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JL (LONG whit weary miles you went.
Grim Horseshoe, thus to come to rest
At list, frown old. outworn, forespent.
V As my dear Lady's rutfged guestl
And yet, because you are So old
And I hive found you in the dust.
Under your grime, they say, lurks gold,
And luck lies hidden In your rust.
Then tell her that I. too, hive been
A stained and tattered wanderer
Through gorges deep and deserts lean
Before I could ascend to her;
And give her. Horseshoe, what is yours
To give—I need nor luck nor gold
If In her heart for me endures
The love that never can be old.
Section
N’UMtiER 17.
JIM LAFITfE TO MANAGE
LOCAL TEAM THIS YEAR
Sixteen
Pages
M £&(£
VOL. 72
ESTABLISHED 1842.
RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
STREET TOWARD FAIR GRODNO
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FRIDAY MORNING FEB. 13. 1914.
SECTION HAS A BIG FUTURE
Besides a New School Building
Many Residences Will Be
Constructed in and Near
tbe Vicinity.
The wisdom of the Troup County
Fair Executive Committee in their
selection of a fair grounds site is be
ing wonderfully demonstrated in the
oe-velopments which are taking: place
in the section of La Grange leading
.So and surrounding the fair grounds.
New streets are being cut through,
homes are being erected, and from all
prospects the tide of development
revidentially is headed towards and
around the grounds of the Troup
County Fair.
Greenwood street which was ex
tended to the fair grounds is now be
ing extended from the fair grounds
right on to the Franklin road, and
when this extension is complete prac
tically all the travel from the Frank
lin road into LaGrange will come via.
this route, passing the fair grounds
and the baseball park on the way into
th e city.
A new street is being opened up by
the city from North Greenwood, on
the top of the hill beyond the branch,
between the branch and the fair
grounds, which runs north to Lewis
-.street. This is going to make one of
the most ideal residence streets in
th e city.
Buildings Being Erected.
On Greenwood street Dr. F. M.
Ridley, Sr., is buildinfr a six room
modern bungalow, and another party
is building next to this house a seven
room bungiow. These two houses are
right at the top of the hill beyond
the branch on Greenwood.
The new' city school building to cost
-360,000 is to be built near this point
this pummer, the land having al
ready been purchased by the city.
Dr. W. E. Morgan is preparing to
build a handsome home at the forks
of Greenwood and Lewis streets. On
Bell street a five room home of best
grade is being erected, while at the
forks of Greenwood and Cox streets,
just in front of the north end of the
fair grounds Mr. W. W. Cadwell is
building a home with stire attached.
In the same general neighborhood
-a little to the t. rth in iron; of the
Imne\ -y Mr. t-' • ! Dunsin will sl.-.it
the erection at once of one of the
swellest bungalows that has ever
been erected in LaGrange, plans al
ready being complete having been
drawn by Chas. W. Carlton, and now
being in the hands of the contractors,
the General Engineering and Con
struction Company of LaGrange.
In addition to the cutting of the
new streets by the city in this neigh
borhood, Dr. F. M. Ridley and Mr.
Jack Dix are preparing to open up in
the early spring a sub-division which
will be laid out in th.e most modern
and approved style.
Boy’s Pig Club to
Be Organized Here
Troup Has Distinction of Being Made
One of Original Teh Counties.
The farmer boys of Troup county
will be interested to know that the
Government and state representatives
have singled out old Troup as one
of the original ten counties in Geor
gia for the organization of Boys’
Pig Clubs. Just read^ the following
letter from fir. James E. Downing
of the United States DepdVttqent of
Agriculture to Mr. L. C. Davis, the
agent for Troup County;
“United States Department of Ag
riculture, Bureau of Animal ludustry,
Local Office.
Athens, Ga., Feb. 12, 1914.
Mr. L. C. Davis,
LaGrange, Ga.
Dear Mr. Davis:
You are advised that Troup County
has this day been made a regular
county for the organization of Boys’
Pig Clubs and has jeen added to the
original ten counties in Georgia, tak
ing the place of Twiggs county which
has been dropped from the list. Your
interest in the work has earned your
county this place, and if you will ad
vise me when and where the next
county teachers institute will meet,
I will try and be present and get. them
enlisted in the work. Let me know
if there is anything I can send you
that will assist ypu in getting th£
boys to join.
1 have set out to get 600 boys
enrolled in Georgia and I still lack a
few over 100 of having this number.
1 know we can.make it easily if we
all pull together and I am sure you
will do your share. Let me know
if I can help you at any time. With
cordial personal Vegardb and best
wishes,
Very truly,
JAS. S. DOWNING.
Now, boys, take this up with v.m
and onti gy when tbe opportunity is
presented. Deter nine that your
home county shall be the I3n.it r.
Addition to Water
Works Committee
Messrs. H. H. Childs and A. H.
Cary, two of LaGrange’s sterling
young business men, have been Ap
pointed on the Water Works Com
mittee, which will handle the im
portant work of building the new wa
ter works system for LaGrange.
These two gentlemen will act with
the Committee from Council com
posed of Messrs. C. V. Truitt, Roy
Dallis and F. J. Pike.
The announcement that this impor
tant work, is to be in such capable
hands will be of gratifying interest
to the citizens of L,aG,rangc.
E. Y. CLARKE RESIGNS FROM
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
At a meeting of the board of dir
ectors of the Chamber of Commerce
last Tuesday night, Mr. E. Y. Clarke
tendered his resignation as secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, stat
ing as his reasons a lack of sufficient
financial backing for a successful
continuance of the Chamber' work.
In an interview with a represen
tative of the Reporter he had the fol
lowing to say in regard to his resig
nation:
"it is with the sincerest kind of
regret that I sever my connection
with the LaGrange Chamber o^Com-
lerce, borh because in the eighteen
.nonths k have been in LaGrange I
have learned to highly esteem it-
citizenship, and also because I ha\ o
come to a settled conviction that the
town is destined to be one of the most
important factors in the city life of
(Georgia.
“In the eyes of the state today La-
Grange stands as the most aggres
sive and progressive town of less
than 25,000 population in the state,
and it is my earnest desire that the
estimate of the estate shall not only
continue to be thus but that it shall
be justified by actual conditions, and
that the present year shall be one of
a very much larger yield of results
than any year in t/je history of La
Grange..
“I am very anxious to see the work
of the LaGrange Chamber of Com
merce, go forward on advanced lines
of activity and hope that the people
will bear in mind that only steady
and continued publicity and develop
ment work will bring results. Spas
modic efforts are good in their way
but it is only the ‘keeping everlast
ingly at it’' lick that brings ultimate
success in the matter of building a
city.
“I will leave Lagrange Monday or
Tuesday, and go to Atlanta for a
two weeks rest which 1 very much
need, after which time I will take up
my other work, which very likely will
be with the State Chamber of Com
merce. I have a number of very at
tractive propositions open to me and
desire time to decide just what is
best for me to take hold of at the
present time.
Old Jim LaFitte, the famous base
ball player, whose name is familiur to
the ears of every fan in the south,
tuts Seen secured to manage the Lu
Grange team this year!
Score one in favor or the local
directors for having been able to get
him.
Are we going to have a winning
team this year? Well we should
worry! If brains and energy count
for anything on the part of the man
ager we are going to be able to
decorate our city with the Georgia-
Alabama rag at the end of the sea
son, for “Old Jim” is there with the
goods.
Th e only thing that will prove a
draw back will be a lack of finan
cial backing on the part of the local
fans, but this is in no way a predic
tion, for it is our time to win and
everybody feels sure that the cause
of baseball will have a key to the
golden coffers of som e of our wealthy
and semi-wealthy sports this year. '
The best players available (and
there are some mighty good ones
"available” for Jim) are going to
be secured for the LaGrange team
this year and it is going to cost some
thing to get and muintuin the kind
of team that that will appeal to Jim
LaFitte. ,
A campaign will be carried on
within the next few days to raise $1,-
000 for the purpose of getting the
grounds in order and the directors
are going after the coin with a vim
that spells success.
Determined that LaGrange should
not experience a repetition of the
conditions of last year irt securing
a good man for the permanent man
agement of the team, the LaGrange
baseball directors gave the matt|er of
securing a manager for the coming
season long consideration before any
thing was decided upon.
As a result of the several weekR
consultation, Mr. Jim LaFitte was
approached a short time ago and
urged to accept the management of
the LaGrange team. At first', he
would not entertain any kind of a
proposition, stating that he had quit
baseball for good.
The directors, though a little crest
fallen refused to take this answer
seriously and finally induced Mr. La
Fitte to come down and spend\a day
in LaGrange. Even then the direc
tors failed to get his acceptance.
On Tuesday following, which was
last Tuesday, Mr. M. B. Sewell a
personal friend of Mr. LaFitte,
changed the atmosphere of the sphere
of baseball in LaGrange by produc
ing a letter from the latter, stating
that he had changed his mind and
would Accept the La(»rang 0 position.
So that is how it all happened!
The directors immediately had a
call meeting and S. H. Dunson, vice
president, of the club, and M. B. Sew
ell, one of, the directors, boarded the
‘first train to Atlanta, saw LaFitte,
and came back to LaGrange with big
Jim’s signed contract.
Mr. LaFitte, while yet a compara
tively young man, is well known In
Southern baseball. *
In 1899 he caught for Georgia
Tech; he afterwards played semi-
professional ball for several years;
then he went to Macon and Augusta
teams in the South. Atlantic League.
From the South Atlantic he went to
the Southern League and caught 128
games for New Orleans. When Billy
Smith was ^manager of the Chat
tanooga team, LaFitte was one of
his main stays and last year LaFitte
played In the Virginia league. From
the Virginia league he obtained his
unconditional release with ja view
of quitting baseball forever, giving
as his reason: “I vVant to live in
and around Atlanta so that I can
be with my mother.”
The fact that LaGrange iR only two
hours ride from Atlanta was one of
the principal factors in our getting
him.
The directors of the local team are
very hopeful over the coming season
and feel confident that if anybody
can “Big Jim” can doliver the goods.
The directors have now done their
part and it is time to call on the loyal
fans of the city, who want to see
LaGrange come out at the, top at the
end of the season. —,,
In a few days th e directors will call
on all interested in baseball in Lu-
Grange for the purpose of raising
money to prepare the grounds. Every
body should pull together for it is
a general agreement that one of the
best advertisements a town can have
is for it to he the possessor of the
best team in the league.
Now altogether boys, and help the
directors raise that $1,000.
FIVE CENTS v A COPY.
$27,000 Contract
Let Yesterday
Yesterday morning the Edmond-
son-Christopher Company let the con
tract for their new three story build
ing, which will be erected on Main
street just below the one of Pike
Bros., at a cost of $27,000. The con
tract was let to P|ke Bros. Lumber
Company of this city.
This firm is to have one of the
prettiest stores of its kind in the
state. Th e ptAns for the building
were drawn by the well known firm
Walker & Chase, of Atlanta, and the
design is something new and attrac
tive in the way of a commercial build
ing.
The store will be equipped with all
the latest conveniences, including
electric elevator, ladies rest room,
etc., said its construction in La
Grange will add greatly to the city’s
progress.
Work will be started within a Bhort
time on both the Edmondson-Chris-
topher Company building and the one
to be erected for Pike Bros.
First
My Good Luck Valentine
Dy REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN
Copyr;ifht, 1H14. I»y American Pros* Association.
Atlanta Hears
Famous Singer
The appearance of Madame Nellie
Melba in concert in Atlanta this
week was doubtless an occasion of
great pleasure to scores of music
lovers throughout the state, it hav
ing been many years since this
greatest of sopranos has appeared in
Georgia. Madame Jjfelba, though
born of Scottish parents, is a native
Australian, having been reared in the
city of Melbourne. From childhood
she was fond of music arid this love,
was fostered by her piirents, both of
whom were amateur musicians of
some attainments. It was some years
after, her marriage to an English
Army officer, however, before she
ever had any aspirations towards be
coming an opera singer, her work up
to that time having been,entirely in
concert. From the time of her debut
in an opera role her rise was, rapid
almost beyond belief until Hhe became
the world’s most renowned soprano
soloist; she now has the reputation of
having received the largest sum of
money for a single performance of
any living singer..
On her present tour Madame Melba
iH most ably assisted by the young
Canadian baritone, Edmund Burke,
he having recently completed a tour
of concert work on the Continent, in
Australia and in England.
COUNTY AFFAIRS INVESTIGATED
Oh, Poor Willie.
Willie had been absent from school
a whole day, so teacher sent his moth
er the usual excuse blank to be filled
out. When it was returned to her it
held the following excuse: “Dear
teacher, Willie got wet in the A. M.
and sick in the P. M.”
Declarq Lawlessness Has Existed j
Under Roof of Courthouse ]
County Property In Good
Condition at Present
On the back page of this issue we,/
are carrying the Grand Jury Present-";
ments in full, which were read to the j
court last Tuesday morning. * • .1
An invfestigation of t)te tounty’s 7
affairs showed that all records had i
been neatly, and accurately kept I'-by^
the officers, the real estate and oth
er property owned by the county to
be in godd condltidh with thT excep-"
tiort of a few minor things. „
,, R was found that only one person
was living at the pauper farm, which
is evidence of a prevalent good con-,'
dition in the county as a whfile.' ’ ;
The jail was found, to be in good :
repair and the prisoners jiav'e bebn !
well cared for and report-good treat- (
ment.. ,, ji ' . ; »
Recommendations were majde' that {
the barn, where the county li^e stock t
is kept be put in better order -and I
that the fqw lqaks iq the court hourfe 1
be immediately repaired.
Concerning Morals.-. ,
/ 1 \
With much regret the jury reports :
that after an investigation into the
morals of the county citizenship much
lawlessness has been discovered
within the walls of the court house
and among the officers o'f the county,
who, w^Le. sWprni'te uphold, the ; I.aws«-
Among the^hidlcunents' iAaoe*"
the jury there were four-county oi>--
Ijcers to be indicted for extorting
money under cover of office. These
.Were: E. B. Edmondson, Gub Reid, W.
iVL Reeves and B. C. Gorday.
! The citizenship of LaGrange was
Congratulated jupon the suppression
6f the near 'beer traffic and the'
members of the local Elk’s Club were
commended for having voluntarily
abandoned the locker feature of their,
club.
The Presentments furnish interest
ing reading and every loyal citizen of
the county should read them care
fully.
The pessimist is a lucky guy—he
expects nothing and he gets it.:—Ex.
Card from Mr.
R. Wainwright
To the good people of Troup coun
ty and all the good friends that stuck
to me in the darkest hours of my
life and the attorneys, who so ably
defended me: May God bless you all,
and may He have mercy on the way
ward son and lawyer w}io broke up
my home.' Cold as it was, it was
home.
R. WAINWRIGHT.
West Point, Ga., February 10, 1914.
HOT GAME OF BASKETBALL
WILL BE PLAYED SATURDAY
Judge Reid Pre
sided this Week
On account of the fact t^r Judge
C. H. Reid, of the Stone Mountain
Circuit, was disqualified in the trial
of some cases at his court this week,
Judge R. W. Freeman of this circuit
relieved Judge Reid of his duties at
Fairburn and the latter has presided
this week over the trial of the crimi
nal docket of the Troup Superior
court.
Judge Reid is well known in La
Grange, having served on the Troup
county bench several times previ
ously, and he has many warm friends
in this city.
The Sword and Shield Club of La
Grange and the Boys’ High School
of Atlanta will meet, “clash,” and
“have it out” in a game of basket
ball Saturday evening at seven
o’clock at the Mission. The game
promises to be interesting and will
undoubtedly afflerd good entertain
ment, to all spectators.
The Sword and Shield Club, while
older and somewhat heavier than the
High Schcool players, have not had
the same amount of experience; but
on Saturday evening they will spend
the last ounce of strength and give
all they have to win—and ‘ids safe
to say they have something good.
With a game in sight the practices
the last two or three weeks .have
(been Hard and beneficial. The team
today is over 100 per cent better than
three weeks ago; goals and passes
are made with greater accuracy and
in every department there is great
improvement. The High School will
get all its “looking for” and probab
ly rao;c, for th e Sword and Shield is
in good condition and has a fine
chance to win the game.
The line up of the Sword and
Shield will not be known until a few
minutes before the game, when five
men will be selected to begin. The
substitutes will remain in uniform
and several may be used during the
game. The following candidates for
the team look promising; Jim Wil
liams, Robert Colquitt, John Green,
Posey Farrar, Sam Harper, Ridley
Bassett, Q. Y. McKenzie,' and others
who have offered splendid opposition
in the practice games.
The Boys’ High School, although
a “prep-school” team, will arrive in
LaGrange Saturday afternoon with a
strong aggregation of players. They
are coming with a dean slate and a
percentage of games won at 1,000;
and they hope to return home with
the percentage column unaltered. The
Atlanta Journal, Feb. 10, says;
“While B. H. S. is still leading with
a perfect percentage . tn the local
league, Donal Frazer, Marist College,
and G. M. A. are fighting right
around the top and are pushing High
School hard for the lead.” A good
exhibition of basketball may certainly
be expected of the visitors.