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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER
FRIDAY MORNING DEC. 18, 1914.
Christmas fjomccoming
One of the great features of Cbrtstmae te
the home meeting. Row many hundreds of
thousands who have been separated through
out the year will now be gathered together
once more under the old home roofl It Is
well that (t should be so. It warms the heart
to read of the trains to the north and the
trafns to the south, east and west being filled
with people going home for their Christmas
holidays. "I am told/' said Gladstone once,
"that the strain of our commercial life has
loosened even the bonds that unite the fam
ily; that In the struggle for existence the par
ents forget the child and the child forgets the
parents. CHell, I read the other day that some
hundreds of thousands of people were leav
ing London to spend their Christmas holi
days at home. Chat Is a pleasing and prac
tical refutation of much of this pessimism/'
It Is. If the parents did not thlnh of the
children they would not have them home, and
If the boys and girls did not thlnh of the
parents they would not go home. Blood Is a
great deal tbfeher than water, and nothing will
alter It. Go home for Christmas l
PR. HARRY SLACK WRITES
SOME INTERESTING LETTERS
So many readers of the Reporter
have expressed interest in former
lottei that we have prevailed upon
Dr. ai i Mrs. Slack to allow the pub-
licatioi of the following extracts
from k ;rs received from their eon,
Dr. Hai Slack, who is a volunteer
in the i lerican Rod Cross Service
ut Pau, I'Y nce:
It may to of interest to you to
know somcihing of the distribution
of the wou idod, and how thoy aro
cared for. The Minister of War
told the Mayor of Pau that Pau
would have to care for so many
wounded; they requisitioned schools,
convents, etc., and tho Hotel Syndi
cate was informod that they would
have to look out for their quota of
wounded. Tho Palais do Hiver was
closed during the war anyway, (all
and her daughter, who is about six
teen, and little son, work there from
early morning until dark. They have
made a lot of stuff, too, sheets, gowns
for the operating room, clothes for
tho patients. You know they have
been working well to get so many
clothes, too. They have had help,
though, from all sides. Tho French
people do not believe in working hard
•or long, and they aro not going to do
it, war or no war. All take ofT two
hours for lunch, and one has to keep
right in behind those orderlies to got
anything done. The French have the
roputntion of being tho most thrifty
people in the world, and in a way
thoy are.
Before louving tho hospital
gnnization must mention one man to
whom much of tho success of our
success
places of amusement are), so the organization is duo—in fact I should
hotel people agreed to fit the place' say ho is very important to the sys-
up with beds, linen, etc.—everything. 1 tom: Mr. Brahman. He came over
Thoy did this in order to keep their
hotels from being requisitioned.
Then they had a dispute about who
us an interpreter, and ho has such
good ideas about things that he has
saved much trouble. He is a scientist
was to feed the patients; tho hotel pure and simple, for science’s sake,
people said they had dono eneiugh,! His specialty is the Centipede, and ho
and it wasn’t their place, but the knows more about centipedes thun any
Military authorities said: “Youj other man. He is working out some
had better come ncross, or wo will. stops in the chain of evolution
take your hotels.” S(i they did look shown by the development of cent!
out for tho commissary, too.
And, by way of parenthesis, lot mo
say they feed these patients well
podos; his collection is one of the most
completo in the world, and at pres
ent is loaned to the Museum in Paris,
better than the ward patients aro fed Before pursuing his bent it was ueeo's
in our own country. Thoy get soups, 1 sary to earn an income, so by diligent
vegetables, meats, wino and bread in
abundance; if eggs, broth, milk, etc.,
are necessary, they get them too.
In our wards we have Colonials,
and all—Algerians, Turkos, Arabs—
everything but Sonoagles — don’t
happen to hnve any blacks over yet,
but thoy may come in any minute.
We have no commissioned officers ns
yet, but the “non-coms." hnve a ward
to themselves and a table all to them
selves. As a class, these patients
are nice—all very gentlomanly, po
lite, and some splendidly educated,
bright fellows amongst them.
We are practically in charge of tho
place ns far as handling cases, treat
ment, operations, etc. Dr. Kirby
Smith is a fine, organizer, and tho
head nurse is also good, so our end of
the administration is O. K. The
French have one doctor stationed
here. He is from Bordeaux. He
requested that Dr. Kirby Smith give
him one man to assist him, (it sec m3
^hat the military authorities require
that we have some pationts to care
for) ado he practically turns over
his ward td this man.
Our superintendent is a Pharma
cist from some town in France, press
ed into service by tho Military au
thorities—then we havh clerks, or
derlies, etc., galore. They sure have
plenty of help. There Rro several
French ladies ha volunteer nurses—
no training, but they pet and sym
pathize with the wounded scldiors.
They were much surprised the first
time a bunch of wounded arrived, to
sec our nurses roll up their sleeves,
get hot water and brushes and soap,
and go to scrubbing the BOldiers clean.
At first there was some friction be
tween these willing volunteers and
our nurses, but now things are be
coming adjusted. There is a Madame
Key from Paris who is making her
self very useful in the linen room. She
work and thrift ns a bank clerk, ho
accumulated sufficient funds to
able him to quit work and take up
his roftl life work. His laboratory is
very well equippod—nothing fancy
but everything necossary. One would
think at once that such a man would
bo narrow and unpractical, but on the
contrary, ho is a very broad-minded
man, having the most comprehensiva
grasp of all dotails that I have eve:
soon in any Frenchman. Ho reads
eight or nine languages and speaks
five. His English is perfect, both in
grammar and pronunciation.
Tp answer your quoation: No, I
do not know the volunteer—the
Southern girl you mentioned. There
are about a million or more who aro
trying to do what they can in tho way
of personal service and otherwise—
many who are trying to nurso do so
at their peril, on account of thoir
lack of experience and training. Two,
light here in Pau, have lost their
lives on aieoynt of infection—one
pin. prick, the other, hang nails. It
seems to me the French have all tho
help they need, but money, supplies,
etc., are sorely needed.
Tho French have manifested great
wisdom in tho distribution of their
prisoners. You see it does these peo
ple’s hearts good to see a few pris
oners of war, makes them foel like
they are doing something. So they
have them scattered everywhere.
Every town of any siie has from ono
to five hundred prisoners. This dis
tribution also relieves the govern
ment of the necessity of concentrat
ing food, and it gives various com
munities opportunity to command a
certain amount of labor, for most of
the prisoners work by choice.
The wounded are cared for in tho
Bame way—distributed around. At
Conte rets, a small mountain village
near here. they have seventy; at
Pienefltte, just down in the valley,
there are sixty-eight; at Lourdes they
have about a thousand; here they
have two thousand, and so it goes.
don't know how many wounded are
being cared for in all, but it is quite
nough.
Now, as to the patients themselves:
As a class they are very much like
grownup children in their attitude
and conduct. They are very bright
and cheerful, appreciative and polite.
Two'nights ngo two of the convales
cents “made up” one as a Spanish
brigand and the other as a Dutch
man. Well sir, it was funny! They
amused the whole hospital for about
an hour; best vaudeville I've seen in
many a dav. Wish I could tell you
about them individually, but will have
to pick out just one or two. Bossier,
a great big stalwart man about twen
ty-five years old, a Sargeant, was
wounded twice, shot through the leg.
For bravbry and coolness in handling
a machine gun he was awarded the
Military Medal—a very high honor,
more desired by the soldier than the
region of Honor. You should have
his comrades congratulating
him, when he received information
from the War Department that his
brave deeds had been recognized. Bos
sier lived in Paris, was employed in
a library, and has a very good educa
tion. He took great interest in help
ing the nurses learn French, and
studied English diligently. All these
patients are picking up English very
readily.
Here it is Sunday, Nov. 15th, and
my letter not finished yet! We have
been very busy—a new batch of
wounded—(44 came to Pau), some of
them very side—all kinds of things
from fractured skulls to shot up toes
Bronchitis, typhoid fever, appendi
citis-well about everything! And
they aro surely keeping ub busy.
I’m going to copy o letter we re
ceived from some of our patients we
discharged this morning—some of
them were very eager to got back to
the front. Hero the letter i
B’rcnch:
(Translation)
To the American DocLors of the Free
Hospital C.
Gentlemen:
On leaving the hospital allow us to
express our gratitude for tho care and
devotion you have constantly extend
ed us.
We are indebted to your science for
having been restored to health, and
you have given France back her sol
diers.
Although our language varies, our
hourts beat in unison, and we under
stand each other readily. Thanking
you again, and with a hope for the
two Sister Republics to flourish, wo
aro
Guerard, Auguste, No. 10.
Eliad, Jean Baptiste, No. 14.
" Thissier, Rene, No. 23.
Lebrusq, Johcph, No. 24
Lojadco, No. 7.
Noy. 23. .You must hoar about the
concert given to our woundod Thurs
day afternoon. It was splendid, and
the BOldiers seomod to enjoy it im
mensely, know I did. Wo had some
first class music, the first I had hoard
in a long while. In addition to our
own convalescents (about 125—the
The boy was only slightly wounded,
a rifle bullet clean through his left
arm. It is perfectly marvelous to see
what rest, food, and n little care will
do for these patients. As soon as I
have more time will write fully about
aofne of the very interesting cases we
have had recently.
Friday afternoon Dr. Fayreweather
and I went out to the Villa Beaupres,
the place the Irish have made into a
hospital They are the ones who ex
pected to have the Palais de Hiver,
but we beat them to it. Ulster Volun
teers, who had prepared to fight Home
Rule. Believe me, if every thing
about that Ulster Army was as com
plete as their hospital organization,
19iey would have given the English a
merry run. They brought everything
with them, down to beds. Have
dandy hospital—about 35 patients,
capacity 60—three doctors (one worn
an) and ten or twelve nurses, four
orderlies. One of the doctors was
called to see the Queen of Spain re
cently and made a trip to Madrid for
that purpose. They were very cordial
to us, gave us tea, etc., and invited
us to call again.
Well, I must close now and feed a
tetanus case—have to feed through
a nasal tube, but I believe he is going
to get well. If there’s anything worse
than tetanus I haven’t seen it. Dr.
Barrere, the French Medicin Chief,
gave us a very interesting talk on the
French Army—organization, officers,
etc. But it would not do to talk about
these matters now.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EXCUR
SION FARES VIA MACON ft
BIRMINGHAM RY.
Tickets at Holiday excursion Fares
ill be sold from all points on the Ma
con & Birmingham Railway at re
duced rates. Minimum round-tri(p
fare |2.00.
Dates of. Sale—December 10th to
25th inclusive, also 31, 1914. and on
January 1, 1915.
Final limit—Tickets will be void for
return trip after January 6, 1915,
prior to midnight of which date re
turn trip must be completed.
For detailed information call on
neaoreHt Agent or address C. B.
Rhodes, General Passenger Agent,
Macon, Ga. Jan. 1
remainder being confined to bed) we
had about 300 convalescents from oth
er hospitals, twenty or thirty not
ables, including the Sultan of Mo
rocco, and you should have seen tho
people bowing and scraping to the old
Sultan—the Prefect (same as our
Governor) tho Mayor, and a General
or two; thou there were other guests,
including the nurses and doctors, from
other hospitals, their families, friends
of officers, and .so on.
Among the pationts from other hos
pitais there were five Senogalese; and
those big negroes did not change their
expression during the entire perfor
mance—apparently didn’t understand
or appreciate a single thing, except
at last the “Marseilles!" And my,
how that electrified every one of
them! They all joined in and it was
repeated several times. Am sending
you a program.
All of tho performers were crack
stage people, and seemed to take
great pleasure and interest in amus
ing the “wounded.” After the con
cert, the piano was kept in the Pal-
manium a day or so, and we had one
continual performance. Two of my
sergeants aro quite talented—one.
Dragoon, Andcgium, plays well—any
thing—he also draws and paints well
and occasionally stirs up a vaudeville
performauce. Another, Antona, has
a perfectly magnificent voice, and is
one of the handsomest fellows I ever
8 aw. These two scarcely left the
piano for their meals. And I tell
you we had some good music, with all
the rest joining in. Antona is from
Algiers and his father and mother
came all the way up here to see him,
and they are very nice people, too.
His mother told me with tears in her
eyes how grateful she was for our
care, etc., how she had expected to
find him shot to pieces, gaunt and
hollow eyed, but instead, he was look
ing as well as she had ever seen him.
t SOME RED CROSS 8EAL
FIGURES.
Few people have nnv concep- • •
tlou of the magnitude of the "
Red Cross Christmas Seal Cam
paign. Here arc a few figures
that will show what a glgautic
movement this Is. Already 115.-
000.000 seals have been printed
and practically that entire num
ber distributed to agents In al
most every state In the UuIod.
Probably 16.000.000 more will
be needed. Advertising circulars,
posters, cards, etc., to the num
ber of several million, hnve been
distributed. It Is estimated that
tire ermy of paid end veiunteer
workers engnged In selling eeals
numbers well over 100.000. The
advertising and publicity donat
ed u» the campaign amounts to
several hundred thousand dollars.
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CARD OF THANKS.
We take this method of thanking
our good and kind neighbors for their
kindness during the sickness and
death of our dear wife and sweet
mama.
May God’s richest blessing rest
upon each one of you is our prayer.
H. Z. HENDRICKS and Children.
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j^^ER CRAVED CREETIHC CARDS
qSPwo* (fyyLstnuzAs <g>
These Cards are now in very general u*e InXS
| polite circles and of course are greatly to
preferred over the time worn,parish, styles of
the past..
We are now displaying an. unusually attractive
1 line,also a stylish display of
MONO GR.AM STATIONERY
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The LaGrange Reporter
HAKCOIJR J. .kCO.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that tho
Macon and Birmingham Railway
Company has applied to the Railroad
Commission of Georgia for the follow
ing authority:
1st. To discontinue passenger
trains 8 and 10 operating on Satur
days and Sundays.
2nd. To increase maximum pas
senger fares from 3 cents to 4 cents
per mile.
3rd. To discontinue the operation
of freight and passenger trains from
Sofkee to Macon, Goorgia, over the
tracks of the G. S. & F. Railway,
thereby making Sofkee the Eastern
terminus of the road.
4th. To increase freight rates be
tween Macon and stations on this line
on basis of Sofkee combination.
5th. To increase freight rates be
tween stations, Sofkee to IsiGrange,
inclusive.
This matter has been assigned for
hearing before tho Commission at its
/meeting to be hold in Atlanta at the
State Capitol on Tuesday, December
22, 1914, at 10 o’clock a. m. at which
time the Commission will afford all
interested parties an opportunity of
being heard.
This notice is published in accor
dance with the requirements of the
Railroad Commission of Georgia.
MACON & BIRMINGHAM RY. CO.
By J. B. Munson, Receiver.
CHRISTMAS EXCURSION
FARES.
To All Nearby Points in the
Sonth and to Muny Points in -
the Sooth, West and Cen
tral North.
VIA
THE A., B. & A. RAILROAD
Convenient schedules be
tween all points in Georgia and
Alabama.
Dates of sale to points in the
South and lofeal points on the
A., B. & A. Railroad, December
16th to 25th inclusive also De
cember 31st and January 1st,
1915. Return limit, January 6.
Dates of sale to the South
west, Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Texas, December 20, 21 and 22,
1914. Return limit January 18,
1916.
Dates of sale to the Central
North, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, South Da
kota, December 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 29, 30 and 31, 1914. Re
turn limit, January 18, 1915.
Call on nearest ticket agent
of the A., B. & A. Railroad for
full information, schedules, spec
ial fares, etc., or write W. W
Croxton, G. P. A., A., B. & A. R.
R., Atlanta, Ga.
1915 Calendar [□
We
Are Saving One For You
And We Want You to Have It
If you need a nice new Calendar
for 1915, and will call by, we will
be glad to supply you with an at*
tractive one.
V. R. & I. F. O’Neal
INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND RENTING
Rhone 131
National Bank Building
Christmas Cigars
Our stock contains the kind
smokers of this community like!
We don’t sell the “Joke” Christ
mas Cigars which you often hear
about. The lady who wishes to
give cigars, can select from our
stock with the assurance of getting
what is BEST, just the same as the
man who knows cigar values.
Will Rafund tho Money on Cigars that
Fall to RleasOo
Bradfield Drug Co.