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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-18
SEATS ARE PROVIDED HERE
IN COMPLIANCE With LAW
Stores in ADGriCuS Comply
With Requirement

Americus business houses are not
disturbed by the recently enacted state
law requiring that all female en-
ployees be provided with chairs that
they may rest when not otherwise en-
gagged, as every store here was thus
equipped, and had been for a long
while. The law, it seems, is just now
being enforced.
Labor Commissioner Stanley has
sent to merchants in all Georgia cities
letter citing the new law, and penal
ty for its violation.
The law under which the commits
sioner is proceeding is as follows:
"All persons and corporations en-
ploying females in manufacturing, MT,
chanical or mercantile establishments
must provide suitable seats and permit
their use by such females when not
necessarily engaged in the active du-
ties for which they were employed.
Any person who shall fail to comply
with the requirements of this section,
and the officers of any corporation
which shall fail to comply with said
requirements, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-18
PUBLIC EYE ON
PRESIDENT now
To Have Other Matters Beside
Tariff Considered

Washington, D. c., March 17.-Con-
gressional circles are keeping a close.
watch on the white house for any in
dication of a change of sentiment to-
ward the consideration of other SUBJ
jects than the tariff the special ses-
sion that is to convene early next
month. 1t has become increasingly
evident with each day of the last week
that currency reform, Philippine inde-
pendence, Panama canal tolls, wom-
ans suffrage and other leading issues
are to be forced upon the attention
of the country before the tariff session
is well begun, and that it will be diff
cult to withstand the pressure to hava
them taken up for action before ad
iournment.
While the older members of botn
houses of congress are urging an eae~a
ly adjournment of the approaching
session, there are scores of new menu
bers in the house and senate who ara
willing and eager o"stay all SUM
mer' if necessary to secure legislative
action upon the subjects in which the3
are intedested
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-18
slight DAMAGE DONE
TO BRIDGES AND ROADS
Repairs Are Now Being Made
On Them

Sumter's half hundred bridges with.
stood the force of the recent flood of
waters better than was expected of
them as, so far as reported here yes
terday, not county bridge has been
swept away, though several of them
lost their dirt approaches, which can
be repaired in few days by the road
gang. 1t was reported that the bridge
over Little Muckalee, near the Shep-
pard place, had been carried away,
but this was found to be incorrect
Some necessary repairs will put all
the bridges into their former condi-
ton.
Supt. Christian will have busy
two weeks in repairing slight damages
to the main roads and making repairs
over the county generally. The most
serious break was that in a new fill
on the Friendship road, recently work
ed, where considerable quantity Of
dirt was swept away by the storm on
Saturday. Muckalee creek, below
Americus, is back within its banks, al
though it spread out Saturday and
Sunday, inundating many acres Of
lowlands.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-18
TWO GEORGIA CITIES FLOODED
BY WATERS OF NEARBY RIVERS
OCMULGEE POURS WATERS
INTO MACON'S LOWLANDS

Macon, Ga, March 17.-Thousands
of people, in autos, on foot and in the
street cars, thronged the banks of the
Ocmulgee river yesterday to view the
great eXpanse of water that spread
over vast areas of the adjacent land
and reached the highest stage but one
in forty years. The crest of the flood
was reached Sunday morning, when
the stage was 236 feet. One year ago
Sunday high record was made at
22.7 feet and the highest in forty years
was in 1902, when the stage reached
"a feet At 43O o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon the river stage had fallen 70
1884 feet.
Traffic over the Southern railway be-
tween Macon and Atlanta is indeG-
nitely cut off and since o'clock yes
terday morning all Southern trains
have been operated over the Central
of Georgia railway between Macon and
Atlanta. The tracks of the Southern
in the vicinity of Danes Ferry, near
Juliette, are under water from one to
four feet deep for distance of sev,
eral miles, and it is not known how
long this condition will exist.
The Macon, Dublin and Savannah
railway is completely out of commits
sion, with mile of tracks and one
trestle washed away just below the
city and the main trestle across the
Ocmulgee in Macon badly damaged
Many of the timbers of the bridge have
been washed away and the track
prop is warped and twisted by the
current.
Workmen are busily engaged in
making such repairs on the bridge as
high waters will permit Of It is i'm
possible to make repairs on the wash
out below the city. as the tracks are
covered with water from one to three
feet in depth, t~-
The breaking of the levee at the
Central City Park Saturday night
caused a big portion of the park to
overflow, and the famous race tracK
there, one of the best in the South, is
half covered with water two to four
feet deep. The basebal park grounds
are completely inundated and several
of the buildings at the park are sur
rounded by water AS the animals and
stock of the Sun Brothers circus are
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-18
MIR. CHAPPELLE INJURED
IN MOTORCYCLE COLLISION
Rather Badly Bruised by Fall Expert
enced.
denneanor.

enced.
Mr. Albert Chappell was painfully,
though not seriously, injured yestef-
day afternoon on Cotton avenue when
his motorcycle came into collision with
a coal wagon Mr.. Chapel was avoid
ing another team, and evidently did
not see the coal wagon until too late
to stop. He was thrown from his
machine and severely bruised, white
the motorcycle was put out of com
mission for a time.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
Much woodSawng But No Real Action Before Kavanaug
SOUTHERN TREATS DIXIE LEAGUE WITH DIPLOMACY

tions between the new league and the
old.
Some of the information can not
be made public just now, but it may
be said that the officers of the Dixie
League are pursuing the plan of eff
fecting an agreement with the South
ern.League by which continuous base
ball may be played in six Southern
League ball towns, the Dixie League
being the sole baseball occupant Of
two more towns, viz, Shreveport and
Little Rock.
The Southern League cities in
which she application Of this plan is
sought are Atlanta, Birmingham, New
Orleans, Memphis. Chattanooga and
Nashville.
THE agreement, submitted by the
Dixie League for the considera-
ton of President Kavanaugh and the
Southern League directors provides.
briefly, that the new league be main
tanned in Glass A, under the terms of
the national agreement, whic hwill
require The consent and approval of
the Southern League in order to gain
that Of the national commission.
In short, 1t is the ambition of the
new league TO present baseball of a
quality comparable to that now
played in the Southern, with the ulti-
mate aim of improving both by prop
er competition increasing the interest
throughout the season, and winding
up with a post season series for the
Southern championship. conducted in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
Vardon and Ray Will
Play at Brookhaven
As Well as East Lake

Since the announcement that Harry
Vardon and Edward Ray. the ia
nous British professional golfers,
would play in Atlanta October II, it
has been arranged to keep the visitors
here two days to give them the OPP
portunity to play over the Brook
haven course of the Capital City
Country Club.
The schedule now includes morning
and afternoon rounds of IS holes at
the East Lake course of the Atlanta
Athletic Club. the opponents of the
British cracks being Stuart Maiden
and Willie Mann, the club profession
ais. The following day morning and
afternoon rounds are to be played at
Brookhaven with the Mckenzie
brothers, professionals at that course.
The tour of the English players in
this country is attracting much at
tention. At Buffalo, \. y. yesterday
they defeated John Harland and ]. o.
Wilson. local professionals, in twa
matches The first game resulted:
Vardon, II; Ray, To- Harland and
Wilson, II each. The second match:
Vardon and Ray II each; HarIand
and Wilson, IS each.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

all respects similarly to the worlds
series between the National and
American Leagues.
THE latest development in the prog
ress of events was the publica-
ton in a number Of newspapers OF
a theory that the placing of another
club in six of the eight Southern
League cities would reduce the classi-
ficatiOn of the Southern League TO
Glass 3, by reason of suppositious
division of the population. on which
the league ratings are based.
The Dixie League, through w. ]
Bacon, its president, and II n. Pharr
the secretary, has just mailed to the
officers Of the Southern League a re-
ply to these assertions. They main
tain that the question is not one Of
population, but of attendance. and
seek to show that the attendance
would be increased by the intrOduc-
ton of a new league, continuous base
ball in six of the cities. and the added
spur to the fans interest.
This, they assert was the result
in the cities Of the major leagues
which support two big league clubs
4 y imposing layout of statistics
II also is called to the attention OF
the Southern Leaguers, adduCed to
show the huge increase in the popu-
lation of the Southern League cities
since the Southern League was or
gained, with the patriotic statement
tina. no other section of the country
can boast such percentage in growth
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

in the same time.
AND now about the attitude of the
n Southern League. on which 50
much depends
The attitude, after a close scrutiny
OF the files in the case. appears to
be one of courteous diplomacy
That is to say, President Kav-
anaugh, the Southern League direc-
tors, and the club magnates are Civ
ing a pleasing imitation Of Messrs.
Talleyrand, Richelieu. ct al
They are diplomating, as it we're.
THE down-to- the minute status OF
the case, so far as we can get
it, seems to be voiced in a letter from
President Galloway. of the Atlanta
club, who. In reply to a bulletin sent
all the league magnates, suggests that
the invitation be extended the pro-
meters Of the Dixie League to appear
before the board Of directors of the
Southern Association and present
their argument In favor of the agree
ment.
MIR. Kavanaugh has selected Mr..
Calloway's reply as a good sample of
the opinion entertained by the other
magnates. and has informed the new
leagues officers that the next meeting
Of the board Of directors will be about
December Is.
And there the affair stands.
AS to editorial comment. we have
a this to offer:
The situation doesn't appear ripe
for editorial comment.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
GOALS FROM FIELD

Following is the football schedule for
to-day:
Harvard VS. University of Maine,
Cambridge. Mass.
Yale VS. Holy Cross, at New Haven.
Princeton VS. Rutgers, al Princeton.
Pennsylvania VS.. Gettysburg, at Phil
adelphia
Cornell VS.. Colgate. at Ithaca
Carlisle VS. West Virginia Wesleyan,
al Carlisle
Brown VS.. Colby, at Providence
Bucknell VS.. Wyoming Seminary at
Lewisburg, Pa.
Syracuse VS.. Hobart. at Syracuse.
Virginia VS. Randolph Macon, at
Minnesota vs. South Dakota, at Min
neapolis.
King Football is formally ushered in
to-day with all the big elevens in ac-
ton. In no case is varsity team called
upon 70 face a dangerous adversary, al
though Princeton has been looking with
a little apprehension toward the con-
test with Rutgers. PENNSYLVANIA, Yale
and Harvard also step from practice to
the actual playing stage.
Harvard starts her opening game with
five substitutes in the line up. A num-
her of the regulars are on the outs
with college authorities and were not
included in the lineup. Among them
were F. b. Wilmington, Hardwick and
Willette.
totally different lineup from that which
faced Wesleyan Wednesday, Captain
Ketcham and Pendleton have boen
moved to the positions Of guards VII
son is al quarterback and Atsworth at
fuliback
After runors had been received at
Princeton that Rutgers, the old time
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
RUN
SIGNALS, vi H
NOSCRIMMAGES
No Candidates viii Be Awarded
Jobs Until Actual Showing
Next Week.

a THENS GA. Sept, Signal
n practice, with some real plays;
more punlng and goal kick
ing were the features of yesterdays
practice. Forward passing still is
receiving considerable attention and
IL Is now an avowed policy of Cum
ningham to make this play a major
factor in the battles of the Red and
Black this fall Mcwhorter is one
Of the surest and best passers in the
South, and IL now remains to develop
the ends in receiving his swift shoots
Nothing towards picking the team
has been done so far and not until
after tho fierce scrimmage of next
week viii any position be allotted
There are from two to four good men
candidates for practically every place
on the team, and nothing but actual
work will decide who draws the as
signment Captain McWhorter at
half and Henderson at tackle are the
only sure guesses Of the squad
4 WIRE from Paddock yesterday
a announced his arrival for to-
day and he win be Immediately sent
in at quarter the first afternoon out.
He is acquainted with the style Of
play used by Cunningham, has been
keeping in training all summer and
only has the signals and plays to
learn in order to be ready for a
game.
Mcclellan. who played fullback on
the 1910 team and has been con-
neCted with the Juvenile State at
Center, has decided to re-enter col
lege. and If he does his presence will
boost the chances of the Red and
Black considerably He Is a big, rangy
fellow Of $50 pounds and his past ex-
perience will make him a handy adj
dition to the squad. He probably. will
be on the field early next week.
M KINNON, freshman center of last
W year, seems to be the find so
far in the search that is being made
for an effective punter. Mack" was
given the task of bcoting 'em down
the field yesterday and had spiral
after spiral sailing at a clip that ex-
celled anything yet seen on Sanford
Field The hole that this youngster
might plug at center is being han
died by Delapierriere, so in the regu-
| lar lineup he has been sent to end
and on receiving forward passes has
shown that he knows how to hug the
horsehide.
Martin, halfback on the Lehigh
eleven Of 1911. has entered the uni
versity, but is not eligible to play
this year. He will be next year If
he remains in college Henry Col
lier. the premier Tech hurler of a
| few seasons past, also has matricu-
lated and will do service on the
mound after his second year in col
lege.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
BY 0. B. Keller.
y NE thing about that new Dixie
J League and it's parents-you
gotta give 'em credit.

u
gotta give EN- credit.
They're going right ahead, saving
wood, and saying a good deal about
it, too
Well, you remember when the
American League started - no?
Doesn't make any difference. 1t did
start. And there was a lot Of what
Sherman sadly ar-was.
But 1t sticks in our craw that the
American League is very much with
US to-day
Nevertheless and Notwithstanding
which. this is not by way of being a
declaration Of a Declaration of War
by the said Dixie League progenitors.
Not by long slide.
THE Dixie League is saving its
wood in a commercially peaceful
and peaceable manner. 1t is in cor
respOndence with the president and
directors of the Southern Association
of Baseball Clubs. and II is not
threatening to tear up the earth or
otherwise gum the situation in South
ern baseball.
HE GEORGIAN has been supplied,
very cOurteously with full set
of information concerning recent and
pending spondenCe and negotia-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
MuIEps pEotIcE Fan

MILWAUKEE,, Sept Milwaukee
lost yesterday and Minneapolis won. re-
ducing Milwaukees lead for the Asso-
citation title materially This leaves
Milwaukee two and one half games
ahead of Minneapolis with five games to
be played. Milwaukee can. however.
only lose the pennant by losing two
games, while Minneapolis wins all its
remaining five
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
Him LOSES HARDINcER

CHAMPAIGN, ILL Sent Illiui
to-day is mourning the loss Of Paul
HardingeT. huge guard on last years
freshman team. iardinger was full
" convinced he would battle with
his old teammates but he changed
his mind after a talk with his father
and now Paul is on his way to join
the Maroons.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

looked for in both contests. Other con-
ference teams are watching the per
Torrance Of the Minnesota and Indiana
elevens. II was admitted that no idea
of Mnnesota's strength will be CLEANED
from to-day's game
Fast work was urged by Coach Smith
at Purdue yesterday in the game be-
tween the varsity and the scrubs Tur-
ner, one of the Varsity'S stars. was our
of the game with bad knee
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
CHAMP. IN CHICAGO Tomorrow

IHTI8ID, Sept. Wv IIUc Hif0NI0
worlds champion lightwe'g ht puGilist.
will be in Chicago tomorrow. according
TO telegram received to-day. Gitchic,
who Is on his way from the coast wired
from Ogden that he would arrive in Chi
caEo ON the Overland Limited ri $50 to-
morrow morning
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
KETcHEL WINS DECISION.

DENVER, Sept. 27-Steve Ketchel,
Of Chicago, was given the decision
over Stanley Yoallum, of East Las
Vegas, n. Mex. here last night at the
end of ten rounds Of fierce fighting.
The decision was popular
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
WILL
Be SORE BOSS IF
JOHNSTON HITS
Bv Bill Bailey.

|HICAGO, Sept. 27.--Do you kno v
what it cost the Milwaukee club
- to allow Russell Blackburne to
ioin the White SoX? or rather
what they lost because the White
Sox had an option? No? Wen
II cost them $4,000 and it was in
good hard cash. Barney Dreyfuss,
owner of the Pirates, was the man
who was willing to separate himself
from that amount Of coin in order
to make the ex-White SoX a mem
Der of his team.
one Of the Dreyfuss scouts looked
Blackburne over very carefully and
he reported that Russell was the lad
they were seeking for that Pirate
infeld. and $4,000 was offered; but
It could not be accepted because the
White Sox had an option. You can
wager that Mrs Alice Havenor, the
owner Of the Milwaukee club, was a
most nervous woman on August Is.
That was the last day upon which
the Chicago team could exercise its
option
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

BROOKIYN, Sept 27.-Big JEFF Tes-
reau helped the Giants put the National
League championship in cold storage 70
dav McGraW's men defeated Brooklyn
4 TO 2 Allen and Brown did the slab
work for Brooklyn. Tesreau held the
Dodgers to 4 hits.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
Standing Of the Clubs
fridays Results.

Detr0lt-C IeVeIanC, ram.
Chicago. 8; St. Louis, 2,
Washington, 3; New York, o.
Boston, 10; Philadelphia, 4.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
Standing Of the Clubs.
ErldaY,s Results.

Pittsburg. 6; Chicago, I.
Philadelphia, 6-9; Boston, $40.
New York. 4 Brooklyn, ?,
Cincinnati St. Louis; off-day
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

convinced that he will run the bases
with the stars of the big show, de-
spite his wonderful record in the
Coast League. But he is positive that
he will not hit.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
OTHER RESULTS.
American Association.

columbus, I; Kansas CITY, ..
indianapolis, 20; Milwaukee, 10
Minneapolis. 2 Toledo, 0.
Louisville, :: St. Paul, 4.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
TECH ALL SET
FORF|RST CAME
Of 1913SEASON
Mcdonald and Patten Out of Line
up in Clash With Mcpherson
Soldiers To-day.

n LONG with the prospects of a
N tough game this afternoon at
Grant Field the Tech football
future was frightened considerably
yesterday by the arrival Of Churchir.
a 2OO-pound Texan. from Allen Acad-
envy, Bryan, Texas.
Churchill is an all-round athlete
being especially strong in football
the shot put and the pole vault, ana
while he will be ineligible for football
this year, he should show much class
IN the track meets next spring.
The game with the soldiers of tna
Seventeenth Infantry from Fort Nc
Pherson, of course, is attracting most
of the attention. but Heisman Is not
letting the approaching combat take
any edge off his training plans.
Squad Has Been Pruned.
The squad has been cut from 100
to so members, divided into varsity
and scrub members which, in turn.
are divided into two teams each. to
facilitate the handling and attention
OF the coaches. Heisman has the SUI
pervisiOn of the varsity, of course
with the No. l scrubs under Coach
Alexander Montague and Jim Moore
nave charge of the scrub secon Is.
both of them showing much aptitude
for the coaching business, with pros
poets of assisting Heisman very ma
terially in the work.
All is not joy, however. The hos
pital list is growing, and its latest
member is none other than All M
Donald, the star quarterback being
put out of the game yesterday by a
wrenched knee He viii be out sew
eral days. Gene Patten is slowly re-
covering from his knee injury and
probably will be out another week.
To-day's Line-Up.
Following is the expected lineup
for the game to-day:
Tech. Soldiers.
Goree, le... e. E. E. :. ..Bingle. -
Rainey, 1t. :. .. =. ..McGary, 1t.
Lang, IS. Slater lS.
IraWlck' c. Hickey, c.
Means, re-. =. e. e. Stock, re-.
Alexander TT. Knight, TT.
Lucas, re. Mahoney, re.
Johnson, q. SWartz, q.
COOK, IN. Bradbury, III
Montague, m. Flynn, RI.
fFeas, I. Moore, l.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Saturday.

New York at Brooklyn.
Boston at Philadelphia
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Pittsburg at St. Louis.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
Standing of Clubs.
MEXICAN LEAGUE.

st, Louis at Chicago.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Washington at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

NATURALLY a manager must have
~ something to base that opinion
upon and it was what Johnston failed
to show last spring that caused him
to reach that conclusion Johnston
looked a bad hitter then when he was
getting a base hit. If he fails to stick
with the Cubs. the Sox manager will
be there with the Il told you So
If Johnston comes through and does
as well in the National League as
he did in the Coast League. what Cal
will say will never make its way into
n newspaper. Certainly in none that
circulate through the mails. You can
wager he will be sorely disappoint-
ed man.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
JIMMY JOHNSTON. the outfelI

JIMMY JOHNSTON, the outfleld-
J er secured by the Cubs from
the San Francisco club Of the Pacific
Coast League. is much discussed
ball player these days. Johnston was
also a former Southern League star.
If Johnston hits for the Cubs, Man
ager Callahan, of the Sox. will have
many regrets and viii probably be
pretty sore boss. But Callahan is
certain that he viii not. Callahan
had the first crack at the coast won
der. Cal turned 1t down. Then Presi-
dent Murphy secured him in the
draft Callahan is quite certain the
youngster will field all right He isn't
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

Despite "A stiff knee, it was said that
OHearu, right end FOR Cornell would
start in the game this afternoon,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

The 1913 gridiron season begins in
tile Middle West to-day with Minnesota
meeting South Dakota ~ Minneapolis
ana Indiana clasbiug with DeI'auw at
Bloomington Early season thrills are