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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30

Miss Rankin, of Montana, was told by her constituents to stand by the President in his bill for conscr1pton, as it was the only fair method or de- mocracy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30

To a Reichstag comittee General von Stein, minister Of war;. admitted that field post letters from the front showed certain amount of discoD-- agement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30

picture. Next to him is Sir Cecil
 Next is Secretary McAdoo, who is put, ting his name to the United States
 treasury warrant for s20O,000, 900
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30

placed to the credit of the British government in this country as the first installment of the aid to be ex- tended to our allies Next to him are Sir Hardn,an Lever and Sir Richard Crawford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30

Sir Ernest Shackleton. the Antarctic hero, is in New York. and says the volunteer system is the forerunner of disaster and that lie is for conscrip- . 4 .t -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30

Mrs. l.. F. F. Warmer was sworn in at Hempstead, l.. l.. as deputy sheriff She has won blue ribbons .. the dog shows with her German police dogs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30
Sporting Chatter

Judging from the claims made by the managers every team has already got the pennant cinched So all bets are off
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30

One of the most expensive items of a major league all club is keeping the bench warm. If the magnates had more ef1ciency they'd employ fat men fer that purpose.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30

When Chalmers started out to attempt the feat they said: Let us make this complete. Let us omit nothing that can add to the difficulty of performance. Let us leave nothing for the future" The Contest Board of the American Automobile Association ccrtifles that these statements are true.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30

It is said that there are only seven original jokes. Font know what they are. but suspect umpires, south paw pitchers, the Reds, umpires heavyweight boxers, Marathon run ners, and umpires
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-30

Doctors talk about the great strides made by medical science, and yet they haven't been able to find any cure for golf that doesn't kill the patient.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27
HEARD At THE SIMS LiBRaha

Bill came in the Library one Gay
and said. II sure do want anofher
good book, all about fairies ana
things--and say, you just count
how many books I've read on tha'
card-nearly as many as Douglas
and he reads a lot.
"Do you read all the books you
get, Bill, every word OF them?
Eyes, de. clear through.
read and read. cause mama mas
nothing else to do and she reads TO
me all the time"
Some day you'll be able to read
them Yourself, won't you, BIN
Eyes, Ma'am, l do now; l re"o
and read and read all the pictures
and--let me tell you something's
/ don't know how you library ladies'
feel about it, but never do get
tired of these books"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27
TEXAS FARMERS RAISE
MORE FEEOSTUFFS

DALLAS, Texas, March az
Farmers are taking advantage of the
opportunity TO increase the aereages
of crops in order to increase the
worlds supply Of foodstuffs. It is
now too late to increase the acre
age of wheat. says the Texas Indus
trial Congress. but ii is an oppor-
tune time TO consider this question
in respect TO corn and the grain
sorghums.
In round numbers there were 700
million bushels less Of wheat, corn
oats and barley In the hands Of the
farmers OF this country on March
u, 1917, than on March /, 1915. Last
year on March / the average price
Of corn per bushel was IS cents
now ii is ST. The average price Of
wheat per bushel was then S1o2i
today it is Sit The South has
now on hand in the hands Of the
farmers 154 .ee7 Geo bushels less OF
corn than on March / last year.
In Texas. according to the March
report of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. the estimated
stock of wheat on the farms is 924,-
600 bushels as compared with q
$4,000 bushels one year ago. There
are 1900. 000 bushels less of corr
and 5.25a,o0o bushels less OF oats
In the hands OF the farmers. This
condition means a heavy demand for
corn and small grains with no re"
serve supply to meet it,
These figures are significant; the
lesson is obvious; unless 1t is needed
the price of all grains will this year
reach higher levels than during the
civil war.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27
STANlGE DEFEATS
THE bUSHERS
PRETTY FIVE INNING GAME Is
STAGED AT JUNGLE PARK
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
Stanage and His Youngsters En-
gage in Contest With the
Regulars and Win BY a 2
and 1 Score.

At Jungle Park Monday afternoon
the Detroit youngsters played the
regulars a fast fiye-inning game and
won by score of 2 and i, but Do
ME Bush declared it wasn't fair be-
cause George Dauss, who was on the
rubber for the regulars, owed Oscar
Stanage a quarter and was afraid
Oscar would ask him for it If he did
not groove one for him in the
fourth inning, and Stanage hammer
ed out a three-bagger. 1t made
the big boob dizzie to travel three
stations without changing cars, but
he managed to rest up enough to
make it home when Crawford hit
safe to left" said DOME.
TIE regulars started the score
getting but did not get enough while
they were at it and the youngsters
came along in the fourth with three
safe wallops which netted two runs
and won the game.
Bush is not satisfied and he chal-
| lenged the winners for a game on
Wednesday and says he will beat
them.
In the five-inning practice game
Flanagan for the youngsters was
pitted against George Dauss, the
slow ball artist, and the Big Texan
| worked we'll. He showed better and
better as the game progressed.
Danss yielded four hits while Elan
agan allowed only two. Neaeh and
Bush were the ''stickerss for the
regulars, while Harper. Stanage
| Crawford and Spencer got hits fol
Capt. Stanage's team.
Today's Practice.
! In the morning practice today Ts
Cobb appeared in uniform and was
first to step up to the plate for bat
ting practice. He looked a couple
over then smashed one on the nose
and it bounded against deep center
field fence.
This was an inspiration for othel
players aud they hammered ou
long drives in the practice work, raj
bases and did some fielding.
Bob Ehmke showed unusual form
in workout with Jimmie Burke
This youngster IS expected to g.
u
pitched such pretty game at Dalla
last week. was also given q ''breez
ing" and the verdict is that both h
and Ehmke are ready to GO Tn
same may be said Of Coyeleskie
who cut loose with a few fast ones
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OTTO, THE BOY WONDER WHO
WINS BALI. GAMES AND
FIGHTS THE SAME DAY.

COLON, Panama, March -.
There's an Ohio boy here today
who's raising the devil with pags
and pitchers. He JUS doesn't seem
to have the slightest regard for
curves or straight jabs. He's Otto
Yacknow. fist and willow wieider
extraordinary from Cleveland.
Time is valuable. so Otto uses T.
intensively. It's nothing for him
TO win baseball game and a figh,
within eight hours.
For example, Otto won the game
tnat clinched the zone champion
ship and then turned to that even
| ing and Knocked out a boxer in
the fourth round-all between noon
and bedtime.
Otto also has The zone lightweight.
championship nesting about his
waist.
And Otto does it all in such a
romantic way.
/ Scheduled TO fight the night OF
Washingsons birthday, Otto went to
the ball yard in his niftiest street
clothes as an ordinary fan, thaugh
the Colon team, for which h plays
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CRAWFORD LEAVES MARX
FOR ASPIRING YOUNGSTERS
BY H. c. HAMILTON.

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COMPERE GIVEN HIGH
PRAISE BY POINDEXTER.

GALVESTON. Texas, March 27.-
Dee Poindexter, for years a Texas
League outfielder in the not-so-yery-
old days. and manager of the Waxa-
haehie club of the Central Texas
League, is Galveston visitor at
present.
Dee is big booster for a young
Dallas pitcher. Compere, who fin
ished last season with Gardner s
club and has been kept by Patter-
son. Waxahachie got Compere from
Dallas University He burned UP
the Central Texas League and was
sold 10 Gardner on trial In the fall,
After Compere's fine record on the
South Texas trip Dallas bought him.
I'VE got only $3.50 for Compere, "
Poindexter said. "aRd l was opposed
to selling him at all, l wanted De-
troit to look him over thisspring,
and | am certain he would have
brought $500 or $500 But for the
clubs anxiety to make a sale. we
would have got $500 from Dallas
for him after that southern trip.
al look for Compere to make them
all sit up and take notice in Texas
this year,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27
TRINITY LOSES GAME
TO DANIEL BAKER

In the opening game of the t. /
A. A. at Brownwood Monday. Trim
ity baseball team lost to Daniel Ba-
ker by score of 8 and 4 The
Trinitonians play another game
there today and probably the result
viii tell a different story. Trinity
has a fairly strong team this season
although they are getting off to q
poor start. From Brownwood the
team goes to Abilene to play Sim
mons College.
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On the infield. was up against ts
stiffess rivals, the soldier team, Il
Coast Defense boys
When ninth inning arrived the 81
hlers were ahead. 6 to 5. Pitch
Mendez was In the hole to bat e.
Colon. It was hastily decided OF
mus. bat for him. Mendex al
Otto quickly snapped clothes rig
III the park. Otto went to bat wi
one on base. He beat out an infie
tap by a great sprint. He al
another runner then put over
double steal An infield hit allows
the first runner to score, tying
The catcher had barely let go ii
ball when Otto made lightnff
run and great slide for the plat
winning the game, while the CROW
went wild.
That night Otto knocked his mi
out as related.
Let the truth be told. It hI
leaked out. but with no diseFedit
Otto. that he made bis debut
Cleveland on the ssreetsweepel
nine. He says he is going back
the states to take on a few ligh
! weights.
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liant career that Speaker had gained
the coveted honors although there
had been one OF two previous sea-
sons when he challenged, only to
slip and ia1i behind.
Speaker, when in Waxahaehie sew
eral days ago. declared that he
would be out to retai2 the honors
this season.
II used to think, said Iris. that
il | ever succeeded in winning the
batting hcnors, even for a season. |
would be satisfied. But I'm not.
I'm out to make it two in row. II
win this year | will be out to make
it three in 1918. Success has made
me covetous, | guess"
Cobb only smiled when told of
Speakers words.
iris is a wonderful ballplayer
and he is a batter who is dangerous
all the time he said. "0f course
am going to try to beat him and
| will not be satisfied until | regain
the honors | lost last year.
Members of the Detroit party are
confident that Ty will win out over
his rival. They are not only conf
dent OF it but they are willing to
make respectable wagers backing
their opinions.
"Cobb's ambition is too great te
permit him to trail another season. ,
said one member OF the party
There was one big reason why he
did not beat out Speaker last year
That one worry has been eliminated
however, from his mind and it's &
cinch that from the start Of The
American League season he vii
start off at pace Speaker vii
find difficult to match"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27

,..ouD ATTENDED THE
LAh"h ,r GETZENDANER
PARK MONDAY.
Eat and Drink and BOYS
W u.le Merry For Hour ana
aalf--To Become An
nuaI Event.

j., If the delightful occasions
:, .or entertainment OF the i'e-
va =. haze ball players was haroe-
W. .,,ar 1T Getzendaner Memoriai
s'e u.naav afternoon from 8 to
p' ,.,aat Every member OF the
!, IN and about one hundred
, sa fans attended and enjoyed :
~, dalightfal feast. Capt. y. II.
GINS had been busy for several days
n.,,s nm things to cot and there
r,s plenty Of refreshments at hand
The menu consisted of harbecued
80, chicken. beef. pickles, bread
!, and the best gumbo ever eaten.
!, ras A delightful treat and one the
visiting ball players declared would
ipger long in their memory
After the feast had been enjoyed
came little sport was INDUCED III
!, The creek bank with Joe Gum,
Iopes Bush, Roland and others do
iDg some spectacular stunts on the
rings.
The barbecue is an annual affair
for the entertainment of the Tigers
and 1t gets better and better eacn
YEAR According to Batch" one OF
tbe sport writer's, the gumbo has
fonle back taste to it and moth
Iss pIeases the boys more.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27

DALLAS. Texas, March Il
Dewey Tomklin, a MINOR " ~
next friend. filed suit in tho district
court here Monday against ."'
seors-Roebuek company of Texas Tor
$50. 600. alleging his health was III
inrea while employed as paeAase
how nv the company by reason %
his being compelled to traVei aoou'
the building on roller skates "''
II 10 charged. resulted in leakage o'
the heart.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27

train at 705 it was noised about
that Tyrus Raymond Cobb, peer of
all ball players, was in town. Ae-
tuated by desire to see this master
diamond artist in action local fans
had builded Il great ball plant and
invited the Detroit club to come here
to train. During the first training
season, N the spring Of 1916, Cobb
had business affairs that lept him
away from training camps and the
fans did not get a glimpse of him,
This training season was slipping
rapidly away without him putting IN
appearance and the fans were Just
a little peeved, but the wrinkles oil
discomfort have all been smoothed
out and their cup of JOY is running
over, for Ty Cobb is mere and viii
he seen in the game against the
Fort Worth Painters at jungle
Park this afternoon.
While Cobb was the center of at
traction for the locals, he was like
wise given the "once over by the
"rookies" who had just as much Gu
riosity to see him as any OF the
fans.
II is very doubtful ii Cobb will
appear to an advantage iii the game
this afternoon with the Panthefs for
his fighting spirit may not be arous-
ed The Georgian is at his best in
the hardest fought battles. He Is a
man who may be expected TO do phe-
nonena1 work when such work Is
needed ia cfnch victory. that fight
ing shirt has made Tyrus Cobb the
greatest bali player in the game.
Soma PLAYERS may excel him in some
one point of the game. but as an all
round ball player Tyrus Raymond
Cobb has no equal.
Cobb Serves Notice.
So far as Detroit and Cleveland
are concerned interest in the Ameri-
can Leagues 1917 schedule will not
be confined to the positions of the
teams.
Rather there will be quite as
mush concern over the fight Tyrus
Cobb will make to recover ms lost
batting crown from iris Speaker, Oh
Hubbard City.
The Georgian. after reigning SUI
nreme through nine consecutive
wears. was dethroned by the Texan
in 1916 after one of the most sur
ring batting scrambles in the his
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27
NAVIG ATORS DEFEATED BY
MIGRANTS GIANTS 5 To 1

WACO. Texas. March e7.-The
New York Giants regulars had an
easy time with the Nayigators yes
terday and defeated them, to l..
Sallee and Tesreau, who pitched for
the big leagaers. had no trouble
whatever IN disposing OF the Waco
batters aud turned them back with
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} POTATOES AND
} STUFFED OLIVES
} AisE BRIDGE PRIZES

= MARLIN. Texas, March 27. =
= "A bucket of potatoes and =
= Jar of stuffed olives as prizes Z
= at a bridge party constitute =
= the latest innovation by the =
= society women of Marlin. .
= This was introduced at an Z
= entertainment of the Ladies' .
= Bridge Club last Saturday af- =
= ternoon by Mrs. Nose Levi. =
= The high score prize, a bucket Z
. of potatoes, went to Miss Made 4
= line Bartlett, and Mrs. T. A. Z
= Cheeyes got a bottle OF stuffed 4
= olives on the cut. 4
. q q . q q . . Q q = . = . 4 4
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= $50 >~%A . . 800

= WASHINGTON. March 27.- .
4 The Department Of Agriculture a
= figures d family OF four needs q
" these seeds 70 keep 1t IN fresh =
= vegetables for the summer A =
= pint each OF snap. pole. lima .
= and bush lima beans; IL =
y ounce early cabbage, ounce =
= Of carrot, ! packet of eauli- =
= flower, | OF celery, IL ounce =
= Of cucumber, | packet egg =
= plant, IL ounce Of kale. pack =
= ct OF parsley, IL ounce OF =
= parsnips, / ounce Of satisfy, IL =
. ounce of summer squash and =
= IA Of an ounce OF Hubbard =
= squash. Z
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almost the last minute that he was
scheduled to hurl the starting game
OF the cham pionship season.
Il was winded after three or four
innings and couldn't show my usual
assortment of curves and fast ones.
says the pitcher This spring things
are different Jennings Is giving
me a chance and / intend to make
the best of it. =
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27
.TYRUS COBB IN
TRAINING CAMP
WORID'S GREATEST BALL PLAY,
ER PUTS IN APPEARANCE
HERE LAST NIGHT.
idoi Of the Diamond WIN BE Seen
IN Action at Jungle Park This
Atternoot---Is in Fine
Condition.

Detroit Tigers stock went up in
Waxahachie last night by leaps and
bounds. Soon after the arrival Of
the northbound II. & T. c. passenger
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27
SOUTHERN METHODlSTs
LOSE IN TENTH lNNiN"

FORT WORTH. Texas, March q.
In a game in which errors ana
skull playing played big part
Texas Christian University deteated
Southern Methodist University on
the r. C. L. campus yesterday after
noon to 6. In ten innings.
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Never short Of That.

Husband Why in the world al
you always borrowing trouble?
Wfife--It's the neighhors' faul
they are always cut Of everythin
else.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-27
'Il SUCH THING
As HARD LUCK
MITCHELL.
WHEN | LOSE, IT'S BECAUSE |
AN NOT PITCHING
WE'LL"
MITCHELL.
By N. B. BEAsLEY.

EAXAHACEIIE. Texas, March "a.
Willie Mitchell says there is no
;aa thing as baseball luck.
no pitcher ever lost a ball game
because Of Ill luck" declares Willie.
] should know because / have been
'ola often enough after games that
wasn't it tough luck that ball hop
a ever Bush's head, or dribbled
Ihnagh Burns, legs?'
Any time anyone says that to me
Tell him there wasn't anything
aash about it. II had pitched
fsAi the bail wouldn't have been
1T that way.
I there is such thing as luck
" breaks would always be against
Sae fellows. But this isn't the way
~ on a season you get your
al'e and what you don't get is the
aas' fellows share. No one ever
aA'f ne complain over the loss of
Gall game blame myself any
ans they beat me, because If /
f3asd right they wouldn't be get
asteatn
hi'eheli In Great Shape.
Al''aell is in great shape this
rug ana Jennings says the south
: Will win more than half his
ansS for the Tigers.
4. consider Mitchell the cheapest
aAsl on the Detroit team, de-
s ]. haghie, He cost the club
N \ s'''oo-the waiver price--and
-, ! . 40 more than we would have
w green youngster. We took
rIs naaee' Of course, inasmuch as
'aOd thought Willie was
~, sa as big league hurler.
\, :, last summer, tore up
,,,,s "'eland contract, which had
N =, u. season to run. and signed
oetfoit at a much lower fin
us reason for the act:
ESh !, ~ nave gone to the Portland
=, 'ne Pacific Coast league and
h.. PAID big salary. but | pre-
LaalI.. sllalaing in the majors. at a
kas. price, because | know If |
h No s'Oa with Detroit that | viii
ss }. " the money back. Had |
al n.y. u'aand and won practical
aesa sahes would not have at
l,aas,, much a,, attention. Big league
Man, s's : would have passed me by
II ~. 'aey would have said that /
u ,a oas'term contract with elevo.
esps eva. Was at the end of my big
ai,essae confidence in Himself.
s,n.s,. has plenty of confidence
NJ h'a, this spring. He brok E
i, ' sa in 1916 and lost most
Nam. popularity J, in Cleveland. He
d. a., discouraged, He couldn 7
\ bl ~' finally Lee Fohl refused 70
s, s'a as a regular. ''''S'' 70
b ,s' Slames Lee Fob, ,or HE
s,I' s''oa in 1915. Prior "a ta t aas
M !. same against St. Louis ai'e
sssa Sn p, e. and lost, he had
VIZ ss NJ, i've innings during the
asDs aug As result. he wasn't
@sa he did not know until
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Moved downstairs Come ., see
Tucker. the printer 'Vo ,,,1
"Tbot,s All" Phone lAs'~-' A'''
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Phone 14s for Tucker, the pfih'
or Estimates cheerfully given
(Adv.)
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three hits, one of which was q home
run by Moore. This was the only
run Waco made.
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EOHCED TO USE SKATES;
NOW SUES FOR S5o'oo"'

noon r to 6. In ten innings.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-06-14
TO TAKE SPECIAL COURSE.

Miss Cora Benedict left Satur-
day for Fulton for short stay,
from which city she goes to
Lexington or Washington to take
special course in Home Econom-
les. The science of Home Eco
nomi"s has been reduced To a
practical basis and has become a
common necessity. The present
generation, unlike the preceding
one, must now be schooled IN
the lest art of household
economy and for that reason the
federal and State governments
are end, rising and assisting
all counties that
will employ lady demonstration
"a companion work TO that ear
rled ON by the farm agent, ex-
cept that it is for the ladies in
stead OF men. Miss Benedict, we
are told, has been endorsed for
this place in Fulton county, If the
county should decide TO employ a
demonstration. This work, OF
course, has TO do with canning,
food and household
problems in general, and has prov
en- "A valuable work IN other
counties.
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The production of a sufficient
food supply for ourselves and our
allies is a matter of paramount
in winning the war.
Farmers are planting the largest
acreage of food crops in the his
tory of the State. The greatest
problem in producing and harry
esting these crops as securing q
sufficient supply of labor at the
time of greatest need. Careful
Investigations by competent
show that Kentucky
cannot expect to draw any APP
probable amount of labor from
other States, and that counties
within the State cannot hope to
draw much labor from other
counties. The question there
fore becNnes one of the full use
of local Tabor. The people of the
towns and cities owe ii as a pat
rlotic duty 10 see that no food is
allowed TO go to waste through
lack of labor at ethical times,
such as harvest.