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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER.
FRIDAY MORNING. OCT. 2, 1914.
From the Big Dalies
Chance of a
Our Lives
Farm and Fireside, the national
farm paper published at Springfield,
Ohio, points out in its current is
sue exactly how American business
men can find a tremendous opportun
ity as a result of the present war. The
facts are developed in the course of a
■conversation between Judson C.
Welliver, Washington correspondent
of Farm and Fireside, and Edwin F.
Sweet, Assistant Secretary of Com
merce at Washington. In the follow
ing extract taken from this conver
sation Mr. Sweet points out in part
the opportunities that are now reudy
to be seized by American business
men:
“In this discussion ubout seizing
the markets in South America, the
Orient, and other parts of the world
now supplied by Germany, they seem
to lose sight of the greatly increased
home market, and seize it so firmly
that we could keep it in all the fu
ture.
“For instance, take dyes, cotton,
and cotton cloths. It always seemed
ridiculous to me that we raise most
of the world’s cotton and then ship
to other countries a big bulk of what
we raise, to be manufactured. Even
the part we ourselves manufacture
has to be finished with foreign ma
terials: the Germans provide us with
nearly all the dyestuffs we use.
“So it appears that we raise the
raw cotton, send most of it away to
he manufactured, and keep the re
mainder to make up at home; and
when it’s woven into cloth we finish
it with German dyes!
“There will be no German dyes for
us after a month or so; supplies on
hand will be exhausted. What are we
to do then?
“Why not make our own?
“No reason at all. There’s no
mystery about them. We could make
them; only, like so many other things
that we ought to do, we’ve never
bothered to do it. Now we’ve got to,
and we will. I learn that interests
are already organizing to take up
the manufacture on a big scale.
“That means capturing a big home
market. It means that in future we
will make our own dyes, our cloth in
dustries will be more independent be
cause we make them, and we will
have this big business in our own
hands instead of having it make us
tributary to Germany.”
A Sultan
in Distress
Perhaps the most unfortunate per
son in Paris at present is the Sultan
of Zanzibar. According to report, he
has been reduced to his last twenty
francs (four dollars), and yet he
faces the problem of feeding and
amusing the fifteen dusky wives who
accompanied him on his travels, all
no doubt having excellent appetites
and a developed taste for foreign
ifinery.
So great was the black Sultan’s
need for cash, it is related, that on
hearing of a shipment of gold from
Washington to Paris, he got in line
with the stranded Americans and
applied to Ambassador Herrick for
aid. He was politely referred to the
British embassy, from the path to
which the tales of a shipload of
American gold seemed to have caused
his feet to stray.
Apparently the preoccupation of
the British treasury in troublous times
prevented the Sultan of Zanzibar
from receiving his regular remittance
on time. We may rest assured that
the oversight was not intentional.
Zanzibar, an island off the coast of
German East Africa, is particularly
valuable to t)ie British just now, and
in order to keep its natives at peace,
the government at London can well
afford to pay a stipend liberal enough
to keep the Sultan and all his dusky
wives in a good humor.—-Macon
Telegraph.
No War
Spirit
/ Manifestat
irit Now
Manifestations of the jingo spirit
in this country are practically nil. The
sentiment of our people is almost un
animously with President Wilson in
his determination that no possible
provocation which can be foreseen
shall be allowed to involve us in the
war. The President’s noble appeal
to his fellow countrymen to safeguard
the nation by deed and word against
the distress and disaster to which
any violation of neutrality might
lead meets with a cordial response
everywhere. This country is resolved
to keep out of it.—Ohio State Journal
(Rep.)
Did Huerta
Salute?
From the Talladega Home.
The evacuation of Vera Cruz by
the American troops has been order
ed. In the bigger events now trans
piring in Europe we have all but
forgotten that one Sunday last spring
vjhen we hung around town all day
to' see if Huerta was going to “salute
the flag.”.
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When War
Will Cease
When the human heart is purged of
all passion, when human nature is
wholly changed, when men cease to
be citizens or subjects of nations and
become world citizens, when no man’s
heart beats faster at the sight of the
flag that is to him a symbol of na
tionality and no child is taught to
sing “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,”
or its equivalent in any tongue—then,
and not until then, wars will cease.—
New York Tribune.
strife which the world is now ex
periencing may actually be develop
ing a war ugainst intemperance—a
permanent advantage of no mean pro
portions.
Plant Your Fall
Garden Now
Health in
Time of War
There is food for reflection in the
fact that the exigencies of commerce,
the advantageous pursuit of indus
trial operations, and even the pre
paration for real or anticipated war
may promptly bring about hygienic
reforms which wide-spread preaching
and earnest exhortation are at best
slow in promoting. The “safety first”
slogan which one hears in nearly
every city of the United States at the
present time is one aspect of a move
ment to increase the personal welfare
of the individual by decreasing the
liability to injury through the care
lessness of a fellowman. The same
spirit crops out in the “ten trade com
mandments” of the worker which are
posted conspicuously here and there
'n factories where personal injuries
and loss of life furnish unfortunate
and—let it be frankly added—un
profitable incidents in the conduct of
manufacturing operations. The re
minder "thou shnlt not” gains added
force when its value is expressed in
terms pf practice and daily exper-
,nce rather than in the more vague
language of ethical ctonsiderutions.
And accordingly there is a telling
force in such direct admonitions as
the following, from a recent compila
tion for use in a factory:
“Thou shall take no unnecessary
risks, nor try to show off, nor play
practical jokes, for by thy careless
ness thou mayest do injury which
will have effect unto the third and
fourth generations to follow.
“Remember thou are not the only
one on the job, and that other lives
are just as important as thine own.
“Thou shult not throw matches or
greasy waste on the floor, as a dirty
worker «is a clumsy worker, and a
clumsy worker is a menace to his
fellow-workers.”
These and similar timely sugges
tions, put in a form that is sure to
attract notice, cannot fail to promote
the mutual and reciprocal interest of
the employer and the employed. Mod
ern hygiene and preventive medicine
have recognized long ago that the
individual can no longer claim a li
berty in his actions, independent of
his neighbor. Our provisions for
quarantine, vaccination against small
pox, and diverse other regulations
in the interest of the public health
have, in the past, been enforced only
with the annoyance that comes from
lack of co-operation and from per
sonal resentments together with the
indifference for restrictive rules that
is bred in a community of “free”/
people. Yet now we see, in the com
bined enterprise and altruism of mod
ern employers, protective devices put
in operation to secure, without fric
tion or resentment, the same sort of
welfare results that the federal gov
ernment or state or municipality
would find difficulty in getting under
way.
The unexpected situations created
by war have, in the past, furnished
the stimulus for new inventions and
useful processes. The armies and
navies of today represent the most
efficient fighting forces that the na
tions can command. No device, no
agency that will contribute to their
power and preparedness, is willingly
neglected. Health is a prime con
sideration in this respect. Field
Marshall Earl Kitchener is reported
to have counseled the English sol
diers tq abstain from drinking while
abroad, reminding thepi that their
duty cannot be done unless health is
preserved. The men were cautioned
to keep constantly on guard against
excesses. The German emporor is
said to have forbidden the “treat
ing” of the soldiers in his armies. The
sale of absinthe, imported by French
soldiers in an earlier war when al
cohol was used to fight fever, has
been restricted in Paris.
It is of slight consequence, says
The Journal of the American Medical
Association, whether or not- these
rumors are entirely correct. They
represent the current tendencies,
which are undeniable by any one who
has watched the recent decisions of
American naval authorities in the
face of adverse criticism couched in’
the usual phrases concerning* *per-
sonal liberty. The truth is, that "the
relation of alcohol and fighting has
been squarely met, and the fact ad
mitted that they are not compatible."
A recent editorial writer has express
ed this by saying that a temperate
army was something not conceived of
in the old theories of war; but a
drunkard is today as much out of
place in an army as he would be on a
battleship. As every grfeat conflict,
whether of church or state, of labor
or commerce, has brought out some
permanent good, however clouded it
may temporarily have been by the
major issues at stake, so the horrible
These troublous times, when money
is as scarce as hen’s teeth and the
prices of all provisions are soaring,
will make it imperative upon a large
portion of our people to do some care
ful scheming in order to make both
ends meet. Here is one suggestion
which can be followed by practically
every family in this city where lots
of goodly size are the rules, with
but few exceptions, and that is, plant
a garden. There are many vegetables
which can he grown in this section,
and not only will a fall garden help
to reduce the cost of living, but the
fresh vegetables will be far more
healthful than the canned or dried
things which are bringing such high
prices in the stores.
A representative of The Reporter
was discussing the matter of fall
gardens yesterday with Mr. Ed
Johnson, who is in charge of the seed
department of Bradfield Drug Co.,
and was surprised to learn of the
number of 'vegetables which can be
planted right now. Amlong these
are onion sets, cabbage and collard
plants, radishes, lettuce, turnips,
mustard and spinach.
Plant a fall garden.
Some of Water
Mains Completed
In Inst week’s issue of Reporter,Mr.
G|. H. Sargent, superintendent of the
IjiGrange Water Works announces
that the construction. forces have
finished the laying of water mains on
several streets and the service gang
is now ready to make water connec
tions for new consumers.
The streets which' hasc been com
pleted are: Fanning, Union, Ware,
Dawsion, Hamilton Road, Mulberry,
Miller, Greenwood, Boulevard and
Wilkes.
In about two weeks time, Purk
avenue, Alford street and Harwell
avenue and Lewis street will be ready.
PROHIBITION PAYS.
From the Selma Times.
A western minister asks, “Does
prohibition pay?” Well, prohibition
in south Alabama certainly pays
Pensacola along about holiday season.
From the Troy Semi-Weekly Herald.
The tenant who has the meat and
bread to run himself another year
will have no trouble in getting the
other little extras that he needs, but
the man who has not these things had
just as well make up his mind now as
later that he will have to work for
wages.
GREATLY REDUCED RATES
GENERAL CONVENTION,
CHURCH OF CHRIST
OCTOBER 7-14, 1914.
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A., B. & A. RAILROAD.
To Atlanta, Ga.
From Round Trip
LaGrange $2.90
Rates in same proportion from in
termediate stations.
Tickets sold October 4th to 7th
inclusive. Limited to return until
October 17th.
Make Sleeping car reservation and
get further information from any
A., B. & A. Ticket Agent.
W. W. CROXTON,
General Passenger Agent, A., B. &
A. Railroad, Atlanta, Ga.
ALL’S WELL WltH THE WORLD
HOTEL WINECOFF
Atlanta, Ga.
HOTELS ARE LIKE POLK8
They have personalities, pi nee-
ant and otherwise.
The HOTEL WINECOFF, on the
centermost spot in Atlanta, is a
pleasant and friendly sort of hotel
tor vest, vooreatlon or business
activity.
The HOTEL WINECOFF tfree
the man and woman from out-ofr
town a sense of security and
cheer. Often this spirit Is a bleae-
ed and beneficent thing to the 1»
dividual away from home.
Whether yon pay $1.50 or $3.00
per day for your room, you are
. made to feel that “All’s well with
the world.”
The HOTEL WINECOFF Is At
lanta's newest and most complete
Hotel; now under the manage
ment of Mr. J. F. Letton, former
manager of Hotel Ansley.
EXECUTIVE STAFF:
Frank T. Reynold*
Jas. F. deJarnette.
A. H. Chapman.
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
Rail Road
Schedule effective May 3rd, 1914.
EASTBOUND
For Manchester, Atlanta, Brunswick, Waycross
Thomasville and Intermediate Stations 6:55 A. M.
For Manchester, Atlanta, and intermediate Stations ....2:20 P. M.
WESTBOUND
For Birmingham and intermediate Stations 11:81 A. M.
For Roanoke and intermediate Stations 7:05 P. M.
Phone No. 220,
W. W. CROXTON, W. W. BREEDLOVE,
General Passenger Agent, Agent,
Atlanta, Georgia. LaGrange, Ga.
Aid to Busy
The telephone aids the busy former to keep
in touch with neighborhood affairs even during
the rush season. He can call his neighbors in the
evening and discuss the events of the day and
arrange plans for community work after the crops
are laid by.
Every farmer needs the help of the telephone.
See the nearest Bell Manager or send a postal for
our free booklet and see how small the cost is.
FARMERS* LINE DEPARTMENT
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
12 SOUTH PRYER ST« EET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
HU BUY ENGRAVING
VJU i PRIMARILY TO
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SMOKE'S A TEN CENT CIGAR TO ECONO
MIZE. PRICES OKP/NE WORKTMM PROP
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ARET0O REASONABLE FORTOU TO USE PUNCHED
LETTERING AND SHODDY-WORK.
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The LaGrange Reporter,
LaGrange, Georgia.
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AH repair work done by Expert Mechanics at reason-
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WALTER ATKINSON, Proprietor.
LaGrange Foundry and Machine Co.
We are now prepared to make all kinds of castings from iron and
brass and to repair machinery of every description. Our foundry
is modern in every detail, being equipped with the latest machin
ery and appliances.
We have secured the services of workmen of long experience and
whom we know are in every way qualified to give perfect satisfac
tion.
Our machine shop is equipped with the latest machines and tools
and our workmen m this department are also capable of turning out
high class work.
COMMUNICATE WITH US IF YOU NEED ANYTHING IN OUR
LINE. IT WILL PAY YOU
GOOD SERVICE AT REASONABLE PRICES IS OUR POLICY.
P. S. BRING ALL YOUR OLD IRON AND BRASS TO OUR
SHOPS. WE PAY HIGHEST MARKET PRICES.
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