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WILL YOU help build the new HOTEL this year GAS STOVES will make cooking a REAL pleasure VOL. 72 ESTABLISHEIL FRIDAY MORNING MARCH 6, 1914 FIVE CENTS A COPY. NUMBER 20. PROMINENT ::. u ,.aNOE CITIZENS DECLARE : OUR GREATEST NEED IS A NEW HOTEL PRESENT SERVICE INAOEQOATE Other Cities Have Proven Ben efit to Be Derived from High Class Hotel Accommodations. •WOULD BENEFIT OUR TOWN MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE.” Mr. C. V. Truitt says: "If we ex pect to go forward, we have got to torrect a condition that is injuring our town daily. This condition is the iack of proper hotel facilities to care for the traveling public. Hotelfe of a city worth while, are about as well known abroad as the city itself and their reputation is that of the city. The impression that is made on £ ■sojourner in a town by his hotel ac rommodations, largely makes up his estimate of the place, and when he leaves, he carries with him, an esti mate of the thrift and progressive ness of the community, accordingly. A modern, up-to-date hotel would be nefit our town more than anything that could be done, and mean great- 4 r LaGrange in a very short while/' Ml Hines Writes How He Stands Little Kathleen Huss Burned to Death TO THE PEOPLE OF TROUP COUNTY: "HOTEL CONDITIONS HURTING LAGRANGE.” Mr. J. C. Blanton, traveling rep resentative of The Virginia-Caro- lina Chemical Company says: 'Traveling men are clamoring for a •cal hotel in the best city in Georgia or Alabama—LaGrange, and are sur prised that enterprising people like the city possesses, have not yet buiit />ne, consistent with the progress in other lines. The amazing thing about ,t is that it has been so long over looked, and still not started. The hotel conditions here are hurting the town. What is said is not meant to t«e “knocking,” but is spoken in a spirit of friendliness to the city.” There has recently been a great deal of discussion in regard to the Mc- Crory School Book Bill,and 1 feel it my duty, as one of the Represent atives of Troup County, to let the people know how I stand on the question. I am heartily in favor of the School Book Bill and shall support the measure when it is brought up for passage. The bill has a strong following and had it not been for the action of the rule committee delaying the bill, in my opinion, it would have passed the House by a good major ity. However, Col. MoonJjaving given the difference in the *st of school in the State of Georgia, Ontario and California, it is useless for me to give the statistics again. Mr. H. S. Bowden, who is a cand idate for State School Commission er, has ulso given (through a can- culation which he has sent out to the voters) statical conparison as to the difference in prices of school books in the State of Georgia, On tario and California. I am confident, however, that the bill will be passed in the session of this Summer of the Legis lature. And I pledge my best efforts to do all 1 can for the passage of the bill. Cer tainly, this is u matter which it is well for the State to test in actual operation, which is what the pend ing bill provides for. Respectfully, W. F. HINES. Little Kathleen, the four year old daughter of Mr. Q. D. Huss, while playing with matches last Wednes day afternoon set fire to her cloth ing and died a few hours later from the terrible burns inflicted before her agonized mother could catch her and put out the (lames. The body of the child was prac tically a solid mass of burns and it was soon realized that the case was hopeless, but efforts to relieve and if possible save the life of the suf ferer were kept up until the end by Dr. Brewster and her assistants at the Episcopal Mission. Mr. Huss is a valued employee of the Unity Spinning Mills and the sympathy of all will go out to the bereaved family. Dr. F. M. Ridley Extends Thanks Profoundly sensible of the compli ment paid me by friends in suggest ing my name for the State Senator- ship and the flattering comment of the press of the county, 1 would ten der exjAljision of my sincere appre ciation or the distinct honor done me by them, and the hundreds of my fellow citizens who nave proffered their support, with 'the reportthat for personal reasons I find it im practicable for me to aecept the hon or. I am, sincerely yours, F. M. RIDLEY, M. D. LaGrange, Ga., March 5, 1914. ODD FELLOWS MR. PITTMAN CLEAVELAND WITH GOLDSTEIN BROS. » Mr. Pittman B. Cleaveland, the well known and popular salesman, is now with Goldstein Bros, and through the Reporter extends a cordial invitation to his friends to call on him there. LaGrange Was Selected After Hard Fight. Between 80 and 100 Brothers Expected. MR. SMITH PRAISES PROGRESS MADE BY CITY OF LAGRANGE GOOD HOTEL THE BEST A DYER' TISEMENT A TOWN CAN HAVE. IjaOrange has made great prog ress in the last few years and much r redit is due your paper for the stand has taken in city affairs. We have a live town but our hotel accomodations are far behind the times and are not in keeping with “‘Progressive LaGrange.” The traveling men are good spend ers and thousands of dollars would yearly be left in LaGrange by them if they could get the proper ac comodations but at piesent they make it convenient to spend as little lime as possible here. A good hotel is the best Ldvertise- ment that a town can have. Will gladly assist in every way possible to help build this much need ed hotel. Yours very truly, JNO. D. FAVER. MRS. HOWELL WITH PHARR BROS. & CHILDS CO. Pharr Bros. & Childs Co. have en gaged Mrs. C. J. Howell as special demonstrator of their celebrated "Jewel” Gias Stoves and Ranges. Mrs. Howell is well known in LaGrange for her accomplishments in culinary and household matters, as well as for her agreeable personality and stead fastness of purpose in anything that she undertakes, and the friends of both the firm and Mrs. Howell are predicting a mutually satisfactory connection. MR. NEILL OF COLUMBUS HERE FOR TREATMENT. WOULD STIMULATE ALL BUSI NESS AND ENHANCE REAL ESTATE VALUES.” Mr. Fuller E. Callaway says: “I fould tdll of numerous instances in which I have been made to feel ashamed of my home city’s lack of suitable hotel accommodations, but I will not take up tne space for de tailed accounts. Suffice it to say that our city as a whole and all of the interests connected with it are suffering through this deficiency. It is a serious matter when every men tion of the city’s name calls forth a knock on account of its inadequate and out-of-date hotel accommoda tions. We need t Tie good will, the boosts of these people who are now avoiding us as much as they can and talking about us; we need to make them good advertisers for us instead of knockers. “Although I am not in position just now to assume as large a share in the undertaking as I would like to, I will be glad to take an interest and lend a hand with my fellow citizens I would do so as a matter of civic pride even if it meant a certain loss, but I believe a first-class hotel, built with an eye to the future and proper ly operated would pay a small fair return probably sooner than many expect, and might in time prove highly profitable {through enhance Mr. J. Douglas Neill, cashier of the National Bank of Columbus, arrived this week for a course of treatment at Dr. Slack’s Sanatorium. Mr. Neill is one of the live wires of the Electric City and is here to recuperate for overtaxed nerves. He is an exceed ingly agreeable and igenial gentle man, and has already made nume rous friends who will wish for him speedy recovery to health and vigor. Mr. Doe Returns from New York Mr. I. C. Doe, Mrs. Georgia McHan and Miss Lyonda Robertson, have just returned from a three weeks trip to New York and Philadelphia where they went in the interest of their firm, LaGrange Dry Gioods Company. While there they studied all the new est styles in Millinery and Misses McHan and Robertson, are now prepared 'to show you the newest things in spring millinery. Mr. Doe looked after the buying of ready-to wear and the dress goods end of it & you can rest assured he will have some very snappy new styles to show the pepple of LaGrange. Their new goods are beginning to arrive and they invite every one to call and see the new spring goods, you are always welcome. Mr. Howard C. Smith, who it will oe remembered was connected with the soil survey of this county two years ago; passed through this city recently en route to Barbour county, Alabama, where he will engage in similar work. During his brief stay in the city he was the guest of W. W. Caldwell with whom he made a tour of the city, the suburbs und contiguous territory. On his return Mr. Smith expressed ^himself very flatteringly concerning the rapid ad vance made by our city und sur rounding county. He stated that although he na turally expected material progress during the past two years, he was astonished and pleased at our rapid growth and development; in part he said. “The gradual steady increase in value of the farm lands has hardly kept pace with the rapid progress of the city and its industries. However, this is apt to be the case in any dis trict where the industrial progress is rapid. The increase in land values has been steady and substantial, and founded on correct economic princi ples. People are beginning to realize more and more that your lands have been undervalued and that thdir in herent possibilities have only been partially estimated.” During the progress of the survey two years ago it was noted that there was little fall plowing. On my ride through the county on the West Point road for a distance of upwards 30 miles, it was very gratifying to note that nearly all the land intended for spring seeding had been fall plowed. The report on page 11 states,” fall plowing is usually preferable to spring plowing, as the heavy sub soil is thus given a c-.iance to weather under the winter rains and freezes, becoming loose and friable by spring.” “If the deep plowing is done in the spring, the heavy clay Is in poor con dition and becomes hard and cloddy; the coarse material which has been plowed under also forms a loose lay er which may cut off the surface soil from the moisture beneath and cause the crop to suffer from drouth.” While the acreage of winter oats shows some increase over two years ago there should be a greater acreage of winter cover crops to prevent dis astrous erosion and loss of soluble nitrates. Concerning our growth as a city the Surveyor expressed even greater surprise. I learn, said he, “That ov er 200 houses were built during 1913 and that many more have been re built and remodeled. I will not say of corn, ensilage, hay, and grain, as well us a wide range of vegetables for home consumption and fruits. The county is so well situated for the fur ther growth und expansion of the beef, dairy, und hog industries that it should be only a few years before .you are largely self sustaining in this regard.” “There Is room for the development of market gardening for the local supply, while the surplus cun be marketed elsewhere. That La Grange is strategically located for The 12th division meeting of the independent order of Odd Fellows will be held in LaGrange on the 16th and Kith of April. LaGrange was selected after a hard fight. Carrollton, Temple and Tal lapoosa asked that each delegate cast their ballot in their favor. But the LaGrange spirit had been trans ferred among the representatives of the lodge, and of course, we got what we went for. The towns that compose the 12th division are: Buchanan, Bremen, Bowden, Car rollton,’ Chattahoochee, Corinth Douglasville, Draketown, Frolana, Greenville, Vanderville, Newnan Odessadale, Propuville, Senoia, Shi loh, Temple, Tallapoosa, Whitcsburg, Woodbury. There is expected between 80 and 100 brothers. The entertainment, reception and program committees are continually at work and hope to pull off the job in grand style. The two local lodges • are working in earnest and the convention coming promises success. Reception committee is composed of It. L. Render, chairman, M. J. Hal- man, J. R. Simmons and M. II. Craw ford, F.‘ T. Fincher and Geo. Simp kins. Program committee consists of Judge Frank Harwell, H. W. Steph ens, chairman, B. O. Peavy, C. M. Wardlow, W. U. Thompson, G. T. Wood. Program committee, Geo. E. Bil- hipping is easily seen by an examinu tion oi the state map. If Binning- linghurst, chairman, G. T. William ham, Atlanta, Montgomery and Ma- son, W. T. Crowder and H. A. Steph con be united by straight lines, these lines will farm an irregular square with LaGrange almost in the geo graphical center. LaGrange is con nected to each of these citiqs by railroads and this is one of the for tunate conditions favoring develop ment of town and country." “These abundant natural and ar tificial advantages would not cause this present advance were it not backed by the proper spirit of the people./. During my trip with Mr. Caldwell when I saw that enough new houses had sprung up in a year to make a .town by them selves, that the new power line was an asset to the town and farm alike, that your municipal light and gas plant were established facts, thut the county fair was a successful feature not to speak of the many other new industries here,on an established basis; as well as the new and enlarged schools and churches it seemed to me that the people here could well afford to cease speaking of the “spirit” that is so often claimed to be an asset of some large nearby cities and proclaim the inception of the LaGrange spirit. “It is to be hoped that this indus trial progress will not outstrip the agricultural advance. The soil sur vey came as a basic work and the state experiment station has already began to use it as a means for de termining the proper fertilizers, ro tations, crops and treatment to use on the varied types of soid. In the future it is planned to have results of such a nature that more and better advice can be given to the tiller of the soil in regard to the many prob lems of farm management and soil tillage. “Right at this juncture it is im portant that preparation be made for the advent o’f the boll weevil which is sure to arrive in less than four years’ Wherever this insect has come it has, caused a revolution in the agriculture and it cannot fail MR. E. KETZKY Had Been in Bad Health for a Long Time Taken Suddenly III Wednesday Night. Mr. F,manual Ketzky, a prominent merchant of this city, died at his home on South Lewis street Thurs day morning about 12 o’clock. Al though he had been In bad health for several months he was not seriously ih until Wednesday night. The body was carried to Montgo mery, Thursday evening where fune ral and intei-ment will take place today. Accompanying the corpse were Mr. Morris Goldstein, Mrs. Ketzky and little son and Mrs. David son, of Montgomery, Who is an aunt of Mrs. Ketzky. For tho few weeks prior, to his death Mr. Ketzky apparently had en joyed 'better health than |he had known for some time. Recently he purchased a car anii frequently en joyed the recreation of a long tour through the country. Late Wednesday afternoon he re turned from a ride and complained of feeling worse than he had for some time. He went to bed im mediately but his condition gradually grew worse until his death Thursday morning. Mr. Ketzky was the proprietor of the Racket Store of this city and for nearly four years had enjoyed a flourishing business. Although there are no relatives in LaGrange he made many friends during his life time if) this city, who deeply regret his death. Hp is survived by his wife and one little son, Logue. Took Child and Left Husband J. B. Laramore Agent for Victrolas Mr. J. B. Laramore, the popular jeweler of this city, who is successor to the Gilbert Jewelry Company, an nounces that he has secured the agency for tho Victor Talking Ma chines and will be glad for his friends to call and hear their favorite music sung and played by the world’s fam ous stars. ' The Victor Talking Machine Co., sell talking machines r/om the cheap er phonographs to the finest of Vic trolas and Mr. Laramore has the agency for the entire line. He is also agent for the latest records and those, who already have the Victor machines can get any record desired by applying at his store. Maj. J. F. Jones, a well known citi zen of this city, believes the weather never gets too cold to fish aB is evi denced by the fact that he went on a flshi'ng trip during the recent cold snap and while the snow was on the ground succeeded in hooking several nice specimens in the Chattahoocha. Maj. Jones is a splendid fisherman and has a wonderful supply of in teresting stories about his exper iences that he will tell if approached in' the right manner. V A sad case which may turn out in the breaking up of a one-time happy home in Brunswick had one ■ of its settings staged in LaGrange this week. The names of the unfortunate participants are Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Faden, of Brunswick, and the couple have one child, a little girl four years of age. The husband is a Govern ment pilot at the Port of Brunswick, receiving a good salary, and the cou ple are reported to have a beautiful home in that city. It seems that the only trouble between bhem is that both are afflicted with ungovernable tempers. Following an outburst last week, during which Mrs. Faden claimed that her husband shamefully mistreated her, she left with the child and a nurse, reaching LaGrange Sun day night. She registered at the Bostick Hotel under the assumed name of Mrs. W. W. Wilder. ’('he matter waR brought to the attention of Chief Reed by a telegram from Mr. Faden. Chief Reed finally located the pseudo Mrs. Wilder as the real Mrs. Faden, and learning some thing of the facts hi the case under took to bring about a reconciliation. The big hearted officer hopes that the love of both parents for the child may prove the means of bringing the couple together, although each seems quite bitter toward the other at the stage at which this article is written. A BIG HARVEST OF BLIND TIGERS LAST TWO MONTHS ment of real estate values and growth in patronage. There is* no question but that it would stimulate every class of business and enhance real estate values all over the city.” that a boom is in progress for that! to dd so in Troup county. However, term is so often used in connection | with a well organized chamber of with schemes of promoters who often j commerce and facilities for teaching build on imaginary prospects with no j the planter how to combat and adapt stable economic backing. I will say j himself to the change which must however, that the geography, soil, j come,. Troup county should not suffer and climate of this place, plus the j go disastrously as certain other coun- progressiveness of the inhabitants is ties already afflicted. Although it is causing a rapid growth of industry, a ! a common fallacy to believe that spread of the population add a gene-1 some musicians dispensation of ral increase of values.” I Providence or other power will save “The (ncreasing population natural- ] locations not already stricken, this ly demands more food, and this can universal belief has been exploded nowhere be produced more cheaply wherever the weevil has made its ap than on the 278,400 acres of Troup pearance, and there is no reason to county. There is an abundance of believe that this region will not have cheap pasture land also many areas the weevil in abundance in a few of soils suitable for the production years.” The past two months have been unusually active odes in a branch of business not sanctioned by the state and city laws, namely that of purveying booze to various and sun dry citizens who, it seems, will have it despite its known ill effects upon health, happiness and material wel fare. The business of selling the stuff is meeting with serious discourage ment, however, through the activi ties of Chief Todd Reed and his ef ficient assistants. They have caught five within the past few days, a*id a total of nine during February. Each of these was hailed before Mayor Edmundson and made to swell the city’s coffers in such liberal fashion as will no doubt discourage these particular offenders at least from further offenses. Mayor Edmundson has established a scale of fines which it would seem should act as a strong deterrent. The penalty for the first offense is $110; $150 for the next; and . the same person com eh up tne third time he is bound over to the nfgher court. -Chief Reed’s collections on lines for the months of January and Feb ruary amounted to nearly $2,500, be sides the offenders who were sentenc- ed to work on the streets. To Banish Red Ants. Get five cents’ worth of tartar emelie from the druggist. Mix a little of this with one-fourth as much su gar and add a few drops of water. Stir with a match or toothpick until well mixed. Do not use too much wai ter. A very thick paste Is best Find where the ants enter, put tho paste at their entrance and the ant problem will be solved.