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NUjVIBER 10.
NEW MILL IS
ORGANIZED
Construction Work
Soon to Begin
Meeting of the Subscribers of the
Hillside Cotton Mills Was Held
in the Directors Room of the
LaGrange National Bank.
(The Hillside Cotton Mills, which
■will be LaGrange’s eighth big mill
ami add greatly to its industrial and
• commercial importance, was formally
organized as a body corporate on
Wednesday, the 16th, at a meeting of
the subscribers held in the director’s
room of the LaGrange National Bank.
Capital Stock Fixed at $500,000.
Following the preliminaries of ac
ceptance of charter, adoption of by
laws and other ‘ requirements under
the corporation laws of Georgia, a
resolution was ndopted fixing the capi
tal stock at $500,000.
Officers and Directors of New Enter
prise.
Following are tho officers of the
corporation:
C. V. Truitt, president,
S. Y. Austin, vice-president &
General Manager.
Fuller E. Callaway, trcasurev.
J. A. Perry, secretary.
The above with the following were
elected as directors:
J. G. Truitt, S. H. Truitt, Roy Dnl-
lis, tl.'H. Childs, J. H.j Edmondson,
W. A. Holmes, Ilatton Lovejoji, O.
A. Barnard, F. C. Johnson, C. M.
Puhlman,, J. W. Lane, Chau. E Perk
ins, J. Carroll Payne.
Will Push Construction Work.
The construetiorf'work will be begun
at the earliest possible time and push
ed to completion as rapidly as is con
sistent with the best standards of
building work. Work on several sec
tions of modern warehouses will he
begun within the next two or three
weeks and it is planned to start work
on the immense main buildings and
the cottages as soon as winter breaks.
Meanwhile, a great deal of the most
thorough and painstaking preliminary
work is being done by the manage
ment and the engineers, who are the
A. Dallis Company of Atlanta,
iile now plant will form the sixth
' iy the chain of successful cotton
under practically the same man-
jXent; and this experience will no
doaia^mean an equally brilliant suc
cess iw the Hillside Mills.
Will Benefit Entire City.
The building of a half million dollar
manufacturing plant in LaGrange
would be a most valuable service at
any time, but particularly so just now,
when the general tendency is toward
contraction of all enterprise and to
such an extent that workers in the
building trades are beginning to suf
fer. With this important construc
tion work assured for -next year, it
is' a certainty that there will he a
smaller proportion of unemployed in
IiaGrange than anywhere else in the
| state. Indeed, it is probable that
others may follow the example and
ake advantage of the favorable con
ditions of low-priced materials and
abundance of laborers anxious for
vork.
Part of Sanatorium
to Be Made Hotel
Among the most important business
changes to take effect on January 1st
will be the conversion of the greater
portion of Dr. Slack’s Sanatorium' at
corner Church and Harnlson street in
to a modern 20 room hotel, which will
be conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Will
Andrews, who are now operating a
hotel at The Rock, Ga.
Dr. Slack will continue his medical
practice and will also bo prepared to
care for a limited number of nursing
patients, hnving reserved his offices
and the first floor of the old building.
This will leave the entire new build
ing and the second floor of the old
Jiullding to be used for hotel purposes,
affording, in addition to the well-
equipped dining room, kitchen and
lobby, 20 guest rooms.
The building is admirably suited to
the proposed new uses, being one of
the best in point of construction in
LaGrange. It is equipped with olec-
tricity, running water, steam bent,
elevators, and perhaps one of the bust,
kitchen equipments to be found out
side of the larger cities.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews como highly
recommended in this fiel<f x>f work.
They had built up an envu. - repu
tation for their hotel at Tho Rock,
Ga., and were only induced to give it
up nml move to LaGrange by the fact
that this city affords a larger field and
they believe that they can quickly
build up a patronage to the cnpacity
of the building. Mrs. Andrews is a
graduate nurse and is especially skill
ed in dietetics. She will personally
superintend the culinary department,
which assures that in the. new hotel
the traveling public will find that ex
ceedingly important hut all too rare
quality of good, wholesome food pre
pared under the most cleanly and
.sanitary conditions.
SHORT COURSES AT STATE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
The State College of Agriculture
has announced a series of short cours
es, ten days, to be given between
January 4th and 15t.h, 1915.
There is no examination and no
tuition feo to pay only a $1.00 regis
tration fee. The course embraces 133
lectures and 40 demonstrations,
covering all of the varied branches
of farm work and presenting specific
answers to many of the problems fac
ing tho Southern fanners based upon
actual experience on tho farms and
stock pens and dairies connected with
■tho College. To make the courses Of
greater value, the lectures offered in
the soveral short courses will be
condensed and furnished in printed
form to nil studonts. When tho
school is over each pupil will have
about 50 sheets comprising a ready
reference book on the- special line of
study which he has pursued. Over
70 hours of instruction are given in
ench of the short courses.
Among the subjects embraced Arp:
“Cereal Production and Improve
ment.”
“Legumes."
“Insects Injurious to Grain."
“Farm Management.”
^‘Cereal Judging.”
"Farm Machinery.”
“Soils, Fertilizers, etc.”
A thorough course in livestock
farming.
Vuluable courses in horticulture,
embracing such subjects ns trucking,
orchard management, insects of fruit,
spraying, pruning, etc.
At a cost of $15.00 to $25 (the ac
tual expense) of railroad fare ami
board) any farmer can take this tqn-
day course and acquire a fund of/in
formation and ideas such as it Would
take years of individual experiment
ing to learn.
Rapidly moro and more of the farm-
ora of good old Troup arc waking up
to tho fact that crop-making neod not
be so much of a gamble.
The Reporter would like to sec
Troup’s farmers in the front rank
among tho Georgians who will take
advantage of tho short course of their
State College of Agriculture.
The cost is small; it will be at a
time when nothing can bo, done on the
farm unyway; and no .bettor invest
ment could ho mudo.
Those interested should write to the
Slate College of Agriculture, rt.hqns,
Ga., for a copy of the bullet''*, giving
full information about thoso courses.
C. D. Cline Brings
Fine Pork Sausage
Mr. C. D. Cline of LaGrange, Route
3, brought The Reporter four pounds
of fine pork sausage Tuesday in pay
ment for his subscription one yon
in advance. Many thanks to Mr.
Ciine.
In less than thirty minutes after
the sausage was brought to this of
fice, they were -sold. This goes to
prove that Troup county meat is in
great demand.
Mr. Ciine states that he recently
killed four fine hogs and stored a
thousand pounds of meat. This he
says will be more than he can use
during next year and will go a long
way towards supplying his employees.
He says that he intends to devote
much of his time during the coming
year to the raising of hogs.
MANY CHILDREN FLOOD
OLD SANTA’S LETTER BOX
The kiddies of Troup and surround
ing counties have surely done their
purt towards packing Old St.Niclioloa’
mail box this year. About fifty let
ters were published in The Reporter
last week and just about twice that
many are being carried this week.
These letters are very interestin '.
Some of tho writers have beon im
pressed with the fact that cotton i>
selling cheap and conclude that Santa’.)
supply has necessarily been cut short,
others have heard of tho needy Bcl-
giums und request that their presents
be divided with these little folks
across the water, but Borne of our lit
tle folks express their confidence in
this wonderful Santa Claus and make
their list for him a long one.
Somo of the letters follow; others
can be found on pages two, three und
twelve.
id^tgomery May
Play in G. A. L.
A’call meeting of the Georgia-A!a-
ama Baseball league was held at
nniston, Ala., last Friday aftfer-
President W. J. Boykin and a
^majority of the directors were in at-
jtcndance. Mr. Boykin was given
'authority to dispose of the Gadsden
franchise, and it was intimated that
iOntgomery may enter this league
ext year.
At the close of last season, Griffin,
Carrollton and Cedartown were men-
ioned as cities who might purchase
J>e Gadsden charter but no definite
report has been heard from these
cities.
l.'i If Montgomery has league ball next
(year it is said that Larry Brown, for-
|merly the Alabama Presbyterian col
lege star and catcher for the South
eastern league team at Anniston, later
with the Mobile Southern league, may
^ be manager.
Sleet and Snow
Saturday Night
Sleet followed by a light snow fall
was the weather program for last
Saturday night. The sleet began about
ten-thirty o’clock and the snow fol
lowed just before twelve.
The ground was wet thorougly s
the snow melted about as fast as it
fell and the LaGrange kiddies wen
cheated out of their battles the next
day. Only a few bits of snow r
mained to be seen Sunday.
Bradfield Drug Co.
Moves in New Store
During the past ten days, Bradfield
Drug Company has been moving into
the new stores on Main street, next
dooi- to Kress. This enterprising
company expects to bo ready' to serve
the people of LaGrange from their
new place of business as well as from
the old stand by January 1st.
The seed department as well as a
retail drug business will be operated
at the old stand while the new stores
will he the home of the wholesale
department and another retail sto
The members of this firm should
be complimented for enlarging their
business at this time when many of
the stores of this city are complaining
of being hard hit.
From Six Little Children.
- Roanoke, Ala., Dec. 13, 1914.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please allow us to thank the Repor
ter for a small space in the next issue.
Wo have lived in LaGganga all of
our lives until thin year. Now we
are five miles out from Roanoke, Ala
Please bring me a 22 rifle and box of
cartridges, a toy train and a wagon.
I am going to school.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a doll, a doll cradle,
a dresser, a toy stove, apples and
orangCH.
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a doll, a work box,
a toy piano and some confectioneries,
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a rocking chair,
and a tool box and a little horse and
some candies.
Dear Santa Claus: >
Please bring me a rocking chair,
and a hammer and a cocoanut and
some candies.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring baby a rattler, a rock
ing horse and a rubber doll and isomc
candy. Now don’t forget wherje we
live and mama and papa; Mama jvants
some dishes and papa wants a year’s
subscription to the Reporter and
Progressive Farmer.
Hoping you are well and the weatli*-
er will be pretty the night of the 24th,
good-by'and good luck. ~
Your little friends, Tj
Luther Phillips, a boy, 11 years.
Louise Phillips, a girl, 9 years, i
Lida Maude Phillips, a girl, 7 yeai/s.
Leister Phillips, a boy, 6 years.
Leon Phillies, a boy, 4 years. 1
Poillips, a boy, 2 years.
“Anything You Have for Girls”
Standing Rock, Ala., Ded. 10, 1914.
Dear Santa Claus:
1 um a little girl nine years old, I
want you to lot me tell you whut I
want you to bring. 1 wunt a Roa
noke doll', lniggle, bod, orangos, cud
dies and nuts, all kinds of fruit. L want
a doll dress, soifio Roman'• cannons,
flro cruckerB and sparklers and suwl
crackers. Bring me anything you
have for girls. A merry Christmas.
Your littlo friend,
LOTTIE DELL HARRIS.
Boy in the “Red Hills” Wants Some
Nice Tilings.
LaGrange, Ga., Ddc. 16, 1914.
Dear Old Santa:
I am a little boy eleven yearn old,
living on a farm out in the red hills.
I want you to bring mo some nice
things for Christmas.
Your fripnd,
GARNETT DANIEL.
Will Be Glad When Time Comes For
Santy.
West Point, Ga., Doc. 14, 1914.
Dear Old Santa:
IIow are you this year. I want you
to- bring me a doll stove, tublo and
confectioneries. 1 will he so glad
when it is time for you to como. Don’t
forget mother, father and aunt Jennie.
I am,
Your little girl,
EVELYN BARTLEY.
Rocking Horse and Confectioneries.
West Point, Ga., Dec. 14, 1914.
Dear Santa:
I am a little boy two years'old. I
want you to bring me a rocking horse
and confectioneries. I am,
Your little boy,
NATHAN BARTLEY.
ejUips.
,\Ga.,
Dec. 16, 1914.
Lawrence
LaGrange
¥7ntle Girl Wants a Manicure Set
West Point, Ga.,
Dear Santa Claus:
I want you to bring me a manicure
set and confectioneries. I am
Your little girl,
MARY KATE BARTLEY.
From-a Baby Boy.
West Point, Ga., Dec. 14, 1914.
Good morning Santa:
I am a little baby boy. I want you
to bring me a rubber doll, ball and
confectioneries,
Your baby boy,
JIM BARTLEY, Jr.
A'Cap Buster and Fireworks.
West Point, Ga.
Dear Santa:
I want you to bring me a cap bus
ter, fireworks, and confectioneries. By-
by-
JOE BARTLEY.
.
• A Traiq of Cars.
Wegt toint, Ga.
Dear Old Santa:
I want you to bring me a train of'
cars, gloves, bugle, fruits and candy,
Good-by. i HAROLD BARTLEY.
(Additional Santa Claus Letter on
'2, 3 and 12.)
Will You Help
With a Donation?
”1 just wish that more of the big-
hearted people of LaGrange knew
about these poor little children,” said
Mrs. N. E. Murshburn, speaking of
the largo numbor of little ones to
whom Christmas will bring only
disappointment and sadness unless
their Santa Claus is given a helping
hand by those more fortunately
situated. Mrs. Mnrrhburn und cthar
ladies of the W. C. T. U. are engaged
in the laudable work of providing
Christmas present for as many as
possible of the children of LaGrange
who might he faced with tho pros
pect of empty stockings but for provi
sion of this nature. The presents will
take tlie form of fruits, confectione
ries, toys and, in many instances,
articles of utility and greater need,
such as shoes, clothing, warm gloves
and mufflers.
Through letters received from the
children themselves and cases report
ed by those interested, a really dis
tressing number of cases in need have
been brought to light. There is need
for more general interest and helpful
ness. One business man has led the
way with a check for five dollars, will
not others como in for such amounts
as they nre able?
Donations and reports of pKos
should be made to Mrs. N. E. Marsh-
burn, president of the W. C. T. U., 80
Broad street, telephone 57(h All of
the articles contributed and bought
will be assembled at Mrs. Marshburn’s
home and fyom there' distributed at
Christmas by the children of the Loyal
Temperance Legion.
Notice to Children of the Loyal Tem
perance Legion.
Mi-s. Mavshburn requests that nit
of the children of the L. T. L. arrange
to furnish at least one toy or present
euch.
James T. Whitley
Died Last Tuesday
James. Thomas Whitley, a Confede
rate veteran and an honored citizen
of Northwest Troup, died at 9:45
o’clock on the evening of Tuesday, De
cember 15th at tho advanced age of
ninety years. Ho had been confined
to his bed for several weeks' and it
was realized that there was but'slight
hope of recovery, but his doath came
as a great shock to his family and
friends to whom ho had endeared him
self by his exceptional and lovable
personal qualities.
Mr. Whitley was a native of Wal
ton county, but came to this Bection
while yet a young naan. In 1858 he
was married to Miss Mary Ann Gar
rett, who survives him and has her
self attained tho udvancod age of
seventy-eight years. Mr. Whitley re
sponded to the call of his country ;
the late Civil war and gallantly serv
ed in the 66th. Ga., regiment until its
close. Although he was wounded and
would have been entitled to a pension,
he did hot apply for one, holding that
such bounty should only be given to
those who were actually incapacitated.
Besides his widow, the deceased is
survived by four sonB, J. B., W, W.,
P. C. and G. T. Whitley; and one
daughter, Mrs. J. M. Barrett, all of
whom reside in or near tho Glenn com
munity.
The funoral services were held at
tho Methodsit church of Glenn and
were conducted by Rev. C. 13. Martin,
pastor of the Baptist churches of
Antioch and Glenn. The church was
crowded with friends and neighbors
of the deceased, mutely attesting the
esteem in which ho was held. The
pastor touchingly referred to tho
splendid character and works of the
deceased, his nigged honesty, his
gentle, unassuming manner; and to
his crowning service to the community
through having roared five noble
children, all of whom reflect the ex
cellent qualities of their parents. Tho
beautiful song service was led by Mrs.
A. C. Crockett, Miss Nellie Cook and
Mrs. I. Q. Adams. Mrs. Adams’ beau
tiful rendition of the , song, “Death
is Only a Dream," brought tears to
the eyes of many. ,
At the close of the services the cas
ket was opened by request and silent
ly the large concourse of friends filed
by the mortal remains of the gallant
old rnan as if to express a sorrowful
“good-bye” and a mute benediction.
The body was interred in the ceme
tery at Glenn.
XMAS DAY TO
BE OBSERVED
Business Houses to
Be Closed All Day
The Woman's Club Issues Peti
tion for Stores to Close. Near
ly All Sign Up. Drug Stores
Will Observe Sunday Hours.
Christmas day, which falls on Fri
day of next week, will bo generally
observed as u holiday in the business
district. All of the banks and most
of the merchants have! already agreed
to tho plan, and it is believed that
the few remaining will conclude to
just make it unanimous.
This excellent idea was put in mo
tion by tho Woman’s Club. Mrs. C. V.
Truitt was appointed chairman of a
committee to see the merchants, and
so earnestly did she present the cause
that most of them readily fell in line,
and to make it absolutely conclusive
and impossible of misunderstanding
they have agreed not to open at all
during the entire day of December 25.
Following is the form of the agree
ment together with the numes of those
who have ulroady signed:
“We, the undersigned merchants
and business men of LaGrange, agree
not to open our stores and places of
business during the entire day of De
cember 25, Christmas day. We furth
er agree to suspend business of all
kinds on that day.”
C. V. Truitt Company.
Red Star Department Store.
Hudson ITardvvaro Company.
Goldberg Department Stores.
Barnes Furniture Company.
Daniel Grocery Company.
S. IT. Kress & Company.
Edmondson-Christopher Company.
Ilunson Hurdware & Furniture Co.
LaGrange Hardware Company.
IT. M. McCoy.
Bradfield-ITutchinson Company.
LaGrange Dry Gpods Company.
J. B. Luramore.
Goldstein Brothers.
Lohmunn Jewelry Company.
The Ready-to-Wcar Store.
Miss Mollio Rowland.
Spinks Hardware Company.
Jas. S. White. '■
Tho Red Star Shoe Store.
Pharr Bros. & Childs Co.
Clark’s Book Store.
Tho Racket Storo.
McCnine Bros.
E. 11. Clark Company.
Callaway’s Department Stores.
J. E. Dunson & Bros. Company.
R. L. Adams Hardware Company.
Wright & Hunter.
C. E. Market.
Hunter-Owens Furniture Co.
T. H. Caudle.
Johnson & Spearman.
Hub Tailors.
J. T. Rutland & Son.
J. N. Allen.
C. L. Hearn.
Fuller E. Callaway Company.
J. D. Gay.
The drug stores will observe the
regular Sunday hours, remaining
open a few hours in the forenoon to
accommodate those who must have
prescriptions filled.
Mrs. Truitt Thanks Merchants.
As chairman of the committee ap
pointed by the Woman’s Club, I wish
to, thank the merchants who so graci
ously consented to close their stores
all Christmas day in order that the
clerks might have tho entire day at
their disposal.
MRS. C. V. TRUITT.
The Reporter wishes to commend
both the originators and the partici
pants in this excellent move. It is to
bp hoped that it will establish a pre
cedent for all years to come, thereby
making it so that tho merchants and
clerks can observe Christmas as it
should be observed.
Reporter Published
Earlier Next Week
The next issue of The Reporter will
be published On Thursday instead of
Friday. It will be issued a day earlier
so that every member of the force
may spend a merry Christmas.