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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-28
GRUBBS s. BENTON, On the Corner.

that these subjects may be everv-
where discussed practically stimuli
taneOusly. The Commission asks
YOUR cooperation in securing these
meetings, In the interest of the pub
lie good. The meetings should be
held not later than the first week in
December.
The whole success of the work of
the Commission depends on the at
titude and cooperation of the farm
ing people of the United States. The
Commission represents them, and it
heeds their suggestions.
Yours very truly.
j. G. CRABBE,
Superintendent Of Education.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-28
Still Useful.

A small girl, lost at Coney Island,
was kindly cared for at the police sta
ton until her parents should be found
The matron, endeavoring to keep the
child contented, had given her candy
cat, whit which she played happily all
day.
At night the cat had disappeared.
and the matron inquired if it had been
lost.
NO" said the little maid. Il KEEP
it most all day. But then it got so
dirty was 'shamed to look at it, SO
eft it"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-28
COLORED COLUMN.
CIarke's M. E. Church.

Preaching at Clarke's M. E. church
by pastor next Sunday. Subject at
IL a. m.-"The Habits of Men,"
Subject at Z :30-"And Keep Ny
Body Under.
6:3O--Epworth League. Jessie
Rice, president.
$50 a. m.-Sunday School. j. H.
Harris, superintendent.
S. c. TURNER. P. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Hardy, of Lex
ington, snent Sunday with Mrs. An
ma Z. Wilson on North Maple street.
Mrs. Ed. Duncan was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Gardner, Of
Paris, KY.
Miss Molhe Trumbo, of Paris, Kv.,
was the guest of Mrs. Ed. Duncan
last week and also Mr.. George Ruck-
er, of Clay City, KY.
w. d. Johnson, of Lexington will
be candidate for Recorder of Deeds
under the new administration.
Twenty-six Governors have al
ready appointed colored Commits
sioners to the National Negro Ex-
position which is to be held at Mo-
bile, Ala. The main building is be-
ing erected at a cost of $4O,342.
Thirty acres will be included in the
enclosure.
Miss Lizzie Jackson will move to
st. Louis to live after Christmas.
Chas. Mitchell and James Thomp-
son are dining car conductors on the
Great Northern Railroad and VIM.
Whitener on the Illinois Central.
The X. of P. lodge has just paid
$4,000 for bath house at Hot
Springs, Ark, and will convert the
same into National Sanitarium.
DIR. C. NJ. Wade well known here is
prime mover of the project.
The colored masons of Boston will
erect a 100000 building in fitting
memorial to Prince Hall, founder of
negro Masonry in this country.
Rev. T. Undertake reports his
meeting closed at the Broadway Bap-
list church with eighteen additions.
Mrs. VIM. Taylor on Oliver street,
visited friends in Lexington this
week.
Brooklyn, H., is prosperous town
of 1000 inhabitants governed solely
by negroes. 1t has streets, stores
and a $4,000 city hall. 1t is only a
few miles from East st. Louis and
its citizens find profitable employ
ment in the great Stock Yards.
Miss Hazel Harrison of Laport,
Ind, the great pianoist, who attract
ed so much attention in Berlin. Ger
many two years ago, will give re-
citals in London, England next
Spring.
AT 30 E. Broad street, Richmond.
Va. can be found a $4,000 NEGRO
shoe store.
Nine. Gomez. the noted sOnrana
singer that sang before the 10000
neople at the Lexington Fair in Sep
TENDER, is a native of Clark county.
Negroes of Oklahoma are demand
ing separate dining and sleeping cars.
A choir of sixty voices of some Of
the best vocal talent in the city is be-
inc trained to sing at the Elks Me-
mortal on the 1st Sunday In Deem
Der.
The Alabama Penny Saving and
Loan Company is a bank owned and
controlled by negroes and is in its
nineteenth year, doing a prosperous
business.
Starting from Sunday, Allen Chap
ell will begin a series of meetings.
Allen Jacobs was buried Satur-
day.
The entertainment given by the
Christian church Tuesday night was
financial success.
The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Gratis was brought here
Thursday from Cincinnati for burial
Robert I. Taylor and Miss Maria
B. Mason were married in Lexing-
ter this week. Both are exceedingly
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-28
Protest AGAINST "open Pulpit"

Thirty widely-known clergymen and
1900 communicates of the Protestant
Episcopal church have petiuoned
Bishop OH w. Whitaker against the
open pulpit but he refused to act,
Saying that he is fully pers'Nded that
-ythe amendment is in no sense an in
fringement upon the fundamental law
of the church.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
WILLIAM y. MURRAY.
Manager OF the Phlllics.

George Sutton made his first public
In I 500 at Toronto. Canada.
when Ito won the championship. OF
Canada at 14.2 balkline. His first
appearance at tournament play was
In Chicago In January, 1895. when he
competed I'm d "shortstop" contest. He
won only one game and lost four.
soon after THIS. however, he began TO
play with the masters. For several
years he lived and played In Paris.
winning many game In the academies
there. lie won the 1871 championship
from Schaeter by default in 1908. but
lost It to yignnux by 500 to 3s7 In
Paris In 1901. Sutton is remarkable
fast player. making his shots with
great rapidity and without apparent
effort or care. Il
Ora Morning tar belongs to the class
OF young matters. He made his pub
lie debut IN the second worlds cham
pionst1ip at 1871 in this city IN 1901. and
finished next to last. Like Sutton and
many other experts. he lived for d
time in Paris and played In the French
academies. In the young masters q
championship in Paris, 1904, won by
Hoppe. he finished fourth.
7 Jacob Schaefer has been playing in
professiona1 billiard matches and tnur-
1aments since July %. 1870. or nearly
thirty-fiv years. Schaefer and Slos.
son first met on October 5, 1879. In In
dianapoIis for 800 a side. Slosson wou
bv a score 9of 500 to Sa1. StnceA the1,
these two bitliardists have met oftene1
in public than any other pair. schaef-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
MOVIE I.esye. sIichlsan.

Ann .ARBoR. MICH. January e6.--
There IS sad news In the Wolverine
camp tonight, and 1t Is no wolf story.
Captain Floyd Rowe, the holder OF the
two mile championship. which he won
at Cambridge last year BY doing the
distance In 9.36. has left the university
hospital and has gone to his home
In Battle crfek for. rest. The gossip
among the students is that he Is at
flcted with pulmonary as well as
throat trouble and some rumors have
1t that he is stricken with quick con-
He has been under tho
lungs We're affected or not. DR.. Smithies
Dr.. -N-aldrof said to- night that he had
not determined definitely whether his
lungs were Affected or not. Dr. Sn?lthies
could not be located. II Rowe Is out
OF athletics for good II will cut a big
hole in NIichigan's ice. as It will knock
Michigan out Of first place in the
Eastern Intercollegiate for tho long
run and 1t will break no the four
mile relay team for the Pennsylvania
invitation meet.
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Saunders. who viii also try FOR third.
JOE KELLEY,
Manager Of BOEtOn.

Saunders. who will also try Tor third
base. n
All tito new material looks promia-
ing, and Coach Dunlap hopes to get out
a winning team. rs SOON as the
weather permits the team will be placed
In the field for regular practice. but
meanwhile every man will he afforded
an opportunity to show his PAGES in
the indoor training.
The game schedule has been about
completed, though 1t has not set been
officially announced Manager John
Gwathlney says he has some hard
games before his team, among them
being some with the big universities
In the South. Very few OF the games
will be played In Richmond. however.
owing to the difficulty encountered In
procuring Broad Street Park on the
proper dates. The Richmond diamond
will be taken up almost entirely by
the professionals, and for three days
in April Princeton Will be here, the
park having already been engaged for
them. Most OF the home games will
be played In Petersburg. where the
Spiders will frst line up against A.
and NJ. OF North Carolina, who also
come to Richmond one day fora game
with Princeton. The first game OF the
season Will be with the Richmond
professional team. on March asth.
While baseball is two months distant.
Richmond College is going ahead In ar-
ranging the football schedule for next
fall. Manager a. y. Chcwning, Jr.,
has half completed his schedule, and
Is fast progressing In arranging for
the others. George Wright. who played
a brilliant end last season, has been
elected captain OF next seasons eleven.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
GEORGETOWN COACH TO
TEACH A NEW STItOySE n,

Harry Vail. the new coach OF thr
Georgetown University crews. outlined
his plans for the coming season quite
definitely at reception given him by
the alumni and students OF the coll
lese this week. He told the prospec-
tive candidates that he would be In
sole charge OF the varsity crew work
and that tie stroke which he viii
teach them will be along new In
although the change Will not be great
enough to have any serious effect on
the men who have rowe In the varsity
crew for the past two years.
Mana ger Woods told the candidates
{trat the crew would have a hard sea-
son before It. as he has arranged Tor
a race with New York University on
the Potomac. and has also entered
the Henley Regatta at Philadelphia,
and the intercollegiate at poughkeep.
sie He is also trying to arrange FOR
e race With Princeton. to be held al
washington, but the Tigers rowing
St,lans are not yet In shape for dei1nit.'
dates to be set.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
|N|LI TRACK MEET
BEHELO HERR
Reported That Horse Show Built-I
ing Will Be Used as Car
Barn,

with doors lock and barred, the 81
horse show building IL In a state oess,
idleness. and because or various rtisiiaf:
mors that arc going the rounds az 10 q
tho future disposition to- bc made of ~ II
the Horse Show Association md ttlbt
Richmond Track Athletic ASSOCIATIONS
are In doubt as to wliero they Will hold
In scheduled for tho night oil March
2lst, but Mr.. Woodson Waddey. who
lius charge OF It, is Delaying all 0r-ss
engagements Until he hears from the
Virginia Passenger and Power Com W.
pnny and Is informed as to whether DR.
mot the building will he leased to thu
agsoctatlo on that night.
1t was stated yesterday that the
building has been given over to tho /
Passenger and Power Company by tho
lakewood people. The skating rink has
apparently lost its attraction. ana ssyhAtls
tn. gate receipts began to fall Off the
4 place was closed. lOn the one hand. le'
\ is now runlored that the building tas
to be used as car barn; on the othel,S
1 that 1t Is to be turned into q vaudeville
house. Both rumors have been denied
4 In turn. 9ss
4 Mr.. j. T. Anderson, OF the Horsa
\ Show Association. stuted last night
that he is still waiting to learn whether
/ the building will be for public ,1so'
next October. No other place has been
determined upon, but 1t has been sugsI
i gested that q building for the hsf1oI
II show be erected TN the Fair 0roundsf
II the Richmond Track Athletic Az
Y Isoctation fails to secure the buildiH1i
Y for March o1st, there VIII be no track
meet In Richmond. for the city has rio
y other building suitable. This viii mean,
a great disappointment to all the col-
lcges who have regularly made entries
and to sport lovers. who await tia
! meet with much interest. &
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rsnec,al,. The,rlmes.-.DIspa;tch.

WASHINGTON, .. G., january 3B.----
Virginia was conspicuous contender
in the initial indoor meet held BY
George washington University in Con-
yention Hall last night, with twenty
one points scored With Central High
SCHOOL for the point trophy OF tho meet,
ana may BIO given the cup when the
judges get together tomorrow. The
noint hinges on whether two tied for
a place car, DECIDE the right to g point
5by toss. Charrington. OF Virgins.
and Boettinger, OF Baltimore Athletic
Club. tied for third, place In the high
Jump. On the toss Boettinger won.
II the point was split Virginia would
have won the meet and have taken
the trophy. The a. a. ~. rules say
that d place cannot be decided TINS way
jend that II must be decided by comps-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
Vuqinians Nlake.a Great Showing in Washington

trailing third. in the mile handicap.
Z. Martin, of the University Of yir-
ginia. won both the pole vault and the
running high Jump. In the pole Vault
no cleared the bar at 10 feet o inches
and lie did feet s3-4 inches In adj
8dition to his two-inch handicap. in the
high jump.
Richmond College, with White, Bris.
its colors. won hnndily In a one mile
thrae-cornered relay from University
OF Maryland and Maryland Agricultural
College.
Johns Hopkins ran away from
George Washington IN the two mile
relay. the feature and final event OIL
the night. The Hopkins team took the
lead OF the start and finished well In
the van OF the local quartet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27

tItIOE. N-7-7
Virginia simply walked away from
the George Washington four in the
mile relay for the championship Of
tho South. Each runner increased the
lead over his opponent and the Orange
and Blue team quartet had gained a
full lap at the end OF the race. Good
man. Thurlow. Rector and Davidson
composed the Virginia four.
T. Pendleton, OF the Episcopal
High School. took the f!fty-yard scho-
.lastic and Archie Randolph, University.
finished second In the fitty-yard hurdle.
In the short distance event.
G. Gray, With forty yards. and F. r.
Harwood. with twenty yards. both OF
the University Of Virginia. finished
first and second. respectively. with j.
Fl. aBroyer, Of Johns Hopkins, scratch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
JOHN j. Ni:GliAyy,
Manager Of New York.


NEW YORK. January 2s.-George
Sutton and Ora G. Morningstar meet
tomorrow hight at the Lenox Lyceusn.
Fifty-ninth Street and Madison Ave-
-nue, Tor the worlds championship at
1872 balklIne billiards. 500 points. In
addition to the emblem now held by
Sutton there Is o side bet of $500.
which Is provided In the conditions
governing the trophy competitions. ! he
players divide the net gate receipts.
Edward Mclaughlin will probably be
the referee.
Willie Hoppe viii be at the game to
challenge the winner. He has deposit
ed his forfeit OF $3.50 and expects an
early acceptance. Jacob schaefer, VINO
holds the 1871 emblem. Will probably
accept Hopes challenge tor that ~ le
OF the game and name date and place
to play within a short time.
The history OF the worlds champion
ship at 1872 billiards is not SO long
as that at the ISL game. The latter
title was first played for In the conctr -
Rail In MADISON Square Garden In 1897,
when Slosson defeated Schnefer, Ives
DAILY and sutton. In February. l9gs
the first worlds championship az ~.
was played In the Grand Hotel. ~
Paris. Cure. Sutton and VignauX tisG
for first place with two victories a pc 9
one defeat, while Slosson lost every
game he played. Litigation arose al :
| ter this tournament. and the courts
finally awarded the championsnin'a y y
| Nignaux, Sutton Immediately chhl-
! lenged him and lost by the scant mar
| gin OF 500 to 4a6.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
SPORTING NOTES. \ |

The calendar man and the weather
man are In league this year against
the baseball magnates, who are now
July Ifh and Decoration Day boil, fall
on Saturday. thereby making big
dent In gate receipts for the clubs
that secure these dates.
When Jockey Mountain, was ruled of
the turf recently. he answered the
condolences OF his friends by exhibit
Ing 10000 roll OF money. and
have some In the banks. too" said
Mountain, full OF pity for his bad
situation.
The Youngstown baseball team holds
the worlds record for stealing bases.
During the season of 1907 the. Youngs-
town pilfercrs furtiyely attached 349
bags. Compare with Detroit's mark
OF 266 stolen bases for the same sea-
son.
a western newspaper prints all re-
ports OF the Thaw trial on the sport
Ing page.
suggests that the law ought to forbid
a man from playing golf before he is
thirty-hve years old. because unit!
that age he is capable OF standing the
After I shrub. the English distance
runner, who has sust sailed for Eng
land. says that he Is going to start
correspondence school for long dis.
tence runners. He will advise his pu.
y pAIs INV W WHY 0SSo ny luAkts
cy Young Is wearing a continue,
smile. He was born on February e3tl
and will have chance TO celebrate
hiE birthday this year.
Detroit was so ttckled over WINNIE
the pennanr last summer that the cts
has gone baseball-nnad. Indoor base.
ball Is now the rage. and a league Of
Z seven teams has been formed to play
It. .
An English racing. expert points gu,
that American racing stakes are now
SO valuable that IL Is more protita bic
for Americans to race their horse.
in the United States than In foreign
countries.
James z. Sullivan. the president o,
the Amateur Athletic Union. Is popu-
as the "a. A. U. Pooh Bah,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
NEWS GATHERED! ].
FROM S0UTFS|DE
Board of Aldermen to Dispose CT
High License Ordinance 70.
Morrow Night.
Manchester Bureau. mines -pispatcl,.

Manchester Bureau: Times -Di spat cl.
The adjourned meeting OF tile Board
of Aldermen, sch eduled for to morrow
night. promises to be one OF the most
interesting Of the year, consideration
OF the high license question being the !
chief feature. The measure was dis
cussed at q meeting OF the Board he'll
two weeks ago. and much was sait1 !
on both side. It was finally c 2cided,4
to defer action for two weeks in order 4
to enable members to investigate the
matter more thoroughly. The ordi-
nance provides an increase of $500 in s
the retail liquor tax. At present the
dealers are paying 500 for license toa
sell.
AT the last meeting business men oE
the city and property: owners signed
q petition asking the Board to reject
the ordinance. Since then It Is sa;d
400 or more names have been added
to the petition. On the other side. IL
petition has been circulated asklng
that the ordinance be adopted. and itss.
is understood that = large number pf I
persons have signed this paper. sa.,
Hart for Couucil. .Sis &
AS predicted several weeks ago,
7. Hart, OF Third Ward, has formally
announced his candidacy for the City
Assembly.
Mr.. Hart served several years In the
Council and while there made an exc
scellent record. The terms OF both a So
3sembly1nen Lindsey and Goodwin will /.
expire, aud besides Mr.. Hart. Mr..
Walter Franklin has announced hlnl-S
self a candidate. Up to this time no.
Snne has come out for the Board Az
5dernan J. T Abbott's term will expire.
Miss Brooks Dead.
Miss Neva Ines Brooks. daughter Of
Mr.. w. a. Brooks. died atstheI resi-
dence of her father. 20 West Sixth
Street, yesterday afternoon, at $50
O'clock She was seventeen years Of
age. She Is survived by her father
and one sister. Miss Brooks had beer,
Ill for nearly five weeks.
The funeral will take place from
Fifth Street NJ. z. Church Tomorrow
afternoon at 8 O'clock. The intermsnE;
will be made In AInury Cemetery
Personals and Briefs.
Mrs. David p. Wake. who has been
quite Ill, Is improving. n ~:
Mr. W. Fl, Carroll left yesterday fos
New Orleans. La. where he Went on
business. II:
Indlanola Tribe OF Red Men " III hold
an Important meeting to-nigh ftars
the business session Is compile ted the
tribe will adjourn to the Lafayette
House, where a banquet will be serysd.
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SPIDERS. TO BEGIN
INDOOR TRIMMING
Team Has Secured Seventeen Regiment Armory, in
Which They Will Practice---Will Com.
1nence Work To. Day
11lence Work To.Da

Z Richmond College begins to- day
training the baseball team, the Seven
;tteth Virginia Regime ntal Armory hav-
Ing been secured by them for indoor
practice. Practice commences this af-
iternoon. and the pitchers Will be put
through their PAGES and other mem-
:hers OF the squad will begin to ease
their arms for the coming battles on
the diamond. OF the last years team
six e. are back for their former
positions, among them being Captain
Gardner, who will engineer his nine
from left-held. There will probably
IN ALL the Spiders past successes hay
ing inspired them all to greater deeds
tstill.
Coach Dunlap. who has been 30 sue
cesstul with the football ana baseball
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
{ Arnlory. in.

teams since he came to Richmond Col
lcge. will be on hand q gain this season.
and he proposes to put the team
through some stiff practice early In
the season. the better to determine
who shall be retained on the regular
nine. 5es
Those OF the older players back are
Lodge, who will oflciate behind the
bat: .. Wright, who attained such re-
nown in the boz last spring; Gwath-
Gardner tcaptntn). left-1eld; Ezekiel.
ctntre-tleld. Among the new mon who
have announced their candidacy are
Hazllp, who will try for second; shep-
thrrd. who will enter the race for third j;
atkins, quarterback on the football
team who will try for right-t Held. and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
RICHLY Il BRED Ia colt
August Belmont Hrs a Foalshy Rock
hnnd. the A1.5,OLtO Stnll ION.

NETWORK. january s.6.-Word has
been received In New York of the birtl,
OF the first colt In America by Rock
sand. the $1e5,000 stallion imported by
August Belmont. Tho foal was born
Kentucky. its dam being the Rayon
dor mare Fetch.
sgAs tho first son OF the famous win
nersof the 1000 guineas, the Derby and
the St Leger In England In 1903, the
foRl would be viewed with interest,
but to this it adds strain OF blood
that has become prominent recently on
4 the turf. Fetch being Of the same
origin. tracing In direct female line.
as Colin, the champion Of the turf
In purses.
The Roclssand- Tetich colt Is chest
nut and was born January goth.
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he following IS the score:
AIr'NyST uNAyOFs,
AI'N0FESsIONAI, COACHES

The alumni OF The Univers IT, ~ VIZ
Finla are as,tstinE the question Of
doing nwny. Wittlt he nrecent system Of
era di,atcs fnothall coaoh'ne. and secnr.
Ing the services nf "a prof essipnal coach
for4nextAfall'a O. even, N -
The uc 4 ergrailua e body. on he
other hand is strnrslY " prosed In this
move on the ground sthat they should
Tor asrSl e nurncsa q VIM ii & r ~
and that withsthe s.lnduats svstefn OF
COACH ing y he se' ever ts a Virginil team
from ginning ito end. So
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Caught Three Foxes.

s,nerINI ~ INC Tim es- DlsnRtcH.I --l9-
Ss HDATHSVILLE, VA, january 36.-
The ELo ttshurg foxhunters, irEnunlbers,
most sful4hunt In Wicon1ico last
week. catching three foxes In a. Very
few hours. Foxes are more nun1er-
ious,s and this sport more INDUCED III
now than tor years past. 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
Yale Track re Team Schedule,

NEW HAVEN, January 26.----An ur-.l
gent appeal formore men to come out
for the track team has been made at
Yale. The schedule provides for the
following: competition at astinleS thu
letic Club meet, New York. January
EaTth; Boston Athletic Assoclattonm meet
at Boston, February ] St; Columbia res
lay carnival at New York. February
10Th; Trenton Young MEMS Christian
association tournament at Trenton,