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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

such care the great pitcher ordered his car
and was whirled to the grounds.
1t was the last half of the ninth inning, and
the fans at the Poncey grounds were fltering
away. Loyal though they were in ordinary cir
cumstances, this game seemed hopelessly lost.
The score was 3 to 0 against the Crackers. and
Foxen, the great Birmingham pitcher, was going
at top speed, Cracker after Cracker had faced
him only to 60 back to the water bucket sore
distract. When a baseball player doesn't get a
hit he is always sore distract though he may
not know the feeling by that name.
sudden batting rally after two men were
out in the ninth. however, kept the straggers
In the park and even sent some of them back
to points of vantage Before FoXen could steady
himself the bases were full, and the Atlanta
rooters were going crazy with all the enthusi-
asm they had kept bottled up for so many in
nings.
Harold Hangover batting in place of Harry
Bailey"
For a moment after the umpire's announce
ment there was dead silence, and even Bailey,
hardened as any veteran and accustomed to
surprises, dropped his bat and went to the
bench in dazed manner. The knowledge that
a pitcher was being sent In TO bat for him was
gall and NORWOOD.
An instant later a tremendous cheer rang
out for Harold Hangover was advancing to the
plate.
The first two balls thrown Harold Hangover
swung at and missed purpoSely, He smiled.
FoXen smiled back at him, haunting smile.
Putting every ounce of muscle into his fling
the Barons' pitcher sent suffering spit
ter" across the plate, There was a crack that
sounded like an exploding bomb and the ball
left Harolds bat on the greatest joy ride that
a baseball ever had. Over the right field signs
It sailed like an aeroplane, nor did it pause
in its mad course until it dropped like a plum
met into the earth somewhere near Stone Noun
tain. The game was over and the Crackers
had Won.
How did YOU come 70 make that record hit?"
asked the admiriuS Smith as he gave the great
Oshkosh pitcher thousand dollar bonus.
Keep your gold, Bill. do not need it," re-
piled our hero. u wouldn't have cut1ed the
pin SO hard, but l saw Homer George up in the
press box. He always comes in on pass Oh.
dear! wish the season was over. I'm getting
sick of winning ball games. Where shall we
dine tonight"
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an opportunity to get in the heart and pizen the
blood
VENUs-For the lands sake! And all them things
been circulatin' round that Niger?
PATTISON-They hast
VENUS-Aan, the whole inside of your diagram am
nuthin but track for baciuses! Your body a
whole circus menasere but you're the clown ahead
Preacher Pattison
PATTIsON-"Hon does you member the corn?"
VENUS members It!
PATTISON-Was it corn you cooked?
VENUS-Nol
PATTIsON-Umm! Was the corn on your
VENUS-No, sub! The corn was on Rufus Lee!
PATTISON-Huh?
YENUs-It was this One night he kept fgitin'
bout that I asks him what ais him. and he tells me
his corn is aching so he can't keep still
PATTIsON-what'd you say?
Venus said for tn lands sake. niger. take of
your shoe and stop breakin' up your oscillations
PATTISON-"Hon. does you member the corn, and
the CUTE LITTLE WARTr' What bout tn wart2
Sister, cute little wart wanted in evidence heahI
VENUS amt knowledged no warti
PATTIsON-Then tn letter is not for you.
VENUS-It amt a wart no how it's a mole!
PATTIsoN-where am it located? 1t am necessary
for the conviction of the subjective by the objective
Venus Love, that a cute little wart be found her
habeas corpus
PATTIsoN-sister, you must show your haBeas
corpus!
VENUS-Tn be doggone If show my habeas corpus
wart amt my habeas corpus.
PATTIsoN-Where am it at?
VENUS-Is 'bleeged to tell?
PATTISON-You is (She t0htspers in his earl Umm
the wart he mentions your shoulder!
VENUs-Yes; I wearin' Of them low deca-
lessen dresses that night.
PATTISON-It the correspondent Lee worth any
money?
VENUS LovE-Bout six bits!
sPATTIsON-Umm Then the only way to collect
damages is to marry him?
VENUS LOVE-Yes guess I'll have to take it out OF
his hide What you lookin at, Ambrosa Lee? I amt
marryin you kase love you but kase it is a charity
to do They of born to carry crosses on
this earth and I guess I'm got to tote you.
PATTISON-Rufus Ambrosia Lee am they anythin'
you wish to say fore marry you to this who
condescendng to be your wife?
VENUS LOvE-Never mind looking at the door, they
amt chance to escape Rufus Ambrosia yous got
face the music; and take it from me the bands gwine
play the wedding march a funeral march. You come
right down heah and take your medicine You ought
be glad of the opportunity I'm takn' you for debt
and l knows you's a mortgage that's gwine pay
even the interest
PATTIsON-The groom should remove his hiatt The
GROOM must take off his HAT!
VENUS LovE-Man. don't you know nough to take
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IAN aUiator tcb0 dclc oUer the
Panama Canal dccIdred that an
cirman could drop sufficient nitro
gfyccriHe on The dam to rum the
canaL-NEWS ITEM
THIs is terrible to contem-
plate It leads to other
thoughts. Suppose some
busy noon an airmau were 10 1asz1
the top Of the Empire Building
and pull it down across Broad 81.
II would tie up the car service and
crush innumcrsble new straw Ids.
Or someone might sneak up in
the night and close and paddock
the Golden Gate, Frisco would
then become an inland city!
Then again. a cruel civil en-
gineer might secretly shift the bed
of the Mississippi River and cause
1t to run backward and overflow
Canada. This would leave the
Gulf Of Mexico dry and it would
take twenty years TO lengthen the
Panama Canal out to the Atlantic.
There is always the danger that
some foreign invaders might push
the Palisades over, thereby allow
ing the greater share Of New Jer-
sey to slowly ooze into the Hudson
and then away.
1t should also be pointed out
that it is possible that some evil
minded desperate might blow up
Niagara Fallsl II such a thing
were to happen the brides and
grooms would have no place to
honeymoon.
An enemy might sneak in and
plant dictaphones IN all the Senate
committee rooms, In Washington,
then sell these dictaphone records.
No country could outliye The igno-
miny Of such revelations!
Or some clever chemist might
permeate the atmosphere round
and about Pittsburgh with a gas
that would make the smoke indel-
ible With this accomplished, the
only way we could tell an African
from a Pittsburgher would be by
means Of certified checks.
Then again. an enemy might sail
a feet into Boston harbor and
shoot all the streets straight with
massive cannon balls; whereupon,
with straight streets, no Bostonian
could ind his way home!
Or someone might get hold Of
the Mason and Dixon line, drag 1t
out to sea, tie bricks to II and
sink it This would put a crimp
in any more Down in Dixie" rags.
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pattlson wants your DID and DAM advice about
Rufus Lee, here,
PATTIsoN-Umm! What the species of his pro-
crastinauon?
NENUS-Hes man what says sugary things to
woman while he's thinltn' about another woman
PATTIsON-u other words. he a promscuous 10.
thario.
VENUS don't know what he is in other words, but
in plain English he's only low, trihn' niggef
PATTISON-Was there any caresses INDUCED in that
might be msconstrued into tenderness adjacent to and
AUDITING matrmony?
VENUS-1here kisses.
PATTISON-Plain kisses?
NENUS-They tasted mighty fine to mel
PATTISON-I they friendly ksses7
YENUS-No sub! They the kind that mean
somethin'
PATTISON-How do you know?
YENUs-Cause l know the pedigree of a kiss when
feels It,
PATTISON-How do you known
VENUS-Theres a difference
PATTISON-What the difference?
VENUs-Parson, they things IT amt good
for preacher to know
PATTISON-Sster, the ipso factotum of the modus
operandum Of the discussertaton is this: 1t is stated
exofhcio that hey's difference tween friendly
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property although this the which
theatre is built the building ITSELF the innocent little
botter the which held
signature and starts the third act whng with the
bunch of cames the desert
ing with the of the stations
that dash into the with shekng
shouting heroine from the asbestos flames
work a
won't need about the dialogue other
rhes Troupe of trained amados
horned rhnOceroses
innovation would furnish
life and inspire him with little
episode department
Plays Of the ural type always fascinating inter
esng and lovely but they
nowadays make grazing
real sod in the middle left distance
a
passing cloud rides n safety,
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In Vaudeville

off your hat when your going to be married? Take on
your hat! You amt got etiquette than billy
goat!
PATTIsoN-children of Ham. coming long the road
from childhood you done picked up many splinter Of
adverserosy, but yous bout to be thrOwed into
whole Of brambes if you stand up, sit down.
60 forward, back up the thorns'H keep stickin
It's gwine to turn all the milk of human kindness in the
veins to cab0er and hit you uppercut in the solar
pexus or happiness Henceforth for you they to be
no joy no rest-no nuthn! And all l has to say to
cheer you is leave all hope behind Rufus Ambrosa Lee
and Venus Love- do you promise to pick the bag of
troubles that's bound to be and tote it together
through life without climbing the top and clawin
each other up?
VENUS LOvE-we do!
PATTISON-The marriage-e and marriagei will now
Join hands Rufus Ambrosia Lee do you take the fem
mine gender you's hodin by the hand to be your
domescated wife and guarantee to abide by her do
mesticy?
VENUS LovE-Bow your head, Niger. What ails
you?
PATTIsON-venus Love does you take this masculine
gender yous hodin by the hand be your husband
TEN and ad lib. and promise to love, obey -
VENUS LOvE-That word OBEY has got to be taken
out I won't obey man! (Rutus looks at her, Stop
your argun', 4iufus Lee, I'm runnin this marriage!
PATTIsON-Can't he say somethin' bout his own
marriage?
VENUS LOvE-No, he can't!
PATTIsON-Venus Love, does you take this masculine
gender be your husband and agree try to learn to
love him and to make him obey you?
VENUS LOVE-Thats my intention!
PATTIsON-Rufus Ambrosia Lee going into this heah
ceremony your eyes wide open, you sure, when
the honeymoon is done gone and the harvest moon am
pale the sky of your wedock that you will get up in
the mornin the wood build the fire and cook the
bacon?
VENUS IOvE-Iu answer that question for Ambrosia
Lee Parson He WILL!
PATTISON-As they amt no immaterial objections
from the wed-e nor the wedi comes forward in all my
eIorAcation and ocality and stamps, seals and de-
1verz Won man and Wife Now Mistah Rufus Ambrosia
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mnd-that he hears marriage is failure. But amt
changed my mind Rufus Ambrosia Lee! If marriage
is a failure you and me gwne go bankrupt together
PATTISON-Am they any witnesses to the impas
sionate woong of the culprit heah?
VENUS-Thats what he claims, that they amt no
witnesses But If he'd read what happens to other men
he wouldn't write love letters Rufus Ambrosia that hot
mush that you writ year is bout to be served
up to you cold Hands Patti8on icttersJ
PATTISON (readng Ietter)-"Umm! My Venus Love"
He wrtin' a in the sky.
VENUS-No sub! l admit he up in the sky when
he writ that love letter. but I'm the star.
PATTISON-"My Venus Love: The shown
big above the earth and cimbin mighty smart; the
mornn' glories peepin. The old folks still sleepn'
and heah sits and dreams, while somehin's knockn'
knockin' at my heart"
YENUS-Now, what you think Of that prosery, Parson
and it's only the beginning
PATTISON-lt serious! 1t shows a crcumlocutory
dagnocers Of the species of the complaint; to wit
writer couldn't Sleep he stole into the garden a8d
sittn there midst the insects and the beauties of dawn
he felt that bacill knockin at his heart.
VENUS-BaclH! What them?
PATTISON-A bacillus is microbe, a germ. Theys
bacluses of smallpox yellow fever cussedness laziness
they all keeps gallopin round the diaphragm waitin
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at the Church "

tons and oscillations that mean somethin' Now what
the difference?
ENTHUSIASTICALLY kisses is short with long waits
tween EN-
PATTISON-Yes
YENUs-In the kisses that mean somethin' they amt
intermisslon.
PATTISON-In your presence, did Rufus Ambrosia
Lee ever approximate the ton Of marriage
and calculate in the affirmative the saubrious pros
pectus?
VENUs-Yes. and last Saturday night he ga+s rigbt
down on his knees and Iookin' up at me like chicken
with the pip asks me If I would be his June bride.
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''Waitiing

Cor1vAl
? ENUS LOyE-You right along! I'll find
NJ ont if you trife with Your jest like all
men; while yous holding hands with
you keep talkiu' Misunderstanding; but when she
haus you up Of the church you gets the
blind staegers," and backs up But. remember, Rufus
Ambrosia Lee you won't make no graveyard out of my
heart 20 bury your perddiosity In Huh. Is this
Preacher Pattisou? Is this Parson Pattison?
PATTIsON-This am Mr.. George Washington Patti
son y. D. and d. A. VI.
VENUS-Do you hear that, Rufus Lee? know you're
getting cold feet already. Preacher George Washington
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Never good telephone scene
much can be
procured and the atmosphere created
Have htated plumbing profession?
Does chickenang you
deaf
couaged the iantor of
Remember both widely differing
points of be besides
always at the rooftheatres day.
Go to it. the Great White Way waiting for you! -<(
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Lee, they am no
explainin W h y
some Of US have
to suffer m ore
than others on
this earth, but as
the storm done
bowed over aud
all is well that
don't turn out bad,
you will kiss your
wife and then go
forth into the
world and multi
ply like black
berries!
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Now comes the

Now comes the
heroine evading
her pursuer. She
stands despair
gly on the dizzy
brink, when anon
she sees Bossy
d S e m b ark king
across the gulch.
Her method of
fight is clear
now. She hurls
herself on the
next cloud just
as her pursuer,
appearing on the
precipice, gnash-
es his teeth and
announces his I'M
righteous rage be
cause there are
no more clouds
at present to help
him carry out his
I e ii purposes.
These are call.
ed I" practical "
clouds. Any stage
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PAITISON-Did you &C
ceptuate his profferation OF
nuptiaIity?
VENUS did-wlth limi-
tations!
PATTISON-Huh!
VENUS said I thought
to-day would be better, 'kase
twas sooner.
PATTIsON-This was Sat
uTday night?
VENUS-Dog If know II
it was Saturday night or Sun
day morning. When Rufus
called he stayed 50 long that
his nights ran into days and
his days into nights.
PATTISON-But twas on
or about Saturday night, more
or less?
VENUS-Yes, and now to.
day he comes to my doml-
cile and says he's changed his
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(This will be continued next sunday9
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-22

unto this union was born a son,
now about fourteen years of age.
His mother died shout year
ago.
The two sons, Lee and Everett,
reside in this community;
the former on a farm one mile
north of town, while the latter
was living In town with his faith
er and going to school. The two
daughters live in distant States.
and for causes unavoidable could
not attend the funeral.
Mr.. May was highly esteemed
as a devout Christian gentleman.
He was a matter-of-fact, quiet
man of few words; and very
much disliked to see anybody
wronged. He was also a man of
siderable wealth.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted at the Baptist church by
Rev. w. E. G.. Humphries, who,
in a most impressive and touch
ing sermon, spoke of the many
kindly deeds and Christian vir-
tues of the diseased, and tender
ly offered consolation to the be-
rieved.
The remains were lovingly and
tenderly placed to rest in the
Elgin cemetary.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-22
Missives From Mistletoe

Sid Williams is on the jury at
the county seat these two weeks.
Gallon Warsham, from Rush
Springs, is visiting his old friend
and pal, A. B. Sperling, this
week.
c. A. Sperling and family Wis
tied his wife's sister and folks,
east of Sterling. Saturday and
Sunday.
Grandpa Lee, from NARROW,
is visiting his grand daughter,
Mrs. A. B. Sperling, and family
this week.
Mr.. Hooper lost a fine mare
last week. He had first bought
her for $4,000, which makes it
more discouraging for him.
That Farmers Meeting at
Elgin sounds good to us. and
we want the second number of
the series to be held at Mistle-
toe.
Next Sunday Bro. Humphries
is to fill his regular appointment
with US at Mistletoe, If not Prov
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-22

identially hindered. So all We
church goers and Sunday school
folks come and hear a sermon
that will do you good.
Sunday school met with a good
attendance last Lords day. A
generous collection and fine at
tention were the main features
of the occasion.
This community is about to
experience dire calamities and
dreadful happenings cause
Millard Richardson was seen at
Sunday school on Sunday last.
Ottie King, his sister Ruth,
Joe Montgomery, Gailen Worsh-
am, and A. B. Sperling and fam
lily, stormed the generous board
of Tom Sperling at noon Sunday.
John Keiss has now begun to
fully realize the fact that the
paregoric period of life is full of
spoons and midnight squalls, for
he has become the proud father
of a boy. Mother and baby are
doing nicely; but John is in o
precarious condition.
w. A. Mitchell and A. B.
Sperling got their fishing tackles
together Thursday and be-
took themselves to the beautiful
banks of Beaver, where they
cast their lines into the placid
waters of that crystal stream
with a result not herein worthy
of mentioning.
SHORTY.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-22

Charles V. May, one of Elgin's
highly esteemed citizens died
Sunday morning very suddenly.
He had been in poor health
for a number Of years and
his sudden passing away was
not unexpected.
Mr.. May was born near
Charleston, West Virginia, May
9th. 184S. When but a small
boy his parents moved to Iowa.
There, in 1878, he was married
to Symatha Shoemaker; and un-
to them was born one son and
two daughters. Mrs. May died
IN March 1886. In 1893 Mr.. May
was married to Lottie Black, and
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-22
From District No. 18

Every one was glad to see the
fine rain Monday night.
Joe Kolker and family spent
Sunday at the Lodes home.
Hewitt Skinner and Alice
Young attended the ball game
at Fletcher Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence, of
Lawton, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Lon Clayton.
Those who visited at Chas.
Compton's Sunday were, Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Compton. Mrs.
Alice Smith and Mrs. Ray Comp
ton. The latter is here on visit
from Yukon.
Several young folks of this
vicinity took a dance craze last
Friday night, and straightway
pro 'eedod to hunt a dance OF
make one, as they put it. The
hunt consumed several hours of
pleasant driving; but it seems
their efforts were finally award
ed. Anyway ask them about it.
Last Friday, May 18th, ended
the eight months school term of
1928. with a total Of forty-one
on the roll. The picnic at the
Cache creek bridge was not as
well attended as it should have
been, on account of most of the
farmers working in the field
though all who were present re.
port having spent a splendid
day.
CAESARS GHOST
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-22
Farmers Institute Call

All members of the Farmers
Institute organized at Temples
Hall, Elgin, Mondy night, May
10Th. are requested to again meet
at the same place Tuesday night,
May 9th, to complete the or
ganization. O. H. PUTNEY,
President.
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Local News Items
l:..a:*.:.:.:-:."..*a+*++++++A**.
Charley Combs, of Lawton,
was in Elgin Tuesday.
DR.. J. F. Gamble and wife
were Lawton visitors Wednes-
day.
H. B. Schuttler went to Law
ton Tuesday morning and return
ed on the noon train.
D. E. McAnaw went to Okla
homa City Tuesday, to attend
the grain dealers meeting.
Frank Brandon will be on the
jury in the Dirtrict Court for
two weeks, beginning Monday.
Sweet potatoe plants for sale,
at reasonable rates. Also Cow
Peas. w. G. Sorrel, six miles
south. Route 2.
Frank Maloney, of Sterling,
was in Elgin Tuesday. He is
much elated over the oil pros
poets in that vicinity.
A. b. Rutherford, who has been
in bed several days with rheuma-
tism, is again hauling the mail
between Elgin and Sterling.
Last Saturday J. E. Weber
shipped one hundred and ten
gallons Of cream tc the Cont
mental Creamery Company at
Oklahoma City
L. C. Coffin and Mr.. Stauffer
left Monday morning for Chand-
Ter, to attend the annual en-
campment Of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
w. w. Brunskill went to Okla
homa City Tuesday to take in'
the grain dealers's meeting. He
was accompanied by his sister,
Miss Brunskill, who will return
from there to her home in Cali
fornia.
The patrons Of the Elgin
school have much reason to re-
joice over the extended two
months of school. The Misses
Sena and Linda Crawford are
the teachers, and report an at
tendance of forty pupils.
Word came from Chandler this
morning that our highly esteem.
ed fellow townsman l.. G. Coffin
had been elected Department
Commander Of the Grand Army
of the Republic. Thus Elgin is
again placed prominently on the
map, for which the citizens are
thankful and proudly extend
congratulations.
Steve Sanders and Miss Irene
Cayhill, at the home of the
brides mother, seven miles
southeast of Elgin, were united
in the holy bonds of matrimony
Tuesday evening by Rev. W. E.
G. Humphries, in the presence
of a few relatives and friends,
Their hoste of friends wish then
much JOY and a few nd'-'hills
strewn along the way.
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Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-22
Mistletoe School

The school at Mistletoe closed
Friday, 2nd,- with fifty pupils en-
rolled, as against forty-seven
last year.
Those graduated last year from
the seventh grade were: Miss
Halce Richardson, Miss Lizzie
Spencer, Master Clarence Nor
gan, and Master Lloyd Myers.
Those that graduated from the
eighth grade and received county
diplomas this year were: Miss
Blanche Richardson, Miss Lizzie
Spencer, Miss Halcie Richardson,
Clarence Morgan, and Lloyd
Myers.
Those that graduated from the
seventh grade this year were:
Charley Richardson, Clayton
Myers, Earl Morgan, Joe Mont
gomery, Earnest Scheetz, Miss
Ruth King, Miss Emmogene
Montgomery, Miss Blanche Rich
ardson, and Miss Ida Scheetz.
The boys and girls of this
school are highly praised for
their earnest, thorough work
during the last two years.
We were unable to have our
picnic the last day on account of
the measles and scarlet fever.
MRS. MYRTLE HARRISON,
Teacher.
G. F. MORGAN,
Director.
j. T. DOTsON,
Treasurer.
j. G. LAKE,
Clerk.
DIR. JERRY ASHLEY
Office: Fletcher Hotel
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