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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-23
Worst of the Winter.

Springfield, ILL.,, was hit by the
heaviest snow storm Of the winter
Monday night. Early in the evening
three inches OF snow covered the
ground, binding storm was still In
progress and there was no prospect
of early abatement. Street cars are
out of commission, steam roads are
affected and wire service Is hindered.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-23

their duties.
$ To amend an act for the protection
Of game fish In the State OF South
Carolina and for the repeal OF cer-
tain laws relating thereto.
ITO amend the act relating to, e1-
emption from jury duty.
To provide for distribution Of fines
and penaltfes collected from rail-
road. express. telegraph or telephone
companies for failing to comply with
orders of railroad commission be-
tween State and counties.
TO enable and permit cities ana
towns OF not; more than 10000 in
habitants and: not less than 1000
Inhabitants to adopt the commission
form of government. -
TO amend the code relating to pub
lie Weighing Of cotton by regulating
the purchase, sale and public weigh
ing of cotton in bales in cities OF
more than 10000 and, less than 50,-
900 inhabitants. ,:: .;5-s.
- fdQpOl OplEoChIoIhSA Al eh0
house of representatives..
To permit elections In cities Of
more than 5000 and less than 20,-
900 and cities of more than $4,000
and less than 100000 for the adop-
ton OF q commission form OF govern
ment.
To amend the law In reference to
compensation of county officers.
To require a license for pool and
billiard tables not in incorporated
towns.
To require the fling Of written in
struments lodged for record.
To require the distribution OF the
dispensary fund among the common
schools and provide the method
thereof.
To amend the law relating to mag
istrates, their constables, powers, du-
ties, Jurisdiction and salaries.
TO amend the law for the protec-
tion of game birds and animals and
to provide close season.
TO require corporations to issue
new certificates Of stocks to share
holders whose certificates have been
lost.
10 promote the public health by
draining swamps, building levees and
establishing drainage and levee dis
tricts, and Issuing and selling bonds
therefor.
TO amend an act providing for the
payment of jurors in circuit courts.
To regulate the introduction OF
laws of others States, territories and
governments.
To provide houses of detention for
female convicts.
To require the analyzation OF fer
tilizers without requiring the pur-
chaser to furnish name OF the man
To regulate the buying and selling
OF cotton in bales and cotton seed.
To annul any clause in contract
limiting time within which suit may
be brought other than the statute or
limitations as TO such causes OF ac-
ton.
To provide for The payment of one
annual pension for benefit OF &C.
ceased pensioner.
To provide penalty and manner
Of collection thereof where cor
poration fails to pay wages when
due.
To continue the State hospital
commission and to authorize 1t to
erect buildings.
To provide for the levy Of taxes for
county and school purposes for year
beginning January, 1911.
To require steamboat companies to
give 10 days notice OF change OF
schedule.
To amend the code in relation to
appeals in ejectment proceedings.
To empower the railroad commits
sion to require the installation OF any
device which will promote safety
protection and comfort to train crews
and travelling public.
Worst of the Winter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
OCEAN TO OCEAN AUTO TOUR
Fourteen Cars Start on Leisurely Run
from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.

The first transcontInental automobile
tour ever attempted in this country started
Monday morning. June g. from Atlantic
City, N. j.. where the rear wheels Of each
car were rolled In the surf and no more
salt water win touch the car until the
front wheels are driven into the Pacific
ocean.
There have been more than few cars
that have crossed the American continent
from ocean to ocean, but never before has
there been a regularly scheduled tour
planned. and the fact that fourteen private
owners of cars of one make have enthused
over the prospect of run OF such magni-
tude presents a new situation in private
automobiling.
The idea of the tour originated among
some owners OF Premier cars In Philadel-
phia only a few weeks ago. and Metro
politan Premier owners only heard OF the
proposition during the previous week, but
the scheme struck such a popular chord
that four owners in New York Immediately
sent In their entries
These cars, with their owners driving,
left r. M. Owen & Co.'S establishment in
New York; Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock.
and were accompanied by twenty-five auto
mobiles filled with friends Of the trans
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
Savannah Will Hold
Big Automobile Race
Southern City Has Not Given Up Plan
of Pulling OFF Notable Auto
Event.

NEW YORK. July 1.-The Savannah
Automobile club has not abandoned the
idea OF holding the International light
car race. as II was reported some time
ago II might letter from Arthur w.
Solomon. secretary Of the Savannah Auto
mobile club. says: 1--WE are going to have
on Tuesday. November q. two races, one
for the Savannah challenge trophy, the
other for the Vanderbilt cup. Both these
races will be run in the way the Wander
bilt and the sweepstake races were run
on Long Island last year. smaller cars
being started first There win be no races
on wednesday. but on Thursday. Thanks
giving day. viii be the Grand Prize.
THE first meeting OF the course COM
mittee was held recently and II was de-
cided TO make all the turns In the course
longer and probably to bank them so that
we could increase the speed for a world 8
record In fact we are going to make the
course this year finer than anything
abroad
IL the course is SO perfected there is
no reason why the winner should not at
tain an average speed greater than the
American road record Of 1882 miles an
hour, held by Tetzlaffs Lozier. and per-
haps better than that of 74s by Nazarro's
Fiat.
Jesse Froelich, manager for the Benz
branch. said that he had received a cable
telling him to enter two Benz cars. the
one in which Bruce Brown won last sear
and that In which Hemery finished second.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
Inter-City Tourney
to Be Held July 4th
Tennis Players from Five Important
Centers Will Meet at Omaha
Field Club.

An inter-city tennis tourney will be played
at the Omaha Field club July Fourth, the
participants to be players from five cities in
the Missouri valley. Teams from Sioux
City, Kansas City, st. Joseph and Des
Moines will join the Omaha enthusiasts In
the events.
Arthur Scribner. Cuthbert Potter, Harry
Koch and probably Mckay, new man in
Omaha tennis ranks, will make up the
Omaha team. Mckay has already shown
his speed In defeating a number OF the
Omaha cracks including the city champion.
Sioux City's tennis squad will consist OF
w. s. Gilman w. s. Carey. w. B. Hicks
and George Howell.
LATE Young, jr. Olin Sweet Peters and
Bradley will represent Des Moines.
Kansas City and st. Joseph have not
sent in their ine-ups. but prominent tennis
men from both places have declared their
willingness to come and word is expected
daily.
lnter-ctty matches between the tennis
clubs Of the large cities OF the east are
very popular and the members OF the
Omaha Field club believe they can be made
fully as popular here. The cost of such a
match in the middle west is very much
higher as the players have to travel greater
distances to the common destination. but
1t is thought that several OF them can be
held each year in addition to the regular
tournaments of this section
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
CLEARING SPOT FOR AVIATORS
More Than One Hundred Men Are at
Work on Chicago Field.
PERFECT AERODROME BUILDING
Grade from Hansarr slopes Gradually,
Affording hest Advantages 60
Those who Attempt Flight
for Prizes.

CHICAGO, July 1.-Although the opening
Of the aviation meet to be held In this city
Is nearly two months away. 100 men and
half as many teams are now at work In
Grant park making a billiard table surface
where hummocks and bitches predomniate.
When the workers have finished Grant
park will have been transformed from an
area Of no particular usefulness 70 perhaps
the most perfect aerodrome in the world.
Nowhere In the world has there ever been
plotted 80 ideal a spot for such an event.
The spectators, for whom there will be
. space TO accommodate 5000, will directly
face the lake front with absolutely nothing
20 intercept their view Of the events. A
large proportion Of the seats viii be free to
the public. and at each end OF the course
win be parking space to accommodate all
told more than 1000 automobiles and car
Tlages
with an actual length over all Of $500 feet
or more than one mile, the aviation course
which viii be traversed by the airships will
be 400 feet in the actual course, assuming
that the airships hug the theoretical rail.
At the northwest corner OF the grounds
will be the hangers. with space for nearly
forty flying machines. and In order that
each aviator may have plenty OF space in
which to start his machine the actual
starting point Of the flights will be near
the southwest corner Of the grounds, at
which place the Judges stand will be To-
Gated.
Near each end Of the course will be three
pyIons. with one additional tower at the
northeast end, to determine the inner line
OF the course. The ground slopes very
graduaillly from the north to the south Of
the starting course, so that when the
machines leave the hangers they will travel
slightly down hin IN gaining their initial
momentum
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
These Three Players
Are Star Performers
as Pitchers Targets
Curtis Welch, Hughie jennings and
Frank Chance Stop More Balls
Than Any Others.

NEW YORK, July i.--"There have been
three men in the history of the big
leagues" said Bid McPhee, the old second
baseman, who stood out above all Others
when It came to being hit by pitched balls.
Those three men were Curtis WEIGH.
Hughey Jennings and Frank Chance. They
have never had any rivals, and 1 don't
suppose any players are really anxious to
equal the records that they made. The
strangest thing OF all, 81 lar as two of
these men were concerned, was the fact
that they didn't mean IT, They were
game all right. but not game enough to
voluntarily run the risks they seemed to
take. and the countless bruises they re-
ceived were not endured to help their
teams, but because they couldn't dodge.
It's a fact-Hugh Jennings could not dodge
ball, and Frank Chance cannot duck
one now. As for Curtis Welsh, he was
different proposition. He got hit inten-
tionally time after time. and never, per-
haps. without full meaning.
The box scores Of the old Baltimore
games seldom went into print without the
words; Hit by pitched ball, Jennings.
Time after time Hughey was cannonaded.
and, as rule. was bumped hard His
nerve and gameness were widely praised.
while some OF the critics said he was simply
foolhardy. The latter opinion was almost
universal when, after Baltimore had safely
won the flag, Hughey continued to get
thumped, and TO get hit at all. All these
years he had been unable to dodge. He
seemed unable to convey the sense of
danger from his brain 10 his limbs Quick
enough to spring aside. and on several &C.
castons he was knocked cold when he knew
the ball was coming. when he was eager
TO set out OF the way, and simply couldn',
make his muscles move in time.
Frank Chance has been hit In the head
thirty-eight times. and stunned on twenty
occasions, while he has received innumer.
able smashes on shoulders. ribs or legs
Chance wants to get out OF the way, but
can't He stands flatfooted. resting heav-
ily on his pine when battling. almost i'm.
bedding them IN the ground, and he can.
not sidestep or make his feet move in
time TO save him. ! doubt II he can even
dodge slow ball. his feet move so re.
oelhously, and yet. once on bases, he Is
lightning runner. Curtis Welsh stood
lightly set upon his feet. and could sprinr
away from the fastest pitching II he de-
sired But he didn't desire and so agile
so snakelike was he. that he could seen
TO be grazed BY purest accident every
time. He even developed a way OF slaneine
the ball off his forearm, apparently dodg'
ing. yet leaving the arm exposed and let
ting the ball tick against It,"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02

continentalists. who wished TO give the
intrepid tourists a send Off" The line
was augmented at Newark by twenty more
cars. containing friends Of the Newark
entrant and the send Off run" started
on e way TO Perth Amboy. where the real
d -rists were entertained st dinner and
presented with souvenirs and admonitions
OF one kind and another. The ocean-to-
ocean travellers left Perth Amboy for At
lantic City at D. m. The cars and occu-
pants were; w. Ellsworth Sprague's car.
with Mrs. sprague. Gilbert r. Horton and
Mrs. Horton.
DIR. Hugh F. Cook Of Newark was ac-
companied by Mrs. Cook.
Frank A. Moller had with him L. j. f.
Moller and w. Herman Rose.
John H. Murphy took Mrs. Murphy,
Countess de Calatrava, and John Matthews.
The first stop Of the tour Monday was at
Philadelphia, and from there on until the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
Specs Would Improve
Broken Down Players
in Batting Averages
New York Doctor Makes Suggestion
that Might Bring 0ld-Timers
Back to the Game.

NEW YORK. July lin view Of the
statements OF McGraw. Duffy Murray and
others that the main cause Of bad batting
is bad eyes and that all recruits should
have their eyes examined in the spring, a
prominent New York doctor and formerly
Yale player, who asks that his name be
withheld. has written the following rather
interesting article on the subject;
Nothing to me is more pathetic than 20
see how uniformly a baseball player goes
into the discard around the age of forty,
particularly as regards his batting pa
tient of mine last week told me that he
wears spectacles when he is batting. One
Saturday he did not wear them and struck
out every time he went TO the bat The
following Saturday he got 20 first base. Out
of six times at the bat he got one pop
fly to the infield, base on balls. two
singles, double and triple
II have never batted since l have put
on speotacles. but I captured my prep.
school team before I went to Yale. had
found out by experience that l could bat
an in drop every time. so whenever our
team ran up against pitcher who used
his curve extensively. my batting average
was quite splendid, otherwise not. My
astigmatism. as It turned out, distorts OBJ
$3.50 ~ wat q pitShcN jail WOuiu iOOk
lower to me than It really was; hence the
above result
Would IT not be possible as an expert
ment 10 take some broken down outfieldeI
whose batting has already fallen off, OF
some pitcher who bats poorly. and try how
well he bats by simply wearing spectacles
until he gets to first base? My friend
Yawkey Of the Detroit club says that a
pitcher would throw the ball right at a
mans eyes II he wore spectacles. but by
building heavy rim ones. nothing would
happen even II they were hit. and It would
be no more difficult TO keep from getting
hit In the spectacies than to keep from
getting hit in the eyes. think that some
man who feels that he is a has been
might be willing to try IT,"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
BIG AUTO RUN PLANNED
FOR WESTERN IOWA SOON
six-Day Trip TO Boost for Good Roads
10 Start and End ut
Omaha.

Six days of automobilng through Iowa
will be undertaken on the annual mid
summer run Of the automobilists of Omaha
and Iowa interested in the Transcontinen-
tai Route association. July TO u. The
run will startsand end in Omaha, the local
Automobiles picking up other members as
they proceed on their way.
Eighteen counties OF the western part Of
Iowa will be covered on the trip by the
route laid out, taking in Council Bluffs,
Missouri Valley. Sioux City, lie Mars.
Primghar. Spirit Lake. Emmetsburg, Hum
bolt. Fort Dodge. Perry. Abel, Waukee.
Des Moines. Guthrie Center. Extra. At
lantic. Avoco, and back through Council
Bluffs to Omaha. Des Moines is the east
ern point OF the run. the plan being to
spend the night there, July TO-
Good roads meetings will be held every
evening when stops are made. Spirit Lake
is planning a monster meet for the Sat
urday night that the automobilsts will be
there with speakers from all over the
state present. Another meeting worth at
tending will be the Des Moines one on
July 10. In Omaha at the close Of the six
day run. on July II, monster meeting to
surpAss all the others in size will be held.
The plan of the boosters of the trip is to
get every town OF the seventy-seven along
the route to enter a car. When the party
reach the towns on the circuit the car of
that town will drop out Thus each car
win complete the circuit. the Omaha men
returning home last.
From Omaha 20 Sioux City the run will
pass over what is called the High Gear
route, Sioux City to Spirit Lake over the
Sioux Falls-Spirit Lake road, Spirit Lake
to Des Moines on the Lake Tourist route.
and from Des Moines to Omaha on the
River to River road.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
Pirate Scout Seeks
Minor League Stock
William Murray Ends Four Weeks
Trip Taken to Look Over Young
sters at Colleges.

i PlTTSBURG, Pa, July 1.-William MUIR
ray. the former manager Of the Phlla.
delphia National league base ball club who
IS now scout for the Pirates, arrived
ssdfe the other day after a trip extending
ever period Of four weeks. during which
he looked over considerable minor league
ana college material in the hope of find
ing something worth while for the local
team. BILLY" had long talk with Presi-
dent Barney Dreyfus, but would not ad-
NIT that he had made any recommended
lions.
II did not go crazy about any OF the
players l saw he said. Most OF my
time has been devoted to watching col
lege teams perform. and did not visit
many places at that Did l find any fu-
ture greats? Well. II they existed in the
places 1 visited they managed TO escape
my eyes l have never known material
to be so scarce as this year and l shal
be a much surprised Individual IL about
30 per cent OF the players that are belne
bought up by major league clubs do NOT
turn out to be lemons.
This applies particularly 10 the eolleg.
boys who are being signed up. Many o.
those who have been touted az wonder.
do not even know how to put on a uni
form. saw absolutely none that appealed
10 me ana am beginning to think thai
college base ball players are not as good
as they used TO be on the university cir.
cult. OF course. you can read nearly ever,
day OF wonderful young school and col
lege pitchers who are twirllng no-hi
games and striking out fifteen to twent,
batsmen In nine innings but you would
cease 90 wonder at these performances
Il you could see the batsmen agalns
whom these games are pitched.
They know very little about the art %
batting aud Il Is easy for a pitcher to foo
them. An inferior major league pItche
could so into these games ana not ALLOW
q hit. so do not be surprised II a lot o
the eollese wonders who have been signed
up for the big league clubs explode In
hurry.
There may be . few exceptions. O
course For instance Pittsburg has plcke,
up promising proposition in cOttren o
Syracuse.
AS for the minor league talent thi
year. I have seen none OF EXCEPTIONAL,
high calibsr. The big league teams hay'
better men sitting on their benches thai
ara % Be found IN the bushesc
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02

The modern Isaak Walton uses motor
car when going fishing, according to a let
ter received the last week by che Pioneer
Implement company Of Council Bluffs,
from Chris Larsen OF Primrose. Nebs With
bis son. and two friends Mr.. Larsen drove
in his Model e Jackson some time ago to
Willow Lake. which IL located in Cherry
county. The distance was 2i3 miles and
was negotiated in eleven hours, despite
the sandhills and bad roads encountered on
the trip. The fishing part OF the expedi-
ton was also successful. as 500 black bass
were caught on the trip Some OF the bass
caught weighed nearly six pounds each.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02

Pacific ocean Is reached there win be no
attempts made 70 burn up the roads or
shove each other Off the sides into bitches
hist to get BY. The tour has been laid out
In easy stages, and the California coast Is
scheduled for July ~. -
Tuesdays stop was 81 Baltimore f8en
the route includes Washington, Cufnber.
land. Md; Uniontowh, Penn; Columbus.
indianapolis. Chicago From Chicago on
the route taken by L. l.. Whitman in his
Rea run OF ten days and a half will be
adhered to.--New York Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02

Appearances are dear school. On.
women will 20 70 no other.
The shops will never run on the fashions
that are past.
straight front is the shortest distance
between two shops.
THE mills OF fashion grind swiftly, but
they grind exceeding finery.-Judge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
FOOT BALL PRACTICE is NEXT
Cornell Freshmen WIN start Tive
Weeka Earlier.

Cornell Freshmen VIII Start Twc
Weeks Earlier.
ITHACA. N. Y. July 1.-Corneli foot
ballers will commence practice about the
middle OF September. while the freshmen
Will get to work on September 49, about
two weeks earlier than usual. 1t is ex-
pected that senior week Will bring back 20
Ithaca large number OF foot ball alumni
to attend the annual meeting OF the asso-
citation. At this meeting Head Coach Dan
Reed will probably talk over plans with
the graduates
Coach Reed win be assisted by Alfred
Hutchinson, 90. and John Newall. O6
and third field coach il expected.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02

During Wednesday and Thursday Of the
last week the EMF branch house had
sufficient cars on hand to supply it's GUS
toners. During this period an even aliot-
ment Of eighteen cars was distributed to
the territory surrounding Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02

with both parties wounded demands Buck
lens Arniea saive. Heals wounds. sores,
burns OF injuries sc. For sale BY Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02

Richard Bacon. assistant sales-manager
Of the Chalmers factory. was in Omaha
during the week at the salesrooms OF the
II. e. Fredrickson Auto company
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-02
, Along Auto Row

ThtnRu of Interest AmonR Local
Motor Car Dealers ana Own
ers-Business Prospects BRIGHT.