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PLANNING FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
EXEXCISES TQBE HELD MONDAY
LaGrange Wins
Second Game
In the second of a series of two
games which has been played on the
local diamond between LaGrange and
the Atlanta Medical College, La-
Grange won yesterday afternoon by
a score of 7 to 6. A large crowd of
I LaGrange people witnessed the game
School Children Will Aid in Decor
orating the Soldier's Graves in; and the good playing on both sides
Stonewall Om.UnMMflrtful
Dinner Will be Served to the Zellers for LaGrange and the good
Surviving Veterans ; batting on both sides. .
surviving VBiol alio. | IjaGltmgei 7 i-uns, 10 hits, 5 errors.
—s J Atlanta Medical College, 6 runs, 7
Confederate Memorial Day, the day hits, 8 errors.
Battery for LaGrange: Head, Zel-
in each year set apart for special
tribute to the heroes of the <HP«, as
usual will be fittingly observed by the
people of LaGrange and Troup coun
ty. As the date, the 28th, falls on
Sunday, the ladies of the Memorial helpful if they will volunteer by Call-
Association and (J. D. C. have de-;«ng op Mrs. Holmes and giving her
lars, LaFitte
Atlanta Medical College: Blackmon
and White.
rided to hold the exercises on Monday!* memorandum of what they will for-
inatead. The main features will be nlsh for the meal. The preparation
the decoration of the graves in Stone
wall cemetery in the forenoon by the
children of the public schools; a
bounteous spread for the surviving
Veterans which will be served by the
ladies of LaGrange at mid-day at the
and serving of this meal each year
by the ladies reflects a beautiful
survival of the spirit shown by the
noble women who so bravely bore
their share in the war. The Veterans
have been deeply touched by this In
court house; and the special Memorial ( terest and hospitality, and no one
exercises which will be held in the wbo * las witnessed the scenes of the
main court loom Monday afternoon, dinners given in the past can but feel
beginning at three o'clock. : that ie «" a beautiful custom which
Children to Help Decorate Graves. Should be continued as a part of Me-
Oonsidering it especially desirable, mo rial Day observance as long as
that a spirit of reverance and ap- there are any of these grand old men
predation be inculcated early in the, * e ^t to minister to.
lives of the coming generation, the 1 The Memorial Exercises,
ladies especially request the co-opera-l Tb ® Memorial exercises will be held
tion of the parents and of the teach- Monday nfternoon oeginning at three
ers in the public schools in the plan, oc ' oc k Jn the main court room. Rev-
io have the children aid in decorating, erand Fletcher Walton, presiding el-
the graves in Stonewall cemetery. It der of the Grl,fin d,strict - wlU delivor
is hoped that it can be arranged for,** 1 * Memorial address Mr. Walton
the children to carry out a special,' 8 we " ‘ n l**Grangc, having
program of appropriate songs her ® tor »«v«ral years as pas-
recitations, and to march in body to ^ of th ® Fir8t Methodist church,
the cemetery and lay their offerings : He 18 an * arne#t and eloquent speak
er flowers on the graves. No doubt er ’ alld hia ftddr ® 88 18 baln K ^ked
the effleient teacheis will gladly em- forward to by the people of La-
brace this opportunity for instilling
cherished ideals in the minds of their
young charges; and of course no
mother will hesitate to give of her
choicest flowers for this laudable
purpose.
The Dinner to Surviving Veterans.
The happy custom inaugurated a
few years ago of giving a dinner to
the surviving Veterans on Memorial
Day will again be carried out this
year. Arrangements for the spread
are in the capable hands of Mrs. W.
A. Holmes, which assures the success
of this feature. Mrs. Holmes will be
assisted by Miss Carrie Nix and oth
er ladies on a committee which she
will press into service. As usual,
the plan will be to invite baskets of
foods from all of the ladies in La
Grange who wish to lend a hand in
making the old Veterans happy; and
of course the response will be ready
and generous. As there is a great
deal to do and the time is short, the
ladies who wish to aid can be doubly
Grange.
A program of appropriate songs,
with possibly other features, is being
arranged by Miss Viola Burks. The
progreih was not completed at the
time this article is written, but will
be published in full in another portion
of the paper, if secured in time. As
LaGrange is fortunate in having so
many fine people possessed of both
talent and public spirit, it goes with
out saying that Miss Burks' program
will be highly enjoyable.
Go Out to the Cemetery.
The ladies in charge of the arrange
ments have requested The Reporter
to especially urge that our people go
out to the cemetery following the ex
orcises, and that every one who can
possibly do so carry flowers with
which to decorate the graves. This
plea should be cordially complied
with. Not only does the spirit of
the day call for it, but it will be an
encouragement to the noble women
who labor so faithfully for the pre
servation of this spirit.
“THE HOUSE OF RIMMON”
TO BE GIVEN ON L.C.CAMPUS
A Brilliant Pageant-Play to be Giv
en Soon by Seventy-Five “L. C.”
Students on LaGrange College
, Campus.
Under the direction of Miss Eula
L. Bradford, teacher of expression
at the LaGrange College, the stud
ents of LaGrange College will some
time soon, probably the middle of
May, present on College campus
Van Dyke’s “The House of Rimmon,*’
a spectacular drama in four acts. The
play is full of brilliant scenes and
intense action.* It is a story of Naa-
man and Damascus, with the scenes
laid in Damascus and the mountains
of Samaria about the time of 850 B.
C.
Van Dyke has woven around the
Biblical Leper Naaman a fascinating
romance of love, jealousy, and con
quest. Seventy-five characters are
found in the action of the play. The
leading characters Eire Benhadad,
King of Damascus; Rezon, High
priest of Rimmon; Naaman, Captain
of the armies of Damascus; and
Ruahmah, a captive maid of Israel.
The numerous other characters rep
resent the varied life of the Damas
cus of that time. There are nobles,
courtiers, the King's jester, envoys,
plain citizens, court dancers, soldiers,
priests, etc.
The beautiful inner court of the
LaGrange College campus will fur
nish a most attractive setting for this,
one of Van Dyke's greatest dramatic
achievements. The play as will be
presented by the students of La
Grange College promises to be a
tremendous success.
WILL CLEAVELAND
-AN APPRECIATION
W. L. CLEAVELAND
Candidate for re-election as Clerk of the Court of Troup County.
That good work is appreciated—that the man who faithfully and ef
ficiently discharges his duty and lives up to high standards o'f useful citizen
ship, wins his reward here and now in the esteem of his fellow man—is
strikingly demonstrated in the case of Mr. W. L. Cleaveland, one of Troup
County’s best citizens and the best Clerk of the Court that this or any other
County ever had.
Mr. CleaVeland is a candidate for re-election and has opposition for the
first time in several years. While his election by an overwhelming majority
was doubted by but very few at any stage, at first a limited number were
inclined to* fall ip with the idea of rotation in office. It is noteworthy that
nothing whatever could be brought against. "Mr. Cleaveland either personally
or as to his conduct of the office; everyone concedes.that he has set a new
standard of faithfulness and efficiency in public service. The “pie counter”
idea in politics—that political offices are favors to be passed around—is
not entirely dead yet, unhappily for the public service; and for a time—a
very brief time—a small number without thinking gave some heed to the
suggestion of making a change.
But already there are evidences of a decided revulsion of feeling. People
Have had time to think; and as a result of this sober consideration, fewer
and fewer have found themselves willing to even consider making a change
in the administration of this, one of the* most important of the County of
fices. This thinking has brought to mind the times past when the office was
in less capable hands and the records kept in such a way as to cause great
confusion and even heavy loss upon many. The keeping of all of the records
bearing upon property titles and transfers and court actions is possibly one
of the most important functions that the people delegate to a centralized
agency. There is no question but that Troup County has plenty of men
who could learn the work in time and discharge it satisfactorily, but an in
creasing number are becoming opposed to a change until there is more reason
for it. In no private business is rotation considered sound; on the contrary,
experience is a prime consideration and a man. is considered more and more
valuable with each year of service.
Then the great personal popularity of Will Cleaveland, the man, has played
ro small part in the swelling tide of his adherents. Few there are whom he
has not rendered some service. These services have been done gladly, cheer-:
fully by this big-hearted man and faithful, public servant,
people in the county come to him for advice and assistance in their legal
and personal affairs, and never has one been turned away, although he would
have been justified in referring them to u lawyer. A countless number of
widows haye found in him a friend indeed in straightening out their affairs
and saving them great trouble and costs in matters with which they were
unfamiliar. It has never mattered how busy he was; he has always turned
a ready and sympathetic ear to every caller ;.-and many is the time that his
friends have found him working late into the night because he was not will
ing to either refuse these demands upon his time during the day . or to let
his work be neglected.
Registration List
Being Completed
The registration list for the state
and county is being made up now and
all those, who have any reason to be
lieve that their names have not been
properly entered on the list should
get in touch with.the board of regis
trars at once.
It will be about the fifteenth of
May bbfore the work is finally com
pleted and at any time while the work
ib in progress a person has reason to
believe that he is not properly entered
on the list he has the right to appear
before the registrars and show cause,
if any, why he was not properly
registered.
REFUSES TO SALUTE OLD GLORY
Six Americans Have Been Killed
And About Twenty Wounded.
About One Hundred and Fifty
Mexicans Have Been Killed.
$50,000,000 Appropriated
War with Mexico, for a long time
realized as the inevitable climax of
It is useless, however, for those, numerous outrages upon Americans
who have not paid their taxes to ap- ln that turbulent country and insults
pear, because a person, who has not .. 1T a . . .
i, . j u Ls . aim ® d at the United States, is now
paid all taxes due by him on or be- „ ’
fore April IQ, 1914, cannot appear on virtua,ly Under The flrst off « n '
the registration li&t for this year. [ a ' v ® move on the part, of the* United
A great many names and initials States occurred on Tuesday when de-
are illegible on the voters books and tachments of marines were landed at
for that reason some voter, whose jVtt * Cru8 and selzed the CU8tonw
name should appear on the registra- , , , , ,
tion list may be denied the right to' h ° UBe and ® ntranched th ®™®lves in
vote at the coming primary because
under the law unless the voter's name
is on the registration list he cannot
legally vote.
The work of completing the regis
tration list by the board of regis
trars is being carried on in the office
of Col. Arthur Greer, chairman of the
board and all persons who care to
investigate the list are asked to do
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Wild Bull to Be
Thrown Here
An exhibition, which caused no
small amount of interest in LaGrange
occurred at the front of the Park
Hotel last Wednesday night, when F.
B. Franks “America’s strongest man,”
did some stunts with His murvelous
physical strength.
Before about three or four hun
dred spectators Mr. Franks lifted a
set of railroad car wheels, and with
his bare hands broke a steel rod al
most an inch thick. Another one of
his attractions was his ability to
stand the tremendous weight of a
■motor car On his body. , Franks lay
fiat On his back and the big Cadillac
touring car of Mr. Jphn Carley-roll
ed over his body.
Mr. Franks will give an exhibition
at the baseball park Saturday af
ternoon, in which he will wrestle with
an .untamed bull. The performance
will begin at 3;30 o'clock.
CARD OF THANKS.
The family of the late Mr. T. S:*
DeLoach extend their heartfelt thanks
for the kindly interest and great help
fulness shown by so many friends
during his illness and since his death.
HundredsT'of i The 8ym P athy sh ' wn in 80 ma "y
ways has been a great comfort in this
dark hour.
the city.
The direct cause of this move was
the arrest and insult of officers and
sailors from one of the United States
battle ships stationed- off Tampico.
Although they were released and
apologies were offered by the com
mander, followed later by an expres
sion of regret from General Huerta
himself, this was not satisfactory to
the United States and demand was
made for a salute of the United
States flag. After much parleying
Huerta was given until last Sunday
evening at sjx o’clock to cqmply with
the demands of the United States,
which he reused to do.
Events followed thick and fast,
among the most important of which
waR the adoption of resolutions by
congress approving of the course tak
en by the president, placing a war
fund of $50,000,000 at his. disposal,
and a general mobilization of the
troops and fighting fleets of the Unit
ed States.
The president insists that the con
troversy is between the United States
and General Huerta, and not against
the Mexican nation. He has consis
tently adhered to the position taken
last June in refusing to recognize
Huerta as the head of the Mexican
government, and has recently stated
that this nation has no intention
whatever of making war upon Mexico.
Private opinion of persons known to
be in the confidence of the president
is that his sympathies are with the
rebels, and that the effect of the pres
ent demonstration will be exceeding
ly favorable to them, probably in due
time resulting in the entrenchment of
the rebel forces as the real rulers of
Mexico.
So far the only casualties reported
were the killing of six and wounding
thirty Americans, und the killing of
150 or more Mexicans in the capture
and occupation of Vera Cruz.
Mr, John Carley stated to me that
if elected as a member of the city
,- .. , , ,, ... ,, ,. . councilthat he would not vote to put
Is it any wonder then, that the great mass of the people are rallying to j whjgk op beer back on Kalu in La .
W.11 Cleaveland and will give him a flattering endorsement m the May elec-; ^ by having u vote
TWO COMMUNICATIONS
FROM MR. E. B. CLARK
tion?
on the question and a majority would
The insertion of this article is paid for by an appreciative friend, without; gay it g0 or( <a]e by tbe j r vote
LAGRANGE PEOPLE TO ATTEND
GRAND OPERA.
TVith the advent of. spring., in the
south, people of this section are once
more given an opportunity to hear
Grand Opera which is made possible
by the progressive spirit of Atlanta.
Among those from LaGrange who
will attend the great festival are
Misses Estelle Jones, Vollie Jones,
Nina Maxwell, Ollie Bradley, Frances
Black, Nell Hammond, Pauline and
Lncele Pierce, Grace Montague, Dana
Tatum, Eula Render, Zana Hunt,
Linda Berry, Blanche Cousar, Lucy
Adams,'Elizabeth Alexander, Prof. C.
W. Coleman, Louise Morgan, Winnie
Webb, Evelyn Jones, Alice Walker,
Minnie Harper, Bessie Herring, Leon-
anie Woodall, Helen Reeves, Clara
Vaughan, Edna Perry and Rose
Adams.
the knowledge of Mr. Cleaveland. He is conducting a quiet, consistent
campaign, personally seeing as many of the voters as possible without neg
lecting his duties. That he will be elected there is no doubt whatever if his
friends turn out and work and vote, but it is never well'to relax effort until
the votes are all in; and Will Cleaveland’s friends should work unceasingly
from now until the close of the polls to make the majority as large as pos
sible.—(Adv.)
E. B. CLARK.
LaGrange Club
First Defeated
LaGrange met her first defeat Wed
nesday afternoon on the local diamond
by a score of 8 to 6 in favor of the
Atlanta Medical College.
The game was hotly contested all
the way through and was played be
fore a large crowd of spectators, but
in the latter part a wild throw of
Allen, our third baseipan, gave the
contest away.
Weston for LaGrange pitched well,
although his support was not as good
as it has been for the other pitchers
in the other practice games.
Beautiful Shipment
Signet and Set Rings
Mr; J. B. Laramore, who is one of
the city’s progressive jewelers, has
just received a beautiful shipment of
signet and set rings.- Part of these
are on display in Mr. Laramorc’s
show window.
Removing a Cork.
To take a cork out of a bottle when
there is neither a corkecrew nor' a
knife at hand, stick two safety plus
together diagonally through the cork,
opposite to each other. By pulling on
the upper part of the two pins you can
remove the cork easily.
The above statement by Mr. John
Carley is publisned by my request, in
a spirit of fairly stating his position.
As his promise carries an implied
agreement to re-submit this question
to a vote of the people; T deem it' my
duty to say that I shall be against
him- in ntext Wednesday’s election,
This does not imply A doubt <&i his
meaning what he says; but for my
part I want to see this question final
ly settled next Wednesday. I-do not
want another election on it—ever
again if possibly avoidable. I want
to see peace and harmony reign in
our city; and sueh contests inevitably
create some breaches.
I whnt to make it clear that my
opposition is on the question 'and not
personal. I love John Carley and
hope to see him change his position
on these questions.
E. B. CLARK.
EDITOR’S NOTE—We gladly ac
cord space to the above, although,
frankly we are sorry that Mr. Carley
did not feel that he could deal with us
directly in this matter. We have tried
to make it clear that our opposition
is solely on the issues involved, and
without the least personal feeling
against either of the candidates whom
we are opposing.
While it would lie clearly within
the rights of private ownership, we
have never. been disposed to exclude
communications on questions of pub
lic interest presenting contrary views
to ours. We nave repeatedly invited
such discussions, , , .
On some occasions we have deemed
it a duty to express our* convictions on
matters bf- public concern, but al
ways this has been done in a.spirit of
fairness and consideration, and never
with the; least personal bias. There
is not a person in the world that we
hate—life is too short for that—and,
fully conscious of human frailties, we
instinctively |accord to others that
charitable forbearance with shortcom
ings which we need for ourselves.
Referring to Mr. Curley'sstate
ment, it should be noted that np re
ference is made to pool rooms. In.the
opinion of many, these were fully as
harmful as the saloons. Also, we
think-everyone will feel alike on the
point that these questions should be
finally settled next Wednesday. They
will be, so far as we are concerned.
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