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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER
Crop Estimate by
Weil Brothers
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 1, 1914.'
Dear Sirs:— I
Pursuing the same methods of
ascertaining the yield of the cotton
crop this year as in former years, we
now submit our estimate of 16,180,-
000 bales, total yield for the season
of 1914-1915, We estimate Alabama
at 1,720,000, Georgia at 2,875,000, j
and Mississippi at 1,310,000. {
The features of the crop were the !
exceptionally fine weather prevailing,
during the early spring, tne conse- ,
quent fine preparation, the large
quantities of fertilizers—artificial
and natural—used, the absence of .
grass and weeds during the months '
of May and June, the high standard ,
of cultivation and exceptionally fav
orable weather during August and
September, and the very fine weather j
for harvesting, which, by the way, ■
will be dompleted earlier than usual. I
Frosts occurred the latter part of
October and the middle of November.
But for these frosts the yield would
have been much greater.
The marketing of this crop by pro
ducers is being done grudgingly, slow
ly, carefully, for the reason that the
planter is not only losing the price
of his labor and his trouble, but ac
tual money besides, owing to the low
prices for cotton now prevailing.
Not only is this the case with the
staple but it is also the case with cot
ton seed, which brings about one-
third of its normal value.
The farmer, the supply merchant,
the wholesale merchant and the
banker are all interested and all suf-
fering from the same cause. Con-j
sequently the holding policy is en
dorsed by all and participated in by
all. It is said that the same force
is being exerted and the same policy
pursued by the same parties in the
matter of decreasing the acreage for
the next season. Let us hope it is
for the good of all concerned.
Very respectfully,
WEIL BROTHERS.
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D ON'T laugh! But she gave mo cigar*.
Selected the things by their color—
They came out in one of those Jars—
I think they were called the "Maud
Muller."
I’ve read all these glft-clgar Jokes, '
I know I must road them hereafter;
Please wait for the place for the laugh
ter.
Don’t smile! But sho bought them her
self.
I know how she talked to the dealer—
She looked at each box on the shelf
And spoke of the wrapper as “poelar.”
STEVENSON’S CHRISTMAS
SERMON.
To be honest; to be kind; to
earn a little and to spend a little
less; to make upon the whole a
< > family happier for his presence;
to renounce when that shall be
necessary and not to be embit
tered; to keep a few friends, but
these without capitulation—above
all, on the same grim condition,
to keep friends with himself—
here is a task for all that a man
has of fortitude and delicacy.
He has an ambitions soul who
would ask more; be has a hope
ful spirit who should look in such
an enterprise to be successful.
There Is indeed one element In
human destiny that not blindness
Itself can controvert Whatever
else we are intended to do, we
are not intended to succeed; fail
ure is the fate allotted. It Is so
’ > In every art and study; It is so
< . above ail in the continent art of
J | living well. Here is a pleasnnt
< i thought for the year’s end or for
X the end of life: Only self decep-
& tlon will be satisfied, and there
T need be no despair for tile de-
spairer. <£
O, beautiful-looking were they—
1 think they were called the "Maud
Muller.”
Of course you think now of hay
Unless, as I was, you are duller.
Don’t grin! They wore gilt and red band*.
And really looked quite artistic.
She says that she now understands
Why smoking has charms that are
mystic.
She says that it’s cheering to see
How much as I smoke I enjoy them.
I know you are choking with glee
And think that I wished to destroy
them.
Now, wait! Well, I sat down and smoked;
She placed the ash tray on the table:
I chuckled and subtly I Joked—
"Maud Muller,” you know, was the
label.
Well, talk of your jokes on cigars!
I said you might laugh when I’d ended.
These came out In one of those Jars—
And, honestly, now, they were splendid.
How to Improve
theJBreed by Law
That the enforcement through le
gal agencies of the principles of
eugenics, admirable as they are, be
longs to a future ideal state of so
ciety, and not to the imperfect pres
ent, is tho opinion of such authorities
as Dr. William Mabon, superinten
dent of the Manhattan state hospital
and chairman of tho Medio-Psycholo-
gical association committee which has
studied the subject with scientific
care, and certainUy without preju
dice against any practicable scheme
for race improvement. The conclus
ions of the committee were supported
by the society at its meeting, when
resolutions advocating "clean bills of
health” and “evidence of normal
mind” in candidates for marriage
licenses were emphatically rejected
by it.
Like most reformers, the eugenists
move too fast. They would remake
a world over night, and change the
habits of a whole race by writing a
law on the statute books. Not nnlv
would the course which they advo
cate fail to accomplish the purpose
they desire, but it would inevitably
bring in its train unecessary suffer
ing and lawlessness. But this is not
to say that their crusade will accom
plish no good. On the contrary, as
Dr. Mabon says:
“I do think that, as education of the
people continues, and the lay public
becomes more and more familiar
with the consequence of the marriage
of unfit persons, the health of a pros
pective husbancf or wife will exert a
more and more powerful influence and
that love will move within a narrower
range and reason in a wider.”
It will be observed that Mr. Ma
bon does not exclude love from his
highly educated, sensitive and re
sponsibility-acknowledging society.
He restricts its field somewhat by ex
tending the province of reason. Nor
is this a mere dream. Most persons
have knowledge of cases in which
strong passions have been curbed and
the natural desires of those possessed
by them restrained through the
operation of a realization of physical
or mental unfitness for their fulfill
ment. One of Dr. Doyle’s stories iR
based on an incident of this nature,
and we presume that scarcely a medi
cal man on the roster is unacquainted
with cases of the kind. .
What the Medico-Psychological as
sociation has done is to acknowledge
the imnotency of law to brmg about
a condition thnt can be attained only
through education. If other societies
would recognize, as it does, that; ail
progress is not measured by statu
tory enactments, a good many
mischievous laws would soon cease to
cumber the books: and were the
monpv expended in ineffectual efforts
to enforce thefh devoted to «« cause
of education the advent of ideal con
ditions might be brought appreciably
closer.
Ring Around.
Mari had a little ring, ’twas given
And ^everywhere that Mary went
that ring was sure to go.
She took the ring wth her one day
when she went out to tea
Where she might show it to the
girls who numbered 23.
And when the girls alt saw the ring
they made a great ado.
And all exclaimed in chbriis. Has
it at last got ’round to YOU T
Luke McLnke BA**:
A man can He out of a lot of things.
But he can’t deny It when he eats
0I1 A n man will pay a dollar for a 50
cent article that he wants. A woman
will pay 49 cents for a 89 cent article
that she doesn’t want.
A girl is real proud when she
Graduates from college with a B. A.
But she is even prouder when she
enters the school of matrimony and
adds B Y to her degree.
A girl can wear a long skirt and
make it display more hosiery than
if she wore a short skirt. It is all in.
the management. I
A mother never changes. When
her son is 40 years old and wears long
whiskers she won’t call him anything
else but “Willie.” ' j
The scientists must be losing their
grip on the Peepul. In December of
last year the Harvard savants an
nounced the great discovery that
nearly all women are _ knock-kneed.
iBut you may have noticed that the
fool men keep right on getting mar
ried and taking a chance.
> A Massachusetts girl N cut off her
hair in her sleep. Most girls yank it
off before they go to sleep.
The Hibrows claim that the use of
a medicated tissue screen will make
kissing “safe and sanitary.” It may
make it sanitary, but there isn’t any
wav to make kissing safe.
It must be a terrible jar to the
reformers to realize that the fellows
who smoke cigarettes manage to cop
out so many good jobs.
Method in Madness.
Buy a hale o’ cotton, Bill
Buy u heavy ham
Buy. a bar’l of apple sass
Buy a jar o’ jam.
Buy h box of oranges
Buy a car of oats ,,
Buy your self a suit of clothes
Buy some overcoats.
Buy yourself a ton of hay
Buy a load of bricks
Buy a pair of rubber boots
Buy a flock of chicks.
Buy yourself some chewing gum
Buy it by the box
Buy yourself an auto >
Buy a dozen sox.
Buy a year’s subscription
Pay it in advance
Then your friend, ye editor
Can buy a pair o’ pants.
—E. F. McIntyre.
Read the Ads.
FRIDAY MORNING. DEC. II. 19H.
f
A Flat Is Place to
Eat and to Sleep
Atlanta, Dec. 8.—An analysis of
1,250 suicides in a big city showed
that 98% were flat or tenement dwell
ers.
“Unhappy at home” was the cause
in most of thorn.
It proves that home is something,
more than four walls and a folding
bed. The man or woman with a bit
of flower garden, chickens and sun
shine will have small time to worry
himself into a suicide’s grave.
In a flat one eats and sleeps, lie
must find his amusement outside.
That often means trouble.
How many suicides do you read
of in rural districts. Hoiw many
farmers have committed suicide ?
We cant reduce suicides and divorc
es until we get back to natural liv
ing. And being natural means get
ting close to nature, closer to the
land.
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“A RACE FOR A BRIDE”
Stirling Faroe Comedy
“ IN SELF DEFENSE”
Imp 2 Part Dramatic Feature,
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“Huh! I bet you didn’t have a
good time at your Christmas party
yesterday" taunted Billy.
“I bet I did,” answered little Eddie.
“Aw, go ’way. Why ain’t you slcli
today, if you did?”
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