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LAGRANGE REPORTER
FRIDAY MORNING JAN. 9, 191L
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THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
PROVIDING SOCIAL CENTERS
FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES.
Beattie Hat ftalvad (ha Problem e<
Moderate Construction Coat.
The problem, «ay* the American
City. of providing a aubatantial yet
economical Held bouse or recreaUon
building for use ns a soda I center or
in connection with a public playground
is one which Is confronting many
small towns and cities which bare ob-
serred the wonderful success of such
Institutions In Chicago and other large
cities and hare desired to keep pace In
a measure with the tnorement to pro
vide modern recreation facilities.
TTie matter of expense both of con
struction and operation ha* been a
barrier to many cities that bnre been
ambitious to provide such buildings,
but Seattle has demonstrated that a
modern field house, practical In de
sign and economical In operation, can
TEACHING THE CHILDREN
TO HELP THEIR CITY.
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Tin OS BKATTI.B niLD BOUHO.
be constructed for considerably leaa
than the uaual coat of such buildings
and yet meet tbe requirements of the
sreroge community.
In 1011 the Seattle park commission
sent its superintendent and secretary
on an Inspection trip to about fifteen
American cities for the special study
of field bouses and bath bouses. The
result of their Investigation has been
embodied In tbe construction of the
Beattie type of field house.
These men wero greatly Impressed
with the diversified facilities provided
in the elaborate system of recreation
buildings In Chicago. Smaller cities
lack the means to provide such luxuri
ous Institutions, and It was necessary
for Seuttle to work out a modified
typo of building. A practical, eco
nomical anil serviceable field bouse
was planned, which embraces nearly
all of the featurea of the Chicago
buildinga, and chu be constructed and
equipped for $26,000, or about one-
fourth of the coat of the Chicago
buildinga.
Four buildinga of this type have
been constructed in Scnttle, and vari
ous authorities who have Inspected
them pronounce them model social cen
ter structures for tbe average city.
Movement to Indue* Publie Sohools to
Impart Knowledge of Civios.
The scattered movement to bring the
public schools Into more Intimate con
tact with tbe communities which sup
port them and which they aro expected
to serve Is Interestingly reflected In a
bulletin sent Out by tbe New York city
bureau of municipal research, which
puts to taxpayers, teachers and mem
bers of the school boards throughout
tbe country two suggestive questions—
"Whut do your pupils know about
their city? Are school children helping
their city?"
It is tbe suggestion of this bulletin
thnt the public schools should teach
practical civics and thut without co
operation from the schools themselves
volunteer longues find It difficult to ac
complish much lu field civics.
"Few facts are now nvitllnblc about
practical Instruction In civics and In
what government actually does every
day, bow It works and with what re
sults," the bureau reports.
"Newark teaches Newark by a series
of leaflets covering munlclpul topics
like fire, police and health departments,
city beautlfylug, street cleaning, pub
lic schools, etc. A course of study ou
Newark, its geography, hlBtory and In
dustry, la prepared for teachers.
“Chicago baa taught Chicago alnci
1000, when Superintendent Ella Flagg
Young substituted this new atudy for
eighth grade algebra.
Waterbury (Conn.) schools teach Wa
lerbury; Bt. Joseph (Mo.l schools teach
Bt. Jo.; similar courses are given In
Washington, lnd.; Bloux Falls, 8. D.,
Newport, R. I.; Parkersburg, W. Va
teaches Parkersburg In English as well
as civic courses; Winston-Salem, 8. 0„
has a boys’ branch of the board of trad*
to Interest high school students In com
munlty problems.
8oclnl settlements, libraries, boy
scouts and other outside the school or
gaulxntlona In many cltlea have classes
and clubs which reach only a small pet
cent of tho boys and girls they would
reach if instruction wero mado avail
able through the public schools.
"Juvenile street cleaning leagues were
started In 18IHI In New York's elemen
tary schools by It. 8. Mlnums under the
department of street cleaning and art-
now active In over forty schools. These
leagues have done much, nml In them
nearly 4,000 children are now enrolled.’
THE UNCOUTH BILLBOARD.
Outdoor Advertising of Disfiguring No
tur# Should Bo Abolished.
If one thing more than another
tends to give our cilieo an uucoutb
irance, says the Engineering Rec
ord editorially, and to Imply a lack
•f architectural culture and good taste
tt la onr hideous outdoor advertising.
Laat December the mayor of Now
York appointed a billboard commis
sion. which has brought in a report
that should bo printed in abstract by
civic betterment leagues and scattered
broadcast throughout tho country.
Briefly, tho recommended rules would
prohibit all outdoor advertising, except
■hop signs. In tbs neighborhood of
perks, public buildings and streets of
exceptional character and all largo or
flashing electric signs in or near real
dettlal districts; would limit tho otae
of all outdoor advertising, regulate ad
vertisements on anbway and elevated
railroad stations, prohibit roof signs
in the residential districts, grant V
option to determine whether outd
advertising will be prohibited in cer
tain districts, exact taxes for outdoor
advertising and finally provide a cen
eorshlp both as to moral and aesthetic
qualities.
All who are sincerely interested lu
general civic Improvement will Join
In tho hope that Now York will adopt
the recommendations. Such action
would improve tho appearance of tho
city ami serve as an example to other
cities. Chicago acted courageously In
1911 and has pointed the way for other
cltlea to go a step further.
TO IMPROVE COPLEY SQUARE
It Is Proposed to Eliminate an Offend
ing Street In Boston.
Tho general unattractivenees of Cop
ley square In Boston has been attrib
uted to tbe way a diagonal street Is
laid oat at a bad line across lb cutting
It in an irregular, unavmmetrical way
into two small triangles. In order to
improve the appearance of the locu
Mayor Fllxgerald has petitioned
the legislature to allow the street com
tnisaioners to eliminate the street
On one Ride of the square Is the nos
on public library, ou another the new
i hotel, on another Phillips Brooks'
old church and on a corner of the
fourth Is the new Old South church.
It is thus ono of Boston's civic centers
already.
THIS TOWN.
If you can't own the town don't '
dltiown It.
Tins Ilf* Is whet ws make IL Bo ,
Ik this town.
In some respect* this town la not -
perfect. Are you?
What this town needa Isn't fault- ,
finders, but fault fixers
This town will never grow on -
money that Is sent to tome other 1
town.
The country le growing In popu- ,
lotion. Is this town keeping up?
The man who begins to plan for
this town will soon be calling It
"my" town.
This town had to ho started by
somebody. It bae got to be kept
going by somebody alas.
This town doesn't nm*.boosting
any mors than any other town, but
It need* It last as much.
The pioneers thought this was a
good place for a town. Let's make
It a poor place for knockers
The easiest way to make things
right at Washington Is to begin by
making things right at home.
Remember there le one big differ
ence between this town end all
other towns. This town Is where
you live. |
"Yeaterday Is gone; tomorrow
may never come." Thl* day Is your
beet opportunity. Bo la this town.
If you are a wage earner here
this town upends Its money with
you. Do you rpend your money
with the town?
TREES AND EVERGREENS
COVER UP DISFIGUREMENTS.
Outlines Softened by Presence
Shrub* Around Country -Home.
Numerous treos surrounding a Coun
try home or one located in the small
town adds more to tbe general ap
pearance than the dealgn of the bouse.
There Is something about tho presence
of the trees that adds Infinite grandeur
to the entire surroundings. From time
Immemorial trees, vlues and shrubs
have been used to aoften the outlines
and cover up tbe disfigurement# of
houses. This la true or either new or
old buildings.
In tbe winter, when all other growths
with tbe exception of the evergreens
are bleak and gray, what la more at-
CIVIC PROGRESS.
"Know your city" Is s slogan
that stands for the now civic
point of view. “Facing hard
facta for the sake of the future"
la now recognised as the first
step In making our cities, towns
and villages hotter places lu
which to live. The day of boast
ed bigness, of superficial pride
and of unintelligent complacency
Is passing. Tbe day of the boclul
survey ns a scientific way a city
may kuow Itself Is at hand.
Lending cltlxeus and organisa
tions who once looked askance at
"exposures" and "muckraking"
have come to understand tbe
constructive value of a survey
and now take active part in ef
forts to keve one made In their
locality.
WASHINGTON ALLEYS.
■Ill te Wipe Out Thee* Unsightly
•pets In the Capital City.
Those who have been working foi
years to abolish Washington's Inhabit
ed allays look forward not merely to
tbe possibility but to tbo probability of
victory at tb* hands of congress.
A bill “to prevent tbo uso of build
ings In alleys in tbe District of Ooluni
bia aa places of dwelling*” haa been
completed and Is In tbe bands of tbe
District commissioner*. It provide*
for tbe elimination of alley dwelling*
within ten year* of tbe date of the
passage of tbe bill, grants compensa
tion for owners end stipulates that *P
proxlmately one-tenth of tbe inhabited
alleys shall be changed into street*
each year. It empower* the com ml*
sloners to cut through minor street* in
such blocks as seem to need them and
gives to the commissioners the right of
excess condemnation, so that block*
may be remodeled where necessary to
get rid of the old alley labyrinths.
The hill has the backing or the com
mlttee of fifty, representing the chain
her of commerce, board of trade. Asso
ciated Charities, Monday Evening club
and womeu's welfare department of
the Civic federation, as well aa the
official support of the commissioners.
Te Buy Up Beauty Spots.
Taking advantage of the experience
of the east. Washington state is having
an Inquiry made with reference to re
serving some of tho choicest lands
along Puget sound or other waters un
dor the control of the state for the per
petual use of the public.
State Forester W. E. Ferris has been
commissioned by tbe land board to
make, an Investigation of the atate
lands, with a view to reporting on how
much, where and In what way acre
age should be reserved for the play
grounds of the present cltlsens of the
state and the future thousands foi
whom Washington la preparing.
A RESULT OF TOWN PLANNING.
Vital Statistics of Letchworth, In Eng
land, Show Low Infant Mortality.
Charles O. Reade. writing In the Lon
don Town Plunnlng Review, shows
bow the Garden City Idea reduces In
font mortality among 1U many bene
fits:
The vital statistics for Letchworth.
now available, once more confirm tbe
claims of the Garden City aa a herald
in pointing the way to a better age of
housing, health end human happiness-
Tbe figure* contrast grimly with those
of other towns. For Instance, consider
this table compiled from the registrar
general’* genual summary:
Infantile mor
tality ret* per
1.0D0 births
Letchworth *®-*
Hampstead M-0
Bournemouth kO
Lewiston ?®-®
Hammersmith to®
Rethnal Green •■••• ®*.0
London 101.0
Hartlepool I® 4 -®
Btepney >®-®
Blockfort 107 ®
l’oplar I® 7 -®
The medical officer of health for the
district in which Letchworth Is situ
nted In his annual report says:
“Numbers of the children comlns
from lnrge. populous towns were an
iiemic, poor In physique, and large
miniheni were suffering from adeno 1 ,-.!
growths and tliront affections. Thl*
state of things Is fast disappearing
with the now conditions under which
they live."
While these figures may or may not
he taken as absolutely correct, the dls
parity Is such ns to make tbe claims of
Letchworth und Its methods uncbal
lengenble. Garden City, It must be re
mein bored. Is a busy manufacturing
town containing forty Industries and
with a population of over 8.000. drawn
largely from crowded Industrial cen-
•era
The extraordinary difference In tbe
nfiintlle mortality rate may largely be
iscribed to the fact that the smallest
•otinges do not number more thnr.
twelve to the ucre. whereas self co*
tallied working cIuhs dwellings Inmost
Industrial districts number thirty, for
ty nnd even fifty to the acre, with
whut results the returns from Burn
ley. Liverpool and other places show
The social effects of Onrdcn OJty
are not confined to Letchworth. They
are common to nil communities which
adopt the Garden City method of de
velopment. such as Hampstead and
elsewhere.
CLEVELAND’S MODEL VILLAGE
Atlanta & West Point
Railroad Company
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS AT LA
GRANGE, GA. EFFECTIVE NOV. 17, 1913.
SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND TY
POGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
lulbsiM. Leave. Westbraai. Leave.
No. 48 For Atlanta 6:36 A. M.No. 35 Fer Montgomery . .7:44 A. M.
No. 88 Fer Atlanta 9:46 A. M.N*. 33 For Montgomery 11:50 A. M.
No. 44 For Atlanta ....11:54 A. MJio. 39 For Montgomery ..4:86 P, M.
No. 84 For Atlanta ....4J6 P. M.No. 37 For Montgomery 7:18 P. M.
No. 36 For Atlanta ....9:19 P. M.No. 41 For West Point ..8:85 P. BL
AU trains daily. Trains No*. 35 and 36 have through coaches be
tween Washington and New Orleans, and sleepers between New York and
New Orleans,
Trains Nos. 37 and 38 (New York and New Orleans Limited) Solid
Pullman train between New York and New Orleans.
Trains Noa. 39 and 40 carry Washington Sunset Route Tourist cars be
tween Washington^ and San Francisco Daily.
HOUR BUUHOUNDBD BY TIIKK8.
tractive than a stoue or brick house
Bhowlug Its wentbered wall surfaceti
through a warm green coverlet of Ivy
which conceals and yet discloses and
which does sway with the hard con
tours that would otherwise be left by
tho dearth of surroundlug foliage? A
good building It will grace and an un
sightly one it will redeem as far as re
demption Is possible-
In England a great deal of the charm
of the old manor bouses and rural cot
tages Is due to the uae of Ivy and flow
ering vine*. In America their use ha*
been confined principally to churches,
public buildings and tbe great groups
of university buildings. Here they an*
unmistakably beautiful, but tbelr us*
In connection with tbe couutry or city
bout* of moderate also and coat teems
to have been overlooked to a large ox-
tent
THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY.
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic R. R
THJT5TXNDARD OF EXCELLENCE|IN*SERVICE
Sefaedales, Ifeativ* September/28, 1913.
Trains Leave LaGrange As Follows:
(Woot-bonod)
Train 23 far Roanoke, Talladega and Birmingham 5:06 A. M.
’Iflkln 21 for Roanoke (Daily except Sunday) 8:6# P. M.
(East-bound)
Train 22 for Manchester, Fitzgerald, ThomaavlUa, Waycroaa
and Brnnawick, (Daily except Sunday) 8:26 A.
Train 24 for Manchester, and Cordeie 2:40 P.
W. W. CROXTON, A. D. DANIEL,
General Passeager Agent. T. P. A.
M
M.
W. C. MATTHEWS,
Ticket Agent.
The City Proposes to Build Ono With
Low Cost Homos.
Cleveland, O., the city thut boasts n
charter which Is the hint word In pro-
grcaatve principles, Is contemplating the
establishment ou a ninety-three acre
tract of outlying land of a standard
American village of workingmen's
homes, n ’’city perfect," lu which
bonnes that ordinarily would be ached
tiled for sale ut $3,000 by private fnn»
lllea will 1* sold to 500 Cleveland work-
Ingnicu fer $2,000 each and on the eus
lent sort of terms.
The city already owns the land, which
will be laid out In lots and streets, ac
cording to the ideas of the best known
city designing experts, who also will
tie responsible for tbe naming and ar
rangement of all the streets and ave
nues, parkage. sanitation and all ths
other thousund and one details of a
“village of village*."
Whether or not title to the land will
remain vested lu the city of Cleveland
or.he transferred to a stock company
haa not licet) decided, but It is under
stood that Mayor Bakes U etrougly in
favor of the Idea of city ownership.
Man Who Buys Goods Away From
Homs Town Is a Detriment.
On* of onr clttaena la going to build a
bouse next spring. Ho expects to buy
tb* lumber In Illinois, tbe mlU work in
Iowa and tbe furniture somewhere
else. The paint also he will buy by
matt. He doesn't expect to buy any
thing in this town. All he expect* this
town to furnish la ths money to pay
for tbe stuff.
He la one of tbpae fellows who be
lieve tt Is more blessed to receive than
to give. He believes that the accept
ance of a thing carries with It no ob
ligation to reciprocate. He thinks It la
entirely right that the town should
support him. but entirely wrong that
he should be expected to help aupport
the town.
When be asks you to stop a moment
to admire his new house you might
also stot> a moment longer to admire
bis galL
There Is on* consolation—he will
probably get stung.—American Lum
berman.
Drs. Perrin & Lemon - Veterinary Surgeons
LaGrange Veterinar|Hospitaly
Office Phone 132, - • Residence|Phon<83'”
‘ No Possible Benefit.
Tbe flood that wipes out the business
district of a town is a calamity. Cer
tainly the mall order house that wipes
out a single store in a town Is no bene
fit
Tbe Town’s Reel Enemy.
Tbe mail order house couldn't hurt
• town without help. It la the fellow
here who patronises It that la the
town's real enemy.
MONEY TAKES WINGS!
LOOK! HERE*THE WAYi
TO STOP IT!
A MAN will start downtown with $50 in his pocket On his way he
will pan a honk. If he deposits $40 of his $50 he will be more
sparing in his expenditures. Money will not TAKE WINGS!
Little currency and a FAT CHECK BOOK is a better combination than
an elephantine WAD OF GREENBACKS and an ANAEMIC CHECK
BOOK!
DIRECTORS
Fuller E. Callaway
C. V. Truitt
J. G. Truitt
8. H. Truitt
F. M. Langley
W. A. Holmes
Dr. H. R. Stack
Hatton Lovejoy
R. O. Pharr
7. H. Edmondson
C. N. Pike
Roy Dallia
W. L. Cleaveland
Henry Banka
E. G. Hood
Ely R. Callaway
H. D. Glanton
CAPITAL
8 15 0
STOCK
0 0 9
SURPLUS A PROFITS
$65,000
The LaGrange National Bank
A Designated Depository of the United States, State of Georgia, Troup County and the City
of LaGrange.
FULLER E. CALLAWAY, Pres.
C. V. TRUITT, First Vice-Pres.
H. D. GLANTON, Cashier.
F. M. LONGLEY, Second Vice-Pres.
ROBERT HUTCHINSON, Asst. Cash.