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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
VIRGINIA |SEXPELLED
College Association Puts Ban
on Southern Athletes.
N0N-ATTENDANCE CAUSE
Harvard Beats Syracuse Out for Big
Track and Field
Meet.

NEW YORK, February 25.-Haryard
in a contest for the track and field meet
OF the intercollegiate Amateur Athletic
Association of America, to be held May
1927. Representatives of the big eastern
colleges composing the association voted
the event to Soldiers Field, Cambridge,
II to g.
Columbia won its fight against the
proposed amendment barring freshmen
from spring meets by a vote Of IL to Z.
Cornell. Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth,
pennsylvania. Princeton and Michigan
voted for it. A substitute amendment
was then adopted. 1t follows:
mo one shall represent any college
Or university as competitor in the an
nual field meeting or cross-country run
who has won first. second, third or
fourth place in the annual field meeting
or cross-country run while representing
any other college or university, which is,
or within four years prior thereto, has
been, member of this association,
For failure to send the required three
men to the last two annual meetings, the
University of Virginia was expelled from
the association.
Adopt A. A. q. Rules.
The A. A. U. rules governing relay
racing were adopted almost in their en-
tirety. Contestants in the broad jump
We're voted an unlimited run, but must
take from or behind the scratch line,
which was defined as the outer edge of a
joist eight inches wide. set firmly in and
on the same level as the ground. Should
the competitors foot be over the scratch
line while taking aoffsafDr jump, 1t shall
count as try" Stepping over line
ITO be drawn six feet In front OF the
scratch line. in an attempt, shall con-
sttute a balk; three such balks to count
as try
A new paragraph was added to article
twenty-three of the laws Of athletics,
reading:
"A competitor knocking down three or
more hurdles, or any portion of three or
more hurdles in a race shall be disquali-
fed. A competitor who fouls his leg or
foot alongside any hurdle shall be d.s-
qualified
dent from competing at mCse than four
annual games and the following officers
and executive board were elected for the
ensuing year: Leslie Soule, Yale. presi-
dent; John r. Hyatt, New York Cniver-
sity. secretary: A. ii. Smith. Columbia,
treasurer: ii. NJ. Goets, Michigan. first
vice president: S. Hinc!lley. Brown, Sec
ond vice president: executive board, Il.
{. Floyd. Harvard: II. NJ. Rankin, Prince
ton: y. NJ. Roberts. Cornell, and ID. Z.
Williams. Pennsylvania.
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VICTORY FOR ROVERS,
Defeat the Alexandria Lyceums at
Basket Ball by Score of 26 to "a.

The Y. NJ. c. A. Rovers journeyed to
Alexandria last night and defeated the
I.yceums in d fast and closely contested
game of basket ball by the score of % to
~. In the first half the Lyceums led by
a score of II to TO- but the Rovers came
strong in the last half and won out
Hall and Mcdonald were in the lime
light for the visitors, while Toomey did
the best work for the home team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
RACQUET CHAMPION.
Fincke; Defeats Douglas for the Ma
tional Title.

NEW YORK, February a5.-Regina,d
r. tincke of the New York Racquet
and Tennis Club won the national rae
quet championship title today. by de-
feating his club-mate. j. Gordon Doug
las, three out of four games in the final
match on the local court. There was
a big attendance of club members and
visitors. The score was 1.15. 1S-13,
l5-S and 1873,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
SHUTOUT FOR GIANTS.
Defeat Dallas s to O in an Exhibi.
ton Game.

DALLAS, Tex, February 2J.-The
'younsster" division of the New York
National League club won the first of
Dallas today with little effort
In today'; game Becker of New York
was the star. At bat he Is credited with
two two-base hits and single, and in
the field made remarkable catch of
drive into deep left field which would
have resulted in run. Gowdy, last year
with Dial as, caught part of the game
for New York. His work was good
Score:
r. H. f..
Dallas. . o o o O o 90 4 q
New York. . 0 Is q
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SAKE and Phillips and
Robertson. Murphy and Buster: Rudolph, Jsnk-
ins and Rubenhayen. GOwdy and Hartley,
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Colleges Entered in

A glance at the above statistics is
about all that is necessary to convince
one that the Georgetown meet at Con-
vention Hall next Saturday evening will
be about the biggest intercollegiate as
well as interclub and interscholastic set
of games ever held in a local auditorium.
In fact, of late years the bigger schools
of the east and south have come to rec
ognize the local carnival as fitting place
to close the indoor season and. according
ly. have dropped into the custom of send
ing their stars to compete in almost every
event on the program.
This year the host of college stars that
will take part is more pretentious than
ever Capt. fitzpatrick, the Yale shot
putter and foot ball genius. probably
stands pre-eminent among these. with
him he will have, among others, his two
star hurdlers, Chisholm and Pratt; Oil
son, the great miller: Wagner. for the
pole vault, and a number of others too
merous % mention here.
Princeton Stars Coming.
Against these will be pitted the cream
of the Princeton athletes. The Tigers
have usually carried off the point trophy
from the games and hope to repeat this
time. The sixteen Tigers who have been
entered are all good ones. many being
stars in their specialties. Bredemus. the
pole vauter; Dell, the jumper; Melick,
the miller: Dwight, the hurdler, and Har-
land for the sprints are pretty classy as a
bunch. This, though, by no means COM
pletes their number, for no less than ten
~ set
down.
Pennsylvania and Cornell will also be
on hand strong, the Quakers sending
half their team and the lthacans a
couple of their best representatives, be-
sides q long-distance relay. These four
members of the blk six will place their
section Of the country well to the front
in the usual battle for points against
the better teams OF he south.
Best Men From Dixie.
Dixie's side of the encounter will be
defended by men from Virginia, Johns
Hopkins and Georgetown, besides some
from q great many Of the smaller In
stitutions The three schools mentioned
are to be represented by practically their
full track squads, and with an even break
of luck should be able to split up the
points to such an extent that the trophy
cup may be kept this side Of the Mason
and Dixon line.
The club athletes of this city and Bal
timore will, as always. be on hand with
plenty of competitors. The Tremonts
and Washington Grove lads have been
preparing for the Georgetown games Tor
months and at them will settle an old
feud on the result Of which hinges the
District club championship. Baltimore
will send over contestants from the Cross
Country, 9Th Regiment and Y. NJ. c. 4.
clubs, beside the Johns Hopkins and
|schoolboy entrants.
This array Of talent of the highest
caliber has already served to make the
advance sale of seats set new record.
At Whites. on 18th street, where the
diagram is kept. reservations may be
made up to o'clock Saturday evening.
On account of the earliness Of the start
of the games. $50 O'Clock. as we'll as
on account Of the big advance sale. 1t
would be we'll to obtain all tickets before
going to the hail.
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Chicago Man Clips
rs Second Off Record

SOUTH BEND, Ind, February
25.-In an Indoor track meet to-
day between NOtre Dame Uni-
vernity and the Illinois Athletic
Club. won by Nctrc Dame, as TO
Ii, John Devinc OF Chicago ran
the half mile I'm 1.57 3d., clipping
2-5 Of n second OF the worlds
record. NJ. w. Shepard of New
York set the old record three
years aGO. Fletcher of NOtfe
Dame cqualetl the worlds marks
In both the 40-yard high and the
40-yard low hurdles. The for
mer he made In 8 seconds and
the latter in :-5 seconds.
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Continued on Third Page.)
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-05-05

is Rev. pabney C. HARRISON, who
raised company in his own Virginia
parish, and entered the army at its
head. In the southwest lieutenant
general falls in battle-it is Gen.
Leonidas Polk, who laid aside his
bishops robes to become a soldier in
the field, having been educated to
arms at West Point.
1t is striking fact that when Vir-
ginia threw her lot in with her
southern sisters in April, 1861, prac-
tically the whole body of students at
her state university. SIS out of $50
who were registered from the south
ern states, enlisted in the Confeder-
ate army. That army thus represent
ed the whole southern pepole. 1t was
a self-levy en- masse of the male pop
ulation in all gave certain mountain
regions in Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.
One gets-a possible new and sur
prising conception of the character of
the rank and file of the southern army
in such Incidents as the following {:
Here are mock trials going on in the
moot court of certain artillery
company, and the discussions are
pronounced by competent authority
brilliant and powerful" Here is a
group of privates in Maryland in
fantry regiment in winter quarter
huts near Fairfax, Va; and among
the subjects discussed are these: Vat
tel and Philamer on international
law; Humboldt's works and travels;
the African explorations of Barth !;
the influence of climate on the human
features; the culture of cotton; the
laws relating to property. Here are
some Virginia prvates in howitzer
company solemnly officiating at the
burial of tame crow and the exer-
cises include an English speech, a
Latin Grafton and Greek ode
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-05-05
ANOTHER SOLDIER
ANSWERSTRE CALL

One of Tazewell's old soldiers, re-
membered here by many of the citi-
zens of the county, was DIR. John Car
nahan, who died in Utah recently,
notice of which appeared in this pa
per. He was born in this county i'm
1947, married Miss Mary Snavely,
in Burke's Garden. where he began
the practice of medicine. He was n
member of the "Tazewell Troopers, {"
Eighth Virginia Cavalry, Payne's
Division, Fitzhugh Lees Brigade.
An account of the burial of his re-
mains, taken from Utah paper,
follows:
The impressive ritualistic service
of the Masonic order marked the fun
cal of the late John D. Carnahan,
which were held at the Masonic TEN
pie on Washington avenue at 8
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The Ma
sons were also in charge, as the body
of the well known physician was laid
to final rest in the. city cemetery.
Guarded by delegation of Knights
TempIar in uniform, the body lay in
state at the temple from to l
O'Clock yesterday and was viewed by
large number of friends. The SER
vic in the afternoon were in charge
of Rev. j. E. Carver, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church. Rev. Sam
uel Unsworth, former pastor of the
Episcopal church in. this city, but
now pastor of the Trinity Episcopal
church at Reno, Nevada, and an old
friend of the Carnahan family,
spoke. During the services at the
Temple there were three solos. Gus
Saunders rendered "Face to Face, >"
and Crock of Ages" and Mrs. f.
B. Porter sang "Light of Heavens
Own Way" The Masonic services
were performed by Mebre Lodge No.
6, A. F. and A. M. and Ell Monte
Commandery, M. 2, Knights Tem-
plar. AT the conclusion of the SER
vice in the temple the funeral cor
tege headed by the members of the
two lodges, proceeded to the Ogden
Cemetery. The large delegation of
Knights Tepmlar were in full uni
fom and they marched to the roll of
tn muffied drums.
The honorary and active pail bear
es marched on either side of the fun
gal car. The honorary pail bearer
yerc US. Lewis, DR.. J.H. Epperson,
:. w. Voll, w. j. Shealy, T. c.
Schran H T. Snyder. The active pail
bearers were DR.. G. A. Dickson, DR..
!. T. Brick, Geo. F. Brown, James
;assn, Fl. c. fancy and C. a. Henry
among the large number who at
ended the funeral of the late pioneer
esident we're some of the earlier res
dents of Ogden. 1t was an assem-
rlage of sorrowing friends, who gath
red to pay last tribute of respect
o the memory of one of the bes
inown and highly respected citizen.
# not only this county, but of tn,
State of Utah-Even Standard, Og
len, Utah.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-05-05

The near approach of Memorial Day
recalls the interesting fact that Taze-
we'll furnished to the Forty Fifth Vir-
ginia Regiment four of its most val
liant captains. namely: Captain. (af-
forwards COLONEL, Joseph Harrison
Captain James S. Peery, Captain
John II. Whitley and Captain Charles
A. Fudge. Of these, two, Captain
Peery, Captain Jim" as he was
Familiarity known, and Colonel Har-
risson died in recent years, the former
September 2, 1905, the latter Octo-
her 16, 1907.
The above plate was made about
twelve years ago, which accounts for
the dimness and imperfection of the
print; but their old comrades in arms,
"the thin gray line," which has
dwindled to u mere handful, will re-
call the familiar faces, and it is
chiefly for their pleasure that we
print this picture, which was kindly
loaned us by friend.
Few, if any, of the Virginia regi-
ments which participated in that war,
can lag claim to greater distinction
than the Forty Fifth, which, was com
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-05-05
Cove Creek

Cove Creek, May 1.-The farm
ers are busy getting ready to plant
corn.
Mrs. t. E. Gregory returned h me
Thursday, where she was called to
see her mother week before last.
Mrs. Greever Steele visited her
daughter, Mrs. Moses Sarver, the
latter part of last week.
The wedding bells are ringing in
the community.
Mr.. Raleigh Fox called on friends
a 8 this place Sunday.
Misses Mamie and Mary Gregory
i entertained a number of their friends
Sunday evening in honor of Miss Ida
Walden.
The Sunday School at this place is
progressing nicely.
Messrs. Will Davis and Luther
Tolbert were seen in the community
Sunday.
Miss Ida Walden left Monday for
Roanoke. We regret very much to
see her leave
| Miss Geneva Steele called on
Mrs. R. B. Robinett Monday.
Mr.. ANDY Suffer made business
trip to Bland courthouse Tuesday.
Mrs. C. F. Showers returned home
Monday from Wytheville.
We are glad to hear of Mr.. Luther
Showers being on the road to recov-
cry.
Miss Annie Brown returned home
from Tazewell Saturday.
Misses Barns Neele and Mary Rob-
inett were shopping in Bluefield Sat-
urday.
Miss Cora Fox is staying with her
grand mother at Shawvers Mills.
Mr.. Edward Fox returned Saturday
from Rockbidge county, where she
has been on an extended visit.
Misses Lizzie and Ella Compton,
Mary and Cecil Robinett were the
guests of Mrs. B. P. Showers Tues
day.
Mr.. John Richardson called on
close friends at this place Saturday
and Sunday.
Master Kelley Showers and sister,
of Ada, w. Va, are visiting rela-
tives and friends at this place.
Adam Shannon went to Tazeweli
after wagon load Of furniture Tues
day. Hurrah for Adam and Eve, too.
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own problems made easier. The re-
cord of lofty purpose and generous
service speaks with winning power to
draw us into larger understanding of
Gods claim upon our lives.
AS organizer and first President of
Tazewell Woman's Club. she began
a work, which she stood Loyalty by
through the years, and to which she
gave her last moments and last
thoughts, before surrendering to the
illness which carried her away. AL
ways ready to do her part. and active
in every feature of our work, she
never wavered in her allegiance, and
we, as body, have suffered great
loss. We cannot honor her name too
highly.
Resolved, That we. the members of
the Tazeweli Woman's Club, assem-
bled, in memorial session. on this
the Goth of April. 1911, order the
above tribute. which but feebly en-
presses our appreciation of our friend
and member, and our sense of loss. to
be spread upon our Record Book, and
that a copy of the same be sent to the
bereaved husband, and to the different
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-05-05
THE BLOODY FORTY-FIFTTI
Four Well Known I azewen Men who Served as
Captains in This Famous Regiment.

and here against overwhelming odds
the Forty-Fifth dashed itself to
pieces in n vain attepmt to wrest vic
tory from defeat. Here Colonel Will
liam Brown. the gentle and well be-
loved, was killed; Captain Fudge re-
ceived the bullet which made him a
cripple for life, and General William
E. Jones, "the old night hawk" a
Washington county boy, who is Sleep
ing near old Glade Spring, went down
leading charge. The Forty Fifth
was almost annihilated. OF the eleven
hundred and eighty-six who left Salt
vile, only one hundred and eighty
four were able to report for duty after
this battle. The regiment was not
again reorganized. and the broken
remnant was absorbed by other regi-
ments. 1t had passed through its bap-
tism of fire to "Fame's eternal camp
ing ground. -
We revere the memory of the two
captains who are gone and we slaute
the two who remain. May they live
yet many years to recount to each
other, at summer eve and when the
embers glow, the scenes through which
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-05-05
Men Who Wore the Gray
randolph H. McKim, in the Amer
lean Review of Reviews.)

randolph H. McKim, in the Amer
lean Review of Reviews.)
A glance at the personnel of the
Confederate army in the years 1861
1865 will perhaps be instructive. In
its ranks are serving, side by side,
the sons of the plain farmer and the
sons of the great landowners-the
southern aristocrat. Not few of the
men carrying muskets or serving as
troopers, are classical scholars, the
flower of the southern universities. In
an interval of the suspension of hos
tilities at the battle of Cold Harbor.
a private soldier lies on the ground,
pouring over an Arabic grammar-it
is Crawford H. Toy, who is destined
to become the famous professor of
Oriental languages at Hartford uni
versity.
In one of the battles in the Valley
of Virginia volunteer aid of Gen.
John B Gordon is severely wounded
it is Basil L. Gildersleeve, who has
left his professors chair at the Uni
versity of Virginia to serve in the
field. He still lives, wearing the
laurel of distinction as the greatest
Grecian in the EngIsh-speakine
world. At the siege of Fort Donelsor
in 1862 one of the heroic captain.
who yields up his life in the trenche!
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-05-05

posed entirely of Southwestern men.
1t left Camp Jackson, in Wythe coun-
ty, April IL, 1861, a thousand strong,
and passed at once into the West Vir-
ginia campaigns. 1t became part of
Floyd's Brigade and was engaged in
number of hot skirmishes and bat
ties. Notable among these were the
skirmishes at Sewell Mountain, Cot
ton Hill, and the Greenbriar White;
and the battles of Cross Lanes,
Gauley, Lewisburg and Fayetteville.
AT the latter place, Rosencrans COM
manded the opposing army, and the
fighting was fast and furious. These
and numerous other engagements COW
cred the years 81, '62, and part
of '63. Late in the summer of 1863
the Forty-Fifth was detached from
Floyd's Brigade, and ordered into
Tennessee to the relief of General
Grouse, of Pickett's Division, who
was having trouble with the enemy
at Zollicoffer. Our regiment found
General Grouse surrounded by the en-
envy and in dire straits, but it fell
like a thunderbolt, the lines were
broken, and the enemy routed. This
brilliant and timely coup accomplish
ed, the regiment was ordered to Salt
vile, Va, where it went into winter
quarters.
During the winter the regiment was
considerably recruited and the fol-
lowing spring was ready for action
with fighting force of eleven hun
dred and eighty-six men. And the OPP
portunity for action was not long de-
layed. The battle of Cloyd's Noun
tain was fought May 9, 1864, and it
was here that the Forty Fifth sus-
tanned its first great loss in the death
of Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Hartman.
He was the idol and inspiration of the
regiment. He was so brave that he
seemed to have stepped from the pag-
es of Homer to infuse the spirit of
his daring into his comrades. Another
battle quickly followed. From Cloyd' IS
| Mountain the scene of operations was
transferred to the beautiful and ro-
mantle valley of Massanutton, upor
which Spottswood's knights "renown.
ed in story" had looked at an earlier
and happier time. Here the battle
Of Piedmont was fought on June 9Th
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-05-05
Closing Exercises of Richlands
High School

The closing exercises of the Rich
lands Public School last Thursday
evening, of which Miss Margaret
Williams was the efficient principal,
was an occasion of much interest and
brings to light some interesting and
instructive facts about school condi-
tions in that district. A brief state
ment may be of interest and profit to
the readers of this paper.
The number of white children of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-05-05

school age in the county, to 10
years, inclusive, is 67S1, according
to Supt. Archie Thompson's records.
or this number 22S7 are in the Maid
en- Spring District. OF these 1743
We're enrolled in the public schools of
the District, leaving SD to be ac-
counted for. Some of these We're. of
course, in school elsewhere, some at
work in stores, etc., in other locali-
ties, but the large majority of them
We're out of any school, and perhaps
many of them at home, doing moth
| ing.
The 1910 census reports 9O3 child
rem illiterates, that is, unable to read
and write. in this district. This
means that nearly 40 per cent of the
children of school age in this district
could neither read nor write, when
the 1910 census was taken, if the
figures are correct.
In Jeffersonville District 262 illit-
crates are reported, and in Clear
Fork District II, is the number given.
The population of Maiden Spring
is given on the census page which
we print this week, as, all told,
TIA.
How to get at the number of child
rem from birth to years of age,
must be only approximate as we have
not the complete us census report.
But. taking the generally accepted
rules of calculation it runs like this:
For easy calculation, the population
as stated is 774O. Allowing five to
u family we have one fifth of this
number, which is 1854 families.
Fathers and mothers, twice this num-
Der, or 3096. The difference between
this number and the entire population
or 36l1. should be the number of
children in the district. or this num-
her 22S7 are between the ages of z
and 10, inclusive. II this calculation
70 correct there were 1875 children
under seven years of age in the dis
trict. While no, absolutely correct
these figures are Approximately 80.
There is, Mt least "food for thought"
in these facts. And still more SD,
when another more significant fact IN
stated namely: that according tn n
conservative estimate based upon IN
formation picked up, and unofficial,
there are. in the Maiden Spring Dis
trict only about 500 children, officers
md teaches, enrolled ia the Sunday
Schools % The district.
If there are about > 90 children in
he district IL is read v seen TINT
cry small rercer tage them are re-
Giving t advantage of Sunday
ehool training. Not only the child
en-, but their parents as well. should
II he conn actcd rcctly or indirectly
With the Sunday school, and will he
!hen the Sunday school idea is fully
Understood and appreciated.
There is not the smallest dcs 10
lere to hold up before the public the
leiic cncics of Maiden Spring district,
which includes the richest aud best
BART of the county. The other dia-
tricts can make. perhaps, little or no
better showing. We happened to
have the above figures ut hand this
week The other districts will come
IN, perhaps, in the next issue of this
paper. 1t is all important to know
how and where we stand.