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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
Woodberry Girls
Win at Basket Ball

The Woodberry girls trounced the
Hanna school basketball team yester-
nay afternoon is to 7. The star of the
game was Miss Plunkett. Woodberry's
premier forward who scored all the
points made by her team The team
work Of the entire Woodbury. quintet
was good.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
Richie Denies He Is
Matched With Duffy

CHICAGO, March IS Both Light
weight Champion Willie Richie and his
manager deny a report from Buffalo
thai Richie has been matched 10 meet
Jimmy Duffy Of Lockport y. 7. at
Buffalo the second week i'm May
Richie said he was negotiating for a
match win Charley White. Of Chicago,
AZ Milwaukee.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
Jack Dillon Whips
Gilbert in Fast Go

HOT SPRINGS, ARK. March IS
Jack Dillon Of Indianapolis, defeated
Dick Glib r., Of Denver, in a fast ten
round bout here Hast night. Dillon
had good lead in the ma iority Of
ROUNDS,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
BUTTE BOUT FOR LEvlNsKY.

BUTTE, MONT, March l8-JacK
Dillon, of Indianapolis and Battling
Levinsky, of New York. have accept
ed terms for twelve round bout in
Butte on the night of April IA for
the light heavyweight championship
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
BMIN(J(6NR 5 tREj5}Es

ter. wants to bring Tommy Lowe, light
weight, to Atlanta for match with
Terry Nelson.
George KNOCK EN- Dead" Brown.
the Greek middleweight, boxes Jack
Dillon for the fifth time at Memphis
March 20. Every time these battlers
meet they usually put up vicious bat
tie.
Perry Karasek is now handling Bat
thing" Kelly Perry hopes to land Kelly
several out-of-town matches in the near
future,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19

MIBLEDGEVIfI.E March 1s-The
g. NJ G.. defeated the Macon South Al
lantic ball team here yesterday after
noon TO T. The feature Of the game
was the pitching Of Camp, who gave
up four hits and struck out seven mem
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
FUCKER FACES DODGERS.

AUGUSTA, GA, March 1S.-The
Dodgers VIII line up with the Augusta
team this afternoon, Nap Ruckcr
Will twirl against his teammates
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
aRAuEs COP GAME.

,AMERlCUS. GA, March ls The
Boston Braves celebrated ST. Patrick S
Day by trounclng the Cleveland Scouts
~ 10 here yesteiday afternoon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19

CHICAGO. March 1S--Joe Azevedo,
California lightweight. started training
here to-day for his lO~round bout al
Racine. wis, with Charley White, of
Chicago, March 20.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
SAFER TO MISS OPENING.

oNTEH 7 . WIoo OFETNITNN'
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, March IS
The injury to Vic Saler's arm is more
serious than was first supposed, it de-
veloped to-day, and Fred Mollwitz, Cub
recruit, may be at first base when the
Cubs open the season at Cincinnati,
April a.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19

Mr. DOESCHER. indeed. was pc
nj nallzed one run without a MT
in the second inning, when MI FL
ble's stutter was followed by two
5ases stolen in astonishingly rapld
.ucccseion bv the buTglarious Mr'
Dodge who is we'll named. II ANYBODY
In the fourth inning the cracker
eft handler showed excellent metIle
stopping the Colonels WIN sIil -
ally, due 10 sacrl1ce ny amer tn ,s
rrst three batsmen had singled their
way on.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19

cCHWIND'S batting has been men n,
= tjoned honorably, and he did l, not
nave much fielding to do. McC9n-
ne fellow, While landing on the ban
.le lime at bat did not push one
1 ~ saSfetv our own Harry Welchonce
was inserted to hit for Peruvian a. IN n
me ninth inning and delivered a clean
bit in the pinch, scoring Munch' VINO
Was negotiating the bases by way OIL
boot and a wild pitch.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19

w pItChlns. -, -,
.,and Mr. s. Paw Doescher rather
Highiv. despite the fact that he Weld
"a s t,ree runs and five hits in the first
ru a.. ~ innings of the combat, What
he Colonies did TO Mr. Perrym,a,n'
v.6o followed. indicates that Mr..
Doescher must have been putting
samething on the ball during his
tenure of office.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19

Andrew Apera, the Savannah promo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09

petition and with flavor claimed for her importation equal, if not superior to the American product, and prices much lower than have hitherto been available, the question of the effect upon the market is difficult one to answer. The Chinese eggs may be purchased upon the Pacific coast at 12 cents a dozen and the trade situ- ation is enigmatical.
 The situation is different from that of the American beef trust in hand ling the Argentina meat product, for the home corporation operates ma jority of the foreign plants and is able to control prices. Whether the exclusive manipulation of the worlds egg output is too expansive a propo- sition for the American operator to entertain remains yet to be decided. During the interim the commercial situation is becoming decidedly acute
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
PROFITS OF THE GRIDIRoN

From the Providence Journal
 To any one who has seen even one of the minor fall contests upon the gridiron it will not be surprising to learn that among all the college sports Tl,A profits in any other field are comparatively neg ligble, and the football surplus each year helps to make up some of the deficit that letics. It is reported that Harvards receipts from football last year were s114,s6 of which $s4,713 represented clear profit. while Princeton received $67,313 and achieved neat profit of s32,322. These are gains of which any professional athletic enterprise might well feel proud, even in a season far less abbreviated than that in which football has to make it's money
 So it is scarcely surprising that the athletic authorities of the colleges re- gard football as their most important sport. But the game holds that prestige not merely because of the fine showing made by it's financial balance sheet. It seems rather that the large income is to be attributed to the prestige of college football as an exclusive and unique game. It occupies a field in which the under- graduates have everything practically their own way and are not yet disturbed by professional competition As a sport 1t enjoys the especial distinction of the college stamp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
"WAMPUSc AGAIN RACES

Quitman, Miss.-Anent the dispatch a few days ago telling of strange ani- mal that has been killing dogs and frightening negroes in that vicinity, the opinion here is that it is the same var mint" that appeared in this neighbor- hood during the high waters of last year, which left in it's trail the skeletons of 102- dogs that it killed and ate, mostly in the negro settlement in the lowlands in the outskirts of towns It caused one negro family of II to barricade their doors and take to the loft. remaining g there two days fearful that the thing might at any moment enter their prem ises and attack them as it had their seven dogs.
 A strange freak about the destruction Of dogs was that the thing ate e4ery shred of meat from their bones, leaving the skeletons as though they had been wired for a doctors office.
 Quite a number of dogs that were not killed left home and no coaxing could get them back.
 The name given the thing here was "wampus," which is a mixture of wolf, dog and catamount, said to be the most vicious animal that travels the woods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From teh Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The pen is mightier than the sword, but the bathtub has it on both of them as an agent of the higher civilization
 Right now the only sure thing I can think of is that there ain't no snch ani- nal as a cheap secondhand automobile.
 The old-fashioned man who used to go to the country to become a chicken fam cier now has son who carries on that business in the city.
 A sucker is a man who has not out grown his confidence in the honesty of his fellow men.
 Lots of men who wouldn't steal nickel from you will take a peek at the bottom of the deck when they are dealing the cards.
 he went hunting for an honest man. Now if he had gone on hunt for a good canteloupe we would have had some respect for him
 mans idea of becoming hat is one that makes him look no worse than the old one he has been wearing.
 There isn't enough good luck to go around, but you can always get more than your share of castor oil
 When man realizes that he can't get drink on Sunday in this country he wonders why he ever put in so much time denouncing Russia.
 An ounce of mind your own business is worth ton of curiosity.
 One way to get jabbed is to sit down on another mans point of view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09

Joe Wing, in the Breeders Gazette.
 Of all the trees in America the cypress is in summer the most beautiful. Ever fresh and green, its tiny leaflets resem- be the choicest ferns. Young, 1t is a thing of charm; older, it is inspiring and interesting; mature it becomes majestic towering, with 8 long, straight, thick trunk, which makes the best of durable lumber.
 It is a tree of rapid growth. It is hardy anywhere in the corn belt, and southward it has no insect enemies or diseases. A man could plant a cypress tree in his lawn, enjoy it's wonderful presence dur ing his life, and his son might cut 1t and with the proceeds send the grandson to college for year What other tree will afford shade, add beauty and make fine lumber at the same time?
 Cypress trees transplant easily, though they should be mulched the first year and locked after occasionally. Once estab- lished, they are able to forage for them selves. Cypress leaves have been found unchanged in blocks of coal deep down in the earth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
Maundy ThurAdnx ,

Int the ecclesiastical calendar today Is styled Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday. It is observed as the day on which the Eucharist was instituted. Among the most impressive and pictur- esque ceremonials in the Catholic church is the Maundy Thursday process sion, in whic hthe Sacred Host is borne through the aisles.
 It is on this day that the Austrian Emperor washes the feet of 12 old men. according to a ritual coming down from early times. In England a feature of the day is almsgiving. The Kings almoner complies with the time honored custom of giving small coins to certain of the poor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
THE GIRL AND HER "sLoUcH.

From the Chicago Record Herald
 The organization which came forward last week to teach people how to sit has been closely followed by another which tells them how to stand and walk The principal beneficiary of this latter-the American Physical Education association, lately in session in St. Louis-is designed to be the young girl the debutante who is just facing the world and it's follies, and Is not standing up very straight against them.
 The "debutante slouch," so-called. be- came the meetings object of solicitude. One speaker declared 1t to be neither graceful nor beautiful, and asked if it
 was not unhealthful. A physician in at- tendance replied that it was worse than
 unhealthful-that it was ruining the physique of our girls, causing fiattening of the chest, curvature of the spine, stomach trouble and other lesser evils, The Intersections of life and art, as evidenced in the development of physical peculiarities, have often been noted One wonders whether the girl of today is re- sponsible for the poses in the fashion pictures or whether the pictures are re- sponsible for the new type of girl. In either case it is suggested that both the girls and the artists get back to sense
 and propriety in posture and carriage.
 The present folly, like others is sure to pass before long; yet more damage may be done during a single year of ones formative period than can be got over by many subsequent years of reform and
 regret Let the slouch go" It disfig-
 ures the present and threatens the fu- ture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
Talks About Easter Weather

From present indications it would appear that we are destined to have the usual cold snap on Easter day. said Frank MeGowan of Ensley.
 Tt seems that the weather man has spite for Easter, for from my obser- vation for several years past we have had cold or disagreeabIe weather on this occasion of gladness. To one wko has been accustomed to regard Easter tide as a great time of rejoicing it is a bit depressing to have unreasonable climatic conditions on this day. While it is no longer considered the necessary thing to appear in fpef5 of Easter Sunday the season naturally suggests warmth an6 calls for spring attire. I hope that by time Sunday rolls round -tne weather man will have changed his mind and that the sun will shine bright and clear on that day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
As to Birming gham,s Size

T found Birmingham much larger place than I had imagined it to be. ; said John s. Berry of Chicago.
 T had heard that this city's pop ulation was between 15O,000 and 175,- cOO, but I would say at a glance that 1t was more than 20o.000. I have vis- ited Atlanta several times and have always been impressed by that city s solid growth. It was a little ahead of Birmingham in the last census, but l think Birmingham will go ahead of it in 1920. When it is recalled that Bir- m1ngham is not much older than 40 years, its present size, elegance and metropolitan character are wonderful indeed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09

misfortunes; any drug capable of remov- ing pain or care
 The, keynote in 'eThe Raven" is grief or remorse, and the line in which the word in question is used runs thus:
 Respite. respite. and nepenthe of thy
 memories of Lenore.'
 So "Nepenthe' would be, in unpoetie words, a prescription for a potion on philter that would bring forgetfulness and the respite from sorrow that came with this oblivion.
 The ancients had great faith in these potions or philters. using them with dif- ferent imports. Nepenthe, which is sup posed to have contained opium. was the agent that brought forgetfulness; while the different love philters, compounded from various substances from the animal and vegetable ingdoms-according to the whim of the 'alehemist' or the old hag who mixed them-were supposed to arouse in the breast of the receiver great love for the sender.
 The old-time writers are filled with all lusions to these queer potions, which are 6n par with the "conjure bags of our own southern negroes. Into these con jure bags the "conjure man woman put anything that was weird or abnormal, from terrapin toes" to twisted roots and locks of hair tied with strange knots
 They are all alike. matter of super stition. The queer bags did not bewitch the receivers any more than the love philters were Cupid's messengers. The nepenthe, having a modicum of opium in it, probably came nearer being a mem ory stupenfier than any of the others, since it put the user to sleep. In an opium stupor even the maiden whom the an- gels called Lenore' would be ''nameless bara
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF HOLMES

Into court in Philadelphia on Septembe,-
 23 charged with having murdered Ben- jamin F. Pitezel. This was but the nre-
 liminary hearing, but so well had ,be
 case been worked up that it was evil
 dent that the regular trial would speed1 fly follow.
 All that was necessary was to bring
 this one murder charges against the man.
 who had committed many murders, for
 the evidence was so conclusive before
 the trial that there was no doubt he would be convicted. Then there was the
 question of expense and delay that would have been necessary to have brought evil
 dence and witnesses from all over tha' country. where he had committed his crimes.
 At this preliminary trial the date for the regular trial was set for Monday, October 2S. The case was heard before
 Judge Arnold. Holmes presented an
 odd study as he sat in the courtroom one of the greatest criminals of any age. He was a short, slightly built man,
 weighing hardly 100 pounds. A jury was selected with httle trouble The district
 attorney of Philadelphia, George s. Gra-
 ham, made the opening address. He stated that he had full evidence and would be able to prove that Pitezel
 had been murdered in his home at 1916
 Calpwhill street, on September ?, 1891
 On the first day of his trial sHolnes, in rather spectacular way, discharged the lawyers who were to defend him.
 and started to defend himself but the following day he expressed a willingness to have them return, as he believed tho
 case was too complicated for him to carry it alone.
 Among the first witnesses called was the daughter of the murdered man, Miss Dessa Pitezel. She was followed by Eu- gene Smith, who had found the body of the murdered man. On the second day of the trial Mrs. Pitezel who had been
 summoned from Chicago took the stand She was the most interesting of all the witnesses of the trial, not only on ae- count of her laying bare the life of Holmes, but that through his villainy she had been deprived of her husband and three children.
 The trial lasted unti November 3, when verdict of guilty was brought m by the jury Holmes was sentenced to death on December l. and the Geath warrant was signed March 6 of the following year, and on May s the murderer was
 hanged at Moyamensing prison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
Some Illiteracy Statistics

Since the provision for the literacy test in the new immigration bill has commanded so much of public consider ation. the recent figures issued by the commissioner general of immigration are of interest.
 The year 1913 saw the largest in Aux of foreigners into this country in the history of the bureau, except that of 1907. Last year 1,427,227 immi- grants arrived here as compared with l,4SS, ,469 of the banner 12 months.
 Among this great number of strang- CTS only a fraction over 2S per cent came from the home of the Teutonic and Celtic races of northern and west ern Europe, where but little illiHe;racy : abounds.
 The Slavic and Iberie Traces of south ern and eastern Eprope sent to us in 1913 more than>& per cent of our i'm migrants aYd the remainder came iron. Asia.
 The largest special element came from lower Italy, numbering 231,61S, with the Poles next to the number of 174,365, and the Jews following with 1O1,3SO. Germany sent but S0,665.
 Of the total immigration 26.2 per cent was illiterate, and the smallest percentage was found among the Scandinayians, who represented but 03 The Scotch sent but 0.5 and the English 0.9, and the total percentage from northern and western Europe, including northern Italy, was only 3.2
 On the other hand the percentage of illiterates admitted from eastern and southern Europe was 35. 1, divided in this manner: Portuguese, 61.9 Lii thuanian, 4S9; Italian, 4S6; Dalma- tian, 47.4; Russian, 35.7; Roumanian, s5.2: Polish, 3S.9; Greek, 23.4, and Croatian, 23.2.
 Among the Asiatics the Turks sent the greater number of illiterates, or 65 6 per cent. The Syrians came next with 52.6 per cent, followed by the Japanese with 30S per cent and the Armenians with 26.2 per cent.
 It will be noted that none of the il literate nations represent those that are closely related to the original American stock or possess the qual lties of ready assimilation with us SC that the benefits or the disadvantages of the literacy test are to be easily recognized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
Welcome to Alabama Educators

The people of Birmingham will have a hearty welcome for the 5000 or more members of the Alabama Edu- cational association assembling here this morning. This will be the thirty third annual convention, and from all indications the attendance will be larger than that at any previous meet ing.
 The Alabama Educational associa- tion is not only one of the most im- portant institutions in the state, but it's work and influence are steadily in creasing. All duca:ors-college pro- fessors, school superintendents, pri- vate and public school teachers, and all other persons connected with peda- gogical work-are eligible to member ship in the organization. When the meeting was held here two years ago the enrolment was 2600; but this year it will not be less than 5000, and it may probably reach 3200.
 The association will continue it's sessions until Saturday. Many topics of pedagogical interest will be dis cussed, and the larger question of needed legislation in connection with the public school system will receive earnest attention. Alabama's low standing in the literacy tables of the United States will berlittle advanced until school districts have the right to levy a special tax for school pur- poses. Yne constitution must be so amended as to give the voters in the rurak sections the right which the Constitution now denies them. Such a measure submitting an amendment to the people lacked only few votes of passing at the regular session of the legislature in 1911. A vigorous cam paign of education will be conducted in behalf of such an amendment, and action in the new legislature should be decisive. That campaign will be inaugurated here this week, and friends of education will keep it up until the desired result is accom- plished.
 Another great issue that will have place in the associations discussions will be that of compulsory education. When the country school is brought up to a standard something like that which is found in the city school, and when we have compulsory education, especially in the cities, then, and not until then, will Alabama rise from it's illiteracy and take a stand with the most advanced states of the union in the matter of popular instruction.
 That the sessions of the Alabama Educational association may be as fruitful of good as the most enthusi- astic leaders expect is the ardent wish of The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
IN PARADISE.

As perfumed incense floating low Beneath the altar's wax-lit glow Where censer swings, Around my soul a soft halo. That still my grief and soothes my woe, Thy presence fings. And though thou, precious, may not know My poor hearts passion and it's throe My bosom cries That when the grasses OCT thee wave. Thoult learn it all beyond the grave In paradise.
 PHONETIC. Teacher: Now, Johnny, let me hear you spell jack-o' o'-lantern." Johnny: "Yes um-j-a-c-k-a-I, iackal; ant, ant; a-r-n, urn-jackalanturn."
 THE ARIsToNEBRAsKAN
 Bryan wants a footman;
 What do you think of that?
 Is he tired of his donkey?
 Oh, you democrat
 ASK THE SPHINX. Is Conner coming back? Don't know: can't say. He didn't go to China, Not cen to South Calina, But he is stepping mighty close this way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-09
As to Number of Polling Places


 The present board of revenue. of Jefferson county can be depended upon to improve voting conditions in Birmingham, where the polling places have been seriously congested for many years past.
 Four years ago the congestion caused much complaint, and it was hoped then that something would be done to give relief. The board is now thoroughly awake to the import ance of the matter and will take what ever steps may be necessary to estab- fish additional voting precints.
 This question has already been dis cussed by members of the board, and it seems that the plan is to divide the polling places so as to limit the num- Der of voters at any one box to 800: That would be great improvement, of course, over the old arrangement; but when the ballots are very long, as they must be every four years, the election officers could scarcely com plete the canvass of 500 votes with out working all night and far into the next day.
 A voting box limited to 300 might be canvassed by midnight of election day, no matter how long the ticket might be. The public should not be kept in needless suspense.