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n Bush League Wonder.

several years z "A young pitcher
named Hopper won quite a little rcnown
because Roger Bresnahan. while nar.
ager or the Cardinals, traded him N
DICK kinsella for "a birddog. Cleveland
VIII introduce Il pitcher next season VIII,
was received by his former Texas L.,rus
employer In exchange FOR a season pass
re is Jesse |" Petty. a left handler.
drafted from San Antonio for 81 200
Petty's baseball career sounds more IKE
something which may happen I'm roo' "a
thar in real l!fe. II J. Henson. owner l,
me san Antonio club, spun ~. 't.. ~
the recent American League wc.',t o
Chicago:
Early last season a railroad "'s -e.
called at my of4no and Requested %
MN a seasons pass. asked 'u w'
he should make this request of .r. fia
replied he had worked with n,. -..ro
years back IN a mine down foo Nr>.oo
ana suggested some day hr might h. HE
10 do me "A favor In return .o.el,i ru
the pass, and the man slipped ,'t ...y
out OF my mind uu'll iu m.d-c,~., 20,
hohhed up on" day aud aeb,l ue >
wanted a good pitcher.
Made Good m~mrdIntcI,.
AS our pitching staff Was an shot %
pieces. ! told him ! could easily use a
capable pitcher. Several days later 70.
ceived a wire from the engineer thai hs
pitching find Was on the way Tran
several days more elapsed. and We htI
rather given him up. when one morning
while | was sitting IN tile Gunter Hotel
he appeared. knew him tho nomen.
my eyes rested or him. lie was II bg
husky boy. and lie held a battered oh
suitcase In one hand and his coat and
vest in the other. VIII lc hE, vide susp"H-
ders held up his trousers.
I'VE gave Jesse l. Petty - ~ form
and put him 10 work the first day. Ia
shut out Houston by p, score of 8 20 0,
and Pat Newman. the Houston mauass-.
told mo we had q wonder. lie also won
his second same. I To ., hut lost his
third. . to ]. on errors, Ky that tine
Petty was tho town hero and his Lead
swelled with II. He clme from Boina--
ton, Tex, which ~ about 400 miles
deeper In the sticks than any place a
the country. and II wasn't long before
he got the idea that he was tho ~ereatest
pitcher In the world.
THAT IS his only fault. Hts habits
are excellent. but success went To ne
head. II he will Just listen 20 vha: a
man Ike Lee Fohl tells him Ne should
become n OF tho pitching stars Of the
game
The YANKEES Will play no iul'or
league cams ncN. spring, unless q bs
somc sunday dates after they got home.
They will play all their training slm"s
with three National Lcagu" gluH- six
with the Brayes and three each with to
Superbas and Pirates.
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Dear Tom-who was manager Of the
Brooklyn club when Wtihert Robinson was
a member Of the team? What was the
year? FLORENCE AND HENRIETTA,
Robinson never vas "a member Of the
brooklyn team prior to accepting the Job
Of mAuAgors
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Dear Tom--A bets b la joie has tn. best
batting average ever made by an Amer
lean player. Il puts his money on Cobb.
Il. s. AND u. u.
A wins by a shade. L.ajoie hit ace
with The Athletics In 1901. which was
just two points higher than Cobb's high
water mark. his average Of ,420 made in
1911.
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Dear Tom-Kindly give me a list Of tho
most important bouts OF Leach Cross.
ROBERT GREGORY.
Fought ten round no decision bouts
with such cracks az Packy Mcfarland,
Tommy Murphy. X. o. Brown, Jack
Br!tton. Battling Nelson. Willie Richie.
Ad Wolgast n Johnny Dundee.
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Questions d Answers
~ TON M..NlJv TV

Dear Tom-How mani Olympic meets
have been staged since the revival OF the
international contests. and kindly tell me
where they were held.
STEPHEN TowNEs.
Six. Athens. 1896 Paris. 1900 st.
Louis 1901; Athens, 1906; London.
1908 Stockholm, 1912.
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Referee-C. f. Creighton. Enesmen-E
Newman and + Tauberle. Goals-Hager
Con,inentals: Ingram. United States. Captain
It waldron, Jersey A. C.. and ". vande
wcshe, New York r. c. Time Of halves
Is minutes.
The sun., 1916-12-26

Dear Tom-pid Urban Shocker, the
young Yankee pitcher, pitch In enough
games In the American League last season
to get u rating? II he did. how did he
hRurer
The sun., 1916-12-26

Dear Tom-ff n billiard ball rests upon
a balk line 10 It considered In or out?
EXCITED.
II the ball is on the line II IL In.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

Little Miss Fannie May Fitzpatrick
spent Wednesday night with Louise
Lipsey at the home of Mrs. T. N.
Middlebrooks.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

grow their own grain and forage and
garden truck instead of paying two
prices for it in cheap cotton. This
applies equally to conditions in every
cotton state in the South, to every
farmer who grows cotton at all.
This is absolutely the only road to
farm independence, to your indepen-
dence. You had better take it now.
If you disregard this injunction and
plant cotton, cotton, cotton. cotton I'M
til there is nothing else on your place
set it down right now that when har-
vest time comes you are going to be
wearing the same long face you wore
in the fall of 1914. 1t will be as bad
it not worse.
If | knew how to make the picture
any gloomier l would do it, and then
not depart in the smallest degree from
the truth.
You can avoid it by cutting down
your cotton acreage and make your
own living on the farm. If you don't
do it you are going to suffer. There
is no escape from it.
Chas. S, Barrett,
President Farmers Unior
Union City, Ga, March /, 1915.
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TEN COMMANDMENTS
MAY BE BRIEFED BY
THE EPISCOPALIANS
Bishop Nelson Men,. r of Com
mite That Has Made Sug-
gestion.

Savannah, March o.
A committee of Episcopalian bishops
one of them being Ri. Rev. c. K. Mel
son of Atlanta, has held meeting in
New York and has concluded to pre-
sent to, the triennial convention of
the church at St. Louis in October a
plan fo- shortening the ten command
ments in the Episcopal catechism and
its holy communion service. A short
ened form of the Deca1ogue is what
will be recommended by special
commission on the revision and en-
richment of the Book of Common
Prayer =
Proposed Changes.
The abbreviated form to be pre-
sented for adoption is as follows
/. Thou shalt have no other gods
before me.
2. Thou shalt not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain.
3. Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy.
4. Six days shalt thou labor, and
do all thy work
5 Honor thy father and thy moth
err.
6 Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
g. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt no bear false witness
against thy neighbor.
10. Thou shalt not covet anything
that is thy neighbours.
This commission, at a recent meet
ing in New York, which lasted several
days, decided by almost unanimous
vote, to present to the general con-
vention for its adoption shortened
form of the Law" as given by God
to Moses on Mount Sinai.
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fered by NJ Luke, ST., and adopted
by unaniomus vote of the Ben Hill
Camp.
Whereas, Senator B, R. Tillman
has introduced in the United States
Senate a resolution seeking Federal
pensions for Confederate soldiers, and
Whereas, we know that the Federal
Government levied and collected
against the South tax on cotton,
which tax was paid by confederate
soldiers and their descendants to the
amount of sixty-four million dollars,
which is today in the Treasury of the
United States, and
Whereas, the Supreme court of the
United States declared said cotton tax
unconstitutional and void, and
Whereas, by all justice, law, equity,
magnamity and humanity demands
that this sixty-four million dollars be
placed back with the people from
whom it was unjustly taken, and there
can" be no better, just and equitable
plan to this end than is proposed in
the resolution of Senator TiHman. as
all veterans will soon have passed
away and the - ey filtered through
the various nels of trade and
commerce realizing that there
are thou2: Confederate soldiers
TO WIZ gracious and just law
would -omfort and fill their de-
Ginning with peace, and
WI we and our descendants
have taxed for fifty long years to
pay =" ions of Federal soldiers, for
whic-. we are not now complaining,
lat only mention by way of com
parison, as each true soldier answered
the call of their respective countries.
and should stand upon an equal foot
ing =, citizens of a common country,
af-cr fifty years of reunited country,
therefore
Be it resolved by the Ben Hill
County Camp of Confederate Veterans
that we hereby endorse the noble eff
forts of Senator Tillman and pledge
him our deep appreciation and last
ing gratitude for the work he is do
ing IN behalf of a just cause, and we
hereby call upon all veterans to Good
crate with the plan proposed.
Be it further resolved, that our sons
and daughters are herby requested
and urged to cooperate, and that our
members OF Congress are herein De-
titioned and requested to use their in
tluence AMI wCrl. in tehalf of bring
ing about the passage of this most
Just, AMI NEEDED si':n pirate leg =
ton.
There being no & r,t er business ior
rhe Care, {" mo, On of Hen, 7.
Stone, IT,. camp adjourned 20 The
call of the ,n.lnant'er.
M. Luke, Sr., Commander.
T. ]. Luke, Secretary,
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CONFEDERATE VE7E-
RAMS HOLD MEETING

In pursuance to a call by M. Luke,
Sr., Commander of Confederate Vet
Grams of Ben Hill county camp, met
Saturday March 4th in the office of T.
J. Luke, Sr.. The following members
responded to the roll cali, T. E. Ran
some, J. E. Turentine, L. P. Hyatt,
Henry J. Stone, ]. R. McCook, Sr., J
M. Thurmond, A. l. Davies and M.
Luke, Sr.
The first business was the election
of officers for the ensuing year. The
old board was reelected by unani-
vote, with the exception of the Sec
rotary and T. ]. Luke was elected to
fill this place.
The next order of business was the
collection of dues, $3,40 was collect
ed. $l.00 was collected to go to Mai
or General VIM. f. Mickle at New
Orleans, L., $40 for Bridges Smith
of Macon.
The next order of business was the
election OF delegates to the reunion at
Birmingham, Ala, to convene in Aug
ust OF this year. The following mem
bers volunteered to go: ]. H. Nc
Cook, Henry J. Stone, L. P. Hyatt and
M. Luke, ST..
The following resolution was Of
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08
PRES. BARRETT
WARNS FARMERS
WARNS THE FARMERS OF THE
DANGER OF PLANTING
TOO MUCH COTTON.

President Charles S. Barrett of the
Farmers Union has issued the follow
ing open letter to the members of the
union generally throughout the cotton
states:
"The other day I read from report
that there are 10000 farms in Texas
which have no cows, $4,000 which
have no pigs, 10000 without poultry
800 farms that do not grow a pound
of hay and 100000 that rails no sweet
potatoes. This statement is more than
surprising; it's appalling. If these
are conditions in Texas, one of the
greatest of farming states, they exist
to as great or a greater degree in the
other cotton growing states of the
South.
There is the seat of our trouble here
in the South. Too many of us are
continuing to concentrate on one pro-
duct alone-cotton. AS long as you
keep on raising nothing but cotton
and paying out your cotton money
for forage and food and clothing, in
stead OF making your farm furnish
your living TO you, you are never go
ing to get anywhere and the most Of
you'll be in debt.
Right az this time especially I want
to caution you and warn you against
an all cotton crop this year. AS sure
as you continue to devote your atten-
ton wholly to cotton this year, you
are going to come out at the little
end of the horn. There is no lodging
it. You all remember what happened
In 1914 when the European war be-
gan. You remember how it fright.
ened you, how it distressed you how
it left you with scant rations be-
cause you failed to make your food
at home and had nothing but low
priced cotton-not enough to pay your
debts
Well, if you don't look out the same
sort of thing is going to happen again,
A big cotton crop this year is going to
spell the same sort of disaster for
you that you experienced in 1914, if
not worse. The price is down now and
1T IS staying down. Just you plant
big crop and you'll see it tumble
lower still. Some millions of bales of
last years crop are still being held
because of present prices. Suppose
you should add another big crop to
this stock on hand, you knew very
well what would happen, and if you
don't look out it will happen.
After the disaster of 1914 the farm
ers of the south planted more forarge
and food crops than ever before, and
they began to raise more cows and
pigs. Those who were fortunate
enough to do that know how we'll they
profited by it; know that even with
the better price for cotton they would
have had hard time if they hadn't
done it.
The European war is not over; there
IS no telling when it will end. 1t may
go on for several years. Certainly
1t will not end this year, and probably
not next. The German, Austrian and
Russian markets are closed tight
against your cotton; the worlds CON
sumption is reduced by several mil
hon bales. How can you hope Tor
higher prices if you make big clap?
It is ort of the question.
Every one of those $4,000 farms,
those $4,000 farms, those 10000 farms
in Texas should not only have cows
and pigs and poultry, but they should
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08
BUY OLD TIES FOR TRENCHES
British Would Buy Half Million From
American Railroad.

An offer of cents apiece for 100000
castoff railroad ties was received by
the Boston and Maine railroad from
the British government. Formerly the
railroad burned all its old ties, but or
ders were sent throughout the system
directing that they be saved.
1t is understood that the British gov
eminent is negotiating with other rail-
roads with the hope of obtaining half
million ties for use in constructing
trenches in France.
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Ashton News

If you want to know the joy of liv-
ing pay as you go.
Rev Jas. Bishop conducted services
at Wolf-pit Saturday.
It's better to be crank on the
subject of fresh air than an invalid
for the lack of it.
Mr.. Demurr, of Indiana made his
aunt Mrs. Hooker a pleasant call
Wednesday.
Quite a number of our school girls
are busy crocheting, not only the large
girls but the little tots in the primary
department are seen quite busily ply
their needles and crochetink many
beautiful dolies, laces and filet work.
A display of the needlework can be
seen by any visitor in the senior room.
Attention also is being given by the
senior boys and girls TO patch work.
A nice quilt is being pieced by the
school girls which will be presented to
a former Ashton school boy. Each
girl piecing and workingher name
in running stitch in the corner of her
block. Nearly all the blocks are
completed and on account of the in
convenience of quilting at school the
mother, Mrs. G. G. Reeves has invited
each school girl to 10 tie quilting in
her ONE. A nice en,s'.aii: aent af-
ter the quilting will be in store for
boys and girls. All the younger sets
are acquainted with Mrs. Reeves en-
Pertaining and a large crowd is ex-
pected.
Little Miss Fannie May Fitzpatrick
spent Wednesday night with Louise
Lipsey at the home of Mrs. T. N.
Middlebrooks.
Sunday being regular preaching day
at Pine Level and beautiful day,
too, quite crowd attended services
and enjoyed good sermon. Inviting
the minister to dinner occasionally
isn't all he needs, give him the price OF
all that steak, chicken, pies, and cakes
in money, instead of giving indiges-
ton, by insisting on him eating too
much.
The senior grades will entertain
Friday night at the school building.
A play, entitled His Model Wife"
will be played, a pantomine, Nearer
My God to Thee" by Miss Beatrice
Robitzsch, is also on the program.
Many other interesting features will
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

lhFllSu dHu III dulIAloolOl ice Will NC
charged
On account of disagreable weather
Lynnwood failed to make an appear
ance Friday, although few of the
Bowen's Mill boys braced the wind
and came on anyway, but the wind
proved to be too strong for much bali
playing.
Mr.. Isaac Moreland from the city
visited our school Monday.
1t is function of age to be con-
sentative, as it is the spirit of youth
to be radical, Advancing years bring
a caution born OF long experience and
many failures while youth, still un-
tried and therefore undaunted, dares
in its exuberance to venture much.
Both prudence and daring have their
relation to life and when they are
nicely balanced in an individual we
have the successful man. Because of
these inevitable differences between
youth and age, it is sometimes diff
cult for the father and the son to d0
harmonious teamwork. The bow
thinks his sire too conservative bv
half, while the latter is apt to regard
the plans of the younger man as too
revolutionary by far. There is in ev-
cry such difference happy medium,
and fortunate are they who arrive at if
by mutual and harmonius concessions
1t IS sometimes trying to the farmer.
who has been on the job for half a
century, perhaps to be told by a
youngster who is taking short
course IN an agricultural college. that
HI smethods are all wrong and out of
date. Education does and should
count for much; but the practical ex-
perence OF life time ought also to
have some real value 1t is one of the
most encouraging signs of the times
that so many ambitious young men
are being educated in the agricultural
colleges. They are destined to lift
our ancient and honorable ca11inp 70
4 higher plane, but let us in our adj
minlstration of these se1f-possessed
and well equipped world-conquerors
not forget the men who, brought up
IN the school of hard knocks, have al
SO wrought wisely and WE'LL and to
whom are awarded few of the wreaths
of victory.
LEONNE DELORAINF
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

Mrs. w. H. Ellington was called
to Douglas, on account of the serious
illness of her daughter, Mrs. L. A.
Fretwe1l.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

be protrayed. The public is cordially
invited and no admission fee will be
charged.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

It's better to be a crank on the
subject of fresh air than an invalid
for the lack of it.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

Mr. Demurr, of Indiana made his
aunt, Mrs, Hooker pleasant call
Wednesday.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

Rev Jas. Bishop conducted services
at Wolf-pit Saturday.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

If you want to know the Joy of liv-
ing pay as you go.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

A play, entitled His Model Wife"
will be played, pantomine, Nearer
My God to Thee" by Miss Beatrice
Robitzsch, is also on the program.
Many other interesting features will
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-08

The senior grades will entertain
Friday night at the school building.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-20
Van Bittner Heads
Scale Committee
of the Coal Miners

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Jan. ls--Van
Bittner Of Pittsburgh, president OF tho
Western Pennsylvania Miners, was made
chairman Of the scale committee OF the
United Mine Workers OF America, which
was appointed today by John =. White.
international president OF the organiza-
ton
The duty Of this committee IL 10 fix a
basic scale on which negotiations are
conducted with the mine operators
throughout the country. The anthracite
demands. having already been drafted
subject to the approval OF the convention,
the committee will confine its lsbors to
the soft coal situation.
The committee Is made up OF the presi-
dents OF the twenty-four districts into
which the international organization Is
divided.
Tho report OF the auditing committee,
made today, contained the statement that
t13,7O6 was expended to purchase shoes
for Ohio miners and their families during
the thirteen-months strike that ended
last year. The total membership OF the
union on December /, 1916, was 35s, i9s
OF whom 7944S are anthracite miners.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-20
NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS
GET PRIZES AT DENVER

DENVER, Colo. Jan. 19.-(special Tel
egram.)-The following awards TO Ne
btaska men were announced today by the
judges at the live stock show
Hereford steer. spayed or Martin heifer,
calved between January ], 1913, and Sep
TENDER /. 1911, o. T.. Greene, Genoa, RIB
bon.
Hereford steer spayer or Martin heifer,
calved between September i, 1913, and
January /, 1914. o. e. Greene, Genoa, sec
ond, So
Percheron 3-year-old stallion. North &
Robinson Co, Grand Island, third, $40.
Polaud- China barrow, $50 pounds and
under geo pounds, Phil Dawson, Endicott,
second 81 third, &c.
Poland-China pen OF three barrows, lao
pounds and under $50, Phil Dawson. En-
dicott, first, Sl2
+. j. Schmeokle OF Cozad won several
first second and third prizes for Duroc-
Jersey barrows and +. p. Cedar of Genoa,
third prize OF s..
N. o. Denny OF Omaha was one OF the
judges.
Tho first prize Of $50 for the finest car
load OF registered yearIing bulls was cap
tured by Mortimer g. Son OF Madison
Neb. who sold them today to the Tom
kins Cattle company for $3.50 per head,
There were twenty in the lot
North g. Robinson of Grand Island were
awarded a third pixie OF $40 for tho best
Percheron 3-year-old stallion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-20
Authoress Kills
Herself Because
Of Long Illness

NEW YORK. Jan 10 90 Mrs. Dora
knowlton RaLeoUs. authoress. widely
known as a translator OF French and
italian literature. committed suicide at
her home today by inhaling gas. Dread
OF repetition or two paralytic strokes
from which she had suffered and con
tinued IN health were ascribed by her
friends as the motive for ending her life.
Mrs. Raueous was a widow. To her
friend and literary coworker, DR.. Rossiter
johnson. she LEI. money for funeral ex-
penses and a note i'm which she said:
Il am 50 weary OF my broken life. with
a prospect OF worse TO come. that can
not bear il any longer. God will not be
angry with me. have confessed every
thing 10 him. lie knows how much I
can bear. and must know l can bear no
more"
Mrs. Raneols was born in Ashfield.
Mass. and was about so years old. She
translated into English with Or. johnson
Gabrielle d'Annunzio's The Flame" and
with Robert Arnoi editions OF Guy De
Maupassant.
AZ one time Mrs Raneous was on the
stage as a member OF Augustin DAILY
company. playing with John Drew and
Ada Rehan.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-20
Electrician on E-2
Says Edison Sells
Were Reversed

NEW YORK. Jan. is--flamon Otto. an
electrician and member OF the crew Of
the IA who is still suffering from burns
received In the explosion that destroyed
the submR rine. testified before the naval
court OF inquiry today that he believed
two cells In the submarines Edison bat
terry. which were being discharged at the
time Of the explosion, had become re-
verscd
This condition he said would result in
their being automatically recharged
while the other cells were discharged and
result in generation of hydrogen gas,
ignition Of which caused the explosion.
Miller Reese Hutchinson, who is attend
ing the inquiry as a representative OF
Thomas Edison. gave out a statement
denying the batteries were TO blame for
the accident and attributing II TO i'm
proper ventilation.
Lieutenant Charles NJ. Cooke. com
mander OF the E-2. told the court Of
inquiry that when the Edison batteries
were installed on the submarine last
September he realized the danger OF gem
Grafton Of hydrogen gas and sent re-
quest to the Navy department for a hy-
drogen detector. Lieutenant Cooke said
that he had seen his letter subsequently
with the Endorsement OF fifteen naval Of
ficials. but that he had never received
the detector.