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SEE 3rd Page FOR FARM NEWS SEE Back Page FOR SPORT NEWS 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.”