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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER.
FRIDAY MORNING. OCTETS, 1914.
From tlM Big Dailies
Take Not Up
the Sword
From the San Fnuiriace Star.
Take not op the sword. They that
take up the sword shall perish by the
aword.--Jesus.
Whenever there is war, the devil
makes hell larger.—German Proverb.
O war, thou non of hell.—Shakes
peare.
War in a brain-spattering, wind
pipe-slitting art.—Lord Bacon.
War la the devil’s gambling game.
—George Fox.
There never was a (rood war nor a
bnd peace.—Benjamin Franklin.
War never decided any question of
ritrht or wrong.—'Thomas Jefferson.
War is the trade of barbarism.—
Napoleon Bonaparte.
A good man never makes a good
soldier. The worst man always
makes the best soldier. The soldier
is nothing but a hired, legalized mur
derer.—Napoleon Bonaparte.
The military profession is a damn
able profession.—The Duke of Wel
lington.
Napoleon was a great gambler,
whose game wm empires, whose
stakes were thrones, whose table,
earth, whose dice were human bones.
—Lord Byron.
War is the statesman’s game, the
lawyer’s jest, tho hired assassin's
trade.—Shelley.
My greatest regret is that I have
been the author of three wars in
which thousands of lives were lost.—
Prince Bismarck.
They shall beat their swords into
plowshares and their spears into
pruning hooks. Nation shall not rise
against nation, nor shall men learn
war any more.—Isaiah.
HEROIC SELF-SACRIFICE.
High Prices
For Shoes
Catting of Imports From Nations at
War Will Mean Heavy Shortage of
Leather — Interesting Interview
With Mr. E. W. Pinckard.
Among the war pictures none is
more pathetic than that of weeping
women holding the hands of little
children while accompanying their
husbands to the farewell stations,
where they are to embark for the
front.
These nre women, brave and pa
triotic, impressed with the thought
thnt they may never see their own
again; that their children may be
fatherless, While Povorty with all its
attendant troop of errors shuts out
the light from the windows of life,
and they sny with sublime resigna
tion: ‘‘Your country has called you—
your country needs you; go—and God
Le with you! I will strive to keep
the cot, and pray God to .preserve
you and ward the wolf of Famine
from the door; I'll be as brave as you
are and work while God giveB
strength.”
And the women, soon, perhaps, to
he widowed by war, work and watch
and pray, and in their drenma see
battlefields, and hear the clash of
steel, while the moaning of tho night-
wind is like the wail of the wounded;
and they awake in tears, and kiss
their sleeping children, and then,
when the dawn comes, to their tasks
again, with heurt and hope through
all.
And now, look—and listen: Regi
ments are marching by, and women
and little children stand in doorways
to WBtch them. They hear the men
singing national anthems of God sav
ing kings, and they wave hands to
them, and join the song!
And yet they know thnt thrones nre
built above the ashes of human hopes.
—Atlanta Constitution.
"The European war will cause
much higher prices for shoes and
everything made of leather," said Mr.
E. W. Pinckard, of I>aGrange, to a
representative of The Reporter on
Saturday. Mr. Pinckard is one of
the most successful salesmen of the
Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Com
pany of St. Louis, and is also pro
prietor of the Red Star Shoe Store,
I^iGrange’s only exclusive shoe store.
Mr. Pinckard knows the shoe busi
ness in every detail, and, feeling sure
of getting some information of time
ly interest to the Reporter’s readers,
he was pressed for further informa
tion on the subject.
"The painful truth in being im
pressed upon the American people
that despite our hundred million of
population and boundless natural re
sources we are dependent upon other
countries for thousands of necessities;
and hides and skins are one of the
big items in the budget. The total
imports of hides and skins for the
fiscal year ended June 30th were
517,213,331 pounds, valued at ?110,-
348,375. By far the greater part of
these imports have come from the
countries paralyzed by the great war,
so that this country faces a tremend
ous shortage which can only be par
tially made up by diversion of South
American shipments to the United
States. The shortage will be more
keenly felt in the finer grades of
leather, most of which have been
supplied from France, Germany and
Russia.
‘‘Added to this is the extraordinary
demand for leather created by the
war. It seems that leather is one of
the most important supplies of the
service. Apart from shoes it is used
extensively for harness, straps for
canteens, blankets, belts, etc. Turning
to shoes, it iR interesting to consider
thnt there are about 14,000,000 sol
diers on a war basis, besides millions
more in the reserves. The experience
of military exports is thnt each sol
dier in war time wears out a pair of
shoes a month. One enh appreciate
therefore the enormous and unusual
demands created by the war.”
“Stocks of leather in America are
rapidly decreasing, and some of the
tanneries have already been closed
down on account of inability to get
supplies.”
“The Roberts, Johnson & Rand
Company and a number of other
manufacturers are protecting their
customers as far as possible from the
stocks on hand, and retail buyers will
not begin to feel the effects of the
advances to any great extent until
the spring season. The better grade
shoes may eventually have to sell for
50 cents to >1.00 a pair higher. Mean
while consumers have the opportunity
,to buy shoes from present stocks at
less than they can be made for un
der the ruling prices of hides and
skins.”
“Of course the high prices of leath
er will lead some manufacturers to
resort to the various tricks known to
the trade for lowering costs, such as
the use of all kinds of substitutes in
the portions of the shoe that are not
seen. But wearers of Red Star shoes
may rest assured that the Roberts,
Johnson A Rand Company will never
resort to anything of this kind,” said
Mr. Pinckard. Continuing, he said,
“This company was the pioneer in the
fight for a pure shoe law, and has al
ways maintained the highest stand
ards of manufacture."
The Reporter’s representative was
gratified to learn of the substantial
interest taken by the Roberts, John
son A Rand Company for the benefit
of the farmers. This company has
bought 1,000 bales of cotton through
the St. Louis committee at 10c a
pound, besides large purchases made
by officers, directors and employees
as individuals.
I represent the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co., of New
York, the largest in the world.
E. T. POYTHRESS.
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♦ ABBOTTSFORD ♦
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Misses Vesta and Ruth Dye and
brother, Herbert, were spend-the-day
guest® of Miss Lima Cofield last Sun
day.
Our school opened last week with
n very good enrollment, under tihe
management of Prof. Wilson.
Mrs. Glass returned last Thurs
day after spending a week or two
with Mrs. Stuckey in I^iGrange.
Capt. and Mrs. Burton attended
services at Loyd’s church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hadaway’s after-
church guests Sunday were: Rev.
Silvey, Mr. John Hnrdawnv, Mr. Pat
terson and Mr. and Mrs. Barnes.
The members of Wehndkee church
called Bro. Silvey, of Lanett, to
nerve them another vear. He is an
able preacher and will no doubt make
them a splendid pastor.
Mrs. Fuller and children, of Wad-
ley, visited her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Prince last week.
Mrs. McLeroy and children, of
Pennsylvania, arrived here last Fri
day. Mr. McLeroy will ioin her in
a few days and they will probably
make this their home for another
year.
Mr. Jerry Pate, of Augusta, came
back last week ito live among us
again.
Mr. Tommie Landreth, of LaGrange
spent one night last week with his
mother here.
Mr. and Mrs. McClain, of Stand
ing Rock, spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Estes.
Ixiuise and Cary Barnes had as
ttieir guests Sunday Sara Henderson,
Mabel White, Roy and Willie Hen
derson, Marion Smith. Albert and J.
T. Bassett. Wevmond Cofield, I eon,
Ionic and Paul Barnes and Pierce
JFhite.
The Burnham show com pa ay ex
lilbited here Saturday afternoon nndi
night, a good crowd was hi atten
dance and seemed to enjoy the Shaw
<1
With each cash pur
chase made in our
dry goods depart
ment we give a cash ticket
and when your purchases
amount to $10 cash traded
in the dry goods section of
our stores we will sell you
20 lbs. of best granulated
Sugar for $1.00 at
Meal and Hulls
r 11,111,11 ————i
From New Crop Cotton Seed
We Are Now Prepared to
Fill Orders for Your Require
ments .* .* .* .* .*
Get Them While They are Cheap
MEAL, PER SACK 91-35
HULLS, (bulk) PER HUNDRED. 30c
HULLS, (sacked) PER HUNDRED.. 45e
Let Us Trade For Your Seed
Farmers Cotton Oil Co.
20 lbs. Sugar
« 1.00
YLK • You know what it is
|%f| f\'W% I to be well dressed
Ifltflll and to know that
** your clothes fit you
just as they should and with the evry
latest effects. You have an opportunity to be clothed
like a king at the cost of a few dollars and to know
that you have the best to be had at a reasonable price.
SEE
MIKE FR0S0L0NA, Tailor
Greenville Street.
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 1914. _ .
West Point, October 14, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
HoganBVille, October 15 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.
LaGrange every day.
.... . . ■ - —
C. E. Poythress,
Tax Collector, Troup County, Ga.
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LaGrange Foundry and Machine Co.
We nre now prepared to make all kinds of castings from iron and
brass and to repair machinery of every description. Our foundry
is modem 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 in 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. •
LaGrange Foundry and Machine Co.
The Southern Mutual
Insurance Company
INSURES AGAINST LIGHTNING
WITHOUT ADVANCE IN RATES
By special legislative enactment approved by the governor on
July 18th, 1914, the Southern Mutual Insurance Company, of Athens,
Ga., is now empowered to include the “Lightning Clause” in all
of its policies without advance in rate.
The addition of this feature, coupled with the large dividends
returned to policyholders makes Southern Mutual insurance
'The Best at Lowest Cost”
L. H. Adams
In case of vacancy or alteration notify Agent.
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Wick Blue Flame O'l Stove. These stoves are on sale
la LaGrange by Hanson Hardware and Furniture Co.,
Hudson Hardware Co.,
Or write for further information to
STANDARD OIL COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA.
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