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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 J 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.