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IA GRANGE
FALL SESSION NEXT WEEI
Public Schools Start
Work Monday
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Unusually Large Attendance Is
Expected by Both Colleges
1st Year Pupils at High School
Must Secure Vaccination Cards.
. < Southern Female College.
The seventy-third annual session of
the Southern Female College will
open Thursday, September the tenth,
1914. On this date the classification
of students is begun. On Friday the
eleventh, classes meet, and the first
chapel exercises are held. The pub
lic opening to which readers of this
notice and their friends are invited
occurs September the fifteenth at
nine a. m.
New members of the faculty are
Miss Katherine Harrison and Miss
Ruth Carlin. Miss Harrison comes
from Louisville, Ky., and will assist
in the Physical Culture and Prepara
Only Georgian to Receive
ment by Red Cross. Sails
for Seat of War.
Rr. Henry R. Slack, Jr., son of Dr.
and Mrs. Henry R. Slack of LaGrange
has been appointed a staff surgeon
by the American Red Cross. He
sails from New Yorx next Saturday
on the steam ship, Red Cross for the
'seat of the war.
There were thirty places to be fill
ed and over three hundred applicants
and we are pleased that our fellow
townsman was selected for this im
portant position.
Dr. Slack has enjoyed splendid op
portunities which he has carefully im
proved. He graduated in the first
class of the LaGjrange High School.
In 1908 he took the M. D. degree at
the university of Georgin, and in 1912
he graduated as M. D. from the Johns
Hopkins University. He was then
appointed assistant resident physican
tory departments. Miss Carlin is a ^Th^'llounr'W»Bon~h«qpitaT,"an'dln
Georgian who has spent several yea.s 0ctobe ,. 1912 . assistant resident sur-
m Oklahoma. She teaches English
and Modern Languages. Both are
well equipped for their work. Mrs. L.
F. Jackson, the efficient matron, has
Wen here since the 27th, superintend
ing preparations for the coming of the
students.
Quite a number of new students are
enrolled. Among these are several
of our home folks. Prospects are
promising for another successful year
for this very worthy institution.
LaGrange College.
The seventy-second annual session
of LaGrange College will begin Fri
day, September 11. The reservations
already made insure a large atten
dance at the opening. In spite of
war talk, cheap ootton, ana high cost
■of living, the coming session promises
to be one of the best school years in
the history of the college.
The buildings have been thoroughly
renovated, and many improvements
have been made during vacation. Mrs.
Boza McKinney, lata of Thornwell
College, will have charge of the
dining room, and the service will be
greatly improved during the coming
session.
The faculty has been strengthened
by the addition of a half dozen new
teachers. Miss Lettie Witherspoon
of Meridian, Miss., will have charge
of the Science Department. Miss
Ellen Kilgo of Greenville, S. C., who
has just completed a course at Colum
bia University, will have charge of
the department of Domestic Science
and Domestic Art. Miss Alberta D.
McCloud, of North Adams, Mass., will
be the new instructor of violin. She
is a graduate of the New England
Conservatory of Music, and comes
highly recommended. Miss Jula H.
Tucker of Atlanta, Ga., will be in
structor in Bible and Christian Educa
tion. Preparatory English will be
taught by Miss Margaret Eakes, a
graduate of LaGrange College and
the State Normal School. Miss Mary
Rowden, of Ellenwood, Ga., will teach
stenography and typewriting.
Mias Eula Bradford will return soon
to resume her work as head of the
Department of Expression. She has
spent the summer teaching Expres
sion in Fairmount College, Monteagle,
Tenn. Miss Hallie Smith has return
ed from Washington, D. C., where she
took special lessions in Art this sum
mer. Miss Frederica Westmoreland
will have charge of the Physical
Training classes during the coming
session. ,
The Faculty Concert will be given
during the first ten days of the session
the exact date to be announced later.
The program will be varied and in
teresting, and there will be no ad
mission charged. Citizens of La
Grange and friends of the College
are cordially invitee to attend.
All in all, prospects for the coming
session are brightening daily, and
1914-1915 promises to be one of the
very best years in the history of the
college.
LaGrange Public School*.
The LaGrange Public Schools will
open the session of 1914-15 on Mon
day, September 7, 1914. Pupils en
tering for the first time will secure
vaccination certificates before being
registered. •
Pupils having conditioned work will
report promptly on Monday at nine
o’clock to their respective teachers
In order that they may be registered
promptly.
Registration of pupils at. the high
school will not take place until Tues
day, September 8, 1914, commencing
at 8:30, it will be unnecessary tor
promoted pupils and applicants for
the first grade to report on Monday.
Do not purchase any books until
your classification and registration is
completed.
ROSTER OF TEACHERS IN THE
LAGRANGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
1914-15.
October 1912, assistant resident sur
geon in the Johns Hopkins Hospital,
whieh position he has held until he
resigned to accept the Red Cross ap-
pointment.
Dr. Slack also spent last summer
studying in Berlin, so he is eminently
qualified for the position he has re
ceived of the Red Cross staff surgeon
which gives him unlimited opportuni
ties for observation and practice.
ant and profitable service in the
European war, and Wish for him a
safe return to his native land.
“Borders’ Buzzer"
Takes Hills on High
One of the recent constructions of
wonder in LaGrange is the unique lit-
itle cycle car which was planned and
imade by Mr, C. P. Borders, Jr.
The frames of an iron bed compose
the base of the car and a one-cylinder
Indian motor cycle engine furnishes
the “get-a-way” force. Four small
bicycle wheels makes the wee little
automobile run with “ball-bearing”
ease.
Thursday morning, Mr. Borders
took a spin in this little “Borders’
Buzzer” and tested it out. He was
well satisfied with the results and
states his intentions of making seve
ral other similar conveyances
THANKS VOTED
TO ADAMSON
ResolutionsAdopted
by Convention
“He Is Now in Washington Look
ing After Important Legislation
of Great Moment to the Peo
ple.”
Photo by American Preu Association.
HARDWICK WINS
ON m[BALLOT
Afer an All-Night Deadlock, Fel
der Withdraws and Hardwick
Wins with 235 Conventional
Votes; Slaton Next with 133.
Congressman Thomas W. Hardwick
was Wednesday afternoon nominated
;s for observation and practice. was Wednesday aiternoon nominated
We hope that he will have a pleas- (junior United States Senator ’from
Georgia to succeed the late Senator
A. O. Bacon. His election came on
the fourteenth ballot, immediately af
ter the convention had reconvened at
noon and followed the withdrawal in
his favor of Hon. T. S. Felder.
Mr. Felder personally appeared on
the stage and withdrew his name.
Among other things, Mr. Felder said:
“Gientlemen of the convention, I ask
i your consent to withdraw my name as
a candidate.
“I say it, however, under no false
i colors. I have not tried to control
my delegates and 1 am not going to
try to control them now. They can
,go the way they please, but if they
follow me they will follow the banner
of progressive Democracy.” t
Immediately after Mr. Felder'con
cluded his statement H. IT. Dean, Gov
ernor Slaton’s floor leader, asked that
inasmuch as one of the candidates for
the senate had been allowed to ad
dress the convention he wished to ask
that privilege for the governor.
The governor began his speech by
CONVENTION HELD SUNDAY SCHOOLS
AT WARM SPRINGS TO MEET SUNDAY
That the little machine is a sue- deL ,| arin * K he hud received the highest
cess is best proved by the fact that t number of both un i t an d popular votes
can run about th' rt y- fiv e^Borders an d was, therefore, entitled to the
hour without a knock. Mr. Borders u„ sa :H he was a pro
states that it takes the hills on high
Rear.
Mr. J. L. Bostick
Returns Home
Mr. J. L. Bostick, who has been in
„ hospital in Atlanta for the past
month under treatment for a nervous
itrouble, returned to LaGrange Mon-
iday night and has taken up his duti-
es at the hotel.
The friends of Mr. Bostick will be
glad to learn that he has almost en
tirely recovered and is able to be out
again
Ctifford L. Smith, Superintendent
The High School
T. G. Polhill, principal, mathematics.
Miss Stella Bradfield, English.
Miss Alice MacFarlane, Latin.
Miss Margaret Shepherd, history
Miss Maude Simpson, science and
French.
Grammar School
Miss Juliet Tuggle.
Miss Louise Vaughan.
Miss Mattie McGiee.
Miss Mary Crowder.
Mrs. Dollie Curd.
Miss Ruth Hopkins.
Miss Mary Nix.
Primary School.
Miss Ruth Tuggle.
Mrs. J. E. Witherspoon.
Miss Gussie Bruce.
Mrs. E. B. Smith.
Mrs. Lucile Artley.
Miss Lulie Hudson.
East LaGrange School
Miss Maude Erdman, principal.
Mrs. Emma Willis.
Miss Echo Corless.
Miss Corinne Jarrell.
Unity School
Miss Lulu Ward, principal.
Miss Kate Bruce. > ,,
Miss Kate Flovd.
Miss Wilibel Moncrief.
Miss Eunice McGee.
Miss Martha Ware. r,.
Dixie Kindergarten
Miss Margaret Killinger.
Colored Schools.
James E. Brown, supervisor.
Hill Street School
L. S. Wingfield, principal.
Miss Julia Gilmore.
Mias Grace Harrison.
Mrs. Mazie "Wingfield.
Union Street School
Charles H. Kelley, principal.
James E. Brown,
Mrs. Mary Walker.
Miss Ida Pinkard.,
Miss Elizabeth Wallace. '
Miss Lulu Washington. , '
nomination. He said he was a pro
gressive Democrat and stood for the
principles of progressive Democracy.
Mr. Slaton said: “I submit my
name to you as candidate for the Unit-
fed States senate and if you, in view
of the claims I have upon this office,
fail to nominate me I can well afford,
to go down in defeat. If you fail to
elect me I can go back to the duties of
■the governor’s office:”
The deciding fourteenth ballot was
then cast as follows:
The vote on the fourteenth, the de
ciding ballot, was: Hardwicx 235; Sla
ton 33; Hutchens 4. The vote re
quired to nominate was 187 Mr. Hard
wick’s nomination was made un
animous.
The official vote by ballots follows:
First ballot—Slaton 189; Hardwick
124; Felder 91; Hutchens 18.
Second ballot—Slaton 137; Hard
wick 130; Felder 91; Hutchens 14.
Third ballot—Slaton 134; Hardwick
133; Felder 91; Hutchens 14.
Fourth ballot—Slaton 134; Hard
wick 136; Felder 91; Hutchens 11.
Fifth ballot—Slaton 128; Hardwick
141; Felder 91; Hutchens 12.
Sixth Bailot— Slaton 128; Hardwick
142; Felder 94; Hutchens 8.
Seventh ballot—Slaton 124; Hard
wick 144; Felder 91; Hutchens 11.
Eighth ballot—Slaton 125; Hard
wick 147; Felder 90; Hutchens 10.
Ninth ballot—Slaton 121; Hard
wick 151; Felder 92; Hutchens 8.
Tenth ballot—Slaton 114; Hard
wick 154; Felder 96; Hutchens 8.
i Eleventh bailot—Slaton 112; Hard
wick 160; Felder 93; Hutchens 6.
Twelfth ballot—Slaton 110;' Hard-
iwick 164; Felder 93; Hutchens 4.
Thirteenth ballot — Slaton 110;
Hardwick 164; Felder 90; Hutchenfii 3.
I Fourteenth bellot.— SJaton 133;
Hardwick 235;- Hutchens 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Traylor
Move to West Point
, Mr.,, and Mrs. J. T. Traylor left
Tuesday for West Point, where they
■will 'reside in future, Mr; Traylor
having accepted a responsible pos’* 1 '
with the Henry Hart stores of
;city. Their removal from LaG:
<wfll be a source of regret to
ipany friend^ here, but the good Wish
es of all will go with them to tt
new home. A
Hon. C. W. Adamson Declared
Choice of the Convention for
Congressman from the 4th
District by Rising Vote.
Warm Springs, Ga.
Saturday, August 29, 1914.
Pursuant to the call of the Fourth
Congressional Democratic Executive
Committee; the Fourth Congressional
Convention mot at Warm Springs,
Gia., Saturday, August 29 at 11 A. M.
for the purpose of nominating a Con
gressman and transacting such other
business as might come before the
body assembled.
The meeting was called to order by
Hon. E. T. Moon, chairman of the
Fbui'th ’ Congressional' Democratic
Executive Committee,' with S, H. Dun-
son acting secretary.
The first order of, business was, the
roll cal] pf the epunties and the fol
lowing named delegates and alter
nates were reported by the chairmen
of the different county delegations.
Carroll, B. J. Stiles, J. T. Bradley, J.
T. Veal and C. E. Roop. Chat-
tuhoocheee,. W. ’V. O’Tool and 'O. E.
Cook. Coweta, E. M. Camp and T.
G. Farmer, Jr, Harris, ,L. W. Stan
ford, J. W., Caldwell, R. L. Baldwin
and B. H. Wiliams. Heard, D. B.
Whitaker. Marion, George P. Mon
roe. Merriwether, W. E. Johnson, J.
A. Thrush, G. E. Culpepper, J. J.
Stephens, B. R. Freeman, P. S.
Wright, R. H. Farmer, W. J. Reeves,
P. G. Awtrey, C. M. Harmon, P. S.
Talbott, J. W. Tidwell, J. D. McGuirt,
J. W. Estes, C. L. Davis, W. R. Jones.
Muscogee, J. S. Gordy, F. U. Girrard,
F. P. Baldwin, A. I. Jenkins, J. F.
Flournoy, and J. M. Prophett. Talbott,
N. G. Culpepper, T. M. Weston, W. N.
McGee and J. A. Smith. Troup, F. P.
Longley, J. T. Houston, J. W.
Colley, J. W. T. Glass, Frank Har
well, E. T. Moon, W. H. Hairston and
S. H. Dunson.
Following the roll call of the coun
ties, the meeting was declared or or
ganized, and Hon. Frank U.. Girrard
of Muscogee was elected chairman of
the meeting, and Hon. F. G. Lumpkin
also of Muscogee, was chosen as
secretary of the Fourth Congressional
Democratic executive committee for
the next two years.
The next order of business was the
nomination of a congressman, Hon.
W. J. William from Carroll county, in
a very eloquent and forceful speech
placed in nomination his fellow towns
man and present congressman the
Hon. W. C. Adamson from the coun
ty of Carroll, the nomination was
seconded by R. H. Farmer of Coweta;
Frank Harwell, of Troup; T. G. Far
mer, of Coweta; Mr. Crawford, of
Muscogee; W. N. McGhee, of Talbott;
Chas. A. Davis, of Merriwether. A.
motion was then carried to dispense
with the usual form of ballot and elect
a congressman by rising vote, and the
Hon. W. C. Adamson was declared
the choice of the convention as con
gressman of the Fourth district. A
letter from Hon. W. C. Adamson, ad
dressed to the convention, in which
he expressed his deep regret of not
being able to attend the convention
and outlining his reason, etc., was
then read by the Chairman.
Hon. J. P. Longley of Troup then
offered a set of resolutions endorsing
Congressman Adamson’s record while
in congress, the resohltion* were
adopted and ordered of Vecord. A set
of resolutions were then offered by
Hen. Gy P. Munroe of Marion county,
endorsing President Wilson and the
present Democratic administration,
commending the party tor the legisla
tion enacted by them #nd the stand
they have taken on all rNational Mat
ters. !.
The following gentlemen, were
named as the new executive com
mittee to serve for ■ the next two
years:' ■• , ,
Carroll, W. J. Millioon. .
Chattahoochee, C. If, Howard, Jr.
Coweta, T. G. Farmer, Jr.,
Harris, R. L. Baldwin. . '
Heard, Patrick C. Whitaker.
Marion, T. B. Rainer.
LaGrange, Loyd’s, East Vernon,
Antioch McLendon and Pool’s
Mill Sunday Schools Are Ex
pected to Send Delegates.
An oarnest appeal is being made
for all tho Sunday Schools in the La-
Grange district to be represented in
the district Sunday School meeting,
which is to be held in the Unity, Elm
City Union church, next Sunday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock
The fdllowing Sunday Schools are
embraced in this district: LaGrange,
'Loyd’s, East Vernoni Antioch, McLen
don and Pool’s .Mill. Each of these
Sunday Schools arc expected to ap
point delegates for' the convention,
and all the superintendents, teachers i
and everybody in general, interested
in. Sunday School work, should attegd.
Professor,.A, M. Smith will sihg
and have charge of the musical pttj^
gram and the meeting will be inter
esting as well as instructive.
The Program Follows’:
■Music .....' Songs
Prayer.
Music Song
Address ...'...Prof. J. E. Ricketson
Song
Address ...Mr. Henry Reeves
Song . ,
Address Prof. Cliff Smith
Song
Address R. W. Smith
Song
Collection.
Miss McHan Back
from New York
Miss Georgia McHan, arrived in the
city last night, and will take up her
position, as trimmer, for the La
Grange Dry Goods Company again
this season.
Mies McHan has been in New York
for the last two weeks selecting Mil
linery for this firm, and we feel sure
you will see some very snappy styles
at their opening : which will be an
nounced through these columns later.
Bound Over to
Higher Court
Louie Jenkins, who completed a
term in the state penitentiary a short
time ago for selling whiskey, was
again arraigned before Mayor Ed
mondson Thursday on the same charge
and was bound over to the higher
court. Jenkins was caught Saturday
night; but 'sufficient evidence for his
conviction was not discovered until
Thursday. 1 ■ '
Wade 'Ursury,' who wasl charged
with complicity in the violation of the
prohibition law, was fined $110 or six
months in the gang.
Chief Reed states that a hot cam
paign is being waged against blind
tigers and law breakers of this kind
are finding it dangerous business in
LaGrange.
RETURNS FROM NEW YORK.
Mrs. A. L. Mays has just returned
ifrom New York where she spent some
ithne- assisting in the buying of the
— wj , new f a n millinery for the LaGgange
irion county,Jpjry Goods Company. Mrs. Mays,
— — a ^ agsoc j a ted with Miss Georgia
McHan and we feel sure that with
these two ladies’ help you can find
just what you want in millinery.
, Merriwether, ‘B. R. Freeman.
iMuscogee, S. B. Baldwin.
’Talbott, P. M. Weston.
Troup, Frank Harwell. W ?■■■<*•
, (There being'rto further business, the
convention adjourned.' ,
S. H. DUNSON,
Retiring Secretary of the Fourth
Congressional Democratic Executive
Ccrhmibtee. ‘
At the fourth Congressional con
vention, held at Warm Springs last
Saturday, Hon. F. P. Longley offered
a set of resolutions endorsing Con
gressman Adamson’s record while in
congress and rendering thanks to him
for his distinguished and efficient ser
vice in behalf of his district.
In closing, the resolutions state,
“We justly feel proud of his record
and congratulate ourselves upon the
fact that no constituancy of the coun
try is more ably represented than
ours.”
The resolutions were adopted and
ordered of record. They follow:
Warm Springs, Ga.
August 29, 1914.
Whereas our able and distinguished
congressman, lion. W. C. Adamson,
the ceaseless, tireless and indefatig
able worker for his constituants, his
state and the republic, who for the
past 18 years has so ably represented
this District, and has stood at the
fore front in all legislation Looking to
the best interests of the people, the
state and the Republic, ever advocat
ing good and wholesome, and fighting
the doubtful and vicious; and has en
diligently looked after our very in
terest under these Republican Ad
ministrations which were in power for
16 years of the time he has represent
ed this district, preventing the ap
pointment of negro postmasters at
Columbus, LaGrange, Talbotton and
Franklin, and succeeding in getting
one removed from Hogansville about
a year after his appointment; by his
ntiring efforts in behalf of, the peo-
le he has succeeded in haying es-
^.bllshed more R,. F. D. routes in this
trict than have been established in
any other district in the United
States, and has never had one abolish
ed; he secured large quantities of
provisions from the war departthent
for the people of the flood devastated
sections along the Chattahoochee riv
er; he procured’for soldiers from his
district in the Spanish-American war
more positions as officers than were
secured by any other Democratic con
gressman; he sectlred the position for
his district for the best judge in the
Philipine Islands and the position for
the best lawyer for the Panama Canal
Commission; he succeeded in sending
the only Democrat to the World’s
Exposition at"'Paris; he was largely
instrumental in the passage Of the
splendid quarantine law; he was also
largely instrumental in having built
a revenue cutter and the Marine
hospital at Savannah; a lightship for
Brunswick, and in protecting the en
tire Southern Coast friim ’ Baltimore
to Galveston with light houses, light
ships and revenue cutters; he succeed
ed in reconciling tjie conflicting views
of the late Senator Morgan and CoL
Hepburn on Isthmian Canal legisla
tion, and it was on- his motion that
the bill which came from the house
committee for the actual construction
of the canal was reported; all this was
done while he was a member of the
Interstate and foreign commerce com
mittee. After he became chairman of
that committee he wrote the laws for
the actual operation of the canal, and
i those laws prevent railroad owned
vessels from going through the canal
and put them out of competition with
themselves and out of coast wise busi
ness; he put through the law for the
physical valuation of railroads, ex
press companies, telegraph ■ companies,
and telephone companies, and their
stocks and bonds.
He is now : in Washington looking
after important legislation of great
■moment to the people, with the suc
cess of which he is Chairman of that
committee in charge.
He is working hand in hand with
the administration in formulating and
putting into law measures of the
greatest interest and import to the
people and the republic; So important
the business and so necessary his pres
ence that he has been able to be away
from Washington but. little in the
last year; for this reason he was not
able to leave and look after his in
terests in the late campaign waged
against him by a very distinguished
opponent, and for that reason he is
not now able to attend this convention.
Therefore, we, the Democrats oT
the Fourth Congressional District «
Georgia in convention assembled, do
most heartily endorse the record <*
lour distinguished andtable representa
tive which 1 Y4fl«ts no much credit and
honor upon the Fourth,-Congressional.
District ’of J Georgia. We justly feel
proud of his record and congratulate
Ourselves upon the fact that no oen-
litituancy of the country is more ably
represented ’thftn ours; . ■ ,>i ■>••• , ■ j
Therefore, be it resolved that we
render to him our thanks for his dis
tinguished and efficient services ^ in
bur behalf and pledge him our united
Support. ” ' ' '
