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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13
A BEAUTIFUL DOORWAY.

barns and all else I'm his life have
changed from ''tallow candle and
homemade fail age to an electric
light and steam thrasher" age.
Three years ago Midway and the sur
rounding country began to think it was
time to have a twentieth century school
plant. They began to feel tina. II
would be well to have a building as
good as any of their churches. At
first the general public shook its head
and mumbled under its breath. but
gradually it began to see the wisdom
of the movement and at last voted the
funds necessary.
While the trustees planned school
that should be credit intellectually.
they did not forget to buy enough
ground 10 give the energetic young
sters that We're to be trained ample
elbow room. The beautiful building
stands well back from the turnpike
on five acres Of fine blue grass land.
Behind and to one side of the school
building Is n comfortable stable stalled
to hold twenty-forr horses.
AS Is usual In school affairs all over
the country. the trustees built this
school with IN idea of its taking care
o. all the pupils in the district for the
next fifty years. Now, after only two
and half years. they are beginning to
see the natural result Of fine grow.
Ing school spirit among both children
and parents. Today five grade and two
high school teachers manage to teach
the $50 boys and girls that are en-.
rolled. This number is just fifty more
than were enrolled last year. 1t is
now plain that the school will have
to add new teacher each year to take
care Of the steady increase. and In Eve
more years an addition will have to be
built to take care Of the children. Be-
sides this yearly Increase, the trustees
claim that very few Of those enrolled
even try to play truant. Ample play
grounds. clean. warm schoOlrOoms.
comfortable single desks. light and
pleasan. surroundings make school GO
ing less irksome, and the incentive
for "playing ont" has been removed.
Several schools rolled into one make
many things possible. II allows the
school fund to pay for a reliable Jani-
tor. who can heat, clean and care for
the property as it should be cared for.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13
HOW MIDWAY
CAME TO LIFE
A $4,000 Investment on Its
Boys and Girls.
IN MODERN SCRO0IKOUSE.
Tho Town Began Three Years Ago to
Realize the Importance Of Consorv.
ing Its Future Citizens Health and
Montslity--PIenty Of Room to Play.

Many rural communities feel that
any building and any grounds will do
for school purposes. These communi
ties have never thought definitely how
far they have progressed in so many
other lines. The average man will say
when you press him for a reason foi
the poor school equipment in his neigh
orhood. well. that school was good
enough for me. an reckon it's good
enough for my children" His own
home. his farming implements. his
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13

Cincinnati. Ohio,
Dec. S.-P stor
Russell's meetings
were the religious
feature here today.
We report one of
his addresses from
the text: lie shall
he called the Ever
lasting Fat Ii en-"
isaiah tx. g.
The Pastor said
that Gods people
today have SUI
poriOr advantages
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13
JESUS THE FATHER
OF SAVED HUMANITY
By Regeneration He VIII Give
His Children Everlasting Lille.

Jehovah Is the Father or Life-giver Of
the Church, WAC Has Already Be-
gotten the Church by the Holy Spirit
and viii Perfect Them as Spirit Be-
ings In the Resurrection, but Jesus
Will Be the Father or Regenerator
Of the WorId--Humanity.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13
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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-13
AVDwAY's SUCCESS.

II provides teachers for the different
grades and makes efficient and strong
work. BY bringing many children to
gether 1t gives chance for the child
to develop his social nature In group
of his own age. That the school at
Midway il success is to put the mat
ter lightly. A school that has en-
rolled fifty new pupils this year. that
has added fifty children to the school
population of Midway, that makes the
renting Of any kind Of house In the
town an impossibility. that In two
and half years does not show q
scratched wall or desk, is huge sue
cess.
2 Does all this answer the question OF
Investment? Can any one ever figure
exactly what stronger men and women
in community are worth? The
school cost the community 100000. Is
the money a good investment for Mid
way? The answer can only come by
asking any of he residents In the dis
trict of those who are willing to send
their children five or six miles anu
pay extra tuition to have them IN u
real de twentieth century school.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
Jimmy Archer Is Greatest Of All Men Behind Bat
Former Atlanta BackStop in Class by Himself

from wild filings also keeps Archer's
passed balls to a minimum.
Backstopping literally means the
receiving Of the pitchers delivery.
In this special line. as pointed out,
Archer has no equal But his re-
sources do not stop there His pc
cuIiar catching attitude seems to
be admirably adapted to perfect
throwing Archer is a deadly
marksman. Either standing or
squatting, he can peg the bulls eye
at any cushion so times in 100 His
throws snap ont with rideule We
locity. but his greatest adjunct is
the faculty of getting that throw
away at once He wastes no time
in starting the bail on its course.
The minute the ball hits his glove
it's away again. He never draws
back his arm he shoots the ball
with a snap peculiarly his own.
and he saves stolen bases by max
ing the foe hug the sacks. Let
man stray two feet beyond safe
ground at any base and he's dead
as a door nail. if any one is on the
job at the other end His squat
ting position behind the batter
seems to give Archer distinct
advantage over a base runner. He
can watch. his man like a hawk
without tipping his hand
Good For Many Seasons.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12

Of course, he has had enthusiastic
financial backing so did
Hemphill. So that doesn't prove
anything.
Z RON man who claims TO have
seen the letter, it is learned that
the Atlanta Baseball association is
conducting a near-dicker with Nor
man Elberfeld to take the manage
ment of the Cracker club for next
year.
We are a trifie inclined to doubt
the story In the first place the
local club isn't going to do any
dickering with man under con-
tract with another club. In the sec
ono place, Kid Elberfeld has had
his chance as a manager and has
failed. The Kid knows baseball and
he has the pepper. But Elberfeld
never has been able to control him
self and viii never be able to con-
troll others.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
Johnson a Wise Champion in Retiring From Ring
Flynn Fight Made Him Realize He's Going Back
By Tad

tracts. He has been a veritable
will O the wisp to Joe Jeanette,
who has been after him for long
time. He has often talked of going
to Australia to box Langford and
McVea, but judging by his actions,
he was never for an instant sincere
in this.
If the last has really been seen
of johnson as a pugilist, he will be
remembered as a fighter who was
seldom if ever fully extended. Some
say that his fight with Tommy
Burns in Aus tralia was his hardest,
Ihls may be so. He certainly
never had any hard fights in the
ordinary acceptance of the term in
this country. His go with Jeffries,
from which so much was expected.
was so extremely one-sided that it
lives in memory as the joke of the
> century.
A Great Uppercut Fighter.
Johnson's style of boxing was all
his own. He was master of the
straight left and right crosses that
educated boxers usually employ, but
he seldom relied upon them. In
the use of hooks, uppercuts and
lifting punches generally he prob
ably never had an equal
Arguments frequently arise as tn
how Johnson would have Jared If
he had been sent against a Queens
berry crackajack like Peter Jack
son when the latter was at his best.
Well. there is no harm in forming
and holding an opinion on the point.
but right there the discussion ends.
1t Is a sporting aphorism that il ia
oootless to argue any matter that
can not be settled by a bet and
certainly there is no way of deter
mining which was the better man
Peter Jackson or Jack johnson.
The remark is often heard that
johnson was lucky-that when he
reached his prime there were really
no good heavyweights in sight.
mat Is true in a measure, but it is
the luck of the game. 1t very often
happens that staleness and LONG
service contribute to a champion's
defeat as much as anything else.
Seldom Good Men at Same Time.
In the heavyweight division If
was seldom in recent years that two
really good men developed about
the same time. Possibly the best
instance of genuine rivalry in this
respect was when Jeffries and Shar-
Key were working to the front. No
more stubborn engagements than
the two in which Jim and Tom
were the principals were ever Wit
messed probably. and if Sharkey had
had few inches more of stature,
ring history might have had an en-
ttrely different twist.
Who will be Johnson's successor?
Some people do not see much hone
for the hopes because Langford
McNea and Jeanette are stil ac-
tive. But these colored gladiatorg
are not by any means as youthful
as they used to be, and as there Is
no negro novice in sight, there is
good reason for arguing that a
white man will rule the heavy
weight roster within the next con-
pie of years.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12

is out of the game to stay. The
heart knoweth its own. bitterness,
and no one knows better than
Johnson what rough shedding it was
with Fireman James Flynn at Las
Vegas.
Two years ago Johnson would
have literally spanked Flynn for his
bad ring manners. As it was, the
best Johnson could do was hold on
and boiler for help. Two years of
acquaintance with the Paris cafes
and the pleasure haunts of London
had told in Johnson's case just as
similar dalliance had done in the
case of Peter Jackson.
When the state police were clam
boring into the ring in New Mexi-
co and Referee Smith was hopping
his perspiring brow. little bird
whispered in Jack Johnsons ear,
The time is ripe for retiring"
And who can blame him? He
has acquired a competence through
the use of his gloves, and now that
ne 1eelS ne is not as Spry or as sure
listed as he used to be, he is show
ing good judgment in sidestepping
possible disaster. Because other
champions made mistakes is no
reason why Johnson should.
Wants To Quit Unbeaten.
In getting out at this time, John
son is catering to an ambition he
has long felt, even though he may
not have given expression to it, He
would dearly like to be known as
the only negro who held the worlds
championship and then retired UNI
defeated
In support Of this view, it is only
necessary to recall Johnson's atti-
tude toward other colored fighters
since he became champion. It is
claimed that he deliberately back
ed out Of match with Sam Lang
ford. in London, after signing con-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE

Packey Hommey was signed up few
Gays ago TO- meet either Jim Coffey or
Boyo Driscoll for next Mondays show at
the Garden a. c. in New York If HON
mey gains the decision Matchmake Glib
son has promised him a scrap with Young
Shugroe or some other leading feather
Although Luther Mccarthy lost the
popular decision to Jim Stewart in Co
than few days ago, he is not a bit de-
Spondent. Luther is matched with Tom
Kennedy a week from today and says he
the crowd got his goat last time but
that now he has got used to the mob and
VIII show them some speed next out
Mike Gibbons is about ready to descend
upon the East once more. This time
Tommy who is as good as Mike, so Mike
says. Anyway, the pair will reach Go
than early next month.
Eastern sport scribes believe Jack
JOhnsons retirement from the ring is
simply a bluff to get larger purses for
his fights. Johnson could stay in seCu-
sion for several months until some hope"
has made such an impression on the pub
lie that the promoters would be willing to
offer another purse, such as was posted
when Johnson fought Jeffries, then alf
Lii Arthur would have to Ito would he
hammer him around awhile, collect the
money and then retire again
Harry Rafael, who is ging Charley
Miller, the latest entrant to the white
hope ranks, was in New York few
days ago blowing about what Miller could
do. He says what Charley Will do to Pal
ger and the rest of the big pugS will be
enough to send him TO the electric chair
Miller will leave for the East after his
battle with Jim Flynn on Labor Day
Luther Mccarthy and less Willard are
scheduled TO mingle at the Garden A. c.
in New York August 10.
Jim Stewart has challenged Al PaIzer
for a ten-round battle 10 be staged in
Gotham. Stewart has won eight of his
recent fights by the X. O. route and saws
he has earned crack al the big fighter
The Terre Haute boxing club is trying
to match George X O. Brown with Kid
Skelly for match there Labor Day.
Packey Mcfarland viii signalize his
return to the ring and the start of his
fan campaign Of 1912 by a siN-round en-
gagement with Joe Hirst in Philadelphia
August 30.
Johnnie Dundee and Matt Brock will
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12

Archer is very likely to get the big
hand as one Of the passing side
shows.
Almost as astonishing as the
great cub catcher's backstopping
and throwing skill is his natural
speed. Few catchers are fast But
Archer is an exception. He bellies
the theory that constant squat
ting slows up the leg muscles Of
receiver. Archer is far from a poor
hitter; in fact, he is above the
average as catchers go. He's an
alI-round star any way you wish to
take him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
ALL WAIVE ON SroRcA

NASHVILLE TENN. Aug. 12.-It
was announced this morning that
waivers had been secured on Harry
Storch, utility man of the Nashville
team, and he did not accompany the
team to Montgomery last night. Storch
has been with the Nashville team since
the beginning of the 1911 season. being
secured from Dallas. Texas. where he
was the leading home run hitter of the
league. lie may go back to the Texas
league
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
EAST VS.. WEST ON BOXING
CARD IN N. Y. THIS WEEK

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The East and
the West will be pitted against each
other in the only two important boxing
bouts that will be staged here this
week. At Madison Square Garden to-
night Jack Britton. a Chicago light
weight will tackle Eddie Smith, of
Harlem
on Wednesday night at the St. Mich
oias rink, Gunboat Smith, a Califor-
MIA heavyweight will box ten rounds
with Porky Flynn, of Boston. There
are several other bouts on the program.
but all are of minor importance.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
BY W. w. Naughton.

EACK JOHNSON says he has re
tired, and it remains to be seen
- whether he means 1t. Just at
present his resolve is of an ada
mantine character He swears that
the world will never hear him say,
as John l.. Sullivan said Il tried
once too often, and that never
hereafter will the lure of gold bring
him back to the ring as it brought
Jeffries back, when he was far past
his athletic prime.
The writer believes that Johnson
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12

Cobb has been out of the game for
two days now and both Speaker and
jackson have climbed up nearer to
him. In Saturday and Sunday games
Speaker garnered four hits in eioht
times at bat. jackson did even better.
smashing forth six swats in eight at
temPts. Collins got four hits in ten
trips to the plate. Lajoie connected
twice in eight chances.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
MILLER KNOCKS OUT YOUNG

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Hirsch Miller
knocked out Billy Young in the third
round of a fight held over the state line
Yesterday afternoon. They boxed for
side bet and $4,000 changed hands on
the battle A big crowd saw the bout.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
MCFARLAND AND WOLGAST
TO MEET IN GOTHAM OCT. 3

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Ad. Wolgast
and Packey Mcfarland will meet in
ten-round bout under the auspices Of
the Garden Athletic club in this CITY
october 3, according to word received
today from "A representative of that
club now in Cadillac Mich. Both men
are to weigh 1873 pounds at o'clock on
the day of the fight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
RICHIE STARTS WORK
FOR BOUT WITH HOGAN

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l2.-WiIHe
Richie, who is to meet "One-R Round"
Hogan in four-round bout at Dream
land Friday, has begun training. Willie
plans only light work. Hogan also
went to work today He fought fifteen
rounds with Tommy Mcfarland a III
tie more than a week ago and is in ex-
cellent condition.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
BY. W. J. McBeth.

WYE have with us today. gentle
wv readers, one OF the real
novelties of the nations
delight Kindly step forward, MI
James Archer, of the Chicago
cubs. tin the populace gets a peek
a you.
Rather a handsome young gem
tleman. isn't he. with his raven
locks. swarthy complexion and Ro-
man profile? Well, take it from all
the ball players in the National
league he's far better than he looks,
even II he is a handsome kind of a
chap
There may he better catchers in
the profession today than Jimmy
Archer. Of Chicago But there are
no such backstops There's a slight
distinction between the two classes.
Catcher involves the broader sense
Of that special type Of athletes that
wears mask. wind pad and mitt. A
catcher's value is reckoned relative
to his team worth taking In his Of
fensive as well al his defensive
ability Backstop only implies the
defensive issue-the work of hand
ling pitchers, crossing hatsmen and
keeping runners glued to the sacks.
Wherefore-at least that portion
OF enthusiasts who reside around
the etropolis-Eeneral fandom
will tell you perhaps that Chief
Meyers, of the Giants, is the best
catcher in the National league.
The statement is made keeping in
mind Meyers all-round utility
principally his deadly hitting eve,
for no major league maskman
pummels the pill as does the Mis-
sion aboriRine But as a backstop
there is no man before the public
who can hold a candle TO the cub
stslwart From a defensive stand
point he is as superior to Meyers
as Meyers is superior to Jimmy of
fensively
Sits on Back Of Heels.
You have often heard a catch
er's highest form of dattery toward
his pet battery mate. Say, bo"
SAYS he, 81 could catch that guy
sitting in a rocking chair" Archer
has never been known to make
such a boast But every game ne
works he handles his pitcher to the
height Of perfection from far
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
Crackers Fairly Starred Semina Two Defeats in One Dav
PLAY z DAYS IN new ORLEANS, THEN GO TO MOBILE

mendous lot in the big leagues this
year
Kirke who looked like a wonder
with the Braves. isn't in the line
up now. jackson, who went from
the Memphis team to the Braves. is
doing better. though his batting ay-
erage is perceptiblv less than the
.347 he made in the 80 big league
games he worked last year
Northern is doing good work with
BROOKLYN. and so is Red smith
while Pitcher Frank Allen manages
to hang on though he isn't going
very strong. But BROOKLYN has sent
back all the other Southern Ieag-
uers Of last years crop-Daley.
Kent. Coulson and the rest and also
Dolly Stark.
Pat FIahertv has pass4d bacl,
BrfdweU has been ont of the game
virtually all Of the season with an
ini1rad foot ATorr+,.,.a for,,ar
Memphis burler has dronned ont NJ
the running and win 90 in for sa-
looming OF course RIck Reckon
and Iris Sneaker graduates Of tho
lamented 1.-THE Rocl, foam, con
Time TO nIav bip han for league
leaders Hank Griffin has come
back to tho Southern, and +hon
dronned ONT or this roae,a II,h
Perdpa MANAGES to loo, IN III,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-12
The Big Race

Here's how the Big Five" of the
American league are hitting the ball.
the averages including yesterdays
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-06
COL. E. H. GREEN GIVES
HIS VIEWS ON WOMEN
New York Females Painted as a
Worthless Lot by Bachelor Son
of Richest Woman.

San Francisco, Feb. 2.-Col. Ed
ward Rowland Green of Texas, son
of Hetty Green of New York, ar
rived here. heralded as "a man who
wants to marry a woman, not a
clothes horse"
Children are the last thing they
want" he said of New York wo-
men. "None of them know how to
cook or sew. And they would deny
that their good old homely grand
mothers knew how to wash clothes.
IF a fashionable New York wo-
man went up Fifth avenue with a
ring in her nose. the jewelers. could
not supply nose rings fast enough to
supply the demand They want tc
peacock around the the. t RS and
restaurants, so as to be seen by men
not their husbands"
Asked if leap year might not seal
his fate with some western girl
qualifying on domestic lines, he said:
1T may be. I'm but human"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-06
CURFEW LAW FOR
HUSBANDS URGED

Chicago. Feb. IA curfew law
for husbands was advocated by Rob.
ert b. Glenn, former governor of
North Carolina, in a speech here last
night on the subject ''The Country's
Need of Sterling Men and Women"
The man who stays away from his
family at night is the most con-
temptible creature on EARTH" he
said. II wish we had a curfew law
for husbands law that would
make every husband stay at home
from 8 o'clock in the evening until
6 o'clock the n ext morning. A
mans place is at home with his wife,
helping to train the children in the
way they should 60"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-06
FLYING Men Fall

victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles just like other people, with
like results in loss of appetite, back
ache, nervousness, headache, and
tired, listless, rundown feeling.
But there's no need to feel like that
as T. n. PEBBLES. Henry, Tenn,
proved. six bottles of Electric
Bitters" he writes, Ibid more to
give me new strength and good ap-
patite than all other stomach RENE
dies l used" So they help every
boGy. Its folly to suffer when this
great remedy will help you from the
first dose. Try it'll Only so cents
at all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-06
oLD-TlmE SUNDAY GOLF.

Golf appears to have given the
seventeenth century Sabbath admin
Iistrators of Scotland more trouble
than any other form of frivolity. In
the previous century the fascination
of the game had Sunday license, but
in the seventeenth the clubs were
banned during the hours of divine
worship. Here is a typical entry
from the registers of Perth in Janu-
airy, 1904:
"The visitors report that guild or
der was keeped the last Sabbath, ex-
cept that they found some young
boys playing at the govt in the
North Inch, in the time OF preaching
afternoon, who were warned then by
the officiars to compear before the
session this day." The half-dozen
Iculprits escaped with a fine of zane
merk" and a public exhibition of
themselves to the congregation.