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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08
Merkle's Gameness Has Made
Him a Wonderful First Stacker

ninsly as either Chase or Dau-
bert
No one versed in baseball will
deny that Merkle ranks among the
first three basebalrs first base
guardians That is an honor in
deed for youngster that the fans
we're trying to hound back to the
brush four short summers ago. But
then he was unfortunate; simply
the victim of circumstances. Had
Mike Donlin. Arthur Devlin or the
great Matty been on first when al
Bridweil knocked out the clean
single that should have won the
game, little would have been
thought Of the veterans oversight.
The fact that Ii was recruit gave
the knockers chance Or if New
York had won the play with
the Cubs, as they should. Merkle's
lot would not have been SO hard in
1909
As matter Of fact. both Nc
Graw and Mathewson were so
nluch-yes. even more-to blame
than Merkle He was a raw re
cruit, in the big show for the FIRST
time. He had come up to one of
the craftiest managers and one of
the best teams In the profession
from the then obscure Southern
Michigan league Most of the sea
son he had spent on the bench.
studying Fred Tennys style of play.
Took Tenny's Place.
When Tenny's underplnning went
to the bad the Kid was called
upon. Now when Merkle pulled
his oversight Matty was coaching
at FIRST base and McGraw at third.
When Bridwell went to bat with
two out. Merkle on first and Nc
Cormick on third there was identi-
cally the same situation as the
one at Pitsburg ten days previous
" when Johnny Evers and the Cubs
tried to win over the Pirates on
the same sort of technicalitv. In
deed, if the subsequent play had
been rehearsed It could not have
been better PLAYED into Chicago's
hand
Chicago lost It's protest over
Pittshurg's victory because Hank
ODay. who was umpire in chief
that day had failed to note wheth-
or or not the runner did touch sec
ond. Now, Chicago had certainly
tipped its mits by the ruction il
raised over Pittsburg's triumph
What excuse. then, could New York
offer for not being on the alert
Is Us not rea sonable to suppose
that the coachers- McGraw and
Mathewson caught mapping
Just the same as was Merkle9 1t
IS quite true that the Giants were
entitled to the pennant save for a
little technicality. Yet TECHNICAL
ties have lost empires as well as
pennants and bali games,
That was a painful afternoon for
McGraw. Mathewson. the Giants
and in particular Fred Merkle Yet
in the case of MerlSle z perhaps
was one of those rare blessings IN
disguise McGraw stuck by the boy
and gave him every encouragement.
And MerlSle understood that his
chief was depending upon him to
make good in spite of the crowd
and wipe out the stigma Of Giant
carelessness. That one fatal slip
up has been beacon to Fred Mer-
kle II has fired his zeal whenever
IL gave evidence Of tagging. So
far as he Is concerned perhaps.
il was Well that he did neglect to
touch second The pennant Of 90S
is of little concern to the cham
pions Of 1912 And you may bet
that Merke nor any Of McGraw's
disciples viii repeat such neglect
in the worlds series battles this
fall
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08

n YOU sent a letter or telegram 10 the
wrong address, YOU would hardly expect
an answer, would svou2 The same is true
when YOU select the wrong medium t.
have all your wants filled. Try the right
vay-The GeorKian Want Ad way.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08
PITCHER FALLS OUT OF WINDOW

RLINGTON, IOWA. July S-Pitch-
err led Hawk of the Burlington Central
Association team, for whom the Detroit
American league team is said TO have
offered $4,000, was fatally injured by ac-
cidentally falling from a third story win
dow of his hotel, while attempting 10
adjust a window shade
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
CAR IS RICHEST MAN

although | would not recommend the
investment"
The car Is very angry with Baron
Menchikoff and his playful ways. and
rebuked him soundly for INDUCING In
such undignifled comparisons"
The cars civil list amounts to
nearly two millions eto-iins. including
the amounts paid to the grand dukes,
and of this sum more than a million
Is available for his own private pur-
poses. Then he owns lands in Russia
In Europe which cover an area equal
to that Of the whole of Nevada, of
which the revenues reach the vast
sum OF $20.O00.00O a year, Of which
$5,OO0,000 Is paid to the grand ducal
families. The cars lands in Siberia
bring him in another $7,500,0OO, al
though they are at present largely un-
developed. Altogether. including in
terest on savings, the cars income
exceeds s30,000.0O0. and is increasing
rapidly. He sets aside each year a
large sum for each Of his four daugh-
tiers, so that II any one Of the royal
princes contracts a marriage In that
quarter he will do extremely we'll
from worldly point of view-though,
Of course. the exact disposition of the
cars huge fortune is known only to
himself and his financial adviser.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
GET LEARNING FROM BOOKS
Modern Farmer Who Does Much
Reaching No Longer Subject Of
RidicuIe-Many Study.

The farmer who reads agricultural
papers. books. and bulletins, and at
tends farmers institutes is no longer
ridiculed as a book farmer. except by
an occasional simpleton whose CEN
sure amounts to real praise People
are studying agriculture as never be-
fore. Once, and not very long ago
either. it was thought derogatory to
the high character OF the human in
tellect to engage IL in the sordid az
fairs Of business. Eventually brains
became involved In business affairs
as well as in philosophy. rhetoric. and
poetry. and later even philosophers
and poets became reconciled to this
humiliation of the "God-like" faculty
of man. Later farmers began TO in.
woke the intellect to insure success
and began to arouse themselves from
the lethargy Of centuries. and to ask,
why so much progress in other lines
and SO little on the farms Farmers
are now combining in one enthus;as.
tic chase in a hot pursuit of knowl-
edge Let every one of us run the
race of our lives.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Schooner Reaches q California Port
With the elubber Dangling From
Its Rigging.

San Francisco, Cal.-Of all fish
yarns brought to this port recently.
the one brought in by the coasting
schooner James H. Bruce Is a prize
winner. Moreover, it Is true. and
there Is further evidence than the
mere word Of the jolly sea dogs that
their ship ran into and killed a huge
whale. Portions of the carcass of the
unfortunate mammal were still visible
on the forecastle and headgear of the
schooner when she came in the other
day. Huge pieces of blubber dangled
from the stays and parts of the fore
rigging.
Captain Rosich and his crew explain
that the strange incident occurred the
other night, when the schooner was
on Point Reyes. Laden with a cargo
OF lumber from Port Gamble. the wind
TANNER was sailing along at lively
clip. with fresh breeze astern. when
suddenly a shock ran through the ves-
sci. The impact was not sharp or
heavy enough to have been caused
by collision with another craft, and
the crew was beginning to believe
that 1t had passed over a submarine
disturbance, when the lookout came
dashing aft over the deck load to give
them the surprising news that the
ship had struck a whale.
He must have been sleeping" said
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
BASIS OF ALL PROSPERITY
Wealth Of Farmer Enters Into Every
Business and Enriches by Gre
ating Demand for Workers.

CBy G. n. Afford. Atlanta, Ca
The prosperity of all classes of peo-
pie in any country is dependent upon
its farming interests. The wealth of
the farmer Is at the basis Of all gen.
eral prosperity. 1t enters into every
business and enriches 1t as 1t goes,
by creating demand for the labor of
workers in all occupations. Mining
and manufacturing. commerce and
transportation, all the wheels of in
dustry refuse to run when agricul-
turaI conu1lfUuB ranSuIsu. WHEN the
farmer laughs the world laughs with
Kim; when he weeps he does not
weep alone.
The states OF Mississippi. Maryland.
Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas. Louisi-
ana, Texas, and others have taken a
long step forward In laying the foun-
dalton for higher type Of educated
farmers. by establishing agricultural
high schools and thereby placing a
practical agricultural education with
In easy reach of the masses.
Let each county establish an agri-
cultural school and thereby develop a
saner. broader. and more practical
education for the boys and girls Of
the farm Let us establish agrtcul-
tural high schools and fill our farms
with we'll educated. broadminded men
men who will restore dignity to the
long dow n-trodden. but honorable bus
iness of agriculture and raise 1t to the
highest rank among the occupations
OF man.
Let us establish agricultural high
schools and give our boys and girls
an agricultural education-an educa.
ton that produces wealth and there
by make the south the wealthiest sec.
ton Of the world.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
&)urpERsoop q uHnt nxoop

unless an epidemic of smallpox Is
prevalent. To vaccinate every child
before he goes to school is a crime,
and should be stopped
The virus that Is used is certainly
open to question. Children never be-
fore had the measles or the scarlet
fever as they do today. and why? Sim
ply because the contamination OF their
blood with the serum of the calf has
rendered them susceptible to these
diseases which they used to be able
to throw Off Now they are weakened
by incubation with vaccine virus"
Many medical men who heard him
were astounded, and they questioned
the eminent British authority. The
commission has asked DR.. Creighton
to submit some of his proofs, and he
will be requested to appear before
the board at another hearing next
week
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Farmers Educational
nj and Operative
HI Union of America
Matters y Especial Moment to
J the Progressive Agriculturist

BY the man we may measure the
crop.
Be neighborly. and you will have
neighbors.
Worldly ambitions often end in dis
grace and defeat.
You can not lift up the people on
whom you look down.
No man loses any of his own light
by kindling it in others.
Those who shoot off their mouths
make the most noise but the fewest
hits
Have you ever noticed that all the
men who go to rest cures are married
men?
Many a fellow puts up bold front
with nothing more than fancy waist
coast
1t seems quite natural that a pull
will get a man to the top quicker than
q push.
Any candidate weighed In the bal
ance will always be found wanting
an Office
II is mistake to think that you
can use a wagon stake in producing
beefsteak.
There are three ways Of getting out
OF a scrape-push out, back out, and
keep out. Try 1t.
Progress does not grow out Of de-
bates; 1t comes up from the needs
and hopes of the people.
Most of US rather would do lot Of
regulation abroad than practice a lit
tie righteousness at home.
Many think they are defending
faith when they are only fighting
against the necessity of thinking.
When you fret and fume at the pet
ty ills of life, forget not that the
wheels which go round without creak-
ing, last the longest.
Keep up the general appearance OF
the farmstead the year around. Don't
forget that appearances count when
you want to sell out
In a true society 1t Is not necessary
for the members to stand In one pair
of shoes. Each member should retain
his own individuality IL there must be
q union Of action.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Earth az a Thermometer.

The general rate Of increase In the
temperature of the earth's crust
about one degree Fahrenheit for ever
So feet of descent. II this rate were
invariable a scale might be marked
on the wall OF a mine shaft which
would indicate the temperature Ike
the graduations Of thermometer. ID
fact, however the rate varies IN OH
ferent regions, and Muhlberg ana
Konigsberger have suggested tna'
these variations may be OF advantage
in demonstrating the existence on
deep deposits of coal and oil. and pos
sibly of other valuable minerals. Inc
presence Of such deposits causes an
abnormal rise OF temperature ABOVE
them: but no deductions concernins
their presence can be drawn from oors
holes less than 900 feet In depth
Harper's Weekly.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Indian Queen Hopes to Marry
Outside Race.
Juanita Ta-Ta-Ma, Esteemed the
Richest Red Maiden In Okla
homa, Owns Valuable Oil
Wells.

Sapulpa, Okla.-Juanita Ta-ta-ma.
Queen of the Uchees." is declared to
be the richest Indian girl in Okla
homa. The queen is II years old a
suffragist and believes that fine
feathers make fine birds" She is rails
peacock ranch, situated six miles
southwest of Sapulpa. is little gold
mine. Several male birds are valued
at 5000 each.
Juanita lives with her father but
hopes some day to marry white man
and learn to drive an automobile,
dress like her paleface sisters and
take an active part in woman's battles
for equal rights. She was crowned
queen" of the Uchee Indians at a re-
cent corn dance near this city. Her
string of beads. consisting of 125 elk
teeth, Is valued at $4,000.
The Indian queen owns a quarter
section of land in the heart of the oil
districs. and her royalties from oil are
said to amount to several thousand
dollars every month One of the larg-
est oil wells ever discovered was drill
ed on her allotment recently. which
adds $3.50 day to her income. TWEEN
ty million cubic feet of natural gas Is
ura"n from this Wen each day, and
experts predict it will continue to sup
ply that amoutn for the next ten
years
Her allotment was selected by her
through mistake. Her father at the
time allotments were being made in
tended to file on a tract adjoining his
own, but the description given TO the
alloting agent was for a tract six
miles distant. which has proved to be
worth more.
MY peacock ranch is merely a
hobby" said Queen Juanita. although
1t promises to be a profitable indus
try. The peacocks are great weather
prophets One Of my prize birds fore
tells a storm with accuracy. value
him at $3.50
Would marry? Certainly. hope
some day to marry a white man. pro-
vided my ideal comes along He must
be an educated gentleman Of the high
est order. strict prohibitionist and
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

one I gave the servant in mistake for
my own"
But when you came to EXPLAIN"
Il didn't explain" replied Norman
brazenly-"haven't since; don't see
how | can now"
What"
NO" coolly announced the atist
Introduced and accepted as Mr..
Lane-courted. feted as the rich man
worth knowing. Then met Irma."
Who's she?"
Sidney Worth's sister. From the
minute l have had but one ideal: To
paint her picture some day"
And slightly in love with her, Ell,
Ralph" intimated Lane.
"Well-oh, no. I've got too much
sense to imagine myself a suitable
parti for a member of the old and
aristocratic Worth family"
HIM" said Lane again thoughtful-
ly. And what do you suggest"
why. we are going south day after
tomorrow. With out fitting the cpl
sode is ended. No need Of disagree.
able explanations. The Worths know
you were coming today. Well run up
there tonight. Irma is interested In
art, music and all that, and particular
ly wishes to know you"
ITO know Ralph Norman, the artist,
you mean?"
That's So" agreed his companion
"A sort Of mix up in personality. ise I
It? Too late to mend it now. though.
So"
Continue your Haroun al RsS.nid
career, and get through with IT, said
Lane indifferently.
The young millionaire did NO. leave
Brocton with his friend that DAY, nor
the next In fact, from tbs evening
when he was first introduces to Irma
Worth the idea seemed >lvidly in
jected into his mind thu fife had a
new attraction and VIZ we'll worth
the living.
He and his friend Gifted into the
pleasantest week thry had ever en-
joyed. Norman war Wild to paint the
portrait Of his iide,i-but he was &c
longer the artist" AS to Lane, SC
different was ltd to the average run
of society bells who had coorted him
for his fortups, that tie grew strong
er daily thse he feared 1t would be
hard to bxeak.
Lane WINGED one evening as they
strolles in the white moonlight, and
all TIE poetry in the Lature of his
beautiful companion sas called out
BIZ the rare lovelinesr of nature about
them.
From many a word Irma had drop
ped, Lane realized that her brother
had been a staSnch friend and admireI
Of Ralph Norm IN, artist.
at must bs u grand life, that Of
yours" said srna. 1T seems to me
that the painter, the composer, the
poet live in a sphere far above the
ordinary mortal. Mr.. Lane gave me
a little book last evening. II is called
Idle Thoughts and he says a friend
Of his wrote 1t. | would like to know
that friend. This peace and beauty
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
FARMERS AND THEIR AUTOS
No. soush. for Pleasure, bu. Because
Machines Can Be Used to Much
Advantage In Farming.

Recently there has been consider
able pessimism expressed by country
bankers over the alleged reckless ex-
travagance of farmers in buying auto
mobiles, and some state bankers as
sociations have gone so far as to ex-
press in official resolutions their dis
approval of farmers taking their
money out of the banks to buy ma
chimes and intimating that credit will
be refused those who try to borrow
money for that purpose.
These pessimistic warnings by
the banks are so uniform in charac-
ter and are sent with scch marked
regularity as to arouse the suspicion
that they emanate from a certain
source and are intended to conceal a
sinister purpose Perhaps this activ.
ity on the part of certain powerful
financial interests may be explained
by the reports that a great trust Is
being formed to take over all the prin-
cipal automobile factories in the
United States, and If the business can
be demoralized by frightening people
and thus preventing them from buy
ing machines the central plants can
be bought for less money.
While 1t is true that thousands OF
farmers have bought autos, II will
doubtless be found on proper investt
cation that most of them had the
money in the bank to pay for them.
and that very little borrowed money
has been used for this purpose. The
report sent out by Wall street
agency that farmers all over the west
were mortgaging their land for this
purpose and that one bank in Kansas
City held So farm mortgages which
had been placed to get money to buy
automobiles, have been proven to be
entirely untrue.
Farmers are buying automobiles
not as bankers do, for pleasure-but
can use them to a great advantage in
their farming operations. A trip to
town which usually takes three hours
with a good team can be made In
forty minutes by an auto. a saving OF
nearly two and a half hours, and the
team can be kept at work in the field
meantime. This saving Of time and
the labor of a team and man in the
field is we'll worth while and highly
commendable.
Thousands of autos are used every
day by dairymen, fruit growers and
truckers to deliver their produce to
market, and these machines, loaded
to the guards. may be seen daily on
the streets of market towns in every
state. east, west, north and south.
Many farmers also use their autos
for power to run separators and 9TH
er light machinery on the farm. as
it is the cheapest power that can be
supplied. And il in addition to these
needs the farmer uses his auto to take
his family to town or to church or to
visit his friends with comfort and
celebrity while the work teams are
resting, he is merely showing further
evidence of his conservative business
judgment and good common sense
which we may safely continue to
trust
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
ABANDON BIG PEACH ORCHARD
Bearing Trees to Number Of 225,oo0
- Cat -n>s..~ r. h-L> hf-,- L. 49,
Profitable Crop.

An item appears of curious signif1-
canoe with regard to agricultural
production in the south. II Is that
what is described as the largest peach
orchard in the world, that Of the
Bayley estate of Americas. Ga, has
been cut down and burned and the
ground given to cotton raising. The
orchard contained 225,00O bearing
trees and for years has been among
the first to supply the northern mar
kets. says the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
But while there have been immense
shipments, large quantities went to
waste and the owners believe that
they can get more profit out of cotton
on the same ground.
II has been one of the chief claims
that tho sruth's greatest hope was in
divershIirg its agriculture and espe-
cially ~ raising fruits and vegetables
for northern markets. Yet 1t appears
from thih that the cost of shipping is
an in,msnse drawback for the south.
ern producers of perishable crops,
the greater part of which has to be
sold In the north. Yet it remains the
fact that there are few junctures
when The southern peaches cannot be
readily sold. and II northern raisers
can Fet.a good peach crop at all they
Can sell their product at good rates.
II Is true that cotton gets a far bet
ter price now than when the southern
fruit movement began. Yet we find
1t hard to believe that this great
peach orchard would not have yield.
ed its owners more than the cotton
crop is likely to.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

about us reminded ms( Of one y
finest sentiments: 'Confe I'D ONT ..
[svsrisn into the 'almlo of eternal
she likes mel feel II, | know
said Lane rather distressfully to N.
self later, but half that feeling ;.
the sake of the art she thinks
resent. l must either tell her all "
added, "or get away from here"
1t was two evening later Tn
stood together watching the rainhr
glintings from the flowing fouufs
when some one came rushing m \.
walk.
Why, it's brother" cr1d Irm,
You here. Lane" exclaimed Sl
ney Worth. after he had greeted n
sister affectionately. And Norm,y
too" he added. catching sight OF n
artist on the porch. and rushing on
greet him.
He called you Mr.. Lane" m,
INJURED Trina. in a mystified tone.
Lane was wretchedly silent v
yet did his companion suspect the /,
posture. She saw that he was A.
turbed. Always tactful. however In
diverted the conversation with the /,
mark:
You should paint a picture OF "A.
fountain in the moonlight. Mr.. ycI
man"
II never painted anytbip,
Numbered out Lane in desperation
What" she laughed-"Mr. NnI
man, the artist who won the academ
price" II
Il am not Mr.. Norman. | am not nj
artist" declared Lane in full confaI
sion. THE only things ever paipte
were some word pictures, and | nevel
thought them worth while reading
wish | had the power Just now d
paint word picture of a truly penti
tent man. Miss Worth. | have some
thing dreadful to confess"
And then and there Lane told n,
story. He found Irma more aston
ished than offended She sighed Ii,
tie. Then she lifted her eyes to hin
Yes" continued Lane in a despop
dent tone, Il am a poor ideal to COZ
slider. The only thing / ever did ei
cept to spend money was to write ths
volume Of Idle Thoughts and noboty
ever seemed to understand It,"
You wrote that book" cried lrm,
her eyes radiant with delight. Il u
derstand it," and then she droppe,
her glance and blushed at so openly
betraying her appreciation.
81 would like to write a letter b
you" said Lane, depicting my yer
serious thoughts about this innc
cent imposture of mine, Miss Worth
| would even like to go further an
explain why-why | kept it up, VIII
| couldn't help lingering at Brocton.
Can you not-tell it," inquire
Irma softly, sinking to a rustic bencl
II was a beautiful word picture tina
the young man delineated. for throug
it all there ran the golden warp 0
love. And when later they Joined Ii
others, happy Dudley Lane knew tina
he had won a worthy bride who love
him for himself alone.
Copyright. 1912. by w. @. Chapman