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Ordinary
NUMBER 15.
FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 30, 1914.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
"VOL. 72
FIVE CENTS A COPY.
Bishop Nelson Will
Preach at Mission
ABSCONDS WITH $75.00 CASH
John Wright and H. B. Caudle Lose
$37.50 Each By Cashing Checks.
"He could have made it a hundred
just us easily. He was the smoothest
crook I ever saw in my life.” said Mr.
John Wright to a representative of
The Reporter yesterday in referring
to the fellow, who forged a bogus
check on him this week, to the
amount of $37.50.
The “crook” referred to was a JVIr.
C. E. Hoffman, of Atlanta, who ar
rived in LaGrange this week for the
;purpose of working the town in the
interest of the “National Life and
Fire Insurance Co.” of Atlanta.
He was a refined looking gentle
man,perfect in manner and prepjsess-
ing in appearance. He was received
with a cordial welcome at the Park
Hotel, given the best room in the
house and everything was done to add
to his comfort.
The following morning the gentle
man inquired of Mr. Wright the lo-
. -cation of a livery stable in town, and
the latter referred him to the stable
recently bought by Caudle Bros. The
best team in the stable was hired
and the man stated he would want
it for several days. For two or three
days he pretended to moke long
country drive< during the day' and
would come in at night with an air
of exhaustion. On the day just be
fore his departure from this easy
city of Elms and Roses he inquired
at the office of the hotel if any mail
had been received there addressed to
him. Upon being told no, he express
ed disappointment and chagrin that
his house should be so slow in send
ing him expense money.
In the afternoon of the same day a
letter came to the hotel addressed
to this Mr. Coffman—a perfectly nice
'letter, bearing the name and address
«of the “National Life & Fire Insur
ance Company, Atlanta, Ga.,” and
looking very much like some official
document.
Mr. Coffman appeared delighted
to get the letter, which contained a
check signed and counter-signed by
the cashier and president of the
National Fire & Life Insurance Co.
■on the Fourth National Bank, of At
lanta to the amount of $37.50. As
he was so sorry the banks were clos-
<ed he requested Mr. Wright to do
him the favor of cashing the check.
This was done. A similar thing
was also done by Mr. Caudle at the
livery stable for the same amount.
A peculiar thing was that both
the checks were numbered in the
usual way, but upon comparing the
papers it was found that both bore
the same number, and both were for
the same amount.
It was not until a day or so later
that the fraud was discovered, when
the checks came back from the bank
in Atlanta with the statement that
Bishop C. K. Nelson will preach
at the Mission Sunday night at 7:30.
He will receive those who are pres
ented for Confirmation and adminis
ter the Rite of the Laying-on-of
hands. The confirmation service is
held for those who having come to
the age of discretion wish to re-affirm
their baptismal vows and to ask the
Strengthening Power of he Holy
Ghost to ratify and assist them in
leading a Christian life.
At 7 o’clock the regular evening
prayer will be held in the Chapel at
the Mission. This service will be
conducted by the Rev. W. B. Curtis
and will be followed by the Confirma
tion Service.
LANDMARK TORN AWAY
FOR MODERN BUILDING
Excellent Program
Mr. E. E. Dallis
Visits LaGrange
(Photo by Snelson Davis)
In the year of 1860, when the first
blood of the civil war began to flow
at Southern College in the south and the call for soldiers
The following program was de
lightfully rendered at the Southern
Female College Wednesday after
noon by the piano students assisted
by the Voice department;
Piano—Mozurka — Leschetizky,
Miss Flonnie Stephens; Piano spring
song, Merktd, Miss Iris Jarrell; Vocal,
His Lullaby—Carrie Jacobs .Bond—
Miss Helen Reeves; Piano, The Flat
terer—Chaminade—Miss Ethel Braw-
ner; Piano, Petit Bolero—Henri
Ravina—Miss Hcrbeta Herring; Vo
cal, a Winter Lullaby—DeKaven,—
Miss Leonanie Woodall; Piano, A
Merry Song—Tarenghi—Miss Rose
Adams; Kano, Magic Fire—Wagner-
Liszt—Mrs. W. tf. Campbell; Vocal,
Sleep Little Baby Mine—Glee Club;
Fantasia—Mozart—Miss Edna Perry.
there was no such company in the
city.
Find Suit Case in Room.
Mr. Wright thinking that the man
was only away on one of his country
trips waited a reasonable length of
time for his return. He then went
to his room upstairs at the hotel and
found the door locked. As a knock
brought no answer he procured an
ax and broke in.
The only signs of the "refined gen
tleman” was a suit case in one cor
ner of the room, which contained a
lot of stale banana peel and among a
few other things there was a note
which read, "Au revojr, you will find
out something in a few days. If you
want me my home is in a New Eng
land state.”
An Old Hand At the Game.
Inquiries concerning the fellow dis
covered that he was an old fiand at
the game, having worked through
Tennessee this summer, making
rich haul in every town attempted
He works his same game and has
never once been arrested. It is un
derstood that there are some 18 or
20 warrants for the fellow.
DEVELOPMENT ON LARGE
SCALE IN THE SOUTHEAST
The Industrial Index, published at
Columbus, Ga., for the great South
east, says:
“Construction and industrial news
for the fourth week of the year show
development and operations upon a
large scale, 1914 having begun with
more activity in these lines than any
previous year in the history of the
Southeast.
“Plans have been approved for a
residence to be built at cost of about
$1,000,000 at Miami, Fla., for a multi
millionaire of Chicago.
“Announcement has been made that
the erection of a twelve-story bank
and office building in Macon, Ga., will
be begun next month.
“A company has been organized
with initial capital stock of $250,-
000 to build a railroad between Cum-
ming and Norcross, Ga. A contract
has been awarded for the construc
tion of a portion of a railway line in
southern Alabama.
“Plans have been approved for a
city hall to be built in Tampa, Fla., at
a cost of $325,000.
“A five-story hotel building to cost
$150,000 will be constructed in Moul
trie, Ga.
“An apartment house to cost $100,-
000 will be erected in Macon, Ga.
echoed in every village ' of America,
C. N. Pike, Sr., the father of the well
known business man, C. N. Pike, of
this city, conducted a floui-iRhing
furniture store in the old building on
Main street shown above. At that
time the store was n good deal dif
ferent in appearance from what the
picture above shows it—a big store
for LaGrhngc in those days and it
epresented practically all the fortune
the elder Pike. While thus en
gaged in this business two sons were
horn in his family—Jesse and John,
men, who have since become prom
inently associated with Business af
fairs in LaGrange.
The effects of the havoc wrought
by the civil war to this business and
to similar business in this sec
tion are hardly recalled by the sur
viving sons of the family, but they
do remember as little fellows, their
father shouldering his rifle and fall
ing in line as the bugle sounded and
marching away leaving this business
to take care of itself as best it could.
What was not lost by Yankee raids
slipped away by accounts against
men, who daily fell in the fray of bat
tie and C. N. Pike returned to La-
Grange to find a few qld ledgers as
the surviving relics of a once thriv
ing business.
The old gentleman never attempt
ed to re-estnblish his furniture store
but lived as best he could the remain
ing years of his life, which lasted
partly through the reconstruction
period.
“I never knew of this business
other than what my older brothers
and mother told me,” said Mr. C. N.
Pike, Jr., in talking to a represen
tative of the Reporter a few days
ago, “but I do recall that several
years after my father died, one of
the old accounts, held by my father
against some woman in this county
was paid to my mother.”
The old building,, which is shown
above and which has been used as a
stable for the past few years, was
torn down a few days ago to make
way for a modern now building to be
erected by Pike Bros.—sons of the
man, who used the old building for
a furniture store. In the picture, to
the lift of the building, two genera
tions of the Pikes are represented;
the little boy is Henry Pike, son of
Mr. C. N. Pike, and is the only male
member of his generation. The men,
reading from left to right, ace Mes
srs, C. N., Jesse, and John Pike,
who constitute the members of the
Pike Bros, firm in LaGrange.
LaGrange Growing Rapidly On Main
Street.
Thi changes demanded by modern
business have not affected this old
building alone, but the entire stretch
of land on Main street, known as the
Broome property will take on a new
appearance within the next few
months, then the buildings already
under way will have been completed.
Just next to the store to be erected
by pike Bros, the Edmondson-Chris
toph«i' Company will erect a similar
building and the old Broome residence
below these two lots will' be torn
away in a few days and no doubt the
building lot, which It will, leave will
be utilized for the erection of another
modern business house, as Main
street has become recognized as the
leading business center of the city.
Last year three handsome and ex
pensive buildings were erected on the
opposite side on the same street.
They were: Callaways Department
Store, KresH’ building and the new
government postoffice.
That Main street will some day be
crowded with business houses from
the square to the Main street railroad
crossing is a safe prediction. The
present generation will in all prob
ability live to see the time, when the
residences now on this street will
yield to the force of bigger business
and a greater commercial center
Mr. E. E. Dallis of Atlanta, who
is better known by his old friends
here aR "Legs” Dallis, spent a few
hours in LaGrange Wednesday. Mr.
Dallis is one of the large number of
LaGrange boys who are winning suc
cess in the Capital City. He was at
one time a reporter on The LaGrange
Reporter and also worked for several
years with Jkillaway’s Department
Stores. He is now a member of the
Johnaon-Dallls Advertising Agency
and principal owner in a large print
ing establishment in Atlanta. Mr.
Dallis expressed himself as being
amazed and delighted Jo see the sub
stantial growth of his former home
town, and says that LaGrange will
always be more like home to him than
any other place.
SCHOOL BUILDING, WATERWORKS
Bonds for Waterworks Amounted to
$150,000 and for School, $25,000.
Sec. Clarke Gets
Valuable Publicity
Secretary Clarke, of the LaGrange
Chamber of Commerce is a positive
genius in the way of getting pub
licity, His latest achievement was
the insertion on the front pages of
the Macon papers of a sprightly ar
ticle containing suggestions in con
nection with the Georgia State Fair.
Secretary Clarke’s suggestion is that
it be enlarged into a State Exposi
tion. The article is favorably com
mented upon and deservedly so, for
it is sound.
Death of Little
Miller Haralson
Little Miller Haralson, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Lonny Haralson died last
Sunday afternoon after about one
week’s illness. Funeral services were
conducted from the residence Monday,
Rev. S. A. Harris officiating. Inter
ment followed at Hill View cemetery,
The death of the little one brings
much grief to his parents, in whose
hearts his little life had become dear
ly entwined during his short stay on
earth.
The parents and relatives have the
sincere sympathy of their friends.
Two Motorcycles
Have a Collision
Superior Court
Convenes Monday
Birmingham, Ala., will have laun
dry establishment to cost $100,000
“Among the items of construction
work to be done, as reported this
week, are:
“Bank building, Plant City, Fla.
church buildings, Arabi, Ga.; com
pany is being organized to build
bridge over Coosa River at Leesburg,
Ala., and another company is arrang
ing to build a bridge over the Alta
maha River near Vidalia, Ga.; hotel
building, $50,000, Polk county, Flori
da; paving, DeLand.and Tampa, Fla.;
school building, Starke, Fla., and
Williamson, Ga.; warehouses, Boyles,
Dothan and Troy, Ala.; railway pas
senger station, Camilla, Ga.; sewer
system, Shellman, G@.
“Construction contracts have been
awarded as follows:
“Bank building, Starke, Fla.;
bridge, Baldwin county, Alabama;
church building addition, $35,000,
Jacksonville, Fla.; factory building,
Tampa, Fla.; lime kilns, Lagarde,
Ala.; paving, Bartow, Fort Meade,
Fort Myers and St. Petersburg, Fla.;
electric power plant, Waycross, Ga.;
The Troup county Superior court
will convene in its regular February
term next Monday morning, Judge
R. W. Freeman, presiding. The fol
lowing is a list of the Traverse Jur
ors chosen for the first ''week:
F. P. Sims, West Point; ;G. Tf.
Leslie, Rough Edge; P. F. Callaway,
LaGrange; G. W. Powers, East Ver-
Rev. Hale to Preach
for Presbyterians
Rev. E. D. Hale, professor of Bible
at the LaGrange College will conduct
the services at the ,Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning. There
will be no services at this church
Sunday evening.
Rev. J. G. Herndon will deliver a
sermon to the newly organized Pres
byterian church at Manchester, Sun
day.
A motorcycle accident occurred at
the corner of Main and Broome
streets last Wednesday morning,when
the machines of Mr. Casper Wood and
that belonging to Hudson Hardware
Company, which was being ridden by
a negro delivery boy, clashed as both
turned the corner going in opposite
directions.
Both machines were battered up
and Mr. Wood and the negro were
bruised. That the accident was not
more serious is considered remarkable
as both were going at a lively clip,
when the collision occurred.
non; H. N. Dye, East Vernon; G. E.
_ r ,, o W. Emory, Long Cane; J. H. Cleave
Dawson, LaGrange; B. A. Bird, 0 , Nea ,, g Mn ,. j s Bartley,
Mountville; J. D. Gay, LaGrange; H. WeBt Point . N L Atkinson, West
H. Wadsworth, LaGrange; L. M.jp 0 j n t ; j, n, Nall, Hogansville; E. L
Owens, LaGrange; J. W. Jacobs,' Hairston, East Vernon; N. H. Hugu
West Point; C. H. Davis, Rough ley, West Point; D. B. Freeman, Ho-
Edge, E. B. Clark, LaGrange; W. C. gansville; W. H. Haralson, West
Matthews, Hogansville; C. E. Estes, Vernon; R. J. Thompson, West Ver-
LaGrange; A. H, Sfywald, West
Point; T. S. Deloach, Pool’s Mill; B.
N. Ragsdale, LaGrange; W. V. Sim
mons, Long Cane; R. H. Sivell, Rough
Edge; J. N. Beaty, Long Cane; J. H.
Gfeen, Salem; A. C. Brooks, West
Point; D. B. Smedley, West Vernon;
C. F. Freeman, West Vemon; J. M.
Morgan, West Point; J. A. Baugh,
LaGrange; R. P. Collier, LaGrange;
M. B. Sewell, Hogansville; C. A.
Smedley, West Vernon; Wade Wright,
Rough Edge - ; J. A. Estes, Rough
Edge; J. H. Uriderwood, LaGrange;
L. B. Lovelace, West Point; E. W.
Phillips, LaGrange; J. A. Avery,
West Point.
The Grand Jury (will also meet
sewer and waterworks improvement, next week for an inspection of the
Fort Myers, Fla.; road, Calhoun j county’s affairs. The men, who will
county, Alabama; theater and store serve on this jury are as follows:
building, Tuscaloosa, Ala. R. T. Cadenhead, O’Neal’s Mill; C.
non; W. E. Booker, West Point;
W. Birdsong, Antioch; C. T. High
tower, Hogansville; J. B. Hodnett,
Long Cane; L. L. fceld, Hogansville
R. F. Birdsong, West Vernon; Bryant
Fuller, Mountville; P. J. Todd, Ho
gansville; V. E. Baugh, LaGrange
S. Y. Austin, LaG,range; S. A. Smith
East Vernon; T. J. Kinard, Mount
ville; A. G. Whitaker, West Vernon
C. A. Ho]le, Pool’s Mill; G. H. Mor
gan, Salem; J. T. Hairston, East Ver
non; J. W. Murphy, LaGrange; R,
L. Williams, West Point; W. F. Hines
Jr., Mountville.
The civil docket, which (will be
handled the first week of court
extra large this time and an interest
ing time is promised. There are
various law suits and divorce cases
to be tried and all will be hotly con
tested.
At a meeting of the city council
held at the court house yesterday af
ternoon, bonds for the new mucipal
waterworks and the school bonds
were sold to the LaGrange Bank &
Trust Company to the amount of
$175,000.
The bonds were sold at par less 3
per cent commission. They will bear
4 1-2 per cent interest and will begin
to mature in 1929, payable $10,000
annually. Bonds for the waterworks
amounted to $150,000 and for the
senool, $25,000.
Negotiations have been under way
for some time looking to the placing
of these bonds and a number of bids
were received and turned down be
fore the sale was finally consummat
ed.
Mr. J. N. Hazelhurst, who has been
employed as engineer for the con
struction of the water plant will ar
rive in LaGrange in a few days and
will make surveys and preliminary
preparations for the plant. Options
have been secured on several places'
for the location of the plant and it is
thought that a trade will be made in
a few days. The plant will be mod- •
ern in every detail with sufficient
capacity for the needs of a. growing
city.
A lot for the location of the new
school building was bought some time
ago'tjtfid the contract for the construc-
tionV’irlf this building will be let in a
short time. j
The building of the municipal wa
ter plant will mean the fulfillment of
g need long felt by the citizens of
LaGrange as the present water sup
ply has been limited and in the sum
mer time, when excessive droughts
set,in water is very often cut off.
The water supply for the new plant
will be either Beech or Flat creek and
as soon as the plant begins operating
all inconveniences occasioned by
droughts will be eliminated.
The new school building will also
be a great improvement on the pres
ent inadequate room for the public
school pupils.
Baraca Class to
Buy New Piano
The Baraca Class of the First Bap
tist church is to install a new piano
in their class room within the next
few weeks. Money for the piano is
being made up by subscription and
already a large amount has been col
lected.
The students are enthusiastic over
acquiring this addition to the class
room. The piano will be a sweet ton
ed instrument of the very best make.
RECEIVES CARLOAD OF
FORD CARS THIS WEEK
J. A. & Cline Bagwell, the prog
ressive automobile dealers in this
city have just received a carload of
Ford cars, two roadsters and four
touring cars. Since the cars arrived
the dealer^ have succeeded in plac
ing two, one to Dr. H. W. Terrell and
another to Dr. Campbell, of this city.
Since coming to LaGrange, Mr.
Bagwell and his son Cline have open
ed a garage on Greenville street and
have sold more Ford cars than any
one would imagine.
That these men are good salesmen
is proved by the strategic point se
lected for the location of their gar-
Right on the side of the steep-
Overland, which is also an extra good
car, for the person, who likes a high
er priced one than the Ford.
age.
est hill in LaGrange—the little cars
start’ up and “pick up to high" a good
while before they reach the top of
the hill.
Anyone knows that’s a mighty good
argument in favor of their car and
we wouldn’t be surprised if that has
not been a prominent factor in a good
many of their sales.
Mr. Frank Smith, who is associated
with the Messrs. Bagwell sells the
Mrs. Abraham’s De
partment, Popular
The restaurant department of the
new Callaways Stores under the
capable management of Mrs. R. P.
Abraham is steadily growing in pub
lic favor. As a culinary artist Mrs.
Abraham is without a peer in this
city or section. The merit of the,
restaurant—the wholesome food, the
spic-and-pan . cleaniness and all
round satisfying features of the ser
vice—have made it known far and
wide, and now a large proportion of
travelers to the city take their meals
there: Since the Sunday service was
inaugurated a number ot local people
have arranged for regular board.
Special dinners ;and entertainments
are a matter of frequent occurrence*
and so capably and interestedly does
Mrs. Abraham manage her part that
it is now considered the guarantee of
success to place a dinner party or
banquet under her charge.