davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-12

One OF the queer things In that city
is the batting OF George Mullin. the
veteran pitcher. Mullin is jolly.
quick.vitted Joker and years ago he
began talking back TO the bleachers.
He was warned that the bleacherites
would put him out OF the business.
but persisted Every afternoon he
would walk down In front OF the
bleachers and engage In verbal
skirmish with the crowd. trying to
hold his own at rough repartee with
hundreds. He abused the crowd.
laughed at them. accused them OF
quitting" and enjoyed IL II he had
taken II seriously the result might
have been different. but after time
II became part OF the game and now
the spectators In the oleachers would
not be satisfied II Mullin forgot to
start skirmish. Last summer, go
ing out on a car In Detroit, three
young fellows were talking.
"Oh, I've got a peach OF get.back
at him today" said one. and at the
urgent request OF the others he drew
out card and read what he was go
ing to say TO Mullln II he came near
their seats.
II Is not the great crowds that at.
tend the crucial games that exert the
strongest influence over players. True
there Is a natural nervousness among
all the players when a tremendous
throng gathers TO see them, as In
worlds series games: but the ones
that help the home team. or damage
IL, are the crowd OF from six to ten
thousand. stirred up By the regulars"
who. day after day and season after
season. incite those around them
There are thousands OF these regulars,
seli.appoInted claques or cheer mas
ters. and some OF them feel as II they
are doing as much 10 help the team
to victory as II they were out there on
the mound pitching. The large crowds
usually are the falrest and most
sportsmanlike. for In these great gath.
erings the rabld and partisan fan ia
lost and his utterances are smothered
These crowds police themselves and
the players feel safe and assured OF
fair play. and. after the first nervous.
ness passes. they play their best.
A baseball crowd is much like
mob. Without leader II Is Just noise
and turmoil. but with one recognized
leader II can do much. A few years
ago a number OF Chicago men at.
tempted to carry out theory that the
crowd needed leaders and the result
was one OF the most dangerous ex.
periments ever attempted. The White
Sox rooters organized. band Of men
far above average intelligence. who
laid daily plans for melting crowds
and stirring up enthusiasm. The
Board OF Trade Rooters operated at
both Chicago parks. being organized
primarily to attack McGraw and tho
Giants. They wrote and circulated
songs Invented ingenious methods OF
harasslng a worthy foe, and TO force
undeserved victory upon the home
teams. The idea spread rapidly.
"Rooters' clubs" we're organized in
many cities and towns to help the
home teams For few weeks Il
looked as II the new movement would
seriously endanger the national game.
The crowds grew more and more yio.
lent Then. suddenly and without
warning almost. tho widest efforts Of
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-12
Coco oId-F.,hioned Way Flowing With Oxen.

which the farmer must undergo IN
getting started
In the above estimates the real es-
tate is about 10 per cent Of the total
capital: the machinery is about 10 per
cent: live stock Is per cent, and
miscellaneous, including minor items
OF equipment and working surplus. S
per cent. In four townships Of the
state of New Hampshire. where Mr.. E.
H. Thompson of the office Of farm
management made careful study Of
every farm in each Of the townships.
the distribution OF the capital between
these items was as follows:
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-12

Total. one-third OF real estate
OOWn ........-.......- .$Z,3l9
Total. all of real estate down s4.6S5
II will be seen from the above that
40 acres devoted almost exclusively
to hay can be equipped for consider
ably less money than 60-acre dairy
farm. The income from the 40-acre
hay farm. in those states where hay
will sell for as much as SIS ton on
the farm. will also be larger than 1t
will be on the 60-acre dairy farm. But
in regions where hay sells for only sS
or 50 ton an exclusive hay farm Is
not advisable. | would put s12 to the
ton as about the dividing line between
hay farming and other types. OF
course 1t will be necessary, In con.
Quoting an exclusive hay farm. to use
commercial fertilizers literally.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-12
FANS
Msho: May the best team win; But ours is the best
By Hugh S. Fullerton
Gce,yrss. IN 81 " o cEass-4.i

song Of the sor roo,ers when they
Ecent victory.
One Of the most dramatic displays
Of loyalty ever saw was In 1901.
-hen the team, beaten and displaced
from the championship, came home To
c!oze the season. They had gone
aEay in high hopes, and failed II
Tas Sunday. and as the defeated
team marched down the field 1900
men and women stood silent and IN
covered for moment, then broke
into applause that swept the stands.
II IL small Wonder that a team back
ed always By such loyalty won even
during years when It seemed much
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 | know Is the
rasp!ng. nerye-racking, long Yale yell
Not all players are frank enough TO
admit that the roofing has any effect
Indeed II IA common pose 10 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 sesn men break and go all TO
pieces. rave and swear and abuse
everyone after suffering cruel grill
ing By crowd
Walter WIlmot. one Of Anson's IA
mous 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 come Of them out there
now Id 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 nervous collapse he
usually RACES at some indlG!dual 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 sald7" 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 remark from Wash.
Ington fan which upset Frank Isbell.
the veteran. completely. lsbell'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 a
desperate, diving slide around and IN
der the baseman only to be called
out. He was so cnraged that he ran
at the umpire. grasped his arm. ar.
gued and rayed and finally in sheer
anger. jerked OF his cap. hurled Il
onto the ground and Jumped upon It.
His bald head glstened in the sun.
light and the crowd roared. Then.
above the roar came n voice:
Put on that cap They pInched
/ Mary Garden here for less than that"
Possibly more trying than any con.
certed roofing Is the incessaHt nag.
ging to which players on the Polo
grounds, New York. aN subjected.
The one great bit OF rejoicing among
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-12

Wow, Wont, Great eye, Etc!e'
Make him PIT IL across! Best
feucsi You can do It, WoEi WowM
WoTiH ROBBER. All right Tough
luck. Eddie. Two and two. Make
her BE- over. Home run. Eddie. old
scout Break the gate. Wow! WOW"
Wo-"
The redfaced, apoplect!c young
man IN the front ron made trumpet
OF his hands and yelled until the
veins In his neck turned purple In
the middle Of the final Wow" he col
lapaed, booked tisgusted and turning
To me sald:
What do they keep that hunk Of
cheese ior7 He can't hit Never
could. Striking out In a pinch Ike
that"
The fan, bowling encouragement or
baTlihg abuse at the ball players Is
the spiri, Of the tom. Just how
great an influence this spirit e1erts
upon the playing strength o, the team
representing the town or city Ia i'm
possible Of calculation. but II Ia Ger.
tain that II Ia part OF the national
game. He and his fellows exert al.
rnost az much influence upon the team
as does luck. and this spirit Ia 70 in
ertricably mixed with the element O,
luck that II IL impossible TO deter.
ryFtnn rA ~
cities In which the loyalty OF the fans
has Vaned and turned 10 gibes. and In
these cities no player does we'll
There are crowds that remain loyal
In victory and In defeat. These IN.
spire the players 10 give their best
efforts 10 win Bali players will tell
you that teams Invariably play bet.
ter with friendly crowds applaudlng
The fan Invariably will respond tha,
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.
ity Of patrons will root" when the
home team IL winning. Any team will
play better ball and win oftener II
the patrons are loyal The fan. yoic.
Ing the spirit Of the town, Is a DOW.
er for victory or defeat.
Conditions in different cities com.
prising the circuits Of the major
leagues assert a powerful influence
over their teams. Players viii tell
you they would rather play for the
Chicago White sox or for the New
York Giants than for any other teams.
They will assert that twenty Cobbs
could not win pennant for Cincil.
natl under conditions which the man.
ngcment is now striving to change
The fanatical loyalty OF the White
sor rooter and the Giant patron. the
angry abuse Of players BY the an.
nually disappointed Cincinnati pub.
lie the sarcasm and raiIlery OF Wash.
ington crowds. trained for years to
expect nothing but defeat. have an
Immense effect upon the players and
teams, Ihey 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 rabld Of all
enthusiasts Compared with him the
golf fan. tho bridge fan, even the
bowling fan are mild Baseball Is
the most Berious pleasure ever In.
vented
Probably the most bllndly loyal
crowd In the world Is that which fol.
lows the fortunes OF the Chicago
American league team. and TO one
who Is dsIntercsted the Chicago sit.
uation Is aCutely funny The Whits
So1 park ia located on the south side
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-12

ioIdi ............... S3,so
The amount OF capital thus seen to
be necessary in order to start of q
dairy farm properly. under the condi.
tons here assumed. is about $4,000
ts3,ssO; or, II the farmer desires to
pay cash. which is always safer. the
total capital required is s7.447.
In starting such a farm 1t is highly
important not to buy the cows until
one has feed on hand for them. By
starting early in the spring the farmer
can usually be ready for the cows By
September or October.
1t is. OF course, possible to start in
with less equipment than above given.
but every item omitted at the begin.
ming simply increases the hardships
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-12

1t will be seen that our figures
agree fairly well with these figures,
actually taken from the farm. the
principal difference being that the
percentage In real estate is larger on
the New Hampshire farms than In the
estimates above, while the percentage
In machinery and miscellaneous is
smaller. A slight difference In the
price paid for real estate would make
these figures agree very closely.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-12
Cause Of wiz.

II you observe strawberry plant
suddenly wilt, you will generally find
a nice fat grub at the end Of the
roots when you dig II up.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-12
Good ereedlno Fowl.

WV oTeeo'no fowls.
size. vigor and activity OF both
eockerels &C and pullets are the essential
to good breeding fowls. y
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-12-10


never
24th Xmas Eve
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-06
NAME OF M'NEIL
 JR. TO REMAIN
 ON PRIMARY LIST
Protest Likely to Be Renew ed Against Right to Vote
 In Seventh District

The general registrars of voters ruled today that the name of Arc1ai- bald McNeil, IT,, may remain upon the Democratic primary list in the Seventh district.
 The decision follows an opinion of the city attorney that the registrars are judges of the facts
 One of the registrars said: Senator McNeiI's right to vote in primaries is based upon his right to vote in the district. That right must be chal- lenged before his right to vote in the primary can be attacked.
 We have inquired of the woman at the place of Senator McNeil's resi- dence in the Seventh district. ~ She says he lives there. He has a tele- phone there, and his name is shown in the new directory at that number
 One of the men who signed the protest against Senator McNei1's name being retained on the Seventh dis trict list, said: We know of no legal process by which a citizen can go be- hind the will of the registrars with re- spect to the retention of Senator Me NeiPs name. But the statutes provide for a formal hearing upon his claim to be on the voting list. Upon such 9 nrotest the registrars must give
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-06
REPUBLICANS
 MAY HAVE TO
 FACE CONTEST
Progressives Still Within e. O. P. Expect to Meet
 Weakened Machine

Few Progressives have enrolled on party primary lists. It is said this 10 largely due to the purpose of some leading progressives to seize the Re- publican organization in the coming primaries.
 There are some ProEressdves who are actively enrolled on the Progres- sive club of Bridgeport. There arc many more who are still connected with the Republican party in all but spirit.
 It is among the leading spirits in the latter group that the movement to seize the Republican machine is brew ing.
 One of the men who is in favor of this action said today: More Repu5- Iicans voted the Progressive ticket last fall than voted the Republican ticket. Those men, hundreds of them. are on the Republican party lists Via tory ought to be easy"
 It is also said that the Progressfvsg still within the Republican party e5C- pect to find the machine end of their party weakened by numerous trans fers made to help one of the Demo cratic factions, in the so called double machine. The view is taken that a republican who will leave his party list and go onto a Democratic list at the order of his party machine. is about the strongest kind of a machine man and that the loss of his vote will tell strongly against the machine when it contests its own primaries
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-06
CABLE BOY RUN DOWN BY ACTOR Melrose Held Tn $1, 500 Bail
 to Await Out
 come Lad May Have Fractured Skull Accused Issues
 Statement

William Dobbs. better known as 1'Bert Melrose'' one of the famous
 troupe of acrobats and more recently a member of the ''Montrose family which appeared recently at Polls theatre, was held in the city court to- day under bonds of $1,500 to wait the outcome of injuries to little seven year old Ernest Cable, 137 Brooks street, run down by his car on Barnun avenue late yesterday afternoon. The boy was taken to Bridgeport hospital suffering from severe decorations about the face and body is said to be resting comfortably today though there is a possibility that the skull has been fractured at the base.
 Dobbs who yesterday gave himself up to theSnolice at once made state
 ments of the affair which resulted ;n his being held for investigation and though the police have not as yet made public the account given by the driver, Attorney Lawrence Finke1- stone secured his clients release upon bonds of $1.5o0. In the meantime no specific charge has been placed against Dobbs and the accident is be- ing investigated by detectives assign ed to ascertain the facts in the case.
 Through his attorney the accused who resides at 1430 Main street issued 9. statement to the effect that with q male companion he was driving slow Iy east on Barnum avenue on his way to New Haven. He saw the boy stand ing on the curb talking with compan- ions and sounded a large Klaxon horn when about 20 feet distant. The boy stepped from the curb and directly in front of the machine which struck him with the right mud-guard. In an effort to save the boy Dobbs alleges that he risked his own life and par tial1y wrecked the machine and fence of the wheeler & Wilson factory as he swung the machine sharply to the right and upon the sidewalk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-06

Boston, Aug. 6@Two hundred strik- CTS from two Hyde Park manufactur- ing plants controlled by Governor Flu gene N. Foss stormed the state house today, demanding an immediate hear ing of their grievances by the state board of conciliation and arbitration. Chairman Willard Rowland refused to receive the party, explaining that the board was occupied with other mat ters.
 w. Jennings Patron, counsel for the strikers, then appealed to Governor Floss, insisting that the executive or der the state board to receive the pe- titioners forthwith. The governor, it is understood, replied that he had no authority in the matter.
 The strikers arrived at the south station late in the forenoon, and pa raded up Beacon Hill. A few young women bearing American flags headed the line. Others carried signs reading. tsWe Want A Living Wage, ,''We Want Justice" 'tWe Demand Arbitration,'' and We Are The FoSs Strikers From Hyde Park" Perfect order was pre- served.
 The coming of the men whose quar- rel with the governor has been bitter since they went out several weeks ago had been heralded and when they ar rived at the capitol they found police men stationed at all the entrances. So they halted under the archway-
 A moment later Sergeant-at-ArMs Pedrfck, of the state house staff, ap- peared and warned the strikers that they must not block the archway. He added, however, that all who could be vouched for as strikers at the Foss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-06
By Our Staff correspondent.)


 Washington. Aug. 6-That Senator Mclean of Connecticut was playing politics and t'grandstanding'' on the floor of the Senate last week when he impeded the progress of the tariff makers by making a long speech, pie turing the wolves at the door of the home of every Connecticut working man, was indicated yesterday by Sen ator- Stone of Missouri. The Senator read a letter from MT. R. K. Began of Scitico, Conn, which was as follows: "EIon William J. Stone,
 United States Senate,
 Washington, D. c.
 Dear Sir:-In his recent tariff speech Senator Mclean, sof this state, is re- ported to have blamed upon the Dem ocratic party policy the straits in which two large woolen concerns are said to find themselves. If the Sem ator is consistent, he should give credit to the same cause for the prosperity other concerns in the state now en- joy. In. the last session of the Con- gress which preceded the presidential election letters were read and after wards printed in the Congressional Record, bearing upon the wool situa- ton. Among the letters there was one from the president of the wool situa- Manufacturing Co. of Somervilles Ct, The president of that company, Geo. B. Keeney, one of the old time Re publican leaders of the state, was so opposed to any change in Schedule K that he threatened the night before election to close down his mills if his employees helped in any way to bring about a. Democratic victory. Today the Somervf1le Manufacturing Co is so rushed with orders that part of the season the plant has been running night and day. Even now they would run the game way. only the help are not anxious to be exhausted filling tile orders
 .sFive miles away in Thomps onville. there is the plant of the Hartford Carpet Go. It is said that this com pany has orders on hand to keep the whole plant busy for the next twelve months. The superintendent says that f the tariff Is settled at once it will not affect the carpet people in the east
 'srf1e point is: If two mills suffer. 1 md the fault is traced back to the l Democratic tarin legislation, why should not the prosperity of all the other successful companies be attrib- i lted' to the same factor % Sl
 Senator Stone, besides showing up 1 he Connecticut Senator's calamity 1 lowl, paid his respects briefly to oth- er attempts of the Reactionaries in l he Senate in which he said:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-06

hearing, and either side has right of appeal to a body consisting of the town clerk and the board of select men. In this hearing witnesses may be heard under oath and an appeal to the courts is allowed
 It is said to be the intention of the friends of Frank c. O'Rourke to pro- test at the legal time against the vot- ing registration of Senator McNeil.
 The opinion of City Attorney John s. Pullman regarding the petition of Frank P. O'Rourke ct al is as follows:
 'In re petition of Frank O'Rourke, Louis F. SchwerdtIe, Patrick Carroll and Fred Riley. requesting that the name of Archibald McNeil, Jr., be erased from the Democratic primary list of the Seventh district, it is my opinion that this petition merely raises certain questions of fact which should be decided by you. If from your investigation you are satisfied that Archibald McNei1, Jr. is a bona fde resident of the Seventh district, it is within your authority to permit his name to remain on the list. If he is not bona fide resident in the Seventh district, you should erase his name from the list of that district, and report such erasure within twen- ty-four hours to the registrar or deputy registrar of the sam political party in the voting district to which he has removed"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-06
MRS. SHERWIN KNOWS WHERE
 TO GET. HELP
Pursuing Her Alimony She Seeks Political Leaders
 Influence

f'T understand John T. King names the governor and all other public of hcials in the state" said Mrs Annie office in the county house house this morning. The newspapermen and others in the room had heard some thing of Johns prowess but they didn't know he was in Charles F. Mur- phys class
 Mrs. Sherwin, who is woman of refined appearance, said she sought Boss Kings influence to make her husband pay her some a1imony. She didn't accomplish anything so she wanted to find out when her case would be heard in the court of com mon pleas, criminal side. When in until September she was crestfallen.
 Mrs. Sherwin claims to be related to some of our country's most distin- guished men, She says she is daugh- ter of Judge Foote of Ohio and also says former Governor Myron T. Mer- rick of Ohio is a relative. Among her other ancestors, Mrs. Sherwin num- bers the second governor of this state.
 She is on the trail of Joseph Sher- win, who is manager of a local cloth ing store and was arrested upon a non-support charge a few weeks ago. Mrs. Sherwin says she has prosecuted her husband in II states and still has been unable to bring him to terms. Tn the city court Judge Coughlin found Sherwin guilty, but he appealed.
 Mrs. Sherwin has been a freqent visitor at the office of Assistant Prose cutor John P. Gray and she generally brought him a bouquet.
 At press hour Mrs. Sherwin was still several yards behind her alimony-