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VOL. 72.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 3, 1914.
HORSE RAGES AND BASE BALL i
WILL DRAW LARGE CROWDS
AUianca, First Big Seagoing
Ship to Te9t Panama Canal Lock9
Nine Good Horses
Entered
LaGrange will Play Opelika at nine
forty-five Saturday Morning.
This Occasion To Be Made
Annual Event.
Nine of the best horses in this sec
tion of the country have been entered
in the races for the fourth of July at
the fair grounds next Saturday and
no one horse has a sure thing.
For the past few days the owners
have been putting them through rigid
exercises and all are going to make
a good showing in the contests.
There will be three races during
the afternoon and large purses have
been offered.
Big Crowds Will Be Here.
Most of the LaGrange merchants
will close for at least half the day
Saturday and one of the largest
crowds seen here in a long time will
take in the ball game in the morning
and the races in the afternoon.
Owing to the fact that the funds of
the promotors of the races have been
limited, the big event has not been
advertised as extensively as they
would have liked, hut people have
been talking it so on the streets of
LaGrange that practically everyone
in Troup county knows of the big
day we are to have and they will come
and bring their families and friends.
Baseball In The Morning.
LaGrange will play Opelika on the
local diamond Saturday morning, the
game beginning at nine forty-five
o’clock. LaGrange and Opelika are
two of the fastest teams in the league
and they are sure to put up a game
worth seeing.
Baseball fanl; from all around La
Grange will be here to take in the
game and LaGrange will no doubt up
hold her. record as having the largest
paid attendance of any team in the
league.
May Make This Annual Event.
The men, who are behind this move
ment of making LaGrange the center
of great festivity on the fourth of
July are anxious to make of it an
annual event and the manfier with
which their efforts are accepted by
the people this year will no doubt
determine whether this will be pos
sible.
It is their belief that the prizes
offered for good horse blood will en
' courage the breeding of better horses
in this section of the country and that
possibly sometime we can boast of
the horses here that have made mid
dle Tennessee and Kentucky famous.
Motoring Through
South Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Doe, Mr. A. R.
Arnold, Miss Emma Arnold, Master
Milton Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. W. \\ .
Arnold, Jr., and Mrs. H. A. Looper of
Atlanta, will leave Sunday for a
week's auto trip through South Geor
gia. They will go by way of Newnan
to Griffin on to Macon, Fort Valley,
Americus and to Beuana Vista where
they will visit Rev. \V. W. Arnold
and family and by way of Talbotton
or Columbus on theii return trip. I
Reporter’s Whistle
^Symbol of News
If you hear somebody whistle this
afternoon, go to the door and maybe
you will get some news.
Y’ou will certainly get that was in
tended for news because you will re
ceive THE REPORTER, that is if
you have been wise' enough to sub
scribe for it. |
Since changing from weekly to
semi-weekly we have been forced to
supply our own 'city delivery, be
cause good old Uncle Sam refused to
send his men out in this hot weather
for us twice a week.
It has taken some time for the
boys to learn the different routes and
we have had a good many just com
plaints from our subscribers, who
failed to receive the paper, but the
youngsters have been working hard
nnd complaints have grown lower and
fewer every week.
The boys now have whistles
will be sounded at each subscribers
home.
We will appreciate the favor if our
subscribers will notify us whenever
their street address is changed as we
are bending every effort to perfect
deliver^ Service, which "fir -possible
only with the co-operation of the
subscribers.
Just a "Chicken"
From Alabama
Mr. J. C. DeLoach of this city, who
has been in the habit of ordering his
supply of chickens and eggs from
Alabama, Tuesday received a crate of
eggs which proved to be automatic
Not expecting any harm from the
small inanimate “hen-fruit,” Mr. De
Loach left them in his store Tuesday
night and on his return Wednesday
morning was surprised to hear the
.chirp of a small chicken. Upon in
vestigation, it was found that the
little chick was in the crate with the
eggs and had made his escape.
Mr. DeLoach now has his little pet
on display and is patiently awaiting
the arrival of other fowls.
Hot in Behind
Blind Tigers
FIVE CENTS A COPY.
Johnson to Be with
Bradfield Drug Co.
Mr. E. I,. Johnson, well known in
LaGrange as an experienced and
capable seed and poultry man, will
he connected with Bradfield Drug
Company after September 1, his spec
ial duties being the handling of the
seed, plant and poultry-supply depart
ments of that popular firm.
Mr. Walter Davis, the manager of
Bradfield Drug Company, is himself
one of the best posted seedsmen and
i poultrymen in this section, and has
j already built up a largo business in
i supplies in these Tines because of the
expert advice and assistance which
he is able to give. The addition of
Mr. Johnson will make a combination
hard to beat, and it is a'safe predic
tion that these departments will grow
faster than ever.
NUMBER 55
Mr. Ralph Jones
On Business Here
HR 8rat freight currying steamer to pass through the locks or the
Panama canal was the Alllanea, a vessel belonging to the Panama
railroad. She carried 9,000 tons of sugar, and the test or the great
locks was thoroughly satisfactory to Colonel Goethe Is, governor of the
caaal zone. The rise at the tiatun locks la eighty-live feet.
More Studebakers
Sold in LaGrange
Mr. Ralph Jones, who was former
ly editor of the Firing Line on the
Atlanta Constitution and who is now
connected with the Georgia Chamber
of Commerce, was in LaGrange yes-! .
terday in the interest of the state Mr - Reuben K 5 rl * announces the
body, who is getting out a directory sale of two more Studebakers in this
of Georgia manufacturers in further- section to Mr. A. O. Dunson of La-
ance of their “Trade at Home Cam- Grange and Mr. C. W. Griffin of
pa j ?n ' ... • LaFayette, Ala.
In the directory every manufactur- ,, , „
, . .... i Mr. Kyle has sold a number of
er in the state will be listed alphabet- J
ically and the book will be distributed Stpdebakers in LaGrange recently
to every nook and corner of the state, and he is seriously considering com-
This is the first Big direct step to- ing to this city and making head-
ward teaching Georgia people that q uar te rs here.
necessary articles, or at least most
of them can be bought right here in
our own state, and ft will no doubt
prove of untold benefit to the manu
facturers as well as being a valuable
collection of statistics.
President C. J. Haden is giving his —
personal attention to this work and Prof. Searcy B. Slack, good roads
this directory will be the most com- expert for the University of Georgia,
plete compilation of its kind ever afld who is a son 0 f Dr. and Mrs. H.
Prof. S.B.SIack
to Visit Here
published in a southern state.
Goat Rock Darn
Shown at Grand
R. Slack, of this city, will arrive in
LaGrange this week for a few days
visit to his home folks.
It has been some time since Prof.
Slack has visited LaGrange and his
large number of friends will be glad
Goat Rock Dam, the wonderful to we i come him home.
source of electric power situated at /
Columbus on the Chattahoochee riv-' . _ . .
er was shown in LaGrange the other q|0 0316 (S
night by moving pictures at the
Grand theater. ' |
This marvelous piece of engineer-!
ing was presented in a very interest
ing “movy” and gave in some measure
Watkin’s Residence
Catches on Fire
Fire, of unknown origin, created a
good deal of excitement in LaGrange
yesterday morning, when the resi
dence of Mr. T. E. Watkins on Main
street caught.
The fire department answered the
summons immediately and had very
little trouble in extinguishing the
flames. The damuge is small and is
covered by insurance.
Much IVIoney Circu
lated Here July 1st
Between $-10,000 and $50,000 was
put in circulation in LaGrange on
July 1st through dividend disburse
ments of' several of its big corpora
tions. Such a large sum coming in
i time of the year is of great
all along the line, and La
Grange is fortunate in having such
Its corporations not only
pay handsome dividends to their
stockholders, but yield another sten A
cash income through the large- pay
rolls to employes, estimated at
$00,000 to $75,000 per month.
The corporations paying dividends
on July 1st were:
Unity Cotton Mills, 4 per cent
quarterly on $250,700. $10,028.00.
Elm City Cotton Mills 3 per cent
quarterly on $315,000. $9,408.00.
LaGrange Banking & Trust Com
pany 4 per cent semi-annually
$200,000. $8,000.00.
The LaGrange National Bank 4
per cent semi-annually on $150,000.
$0,000.00. . *
LaGrange Saving Bank 4 per cent
semi-annually -on $25,000. $1,000.00
Total $34,496.00.
In)addition there are a large num
ber of locul stockholders in the At-,
lanta & West Point railroad Com
pany which paid its regular semi
annual dividend of 3 per cent.
WILL RON FOR
LEGISLATURE
West Point Man Of
fers Candidacy
Hon. W. Trox Bankston, Editor
West Point News, Declares
Willingness to Serve people of
Troup.
Will
Return
to LaGrange
Work Has Begun
on School Building
Work on the new school building
which will he constructed' on the ad
dition of Gordon street near the
Troup county fair grounds has start
ed and will be pushed fast as pos
sible in order to have the building
completed during early fall.
Pike Bros. Lumber Company of
this city have the contract for its
construction.
The brick for the building have
been purchased and will be shipped
to LaGrange in a few days. Red
pressed brick will be used.
Miss Georgia McIIan, who for the
past two seasons has had charge of
the millinery department at La
Grange Dry Goods Company has ac
cepted her same position for next
season anVLwill, to the delight of her
many friends, return to LaGrange
September 1. She will leave for New
York about August 1 to be gone
about three weeks looking after the
buying for her department.
Poolos& Pappas
v Se11 Olympia Cafe
The Olympia Cafe on Main street,
which has been operated since open
ing a few months ago by Poolos &
Pappas, has been sold to Messrs Gus
Nichols and James Brown, two At
lanta Greeks.
The new proprietors are experienc
ed restaurant men and will no doubt
do a thriving business in LaGrange.
The Olympia is situated in the
Bostick hotel on Main street and is
neatly equipped for serving trade.
Mayor John D. Edmundson is mak
ing a determined campaign against
blind tigers in this city and he is
doing everything in his power to put
an end to the evil traffic.
Four negroes received sentence in
his court yesterday morning and will
serve the time on the road. The
vigilant police rounded up these law
breakers after having brought a
drunken black to justice.
Now Going On
• The Edmundson-Christopher Com-
to the people in this city an idea of pany. is putting on this week a sure
how thousands of horse power are enough bargain sale in an effort to
sent to us by the little wire convey- 1 se n out their entire . stock of goods
ors ' J before moving to their beautiful new
store on Main street.
Chief Joyner I Thirty-three . and one-third per
... , a ^ ’cent is being given off on all goods
VISITS Labrange an d 3ales are now being made just
Chief Joyner, formerly chief of the about as fast as the clerks can handle
fire department in Atlanta spent the business.
Wednesday afternoon and part of This is the first sale that Mr.
Thursday in LaGrange in the- interest Edmondson has put on in a long time
of some of the fire insurance com- and he states that he has been sur-
panies, who have had losses in this prised at thp response that they have
section. received so far.
Chief Joyner has a number of The sale will be continued until the
friends in LaGrange. firm moves to the new store, (adv.)
Young People
Camping Out
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. v Pierce are
chaperoning a party of young people
at a camp at Glass’ bridge a few
miles from LaGrange this week. A
number of LaGrange people will visit
the campers this week and partake of
the delightful river fish ( ?) that will
no doubt be caught.
YOUNG PEOPLE CAMPING.
The sons of ease are having a jolly
good time over in the court house
yard this summer weather playing
checkers.
The trees over there keep the hot
sun far away and from morning until
dark, unless the local club is playing
at home checkers is the "order of the
day."
Return Home
from Vacation
Mr. J. L. Bradfield, who has heon
spending some time in Dallas, Tex.,
returned to LaGrange Wednesday.
Mr. Bradfield states that hhj Western
trip has done him, a lot of good and
that he will now enter business with
renewed vigor. . ... .
He was accompanied home by,Miss
Mary Scott of Dallas,Mi*»; Scott yisit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Bradfield last sum
mer and she has many friends here,
who are glad to welcome her back to
LaGrange.
Mirs. Mays Will
Make Change
Mrs. A, L. Mays, who for the past
several seasons, has had charge Of
the Marshburn Company’s millinery
department, will be associated with
Mist McHan, and will be glad to have
her friends call at the LaGrange Dry
Goods Company to see her after
September 1.
Hon. W. Trox Bankston, editor of
the West Point and Lanett News and
one of the best known weekly news
paper men in the state of Georgia has
announced his candidacy for the legist
Jaturc from Troup county.
Mr. Bankston states that his action
in the matter was occasioned by the
demands of Troup county citizens
that he make the race and that he
has acceded with the intentions of
serving his people to the best of his
ability in case they really want him.
His announcement card is as fol
lows:
“If it is the desire of the voters
that I should represent this grand
old county of Troup in the next gene
ral assembly of the state of Georgia,
I shall highly appreciate their sup
port gnd influence, and, if elected,
labor zealously to serve them faith
fully and to the best of my ability.
Mr. W. Trox Bankston briefly out
lines his platform as follows:
“I am in favor of leasing the state
road<for a long term of years or ex
tending it to the sea, that it may al
ways continue the important factor
in the source of revenue to the educa
tional fund of Georgia.
“I favor biennial sessions of the
legislature. Once every two yeara is
often enough for the solons to meet.
“I do not believe in condemning or
repealing the tax equalization law un
til we have given it a fair trial, but
I favor such amendments as are
n cessary to make the tax equaliza
tion law accomplish the purpose
for which it was intended; equalizing
the taxes that they may prove bur
densome to none, yet a3 nearly as
possible compel every taxpayer in
Georgia to pay his pro-rate share of
taxes necessary for the economical
expenditure of the state..
“Our sehool children should have
the best books 1 that money pan buy,
at the* lowest possible cost, add
should- be uriiform thoughout the
state.” '
Mr. Bankston has for many years
been prominent in the affairs of his
community, having always taken a
lead in his paper for everything that
was progressive.
He is a man, who could no doubt
fill the office of representative with
ease, and is. capable of rendering the
people of Troup county good service.
Mr. Bankston is a hustler and a
good campaigner and before the pri
mary is over there will be a.lot of peo
ple in this section, who will have
heard his platform explained in per
son. .... .A
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