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VOL. 72.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 16. 1914.
GUARDS MORTALLY WOUND
PRISONER, FAMILY CHARGES
LIGHTNING STRIKES BARN;
THREE HORSES KILLED
Charles Partridge
Dies Sunday
Convict Had Been in Camp for
Only One Week When Death
Occurrs. Coroner Directing
Investigation. The Trial Comes
Off Today.
Sensational accusations, which may
develop in a general investigation of
the county’s convict camps, occurred
yesterday afternoon when it became
known that the family of Charles
Partridge, who died in Captain T. V.
Eberhardt’s camp near Hogansville
Sunday, charged that the death was
due to a flogging of Partridge, and
demanded a coronor's investigation of
the affair.
It is alleged by the members of the
dead man’s family that word came to
I,aGrange yesterday, making known
that Partridge had claimed illness for
a few days prior to his death and that
county physician, I. H. Lane had
prescribed a course of medicine for
the prisoner.
It was declared that Partridge had
refused to take the medicine and ac
cording to the dead man’s mother,
there were eye witnesses to the fact
that Partridge was given a severe
flogging and that death occurred
fifteen minutes later.
Coroner B. S. Spinks, of this city,
together with a number of other La-
Grange citizens, went to the scene of
the death yesterday afternoon for an
investigation. Funeral services were
temporarily postponed to permit an
investigation of the body.
A jury has been empaneled and it
is thought a verdict will be reached
today. The coroner will hold court at
the court house today at ten o’clock
and the following men have been sub-
penaed: Captain T. V. Ehcrhardt,
Jimmy McMiehael, Mr. Lambert,
formerly of Gabbettsville; Dan Denny,
Grady Davis.
The coroner's jury is composed of
the following men, R. M. Young, W.
R. Campbell, Dick Hutchinson, J. T.
Hunt, Arthur Greer, Almand Cleave-
land.
Partridge Family Grief Stricken.
A representative of The Reporter
called at the home of the Partridge
family yesterday afternoon in the
Unity Spinning Mill settlement of
this city.
On the porch of the little home was
seated the mother of the deceased, an
aged lady, who showed signs of her
deep sorrow. Around her were gath
ered a group of neighbors, who were
endeavoring to soothe the pain of
sorrow and urge the belief that the
law would avenge the death of her
son.
When questioned by the newspaper
man, Mrs. Partridge could not re
sist crying and with tears streaming
down her wrinkled cheeks, and wring
ing her hands as the dark memories
arose before her vision, she told of
how her boy, 24 years old, had been
sent to prison two weeks ago, and
how his cold form had been brought
to her the day before.
“Charles was a good boy," she sob
bed, “he did wrong, but Charles was
Dunson’s Friends
to Announce Soon
According to one of Mr. J. E. Dun-
son’s closest friends, announcement
will he made in the next few d^ys re
garding Mr. Dunson’s action m the
present gubernatorial race.
Friends of Mr. Dunson are persis
tent in their efforts to get him to run
and all are hopeful over the situation.
Mr. Dunson’s remarkable ability as
an executive so strongly appeals to
the many voters in the state, that
they feel certain that no matter who
comes out, the LaGrange man will
have an excellent opportunity to win.
ACCIDENT AT DEAD
MAN’S CURVE
County Officials Should Take
Steps to Lessen the Danger
of This Curve.
During the terrific electrical storm,
which waged here Friday evening
between eight-thirty and'eleven, three
horses belonging to Pharr Bros and
Childs were instantly killed and the
barn belonging to Mr. Jud Milam was
set fire.
Lightning struck the barn about
ten o’clock and in a few minutes
the structure was all ablaze. The fire
department was immediately notified
and amid the lightning and torrents
of rain the men rushed to the scene.
It was found that two of the horses
had been instantly killed and the oth
er was struggling and would have
The third accident in the last few
weeks occurred at “Dead Man’s
Curve” just a short distance north
east of the city, a little before
the Hogansville road crosses the A.
B. & A. railroad, when Jarrell Dun-
son, driving the six cylinder Thomas
touring car of Mr. Tom Thornton and
Dr. Joe Lane driving his Overland
collided.
Besides being badly shaken and
somewhat bruised neither of the men
were hurt. Mr. Thornton was in the
car with Mr. Dunson.
Both drivers were proceeding at a
reasonably slow rate of speed when
the accident occurred, and the cause
of the collision is attributed to the
treacherous manner in which the road
curves around the stores to the
bridge. The stores make it impossible
for motorists to see one another until
the cars are only a short distance
apart. And if one car should happen
to take the wrong side of the road,
nothing will prevent an accident.
Rev.Phillips Attends
Trustees' Meeting
Rev. Henry D. Phillips, pastor of
the Episcopal church, of this city,
left this week for Sewanee, where he
will attend the trustees meeting of
this institution.
Mr. Phillips graduated at this in
stitution several years ago and since
that time has been a member of the
board of trustees.
Rev. W. B. Curtis delivered the ser
mon, Sunday morning, at the St.
Mark’s Episcopal church.
LaGrange to Have
Ice Cream Parlor
Milam Bros., of this city will open
a soda fountain and ice cream parlor
in the corner of the Park hotel at the
southeast corner of the square in the
next few weeks.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
improvements and Messrs. Milam will
have one of the prettiest places of
its kind in the city.
A good bunch of money will be
spent in fitting the place and no doubt
it will become a very popular corner.
Little Daniel Bostick
Died Last Thursday
Little Daniel Nathaniel Bostick, the
little five months old son of Rev. and
Mrs. J. L. Bostick, 336 Broad street,
died Thursday night about eight
o'clock, and was buried Friday at the
new cemetery. The little babe leaves
behind a father and mother, two
brothers and two sisters.
died in a few minutes. The animal
was shot to relieve his suffering.
The heavy down-pour of rain as
sisted the firemen in their work and
the blaze was soon extinguished but
the force of the lightning so injured
the Structure that this and the dam
age of the fire made it practically
useless.
Besides the horses and the barn,
there were two new buggies to burn,
and the total loss is estimated at $1,-
500. There was no insurance.
The barn belonged to Mr. Jud
Milam, of this city, but was rented
to Pharr Bros, and Childs.
West Point Has
Fine Chautauqua
■ f
The West Point Chautauqua which
camefto a close Friday evening last,
was Jiot only a great treat socially
and Intellectual but proved to be a
financial success as well.
The best talent that the Alkahest
Bureau could offer was at West Point.
Two ! performances a day for seven
days iwere held under a large tent on
the banks of the ..Chattahoochee riv
er. Before the close of the Chautau
qua (jve hundred season tickets were
sold for next year. Friday morning
the association re-elected the old of
ficers for next year as follows: Supt.
Walter P. Thomas of the West Point
school; Mr. R. C. Freeman, vice presi
dent; Mr. W. Trox Bankston, secre
tary and Mr. J. A. Avery, treasurer.
' Before Chautauqua season opens
next year, West Point will have built
her handsome auditorium, for which
bonJs, will be voted for on the i3th
of July.
FIVE CENTS A COPY.
Primitive Baptist
Begin Meeting
Services will begin at First La
Grange Primitive Baptist church on
Tuesday, the 23rd of this month, and
will continue through the week,
preaching at eleven a. m. and eight
p.ni . Elder M. F. Stubbs, the pastor,
will be assisted by Rev. A. V. Simms,
a very prominent preacher of Valdos
ta.
This meeting will be the first held
in the new house recently erected on
South Greenwood street, and is the
LaGrange Primitive Baptist church
originated • in 1902 on Cherry
street. To all our friends who have
so generously contributed to the
building of the new house we desire
to express our thanks and we cordial
ly invite and sincerely desire that the
public generally will meet with us in
the coming services.
SOME OF THE MEMBERS
NUMBER 50
JO
FAIR GROONDS
. • ,
Will Have A New
Building
Local Contractors Will Submit
Plans in a Few Days for New
Agricultural Building, Which
Will Be Necessary to Accomo
date Exhibitors.
REV. D. H. COMAN
LEADSMEETINU
Protracted Services at the Pres
byterian Church Is Arousing
Much Interest.
TAKE VACATION
TRIPTO N. T.
Misses Blanche Cousar and Ma
mie Perry Go By Steamer
From Savannah
a good boy.” It was only another ex
emplification of the perseverance of a
mother’s love.
Mrs. Partridge declares that she
found on her son’s body unmistak
able signs of a hard flogging, which
gave evidence of the use of a club.
“DOC” CLARK PICKS A
BUNCH OF “WHITE HOPES”
LaGrange enthusiasm over baseball
is not confined to the professional
ball club alone, according to the state
ment of Mr. NeaT Clark, a young
business man of this city, who is
commonly known as “Doc.”
Doc is captain and general adviser
as well as a player of the squad of
nine young Americas, whom have
been aptly termed as “The White
Hopes.”
This bunch is composed of Edward
Robeson, Pierce Harris, Talley Mon-
crief, Joe Davis, Alfred Dunson (who
is known as “Muck”) Cornelius Clark,
Charlie Ware, Georgia Wells, of
Mountville, Georgia, and Jimmy Ellis,
of Fire Department fame.
Bud Horn, of this city will be utility
man, which means that he will be
used in case of emergency.
This organization, invincible, will
leave in a few days for Carrollton,
where they will beat the team there
three straights, if we received our
dope according to Hoyle.
Other prospective victims of the
Cromwell gang are, Manchester,
Roanoke, West Point, Hogansville,
Senoia.
These towns will compose what will
be known as the Gorgeous-Bananna
league and it will serve as a training
camp for aspirants to the Georgia-
Alabama line-up.
Misses Blanche Cousar and Mamie
Perry left last Friday on a vacation
trip to New York thoughtfully pro
vided for them as a pleasant surprise
by the Baraca Class and Mr. Fuller
E. Callaway.
Appreciative of her fine consecra
tion and zeal as teacher of the Baraca
Class of the First Baptist church, and
feeling that she needed a rest,
movement was originated among the
members to send. Miss Cousar on
vacation. Mr. Callaway liberally sup
plemented the fund raised by the
young men, desiring, as an apprecia
tive friend himself to make it so that
this estimable young lady could spend
a longer time in recuperating.
Then it occurred .to this^ most
generous of men that such a trip
would be a fine thing for Miss Perry,
who is a valued employee in his of
fices, and that the two young ladies
could make a trip together to mutual
advantage and with greater safety.
So he gave Miss Perry the trip and
thus was the chief factor in opening
up a new world of education and vis
ion to two exceptionally worthy young
women, both of whom have risen to
positions of trust and responsibility
largely through their own efforts.
Misses Cousar and Perry went by
steamer from Savannah, sailing on
the “City of Montgomery” Saturday
afternoon and will arrive in New York
this morning for a stay of ten days
or two weeks viewing the sights of
that wonderful city.
“WISE OWL” GETS
. WINGS CLIPPED
The Locker Feature Has Been
Made Very Evident in This
Particular Case.
An interesting series of meetings
is being conducted at the Presbyte
rian church by Rev. D. H. Coman, ui,v
evangelist, of North Carolina.
Rev. Coman and Dr. J. G. Herndon
have succeeded in arousing a great
deal of enthusiasm since, the begin
ning of the work a few days ago and
it is probable that the meetings will
continue for a week or. two longer.
The attendance has been steadily
increasing since the first Say-and-on
all sides is heard the comment that
Rev. Coman is one of the most sin
cere and one of the most forceful
ministers ever heard in LaGrange.
The Reporter is requested to an
nounce that two meetings are held
daily, one in the morning at nine
o’clock and one in the evening at
eight-fifteen. The public is cordially
invited to come out and hear the
splendid sermons that have created
such widespread interest since the be
ginning of the series.
Pike Bros. Lumber Company and
Caldwell Lumber Company, two of
the leading construction firms in this
section of the state, are preparing
plans of a new agricultural building, ,
which will be submitted to the direc
tors of the Troup County Fair.
The new building will be an addi
tion to the already large agricultural
building at the fair guounds.
At a recent meeting of the directora
of the fair it was decided that the
present building would be too small
to accomodate the large number of
exhibits this year and the two local
contracting firms were instructed to
prepare plans and make bids on
another building.
Other work is under way at the
fair grounds and the prospects are in- *
deed bright for a successful fair this
year. ^ 1
Although the directors are proceed
ing cautiously in an effort to avoid any
financial difficulties that were ex
perienced last year, substantial prog
ress is being made and it is thought
that their experiences last year will
afford a successful fair in every way
From every part of the ebunty
comes the announcement thatjihe far
mers are enthused over tM TdeS 'oT
making a showing of their products
and are saving their finest exhibits of
grains and vegetables.
Work is now being done on the
compilation of the premium lists and
the directors hope to have the book
let circulated in a short time.
Mrs.Thompson
About Recovered
Mrs. Arthur Thompson returned to
LaGrange from the Piedmont sani-
torium last Saturday, having been
greatly benefited by treatment receiv
ed at this place.
Friends of Mrs. Thompson are in
deed glad to know that she has almost
{Completely 'recovered from tha in
juries sustained by her fall.
When someone comes to you and
wants to get you to join the order of
owls, don’t “Hoot” at the idea, simply
look wise and don’t join.
A few days ago indications were
good for a perfectly nice brood of
owls in LaGrange, but an officer cap
tured the bird and as a consequence
the eggs didn’t hatch.
The moral of it all is, if you are
naturally a sucker, don’t bite the
worm, until you know there is not a
hook on the inside.
The facts about it all are, that one
Frank Welch slid into the city the
other day to organize an order of
“Owls.” He had a great many to
join and would have escaped with a
good bit of coin, if an officer had not
arrived here from Macon with a
charge against thi3 “wise” bird for
forgery.
It Might Be Worked This Way Now.
Gentlemen:
I am endeavoring to get a few
charter members of the Howl Club.
There will be a locker feature, and
the emblem of the club will be a short
heavy stick, resembling that which is
usually carried on the arm of a police
man.
I have recommendations frbm the
government; authorities at : Macon
and my record caff be ftrtind in the
current issue of the Police Gazette:
The purpose of the organization
will be to have a “fine” time, and it
is for thi3 reason the locker is
stigated. We will just call it “lock”
for short and each of the members
are given the opportunity to have a
lock up at the club house, whicl
the Troup county jail.
The “lock” will be operated by
Chief Reed and his deputies and be
lieve me, all who come in, will have a
“fine” time before Judge Harwell.
For further information apply to
me at my temporary office at the
Troup county jail.
Yours truly,
■ AN HOWL
Mr 1 . Fred Shaef f er
Has Auto Accident
Damages Repaired
at the Postoffice
The local postoffice fiiasi £t last
repaired the damages sustained by
the fire in the early spring in which
Callaways Department Store was to
tally destroyed.
All of the windows on the north
side, which were cracked have been
replaced ard the doors, which were
scorched have been given a fresh coat
of paint.
Another automobile ' accident, in
which Fred Shaeffer, of West Point
sustained a broken arm and several
bruises, occurred last Friday after
noon on the Big Springs road just
beyond the home of Mr. Joe Newsome,
when the rear tires on the car belong
ing to Mr. Shaeffer burst and so af
fected its direction that the car ran
up on a high embankment and threw
its occupants over the wind shield.
Besides Mr. Shaeffer, there was in
the car, Roy Smith, of Manchester.
Mr. Shaeffer was carried to the
Mission and placed under the treat
ment of Morgan and Ridley, physi
cians of this city.
It was thought for a while that his
injuries would result seriously, but , .
he was able to be up town last night; this state and this section. His busi
wave the broken j ne„ of Caldwell Lumbar G,» on.
arm in the sling. of the f ‘ tS kmd ,n ^
Mr. Smith was uninjured. section of the state.
Mr. Caldwell Is
Taking Vacation
Mr. H. W. Caldwell, of this city,
left a few days ago for points in
Nortff Carolina, where he will spend
a short vacation.
Mr. Caldwell was formerly a North
Carolinian, but since his stay in
Georgia, he has become wedded to
ALLOW US TO ANNOUNCE
THAT IT IS DREADFULLY HOT
Somebody told us to announce to
tHe public that it was hot. Kindly
permit us ;tq do it.
For the last few weeks, people of
this city have had all the Sunshine in
their lives, that could be desired. It
has beeff. so hot that the showers in
the afternoon fail to make much im
pression on the face of mother earth.
Business has been a back number.
The attraction that does not have
electric fans and ice water is no long
er an attraction. Hence the popular
ity of the drug stores during the day.
The attendance at the ball game
has been on the bum simply because
it has been so hot. Folks have ac
tually been so afraid of sun stroke
that they refused to walk to the park
and this fact together with the pulling
power of the preacher may account
for the large, number that have brav
ed the heat to go to the protracted
services at the Presbyterian church.
But the. crops have not been hurt
very badly according to the agricul
tural fans that come here on Satur
days. It looked like for a while that
everything was going to get burned
prematurely, but these April show
ers have come to the rescue and
things are beginning to look as well
as feel a little better.
Just what is going to happen as
regard the weather in the future, is
not known by us, but we would re
spectfully refer you to Prof. Clifford
Smith or Mr. George Billinghurst, of
this city, who are well versed in the
art of “What-the-weather’s-goner-do.”
