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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17


 scatcI1es and stops. which indicate that he knows something of the work
 Gainer firmly believes that he could hit 100 points higher in the outdeld than he does on first base He says that the constant strain to which basemans is subjected gets on his nerves and hurts his defensive work
 First base is a hard position to play" said Gamer at the Gulfport training camp. A man is always getting roughed up or stepped ou ana he has to make d lot of quick turns and Twists that play hob with bad ankle such as I have. Take me away from the sack and put me in the out
 field where the majority of the work sting that apple. would like to be an outdelder, and am willing to bet that with a little practice can play it twice as well as ever have played the infield.ss
 It is possible that Del is thinking about shaking off the jinx also. He has had the toughest kind of luck as a first baseman, and perhaps he might have a change of fortune for the bet is naturally a very fast man and there ought not to be any trouble about his covering ground as soon as he learns to judge fly balls. If he could acquire the knack of knowing where they were he would get to them.
 If Gamer really is convinced that he can play the outfeld and hit while doing 1t, Jennings ought to give him a trial. All that Del needs is belief in his own ability and a few good breaks in the luck. He has shown great ability in the batting line for short stretches of @time, but sonaefhing al-
 ways has happened to- throw him off.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17
HOW CONNIE MACK
 TELLS NATURAL HITTER

Philadelphia, April 17..You can always tell g hitter. remarked Man. ager Mack as he watched the Athletics at Shfbe Park the other day. For an hour or more Connie permitted the men to do as they pleased, Some of them did nothing but toss the ball around, others went to their fielding positions, and g few grabbed bats and banged away at every ball they could get a fellow player to pitch to them. The men with the bats acted as though they never wanted to let up. All they wanted to do was to hit. Fielding and tossing the ball didn't have the slightest attraction for them.
 That's the way with real hitters,' '' said Connie. They take a natural delight in banging the ball, and they are all the time trying to improve themselves. All they want to do on the field is to put the wood to the ball. The other fellows appear to know that they cannot hit, and they try to make up for this by excellent fielding. The natural hitter shows himself as soon as he walks on the field His first impulse is to get bat in his hand.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17
GAMER WANTS TO PLAY IN OUTFIELD
 FOR DETROIT TEAM

If Manager Jennings of Detroit is determined to have a, right-hand bat ter in one of his outfield positions Del Gainer wants to enroll right now as battling for the meadow assignment an argument.
 The big first baseman played in the suburbs early in his baseball career and says that with a months prac- tice he believes that he could learn to Ego and get them with any out fielder except the real stars. He has been playing in the outlying districts in most Of the practice games so far. and has contributed a number of good
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17
By Wagner.

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 President O,Rourke today issued a call for an Eastern association meeting at the Hotel Taft. New Haven, April 22 at 2:so D. m. The matter that accustomed the call for a special meet ing was the question of bonds Three of the clubs have not furnishedv the required S2. .0Oo bonds because of the unreasonable demands of the Ameri- can Surety Go. This company insists that the entire amount, 1000, be de- posted in cash and also wants $40 nrerai1,rr1. The league directors will discuss the matter and 1t is possible that some other bonding company will get the business.
 The matter of the amended schedule may also be discussed at the meeting, although President O'Rourke said he did not issue the call for that pur- pose He says that only two clubs. New London and New Haven. have suggested that they are not satisfied with the extra game schedule. all though there have been many news paper stories sent out from E3artford and Springfield that the schedule adopted at the last meeting is unsatis- factory.
 Manager Boultes took the Bridge port baseball squad for a norning g workout at Newfeld park today, as 2 prelimfnary to the afternoon game
 with the Brooklawns. Yesterday the boys got out of the rain by practicing g at the armory.
 Gus Johnson, the Providence young ster could not be located yesterday and 1t was suspected that he had hiked back to Providence with the rest of the youngHters from that city who were recently released ' ohnson lack ed experience but looked so promising that the local infringement intended to place him in the Atlantic league Gene Cronin. the infelder from the Union ; ssociation. made favorable impress lsion on the manager yesterd day.
 The local pilot is Keeping the wires busy in an effort to land a hard hit ting outheIder now. He has several men in view and expects to have ar kannouncement in q few days.
 Tomorrow at Newfield park the Bridgeport club will play the Black
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17
Extra Sporting Page
0'ROURKE CALLS EASTERN
 LEAGUE MEETING FOR APRIL 2
Manager Boultes Trying To Land Hard Hitting Outfielder For
 Bridgeport

Rock team. Manager Jack Halpin Of the Rocks has gathered the pick of the local boys He will have Wha1en and White at pitchers and expects to bother the Eastern Association crowd. On Sunday Montreal Of the Interna- tional league will show herey
 The Newark club Of the Interna- tiona1 league zhas notified President. =O'Rourke that any Eastern clubs may put up bids for Pitchers Hewes, Don nelly and Holmes or Shortshop Dion.
 Pitcher Demott, who twir1ed so well for New Haven last year, writes that he will be unable to report this Sea son because his father wants to have him give up baseball
 { Adlanager Jack zeller Of PittsheId will have to use 5omerlott at first base He planned to use Van Horn who was drafted from the I. T. league. Van Horn deserted the club because he did not like the cold weather in Pittsdeld.
 Newark, Jersey City, Rochester ana Toronto Of the International league have decided to bring suits against the Federal league for enttcing play CTS to the outlaws Montreal and Ro- chester suffered heavy losses
 
 The Montreal club has a number of young players that will be let out to minor league clubs and any Eastern association manager wishing to grab a few can do % by communicating with the Montreal management Tn an effort to settle the contro- bersy between the army and navy athletic authorities over the location Of the 1914 football game, the Army and Navy club at Washington has suggested a compromise which gives the middies the priviIege of selecting Washington this year and permits West Point to choose New York in 1915 News that such a compromise has been suggested served to make those interested in bringing the army navy game to New York next fall re doubled their efforts to make the con l test an annual event in New Yorl city. The same objection applies tt Washington that caused Philadelphis l to lose the annual contest-the ab. senee of accomnodat tions dor the spec tators
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17
the grain driIl.

the grain drill
 Or second and an essfer mslnrr of introducing material can be obtain ed from firms 1t is impossible to rsl soil near at hand, is by getting pore cultures of the bacteria and inocn1as- ing the seed. Once a field fs lnocl- lated sufficient bacteria can be obtain ed for future use.
 The inoculating material can be on- tained from firms manufacturiue ft la various parts of the country or fron the government.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17

The Associated German Military So- cieties of New York will celebrate the 5eth anniversary of the battle Of Dueppel on Sunday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17

Elizabeth Gallo, three years old. was burned to death while playing around fire on her fathers farm at EnilviIle, N. J-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17

The grand jury at saeranento. Cal. began secret inveStisation of trs killing Of four convictz in an attempt to break from the Folsom Driaon f.1 days ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17

pr. Orlando B. Douglas Of Concord. N. H.. was elected Commander Cf fhs New Hampshire department or CruTl Army. at itm annual mmcmmDnarut I1 that city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17

The Montreal club has a number of young players that will be let out to minor league clubs and any Eastern association manager wishing to grab a few can do 90 by conxnslnicating with the Montreal management.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17
BOWLING

CITY LEAGUE. (Arcade Alleys. )
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17

Newark. Jersey City. Rochester and Toronto Of the international league have decided to bring suits against the Federal league for enttcing play CTS to the outlaws Montreal and Ro- chester suffered heavy losses
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17

,somorrow at Newfield park the Bridgeport club will play the Black
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-17

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The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
ALL BORN WITH CHARACTER
Lord Rosebery Tells Boys of Englis-
College That Test Of a Mar Is
His Manners.

Lord Rosebery, speaking at the Ep-
som college prize distribution. and
taking the formation of character as
the subject of his address, said he
believed we were born with character.
He believed some germ Of character
was innate. He did not know whether
this went counter to theological dog
ma, but he was firmly persuaded of
the fact, and had noticed that the way
a baby took a bottle was a fine indi-
cation Of character.
The world was constantly carving
and chiseling our misunderstanding
and chiseling some woods which were
SO soft that they never repaid the
trouble and were worth nothing, and
some which split SO easily that they
were not worth anything either. But
there were also some finer woods, like
old mahogany, which got richer and
nobler the older they got.
He firmly believed that the years
spent in school were far more impor-
tant in the formation of character
than all the many years spent after
wards. There was one way in which
the character of a man best showed
itself. and that was by his manners.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
Trustees Sale Notice

Pursuant to the provisions of a GER
tam Deed of Trust executed by A. M.
Carnathan and wife, Minnie Carnathan,
on the Goth day of August, A. D. 1908.
to secure certain Indebtedness therein
mentioned to w. d. Anderson, which
Deed of Trust is duly recorded in the
Chancery Clerks office of Lee county,
Mississippi. in Deed Record Book. No.
SO, page 298, | will, as Trustee, in said
Deed of Trust. on the
BOTH DAY OF NOV, A. D., 1914.
at the south door of the Court House
in the City Of Tupelo, Miss, within le-
gal hours, offer for sale. at public out
cry, to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described property:
The N. ! of the N. ] of the S. w. I of
Sec. 8, T. 9, r. Z. E.; and Is acres
more, being all the land in the w. ] of
the S. J Of the N. W. I OF Sec. 9. T. 8.
r. z, E., lying east of the Tupelo and
Marietta road. in Lee County, Missfs-
sippi. Such title conveyed as is vested
in me al Trustee aforesaid.
This oath day of October, 1914.
1874 C. p. Lone. Trustee.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
Electric Fan for Horses.

Believing that horses, like human be-
ings, can do a better days work after
a good nights rest, the Utah Light
and Railway company has taken steps
to rid it's stables of flies and to pro-
vide better ventilation. Accordingly
in one stable where t~hirty-five or forty
horses are kept, two 56inch four-blade
ceiling fans have been installed and
two 15-inch blowers. These r set
in operation on warm nights in order
to make the stable more comfortable.
They also serve to keep the flies from
Fostering the horses, and, in order to
keep the flies out of the stable. the
windows and doors are screened. The
horses are used by the company to
supplement its electric truck and mo-
torcycle service. The running ex-
pense of the electric service is less
than 40 cents per month per horse,
and is repaid many times over in the
greater efficiency of the animals.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
CLEAR MILLION ON HIS DEAL
Criticized Buyer of Coal Lands Alto
oether Too Hasty In Commit
ting Suicide.

Ten years after taking his own life
at sea, under a storm of adverse crit
icism, David Wilcox, n president of
the Delaware & Hudson Coal com
pany, was fully indicated. AS the
result Of investigation of coal land res
ervations which have been going on.
Charles F. Smith, a mining engineer.
stated at the court house at Pottsville,
Pa. that a syndicate of New York.
Scranton and Wilkes-Barre capitalists
he represents has completed arrange
ments for a prefer for the coal lands
in the county, held by the Delaware
& Hudson.
The price offered has not been
stated, but Mr.. Smith said: 1T is due
to the late David Wilcox, who nego-
tiated the purchase of these lands on
the part of the Delaware & Hudson.
to state that we are willing to pay
more than $1,000,0 900 more for these
tracts than was paid by Wilcox"
1t was reported that Wilcox had
paid SIT 1000, 900 for these lands. Mr..
Smith said these figures were exagger
ations.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
RIGHT AND WRONG PosTURES
Proper Carriage Of the Body Has
Much to Do With Condition
Of the General Health.

In the Woman's Home Companion.
William J. Cromie. writing an article
entitled what Every Girl Should
Know," tells the right way to stand,
sleep and walk. Following is his adj
vice as to standing:
I'm the correct standing position the
chest is held high and thrown out
chin in toward the chest, with the
body held erect and leaning slightly
forward. The weight of the body is
equally distributed upon both feet,
either with one foot in advance of
the other. as in the military at rest
or with heels together. In the mill
tary carriage the body is bent farther
forward than in the ordinary walking
posture. The cadet gets his erect pos
ture, not so much by the physical ex-
ercise he takes as by constantly being
reminded by his officers that he must
hold his body erect.
There are three ways to tell wheth-
er you are carrying yourself properly.
Stand with the back to a wall which
has a smooth surface, with the head,
shoulders, hips and heels touching the
wall; try to maintain this position at
all times. Another way is to lie on
the back, note the posture of the head,
shoulders, chest and hips, arise and as
sumo the same posture. Still another
is to practice balancing a moderately
heavy book on the head. Place a soft
cushion on the head and the book on
top, as this gives the book more sur
face upon which to rest, and is more
easily balanced.
Keeping the chest high and the
body erect is an excellent exercise and
should be cultivated"
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
MAKE FOR SAFETY AT SEA
Big English Liner Carries Motorboats
Equipped With Most Reliable
Wireless Apparatus.

Among the many accessories that
have been provided on the gigantic
British steamer Aquitania are two
motorboats intended to carry passen-
gers as we'll as tow ordinary rowboats
away from the ship in case of disaster.
These boats measure 80 feet in length,
8 feet 6 inches in breadth, and 4 feet
6 inches in depth. Each boat IS
equipped with a 30-horsepower oil en-.
CINE.
A cabin is fitted amidships and the
forward end is divided from the larger
engineroom by a soundproof bulkhead.
thus forming a suitable DON for the
Marconi wireless apparatus which the
boats carry. This apparatus consists
Of a sending set which will transmit
messages up to 20 miles and a re-
ceiving set capable Of receiving over
a range of 300 miles. The transmit
ting set has a fixed wave length OF
800 meters.
Although there is nothing original
Incorporated in these sets, every eff
fort has been made to have them alb
solutely reliable in every way SO that
they could be depended on under the
most unfavorable conditions.-PopulaI
Electricity. ~
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
Juror lndicts Self,

A Virginian was recently indicted by
the grand jury on which he was serv-
ing on a charge of disturbing religious
worship. He was forced with the others
to deliberate over his own indictment.
Lawyers declare it is the first time
in history such an event has taken
place. He pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to pay a fine of SIS and costs
and to undergo three months impris-
onment. The imprisonment was sus-
pended on condition of his good be-
havior. The case at first puzzled the
lawyers, but the accused cleared the
matter by admitting his guilt.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
Lacking Compulsory Education.


Although six states in the Union are
still without compulsory school at.
tendance laws and four others have
laws that apply only partially, definite
progress during the last decade is re.
ported in a bulletin recently issued by
the United States bureau of education.
Since 1905 eight states previously
without compulsory laws have adopted
them, and it is thought to be a mat
ter of only a few years when compul-
sorry school attendance will be in eff.
feet in every state and territory of the
United States.
The six states still without compul-
sorry school laws are South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
and Texas. The four local-option
states, where the law is in effect in
certain counties only, are Maryland,
Virginia, Arkansas and Louisiana.
The bureaus investigation of the
subject reveals a close connection be-
tween lack of compulsory attendance
laws and illiteracy very much in &C.
cordance with the length of time com
pulsory schooling has been in effect
and the completeness with which it is
enforced.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
Lawmakers Centenary.

Benjamin Goodhue, one of the early
senators from Massachusetts and the
author of many Of the revenue laws
that still remain on the statute books
of the United States, died 100 years
ago At his home in Salem, Mass. Mr..
Goodhue was a native Of Salem, and
a graduate of Harvard college. After
leaving college he embarked in for,
eign trade and soon was numbered
among the great ship owners and
merchants sor which Salem at that
time was famous the world over. He
represented Salem in the First, Second
and Third congresses, and. in col
alteration with Congressman Fitzsim-
mons Of Philadelphia, drew up a code
of revenue laws for the new republic.
Mr.. Goodhue served in the United
States senate from 1896 to 1900. when
he resigned on account of failing
health.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
GIVE LAvisHLY TO CHARITY
Londoners Can Not Truthfuiiy Be Ac-
cused of Stinainess, at Least
In One Respect.

London is rich in charities, as we'll
as in many other things. Ten mill
lion pounds is the estimated income
of charities in London. which is more
than twice the annual expenditure of
Ga, 100000 on poor relief. This in
teresting fact is mentioned in London
Statistics, a volume which contains
many curious facts regarding the me.
tropolis.
1t is pointed out, for instance, that
of the 67,137 old age pensioners in
London, 46.524 are women This pre-
ponderance of ONE is partly ex-
planned by the fact that widows in the
whole of London number 1896. Is
lington, by the way. has the largest
number of bachelors, 90,072, and
Wandsworth the most spinsters,
9 ,2S9.
Referring again to London's char
titles, it is interesting to note that over
nine and a half million meals were
given to necessitous children in 1912,
each child receiving an average of just
over five meals. More than v and
a half million books are lent by the
public libraries in a year, Juveniles
taking considerably over one million.
That Londoners take full advantage
of the facilities for amusement is IL
lustrated by the fact hat at least one
and a half million people visit a thea
ter, music hall, cinema show, or on
cert hall in London every week.
Crime still fiourishes, the number of
persons tried for indictable offenses
ranging from 5000 to 10000.
Among other interesting facts con.
tanned in the volume referred to are
the figures regarding traffic. Alto
gether there are 2,192 miles of streets
in the metropolis, of which $50 miles
are laid with tram lines. The busiest
spot in London would appear to be
Piccadilly, east of Berkeley street,
where 31,345 vehicles, of which 21,612
were motor driven, pass along it in 70
hours. London bridge is the busiest
bridge with 1928 vehicles in the
same time, but Westminster bridge
with 1924 vehicles runs it very close.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
Traces Nursery Story to Myth.


The origin of the story Of Jack and
Jill is traced by DR.. William A. White
in the Psychoanalytic Review to a
myth about the moon Jacks fall and
Jilr's "%tumbling after" are the success
sive disappearance Of the moo spots
as the o wanes, the names of the
hero and the heroine being themselves
significant:
THE name Jack is derived from a
verb meaning to increase and Jill
from a verb meaning to break up or
DISSOLVE SO Jack and Jill are nothing
than presentations Of the wax.
ing and waning. and the water they
went after Is an indication of the de.
pendence Of the weather. in particular
the rainfall, upon the moon"
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-27
Notice

Notice of intention of Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen of the City of Tu-
pelo, Mississippi, to select a City De-
pository for two years commencing the
LIST Tuesday in January, 1915. and end
ing the LIST Tuesday in January. 1917.
Notice is hereby given that the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen win re-
ceive sealed bids from the different
banks of the City of Tupelo up to II
O'Clock noon. on the LIST Monday of
January, 1915. for the use of the city
funds for a period of two (2) years,
commencing the lst Tuesday of Janua-
ry. 1915, and ending the LIST Tuesday IN
January. 1917, and that the contract
will be let to the bank offering the
most interest for such funds, and the
bank which secures the contract will
be required to secure the safety of said
funds by deposlting with the City Clerk
securities authorized by law.
TIE said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
ID w. ROBINS, Mayor.
C. E. GOODLETT, Clerk. 30