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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-24

On ODE Sidelines

On ODE S1del1neS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Three wins in a row. Has that long
awaited winning streak developed
Both Hi Poole and Alb Gould were
great in defeat.
Freddie Marks sure had some stuff
on the ball. He had Davenports
mightiest sluggers falling at 'em.
The Islanders have improved at
least 100 per cent in the past week
Dan OLeary may not have said so, but
the Orion sage thinks it
Three straight from Moline now will
fill our cup of happiness to the brlm.
A great many fans In Rock Island
are missing some real ball games
these days About time to get out to
see for yourself
HoTlocher and Erlewein played
great ball Charlie had seven chances
without a slip and Fritzie IL.
| Boston Wolfe viewed the game from
fine stands for the first time this sea-
son. Relatives from his hum town
were with him.
| The Islanders leave on road trip
Monday. Get out tomorrow and show
them that you appreciate their efforts.
big Bill" Jacobson, who started his
professional baseball career in Rock
! island, is now leading the batsmen in
the Southern association with 54l.
Jacobson is playing in the outheld for
the Little Rock club.
Gilmore of Sioux City heads the
sluggers in the Western league with
an average of .377.
Regan of Kansas City tops the bats
men in the American association with
.347 Thorpe is champion base stealer
with %.
Pitcher Earl Hamilton of the De-
troit Americans, recently obtained
from the St. Louis Browns, has beer
returned Purchase of Willie Mitchell
from Cleveland caused Manager Jen'
nings to dispose of Hamilton, who, like
Mitchell. is a southpaw. Hamilton wa!
: bought from St Louis with the under
: standing that he could be returned
within 30 days if his work was not sat
isfaCtory.
B. B. Johnson, president of tn
l American league, in statement mad
4 public yesterday, declared he favored
: baseball legislation to curb the pinch
S hitter habit. Also Mr.. johnson think
j that managers by constantly shifting
= pitchers are not only injuring tn
|, pitchers, by making a joke of them,
o but are reducing interest Of the fans
Outfelder Charlie Jackson was re
Y leased from Proctor hospital in Peori
d on Wednesday and is now at his HON
n in St Louis. He will be given a shol
m rest but hopes to be able to get bac
in the game within week at least.
: Carl Timmersman, well know
J. Three Eye league pitcher, has hear
= the call of his country and has re
II sponded, according to a Chicago news
Is paper which yesterday carried pit
~ ture of the athlete and the followin
lie comment: Carl Timmersman, trie
he out as pitcher by the White Sox tt
o' spring trip of 1914, but incapacitate
n by an injury received during the pr,
IS vious season and unable to make
[e place for himself in the major outfi
lie was sent to Peoria in the Three Ely
league, where he pitched part of tt
n seasons of 1914 and 1915 Thinner
l. man first attracted attention with II
l. original Chicago Feds at De Paul feel
= He played with Moline and Davenpo
Is a part of this season"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-24
islander Bunch Blows in Second In
ming to Score Only Run OF AM
Tight Battle Yesterday.
POOLE Is GREAT IN DEFEAT
HI Allows No More Hits Than Freddie
But the Local Box Artist Is treat
I'm Pinches-WOlfe Out.
GAMES TOMORROW. ~
Moline at Rock Island.
Rockford at Davenport
Peoria at Bloomington.
Hannibal at Quincy.
BY CARL ED.

George Hughes and his gang OIL
fighting Pillow Boys will mix things
IN a bargain double-header tomorro"
Al the local yard with the islanders
Two games will be offered for a SIN
gle admission price. There IS no rea-
son in the world why the stands should
not be packed. A full house Will he!p
10 fill the treasury Of the local cluo'
which is sadly depleted. Lister has
his tribe fighting hard now. They are
displaying more pep" than ever be,
fore The local boys are determined
10 annex both ends of the double bill
and good games are sure to result,
Frank Seaman and Andy Ware Will
mitch. Manager Lister today an
nouDced signing of a new utility man,
tn take WoIfe's place in the outleld.
His name is Sd Mikes and he halls
from Chicago, where he has been
playing semi-pro ball four years.
Mikes is a youngster and comes well
recommended. He is expected to ar
rive here today or tomorrow.
A timely hit by Manager Lister in
the second inning, with Biltz camp
ing on second, turned the trick again
Yesterday. The Islanders made it two
straight over the Blue Sox, the final
count being / to O. Rock Island S
yictorywas made possible through eX-
cellent twirling on the part OF Fred
die Marks. Aided by alright fielding
on the part of his mates, Freddie hung
nine goose eggs on his opponents.
However, we cannot take any glory
away from Hi Poole, who opposed
Marks Hi allowed but four hits, a
like numoer Deihs hIcheu oa l,,' ~ ~
Two vi Iuese pio"o ~ aaoand
and three Oh thelh cdlile III Tue 1eOoI.0
inning. FROM tnlS 'lahie ot INC
landers went n'tless up , 20 ' sinnin e'' II
80 ,,itb ono down Poole caugh
Mn ranninp off first. however.
Narke nitched A remarkably stead,
,,.r,o Davennort had two goot
ebances tn tie the score. but failed il
each instance. being unable to fathor
his slants when hits meant runs.
For the first time this season BOs
ton Wolfe was missing from the line
ND in a regular game. Boston strain
ed a tendon in his side while runnin
bases Yesterday and was limping abou
with a cane today Billy Neal took hi
place in left field Billy capture
everything that came his way, on
fly, but failed to do much with IN
stick. The crippled lineup did nc
seem to affect the defensive strengt
of the Islanders one bit and thing
went along as smoothly as II won
had been there. His speed on IN
bases will be missed, however.
OBr1en found Marks 1or clea
single with two down IN the nrst IN
nlng, but he was caught Steanng. Hoi
locher, the first man to face Poole, re
celVed the sphere IN MS r1os, put nj
mates were unable 10 ADVANCE MIN.
Pete's Hit counts Run.
The only run of the game came i
the second. Biltz started with a fierc
drive to Lynch for one base. Germ
sacrificed him to second. Lister drov
a fast bounder which Miller went GU
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-24

veterans lncluulnS wagner, are
among the batting leaders of the Ma
tional league, Daubert continues to
lead with $40, Carey, Pittsburgh, is
ahead in stolen bases with 10; Flack,
Chicago, in sacrifice hits with 49,;
Williams, Chicago, in home runs, with
eight and in total bases with los, and
Burns, New York, in runs scored with
Sc. The Cubs retain the club batting
leadership with .258. The Nationals
800 hits are:
Daubert, Brooklyn .349; Robertson,
New York .339; Zimmerman, Chicago
1926; Doyle, New York .325; Schultz,
Chicago .319; Hinchman, Pittsburgh
.313; Burns, Philadelphia 80;
Wheat, Brooklyn .305 Wagner, Pitts
burgh .305; Chase, Cincinnati .304 !;
Hornsby, St. Louis .301.
Leading pitchers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-24

Sacrifice hits-O. Graham t21. Two
base hit-Falk. Three base hit-Wil-
liams. Home runs Pettigrew, Wake
field. Double play-Williams to
Wakefield Left on bases-Moline, :;
Rockford, 8. Bases on balls-Off Ora
ham, off Brown, l. Struck out
by Graham, 8; by Brown, l. Wild
piteh-Graham. Time-1:05. Umpire
Brown
Boomers Give Sex Battle.
Bloomington, H., June 24.-Bloem-
ington, leaders of the Three Eye
league, gave the Chicago White Sox
hard battle on the diamond before
1000 fans yesterday. The score was )
to /. Errors behind Bluejacket and
Richmond gave the Sox all OF their
runs, none being earned, and the
Boomers could not hit the Sox pitch
ers. Ed Walsh pitched the first six in
nlngS and Joe Benz finished the game
James Bluejacket started for the home
team. Richmond pitching the last
three innings.
Bloomington scored in the first,
O'Berta getting a life on tumble by
Eddie Collins. Donica drove the ball
to right field for three bags scoring
OBerta. With no one down the
Boomers hoped to break up the game.
but Walsh retired Schmandt on pop
up and famed Simon and Bluejacket,
leaving Donica on third.
The Sox had trouble in finding Blue
jacket until the sixth. T. Collins op'
ened this round with a scratch intield
hit, Bluejacket missing the bag by
step. j. Collins got a life on r. OAR
ringers low peg to first. f. Collins
taking third, scoring when the ball got
away from Schmandt Fourier and
Liebold were retired Lynn's grounder
to r. Darringer was fumbled, j Cor
Inns taking third. Simon in trying 10
head off the runner at third, made
low neg Collins SCORING
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-24

Summary: IWo-base hlt-Lyncn.
Sacrifice hits-Cerhy. Keeping. Sto-
len base-Conger. Bases on balls
of Poole, !; off Marks. Hit by pitch
ed ball-HollocheT Struck out-l'y
Marks, 2; By Poole, Time Of gaze
-1.3G. ,Umpires- Eddinger and Gas
ION
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-24

Strlke-Outs-By Seaton, Clarke; by
Schulz, Mulligan, Williams. Mann
Pitchers records hit off Schulz
in innings. Bases on balls-Off Sea
ton. l; off Schulz, 6. Double play
Louden to Mollwitz. Wild pitch
Schulz. Umpires-Klem and Emslie.
Time: 20.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-24

bdtItu TOT SCHuIZ III eIgnLn. FBat-
ted for Griffith in ninth. Tran for
Wingo in ninth.
Cincinnati ....00 000-1
Chicago ..01 000s-2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-24

Freddie Marks sure had some stun
on the ball. He had Davenports
mightiest sluggers falling at EN-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-24

The Islanders have improved at
least 100 per cent in the past week.
Dan O'Leary may not have said so, but
the Orion sage thinks it
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

Mrs. Highbrow has had another par
ty. Last time she induced her hus-
band to let her spend a couple of hun
dred or SO; it also cost the family
some of it's best friends. You see,
some of the other ladies of the town
belong to an exclusive club and this
time Mrs. Highbrow wants to get even
with these exclusive" club members.
How humiliating it will be to- them
when they find Mrs. Highbrow has
entertained so layishly and they
haven't even been invited. Oh, yes,
another matter about to be overlook
ed. AS soon as Mrs. Highbrow gets
time away from her Sunday school
class she is going to form an eXclu-
sive club of her own. She has been
powerfully busy of late with her Mis-
sionary Society and her Sunday school
class and her other church work.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27
THE WINTER SWAT.

The obvious things are often the
ones we are last to see clearly and
adopt. Heretofore we have as a peo-
pie confined our worthy and necessary
fiy-swatting to the late spring and
midsummer seasons when the housefy
is with us in all his full vigor and pow
er for ham. Up to now, although we
have been summer-swatting flies for
many years, no one has thought to
start anything in the shape of going
after the pesky fly when he is most
easily cotton at and when his ranks
really can be decimated-in the win
ter months.
Of course that is the time to do
it, The fly lives during the winter
amid travail but with some sureness,
for cold weather not only kills an in
finite number of them-for which
thank compromising heaven-but it
numbs and makes heavy the ones that
do live through and add their innum-
cradle and menacing progeny to the
5Warms that infest us in the warmer
months. To kill one fly this omnth is
ID SOOu do hllilh6 q Cllouo1tiiu VI lhAiiA
IN July and August, because that one
fly will add nobody knows ohw many
if he. lives through to lay eggs next
year. b
The retail merchants of New York
City have taken the idea up and are
broadcasting the country with litera-
ture urging that the 1917 Swat-the-Fly
campaigns start right now and run
right through. AS observed in the be-
ginning, it is so obviously the thing
to do that if is actually startling no
one thought of it before. When you
see a fly around the house or in the
office numbering heavily about don't
ignore it but swat it right now. If it
lives through it will sendTa thousand
children to plague you later on. With
out seed there can be no harvest.
Without winter flies there can be no
summer ones. Preparedness is the
order of the day, and it is now time
to prepare against next summers
certain fly time Get out your swat
ctr. It's kicking around somewhere,
in your desk. in your odds and ends,
dloset or attic And once you get it
out ust it, Winter is the greatest enc
my of the fly. Become an ally.-Ma-
con Telegraph.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27
sy for the owner out of the yearly

ey for the owner out of the yearly
sales.
A farm without cattle is much like
the home without children,-its days
are numbered. The many small adj
vantages that come of having few
cattle on the farm, all summed UP, are
sufficient to permit all owners of plan
tations to encourage their tenants to
raise them. Good cattle of either beef
or dairy type, well cared for, are al
ways source of profit
There is no need of arguing or
standing behind on account of the cat
tie tick. This cattle pest can be east
ly and permanently removed and is
being removed. If there is farm
er, white or colored who has no cat
tie on his place, the next best thing to
do is to see that the start is made.
Growing feed now is not the problem
it was when we did not know how.
There will be plenty of demand for
fat beef cattle and plenty of demand
for the spare milk and butter. If To-
cal dairy and creamery interests do
not provide way to use it, those in
neighboring towns will, and they will
come after the milk at fair price.
Add the cattle and make them your
best farming asset.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27
Afraid to Suggest.

The editors Of the Georgia exchang-
es appear to think the good people of
Triton established a most excellent
precedent when they presented Edi-
tor John l.. Herring. of the Triton Ga
cite, with hand-sewed suit of
clothes.-Macon Telegraph. The sub
editor of the News and Sun thinks
that the precedent is worthy of emu
lation, but the good people of Griffin
disagree with him-Griffin News and
Sun.
We've been thinking about that suit
ourselves. but dare not suggest such
Il thing here.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27
If we had our way about

If we had our way about it we
would never pass another Christmas
without our fire crackers and spark
lers. Don't care so much about the
big dangerous ones. but the little pop
pers would be brought back with the
next holidays and we would make up
for our present very blank celebra-
tons. Wonder if the little boys of
this day and age are going to look
like natural men when they get grown.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27
EIGHT HOUR DAY ADOPTED FOR
CERTAiN-TEEDW WORKERS

The eight hour day, without any re-
duction in any employees wages for
4 days work, is to be put into effect
January 1st, throughout every depart
ment of the General Roofing Mfg. Co.,
manufacturers of Certain-teed Roof
ing. This announcement from George
NJ. Brown, president, was made follow
ing the November meeting of the
board of directors. This is not a sud
den change in company policy. accord
ing to Mr.. Brown. On the contrary, it
is merely carrying to completion the
polimy adopted in theory several
years ago, and which has been put in
to effect in various departments as
rapidly as conditions justified.
Mr.. Brown said further that this &C
ton was taken despite the fact that
the custom of working eleven-hour
day shifts and thirteen-hour night
shifts prevailed almost universally
among felt and paper mills and roof
ing factories. and that his Companys
scale Of wages was already higher
than the average in like industries.
At the same time the announce
ment of the eight-hour day was made,
an invitation was given to the plant
employees to offer suggestions for i'm
provement in safety measures and
sanitary conditions. This, too, is mere
ly carrying on an already adopted pol
icy. for shower baths and other facili-
ties have for some time been fea-
ture in all of the company's plants.
The company operates mills in East
ST. Louis, Marsaille, ILL.,, York, Pa,
and Richmond Calf, and has ware
houses in 30 cities.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27
Something In 1t.

II is said that Georgia is soon to out
law cigarettes. just as ban has been
placed on liquor. An Atlanta news
item states that bills to prohibit mo-
ton picture theatres from giving Gig
arettes or cigarette papers, will prob
ably be introduced into the next legis-
9ature. Another piece of reform legis-
lation expected is a law to prohibit
motion picture theatres from giving
benefit" performances on Sunday.
Meanwhile, we suppose good, moral
old Georgia will keep right on lynch
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

The new style "cane and sober"
celebration had us firmly in it's grip
if we are to Judge only from outward
appearances. Everythink looked
guod but the missing fire cracker. 1t
takes the ladies to sing the carols,
the men to sit up with the egg-nOg,
crackers did them the greatest injus-
tice.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

Oh, to think of it! The Macon pa
pers say the holiday crowds made
their streets look like circus day
and the people had almost as much
money as on a circus day. Wonder
if our shopping crowds looked like cir
Gus day? We had the crowds but we
have never had the circus.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27
ADD THE CATTLE.

The economic advantage OF a profit
able cattle industry in the develop
ment of Crisp county farms cannot be
questioned. even on the poorest places.
\ few cattle cannot save everything
from a farm mortgage. but they can
transform poor. Improbable lands in
to rich. paying fields. They can fur
nish the family of little ones plenty
of milk and butter, and. according TO
size Of herd. they provide ready mon
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

Mrs. Highbrow has new automo-
bile. She has passed her next door
neighbor several times since it came
without even as much as speaking to
her. The thing is getting unbearable.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY
WHO'LL STOP THE WAR?

W0OEE y VT LIE "TN'
The whole civilized wird has eyes
turned on this country watching for
the part it is going to play in restor
ing peace in Europe. Out of the hands
of the central powers direct to oul
president came the first proposal
Those fighting and those who are for
tunate enough to have yet remained
neutral alike are expecting that the
terms can be dictated and will be
dictated from American shores.
There is not a question that
the American people sympathize
with the entente allies, but it is not
unreasonable to add that most neu
trail nations have a leaning in the
same direction The German emperor
is not too sleepy to have found this
long ago. 1t may have helped to de
eide his present course. But our sym
pathies need not prevent us from
laying foundations for permanent
peace and our president is likely soon
to be about the task.
What is to be accomplished in
diplomatic way is yet to be revealed
One of the chief things in the way
is the apparent unwillingness to quit
in the camps OF the entente forces
Modern warfare, of course is nothing
like that of the past, but if these Eu
rcpean nations were to quit so short
of the usual time devoted to a war,
1t might leave room for the hope of
the elimination of war from the earth.
On the plains of Europe a hundred
years ago Napoleon warned his gen
erals that the Lord is always on the
side having the most cannons. This
law of warfare dominated his plans
as he swept over Europe. His en-
gines of destruction-his men and his
guns-needed nothing with which to
answer the furious assaults Of his enc
mics but more of his own men and
guns. This would seem to imply a
belief on the part of the greatest man
in battle the world ever saw that God
throws us on our own resources and
leaves us to ourselves. There is Bi-
BILE for It,
Fifty years later in the American
civil struggle where the bravery OF
fighting men surpassed all history,
Abraham Lincoln said That the
Lord should be on our side does not
concern me: We should be on the
Lord'e side" Does this view Of it i'm
ply Gods minute and constant inter
vention in our lives? There is the
Bible too. for this view. Are not
two sparrows sold of farthing?" Ma
poleon would ask: What number of
guns?" Lincoln's question would be:
Are we right"
Are both of these views correct
exists and when the other? The
world and the laws that govern its
natural existence are the handiwork
of an Infinite Power. The death of
the soldier here charging against the
weltering fire OF an enemy at war is
as much part OF the eternal plan as
the peaceful passing away of the aged
mother who reared that soldier Both
life and death are common issues
bound up in the mysteries OF His
making and control.
Who knows but that somewhere out
of the unknown may come to us a
way to stop their bloodshed? 1t is
time now to be stirring. We have the
greatest Of all opportunities,-or at
least such good office seems in the
end to be ours TO fill when the time
is ripe. Wise disposition OF matters
falling to us to handle should have
weight.
Not in the Long Run.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

Nothing wrong with the carols and
the church celebration of Christmas,
but, gee! how the little boy missed his,
we mean his fire crackers. To him
there is no holiday season with them.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

ing negroes in half dozen lots, burning
them occasionally for change and
driving them out of communities as
pastime and recreation.-Tifton Ga
Lette.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

From the number of applicants for
Judge Lambdin's place on the federal
bench, we presume South Georgia
must have large number of excellent
qualified men who could serve as jur-
lists.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27
cYRENE coMM'ANDERY HELD
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MEETING

Cyrene Commandery No. Is Knights
Templar gathered Monday morning at
celebration in the Masonic Temple
Members of the commandery from vi
emma. Ashburn, Hawkinsville and
ether surrounding towns were in at
tendance.
1t is the custom of the Knight Tenn
plars all over the world to meet at II
O'Clock, central time, and give praise
and hold ceremonial in cOmmemora-
ton of the virtues of the departed
dead of their order
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

Somebody asks if ton of coal or
shipment of butter or eggs would be
an appropriate Christmas present
What's the use to tell him?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

News item says a man committed
suicide by hanging himself in the
presence of five other men. May be,
they did not interfere with the cere-
mony because they thought he was
acting wisely.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27
Not in the Lone Run.

From the Rome Chronicle:
'.Bigotry don't pay, from any stand
point asserts the Triton Gazette. Not
so as you can see it. Only on dress
parade, and then ii doesn't,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

The annual consumption of potatoes
in New York exceeds. 750,060,000
pounds.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-27

Only few days ago car of eggs
started in Indiana at price of "a IL
,ents per dozen and finally found the
consumer in a New York hotel where
4 price of As cents per dozen was paid.
investigation proved that the car Of
gigs changed hands nine times after
Z left the poultry raisers before it
reached the consumer and every one
made his profit This fully explains
The price of butter and all the more
emphasizes our need OF ne local
creamery