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FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 6, 1914.
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Chats and Comment
Give Your Farm
Some Name
The fad now ia to give your farm
or place a nnme. ,
Out we should go a little further
and do a little better and Rive the
puidic n little more satisfaction.
We should not only (rive our farms
names, but those names should be
neatly painted on a aign over each
entrance, TOGETHER WITH THE
NAME OF THE OWNER OF THE
And while we are about it let’s
do nnothcr (rood job and (rive a name
to every country church, and school
house, and cemetery, and public place
of every nature, AND HAVE THE
NAMES OF THOSE CONSPICU
OUSLY DISPLAYED.
And then when the township is
thus completely named and chartered
maps could be printed Bivins the lo
cation of each place by name,
together with every highway, lake
and river in like manner, and resi
dents could provide themselves with
these maps.
And with such a map a person to
tally unacquainted in the territory
couid (to anywhere and find any pluce
WITHOUT ASKING A SINGLE
QUESTION.
And that is aomething which NO
MAN ON EARTH can do today un
der present conditions.
Oiivc it a name.
Georgia Dinners
November 18th
Atlanta, Nov. 6., (Special)—“There
will not be in many years so oppor
tune a time, and there will not be for
another year so fitting an occasion,
as will be nfforded by the Georgia
Products Dinners, on November 18th,
for the people of this state to get
together and arrange among them
selves for the production and mar
keting of more foodstuffs," said Al
bert M. Smith, Secretary-Manager of
the Georgia Chamber of Commerce,
in an interview today. Continuing,
he said:
"Every person present ut these
dinners who has standing room for
a cow and even a small yard for
chickens or garden, should enter into
a covenant with his neighbors to pro
duce next year at least a part of the
food his family will consume. The
people of the towns and cities should
agree to use only Georgia Products,
so far ns they can be obtained, and
should enter into an agreement with
the farmers to do everything possible
to help market their products. Bank
ers, merchants and citizens generally
should do their part by aiding the
farmer in marketing his produce, and
bankers and supply merchants should
ndvertise to their trade territory that
they will finance the farmers who
plant foodcrops, but that they will not
furnish funds for more than BO per
cent of the 1914 cotton acreage. For
their own protection, as well as the
general good of the community, they
are under the economic necessity of
doing both these things, and I do not
believe that our bankers and mer
chants, nor the general run of our
citizens of either town or country
will be found wanting in carrying out
the agreements.
“1 wish every farmer in Georgia
would resolve to buy a blooded bull
and a blooded hog, and put into prac
tiee the policy of living at home. No
more remunerative work can be found
than the raising of cattle and hogs
in this state. Milton P. Jamigan,
Professor of Animal Husbandry,
Georgia State College of Agriculture,
has just given out a statement of the
results obtained by a man in South
Georgia who bought up 33 native
cattle, cleaned them of ticks by dip
ping, dehorned them, and fed them
for 100 days on silage, cotton seed
meal and oat straw. At the end of
100 days the 33 cattle were shipped
to Richmond, Va., and sold at a
profit of 26 per cent on the purchase
price plus all costs of fattening, ship
ping and selling, or at the rote of 79
per cent per year. Demonstrations
like this need no comment.
"One farmer brought hay into Tif-
ton last Friday and eleven farmers
brought cotton. The hay sold direct
from the wagon, but the cotton was
stored waiting for a chance to sell.
The Tifton Guzette soys the lesson is
to obvious to need comment. '
“I suggest that the newspapers
take up two movements, both of
which will work to the same end—a
"Buy a Bull" movement and a “Buy
a Blooded Hog" movement. If every
former who has native stock would
do this, in three years all of the
younger cattle in Georgia would be
seven-eights pure blooded. The only
other thing necessary would be dip
ping to eradicate the cattle tick, for
the raising of cattle will automatically
induce the raising of grains and hay "
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce
is working to have at least one din
ner ip every Gporgja county on Geor
gia Products Day. The dinners
should be simple, and the use of
Georgia products will make the cost
negligible. The main purpose is to
arouse the spirit of Georgians to go
back to the ways of their fathers and
live more economically—and better—
by producing what they eat and quit
draining their resources for the bene
fit of the North and WesL
Cotton Should
Be Protected
Atlanta, Nov. .5.—In sharp contrast
to the depression of the last month
is the feeling of optomiam shown
this week among merchants and
business men generally. The colder
weather has brought on a revival in
trade and there is a general feeling
that better times are on the way and
not far off.
Placards: "Stop Talking War.
Talk Business” adorn many stores
and offices, and the increased adver
tising in the papers and the news of
several new enterprises started has
given a better tone to. the situation.
Members of the National chamber of
commerce in Atlanta recently ex
pressed the opinion that within thr^e
months America and especially the
south would be on a boom and the war
would prove ultimately a blessing.
Cotton is being shipped regularly
now, the steamer lines to Europe
having resumed operations, and there
have been slight but steady advances
in the market.
That the farmer stands to lose more
by not protecting his cotton from the
weather than he does from low prices
is the opinion expressed by President
L. G. Council of the Georgia Bank
ers Association, who is urging plant
ers to place their cotton in ware
houses and obtain receipts vvhich can
be used in meeting obligations. Un
less this cotton is properly stored it
will deterioatc greatly between
now and the time when it is sold.
Let’s Stop
and Think
If we stop and think we can readily
see that the community that Pulls
TOGETHER will do more and AC
COMPLISH BETTER RESULTS
than the . one that is ALWAYS
DIVIDED.
By working together and producing
the greatest amount of marketable
products, and marketing them to the
best advantage and at the least ex
pense, we will have greater profits
in the community than we would oth
erwise receive.
And by buying our goods from our
local merchants and from one anoth
or, instead of sending away for them,
we are constantly increasing the
wealth of the community and the re
sultant prosperity of each individual
When much money comes into the
community and only a portion of it
goes out again the surplus at home
will grow, and grow, and grow, until
it becomes a veritable Eden of
wcnlthj
Let’s do a little thinking.
P FIGHT OF THE WOMEN.
In an address before the St. Louis
School of Pedagogy, Elbert Hubbard
said:
“They say women should not vote
because they can’t go to war as sol
diers, but long after the earth has
received to her bosom the thousands
killed the women have to survive and
clean up the mess.”
How About a
Farmers’ Club
Seymour, Ind., Nov. 6.—The far
mers club, newly constructed, was
dedicated last week with elaborate
ceremonies. This is the first build
ing of its kind in the middlewest,
entirely for the convenience and com
fort of the farmers who come here to
do their trading, and they have tak
en great interest in the building.
There is an assembly room Tor far
mers meetings, rest rooms for both
men and women and a room set apart
for children, in charge of a woman
who will take care of the little ones
while their mothers do their shop
ping. There are lunch rooms and
other conveniences, and from the
hearty endorsement- so far received
from the visiting farmers, the club is
sure to score a great success.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE REPORTER
Prizes for Ga.
Products Day
Atlanta, Nov. <>., (Special)—The
Georgia Chamber of Commerce has
announced the prizes which it will
offer from its treasury in connection
with the observance of Georgia Pro
ducts Day, Wednesday, November 18,
1914. There are eight prizes against
three last year and the total amount
offered is two and a half times as
great. The prizes and conditions are
as follows:
For the best list of agricultural
products thut can be raised success
fully and profitably in Georgia, $10,
provided list is received before No
vember 5th. >
For the most complete list of ar
ticles actually being manufactured in
Georgia at this time, with names and
addresses of makers, $10, provided the
list be received by November 21st.
For the best menu made up as far
as possible of Georgia products, that
can be served at the Georgia Products
Day Dinners, $5, provided Raid menu
is received before November 12.
For the best menu of Georgia Pro
ducts actually served to its guests by
a Georgia hotel on Georgia Products
Day, (Georgia Products Day dinners
served to the community by a hotel
not to be included in this contest),
chojce of diploma or $10 cash; pro
vided copy of menu is received be
fore November 21. It is desired that
advance copies of these hotel menus
be submitted to the Georgia Cham
ber of Commerce as fur ahead of
Georgia Products Day as possible.
For the best menu actually served
as a Georgia Products Day Dinner
by a Gieorgia community, $15, pro
vided menu is received by Novem
ber 21. Also, copy of menu should
be submitted to the Georgia Chum-
ber of Commerce as far in advance
of Georgia Products Day as possible.
For the best statement of reasons
why Georgians should "Buy at
Home,” to contain not over 100
words (the more epigrammatic the
better), $10, provided same is receiv
ed before November 5th.
For the best statement of reasons
why Georgia manufacturers and pro
ducers should advertise their pro
ducts, to contain not over 100 words
and as many less as possible, $10,
provided same is received before
November 6th.
For the’best method suggested for
advertising Georgia Products, both
manufactured and agricultural, to
contain not over 100 words, and as
many less as possible, $10, provided
same is received before November 5.
The prizes will be awarded by an
impartial committee as soon after
Georgia Products Day as possible.
There will be no delay in awarding,
announcing and delivering the prizes.
Additional Prizes.
Through the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce, The White Provision Com
pany, packers, Atlanta, offer one of
their “Cornfield" brand hams for each
of the best five menus actually serv
ed on Georgia Products Day in which
“Cornfield" ham is the principal meat.
This offer iR open only to com
munity Georgia Products Day Dinners
and the prizes will be awarded to the
Chairmen in charge of arranging th
dinners.
It has been decided to award to the
secretary of a commercial organiza
tion, or the chairman of the com
mittee on' arrangements where the
secretary is not acting in making the
preparations, who has the dinner at
which there is the largest number of
people served in proportion to the
population of the county according
to the census of 1910, ten dozen-pair
of the best grade "Radium" brand
half-hose, manufactured by the
^arietta Knitting Company, Marietta,
G«., and regularly sold at retail at
$3.00 per doz. The certificate of the
mayor or postmaster, both if possible,
must be attached to the list of names
of those served. This offer is In
tended to bring the people of town
and country together to make them
Stationery for
Farmers
Every farmer who owns his fnrm
ought to have printed stationery, with
his name, the name of his postoffice
properly given. The printed heading
might also give the names of what
ever crops he specializes in, or his
specialties in stock. Neatly printed
stationery gives you a personality and
a standing with any person or firm
whom you write and insures the prop
er reading of your name and address.
If you wish to write to your con
gressman or member of the legisla
ture, or if you have a request to make
of your county superintendent of
schools, or if you wish information
from any business house, in any case
your letter will have increased weight
and receive more and quicker atten
tion if you use printed stationery.
Get the habit. Come into the Re
porter office and have us »print you
500 sheets of good paper with en
velopes to match. It will be one of
the best investments you ever made.
Atlanta & West Point
Railroad Company
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS AT
GRANGE, GA. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 20, 1914.
SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND TY
POGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
LA-
Eastbound. Leave.
No. 42 For Atlanta 5:35 A. M.
No. 38 For Atlanta 9:45 A. M.
No. 40 For Atlanta ....11:50 A. M.
No. 34 For Atlanta ....4:25 P. M.
No. 36 For Atlanta 9:24 P. M.
Westbound. Leave.
No. 35 For Montgomery ..8:30 A. Si.
No. 33 For Montgomery .11:50 A. M.
No. 39 For Montgomery ..4:25 P. M,
No. 37 For Montgomery 7:18 P. to.
No. 41 For West Point ..8:25 P. M.
SOUTHERN STATES WOMAN
SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE-
All trains daily. Trains Nos. 35 and 36 have through coaches be
tween Washington and New Orleans^nd sleepers between New York and
New Orleans. Parlor cars, dining car between Atlanta and Montgo
mery and Montgomery and New Orleans.
Trains Nos. 37 and 38 (New York and New Orleans Limited) Solid
Pullman train between New York and New Orleans.
Trains Nos. 39 and 40 carry Washington Sunset Route Tourist cars be
tween Washington and San Francisco Daily.
Word has been received that Mrs.
Harriott Stanton Blatch and Miss
Crystabel Pankhurst will be among
the speakers at the Southern States
Woman Suffrage Conference in Chat
tanooga, November 10th and 11th.
The brilliant women who will assist
to make this Conference an epochal
one include Miss Kate M. Gordon,
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, Miss
Laura Clay. Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stu-
rt. Dorothy I)ix, Mrs. Wesley Mnrtin
Stoner, Mrs. Medill McCormick, Miss
Jean M. Gordon, Mrs., John B. Parker
and Mrs. Ida Porter-Boyer.
Coal Dealers Attention
TRADE 10c Cotton For COAL
We will sell you our Wilton Jellico Coal or Pioneer Straight Creek
5-inch Block at our current market prices. Both are high grade
Coals. We will take your Cotton in payment at ten cents per
pound or loan you the money on Cotton Warehouse Receipts at
seven cents per pound.
This shows onr interest in Southern trade and faith in the South’s
great staple.
WRITE OUR OFFICE FOR DETAILED OFFER
NORTH JELLICO COAL CO.
II PEACHTREE ST.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA
ALL’S WELL WITH THE WORLD
HOTEL WINECOFF
Atlanta, Ga.
HOTELS ARE LIKE FOLKS
They have personalities, pleea-
ant and otherwise.
The HOTEL WINECOFF, on the
centermost spot In Atlanta, Is a
pleasant and friendly sort of hotai
for rest, recreation or business
activity.
The HOTEL WINECOFF liras
the man and woman from out-of-
town a sense of security and
cheer. Often this spirit Is a hies*
ed and beneficent thing to ths In
dividual away from home.
Whether you pey $1.60 or $S.M
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 8TAFF;
Frank T. Reynolds,
Jae. F. deJarnett*
A. H. Chapman.
AMERICANISM.
The American Idea Is u free
church In a free state and u free
aud unseetiiiiau public school
In every ward and In every vil
lage, with Its doors wide open to
the children of all races and of
every creed. I^ft every man
honor and love the laud of bis
birth and the race from which
be springs and keep tbelr mem
ory green. It Is a plena and hon
orable duty. • • • Mere va
poring and boasting become n
nation as little ns a man. But
honest, outspoken pride and
faith in our country are Infinite
ly better and more to be respect
ed than the cultivated reserve
which seta it down ns 111 bred
und In bad tilste ever to refer to
our country except by way of de
predation, criticism or general
negation. VTe have a right to be
proud of our vast material suc
cess, our national power and dig
nity, our advancing civilization,
carrying freedom and education
In Its train. But to count our
wealth aud tell our numbers and
rehearse our great deeds (Amply
to boast of them la useless
enough.. We have a right to do It
only when we listen to the sol
emn undertone which brings the
message of great responsibilities
‘—responsibilities far greater than
\ the ordinary political and flnan-
' dal issues, which are sure to
' find, sooner or later, a right set
tlement.—Henry Cabot Lodge.
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 in this department are also capable of turning out
high class work.
COMMUNICATE WITH US F 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 HIGHE&T MARKET PRICES.
LaGrange Foundry and Machine Co
LIFE INSURANCE MONEY TO
LEND ON IMPROVED FARMS
REASONABLE INTEREST RATE. FOR TERMS APPLY TO
FARM LOANS
REASONABLE INTEREST ]
A. H. THOMPSON,
LAGRANGE,
GEORGIA.
better acquainted.
A number of additional prizes will
be offered by Georgia manufacturer?
within the next few days, which will
be announced as quickly as possible.
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
Rail Road
The standard of excellence in service
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 28, 1914. FROM LA
GRANGE, GA.
No. 25, for Birmingham, daily 11:31 A.M.
No. 71, for Roanoke, Daily Except Sundays 7:04 P.M.
'No. 74, for Manchester, daily Except Sundays 10:06 A.M.
No. 26, for Manchester and Atlanta, daily 2:20 P.M.
For passenger rates and further information see
W. W. CROXTON, E. B. SECKINGER,
General Passenger Agent, Agent, .
Atlanta, Georgia. LaGrange, Ga.
AUTO TIRES AND SUPPLIES
ARE SOLD HERE
We handle the Famous Fisk Tires and Inner
Tubes, known over the world as Standard Goods
AUTO ACCESSORIES OF ALL KINDS
Oils, Greases and Gasolines. The kind that gives
satisfaction. Your automobile needs large or small
may be supplied here. FREE Air Station-Use it
HUDSON HARDWARE CO.
12 MAIN STREET
TELEPHONE NO. 204