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NUMBER 73
MEET AT MACON TO DISCUSS
FINANCING OF COTTON CROP
GENERAL JOFFRE OF THE FRENCH ARMY
Crop Diversification
Will Be Urged
Troup County Delegation Joins
Business Men from Other Sec
tions of the State in Important
Meeting.
i
For the purpose of discussing a plan
of financing tne 1914 cotton crop and
the curtailment of the crop next year,
a large delegation of Georgia busi
ness men and farmers arc gathered
at Macon this week.
The meeting has created wide
spread interest and people from every
part of the state, realizing the neces
sity for prompt action, in tne matter
of providing a market for cotton ate
joining forces for the advancement of
some plan.
It is the opinion of business men
that the farmers, now if ever will re
alize the absolute necessity of diver
sifying crops and growing foodstuffs
at home and at this meeting the im
portance of this plan will be impress
ed.
Messrs. S. A. Davis, H. B. Darden,
S. N. Reid, Chas. Hightower, J. S.
Jones, and Mr. North, all of Hogans-
ville attended the meeting from Troup
county.
Will Be Big Surplus Crop.
There is almost a certainty of a sur
plus of several million bales being
left over from this year’s crop. Ex
perts estimate that the surplus will
be in the neighborhood of 4,000,000,
and they argue that if next year’s
crop can be held down the price of
not only the surplus but the actual
market crop can be controlled. At a
I meeting in Dublin, Tuesday night,
’farmers and bankers in that section
recommended a production tax of 3
per cent, believing that such a tax
will keep production down to a point
where normal demand will be great
enough to keep the price in the neigh
borhood of 12 cents.
John D. Walker, of Sparta, chair
man of the temporary committee, has
returned from Washington from a
conference with Secretary McAdoo,
and Senator Smith wires that he is
more optimistic than ever over the
prospect of a speedy solution of the
cotton situation. He will be at the
Macon convention to report what steps
the government has taken to give the
farmers aid.
Chairman Walker believes that with
federal aid and with the co-operation
of farmers, bahkers. business men and
merchants, it will bfe possible at Ma
con to devise measures to prevent a
sacrifice of the crop.
Georgians Relate
War Experiences
Long Calendar
for City Court
The following is the calendar for
the September term of the LaQrange
city court, which convenes Septem
ber 14th:
Monday, September 14, 1914.
1. D. M. Allen vs. M. E. Stevens.
2. W. H. Spivey vs. Willie Phillips,
Hogansville Dry Goods Co., claimant.
3. Robert & Norman vs. R. L.
Crowder.
4. Johnson County Savings Bank
vs. Thomas R. Traylor.
5. *Mrs. Minnie ititchens vs. W. R.
Houston. ‘ "
.-6. C. V. Truitt vs. N. C. A. St. L.
R. R.
7. Park A. Dallis vs. LaGrange
Female College.
8. J. W. Smith vs. James A. Daniel.
Tuesday, September 15th, 1914.
1. J. M. Whaley, Admr. vs. J. M.
Henning.
2. Foote A Davies vs. Boozer &
Copeland.
3. Foote & Davies vs. Copeland &
Copeland.
4. Mrs. C. A. Burdett vs. City of
West Point.
5. Alex Poolos vs. R. B. Mullins.
6. Mutual Film Corporation vs.
R. L. Crowder.
7. S. H. Johnson vs. George S.
Cobb.
8. Bernheim Distilling Co., vs. J. D
Daniel.
B. J. T. Barbee Co. vs. J. D.
Daniel.
10. Gus Laimas vs. Geo. Pappas.
11. F. L. Hudson vs. J. E. Hudson.
W’ednesday, September 16th, 1914.
1. Goe B. Boddie, T. A. Glanton vs.
T. A. GJanton, at al. 3 cases.
2. J. E. Carlisle vs. Bank of La-
G range.
3. C. V. Truitt Company vs. Char
lie Bradfield.
4. J. O. Perry vs. J. P. Jordan.
5. T. J. King vs. Joe Truitt.
6. LaGrange Grocery Co. vs. Mis
souri Jenkins.
7. Constitution Publishing Co., vs
J. O. Perry.
Thursday, September 17th, 1914.
1. Robert Johns vs. D. J. Lehan
& J. C. Prather.
2. Della Smith vs. Chas. E. Hill.
3. Mrs. Kate Sanborn vs. J. C
Prather.
4. E. B. Clark Co. vs. J. T. Holli
day.
5. J. E. Dunson Bros. vs. J. T.
Holliday.
6. LaGrange Grocery Co. vs. J. D
Daniel.
7. Miller F. Bixler Co., vs. C. J
Parham A Co.
8. R. L. Cotton vs. W. F. Hogg.
9. Royster Guano Co., vs. J. W.
Wray.
16. Royster Guano Co., vs. J. T.
Holliday.
11. Howard S. Wooding vs. Arnold
Dry Goods Co.
District Sunday
School Sept. 6th
There will he a district Sunday
school meeting at the Union church
in the Unity Mill village Sunday af
ternoon, September, 6th, at 3:80
o’clock.
The following Sunday schools will
be represented: LaGrange, Loyd’s,
East Vernon, Antioch, McLendon, and
Pool’s Mill.
All of the above mentioned Sunday
schools are expected to send delegates
and teachers and the superintendent
of each is expected to be present. The
Sunday schools are requested to make
their selection of delegates ana all
preparations for the meeting next
Sunday.
Tax Rate Reduced
from 5 to 41-2 Mills
Charity' , Concert
at M. E. Church
Photo by American I’reaa Association.
£ <
The commander in chief of France'* lead fighters le here shown at hi* field
headquarter*.
6 Generations Have
Big Family Reunion
One of the most jemarkable family
gatherings ever heard of in-this sec
tion was the birthday celebration' of
“Uncle Lewis” Culpepper, at Stand
ing Rock, Ala., last Tuesday.
Fully sixty-five relatives a'hd friends'
of the family were nresent and'.all
Wrought dinner, which Was spread
out-of-doors on a table fifteen feet
long.
“Uncle Lewis” Culpepper is 98
years old and of this family there
are six generations living.
One of the features of the occas
ion was the talk made by Mr. Joseph
Culpepper, of Americus, a son of
“Uncle Lewis,” who is seventy-four
years old.
After the sumptuous feast this aged
There will be an unusually interest
ing and varied program Friday night
at eight o’clock at the First Metho
dist church when a charity concert
will be given. The admission will be
-13c and #5c. This money will go
straight to poor families hefe in La-
,Grange and will accomplish a great
■deal of good. Th“ program, in itself,
Which is. as follows, assures a good
attendance: v
Old songs—chorus; song,. Mrs.
Harvey Reed; organ solo, Miss Juclle
Jones; song, Dr. F. M. Ridley, Jr.;
reading, Miss Ruth Pike; violin solo,
Miss Claude Dunson; song, Miss Hal
ite Smith; old songs, chorus; reading
Miss Kathleen Witherspoon; song
■H M Mrs. J., L. Bradfield; violin sdlo,'Mr
citizen arose before the gathering 1 Joe Frosolono; song, .Mrs. Harvey
That the tax rate for Gieorgia would
be lowered on account of the new tax
equalization law web predicted in a
speech made in LaGrange by Gover
nor-John M. Slaton a snort lime ago
and the following announcement from
the Atlanta Constitution, of Tuesday
morning shows that the governor had
sufficient grounds for his belief:
As the direct result of the tax
equalization act, passed by the 1913
session of the general assembly, the
tax rate of the state of Georgia has
been lowered from 5 mills to 4.50
mills, .or $4.50 for each $1,000 of tax
able property for 1914.
This means a direct saving to the
people of Georgia of approximately
$1,000,000 a year.
As required by law, Governor John
M. Slaton and Comptroller General
Wright met Monday afternoon and
the rate was formally fixed at 4.50
mills.
At this rate the revenue of the state 1
from this source, less the cost of col
lection, will be $4,030,280. Revenue
from other sources, such as the lease
of the W. A A. railroad, amounts to
$2,069,318, making a total of $6,099,-
598.
The regular appropriations for
1914 amount to $5,939,878; extra ap
propriations. amount to $134,720, or a
total of $6,074,595, leaving n balance
of $25,003 after all appropriations
are paid out.
This is the first time in years that
the. tax cate- has been lowered.
Governor -Slaton Elated.
Governor StAtort was elated at the
result. He said:
“T had predicted this all over the
state in the speeches I made on the
tax equalization law.
“My promise to the people of Geor
gia has been fulfilled.
Atlanta, Aug. 27.—Every day the
war in Europe is being brought home
more forcefully to Georgians, as
friends and relatives reach home with
stories of carnage and terror and
strange scenes in foreign lands.
The old chatter of how “we had a
rough passage but 1 wasn't seasick
a minute,” and descriptions of visits
to Stratlord-on-Avon and the tomb
of Napoleon no longer bores the stay-| p rv Goods Co,
at-homes when a friend gets home An{ | other cases as they appear on
from Europe. They bring stones^ in- j the docket.
Friday, September 18th, 1914.
1. John D. Sutton Co. vs. Arnold
marching
of bands
stead of armed forces
through crowded streets,
playing and frenzied people shouting;
' of perilous passages through guarded
ports, of slow journeys stopped mile
after mile by suspicious sentries.
Evidently Europe in war time is no
pleasure resort for a foreigner.
V Some of the stones the travelers
bring home seem more illuminating
' than pages of cable news. It is dif-
ficult to grasp the fullsignihcanceof
“Ten Thousand Slain in Battle, but
when a woman you know sits on hot-
front veranda and says: 1 paused by
vthe roadside as I was fleeing to the
^>ast to give a drink of water to a
^ing soldier. His legs were shot
away above the knees,” it seems li c
truth. It is something one can grasp
H R Callaway, vice president oi a
largii wholesale firm, returned yester
day from a visit to Carlsbad, whence
be fled on the last tram. He had gone
there to “rest” but he didn t find much
rC Expecting to sail from Hamburg on
the Imperator, he learned that the big
German ship would not sail. He sue-
... ceeded in getting a place on a ttam
for London but his trip was in . r "
rupted so often that it required
twenty hours, and in that time he
had not had so much as a dnnk or
water. In London, weakened from rtl-
and hunger, he met his brother;
Fuller Callaway, of LaGrange, and
other Georgia folk. They booked
passage on three ships before they
found one which would actually sail.
This, the Philadelphia, an American
boat, gave them accomodations in the
steerage. The boat was equipped to
carry only 400 passengers, and there
were 1,400 on board.
The postoffice informed Georgia
folk today that letters written to
(Germany will never be delivered there.
Post cards which may easily be read
2. T. C. Evans Co., vs. B. G.
Swanson, Jr., J. E. Dunson, Admr., of
W. L. Williams, garnishee.
The criminal docket will be called
on the first Monday in September and
civil docket on second Monday. The
appearance docket snd motion docket
will be callea on Saturday of the first
week of court.
Party off on
Motor Trip
Mr. H. H. Childs, Col. Hatton Love
joy, Prof. C. L. Smith and Mr. T. H.
Nimmons left LaGrange in an auto
mobile Thursday morning for Griffin
and High Falls, whore they will spend
several days vacation. The party is
expected home Saturday night.
and beginning with the time, when he
was a boy, told of the remarkable
progress that he had seen accomplish
ed.
It was like reading history to hear
this man speak of his childhood. He
told of the advent of the telephone,
the telepraph and other wonders of
science which had been made during
.his lifetime, and .predicted a like ad
vancement during the next century.
Part of his speech was a tribute
to the American boy on whom he
stated our future progress would de
pend. The parents present were urg
ed to encourage their sons to have
high ideals and strive to make their
lives a blessing. The young men wert'
inspired by a number of pictures, of
the speakers own composition, which
were used to illustrate the impedi
ments which would be encountered In
life and which must be overcome in
order to attain success.
Before closing, Mr. Culpepper read
a poem, which he had written and de
dicated to “Uncle I^wis.” The latter
sat a few feet away, too feeble to
take much part in the celebration, but
‘eagerly absorbed everything going
on.
At a late hour in the afternoon the
guests departed, having immensely
enjoyed the day’s event
Mr. H. D. Phillips
Buys Ford Car
Reed; -old songs, chorus.
School Opens
.September 7th
Over 1,000 white children In the
erty of LaGrange will bid goodbye to
the freedom of vucation and get down
to work for the fall term of school
on September 7th.
The prospects are good this year
for a large attendance and work is
already in progress on the high school
building and grounds preparatory to
the opening Monday week.
Progress is also being made on tho
new high school building on Green
wood street and it will be ready for
occupancy by January 1st.
Accepts Position
in LaGrange
Mr. Bari Chandler, of West Point,
accepted a position in the new store,
which Milam Bros, will open on the
southeast corner of the square in a
short time. ’
Chandler is well known in La
Qrange and his friends here will be
gfad to welcome him as a new citizen.
*
number of cars sold by these dealer*
recently.
/
b v the censors have some chance of
reaching their destination.
To prove that Germany is as ef
fectually cut-off frqmJ^aerican news
as we are from German Intelligence,
a Berlin paper yesterday published a
“report” that Mrs. Woodro# Wilson
not be confirmed. ,l “‘ .hi, —| Mjiam Buys Out
The last shipload of dolls from
Germany landed at Norfolk a week be
fore the war started, and no more
will reach America before Christmas,
according to a local wholesale man.
There will be a shortage in the toy
market when Santa Claus time ar
rives.
Dr - Erich - Zoeppffel-Quellenstein
the Atlanta consul for Germany, has
received cables teljln* of. great Ger
man victories.- -tie la confident that
the Kaiser wilt' eventually triumph
over the allies. ,
Contests Held at the
Fair Grounds
Three Days of Racing Began
Wednesday. Fine Horses At
tracted to City. Large Crowds
Enjoy Test of Horse Flesh.
The three days of horse racing at
the Troup county Fair Grounds be
gan Wednesday afternoon and large
crowds ‘from every section of the
county were here to witness the sport.
There were--two contests Wednes
day, constating of' a pacing race of
ibest two out of tnree for mile heats
and a trotting race of best three out
of five for half mile heats.
I Winners of the pacers, for which a
purse of |100 was offered, were Black
Diamond, 1st, owned by Bud Latimer
of Carrollton and driven by George
Robertson; and Blue Boy, 2nd, owned
by Ed Lone and driven by H. H.
Brown.
Winners of the trotters were Rid
ley, 1st., owned and driven -by Dr.
Joe Lane; and Sambo, 2nd, ownfed by-
Jim Freeman and driven by Anthohy
Robertson. A $60 purse was offered
for this race.
The races Thursday afternoon were
for horses three years old or younger.
At the time of going to press the win
ners of the Thursday’s races have not
been announced.
Some of the prettiest horses ever
seen in LaGrange before 1 'have been
attracted to the city by the purses and
a great deal of interest has been
evinced in the contests.
Dr. L. G. Hardman
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Expresses Thanks
Commerce, Ga., Aug, 26, 1914,
To the people of Georgia;
I wish to express to the people of
Georgia my high appreciation of the
splendid .lupport which was given me
in my race for Governor, in the pri
mary of August 19th. ,
It is a genuine pleasure to recaU
the hearty ovation which the people
gave me all over the state during my
campaign. Not in a single instance,
Every county in the state should did one thing occur to mar the pleas-
cut its tax rate. * ur * race - •
“This is the first time in vears that| It will be one of my cherished mem-
the tax rate has been cqt-
late the people of Geoi.
legislature on the result. The control
of appronriations is now restored to
the people of Georgia who pay the
money.
“The tax eaualization act is the
best law passed by any legislature in
fifty years.” . ,
1 coneratu- j ories to contemplate the" hearty ap-
-rjria and the proval which the people of Georgia
‘ gave the high ideals of campaigning
and righteous principals of govern
ment for the uplift of the masses of
citizens.
It occurs to me , to-day, as it did
before I entered the campaign for
Governor, that there is an opportu
nity for Georgia to set the pace for
other states in high ideals of law en-
i forcement and in providing more
i ample legislation for the protection
/>n i- i _ _ r; and restraint in the waste pf human
LatClIGS I I lG i life. A noble movement this would
, be and I hope for this through our
I governmental authorities.
Fire, which broke out in a negro, j de8 i re congratulate Judge Nat
cabin at the corner of Whitesville and; E Harris anf j Hon. Randolph Ander-
Hamilton streets last Wednesday'^ for their maK nificent race aa
morning created considerable excite-; We |, ag for their kind and gentleman-
ment in LaGrange, although ve_ry ^ treatment of their opponent; and I
Negro Cabin
little damage was done. As the fire
wagon rushed out to answer the call,
a parade of fine race horses was being
made on the square, and the noise
and excitement caused much confus
ion. The firemen reached the scene
and extinguished the flames before
the fire had gained much headway.
Trees on Main
Street Removed
Dr. A. B. Vaughan
Returns to LaGra nge
J. A. A Cline Bagwell, the progres
sive automobile dealers of this city
have just sold a Ford roadster to Rev.
Henry Phillips, pastor of the Epis- ... , .
copal church. This 4s only one cd.jajk. vDr. Av B*’Vaughan returhed^W #dl
Pressing Club
|lr. Hunter Milam, a well. known
young man, of this city, has just
purchased, the pressing club and dry
cleaning .business of J, S. White, and
has moved his equipment to one of
the store house recently erected on
:y avenu(e,. The business will be
n in the future as the Sanitary
Cleaning and Steam Pressing
t.
nesdhy night from a vacation of'sdvt-
ral day* ' in North Georgia. His
fronds are glad to know that he has
Return from
Fishing Trip
< The trees at the front of the new
Pike Bros, and Edmondson-Christoph-
er Co., buildings on Main street have
been removed and the stores are
shown off to a much greater advant
age. Although both firms were re
luctant to destroy these beautiful
trees, it was necessary: for a proper
display of the pretty fronts of the
buildings.
baseball Boys
v/.'o
SayGoodbye
iW»f( V K * '*■
. LaGrange fans bade fareweOi to the
pienoB are B.W1 LaGrange fans bade farewell to the
been greatly benefited by -the vaca- pj^y^^s last Wednesday night,
tlo 9- ' * < until the 1915 season. The boys ar
rived in LwGarange Wednesday morn
ing after finishing the season at An
niston. Wednesday night they parted
for their respective parties, many to
accept positions in other lines fj>r the
winter. lro *' A . ' ri
Thejr made lots of friends in La
Messrs. A. Leh
mann and Howard
week from a fish:
.days on the Chai
port a fine time as
and the -recreation
able.
nn, Willie Leh- Grange this’year and tfte witertain
returned this
trip of several
They re-
were plentiful
as highly enjoy-
sentof baseball iB going tf£he gresf,-/
y missed. Ji^i LaFitte had a anlen-
lid bunch Of boys on th| wb a™ ‘W
aGrange fans ate'loofcmg forward
, the time when they will odce more
assemble on the diamond for combat.
want to extend to them my profound
sympathy in the bereavement which
came to them during the progress of
the campaign. I wish for each of
them a most happy and prosperous
future. ,
Yours ver v truly,
L. G. HARDMAN
R. F. Beasley Has
Barbershop Painted
Mr. R. F. Beasley, who operates the
barbershop next to the Bostick hotel,
is having the interior of his shop re
painted this week. The
taken on a much neater appearance.
Mr. Beasley has been in. LaGrange for
about a year and during that time he
has made lots of friends and cus
tomers for his business- •
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Frightened Mule
• Causes Excitement
710--T - *> - ■ , — ''
SeVqfab<. pccsons miraculously re-
caped .'injhryi last Tuesday a£temoO«
when » mule hitched Bradfield
Drug Company dray hecama; frightea-
l ed at the front of the store and dash
ed through a Crowded thoroughfare
for a distance of about lw feet. _
The mule became frightened, when
a delivery boy in- lifting a ten gallon
pail of milk, from a nearby bugfnr,
dropped it a» tho pavemwt W*
can clattered at the-mules feet.. . , ^
/, (The animal ran between ‘severe*
automobiles and came near coHmmg
with them, but,as lack would havuit,
he, missed each di>e mfew iiwhes. The
mule was-,finallyrstopped and no harm
i resulted.