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The Caucasian., 1913-11-06

moore, JOtlIl L. D HICKS, l.. W.
6 Alfred, w.
For the week commencing the
First Monday in December 1913, for
the trial of criminal eases:
2 Donaldson, S. E.
Thigpen, A. C. 4 Reid, G. B.
I Mccoy, H. L. 7 Pickens, R. C.
| Moseley, w. C. 4 Ratcliffe. w. P.
I Lemle, Simon 2 Edwards, C. M.
Carr, R. T. 2 BeaZley, J. ID.
4 Lucas, George 2 Norton, Chas. A
Nattin, F. w. 4 Hill, w. B,
1 Brown, K. w. 4 Lynn, J. F.
I Miller, I. w. 8 Jones, J. E.
4 McGibony, Charles w.
2 Browning, ]. WI Dambly, J.
I Valentine, G. E. 4 Jeter, Chas A.
1 Little, Newton F.
| Godfrey. J. H. Ballard, w. L.
2 Lake, John 1 Howard, E. G.
2 Galloway, James
For the week commencing the
second Monday in December 1918
for the trial of criminal cases:
Stroud, J. F. 7 Hendrick, O. j.
1 Atkins, C. H. 2 Barlow, C. w.
2 Ober, Jacob 4 Thoman. w. F.
2 Duty, D. B. 4 Snyd'es, H. T.
| 4 McGuirk, A. 1 Chandlef,<y r.
5 Hill. A. w. 1 Austin, G. csa
6 Johnson. r. N. OWnes, M. c. >
Bartlett, Curtis Steere, A. C.
Lorant, Danes Carter, David
Z Cayce, E. S. 6 Hudson, J. r.
Simmons, E. B. 4 Robinson, H. C..
4 Addison, u. C. 4 Bankson, J. H.
Evans, w. r. 5 Carter, ]. M.
2 Harger, Homer Sellers, R. M.
4 Lynch, w. w. 4 Golf, A. X.
For the week commencing the
third Monday in December 1913, for
the trial of criminal eases:
| 2 Anderson, J. S. 2 Childs, J. C.
2 Heflin, w. J. 8 Waters, G. R.
| Hale, J. NJ. 8 Flowers, R. M.
2 Bourquin, w. M.
1 Ritter, E. C. 3 Barnes, P. R.
Lenoir, H. J. 3 Crisp, Leroy
1 Hoss, A. J. Elder, E. J.
1 Peak, w. J.
? Mastin, John Nickel, A. H.
6 May, J. L. 2 French, J. B.
4 Ward, Marmaduke
| 2 Bullock, J. L. Welsh, J. R.
2 Everett, r. M. 1 Andrews, A. A.
8 Cushman, R. H. Attaway, J. M.
8 Jones, A. C. Pritchard, J. q.
4 Moore, E. E. Severance, II. M
5 Flournoy, Silas C.
+. H. GOSMAN,
LEVI COOPER,
| C. MONCURE,
J. B. ARDIS,
| F. A. LEONARD,
Jury Commissioners
S. N. KERLEY,
Clerk and ex-Officio Jury Commits
sioner.
| Attest:
| S. o. WILLIAMS.
i A. S. HARDIN.
i A true Copy.
4 A. s. HARDIN,
| Chief Deputy Clerl
i Caucasian. Oct. %, 1913.
The Caucasian., 1913-11-06

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The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
POTATOES GROWN
IN STRAW STACKS
Unless Ground Is Reasonably
Fertile One Should Not Ex-
peCt Satisfactory Results.

Years and years ago potatoes we're
grown in old straw stacks, and this
suggested hauling out straw to cover
the ground no matter where the pota-
toes were planted. have heard a
great many praise this plan. while
others give it as a fiat failure. / have
tried it with success, and in some
cases have failed, but in that failure
learned the cause thereof.
One cannot control the season, and
for this reason, early potatoes in
straw have been an Indifferent sue
cess, while those planted later are
almost always better than when given
cultivation and the straw no. used.
If we have cold, wet spring, potatoes
planted in deep furrow under straw,
are not likely to do well, while if they
are planted little later, when the
sun is warm, they will not lack for
moisture, and the potato must have
sufficient moisture.
prepare the ground and lay off
rows with a single shovel just as if
l were going to plant in the regular
way except that the rows may be
some closer together. The potatoes
are then dropped in the row, and bare
ly covered, so that in some cases one
side of the piece shows. It is often
as well not to cover with dirt at all,
but it is safer in case of dry weather
to cover a little.
Then with a wogan haul out oat or
wheat straw and cover the ground
solidly to a depth of six inches or a
foot. Never fear, for the potatoes,
they will come through the straw, and
so will nettles which are akin to the
potato vine in this respect, but other
weeds will be smothered, and the patch
will be perfectly clean except for
the rows of green potato vines. 1t
will not be necessary to cultivate with
either plow or hoe, and if a few bull
nettles should be found they may
be cut off with a blade. The potatoes
will form right at the top Of the
ground and in the lower layer of
straw. There will be some elements
Of fertility in the rotting straw, but
unless the ground is reasonably fertile
one should not expect any better re-
suits from this plan than by cultivat-
Ing.
At digging time begin on one side,
fork the straw over and pick up the
potatoes, then take the next row fork
ing the straw from it over on the row
that has just been dug or rather
picked. The potatoes will be white
and clean, and you will get all of them,
whereas by the old method of culti-
vation and digging among the weeds
as high your head you get maybe not
more than half.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

the cheer masters fell f1at-in Chi
cago at least. The harder the leaders
OF the rooters worked the more apa-
thet1c the crowds became. 1t was an
interesting phenomenon and l set out
to discover the reason The first
bleacherite 1 met solved the problem
Dem guys amt on de square," he
said. "Usuns out in de bleachers
don't want to rob nobody"
There was the solution. No matter
how partisan baseball fan may be-
come, or how wild in his desire to see
the home team win, deep down he
wants fair play, and, after a time, he
will insist upon it. The rooters' clubs
died.
now, chiefly because the papers sell
dom mention them. Perhaps they ex-
ist. In the old days almost every
club had one or two such followers.
Probably the best known was eli
HI" This was General Dixwell, Of
Boston, who for many years followed
the fortunes of the famous old Boston
club. He is wealthy, intellectual and
cultured gentleman who became
completely absorbed in baseball. He
followed the team wherever it went
and became familiar figure all over
the country. He occupied front
seat in the stands, kept a careful
score and studied the game with a
seriousness that was appalling. He
maintained deep silence during al
most all the game, but when a really
great play was made he emitted two
sharp staccato barks: Hi! Hill" and
then dropped to silence again. His
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

In Cincinnati, Brooklyn and Washing
ton, during most of the season, the
crowds are bitterly sarcastic toward
the home teams, although the Brook
lyn crowds are decent except on Sat
urdays. ST. Louis affords a queer
study of the crowds When the
Browns are at home the crowds are
ugly and vent their temper upon the
players, yet half dozen blocks away,
on the rival park, there assemblies a
crowd wilder and more frantica1ly in
favor of the home team and more un-
reasoning in partisanship than almost
any in the country. Just where this
feeling arises is hard to discover. The
crowd is violent in temper when the
team is winning, worse when 1t is los
ing. Perhaps long years of bitter de-
feat have caused it.
In Boston and Philadelphia, on both
major league parks, the home players
and visitors are almost upon equal
terms, and the spectators applaud
good plays irrespective of the players.
They see baseball under the best con-
ditions, with both teams encouraged
and giving their best efforts to the
work. Pittsburgh Is bad because of
the gambling that has become almost
part of the game in the Smoky City.
The temper of the crowd is ugly and
the losing element is in evidence no
matter whether the home club wins
or loses. Detroit is a loyal, rather
violent crowd, tanned now because the
fans have learned to endure victory
as well as defeat. The crowds were
mad with enthusiasm the first year De-
troit won and have since tanned down
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

The breeding of heavy draft horses
is one of the most profitable branches
of live stock farming. Few farmers
realize the Importance of size in a
draft horse when put on the market,
either in public or private sale. A
horse that weighs less than 1900
pounds is not considered a draft horse
in any of the horse markets of the
country, yet the mares kept on the or
dinary farms are usually lighter than
that. This accounts for the small,
scrubby lot of horses that are con-
stantly being put on the market at a
loss to the breeder.
This was we'll illustrated at a sale of
grade horses recently held in the La
mer sale barns at Salina, says the
Kansas Industrialist. Here the horses
Of good size were readily bought at
good prices, while some Of the lighter
ones could scarcely be sold at any
price. There is an increasing demand
for heavy draft horses in the cities in
spite of the fact that many firms are
using the motor truck in their delivery
work. The motor truck can be used
profitably only on long. heavy hauls
where the roads are good and speed is
essential. The motor requires good
roads for its best operation and can
be used to advantage only in the
paved streets Of the city or on good
country roads. These remarks were
made recently by the manager of a
large express company at Chicago
The delivery manager Of big pack
ing company at Kansas City, says that
the motor truck cannot be used on
short delivery on account of the heavy
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
SOME PLANTS ARE
BIG LABOR SAVERS
Require No Greenhouse, Hotbed
or Window Garden-They
Are Hardy.
By JOSEPHINE DE MARRo

(By JOSEPHINE DE MARRY
It is not too late in the season to
urge busy housemothers who love
flowers, but who have little time to
give them, to grow herbaceous plants
These plants are labor-savers; for,
once established in good, deep soil,
they require little care or attention;
they bloom profusely, and if a good
selection is made, abundant blooms
may be had from early in spring
when the moss-pink (phlox subulata)
covers itself with flowers, to late fall,
when the hardy chrysanthemums
withstand the early frosts.
These plants require no greenhouse,
hotbed, or window garden, for they
are really hardy. However, it is well
to protect the young plants their first
winter.
Herbaceous plants are propagated
in several ways-by seeds, division,
cuttings of tops of roots Cutting of
the roots, although not usually prac-
ticed, is easy and successful, and
should be better understood
If you will carefully dig up plant
say, one-year-old golden glow, you
will find on the main roots little
shoots close together These are fu-
ture plants. All one has to do is to
cut the root In small pieces, being
sure to allow one shoot or eye to the
piece, and plant them in the ground.
If one has too many plants, it is
easy to exchange with ones neighbor,
and thus acquire new plant
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

the National league players last year
when they saw the wonderful Brush
stadium was that the crowd could not
make itself heard on the field as it
did in the old stands. The Polo
grounds crowd is odd. Somehow
fans who occupy box seats either are
not as rabid as those in the cheaper
seats or they are on their good be-
havior, and fringe of box seats is
all effective shield for players.
Strangely enough the crowds on the
New York American league park, al
though quite as noisy, are much fair
er, than the crowds at the Polo
grounds.
One would think that visiting play
ers would like to play on grounds
where the home team is unpopular
through defeat or other causes. but
they do not. They rather resent the
home crowd abusing the home men.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

behind him In fact, almost every
outfielder has his own regular pat
rons, who attend games and seek
seats as near to him as possible, and
who defend him against all comers.
To them he is the best in the world,
a Greater than Cobb" nor do they
forget him; the player who finally dis
places an idol has a hard time. ]
have known them to follow player
around the field when he was shifted
from one to another position and to
battle for him with the retainers OF
the other fielder who dared criticise
him.
Biased, prejudiced and distorted In
their views as most of them are, they
are very human and very lovable in
their blind devotion to the game, and
in their unreasoning hatred. And a
word of warning: Never try to ar
que with a real. dyed-in-thewool
thirty-second-degre fan. In the first
place the chances are he is right, but
even if he is wrong there isn't a
chance to win the argument.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

war cry gave him his name. He quit
attending baseball games years ago.
but still continues his deep interest in
the sport and in his apartments he
keeps wonderful set of books show
ing the averages and performances of
players for many baseball genera.
tions.
well, Well, Well" was another
character who was named because Of
his cry, which followed just after a
big outburst of applause on the part
Of the crowd. The moment the ap
plause subsided his "Well, well, we'll"
would boom over the field and never
failed to start the cheering again
The average crowd is cruel, because
it is thoughtless Few of the fans
who hurl abuse and criticism at the
players stop to think that the men
they are addressing have the capacity
to feel and to suffer Many a thought.
less, barbed jest has wrecked the ca
reer Of some ball player. 1t took the
players long time to discover the
fact that their popularity and their
safety from abuse lies in presenting a
good-natured appearance, no matter
what happens, and in answering ques
tions when possible.
If you go through league after
league, team by team, you will find
that the most popular player, in nine
cases out Of ten, is some outfelder
He probably is not the best player
but he has the most devoted follow
ing, because he keeps on friendly
terms with the men and boys who sit
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

Wow! WOW!! Great eye, Eddle!
Make him put 1t across! Bust
fence! You can do it! Wow! Wow!!
Wow!!! ROBBERl All right. Tough
luck, Eddie. Two and two Make
her be over Home run, Eddie, old
scout. Break the gate. Wow! Wow!!
Wo-."
The red-faced, apoplectic young
man in the front row made trumpet
of his hands and yelled until the
veins in his neck turned purple. In
the middle of the final "Wow" he col
lapsed, looked disgusted and turning
to me said:
What do they keep that hunk OF
cheese for? He can't hit Never
could Striking out in a pinch like
that"
The fan, bowling encouragement or
bawling abuse at the ball players is
the spirit of the town. Just how
great an influence this spirit exerts
upon the playing strength of the team
representing the town or city is i'm
possible of calculation. but it is GER
tain that it is part of the national
game. He/and his fellows exert al
most as much influence upon the team
as does luck, and this spirit is so IN
extricably mixed with the element of
luck that it is impossible to deter
mine cause and effect. There are
cities in which the loyalty of the fans
has waned and turned to gibes and in
these cities no player does well.
There are crowds that remain loyal
In victory and in defeat These in.
spire the players to give their best
efforts to win. Ball players will tell
you that teams invariably play bet
ter with friendly crowds applauding.
The fan invariably will respond that
he would be loyal provided the club
would win games enough to justify
loyalty. The players accuse the fans,
the fans accuse the players, and both
are in measure right. The major
fty of patrons will "root" when the
home team Is winning. Any team will
play better ball and win oftener if
the patrons are loyal. The fan. voic-
ing the spirit of the town, is a pow
er Tor victory or defeat.
Conditions in different cities com.
prising the circuits Of the major
leagues assert a powerful influence
over their teams Players will teif
you they would rather play for the
Chicago White Sox or for the New
York Giants thancfor any ether other team teams
They will assert that twenty Cobbs
could not win pennant for Cincil-
natl under conditions which the man.
agement Is now striving to change
The. fanatical loyalty of the White
Sox rooter and the Giant patron, the
angry abuse of players by the an
nually disappointed Cincinnati pub
lie, the sarcasm and raillery of Wash
ington crowds, trained for years to
expect nothing but defeat, have an
immense effect upon the players and
teams. They make or mar players,
and weak men win for one type while
brilliant ones fail and lose for the
other.
The baseball fan Is an unique Amer
lean species and the most rabid Of all
enthusiasts. Compared with him the
golf fan, the bridge fan, even the
bowling fan are mild. Baseball is
the most serious pleasure ever in
vented
Probably the most blindly loyal
crowd in the world is that which fol-
lows the fortunes of the Chicago
American league team, and to one
who Is disinterested the Chicago sit
uation is acutely funny. The White
Sox park is located on the south side
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

expense Of operation. The motor
truck has its place on the farm. 1t
can be used for plowing and heavy
hauling, but can never replace the
draft horse. If the draft horse is a
permanent part of agriculture, more
attention should be given to it's pro-
duction.
There is an increasing demand for
heavier horses on the farms. Deeper
and better tillage must be practiced in
the future, and this requires heavier
machinery and more motive power
There are two ways of increasing this
power. One is by increasing the num-
Der of light horses. But the most eco
nomical way is to increase the weight
of the horses. This will reduce the
farm labor force; will decrease the
amount of equipment necessary in re-
quiring less stable room and less
harness, and the cost of feed will be-
lessened
All farmers and breeders who are
breeding horses for commercial pur-
poses should replace their small mares
with heavier ones. This must be done
gradually by adding few good draft
mares to the herd every year and sell
ing the poorer ones Sometimes good
colts may be reared from inferior
mares by mating them to a good stall
lion, but better ones always will be
the result of the mating of better
mares to the same stallion. There are
plenty of good stations throughout
the state, but the mares are lacking,
and until the farmers come to realize
the value of the right kind of mares
the profit in breeding will be low.
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14

of the city; the Cubs on the west,
and the city is divided into two great
armed camps. In 1896 when these
two teams, winners of the champion
ships in their own leagues, met to
contest for the worlds championship,
it was the loyalty of the south side
crowd beyond doubt that won for the
team That fall the Chicago Tribune's
composing room was about equally
divided between the followers of the
two teams and SO bitter was the feel
ing that the foreman was compelled
to separate them and send them to
different sides of the building to main
tain peace. 1t was civil war all over
Chicago.
1t is a magnificent crowd, wonderful
in its spirit and in its intense loyalty.
There are few things that shake an
opponent like the incessant: Get a
hit" Get HIT" which is the war
The Winslow mail., 1913-06-14
FANS
Motto: May the best win; But ours is the best
By Hugh S. Fullerton
Copyright, 1918, by W. G. Chapman)


! song Of the Sox rooters when they
scent victory.
One of the most dramatic displays
of loyalty l ever saw was in 1907,
when the team, beaten and displaced
from the championship, came home to
close the season. They had gone
away in high hopes, and failed. 1t
was Sunday, and as the defeated
team marched down the field 1900
men and women stood silent and un-
covered for a moment, then broke
into applause that swept the stands.
1t Is small wonder that team back
ed always by such loyalty won even
| during years when it seemed mucn
weaker than it's opponents.
have heard opposing players de-
clare they would rather face anything
in the game than the grinding root
ing" Of the Chicago south side fans.
| The only duplicate l know is the
rasping. nerve-racking, long Yale yell.
Not all players are frank enough to
| admit that the roofing has any effect.
| Indeed it is common pose to pre-
tend that they do not even hear. But
| they do. Even among themselves
they pretend they do not care; but
once in while they tell their inner
| feelings. They know that half the
men who quit the major leagues are
| driven out by the voice Of the fan. |
have seen men break and go all to
mic ND hIyc q
everyone after suffering cruel grill
ing by a crowd.
Walter Wilmot. one of Anson's ia
nous old Chicago players, came to a
game on the old grounds fifteen years
after retiring. He looked across to-
ward the left field and said:
There's some of them out there
now I'd like to choke"
Yet the roar of the crowd does not
break them as quickly as does some
sharp thrust of sarcasm or biting wit
! from an individual. Perhaps that
shaft is only the last straw, but when
a player is in a nervous collapse he
usually RACES at some individual who
said something to him. Josh Reilly,
one of the merriest, happiest players
ever knew, blew up" one day and
had to be restrained from assaulting
three or four thousand men in the
bleachers.
Did you hear what he said?" de-
manded Reilly as the other players
tried to restrain him.
"What did he say?" inquired some
one.
HE said: Reilly, you're disgrace
to the Irish" and then he ragged
again.
One of the quickest things ever
heard was a remark from a Wash
ington fan which upset Frank Isbell.
the veteran, completely. Isbell's head
is as bald as a concrete pavement,
and usually he kept his cap plastered
tightly on his head to shield himself
from the gibes of crowds. This time
he tried to steal second and made
desperate, diving slide around and un-
der the baseman only to be called
out. He was so enraged that he ran
at the umpire, grasped his arm, ar
gued and raved and finally in sheer
anger, jerked off his cap, hurled 1t
onto the ground and jumped upon it.
His bald head glistened in the sun
light and the crowd roared. Then,
above the roar came a voice:
"Put on that cap. They pinched
Mary Garden here for less than that
Possibly more trying than any con-
certed roofing is the incessant nag
ging to which players on the Polo
grounds, New York. are subjected.
The one great bit Of rejoicing among