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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09
BOOSTED
BY OHIO FANS

OF the growing teams OF the Ma
tional league, the club with the best
prospects looks TO be Cincinnati This
team is strong on the offensive and
had a powerful pitching staff
Outflelders Neal Roush and Grif-
fifth. iufielders Chase and Groh and
catcher Clark rank with the best
batsmen in the National league.
There is not a better first saCker
in the world than Chase. and II there
is q better third baseman than Gr0h.
he wears false whiskers and won't
tell his dignity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09

I'm BAGBy. cleveland Indian
pitcher. who holds a record OF
y seven shutauts this season. has
been declared 10y Tom Connolly. the
dean Of American League jumps. to be
the smartest pitcher in either league.
Connolly Is as wise judge Of
pitching talent as one could find and
his opinion Is valuable. He has
worked behind Bag5y often enough
to observe his methods and he be-
Ieves that BaEby shows more real
thought and smart headwork than
any other twirIer in the game.
~I have watched Bag6y's pitching
with great interest time and time
again" said the American league ar
bitrarOr recently and have mar
yeled at the way he pitches. I have
seen q batter connect for a safe hit
the first time up against Bagsby and
took particular note OF the kind OF
ba,l that he connected with.
perhaps il was a fast one on
the inside or a low curve on the
outside. The next time up I would
make il point TO watch Bagby's
every offering TO the fellow that
had connected on his first trip
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09

@HTS little tale IS designed sole
l- TO make Philadelphia bank
= presidents Jealous.
IT. is Johnny Eyers's financial TO-
port for three and a half seasons
service ass go eupioye of the Boston
National league club.
Unlike the ordinary mortal.
bali players working term is six
months instead OF "A year. 80 three
and "a half seasons Of ball tossing
with the HruVrs meant only n year
and three-uuartcrs Of the time a
grinder and buffer clerk. lemon
pool sharp, trust president or ele-
vutor man puts in
Yet iu this brief time Johnny Evers
drew from the Boston ball club the
enormous sum of S57.@12--s.
This IS at the rate OF Sls.-3--0s per
Cuuum.
Faint. Charles Schwab. Gasp. Mr..
Gary. Cr1ak. Jacob Schiff
Evers signed q contract in 1914 that
the car OF Russia could never have
got away with in the days when he
was going good. He signed for S1o.-
COO q season for the years OF 1913.
1915. 1916 and 1917 He received O.
check calling for So. 900 for his mere
ac4uiesc=nce TO play bail with the
Braves
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09
B 4 s { B A | |
WEDNESDAYS CANES.
TEXAS LEAGUE.


At Chicago r IT. T.
BROOKLYN 900 600 900 .
Chicago .----. 90 UO1 600 @
Batteries; Brooklyn. AlarQuard and
Meyers; Chicago, Vaughn and Elliott
At Cincinnati-1st same: r. h Z.
Boston ..---- 900 600 O2O-2 0
Cincinnati --- 900 900 600 8
Batteries. Boston. B&reus and Ira
gressor: Cincinnati, Reg an and WinEo.
Second game R H =.
Cincinnati 90. 100 OIoI 1Ox-2 /.
Batteries. Boston. Eehf and Ira
At st. Louis r IT. L.
ST. Louis ..--..-.0I0 Ol00 OO1-2 S Il
Batteries: New York; Sallee. Perritt
and Rariden; St Louis. Doak and
Snyder. Harrison
Philadelphia al Pitts burg; rain.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09
This Was Sworn To
Jim Did The Swearing


New York. Aug. s.-Thers was
bird down in Pennsylvania who
was a HindoO for losing tough
games His name was Jimmy
Swift. a big southpaw. and every
time he got a lucky break he
thought Gabriel was blowing on
his trumpet for the final blast.
The toughest Of the tough was
Jimmy coming out behind in a
game with cross-eyed pitcher.
The score was I to o against his
nine when they went to bat in
the last half Of the ninth. They
put runners on first and third.
with one down, when the heavy
hitter. the combination of Cobb
CrawfOrd-Neach, waddles up 20
plate The cross-eyed wolf had
his goat-he didn't know whether
the man on the mound was going
to pitch 10 the plate or to first
Two strikes 20 across on the
sluEger because he's too wild TO
hit and he gets an attack of St
Nitus dance and the desire TO
wander or fin some cool place all
at once Just as the crOss-eyed
bird sets himself 10 pitch. the
runner on first takes a big lead
and the pitcher looks to the
plate, but whips the ball over to
first The batter takes a mighty
Casey and the runner gets
uabbed.
The bandit behind the plate
calls the batter out on strikes,
because he thinks the balls been
pitched to the plate. and he
won't change his decision. so the
side was out and the pitcher got
strike-out and an assist on one
thrown ball The casualties were
never reported.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09
TONY BoECkEL N HARD Luc>.

the Pirates when a bounding ball hit
him over the eye, laying the scalp
open and making a nasty wound. he
VIII be on the bench for a few DAYS
as a result. Chuck Ward was given
a chance TO show what he could do at
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09
PADDY LIVINGSTON STIRS
UP QUINCY CLUB PLAYERS

Johnny Walker. a catcher Who has
been with Quincy fin the Three-l
league. has been taken on by Nil
waukee TO succeed Eddie Stuupt. re-
leased OurfieIGer MCHenry has been
released to Peoria and pitcher Hard
ing 10 Fort Worth. Evidently the
new manager. Paddy Livingston, Is
stirring Up the animals.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09
National League

Where They Play Sriday.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Boston AZ Cincinnati
Philadelphia at PittsburE
New York az 81. Louis.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09
Pacific Coast League.

vernon ---- ---.----. o
Batteries. san Francisco. Johnson
and Mckee. Vernon. quinn and Moore.
At san Francisco r.. f. r.
Los Angeles OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES o 9
Oakland 900 .... 6 o.
Batteries Los Angeles. Hall and
Boles: Oakland. ProuEh and Mite
At Portland R-H T.
salt Lake .. &
Portland -. . n d
Batteries salt Lake. Hughes and
Hannah, Portland. Brenton and
Fisher
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09
W T7sy IF T lo:y
Texas League.
League.


Whore They Play Friday.
Cleveland az New York
Detroit at Boston.
Chicago az Washington
ST. Louis az Philadelphia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09

pin. though gave a bit extra. Put
ting I found easier. as IL allows
flrmer hitting"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09

|0IlIUTUs- D TOT0IO, 4
Louisville. I; Indianapolis. o.
Niuuea noliS %. Milwaukee. IS
ST. Paul, 81; Kansas City. 10,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09
sorTHERN AssoCIArInN.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Memphis, @. Mobile. J.
AtlanJa-Birmingham. wet grounds
No other games scheduled
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09

~ Los AUEales u Do. r.
san Francisco -.-.-.. .-----. 4 . (
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09

COOS u, it 6 4
} OOI-2 9 5
.Iss and Suen-
Peunock and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29
NOW
ALIVE IN THE WAR

HERMANNSTADT, Pennsylvania,
Jan 29.-Tucked away among the
foothills of the Transylvaniaan noun
tains almost on the border of Rumania,
Hermannstadt was hardly ever heard
of before the war, but with the con-
tinuance of the campaign against Ru-
mania it has leaped into prominence
as a sort of way station for officers
and men on their way to the front, and
it is gradually achieving the character
of a real metropolis.
The influx of business which hun
dreds and thousands of soldiers and
their officers have brought has jostled
the town into a wide-awake state that
has first of all manifested itself in an
unprecedented soaring of prices.
Hermannstd stands near the head of
the famous Red Tower Pass, and being
essentially German in character, it is
so to speak the first really civilized"
SPOT as one comes out of the mountains
and offers creature comforts which es-
pecially appeal to him who has been
marooned for any length of time in
the uncouth towns and villages of Ru-
mania.
| The electric light plant that the Ru-
manians destroyed has been put in
order again, and Broadway is hardly
brighter at night than in Hermann
stadt now. The sleepy and formerly
little frequented streets fairly TEEN
with life, and it is liberal education
in merchandising to watch the canny
storekeepers keep abreast of the times
in selling their Anticipated but never
theless desirable stocks. Placarded
prices have disappeared from the win
dows, and the price Of anything is gen.
orally just what the purchaser looks
as if he were able or willing to pay
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29
PLAYED POOL GAME TO
DECIDE HIS INCLINATION

SUPERIOR, Wis, Jan. 29.-Letting
the elusive worries in a fifteen ball
pool game decide his inclination to
follow military career, James Taylor
Hartman lost the game and immediate
ly enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps. emulating the hero of under
Two Flags" who was willing to let the
toss of coin determine his allegiance
to either the French or their enemy.
The young man passed an excellent
examination at the local recruiting
station, but could not make up his
mind to enlist before trying this org
inal way of deciding for all to follow
the fortunes of the soldiers of the
sea-"
Hartman, who takes an optimistic
vief of life, despite his fatalistic be-
liefs, left today for the Marine train
ing station at Mare Island, CAL, fully
convinced that the gods o. nhance are
the wisest counsels.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29
Secretaryof Labor Claims a
Better Wage Since Election

Interstate establishments affected. Of
these PIP reports 131 show the number
of establishments affected to be 1853,
and II reports show 1877 1907 employees
affected. Of the PIP reports of wage
Increases 81 are stated to be the re-
suit of mutual agreement between en-
ployer and employees, sc as the result
of strikes, 72 by voluntary action on
the part of the employer, and for the
remaining II no reason was stated.
The second table shows the same in
formation arranged by industry or oc-
cupation. This tabulation shows n
reports which gave the number OF en-
ployees affected, the largest number
affected being in foundry and machine
shops, go ,436; mining, 27,5O0; iron and
steel, 24,500; boots and shoes, 1880;
textile workers, 1880; tanning, 49,
geo.
1.-THE publications examined for the
month of December show 304 reports
of wage increases. These were for es-
adjustments in SO states, 81 of which
were for railroads, and other estab-
lishments in interstate operation. OF
these 304 reports, 2O9 showed total
of 359 establishments involved. One
hundred and forty reports showed the
total number of employees benefited
by the increase of wages to be 931, 1853.
OF these 304 reports of wage increases
As were reported to be obtained by mu-
tual agreement between employer and
employees, SO as the result of strikes,
172 by voluntary action of the en-
ployer, and for the remaining "a, no
reason was given. The second table
shows the same information tabulated
by industry or occupation. This ia
BILE shows that the largest number of
employees benefited were in iron and
steel, 341, 500; textile workers, 2OS, $50;
garment workers, 1890; workers in
electrical supplies. 10000; munitions,
$4,000; boots and shoes, $3.50; tele-
phone and telegraph service, $4,000;
paper manufacturing, 1915.
I'm the reports from which our fig
ures were compiled there was no uni
fcrmity in stating the amount of in
creases, and in large proportion of
the cases it was not possible to deter
mine percentage. In the cases where
the increase was stated in the form of
percentage, or where percentage in
crease could be computed, the pre-
vaiIing increases were from 5 per cent.
to 10 per cent"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29
TO rundown WOMEN
Detroit Woman Tells How to Regain
Strength.


Detroit, Mich Il was in such a
rundown condition I had no ambition
to do anything. / had a chronic
cough and cold and nothing seemed
to give me any relief, and was grad
Tally getting worse, until friend ad-
-fised me to try Vinal, which did. At
ter the first day or two it seemed to
put new life into me, the tired. worn
out feeling began to disappear. I re-
gained my appetite and was able to
get a good nights rest. The cough
gradually wore away, and l am now
feeling like myself again, so that I
can do all my homework and go about
my duties as usual. Vinol is certain
ly a wonderful medicine" Mrs. W. E.
Waters, Detroit, Mich.
Vinol restores health and strength
in conditions like this, because in a
natural manner it increases the appe-
tite, tones up the digestive organs,
enriches the blood and strengthens
every organ in the body.
We guarantee that Vinol will do
the same for any rundown person in
Americas, or give back their money.
Hooks Pharmacy. Also at the lead
ing drug store in all Georgia towns.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Secretary
of Labor William B. Wilson stated to-
dey that more than eleven hundred
thousand wage earners in the United
States received substantial increases
ia pay in the months of November and
December, 1916, according to figures
just compiled.
with few minor exceptions" said
the secretary, "all of the 1,11S,970 in
creases came after election day, No
vember 7th, and 931,763 during De-
cember. This is extremely interesting
in view of the prediction of closed
shops soup Kitchens bread lines,
etc, should President Wilson be re-
elected, with which the Republican
managers flooded the columns of the
newspapers and plastered the bill
boards of the country in the last SIX
weeks of the campaign. 1t is sign1fl-
cant that of the 1,11S,97O of workers
affected, only $4,000, or little more
than 3 per cent. are employed in the
manufacture Of munitions. 1t is also
significant that whereas &c of the III
increases noted for November were the
result of stri es, only SO of the 304 for
December were secured through this
method.
81 have had prepared from various
newspapers and periodicals tables
showing wage increases secured by
employees in manufacturing and other
establishments in the months men
toned. The figures presented were
secured by employees in manufactur-
ing an dother establishments in the
months mentioned. The figures pre-
sented were secured from As trade I'M
ion periodicals, AZ labor papers, b
leading trade journals, and over so
daily newspapers published in various
parts of the country. Great care has
been taken to eliminate all duplicates
"The reports for November, 1916,
show PIP statements of wage in
creases in SO states. Three of the
reports relate to railroads and other
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29
Two of The South's Largest
Cotton Mill Presidents Forced
To Make Interesting Statement

A few years ago, l was afflicted
with rheumatism, which l think was
caused by indigestion. For about ten
years | was confined to my bed two
Or three weeks every spring and fall,
when / would be so bad off l could
not move muscle in my body. l
tried several different doctors. but
they failed to do me any good. Dur
ing these attacks my head was shaw
ed and mustard and fly plasters were
applied to my head, back and should
ers and feet; but the treatment did it
no good. Some of my friends in
Charlotte advised me to try Mrs. Joe
Persons Remedy. 1 bought half a
dozen bottles and took it. Finding
that I was getting better, l bought
wo dozen bottles, which made per-
manent cure of me, as have not had
symptoms of the trouble since. l con-
slider Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy the
finest medicine on the market today
have recommended it to seevral and
il gave satisfaction in every case. Be
fore using Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy
my usual weight was from 1876 to la
pounds, now | weigh 10 and my gen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29
see, says Kelly

900 men and women in the Bible gsr '
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29
SLIDE, KELLY, IF YOU MAKE 1T
YOU DESERVE YOUR REWARD

ATLANTA, Ca, Jan. 29.-Can the
boil weevil be exterminated? No, as.
serts the scientists, he is here tt
stay
But 1. Kelly, a citizen of Valdosta
who has an inventive turn of mind
disputes the confident claim of the
entomologists, affirming that he has
perfected a trap that will catch and
kill boil weevils by the thousands.
Weevils have wings and fly. They
fly at night. Like other night-flying
insects. they are fascinated by light
They will fly to light like a moth
and stick around 1t.
Hence the weevil trap, which con-
sists of trap containing light that
attracts the weevil. entraps him, drops
him into vat of acid, and that is his
end.
Kelly says he has caught swarms of
weevils, and has applied for letters
patent on his invention. He is conf
dent that when fully developed and
perfected, it will prove the solution of
the whole vexed problem, which scien-
lists declare is the greatest economic
problem in the United States today.
Cotton feeds and clothes and kills
more people than any other plant. The
boil weevil destroys more cotton than
all other insects and plant diseases
combined. Can Kelly catch him; Kelly
cannot, say the scientists; wait and
see, says Kelly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29
eral health is good.
(Signed) JOHN c. RANKIN,
Prest. Spencer Mountain Mills,
Lowell, S. c.

The Gastonia Cotton Manufacturing
Co., Gastonia, N. C.
About two years ago, / was comm
ed to my bed with infiammatory rheu-
matism for several weeks, and no
treatment l tried afforded any relief.
| was affected in my arms, legs, neck
and different parts of my body. 1 was
not able to walk at all, and when l
would get out of bed the pain was in
describable. After finding that the
doctors treatment did me no good. l
concluded to try Mrs. Joe Persons
Remedy. After using half dozen bot
ties, / was able to walk with crutches'
I continued the Remedy until l used
eighteen bottles, which made a per-
feet cure, and / have been well since
| cannot recommend Mrs. Joe Per
sons Remedy too highly. 1t is a
wonderful medicine.
(Signed) W. R. GRAY,
Gastonia N. c.
For sale exclusively by Howell
Pharmacy, Howell-Prather Drug Co.
Windsor Pharmacy. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29
BLUNDERS ARE THE
EXCEPTIONS WITH A
EXPORTER OF j. S.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. 29.-Not- |
withstanding much adverse criticism
of American export practices, plumbers
in American expectation are the eXcep-
ton and not the rule, according to a
report on Examples of American Elk
port Enterprise" which the National
Foreign Trade Council submitted to-
the fourth National Foreign Trade
convention here today.
Certain American consuls, COM
mercial organizations and banks have
done useful service in sharply call
ing attention to specific derelictions
on the part of Americans in export
trade" says the Council, but these
specific complaints have become the
basis for generalization highly dis
crreditable to all American foreign
trade" The charge that Americans
do not know how to pack their goods
for export is one "unfounded" charge
that is so widely prevalent as to be
positive hindrance and it is the argu-
ment largely used by foreigners against
American products.
I'VE hear little about English or
German goods being poorly packed,
says the report, yet a visit to the
steamship docks in normal times Will
show the extent of damage sometimes
inflicted. for lack of proper packing,
upon importations from the elder in
dustrial exporting nations. Controvers-
les and disapointments Sto whether
contracts have been strictly fulfilled
occur wherever business is done, and
there is no reason to believe that it is
more frequent in Amedican than in
any other export and import trade. 1t
would be interesting to learn to what
extent such complaints are kept alive
in foreign markets by our competitors.
Export Manufactures Doubled.
1.-The simple fact that our export of
manufactures has nearly doubled be-
tween 1905 and 1913, reaching in the
latter year a total of nearly $500 ,000,-
600 is in itself evidence that foreigns
found it practical, convenient and
satisfactory to buy American goods,
while the high percentage of repeat
orders is additional proof.
Nobody, of course, will defend the
manufacturer who tries to obtain bus
mess by the employment of unfair
methods. If American manufacturers
have shown better samples than the
goods they intended to deliver such a
course cannot be condemned sufficient
ly We know, of course, from our own
experience in this country that black
sheep are found all over the world and
are, unhappily, the exclusive possess
ion of no single nation"
The report calls particular attention
~ TIE lHISlllSSHCCS pei oSl vel any anu
skill of American export of oil, steel,
harvesting machinery. machine tools,
agricultural and mining machinery,
sewing machines, locomotives, shoes,
meat and other food products before
the war, cameras, cash registers, type
writer's and other manufactures, as
well as enormous trade in raw mater
ials which is not so competitive.
Emphasis is placed on the growing
export trade in manufactured special
ties, such as safety razors, watches,
fountain pens, vibrators, etc. While
much of this trade is done by large
companies, it is stated that there are
a number of examples of what small
companies can accomplish.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-19
CHAPTER XXI.
The Friends.

1LLIED in fortunes as they had
 been in friendship, .Meriwether TAI Lewis and Willim Clark went C on side by side in their new labors in the capital of that great land which they had won for the republic. Their offices in title were distinct, yet scarcely so in fact, for each helped the other, as they had always done.
 To these two men the new territory of Louisiana owed not only its discov- cry, but is early passing over to the day of lav and order. No other men could have done what they did in that tim" of disorder and change, when. rolling to the west in countless waves, "ame the white men crossing the great river, striking out into the new lands, 2 headstrong, turbulent and Iawless population.
 A thousand new and petty cares came to Governor Lewis. He passed from one duty to another, from one part of his vast province to another travelling continually with the crude methods of transportation of that pc riod and busy night and day. Courts must be established. The compilation of the archives must be cared for. Rec Brtis must be instituted to clear up the swarm of conflicts over land titles. Scores of new duties arose, and scores of new remedies needed to be devised.