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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-25
tPosed by Ball of the Red sox.l

tPosed by Ball of the Red Sox.]
where he could and when on the scent
was as sectetive as a detective. Com
petition was stiff, and all the clubs
were wondering where Frisbee dug
UP his live ones"
Pop Frisbee has another job now.
He is an inspector for a public service
corporation. Into his work he puts
no enthusiasm, and out Of it he gets
no pleasure. His salary check is
smaller, too. and it may be that he
notices the increased cost Of living.
His judgment Of a ball player is ev-
cry bit as keen as twas ten years ago,
and he still retains the qualities OF
mind which made him u success as a
scout. Then why is he an inspector?
Because he was laughed out Of base
:. ball-guyed out of the business to
which he gave the best years of his
life. He was the victim Of a practical
Joke which was certainly aimed
Mt Robert Davis Frisbee.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-25

his hands, "where will l find the sport
daily?'
The Mexican appeared troubled and
began to roll a cigarette.
"Quien sabe." he said.
"Meegan is his name" said Pop
Johnny Meegan."
"Ah!." said the youth. with a smile.
He pointed toward Il large adobe house
which stood on a slight rise of ground
on the outskirts Of the village.
The front door of the adobe house
was open. and, as no attention was
paid to his knock, Pop Frisbee stepped
inside. In the middle of a large room
W men were seated on opposite sides
of u table-a negro and an Indian. A
white man.. little more than a skele-
ton. sat at a small table with a pencil
in his fingers and a pad of paper be-
fore him. 1t was Fred Parks. Not
n of the queer trio looked up as Pop
entered the room, and the two men
at the large table were deeply en-
crossed in some game which they were
playing.
There was Il click, a whirring sound
which ceased suddenly. and the white
man said:
"That was a strike. jeff. You Of
fered at it,
Pop Frisbee was about to speak, but
this remark jolted the conversation out
of him. ga striker He Offered at
it, What nonsense was this?
Once more the Indian bent over his
end of the board. His blue black hair
tumbled down over his crimson blan-
ket, and he squinted hard at a trigger
which should release a round white
pellet the size of a small marble. At
the opposite angle Of the board the ne
gro crouched in an expectant attitude.
"Come on, A%ntonio" he coaxed.
Get 'em oveh. Get 'em oveh!!
The Indian jerked smartly at a
string. the trigger fell. and the round
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-25

pellet shot onward. Ine negro muue
an abrupt motion with his wrist, there
was a click, and the pellet went flying
back until it was stopped by the rail
ing about the board. The thin man
arose and examined the spot where the
ball struck.
"a two base hitw he exclaimed.
"That scores the man on second. Who
is that-Hayes or Tilden?
The Indian picked up a small counter
which had been lying on the board,
turned it over and spoke in excellent
English.
"Neither one. This is Cleveland.
You'll have to be more careful with
that score. Parks. You'll get it all
balled up again"
The negro crowed.
81 been a-layin' for that curve ball
of yours for three innings" he said.
"Stick it over here again. and watch
what I'll do to it,"
Pop Frisbee started to edge toward
the door.
"I've got into a private asylum" he
thought.
Just then there came a quick step on
the hard baked earth outside. and two
young men burst into the room. A
voice cried:
Flows the game going, Tony? The
Apaches eatin' 'em alive, as usual?
Come on, you Singing Mule! That's
the Well, for heavens sake! Pop
Frisbee!"
And before Frisbee knew how it hap
pened there was Johnny Meegan, thin
and brown and evidently as hard as a
wire nail, pumping away at his right
hand and trying to thump him on the
back with his left.
"%Johnny," said the scout, its good
to see you a~gain-good to e you look
ing so we'll. Your Chicago friends
| would never believe it was the same
fellow. Why, you look fit to go ten
rounds with a championw
Continued toIlPage Six
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-25
lV.-T
$50: LEA I:
By CHARLES E. vANIoAN
From 1.-The Ten Thousand Dollar Arm
and Other Tales of the Big League"
Copyright. 1912, by small nov,,rd s.c..-
tTA oBERT DAVIS FRISBEE, Pop
Frisbee for short. was a big
league scout.

opLitI DAVIS FRlSBEE, Pop
frlsbee for short, was a big
In league scout.
tOr the benefit of those who
may not know the exact status of the
aseball scout we will lay a finger on
a few OF the conditions which created
this particular branch of the sporting.
service.
A long time ago baseball was a rec
reatlon. Then it grew into a CONNER
clal experiment, broadened into q nav
ing proposition and is now in point of
money invested, interests staked and
popular following, the greatest out
door amusement enterprise in the
world.
when baseball began to pay the
managers set about securing perform
ers who would draw money at the box
ohce-that is to say, players who
could win games. The game itself de-
veloped along scientific lines, and the
big league came next, with it's ever
increasing demand for new blood.
The big league is an unfeeling sort
OF an octopus. The player who strug-
giles to the top holds his job just so
long as he can play his position a lit
! tie bit better than any other man
whom the management can find. and
he management is everlastingly on
the lookout for that other man. That
is where the scout comes into play.
His job is to find the boys who are to
be the stars of tomorrow.
Pop frlsbee was a good scout. Be
tween his teens and his thirties he
mad been Il ball player and a team cap
tain famous in the minors. His in
ability to hit high class pitching had
condemned him to spend his active
days just outside major league organi-
cations, but he was Il marvellous field
ing first baseman and had a knack
tor developing raw material in a short
space of time.
When Frisbee started to take on
weight and could no longer spear
the bad throws at first he began to
look about him for a permanent posi-
ton OF some sort, and Timothy Cahill
at That time managing the Wanderers
from the bench, employed Frisbee as
a scout. Cahill had once played sec
ond base under Frisbee, and he had
respect for Pops Judgment of a year
ling.
frisbee went about his work silent
ly. He V hunted ball players with
a BRASS band or a %torchlight process
sion, and he kept his mouth shut.
Once during his first year he had e
ed his heart to a friend. and it had
cost him a wonderful right handed
phenomenon whom he had discovered
\ pitching in a timber league in Michi-
gan. That taught Pop a lesson. He
kept his W counsel, covered his trail
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-25

CHAUTAUQUA
BEGINS JULY IA
and brings five days of high grade
entertainment of great educational
and inspirational value. .: =:
he Chautauqua is no longer looked upon as
a luxury. 1t is now classed as a necessity. And it is
a necessity if you desire to keep up with the procession.
The Vawter System management has sue
ceeded in keeping the price down within reach of all
Anybody can afford to buy a season ticket.
Study the Program Booklet, and you will
be amazed at the wonderful list of platform talent.
You can see and hear every one of the ten double pro-
grams for the small price of a season ticket.
Money Never Bought So Much, as at a
Vawter System Chautauqua There are five special
musical organizations, one for each day. There are
clever entertainers who know how to drive care away.
There are able lecturers with messages of real uplift
and power.
n O~nautauqua affords to thousands of peo-
pie their only chance for a real vacation. 1t is the well
come opportunity to get away from the ceaceless
grind of every day work and worry.
he Chautauqua is a promoter of progress.
1t is filled with enthusiasm and cheers up the human
spirit. The lecturers impart information of value and
the music and entertainments make you glad you are
alive.
| he Chautauqua comes but once a year. Be
certain to arrange your other affairs so you cannot be
cheated out of Chautauqua.
Get the Boys and Girls Interested.
The entertainment is clean and wholesome. There are
no suggesuttive terences, no immoral jests. The in
fluence is all in the right direction.
Secure Season Tickets and get ready to en-
joy to the full the full five days. You owe it to your
self. Don't fail.
Season Tickets Bought from the
Local Committee i'm Advance are
Fifty Cents Cheaper.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
FAIR PREMIUMS OFFERED.

western Carolina Fair Issues Premium
LISTS of Interesting Departments.
The Democrat is in receipt of adyanc-
ed portions of the premium list of thes
Western Carolina fair to be held hn
AsheVi1le on October 1875, .inc1usLye
These advance sheets cover depart
rlents of field and garden crops, edu-a
cational exhibits, horticulture and,
pantry supplies.
Farmers will be interested to- know
that the fair ass5ciation is Offering
first and second prizes of 500 and $50
for the best and most artistically ar
ranged collective agricultural exhibit
by a resident of Western North Carroll
ma, same toll be grown by the exhibitor
Another interesting feature Of this de-
partment, in which premiums are Of
fered in 100 classes, is the $40 and SO
premiums given for the best genera
agricultural exhibit by a member Of a
boys corn club.
In the fruit department. premiums
are offered in, 68 classes ranging froms-
$50 to 81. There are SO classes cons
posing the pantry departments IN
which premiums range from $40 down
S The people of Henderson county WifA
be interested to know that Prot. w. H
Gale is one of the directors of the Ed
Ucational department in which fifty
enc premiums are offered, the highest
being $25 for the best rural chof.-
Henderson county won one of the /
three prizes offered last year, and it Is
understood, will compete for the silYes
cup again at the coming fair. "a
Attractive prizes will be offered IN
a number of other departments of the
fair, which an effort will be made ts b
make the best in the history of the
fair association.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
EDEEYYILLE NEWS.

Miss Lola Floyd of Ocona1ufty, N c.,
has been visiting Misses Sue and Ger
trude Justus the past week
Rev. A. L. Latham will begin a re-
yival meeting at Edneyville next Sun
day.
There was a nice birthday dinner
given to Mrs. Isaac Justus and two of
her sons Rufus and Roy at the home of
Mrs. Gibson's Sunday by their rela
tiyes.
Mr.. Turner Justus and Mr.. Alden
Maxwell of Fletcher spent Saturday
night at the home of Mr.. Robert
Brown and were present at the birth
day dinner Sunday.
A little party enjoyed nice straw
ride to Sugar Loaf and Chimney Rock
last Friday, consisting of Messrs. WhiT
Whiteside, Ralph Edney and Travis
Lamb and Misses Sue and Hattie JUS
tus and Lola Floyd.
Mrs. Ernest Justus is spending a
few days with friends in Bi1tmore and
AshevilIe.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
POINT LOOKOUT NEWS.

Mrs. Blanton of Mooresboro, N. c.,
has recently paid to her son and
daughter of this place a short visit.
Mrs. G. H. Williams, who has beea
on the sick list for the past few days,
is speedily recovering.
Rev. Mr.. Morris preached a very in
terestfng sermon at Mt Home church
Sunday to large congregation.
Miss Texas Workman of South Caro-
lima is visiting her sister,. Mrs. King
Justice.
The box supper at Mr.. Mills Justice
on Saturday night was very enjoyable.
MF. Ivory G. Kerr of Asheville re-
Gently paid to relatives of this PLACE q
short visit.
We regret to learn that Mrs Walter
Ledbetter, who has been very i'll for J
some time, is getting no better.
Mrs. j. M. Jackson has been very
sic7r but is speedily Improving.
Miss Josie Burleson started a si1
month school at Point Lookout last
Monday, which we all hope to be OF
great success.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Y. O. Lamb, i
son.
The. singing at Y. daughters Sunday
night was enjoye by many.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
LAUREL PARK LOSES TWO.

|. Last week was a bad one for the
lads at Laurel Park in the base ball
line. OF three games played during
) the week two stood on the wrong side
! CT the aEedg kB efere d fair sized
crowd on the new grounds at the park,
Mills River took the first game by q.
| score Of 6 to 2. Just before the game
a heavy shower fell and this proved
the undoing OF the light camp team
the wet ball being too much for them
to handle in their customary fast
j manner. Allen pitched splendid
game for the River boys and deserved
to win. Mills River has won two
games this season from the camp team
and the Camp team has won two from
Mills River. A rubber may be played.
1t so it is hoped by the fans that the
rowdy element will be left in Mills
River next time. Batteries: River
Allen and Cathey;~ Camp, Bamberg
and Heath.
On Friday last the Camp team jour
neyed to Flat Rock, for a game. The
score was victory for the Camp, 10
to 0. The game was too one-sided 10
hold any interest for either players
or spectators. Lenoir, Bamberg and
Heath were the battery for the camp
team.
Playing in fast time the team from
Camp Sapphire, at BreVard, defeated
Laurel Park Camp team here Satur-
day afternoon by the score OF. 10 to 5.
The visitors were. simply too mucn
for the lighter and younger men of
the local team. A large audience"
was present and at times showed
much spirit The local team needs al
additional pitcher. Young Bamberg
again was in the box for Laurel Park,
and showed that he was getting more
work than he could handle. Bat
teries: Sapphire Camp, Clutt and
Graham; Laurel Park Camp, Bamber,g
and Heath.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
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NAMES OF VISITORS IN
CITY TO BE PUBLISHED
IN DEMOCRAT NEXT WEEK.

M In order that visitors In Hem
& Jacksonville and community may
g. locate their friends and rela-
N tives with the least possible in
e convenience the Democrat next
e week will publish special visi-
9S tors number.
e This issue win contain the
- present register of number Of
E the hotels and boarding houses.
II Boarding house keepers who
e desire the names OF their guests
M published are requested to mail
s. or bring to the Democrat office
II their list not later than next
81 Saturday. Owing to the large
Il number of unfamiliar names to
e be handled it is desired that.
af they be written plainly so as
e to avoid mistakes. A
e The Democrat expects to
e print a number of extra copies
4S next week to be distributed
Il among the hotels, clubs and
g boarding houses.
r e II Il e e II II II II & Il &
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
FOUR FARMERS INSTITUTES.
VIII be Held at Liberty School House
Mills River. Dana and Fletcher.


! The department of agriculture has
| completed a program of farmers in
/ stitutes to be held in Henderson coun-
] tv next month, in connection with
which a woman's institute will also be
he d.
The places and dates and the ma
! ture of work to be undertaken are
! given below:
Liberty SchOOlhouse, Wednesday,
September 2.
Mills River Academy, Saturday.
! September 5.
Dana, Tuesday, September 8.
Fletcher, Wednesday, September 8.
Morning sessions will open at 10
O'clock and afternoon sessions at 1880
! O'Clock. X
Discussions on farm operations.
crops, live stock, marketing, etc., by
4 B. Parker, director of farmers in
stitutes; G. M. Garren, assistant
agronomist, State Department of Ag-
riculture, and others.
Thereewill be held at the same time
and place a woman's institute, con-
Quoted by Miss Carrie Hudgins, of the
State Department of Agriculture. and
Mrs. Henry Slagle, of Macon county,
TO which women are invited to join
in the discussion of subjects pertain
ing to household economics, home
conveniences, health in the home, the
education of children, and other topics
of interest to. mothers and home
makers.
Three premiums will be given to
women and girls living on the farm
as follows:
A years subscription to woman's
magazine will be given to the woman
over 30 years of age, living on the
farm, who bakes and exhibits the high
est scoring loaf Of bread. A years
subscription to magazine will also
be given to the girl under 20 years OF
age, who lives on the farm, exhibiting
the highest scoring loaf of bread.
Only one of the above prizes to a fam
lily A premium will aso be given to
the girl from the farm baking and cHT
hfbiting the best pone of corn bread.
For full particulars concerning these
premiums, the rules and regulations
concerning them, write to the D1rec-
tor of Farmers Institutes, Raleigh, |
N. c..
Everyone invited to take lunch and |
go prepared to spend the day.
A question box will be opened and |
the questions answered in a round |
table discussion, in the afternoon.
Deeds and other legal blanks fof
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13

Deeds and other legal blanks foi
sale at Democrat Office.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
ORPHANS GIVE CONCERT

The children of the orphans. home
at Goldsboro will give a concert al
the Ochlawha lodge, I. o. o. F., on
the night of August %, beginning at
$3.50. These orphans tour the State
and their concerts are heard with
much interest.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
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BROUGHT RESULTS.

j. r. Showers, who is spend
5 ing the summer with his fam
: lily in Henders+inville, having
come up from Fey West, Fla,
last week, says he was
: brought to Hendersonville by !,
the special edition OF, the
5 Democrat issued in June and
for which the publishers were
8 highly congratulated on its
: merits.
Through this paper Mr..
Showers first learned Of Hen
: dersonville's merits, and he
: says that The Democrat was .
the means of bringing him
; here.
: Moral: Good advertising
: pays
Il II r II II II r II Il
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
MANY NATIONS IN WARNING
SpTRIT. NOT pIC, pAnrT 10
Germans Sustain Heavy Losses at
Hands of Belgians, Who Resist
: the Invaders; Details.

London, August 12.-The correspon-
dent of the Standard at Brussels, says
| All twelve forts surrounding Liege
remain intact.
| Each thus far has frequented at
tacks of the German investing Iorce,
although outnumbered ten to one at
| every fort
The forts are being shelled df , and
night. Artillery action is followed re-
| peatedly by daring attacks"
Boston, Aug. IA battleat sea be-
tween British cruiser and German
cruiser, about ESQ miles north of San
salvador, was reported by Sapt. Te.j.-
sen of the Norwegian fruit steamer
Loveland, which arrived tonight from
Banes, Cuba.
Copenhagen, Aug. 12.-Russian mob
ilization will be completed about
August FL. MmAI
Genoa, Aug-The steamer Principe
di Udine, will sail for New York to-
morrow. She is crowded with Ameri-
cans. The British government has
guaranteed her passage off the strait
of Gibraltar.
Paris, Aug. 11.-According to late
advices, the Germans made a deter
mined attempt to attack positions oc-
cupied by the French outside MuelhaI-
sen, but failed. The Germans did not
re-enter the town.
n
Tirlemont, Belgium, Aug. 12.-(Via
London, 1884 a. m.)-Fighting occur
red near here Tuesday between Ger
man and Belgian cavalry. Seven Bel
gians were killed and a few injured |
1t is reported that 1000 Germans are
in the neighborhood, but the Belgians ]
seem to have the situation in hand and |
the town is calm.
London, Aug. 12-(2:25 a. MA |
st. Petersburg dispatch othe Post
says the fleet i sactively securing the /
Baltic sea- Twenty captured mer-
chant vessels have been taken to
Cronstadt. Their crews will be re-
war.
London, Aug. 1.-THE HamburG71
line steamer, Gap OICoSdt,
with $5,000,00O in specie aboard, has
been captured by the, British, accord
ing to the Daily Mail The liner sail
ed from, Buenos Aires July IS, for
southampton.
Brussels, Aug. 11.-Via London
The luIi in the lighting around Liege n
since Saturday appears to be the lull
before the storm. There is little
loubt that an engagement on a scale
lot yet witnessed in this was is i'm
ninent.
brussels, Aug. 10-Brusse1s has been
severed by a net work of German +!
Lies. Six hundred already have been
arrested and one hundred we're shot
oday.
Some of the Germans captured wore
of gendarnes, civic guards,
oldters and officers of the Belgian
rnfy.
London, Aug 11.-No great battle
las yet been fought on land or sea in
he war of seven nations, unless the
Germans assaults upon the fortresses
t Liege eventually assume the proper
ions of battle in history. Both COM
lContinued on Page s..
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
.ETOMAH BOX SUPPER.

A box supper will be given at Eto-
wah on the night of August @, begin
ming at 7:30 the proceeds Of which
will be applied to fund for the ppr-
pose of furnishing the school building
The girls are requested to take boxes
of food. and the boys to take along
their pocket books
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
CHRISTIAN HARMON SINGING.

T. ]. shipman will lead a Christian
Harmony singing class at Dana Meth
odist church on the fourth Sunday in
August. Harmony sigers are urged to
attend and take dinner so as to spend
the day.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13

Continued on Page 50
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR BLIND

Miss Duncan Here on Educational
Campaign for WOman's Home.
Miss Florence 3. Duncan of Rose
boro, n. c., is in the city in behalf of
the movement for an industrial homo
for needy blind women.
Miss Duncan is being assisted il
this work by J. Mack Rhodes, VINO has
been named as one of the solicitors.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13

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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-13
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CITY CLUB MEETING.

The Greater Hendersonvi1le
club will meet at the club
rooms Friday night. A large
attendance is urged since the
future of the club is hang
ing in the balance.
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-13
MODERN FRANCHISE SYSTEM
is SOUGHT IN PRUSSIA
PROMISED BY THE KING, BUT SO
FAR DIET HAS HELD
1T BACK.

Berlin. June 13.--The Socialists and
other liberal parties i'm the Prussian
Diet are protesting against "the long
unkept promise of the King"
More than six years ago the Emper-
or, as King OF Prussia, declared 1t to
be his desire thai a modern franchise
system he established in the state, To
take the place of the existing three
class, nom secret ballot. which Bis
mark once termed the most iniquitous
system i'm the world" Since Chancel-
Tor Won Buelow presented the King $
desire to the Diet. only one attempt,
and that wholly unsuccessful, has been
made by the government to carry out
| the Kings wishes. Minister Won Loe-
bell, the new incumbent Of the minis
try Of the interior now announces & al
he does not propose IL present any
measure this year for alteration OF
the voting system.
The liberal parties had hoped better
things from Won Loebell, who was Won
Buelows right hand man wien tte
iatter was chancellor and he was IN
Once when the Kins's WISHES were
maue known to the Eiet. 'rne Conserv-
atlNes are greatly pleased with Won
Loebelrs stand, and the more so since
'hey had feared poss BILE liberal ten
ldencies on his part.