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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-07

= cured-Failure DevOlycS Oblivu-
! tion of Action on CHIEF Executive.
The insurance commissioner has
tailed in his expectations to provide
relief: the warehouse commissioner
is about to fail i'm his efforts to So
J cure the insurance necessary on cot
ton stored in state warehouses" said
GOV Manning yesterday in a state
ment on the insurance situation. The
governor n few days ago received a
letter from John l.. McLaurin, state
warehouse commissioner. advising
MIN that the insurance on state cot
ton is intact, but | do not know how
long it may remain so" Commits
sioner MaLaurin urged the governor
70 call a special session of the legis-
iature to provide relief in the present
emergency
II shall without delay use every
effort officially and personally to
remedy the situation" said Governor
Manning.
! The governors statement in full
Follows:
Before and after signing the Lam
! ey-Odom bill. | had the assurance
from the state insurance commits
sioner. MIR. McNIaster. that he could
secure all the insurance that was
necessary for the protection of the
/ peoples property in South Carolina.
n hi 81.
article appearing over Mr.. McMas-
ter's signature. in which he saws in
Il reference to the Laney-Odom act.
Therefore. unless the law is re-
pe1ied. South Carolina must take
ICare OF herself with the aid of the
insurance organizations now doing
\ business mere. In my opinion. thes,
II organizations will scarcely be abIc
.Itn take care of the best insurabla
.Iri rs which are protected by munic-
II lpal waterwOrks Property not so
protected must be insured otherwise.
ana l see no chance for this pXcent
IN mutual companies. Every think
! ing individual knows that each elias
OF property must or should pay its
| own tire losses. whether the insur-
iahCa be in stock company or in a
mutual. There is no prospect of or
iethlHinS many stock companies
SO that Mr.. McMaster adnits tis.
failure to secure the nocasso ~, ins,,r
ance to protect the propertv of tbo
people of Sontb pope''s Oh TN"
In addition to this the state ware
house commissir S'",e ware
McLaurin. had been assured tbnt ,hn
insurance situation could no totnr
care of. with especial reference -
the insurance on cotton stored ~
state warehouses. the warabnusa 80
commissioner advising that - hi
judgment the state warehouse s,..
tenn was amply able TO take caro -
lali the cotton stored i'm the STATE ,na
keep ii insured in high class c"n,
Ip6nies.
Warehouse Commissioner No
Laurin, in his letter to mo d,IaI
March so. makes the foIloUing stato
ment:
was assured most confidcntIv
IRON thoroughly reliable sonr,.,',
that any insurance in South CarnIin.
which was cancelled would he nIacnJ
IN New York. but the power of tbesn
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-07
RU UR-MY-TISM

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raleia. Headaches, Cramps, Collie
Sprains, Bruises Cuts, Burns, Old
Sores, letter. Rine-Worm, Ec-
zema. etc. Antiseptio Anodyne,
used internally or externally. 25c
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-07
GOOD ROADS AND INNS

INV ,mer;oo, t1iob. ,,.oo.o.,o,,
Tbero .r zoo, -, ..y,.-
notions" +bo+ o,, ,,,, ,,,
and tho mast or ,ro,, 90
nractical SORT Eo,. a>,,,,,,, .,,,
thing ovar t,yantv-fi,a ,,aor, 400 +h
initial ctoto. ,,i,i.. C,,.;.
land was . Now rrg,o,dor ,,.t,o .
an enthusiastic beliavar in tbo o,,t &c
door life He tbougb+ tbot or,,
man ought to On out into tho siord..
and lanes and wash his 1urrs ,,.it,
Dure air and Ifft nm hi, .o,,I ,,.i.,
views of the omen country win =,
marvellous variety or pro,,i,g thi,..
and the yastness of lis stratcbos of
hills and valleys and for,sts ma
streams. and held unde,. tba urn,o,.
urable bowl of tba heavens os ir :.
were in the hollow OF the Almighty
hand He had been frier Of
Thoreau and practiced what he
preached The opportunity for out
ot-door recreation was so great in
switzerland that he asked a fellow
toWnsman, young engineering stu
dent i'm that country, to make walk
ing tour of Switzerland and write
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-07

Druggists sell DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup
Pepsin for fifty cents a bottle. II ia
a splendid remedy and should be in
every home. A trial bottle, free OF
charge. can be obtained by writing
to DR.. w. b. Caldwell, asa Washing
ton ST., Monticello, Ill.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-07

OF their own land might also no
made an open book for the entertain
ment and profit of teeming nonu
Iation that would like l, live out of
doors. 1t is only within the lasr
rev years, however, that anv effort
mas been made to develop the scenic
Slories of the United States. and fha
more the subject has been studied
''e greater the enthusiasm with
Whlch II has been received. During
the present year committees and pro-
moters of one sort and another have
Deen iiocking to Washington with
stores of the wonderful lands of
promise lying within few davs,
Journey OF all parts Of our great do
main, mountains of majestic height
forests of illimitable reach water
rails of exquisite beauty. CANYONS NJ
ih1ost unfathomable depths. fields OF
.rIaSting snow, slow-moving gev
serS miles of flowers and herds or
WeIl-nigh forgotten creatures of the
Wild. all inviting the world weary ~;
the artificial ways of men IN tba
omen sroco, r.h, ~ 'ne
bar wi1ao.. 80, ''e's III
Uouso for tbo o,.,..,. "i'S
prasidar, :, VI 'ne
great daIicb+ -, ,,.., '"e
:, a., P~N'" ""uIehces'
of the sciartis+s ,h
now it is all done because there is
nothing in tboir +boau,o-
can he ma,eurad
paper folk Win ,ho
might he obIa 70 i,.on,.. ..,,
Jeff' for ono d,,. -
ipeonIo who i,l,o ;,,.
est in substantial ,bir
COMMITTEES or Con,r., ~,
might appreciate tho ;r,,u.a.s
opening the wiIder,oss 90 49,,
vation If NOT tho oco,,,o.,o,
these missionaries b,yo hoo,, -
| their speech bv tboir ri,.,
what the eve couId COO :, ,,,I,
roads were opened - bo ,o,,,.,,
lands bcvond tbn rrrtbor hu,.
| impatient East
Secretary Toro
of tbe I,torior ,,,,.
gressivo m,r,gorn. :,
gions of tbo 1-ri.od c.a.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-04-07
NOW ABLE TO GET
PROTECTION

Both Mciaurin and McNlaster, Gov
ernor Manning Says, Were Conf
dent Fire Insurance Could BE Pro-
cured-Failure Devolvcs Obliga-
tion of Action on CHIEF Executive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28

ing at stake-must have his profits cinched
The boxing promoter is no longer sports
man. he is a business man. The handler of
boxers is TO longer patron; he is comblna-
ton of collection agent, press agent and COM
mission man-particularly the last named In
the modern boxing match there are more blows
struck on the cash register than on the human
anatomy.
Before the days Of the professional boxing
promoter and the manager Of boxers the
process of making a match was ridiculously
simple. In the good old days Of the late Mr.
Nero they were literally made in moment.
When the good old Emperor saw that his
people were weary Of the one-sded matches
between the martyrs and the lions and were
longing for some real excitement, he COM
manded that the boxers be brought in. Bring
in couple of good heavyweights," Mr. Nero
would say "A Gaul and Briton ought to
make good match"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
THE HEENAN-S YERS FIG II

Instead of the tedious formalities which
preceJe the modern boxing contest, the Gaul
and The Briton, stripped for the fray and
armed with the castus, would parade before
the Emperor's ringside seat They would
chant "Morituri tie sautamus,' which was
Latin for at looks like curtains for both OF
u.s."
Even before the sportively inclined could
get their bets down the bout would begin. Mr..
Nero would glance carelessly at an hour glass.
By the time he looked up the Gaul would be
on the ground.
Darn the luck" Mr.. Nero would say. "The
heavyweight championship has changed hands
again; and | didn't even see the knockout
punch. Bring in an Ethiopian and see if ne
can trim this Brton."
And so the sport would go on. The heavy
weight championship would probably change
hands about dozen times in one afternoon.
If any of the bouts lasted more than few
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28

pionship in t719, there is absolutely no authen"
tic record Of boxing or boxers
The boxing promoters who succeeded the
late Mr.. Nero we're also hackers of the game
purely for the love of the thing. They sup
ported the fighters and put up the purses for
the matches The purses were not the most
liberal. but it must be remembered that there
were no fighting arenas in those days and no
admission was charged. A bit Of turf or
tavern floor served for fighting place
With the revival of the boxing game in Eng
land came the second and the referee. In the
good old Roman days there was no need OF
officials. for there were no rites, once the gong
sounded. The bucket and the sponge and the
advice from the corner came with the London
prize ring rules.
The boxing promoter under this regime was
usually young nobleman with plenty OF
money. Sometimes he was a squire or tav-
ern keeper You will recall Mr. Toots, in
"Dombey and Son." He was a type Of the
fight manager of his period. The Game
Chicken, under his management, was typical
prizefghter of the period. The word manage
ment is not used in the modern sense here. Mr..
Toots paid the Game Chickens living expenses
and lost money every time the Game Chicken
fought.
The modern boxing promoter and the mod
ern fight manager are American institutions
They came with the Marquis Of Queensberry
rules Under the London prize ring rules IN
England the notion of capitalizing boxing and
the boxers never occurred to the patrons OF
the sport.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28

minutes the Roman mob would begin TO clam
or They're awful Take them off," And
taking them off" in those days meant that
they we're taken off permanently.
Matchmaking in the days Of the London
prize ring rules was slightly more complicated.
My Lord Tomnoddy meets my Lord Tomfool-
cry at the Boar's Head Inn.
"Will you back the Game Chicken for a cou-
pie of hundred pounds, Ned?" asks my Lord
Tomnoddy.
Done" returns my Lord Tomfoolery.
Wen have to raise purse for the beggars,
then" continues my Lord Tomnoddy. "Ill go
thirty pounds"
"Ill stand another thirty" volunteers my
Lord Tomfoolery. Come, gentlemen, what
do you say"
The other bloods, poorer in purse, finally
make up the remaining forty pounds. Jem
Simpson and the Game Chicken are sent for,
and the time is set for the next morning. The
ring is pitched in an adjacent field. Tho
Squire. because Of his knowledge of the manly
art of self-defence, is made referee.
In the forty-ffth round the Game Chicken
gets Jems head into chancery and pounds him
into insensibility. Finally the Chicken throws
Jem violently to the ground. and Jem cannot
come back to the scratch.
Nv Lord Tomnoddy hands the purse over
70 the Game Chicken, who grins distorted
grin because his lips have been split in the
bout. There is no losers end in this fight My
Lord Tomfoolery, who has been cursing over
his losses, stops suddenly and losses couple
of sovereigns over to the beaten man. You're
a game fellow, anyhow" he says. But, dash
it ALL why did you let him get your head into
chancery?'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
THERE WAS NO LOSERS END TO
THE OLDTIME PURSES.

The Game Chicken walks over to Simpson
"Ye fought fair fight, lad" he says Heres
a couple more sovereigns for zee. III set my
self I'D in a tavern now, and you're welcome
there anv time. No man could be more well
come"
Making match in 1916 is much more COM
plicated than the putting through Of bigger
financial DEAL One of the boxers arrives in
town with his corps Of managers, secretaries,
Wallets and attorneys. He puts up at the most
extensive hotel he can find. Two battalions
Of sporting writer's surround the place, and his
every movement is recorded in the scurrylng
editions of the newspapers. The President of
the United States is jostled out of the way by
the curious crowds fighting for a peep at the
champion.
The challenger puts up at the next most eX-
pensive hotel. He, too, is fanked by big
retinue. Whenever he moves it is TO the ac-
compartment of clicking cameras and the blaze
Of flashlights.
The place set for the signing Of the historic
articles is the ballroom of the most expensive
hotel Seated at long table on a. platform
are the promoter, the head managers of the
boxers. with their secretaries, stenographers.
attorneys and other necessary attendants The
room is packed 10 the doors with newspaper
men and influential citizens.
I'VE want fifty thousand dollars and 80 per
cent Of the moving picture rights, and we in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
HE MODERN FIGHT PROMOTER
THINKS IN TERMS OF
DOLLARS ONLY.

Strictly speaking the modern boxing pro-
moter and the modern fight manager of boxers
are parasites. They think in dollars only.
The thought of the late Mr.. Nero sending in
boxer TO be finished in one fight shocks them
not because they feel for the boxer, but they
figure that one boxer should reap many purses.
The ancient boxing promoter always tried to
make good matches. The late Mr.. Nero, from
what we could gather, felt deeply panied when
a pair of gadiators staged at his club put up
a poor exhibition. He made no excuses for
them. He inclined his thumb, and they were
disposed of with CELEBRITY and efficiency.
Mr. Nero never ran TO alibis. There Is no
record of him ever having said: "BritannIs
went into the fight with bad right hand and
Ethiopius was overweight They will put up
another and better fight at the Senatus Pop
ulusque Club next week, when the price will be
only eight drachmas for rngside seats Not
Mr.. Nero. In the purest of ancient Latin he
would say: Take those two boobs OUT"
For while the manager of boxer was
forced to risk certain amount of money in
the shape of side bet, and the promoter was
forced to put up certain amount in the shape
of purse. But not in these days. The man
ager risks nothing but the life of his boxer.
The promoter takes no chance at all, unless he
over-estimateS the drawing capacity of the
men he has matched 1t is clear profit for the
manager and the promoter When American
commercialze a sport and industry or an art
il is always done so that the financier-always
the man who puts up no money and has moth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
The First Kn0wn Fight
Promoter, "7,er" Nero,
Matched BritannnS
and EthiobinS, and 1t
Vas a Case of "Mor1-
tnri fe SalntamnS, "
but There Vas No
Money in 1t for Nero.

" HE development of the boxing promoter
is hard to trace. owing to the paucity
of facts furnished by the sporting
writer's Of olden times. Had there been
Richard X Fox in the days of the Roman En-
pire the work of the earnest investigator would
be easy. But it seems that the literature OF
the manly art of sef-defence began icons after
the art itself was old.
The late Mr.. Nero, of Rome, Italy, is the
earliest boxing promoter concerning whom we
could gather any tangible sort of data, and all
that we could learn about him was that he
handled boxing entertainments as a side line
Like most of the modern boxing promoters, he
was politician. He was also something of a
performer on the fiddle, and wrote verses. The
latter count should not be held against him, for
the verses may have been written by his press
agent.
Getting any real dope on Mr. Nero's boxing
entertainments was like getting an appropria-
ton for a new batteship. The historians tried
TO side-step us. They told US that Mr.. Nero
was noted chiefly for other forms of entertain
ment, such as battles between martyrs and
lions
Nobody wants to know about that kind of
entertainment" we told the head historian. at
isn't sport. The lion must have been sure
thing unless the fight was fixed"
That seemed to irritate him. He switched
to long-winded description of fights between
men carrying nets and harpoons and men car
rying swords and shields That made US
angry.
Did or did not the late Mr.. Nero, of Rome,
Italy, promote boxing and handle stables OF
boxers?"
Finally the historian admitted that he did
We tried TO get line on the heavyweight
champion Of Rome, but it seems that there
we're no record books kept in the empire. The
Jessicus Wiardus Of Rome was thus deprived
Of the credit that was due him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
PICKING A REFEREE IS VERY I'M.
PORTANT, BUT 1T DOESN'T
MATTER.

"On what grounds?" demands the attorney
for the champion
"On no grounds replies the manager for
the challenger, excepting that we ought TO
have something to say about the selection OF
the referee. ! am not going to let the man
ayers for the champion put anything over on
me-"
LET me select the referee, then" suggests
the promoter >.
ain Justice to myself and TO my family,
could not do that" says the manager for the
champion. at must be Bill Spinks or nobody
We can 90 right back to the circus, you know
We can get five hundred dollars week with
out fighting, you know"
As matter of fact, neither side cares who
referees the fight, but these little formaIties
must be gone through to make everything looA
regular. The managers of boxers want to i'm
press the world in general with the fact that
without managers boxers never could or never
would box.
Finally it is agreed that the referee shall
be selected at a special meeting OF Congress
from a number Of names submitted by the
Cabinet. That much is settled and the extras
are released
Three weeks are occupied in training he
served seats to see the boxers going through
their calisthenics and breathing exercises are
sold at exorbtant prices by the SPECTATORS
The newspapers give more space to the tram
ing anecdotes than TO the European war.
On the night of the bout the banker OF the
promoter transfers fifty thousand dollars 70
the banker of the champion and twenty-five
thousand dollars to the banker Of the cnal-
enger. The men in the box Office mana lns
promoter their tentative figures. lie notes
that he has made seventy thousand dollars, IN
stead of fifty thousand dollars. He is certain
that boxing is a noble sport.
After the bout the champion finds that ne
has skinned one of his knuckles, and he de'
parts Immediately for Palm Beach, leaving INC
managers, the secretaries and the attorneys
attend to the petty financial details. Inc cha'
lenger discovers that one of his eyes has oeeh
slightly bruised so he departs for the Adiron'
dacks to recuperate. He takes only COUPE
of Wallets with him, leaving the rest OF the
retnue to attend to the petty financial matters
Sometimes the manager Is an eX-ooAe''
Sometimes he is mere business man. VINO
does not know right cross from left shi''
A manager does not necessarily have to kno"
anything about boxing. Neither does the mod
eYn boxing promoter.
The most successful boxing promoters nave
been theatrical men or financiers. Their IN
terest in the manly art has been purely hnan-
ca That is why we look back at the late Mt
Nero in kindly spirit. As a boxing promoter
he seems to have promoted for the sports SAKE
alone, without profit and without hagglng
As far as boxing is concerned the late Mr'
Nero was the noblest Roman of them all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
As for My Lord Tom.
moddE He Would Back
the Game Chicken for
a Couple of Hundred
Pounds Any Day, but
His Successor, the
Modern Fight Promo.
ter, Is a Parasite.

sist that Bill Spinks referee the contest" III.
manager for the champion begins.
where do you get that stuff demands the
manager for the challenger. I'VE have some
rights. We are entitled to something
At this point the attorney for the challenger
and the attorney for the champion both try to
talk at once. The promoter signals to the
head waiter, who transfers the order TO his
attendants. Walters begin to load the table
with bottles of champagne. The photogra
nhers shoot off their flashlights, taking pict
ures Of the intellectual group inclosed in halo
of champagne bottles.
make it forty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars" pleads the promoter. That is lot
of money"
ut can't be DONE" says the manager. I'D
be robbing my family and the families OF the
other managers if took cent less. Besides,
we're the champion. It's the other fellow who
ought to take the chances
The attorneys begin to wrange again, and
II looks as though the match might not De
made that day. The manager for the cham
pion begins to marshal the assistant managers
for a dramatic exit.
Wait" says the promoter after wh'-
pered consultation with his lawyers. wen
make it fifty thousand
The manager for the challenger rises and
makes an effective and touching speech. he
tells of the sterling qualities Of the fighter un-
der his management, and closes with frm
demand for twenty-five thousand dollars.
The promoter protests family. But he has
figured in advance that even if he accedes to
both demands he will still make upward Of
fifty thousand dollars out Of the match. Final
ly he consents.
The managers read the articles carefully and
the attorneys look at them through micro
scopes. Suddenly the manager for the cha'
lenger says: 1--WE can't sign, because these ar
ticles stipulate that Bill Spinks must referee
We object to Bill Spinks.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
EMPEROR NERO WAS A BOXING
PROMOTER FOR THE FUN
OF THE THING.

But we managed to draw from the historians
the fact that the late Mr.. Nero was boxing
promoter for the fun of the thing. He charged
nothing for the boxing shows and he took no
percentage from the boxers
The manly art was very rough game in
those benighted days. 1t was worse than the
london prize ring period, which followed cen
turtles afterward The boxers wore leather
bands and trass knuckles. There was only
one round, and it lasted until the Coroner was
called in TO look over the loser.
There was no chance of fixing fight then.
There was no opportunity for the manager to
offer an alibi. There was no referee, for none
was needed. Consequently, there were new
faces at nearly all Of the boxing entertain
ments
The late Mr.. Nero did not have to bother
with the managers of the boxers. They had
none. The boys who furnished the bouts for
him were doing time for the felony of not be
ing Romans. When Mr.. Nero commanded,
Bring on a Briton and an Ethiopian there
was no talk of the color line. The match was
made on the spot. As far as we can gather,
Mr.. Nero. as boxing promoter, ran things
with rather high hand. But while historians
have charged him with nearly everything else,
he never has been accused of putting on fake
fight.
Mr.. Nero also spared the early patrons Of
the boxing game the nuisance of the noisy sec
onds. In those good old bouts at Rome there
were no cries of use your left Britannus"
or "Uppercut him. Ethiopius" The men in
the ring-or, rather, the arena-were al
lowed to fight their own fight.
Perhaps if Mr.. Nero had devoted all Of his
time to the boxing game, instead Of allowing
himself to be steered off TO side lines, he would
have done much more for the manly art. The
fact remains that he always tried TO make
equal matches. and that the ancient Romans
could be reasonably sure that every fight was
on its merits. His sole idea in promoting box
ing was to amuse the Roman people and him
self. There are so many good points in favor
of Mr.. Nero, the fight promoter, that we some
times think that Mr.. Nero, the man, must have
been grossly misunderstood by the historians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
WITH REFERENCE TO BOXING
THE DARK AGES WERE
DARK INDEED.

Yet in spite of the high standards which the
late Mr.. Nero maintained at his boxing con
tests. the manly art seemed TO have dropped
out of sight as means o. entertainment for
number Of centuries. After the castus came
the bare knucke era Again the historians
fail us when we most need them. Until the
time of Figg. who held the bare knuckle cham