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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-05-29
Items of General Interest.

items Oh UeuefdA lNtcFeSt.
The grand lodge, Knights of Py-
thias is in session at Aiken this week.
The 23rd annual reunion of the
United Observation-Disclosures is in ses-
sion this week ut Chattanooga, Tenn.
xxx
A column of grass-hoppers eigh-
teen miles long and five miles wide
is reported in northeastern New
Mexico.
Mr. Matt Clark and seven children
of White Pond, Aiken county, mar
nowly escaped death last week from
ptomaine poisoning caused by eating
canned goods.
Painter, known as the Fer
tilizer King" a millionaire fertilizer
manufacturer, was drowned last
week in the St Johns river, near
Jacksonville, Florida.
xxx
Pleas Gordon, a white boy, was
killed at Pacolet Saturday night by
Howard Pridemore. The instrument
of death was a stick, with which
Pridemore struck Gordon on the neck
The race question has been put
sluarely up to Postmaster General
Burleson, in a petition signed by
more than eight thousand railway
mail clerks, urging the segregation
of white and negro employees in the
service.
At Long Beach, California, on,May
"a, amidst the festivities of British
Empire Day.. a double-decked pier
on which were crowded 10000 peo-
pie collapsed, causing thirty.six
persons to be killed and injuring
many hundreds.
Norman Hapgood, sometime edi-
tor of Golfers Weekly, who recent
ly purchased Harper's Weekly from
Col George Harvey, has accepted an
invitation to make the annual ad-
dress before the South Carolina Press
association at Charleston June 2.
xxx
Following a dispute brought on by
a demand for cigarettes to be sold
on Sunday in violation of the law,
w B Stevens, commissary clerk OF
the Norfolk Southern railroad, shot
and probably fatally wounded G S
Smith, chief of the construction force
last Sunday at Charlotte, N G.
Charles M Galloway, of South
Carolina. secretary to Senator E D
Smith and clerk of the immigration
committee of the Senate, has been
named by President Wilson to sue.
ceed General John C Black as a mem
ber of the United States Civil Serv.
ice commission, Mr. Galloway was
formerly a member of the editorial
staff of the Columbia State.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-05-29
OUIK.,ssE sHI IRON THE MOST
:.::ff;ECTuAL GENERAL TONIC
Groves Tasteless chill Tonic Combines both
II TasteIess form. The Ouinine drives
out Malaria and the Iron builds up
TIE System. For Adults and
Children.

You know what you are taking when
YOU take GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC, recognized for 80 years throug h
out the South as the standard Malaria,
Chill and Fever Remedy and General
Strengthening Tonic. It is as strong as
the strongest bitter tonic, but You do not
taste the bitter because the ingredients
do not dissolve in the mouth but do dis
solve readily in the acids of the stomach.
Guaranteed by your Druggist. We mean
it. Soc.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-05-29

Mr. B w Butler of Florence was in
town this week.
Mrs Emma Jarvis is visiting
friends at Union.
Mr. C C Brinkley spent several
days here this week with his family.
Mr. A S Hardy of Sumter visited
Kingstree, his former home, this
week.
Mrs Mae Matthews of Henderson
vile, N C, spent the weekend with
Mrs C C BrinAley.
Mrs C A Milhous of Savannah, Ga.
is the guest of her parents, MIR and
Mrs H D Reddick.
DR. w L Taylor has purchased an
Overland touring car from Messrs
Hamer-Thompson Co.
We are glad to hear that Mr. j q
Mcconnell, our efficient chief of po-
lice. is able to be out.
Mrs Eleanor McMaster, nee Gour-
din, of Florence visited her sister,
Mrs w G Gamble, this week.
RIB Hutson of Rowland. N c,
spent the weekend here with his
brother, Mr. j Percy Hutson.
Mr. RN Speigner and P H Stoll,
ESQ, are representing Kingstree lodge
No 81, K of P, at the grand lodge
now in session at Aiken.
The Kingstree Hardware Co is
prepared to supply your needs in
everything in its line at short no.
tice and at lowest prices. Read its
new ad on first page.
Some rare bargains are offered in
Jenkinson Bros Co.'S new ad on
page a. This firms goods are al
ways way up in quality, but way
down in price," but prices will now
be cut still lower.
Among those attending the reun-
ion of Confederate Veterans at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, this week from this
county are: Sheriff Geo j Graham.
Clerk of Court H o Britton, Hon r
H Kellahan and Mr. A w Flagler of
Cades.
Rev Harold Thomas, rector of st
Johns parish, Florence, will conduct
services and deliver lecture at st
Adams Episcopal church Tuesday,
June 10,at $50 p. m. The public is
cordially invited and solicited to at
tend this service.
We are indebted to the courtesy
of DR. Chandler Maurice Scott, a
member of the graduating class. for
an unusually handsome invitation to
the eighty-fifth commencement exer-
cises of the South Carolina Medical
college, to be held in the Academy OF
Music, Charleston, June 2.
We return appreciative thanks to
our esteemed friend, Mr. John M
Sturgeon of Lake City, for a couple
of baskets of strawberries which he
sent US last week. These were the
irst Strawberries we had laid eyes
In this season and to say that we en-
Epyed them but family expresses our
appreciation of the delicious fruit.
MrH Foxworth. of White Oak, "
in the Cades section, was in town yes
terday and requested us to state for
the benefit of farmers throughout
the county who may be thinking OF
turning live stock into rye fields, that
on Saturday night he had twelve
head of hogs to die as the result OF
lone days feeding in a rye field: UP,
on opening the dead animals ne found
that the rye boards had penetrated
the nav and entered the liver.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-05-29
Piles Cured in 6 to IA Days

Your druggist will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in eto II days.
The first application gives Ease and Rest. soc.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-05-29
for Convenience.

Entirely apart from the many
other advantages Of a Person
al Checking Account at the
Bank, the convenience of it is
no small consideration. The
ability to make purchases and
pay bills after banking hours
without the necessity of al
ways having a pocketful of
money is worth a great deal.
With a Check Book in your
pocket, you are taking no risks
of losing money and yet you
always have all of your money
on hand and ready for use.
One is as liable to need money
before nine in the morning or
after three as between those
hours. The Personal Check
Book settles the matter.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-05-29
IOCALE7111
NEWS t488

Glow sweet to me is the May-day scene.
The woods is green and the fields IS
green,
And the sky is as soft as the coolng
dove.
That you've heard so highly spoken
Of"
Bill Nye.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-05-29

For RENT-In Kingstree. first class
concrete building with store room, and
seven living rooms upstairs. Recently
occupied by Butler Dry Goods Co: A
splendid location for mercantile busi-
ness. Apply to W.T. WILKINS,
5-15-tf Kingstree, S G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-10
SEASON To OPEN
At C. j. TONIGHT
Blue and Gray Basket Ball
Team to Play Game Against
Mount st. Joseph.
lNTERSECTIONAL GAMES
ARE BEING ARRANGED
Probable That Many Contests Be.
tween Western and Eastern
Elevens Will Take Place Soon.
BY n. C. BYRD.

Georgetown will open its basket ball
season tonight. The Blue and Gray
quint is scheduled to play it's first game
against the Mount st. Joseph's team. The
contest will take place in the Ryan gym
nasium at Georgetown.
There is little doubt that the Hilltop
pers will start their schedule with a de-
cisive victory. The team is much
stronger combination than that which
represented Mount ST. Josephs against
George Washington last week. There
will hardly be any comparison between
the two fives, and the local aggregation
should finish in the lead by wide mar
gin. Besides having the better players,
Georgetown will also show much superb
GRITTY in its coaching.
1t is probable that Coach Colliflower
will start his men in the following posi-
tons: Tormey at center. Waldron and
Kelly at forwards and Wetzell and Foley
give his best to the game. with trouble
from a rather weak knee. it is likely
that this will be the most formidable
combinatioI. the Blue and Gray has put
on a floor in basket ball in many years.
The main strength of the team will CEN
ter in its fine defensive play. as was
the case last year. but with Tormey in
the game all the time a much better Of
fensive system is likely to be shown.
There is no doubt that it is only a
question of time before the big western
and big eastern universities will be meet
ing one another on the gridiron regular
ly. The demand for intersectional con-
tests is growing stronger every year. and
even now there is talk of adding another
to the list of those already being played.
1t Is probable that Chicago will play
either Harvard or Yale next fall, and
there is every chance that one or two
other games will be arranged.
There has been no real method OF COM
pairing the strength of western and east
ern foot ball teams, except through the
medium of comparative scores, which are
of little account for that purpose 1t has
been impossible to tell just the exact rela-
tive merits Of the western and eastern
styles of play. but if games are arranged
in which Princeton, Yale and Harvard
the best of the eastern elevens. will figure
against two or three of the western teams
there will be a real champion developed
there being no doubt that the foot ball In
the middle west and east is much supe-
rior to that in the Rocky mountain coun-
try and along the Pacific coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-10
PRACTICE BEFORE
PLAYING A MATCH

class. but those two miserably messed
holes prevent him from having any
chance for the low score he coveted
e anere f are important tbs lessons to be
overambitious golfer that can be
brought home only by briefly touching
on MS m1sfortunes. In the first place
some s6nM,d sort or of Of preliminary practice
serious round after long absence
from the game
While the rules governing medal
pay competitions do not permit a
or to putt upon any of the green's in
advance of the round, the practice can
pc had in other ways It is a good
plan to get caddy and walk out on
some un1requented bit of land along a
Iair green and whack out a few balls
with the driver. brassey and irons
until you get the arms and the clubs
WORKING in unison. Then. if there is
practlce green, play few balls
what ball feels like and you can
gauge distances.
After very few moments of such
practice pr IL ~, It Is almost second nature to
sweet one down the course. to be fol-
lowed by others. Notwithstanding
the preliminary practice it is well to
go slow at the start and not seek too
much so early in the game. Play the
first hole for a safe or as the dis
lance may indicate. Repeat the same
cautious treatment on No. 2, and so all
the way around, and you will be sur
prlsed how easy it is to make a much
better score than when You seek to
beat DOGGY on every hole. Many may
say that such golf is not sporty" and
that it is an old mans game. but when
you have once mastered the degree of
self-control and patience represented in
such training you can safely COM
mence to indulge in efforts calculated
to produce lower scores.
STRAIGHT Drive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-10
BY J. ED GRILLO.

The election of John kinley Tener, Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, to the presidency
of the National League has placed that
organization on the most formidable foot
ing it has ever enjoyed.
Teners election puts an end to the poll
teal squabbles with which the league has
was the unanimous choice of the club
owners. He has been selected for a
four-year term. during which time he is
sure to enjoy the confidence and respect
of the members of the league, as well
as the base ball public in general. Tener
will not only prove himself a capable
leader of his league. but he will make
suitable man to represent his organ
ization on the national commission. I'm
der Teners regime the affairs of the
senior organization will be conducted
much more smoothly than heretofore,
and there is at last chance for it to re-
gain the prestige it lost by reason of
its unsportsmanlike conduct in years gene
by.
incidentally the election of Tener will
bring the two major leagues on more
harmonious basis. Tener has the re-
spect of Ban johnson and the club own
ers of the American League.
1t remained for a man who just came
into base ball to see the advantage of
having Tener lead the league. President
w. F. Baker-of the Philadelphia club
is responsible for Tener returning to base
ball Baker, who was formerly 4. police
commissioner of the city of New York.
became the president of the Philadelphia
club at the death of his brother-in-law,
Will Locke, last fall. Realizing that the
league was not nourishing because of
the factional strifes which were preva-
lent. Baker set about to find man suit
able to fill the position of president. He
suggested Gov. Tener. former, ball
player and man of character and prom
thence. Tener's candidacy found the
support of every club owner in the league
and his unanimous election is the result.
But for Baker Tener would probably
have never been dreamed of in connec-
ton with the National League presidency
and the club owners would have been tied
up in their annual fight when the ques-
ton of electing a president came UP this
winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-10
TO VOTE ON CINCINNATI HIT.
Base Ball Writers Will Mail in Their
Opinions on Scoring Rule.

NEW YORK, December 1O.-The an
nual meeting of the Base Ball Writer'S
Association of America was held yester-
day afternoon in the WaIdorf-Astoria.
OF 1S1 members less than two dozen at
tended. The report OF the president, Joe
S. Jackson, who was unable to attend
because of illness at home, was read and
adopted.
The report of W. ]. Weart secretary
and treasurer, showed a balance of $3.50
in the treasury The handling of the
press accommodations during the recent
worlds series was reviewed and resolu-
ton was passed calling for the appoint
ment of Il member of the association to
act as supervisor of the press tickets
wherever the worlds series is played in
future
1t was voted to call for mail vote on
the suggestions of the committee on scor-
ing. which will involve final disposal of
the much discussed Cincinnati base hit -
1t was voted also to increase the salary
of the secretary-treasurer So a year
Joe S. Jackson of Detroit was reelected
president for the ensuing year, while w.
j. Weart also was chosen to serve again
as observation-disclosures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-10
Sah RESPONSIBLE for McA1eer Selling Interest Boston Gu
lake STAHL RESPONSIBLE
FOR GUSHING OF MAILER
Deposed Manager of Boston Club Gets His Revenge
for Discharge in Midseason = Ban
johnson Steps Into Affair.

would have TO run along they We're,
which was perfectly acceptable to Nc
Aleer and Mercy, but not SO to Stahl
after he had been figuratively, if not lit
orally, kicked out of the club.
A hurried call of Stahl on the telephone
was made. Stahl admitted the truth of
the rumor. He wasn't willing to sell his
stock TO the Taylor interests, perhaps.
but he might vote with the Taylors if
he so desired. In the light of previous
incidents he did not consider the gentle
mans agreement any longer binding.
1t then and there became very evident
to McAleer and Mercy that their hold
ings in the club We're quite likely to de-
preciate in value. The only alternative
was to buy Stahl.s stock or sell their
own. They felt that Stahl would hardly
play into McAleer's hands by selling ex-
cepting at an eNorbitant figure. SO it was
decided to SELL
Then came Ban Johnsons gum-shoe
visit to Boston. at which time he had
his conferences with the Taylors. The
Taylors wanted Lannin to buy into the
club. Lannin was willing. Johnson was
interested two ways. He did not wish to
lean League pioneers. lose financially.
neither did he wish to have the 80 per
cent of the stock fall into hands which
were not acceptable to the Taylors and
with whom the team was not likely to
work in harmony.
Iannin was acceptable The Taylors
wanted him in the club. and the Red Sox
started over. just where they were two
years ago. so far as any control on either
side is concerned.
Jake Stah1 has had his revenge. He
forced the man who discharged him from
the management of the Boston team out
of that club and perhaps out of base ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-10
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

That the naidseason discharge of Jake
Stahl from the management of the Bos-
ton club last summer was the direct cause
Of the change in the ownership of that
club. which took place yesterday, elimi-
mating Jim McAleer and Robert Mercy
Is said to be an assured fact. The real
inside story of<the whole affair Is here
told for the first time:
Although matters within the financial
end of the Red Sox had not been gong
so smoothly the second year as during
the first wear of the arrangement, when
the Red Sox were racing into d league
championship and the worlds series title
as we'll there was no surmise from any
quarter Of a change in the ownership
of the club until the time of the annual
meeting of the American League in Chi
caeo last month President McAleer had
then made his plans to accompany the
world touring Sox and Giants and Secre-
farv NcRov was on his way TO Hot
Springs TO spend d vacation.
At the meeting il was learned much
10 the disrnay of McAleer and McRoy.
that the s13.0no worth of stock owned by
Jake Stahl. but held in Randalfs name.
might not be voted at the clubs annual
meeting this month quite in accord with
the McAleer interests. There had been
gentIeman's agreement that the western
ers who had originally purchased one
half OF the Taylor stock should hang to-
gether but with the Taylors having only
~ per cent there could be no control
And in all cases of tie vote matters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-10
F

Overambition is the pitfall that
turks on the links to bring trou-
BILE and dismay to the golfer who
walks to the first tee determined
to make a record score. Perchance
the golfer has not swept a ball
away from tee for a week or more,
but has spent many an hour mentally
working on a new theory for the play
of the round, on the cars or at home.
He has figured that the first hole
should be easily made in 4. the second
in 4, and so on for a round of 81 He
has not limbered up his muscles or
taken any puts on the practice green
before going out for the low score.
He has walked up to the superintend-
ent's office and formally entered the
DAVIS competition, armed himself with
q new score card and pencil, and
thinks himself ready for glorious
performance.
Why not? He went to bed early the
night before. was careful or what ne
ate for a day or two. had rested well
and never felt better in his life. Such
are the prospects as he tees his ball be-
fore the other players awaiting their
turn to strike off.
Our golfer walks up to the tee box
and takes a modest pinch Of wet sand.
and after carefully looking about for
a spot to his liking stoops over and
tees his ball. Next he makes a sttff
and awkward address of his ball and
maybe swing or two. Then he draws
back his club and prepares to deliver
"A slugging blow intended to send the
ball far down the course to give him
the chance for an easy second close up
to the pin. Ambitious desire has proved
too much of a tax on his stfff muscles
and his ball goes sharply off the end
of his club for a slice out Of bounds.
A ,opped ball with a brassy to rough
grass in front of the tee, two more to
get the putting green and then three
puts and seven for a par four hole
is the result The next hole is sub
ject to the same treatment for a seven.
After that our golfer slows down and
makes the remaining holes in very
creditable figures for a man in his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-10
nERTINENI @fNGNT
aXsHappeniq&$S1S

1t will be we'll for the National League
magnates to heed the advice of Tom
Lynch, retiring president. who suggests
that the club owners Inject some dignity
into themselves. There has been an alb
solute lack of craftsmanship displayed by
them in the past. There has not been
season that numerous protests have
not been filed. resulting from decisions
of the umpires. The games reputation
for honesty has been jeopardized by the
very men who are interested in it's sue
cess, and the head of the league has
been kept in hot water.
In the American League protests are al
most unheard of. Ball. games are al
not in the council chambers of the
league
Lynch's advice should be followed by the
National Leaguers, who will help their
organization and the game. as well by
displaying real craftsmanship under all
conditions.
Jimmy Sheckard, who finished the sea-
son with the Cincinnati team last fall.
charges that it was treason on the part
of four members of the team which
caused the undoing of joe Tinker. Sheck-
ard made his charges in New York the
other day and Garry Hermann is said
to have been an interested audience.
Sheckard stated that four of the men,
bers of the team entered into a pact not
"
the head of the team and that they sue
ceeded in throwing away many games
which could have been won.
a, Sheckard's charges should be inveSti-
gated and if they are found true the play
.ers involved should be driven out of base
ball. The game has no room for play
ers who would enter into a conspiracy to
ruin a manager. 1t is just as serious an
offense as to deliberately throw ball
games.
1t is not unlikely that the Cincinnati
club will retain Tinker, though if the
club pursues such a course it will prob
ably be making serious mistake. Tinker
cannot be expected to play on team
which he formerly managed and have his
heart in his work. Further Alore, 1t would
be playing him in a position where he
might be severely criticised if he should
happen to go poorly, for the charge would
be made that he was not trying under
new manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-10
FULTZ DENIES REPORT.
Athletics Have Not Deserted Play.
ers' Fraternity. He Saws.

NEW YORK. December 1O.-President
David L. Fultz of the Base Ball Players
Fraternity issued a statement last night
denying the report that the Philadelphia
Athletics, as "A. team or as individuals
had deserted the fraternity. Fultz said:
Contrary to the report circulated that
the Athletics had deserted the frater-
nifty. l can say without the slightest dan
ger of contradiction that there have been
no OBJECTIONS from our organization from
any source. We have known all along
just where the Athletics stand, and their
attitude today is just the same as it has
been for months 1t is true they did not
sign our petition, being the only team
out of the thirty in the fraternity which
did not do so. but their failure was due
to the preoccupation incident to a sue
cessful pennant fight and a worlds Sc
ries. and not to any hostility to our re-
quests