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FRIDAY MORNING. MAY IS, 1914.
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NUMBER. 41
1A GRANGE 1
WINS FIRST
score 5 to Nothing
Bugs Weston Feature of the Game
Gadsden Team Showed Up in
Sorry Form. Shows Ugly Dis
position Ail the Way Through.
Long Game and Alt One-Sided
from Start to Finish.
Burs Weston, the 19 year-old won
der of the Georg ia-Alabama league,
was given his first real shewing yes
terday afternoon in the first game
1k>tween LaGrange and Gadsden, and
Bags showed what he really has been
all the time.
From a visitor’s stand-point it was
a mighty poor game. It was slow
from start to finish, but it was worth
the price of admission just to see
that Gadsden pitcher wind up. Never
before has there been such a demon
stration in the pitcher's box on this
diamond.
Features of the game were the
base running of the LaGrange men
and the pitching of Bugs Weston.
Really the Gadsden team showed
up in very poor form and there were
no spectacular plays made on their
side.
They were exceedingly fussy. The
game was contested and everything
seemed to go wrong with them. The
LaGrange boys made monkeys out of
’em so often that they got sore and
tried to make up for ball playing by
fussing. There was such a marked
diference in the Selma and Gadsden
hunch, not only as to ball playing but
in the way they got along with the
umpire.
Predictions arc that there will be
a small crowd out today, l^cause the
contest is too one sided. This is
mighty poor encouragement to the
local boys, who are playing Southern
league baseball.
The following is the manner in
which the l^Grange team Rhut ’em
out:
Gadsden ab r h po a
Rcinicke ss 4 0 1 1 0
Leamon 2nd t 4 0 2 0 2
Humphries, cf 3 0 0 1 0
Werner rf 4 0 0 0 0
Selph 3rd 3 0 0 2 2
Nabors If 3 0 2 2 1
‘Williams 1st 3 0 1 12 0
•Torda c ..3 0 0 6 1
Vandivier p 3 0 0 0 5
Score of the 2nd
Game with Selma
SCORE BY INNING.
Seima 100
210
020 6
12
0
LaGrange ..000
110
300 6
11
2
Selma
ab
r h po
a
e
Reese cf
.. .6
1 2 4
i
0
E. Cowan 3rd .
...6
1 3 3
2
0
Farmer ss
.. .6
0 0 0
6
0
Vasterling 1st .
...6
Oil
0
0
Caldwell If. ...
...6
2 2 0
0
0
W. Cownn 2nd .
...5
10 3
2
0
Hill rf
. .4
0 3 0
0
0
Guitcrez c
. .4
0 1 7
1
0
Bostwick p. ...
. .4
10 1
3
0
42
6 12 19
15
0
LaGrange ”
ab
r h po
a
e
Zieliminski ss. ..
. .6
1 2 3
0
1
J. Donaldson ...
. .6
2 3 3
0
1
O. Donaldson . ..
i.4
112
0
0
Waldren
. .6
0 2 1
0
0
Holland
..6
0 13
0
0
Allen
. .4
1 0 1
1
0
Helmund
. .4
0 1 1
0
0
LaFitte
. .4
0 0 12
1
0
Zellars
. .4
0 1 0
0
0
♦Bannister
..1
0 0 0
2
0
41
5 11 27
4
2
SUMMARY —
Battery for
La-
PLAY TO BE GIVEN BY
L. C. STUDENTS TONIGHT
11
The best play, which has been pres
ented by the LaGrange College in a
long time, will be given this evening
on the inner court of the LaGrange
College campus.
The play is entitled, “The House
of Rimmon,” and is considered Van
Dike’s masterpiece. _ It will be pre
sented by the college girls under the
tutilege of Miss Bradford, who is ex
pression teacher.
This entertainment has been ex
tensively advertised and no doubt
there will be a large crowd -.out to
witness it.
TIP “FOWLS” ON THE
AS CAUGHT BY THEJPORTER FOR THE REPORTER
Grange, Zellars and LaFitte; for Sel
ma Bostwick and Giuiterez. Two base
hits, E. Cowan, O. Donaldson. Home
runs, E. Cowan and Caldwell. Stolen
basoR, Hill, W. Cowan, Allen, O. Don
aldson, E. Cowan. Base on ball by
Zellars, 3; by Bostwick, 4. Left on
base, Selma 9. LaGrange 9. Hit by
pitcher, Holland. Struck out by Zell
ars, 13; by Bostwick, 1. Umpire
Gilreath. Time: two hours.
$25,000 FIRE
ATWEST POINT
LaGrange
30
ab
6 24 12
h po a
The city of West Point was visited
by a disastrous fire yesterday morn
ing, when the wholesale grocery sup
ply business of the Eady-Baker Gro
cery Company, was totally destroyed.
The fire was of unknown origin and
was not discovered until about five
o’clock in the morning.
Every effort was made by the local
oj firemen, but the flames had gained
too great a lead for their work to be
bf m'ui'h avail.
The loss, it is estimated is about
$26,000, part of which is covered by
insurance.
The Eady-Baker Grocery Company
is one of the largest supply firms in
this section.
Zieliminski ss 3
•I. Donaldson 2nd. ..5
O. Donaldson cf. .. 4
Waldren 3rd 4
Holland 1st. 2
Allen rf 3
Gillette If ...3
LaFitte p 3
Weston p 3
30 6 10 27 6 1
♦Hayes hit for Williams in 9th.
SUMMARY—Struck out by Wes
ton, 6; Vandivier, 6; base on balls,
Weston, 2; Vandivier, 3; two base
hits, Weston 1; double play, Vandi
vier to Jorda to Williams; stolen bas
es, Zieliminski; Donaldson, J.; Don
aldson, O.; Waldren, 2; Holland, 2;
Gillette; LaFitte; Weston; Hit by
pMcher, Gillette.
Mr. Chaa. T. Freeman of this city,
who is making a hot race for the
board of county commissioners, spent
last week in Columous as a juror for
the supreme court.
PThe View to Have
Singing May 25th
\nmS4* JfV'
Singing at Pine Vtew on the 'fourth
Sunday afternoon in May. Everybody
invited to come and bring books.
B. F. HUNT.
Mr. J.M. Handley
Buys a Ford
Mr. James Handley, a prominent
farmer of near LaGrange has been
added to J. A. Bagwell’s list of Ford
customers. Mr. Handley baa had his
Ford now for only two or three days,
but he is very enthusiastic over the
car and is a great supporter of the
Ford ticket.
Mr. Chas. f Freeman
. • *
in Columbus
Red Star Shoe Store
ShowingSpring Line
The Red Star Shoe Store, one of
the leading mercantile houses of La
Grange, reports a splendid spring
business and its managers are san
guine over the prospects for greater
business in the future.
Mr. George Dix and Mr. Swanson
Pinckard, who are actively in charge
of the business, present a beautiful
line of seasonable’ shoes and men’s
apparel to tWxrtradethis season.
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Mr. 0. A. Dunson
In LaGrange Now
Mr. O. A. Dunoon, the well known
manufacturer of this city, and his
family have just returned from, their
winter home in Florida and are now
living in the pretty residence on Hill
street. . .
Friends of the family are much
pleased over their return and arie
gratified to observe indications of
splendid health. (■
As much as old Jim LaFitte is
being boosted to the skies, as much
as the hero worshipers of LaGrange
are idolizing him now, here is one
chicken that would hate to be in his
shoes during the next few days.
You know there is not a man lined
up with the LaGrange bunch that
would not do credit to the G. A. L. All
of ’em, ure not only good ball play
ers but they are just about as nice
a bunch of' fellows as you will find
this side of the M. & D. (not M. &. B.)
line. Jim loves his little chickens just
like any other old dominecker hen
would, and it is going against his
personal feelings to “fry" a single
one of ’em.
The other day, when it lobked like
Selma was going to hand us a lemon
spiced with a little sour kraut, and
all the loyal fans were beginning to
count their liabilities, and all the
world seemed like one vast panorama
of indigo, a long fly buzzed out across
left field with the alacrity of a hornet
and it looked for the world like it
was going to sting the coori sitting'
on the top of the fence, one of the
boys, who has been under considera
tion for the tin, caught it with as
much sincerity and toyajty as if he
were the pet of the flock, and saved
the day for the city.
Then it was that Jim threw his
mask to the ground and exclaimed in
torte—well you might call it Indigna
tion, in a way— “I’m a hon-of-a-gun
if I know hoo to et doe."
But the beauty about it all, the
wonderful exemplification of loyalty
is in the players. There is not a man
among ’em, who would not love him
just as much if canned, as they do
today. They know him. They know
that it goes against 'his grain, and
they know it will be Jim LaFitte, Who
will work overtime in an effort to
place the canned ones in a position
where their ability will be given free
rein.
is an old head at the job. But again,
to be with him and “jest hear him
carry-on,” you’d think he was only a
child of twelve.
Williamson, the direct, dignified,
take-yer-time kind of a fellow, who
put Selma on the blink Wednesday,
is all to the good. You know he is
a peculiar kind of cutter. His face is
as expressionless as the mug of the
confederate hero, who stands un
tiringly at the top of the monument
on the square. I don’t know as I
ever saw him triad; so I can’t tell what
his face would look like under those
circumstances, but I have seen him
just tickled to death and nis face
would look as blank as a moving pic
ture screen, when the machine has
(stopped.
According to Mr. S. H. Dunson,
Rome has LaGrange skinned a city
block, when it comes to enthusiasm
over baseball per capita among the
ladies. You know baseball is alright.
Its a clean sport. There is nothing
said or done on our grounds that a
lady would resent. But its a funny
thing that more interest is not
evinced in the sport by the stronger
sex in LaGrange
Old Bugs Weston, the crazy Mutt,
is about as promising a young pitch
er as has been lined up in the league.
They say he is only 19 years old, but
to see him pitch one would think, he
Bill Waldren and Duch are chums.
Yqu don’t see one unless you see the
other on the streets. They might re
mind you cf. the gold dust twins if
they were biack and if scantily at-
tiroi-—but they ain’t. You ought to
have seen ’em over in the court house
yard last Sunday afternoon, lounging
around, chewing perfectly good to
bacco and emiting genuine ambere
occasionally. They were feeling good.
It was right after the last game with
Rome.
They had quit* an audience of
young Americans listening admiring
ly at their adventures in the North
Georgia town.
Well it all would have ended right
there and Bill and Duch could have
finished preening their feathers if it
hadn’t been for Mel Edmondson.
You know Mel Edmondson. Well
Mel observed the bunch at a distance
and Walked leisurely over with his
good friend Cooper Davis, took in the
situation after a moment, and then
transforming from a tranquil by
stander to a pillar of fiery earnest
ness, exclaimed “You know, gentle
men, I can’t see for the life of me,
why Jim LaFitte—Jim LaFitte, I
tell you, can’t get a third baseman
and a short stop,” And that’s where
Bill and Dutch play
Delivery Boy
Has Accident
Willie Kite, a delivery boy for
Dozier’s Pharmacy, was painfully in
jured yesterday morning, when his
hand was caught in an electric ice
cream freezer and mashed into a
pulp. The boy will loose four fingers
and the palm of his hand was ter
ribly mangled.
GEORGIA MAN WHO LIVED
TO BE 132 YEARS OLD
T
Through the courtesy of Mr. W. IL Hairston, (Uncle, Billy),
we have had the privilege of reading an interesting news
account from a St. Louis paper of a Georgia citizen who liv
ed to be 132 years old. This man who smashed all records
for longevity was named Hiram Lester, and lived pear Me-.
Donough in Henry County. This item waa of especial inter
est as it is understood that tipaf Mi^ Lester has relatives
'living in LaGrange. . j / ■
But what do you think of thf privilege of remaining in.
this beautiful world for nearly century and a third apydj ,,of
having personally known of so many of the stirring events
in our nation’s history? Hirjgn Lester was borp.in .1744.
This was 32 years after Washington was born.
Mr. T. A. Folds
Here Wednesday
Mr. T. A. Folds of Louise, motored
to LaGrange In his Ford Wednesday
and was one of the enthusiastic root
ers for the LaGrange ball tenm in the
final game with Selma.
Mr. Folds is enthusiastic over the
idea of LaGrange having a jubilee
week and states that if an automo
bile parade or tour is made that he
will be right on the job. Although
he is a booster of Louise, he is con
fident that no matter how fast La
Grange grows it will not effect the
progressive pace of his home town.
LaGrange Veterans
at the Reunion
Quite a large crowd of LaGrange
people attended the reunion at Jack
sonville, Fla., last week and al( re
port a big time. While it is prac
tically impossible for us to record
the names of all those, who went
from Troup county, the following
names have been given us as among
those, who went, Mr. and -Mrs. J. D,
Edmundson, H. D. and R. F. Caudle,
John Wright, Ajalon Daniel, V. E.
Baugh, N. H. Sledge, Col. Meadows,
J. E. Borders, J. D. McCurry, Hom
er Borders, L. L. Smith, J. E. Talley,
A. H. Daniel, Joe Murphy, Arthuf
Carter, W. J. and Dr. McCaine.
ELECT HUDSON
SV. PRESIDENT
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the LaGrance Ice and
Fuel Company,‘Mr. J. D. Hudson, the
well known hardware and garage
map, of this city was elected vice-
president of the concern and Mr. C.
H. Behre of New Orleans was re
elected president and Mr. M. P.
Word of . this city, secretary and
treasurer.
All of the stock-holders are very
much gratified over the past year’s
business and are hopeful as to the
future.
Mr. J. E.5Borders
on Road Work
To the Voters of Troup County:
Plepse let .Tie call your attention
to my views on county roads. I be
lieve the roads ought to be worked in
all parts of the county and that all
tax payers should have some bene
fit from the takes they pay to help
build the roads. 1 do not believe in
working some sections and not work
ing others.
Our convicts are costing too much.
They can be worked on cheaper plans
and better service given. I think we
pay our warden too much and the
guards not enough. There’s no econ
omy in hiring a cheap man that does
not know anything about road work.
What we neeif are men that know how
to work labor, men who are practical
road men. It is also costing too much
to feed the mules. This expense can
be- lessened by the use of machinery
sufth' 1 as -traction.; epgipes, am) gaso-
linia cars for heavy apt), ( for long
trfji«, this dispensing..,with the neces
sity of so many mules and the use of
the dump wagons which are a great
ini pediment to speed and efficiency in
rdad work I have been in three dif
ferent counties and I believe our sys
tem qf working the county reads is
the most expensive. As to supplies, I
think these should be bought from
least bidder bids to be made each
fjnrt by merp4 a<,t *> lun,ber men and
bridge contractdi's.
' ;I am in favor bf building a suitable
house for the'convicts for winter
quarters on the county farm. Such
days as they are unable to work the
roads, they can be preparing the land
for grain and hay.
CITY WINS
NO DISCRIMINATION
Fight Which Was Started by Mr.
Callaway 20 Years Ago Has
Been Won and the Rates Ob
tained Are Identical with What
He Claimed When the First
Complaint Was Filed.
Under a decision first rendered by
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, it is held that the railroads can
not charge a higher freight rate from
New Orleans to LaGrange than is
charged from New Orleans to At
lanta.
This is one of the reductions, which
was sought in the complaint filed for
LaGrange by Col. Hatton Lovejoy, of
this city, with the commission, and
will be of great benefit to LaGrange,
not only in reducing the rated them
selves, but in removing the dis
crimination in rates, which now pre
vail against) LaGrange from New
Orleans.
It is a coincidence that the decision
now rendered is exactly what was
'sought in the case filed by Fuller E.
Callaway in the interest of LaGrange
nearly 20 years ago.
The final action of' the Interstate
Commission is the result of hard and
persistent effort on (the part of loyal
LaGrange business men, with Fuller
E. Callaway as their leader and Col.
Hatton Loyejoy as their spokesman.
(t will be remembered that Col.
Lovejoy wpn a splendid victory at
Washington last year in the interest
of this group of meii, who had insight
enough into affairs to recognize the
discriminatory methods of tile rail
roads in the W estojrn-.freiflfbtrates-
The new rates, which were won by
Col. Lovejoy before the Commission,
went into effect la^st November, and
the manufacturers and merchants
have realized great benefits and
business has taken on an added im
petus.
The intricate details of the rates
make it practically' impossible for
anyone, save a Philadelphia lawyer,
or Col. Lovejoy, to explain just what
the difference is now, but suffice it
to say that real benefits have already
been obtained and the future For La
Grange is made brighter by it.
Dr. Slack, Guest
of University Club
Dr. H. R. Slack, the well known
physician of this place, spent several
days in Atlanta thitf week as the guest
of thq University Club, and as a sight
seer during tho big Shriner’s meet.
Dr. .Slack states that there was the
largest crowd he has ever seen in
Atlanta, and that it was the most
orderly.
Southern College
Seniors Entertained
Mrs. A. L. Powell entertained the
senior class of the Southern Female
College this week at her home on
Lewis street in honor of Miss Leo-
nanie Woodall, who is a member of the
class. Many delightful games were
enjoyed and Mrs. Powell proved to
he a charming hostess. A salad
course, followed by, ices was served.
Miss I<eonanife ; Woodall ! will enter
tain the members of the senior class
%t' the- Southern Cqljege at her home
on South Lewis street najtt Monday
evening. Elaborate preparations are
being made' to' ,giye the girls a. good
time and all are looking forward to
it with anticipatory eagerness.
In addition I believe that an intem-
ized statement of each month’s work
should be published in, jirder that the
individual tax payer may see what
is being accomplished- I believe that,
Troup County can furnish men that
are well qualified to do this work.
J. E., BORDERS,
For County Commissioner. ,