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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER.
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Published Every Friday al
LaGrange, Georgia.
J. A. PERRY, Editor.
HUGH McKAY, Publisher.
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March 3, 1879.
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WISE WORDS OF A SUCCESSFUL
MANUFACTURER
(Special Dispatch to Manufacturers
Record.)
LaGrange, Ga., Sept 22.
You ask my opinion sh to the gene
ral outlook for the South’s over
coming its present disadvaiituges and
measuring up to its opportunities. For
the purpose of such a discussion it
is not necessary to speculate upon the
probuhle duration or manner of end
ing of the Europcna war. Anyone
can see that all the nations involved
must suffer staggering losses and
emerge bowed and bent beneath
burden of waste and debt. Not only
will they be burdened by the im
mediate losses of human life and
property und the crippling of indus
try, but the losses in virile manhood
will leave their effect upon the raceH
for generations to come. So it goes
without saying that, if our country
can with honor steer a peaceable and
productive course through it all, we
will hold tremendous advantages.
These advantages will not be ours
without extraordinary effort on our
part, for indolence, indifference and
self-complacency will certainly lose
to us the temporary gains made while
the other nations are getting on their
feet. But, if we qualify, we can gnin
and maintain a strong lead in the
commerce of the world. To do so,
however, we must practice the econo
mies, the painstaking intensive deve
lopment of our resources, such as
have cnuhled foreign countries but n
fraction ns large ns ours to make
such wonderful strides. This applies
to every field of peaceful endenvor in
■which we would conquer our trade
rivals.
I regret that some writers in por
traying America’s opportunities have
so lightly dwelt upon the qualifying
conditions. While a notable few of
■our American manufacturers have
built up an export trade nnd deserve
much credit for doing so, the average
American manufacturer iR at pres
ent woefully incompetent in this field,
nnd the bulk of our exports ure made
up of commodities in practically a
H1TB c-intfi AAnalallnn in All.. I_ _ r
raw state, consisting in the main of
cotton and foodstuffs. It is a matter
of history that we became the leading
maritime nntion during und for some
years following the Napoleonic wars,
and that the decline of our leadership
began several years before the Civil
War, which has been offered as an
excuse by some.
The opening of subscription lists a
few duys ago for the building of a
half-million-dollnr cotton mill near
I,aGrange was not, as might be sup
posed, a hastily-matured decision.
The new mill will form the sixth in
a successful chain of mills located at
l.aGningt>. Manchester and Conyers,
and we have been experimenting with
and investigating the proposed lines
for several yearR. Mr. S. Y. Austin
and I spent three months in Europe
the past summer visiting cotton
manufacturing plants in Germany,
England and other countries. We
feel confident of capturing and hold
ing some desirable foreign trade. We
would not advise, however, that any
American manufacturer, no matter
what the line, build a new plant sole
ly for export trade without first mak
ing a thorough and exhaustive study
of his markets and of the special und
peculiar conditions which must be
met. In our case a goodly portion of
the product of the new mill will go
to American outlets already estab
lished, and our plant will be exceed
ingly adaptable, permitting a wide
range of selection of lines in most
profitable demand.
1 think the most important factor
in the situation confronting the cot
ton growers is the question of wheth
er or not there will be extensive cur
tailment of next year’s crop. If
another large cotton crop is piled on
the surplus from the present crop it
will prove a calamity indeed.
FULLER E. CALLAWAY
The War
COLLEGE GIRLS TO TAKE PART
IN BAPTIST PROGRAM
An interesting feature of the \\.
B. M. U. program for Tuesday even
ing at the First Baptist church will
be the presentation of a missionary
Cantata by a number of S. F. C. girls
and the members of the Sunbeam So
ciety. The eight heathen nations
and fourteen Southern states will be
represented by appropriate speeches
and banners.
Th following young ladies of tlie
Senior Class will take part: Misses
Flonnie Stephens, Y. W. A. Leader;
Bertha Hollingsworth Hilda Perry,
Rose Adams, Ethel McMurrain
Bernice Roberts, Annie Lee Black
burn, Bess Allen, Omye Howard, Nina
Sands, Ethel Brawner, Emma Suther-
lin, Blannie Capel, Sue Vaughan,
Edith Darden.
An imp of error (Emp-eror) touched off the fuse to the European
powder house. Horrors! Will lost his helm, (Wilhelm). Putting
the “mob” in "mobilization” he hied away to Sunny France via
Belgium. He found, however, more than a “scrap” of paper in thd
way.
So urgently did the Belgians press the Kaiser’s forces to tarry
awhile that It gave Alphonse and Gaston time to organize a nice
little reception committee. Hospitable people those French'!
Meanwhile little Peter was Russian forward his troops, who
soon took I/embcrg. They were Hungary for more, but the Aus
trians said: "This is IV-taml for us,” and fell back.
John Bull was greatly peeved over the indignities to Belgium.
Bill was a bally welcher, eh what? Incidentally, John didn’t fawn-
cy those German persona anyway. No breeding whatever, dont-
cherknow; pushing themselves into over-sea commerce and treading
on a gentleman’s corns. “Oh, poor, poor Belgium.”
And so, they’re at it—Slav, Teuton, Francs, Anglo-Saxon, Man-
golian, African. The veneer of civilization is off. Reason, Jus
tice are dethroned. History repeats itself in a recurrent eruption
of the primal pnssions—Jealousy, Greed, Hatred, Mud Ambition
When the cantending forces shull have battled to exhaustion, there
will be a convention to settle the terms of peace.
0, why not the convention atfirst and uvoid such terrible waste?
Making the Best of Things
See here, good people of this blessed county and section, we are
wasting a lot of valuable energy in fruitless lamentation over the
low price of cotton.
True, it is mighty bad for almost everybody, for anything thnt
hurts the farmer hurts all along the line. t
But, man alive! Just think of how much we have to be grateful
for! None of us are being fed to machine guns and shrapnel. No
homes are being desolnted by aninvading enemy—as yet, and may
the good Lord spare us from anything of the kind, ever again.
This thing is going to hurt us all at a mighty sensitive point—
our pocket books—but not a one of us will have to starve or go
naked. There will be plenty of kjnd friends who will save us from
thnt if we come to it, which of course we will not.
Truth is that, many of us are more scared than hurt, anyhow.
But no matter how had it is, we will not help matters by just
talking about it and doing nothing to help ourselves.
And, furthermore, it is ridiculous and babyish to go about saying
that this or that interest or person arc not doing their duty. “Put
yourself in his place,” before you criticize anybody else. If you will
do this, honestly and sincerely, you won’t criticize. Take it from
us, that this thing is falling heavily on every other interest as well
as the fnrmer. Yes, every one of them. “Put yourself in his
place.” Tukc the merchants. Reduced sales mean heavily increased
percentages of costs, wiping out the profits. To turn off a part of
the clerks would mean hardship to some. Bills to meet in markets,
notes to meet at the Bank, and no way to do it except to collect
accounts due.
Take the Banks: Between them, the banks of I-aGrange have
not only loaned out their own funds, but have borrowed a half a
million, dpllanf in thk East to aid in making this crop. Their ob
ligations are really the obligations of the section, for the payment
of which the banks have pledged their credit and good name. Their
future usefulness to us depends upon preserving these dearest or
Take the cotton manufacturers: We are in position to know that
the mills of LaGrange have all along paid one-fourth to one-half
cent a pound more for local cotton than they could buy * or ln
other sections delivered here. From places which have no mills are
coming lettera, telegrams, telephone calls, pleading for offers on cot
ton for which there is no market. Then, too, the problem of sell
ing their product in competition with the Eastern mills, which have
no sentimental consideration in the matter. If the Southern mills
could alone make the prices on goods, cotton would rule steady
at a living price, for these men are patriotic, every one of them;
and, moreover, they are keen to provide steady employment for
their operatives.
Now let us stop this idle Inmentation and senseless criticism of
other people, and each one of us set to work with stout heart and
clear vision to make the best of our commdn misfortune, (nances
are things will not look so bad when we take hold nnd sum up our
respective situations.
That’s the thing we need to do—take stock. Know exuctly where
wc stand, and then think about ways and means of making the
best of the situation.
There nre old sayings to the effect thnt trouble is “an ounce or
n ton, according to the way we take it.” And that no man is ever
beaten until he gives up. .Sometimes an apparent misfortune may
bring with it such experience and enlightenment thnt the stout-pc
hearted may build better nnd more surely than ever upon the ruins.
And that is just what we are thinking in the present situation.
Let us sensibly apply the lesson to be learned from this experience.
We have made a grent mistake in not beginning years ago to prac
tice diversification of crops. Like n gambler, we have staked our
all on one crop—cotton—and loot. Now, will we apply the know
ledge gained from this experience, or will we prove to be plodders,
stagnant, incapable of getting out of the rut?
We are greatly blessed in having a long growing season. Our
lands will respond wonderfully to intelligent methods of cultiva
tion, to deep plowing before the Winter freezes,to thorough harrow
ing, to scientific rotation which builds up apd conserves fertility.
We can raise here practically everything except the products of the
extreme tropics. We should raise more corn, oats, wheat, alfalfa,
clovers—foodstuffs of all kinds for man nnd beast. V\ e should raise
our own mules nnd horses, we can easily become a great livestock,
dairying and poultry section. We can so diversify our activities as
to have something to sell for cash the whole year around.
Right now and for some time to come the great demand will be
for foodstuffs nnd cottoh may rule below cost of production for a
year or two. The man who, in the face of this condition goes ahead
and concentrates on cotton alone next year will show himself as
lacking in common sense, and will deserve what he will get.
There will be no legislation, state or national, to force curtail-
ment of cotton. It would' be unconstitutional. We do not even hope
for any general agreement among the farmers themselves. Some
land will produce a bale to the acre, some more; and some a great
deal less. Some farms produce five bales to the plow and some fif
teen or twenty.
The sole reliance in this emergency is upon the sound common
sense of each individual farmer. But one sound rule ran be laid
down: NO COTTON SHOULD BE RAISED EXCEPT AS AN
ABSOLUTE SURPLUS. Not a single debt should be made with
the expectation of payment in cotton. Not a single acre should
be planted to cotton until generous surpluses of foodstuffs shall
have been provided for. And considering the practical certainty
thnt cotton will sell for an even lower price next Fall, if the war
continues, «t would be more wise in most rases to plant none at all,
malting something - 1 — *' " u "
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WANT ADS.
FOR SALE—Lumber 80c hundred.
W. C. FORD.
FOR SALE—My home on Vernon
Road. Mrs. J. D. Jenkins, tf
FOR SALE—Small size iron safe.
Perfect condition. Price $36.00 just
about half price. W. C. FORD.
FOR RENT—Furnished rooms for
gentlemen. Apply at 80 Broad
street. tf
FOR SALE—Remington Typewrite*-.
Perfect condition . Price $20.00.
W. C. FORD.
FOR KENT—3 nice connecting rooms
for light house keeping. W. R.
Campbell, 58 Park avenue.
WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR little boy
or girl a party, remember that you
can get invitation cards with en
velopes to match at the Reporter
office for only 16c per box of 25.
We will furnish the cards and
print them for you, 25 for $1.00,
50 for $1.25, 75 for $1.50.
FOR RENT—Possession Jan. 1st my
home on Ridley avenue. Fitted
with electric lights, gas and water.
Screened throughout. W. C. FORD.
BREAD -Orders solicited for old-
fashioned milk yeast bread; delici
ous. Phone 283. Miss Mabel Ggay.
2-9pd
FOR SALE—Double barrel!, ham-
mei-less shot gun. Only been shot
a few times. Cost new $25.00 will
sell for $15.00. W. C. FORD.
WANTED-—Three furnished connect
ing rooms for light housekeeping.
Must he close in. Address W. L.
A. care LaGrange Reporter 2pd
FOR RENT—Five room house on
Harwell avenue. First house be*
ydnd Vernon street. Water, elec
tric lights and nice garden. Apply
at Marshbilm's store.
SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRIT
ING—Easiest System known taught
in LaGrange College this year. Can
be mastered in three months, $25
for the course. Write or come to see
us. LaGrange College. ltpd
FOR SALE LANDS—200 acres, near
Fair Grounds. Will sell lots or by
acre to suit purchaser. Water and
pasture plentiful. Mrs. Willie Read
Hudson, at Dr. Slack’s Sanitarium.
FOR SALE CHEAP.—144 acres land
with good improvements. Good
pastures well watered, 6 miles from
I-aGrange. Cash or easy terms.
See or phone Walter Emory. tf
taintY MORNING. OCT. 2, 1914^
M
Buy Your Shoes From
c i j
LaGrange Dry Goods
Company
And Help The
Woman f s Club
in
Of Every Cash Sale
at This Store During
Shoe Sale Days
Will Be Given to
LAGRANGE WOMAN'S CLUB
a
FOR RENT—A three and one-hnif
or four horse farm six miles south
of LaGrange. 160 acres of land
well watered. One good sevep room
house, one three room house. All
conveniences needed. See Mra.
Sallie Hogg, 28 Alford street, La
Grange, Ga.
Tax Notice
I will be at the following places on the dates and hours named
below, for the purpose of collecting state and county taxes for the
year 1913.
West Point, October 14, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Hogansville, October 16 from 7 a. m. to 3:30 p. m.
Abbottsford, October 16, from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Mountville, October 19, from 10 a. m. to 12 m.
Big Springs, October 19, from 1 p. m. to 2 p. m.
Gabbettville, October 20, from 12:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m.
IjiGrangc every day.
C. £. Roythress,
Tax Collector, Troup County, Ga.
CALLAWAY’S STORES PROSPER
The Callaways "Five New Stores to
day made the statement that they
were enjoying a fine business. Dur
ing the month of September their
business was equally as great as it
was during the same month last, year
while they were in the lar$re new
store on Main street where their ex
penses were much more than they
are now.
Notwithstanding the cry of hard
times, all the merchants are making
fine reports and it seems that the
European war effects are largely
imaginary.
During the “Two Big Shoe Days
in l^iGrange” Callaways Stores will
serve refreshments to their friends
and The LaG range Dry Goods Com
pany will give 10 per cent of their
shoe sales to the LaGrange Woman’s
Club. The other shoe dealers are al
so offering attractive inducements.
MOVE TO CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The many friends of the Bagwell
family will regret- to learn that they
will leave LaGrange and make their
future home in Charlotte, N. C-.
Mr. Cline Bagwell has accepted a
position as city salesman with a
branch of the Ford factory in that
city and will leave in a few days to
seek success in the business with
which he is already well acquainted.
Mrs. Bagwell will join him a little
later. Miss May Bagwel left Thurs
day morning for Milledgeville where
she will resume her studies at G. N
& I. C.
The Ford agency will be continued
in this city under the charge of
Messrs. C. W. & Frank Smith.
DEAD TREES CUT DOWN
The appearances of church street
near the Baptist church have been
greatly improved by the cutting down
of severe* t»H dead trees. These
trees have stood for sometime in
their useless farm and their absence
gives that end of this street a bright
er appearance.
'The way of the transgressor is
hard. Trouble is it is generally hard
on somebody else,” says the Boston
Transcript.
Aren’t you glad that YOUR great-
great-great-grandfather was one of
the thousands that came over in the
little Mayflower?
Fridays Saturday
Oct. 2nd and 3rd
Shoe Days.
Value and service are the
— . essential foundation on
which our shoe department bases its principles. Shoe Day is; an in
teresting exhibit of high-class shoes for the winter, which every man,
woman and child should be interested in.
Delightful Refreshments Served by Mrs. R. P. Abraham.
The World Famous
Sorosis Shoes
Fashion brings the feminine foot
even into greater prominence this
season. It is as important that
your shoes are correct as your
millinery.
Precise fashionable women are
taking their style ideas from
SOROSIS, the American made
shoe that has been picked by the
ultra modish of Paris and other
centers of fashion as the shoe
authentic for every occasion.
Hanan Shoes
The world’s best.
Their styles are authentic, yet
every pair is designed to fit
comfortably.
These truths can be appreciated
by wearing a pair.
$6.50
Have you noticed how each side in
the European war has claimed God
as an ally, Somebody is badiy
in this matter. And we are thinking
it is both sides.
Callaway*s
School-Proof
Shoes for Child
ren and Mlssas
Prices according to size.
Patent, dull calf skin, nice,
welt soles $2.00 tO $3.50
Patent and gun medal and
nice McKay’s $1.50 to $3.00
Sorosis Soft Sole Shoes
for the Baby
Patent leather, white kid and
patent vamp white top 50 c
Callaway*s Button
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l Boots fpr Ladles ji
$3.50
Cravenett Gaiter top of patent
leather and dull calf skin welt
soles.
We have assembled from one of
the best American shoe factories
a line of ladies shoes to sell at
$3.50 that in every respect sur
pass the quality and style of any
$3.50 we have ever shown the la
dies of LaGrange and above all
they fit the foot, they especially
hug the instep and arch classy
and prevent the foot from slip
ping forward.
{MiwaitL
LaGrange, Ga.
Five Big Stores