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FRIDAY WOR.VINO JAN. 2, 1914.
NUMBER II
ESTABLISHED 1842.
FIVE CENTS A CuVpY.
Mills Art d Banks Piay Annual,
Semi A{! nual And Quarterly
Dividends This Week
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IF.YOU WOULD BE TRUTHFUL RESOLVE THIS
I am going;( i, V: , ! place an order, "foi*
my spring ccw\ 'he at once so that
I shall get it beffore Mrs. Jones gets
hers. I
I am going to learn the new dances
even if my husKand doesn’t exactly
approve and I expect to use my own
discretion in the selection of my danc
ing partner.
I’m going to
to all the parties
this year that I aL invited to and I
qxpect to give uoi\ae few myself.
. I don’t intend to Way at home any
more than cur ton, j requires and I
shall do very littly sewing, reading
or housework whild I am there, but
most of my time ftdll b
by telephone conveiwtioi
members of my cluh 8 aOt
ing my complexion, j. \
I am going to crifciciz';
XMAS RHH
handle! Well
Thousands of Packagl
Postoffice With
and Dispatc
land led by
•iency
ran, died at his home on Hines 1 * .
street late Thursday afternoon, ® a ^ ° n ' alr
Christmas day, the cause of his e< T , ep , ’ ,
death being paralysis. Funeral ser- ne ,‘jf 01 ,°°,
vices were held at St. John’s church, . aB . 0 1
of which Mr. Baehellor was a mem- U81 ” ess
ber, and Were conducted by Rev. C. a I" 0 . W *
S. Martin, the pastor. Interment was w a W1 pl
made at Hill View cemetery. . year ? or bul1
Mr. Baehellor, who was eighty-six “ vel nowq.
. , . - r , foundation a
years old, is survived by his wife and
four sons, Messrs. Burton, Brewster an no ou *
Humphries and Harmon. All of his nouncerri ® ntR
sons were at his bedside when the im P c * r an
end came with the exception of Mr. ' n c ° n emp ‘
Brewster Baehellor, who was in tles 8 ‘
another city and could not reai^uiU't ■=”
Grange in time. > 7ac-? , ' ! J
Th '» i Ut/l/lipily.Ms from : 50c to a
sy %| Tie Clasps and Pins from 50c
sa ' il Watch Charms and Lockets
When you opened T
which contained the Af
inas present sent tojj'g
friend last week, did J J,
consider what an efficie*/
necessary to insure a prW
of the package?
There were thousand!^
ands of others to pass
local postoffice and ever,*
thousands were delivery
promptly as was yours. B
According to reports fi.
Grange postoffice, there
fifteen undelivered pack;,,
office at three o’clock or,,
eve afternoon!
LaGrange is singularly
in having such an efficieij
ter and corps of clerks. '
there were a great many
ages to go through the offh
1. package,
4y Christ-
I by your
. 1 stop to
iy'stem was
pi, delivery
an,l thous-
iroiugh the
lie (of these
l! just as
Ai the La-
lw-ere only
ies in the
|ffihi-istmas
Poet of Sierras ‘Talks From Grave.’
Mrs. Abby Miller, widow of Joa
quin Miller, poet of the Sierras, de
clared at San Francisco he bad com
municated witli her from beyond tin
grave. She is corroborated by hei
(laughter. Juanita. Tales are curren-
that the poet’s ghost has been seer
near the cairn he built on thi
“Heights” as his monument.
fortunate
poutmaa-
aW vaek-J,«xitft
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(Continued on last
HISTORY OF LAGRANGE FOR
1913 TOLD IN NEWS ITEMS
SUMMING UP OF HAPPENINGS
What Has Been Done And 'What
Has Happened In The City
During Year Just Gom
\
The year of 1913 with all its joys
for some and sorrows for others has
gone. The future that we looked
forward bo at this time last year has
been present, and now is past.
During the year that has elapsed
many events, which go to make up
the reading matter for newspapers
Ibave happened and the pages of his
tory have been increased.
A summary of the most important
af these events will no doubt be of
■interest to the people of LaGrange,
And we give below some of (he hap
penings in LaGrange of which you
have read before in the columns of
this newspaper:
Jan. 1st. Inauguration of fthe par-
rtj post system and first ! package
sent through the local pastpffice.
Tan. 2nd. Pike Bros, buy Hanson
Hardware & Furniture Cd
.Tan. 7th. Dunson Bros, lj>uy their
storehouse from estate of (Mrs. M
A. Abraham.
Jan. 19th. Union churiih in South
LaGrange dedicated.
Jan. 21 st. Pharr Bros. A Childs
and Bradfield Drug Co,, buy Dunson street, roof fire extinguished
The 1913 Fires
in LaGrange
The following is a list of all the
fires that have occurred in LaGrange
since January 1st, 1918, together with
the amount of property loss on each
one. Some of the smaller fire loss
es are only estimations, but the
estimations were made by fire chief
C. W. Corless and are pretty ac
curate.
The total fire loss in LaGrange this
year has been $14,360, which is a
good deal larger than that of last
owing to the fact that the fire of
December 12th which destroyed the
old poRtoffice and the store of Strong
& Robinson caused a loss of $6,000,
nnd there have been several fires this
year, which partially or totally de
stroyed expensive residences. Most
of the losses have been covered by
insurance.
Jan. 8th. Grass fire, property own
ed by C. H. Griffin, occupied by E.
A. Jones. No damage, extinguished
with chemicals.
Feb. 24th. # Gus Dixon house, on
Hamilton street, owned by The La
Grange Bank nnd Trust Co., loss
about $800 partly covered by insur
ance.
Mar. 6th. J. W. P. Smith, on Cherry
with
block on Main street.
Jan. 21st. LaGrange Baseball As
sociation organized.
Feb. 13th. Henry Boo: er acquitted
for the killing of C. I). Philpot at
Bogans ville.
Feb. 16th. Little Ann Childs,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
-Childs, dies.
Feb. 18th. Pike BrcM.-Jmya from
Guinn Investment Co. W Jfeet front
age of property on Mipni street, at
a price of $100 per frolt Ifoot.^ Ed-
mondson-Christopher buy I 100 feet
just below this property X;r the same
price. Goldstein Bros, bqy 80 feet
for $125 per front foot!
Feb. 19th. Mr. George Dix sells
Haberdasher to Mr. James White.
Feb. 20th. LaGrange Chamber
of Commerce leases new offices.
Mar. 9th. Protracted services be
gin at First Methodist church.
Mar. 10th. Mr. H. C. Odom dies
suddenly in Callaways old store
Mar. 14th. Opening of Callaways
and Kress new stores.
Mar. 18th. J. N. Hazelhurst, of At
lanta. appointed engineer for city
gas plant.
Mar. 24th. Opening of LaGrange
Electric Laundry.
Mar. 27th. Banque* driven by La
Grange Chamber of Commerce.
Apr. 2nd. Mr. Fuller Callaway of
fered position as Commissioner of
Indian affairs by President WiDon.
Apr. 2nd. Surveys made for gas
plant.
chemicals, loss about $30.
Mar. 7th. Cabin, owned by W. G,
Cleaveland, on Harrison street, fire
started in clothes closet, damage
about $100, covered by insurance.
Jdar. 10th. Prof. Brown (colored),
Cannon street, gasolene fire, two chil
dren fatally injured, little property
damaged.
Apr. 22nd.. . .W. T. Wilson,
Cherry street, total loss, being out
side of district reached by water. Loss
$1,500, insurance $1,200.
July 14th. R. F. Kellum, on Lewis
street, partially destroyed, loss about
$2,600, covered with insurance.
July 28th. Fire in roof of La
Grange Mills, caused By lightning,
damage about $60, covered with in
surance.
Aug. 16th. R. E. Crowford, on Main
street, partially destroyed, damage
about $1,600, covered with insurance.
Sep 25th. Car of cotton, Atlanta
and West Point track, car burned,
damage to cotton about $400.
Oct. 10th. LaGrange High- School, on
Harwell avenue, fire in supply room
in basement, damage about $125.
Oct 25th. A. B. & A. residence
occupied by tenants, only a small
roof fire, extinguished with chemi
cals, damage $10.
Nov, 9th. Harts store, on Green
ville street, burned entirely up, dam
age about $1,000 covered by insurance-
Nov. 17th. Mrs. J. E. Witherspoon
on Broad street, damage about $100
LARC& Y TO local people
Apr. nth. LaGrange High School * covered b y insurance,
leaves for High School meet at Beunaj Nov ’ 24tb - Grass fire - property own-
Vista. led by L. J. Render, extinguished with
Aor. 16th. Meeting of directors
of LaGrange College.
Apr. 21st. Chamlier of Commerce
Apr. 26th. Memorial day exercises
at court house. Judge James B. Rid-
ley. of Atlanta, delivers address.
Apr. 29th. Mavor .T. T). Edmundson
re-elected over Mr. P. H. Hutchinson
by vote of almost 3 to 1.
mass meeting held at court house.
May. 5th. Opening of Georgia-
LiGrange plays
liamond. La-
Scor-fj- 6 ip 2.
First eume played on
Alabama league.
Newnan on latter'#
Grange lost.
May 10th.
home diamond between LaGrange and
Talladega. LaGrange lost by score
of 4 to 1. LaGr ingt wins opening
day attendance c< nte t by scoring
2,000 paid admissi ins.
May 12th. Mayor uid council or
ganizes for new ■ fiscal year. Action
taken looking to ;establishing of re
^order’s court, j j
May 12th. Bo^n- of Heard county
eitizens lynch Sanfi (iirensby, a negro,
who killed Brooks' Lace, a white man,
at Franklin.
May 13t'n. Col. Hatton Lovejoy
goes to Washington, D. C. to fight
freight rate cas*.
May 23rd. Comniencement exer
cises at Southern , College.
May 30th. Graduating exercises of
chemicals.
Nov;. 26th. Grass fire, property
owned by W. A. Reeves, no damage.
Nov. 27th. Leaves fire, property
owned by Southern Female College
no damage.
Dec. 9th. R. L. Burks, on Hill street
fire in the roof, damage $160, cover
ed by insurance.
Dec. 12th. Park building south
west corner of square, damage to
building estimated at $3,000, covered
by insurance. Damage to stock of
goods about the same.
Dec. 16th. Cabin, in yard of J. W.
Castles, damage about $75, no in
surance.
Dec. 27th. Barn on property of W.
H. Turner, loss about $100, no in
surance.
Goldstein Bros.
Buy Johnson Place
(Continued qi ! ast page).
Messrs. Sam and Morris Goldstein
have just purchased through the W,
V. Gray Real Estate Agency the cot
tage on Ridley avenue, which belong
ed to Mrs. Jane Johnson.
Mr. Sam Goldstein and family and
his brother Morris, will move there
soon and make this cottage their
future home.
If you would be truthful let yoiljr up with the ciwt of high 'living.
VflOW MaAl»4-mno Ka 4k«n»> M t ' 1 !i:A.i . . .11
New Year resolutions be these:
For the Average Husband.
I will continue staying down town
in the evenings just as long as I
want to.
If things don’t go to suit me at
the office I am going to*Worry, be
cross and if my wife is so unreason
able as to want me to go anywhere
with her when I come in tired at night
I won’t go.
I am going to keep on smoking
just as long as tobacco is manufac
tured. I will smoke cigars sometimes
but when I prefer cigarettes I won’t
have any scruples about “pulling) -a
tack.”
I expect to keep a little toddy at
the house for medical purposes and
if I feel the least bit indisposed at
times I’m going to take a little.
I’m not going to church on Sunday
mornings except when we have com
pany.
I’m going to play along in about
the same cld rut, with no extraordi
nary effort to do anything except add
to my bank account.
For the Average Wife.
Hurrah for 1914—the New Year.
The first thing I intend to do is to
induce my husband to increase my
allowance in order that I may keep
sary and I have Jtf
\ aR 'J^
M right
to participate in
ies Ip as
she has. |
Although I can if
ATUy
V
ect hub-
by to buy a car, J
>E\Wi golltig id be
awfully nice to Mi!
1 iSoandso anid I
will get to take tri
11 In he-
car and
people out of towr.
Wril 1 think the
machine belongs to
I expect to get
\I can out of
life this year and
J lo hope those
horrid people, will buy more at hub
by’s store in order t'haV hV' Won?t bfe‘
incessantly talking about hard
times.
For the average young man! this
is 1914. I’ll go back to school this
week and I am going to try awfully
hard to make the ball team this
spring.
I’m going to keep on smoking
cigarettes and spending just as much
money as I can pull the old man for.
I’m going to show my frat broth
ers how to wear the latest styles.
I’m going to show the girls in town
what a sport I am and intend to make
them all fall for me as a kid does for
candy.
I’m going to cut just a n many les
sons as possible without the old folks
getting on.
I’m going to do my darndest to
make the old man buy a car and have
it ready for me when I get back
home.
I intend to take my physician’s ad
vice and not burden my eyes and
brain with over work this year.
All in all, I intend to have a good
time.
Study? T should worry! Father
has enough to make my future se
cure.
Come on boys!
Over $45,00? is the tid y sum being
disbursed in ?>v4dends the first of
the year by Li G, ' an K e corporations,
and the gratify!?* feature of it is
that the greater j art " °f this sum re
mains here in Lat ,ran * e > to go into
circulation again aif* help wonderful
ly as an addition t? Fhe circulating
medium.
The corporations piy* n Kdividends
ttie first of' the year ail? amounts
are: LaGrange BankP* & Trust
Company, 6 per cent semi-annual,;
$12,000; Elm City CotlB 1 Mills, 3
per cent quarterly, $10} fi h; Unity
Cotton Mills, 4 per cent quarterly,
10,000; The LaGrange Natiojkl Bank,
4 per cent semi-annual, ^-,000; La
Grange Savings Bank, 1 P er cent
semi-annual, $1,000; and thfj.,,Rank
of LaGgange will pay its regular
4 per cent semi-annual dividend
about the middle of the month,
amounting to $2,000.
In addition, therj is a large
amount of stock held locally in the
Atlanta & West Point railroad Com
pany, which paid a 3 per cent semi
annual dividend. So considering this
and the disbursements by Banks for
interest on savings and time deposits,
it is probable that the total January
disbursements in LaGrange will
amount to over $50,000.
Congratulations to those so fortunate
as to receive these dividend and in
terest payments! To those not so
fortunate let it be an inspirution-tff
save, and put the savings to work. It
is also a matter of congratulation
that LaGrange corporations generally
have been managed with such success
as to command the confidence of La
Grange p eople.
Two New Modern
Business Buildings
Edmoudson-Christopher Co. and Pike
Bros. Having Plans Drawn for
Handsome Buildings to Cost
About $25,000 Each.
Mr. Joe Hanson
Returns to City
Mr. Joe Hanson, the popular young!
man of this city has just returned
from several months stay with Dr.
W. T. Herring at loia, Fla. Joe has
many strange and exciting tales to
tell of his wonderful adventures jn
the land of flowers with gun and dog.
There were some bear hunts and a
few big fish (caught?) and a wild
turkey was really bagged for Joe
brought an affidavit signed by Dr.
Herring that he (Joe) did it with his
little gun.
Dr. Herring sends the message that
he will be back to LaGrange some
time this spring—in time to assist
in keeping score for the LaGrange
club and to assist in rooting for the
home team.
Death of Mr. H. L.
Baehellor Thursday
The definite announcement that S
Edmondson-Christopher Company
and Pike Bros, are having plans pre
pared for a handsome new two-story
brick buildings to be erected on Main
street early in the year will be gene
rally gratifying news. Plans are
being prepared for both buildings by-
Walker & Chase, the well known
architects of Atlanta, which assures
that the buildings will be hahdsome
additions to this street, already
established as the main business sec
tion by the new buildings of the
Ct-ank-er-up! 1 government and Callaways and
Kress.
Messrs. J. H. Edmondson and C.
N. Pike, acting for their respective
interests, announce their intention to
make the new buildings fully in keep
ing with their handsome neighbors
on the same street. The two build
ings will have frontages of 50 feet
each on Main street, and 100 or 120
feet depth. They will cost in the
neighborhood of $25,000 each.
Thus do two of LaGrange’s lead
ing business interests “start the ball
a’rolling” with the New Year toward
what will probably be the greatest
year for building that LaGrange has
ever knowq. Such faith in the city’s
foundation and future is inspiring,
and no doubt will be followed by anr
nouncements at an early il&te of oth-*
er important enterprises known to be
in contemplation by prominent in
terests.
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