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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

TItSiueHl i ait odLuIuds fSlOEu the
Dillingham-Burnet immigration bill,
disappearing of the measure solely
cause of the provision imposing a lit
eracy test on all foreigners seeking
a home.
James Purcell. the gambler. who
furnil led sensational evidence at the
New York aldermanic graft hearing
several days ago, shot and killed his
seyenteen-year- old daughter Satur-
day while quarreling with his wife.
General" Rosalie Jones army of
suffragettes marching from New
York 10 Washington. reached Tren-
ton, n. j., Saturday and made a re-
quest on Governor Wilson for an au-
dienee after arriving at Washington
Senator Roots proposed amend
ment to the Panama Canal law to re-
peal the provision giving free pass
age TO American coastwise ships, was
rejected by the United States Senate
inter-oceanic canals committee by q
vote Of seven to three to-day.
The Treasury Department has post
poned indefinitely the circulation of
the proposed new nickel, which was
scheduled for February Is. because
Of protests received from slot-ma-
chine interests. Machine vendors
claim the new nickel will not operate
the slot machines.
Pensions for widows of soldiers of
War veterans who married after
1890, are provided in bills reported
to the United States Senate Pensions
Committee. The bill for Spanish War
pensions has passed the House. Es-
Inmates piece the increased cost to
the Government at 100000 o year
A heavy military guard was main
tanned 1t the State Capitol Of West
Virginia Friday while q picket guard
at sll times surrounded Governor
Glaseesk owing TO tho presence OF
two hundred miners who are alleged
to have gone to Charleston for the
PurHsse Of taking his life. The strike
situsttsa 4ees not seem to improve
Tuberculosis will exteTmtnate the
native population Of Alaska in the
course Of sixty to seventy years II not
graduated at once" says DIR. Emil
KrulieA Of the public health service
reporting 10 the United States Com
missioner of Education. II am of the
opinion that Is per cent of the en-
tire population Is infected with tu
berculosis in either the active or the
latent stage. With the advent of the
white man into the territory the ma
tive has contracted his diseases, with
the result that tuberculosis and 9th.
er diseases are degenerating and de-
populating the race"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

The State Bar Association will hold
its annual meeting In Asheviiis this
summer. beginning July D.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

]. w. Clay. a printer. OF Hickory.
y. C., will go to Brazil to manage
the Methodist printing plant at Rio
Janerio.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

burg Do~~ns Like B~sng Chased
With Mna~~ and Re~olufe.-Nr
Archibald johnson salr~ n~m Up
In . Recent Issue Of Charity and
ChIldrcn-
The divorce bills introduced II the
House did not suit Editor Arxht-
bald Johnson OF Charity and Chill
dren. as well Is many others. and
Editor Johnson paid his respects to
the members Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives which caused the House TO
pass u resolution last Thursday de-
nouncing the editorial and stating
that IL had faith in itself. The edito-
rial referred to which appeared In q
recent issue OF Charity and Children
La - follows:
moral Molly Goodies.
Thanks TO the Senate. the horri-
BILE divorce bill introduced by Rep
resentative Stewart and which passed
| the House, was killed before the Sen
ate Committee by an overwhelming
vote.
The fact that such n bill got half
enough 10 cause US to stop and think
little. We are entirely too care
less In selecting men to represent us
In Raleigh. We send q lot OF molly
coddles there, whose intentions are
good enough. but who are as inno-
cent Of color and conviction as SO
many gate-posts. They are led around
by the nose by men stronger than
themselves, and have about as much
| foresight as a drove OF mules.
Fortunately we are usually a lit
| tie more careful in our selection OF
| Senators; and this has saved us many
a time from wild and foolish legisla-
ton not only, but from laws that
open the food gates TO immortality
and vice.
I'VE thank the Lord that this Stew
art bill, which aimed at the heart OF
az O door-nail; and ii Ia not likely
that another like It will be presented
before this Legislature. Our present
divorce law lie not ereditable to the
virtue Of the State. and to lower the
bars would put us outside the pale OF
responsibility.
The House Of Representatives 4,
not az strong Q body as We hoped
when IL frst sembled. 1t has a
few strong men In II. some OF whom
are much moro ambitious than patri-
otie. and there 10 danger that the
House will prevent some Legislation
that is greatly needed, notably the
provision for a six months term OF
our public schools"
This riled Representative Plum
mer Stewart, of Mecklenburg, author
Of one of the divorce bills, and he
; denounced the editor and the edito
rial and let the world know that he
didn't like to be called a molly coddlt
or put in a class with mules, and ht
wanted a resolution passed denounc
ing the editorial. Some of the mem
bers tried TO quiet the other offended
members, but their anger could no
be quenched without some resolu
ton being spread on the records, 81
the following resolution, introduced
by Representative Devin, was passed
Resolved by the House of Repre-
sentatives, That the House of Repre-
sentatives of North Carolina con
dennis the unjust criticism of thi
body appearing in an editorial IL
Charity and Children of February Is
and the grave charges therein con
tanned against the integrity, patriot
ism, and intelligence of this body"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

More than $4,000 persons died IN
North Carolina last year. 5.s5S dying
from tuberculosis
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

Janerio.
Nellie Gray Jones. of near New
Bern, five years old, was burned to
death few days ago by her clothes
catching Are from the fireplace.
The Wilkes Patrio. states that ].
c. Sparks, OF wilkes County. killed a
hog q few days ago that tipped the
scales at $50 pounds. which took the
record for hog raising In that county.
Mr.. Edward NJ Hodges, q wealthy
man OF Kinston. fell dead In his au-
tomobile Monday as he was about TO
start for q drive. Apoplexy was
given probably as the cause.
The State Fair Association, through
its executive committee, decide to is
sue $4,000 in bonds for additional
buildings at State Fair Grounds and
settle an outstanding bonded debt OF
$22.500.
Col. Jos. B. Starr. a Confederate
soldier and commander of STAIRS bat
terry of Confederate artillery IN the
Confederate army, died at his home
in Fayetteville Thursday.
The Greenville Reflector tells of
the death OF Hoyt Whitaker, aged
fifteen years, who was shot and kill
ed by Andrew Whitehurst. aged nine
years. The little fellow picked DIP q
loaded gun and the thing exploded
with above results.
The laboratory OF the Salisbury
graded school was visited by FIRE
Thursday doing $1,000 damage to
the building and $1,000 damage to
| the laboratory. More than 1000
school children In the buildings when
the fire occurred were rescued.
Dredge No. l of the Brett Engineer
ing Company, engaged on the drain
age work near Alma. Robson Coun-
! ty, was totally destroyed by fire
Tuesday morning. No idea can be ad-
vanced as to the origin of the fire
The dredge was not insured. The
| burned dredge was valued at $12, 500
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

Nellie Gray Jones. OF near New
Bern. five years old. was burned to
death a few days ago by her clothes
catching Are from the fireplace
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20
General News.

President Taft Saturday vetoed the
Dillingham-Burnett immigration bill,
disappearing of the measure solely
cause of the provision imposing lit
eracy test on all foreigners seeking
a home.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

James Purcell. the gambler. who
furnil led sensational evidence at the
New York aldermanic graft hearing
several days ago, shot and killed his
seyenteen-year- old daughter Satur-
day while quarreling with his wife.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

General" Rosalie Jones army of
suffragettes marching from New
York 10 Washington. reached Tren-
ton, n. j., Saturday and made q re-
quest on Governor Wilson for an au-
dienee after arriving at Washington.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

Senator Roots proposed amend
ment to the Panama Canal law to re-
peal the provision giving free pass
age TO American coastwise ships, was
rejected by the United States Senate
inter-oceanic canals committee by a
vote Of seven to three to-day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

The Wilkes Patrio. states that ].
c. Sparks. of wilkes County. killed a
hog a few days ago that tipped the
scales at $50 pounds, which took the
record for hog raising In that county.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

Mr.. Edward NJ. Hodges, q wealthy
man OF Kinston, fell dead In hi, au-
tomobile Monday as he was about TO
start for a drive. Apoplexy was
given probably as the cause.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

Col. Jos. B. Starr, a Confederate
soldier and commander of STAIRS bat
terry of Confederate artillery IN the
Confederate army, died at his home
in Fayetteville Thursday.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17

goodly number of them will gather
in Chattanooga next Saturday. A
constitution will he prepared for
consideration there and officers will
hc elected.
The chief work of this associa-
tion at first will be an attempt to
standardize the scoring systems
used in the league. Ii is hoped
later that it can suggest certain
changes in the keeping of the
league records which will be to the
advantage of ball players and the
public. For instance, at present
the method of determining games
won and lost by pitchers proves in
many cases to be utterly idiotic
and has been declared obsolete in
every up date league in the
country For another thing the
figures furnished for the papers
and the official guides are decided
~ incomplete for a live league and
more complete details can no doubt
be urged in such a way as to pro-
ducc action.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17

10. Mr.. Jones would have it that
Nashville open in Memphis, and
Montgomery in Birmingham. He
says this would be an advantage
both To Nashville and Montgomery,
and he has written to the manage
ments of the clubs, laying the mat
ter before them.
For several years. Montgomery
has opened in Birmingham, and this
opening game has been quite an
event \ special train went up
last year to Birmingham, carrying
about 600 rooters, and President
Jones declares that if the Bnlikens
were to open in Baron Town this
year, the Louisville and Nashville
would surely operate another spe-
cial and the Birmingham club
would be assured of a contingent of
at least 500 from Montgomery.
From a mileage basis. President
Jones figures that it is a great deal
better for Montgomery to jump
only 96 miles to birmingham than
nearly 400 miles to Memphis for
the opening game, and he thinks
that Nashville would lose nothing
in mileage by changing to Mem
phiS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17

OACH j. W. HEISMAN will
lead the Tech baseball can
didates out for their first
outdoor practice this afternoon.
With the weather comfortably
warm and with the men a little
hardened up as a result of steady
work in the gymnasium, Coach
Heisman figures that the outdoor
work can be safely attempted.
Within a few days, if the good
weather holds. match games be-
tween the varsity and the scrubs
will be in order.
The Tech team has started work
unusually early this season and the
good weather has made it posi-
BILE for the men to take good work
outs without much fear Of sore
arms. These sore arms, caused by
beginning too soon, are the greatest
worry Of a coach, and Coach Heis-
man lost good pitcher last year,
simply because the player, a
youngster would not heed advice
There are more men out this
year at Tech than ever before, and
a raft OF good material is on hand.
1t is an odd fact that Tech pulls
so many good baseball players from
the prep school ranks and so few
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17
Tech Baseball Club Out for First Practice TODAY
Team Looks Very Strong, Despite Serious Losses
By "Bud'' Fishe,

football players. This year there
are more baseball men than there is
room for and the wedding will start
in d few days.
Losses Are Severe.
Tech has lost several good men
from the last years varsity, and
their headwork and experience will
be missed more than ever as the
varsity of this season will be COM
posed mostly of new men. The
most serious loss is at third base,
as only one man has tried out for
this place in the last four years,
and that was Harry Holland, the
best college infielder in the South.
In the 1911 Georgia series Holland
went to bat twelve times ana
brought back eleven clean hits. and
this was when the invincible Carl
Thompson was in his prime.
Sid Holland, who played college
ball only one year and yet who was
picked as an all Southern second
baseman, has also gone. He will
not be in school this year and there
is another hole to fill.
McLin is out of school on ac-
count of deficiencies. Mac was a
good outfielder; could catch and
was sure hitter, besides running
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17

NJ UMEROUS top-notch bali play
~ ers are golf enthusiasts. Ty
Cobb and Charles Bender have
played the local course this win
ter. and at various times Eddie Col
Inns, Harry Davis and many other
Athletics as we'll as representatives.
of other big league ball clubs have
played at East Lake
The game will be played more
this spring in the South by big
league players than ever before.
Barney Dreyfuss, himself an en-
thusiastic golfer, encourages all his
players to perform. The Phillies,
at Southern Pines, always make use
of the course there. The Tigers
will use the 9-hole Mississippi
Coast Golf club course. at Gulf
have the use of a neat course at
Athens; the Brooklyn team, at Au-
gusta, will have the choice of two
Courses-in fact, there is hardly
a team which will train in the
South this spring but will find
good golf course available, and
hardly team but that numbers a
dozen or more enthusiastic golfers.
IT O he in the fashion. baseball
player must be golf fend. Al
training camps this season there
will be as much talk Of bogie and
par as there is Of base hits and
charley horse. Scanning the lit
tie white pill is becoming a passion
with the major leaguers, ana on
most of the special cars carrying
teams to the South there will be
more golf clubs than ball bats.
The latest golf maniac is Clyde
Engle, the man that made Snod-
grass famous by slamming the ball
that gave Fred his chance to make
a 100000 muff. Engle has been
playing golf all winter and is go
ing to recommend it to Stahl for a
regular Red Sox training stunt
81 used to suffer from charley
horse, probably because of my I'M
usual weight" says Clyde in his
recommendation OF the ancient
game. but since | have tackled
golf my legs are in good shape ana
/ don't expect trouble. The walking
has kept down my weight. and II
Stah' wants a better pair ~ Iegs.
euIf is the thing for him"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17
GOLF NOW REGULAR
PART OF TRAINING

" ILL SMITH has developed re-
- Gently into a golf bug. He
does not play much in At
lanta, but any time he gets out of
Atlanta and within reach. of
course he hops on it like news
boy on a warm cigarette.
Bill has already closed couple
Of dates for golf games in Chat
tanooga while he is there for the
baseball meeting, and it is prob
able that, as has happened in years
past, there will always be cou-
pie of clubs lying around the
dressing room at Ponce DeLeon
park, with which the Crackers can
timber up when the weather is too
bad for actual baseball practice.
Only the fact that there is no
golf course within easy reach of the
club keeps Bill Smith from follow
ing the lead of several big league
moguls and Incorporating the game
as a regular feature of the spring,
training.
Up to a few years ago golf was
looked on with scorn by most ball
players. Then a few of the play
ers took it up and it did not take
them long to popularize the sport.
Once. some years ago. when the
baseball man of The Georgian was
travelling with the Crackers he
carried along set Of clubs. His
first appearance with the full golf
ing outfit was greeted with storm
OF boots
"Aw, look at the Lizzy boy and
his gawlf clubs" shouted one Of the
players.
To the surprise of ball players
and baseball writer alike. Sid Smith
Clipped in for the defense.
You guys give me a pain" said
Sid. rs there a one of you here
that ever played golf? Is there one
of you that ever hit golf ball at
all?"
They all proved an alibi.
We'll, then, what do you stiffs
know about It anyway" roared Sid.
II tell you It's a good game
know for play 1t every winter at
Camden You NUTS ought to talk
about something YOU know about"
Whereupon they an subsidized
sid. by the way. hit ttemeu-
dous bal aud Is one OF the longest
drivers in the south, though me- has
neNrr taken up the game seriously
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17
TINKER'S AUTO WRECKED.
BUT RED MANAGER UNHURT

CHICAGO, Feb l7.--Joe Tinker. mana
ger of the Cincinnati National league
baseball team, narrowly escaped serious
injury here Saturday night in an acct
wrecked. Both front wheels were torn
off Thinkers ear ana the steering gear was
smashed
Tinker said the accident was due 10
the sudden failure of a street Lamp
II was nearing my home" he said.
when the electric lamp at the corner
went out | was blinded 10y the change
anu thinking ] saw some one ahead of
me. turned the car into the curb.
The machine was not overturned and
Tinker was not thrown out
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17
JUAREZ RESULTS

First-Hugh Gray 81, first. Lee Harri-
son II, 3-l Good Intent, 2-l Also ran
Tallow Dip Magda y, McAlan, John Pat
terson, Coe-Ed Booger Battle. NJ. Cam
bon, Sadie shapiro. Green Isle and Or
MaClas also ran
Second Serenade. 2O-l first: Minnie F
6-l. Sterling, 3-5. Also ran: Mercurium
Gaiene Gale Charley Brown, Shotoing
Spray and Ralronia
Third-George Oxnard. 5-l nrst. Fur
long I'll. Nmir even Also ran. Mona
Canumanu Fixing Footsteps, Lucille AL
Ten. EpCkdale. SLY Lad ana Stout Heart
Fourth Console 3D. first. Hattera~
'-@. br buughcrtl, geo Nlsu nam First
star and Lady RIukIu
EIttH ENe White S.. Hr-t GmU g.a
IH#uefas ,-a. \Isa ram L,~uar Na~aIu
huI. N,Ec. auN Eupuu
-.N'N fINI- f ur-E ~UatN \ulN
U"|'. ~ Raise. u.. N-u. ftU N'HIH.',r
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17
BY Percy Fl. Whiting.

1.-TWO weeks from today pro-
yided the proposed Southern
league schedule is adopted,
the Atlanta team will be assembled
at Ponce DeLeon park for spring
practice.
Bill Smith snealled out quietly
yesterday and threw the ball around
for a couple of hours. As a re-
suit he rolled out of bed this
morning with every muscle as stif
rs a steel girder and as painful as
a nerve.
He is going right back this after
noon for more, and today marks the
opening Of real baseball practice in
Atlanta. All players winterins here
will turn out this afternoon, and
the field will be a lively place.
II is more than probable that OF
to Jordan viii be among the first
to don uniform and go at it. otto
always is one of the first to start
work. and this year will be no eN-
ception.
From now on there Will be prac-
tice every Cay at Ponce DeLeon
park, provided the weather is even
fairly good.
For a couple of weeks past Bill
Smith has been spending every aft
ernoon at the park, working his
force full tilt in preparing the field
for play. Thanks to some decently
dry weather of late, work has been
progressing fast. Unless some
thing unexpected happens, the field
will be ready for play considerably
before the players are.
OF course. last year the work of
the ground keepers was greatly re-
landed by the wet weather that
married the whole training season.
The result was. it was not until
the real season was pretty well un-
der way that the grounds were put
into a good trim as they are right
nov.
Were coming along all right
said Bill Smith this morning. Just
give us a few more days of dry
weather and Ne'U have as fine q
field as anybody in the country
Bill Smith, if YOU care to know.
is some shark at this business Of
putting a playing field in order He
knows how it ought to be, which
most of them do; but more than
that, he knows how to put in order;
and that's going some.
TT HE changing of the bull" sign
TO a position within possible
range has helped a good lot Where
the thing was placed originally It
couldn't be hit with a krupp gun,
much less with baseball pro-
PEELED in any ordinary fashion.
FunRo hitting experts like Har-
~ Mcintyre, Walter Johnson and
the cream of the Southern league
sharpshooters have spent weeks in
trying to lace a ball out to It, but
with no success. Probably not once
IA 30 years would il have been hit
in it's old stand. But Bill Smith
HaS driven the bull over 10 a new
position, and where he is now 'o-
Gated he is more than likely to be
wanoped
THE Southern league continues to
seethe with the arguments
over the proposed schedule. As
rule, the every day fans don't care
hang about the schedule. So long
as they get their holiday games.
they are content
But this time it looks as though
three clubs in the circuit had been
victimized with the kindly assist
ance 81 cold deck. And fans li<,
square deal
strange as So may seem. th, \t
anita. birmingham and Moutgum
cry clubs ril. probably na,, ~ look
70 Dba1lg, iIana ro hrn 5f f.. Is
worth oohu2 anywhere. President
n G.H.-|1 ~ Sug... .H..
oHru he luHu. rs, -.a.,u. .ua-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17
GEORGE HORNE TRAINING:
RECORDS ARE IN DANGER

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 17.-George
HORNE, holder of the worlds high jump
ing record OF feet inches. is about TO
resume training for an extensive cam
paign. The former student at stanford
university is now travelling for a san
Francisco sporting goods house, and viii
make the Garden city his training quar-
ters Tor the coming outdoor track sea son
HORNE is "A member ~ the san Francisco
olympic club ana participant In many
NJ lts Geld meets lie has found II neces-
~arN 20 train SERIOUSLY 10 order to per
form up lu his reputation as nigh
Jumper
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17
CY F0RSYTHE TRADED TO
TOPEKA FOR OUTFIELDER

CHATTANOOGA. TENN, Feb. IL
President Q. b. Andrews, Of the local
club, has exchanged First Baseman Cy
Forsythe 10 the Topeka club for Gem
ter Fielder King. Forsythe was former
~ with Dallas, and was the prize buy"
Of the Texas league The Giants tried
him out twice