The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-01
The OVERRIDING Of
Iowser II
By EDWIN L, SABIN

y. o.
This is a true story, because the re-
mains of the hen are still in circu-
lation.
When the golf epidemic captured
Wheatley the victims secured the
country far and wide to find grounds
suitable for links. Hi Hacock's pas
ture was selected as being the best
site, and negotiations we're entered
into with Mr.. Hacock with a view to
leasing and eventually purchasing the
land.
Hi was wary. For some time he
held off. He could not understand
why a crowd Of town people wanted to
acquire so much ground "jes' to play
shinney on" To the most casual read
er it must be evident that Hi never
had INDUCED in golf.
Finally, after he had been talked to
by the mayor, both bankers. and the
school superintendent, and other lead
Ing citizens, all golfiacs, he consented
and gave the lease desired.
Immediately the old pasture became
a famous resort. The Wheatley Golf
club, its friends and friends friends,
hocked there. Business in the town
OF Wheatley was paralyzed. No one
had any time for business. Out of
this fervor arose a unique incident
which l believe is unprecedented in
the annals of golf. Especially ia it
unique, because 1t Is true; l can prove
it. In fact, l will prove it at the con-
clusion Of this narrative. But now l
will let Hi take up the thread He
says:
Couldn't see as they'd hurt the land
any, tho they plowed 1t an cut it
consider BILE hittin' 1t with their sticks.
an as they paid my price I rented it
70 EN-. Then they come out nOrnin',
noon Al night men an women. with
red shirts aA' knee pants tucked iato
taeAx soshs a. sAert dresses, a. every
darn OAs Asd about q dossA At them
th>rs goR sticks. Ny boys an Peters
boyA they made ~ high a. q dollar a
day tstta' st4SAs fer parties Playa,
a. l ter en- - - ahead, a. I hksa
has 70 % thsar sA~es.
~NAsa the players weren't piayia',
they an their AelH-'eaddios,' that's
what they call en-. lent h?-were
lookfn' for lost balls. The way balls
were lost was a oastion-part Of the
game, l reckon. dunno who beat.
Anyway. these women-you never
could tell where their balls was
goin to land-they'd swat at the ball,
an b'gosh, twas as likely to go be-
hind 'em as in front Some of the men,
especially them little dudes with
stuffed calves, was as bad. Quite
often the big fellers would knock
ball clean out of sight-that is. out
of sight of where anybody was ex.
pectin twould light.
Il begun to think I'd better go over
that pasture with hoss-rake an gath.
er in few hundred balls jes' for luck
when Towser II. come to the front.
You must have heard of Towser II.
Pshaw, now! Why, Towser III. was the
famousest settin hen in the hull coun-
ty. Set? She was a setter from
Settersville. Named her Towser after
setter dog we used to own. Both
setters-but she was the setterest.
"One day We missed old Towser.
an l says to ma, says l: "Towser's
a-settin' ag'in. Johnny'll have to go
out in the mornin' an hunt her up.
So in the mornin' Johnny struck out,
an he follered the gully down through
the pasture, while s'arched the barn.
But where do you reckon we found
Towser? In the dried-up swamp.
b'sosh, a-settin' to beat creation, with
IL goff balls under her Fourteen. by
gnm,
Wa-al, old lady, l thought. we
don't want on ingy-rubber chickens. so
I'll jes' relieve you of these here
eggs With her a-cluckin' an a-sput.
term at me l put the balls in my hat
an started off,
Mex time we found her she was in a
corner under the rail fence, settin' on
IL goff balls. Shed elected 'em in
lass'n an hour, swun, an was pleased
as a peacock. l begun to see I'd
! struck real bonanzie. dumped this
second lot long with the frs. in a
barrel In about an hour more we
rounded up Towser in the swamp agiu
on top of is balls. All day we les let
her have full swing, an at night
burned II l didn't have a barrel plum