The La Grange reporter. (La Grange, Ga.) 184?-193?, August 14, 1914, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSEE 3rd Page FOR FARM NEWS SEE Back Page FOR SPORT NEWS VOL. 72. ESTABLISHED 1842. FRIDAY MORNING, AUG. 14, 1914. FIVE CENTS A COPY. NUMBER 63 BOWDEN SPEAKS HERE TODAY IN INTEREST OF HOKE SMITH SENATOR HOKE SMITH WILE REMAIN IN WASHINGTON Large Crowd Expect ed Out Waycross Man Will Defend Sen ator Smith's. Able Record In Senaoe. Dorsey Will Speak for Joe Brown. Boddie Freed of Murder Charge Ben Boddie a negro who shot, and killed John Broome, a negro tenant on his place a few miles from La- Grange, on July 26th, was freed by the superior court last Wednesday. Boddie pleud self defence, and was ahly defended by lawyers Mooty & Andrews and Jones & Meadows. Ben Boddie is well known in La- Grange, being a prosperous negro farmer, operating about fourteen plows. mm- LaGrange May Come Second iimr 8 A communication from the Smith headquarters in Atlanta was received here yesterday afternoon that Hon. J. E. T. Bowden, of Waycross, would address the voters of Troup county, in the interest of the candidacy of Senator Hoke Smith, at the court house this afternoon. Mr. Bowden is n splendid speaker and will prese.nt a defense of the sena tors record while in the senate and a The hopes of the most sanguine rebuttal of the many false charges, f ans f ol . the pennant for LaGrange which have been circulated against have about waned, and the most Hoke Smith in the present campaign.; hoped for now is a close second Everybody is invited out to hear jt looks as if we can get this now him. | as the rest! of our games are confin- Soliritor Hugh M. Dorsey, of At- ed to the weaker half of the league, lanta, well known over the state for while those above us must fight it his successful handling of the Leo j lout among themselves. Unfortu- Frank prosecution, will speak here at|nately for LaGrange, O. Donalson, one o’clock in the afternoon in the in- ( one of our star outfielders and bat- tore ;t of Joe Brown's candidacy. | tors is out of the game for the The exact hour of Mr. Bowden’s season and Jack Donaldson’s pros- .pooch has not been ascertained, but pects to get back in the game are it is thought that ho will ask a divis-, also slim. 1 he absence of these ion of time with solicitor Dorsey and [ men necessitates the working ot our if this is refused, he will speak im-1 pitchers in the field, thus to « de- mediutely following the solicitor’s ad- gree weakening the pitching starr. " ’ But LaGrange is playing mighty I good ball, considering, and its two to i 0 ne that we will come out second at Adamson Presides ; the end of the season. at the Capitol Runaway Marriage Last Wednesday Judge W. (’. Adamson, who is a candidate for re-election as congress man from the Fourth congressional district, has attained during his long term of office at Washington, a pow er and prestige, which few congress men enjoy, and his energies amt in fluence in this great luw making body Wright Speaks Here Today lion. VV. C. Wright, of Newtmn, candidate for congress from the Fourth Congressional District, will speak in the city this afternoon at Bradfleld Drug Company’s branch drug stores. The first speech will ou made at the drug store on Hill street at 6:80 o’clock, and the other will tie made at the store on the corner of Miller street and Murphy avertute, at seven-thirty. A good crowd is ex pected out to hear him. ROBERTS IS FOUND GUILTY Jury Out For Three Hours SENATOR HOKE SMITH To the great surprise of their scores of friends in LaGrange, Mr. Forrest Johnson and Miss Eleanor Dunson were quietly married by Kev. R. 11. Blalock at the parsonage last at four o’clock fluence in this great law matting mm Wednesday afternoon at lour o'clock are indeed invaluable to the south at; y 0un> , couple left immediately this particular period. after the ceremony for Atlanta in an The following from the Washing- au tomobile, where they will remaii ton Herald of yesterday is an ex-1 for several days. ample of the regard with which he is ^ndc is.a daughter of Mr. and held at the capital city: ] Dunson, of near LaGrange, “Judge Adamson, of Georgia, who I alll j ‘j H one 0 f the most charming mem- in the absence of Speaker Clark, U lt , rs 0 f th e city's younger set. She presided over the house yesterday, is j s u beautiful, accomplished girl, and -■ixty years old today. His appearance d ,, iS weet disposition, lias always made, and held, friends of those with whom she came in contact. No public man, of the south, hus ever had such vile enemies on his trail ever ready to circulate malicious slanders in their desperate effort to belittle him in the eyes of the people whom he has served so capably. Few men indeed could have con quered the political machine, which has sought to destroy him. But Hoke Smith is right, and the people know it, and he is the big courageous lead er who stands Tieatt and shoil 1 dors above them nil, ahly defending the cause of the Democracy of the south, and while the demagogues howl writhe in the agony of distress. A great majority of the people of Georgia will come to the pons next Wednesday, and by their vote vindi cate Georgia from an attitude of un appreciation for the man who hue rendered invaluable assistance to the Wilson administration, and who is known and admired all over the Unit ed States for his prompt action to ward defending the southern far mers’ interests in the appalling-situa tion, precipitated by the European war. Ladies Will Serve Brunswick Stew The ladies of the Woman’s Club will serve Brunswick stew at the court house yard today, when Dorsey will speak in the interest of the can didacy of Hon. Joseph M. Brown. The Woman’s ’Club of LaGrange are en deavoring to raise funds to build a lull house and the luncheon tvill no sold today to further pnomotd their plans. not indicate it; he looks no olde then when he first came to congressi eighteen years ago, but looks better and stronger, although he is probably the hardest worked member of con gress with the possible exception of Mr. Underwood or Mr. Mann, of Illi nois*. “His remarkable physical and men tal preservation, he ascribes to his correct habits. His only recreation is to walk thre“ or four miles every day, which he invariably does if op portunity permits. “It has been his fortune to parti cipate-in as much important legisla tion as any man. who ever came to congress arid he ha= put through in his own name a verv large number of important bills, making a consider able portion of constructive legisla tion. His contribution to the public| sendee has he the continued support of his constituents indicate their ap preciation of his services and career.” Johnson is a pophlar young ■is men, of LaGrange. He has .(1 here since quite a little boy and Negroes Steal Heard's Auto The first invasion of LaGrange by auto thieves occurred u few days ago, , when two negroes, Barney Rachels ! and Rufus Brown, stole the car of ulVwho know him, know him as a Mr. Bedford Heart! and attempted to friend and as an honorable gentle- make a get-a-way from LaGrange, going out Greenville street. man. The hundreds of friends of the young couple wish for them a long life of happiness. Will Speak at the Court House I Lon. Hugh M. Dorsey, of Atlanta, will speak at the court house this at tribution to the pudiici ternoon at one o’clock in the interest *en a valuable one and Lf the candidacy of ex-Govcrnor Jos- • unport and confidence eph M. Brown for the United States senate. Mr. Dorsey is a brilliant young law yer, having won fame in the Phagan case, which resulted in a victory for him against some of the ablest law yers in the state, and a large crowd is expected out to hear him. Court Pays Noble TribuleWednesday At the hour of two o’clock, Judge C. S. Reid, who has been presiding this week in place of Judge R. W. Freeman, called a 1mlt in the pro ceedings of court and requested that those in the court room remain in silence for five minutes ns a tribute On account of being inexperienced j to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the nobb Mr. H. H. Lane Here Wednesday Mr. II. H. Lane, the well known farmer, of Mountville, spent Wednes day in LaGrange in the interest of his candidacy for the Legislature. Mr. Lane hus been conducting a vigor ous campaign since his entrance into the race and he has many friends, who predict victory for him on the 19 th War News Will Not Hurt Ford Sales i War news, say the Ford dealers of. LaGrange, is not going to hurt, their business. They have sold their last car on hand, making 62 cars sc|l(Jwt Troup county this season, and have more live Ford prospects now ‘than when the Ford agency was opened here last October. They placed an order for a car load to be shipped on July 30th, but huvn’t even yet got notice that the cars have left ^De troit, which shows that it may he as difficult to get a Ford this fall as it was last fall, when, for instance, Dr. Terrell was three months getting his runabout. It is true that you get any other kind of an automobile you want, any time you want it, but not so with Fords. Clarence Roberts is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Stab bing to Death W. S. Shinn on April 3rd. in handling a car, the-negroes fuilet to get further than the residence of Mr. Pat Hutchinson, where the ma chine balked on account of a crippled engine. The negroes were caught, arraign ed before Mayor Edmundson and re ceived a sentence of six months in the pen. Considerable damage was done to the car. southern woman, who was' at that time being laid to rest at Rome. The entire audience was touched by Judge Reid’s tribute to ,the president and his account of the many trials, which had come upon him administration and during minutes every person in room remained in silent reverence as if bowed in prliyer. Smith Wins in Straw Ballot After being out for about three hours, yesterday afternoon the jury returned a verdict of "guilty,” with recommendations to the court, for mercy in the case of Clarence Rob erts, who was tried for the killing of W. S. Shinn on April 3rd, near. Troup factory. koberts was sentenced to imprison ment for life. The trial of Roberts, for the killing of Shinn, created wide spread inter est in Troup and Harris counties, and frbm the beginning of the case,until Col. Hewlett Hall closed the argument for the state, the court house and gal leries were packed with people. A tense atmosphere prevailed dur ing the examination of the witnesses, and as descriptions of the billing were recounted the wife and relatives of Roberts and the aged parents of the dead man were shaken with emotion. The prisoner remained unmoved, his eyes constantly shifting around the court house as the evidence was brought out in the case. Practically all day Wednesday was devoted to the examination of wit- noshes and the speeches in the case were not begun until yesterday morn ing.! / Sensational developments occurred when the prosecuting attorneys charged that the real reason for the killing was to silence Shinn, who was reported to have been making a seri ous (charge involving Roberts and a married woman. THe defendant’s attorneys put up a plfea of self defense and strove to prove that Roberts stabbed Shinn af ter the latter had reached in his .pocltot for v, weapon.and was.Jidmnfc ing upon the other. i Attorneys for the defense were Inwyers McLaughlin and Jones, of Greonvillei, and Col. Hatton Love- joy of this city. The principal witnesses introduced were O. A. and H. C. Roberts, Will Hardy and Mrs. J. ,M. Bass. Col. Hewlett Hall was assisted in the prosecution by Judge Frank Har well and Col. Henry Reeves. Just before the grand jury of Troup county adjourned Wednesday after noon a straw ballot was taken of its members on the Smith-Brown cam paign, and the vote resulted in 14 for Smith and six f.dr Brown. Jenkins Arrested for Selling Liquor Lonie Jenkins, a young white man man of this city was arrested Wed- i.irv wu'H com Dosed nesday on a charge of an illicit sale argely of farmers and according to ! Of liquor, on the outskirts of the north- the opinion of many I^n]>!'^.i 01 returned to LaGrange a ks ago, having just finished a two years in the penitentiary ny uiuis,^he opinion of many prominent p.olt-1/■ lurwigr [n . ( ticians hero, this is a fairly accurate] ’ the five jndex to th(J vote of the oounty. Many j e V\ e , the cour. i. e ii eve that Brown’s vote in the grand term, or.. Mrs. L. Haralson Passes Away Mrs. Lonnie Haralson, after several week's illness, died at her home on the Hogansville road last Monday night at 10:30 o’clock. Funeral services were conducted from the residence Wednesday after noon, Rev. R. H. Blalock, officiating. The deceased is survived by her hus band. Mrs. Haralson was well known in LaGrange, and Troup county and all who knew her regarded her as a no ble friend and neighbor. Her death comes as a source of much grief to her friei.ds and their sympathy is extended to the bereav ed husband. Co!. Hall Serves in Terrell's Absence Gibson Delivers Sermon Sunday Rev. George Gibson, formerly of this city and well known in LaGrange and Troup county, will deliver a ser mon at the First Baptist church next Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. Mr. Gibson has only recently entered the ministry and a large crowd is ex pected out to hear him. Col. Hewlett Hall, of Newnan, n well known attorney, has taken up the work of Solicitor Render Terrell in the Troup Superior court this week on account of the latter’s- heavy re sponsibilities of managing the cam paign for “Little Joe.” Newspapers Hit by War First The newspapers are among the first of American business interests to be affected by the stoppage of all imports due to the war of the seven nations. Printing inks, type-metals, and paper have already advanced and the indications are that prices will go still higher if there is no relief. TOURISTS SAFELY RETURN Mrs. E. T. Shaw, formerly of La Grange, and her sister, Miss Blore of Washington, D. C., arrived in New York last Sunday on the steamer “New York” from Europe. Mrs. Shaw and Miss Blore were enjoying a delightful trip abroad when the war disturbance came up, and tneir friends are very glad to know that they made a safe return to America. MANY IMPORTANT BILLS FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY Senate Bills Passed. The vital statistics bill, requiring that there shall he made re ports of all births and deaths in the state, That state and county officials shall be elected for a term of four instead of two years. That it shall lie a misdemeanor for a person to issue a check, draft, or order on a hank when there are no funds to meet the same. To change the time of state and county election so that the same shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in No vember. To extend the time of holding office of legislators until their suc cessors are qualified. To provide that ail persons shall be subject to garnishment to not over one-half of the amount of their wages if the'wages earn ed are more than $1.25 a day. House Bills Passed. To create t h '‘ new county of Barrow. To create tin new county of Bacon. To create the new county of Handler. To create the new county of Evans. The public health bib, creating state and county departments of public health. To establish a legislative reference bureau in the state library. To provide that insurance companies shall not be put in the hands of a receiver until the mutter has been submitted to the state insurance commissioner. To appropriate $10,000 to the Georgia Tech. To appropriate $25,000 for the eradication of the cattle tick. To appropriate $10,000 for eradication of the boll weevil and black wilt. 1 Bills Defeated. Prohibition bills to legalize the sale of pure beer, to abolish locker clubs, and to make effective the national law in regard to shipping alcoholic drinks into prohibition states. To repeal the tax equalization law. To prohibit illegal combinations in restraint of trade. To exempt from taxation eridowments for colleges. ' To provide for the rotation of judges of the superior court. The McCrory school book mil.—Constitution. , i believe that jury room was larger in proportion than the one he will receive on the 19th. , . None of the other races were test ed. milar charge. He has been lodged in the Troup county jail, and will be tried at the next term of the city court. Missionary Society Meets Tuesday LaGrange, 10; Anniston, 9 W. M. S. of the First Baptist church mee* Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock in the Baraca Room. Mrs. W. C. Lanier of West Point ourl associational superintendent, will be with us. All the members are, most earnestly requested to be pres-1 had given four free passes anil credit ed with one wild pitch. Heaci pitch- fine game, allowing only four and kept these scattered but In one of the rockiest affairs of the season LaGrange downed Anniston Wednesday afternoon by the immense score of ten to nine. Weston 'began the game for La Grange 'hut was relieved by Head af ter four men had faced him and ho ent. Presidents of Y. W. A., Y. W. A., ed Jr., and Sunbeams and as many of bits their members as can do so, arc most cordially invited to join us. ELLA McLENDON. President W. M. .S counted against the “Tarra- Miss Eliza Fuller Visits LaGrange Miss Eliza Fuller of Summerville, who recently visited her niece, Mrs. L. E. Spikes of this city, and her brothers, Mr. A. J. Fuller of Mount- I ville, and Mr. J. D. Fuller of Marietta has returned to her home. Miss Full er was accompanied by her great niece, Miss Eva Fuller also-of Sum merville. Miss Eliza, as she is familiarly known to many of the ol der residents of LaGrange arid Troup county, is now in her eightieth year and near sixty years of her life was spent on her father’s plantation near old Troup factory. She is blessed with a bright intellect and splendid me mory, and talks interesting of the old south and of the trying times of the four years of war where one of her brothers lost his life. The other five returned, but one of them left an arm on the battle fields of Virginia. errors pins.” Zellars again proved himself mas ter of the bat by getting a home run and i tivo singles out of five times up. The winning runs were scored in the ninth inning with two outs and two strikes on the batter, when “Rube” got a scratch hit, Waldron a free pass and were followed by sing les from the bats of I.aFitte and Hol land. Score by innings; r h e Anniston 400 002 030— 9 4 4 LaGrange . . . .003 005 002—10 12 4 Battery for Anniston, Killings- worth, Batson and Tisdale; for La Grange, Weston, Head and I.aFitte. Umpire, Blackburn. Atkinson Buys Hudson’s Garage Mr. Walter Atkinson, a well known young man, of this city, has just pur chased the garage on Church street from Hudson Hardware Company. This garage has been conducted by Mr. Luther Perking for the past seve ral months.

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The La Grange reporter. (La Grange, Ga.) 184?-193?, August 14, 1914, Image 1