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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
MAJOR LEAGUE
RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday.
First game, Philadelphia 2: Boston
l. Second game, Boston 6; Philadel-
phia 5.
First game, Detroit z; st. Louis L;
second game, Detroit 3: St Louis 8.
(CaIled in the ninth. darkness0
Chtcago-Cleveland. postponed, rain.
New York-Washington, postponed,
rain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
Jealous Quarrel.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
LINCOLN, ILL.,, May 29.-Edward
Fultz, a carpenter, died here tonight,
presumably from a gunshot wound.
In a quarrel between Fultz and
George Bruce, local barber, last
Thursday, the latter pulled a gun,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Results Yesterday.
st Louis, Il; Brooklyn 0, flrst game.
St. Louis 4 Brooklyn A. second game.
Called in tenth on account of dark
messy
Baltimore Kansas City 1.
Buffalo at Pittsburg-rain.
Newark at Chicago-rain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
ohn State win. Meet.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 29.-Ohio
State university won the big six meet
here today, walking away from all
competitors. Oberlin placed second;
Ohio Wesleyan, third, and Miami
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
TIGERS Down Vale.

L United Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 90
Princeton downed Yale today in a
hot pitching duel between Drye and
Way, to 1. Ten thousand saw the
battle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
Significant.

Omaha Bee: 1t is worth while not
ing that the young men most likely TO
do the digging are not doing much of
the war talking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
ARMY pefeats Navy SIS.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WEST POINT. N. Y, May 2s.-The
Army nosed out the Navy in a hard
fought, but loosely played game to-
day, 6 to 5. Ten thousand spectators,
mostly middies and cadets, saw the
contest The score:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30

Results Yesterday.
First game: st. Louis, o: Pitts
burgh, 0: (called sixth. rain).
Second game: st. Louis, 5: Pitts
burgh, 3.
. New York, s. Brooklyn, 1.
Boston, g: Philadelphia, 4.
Chicago, 3; Cincinnati, 1.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
Split Even in Double.

Split Even in Double.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. May 90
The Athletics and Red Sox split even
in double header here this after
noon. With the score to against
them, the Mackmen rallied in the final
frame of the last game, assisted by
Wagner's two errors, but Shore fan
ned Jimmy Walsh after three men had
scored. The scores:
First game
Philadelphia .............. 2 3 1
Boston 6 2
Batteries: Wyckoff and McAvoy;
Ruth and Carrigan.
Umpires: Connolly and Chill.
Second game
Boston 10 3
Philadelphia .-........... s 0
Batteries-Shore and Cady; Bress-
Ter and McAvoy.
Umpires: Chill and Connolly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
SIOUFEDS WIN ONE
AND TIE SECOND
Kansas City Defeated by Baltimore
Both other Games in Federal
League Stopped by Rain.
FEDERAL LEAGUE.


\ United Press Leased Wire service.l
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 29.-The st.
i louis Feds copied the first of a
double header from Brooklyn today
by IL to and then allowed the Wis
itors to tie up the second one, which
was called at the end of the tenth
because of darkness, with the score
a to a. The score: First game:
Brooklyn
st. LOUIS .-....... 10 10 y
Batteries: Seaton and Pratt; Plank
and Hartley.
Umpires: Finneran and Fyfe
Second game:
Brooklyn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3
ST. Louis IL IL u
Batteries: Wilson and Land: Dav-
export, Watson, Groom and Hartley.
Umpires: Finneran and Fyfe
kawfeds Defeated.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. May 29.-Well
punched hits in the seventh frame,
gave Baltimore a win over the Kaw-
feds this afternoon. to /. The score:
baltimore ......-...
kansas City ....-.......... l
Batteries: Quinn and Owens; John
son and Drown.
Umpires: Mccormick and Wester,
welt
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, postponed
rain.
Newark at Chicago, postponed
rain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
RACE HUNGRY FANS
THIRST FOR SPEED
Tourists Waiting for Race Day, XIII
Time by Speeding IN Rear
Of Auto Fire
Trucks.
HOW RACERS LINE UP
Faster Machines viii start In Front
Row-Precaution Taken to
Avoid Possible
Accidents.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 20
Rain was falling steadily here late to-
day. With it came the suggestion that
the speedway 500 mile race may AGAIN
be postponed-this time to Tuesday
However, the speedway officials couid
not see 1t that way. They sent OUT
word that there was very little
chance of another postponement,' the
best the weather prophet offered was
cloudy tomorrow" Meanwhile rae
ing fans patiently faced the dr1zzle,
paid out good money and waited. A
steady rain Monday morning will
cause postponement.
Tourists put on races of their own
this afternoon. When the local fire
department responded to two alarms,
the race hungry visitors closed in be-
hind the motor trucks and engines,
beating it, to the small fires
Fastest Cars start First.
Speedway officials this afternoon
the order In which the rae
ers will line up at the start Monday.
The cars making the fastest time In
the elimination try outs will take
front rank, the theory being that II
they were placed behind slower cas-
accidents might result.
Van Raalte's Sunbeam is one ex-
ception to this rule. It is number Z.
having gained that number by max
ing 1915 miles an hour with Oldheld
at the wheel, during the elimination
tests. But Oldfield could not COM
plete his deal with the Sunbeam own
ers, SO that his speed test did not
stand except long enough to give the
car a number. 1t is placed near the
rear, according to the speed shown
with Van Raalte driving.
Order Of Lineup.
The lineup will be in six rows OF
four cars each, as follows:
Row one-Wilcoxs Stutz, r. De-
Palma's Mercedes, Resta's Peugeot.
and E. Cooper's Stutz.
Row two-Anderson's Stutz, Por-
porato's Peugot, Burman's Peugot, an'i
Klein's Keinart.
Row three-Alley's Deusenberg, Le-
Gains Peugot, Grants Sunbeam, and
ODonnelps Deusenberg.
Row four. DePalma's Delage.
Van Raalte's Sunbeam, Joe Cooper's
Sebring, and Carlson's Maxwell.
how five-Orr's Maxwell. Mulford's
Deusenberg, Rickenbacker's Maxwell,
and Mails Mails.
Row six-Cox's Pursel1 Hills Bug
gatti, Chevrolet's Comedian, and
Haupt's Emden.
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| centrlv Association
essn<lsna; Of thetc iubs-resterdays
Ke1ltsU-Eudaysao Cameo.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.

NO games yeste1ua!, dcCUuHC 1d1rl
and wet grounds.
Games Today and Tomorrow.
Keokuk at Marshalltown.
Burlington at Mason City.
Muscatine at Waterloo.
Clinton at Cedar Rapids.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30
JUST MARRIED, BUT
DAUSS PITCHES WIN
Acquired Bride but Few Hours Before
Doesn't Stop Tigers Bene.
dict Pitcher Yesterday,
AMERICAN LEAGUE,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. May ga small
matter like acquiring bride several
hours before the game didn't stop
Benedict Dauss Of those man eating
Tigers from winning from the Browns
today. Danss not only pitched a
splendid game, but he whanged out a
ripping single. The score was to 1.
The second battle went nine innings
to a tie, darkness stopping it. The
score:
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Giants Trounce Dodgers.
United Press Leased Wire Service.I
NEW YORK, May 29.-Jeff Tes-
reau's mastery hurting enabled the
Giants to trounce the Dodgers today,
to /. The Ozark bear hunter al
lowed but six scattered hits. The
score:
Brooklyn ...............-. 3 1
Ne" fOTh % y "
Batteries: Pfeffer, Appleton and
McCarty; Tesreau and Mclean.
Umpires: Eason and Emslie.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-30

Batteries: Pfeffer, Appleton and
McCarty; Tesreau and Mclean.
Umpires: Eason and Enslie.
Cubs Trim Reds
United Press Leased Wire Service.l
CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 29.-Clei-
er base running by Fischer in the
first which netted rum and wild
heaves by Won Kolnitz and Kroh in
the fourth, which let in two more,
gave Chicago todays game over the
Reds by to l. Singles by Herzog
and Killifer and felders' choice,
gave Cincinnati it's lone tally. The
score:
Cincinnati NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l 10 z
Batteries: HUMPHREYS and Bresna-
han: Benton and Doin.
Umpires: Rigler and Hart.
Braves Defeat PhiTIIes.
BOSTON. May 29.-The worlds
champions hammered three Phila-
delphia twirlers this afternoon, win
ming handily, 9 to 4. The score:
Philadelphia .....4 )
Batteries-Rudolph Crutcher and
! Ira gTesser; Demaree, Chalmers,
Baun1gardner, Killifer and Adams.
! Umpires-klem and Cockill.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-18

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mont. Fairview. Pennington. Man.
nington and intermediate points
daily except Sunday. Shipments
later than $500 .. M: Fairvlew and
intermediate points 1880 q. "a. i
Weston and intermediate points.
1880 N.
Quick service. reasonable ratee.
and care In handling make this an
ideal line FOR shippsrs.
MoNONGAHEIA VALLEY TRAC.
ZION COMPANY,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-18

children.
Sixth-It teaches us economy, SYM
pathy and confidence. III
SEVENTH places us as a unit to
Outsiders"
Eighth-It gives our advertisers a
chance to help US, as they advise and
advertise.
Ninth-1t will diminish illiteracy.
Tenth-1t will make our city grow
and prosper, and help the unemployed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-18
TEN REASONS

First because you have the "Fuel
City,,
second-Because Clarksburg l.
looked on as being the best town In
the state.
Third-Because It is our city.
Fourth Because your neighbors are
in business.
Fffth-You nail on shingles on the
roof when you buy In Clarksburg
tear OF one when You buy away.
4 sixth-Becatlse Il things don't sni
you, you can exchange.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-18

Seventh-Because you don't have to
wait till the train comes to get what
you want.
Nighth-You are building up city
away from home.
Ninth-The other city; ont pay You
sany visit In return with money. I
Tenth-All the help you get you get
PROGRESSIVE.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

70 HELPS
AN OLD lockwood BORDER
There Are Some survivaIs Of seautl-
full Garden Ornaments still
to Be Found.

Time was when the lockwood border
was considered the very top notch OF
frontyard garden ornamentation. And
it was thought to be very beautiful
when trimmed into fantastic shapes
or clipped evenly in rectangular out
line. Take almost any of the old time
novels, and in them will appear a de-
scription Of the lockwood borders run
ming a perfectly straight line from the
colonial porch to the front gate. Box
wood hall was a favorite name for
many an old time home.
The privet hedge has largely
usurped the place of the boxwood
border, says the Newark IN. ~ News.
The latter was such a slow grower.
Years after it was out it seemed hard
ly larger than when first planted. But
It didn't send out impudent shoots inl
every direction; it grew slowly, SCI
dately and in deliberately chosen di-
%rections. 1t was never in a hurry to
be big. Boys may cut whips from an
untrimmed privet hedge, but no one
ever took such liberties with the Dig
ulllCu Olu DOAWOOu Dubus IL ulu uObl
promote corporal punishment
There were two things about the
lockwood border that none who aret
acquainted with it will aver forget;
its dark green foliage, winter and
summer, and its persistently unpleas7
ant odor. The latter isn't like that of;
birch, s~assafras, sandalwood, willow,
butternut or cedar. 1t is more like
that of the s~implocarpus fetidus-the
skunk cabbage. But the box BUSH
stands up as stiff and dignffied as i'll
it were disseminating the perfumes of
Araby the blest.
Now and then some very fine speci-
mems of lockwood are found in this
country, and wherever they are they
point out a place having a history run
ming back a century or two. These
bushes have not been clipped or 9TH
erwise mutilated since our GRANDPA
Tiers days, and have grown into great
trees-that is, great for lockwood. Just
such a bush was recently sighted near
Mount Holly by a Long Island million
aire, and he paid a small fortune to
have it removed to his estate. II was.
II feet high, more than Is feet in
diameter and with a great clump Of
clay attached to its ramifed roots,
weighed ten tons. 1t may live in its
new home, but as a rule, these grand
old box bushes resent removals after
they are a hundred years old.
A fine group of box bushes adorns
the old Elias Boudinot mansion on
East Jersey street, Elizabeth, where
both Washington and Lafayette we're
entertained in the old days -Four
large bushes are still tiourishing on
the Stoudinger property, 1853 Broad
street, corner of Clay, in Newark. The
house was built in 1882, and the box
must have been planted later, but
each Of the four specimens is at least
ten feet high and as many in diam
eter. Large sums have been offered
for them time and again, but have
been refused. Doubtless there are
many other fine specimens of the old
time favorite box, but a large and
shapely tree is still a valuable and
cherished heritage.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
TheBlueW Weed |
From Mars |
By H. M. EGBERT


Copyright. 1915, by w. G. c%hapman.)
Holland was the first man In the
country to notice 1t. His desk in the
Office of the great photo film manu-
featuring company was Immediately
beneath the blue window. The win
dow was an odd freak of the presi-
dents, a matter of sentiment which
is unimportant.
1t looked like a blade of grass,
sprung from some seed that had
gained Judgment Immediately beneath
the window. When Holland came
back from lunch there were two
blades where one had been, and 1t
seemed quite a hardy little plant.
Holland was curious to see how
long 1t could grow there in the crew
ice beneath the window, unobserved.
He left it and went home. The next
morning he was amazed to see a
shrub there, a sort of ornamental
grass plant with tall, feathery fringes.
Owing to the shadow of the blue win
dow it had apparently escaped no
tice.
The impudence of the plant amused
Holland Surreptitiously he lit a
cigarette. To be found smoking in the
film company's plant meant either i'm
mediate dismissal or a drenching from
the fire hose. Usually the drenchine
followed the first ~infraction of the
rule, and dismissal the second. Hol
land Understood this; but he was in
spired by the plants defiance of con
v%entions. Besides, he felt sleepy that
morning, after an unusually hot spell
eliminating in a hundred degrees the
afternoon before. And the present
day was no cooler.
Jefton, the vice-president, was the
first man to see the plant. Whats
this, Holland?" he demanded angrily
as Holland hid his cigarette under the
desk.
He plucked it from the crevice
and a shower of fine dust shot from
the seed pods.
Next morning a dozen plants were
growing between the boards of the
floor and in the crevices of desks The
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

was not paid by the United States
Steel corporation.
On the contrary, Mr., Schwab's con-
tract with Mr.. Carnegie called for so
large a sum as to be a stumbling block
in the organization of the United
States Steel corporation. Mr., Schwab
thereupon promptly cancelled 1t and
headed the United States Steel cor
poration at a far less salary and just
as Mr.. Morgan wished. A few days
later Mr.. Morgan explained to Mr..
Carnegie how nicely Mr.. Schwab had
acted. Mr.. Carnegie was astonished.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18


Boards of the Floor and in the Grew
ices of Desks.
men thought some practical joke had
been played on them. BY noon, how
ever, the afternoon papers reported
the plants in several places downtown.
The next day was Sunday, and the
Sunday papers contained no news OF
the plants. On Monday morning,
however, the lower part of New York
looked like a botanical garden.
From every window the blue weed
was blooming. 1t draped the business
off COS, it rioted in the streets; St.
Pauls churchyard and Trinity were
festooned with it. Small patches were
found growing in Central Park and as
far up as the Bronx.
Before evening it was seen that a
serious menac threatened the city.
Professor Smithson of the Smithson-
ian Institution, who was hastily called
to New York. was unable to identify
the weed, which had now spread
throughout the whole of Manhattan.
On Tuesday morning men hacked
their way to work through miniature
jungles.
BY Tuesday afternoon all work had
to be abandoned The street cars
were held up by the weed. Girls,
screaming as the weed barred their
exit from factories and business Of
fees, had to be rescued by firemen
armed with hatchets. The seed dust
filled the air, and everyone was i'll
with hay fever.
The plant could not be classified ac-
cording to any known genus. PROBES
sor Long of the Boston Observatory
advanced the theory that it had come
from one OF the planets in a shower
of meteoric dust. The dry spell did
not affect its growth at all. 1t did not
require soil in which to flourish. It
was an epiphyte-that is to say. like
Spanish moss and the pineapple plant,
1t nourished itself on air.
On Wednesday morning a singular
phenomenon occurred which dis
auieted the entire nation. Hitherto
the plant had simply appeared to be
a species of rank. quickly seeding
grass. Now it began to put forth
flowers. And its huge trumpets, five
feet in diameter and lined with a
sticky emulation. stiff as cardboard and
incredibly prolific, not only caught
mice. rats and birds, but sent forth
tendrils which. as II animated by some
diabolical intelligence. caught at the
arms and legs OF those who ventured
near them. All New York presented
the appearance of a speckled. scarlet
jungle. and the flags OF flowers waved
triumphantly above the highest build
ings
Everybody vas fleeing from the
city. Panic a nearly universal
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
Tourists in Venice.

The great industry of Venice is that
of meeting the demands OF tourists
The movements of the foreigner, as
they are skillfully guided and directed
by a host of competent experts. are
not difficult to forecast. It is known
that If the foreigner arrives at the
railroad station he will take a gon-
dola to his hotel. He may travel In
the ferry boat or on foot all the rest
of the time. to saw money. but when
he arrives he will take a gondola, so
that he may casually mention in writ
ing home that he stepped directly
from the train into a luxurious gon-
dola. Knowing this popularity, the
municipality of Venice keeps tab on
the gondola traffic from the railroad
station as a sort of gauge of pros
perity.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
Matter Settled.

When the term of the old negro,
preacher had expired he arose and
said:
"Breddren, de time am heah TO- de
selection OBJ yo' PASTOR for anudder
yeah. All dose favorin' me TO- yO' pas
toh will please say Aye"
The old preacher mad made himself
rather unpopular and there was no re-
Spouse.
"Ha," he said. silence GIBBS consent
allus. rs yo' pastoh TO anudder
yeah"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
HIS MILLION DOLLAR SALARY
The Story of Charles N. sehwab's Big
Pay From Carnegie, as II
Really Was.

The report in a western paper that
Charles NJ. Schwab received a million
dollars salary as head of the United
States Steel corporation needs correc-
ton.
Mr.. Schwab did receive the largest
salary ave- paid outside the domain OF
European kings and emperorss but 1t
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
Growth Of sulldlne n Loan Plan.

According to reports by building
and loan associations of this country,
institutions increased their as
sets last year more than 500. 600, 900,
making a growth Of nearly 8 per cent
over the previous year.
There are in the United States 6,6I2
building and loan associations, with a
membership OF 1904 and assets
aggregating 1887, S4O.OS6. This is an
increase over last yea OF 1873 associa-
tons, 267,OO2 members and s10s,ssO,-
S97 in assets.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
phllanthropy's DIfheuIty,

Il have made so much money" said
Mr.. Cumrox. that | don't know what
to do with it."
Cant you give It away?"
Yes. But I'm unable to find any
body who knows any more about what
to do with it tnan l do"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
AmbItIous Youtha

Recruiter-"Whats your agef~
Buffer determined to do the patrir
otto thing and get to the frontl-
twenty-five" Recruiter--"T safd
your age--not your chest measure
ment."-London Sketch.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
HIs s~upposItlon.

$50 much good advice Is constantly
being bestowed upon engaged couples.
and SO much of 1t goes UNDECIDED" 10
marked Professor Pate, that l am con-
strained to believe that love also
laughs at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
TRIBUTE TO A SPORTSMAN.

Are there any fish in this stream?"
There was yesterday" replied the country
boy. But since you've been walkin' I'D an down
with that fancy fshin' outfit | should be surprised
If they had all jumped fur the river an hid"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

ton is many times
greater than the number
who come forward for
citizenship. In many
states the proportion OF
candidates for citizen
ship to the entire for
eign-born white popula-
ton is at the lowest pos
sible ebb. In no state
does it exceed so per
cent, while in some
states it is as low as Z
per cent. This is true
Of the number of for
eigners who take out
their first papers ana
those who become citi-
Gems. In some states
there are more foreign
ers living outside OF the
large cities than in them
and vet the largest mum
her of candidates for
citizenship are louhu
among those living in
the cities. In many parts
of the country there have
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
L 5LIALRM MN N21R

Y the bureau of naturalization Of
the department of labor n of
the greatest, most extensive and
potential pieces of constructive
administrative work has been go
ing on for almost a decade with
out attracting any particular at
tention on the part of the general
public. This work has its fOunda-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-07
Too Much to Imagine.

One evening Smith jitneyed to the
suburbs TO call on his friend Jones,
and while they were sitting on the
veranda enjoying their after.dinner
ragweed, large volumes of music
broke loose in the adjacent bungalow
"Somo music" commented Smith.
glancing through the firetlies in the
scenery beyond who might the per
former be?"
1T is my neighbor, Green" an
swered Jones. "And would you De.
lieve that he plays by ear aloneY"
81 would not" was the prompt re
joinder of Smith. 81 can easily i'm.
agine that he might make that much
noise by using both hands and feet
and an ak, but you cant make me be.
lieve that he does II by banging the
side of his head on the keys"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-07
Parish Realsters.

The origin of parish registers dates
back to 1888, when Cromwell. Henry
Wis general, issued an Injunction
to the clergy to keep a record OF
births. marriages and deaths. And
the explanation of the gaps in ancient
parish registers lies In the fact that
during william IFS war with France
they were used to assist on the collec-
tion of tax on births and marriages.
which was frustrated by, the parish
clerks. for. as one OF them naively
notes In his register: mo entries
were made for some years to avoid
the tar"