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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
A Battle Amid the Clouds.

History is making rapidly IN the
present European war, and the wild and
fancies of Jules Verne in
his writings of a quarter of a century
ago have now in this day become reai-
ties Submarine warfare is now car
RED on more actively than any other
phase of naval combat, and almost
daily there are recorded encounters in
midair. The most remarkable achieve
ment in this latter zone of combat is
thrillingly described in the dispatches
of the day which recount how young
Canadian aviator drove his aeroplane
more than 5000 feet above the earth
and getting above a big German Yep
pelin threw bombs upon it and destroy
ed it and its crew of 2S officers and
men.
For distance Of . miles the com
bat ragged, the Canadian having to
keep pace with the swift flying mon
ster of the skies, which had put on all
speed and was endeavoring to escape
and at the same time in order to ac-
complish his purpose he must get above
it. SO near was he when he discharged
| his last bomb, which caused the Zeppe
lin TO explode, that his own craft was
overturned by the force of the concus
sion, and while the Zeppelin descended
to the earth mass of ruins the daring
youth succeeded in righting his owr
lmachine and escaped injury. This Il
one of the most sensational and re
lmarkable feats of the present great
Iwar, and is most marvellous to relate
Mirror and Farmer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
Sporting NeZDs
WON BOWLING
CHAMPIONSHIP
White Scored 974 to 937 for Thomp-
son in the Final Match Rolled
Last Evening.

A large gallery witnessed the 1C-
string match for the Masonic bowling
championship, which Leon White wo
last evening from Alfred Thompso
974 to 937 More than 20 bowlers par
ticipated in the 10-string tournament
White and Thompson having the tw
highest strings, 900 and 941 respective
~. This brought them together in the
final match to determine the posses
sion of the cup emblematic of tn
championship of the Masonic alleys
Both men started at a fast clip, tying
on the first string with 100 each. White
rolled $40 in his first strings and ob
tanned lead which it was impossible
for Thompson to overcome. In the
ninth stsng Thompson hit the pins fer
a double strike and in three boxes
scored so points, but at this time White
toppled the timbers for three spares
and in three boxes struck the 40 mark
White scored the highest single string
of the evening, 115. The scores of the
ten strings were as follows:
White-109, los, los, 70, "a, 101, 50
81, lis, 1874.
Thompson-1o9, IS, %, 80, 81, %, 90
81, los, S9-937.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
BERGER ANNOUNCES PLAYERS.
Keene President Signs Several Former
Players and Some New Ones.
Especial to The Reformer.)

{SpeGlaI TO / ne heIOEHeE.J
KEENE, n. H., June II
President Abe Berger of the Keene
baseball team has announced the list
of players who will try out for the
Keene team this season. The list in
Guides several of the 1914 team and
several new men. The team viii be
recruited by Manager Sullivan and
play an. exhibition game ut South
bridge, Mass, Saturday, June 90. The
team will arrive in Keene Sunday,
june q, to put in two days practice
before the opening game here June %.
Among the old players who will re
turn are Fish, Nichols, Adams, Sulli-
van, Stafford, McElwee, Proctor. The
new men include Regan of Nillanova,
Owen of Washington and Lee, Wallace
of Holy Cross, Whitaker of Tufts,
Dowd of the 1914 Greenfield team
Suarey of Manhattan, Kane of Ford
ham, Dillon Of Seton Hall and two
youngsters, Stevenson and Garland
| from Massachusetts,. It is expected
| that Fish viii attend summer school
ami win not join the team before the
middle of the season.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
JESS WILLARD
WILL Be WATCHED
In Next Bout Fans Expect to See
Great Fighting Machine.
They MAY Be DISAPPOINTED
Average Ringsider Fails TO Realize
PugiIists' Troubles-Patrons of the
Sport Are Prone to Mistake Ring
GeneraIship For Cowardice.

When jess Willard enters the ring
again it will be interesting to note how
his new honors affect his fighting
style. Willard always has been inclin-
ed to wait his opponents out instead of
forcing matters. When he was merely
one of the white hopes this was held
to be fatal fault, although Johnson,
an even less aggressive man, was con
sidered perfect.
1t is hardly likely that Willard will
change his style to any great extent,
but no doubt the point of view regard
ing his tactics will change. At any
rate it has never been the fashion to
criticise the champion heavyweight,
on the principle that the king can do
no wrong, no doubt.
Willard proved in his battle with
Johnson that he has a very useful
style for fights over the long distance.
In ten rounds to no decision he may
not show up any better than he did
| before, but the memory of his showing
| at Havana will prevent him from be
/ ing roasted as he was after most of his
| early battles
! ~
| of adverse criticism that Willard was
compelled to suffer was q result of a
common mistake. Very few persons
are able to appreciate the difficulties
that confront the novice boxer. AS q
rule, when he fails to tear in regard.
less of consequences, ringsiders at once
suspect his courage. If a better IN
derstandfng existed of the game from
the boxers point of view fight fol-
| lowers would be a great deal more
sympathetic.
When to attack and when to defend
is something that can be learned only
by actual practice in the ring. The
first lesson the novice learns by bitter
experience is to conserve his strength
Once he becomes exhausted through
overexertion he is lost, no matter how
much natural skill he may possess.
That deadly tired feeling is the one
thing that all boxers fear. According
to observers of the war there are few
towards in the world. Certainly there
are few towards in the ring; for if a
man lacked courage he never would
elect to follow such strenuous sport
long enough to reach a stage where
he began to attract attention. But nc
matter how courageous he may be. nC
boxer who once has become thoroughly
exhausted ever cares to repeat the eX
pertinent.
That is why so many hang bacl
when it is apparent to the outsider tina
a little more exertion would bring vic
tory He is not afraid of his oppo
nent's blows, but he would be NOR
. than foolish to neglect the warning
{ given by Overtaxed heart and lungs
+ The least mistake on the side of over
confidence is likely to lose a bout al
r ready practically won.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12

q
CHARLEY DOOM, REDS VETERAN CATCHER. !
because Of hitting ability and the fact
that their manager can't land any bet 1
ter balanced men.
More than one hard hitting catcher
in baseball In the major leagues still
has much to learn about gencralship
and tactics. They have the mechanical
ability, but nothing else.
But a stolid receiver will break up
the best team on earth. If there is any
place where brains are needed it is be
hind the bat. That's the reason men
like Jim Mcclure, Duke Farrell Con
ME Mack, Billy Sullivan, Ira Thomas,
Pat Moran, Charley Camel, Wilbert
Robinson and others caught as long as
they could stand on two legs.
Now, Doom is essentially of the type
of the sterling array of catchers that
has been named. 1t is not generally
known that he received his first coach
ing from Buck Ewing, regarded by
many as the greatest catcher that ever
squatted behind the plate.
Both Doom and Ewing are natives of
Cincinnati. They lived in the east end,
where there are acres Of vacant lots
which in summer time are filed with
youthful tossers. When Buck bossed
the Reds he had to pass one of these
lots on his way to the trolley car for
the park.
Seeing the youthful Doom in action,
he was at once impressed with him and
stopped long enough to give him a few
hints. He drilled him how to hold his
hands, judge fouls and other points.
Ewing made it a practice to stop for a
few minutes every day to give Doom
points, and when he developed he OBJ
tanned for him place with fast indie
pendent team in that city.
So 1t is little wonder that Doom
ought to be a great catcher when it Is
considered that in his boyhood days he
was coached by the best OF them all.
Doom viii be thirty-four years old
this summer, and as he is in perfect
condition he ought to catch star bal
for the Reds all year. Relieved of man
agerial worry, he ought to come bacl
strong. There is no reason why he
shouldn't, for his arm is as powerful as
ever.
With a brainy chap like Doom han
Hing Them, Herzog's pitchers ought t,
be much improved.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
DOOM PROVES
BIC AID TO REDS
Brainy BaCkStOp Of Great As
SiStanCe to Cincinnati.
GREAT COACH OF PITCHERS
Ex-Manaser of PhiIies Considered
One of Best Handlers of Twirlers In
the Game Today-AIthoush Thirty
four, He Is as Capable as Ever.

Charles Doom should be Of immense
assistance to the Cincinnati team this
season. The world is full of back
stops, but the crop Of catchers is lam
entably small. Doom is a catcher.
Look over the list Of receivers in the
National league and name the number
that come under the label Of "heady;'
not many-Archer, Bresnahan, Kille-
fer, Gibson and Doom and maybe one
or two others.
For the most part National league
catchers are young and hold their posts
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
The Strides of Science.

The giant strides made by science,
the handmaiden of civilization, in the
last half-century have rendered pos
sible in the present war much higher
death rate among neutrals, noncom-
batants, women and babies than was
ever before attainable.-New York
Sun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
Curious Characteristics.

Axel Swanson of West Concord, N.
H., granite cutter. possesses two pc
culiar characteristics. His hands work
in unison-that is a movement of one
involuntarily causes the other hand
to perform the same function, and
while he has an abundance of hair on
his head he has never had to use a
razor on his face.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
Danny Maher to Ride Again.

Danny ATaher. the famous American
Jockey, who has been in South Africa
for some time, has improved in health
to such an extent that he expects to
be seen in the saddle again this season
OF the English turf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
Generally Wnrsk Kinh

"A man dat gets to sympathizin' VIII
| hisself," said Uncle Eben, .'ginerally
| does it SO well dat his friends decide
he's got sympathy enough"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American League.

American League Games Today.
Cleveland at Boston.
St Louis at New York.
Detroit al Philadelphia
Chicago at Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
The Arkansas River

The Arkansas river is 2,170 miles
long, but at various points in its
course is very narrow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
Wanted TO BE SURE.

Man lin water) Help Help!" Pat
ton shore)-"Be yez drowning, or col
lectin' fer tn Beljins ?''-Town Topics.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
National League.

National League Games Today.
Boston at Pittsburg,
Brooklyn at Cincinnati
New York at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
American League.

AZ New York
New York, 10 10 II
Chicago, 8 II 81
Heating, Pith, Warhop and Sweeney; |
Faber, Cicotte, Russell and Schalk, |
DAILY.
Al Washington
ST. Louis, ) 10 Il
Washington, l 5 81
James and severoid; Gallia ana
Henry.
Al Boston
Boston, 4
Detroit, ; ) Il
Foster and Thomas; Dauss and Nc
Kee.
At Philadelphia
Cleveland, 3 6 o
philadelphia, 0 2 5
Morton and o'Neil; Bressler, Bush
and Lapp.
National League.
At Chicago
Chicago. 2 o
Philadelphia, 0 3 /
HUMPHREYS and Archer; Rixey, De
maree and Burns, Killifer.
At Cincinnati-15 innings
Cincinnati, 6 ]
Brooklyn, 0 8 /
Benton and Clark, wingo; Appleton
land McCarty.
At st. Louis
, New York, 3 Z Q
ST. nriS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12

when H. ?. Bailey of Maine threw the
hammer 1G5 feet three-quarter inch,
breaking the old record OF 164 feet 10
inches, held by John De Witt of
Princeton.
Athletic experts predict Bailey with
proper training will in a few years
come pretty near equaling or better
the worlds mark.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12

City coal plants are generally operat-
cd by electric power.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
BAILEY NEW CHAMPION.
Husky Youth of Maine University Sets
Mark With Hammer Throw.

College athletes still are talking of
the new mark made in the hammer
throw at the fortieth intercollegiate
track games at Philadelphia recently,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12

An electric fly catcher has been per
fected as matter of course.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12

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Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-10-08
FAIR WARNING.

Only a few days remain for those
outside the county who wish the
Enterprise continued to pay up a
year in advance, Positively all
papers going to out-of-the.county
subcribers will be discontinued
ON and after Oct, Is, unless paid
for a year in advance. We do
not like to drop a single name
from the list, but will be compelled
to drop a number unless we hear
from them within the next few
days.
The reasons for this new rule
were fully stated some three weeks
ago, thus all have been given
sufficient time to comply with the
request. You will miss your old
home county news, we know, and
we will miss your familiar names
from the subscription list.
Now, as soon as reading this gel
out your check book and send in
your subscription for a year or two
years. zo'zt.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-10-08
FIFTY PER CENT OF
COTTON CROP PICKED,

Fifty per cent Of the 1915 cotton
crop has been picked and the re-
mainder will have been ginned, re-
ports indicate, not later than the
first OF November.
The yield will probably average
between 60 and 70 per cent OF a
normal crop. In most cases 1t
opened prematurely and there are
slim chances for late crop, due
to the ravages of the boil weevil IN
the far southern states, and doub'
ly so in Texas because OF the gul
storm,
The weevil has appeared IL
nearly thirty Georgia counties anC
has done much harm. In SoutE
Carolina boil rot has been noticed
and this, with the limited supply
Of fertilizer used, has caused
deterioration of about 20 to % pc
cent OF the normal yield. Nortl
Carolina has been similarly al
fected.
Cool weather has delayed pick
ing in Oklahoma.
The market price during tn
past week has averaged from |
to III cents. Farmers their col
ton in the hands of buyers. Th
large farmer, on the other hanc
is holding on to his staple, hopin
to get at least IL cents.
Dry weather and a swelterln
temperature has made pickin
possible without delay and labo
is plentiful everywhere. Il goo
weather continues, the fields WI
naked by Nov. l. The staple ever
where is good and in splendl
white condition.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-10-08

rect The value of the stumpage was
carefully figured out with the assist
ance of one of the few most expert
enced men in the county. The items
of cutting, logging, saving and haul
ing, after adding Is per cent for profit
ON the operation, made the cost of the
lumber at the railroad between $3.50
and $500 per thousand feet This
same lumber is now worth $12 during
the present low prices, but up to $l5
at average prices for the past few
years. The difference between the to-
tai cost of logging, saving and mar
keting, allowing for liberal profit
and the selling price gives the stump
age value, or the value in the standing
tree. At the lower selling price OF $l2
for the product, the timber in the tree
was worth So to $3.50 per thousand.
The farmer thus sold for $500 tim
Der worth at least $2,400, thereby los
ing 81 800 that he, as the virtual pro
Queer, should have had. This would
have very nearly paid for the entire
farm. Sales by the lump sum are Otter
very deceiving, because the price
named sounds large to the owner, who
usually has no idea of either thu
amount or value Of his timber. Tim
Der should never be sold by the luml
or boundary, except an estimate anC
appraisal has first been made by SOM
competent person, When this ha
been done the method is to be recon
mended for use in many situation
where scaling the logs would be dii
ficrlt or otherwise impracticable.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-10-08
When The Swain Show Comes

Many a youngster will sleep
with one eye open watching for the
first break of dawn, andas soon
as the sun begins to peep above
the horizon will quietly slip on his
clothes and sneak down the back
stairs, softly open the back door
and hike toward the show grounds.
OF course, when Jimmy arrives he
finds that Bill, Pete, Jack and
some of the rest OF the gang"
were there already and guy him
for not getting up before 4 o'clock,
but what's tie difference? 1t will
be show day just the same.
Many older people are inclined
to laugh at the small boy for aris-
ing at such an unseemlv hour and
following the show from the time
it pulls into town until its tents
are spread, but i'll they only knew
| it, little Johnny has the best Of
many of the older people. He
is able to see many things that are
of greater interest than even the
most thrilling Of the performances
in the big tent. Few people realize
the wonderful system that enables
big organization like the W. |
Swain shows to be moved from ont
city to another, and get ready tt
show in one day and withou
, friction and seemingly wiihou
effort.
The show comes and goes will
its thousands of dollars worth 0
; property, its many employees AM
. its big tents and few people thin
anything about it. They do no
stop TO think of the wonderful
, amount of work that is necessar
to conduct a great Amusement
enterprise like W. l. Swain show.
The show date at Dresden wi
be Oct. IL.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-10-08
SHOULD NOT SELL
THEIR TIMBER
Timely and Wholesome ADJ
vice Given To Owners
of Woodlands
PRICES OF TIMBER RISING
Illustration Given Showing How One
Farmer Lost $1,000 Through
Sales by Lump Sum.
(By W. R. Nation, Foresty Specialist

(By w. R. Nation, Foresty Specialist)
In spite of the rise in prices of stand
ing timber and need for better farm
management, owners of woodlands
continue to sell timber blindly and
with scarcely any idea of its value.
The farmer is in reality the producer
of the timber, and owners should re-
aNze this fact. A recent case in Roane
county illustrates we'll how farmers
almost give away their valuable tim
Der.
A farmer sold for a lump sum Of
$500 all the merchantable pine stand
ing on his farm which he had recently
bought, giving a two-year term for cut
ting. The farm consisted of ESQ acres
Of mostly hill land, and the owner
needed some money to help pay for
the property The location was 10
miles from large town on trunk
line railroad, connected by frst-class
piked road and mostly a down-grade
haul. The bulk of the pine was in
pure stands and the rest scattering
among hardwoods. A little was old
virgin yellow pine, but most of it had
come up thickly in old fields turned
out at various times, beginnin- about
20 years before the war and continu'
ing down to year or two after the
war. An average sample of the 3d.
year-old pine was measured and yield
ed from 10000 to 10000 feet per acre;
fully stocked stands yielded up to
10000 board feet. The older stands
undoubtedly yielded up to 10000
where well stocked with trees. The
trees were from 70 to 80 feet in height
and measured from II to IS inches IL
diameter at breast height AN fee
above the ground).
BY August, 1915, the purchaser hat
cut something over 100000 board fee
and still had not less than 10000 fee1
vet to cut. This made his stumpagt
cost him less than 81 per thousand
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-10-08
Monday, November |, 1915,

to the highest and best bidder on
bidders three tracts of land situated In
the First civil district oil Weakley
county, Tennessee, one being known
as the l.. A. Harris, deceased, tifty-acre
tract, one as the l.. A. Harris, deceased,
thirtv-acre tract and one as the Naomi
Harris, deceased, fTty'nine acre tract.
The two l.. A. Harris tracts, towlt;
the fiity-acre tract and the thirty'acre
tract, more or less, will be first SOLO
together as whole, and then each
sold separately and the hest and
highest bid accepted, The said Naomi
Harris tract OF fiitY-nine acres WI Il oe
sold separately from the other tracts.
General boundaries or more particular
description OF the tracts as shown o,y
said decree will be given on day Of sale
or same can be had by calling az tPe
Clerk and Masters Office at DresdeEs
The sales will be made on terms o.
one.third cash, one-third due IN twelve
months and one-third due in twenty
four months, the purchaser to execute
notes for deferred payments, bearing
six per cent interest, with good and
approved personal security, and a llah
will he retained upon the lands lot
further security OF the notes.
This October l. 1915.
o8 1872 1. l.. MRS. G. 4 M,
Bv 9. A. OGAN, d, O. n.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-10-08
FACTS WORTH KNOWING
ABOUT CRIMSON CLOVER
(By ]. c. McAmis.)
Its Value and Uses.

Crimson clover is probably without
an equal among the winter crops
grown in Tennessee for use as green
manures, cover crops and substitutes.
For these purposes it is harder than
red clover, and earlier than either red
clover or hairy vetch, making it supe-
rior for fall and winter pasture and
for turning under in the spring Its
superiority over the grains lies in the
exceedingly important fact that 1t adds
nitrogen to the soil, while the grains
do not. Clover decays more readily
in the soil and it's effect is quicker 1t
is a richer feed.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-10-08
Crimson Glover Alone.

Crimson clover may be sown alone
under the following conditions:
Medium poor and rich lands haV-
ing midsummer preparation, and early
August seeding.
2-Rich lands with medium early
preparation and seeding.
3ZWhere little or no pasturlng is
intended.
Poor lands must have early careful
nreparation and seeding. Rich lands
NAV be seeded later with later prep
aration though even on lands OF this
character the preparation should be
done early and as thoroughly as pos
sible.
Companion Crops.
Crimson clover may be soWn either
alone or with various companion crops
the most common of which are the
winter grains. This mixture is ad
yised under the following general con
ditions:
Extremely poor land-Wheat ant
rive will succeed on poorer land thai
clover
2-Land of medium fertility will
late preparation and late seeding
Grains help to prevent the clover from
freezing out.
S-Very late seeding on rich land.
All lands intended for heavy pas
turing-Grains make firmer turf
Wheat and rye are best companion
crops on poor land. Wheat reache
the green manure stage at the sam
time that clover does. Rye is slight
earlier than crimson clover. Oats an
barley produce more pasture of bette
quality on rich land.
Place in the Rotation.
Crimson clover is often seeded i
standing cultivated crops, such a
corn. cotton. tomatoes. etc. The Dra'
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-10-08
Farm at Bargain.

1251a-acre farm near Hyndsver,
five room residence, three room
tenant house, four tobacco barns,
three stock barns; 500 per acre,
$500 or more cash and So per acre
per year and interest until paid. =
w. o. Walcott, Dresden, Tenn.