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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER.-.
FRIDAY MORNING. AUG. 21. 1K1G.
The Horrors of
Europe’s War
many government j 0 Name Delegates
POSITIONS OPEN.’ °
Humanity may be staggered by the
horrors of Europe's war. but civilisa
tion will not be destroyed. Millions
of men and billions of treasure may
be lost in this devilish work: thrones
may totter, and new maps of Europe
may be necessary before the end is
teached; but mankind will, on the
wreck of these ruins, build a better
civibration—one in which the peo
ple, and not a few unscrupulous men
who feel that they have been Divine
ly appointed, will rule.
As the people of this country" view
the horrors of the European situation
they may well take courage and thank
God that they live in a land free from
such conditions as those prevailing in
Europe. While moved by profound
sorrow for the awful tragedy that is
being enacted, and sympathizing with
suffering on the battlefield and the
greater sufferinp of broken heart* in
homes made desolate by war's des
truction, we yet have a ripnt to lift
up our hearts in thankspivinp for the
blessing* of this country in material
thir.ps and in the freedom from the
conditions prevailinp in Europe.
In the lipht of the contrast between
the blessing* whicn the people of the
United States are now enjoying. with
the magnificent crops of the year and
all other privileges vouchsafed to us.
how small and petty seem our
thoughts when we mourn because
business is not quite so pood as it
might be and because our chances of
making money are for Use moment
not quite so abundant as in times
past.
Let the people of this country put
behind them such pessimism and such
narrowness, and in a spirit of enthus
iastic 'optimism carry forward the
work of the day. without hesitating
or halting, and then there will be
business enough for all and room
enough for all when the temporary
disadvantage* of the present situation
have passed away.
to Attend Road
Congress
The Reporter w in receipt of
a letter from Mr. B. B. Hare.
District Secretary of the United
State* Civil Service Commission, Mayor Edmondson of LaGrange has
requesting co-operation in the been requested by the Hon. A. B.
matter of making known that Fletcher, president of the Fourth
Uhere are a number of de-irable An.er.can fioad Congra» and State
i ^ ij_ r Highway Engineer of California, to
positions open under Cl Ser- narne three delegates to attend the
vice rules. Mr. Hare lakes OC- * ion* of the Congress at Atlanta,
casion to mention with regret during the week of November 9th.
the fact that SO few people beem Forty-seven great organization*
!to understand the rules of pro- , are taking part jn the cpqgre«s voder
jcedure under wbkh most of Urn 'H/STSJS^^
(Government positions are tilled. Automobile Association. In his let-
Practically every branch of the ter to the Mayor, President Fletcher
j Government service is filled un- calls attention to tne fact that prac-
der Civil Service rule* which re- Uca!1 T f v * r T. I1 ?*** hitfiway rom-
■ . 77. , ..... miwioner will be present and take
(juire that the applicant qualify j n discussing the important prob-
1 under an examination. Jems of road construction anu main-
The list of positions available ** njmce - and that some of the fore-
1. , r , • roost men in public life will devote
is a long one, embracing prac- their attention to the great question
| tically every occupation, and the of Federal aid to road improvement,
salaries range from $660 to in an endeavor to work out a policy
1 non which may be submitted to the con-
' ' , . gress of the United States with the
The Reporter would suggest | support of the organized road move-
jthat any one interested write ament of America. An important
I letter to the Secretary of the move bearing upon state legislation
Fifth United Stntps Civil Ser- ; win ** m * d * ** the ,essK,n to be held
Mltn Limed awxea Civil ser- urlder the auspices of the American-
Vice District, Atlanta. La., re- gar Association, at which a join*,
jquesting a list of the positions committee, appointed at the 1913 cor-
open with informattion as to the «re»*. will report progress in compiU-
mcthcd. of submitting one'. selfi^ 3£|
for examination. j mission participated in by each state:
i to work out a revision of the road j
i law* will be urged. The Natiunai]
MR. \V VI.HER DUNSON j Civil Service Reform League will hold
jen exceedingly important session on
\ ISITS LAGRANGE, the merit system in road administra
tion.
HORSE RACING!
LA GRANGE, GEORGIA
Aug. 26,27 and 28.
Something Really Important
“1 wonder if you raold Cod out ex
actly bow I ei.mri wub your father?"
“What d.lb-TriMf doe* it makeY' re
•ponded the briniw “I'll marry you
wheitM-r be like* you or not"
"1 wa»u t thinking of that my love.
He gave it* a Up on the stock market
Just now is jt safe to play It or is St
notT’—littsbargh Post
Typographical Error.
Ooe ever.ina uilat-n i-remed a crowd 1 ad-
drerred
1b it.r hail over Prainevi!l»’» emllhy.
A rrrc-rtn * u mere. aiid be thought my
epeech fair.
And he wrote my remark* were pithy.
Kelt morning In bed the paper 1 read
CA Journal that dealt with thing* tilthyt
That the meeting «aa toe and the epeak-
er did ahica.
And that my abort oration waa “filthy."-
—Cleveland Flail Daalcr.
Mr. Walker Dunson, of At
lanta, and formerly of this city,
was a visitor in LaGrange yes
terday, shaking hands with his
many friends here. Mr. Dunson
is a strong Hoke Smith man and
is greatly interested in the work
of sending Smith back to the
senate. Mr. Dunson is a brother
of Messrs. Joe. S. H., O. A., and
EM Dunson. well known business
men of LaGrange.
REV. T. W. CALLAWAY
DELIVERS SERMON.
Rev. T. W. Callaway, formerly
of LaGrange, but who is now-
living at Dawson, delivered an
inspiring sermon at the First
Baptist church last Sunday-
night. Mr. Callaway also gave a
talk to the members of the
Baraca Class Sunday morning.
President Fletcher calls attention
to the exhibits to be made by the
United State* Government, the states,
and more than a hundred of the lead
ing manufacturer* at the congrei-'.
which will illustrate every known me
thod, material and equipment for road
eonMructkm and maintenance- He ;
urges that the city and county lie
officially represented, as the congress I
is in reality a training school where j
a very great amount of useful inf or-1
■nation can be obtained through at
tendance at lectures with leaning
specialists in road and street work,
and the collecting of the many in
structive bulletins which will be avail
able for distribution.
The headquarters of the congress
are in the Colorado Building, Wash
ington, D. C., in charge of I. S.
Pennybacker, Executive Secretary,
and the exposition is in charge of
Charles P. Light. Business Manager.
During Horse Trader’s Week, There Will be
HORSE RACING AT
Troup County Fair Grounds
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 26th,
27th and 28th.
FOR INFORMATION Write or Call on
Bluff That It Hard to Call.
When we run cut of something to
aay or desire to say it in a letter, w.
write that "the mall Is about to close
and we'll have to burry if we gel it
In."
Dr. L. D. Mitchell & G. K. Robertson
LAGRANGE, GEORGIA
LaGrange Foundry
and Machine Co.
<jj WE are now prepared to make all kinds of cast
ings from iron and brass and to repair ma
chinery of every description. Our foundry is
modem in every detail, being equipped with the
latest machinery and appliances.
? We have secured the sendees of workmen of
long experience and whom we know are in ev
ery way qualified to give perfect satisfaction.
tj Our machine shop is equipped with the latest
machines and tools and our workmen in this de
partment are also capable of turning out high
class work.
COMMUNICATE WITH US IF YOU NEED ANY
THING IN OUR LINE II WILL PAY YOU
GOOD SERVICE at ReasonablePrices Is Our Policy
LaGrange Iron Foundry & Machine
Company
P S SSfaricet Y pri^ ld Ir ° n and BraSS t0 Our Shops We pay high-
WiII_ Leave on
His Vacation
Mr. Jimmie Stovall, the well known
and popular pharmacist at Bradfield
Drug Company, will leave in a few
days for Vienna, where he will spend
several days with home folks. Mr.
B. B. Culberson, also of Bradfield
Drug Company, accompanied bv his
wife, will leave next week for J hell-
mar., where he will visit relatives.
Mr. Marshburn
in LaGrange
Mr. X. E. Marshburn. who has been
in South Georgia for the past several
months, were he operate- a targe can
taloupe farm, returned to LaGrange
Saturday, after a very successful
season.
Mr. Marshburn stated that he ship
ped £>3,000 worth of the melons this
year and next t vear he expects to
j greatly increase the acreage of his
farm.
FEDERAL RESERVE
BOARD COMPLETED
—
Oatft 8f Office is Taken By Menken
Of New Bsakicg Bsard li
Trroiry Office.
CHAS. $. HAMLIN, GOVERNOR
Money Loaned on Cotton Warehouse
Receipts Is Plan of Southern
Senators.
Heart to Heart
Talks
•y CHARLES N. LURIE
UNCLE SAM’S GREAT "MONEY
FACTORY."
j Twenty millions of dollars in na-
I tional bank notes every twenty-four
hours is the record of the production
of the Bureau of Printing and En-
, graving.
| These notes are full legal tender
land are being distributed to banks
j throughout the country as rapidly as
j the presses can produce the money
land the Secretary’s office can ship it
jt© the applicants.
Washington.—The federal reserve
board, entrusted with control of the
great banking system created by the
new currency law. actually came Into
existence, when the five members ap
pointed by President Wilson took the
oath of office at the treasury depart
ment. Plans for taking over the sys
tem set up by the organization com
mittee and opening the reserve banks
for business within the next few
weeks already are under way.
Charles S. Hamlin, governor: F. A
Delano, Tice governor; Paul M War
burg. W. P. G. Harding and Adolph C.
Miller, with Secretary McAdoo and
John Skelton Williams, comptroller of
the currency, as ex-officio members,
compose the board.
The members were sworn in and
handed their commissions without
great formality. Secretary McAdoo
made a brief address, to which Gov-
, Had it not been for this act and j ernor Hamlin replied,
the preparedness of the department i The importance of the federal re
to turn out the emergency currency serve board is not v et fully realized"
with promptness and despatch/* said \r r \irah C3 «a
I Joseph E. Ralph, director of the Bu * *“V, 11 15 ^ dat * *°
reau of Engraving and Printing, "a “ d *® *** ^^e
frightful monetary panic might have . mto effective operation at the
occurred." * i earliest possible moment.
Apropos of Mr. Ralph, who has! “ I fe *“l that by co-operative effort
been “on the job" twenty out of , are going to be able to make this
twenty-four hours every day for the system, in a short time, a bulwark
past week Looking after the work of i against financial disasters, the
turning out this new money, his wife J for commercial development at home
satd to him the other mormag, "Dear7 and for the expansion of our ^
1 would like to have ten dollars. I
merca abroad.
see several enticing bargains adver-i
Used at the stores and now is the time', ^ aaks Tt * lal y be organ-
to bay/ j hy the first of October and sooner,
“Joe” skirmished around through ■ that is a comforting thought, can-
his pockets and finally fished up JL75,! side-ring the difficulties and the work
all the money he had.' j that had to be den?
“Isn’t that the irony of fate." Ralph —
remarked to his better half, “only a
dollar and seventy-five cents—and ]
made a million in the last hour."
Return from
Trip to Tybee
Messrs. O. C. Crabbe, Coopeg Davis
and James Holt, have just returned
from Tybee, where they spent several
days vacation on the coast
ArrHqulty of Geology.
Authentic evidence has been found
»hfch carries geology back, as a ha-
man study, as far as the bronze age.
Herr O. Merkel claims that he has dis
covered that fossils were Intelligently
collected at that remote period of
ropean history. Id a cinerary urn of
***** **®- he has found two or three
specimens of each of 68 spectra of
foaan shells, with some of the modern
Mediterranean sheik for «*vn»p—;
TAKE TOUR BEAD OH THE TRACK.
Prom Russia comes a queer story
about a peasant of Xijni Novgorod be
ing fined for “placing an obstacle on
the railroad track, thereby causing a
train to stop." It was brought out at
the bearing of his case that the obsta
cle whkh be put on the track was his
own bead and that he was trying to
commit suicide.
In this case the engineer saw the
bead oa the track and stopped the
train in time to save the life of the
poor, misguided peasant. Probably the
train warn t going fast If It had been
there would have been no need of ar-
trying and fining the peasant.
The train of progress is rushing oa
in America and elsewhere. Probablv
at no time in the previous history of
the world has it mude such speed. It
is an express train, and it thunders
■long, bearing with it the latest d>
coveries and theories In science and
art and economics and ffivernmert-
lt wlo not stop for anything, even
for a head on the track. The engineer
is the Spirit of Progress; the train
crew are the earnest, hard working
men and women who are devoting
their time and strength to making the
world a better place wherein to lire
Keep year bead off the track:
Don't think you can delay the train
by trying suicide on the rails. y 0 u
won't succeed. It will keep on in its
speed and might, leaving you a poor,
decapitated corpse by the side of the
road. And no one will stop to bewail
your fate, for you will only be con
demned as a tvactioutary fighting
against the inerltab:*.
Berthr to get :A ir! the train -nd
lend a hand.
The way ■« enlist a mcaiLcr of the
erew is to vetj- an e.:r and an eye open
to ail tie n ; and variable sign*
Xf pregres. a u; y, u
Let notbii;:. u... i is stirring escape
your cur l. T’ Ink. con.-fcjer. Keep an
open D-d —dee P-r T.inrseit p-gg yj e
faculties u the Lord has en
dowed y«u ;«>r our own advancement
and for Lie g .-ute, gi„ry of the earth
md ouiDkiud.
On the train of progress the passen-
rers ought to !*- only the old and fee
ble. the young mod helpless, who can
not assist in its running. Even thev
ran help by not hindering the txain-
men in their work by captions criti
cism and foolish interference.
The hell is ringing. Keep off the
track:
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