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THE LAGRANOfl REPORTER.
IN THE SPORTING)
WORLD
Carl Weilman, Lea'ding Pitch
er of the Browns.
Kaney Goes Out
"Snipe Hunting”
PlMto by Atrviricnn i>r«i Association,
Cart Wellman, leading pitcher of the
*t Louis lirown aggregation, la a
southpaw and stands six feet five and
a half inches In his stocking feet.
lie Is a good pitcher. He Is the most
improved pitcher In ihe American
league. Kanklng forty-second among
the American league pitchers last seu-
son in the matter of earned runs—
American league teems averaged 8.11
earned runs per game ns he worked—
this season so far Well man has held
the opposition to an average well un
der two runs per game.
Other facta anent Mr. Wellman
might be suiumnrlaed In thla fashion:
He pit,cites fewer curved Imlls than
moat ggtehers; lie Is one Inch toiler
than Rill James; he is one-half Inch
ehorter than Myles Main of Detroit;
he has sn undying ambition to lie ■
.800 hitter and may be found any time
In practice working with tho bnt, and
he has, with Roy Mitchell, the most
perfoct eoutrol of auy pitcher among
the Drowns.
) Rattled the Umpire.
l’iayers throughout the American
league live Under the Impression that
Harry Coveleekle, the Tigers' south
paw, can be rattled by tho |K>ralsti>nl
whistling, singing or playing of “Silver
Threads Among the Gold."
At different times thla season opix.s
ing teams have tried to make the big
Pole slip by rollowlug up this practice.
They have yet to succeed, but ball
pluyera are persistent Individuals.
New York's Highlanders started the
tune when Coreleskle' waa pitching a
game at Detroit.
All through the drat Inning they
whistled and sang and stamped their
feet In accomplinlih^ht' A double play
Pulled Coveleskle out of a hole In the
first period and In the second the High
landers reueWeil their efforts.
Through the second pining and Into
the third they wept,,
Coveleskle, Intent on pitching, paid
no heed.
Itut behind the hat there was one
person who possessed nerves that were
not attuned to such music. This was
Billy Bvnns The league's best um
pire finally bawled:
“Out that out, yon fellows. What
d’ye think this Is—a county fair?"
The old gng of "snipe hunting,”
which has so long been almost for
gotten , was pulled off about six miles
from IsiGrange Monday night, with
an unuaual amount of success. Mr.
Thomas Kaney, while with a bunch of,
his friends Sunday, saw u pretty
snipe for the first time in hiB life and
was carried away with the suggestion
of one of the boys to go "snipe hunt-,
ing,” willingly agreeing to hold the
sack.
So Monday night, young Kaney and
six others went to a creek about six
miles from LaGrange for the purpose
of bagging some of the birds. Thomas
was placed almost in the middle of
the creek on a huge log with the
sack while the others went up the
stream to “shoo” them down to him.
About two hours later the boys re
turned to see what had become of
Tom, They were surprised to sec
him still in a straining position with
the sack wide open, and Kaney was
vexed nt their early return, greeting
them with: “Go back boys, not a
single one hns come by me yet!”
New Fall Goods
Arriving Daily
LaGrange Dry Goods Company, is
a very busy place these days. Every
thing over tfiere seems to be hustling
every minute.
Their buyers have just returned
from New York, where they purchased
a large fall stock and the real proof
of this, is to drop in some duy and
sec for yourself. They are getting
in new goods by every train and
among these goods especially did we
notice, their lines of ladies ready-to
wear, they carry a line equal to the
Atlantu houses, and have a most up-
to-date department, one that will do
credit to a city. You can find any
thing you can wish for, in the new
dresses, suits, coats, etc., here nnd
the prices arc right.
Rules Governing
Macon Convention
Qolf Courses Costly.
Thera are not many persons outside
of those on the Inside of the game ol
golf who fully appreciate what amount
of money It requires to establish a
golf course along thoroughly uii to'
dato lines, nor to what extent s man
will delve Into hla personal fortuns
for the sake of gratifying bis heart’s
doHtre In the building of links which
will rank among the boat in the sec
tion. Not long ago 1B0 Philadelphia
golfers were asked to subscribe $1,000
each that a new course could bo built
In the chestnut Hill section. When
the National Golf links of Antnrtca
was Aral projected at Shionecock BUU,
N. Y„ there were $1,000 subscriptions
obtained In sudlclent number to bring
about the completion of a course now
ranked as the greatest In the world.
Nearly $1,000,0<X> In all has been spout
upon by the rules committee and ear
ned out ut the convention at Mueon;
1. The appointment of a com
mittee of twelve to be known as the
committee on resolutions. The ap
pointment of which ahull be made by
the permanent chairman of this con
vention. All resolutions except such
us may be considered as privileged
resolutions shall be referred to that
committee, which shall leport to this
convention a platform for considera
tion.
2. Introduction of resolutions.
I). Election of state executive com-
iniittee, consisting of four from each
congressional district in the state.
4. Nomination of governor and
all other state house officials, includ
ing supreme court justices, and the
court of appeals, and the convention
shall declare nil judges of the su
perior court and the solicitor generuls
of their respective circuits who re
ceived the plurality of votes in their
respective circuits in accordance with
the rules of the executive committee,
nominees of this convention.
5. The appointment of a committee
to notify the nominee for governor
and escort him before the convention
6. Nomination of senator for the
long term.
7. Appointment of u committee to
escort tne nominee before the conven
tion.
8. Nomination of senator for the
short term.
I). Appointment of a committee to
escort the nominee I efore the con
vention
10. Report of committee on reso
lutions
11. Any other unfinished business
before the convention.
12. Adjournment.
The last rules of the general as
sembly of Georgia shall be and they
are hereby adopted as the rules to
govern the deliberations of this con
vention
Raoa Yachts Expensive.
Various estimate* have bean mod*
of the cost of the Defiance, as well aa
the Vanltte and the Resolute, ttw
yachts built to battle for the honor
of defending the America's cup ogaluat
Sir Tbomaa Upton’s challenger Sham
rock IT. The war baa called off the
reoes.
One of tlie latest places the coat of
the Vanltte and the Resolute at $300.-
000 and that of the Defiance at $100,-
-000.
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•trank •aidant Mentioned.
t^T’jie one player on the Philadelphia
tjtm from whom, little la beard and
'yet who Is one of the . most valuable
players Mack has la Antes Strunk,
the center fielder. It Is but on rare oc
casions that Strunk is ever mention
ed In connection with the champions,
and yet it Is doubtful It barring per
haps Collins and Barry, there ta a
player In the lineup who does mors to
help his team than he.
With the LaGrange
Dry Goods Co.
Miss Lula Wilkinson, who for some
time has been connected with The
Mars liman Company, has accepted a
position with the LaGrange Dry
Goods Company and will be very glad
to have her friends call there to see
her.
To Hold Civil
Service Examination
A competitive examination under
the rules of the U. S. Civil Service
Commission, for the position of clerk-
carrier in the postoffice service, La-
Grange will be held on September
26, 1914 commencing at 9 o’clock a.
Applications for this examination
must be made on the prescribed form,
(which, with necessary instructions,
may be obtained from the commis
sion’s local representative, B. _H.
Walker, secretary local Civil service
board, at the LaGrange postoffiee or
from the undersigned.
Applications will not be accepted
unless received by the undersigned.
All pereons wishing to- take tkfc
examination should secure blanks and
ifill them out at once in order to allow
time for any necessary corrections.
B. B. HARE,
Secretary Civil Service Board, At
lanta, Ga.
B. H. WALKER.
Local secretary Civil Service Ex
aminers, I-aGrange, Ga. P. O.
Have Returned *
to Rheinhardt
Messrs. Howard and Pierce Harris
have returned to Waleska to resume
their studies in Rheinhardt College.
This makes Howard’s third year at
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FRIDAY MORNING. SEPT. 4, 1914.
Modern Wars
Are not So Long
The most recent'“central
Europ
ean wars were settled in an amazing
short time. In 1866 Prussia and Aus-
-tria went at each other's throats over
Rheinhardt, while Pierce has attended the juicy Schleswig-HolstUn bom
.school there only a year and a half, ( to which neither ol them, by. the wa
They both'timer the senior class and
complete their course there this year.
Mr. Pierce Harris has represented
the Pierce society at this institution
twice, first in the fall term debate and
attain in the Champion debate last
spring. As well us winning fame as
an orator among his college associates
he has also been a feature on the
athcletic field, having easily won a
place on the Rheinhardt College base
ball team.
Messrs. Howard and Pierce Harris
have both won many fHends since
they have been irl LaGrange, who wish
for them much success.
The Worst Kind.
The hatefullent people In the world
are those who stand always ready,
when they do wrong, to address some
body In an audible aside with “Now
see what you made mo do!”
, >y. tne way,
had any right. That war Idsjted only
a little while, Prussia giving'Austria
a terrible' and > humilating beating
Fra/ipe . and Sardinia also gave
Austria a" crushing defeat in 1859—
in a war in which the general fight
ing lasted less than "ft month. This
list does not include Italy’s earlier
»nd_ feebler struggles for liberty
against Austria as in 1848-1849, etc.
In July 1870, France and Prussia
went to war. The general fighting
in that war lasted barely a month.
Of course the siege off Paris and other
maneuvers dragged on much longer,
but the actual clash in the field began
early in August and ended early in
September.
The Russo-Turkish war six years
afterward, was longer by a year or
more, but the Turko-Greek war in
the nineties was a matter of one
swift campaign. The Russo-Jap war
was also comparatively brief.
■>. In our .own history here is roughly
the duration of the important wars:
Revolutionary war, eight years;
war of 1912, two, years and eight
months; Mexican war. t*wo yeurs
and,eleven weeks; civil was four
years; Spanish war, seven and a half
months( with the bulk of the fighting
done in two and a half.)
All but one of the foregoing were
duels between two nations. The last
general European war was the Cri
mean, when England, France, Turkey
and Sardinia Combined against Rus
sia, from 1854 to 1856. That war
continued for about two years and
resulted in a sound thrashing of
Russia.
Before that the Napoleonic wars,
intermittently brought every nation
lin Europe to the battlefield. These
wars continued, with breaks' of long
or short duration, for more than
twenty years, and ended , at Waterloo,
when the English, the TTussiansAhe
Dutch and other allies overthrew
Napoleon. Russia and England, by
the way, were Germany’s stanchest
friends then.
So, with a very few exceptions, we
see that more modern the war, the
shorter it is apt to be, especially when
only central Europe is involved. For
example (in actual fighting); Aus-
tro-Prussian war of 1866, seven
weeks; Fraanco-Prussian war of 1870
Little Charlie. Holst
HasTyphoid Fever
The many friends of the family will
regret to know of the illness from
typhoid fever of little Charlie, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holst, at
the home of relatives in Atlanta.
Charlie and his grandmother, Mrs.
Warren Shafer, had been visiting
there for some time and were joined
by his Mother"* week or so ago, when
she found him stricken with tWs dis
ease. It-is *n»tif.wing to know, how
ever, that then? i* hope for-his. re
covery.
. Contradiction Habit
•'ItiUrreported of a wel 1
lessor of history at Harvard college
that whenever one wants to find him.
all he has to do Is to go Into the col
lege yard and make a statement about
some fact in history, whereupon the
professor will immediately come out
and contradict It.
a month, and the present war—7
—New York Evening World.
THE NEW STORES
AT THE OLD POST OFFICE COR
NER are ALIVE WITH NEW GOODS
A PANORAMA OF THE LATEST MODES
AND FASHIONS
There will not be a hint of the season’s styles but what cari be obtained within the boundary
of our stores at prices even lower than you expect. The buyers are elated over their purchases.
With instructions to pay cash for what they bought, it enables them to get rebates and discounts
which will add mufch to the purchasing power of your dollar this season.
Millinery Parlors a Scene of Activity.
• Our Miss Ellis and Miss Tru-
luck are here beaming full of
the season’s styles and transposing their ideas into hats of exclusive designs for
women of fashion. Many advanced styles in street hats, ready for your choosing.
Women’s Ready-to-Wear- Section. 3£ riLt [ a he hi s °, n ore p , r g“S
air of exclusiveness. We can’t recall when such an array of elegance was displayed
in woman’s apparal, and the assortment too, is such that the most fastidious can
find fashions that will compare with her ideas in Suits, Dresses, Skirts and Waists.
Fall Stvlpc Pnnwt Fnnfwpar The time is fast approaching for high-top
loll Oiyies, vtOlTcCl ruoiwcax. shoes, and the arrivals of our new Fall
and Winter styles give our customers great advantage as to the coming season’s
fashions. Take advantage of these early arrivals and be fitted while the stock is
new and at its best. We are showing Hanan and Douglas shoes for men; Sorosis
and Ziegler for women and children.
Copyright 1914
Th« H Black Cs.
Styleplus Clothes,
$17.00
( STYLES THAT PROCLAIM THE
THE HIGH GRADE MAN
Master the Clothes Problem or
^ it will Master You.
•’ The clothes problem
can master you in two
ways—by spurring you
to extravagance for the
kind of clothes you like
or by killing your desire
to dress well because
you can’t afford it.
You master the cloth
es problem when once
become the wearer $17.00
you
of Styleplus Clothes at
A new tailoring department at this
store. Style, quality and material com
bined with the best 3 .workmanship in
men’s high class AA $ A #1Q CA
tailored suits, at tO fiO.W
John B. Stetson
Hats
that have style and
character for men of
distinction and habits
of good dressing. A splendid (n ^ __ J £4 aa
assortment of all that is new at «pO*3U culQ <p4*UU
Lion Brand Shirts,
$1.50 and
$2.00
Our buyers reaped a harvest in
this purchase. They secured over 50
dozen of those $1.50 and $2.00 shirts
in all the leading colors to *;
sell at
$1.00
Ely Walker, E.& W.,
Dollar Shirts, new
lot just received
69c
Nobby Styles
in High Class
Neckwear
Never were so many classy ties to
choose from. All of them in the dol
lar shape, but s.**
only each hill*
*2 *or »0 Cent. 1
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On Sale in the Economy Sec
tion. i
TELEPHONES
500 Office Old Store.
501 Grocery Department.
602 Grocery Department
603 Grocery Department
604 Men’s Ready-to-iraar. Shoes
605 Millinery and Ready-to-Wear
We pay railroad fare
within _twenty-five miles
LAGRANGE, GEORGIA.
of LaGrange and return
to anyone making a pur
chase of $15.00 or more.
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