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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER...
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 9. 1914
Hon. W. J. Harris
Desires a Change
Atlanta. June 8.—Declaring that
the voter* of Georgia and not the
state convention should choose the
governor and United Suite* senator*,
Hon. Win, J. Harri* of Ccdartown,
candidate for governor, addre«*ed to
day an open communication to all the
candidates for (governor and for the
senate, asking them to join him in
requesting the state Democratic ex
ecutive committee to meet and change
the rule* so a* to allow a second pri
mary in the event no candidates re
ceive n majority of delegate* in the
first primary.
“If thi* joint request i* made," says
Mr. Harris, “I cannot believe the
state Democratic executive committee
would decline to allow the two and a
half million people of Georgia to
name their governor and other offic
er*. Under the change *uggcsted,
no candidate would have any possible
advantage.”
The most dungcrou* features of
the present rules are discussed at
length by Mr. Harris.
“Two of the candidate* for gover
nor ure prominent railroad attorneys,
and other city railroad attorneys will
probably be candidates, if the city
railroud attorneys who ure candidates
for governor should have a majority
of the delegates and combine at the
convention, they would not only
name the governor to make the lease
of the state's railroad, the renUil of
which goes to the common schools,
but they would also name the U. S.
senators and all the stutc house of
ficers where there are contests.
"Some of the candidates for United
States senators are advocating in
their speeches the plan in favor of the
second primary, so as to let the peo
ple decide."
Mr. Harris then quotes from a re
cent statement of Governor Sluton,
candidate for the U. S. senate, in
which Governor Slaton favors the
second primary idea.
Mr. Hurris calls on the other can
didates to express their views in the
premises and to join him in the re
quest to the sUite executive com
mittee.
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“Why.Can't Women
Join the Masons?”
Atlanta, June 8.—An interesting
writer in the current issue of the
Annuit/ Messenger, which is the of
ficial organ of the Masons' Annuity,
undertakes to answer the question,
revived again recently by some of the
fair sex anent the Shrine convention,
“Why can’t women join the Masons?"
The essential reason, according to
the writer, is precedent.
“Solomon, Israel’s great and wise
king, organized the first Masonic
lodge. He well knew it would never
do to initiate one of his wives with
out taking in the whole 700; to say
nothing of the fuss Hih 000 other lady
friends would have made.
"Most modern husbands can’t con
trol one wife as well as Solomon con
trolled his 700. Our women are so
much smarter than men these days
that if we once took them in the
lodge, they would soon be holding all
the offices.”
Another writer, discussing more
serious topic* in the same issue, tells
of the magnificent growth and prog
ress of the Masons’ Annuity, which is
the organization that provides for the
widows and children of deceased Ma
sons. The statement shows that, the
assets of the organization arc now
over seven hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. W. 0. Childers
Has Strange Death
Atlanta, June 8.—W. O. Childers,
once a noted soldier of fortune, but
recently in reduced circumstances,
was dashed to his death from a hotel
window on Walton street yesterduy.
The coroner is making every effort to
ascertain whether the death was
suicide or accident.
Childers was once an expert civil
engineer and is said to have done im
portant government work in Central
America.
Some light on the possible manner
of his decease is sTied by friends who
declare that when drinking Childers
had a mania for sitting in open win
dows, and that once before, some
years ago, he was almost miracul
ously saved from fulling out of a
window in the Grant building.
Photos of Uncle Sam’s Soldiers
In Action In Mexican Sands
M ANY Of the operations of the United States soldiers in Mexico are
conducted in the sandy plains near Vera Cruz, where the native fed
eral* have been threatening the United States forces The sand 1*
hot and, tdown tty the winds, is choking to our men. and in the
rainy season the sand turns tuto mud that In many instance* 1* knee deep.
The Illustration shows a detachment of United States soldiers advancing up a
sandy bill (at top) and (at the bottom) a group of Uncle Sam's tighter* emerg
ing from one tunnel leading to trenches and entering another By means of
these tunnels they avoid ttytug Mexican bullets while entering the trenches.
GREATER GEORGIA
TECH IS SLOGAN
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO RAISE
9900,000 FOR IMPROVEMENT
AT 8TATE SCHOOL.
ENDORSED BY GOVERNOR
New Power Plant and Greater Labo*
ratory Facilities Will Make De
velopment Possible.
—Atlanta.
A campaign to raise $500,000 for a
Greater Georgia Tech wa* enthuslaH-
tlcaly launched at. a dinner at the Cap
ital City club. The movement la en
dorsed by Gov. John M. Slaton and
ha* behind It the hacking and
indorsement of the leading civic organ
izations, of leading Atlanta citizen*
and of the manufacturing, Industrial
and mercantile Interest* of the city
and state.
The immediate cause of bringing
the Imperative needs of the Institu
tion to a head at this time is two
fold. Tech has reached a point where
further develaprnent I* ImpoMsfble
without a new power plant and
greater laboratory facilities, and In
addition leading manufacturers of the
North have agreed to contribute more
than one hundred thousand dollar*
worth of modern power plant machin
ery and equipment, provided the
friend* of the school will erect a suit
able building.
Behind tlieHe two Immediate causes
for action lies the general congested
condition at Tech, the tremendous
possibilities for development provided
sufficient funds are raised and the
necessity of getting more money in
order that Tech may maintain her
pre-eminence us the greatest techno
logical school In the South and one of
the greatest In the country.
It was definitely decided to muke
a campaign for subscription* totaling
$500,000, tills amaiint to be payable
$100,000 a year for five yeurH. Gov.
John M. Slaton, Dr. K. G. Matheson,
president of Georgia Tech, and F’liin-
eus V. Stephens, consulting engineer of
Tech, made the opening speeches out
lining the present conditions and needs
of the Institution. Judge Nat K. Kar
ris of Macon, chairman of the board
of trustees of Tech, spoke along the
same lines. Moll it. Wilkinson, pres
ident of the Atlanta chamber of com
tnerce, promised that organization’*
support, and Charles J. I laden, presi
dent of the Georgia chamber pt com
merce, promised the same.
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Mrs. Lizzie Carter spent last week
with her daughter, Mrs. Wylie Har
ris.
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Hart were shop
ping in Chipley Saturday afternoon.
The ice cream supper at Mr. Char
lie Shott's Friday night was largely
attended and very much enjoyed.
Mtr. Joe Murphey and children of
Pleasant Grove spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. Lem Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. SHortt is visit
ing the former’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Shartt.
Miss Ora Hardy spent the week
end with her uncle, Mr Notley Harri
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Ah Bowles spent the
day Saturday with the latter’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Shortt.
Mr. and Mrs. I/en Swanson of Big
Springs were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Dock Swanson Sunday.
Mesdames Emma and Clarie Car
ter and Vastic Hardy spent the after
noon lust week with Mrs. I/exta Har
rison.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Carter and
daughter, Ruth spent Sunday in La-
Grange as the guests of Mrs. Carter’s
father, Mr. D. H. Satterwhite.
Mrs. Ida Bailey and sons, Henton
and Lee, of Pleasant Grove, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Olen
Roberts.
Mr. Boykin Thompson made a busi
ness trip to LaGrange Friday.
Mr. 1,. H. Walker of LaGrange
spent the day, Sunday with his
daughter, Mrs. J. C. Ba*3.
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Hart entertained
a host of friends Sunday. Among
them were Mr. and Mrs. V. R. O'Neal
and Mr. I. F. O'Neal of LaGrange.
Miss Louise Bass is visiting her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Walker, of LaGrange.
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Music Dancing
Low Excursion Fares From LaGrange.
Round Trip
Season Ticket $1.15
Week-End Ticket 1-00
Sunday Ticket 60
Splendid Hotel, Boarding Houses Accommodations at Small Cost.
Splendid Train Service
via
A. B. & A. Railroad
Daily Daily
l^ave LaGrange 6:55 A.M. 2:20 P.M
Arrive Warm Springs 7:43 A.M. 3:16 P.M
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W. W. BREEDLOVE,Ticket Agent, LaGrange, Ga.
Fairy-Tale Peachtree
Bears Early Fruit
Atlunta, June 8.—A fairy-tale
Peachtree that sprung up out of
the ground w-thout being planted,
and that bears luscious fruit a full
month before other peachtree's give
any yield, is being viewed today as
an eight-day wonder in the back yard
of Mrs. M. A. Chamber on Central
avenue,
Tho tree is laden with ripe and
beautiful fruit, already touched to the
red and golden tones which are ordi
narily not seen until July. It is sup
plying the whole neighborhood with
a variety of peach which is unknown
to the nursery men but which is said
to rival the Elberta in flavor.
The neighbors are all saving the
seed from the tree, planning to plant
them this year. Mrs. Chambers takes
np credit for the early yielding tree,
nor can she explain where it came
from. It just grew among the weeds
of the garden, she said, and she scar
cely even noticed that it was a fruit r
tree until it blossomed out this
spring.
Brunswick.—Twenty six refugees
from Mexico arrived in Brunswick on
the British steamship, Aslan, Captain
Wood, which arrived here from Puerta
Mexico. While the papers called for
only twenty-six refugees, there were
really twenty-seven, oae addition hav
ing been added during the voyage
from Mexico port to Brunswick. The
party of refugees is made up entirely
of women and children, fifteen of
whom are Americans, who will leave
the ship here and depart for their
homes iu various sections of the Un
ited States. The remainder of the
party, mostly Spaniards, will continue
on the Asian to Europe, after she
takes on a cargo of cotton at this port
Thomasvllle.—After the largest and
most enthusiastic meeting in its his
tory, the Georgta-Flortda Pecan as
sociation adjourned here, to meet next
year In Quincy. Fla. Thomasvllle had
been named as the permanent home of
the association, but yielded to the ur
gent petition of Quincy for a meeting
there. As a result of a strong address
by Colonel Vanduaee, of Cairo, on
marketing the crop. It was decided to
establish an agency for the selling of
pecans at Thomasvllle. A committee
consisting of Colonel Vanduzee and B.
W. Stone was appointed to perfect
plans for the agency and plants.
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Champion Eaters
Organize a Club
Atlanta, June 8. —The champion
pie-eaters of Georgia have organized
a club and are planning to hold a
contest and convention. The object
is to promote the making of good pies
"such as mother used to bake,” The
first pie-eating contest will be held
on the banks of the Ogeechee river
early this month. There will be priz
es for the man or woman who eats the
most pie and survives.
Wags of the neighborhood have
suggested that the physicians, un
dertakers and druggists should be
called on to contribute the money to
pay for the pies.
For Storing Linen.
When storing lineu wrap in an old
:owel or pillow slip which has been
very much blued. This will prevent
die lineu from turning yellow.
Simple Law of Gravitation.
Under the law of gravitation drops
of liquid in falling tend to a spherical
form a* rain from the clouds, and in
the case of shot the molten lead Is
poured though perforated Colandera
at the top of the tower, which assist
In giving a spherical shape.
JINKING
fhe
JLJusiness
C ONSIDER what business would be WITHOUT BANKS. No- man
should think of starting an enterprise before he arranged to OPEN
AN ACCOUNT. HOW DOES HE STAND AT THE BANKT is a
question asked at some time about every business man.
A good WORKABLE BANK BALANCE is essential to
every successful business man.
The LaGrange National Bank
A Designated Depository of the United States, State of Georgia, Troup County and the (Sty
of LaGrange.
FULLER E. CALLAWAY, President
C. V. TRUITT, First Vice-President F. M. LONGLEY, Second Vice-President.
H. D. GLANTON, Cashier. ROBERT HUTCHINSON, Assistant Cashier