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DOYLE and TWO
OTHERS GO TO
CUBS FOR "ZJM"
McGraw Sends Hunter and
Outficlder jacobson to
Chicago With Larry.
NEW YORK LEADER
BENT on REBUILDING

CHICAGO. Ill. Aug. 2s.--lte!nie Himmer-
man was tonight traded TO the Giants
BY the Cubs FOR Larry Doyle, Ou:teldei
Merwln jacobson and lnhelder Herbert
Hunter. The trade was officially an
nounced by President Charles Wcegh'
man Of the Cubs after he had held u
long distance talk over the telephone
with John McGraw, who is In Cincinnati
with his team.
Doyle will be at the North Side to
play second base for the CUPS to-mor-
row afternoon and Heinie will he In
Cincinnati to play second base for the
Giants. jacobson IL now playing the
outheld for Rochester Of the ln'erna-
tisnal League and will he recalled.
Hunter will be used as utility man for
the cubs.
The announcement Of the trade was
quite n surprise. AS every one supposed
that a deal was practically closed with
the Philadelphia club. but after Man
ager Pat Moran OF the Philadelphias had
held "A long conference with Weeghman
to-day they failed to come to AN agree
ment. In the evening McGraw called
Weeghman over the telephone to learn
the status OF the case, and In IA few min
utes "A trade had been closed.
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"Zim" Horn In This CIty.

In coming to the Giants zimmerman
returns To the city OF his nativity. lie
was born in New York on February 10,
lss6, aud learned his baseball ON the
sand lots Of The Nronx, he played with
the bron" Athletics ana other semi-pro-
fessional teams here.
IN l'o' he Developed So well as sec
ond ba@'uHan Of the Wl!he.barre foam
or the New York State League tina,
ne wac lur'h'Nei IN md season hN Press
ideht Murphy. II" joined Ia. Chicago
team III l'"'"mh"r aud was used M I,
substitute, What few times he was
CALLED mo" "H dtd :" r.ll how.,.r ,n.,
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liuINC. who was tried ont by the
Giants IN lri5. has been bought back
from Rochester. and WI most likely
have the ir-,de track as Mrrhl,'s ,ur-
rrs~or. b.rS K,nsolll thought highly Of
this youth II, Is leading n" Iu'crna-
iioual League regulars At bat. Ne has
taken part ia los gAwas, been At Nat 80
times. scored - runs made l3 hits,
stole - bases ard has hit aa' Ills
mos likely rival Will likely be N.drEuez.
the long cuban, who hts been recalled
from N"w London The Cuban j. an In
iit rubber man as q fielder. and can
stretch ia every direction, hu' he j. not
~ Holk,'s class ~ u hitter I'm = class
T. league he has hi' "a with New
London lac has rdrti, pat"i IN - games.
been t. bat al times, scored II runs,
made - hts and stol" II bases.
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81. Louis's cup OF happiness was
soured by an injury TO Tex Horushy
which * likely 10 keep the Cardinal star
out Of the game for several days with
Hornsby oi third and Dots Miller At
bat. tho Cardinals attempted the
squeeze play in the sixth inning. Miller
hunted foul in from of the plate.
Horrshy. trying 10 score. slid into th!of
Meyers. The Indian blocked the plate
and Hornsby slid IN stec, fret. Ten
severely injured his left leg and was
carried of the field by Jack topmh> and
Duster Mails. \. superficial examination
found no broker bones. hut the leg WIS
Adly bruised and the ankle wrcucl,i
Johnny kelleher. the shor'Stop pur-
chased from the Denver club. rcpor'c |
to Manager Robinson to-day and took
part In the practice. Nauncrt loft last
night for hi, home tn Eroohiyu. Il
II doubtful II the Supcroa star VIII gct
back IN the game this season. Jak,'~
injury is 50 serious thi, many think
his pldyiae days are oNcr.
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ALLEN GAINS EVEN
BREAK FOR BRAVES
MamauX. on Good Behavior
Again. Wins First ) to |. hut
Boston Takes Second 8 tn ,.

TlrTsBvRG. Ia, Aug. 2S-tNationaD
-Fittsbur, ard Boston divided "A double
header here to-day. the former wlnnins
the first game 10y the score OF . 10 |
ard the latter the second, To .. Ma
maux made his first appcararSc in tho
box since his suspension uf ten days and
held the visitors 10 seven ni,e in ,hc
opening contest. wdi,e his teammates
pounded Rudolph and Nehf Tor fifteen.
In the final game Allen kept the hits
scattered. bu, Nantlchner was hit hard
and ave way TO CARPENTER in the fourth
inning. The game was called AT the end
OF the seventh on account OF darkness.
The scores:
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virginia League


Petersburg . Norfolk. I
Portsmouth, I Rocky VI ,uu'. .
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ja,k'o' VI 10. & Na''". q
''u,uuhit I charleston
Augusta, u. Columbus, %
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BATS OF ATHLETICS
FAIL BEFORE BENZ
Chicago Pitcher Allows Only
Three Hits and Starts Win
ming Rally-ScOrc 1 to 0.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2S-tAmerican).
Chicago defeated Philadelphia to-day
1 to 0. The visitors got the only run OF
the game in the sixth inning when Benz.
who singled. was forced by Weaver. who
scored on T.. Collins's single.
Benz held Philadelphia to three hits.
two of which were made by Strunk. and
did not give n base on balls or hit "a bats
man. Score:
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ROYALS AND ORIOLES
SPLIT DOUBLE HEADER
Montreal Takes Second Game.
II to Z. After | to > De-
feat in Opener.

MONTREAL, Can, Aug. eS-Cln:crna-
tioHalJ The Roy ais divided "A double
header with Baltimore IN tn opening
rdme Of the final series with Jack
nunn's Birds at Atwa:cr PARK to-day.
The Birds took tnc first by "A score of II
to . and the Royals took IN. second, II
10 , The scores.
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aN'WUTk TIL TFW1THTN-
Richmond in Toronto
Baltimore 90 Nol'ecd $500
Providence In Rochester
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Hunter Plays First Base.

Herb Hunter appeared at Fred Mer-
kle's former haunts at first base and
the youngster did well. lie handled all
OF his twelve chances nicely. lie got
one inNeld hit of Toney In our times
up. Lew McCaity, the former Brooklyn
catcher procured In the Merkle deal.
worked out with the team. but did not
get into the game.
Eddie Roush. the former CLAN. and
Fed. who went to Cincinnati In the Her
zog deal. had a big day AGAINST his
former mates. lie hit "A triple and "A
single and was hi, IN four times up. He
also stole a base, scored "A run and
played a pretty game In the ou'feld'
Clarence Mitchell. Matty's pitching sub
s,i,u,e. also showed his worth with
three hits.
The Reds threatened 20 get af:er An-
derson in the first inning, when koush
wandered around to third base. when n
was hi; by "A pitched ball. stole second
and took third on Rariden's Wild throw
lie Vas i..i wEsn Fletcher I'VE" ""t
Chase.
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Nct;raw outbid several rival managers.
The Phillies and Braves were anxious
TO get Heinie Zim. Moran offered to
give Stock and Niehoff for him. while
Stallings offered Smith. Fitzpatrick. Will
holt and Barnes.
New York fans will he glad to get
Zimmerman but they will be sorry TO
lose Doyle. Larry was the last Of the
old guard. lie was the veteran OF the
team. and for years he has been a popu-
lar favoritc with the fans. II will he
u long while before any player attains
lrcater popularity in New York than
Larry enjoys.
II hated TO part with men like Doyle
~ Merkle." said McGraw over the wire.
but it had to be done. They have given
me the best that f. in them. but both
slowed up badly ana / nad To tear the
old club apart to build up IA winner"
Although Doyle hasn't been hitting
quite as high this season as usual. he
still Is looked upon as one OF the stars
Of the National League. and only last
season was the leading batter.
Doyle's average 80 fa- this year Is
about .26l according to unofficial figures,
while the same figures give Zimmerman
an average OF .2st.
Doyle has served nearly ten year
for the Giants. In all that time he has
been n star and was one OF the reasons
why Mc'iraw won iour pennants during
that period. In spite OF his long service
In the league he still. Is a OUNCE man
than Zimmerman. who came 10 the cubs
in 1908.
The addition OF Doyle TO the Cubs
should add great strength to the team.
bec,us, h' ~ - asg e.SiN" A. al. player
in the game and Will III up one of the
weaker spots on the Cub in.ield. Also
he IL a player who seldom has serious
trouble with the umpires INC never has
n trouble with me manage o. the
other players on the team. He can he
relied upon to give the club the best he
has whenever he is in the game.
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Sacrifice hits-E. Collins. Terry. Schang. Pick
struck out-By Benz. 3: by Myers. &. Doull.
plays-rick. Lswry and McInnis HALEY and
Witt. Left on bases-t'hicHso. 4. rhilndclphia,
I First base on crrors-t'hlragu. :. rhiladcl.
phia. /. First base on balls IN Myers. ..
Earned run-On Myers. l. Cmpircs- Messrs.
chill and Connolly. Time 1t gainc-l hour and
20 minutes.
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Traded BY Chicago to Giants for Larry DOYLE Herbert Hunter and Jacobson Nw With Roh@t
LEAFS BEAT REBELS
IN DOUBLE HEADER
Both Games End in 6 to 1
Score-Thompson Doubles
With Bases Full in Opener.

Toronto won both ends of a double
header from Richmond to-day by the
some score. 6 to I. Thompson cinched
his " game when he doubled with the
bases full In the sixth. Brady outpitched
Ross in the second game. TIL scores:
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tnl'>"o, Aug =, Victor A,tl.ag,
and Hes Dawson, pitchers with ,h,
Indianapolis American Association club,
were purchased 10y the tnlrugp y. e
t.oull, to-day. Ailrtdg' pitched q ou,
Int gam" Yesterday, ruvr are TO rcpng,
n: the close of the association season
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t'aciNc Coast League.
No games scheduled
Western League.
- Joseph. =. Wichita. .
No other games scheduled.
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cards BuH Two Players.

ST. loris. Mo, Aug. 2S.-Aunouncc-
ment was made to-day that the ~. Louis
Nationals have hough, Pitcher Nichaus
and Third Bascman Smith from the ~.
Paul American Association team.
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JOHNSON BLANKS
INDIANS BY z TO 0
Opposed to Former Teammatc,
BOchling. Washington Star
Shows Rare Form.

NAsniNGroS. Aug. cs-(Americap).-
Washington won . to U to-day In the first
game Of Cleveland's ina series here.
Walter Johnson allowed the visitors only
three scattered hits. while Joe Boehling.
pitching his first game against his for
ner teammates. was hit opportunity in
two innings. The score:
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Nv" base HI Baird Three hnso MI R,irI.
stolen hnsrs AlHranvillr. Snolcrass. kouctchv.
Mage" >, E.gl"". S~arr,i,," ht. Nnr.uyulr.
TrarrcS'"r, Alien. Sarrinr' ~ Hinctmau
-" IN 'aS"s li"s'nn, v.t.sharg. 5. ri,.t
base IN error Boston, ! lit's'mrg. . rirs,
hns" IN balls Alrn, | on Kantlchnrr. !
on. 'nrprni.r, . iiits nni earned runs IN
Allen, . and in "n kHnticlnrr. 4 and In
3l3; IN tarprnt"r, } and " In 2a3 struck
"i' Ey Allen. . hN Carpenter. . Wild pitch
Al'n Passed balls Trngrrssur, f. Imnlrcs
M'ssr> kl'iu and Emslic. Time II gaInr-i
hour and :. minutes.
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GAME.


Totals ....Si - Il 4.
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PHILLIES DEFEAT CUBS.
Pat NoraW's Men Win I'm Windy
city by score of = 10 =.

CuIcAGo. Aus. @S-t NatluuaD The
Philadelphia club to-day defeated the
cubs hv ) t. =. Grover Alexander pitched
for the Uhtllics and allowed only five
hits The scnic.
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American and National League Records.
RESULTS OF YESTERDAYS GAMES.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago. 1; philadelphia. u.
Washington. =; Cleveland, n.
The New York. Detroit and Boston,
~. l0uis games were past.
p0ned IN account NJ rain.
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Two base hi~ts-Thompson. Truesdale. Ieske.
BlHckhurIc. Sacrifice Trucsdai'
Stolen bases riclicll. Niox. Blackburnc. Bases
On balls-On Thompson. : IN lcakc, I. Struck
out THOMPSON. :. by L"akc, g. Passed
ball Reynolds. Left on ~cs-Tnrouto, y;
Richmond. 4 Empires Nessrs. Westcryelt and
Bransi,ld. Time OF game hours.
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WASHINGTON "A

Two base hits Bochlins speaker. Stolen
base. Milan. 2; smith. shank. Sacrifice
~: Mcbride Double ;la. Mce,ir- az.
Chapman Left on ase.-Clevclsnd I:
Washington. First base on halls-OT
johnson. : Earned runs-Oh Boehling. ..
struck out-By johnson. :: by Boehling. =
Wild pitch Boehllng. rmpircs-Mes-rs Nal.
lin and Dineen. Time of gamc-i hour and
u minutes.
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Cincinnati scored it's first run In the
third inning. with two out. l"uden
walked and Mitchell sent him around
to third with "A single To right HELD.
Mitchell stole second. \ wild p.tch
nut I.ouden over, Mitchell ,ak!n. third.
but Anderson was able to strike out
roney.
The big bust" came in the mira
inning. when the Redlegs put over four
runs. Neale opened with "A single TO
left and took second, while Groh went
out, Anderson to Hunter. Roush tapped
a hunt In front Of the plate and beat
/, out, N.ale taking third. chase sung
A single To entire and Ncale scored.
KauN made a useless throw to mira
to &c, Roush and Chase continued on
TO second. Griffith then CAV" the bail
a sturdy push 10 centre Tor n d"uhie
and both i,oush and Chase iiuttered
home.
Anderson then heard the familiar
comand To cease firing and Schupp
marched To tn. rescue. Wirgo, the first
man to face, tn. left handler. tapped in
front, OF the plate. and hen Isar den
booted the ball around the batter was
SAT-. and Griffith Went t. 'h!rd. Feri!c
struck out I.ouden. hut Mitchell singled
behind second base ir,ffl'h scoring
Toney famed again for the third ou'.
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NNTION Al LEAGUE,
Cincinnati. q; New York. =.
-. Louis. I; Brooklyn y, II.
Philadelphia. =; Chicago, ..
P%lttshnrg. :; Hoston. iNrstl.
Boston. =; Pitshurv. {. tsecond: .
Innings, %dArknessI,
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Two ha>' hit l.udrrU-. Williams TIr..
ht-r hit. GrtNath, AlgNiuirr stolen h,.c
Whitrd sarrlhr' rs Wanted nouhlo rL,,.
Ban,rof Nirhoh and Ludrru.. kuarp ,ni
SAFER, Lett ON bases Philadelphia. o.. On
GAO = FIRST base ON errors phliidtMhl,
FIRST base ON balls on AlcNauior. an
iIeudri> @. on Mcconnell I HIT and earned
runs or NrNtnd"r. and . IN niue luulr.,
OF IIrudil> e luj IN iNr and on, th-,I
inmu-, OF Mcconnell . and "a IN nur AMI
two thirds muIu-- struck oui Ry Al,
nptor. 10y Hendrix. I lnprrs Nr-.~s
R,ruu and QU.-I'y TIM" {! holr aud D.,
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Manager Chance became Of the opinion
that he would in time develop into a star
out.ielder and baseman.
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III ~ TTr'HtT WI TTaNT'N- ST0TIh 6Hs's
Eil.l. Trout, ,;rnhHm, ElHrkburne. Krllihcr.
Priest. Smith. sacrifice hit Mcp.rlnott. struck
out -iy Brady. + hy I.oss. 9. bas.s on balls
on BRADY. =. on Ross, 7. Left on hhsos-
Toronto, . Richmond, 7. tmpir"s- Mc,srs.
Nrnnsr"ld and W.stervclt. Time OF gumc-l
hour and ~ minutes.
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New Nork in Cincinnati.
bro"kl!n In ~. Louis.
B0stOn In Pittsburg two.
Philadelphia In Chicago.
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H..iHNII TO-DAY. . games first game
90 T. NJ Sew York Nm"ri,In~ "
pe'r.It. r,.p GroGnls. admission SOC -
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nu'ha"'. :. tirNHnhnro.
AshcVi'", ~, Winston salem. II ,Grs,,
\shpNl ?, u Winston salem, = is.rnnlD
rho Raleigh charlotte game was most.
'o'"i an account NJ rain.
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Doyle was born in Caseyville. Ill,
thirty years ago of Irish parents. His
boyhood days were spent around Casey
Willie and his present home OF Breese.
When IL years old Doyle went to
Paducah. Ky, as "A professional iniielder.
IarrI's rise was rapid and the following
year he was sent to Springfield in the
Three | League. Dick kinsella was man
agsr of the club at that time and the
work Of Young Doyle impressed him so
tina he notified McGraw that ne had a
great find for him McGraw having great
respect for kinsella's judgment imIne-
diately sent for Larry and he joined the
Giants the latter part OF 1907.
At the start Laughing Larry's work
was very bad, but McGraw stuck
TO him on account OF his hitting and
In 1905 he came to the front with n
rush. The Giants have always claimed
that I, was the injury TO Doyle In 1905
that put the Giants out OF the cham
pionship. Doyle is not OILY "A good
hitter, but he is one OF the tastes: me..
In the league. being one OF the Ave best
base runners.
y year ago las. fall Doyle underwent
an operation for "A growth under an
arm, that has slowed up the Giant in
fielder To a marked degree. Last season
1t was reported tEst Doyle and Mct;raw
had lad several heated arguments and
thai when fined. Doyle had requested
his release.
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thinner an has long wanted a caange
from the cubs and has been in con-
tinuai trouble with umpires and with
officials of tho Chicago ciup. lie has
been at odds with Joe Tinker all season
and the leader OF the Cubs was deter.
mineh to get rid OF Heinie.
Tinker regards the trade as a great
ono for the Cubs. as Doyle il still n
great player, Hunter l. said to have
the markings of "A remarkable .nteldcr
and jacobson * proving one Of the great
outfclders Of the l%nternational League.
jacobson WAS farmed out to Rochester
by the Gian,s and was acquired from
Brochion or the Colonial League late
last season.
hunter came to the Giants from l.insly
Institute Of Wheeling. w. Va. lie got a
trial In the New England League several
years ago, Able judges OF ball players
pronounce Hunter a coming star.
Despite the evident advantage in Ch,-
Cages favor In the trade, Mc,iraw was
willing To make sacrifices. AS he Is bent
on r~crons,ructing his team. lie Is going
to make further changes bcfor. long.
zimmerman tonight was c,a,ed over
the change to New York, ~ he wanted
10 go to the Giants more ,ltn to any
other club.
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this week and then mark time" until
the litigation over their canvass of the
tenth district returns is settled The
state officers votes, name of the Demo,
crat being first in each office, follow:
Governor--Bickett, l67,76l; Linney,
12O,15l.
Lieutenant governor-Gardner, 1917
26l; jenkins, 1899.
Secretary OF state-Grimes, 1877, 1858 !;
Stroud, 1906
Auditor-Wood, 1885, j. @. A.
Wood, ll9,95O.
Treasurer-Lacy, 1877 200; Harris,
10000.
superintendent of public instruction
-Joyner, 49, ,I06; Pugh, l2O,O7S.
Attorney genefal-Manning, 1877 ,3l2
Parker, l2O,l2l
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-12-07
HUGE SPECTACLE COMES TO
HIGH POINT DECEMBER I

d. w. Griffith is making a farewell
tour of the South with his great spec
tacle The Birth of a Nation" and the
city of High Point has been one of the
fortunate cities to secure an engagement
of two days. Three performances will
be given, Wednesday night, Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock and Thursday
night.
This being the last tour of the ia
nous spectacle the prices have been
placed within the reach of all theatre
goers Last year two dollars was the
price for the best seats. This season the
very choicest of seats may be obtained
for one dolla1 and one dollar and half.
At the matinee on Thursday the entire
balcony will be so cents.
This is the same company that has
Been presenting the huge photo drama
in Winston Salem, Salisbury, Greens
roro and all important Southern cities
for the second and third return engage
ment A superb symphony orchestra
os 20 skilled musicians accompanies
The Birth of Nation" on tour. A 60
foot baggage car load of effects, me-
chanical equipment for projection, are
also carried.
The sale of seats will start Saturday
at the Hart Drug store, High Point.
Mail orders may be sent in now and will
lie filled in the sequence of their re
.~ipt A money order or check and self
addressed stamped envelop must accom-
pany the order.
For full detail information regarding
The coming engagement refer to the dis
p!av advertisement on the back page
If this paper.
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TRADE WITH THEM.

Again we want to impress upon our
readers the ACCESSIBILITY of buying from
the people who advertise in The Re-
view, feeling and knowing that they
will save money by SO doing. These adj
vertisers are really concerned about
YOUR welfare or they would not spend
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reliable and charge you no more for
GOOD goods than some here do for shoddy
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commissioner of labor and PRINTING
onlpman' l60,S27; Jordan, 1887.
Corporation commissioner-Tao 1c-
2S2; Faison, ;l9,S78.
Commissioner of observation-disclosures,
l66,947; French, 1883.
Commissioner of observation-disclosures
l66,9O3; Harden, 1864.
Judge third district-Keerr, l66 ,92a
Snipes, lll9,5G7.
Judge eighth district-Stacy. l6eooo.
Meares, 1882.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-12-07
STATE BOARD HAS CERTIFIED
VOTE OF LAST ELECTION

Raleigh, Dec. 4.-The state board of
elections has canvassed and certified the
vote of governor and all other state
officers and the two Superior court
Judges voted for in the November cleo
ton. They will canvass nine of the
congressional district returns and the
votes on the constitutional amendments
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-12-07

The Solomon Payne estate will 10
sold next Thursday, December 18th at
1920 a. m.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-12-07

North Carolina 7; Virginia O. is the
result of the great annual game Thurs.
day at Richmond
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Mail orders NOW. Send
money order and self-address-
ed stamped envelope to Hart
Drug Company, High Point.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
PLAN MANY AIR EXHIBITS
Societies viii Show Flying Machines
in Palace February S 10 Is

The first Pan-American Aeronautic
Exposition, to be held st Grand Central
Palace from February to Is, inclusive,
promises TO be tremendously interest
ing affair. Already almost all Of the
floor space has been sold.
Thousands of modern aeronautical in
ventions are he shown monoplanes, bi-
planes, triplanes, dirigibles, kite and
spherical balloons lor models Of them
and various accessories.
There are 10 be displays by tho Unit
Cd States army and navy, the National
Guard and the Naval Militia, the Naval
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics,
the Aero Coast Patrol, the American
Society OF Aeronautic Engineers stand
srdizing section), the Smithsonian In
stitution and many other organizations.
The exposition is being promoted I'M
der the combined auspices of the Areo
Club Of America, the Pan-American
Aeronautic Federation, the American
Society of Aeronautic Engineers and
the International Exposition Company.
Howard Z. Coffin, Of the Naval Consult
ing Board, is chairman Of the commit
tee in charge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
SP0TLESS BLOCKS AS MODELS
Philadelphia Civic Club VIII Try New
Cleanup" Methods

A spotless block in every ward OF the
city, 10 serve as a model 70 the house
holders In the ward, will be striven for
by the Civic Club this winter, an
nounces "The Philadelphia Nortt Amer
lean" The suggestion, which has been
evolved in an effort 20 assist the De
partment Of Public WORKS to clean up
the city. is indorsed by the newly
formed municipal street cleaning cam
paign committee.
The plan. as proposed by Mrs. limo
gene Oakley. Of the Civic Club. is tnat
each ward branch Of the Civic Club
shall select a block which II Will SUI
pervise. A committee Of women VIII
visit repeatedly all the householders
IN the model block and get their prom
Use not TO throw papers or waste into
the street; TO keep ash and rubbish
boxes clean and covered and TO aid IN
all possible ways 70 keep that block
tean and sanitary.
The Department OF Public Works
will cooperate by instructing the street
cleaners and garbage collectors TO give
special attention 20 that block and by
providing receptacles for waste. If the
object lesson in street cleaning is sue
cessful il will be extended 70 other
blocks in the ward.