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THK LAGRANGE REPORTER
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 9. 1914
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
A CONDENSED RECORD OF
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
SEVEN DAYS’ NEWS AT A GLANCE
[Important Happening* In AH Part* of
th* World Summarized for
the Busy Rtadar.
1
U The hopes of Atlanta women to bo
rne member* of the four charter
IkoardH of the city were blasted when
•the city council upheld Mayor Wood
ward's veto to the proposed amend
ment of the charter milking It pos-
'Bible for women to serve on the four
boards.
District Attorney Whitman, of New
lYorV. has announced hla candidacy
'for governor of that atate. It Is rumor-
aid that plans are under way by which
will be the Joint candidate of the
republican and Progressiva parties.
Whitman will be remembered as the
Iman who so vigorously prosecuted the
four gunmen and Lieutenant Charles
iHocker, of the New York police, In
|the Herman Rosenthal murder case.
Rev. W. I.. Pickard, pastor of the
iPIrst Ihiptist church of Savannah,
was chosen president of Mercer Un
Iverslly by the board of trustees.
General Carranza, lender of the rev
'olutlonlnls In Mexico, Issued a state
inont In which ho leaves no doubt In
the minds of anyone as to the position
of the Revolutionists with rcKard to
the peace conference. In Ills stule
men!, he expresses surprise that, the
mediators have not considered the
iRohels at all and reminds those In con
fercuce at Niagara Kail, Out., that tht
jt onstltutloimllnls are now virtually
In control of Mexico and that the fall
lof the Mexican capital is only a mat
ter of a short time.
Miss Margaret Wilson, the preH
[dent's daughter, wan arrested for
[speeding In a white house automobile
|at Hyattsvtlle, Md. When the chuuf
four told the arresting officer who his
'passengers were they were allowed to
.proceed. Tlio case will he brought to
|the attention of the state automobile
commissioner.
The department of agriculture bus
postponed until May 1. 191U, the time
when the now regulations abolishing
the guarantee legend of the pure food
and drugs act will become effective.
jTlie reason for the postponement was
•because numerous manufacturers had
.supplied themselves with great quan-
11tii*s of these labels which could not
bo Used up by May 1, 1916, which would
cause heavy losses.
It was learned from good authority
thut the statement J. I*. Morgan, Jr.,
recently Issued defending the actions
of his father In connection with the
New Haven deals mentioned In the
testimony of Charles H. Mellon, former
president of the New Haven, before the
Interstate commerce commission, was
against the advice of Ills friends.
A woman in Washington, D. (\,
whose name lias not been made known
left a charm at the Spanish embassy
<wtUi the request that It he forwarded
'to President Huerta. The charm,
which was In the form of an amulet,
|waa enclosed In an embroidered hug
land carried with It u message to the
dictator that should lie always wear
IHie charm next to hts person It will
always bring him success.
"Thousands of pounds of cotton will
be saved every year by good packing
Is the advice given by Sir Charles Ma-
enr, president of the English Cotton
Spinners, to American cotton growers.
In the past It has been a lamentable
ifaet that American shippers have suf
fered heavy losses from had pucktng.
A movement was started by the Eng-
llisli spinners to persuade the Amer
ican cotton growers to see that their
■cotton is better packed before It Is
shipped. The English spinners re
port that much progress is being made
■along these lines and that much of the
■cotton Is reaching them in neatly pack
ed hales
In the United Stales Supreme court
In Washington, I). C„ will be tried
un Alabama case Involving charges of
peonage in connection with the opera
tion of the convict labor law. The
disposition of this ease may have an
important bearing upon similar stat
utes In other Southern states. It Is
contended by the government that the
Atabamu statute permits peonage in
violalon of the federal constitution.
A theory has been advanced by
J‘rofesBor Uiurent of Brussels in a pa
per read recently before the French
Academy of Science, that men have
been killed and wounded by wind from
pacing projectiles during a battle.
The 320-ton wooden steam whaler,
Xarhik, flagship of the t’unadlan gov
ernment's Arctic exploring expedition,
tinder command of Villhjalmur, was
crushed In the lee and sank near Her
ald Island northeast of Siberia.
The South has been swept by a
ikeat wave and much suffering Is ex
perienced in the cities. The mercury
established a new record In Richmond
er political visitors later.
A court martial sentenced Vice Admi
ml Wa Matsumoto of the Japanese
navy, to three years’ imprisonment on
charges of accepting bribes in con
nection with naval contracts. Captain
Hawasaki was condemned to one year's
Imprisonment, but Commander Su Euki
was acquitted.
The interstate commerce commission
t>as started an investigation of the ac
quisition of the C., H. and D. railroad
by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
particularly with regard to the request
of the former road tor an increase in
freight rates along with other East
ern roads.
'
A verdict of "Not Oul!ty” was
brought by a Jury In the Federal court
In Savannah, where four offlce.rs of
the American Nnvnl Stores Company
were on trial. The dismissal of tho
charges against the defendants came
after alx years of legal processes.
Words comes from Washington that
Justlve lamar, one of the United
Mates representatives Ht the pence
conference at Niagara Kalis, lias been
persistant in Ills demands that the
Constitutionalists- be represented at
the conference.
•An announcement was made In Chi
cago that It Is probably within a short
lime a referendum vote will he taken
among the 66,000 engineers and fire
men of the Western railroads as to
whether they will go on a strike. This
announcement was made following a
conference between the representa
tives of the Brotherhood of Ixicomo-
tive Engineers and Firemen and the
railroads.
A hill will be aoon presented before
the house In Washington, D. C„ which
will provide vocational training by the
government. It is a companion bill
for tho Smith-I.ever agricultural ex
tension measure which provides for
farm demonstrating work. The voca
tional hill will provide for training for
boys and girls In agricultural Indus
trial branches and home economics and
for training of teachers of these sub
jects.
While conducting prison work at the
state prison at Auburn, New York,
Thomas Mott Osborne, wealthy chair
man of the state commission for pris
on reform, became exposed to scarlet
fever and Is quarantined In the prison.
According to the new form of taxa
tion which recently went Into effect in
London, England, a mail with an In
come from a capital of $5,000,000 will
have to pay a third of his Income In
taxes. The new taxation law was In
troduce! by David Lloyd George,
chancellor of the exchequer, in his
budget of 1914-16.
Because she felt sorry for her pot
dog which sho had permitted to be
placed In the kennels of a London,
England, hotel, and at a late hour of
the night changed her mind and had
It returned to her room, where the
canine had been accustomed to sleep
ing, Mrs. "Moiitle" Elliott, WTTT) Ts tho
daughter of Lady Barrymore, owes
Ihe fact that her gems wore not stolen,
A guest, of the hotel had advised her
to not permit the dog to sleep In her
bedroom us It was unhealthy. Reluc
tantly site accepted Ills advice, but at
midnight changed her mind. During
the nlglit she was awakened by the
harking of the dog and heard retreat
ing footsteps. The next morning oth
ers guests reported their gems stolen.
Tho "guest," who had been so solicit
ous of her health, hud disappeared.
Those participating In the mediation
conference at Niagara Falls, Out., are
at present playing a waiting game,
wHltlng to see what move the other
will make. The ABC envoys ure
going ahead with their pluns of the
conference without considering repre
sentation by the Constitutionalists.
The United States, however, may re
fuse to agree to any settlement in
which the Constitutionalists have not
been considered.
David Llebermuth, an aged man,
was killed and three others were In
jured in automobile accidents In At
lanta In one day.
Three young men sacrificed their
lives by Jumping from a sinking row
boat In order that tlielr companions
in (lie boat might be saved. The boat
began leaking while they were some
distance from the shore. None of the
occupants could Hwlm. The tragedy
occurred on the Delaware river near
Philadelphia.
According to a report from Balti
more, A. L. Glass, a prominent railroad
oftielal of Gainesville, Fla., has been
cured of cancer by radium.
The Canadian government steamer
Lady Grey brought 188 bodies recov
ered from the wreck of the Empress
of Ireland at Rluiouskl. A pathetic
scene was enacted in the freight shed
where the long rows of coffins were
placed as relatives and friends claimed
the bodies of tlielr loved ones. In
some of the Improvised wooden boxes
were the bodies of mothers with their
babes clasped In their arms, the man
ner In which they died when the ship
went down.
Tlie captain and officers of the col
lier Storstud which rammed the Em
press of Ireland denied upon reaching
port at Montreal that the collier pull
ed u mile away after striking the ship.
The special Canadian Pacific relief
triiln carrying survivors from the
steamship Empress of Ireland was de
railed shortly after leaving Himouski.
So far as is known no one was injured.
Another train was immediately made
up.
Frank A. Munsey, one of the leaders
of the Progressive campaign in 1912,
went to Oyster Bay to see Colonel
Roosevelt. It was Mr. Munsey, who,
after Uie campaign, launched a move
ment for amalgamation of the Progres
sive and Republican parties, which
Colonel Roosevelt would not approve.
Mr. Munsey motored from New York
with George W. Perkins. Colonel
Roosevelt said he expected several oth-
Theodore Roosevelt apepared before
the National Geographical Society In
Washington and reiterated hts state
ment that he had discovered a river
1.000 miles long in the wilds of Bra
zil. He declared he could prove his
statements to doubt Thomases.
Jacob A. Riis, the noted author and
social worker, died at hts home at
Barre. Mass. Arriving In this country
from Denmark an almost penniless im
migrant, he was so impressed with the
wretchedness of the slums of New
York City that he devoted the re
mainder of his life to relieve the suf
ferings of the poor of that city.
SOME LITTLE BITS
OF CURRENT GOSSIP
One of the most prominent of La-
Grange business men remarked to me
a short time ago that progress in
I.aGrange building was being stunt
ed by the fact that people were spend
ing what little surplus they had for
prominent members of the Blank
church!” One day ! sat in this man’s
office talking to him on a matter of
business. While there a stranger
walked in, a nice looking man, though
wearing clothes unkempt. The strang-
autamobiles and were spending their er asked for a loan of five dollars. His
income to keep the machines in run
ning condition. This man was a lit
tle blue over the situation apparent
ly-
Another man, more optimistic, ex
pressed it this way, that the auto
mobile was one of the greatest of
factors in the development of busi
ness, because it was a saver of that
most precious thing to all business,
viz., time.
Once upon a time, long years ago,
I knew a man, who was one of the
pillars of one of the churches. When
this man passed along the streets the
people looked at him and remarked
to each other, "There goes a good
man, they say he is one of the most
Five Good Rules for
Borrowing Money
1. Make sure that the put pose for
which the borrowed money is to be
used will produce a return greater
than needed to pay the debt.
2. The length of time the debt is
to run should have a close relation to j U I
the productive life of the improve
ment for which the money is bor
rowed.
3. Provision should be made in
long-time loans for the gradual re
duction of the principal.
The first rule is of course the key
to tho wise use of credit. Between
borrowing money to -spend on one's
self and borrowing money to buy
equipment, of some sort with which
to ntuke more money there is all the
difference between folly and fore
sight, extravagance and thrift. If
the money is borrowed for a wise
purpose it will produce enough to pay
home had been burned and one of his
little children had been badly hurt
in the fire. There was no insurance
and he hud been a heavy loser. Un
fortunately the piller of the church
would have a note due sometime soon
and automobile dealers were not men
to be put off so the note must be
paid and it wus impossible to lend
the man five dollars. The man walk
ed out. I followed him, because I
wuh through with what business 1
had with the church man. 1 saw the
stranger stop a friend of mine and
muke the same request for the loan.
This friend of mine is not a member
of the church, and when he passes
along the street the people do not
turn and say, "There goes a good man
because he is one of the pillars of the
church.” But thujj. do say, “There
goes a good fellow, I wish I could sell
him a suit of clothes on a credit.”
This friend of mine is a Rplendid busi
ness man broad minded, honorable,
He has accumulated quite a deal of
money during his lifetime. He has
a mighty pretty little home. There
are flowers in his yard, birds are
Welcomed to come and sing in his
shade trees. He has had swings put
for children to come an l plav in
the imn-
NOTICF OF BOND ELECTION,
WEST POINT, GA.
By order of an ordinance ot' the
mayor and aldermen of the city of
West Point, Ga., at their regular June
monthly meeting, notice is hereby
given that on the 13th day of July,
1914 an election will lie held at the
council chamber in the city of West
Point, Ga., at which election the
qualified voters of said city Will de
termine the question whether or not
bonds shall be issued by said city for
the sum of ten thousand ($10,000)
dollars to run twenty years and to
beer interest at the rate of five per
cent per annum, and which shall be
paid in equal annual isstallments in
cluding interest thereon as required
by law, for the purpose of erecting
and furnishing a public auditorium
and city offices for the joint use and
under the joint control of the city of
West Point and board of trustees of
the West Point public schools.
This the 5th day of June, 1914.
L. STRONG, City Clerk.
D. E. MORGAN, M. I).
Diseases of Children
Office over Bradfield Drug Co.
Telephones 92, 297
JOHN C. CARTER
DENTIST
Truitt Bldg, I.aGrange
Whale’* Long Time of Trouble*.
Whalo are estimated to live 1,000
rear*.
DENTAL OFFICE OF
HENRY BIGHAM PARK, B.S.
D. D. S.
LaGrange Banking & Trust Co.
Building
Hours: 8 a. m. to 1 p. m.;
2:30 to 6 p. m.
Emergency work Sunday*
special appointment
by
his yard. Ami he is one
piest men I ever saw.
The stranger introduced himself to
my friend, for my friend lid not
know him. I did not hear the con
versation, but I knew what it mud
be. In a minute I saw my friend go
down into his pocket and take out a
big fat pocket book. From the purse
came a crisp five and it was placed
into the hand of the stranger. At this
juncture I walked up and heard the
stranger express his gratitude and
assurance that the money would be
returned. My good friend clasped his
hand, looked him squarely in the face,
Barnes Furniture Co.
Best Goods-
-Lowest Prices
Easiest Terms
$1.00 Saved in $5.00.
LaGrange, Ga.
back principal and interest and leave U,r ,hes0 men were brothers in a way.
a fair margin of profit for the bor- “ That ’ s al, ight old man," my friend
rower into the bargain.
If it is bor
rowed for a wise purpose it will pro
duce enough to pay back principal
and interest and leave a fuir margin
of profit for the borrower into the
bargain. If it is borrowed for a fool
ish purpose it will produce nothing
and consequently there will lie noth
ing with which to repay the loan.
From this point of view it matters
comparatively little whether the in
terest be high or low. It is the re
payment of the principal that is the
chief difficulty.
Rules 2 and 3 deal with the most
satisfactory ways of repayment, Un-
derneath them both is the same prim
ciple: The loan mut t be repaid with
the money it earns itself. For ex
ample, if the money is used to buy a
machine that will last ten years, the
machine must eam enough in that
time to pay for itself or it never will.
The loun, therefore, should be entirely
repaid before the ten years are up or
the farmer will lose money on the
transaction, paying out interest for
no benefit in return. On the other
hand, if too early a date is set for re
payment, the machine will not have
had sufficient .opportunity to make
the requisite money and tho borrower
may have difficulty in raising it else
where. Rule 3 provides for some
form of amortization, the system by
which the principal is repaid in In
stallments so thati the amount of the
loan is continually diminishing and in
consequence the interest charges also.
Such a system is quite feasible when
the loan is really productive, when it
returns to the borrower a definite
revenue each year. Tubles showing
the payments required to pay off
principal and interest in varying
periods of time are appended to the
bulletin and are recommended to the
serious consideration of everyone who
contemplates borrowing money. The
bulletin also advises the farmer to
secure the lowest possible interest. At
first sight this seems too obvious to
be worth mentioning. Of course the
interest should be as small as pos
sible. Everybody knows that—except
the lender. But if the other rules
are observed, if the borrower man
ages his financial affairs soundly, he
will be surprised to find how much
easier it is to obtain favorable terms.
The right kind of lender does not
want to foreclose mortgages; he
wants his money that is borrowed
wisely, for money that is sure to be
repaid, he charges low interest
This in fact is why the government
has published these rules for borrow
ers- It is not so much a matter of
driving a shrewd bargain as it is of
observing a few fundamental prin
ciples which alone can make credit
a blessing and not a curse.
said, "pay me back when you can. I
will not worry you about it. If I run
short of funds, my credit's pretty
good and I can borrow u little.”
Now will someone please explain
why my friend is not one of the pil
lars of the church? I don’t know,
and ho doesn’t either, hut he is not,
because if he were, the church would
build u Y. M. C. A., the pastor would
always be paid promptly and in full,
and probably the crack in the plar
tered walls would be repaired.
Buyers’ Guide.
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 h_ve 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.
Hardware
DUKE DAVIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
TELEPHONE No. 114
Office over Dozier’s Pharmacy
Prompt attention given all
business.
HUDSON HARDWARE CO.
Main Street.
Dealers in Hardware, Automobile nDTniHtfTDTCTC
and electric supplies. 1UME, 1 KI5> 1};».
KEI) STAR DEPARTMENT. STORE
“The store with a reputation/’
No. 10 Main Street.
■foa, Afjjfeik
q You can’t be as lucky as Bowker, the
English diamond digger, who found a
173 1-2 carat diamond in South Africa.
But you can buy any sized stone you want
from us with absolute safety. It pays.
CARE OF YOUR EYES; £
TAKE
Lehmann Jewelry Co.
SCO
CAMERAS
The superb Ansco—best
for all scenes, at all times,
in all weathers. The
amateur camera of pro
fessional quality. Priced
from $2.00 up. See the
various models here.
We also have Ansco
Film and Cyko Paper.
DOZIER PHARMACY
LaGrange, Georgia
St. Simons Island
Real Surf Bathing
Sea-Fishing Dancing
Splendid Hotel, Boarding Houses Accommodations at Moderate cost
Low Excursion Fares From LaGrange
Round Trip
Week-End T ' *
Season Tickets
50
Daily
A.M.
P.M.
Splendid Train Service
via
A. B. & A. Railroad
Fast and Frequent Boat Service to and From the Inland.
Get Further Information From
W. W. BREEDLOVE, Ticket Agent, LaGrange, Ga.