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LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1005.
NUMBER 8
Gov. Terrell Accepts
Invitation to Speak
Will Deliver the Memorial Address in La-
Grange on April 26th.
ATLANTA, GA , MARCH 18, 1005.
Mrs. C. E. Gay,
President Ladies Memorial Association,
LaGrauge, Ga.
Dear Mrs. Gay:
I write to advise that I succeeded in arranging other matters so
as to be in LaGrauge on the 26th prox., for the purpose of making
the Memorial Day address. I am delighted at this opportunity of
spending a day in LaGrange and Troup county.
Very sincerely,
' J. M. TERRELL.
TORN TO FRAGMENTS.
Bodv of Charlie Beck f ound at West
Point, Having Been Run Over by
train.
MR. WHITE HERE.
This is the letter received by i "
the president of the Ladies Me- |
morial Association accepting their, _
invitation to deliver the address Has Ice factory in Operation for This
on Memorial Day.
The Reporter has known for
some time that the Ladies Me
morial Association had invited
Goyernor Terrell to deliver the
address this year, and takes pleas
ure in giving a more extended no
tice this week of his acceptance.
The Indies of the Memorial As
sociation and our citizens general
ly are appreciative of this accep
tance by Governor Terrell,
much as it was necessary
to decline a number
vitations.
Our people are looking forward
Season's Buisness.
Mr. G. Hall White, of Jackson
ville, has been in the city a coupl
of days this week, leaving Tuesday
night for New Orleans. He will re
turn to LaGrange Friday.
The LaGrange Ice Factory, of
which Mr. White is proprietor
preparing to ‘get busy”, and will
he mnnufacturin g ice before the
of other in-1end of this week.
Mr. White is at present engaged
li the erection of one of the lar
mas
for him 1
with pleasure to this opportunity j ^ j ce j n the south at New
to hear Governor Terrell. * * .. ^ „ u . i
I Orleans for Mr. S. H. Hart, wh
DEATH OF JAS. M. DYE. j at present owns seven or eight
! small plants in that city. Whei
this new factory is completed
these smaller factories will b
abolished and the new one do all
The funeral services of Mr. .las. I the business. Ice will bemanufac
M. Dye were conducted at Hur-j tured in five-ton blocks which art
mony church, ten miles from La-| 22 fay 1Q feet jn size Tlie ice w j
Prominent Citizen of Trqup County
Laid to Rest Saturday.
Grange Saturday morning, by
Rev. Fletcher Walton assisted by
Rev. J. G. Herndon.
Mr. Dye was one of the most
highly respected citizen of La
Grange. He leaves a number of
children, all of whom are grown.
M. E. Dye, H. M. Dye live in
be as clear as plate glass, and
manufactured under the new ai:
sorption system. If the new system
proves a success, and there is every
indication that it will, it is belie\
ed that it will completely revolu
Tronp countv; J. N. Dye at Hick-' tiomze the ice manufacturing busi
orv Flat. His three daughters are' ue89 .
Mrs. Sallie Maud Harris, Miss j ^[ r> ^yj,ite will be in New Or
Emma Leila Dye and Mies F lor * j lean8 for the Dext three months
eu ££ until this huge plant is completed
The Reporter, in common with i h 1 1
all, extends sincerest sympathy
to the bereaved.
JUDGE JAMES PATILLO.
‘DOWN EAST.”
His Death Occurred Tuesday Morning
at West Point.
An llnwarrented Roast Given Our
I Boys by The West Point News.
After a lingering illr.ess, Judge
James Pntillo died at his home in
West Point Tuesday morning
about 2 o’clock.
Judge Patillo was well known
throughout all this country, and
had served Troup county in many
positions of trust.
He was born in Greene county
July 18, 1821, hut moved to Har
ris county when quite young. He
married Miss Sara Osiin July 18,
1848 and later moved to West
Point, where he has resided for
thirty years.
He was prominently connected
throughout the state and is sur
vived bv his wife and four child
ren—\y. F. Patillo, of Atlanta;
Mrs. S. P. Callaway, of LaGiauge;
Mrs. W. A. Callaway, ot Atlanta,
ana Mrs. T. B. Stubbs, of Mont
gomery, Ala., all of whom were
at his" bedside when he passed U^pany
awav. He also leaves two broth
ers W. p. Patillo, of Atlanta and
R. S. Patillo,, of Whitesville, Ga.
The funeral services were held
at the First Methodist church in
West Point Tuesday afternoon at
4 o’clock, after which the remains
were interred in Pinewood ceme
tery with Masonic honors.
The Reporter extends to the be
reaved ones sincere sympathy.
We regret to feel called upon
to defend our hoys who presented
“Down East” in” West Point from
an unwnrrented roast in last
week’s issue of The West Point
News.
We are surprised to see our
brother editor jump on local
talent—amateurs—in such a man
ner. It was undeserved, we are
sure, taking into consideration
the fact that they were not pro
fessionals, even though they fell
sho-t of the expectations of our
learned (?) brother. They did not
so disappoint their friends
home, and we are informed that
“The News” failed to voice the
sentiment of their friends
West Point.
We believe it to be one of the
missions of a newspaper to spe..k
plainly in defence of th« public
against impositions, but it is
never the intention of a local
of amateurs who pre
sents a play for the benefit of
charity, or some other worthy or
ganization, to impose upon the
public. Such could not have been
the case in this instance, there
fore The News’ attack was mi-
warrented.
NEW BANK.
A National Bank Organized. Over
$100,000 Quickly Subscribed.
Soon to Open.
The nows came to LaGrange
unday that Charlie Beck, who
ived at LaGrange Mills, met his
death at West Point early Sunday
morning, while trying to hoard a
train, or else was stealing a ride.
West Pointers, who saw the
fragments of human llesh scatter
ed along the railroad track for a
distance of perhaps 200 yards,
were unable to identfy the re
mains.
It was afterwards discovered
that the man who had met such a
tragic death was Charlie Beck, a
young man of this city.
The coroner was notified and a
jury summoned. From Coroner
T. H. Caudle we publish the ver
dict ot his jury, as follows:
We, the jury empanelled and
sworn to investigate the cause of
the death of the person found
near Montgomery street in West
Point, Ga., on the morning of the
19th of March, 1905, after liear-
ng the evidence of witnesies,
find that the deceased was Charlie
Beck, a resident of LaGrange,
Ga., and that he came to his
death in the following manner:
)y trying to hoard a moving
freight train, while under the in
fluence of drink, and fell under
car.”
(Signed) Amos Hnguely, fore
man: E. K. Miller, S. H. John
son, D. C. Ward, R. C. Davidson,
F. T. Reid.
The Reporter understands that
Beck leaves a wife and child to
irn his siul death.
Meeting of Directors.
At the recent meeting ot the di
rectors of Unity Cotton Mills, the
usual semi-annual dividend of 4
per cent was declared, which will
will be payable April 1st. A neat
sum was carried over to surplus.
Probably no cotton mill in the
south is in better condition or
presided over by more competent
officers than Unity, and the peo
ple of LaGrange are naturally
proud of the record it has made
since its organization.
A movement to organize a new
hank for LaGrange was begun
last Friday and on Saturday the
subscription hooks were opened.
In a few hours it was seen that a
capital of $100,000 or more would
he subscribed here in LaGrange,
and we learn today that it was all
readily taken and that more could
be secured.
The enterprise is backed by
some of the wealthiest and host
business men of LaGrange, which
insures its success from the start.
It is conceded on every hand that
the stock will he st a premium as
Boon as the hank is ready for busi
ness, and it is proposed to open
as booh as practicable, say within
thirty to sixty days.
As the hank is to he a National
Bank, the matter lias to he past d
upon by the Comptroller of the
Currency, and the papers are now
in his hands. The name for the
new hank will probably he “The
First National Bank of La
Grange.”
Among thoso interested in this
now enterprise are: Fuller E.
Callaway, C. V. Truitt, J. G.
Truitt, S. IT. Truitt, W. A. Hol
mes, A. T. Dali is, Roy Dallis, Dr.
F. M, Ridley, Judge F. M. Long-
ley, P. H. Hutchinson, G. S.
Hanson, W. S. Davis, R. O. Pharr,
H. H. Childs, W. J. McCaine, C.
E. Market, J, 0. Roper, C. T.
Freeman, C. II. Griffin, Pike
Bros., H. C. Butler, Dr. II. R.
Slack, E. G. Walker, S. P. Smith,
J. O. Boll, Hatton Lovejoy and
others.
The organization of this new
bank has been greeted with en
thusiasm on every hand, which is
the surest evidence of the confi
dence of the people in the pro
motors of the enterprise and their
faith in the future of LaGrange.
Such a spirit insures for us a
bright future and a continuation
of this “pull altogether” will
soon he rewarded by evidences oi
all sides of a “Greater La
Grange.”
Still Another Road
Headed This Way
Third Application for Railroad Charter in
This Issue of The Reporter.
We are publishing this week [ station, train shed and brick
another application for charter j flight warehouse, on the west
for a railroad through Troup |
county, making the third one.
Farmers’ Meeting.
Dr. T. S. Bradfield and Mr. C.
D. Hudson have been selected to
represent the Southern Cotton
Association in the election of
permanent chairman in the meet
ing at the court house in this city
next Saturday at 1:80 o’clock.
Each district is earnestly request
ed to send in two delegates to the
meeting to elect chairman.
Death at Roanoke.
Roanoke, Ala., Mar. 20.—Mr.
Vernon W. Sharman died sudden
ly Monday morning. He had been
drinking which brought on heart
failure. Sharman was about 50
years old and had resided here
several years. He was buried at
Mt. Pisgah Tuesday.
Seven Killed By Lightening.
During a thunder storm Mon
day evening, lightening struck a
negro house one mile from Rock
Mills, Ala., killing an entire fam
ily, except one. Wm. Dowdell
his wife, his mother and four
children, were killed instantly by
the stroke.
We also understand that a
white man living near was killed
but cannot learn his name.
Goes to Montgomery.
Mr. C. E. Rodenhurg, who has
been local agent for the Atlanta
and West Point railroad for a good
many years, has been promoted
to acting local freight agent for
the Western of Alabama and thi
Central of Georgia, at Montgotn
ery.
Mr. Rodenburg will he greatly
missed in this city, where he has
so many friends, and it is safe to
say that there never has been a
railroad man, who is more cour
teous, or attentive to the duties
of his office. The office of agent is
necessarily a trying one, and it
requires a man of unusal ability
and tact. Mr. Rodenhurg has been
all that the people could wish as
agent here. We rejoice injhis pro
motion, but regret that he is to
leave us.
Mr. L. J. Mobley,ot Selma, Ala.,
succeeds Mr. Rodenhurg as agent
in LaGrange. Mr. Mobley comes
well recommended and will no
doubt, prove a most popular and
efficient agent.
This time it is for the “Colum
bus Northern Railway Company,”
which proposes to build a road
from Columbus to either West
Point or LaGrange.
We give below two clippings
from The Constitution which will
be of interest to those who have
not read them.
“Columbus, Ga., March 19.—
(Special.)—A potition for charter
for the “Columbus Northern Rail
way Company,” which proposes
to build a road from Columbus
up the Chnttuhorfcliee river either
to West Point or LaGrange, Ga.,
a distance of some sixty miles, is
published this morning.
The petitioners are the follow
ing Georgia capitalists: Charles
L. Davis, of Warm Springs; O.
C. Bullock, T. W. Bates, E. P.
Owsley, L. F. Humber, T. E.
Blanchard, S. B. Hatcher, Arthur
Bussey, Rhodes Browne and Ralph
O. Howard, of Columbus.
Petitioners say that they intend
in good faith to go ahead with the
construction and operation of the
road.
It is understood, although it is
not officially stated, that the new
company will he friendly to the
Georgia, Florida and Alabama
Railway Company.
ANOTHER CHARTER PETITION.
It is reported that still another
petition for charter for a railroad
along this same proposed route,
in a general way, may be filed.
The two sets of incorporators
would be antagonistic.
CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY RATI,ROAD.
In the meantime the Chatta
hoochee Valley railroad, which
now extends from West Point to
Riverview, Ala., down the Ala
bama side of the Chattahoochee,
a distance of nearly twenty miles,
side of A street, as soon as the
plans can he completed.
This announcement by Gene
ral Manager George Dole Wadley,
of the A. &. B. tells the whole
story. At noon, Mr. Hiram J.
Read transferred his property for
$11,000, the City Council and
Commissioners appro printing
$1987.60 each to make up the de-
fi6it.
The A. A B, paid out by vouch
ers today $18,500 exclusive of the
amounts for the ten lots in the
block adjoining the Oglethorpe,
receiving from the City and Coun
ty $8975 to make up the deficit.
The lots now held by the A. &
B. either by deed or contract for
sale include the 18 lots along the
West side of A street showing a
frontage of 890 feet, of varying
depth. Also a 50 foot right of
way through 24 lots in New Town
on the curve connecting the A.
street terminals with the track
along Q street to'Cochran avenue.
Also Severn 1 small lots at the
junction of Q street and Cochran
avenue for the connecting curve
at that point.
By the action of council per
fecting the title the A. it. B. gets
the 88 acre tract which insures its
ownership of all the land South
of the north hue of the Fair
Grounds and east of Cochran ave
nue. This land covers 40 acres
and will ho used for terminal
tracks. It connects up the great
water front owned by the compa
ny. Docks and other improve
ments will he made at once on
this property.
The A. and B. will now “get
busy.”
GOOD NEWS
TALBOTTON, Ga. March 10—
Alex Bouuyman, chief engineer of
the Atlantic and Birmingnam road
iB in the city mapping out the work
is petitioning the secretary of for the surveying crew routing
state of Georgia for a charter for!the road and will make the next
a northerly extension of the road I statiou ftt LaGr „ nge .
from West Point through the rpu ^ ^ ia
counties of Troup and Heard to
Lengthens Term.
The County Board of Educa-
on has added two months of
Our hoys and their friends are public school to the present term.
justifiable in feeling that their
presentation of “Down East
was worthy of a different notice
in the West Point paper.
WAS ACQUITTED.
J. M. Tucker, who
FOR SALE.
One nice milk Cow and Calf.
Three pure bred Berkshire Hogs. Dr.
Two second hand Mules.
One young Mule.
100 Bushels Cotton seed for — 0 „ „ ,, , ,
nlantine quitted of the charge of malprac- Money in small sums to Joan
P Will sell at bargain to make tice. Dr. Tucker has many friends! city or country people. E. R.
room ~ R. W. Milam, throughout Troup county. I Bradfield.
brought to Troup county jail re
cer.tly was tried before Justice R
H. Uttiug in Hogansvillo and ac
quitted of the charge of malprac-
This will make seven months giv
en by Troup county for this term.
The above information was fur
nished us by County School Com
missioner Hatton Lovejoy, and
we are sure it will be interesting
news to many people throughout
the county.
John Garner Dead.
After twenty-five years faith
ful performance of the one duty,
thatof carrying mails between the
depot and the po^t office, John
Garner is dead. “Uncle John” was
ever courteous and polite, and his
death takes away one of the old
land marks of the city. He was
one of the few remaining of the
old time negroes, who could be
depended upon. Uncle John will
lie missed. He was about fifty-five
years of age, and it is said, always
voted the Democratic ticket, say
ing that “he wanted to he with
the white folks.”
some convenient point in Carroll
county, Georgia. Prominent busi
ness men of West Point have
signed the petition for charter.”
Columbus, Ga., March 20.—
(Special.)—Columbus is still
throbbing with railroad rumors.
During the day leading business
men of the city have been in con
ference with President J. P. Wil
liams, of the Georgia, Florida and
Alabama Railway Company, in
reference to the extension ot his
road from Cuthbert to this city.
From this point President Wil
liams will build to West Point or
LaGrange, so as to run his trains
into Atlanta over the Atlanta and
West Point tracks.
If there is not at least one new
railroad built up the Chattahoo
chee valley it won’t he the fault
of several railway companies. Pe
tition has just been filed for
charter for the Columbus North
ern Railway Company, which
road.
The work is
ward rapidly-
being carried for-
• Atlanta News.
New Residence.
Material is being delivered and
work begun on the elegant new
residence to he erected for Mr. J.
E. Dunson on the portion of the
McLendon lot adjoining Judge
Turner’s handsome home.
It is understood that the build
ing to be erected will cost some
thing like $10,000, and with all
improvements, perhaps, $12,000.
The erection of the building
will be under the supervision of
Mr, R. W. Parham, of Greenville.
In Memoriam.
On March 18th at 4 o’clock in
the afternoon, the spirit of our
friend, Mrs. Pearl Davis Adams,
wife of Mr. I. Q. Adams, passed
away. For five weeks she has suf
fered and her death was not un
expected, yet it was so sad when,
we were called on to take the last
farewell look at her.
Last Sunday afternoon the fun
eral was conducted at Glenn
Methodist church by Rev. H. S.
Hutchinson, and quite a large
crowd assembled around the cas
ket to take a last view at her. So
many pretty flowers were given as
tokens of love.
She leaves two children, one
four years old and the other five
weeks old. To the husband, moth
er and brothers, we offer our
heartfelt sympathy, for we know
and reali ze it is heart rending to
give her up; yet it is God’s will
and she has gone where no sick
ness nor sorrow nor death is
her
There is also much of interest in
the A. and B. circles in a recent
issue of The Brunswick Journal.
The depot und warehouse termi
nal have been secured in that
city and all transfers of property
made. The following clippng
from that paper will tell better
its own story.
“The A. & B. will start work on
its three story brick passenger
A Friend
proposes to build such
Rumor has it that still another
company may apply for a charter I j aiown and will dwell with
lor the same route. This will he I loved ones forever,
the general direction of the north
ward extension of the Georgia,
Florida and Alabama railway
and the Chattahoochee Valley
Railroad Company has petitioned
the secritary of state for charter
for a northern extension,”
For Sale.
100 hales Hay, 65c per bale, or
$12 per ton.
10,000 oak Boards, $2.50 per M.
500 post oak Posts, 8c each.
Sound chestnut Rails for stoves,
better than pine for cooking, 50c
per one-horse load.
Delivered in city.
(tapr8) J. F. PARK.
For Mayor.
I hereby announce myself a
canddate for Mayor of LaGrange,
and would appreciate your suffrage
Respectfully,
J. B. Strong.