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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. -H-M-H-M 4 H-4-I 4-4 4 4-4--H-H-H4 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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We are now displaying an. unusually attractive 1 line,also a stylish display of MONO GR.AM STATIONERY JTn> W/at/y or CCff CDojrso 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.