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FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1914.
NUMBER fit
CONTRACT Tun WATER WORKS
MACHINERY LET WEDNESDAY
Contract Amounts to
$43,816
Bids on Installation of Pipes and
Diltributing System Too High
to Be Considered-WillBe Done
by Local Plant Will Be Com
pleted in Six Months,
Bright Prospects
for “Better Babies”
The contract for the supplies for
the new water works system, which
win be installed in LaGrange within
the next few months, was let last
Wednesday, but the bids on the in.
stallation of the pipe lines and dis
tributing system were so high that
none of them were considered and
this work will be done by the local
water department, of which Mr. G. H.
Sargent is superintendent Mr. Sar
gent states that the 14 miles of pipe
will be laid within four months and
that the plant will be in operation in
six months.
The successful bids for the various
machinery and supplies were as fol
lows: Intake, low service pump sta
tion, coagulating basin, clear water
basin, and high service pumping sta
tion, awarded to Municipal Engineer
ing and Construction Company, of At
lanta, for $23,000. Filters, transmis
sion lino and electrical equipment,
awarded to Tucker and Laxton, Char
lotte, N. C., for $12,200. Triplex
pumps and auxiliary pumps to Buffalo
Steam Pump Company, of Charlotte,
N. C., for $7,000. Two raw water
pumps to Platt Iron works for $1,010.
The total amount of the contracts
awarded is $43,816.
There were ten companies repres
ented at the meeting at the court
house here Tuesday when the bids
were publicly read. They were Tuck
er and Laxton, Charlotte, N. C,;
Municipal Engineering and Construc
tion Company, Atlanta; B. F. RohertB,
Macon; Atlanta Stone Tile and Ce
ment. Company; Case and Oothan,
S2"»2ST beneflfent work.
Atlanta; Buffalo Steam Pump Com-
Harlan Decides Directors Ai!e
Responsible For Wasted Funds
The better babies contest, which
■will be hold at the Mission on July
29th, under the direction of Miss
Alice Conover, district nurse, has
gained wide spread interest and the
prospects are good for a large num
ber of infants to be entered as con
testants.
Mrs. Howard Payne, of Elberton,
president of the Georgia branch of
|the National yMothter’s Congress will
raddtess the meeting at the Mission
inext Wednesday evening, when the
prizes will be given. Mrs. Payne has
long been interested in work of this
kind and no doubt her talk will be of
grat interest to the mothers.
The work of Sties Conover in pro
moting the babies’ contest is only
another instanco of the wonderful
work for good that the Mission
carrying on in the Unity, Elm City
and Spinning Mill communities.
Most of tne mothers at the mill
have been personally solicited to en
ter their babies and there has been a
remarkable eagerness shown to learn
more of the care of infants. The
importance of this work cannot be
overestimated. It has been proved
that by proper care and attention the
little infant-may be saved the ordi
nary illnesses, which imperil their
lives in babyhood and with only a
little scientific knowledge on the part
of the mothers they may be brought
up in a healthy condition and environ
ment and thus enabled to make bet
ter and healthier citizens.
For months past the great national
magazine, the Woman’s Home Com
panion has carried on a crusade for
♦‘Better Babies” and,an inestimable
amount of irood (jas been accomplish-
Statcs.
It is to be hoped that every moth
er in LaGrange will take an interest
in the meeting to be held next Wed
nesday and that Miss Conover will
receive much encouragement in her
Atlanta; nunaio owam i umy
pany, Charlotte, N. C.; International ftp U D Porl(
Steam Pump Company, ^Atlanta; Mor-, P' • ' ' ■ 1 rair\
Returns to Office
ris Machine Company, Trenton, N. J.
When the new waterworks system
is installed, I,aGrange will be equip-,
pod with a service more efficient than
can be found in any city of equal, Dr. Henry Bigham Park desires to
size in the south. The city, by a bond announce that ne has perfected an
election in 1912 provided sufficient /arrangement of (running .the Park
funds for the much needed improve- ,Hotel and that he will be at his dental
ment, and Mr. J. N. Hazlehurst of,offices regularly from now on. He
Atlanta, the south’s foremost water-; also wishes to thank his-friends who
works construction engineer was have waited for his return to his
employed to design the plant. Mr. .practice and he will be glad to have
Hazlehurst included in his plnns all them phone for an appointment.
the modern improvements in the dis- —
tributing machinery and filtering de- | Drz-rt/liae
vices and when the plant is complete JUQB6 DiL/VICo
ed, the people will have the benefit of ...
adequate water supply and fire pro
tection as well as water free from all
impurities.
RAISES FINE CANTEL0UPES
Urged to Answer
ViiC
FIVE CENTS A COPY.
W. Trox Bankston
Keeps on the Move
flon. W. Trox Bankston, the gonial
\edftor of the West Point-Lanett
>News, who is making a vigorous race
for the legislature from Troup, was
,in the city Tuesday shaking hands
.with friends and presenting the
.merits of his candidacy. Mr. Banks
ton has a large number of friends In
LaGrange and no doubt he will have
number of enthusiastic workers
for him in his race.
E. R. Bradfield
Off on Vacation
HERE TUESDAY
Sharply Raps Gov.
ernor Slaton
Announces Platform and Then
Confines Most of Speech to
Attack on Govenor. Evidently
Considers Slaton Most Formid
able Opponent.
J AMES S. HARLAN,o/. Illinois is cliiill'iiuiu ot the .interstate-com»iu;ivi
commission, drhii-h lilts condemned the vrnrtfcc* of the board Of dlivr
tors of the New York, New Haven Hnd Hartford railroad. ,He vrruti
the decision of Ihe board In the railroad rnte investigation. Mr. HmMilii
ti of the opinion that the director* ofthe New York. New Haven and Hartford
railroad should he compelled by the courts to refund to Moclrtioldere the money*
alleged to have been wasted by the former management of the road.
DR. HARDMAN’S VALUABLE
SERVICE AT STATE COLLEGE
i-. i v n n u >i i . Hon. Thos. S. Felder, candidate for
Col. h. R. Bradfield the wel, knojin m short term Unitcd sute8 ' g ena _
attorney of this city, has just left for ^rship, spoke in LaGrange at tho
* two weeks vacation to Borden Troup dounty court house last Tues-
iWheebr Springs The many friends motning at ten 0 > clock> .
*>f Mr. Bradfield hope that the change crowd of citizens.
r a Vi 3 nt W,U pr0Ve benc * cU1 ' Mr- Welder was Introduced to tho
t l ' people of LaGrange by Judge Frank
Harwell, who is an old school mate,
|the two having graduated the same
'year at the University of Georgia.
1 After a short preliminary talk the
speaker settled down to the issues of
the campaign and presented his can
didacy before the people in an able
manner. ft.
Mr. Felder states that he is
against the convict lease system, he
advocates appropriations-, for good
roads, favors an extension oi rural
credits, and declares that he will nev
er vote to confirm an appointment of
a negro for any federal office. “Wash
ington,” Mr. Felder stated, “is the ne
gro’s paradise on earth.”
The attacks of Mr. Felder were
centered on Governor John M. Sla
ton, whom he evidently considered as
,hlk most formidable opponent. He
declared Slatpn had assumed that the
office belonged to him and that he
projected his “20 years experience”
.ns the principal reason, why the peo
ple should entrust him with the duties
of the “office. >
• “The twenty year service, of whicn
he boasts," declared Mr. Felder, has
been n long term in which he accom
plished nothing.” Almost the remain-
,der of the address was composed of
i sharp attacks of Mr. Platon.
- After a brief rest at the Park hotel
Mr. Felder left in an automobile, ac
companied by Judge Harwell for
West Point, where he delivered an
address in the afternoon.
, He returned to LaGrange late in
the afternoon and from hgre went to
Hogansvillc and spoke to a gathering
lof citizens there on Tuesday night
LaGrange|Architect
Gets Contract
Cordele, July 23.—Pluns and speci
fications and contract for the North
ern Heights school to bo, erected on
Northern Heights, have been award
ed by tho bond commission to Mr.
Charles W. Carlton of LaGrange, a
well known architect. It is under
stood that preliminary plans are to
bo submitted within the next few
days and thereafter shortly bids will
be called for constructing the build
ing. The proposed building will be a
,handsome piece of structure and will
be equipped with all modern conven
iences.
Corn Glub Now
Strong in Troup
Atlanta, July 23.—Friends of Judge
Nash R. Broyles of the recorder’s
I court of Atlanta, candidate for judge
, . . „ . „ , , of the court of appeals, are insisting
It is one thing to talk about the ^ a t h e an8Wer the groundless attack
wonderful possibilities of Troup coun- that jg being made upon him by his
ty soils—what they will produce un- opponentt A w . Stephens of Atlanta,
der intelligent handling—and another ,j,. >re ca j|j n g attention to the
to go ahead and prove the possioTii- . , t hat Judge Broyles has received
ties. Mr. E. J. Moon, a progressive the a j mo8 t s lid indorsement of the
farmer residing in the Big Springs At i anta bar, notwithstanding the fact
community, deserves credit for show- that Mr Stephens has been claiming
ing what can be done in the way of commun i ca ti 0 ns to,the lawyers and
raising cantaloupes. people generally that the Atlanta bar
From a patch of about two-thirds }, a d indorsed him. They say the ques-
of an acre Mr. Moon will raise be- t)on hag arisen aH to just how Mr.
tween 2o(M) and 3000 fine fla\ored, stephenH w ;n explain his claims,
juicy cantaloupes of the Rocky pro j ut iire Broyles’ friends arc point-
variety. He is marketing them every . to the fact t hat Mr. Stephens
other day in LaGrange, and of course run for j ust i ce 0 f the peace and was
is finding ready sale for them at re- .defeated; that,he ran for the legisla-
munerative prices. His melons are ture anfj waK ,i e f Ba ted; that he ran
far superior to those shipped from f(}r so ij c itor of the city court of At-
South Georgia, not only on account of i ant „ promising to give half his fees
the thorough methods of cultivation ^ c b ar ity and was defeated; that he
employed, but from the fact that has made the race for two Q r three
they do not have to be pulled while other officeH :in< i has always been
green, as is the case with melons defeated.
shipped a great distance. I () n the other hand it is pointed out
Feeling sure that Mr. Moon s ex- Judge Broyles has never been
perience would be of value to others, de f ea ted, having been re-elected seven
a representative of The Reporter in- times as judge of the Atlanta record
duced Mr. Moon to tell of his me- er > s cour t i though often opposed by
thods of cultivation. He broke the able and p opu i ar lawyers,
land thoroughly with a two-horse j udge Broyles’ remarkable race for
subsoiler, and used 10-3-3 fertilizer at ^, court of appeals two years ago,
the rate of about 1000 pounds to the j g fresh in the memories of Geor-
acre. The patch was laid off in rows pians> as } 8 a ig 0 his magnanimous
five feet apart and the seed were ( p^j^t ip withdrawing from the con-
planted five feet apart in the rows. j n t h e interest of harmony at the
The fertilizer was strewn by nana to jj acon convention, after he had tied
insure its being placed where needed. with j udge J. R. Pottle in the state
When laying by he applied < 100 -mary.
pounds of nitrate of soda. The re- j 'php lawyers of Atlanta have never
suit is a crop of as -fine cantaloupes i„ dorsed Mr. Stephens, it is stated,
as c^n be produced anywhere, ana an y position for which he has run,
from the fact that Mr. Moon will Jre- on aC count of an alleged lack of legal
alize in the neighborhood of $120 exper jence. They recall also the fact
from this small patch alone it can t hat several ydars ago Mr. Stephens
readily be seen that the growing of endo rsed and recommended' a negro
cantaloupes can be _ made highly politician for admission to the bar.
piofitable in this section. I They say, of course, Mr. Stephens had
; ! a legal light to do this, if it met his
SACRED HARP SINGING SUNDAY personal tastes and inclinations, but
| that a negro lawyer is distasteful, to
Next Sunday at two o’clock there the lawyers and court officials
will be a Sacred Harp singing at the' generally.
Primitive Baptist church on Green-1 Politicians here are predicting the
wood street. Everybody is cordially election of Judge Broyles by an over-
invited to come and enjoy the music.: whelming majority.
The editors and their wivos enjoyed
no part of their weekly outing in con
nection with the meeting of the as
sociation at Commerce more than
they did their visit to Athens where
they were hosDitahly received and
generously entertained. The trip was
educational and Inspirational. Their
opportunity of looking over the
state’s magnificient educational in
stitutions there was enjoyed by
many who had not vinited Athena he-
fore and were not familiar with the
vastness of this property and the
quantity and quality of the work be
ing done.
They were first, received at the
University where they were welcom
ed by Prof. Stewart and several short
addresses were made. They had the
pleasure of meeting here the six hun
dred teachers attending the teachers
training school.
They next visited the State Normal,
were entertained at a seated bdrbeeue
luncheon in the immense dining hall,
and afterwards visited the various
associated institutions on the State
Normal grounds.
Probably the greatest surprise
came when they were taken over the
plant of the State Agricultural Col
lege. Here is a plant and a work to
make every Georgian's breast swell
with pride. A beautiful building,
beautiful grounds, fine equipment,
beautiful farm, magnificent dairy,
every line of experimental work, fine
herds of cattle, beautiful blooded
horses and everything to give the
impression that this school is a really
great institution, and that the work
it is doing for the farmers of the
state is invaluable.
During a rain the editors were as
sembled in the chapel and Chancellor
Barrow addressed tnem. He later in
troduced Dr. L. G. Hardman, as a
man ,y?hbse efforts had helped ge. the
appropriation for the school through
the legislature, had been most valu
able on the building committee, had
been instrumental in finding and
employing Dr. Soule, who has proven
such a boon to agricultural education
and development in the state, and
finally who had served as Chairman
of the Board of Trustees giving a
service to the institution that was in
valuable.
Dr. Hardman’s short talk was an
eye-opener.
He reviewed briefly the schools
The state owns thirteen hundred
acres of land here.
Several hundred Georgia farmers
and farm boys are trained here each
year.
Experiments recently made in find
ing a strain 9f cotton that produces
the maximum amount of oil from the
seed, will be worth twenty-seven mil
lion dollars annually to farmers if
they act upon the information given
them.
The hog cholera work had already
resulted in a saving to the state of
a million and a half dollars'annually.
Millions have been saved if# south
Georgia by the work in staTripmg out
cotton blight.
The boys corn dubs, the girls can
ning clubs and the extension work
bad reached and, inspired every coun
ty in the state. The introduction of
the improved stock of dairy and beef
cattle and hogs and horseH would soon
be worth millions annually to the
The editors doubtless left Athens Walter
Judge J. B. Strong, county school
superintendent, has issued the follow-
ling list of members of the Troup
coupty boys’ com club for this year.
A,ll of the youngsters here men
tioned are working hard to win some
of the many prizes offered for the
largest yield and the contest promis
es to be interesting for 1914.
Chipley, Route 3.
Everett Anderson, W. R. High-
smith, Douglas Hagler, Otis Myhftnd,
Russell Murphy, R. B. Mobley, Rob
ert Thompson.
Gabbettville, Route 1.
Harry Ayers, Sam Davidson, Paul
Potts, Richard Ridgeway, Tom Wilk
inson.
Gabbettville, Route 2.
Pope Haralson.
LaGrange. Route 1.
Jesse Borders, Johnie B. Davis,
Robert Estes, Howard Estes, Ferrell
Homer, Marvin Hall, Britt Lanier, J.
C, Truitt, George Truitt, Lewis
Wright, Horace Wright.
LaGrange, Route 2.
Cecil Taylor, Ernest Patillo, Mer
rill Hogg, Ponton Green, Almon
Ggeen.
LaGrange, Route 3.
Leroy Cobb, Hubert Dye, Hobson
Dye, Clifford Freeman, Leo Freeman,
Dewey Goss, Curtis Glass, Amos
Glass, Hope Hudson, Coleman Hardy,
Herman Hopkins, Traylor Loyd, Earl
Moore, Claude Moore, Williard Moore,
Moore, Charlie Newton,
Subscriber Deplores
Class Hatred
i Editor Reporter.
Dear Sir:
1 The habit of some newspapers of
.trying to incite class hatred by
| picturing the great business builder
|us a parasite living on the labor ’ of
the proletariat, is an insult to intel
ligence. Money is the measure of
power, but money for its own sake is
not worth the struggle. Modern mil
lionaires do not hoard; they invest,
and they invest that they may use.
The successful man of this age is a
great builder. He is, always extend
ing, building, improving, and all in
the line of human betterment.
With best wishes,
SUBSCRIBER.
with a stronger conviction as to the
value of the state’s educational
stitutions located there.
SOUTH GEORGIA CROPS GOOD.
Lundy Prince, J. M. Smedley, .Jim
Wilson, Boh Wilson, Lewis >. ilRon,
Earl Williams.
LaGrange, Route 4.
Ridley Fling, Robert Timmons, H.
S. Smith.
Ilogansville, Route 3.
Willis Wilson, Mose Wilson, Earl
Wilson, Rufus Johnson, Fred Boozer,
LaGrange, Route 5.
Richard Bryant, Walter Dix.
Mr.' McKee, traveling representa
tive for the Liberty Mills at Nash
ville, Tcnn., was in LaGrange yester
day and spoke of the prospects for
- a. 1
through south Georgia, he stated,
“and I doiyt believe I ever saw such
a bright outlook for farmers in that
section. In my opinion they will
.make more cotton this year than ever
before. The crops in middle Gieor-
gia
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also look good and I believe 1914 N Hogarmvllte
will be a banner year for the farmers.
Other traveling men in LaGrange
have also expressed similar opinions
and the farmers in this section are in
deed sanguine over the prospects.
Dr- Emory Park
Visiting Abroad
Dr. Emory Park, formerly of Ia-
Grange, and well known throughout
the state for his work on the state
board of health is how 'traveling
abroad. Mr. Howard Park; of La-
Grange yesterday received a card
from Dr. Park, who is now at Bad
Nauheim, Germany.
Dr. Park will be in Europe all of
.this year, visiting all the fprincipal
l ppints of interest. He will
a post graduate course
months at Vienna, Austi
mous rendesvous of noted
Dr. Park will continue
with the state board of
his return to America.
Iso take
several
the fa-
ysicians.
his work
1th upon
Roy Blackwood.
Abbottsford.
.Albert Bassett,
Jack Newell.
Glenn, Route 1.
Heard Bassett, Oran Whatley.
Gilford Newton,
David Cooper.
Ilogansville, Route 5.
Boyd Davis, Herman Reid.
Mountville Rpute 3.
Henry Count. 1 ;.. James Johnson,
John . Partridge, Lewis Partridge.
Cordoh ( ^eg Darden..
W jjfri $ood. Chariots, A.
Paul; Fjrdeman,Horace
Ccjinth.
Norman Jackson.
OLD FASHIONED DANCE AT
' •: PARK. , V- •
An old fashioned square _dai>ce, will
be given out at the pavilion at the
City Park tonight and everybody is
invited to come out and witne*s the
fun. , • '
The event was gotten up by Mr.
and Mrs. Rip Moore, of near La-
Grange and a large crowd of young
.people will participate. It has been
a long time since a dance of this kind
,has been held in LaGrange and it is a
(sure tiling that everybody that goes
out tonight will have a world of fun.
A "16-Year Older”
bays Mr. Gibson
In a recent news item carried in the
Macon Telegraph, headed, “LaGrange
Policemen Are to Go Into Camp,” it
was stated that the reason policeman
W. S. Gibson would hot participate
in this boyish outing was because he
was approaching the “three score and
ten age.”
Mr. Gibson asked a representative
of the Reporter to please correct that
“age proposition,” that, although, he
didn’t mind being called ugly and
many other things, he would whip
■the man that so misrepresented him.
He said, “I’m only a .sixteen year old-
JudgeJohn McCord
Visits LaGrange
Judge John McCord, of Kentucky,
chief land- attorney for the Inter
state Commerce Commission, is in
LaGrange this week, and he and Col.
A. H. Thompson, of this city; who- waa
recently appointed. to the legal de
partment of the. commission, have be
gun a valuation of the A. B. & A.
terminals and right of way.
Judge McCord is one of the most
prominent lav/yers of Kentucky. He
held the office of circuit judge in that
state for a number of years and is
well known to the legal profession in
the south. » '•»'
As soon as the work on the A. B.
& A. is completed they will take up
the valuation of the Central of Geor
gia properties. _