Geor
gia conference at the meeting in
Elberton this week:
LaGrange District—W. L. Pearce,
presiding elder; LaGrange, First
■church, S. A. Harris; South LaGrange
Lucien Roper; St. John’s and Unity,
■C. S. Martin; Bowden, W. A. Max
well, R. H. Crawford, supply; Chip-
ley, A. J. Sewell, A. M. Sprayberry,
-supply; Fairburn, H. C. Emory, John
Speer, Jr., supply; Franklin, Grover
Noles; Glenn, T. A. Morgan, supply;
'Grantville and Lone Oak, C. H.
Branch; Greenville and" Trinity, K.
Read; Hogansville and Corinth, A. S.
Hutchinson; Manchester, W. H. Har
ris; Moreland and Lutherville, Firley
Baum; Mountville, E. P. Eubanks;
Newnan, First church, H. L. Ed
mondson; Newnan, Lovejoy Memorial,
‘S. D. Creeman; Newnan, circuit, Guy
White; Palmetto, 0. M. Ponder; Prim
rose, C. J. Roberson, supply; Roop-
■ville, R. P. Tatum; Turin, J. G. Davis;
West Point, C. E. Patillo; West Point
•circuit, W. W. Watkins; Whitesburg,
G. B. Barton; Woodbury, H. L.
Embry; LaGrange College, E. D.
Hale, professor; agent superaunuates
'.home, L. P. Winter.
With the exception of Rev. J. J.
Ware all of the ^LaGrange ministers
were returned to their former charg
es. Mr. Ware was sent to Dallis.and
Rev. Lucien Roper, of Dallis, was ap
pointed for the South LaGrange
•■charge.
All Enjoyed Meeting.
For five big days, the pastors of
the North Georgia Conference enjoy
ed the royal hospitality of the El
berton people. There was fried
chicken in abundance during the early
part of the meeting, but according to
authentic report, nothing was left in
the town that resembled a chicken
except the feathers.
Besides the ministers of the differ
ent LaGrange churches there were
three others to attend the conference
from here, Professors Rufus and Clif
ford Smith and Col. Hatton Lovejoy.
Death of Dr. J. B. Robins.
The tragic death , of Dr. J. B.
Robins, while delivering a sermon
last Sunday night was the only thing
that marred the happiness of the
gathering.
Dr. Robins was stricken in the
midst of his sermon and in spite of
all medical assistance, died within
thirty-six minutes after an attack
of acute indigestion. The deceased
had been pastor of the Trinity church
in Atlanta for several years and was
well known and loved throughout the
state.
He was presiding Elder of the La
Grange district about six years ago
and his many friends in this city were
greatly shocked to hear of his death.
Dr. P^-bins’ son, Rev. J. T. Robins,
has been pastor of the Hogansville
and Corinth churches for several
years.
Conference Will Not Meet Here.
The people of LaGrange had hoped
to get the conference here next year
and the local ministers went to El-
bftrton with the intention of extend
ing the-invitation. Much to their
disappointment, it was found that ow
ing to the activities of the Marietta
delegation conditions were such that
it would have been impossible to ob
tain the conference and the invitation
was not extended. Marietta will get
the .conference for 1914.
Splendid Showing Made by First La
Grange Church.
By the report given at the confer
ence it was shown that the First
Methodist church of this city had
made more progress during the last
year thaji at any time in its history
and favorable comment was heard on
all sides concerning the improve
ment. /
During the next few months con
siderable improvements are going to
be made on the church building and
Everybody Enjoys
The Fall Carnival
The Tropical Amusement Company
has been in LaGrange now for nearly
a week and everybody has thorough
ly enjoyed it from the beginning.
Unlike tnost attractions of its kind
it is a clean, high-class company with
'shows well worth the price of admis
sion; the people are orderly and any
lady can attend the attractions with
the assurance , that nothing will be
said or done to make her feel out of.
place.
Besides the usual merry-go-round,
ferris wheel, and ordinary attractions,
there are special shows that are in
teresting to anyone. “Grover, the
human sea lion” presents the most
extraordinary human deformity one
can amagihe. A man, 28 years old,
has the head of man and a body much
resembling that of a seal.
Another remarkable attraction is
the “human fish.” In a large glass
tank, filled with water, a man imitates
a fish as it plays with its food under
water. This man can eat, drink from
a bottle and smoke under water with
as much ease as the one ordinarily
does in the open a’r. He stays un
der water much longer than one can
hold the breath and moves about with
his eyes open during the entire time
Near the center of the large arena,
“The Great Sherwood" performs some
remarkable acrobatic stunts, which
are thrilling and entertaining. This
show is free to all.
Mumrqpio’s Julian band, which
furnished rtqgjf^for the carnival' is
conceded to be the best that has been
to LaGrange in a long time. The
band plays everything from ragtime
to the finest of the classics, giving a
concert twice daily on the square.
This carnival is far above the aver
age andjfhose, who havn’t been, will
miss a geat deal by not going today
or tomorrow, which will be its last
days in LaGrange.
parsonage in LaGrange and every ef
fort will be made to get the 1915
conference here.
LaGrange College Gets An Additional
Appropriation.-
Through the efforts of Rev. S. A.
Harris, of this city, who is treasury
of the Board of Education of the
North Georgia Conference, an ad
ditional $1,000 appropriation was
made for the LaGrange college. This
will make the total annual appropria
,tion $3,500.
With this additional fund a great
er prosperity is in store for the La
Grange institution and much credit
is due to Rev. ,Harris for obtaining
this money.
Judge Longley
Some Corn Raiser
Conclusively refuting the Osier
theory, and also the idea that the
members of the Boys’ Corn Club are
the only ones that can raise big crops
of corn, Judge F. M. Longley has
produced over 100 bushels to the acre,
besides a good cotton crop, on his
farm south of LaGrange. Judge
Longley is very much interested in
seeing this entire section measure up
to its possibilities in crop yields, and
both by precept and example, he is
doing much toward bringing about
better methods.
NOTICE TO CORN CLUB'BOYS.
DO YOUR XMAS SHOPPING
EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH
Delays
are
Dangerous!
Don’t
Wait
to .
Shop
EMBER!!
Just
22
more
Shopping
Days
before
Christmas
SANTA CLAUS TO VISIT ALL
GOOD CHILDREN OF LAGRANGE
SITE BOUGHT
FOR SCHOOL
Three Acres of Land, Near Fair
Ground Purchased From Dr. Frank
ftidiey For Location of New School
Building.
Three acres of land, north of La
Grange, a short distance this side of
the fair grounds, has been purchased
from, Dr. Frank Ridley, Sr., for the
locatiolh of the new school building,
for which bonds were voted last year.
The price paid for this land was
$350 per acre.
Work will begin on the erection of
the building as soon as the bonds can
be placed at a fair price and the
building will be in readiness for the
LaGrange high school next year.
Will Enhance Value of Fair Grounds.
The new school will be located on
the extension of Greenwood street,
that was made last month in opening
a thoroughfare to the fair grounds.
A splendid street has been built out
that way and the probabilities are
thai a number of residences will be
bum in that vicinity.
The thirty acres purchased this
year by the fair association from Dr.
F^ank Ridley will be greatly en
hanced in value, and the news of the
purchase of the school site will no
doubt hasten the sale o£ the addition
al fair stock, which will placed
on the market soon.
New Building to Cost $40,000.
The new school building will cost
$40,000 and will be modern in every
detail. Plans from architects have
already been submitted for the build
ing, but none have been decided upon
yet.
The new school building will be a
valuable addition to LaGrange and
the people in the city look forward
to its early erection and the alleviation
of the present crowded conditions at
the LaGrange high school.
Presbyterians Ordain.
At the Sunday morning exercises
of the Presbyterian church, the pas
tor presiding, Messrs. W. S. Davis
and H. C. Ash were ordained and
installed as ruling elders, and Mr. C.
L. Turner as a deacon in that church.
These gentlemen are among La-
Grange’s most useful and popular
citizens and such recognition of their
worth in the circles of the church of
their chosen faith is a distinct com
pliment to them.
THANKSGIVING
AND HOLIDAY
Yesterday, Nov. 27 Wa8 a Day of Re
joicing and Thanksgiving. It Was
Holiday, Turkey Dinner and Hunt
ing.
Y’esterday was Thanksgiving day—■
a national holiday.
In LaGrange it was a holiday in the
fullest sense of the word. Practical
ly every store in town was closed and
even the clerks were allowed to wan
der at leisure.
A general spirit of appreciation of
divine favors prevailed and all felt
disposed to be thankful—with the ex
ception of the turkey.
Poor bird-
No more basking iq the bright
sunshine and the frolicsome ‘gobble
gobble!” and sumptuous feeding. The
tables were turned! It was the axe
and block yesterday. It was “gobbler
gobbled” and the feasting was done
by ajother’party.
According to the most reliable re
ports there was more turkey eaten in
the city yesterday than has been done
on any Thinksgiving day in many
years. The reason for this was
twofold; LaGrange has had more to be
thankful for this year than in many
years past (and the greater the thanks
the more the turkey), and then the
birds were cheaper than usual.
Nor has the only day for turkey
passed with the sinking of yesterday’s
sun. There is going to be turkey to
day—“remnants,” you know. Then to
morrow we’ll have the remnants of
the remnants, and so on for the next
few days until the last piece of the
flesh will have" been consumed and
every bone stripped off its juicy
flavor.
Hunting In Order.
The fellow, who didn’t go hunting
yesterday either lacked the proper
sportsmanship or procrastinated to
such an extent that he found the
hardware stores closed, when he tried
to rent a gun.
At the present writing no fatalities
in this section have been reported
from careless and promiscuous shoot
ing, No good bird dog mistaken for
a rabbit and only a few quail were
laid to rest.
It was a great day but how it hurts
to think there will be 364 days before
it comes again.
MR. MARSHBURNTO PLANT
200 ACRES OF CANTELOUPES
Mr. L. C.. Davis, the Special
Agent of the U. S. Government’s
Farm Demonstration Work in Troup
County, requests The Reporter to no
tify all of the boys of the Troup Coun
ty Corn Club who intend going to
Atlanta, that Wednesday, December
3, has been decided upon as the date,
and that the party will leave on the
early morning train of the Atlanta
& West Point, leaving LaGrange at
5:35 a. m.
The Com Club boys will be given
a" delightful time in Atlanta. They
will be entertained in the homes of
Atlanta’s leading citizens, and a num
ber of special events are being plan
ned for their pleasure.
Mr. N. E. Marshburn, a prominent
merchant in LaGrange, has just re
turned from a trip to South Georgia,
where he went for the purpose of
leasing a 200 acre farm a few miles
from Waycross.
This farm is some of the richest
land in South Georgia and Mr. Marsh-
burn expects to make a pile of money
on his crop next year.
One of the most attractive features
of Mr. Marshburn’s farm will be that
he won’t have to lay awake at night
and worry over the price of cotton—
because he is not going to raise a
stalk of the stuff!
Conducting a 200 acre farm in,
Georgia without raising some cotton
is a feat little dreamed of by most
of our farmers. But that is just
what Mr. Marshburn is going to do.
He is going to raise cantaloupes!
Think of it, two hundred acres of
cantaloupes.
This will be by far the largest can
taloupe “patch” in the state and will
produce enough of the melons to sup
ply a very large demand.
Mr. Marshburn is not making this
big undertaking without having had
some very valuable experience in the
business. He owns a large farm in
North Georgia and has devoted quite
a deal cf bis time to farming durin
the last few years.
Up on the North Georgia 1 farm Mr.
Marshburn has been planting yearly
a 30 acre tract in cantaloupes. Last
year he declares he made abbve his
expenses, $100 per acre on the crop.
He raises the famous Pink Queen
melons, which are the finest of the
cantaloupe specimens, and sells them
for $1.50 per dozen.
They ure shipped in ordinary frufit
crate'- and a ready market has been
^ ■' i.
Outline Plans For
Commercial Body
In an interview given the press by
the enterprising president, Chas. J.
Haden, of the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce a plan is laid for the
endeavor of the state chamber, and
Mr. Haden’s remarks ring with a de
termination to do something for his
native state.
The interview in part is given be
low:
“The development of Georgia is \
monumental task.
“It is no one-man job. No set of
individuals can hope to accomplish
it. It is worthy of the combined re
sult producing efforts of ever; able-
bodied Georgian.
“Broadly speaking, the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce has for its
dominant purpose the advancement
of the welfare of Georgia; the pro
motion of its agriculture; the im
provement of general conditions with
in its limits and its protection from
unjust attack at home and abroad.
“The dynamic factor in the build
ing of the State of Georgia will be
the spirit—the vision—the enthusiasm
of its people. The Georgia Chamber
of Commerce will inculcate ‘the
Georgia Idea’ in the breasts of Geor
gians. It will seek to give them
‘vision’ in all the fulness of the word.”
“As soon as the officials of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce have
conferred with representatives of the
various sister agencies throughout
Ihe state, a definite programme of
work will be adopted and adhered to.
Generally speaking, however, the
Chamber will work for better market
ing conditions; better roads and
highways; a better school system; a
better credit system for farmer and
merchant; diversification in crops and
county-wide organizations for mutual
benefit in each county. Above all, the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce will
carry on a consistent and intelligent
campaign whose slogan will be ‘Geor
gia Products for Georgia People.’ Be
fore any real development can take
place the people of Georgia must
know the resources andapossibilities
of their own state.
“That V.he people of Georgia will
co-operate with the State Chamber of
Commerce in its work for the upbuild
ing of the state is evidenced by the
enormous enthusiasm created by the
Georgia Products Day.
“New members are being added
daily to the already large list and a
wonderful future is in stye for the
organization and for the state.”
Fair Association
Makes Fine Report
The officers of the Troup County
Fair Association made their first fin
ancial statement to the stockholders
last Wednesday night, showing a net
profit to the stockholders of $1,232.44
from the first fair held, and also
showing an estimated increase in
value of the property of the fair of
found for them.
Whether Mr. Marshburn will be
able to find a market for his 200 acre
production remains to be seen, but he
firmly believes that he will not be
able to supply the demand and bases
his belief upon past experiences.
He has obtained an option on 480
acres of good land, including the land
leased, and expects to turn this into
the most enormous truck-farm in the
state, in the next year or so.
In speaking of the possibilities of
this section for truck farming, Mr.
Marshburn stated: “I have tried
to interest the people in this section
in conducting farms on similar
scales. It can be done on the good
land in Troup county just as easily
as elsewhere and when once farmers
try it they will find there is far more
money in the business when there is
a diversity of products. And then the
money can be realized during a season
when it is mosL needed.”
W. C. T. U. UNDERTAKE WORK
Children Who Were Not Visited By
Santa Claus Last Year Are Re
quested to Notify W. C. T. U.
Leaders.
The ladies of the Woman’s Chris
tian Temperance Union of LaGrange
have embarked upon the praisewor
thy enterprise of seeing that every
Child in LaGrange who might not
otherwise L>e rememoereu, leceive*"
ftnta year a substantial Christmas
gui. Tne presents lor the cuiiureu
■will take tne form of fruits, confec
tioneries, toys, anti, in many instan
ces, substantial articles of need, like
clothing. The plan of the ladies is
to get up a Cnristmas stocking for
every needy child that they are able
to learn of.
This is certainly a very commend
able movement, and one in which they
will no doubt receive liberal co-opera
tion from a large number of our peo
ple.
Children Invited to Write.
All of the little children of La
Grange who were overlooked by
Santa Claus last year, or who did not
receive just what they had hoped for
from old Santa, are invited to make
known their wants this year to these
{ food women of the W. C. T. U. Any
ittle boy or girl who wants the la
dies to seq that he or she is remem
bered shoqld write a letter at once
addressing it to
SANTA CLAUS, . „
care W. C. T. U.
LaGrange, Ga.
In this letter write down just what
you would like for Santa Claus to
bring you, making sure to sign your
name and give yoar address, and it
is possible that the ladies can make
happy every little boy and girl that
writes and makes their wishes known
Co-Operation of Public Invited.
Anyone wishing to join in this work
wiH be most welcome. Donations of
money or articles will be gratefully
received, and also the ladies will be
glad to have reported to them the
names of all needy and worthy causes
of little children / ?ho might not be
made happy otherwise at Christmas
time. Donations and reports of cases
should be made to Mrs. N. E. Marsh-
bum, president of the W. C. T. U., 80
Broad street, telephone 558. All of
the articles contributed and bought
will be assembled at Mrs. Marsh
burn’s home and from there distribut
ed at Christmas by the children of the
Loyal Temperance Legion.
not less than $2,500, which is a net
profit in ninety days time of $3,-
732.44, on a capital stock of less than
five thousand dollars. It is consider
ed by all who have had anything to
do with the matter as a very re
markable showing, and one which en
titles the officers of the company to
the highest praise.
The only thing which marred the
real jublir.tion of the stockholders
meeting was the withdrawal from an
official position with the company of
Mr. W. S. Davis, who asked to be re
lieved of any official connection with
the fair company because of the con
dition of his health, and the heavy
duties which he has before him next
year in his own and the city affairs.
More than to any other one man is
due to Mr. Davis the credit for the
success of the first Troup County
Fair by the Troup County Fair As
sociation. At the sacrifice of his
health and his personal business he
spent day and night for fifty days
bending his every energy to make the
fair an overwhelming: success, and his
efforts were crowned with n slependid
measure of accomplishment.
To Messrs. Nat Pike and H. W.
Caldwell are due much credit for
their congdence in the undertaking
from the very start, for not many
men who would have risked as much
as they did in real money in a pro
position which so many believed at
the outset would be a financial fail
ure. These two men cheerfully went
ahead and did two or three thousand
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