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The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01

WILL someone please tell us what has ever become of the Association that was formed at the Court House in Clarendon to figure out plan for reducing this county's indebtedness of of about $2OO. 100000 which in- debtedness came as a result Of an overdose of petty politics. Just shake a bush if you can't speak.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
Almost Right.

Al Jolson tells an amusing story of his first golf caddy. Jolson found driv- ing of rather difficult and communed with his caddy as to the reason he missed the ball 50 frequently. The boy sagely delivered the following advice: "The first thing you've got to learn. MT. Jolson, Is to 'consecrate' your eye o1 the ball. Then you can hit it."
 Tell 'em you saw It In the Argus
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01

our school is proving successful and many parents as well as the pupils are enthusastic over it. I imagine the greater diffi- culty right now is to convince the pupils that they ought to learn to cook other things be- sides candy. Anyway we are anxious for the day to come when all the rural schools will teach cooking. carpentering. farming and all the things that children need. We also want to see grafanola in our school. We want our children to hear music from the best artists.
 Respt.
 A READER.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
Names Interchanged.

Mary is not by any means the only name that has been borne by men and women alike. writes correspondent xho has dipped into old English par ish and other registers. Sir Patience Ward was lord mayor of London in 1880, Eve Sliffhton is mentioned in a will of the sixteenth century, and Grace Hardwin was an old land owner in America AS to male names usurped by the ladies, instances occur of fem thine Philips and Georges. and in one case a daughter was duly baptized Noah. A goddaughter of the duke of Wellington was named Arthur in his honor, and in Efiingham church there Is . monument to Timothy. wife of Richard Mabanke.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
1Me FARMERS BLOOD TAX

THE farmers blood tax is the greatest and most humiliating tax paid by any one for not having permanent roads.
 There are hundreds of splendid boys and girls who are being raised up on the farms in Monroe County and who are being lost to the farms because they can't have the advantages which they feel they are entitled to on the farm and hence they are being drawn away to the towns and cities.
 If the farmers of Monroe County would demand permanent reads they would discover that instead of towns drawing their boys and girls, their farms would be drawing the town boys and girls out to them.
 Surely the happiest and most independent of all callings is that of the farm and the farmers ought to feel a pride in seeing his boys and girls take up the work instead of seeing them drawn away by the white lights of the towns and cities.
 Permanent roads will do more to save the boys and girls on the
 ,rm than anything else and aple it is a fact that Monroe S"u " farmers who live on the
 Rev. sould not have to pay %aabn;,ae SIuan;Ht about one fourth of Iohn.on is he roads while they son Matron an, benefits. it looks in college. , be up and doing. spending .thent roads come the tneir s themselves who live on
 farms will have to bring the M to 2 head.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
Real Hlahbre,.

The head of a biz New yGl ness concern is exceptionany i his height is further aeesalp
 his exceeding slimnsas. nj day a visitor from the SouiA [ see him and was duly aslll| down. After they had concll1 business the visitor rose to pi host rose also, and seemed ts ! rise. The Southerner, III glance travel upward. q tA5 specting a new species Of LII and with an expression of ~ ration, calculated: "Grsat Sg man. your parents must haM| you on a trellis! !'-PittSbulIl| icle-Telegraph.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01

THE news of the city of Brink ley being so impoverished that S7OO worth of fines had to be remitted because the city is not able to board the prisoners is now going the rounds of the state press and is not very en- joyable reading to a loyal Brink leyite.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01

FOR the fourth time the Brink lev sewer mains are being clean ed out and several of the streets on the north side are pretty badly torn up as the workmen are digging down to tear up the pipes. It is to be hoped that there will be no chance for a fifth trial.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01

BRYAN again shows his real greatness by placing a peace crown on Wilson's head and in the same utterance in real polite language, pins a Heather medal' on laundering Theodore. Bryan knows how.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
TralnIna the Memory.

Training the memory, as the term has been understood. is misleading. It would be better to say that you train yourself in the handling of var1- ous kinds of material, using all your faculties in the process. To remem- ber, in the fullest sense of the term, you must assimilate. You must per ceive the object, understand 1t and treat 1t nationally. Thus you get 1t fixed in your mind. The process changes as the material to be handled changes. If the material to be worked up" is similar, the training gained in working up one kind will help in working up another. But in the slightest variation in the material there is a corresponding variation in the process, and some new elements to be considered.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
Eseaped pl,.,..

Typhus, which under X. z, "prison fever" was once r,, England, held no terrors t.' Howard. the prison refcrp., i In a cell he would hold to lh, phial of aromatic yInes,, ? going home would wash sri ? his clothes, though evea ,s cautions he 'aipr abanlonai f thought his ppwers bordma 2 magical, pressed him fcs 1h 2 and refused t. relieve Ii F tions that his ammunlty t
 fearlessness, cleah.iness ani P ance. He ate no flesh. III yI1 of anything; he drank Ydl
 nor spirits, and went to bel e rose early. And his ascelie bled him to let light into N noisome dungeons and to NN. age of sixty four years.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01

near Brinkley 1 also know the mercha. 6ve had onions shipped in from Memphis while many farmers had good onions to sell and one farmer especially has asked the mer- chants to buy from him but not an order has he reed. Now I'm not a mail order man, neither myself nor family have in a life time ordered as much as ten dollars from any mail order house. We believe in home patronage but can see two sides to it.
 Burdette Owens, the little 13 year old boy who was so badly burned by a gasoline explosion when he attempted to make a fire in the cook stoI-with it, is home from St. Joseph's Hospital where he has been confined for the past three weeks. He is looking fine considering the nature of his burns. The hospit- al doctors complimented our Dr. Monroe, of Hunter, very highly for the way he dressed and wrapped the burns.
 A. N. Gibbs, of Fair Haven Farm, is erecting large barn on his farm.
 They are harvesting on all the rice farms near here. You see no idle people now. It makes me feel good to see the work men hustle by every morning as if they are glad they are living and especially glad they live in dear old Arkansas.
 The domestic science course in
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01

duQ pIONOCQJiOiis Z same fate would hav 4ken him any where in the north, Ii the southern press had united in maligning, abusing and mis- representing the people in the state where the crime was con- mitted; for like causes bring about like results at all times every where. The marvel is that Georgians retained their patience and self control as long as they did, as any one would say who should be fully acquaint- ed with all that transpired dur ing the two years of the Frank case. Personally l do not be- lieve that the people of Brinkley and Monroe county would have been quite as patient under the same circumstances as were the people of Cobb county.
 There are other phases of this case that l could discuss, but this covers your editorial para graph on the execution of Leo Frank by certain citizens of Georgia who were not officers of the law. Yours Sincerely,
 s. H. Bryan.
 In a spirit of fairness the ARGUS prints the above from Mir. s. H. Bryan, former Brinkley man, but in doing so the ARGUS does not in the least conceed that he is right nor will it ever defend or condone the acts of the mob. This much, without entering at all into the discussion of the merits of the Frank case which is now a closed book with many black pages. = (Editor.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
First Idea of Steam PlowIno.

The idea of the use of engines and machinery to blow the ground seems to have originated with David Ram sey and Thomas Wildgoose in 1618, but the motive power they proposed to use is not quite clear. Francis Moore in 1769 first attempted to use the steam engine for this purpose. The history of practical steam plow- ing dates from the invention of Fowl CT, assisted by Smith, in 1854.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
Spraying . Danger to sIrds.

It has been commonly reported that arsenical spraying of trees in New England in order to eliminate the gypsy moth has proved fatal to many birds, but, according to Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the United States bu- reau of entomology, investigations fail to show any such result. The ab- sence of birds from the regions where spraying has been practiced can be explained by the fact that the spray. ing causes a scarcity of insect food. and the birds are obliged to seek this elsewhere.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
F. c. Howe saas'''' "'''.'ss..s s:...s On The Advantages of Freo Ports :

MT. F. C. Howe Federal Commissioner of 1mmgTA- ton, who is of tho best American authorities marine in discussing the relation of free ports to the development of trade said in part:
 Ships will hundreds of miles out of their way to avoid ports surrounded by tari6 wall The only therefore. for country with tariR to compete in the shipping world with freetrade country s to establish free ports strategca points along its coast ne Ger many has done so and in . comparatively short period built up carrying trade which before the seriously threatening Engand's supremacy. HamburR
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
THE, MONROE, COUNTY BANK

in it. She, too, will gain much by seeing the light held aloft and Woodrow Wilson following it.-Ex.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
Unity of Human Race Admitted.

OHIty Ur rTuHdH HdCe N0nItkecos
 All scientists recognize and admit the unity of the human race, and at- tribute seeming variations to physical conditions, environment and habits. The points of physical identity among merous and important than the points of difference.
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
To Drive Out Malaria

To Drive Out Malaria
 And Build Up The System Take the old Standard GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in tasteless form The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 50 cents
The Brinkley argus., 1915-10-01
30 l!::::a'!! ]! s: 5: '! MY ice $50 Per Year
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The ARGUS is authorized to announce Hon. c. Otis Bogle as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of this. the l7,h Judicial District.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
EDWARD c.. BARROW
EXPECTS SUCCESSFUL SEASON
IN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

as 1t was In Baltimore last year. While
tho new club in Newark drew a big
crowd to its park for the opening
game. the attendance gradually drop
ped off, until there were less than four
hundred people at the game last Mon
day.
The Newark fans are a wise bunch,
and will not pay big league prices to
see a bunch of minor and major league
cast offs perform. even though they
may be Incorporating as members of
a major league The change In owner
ship of the Newark international
League club will also help our cause
there.
The situation In Buffalo IL much
improved over last season. Our new
organization there is composed of
some Of the best and most influential
citizens in the city, and / look for an
even better season than last year.
when we more than held our own with
the outlaw club.
Expect Much From. Canadians.
The two Canadian members of our
circuit can always be counted on to
make a good showing. backed as they
are by men who are not only good
sportsmen. but men of means. as we'll.
Rochester and Providence are two
OF our best towns In the matter or at
tendance. and can be depended upon
to have teams well up in the race.
The thorough housekeeping at
Jersey CITY has revised the baseball
interest there to such an extent, that
1 look for the best season the town
has even experienced,
Richmond the new member OF our
circuit Will no doubt live up. 10 its
record AS being the best baseball town
of it's size IN the country. The Rich
mond fans should not be discouraged
over the loss of few exhibition
games These games do not count in
the standing Baseball history will
show that championship clubs often
make the poorest showing In exhibit
ton games The record OF the Boston
Braves Of last season was = good exc
ample OF the REGULARITY in baseball
Manager Dunn may be depended upon
to have his team we'll up in the race
from start 10 fnish.
Everything considered. / look for
the season Of 1915 TO he = satisfactory
one In every way, so far ~ the Inter.
national League il concerned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
Cluster Is Given
Rousing Welcome
Upon Its Return

Cluster Springs. April 24.--The
Cluster Springs Academy baseball
team was given a. rousing reception
yesterday morning, when they return
ed from their Southwest Virginia trip
The entire faculty and student body
met them at the station and greeted
them with cheers when they rolled
off. The trip was great success, as
two out of three games were won
They beat Chatham Training school
by 3 to 2 score. and Roanoke High
School by an : 10 score, while they
lost to Randolph Macon Academy at
Bedford CITY in a thrilling ten-inning
contest by a score OF 10 O.
The team goes to Durham Monday
for a return game with Trinity Park
School and meets the fast Blackstone
Academy nine here next Wednesday.
On the third Of May the club will
leave On Its Northern trip, when IL
will meet Staunton Military Academy,
Fishburne Military School. Woodbury.
Forest and Lynchhurg High School.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
NORTHS|DE GUN CLUB
HOLDS REGULAR SHOOT
T.. NJ. G. Anderson Proves High Gun
in Fine Field of Local Shooters.
Scores Al Out of so.

The Northside Gun Club held Its
opening shoot yesterday with ten en-
thusiastic shooters and a large gal
lery of spectators.
u. M. C. Anderson was high, with
the good score of ~ out of50, closely
followed by John Martin and w. w.
Price, with As and az out of so.
w. w Harvey, the popular secre-
tary, shot well and surprised himself
as well as friends by breaking 3S out
of so.
with So.
The club has changed it's traps.
and now has an excellent place to
shoot. There is a large waiting list.
the membership now numbering
twenty or more. Shooting each aft
ernoon at 4:30 p. NJ.
Russell Perkins. Sales and Fashion
promise TO do better next time.
Score:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
Athletic
Toronto Internationals Expected
Here Late This Afternoon

One more day OF practice and the
Richmond Nirginians and Toronto
Leafs Will start the race for the In
formation League gonfalo1. The To-
cal club will undergo a hard practice
tomorrow morning, while In the at
ternoon they will be given a light
work -out
The Toronto club, which has been
training in Durham, ~. c.. is expect
ed TO arrive in the city tonight The
Canadian team win also go through
a light practice at Broad Street PARK
tomorrow afternoon.
The local team has shown marked
Improvement during the past week.
playing six games without a single
defeat credited aainst It. With Crane
in short. McInnis, Captain Ball and
Arragon on first, second and third. re-
spectively. the infieid looks good.
Hoffman and Bates are good out
tieiders. but another good man Is
needed to look after the left garden
When Manager Dunn arrives in town
today he III expected to bring with
him the much-7eeded outer-gardener
Crane. the youngster secured from
Connie Mack. broke into the Rich
mond lineup yesterday and made
very favora BILE impression with the
local fans. He put up a nice ex-
hihition In the field. hesides giving
the pellet a couple OF gentle taps.
This little Cuban, Angelo Arrago7.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
Richmond College
Winner of Events

day at westhampton. the John Mar
shall High School and Spider track
men ran off two events In the track
meet between these two institutions.
which meet is to be completed next
Tuesday afternoon. The winners
were:
1o0-Yard Dasn-First, Iiggan, Rich
mond College; second. Craig, Rich
mond College; third, Durham. Rich
mond College, Time, 10 rs seconds.
ss0-Yard Run--First. Thompson,
High School; second. Cheetham. Rich
mond College; third, Gardner. Rich
mond College. Time. ALA 1-5.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25

who is playing third for Richmond.
is a wonder. He can bat either right
or left handed. and can toss the
should consider himself fortunate In
landing this youngster.
Bruce Caulder, the local boy, who is
looking after things around the hot
corper for the Petersburg club, ts
making a big hit IN the Cockade City.
Besides fielding in fine style ne is con-
meeting frequently with the pellet He
Ia expected TO be one If the sensations
in the Virginia League this season.
Charlie Strain Is playing a good
game at second base for Win Clarkes
Portsmouth Pirates In the game Fri
day against the Norfolk Tars he con-
nected safely three times. and felded
we'll Besides beinV a pitcher he can
play any position on the field. and he
is expected 10 make the Portsmouth
club valuable man.
John Marshall annexed two more
victories last week, making 1t thirteen
straight games they have captured
this season The Marshalltes will play
their fourth championship game next
Friday afternoon with the McGuire's
University School.
The game between Benedictine and
McGuires University School, which Is
scheduled for next Tuesday, VIII
doubtless be played on some other day.
because of the opening OF the Inter-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
RESIDENT SMITH EXPECTING
SUCCESSFUL SEASON FOR THE,
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL S
ny ALVIN M. SMITH,
Pxegldont Richmond Club.

3xGAoC~Se fSCnOn0 NAun
- such = man A. Jack Dunn
- the Richmond club in the IN
klooal League this city IL sure to
hpYessntsd this season by one OF
strongest asgregatons in the
A organization.
. baseball pilot Manager Jack
nlwunexcelled in tho minor ranks
fsw leaders in the major leagues
anything on him. During the
Essn years he has been In base
the teams that have been under
mana cement have never finished
bf the first division. and this year
hardly be an exception.
= because the team lost a few
hilton games to teams Of q lower
|incAtion than the International
hue IL no reason why the capital
he Old Dominion is not going to
4 good baseball club this season.
Of the defeats during the ex-
lion series resulted from raw re-
pitchers being on the mound.
lever. they had to be given a trial
there were no better times to let
show what they had. The local
! showed what II could do when 1t
Mustered defeats to the New York
kts and Brooklyn Dodgers. and
Id the washington Americans to
; tie.
Toam Is Strengthened.
hce the recent series in North
nina the team has been strength
by the acquisition of several new
hrs. among them being Catchers
rheil and Williams. Pitchers
Ter and Ring and lnfleiders Ar
and Crane, and If they live up
keir previous records they will be
kuch help to the Richmond team
hiding the pennant in the Inter-
bnal League this season.
kerest galore Is being manifested
~ local baseball enthusiasts, and
present indications the crowd
| viii attend the opening game
Tuesday will be by far the largest
seen ut a local baseball park.
n Il going to be big year In
6aIl a. far as Richmond II con-
a. In fact, II II expected to be
'errest In the history OF the city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
Gossip

national League on that day. This
day will be a local holiday and most
of the players on both teams desire
to see the opening game between
Richmond and Toronto.
Since the first part OF the season the
McGuire's team has been strengthen
ed considerably and the boys who re-
present this institution believe that
they still have a chance for the gon-
Talon. Marye has been pitching stellar
bali in the box for the Red and Black
boys. while the other members OF the
teams are showing up much better
both at bat and in the field.
Monk Brown continues to pitch
stellar ball for the Richmond
Academy. In the game Friday against
John Marshall he let the public school
boys down with two hits, and still ne
lost his game to s.
The work of Fred Overman In the
box for Benedictine this year has been
very good In the three championship
games he has pitched he has allowed
a total of only nine hits. This Is some
record for a prep school hurler.
Half Of the prep school race is over
and John Marshall is leading with a
percentage of 1000. Benedictine Is
second. being orr one game behind
the Marshallites-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
Raleigh Wins Again
Over Durham Bulls

Especial to The Richmond virginian)
Raleigh. n c., April 24.-Raieigh
won the rubber in the first three
baseball games with the Durham
Bulls here today by score of to 2.
The features OF the game were three
home runs by w. Kelly and Dayton.
of Durham. and McCord, of Raleigh.
Batteries for Raleigh: Giddings and
Perkins; for Durham, Trinkle and
Dayton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
Cadets Defeated
by Roanoke Team

Especial to The Richmond virginian)
Lexington. Va. April 24.--Virginia
Military Institute was defeated by
Roanoke College. 10 5, this after
noon. The batting of Tavenner for
Roanoke and the batting and fielding
OF Marshall for the Cadets featured.
Score by innings; r. II. E.
Roanoke 900 420 2o0--s 10 2
Cadets .. 900 002 oo1--s 8
Batteries: Tiffany and Haslett; j..
Pitts and Malone. Umpire-Raftery
w. l.. II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
William and Mary
Defeats Jackets

Ashland, April 24.-William. and
Mary won easily over the yellow
Jackets here this afternoon. the score
being to l. Randolph Macon man
aged to get a runner over In the
first inning as the result Of couple
OF hits, but after that Garnett pitched
in stellar fashion and did not allow
them but three more hits and not =
run.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
CAROWELL ALLOWS
ONLY TWO B|NGLES
Walter johnson Is Touched for Total
of Eleven and Yankees Defeat
Senators, Alto o.
DETROIT TIGERS WIN ANoTnEr
Benz Displays Old Time Form and
White sox Defeat Browns, 4 to 1.
Athletics Win From Bostonians.

New York. April 2A-"Wild BIZ
Donovan's New York Yankees rornpeE
away with victory over the Wash =
ington Senators today, the Gothamites
winning by a 4 to 0 score. Ray Cald-
we'll was In the best Of form, holding
the Senators to two hits Walter
Johnson allowed the Yanks eleven,
Score by innings: r. II. Z.
Washington 600 600 600 2 !
New York 600 2o2 0os--A IL }
Batteries: Johnson and Ainsmith !;
Caldwell and Sweeney. rmplres, Null
leney and Evans.