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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-15
The Concrete Mixer.

A gang Of fifteen or twenty men was
engaged in building a concrete road.
Some with teams and wagons were
hauling sand and gravel. Some witt
wheelbarrows were filling the mixer.
Another man was carrying cemen
Another was wetting the sand and &C.
ment, as it churned about. Others
with wheelbarrows were filling the
frames Of the new road with the mushy
material that was dumped from the
mixer at regular intervals.
as this machine a great deal faster
than the old way of mixing the ma
terials with shovels ?' asked the man
who had charge of the machine.
"Yes," he answered, sit is faster
than the old way, but that is not the
only reason why it is so much better.
The cement is mixed in with every
bit of the sand and gravel; that makes
it harden uniformly all the way
spots in the road to break and
crumble. The old way left the road
spotted with hollows and chuck holes
where the cement had not been worked
into the sand and gravel properly"
Sand is just earth in many places
| thought as rode on, leaving the men
at their work. There are miles ard
miles of it, and it tends to take value
away from land rather than add value
to it. But when the worthless sand is
mixed with cement and allowed to set
between the frames, 10. it becomes a
perfect highway for the service Of
thousands of men and the means of
communication between two cities.
Then thought of another "mixer''
and another "work" that is going on
all over the world. Life itself is the
mixer here, and all that comprises life
is the sand and gravel and crushed
stone that goes into it.
What We have to put into life is al
most worthless of itself. 1t is not
stable. 1t will not serve as material
for eternal buildings any more than
sand could be piled up to form solid
masonry. There is need of something
to give cohesion and unity, to make
character firm and enduring and SER
Viceable, TO save us from the weak
nesSes-the chuck holes-that some
times mean disaster instead of service
Ethics. philosophy, culture. will not fill
this place in the character or the soul
although they are very valuable. Jesus
Christ alone can do for men what the
cement does for the concrete.
1t is not enough merely TO be able "a
sage that we have Christ. We need to
be filled with Christ We need to have
our characters and lives permeated
with Him all through. He needs to he
brought into the whole life uniformly
so that no part will be without his in.
Huence and his work. Business
pleasure, politics, religion. home
nelghbors, country-all must be 81
filled and bound together with his
presence that we shall be one in Him
and He in us.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-15

Ten men working on the Hagers-
town sewerage system had a marrow
escape from death when a bolt Of Iicb+
ming set of battery of Is blasts in
sewer ditch in HolzapfeIs meadow
last Friday. Each hole contained =
heavy charge Of dynamite, connected
by wires. During the storm lightning
struck either the wires or the ground
ana the blasts were exploded with 2
terrific report. Great boulders and =
large mass of dirt were hurled in every
direction. The ten workmen had left
inc ditch only a few moments before
the bolt struck.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-15
Norfolk g. Western Ry.
Schedule in Effect Ma, 30, 1920.
LEAVE SHEPHERDSTOWN DAILY
SOUTHBOUND.

SOUTHBOuND.
No. 1896 A. M.-For Bristol and in
termediate stations; Broiier Parlor
Carlo Bristol; connection at Roa-
noke for points West: Sleeper to
Roanoke, Columbus. Cincinnati, and
Chicago Dining car.
No. u - 4 80 +. N. 90 For Elkton,
Va, and Local Stations.
No. ii .35 A. Melt OFT from connect
ing lines at Hagersiown or Shenan-
doah Junction or to take on tor Basic
or beyond. Sleeper 10 williamson
w. Va, and Winston Salem, N. G.
Dining.Cat 10 Roanoke.
NORTHBOUND.
No. 28-935 A. M-For Hagerstowu
aud intermediate stations, connects a,
Hagerstownfor Harrisburg, PhiIadel-
phla and New York
No. AS "a u. NJ For Hagerstowu.
Philadelphia, and New YORK; Parlor
Cars. Sleepers, Hagerstown TO Phila-
dephia
No. FL 30 4. Met OH from Basic or
beyond, or TO take on tor connectiun
lines at Shenandoah Junction or la
gcrstown. Sleeper 10 Philadelphia
and New York
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-15

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner ?
Bitter taste? Complexion sallow d?
Liver perhaps needs waking ur.
Doan's Regulets for bilious attacks, SOC
at all stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-15

Pat Flynn, coal miner of Somerset.
Pa drew S2G4.oO for two weeks work
IN the mine Of the HIGHLAND Coal
Company He averaged nine hours
day in the mine.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-15

Business Man Ito Young lad seeking
empIoymenr-Weren't YOU here two
weeks ago, and didn't | tell you then
that wanted an older bow?
yes, sir That's why I've come
back"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-15

Misery may love company, but those
who have been her guests DO not rec
ommcnd their hostess.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
IN SPORT WORI D OF FANS

years respite, is in the discard. Johnny Evers, while flaming win the Superbas, predicted that the smart pitchers will be laying awake nights for the next month or so trying to dope out substitutes for the banned freaks.
 Already some of the rockies have brought up out of the minors what Ffvers calls the snap baA. The trick is to cut one of the stitches of 1.-the ball with the thumbnad1 so that it will snap apart, the hanging threads giving the baA much the same action as the splitter.
 | Sfzept1cs in the gathering thought Johnny was p1tthng one over when
 he referred to the snap ball. Harry
 Heitman said that while he had never
 used the baA, he had seen it sprung on several occasions in the minors. The trick is done with the outer edge of the thazmbnal, which is sharpened to a razor-lfze edge. One swift cut
 and the stitch is severed, a. quick rub of a finger sets the strands hanging and there you are. Heitman says one
 pitcher got away with 1t for almost
 an entire game before the numerous
 foul tips put the batterS and umpire
 wise. Harry says the hanging threads
 at times deaden the bah and at others give it all sorts of peculiar twists be
 side increasing the number of chances , for foul tips.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16

CTS and the ru1e-makers has been continuous. The curve marked the as- tendency of the boxInen and was followed by reduction of the number of strikes and balls, the lengthening of the distance from the pitchers box to the home plate, abolishing of the pitchers box and establishing of the slab. The advent of the left-hand- CTS added to the woes of the r1le- makers, for the pitching reached the zenith of effectiveness when the willy managers began to alternate the right-handers with the southpaws
 Then came the edict against discol.
 bring the ball and finally the new rule against the shine, the emery and the splitter.
 In the sos the change of pace was strikes and balls. The pitchers mix. | ed their lasts, slows and curves with | increasing cleverness, George Had l dock, a. Brooklyn pitcher of more | than a quarter of a, century ago
 sounded the death knen of the pitch
 CTS box by starting the ball from al 1 corners of the box, according to the l style of delivery and the supposed 1 weakness of the batter.
 1 And so it went until the mag
 mates took cognizance of the habi of the pitchers of discoloring the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
Yale to Send All Star Track Team to
 Penn Relay Carnival

New Haven, April 16-The pick of the Yale track team will enter the Penn Relay carnival at Philadelphia on April 30, and May 1 according to & list of athletes who will represent the Blue in this annual classic made public by the Eli track management last night.
 The team for the two-mile race. which is the feature of the Carnlva. will be picked from the following: Captain F. P. Heffelfinger, Driscol1, Hills O'Brien, Prizer, Reed, and B. W. Sieu1onS.
 The tsEo-mile relay team won the intercollegiate championship in the winter indoor meets Captain F. P Heffelfnger was a member of the re- lay team which defeated Harvard al the Boston A. A. Meet and which de feated Virginia at the Johns Hopkins Meet The other members of the team have all had considerable relay experience.
 The Yale entries in the four-milt relay will be chosen from DriSco1l Dudley, Hills, O'Brien, Reed ant Seimens and J. Stewart. The entries for the open event l are: 1z0-yard hurdles, T. P. Hefe1 | finger; O'Brien. high; jump, Landon
 broad junp- Gardner, Sweeney Weber 1920 s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16

ball and made it unlawful. Then came the regime of the freak de1fv- cries Ed. Rue1bach started it with his famous mud ball Ed. would have the hollow of his glove well coated with saliva as the game be- gan and would receive the new ball squarely in said hollow but with the hand stretched to the limit Whereat, the wet ball would ''accident1y'' fan to the ground, gather up more or less dirt, and be right where it would have been had he been permitted to discolor the sphere unrestrained.
 The emery ball is of an early vim tage, but did not get on the load books until one or two pitchers grew careless, and, filling their pockets with the roughening stuff, used ii freely and openly. Eddie Cfcotbe made the shine ball famous and Hod Filler killed it. Hod practically wore | out a pair of trousers every montt rubbing the baH on his hip. Had he worked it like Cfootte and Leon Ga. dore, the rule against the freak de hveries would not be in the book this year. These two brainy pitcher. bring the ball down against the leg with one fuH swoop, so to speak, ant get the desired result
 1 Which means that the shine bad the splitter, which has been given
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
SteCher And Lewis
 To Wrest1e Tonight
New Champion Will Defend His Title Against Strongest Opponent and New York Enthusiasts Are All Steam
 ed Up Over Prospects of Exciting Bout

New York, April 16.--Joe Stecher will risk his heavyweight wrestling title when he goes to the mat with i'm ert Arnory, Fourth avenue and 34th street, tonight.
 Both men are ready for the gTuei- ling test which will wind up the wrestling season in this city---a sea- son which has been more successful because of the high quality of the bouts than in many years
 There is som ething more than the worlds title and the purse at stake this evening. Lewis has been offered $50 eco for a tour with Georges Car pentier if he wins the championship which IS quite enough to put him on his n. efFae apart from all other con- alterations
 Joe Stecher wresAed his way to the title by defeating Waadek zbyszko, Lewis, Isondos and Earl Caddock, and
 since wearing the crown he has moi
 hesitated to defend it time and again Unlike other champions, he did moi go into temporary retirement, seek ing easier ways to capitalize his fame but stood right out in the open. Lewis has been training with grea care, and also is at the top of hi: form. He never has been in bette condition than this winter, and hont practice has made his punash1zg heas hold more dangerous than ever. H. expressed himself yesterday as conf dent of winning, but confidence wa not lacking in Stacher either,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
Penn Nine Beaten
 By Despised Lebanon

Valley College came to Franklin Field today to give the University of Pennsylvania nine a little practice by filling in an open date on the Red and Blue schedule The Lebanon lads filled in nicely, but refused to be par ties to any sacrifcial offering, and were even bold enough to win the game, to 1.
 Shelley started for Penn, and was yanked out in the third with none out He showed complete reversal of the form he displayed against La fayette on Wednesday a week ago and was nicked for six hits, produc- ing three taAies, before he made way for Hunzinger.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
Cue Exhibition For Local
 CIUE)men

Pocket billiard enthusiasts of the Algonquin, Masonic and Bridgeport clubs are expecting some good sport when the exhibition match between ''SRaf7er' Ayrault of Norwa1k and Louis B. Holbreok of Hartford, starts next Monday night. They have been matched for a 45o ball exhibition and Tuesday nights match will be played at the Masonic club. The games will be played in blocks of 15o balls each.
 Holbrook has appeared in several tournaments in this city and his play ing has always pleased the spectators Ayraa1t, who is a member of the Bridgeport club, has many admirers in this city who think he will be able to dispose of Holbrook although they realize that the Hartford man is a worthy opponent
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
Billy Murphy Seeks
 Bout With KiIbane

Billy Murphy, the sensational little red headed featheuw eight from Staten Island, is hot on the trail of Cham pion Johnny KiEbane. Why doesn't [ he give me a chance at the hde?" writes Murphy. T have beaten Benny Yaager, Harold FArese, Sammy Waltz Joe T1plitz and every boy that I have met and know that if I can get Kill bane to meet me anywhere that they give decisions there will be a new champion.
 Now this may sound egotisticad but I have never had a bout in which was thoroughly extended and I have seen Kbane perform several times and with men that I have met and l feel that I am surely his master. In the meantime until Johnny gives me a char at the crown I am going to fight every one that stands in the way and would particularly like to get a shot at Young Clancy, who holds a paper decision over the cham pioIl. to prove am sincere
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
Fordhazn Cleans Up
 Colgate With Ease

New York, April 1S.---The Fordhazn University baseball team defeated the Colgate nine in a long-dTawn-ozIt game at FordEaam Field yesterday af- teruoon by the score of to 2. It was the third straight setback for the up State colaegians. Although the wis itors outl1dt the Bronx co1IegiaB and outp4ayed them in the field, they were unable to win because Of the wildness of B71zTre, who gave seven bases on bai1s. ManNamara, the nome twiHer, registered eight strike outs and did not issue a single free pass to first base
 F'ordham got of to 8 good start scoring a rum in the second round when Finn singled to right field, stole second and completed the circuit on Starts double to centre The visitors tied the score in the fourth on g brace of errors by Start, the Fordhan shortstop and two sacrifice hits
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
PITCHERS SEEK
 TO EvADE NEW
 RULES BY TRICK

The thought1ess magnates set a merry task for the umpires when they passed that rule prohibiting freak deliveries. And by the same token they have started the brainy pitchers scheming to invent new stunts to fool the batters and the said umps. For there are brainy pitchers, otherwise there would be no Wager, in the Brooklyn Eagle, com menting on the difficulties of enforc- ing the new playing code. He then continued:
 From the time Arthur Cummings discovered the curve ball half a cen tury ago the battle between the pitch.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
WILDE CLEANED
 UP S32,0OO IN
 FIGHTS IN J. 5.

New York, April 1e-Jimny Wilde, the fyweight champion. of the world, who has already made over $s2.ooo in the six bouts that he has so far fought in this country. is to receive another big bunch of money on April s1. Her man Taylor, matchmaker of the Cam den Sportsmen's Club, who has him signed up to fight Battling Murray, the Philadelphia bantamwetgEt, for eight rounds at his show there, stated that ke is giving Wilde guarantee of S7,0oo for this bout, which Will make Wilde's sum for seven hgnts reach close to S4O.0oO.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
'BUS-TROLLEY SMASH.

A jitney bus driven by Alphonso DeBlasio, of S9 Lindley street, col hded with an east-bound Fairfield avenue car at the corner of Main street, about midnight last night Passengers in the bus and trolley car escaped injury, but the automo- bile and the front of the trolley were somewhat damaged.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16
Harvard Nine Wins
 From New Hampshire

Cambridge, Mass, April Is - On the eve of it's trip South for vacation practice, the Harvard varsity nine yesterday won it's first game of the season by beating New Hampshire State College, to 2. on Soldiers Field, playing an almost perfect field ing game and making some timely hits, the team gave the impression of being considerably stronger than the nine of a year ago
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-16

Jack Slattery's pitchers, Harrison, who worked for Fred Mitchell when at Harvard five years ago, and Good, a former Andover twir1er, were both in good trim, the former allowing only one scratchy hit in the five in nings he worked Harrison made a wild throw, which accounted for one of the visitors runs. and the other was due to two clean slings against Good in the eighth inning.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-08

are composed of representatives of
both races.
A bulletin issued by the Y. M. c..
A., entitled Free Educational Ser
vice for Demobilized Men,, states
that approximately 10000 scholar
ships for both races are available for
deserving applicants. Ex-service men,
it is said, may have opportunity for
instruction in Y. M. C. A. schools,
but also, free scholarships are offered
in other approved schools of similar
grade in technical schools, colleges
and universities. Correspondence
courses in the Extension Division in
Y. M. C. A. schools are offered ap-
plicants unable to attend school or
college.
Ex-service men having an honor
able discharge from the United
States military or naval service, who
are qualified to enter the course de-
sired, may apply to their local Y. M.
C. A. If there is no local "Y" in
his community, nor an educational
service committee, the ex-service man
should write to the State Educational
Service Committee of his state.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-08
Y. M. c. A. SCHOOLS FOR
EX-SERVICE MEN.
Honorably Discharged Soldiers Elig-
ible fer Y. M. c. A. Scholarship.

Ex-service men who may be unable
to afford the kind of education they
would like to have, can secure an
education without expense to them
selves by taking advantage of scho-
larships provided for their benefit by
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. This scholarship plan has been
in effect since November l, 1919,
and is financed by the unexpected
balance of funds raised for educa-
tional work in the war work cam
paign. This balance amounts to
S5,OOO,000. Two million dollars has
been appropriated for use in 1920.
For the administration of this fund
the country has been divided into
five regions, with state committees
in each state and local committees in
the local communities. Committees
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-08

court in answer to the suit of The
CHICAGO WHIP. l FASTENED down
to Judge Hayes Court and arrived
just in time to hear one of the Edit
ors testifying about Mr.. Binga's un-4
popularity on the south side because
of his introduction of profiteering in
real estate and the exhorbitant rent
charged by him. ! heard the learned
ca Dr. Binga Desmond, Binga's pro-
tege contradict himself in his con-
fusion, trying, l suppose to tell the
story that Binga's white lawyer had
schooled him in for weeks. l noticed
the sentiment of the Judge change
from his fixed opinion evidently
forced on him by Binga and his white
lawyer before the case began. Atty.
Pollard, the colored lawyer represent
ing Mr. Clark and THE WHIP, had
completely proven his case with ex-
ception of setting forth the pre-
cedents. The judge allowed him to
have a new trial and set it for next
week and indications point to large
crowd at this trial as the news has
spread that Binga is fighting his own
again. | could not help but smile as
| noticed Mr.. Binga's mouth framing
Catholic swear words when the testi-
mony was going against him. / also
saw the huge drops of perspiration
come out on the brow of DR.. DESMOND
as he squirmed under the cross-ex-
animation and as became confused
His confusion was reflected upon the
fair brow of the white attorney who
has served Mr.. Binga so long, when
the Doctor became so mixed. | could
but admire the fighting and uncom.
promising spirit of the Editors and
was confirmed that the opinion held
by so many of colored people about
Mr.. Binga was certainly correct, il
he would spend so much time anc
money rather than pay $4,000 that
he had attached to someone to whom
it was lawfully assigned.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-08

Those "societ" ladies that visit
the private booths and then mscs and seek out
tendants loud that their oscillations he their male
of dishes and the playing victoa And ard above the
those companions of yours? hen too what about
Those "Harmonizers and Compro<
frontery tell that the time who have
Maybe when Massa ot ripe for colored Con-
dry and his bank depls George Hardng's" cellar
another leg really makes ted or when Madden grows
time will be ripe rotten speech Congress, the
Get Busy! D. low is the accepted time, say
Those mentally cast2
excrucang ordeal individuals who make recitals an
Der or sit chatterng entering during rendition of
not go to movie the entire performance. Why
lRIyhere you won't disturb the actors.
Those thresjR
who persistentoN reputable business men in the community
with the adyy make qualification for employment date
to work applicant Remember that that has
husandBes sell her honor Some of them have
he Franklin Trust and Savings Michigan Avenue
Street, supposedly auxiliary of the W. Sraus Bank
Brokerage House for their failure to take sufficient in
making loans property in the neighborhood where
coored person
That Pullman Porter spends major portion of his
salary the other of his income trying to buy out the
be DONE BROTHER the spend the less
cabarets you have.
unthinkingy vicious and ewd who went to
and made sight of themselves much to the dis
gust of hardened The proprietor might take
steps to more closely actions of of his
he wishes to have the patronage of those who
looking for clean enjoyment.
That banker and "EIis who collected
100000 help protect him in his home from the bombs after
.ss ,Rsopds" 80 Why pai tell The
people what you doing They would like know they
worked for the and want to know how they
going to be protected"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-08

stroll gently into one OF
these small composite stores that our
people are wont to have. A store
where you see almost everything on
the shelves, but wher you find that al
most everything you ask for is not to
be had. In speaking of the WIFI
to the lady in charge, | was informed
that THE WHIP was too radical
"Too radical, exclaimed in sur
prise. "Yes", she replied. "They tell
the truth and say ANYTHINGw Then
| understood and saw the light. l
asked her if the cause of our race
was not just. She agreed. | asked
her then if there was any need to
dodge issues. She like many others
said, "Oh, we'll, we ought not to talk
about some things even if they are
wrong and we are prosecuted. TIME
WILL CHANGE ALL THINGS. |
then said some things, and then a
few more things. First she objected,
then was artly convinced and then
agreed that the WHIP was radically
right if facing facts fairly and
squarely without fear was RADICAL.
smiled, uttered such prayer of
thanks as l was capable, pressed her
hand and departed leaving a stack OF
last weeks issue.-Amen.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-05-08

~ ONE days ago, last Thurs
day to be exact, tried to
~ get a check cashed in the
Binga Bank, or the Binga
State Bank, | think Ishould say. At
least there is a BINGA in it, any
way. | was informed that all of the
bank officials were down town in