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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25
WHERE SUMTER WINS.

In learning better to appreciate the
worth of good roads the report made
by the United States government re-
Gently is of interest to the farmers of
Sumter county as much as to those
Icounties that are not SO blessed with
good roads as this county. The gist OF
it is that it is of little profit to a county
to makes good crops of perishable prod
ucts, unless there are good roads by
which these products may be gotten II
market promptly.
This is a phase Of the matter that
the farmers of Sumter county may ov,
erlook. They have such excellent
roads that the full value of these roads
under all conditions of farming may
not be thoroughly realized. The ex-
perience of counties that do not hay e
such good roads should serve to show
the farmers of this county how fortu-
mate they are. In commenting on these
condition an exchange says:
THE blighting effect of poorly built
or poorly kept highways on agricul-
tural profits is described in a particu-
larly striking manner in recent state
ment from the federal office of public
roads. Where bad roads prevail, We
are told, the farmer must move his
crops, not when prices are favorab e
and the demand for his products is ripe
but when weather conditions will per-
nit; and in many localities of this kind
! he finds it impossible to move them AT
all. AS a result vast quantities Of food
or industrial supplies are either sac
rificed at ridiculously low prices or
remain on the farm unusad
Excessive fluctuations in market
prices are seldom due to overproduc-
tion," the statement asserts. They
frequently take place in regions where
the local production does not equal the
consumption. There are counties rich
in agricultural possibilities, burdened
with bad roads, where the annual in :
coming shipments of food exceed the
outgoing shipments in the ratio of four
to one. Many such counties, with i'm
proved roads, not only become SELF
supporting, but would ship products to
other markets.
The fact is many counties that arr
now importers could be made export
ers by means of well-constructed and
well-maintained systems of roads. 1t
is related that a farmer in Sullivan
county, Tenn, few miles from Brist0 ii
had hundred bushels of Irish pota.
toes which he wished to market during
the winter months. But because O;
bad roads he was unable to haul the
potatoes to town and, So they rotted
in his cellar. Yet, at that very time
potatoes were selling in Bristol for a
dollar and forty cents a bushel; and .
Bristol merchant is quoted as saying
that in the course of winter las many
as ten carloads of farm produce, in
GLIDING wheat, potatoes and other farm
supplies, were shipped in daily to feel
not Bristol, but the adjacent erritory.
What is most costly than poor roads
What is more profitable than good
roads?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25

Although this period is dog-days no
youngsters have been nipped by dogs
in Americus-they're muzzled.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25

why are we. woa,en given such low
ely forms q asks a laayof title. ThanKs
te the new dress fashions, we are fast
finding ont washington Post.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25

We can't help but wonder what
would happen if somebody should
send Henry Watterson bottle of
grape juice.-Washintgo Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25

1t isn't necessary to send peaches
away from Americas this year to sell
them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25

Now's the time to get all the pains
and aches you want from watermelons.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25

Sir Thomas Upton will again spend
some "tea money" to lift that cup.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-08-08
THE AMERICAN ISSUE
August 8, 1913.

II society is serious about protecting itself IN the
future from this wretched curse let it destroy the
saloon.
Every poison has affinity. Alcohols affinity
is the BRAIN and the highest in the branthe seat OF
the moral faculties. 1t takes bright and healthy
youth and makes of him and his progeny degenerates
THAT is the serious problem.
One of the most ptiable spectacles that conronts
civilization is the witness of this tragedy going on
year after year Why do papers like the Tribune, the
Record Herald, the Daily News, the Inter-Ocean and
others carry advertisements of this poisonous drug
alcohol the use of which is certain to increase the
number Of degenerates? They decry the effects OF
alcohol in their editorial columns. These papers are
the insprers of public opinion, and the conservators
of the forces that make for healthy nation. Let them
be wholly clean and free and rid their advertising
pages of beer as well as whisky advertisements.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-08-08
Incurdble

youth under arrest for confessed assault upon
policeman said: 4 felt like killing I'm bad man.
| am. | whether go to the galows or not
started out stealing pennies from children and I'll be
crook all my life
In all probability this OF incurable depravlty,
and it is by unique There are natures so COM
pee degenerate be beyond the reach of psychopatc
SURGICAL educational nothing OF punitive measures
and they are serious and peril to community
In this case the RecordHerald remarks, If the boys
victim. recovers the young criminal himself will probably
get off with relatively light he will then be returned
to society," upon which his conviction that he born
to prey and will continue regard his
For the present the degree OF responsibility
we can attach them, to be plain that our gang
men must segregated and it is clear that they
incorreble offenders they should be segregated for life
Our persistent neglect this problem and deal with
it light of modern science painful example of social
ineficiency
We let these degenerates prey upon us, and,
let them breed and perptuate their kind.
The above is editorial in the Chicago Tribune
of July 20
One thing is certain when deal with this
problem of degeneracy in "the light OF modern
science we will be compelled to recognize alcoholism
as considerable contributing factor in the making
of criminals
No authority places the amount of crime traceabe
directly to alcohol at less than Is per cent There is
no preventable of degeneracy equal to alcohol
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-08-08
Why Not Another Chicago Fire?

The Champion of Fair Play, in its issue Of July
Il gives a table of figures showing money expended
by the brewers and disters. 1t says, "The amount
paid out by the brewers and dstllers the producing
sources of the United States aggregates $3o985Io97
We do not know how accurate is this table of
figures but imagine none Of the items have lost
anything They have amount of one hundred and
fifty millions of dollars under the head other items,
in which is listed lumber rubber goods steam engines
machinery, TOOLS steam fittings plumber supplies,
wagons harnesses, builders supplies, ftering ma
teria chemical supplies paint and varnish furniture
brushes packing house products, advertising signs,
printing, ETC.
Grant that the figures all accurate, still the
amount named is small in comparison with the enor
nous amount of money expended through the build
ing industries in the rebuilding of Chicago after the
great fire. The rebuilding of Chicago not only en-
ployed all the industries mentioned above but think
Of the saw mills that in notion the structural iron
plants the lime ki1ns, the stone quarres the cement
mills, the hardware manufactures and almost every
other conceivable legitimate industry
Why not have another Chicago fire? Why not
burn up the town in order to set the wheels of
merce in motion to rebuild it? What is there of more
value that the beer or whisky drinker carries away
with him than what the people carried away the
result of the Chicago fire? If to build commerce by
drinking whisky beer is good thing, then it is
good thing to build commerce by destroying property
in order to rebuild it.
The Chicago fire left the people at least, and left
them full of energy while whisky destroys the people
and produces physical, intellectual and moral wrecks
which the remaining people must take care OF.
Drink whisky or beer in order to make commerce
What infinite folly What sophstry of reasoning
What foolishness
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-08-08

Rats bring bubonic plague Why not license I'M
porters wholesalers and retailers OF rats and subject
the whole matter to 'strct regulations?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
JACKETS TO FIGHT
TO FINISH AGAINST
GEORGIA QUINTET

Friday night will witness the close of
Techs first basket ball season since
1908, in Intercollegiate circles. Tech
meets her ancient rival, Georgia, at the
Crystal Palace. for a real battle royal
OF course, by all the dope that's good
and holy, Georgia ought to win, but,
as remarked many times before in
similar instances, you never can tell
when these two get together.
The University five has been COM
ing strong all season-in fact, so very
strong that they have put it over
everything in the South. On the other
hand, Tech outplayed Georgia during
the first half of the game at Athens.
when Georgia later ran up so heavy a
score against the Tech five. Obviously,
then, If the Jackets could have main
tanned their stride, the score would not
have been so one sided. Undoubtedly
the Tech bunch have steadily improved
since then. In the last two games this
improvement has been really marked.
Playing away from their home court,
they were beaten by A small margin at
Auburn last Saturday, and played
Mercer to a standstln on Tuesday. The
Mercer team, it will he remembered.
gave the Athletic club FIVE such a sur
prising scrap few weeks ago.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27

at ALL" are three good rules of
baseball-even if they aren't in the
guide.
OVER in Memphis they are brag-
ging about the sort Of team they
could turn out with the players
that wintered in the city. In the
list were Ed Hurlburt, Bill Par
rott, Sam Jolly, Bill Chappelle, Doc
Newton, George Merritt. Bill Bern
hard, Charley Shields, Guy Saint,
Eugene DeMontreville, Charley
Babb, Moulton, Dolly Stark, Frank
Manush, Jack Law, Charley Miller
and Hub Benham. Numerically
they have 1t on the baseball resi-
dents Of the Gate City:
But then consider the brains and
ability OF the local talent A par
tial list includes Bill Smith, Otto
Jordan, Lou Castro, Lee Garvin,
Roy Moran, Ed and Jim LATTE,
Tommy Mcmillan, Red Smith, Har-
~ Matthews, Brown Keene, Milton
Reed and a mess OF Glass c and D
performers. With Garvin and Mat
thews catching, Keene on first, Jor-
dan on second, Mcmillan at short,
Red Smith at third, Moran, Castro
and Reed in the outfield, Ed La
fitte on the slab, and Bill Smith on
the bench, they could put up a
pretty stiff fight.
If the players who wintered in
Georgia could be gathered for a
game, the club would be a big
Lacquer. and a good one, for it
would include Ty Cobb and Frank
Schultz in the outfield, Charley
Bender, Nap Rucker and Jimmy
Lavender for slab duty, l. Wingo
behind the bat, and Claude Der
rick in the infield
Mighty few states in the Union
could turn out team that could
successfully compete with that one.
THEY tell a good one on the cru
dite Red" owens. He was
talking with Dave Altizer,
"Pve played baseball all over the
map-from Dan to Beersheba," said
Dave.
i've been around some myself"
said Red. but you have something
on me. l never played in either of
those hick towns.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
Diamond Managers Are Grabbing Gridiron Tactics
Nap Players Now Go Through Charging Practice

CHARLEY MURPHY has. unin-
tentionally, no doubt, adopted
another football fad with his anti
booze clause" Football players in
training do not drink, do not smoke
and they are allowed to eat only
certain simple foods, carefully pre-
pared.
Of course, baseball players, who
play so much more frequently and
for much longer season, could not
afford to train so vigorously. But
they could grab lot of hints from
their football brethren.
Many promising big league
player has eaten his way into the
minor leagues.
Take your raw farmer boy. who
is graduated from the plow to a
tiny minor league and from there
to the big leagues. He is fairly
overcome by the hotel bills of fare,
and as for having a whole dollar
to spend on one meal in the dining
cars!-well, he never before heard
of anybody's eating dollars worth
of food at one time.
Why should he eat oatmeal, eggs
and a cup of coffee for breakfast
when he can have fruit, a cereal,
chicken livers, fish, beefsteak, a
fancy omelette, and a stack of
greasy griddlecakes? So he has
'em. For dinner 1t is worse and
more of it. BY game time he is as
full of pep as a alternating CHINA
mon bear.
The Southern league has had
many athletes who ruined
their chances with too much prov
ender. That big Glenn, of the
Nashville team. last year, was a
victim of too much to eat and too
much sleep. "Buttermilk" Meek, a
former star, became famous for his
habit of filing himself so full of the
usually harmless beverage that he
could barely navigate. And he
drank himself out of Glass A ball
on buttermilk. He must have
weighed 275 when he retired.
The time may come when ball
players will eat at a modified
training table. If they do. they
will be faster and they will always
feel better
Eat moderately, drink beer mod
erately if at all. drink whisky not
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
Mmphys Man Fogel Gets $4,000 to Expose Game
National League Is After Him and the Man Behind

CARNATIONS, and how one certain team
has been favored in the National
league. Look here:
AT the trial in which Fogers
charges were investigated by the Ma
tional league last fall such testimony
as this was obtained from Fogel when
it came to the SHOWED
"'Q-Do you know anything about
Thomas Lynch?
"'A-No.
"'Q-Do you know anything AGAINST
the National league?
"'A-No.
framed during the season, or do you
think any games could be framed?
"'A-No'
That's Enough From Him"
THAT seems to dispose of Mr.. Fogel.
If he really knew anything tending TO
discredit baseball, don't you think he
would have carried his case to the
courts and obtained redress when he
was kicked out of the game? His tes-
timony was either false or true. Which
are you going to believe, and would
NOt' bNIiCNt W udl ne says now
II have had communication with Mr..
Hermann concerning this matter. 1t
seems to be up to the National league
The national commission will have no
occasion to act unless Fogel attacks
both leagues.
AS | understand now. the National
league officials propose to send out to
all members of the Baseball Writers
association copies of Fogels testimony,
which, in itself. should be sufficient an
sWer to anything he might say
National League Should Act"
Il am not worrying about FogeI and
have written Mr.. Hermann telling him
that, in my opinion, there is no occa-
sion for uneasiness The National
league ought to be able to handle the
matter"
At the time of the New York hear
ing, when t'ogel and Murphy backed
down completely in their fight on Tom
Lynch, it was declared by Fogel that
he had "trunkful of documents that
would hang it on somebody" and said
he would carry the case to the courts
He never went to court
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
GEO. YANTZ A H0LD-OUT:
FEARS MALARIA, HE SAYS

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. Eff George
Yantz is a hold-out." said Charley Frank.
president and manager of the New Or
leans club, today, ITS because he is
afraid, or pretends to be afraid, of the
New Orleans climate
when l first bought this catcher from
the Cubs" continued Frank II sent
him contract calling for the same money
he received from that club. Later the
national commission set aside that sale
When | finally purchased him in legal
form, | sent Yantz a second contract call
ing for the same salary named in the
first contract He wrote me then that he
did not want to play in New Orleans
year with Birmingham he had a touch
Of malaria. | wrote back saying that
the whole Birmingham club must have
had malaria when they came here Yantz
has never kicked at the salary ana |
feel sure that he will fall IN line
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
HE|SNAN HAS
GOODLOOk|NC
SQUAD Of MEN
"OACH HEISMAN'S baseball
I squad of Yellow Jackets
shows very promising mate

@OACH HEISMAN'S baseball
squad of Yellow Jackets
shows very promising mate
rial If anything can be surmised
at this early stage of the game.
The usual large number of candi-
dates reported for the first prac-
tice two weeks ago, and some for
ty-odd are still retained
The big cut will come soon after
March l, when the players will
be permitted to Sign out" from
shops and outdoor practice can be
taken up in earnest. At present
the, Crystal Palace is the scene
of action for the swat artists, as
the weather is still too chilly for
outdoor work.
The eternal question in baseball,
namely, the pitching staff, is as big
a one as ever at Tech this year.
Drake and Hubert the mainstays
OF last years team, are both out of
school this year, Hubert having
taken the position OF an instructor
in the electrical department of his
alma mater. Pitts, the speedy
southpaw. who was ineligible last
year on account of being a first
year man. can this spring take the
mound without any trouble. Eu-
banks, a former K. NJ. 1. star and
a CT man of last year is expected
to show better form than ever this
season. Then, too. there are the
usual dozen or more new men out
for pitching honors. out of which
Coach Heisman has hopes of Sc
curing some unheralded star.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
BY Percy H. Whiting.

Y OE BIRMINGHAM has an
nounced that he is going to
j train his men like football
players this season. Joe was a
star of the pigskin pastime him
self in his good day, and he be-
Iieves he picked up some ideas
there that might be useful.
one thing Joe will require dur
ing the training sea son is a daily
jump on the scales. under the eye
of the trainer. There's nothing
quite like the old Fairbanks to wise
the physical director up to an ath-
lete's condition.
I'm getting right down to
weight" the old timers are always
saying. And it's hard to tell, just
by looking. whether they are or not.
But if a player performed at 1872
pounds in mid season last year and
shows l79 now he hasn't got an
aliOi in the world, and when the
order comes for him to take cou-
pie of extra laps around the park
he can't even growl.
If a man begins TO lose weight
and gets below normal, that tells
lot to a wise trainer. too.
There can be no question but that
accurate daily weighing of ball
players, under the eye of a wise
trainer. would enable him to dag
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
VANDY TRACK MEN START
WORK; SCHEDULE 3 MEETS

NASHVILLE. TENN, Feb. 27.-Out-
door work for the Vanderbilt track men
win begin as soon as the weather moder-
ates. according TO Coach Bill Anderson,
who will handle the team this season.
II don't know yet what kind of mate
rial we have Coach Anderson says,
but am confident that we will be good
enough to make a mighty close fight for
the Southern intercollegiate Athletic as
sociation championship. AS far as !
know, we haven't any stars of the first
water in any one event, but the team
is well rounded enough to be dangerous.
Freeland's absence in the weight events
and the loss of Morrison in the broad
and high jumps will be felt more than
anything else"
The Commodore track team has SEIZED
uled dual meets with Tulane and Ken
lucky State in addition to the Southern
intercollegiate Athletic association meet.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
VOLS PURCHASE SELLERS:
is SPEEDY MAN ON BASES

NASHVILLE, TENN, Feb 27.-The
Nashville club has secured Outfielder Oh
lie C'Rube'O Sellers, a former Central
lea guer, and in doing it gave up the last
hope of securing Dave Callahan from At
lanta.
In fact, the Callahan deal went wrong
when the locals lost their claim on Har-
nv Welchonce. President Hrsig had
hoped to slip Wechonce to Atlanta for
Callahan and a piece of money.
Sellers is a speed merchant. Last year
he stole forty bases, the year before fif-
ty. Last year he hit 1863. the year be-
fore .306.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
CATCHER D0NAHUE LOSES
CASE AGAINST CRACKERS

CINCINNATI, Feb. 27.-The national
baseball commission Yesterday upheld the
national board and dismissed the claim
Of Player Pat Donahue against the At
ianta club of the Southern league, for
salary for ten days during which he was
inca pa citated by an injurey received in
game. The club president testified he
Rad asked waivers on Donahue prior to
the accident and only withheld his out
tight release until officially notified that
no other club would claim his services.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
ALAGA LEAGUE MEETS
FRIDAY: NEWMAN TO JOIN

LA GRANGE, GA. Feb. 27.--President
w. j. BoySin, OF the Georgia Ala bams
Baseball league, which succeeded the
Southeastern, has called a meeting OF the
league for Friday evening at o'clock,
in Newman.
The towns now having clubs in this
league are Lagrange, Talladega, Gadsden,
Admission and Opelika. 1t is expected
that Newman will organize a club and
come into the lea que at this meeting to
be held Friday. thus completing the cir
cult More than $1,000 was raised in one
day to finance the Newman club.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
JOHNS HOPKINS ALUMNI
OF DIXIE TO DINE HERE

The annual banquet OF the alumni OF
J Johns Hopkins will be held this year at
the Capital City club on March |, at Z
D. m. The alumni Of Tennessee, Florida
Alabama and Georgia will participate.
Speakers from other states will be
present. Or. Thomas Boggs, OF the Johns
Hopkins Medical school, will come from
Baltimore to represent the university
and pr Brown Ayres. or the University OF
Tennessee and Dr. G. F. Nlcolassen, Of
Clsrkesyiile. Tenn. will he among the
speakers