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VOLUME XL—NO. 40.
LAFAYETTE TEAM
TAKES BOTH GAMES
J IKMI CHICK AM AUG A PLAYERS
BEFORE LARGE CROWD
WHICH ENDS SERIES
(By A. R. Fortune, Official Scorer)
Playing brilliantly and hitting
Dudderar consistently, LaFayette
took'the llrst game at Chickamauga
the score of 11 to 3.
By scoring three runs in the first
inning, LaFayette took the lead and
was never in danger. Elrod pitched
•a beautiful game for LaFayette, not
• giving up a hit until the seventh in
ning when the' muff of an easy fly
was followed by four hits, netting
three runs. This was all Chicka
uiauga was able to gather, as Elrod
kept the remaining three hits well
•scattered. A home run by T. Rich
was one of the several features of
the game. Fincher also hit heavily,
getting a single, double and triple
«>ut of four times at bat. Three fast
-double plays by Chickamauga’s in
field proved the fielding features
along with a catch of a long foul fly
By C. Anderson of LaFayette. C.
Rich sprained his ankle turning first
•and was only able to get a single in
place of an easy triple.
The second game proved a pitcher’s
battle between Henry for LaFayette
and Dobbs for Chickamauga, Henry
-coming through with the long end
-3 to 2. Henry deserved a shut out in
this game, allowing only two hits,
neither of which had anything to do
with the scoring. Two errors in
succession allowed two runs to
■cume over. Justice was the hjlting
-Tar in this game, securing a single,
-double and triple in four trips to
the plate. Justice secured five hits
ior a total of nine bases in both
games A catch of a Texas Leaguer
by Hill for LaFayette and then I
doubling Hamilton off second was
Ihe fielding feature of the second
game.
Both games were cleanly played,
Joe Harris umpired both games,
and bis work was of the best, giv
ing neither side chance for argu
ment.
Owing to the fact that LaFayette
•look Ihe first three games of the j
'live-game series, t remaining two j
games that were scheduled to be;
played at LaFayette Saturday, Sept. 1
30, will not be played. The standing
between the two teams for the seas
on is LaFayette 4, Chickamauga 1.
Boih teams have played their last
•same for this season.
The score of both games follows: j
FIRST GAME
LaFayette— ABRHPOAE
■Justice 3b 6 1 2 2 4 0
Reneoicl e 6 2 1 6 2 0
C. Arderson fb 0 2 3 14 0 0
Greenwood rs 5 1 2 0 0 0
Hill ss 5 0 1 0 3 0
I'. Rich 2b 5 11 3 3 1!
Fincher cf 4 2 3 0 0 lj
a). Rich If 5 1 3 1 0 0
Elrod p .. 4 1 3 1 3 1|
46 it 19 27 15 3
Chickamauga— AB R H PO A E
"Madaris 2b 4 0 0 1 5 1
Elder If 4 0 1 2 0 1
T,. Anderson fb 4 0 1 12 1
Morton 3b 4 1 0 2 4 0|
NVhitner cf-c 4 0 1 2 0 0
Tfudderar p 4 1 0 0 3 2
Smith c 1 0 0 4 0 0
Dobbs cf 3 110 10
Hamilton ss 4 0 2 2 4 1
Blair rs 3 0 1 2 1 0
35 3 7 27 19 7
Score by innings:
innings 123 456 789—R H E
LaFayette .....320 021120—11 19 3
Chickamauga. .000 OOf) 300— 3 77
Summary: Home run T. Rieh.
Three base hits Fincher, L. Ander
son. Greenwood. Two base hits
Vincher. Justice, Elrod, Dobbs, Ham
ilton. SI ruck out by Elrod 6, Dud-
F VIM FOR SALE
Ibave fer immediate sale a farm
<>f 130 acres, about 100 acres cleared,
■mod Iwn-story cottage with 6 rooms,
"rood bn-m. crib and other out houses
Fine young orchard now in bearing.
Lies aloogisde of county pike 1 3-4
■miles from Cedar Grove postofflee.
'’cossed by Chickamauga ereek.
■iolendid community, fine schools
and churches. Price 84.000 or will
“s«ll part of in proportion. Terms
reasonable.
J. A. SARTATN. Agent,
tfl-li-lt Kensington. Ca.
Waite (ftmmtij Mt&Mtupt
MBS. L. W. MYERS DIED
IN CHAITANOO6A
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Mrs. L. W. Myers, aged 73 years,
one of the best-known and most
loved women in North Georgia, died
at the home her Mrs.
HI after a luna illness. Mry. kfygfs
was- rrmrrverl frotrr'Chickamauga TO
Mrs. Davis’ home on Moinfay after
noon in the hope that the ehangO
would benefit hep health. She pass
gffijuuty early Tuasday. She had been
a resident of Chickamauga for more
than half a century and had vivid
recollections of the battle of Chick
amauga. She often told of walking
in Chickamauga park when the
dead bodies were so thick that she
could hardly find a place lo walk
without stepping on them. For
more 'than fifty years Mrs. Myers
was a member of the Chickamauga
M. E. church, soutlAAhe was known
and loved for her JVeautiful Chris
tian character.
Surviving her are her husband,
four sons, G. S., John G., of Chicka
mauga; D. T., of Cedartown, Ga., and
T. J., of Chattanooga; two daughters,
Mrs. R. L. Davis and Mrs. M. C.
Bonds, of Chattanooga; a brother,
Sam Blaylock of Chattanooga and
four sisters, Mrs. Maggie Bilbo, Mrs.
James Young, Mrs. J. R. Tucker and
Mrs. M. E. Caruthers, all of Post
Oak, Ga.
Funeral services were held from
the Chickamauga M. E. church,
south, at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon, j
Rev. W. J. Culpepper officiated. The
body was laid to rest at Chicka
mauga.—Chattanooga News.
WILBURN L. HEAO CONDUCTS
REVIVAL AT LINWOOD
A revival is in progress at the Lin
wood Baptist church and Evangelist
W. L. Head is conducting the meet-1
ing. Bro. Head is one of the State
Evangelists, employed by the Bap
tist State Mission Board. Wilburn
Head is a Walker county proTluct. is
well-known in his home county and
his many friends wil| be glad to
know he is here, and will fake ad- j
vantage of this meeting to hear him j
preach again. Service each night at
i7:30. There will be three services
I Sunday, 11 o’clock, 2:80 p. m. and
land 7:30 p, m. A great mass meeling
| will be held Sunday afternoon at
2:30. Everybody invited to come. You
will he glad if you do come.
I
. i!era p 3. Bases on balls Elrod 2, j
I)udderar2. Double plays Hamilton
lo Madaris; L. Anderson lo Madaris
! t oL. Anderson; Madaris to Hamilton
to L. Anderson. Stolen bases Elrod,
C. Arderson. Left on bases La Fay- i
ette 10, Chickamauga 7. Umpire i
Harris. Time 2:05.
SECOND GAME
, LaFayette— AB It H PO A E
.Justice 3b 4 1 3 3 5 0
1 Benedict c 3 0 I 5 1 0
C. Anderson lb 3 0 0 8 0 0
|Greenwood rs 3 0 0 0 0 0’
■ Hill ss. 1 10 12 0
|T. Rich 2b .2 0 0 2 0 2
Finchar cf 3 0 0 2 1 0
Lnughridge If 3 1 0 0 0 0
Henry p 3 0 1 0 5 0
25 3 5 21 14 2
Chickamauga— AB R H PO A E
Madaris 2b 3 0 1 3 3 0
Eider rs 3 1 0 0 0 0
L. Anderson lb 3 117 0 0
Mor*in 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1
Whitner If 3 0 0 1 0 0
Dudderar cf 3 0 0 6 0 f
Smith c 2 0 0 3 1 0
Hamilton ss 2 0 0 11 0
Dobbs p 2 0 0 0 1 3
23 2 221 6 5
j Score by innings:
Innings 123 456 7—R II E
LaFavette 001 110 6—3 5 2
I Chickamauga ...000 200 0-2 2 5
I Seven innings by agreement.
> Summary: Three base hit Jus
|tiee. Two bare hit Justice. Struck
out by Dobbs 3. Henry 5. Bases on
I halls off Dobbs 2, Henry 2. Hit
• batsmen Dobbs 2, Henry 1. Double
play Hill to T. Rich; Madaris to L.
Andersen. Stolen hnse L. Anderson.
. Left on bases LaFayette 4. Chicka-
Imauga 2. Umpire Harris. Time
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HOW MANY children have you’
Start a Saving account for each
of them in the Walker County
Bank.
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916.
EFFORTS TO MAKE :
FAIR BEST IN YEARS
COMMITTEES SECURING LARGE
CASH PREMIUM LIST—COM
MUNITY EXHIBITS
PROMISED
A partial list of exhibits for which
premiums will bo offered at the
Walker County Fair, is published in
this issue. This was published this
week to let the farmers know in the
main the exhibits for which prizes
will he offered. The list is not com
plete, but next week the full list of
premiums will be published.
A splendid fund has been raised
among the LaFayette business men
for the fair, the names of whom
will be published next week, and by
next week the entire field will have
been covered and all funds sub
scribed. It is the sense of the man
agement as well as the local busi
ness men to make the coming event
a thoroughly farmer’s fair.
Encouraging reports have come
from a few communities as to bring
ing exhibits, and if the farmers,
despite the short crops, will bring
their products, the women their
handiwork and the boys and girls
their exhibits, Walkejg will make
the best showing of products in
years.
We are advised that some hand
some cash prizes will be offered as
inducements to get exhibits.
Watch the page ad. in the Mes
senger next week.
MRS W. G. MORRIS DIED
AT THE AGE OF 65 YEARS
Friends and acquaintances of Mrs.
W. G Morris were grieved indeed to
hear of her death which occurred at
her home near ViManow, on Thurs
day evening, Sept. 21st., at 8:30 o’-
clock. after a prolonged illness from
a complication of diseases.
Mrs. Morris was sixty five years of
age and a woman of excellent char
acter and gentle disposition. She
was a consecrated member of the
Macedonia Baptist church.
Besides her husband she leaves
five daughters, one son and two sis
ters to mourn her going away. They
are as follows: Mrs. G. W. Wyatt,
Mrs. I’. 'l’ate, Mrs. Jeff Hegwood,
Mrs. John Cleghorn, of Villanow, and
Mrs. Claud Tate, of Naomi, Robert
Morris, of Villanow, and her sisters,
are Mrs. Joe Travillian and Mrs. Bill]
Carroll, of Dalton.
The funeral services were con
dueled by Rev. B. F. Hunt and the'
remains interred in the Concord
cemetery on Friday afternoon al 2
o’clock.
JESSIE WYATT.
MEMORIAL FUND
STILL GROWING
The following names have been
! added the past ten days to tin* Miss
I Matilda Johnston memorial fund:
Mr. and Mrs. J>. C. ft. Myers, Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Herring, Atlanta, T.
B. Simmons, Summerville, Mrs. E. P.
Hall, Sr., J. P. Hall, Dr. and Mrs. E.
M. Jennings, Menlo, Mrs. Hill Ham
mond, Mrs. A. L. Powell, Berryton,
Ben Powell, Berryton, It. F. Mi/.e,
Miss Mary Mize, Ghas. Kellett, Sum
merville, J. W. Nash, Jr., Mrs. Cora
Dennis, Mrs. Lou Ida Uareathers,
Mi-ses Nancy, Sallie ams Emily
Morton, Mrs. Mid Allen, Summer
ville; Miss Allie Bryant, Summer
ville: Mrs. Robert McLeod, Sum
merville; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. W.
Glenn, Mi's. A. s. Sparks, Mrs. N. G.
Warthen.
NOTICE TO W. O. W.
Walnut Camp No. 210 will unvei!
monument of Hov. Cecil Kuelinnan,
deceased, on Sunday afternoon Oct*
If. 1910, at 2:30 p. m, in cemetery at
Chickamauga, Ga. All Woodmen of
World have a special invitation.
Also-the public is invited to he with
us.
, J. H. HICKS, Camp Clerk.
CARD OF THANKS
I Our vocabulary is to small to ex
press our appreciation to the friends
and neighbors also to Dr. Shields for
tl dr kindness and support during
the sickness and death of our wife
and mother. May God’s richest
blessing be with each and every one
jof you is our prayer.
Mr. W. G. Morris and Children.
LOCAL RANKS ADD
SAVINGS DEPARTMENTS
TO ACCOMODATE WALKER PEO
PLE AND KEEP WALKER COUN
TY MONEY AT HOME
As will be seen elsewhere in the
advertisements of the Walker Coun
ty Bank and the Bank of LaFayette,
in this issue, these two institutions
are adding savings departments to
their banks.
The ueinand for such institutions
in the county, together with the
fact that over $300,000 go out of
the county each year to other sec
tions when; there are savings banks,
have caused the local banks to pro
vide means here at home for the
accommodation of the county peo
ple.
This is another effort on the part
of these institutions to co-operate
with Ihe best interests of Walker
county for greater prosperity, and
they will undoubtedly have the sup
port end co-operation of the county
people.
These banks insist that tin* peo
ple call and have those departments
explained to them fully.
F. CARLTOITwRIGHf
DIED AT ROME
Mr. F. Carlton Wright, member
of a distinguished Floyd county
family and prominent business man
of Rome, died yesterday at his home
on the Kingston road. He had been
in iiad health a long time.
Mr. Wright was for years engaged
in the drug business in Rome and
was widely known and esteemed
MipAnighout this part of the state.
For the past two years, owing to the
condition of his health, he had prac
tically retired from business.
He is survived by two children,
Miss Addie Wright and Carlton
Wright, Jr., and five brothers and
two Bisters. These are Judge Moses
Wright, Hon. Seaborn Wriftht, Mrs.
Sam King and Miss Addie Wright of
Rome, Hon. Robert Toombs Wright
of Chattanooga, Mr. Paul D. Wright
of LaFayette, Ga., and Mr. Allman
E. Wright of South Pittsburg, Tenn.
Two half brothers are Rev. Charles
E. Wriglil of Home and Mr. Alex
ander Wright of Armuchee. —Satur-
day’s Tribune-Herald.
COTTON MARKET
THURSDAY 16 CENTS
Local cotton dealers announced the
price of cotton early Thursday
morning at Hi cents. Cotton seed
was going at 7<i cents per bushel.
MISS INDIA DICKSON
BURIED WEDNESDAY
Miss India Dickson, of .Sharpe,
'died Monday, in Rome, at IlYe home
of her sister, Mrs. John King,\vlyr*re
she spent the last weeks of heiMife'
She had seemed to be improving un
der the treatment of a prominent
physician, until Saturday, when an
acute attack of laryngitis proved ton
great a strain for a constitution
weakened by a previous long illness,
After a brief service Tuesday af
ternoon in the King home, Rev. Pet
tus, pastor of the Second Ave. Me
| thodist chur6h of Rome, the body
I accompanied by Mrs. King, Mrs
I William Ennis, Miss Rachel Wheeler
and other relatives, was brought t<i
1 LaFayette for its last journey home
Fj’he funeral was held Wednesday
morning from the house, the pray
er and personal tribute being made
by Rev. Wiley Dyer, an old and val
ued friend of the family. The in
terment was in the churchyard al
Fairview, where sleep many of her
kindred.
The throng of sorrowing friend?
and neighbors gathered at the gravp,
■ showed the warm affection and deep
regret felt for the passing of this
good woman, whose long life bail
been so freely given in unselfish ser
vice for others.
Death carne gently to her ant
brought sweet rest for a hearl
weary of earth.
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STRAW VOTE IN N. Y, ,
i GIVES WILSON MtJORIIY
New York, Scjpt. 27.—The political
managers of both parties are attach
ing considerable importance to a ,
“straw vole” doll of the patrons at
the llippodvimic in this city last
night. The wto was 335 for Presi
dent Wilson against 210 for Justice
HugbeasiOf 106 persons who voted
for Mr. Roosevelt in 1912, 52 indi
-3 rated their preference for Presi
dent Wilson and 53 for Mr. Hughes.
The president gained 27 of the Taft
adherents four years ago. I
, The significance of the poll is in '
1 the fact that it is taken by the New
, York Herald, an unfriendly news
, paper. This newspaper is engaged ; 1
r in a “nationwide" poll, its idea of
such a poll being KTcanvatt it seems 1
.only Republican states.
GEORGIA TROOPS
ORDEREB TO BORDER
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SOUTH’S MOBILIZATION CAMPS j
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WILL IIE DESERTED LEAV
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ING ONLY ABOUT 10,000 MEN
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Washington, Sept. 27.—Some 6,000
national guardsmen from thirteen i
states and flic District of Columbia, |
; were ordered to the Mexican border
• today by the war detriment and at |
the some time Major General Funs- i
r ton was directed to select 10,000 ]
Y troops now oil the border patrol for i
, return to their home states to ho |
B mustered out of the federal service. 11
i National guard organizations from
Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Florida,! j
j New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New :
j Jersey, District of Columbia, New |
,j York, Connecticut, Michigan, Minne-!
, sola, Colorado and California were
B " those designated in the order.
Today’s order will send south vir- |
lually all of the guardsmen now in
, the mobilization camps of the stales i
j named, and will leave only about
j 10,000 state troops in all the country
s that have not seen service on the
, border.
f Within a short time tlio remain-
I dcr probably will lie ordered out, ‘
relieving more of the guard now 1
, under General Funston’s command. '
! The. gradual return and mustering 1
hf all the guardsmen then is '
_ | expected to begin.
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MACON CONVENTION ji
ENDORSES WILSON
i Despite the efforts of JJfomas K. I
Watson, the Macon Convention ima
' nimously endi rsed Woiyfrow Wilson I
I for I resident. Gov.-Elect I
i Dorsey, praii ed Mlz Wilson and I
pledged Ins indivi/ied support gs i
the adminisl al.ior. Though Sl.e
pliens and UlModworlh received the i
highest popular/vote for court of I
| appeals, George/ Luke and Jenkins
i were chosen. *
I
! GAMBLER, WHILE <
! WIFE IS NEGLECTED - I
if I Roy Smith,' u white youlli of 22 I
•. years, who resides at LaFayette, will I
i» probably not see his young wife in I
e six months. Their baby, a week old, i
•>Ljied a short time ago. Smith is an i
-I interstate gambler and lie has only
I one arm. He plead guilty to gamb- I
n ling before Judge Nunnally of Floyd i
o city court yesterday and promised
n —as he lias promised his wife many
times before—that lie would gamble 1
- no more. Judge Ntftinally imposed a
- fifty dollar fine with the alternative
-of six months at the state farm. The
y youni’ man s lather, who has paid
j. hirn out of trouble before, refused
r to do so again, but is caring for lii«
n son's wife at Ins home in LaFayette..
iTJlis uncle, who resides in this coun-j
y |y, also declines to pay the young
- man's fine and he lias not means of
e his own,- Rome Tribune.
I-, NOTICE
it All who bought fertilizer of us j
if through our agents, W. C. Crow, A j
l H. Cooper, W. C. Thompson, Henry |
| K Read and J. N. Brooks, will find.
i>' their notes at the Bank of LaFay-,
p ette.
i K It The Kentucky Fertilizer Co.
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•- TO MY FRIENDS in the countv J
| where you need shoe repairing,,
d send to me by Parcel Post,
rt guarantee to please.—E. F.
Phipps.
U’j nt Ada In
esaengtr
Pay
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
ALLIES MAKE GAINS
ON WESTERN FRONT
GERMAN LOSSES OK MEN AND
AND VILLAGES REPORTED
HEAVY—MANY GERMAN
PRISONERS
Washington. Sept. 27.—N0 rest is
being given the Germans by the
victorious Franco-British forces on
the Somme front.
The British capture of the long
resisting Thieval strongliold, fol
lowing closely and unexpectedly
upon the caplure of Gombles, was
itself followed up last night by a
new stroke on the part of the French
south of the Somme where they
drove out tin* Germans from Ver
mandovillers, and captures a strong
ly fortified wood cast of the town.
Apparently this new drive is
aimed at Chaulnes, which bears to
the southern end of the Somme line
somewhat the relations that Com
bles did to the northern sector.
The beginning of a French effort
to pocket Ibis other German strong
bold was apparent some time ago.
and a further move such as that re
ported today in the drive east from
Vermandovillers to a point two
miles almost directly south of Chau-
Ines, has not been unexpected.
Related reports from the British
front today announce the capture
of between 2,000 and 7|ooo Germans
by General Haig’s forces in the light
ing Monday and Tuesday. The re
ported raptures by the French bring
this thial up to more than 6,000.
Unofficial figures show the aggre
gate number of prisoners taken by
the Anglo-French armies during
the Somme offensive, from July 1 to
date, have been 00,000, with some -00
square miles of territory amt forty
j four villages.
ARTHUR GOOPFR ANSWERS
LAST Gill AT DENVER
News was received here last week
of the death mt Arthur Cooper, son
of Mrs. P. A. Cuvier, who passed a
way at Denver, Col., last Wednesday
night at 12 o’clock, Mr. Cooper had
been in declining liealui for the past
few years but his randition had
show;: much improvement until re
cently. Shortly before ms death his
throat became paralyzcdund lie was
never relieved from thd effects of
paralysis.
Being a Walker county hoy and
living most orSJiis hmars here at Ln-
Fayelte, his deathfeomes as a shock
to hij many reTmives and friend®
here. IHe was very popular with
the towns people and was a favorite
especially among Wie younger set.
He leaves a wile, two children, a
mother, threes listers and three
brothers.
Friends of the family extend their
sympathy to the bereaved ones.
Ell I KAIIE Kl.l 'll
ELECTS OFFICERS
Mrs. N. C. Napier delightfully en
tertained the annual meeting of the
Kill Kare Klub Wednesday after
noon in honor of Mrs. E. I*. Hall, Jr .
a recent bride.
Garden llowers of every hue i
brightened the reception hall and
parlor.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: Pres. Miss Addle Mnrsli
Sparks, Vice-Pres. Miss Bench'
Steele, Sec. and Treas. Miss Julia
Nichols.
A : tudy of the National Parks wa»
the interesting subject of program.
The yellowstone park—By Mis®
Addie Marsh Sparks.
The yosemile Mrs. A. It. Fortune
The Seguoia—Miss Cornelia Steele
Progressive heart dice was playe r
after the program. Miss Krnmi
Lumpkin, who won highest oror
was presented vyith a beautiful ho
of correspondence cards. A level 1
! piece of China was given to the goes!
! of honor.
At the conclusion of the game
. dainty ice course was served.
Th n next meeting will be heldwith
i Miss Cornelia Steele.
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MOST ANY ONE can earn mone®
1 but it lakes a genius to save it
I Start a Saving Arcnunt with th'
Walker County Bank, 4 per cent
interest.