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The Washington times., 1920-02-26
CENTRAL CALLS OFF ALL
SPORTS DURING The WEEK
Mt. Pleasant Athletes Rest Out Of
Respect 70 Late School
Principal.

There will be no athletics At Cen
trail High during the week. Out Of
respect to the late Emory M. Wilson.
principal of the school. who was
buried Monday. IL was decided to call
Off all sports.
Central had q basketball game
scheduled with the Baltimore Poly
technic team yesterday and one with
the Johns Hopkins University fresh
men dated for tomorrow. The season
was expected TO close tomorrow night
at a big basketball dance.
There will be no athletics or other
festivities at Central this week. Plans
are under way for the Hopkins Fresh
men game for next Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
SAM RICE AGREES
TOGR|FF'S TERMS
Swatting Gardener, Further.
more, Wants to Go to Tampa
With First Squad.

Sam Rice, the Grins' 800 swatter.
destined to amble around in center
field this season, will be on his way
to Tampa, Fla, within a day or SO.
He has informed President Griffith
that the clubs salary terms are salts
factory, and that he wishes to escape
the cold winds of Watseka, Ill, just
as soon as possible.
"That leaves Jim Shaw and Char
rity yet to sign. and don't expect
Charity" said President Griffith to-
day. shawl be along-Pm not
worrying about him."
Hank Shanks. booked for utility
slavery this season, has signed his
contract.
Acting on recommendation from
Joe Judge, the Griffmen have signed
up Andy Stark, a New York semi-pro
second baseman, for trial at Tampa.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
this WEEK SEES FINISH
FOR SCHOOL QUINTETS
Tech Tackles Eastern For Second
Time on Business High
School Floor.

Technical High and Eastern wind
up the 1920 basketball season today
in the Business High School gymna-
stun. The contest Is a hbldover from
last month, and is expected to result
in a victory for Tech.
Eastern occupies the tail-end posi-
ton in the race while Tech has al
ready won the title. The game today
is the last of the title series. and will
close the season for Eastern. Tech is
expecting to take on two more teams
before calling halt on floor activ-
tiles.
Tomorrow the Tech freshmen and
those OF Western will play prelim-
mary game to the Western-McDon-
ough School contest at Business.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
Got $40 for His Bout
Seven Years Ago

Joe Stecher won his first pro-
fessional wrestling bout seven
years ago at Loup City, Neb.
my brother Tony, who was .
crack middleweight wrestler at
the time, hired a little rig and
we drove twenty-seven miles to
the scene Of the match" said the
new champion the other night.
II threw Arthur Pavelky and got
$40 for it. Quite a difference
from my end for winning the
worlds title in Madison Square
Garden. Funny thing about that
first match was that / became
Disguised with the trip and the
$40 purse and ! told Tony !
would never wrestle profession
ally again. II took all Of his ar
guments to make me change my
mind. And now I'm glad he did"
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
OHIO GOLF CLUBS LAND
TWO 20 CHAMPIONSHIPS

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.--Two of the
three leading golf events of the year
have today been awarded to Ohio by
the United States Golf Association.
The annual tournament will be held
as follows:
Amateur championship at Engi-
neers' Club, Roslyn. L. l., September,
ell.
Open championship, at Inverness
Club. Toledo, August TO- II. L. and 10.
Women's national championship, at
Mayfeld Club, Cleveland, October
40.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26

msnt Of stin jabs to KiiDsne's body
and only a wild rally toward the end
Of the round ksve the champion an
even break for the session. After
that he contsnted himself with eiinch-
ing and wrestling. STOPPING even TO
heeiinS.
The challenger did all the leading
throughous the contest. landing fire.
Quently with lsfts and rights TO the
wind. with now and then uppercuts
to the head and face.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
LOOKING EN- OVER
Gandil May Play in Bushes

From berth White Sox champions Of the Amer
lean League and Of the worlds title managerial
with club League in Idaho
be the path Benedict Gand eadng these according
the dope spinning the country the telegraph
wires
w. Soo who president this independent in the
wds Of the Snake river responsible for the information He
snd rather than hold down first base with
Charlie Comskey already signed first base
and act al for Anthony club this hitherto unherd
circuit far away this is Gsnd will
setting long dropping.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
LEIGH HENSHAW TRIES
SKILL WITH KELCHNER

Lehigh Henshaw, the marine SER
geant, tries his cue skill tonight
against Charlie Kelchner, present
holder of the District pocket billiards
title, at the Grand Central parlors.
Play begins promptly at o'clock,
with 125 points as the total. Tomor-
played
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
WESTERN TAKES GAME.

Western High lived up to its repu-
tation of being an In and outer in
Baltimore yesterday. The Western
ers were sin" and handily defeated
Loyola High School by n score of
20 to 16. The Loyola lads were out
classcd all the way
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
GET IN TWO WINS.

Georgetown Junior Props got in
two wins yesterday on the Rockville
teams. The Rockville High five drcp-
ped a ~ to ~ game, and the Rock
Vile midgets were taken over the
Jumps for n IL to s score by the
Georgetown Prep lads.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
WIN TENTH VICTORY.

Ten wins In row is the new record
of the. Sixty.third Infantry team OF
Potomac Park. The Virginia A. G.
team went down to a 80 to ii defeat
before tho Infantrymen yesterday.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
PEPCOS ARE READY.

The robins are scarce and there is
plenty OF snow in the places, but the
Pepcos are ready for baseball. Man
ager Jett, 305 Fourteenth street
northwest, wants to hear from teams.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
A. N. PREPs IN CLOVER.

Army and Navy Prep basketers
were in clover yesterday. defeating
the Gonzaga High tossers by 20 to
81, and the Gonzaga Midgets by IS
TO s.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
YANKEES GO RIGHT ON.

Y. NJ. C. A. Yankees are going right
on winning. They have set a recoi d
for the week in two games. Monday
they scored SO points against West
ern, and last night got an 81 to -
count against the Silent Five.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
FRIENDS SECONDS PLAY.

Friends School seconds simply toy
ed with the Cleveland Park basketers
yesterday, winning by AZ to 10. Lcahy
got nine baskets from the floor.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
WILL HAVE VETERANS.

Both Tech and Central are assured
veteran hurlers this year. Frank
Krupp, at Central. and Norman
Hutchinson, at Tech. are expected to
do the bulk of the hurting at tho big
schools
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
WALTER REED WINS IT.

Walter Reed Hospital players won
their twelfth straight game yester,
day, defeating the Marine Props by n
score of % to 81 in the Eastern High
gymnasium
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
PENN STILL WINNING.

Pennsylvania basketers further in
creased their lead In the intercolle-
giate league race last night when
they defeated the Columbia Univcr-
sity team by % to 10.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
lYCEUM DEFEATED.

Boiling Field Aviators Journeyed
over to Alexandria last night. and
took a ~ to IS fall out OF the Lyceum
basketball team.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
SOLDIERS TO FROLIC.

Tort Mycr soldiers will frolic
through an athletic carnival at the
post tonight which will start at s
O'Clock. Eovel athletic stunts have
been arranged for tho soldiers.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
WILL ENTER ELEVEN.

Western High will enter eleven ath-
ietes in the Baltimore meet Saturday
nj ght.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
MOB ANSWERS. CALL.

More than one hundred and nifty
candidates answered the initial call
for baseball at Central High recently.
The Washington times., 1920-02-26
EPISCOPAL COMES. UP.

EpiscopalIIigh School Junior teams
come to town today to play the West
crn junior teams at Western today.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-18
VOTE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS.

The people in Abbevie who interested in
better schools for the city will be glad to know thaV
the Bill introduced in the General Assembly Dy
Senator Moore at the request of the Board OF lrus
tees giving the people in the city the right to vote
on the question of lavying twelve mills tax 1or
the support of the schools has become law.
As soon as the arrangements may be made the
Board of Trustees will order the election, and 1t IS
boned that those interested in the matter of I'M
proving the school system of the city will vote for
the increased levy not that our schools not do
ing good work now, but in order to pay teachers
the additional salaries necessary to get the best IN
the profession and keep them when we have them'
and thus keep the schools on the upgrade.
Superintendent Fulp advises us that he contem-
plates longer daily sessions of the schools next
year. Instead of commencing at 9 IN the morn
ing and dismissing the pupils for the day at IN
the afternoon, it is his idea to give recess at
1896 and to have the pupils return in the after
noon at 80 and stay until 4. In this way he pro-
poses to introduce study periods in all classes IN
which periods the teachers will assist the pupils IN
the preparation of lessons for the following day.
This he feels is necessary for the reason that with
the all-home study periods some pupils are at
-eat disadvantage. In some homes the SUBJECTS
are not familiar to the parents in others the par
ents do not have the time to assist the pupils; ana
in many cases the pupils cannot do the work with
out assistance. Besides, where the parents do as
sist the pupils in the preparation of their lessons,
the work is not always accurately done, and is
never done entirely according to the plans of the
teacher. The result is that one child learns ac-
cordng to one system of teaching and another child
according to an entirely different system,
lie is believed that the plan proposed, when car
ried out by teachers who will have interest in
the work will prove of great benefit to the pupils.
1t has been adopted in most of the Western and
Northern states and has proved satisfactory both
to teachers and parents and profitable to the pu-
pills.
\ The plan proposed will have some Of the merits
of the old time country school when the teacher
taught from early in the day to late in the even
ing, in which schools it is believed more thorough
teaching was done than has been done in the
modern graded schools with all the advantages
which the latter have over the old field Schools as
they were called.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-18
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UNKEPT FAITH.
UNKEPT FAITH.

When in the spring of 1917 this government was
forced to consideration of the problem of flanc
ing its part in the World War, two courses were
open. It must either float loans on an investment
basis paying whatever rate of interest might be
pecessary to command the enormous sums required,
else float them patriotic basis. 1t chose the
latter On street corners, in their homes in
their working places, people were urged to buy Lib
erty bonds-to "buy until it hurts" and then to
mortgage future earnings. They were told to go
to the banks, which would gladly advance the funds
necessary to carry bonds for them at interest rates
rot exceeding the income on the bonds they bought.
The Res ponse magnificent. Some rs billion dol
lars worth If Liberty bonds and Victory notes were
sold-far more than could possibly be paid for out
of accumulated savings plus savings up to the pres
ent time.
i And the Administration has not kept faith. In
another column we print letter from Of those
who needed the governments appeal and bought
until it hurt. His is TYPICAL for there are
thousands of other buyers who are in the po-
stion. But he places the blame in the wrong place,
The banks not responsible for the fact that he
now sees his bonds selling at discount--xhich is
not important in this case, since he intends, as he
says, to hold them to the last ditch" which means
that eventually he will probably get premium.
However, what is more important is that it costs
him good deal more to carry the bonds which
he has not yet completed payment than he receives
in the form of-nterest. The banks helpless.
Indeed it is possible that the bank which is carry
ing his bonds per cent is actually losing money
Moreover, our correspondent will probably be
shocked to learn as great many others have been,
that when the ninety day period of which he speaks
has elapsed it will cost him not per cent but at
least 1-2 and probably per cent to carry the
bonds.
The reason is that the Federal Reserve Board,
governmental agency, has caused the rate at which
member banks-the banks with which people do
business ss-may borrow from the Federal Reserve
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-18

banks on paper secured by Liberty bonds and VIC
tory notes to be raised to 5 1-2 per cent. It has
done this arbitrarily, because it thinks commodity
prices are too high and that by making money
dearer it can force holders of commodities to pu,
goods on the markets and thus cause dehation.
But apparently it has given no consideration
whatever to the Liberty bond holder who needed
the governments call and bought more bonds than
could be paid for in the short time which has
elapsed since they were sold. We do not believe
that it's action in raising rediscount rates aimed
directly at Liberty bond holders, although the Fed
eral Reserve Board has continually urged people to
pay for their bonds rapidly. Nevertheless, the
board has in effect repudated what amounted to
pledge by the government to buyers of the bonds.
By so doing it has done much to discourage
thrift for it has promoted resale Of the bonds At
no matter what cost, the government should keep
faith with the bondholders, to the extent of
favorng those who bought bonds credit.
There is another point. Most of the people who
bought Liberty bonds were making their first VEN
ture in government investments. Does the govern
ment want to destroy forever their confidence in
the securities which it may hereafter have occasion
to sell?-New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-18

First President Wilson, exercising his undoubted
prerogative to oust Secretary Lansing, launches a
national thunderbolt with his dictum that his ad-
minstraton, and thera fore the United States Gov
ernment, cannot function without him, though his
own official person may not be able to function.
Then President Wilson, reading the riot act to
Great Britain, France and ITALY, launches an inter-
national thunderbot with his imperious notice to
the principal Allies that they cannot among them
selves arrange their affairs in Europe in gener
al and on the Adriatic Sea in narticuar without him.
More than that With Mr.. Wilson present in
their councils or absent from their councils they
cannot decide anything for themselves about
themselves, though they all be unanimous for it, if
it is not exactly what he wants
By the same token it must follow when Mr.. Will
son commands that, a thing shall be done by them,
though no other member of the Allies should want
it, though no other Power of Europe should want
it, though other nation on the face of the earth
should want it, that his will shall be done.
Nowhere else under the sun is there such as
sumption of autocratic and universal power. No
where else under the sun does any public servant
pretend that he embodies such omnipotence. No.
where in the world is there today, and nowhere in
the world has there been in the last hundred years,
anything like the despotism Mr.. Wilson makes of
democracy under him in America.
Mr. Wilson, back from the sick room to the
occupied Executive office of the American Govern
ment, is running true to form.-The Sun and New
York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-18
STARS AND SPIRIT.

An affectionate interest in the stars is special
taste we concede, and calling them by their official
titles presupposes zest for remote facts quite out
of the ordinary. columnist who knew his modern
literature by the shelfload might never have heard
of the Northern Gross; and many poet and poet
ess has doubtless slipped Vega or Aldebaran into
line who had not the faintest notion when to look
for either.
But the planets are nearer; and they far
more familiar to modern tongues largely by reason
OF their being named after gods and goddesses still
very much alive. Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter,
Saturn-what other minor gods have we (excepting
Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford) in this year
of grace two thousand years, more or less, since
Greece was Greece and Rome Rome? So the pro-
ject of talking with these spots has thrill hard to
equal since flying became bore. Personally
own to being dozen times more thrilled over the
bare possibility of wireless message from Mars
than all the recorded chatter that Sir Oliver
Lodge and Ouja have ever pulled out of the "spir-
it's"
1t is the known quality of the interstellar stuff
that appeals, we suppose. Imagination helps
not at all in that silly world of the spirits which
they describe vaguely in the few moments they
can be persuaded to tear themselves away from
the engrossing subjects of Aunt Eliza's hem
stitched handkerchief and little Tommys penknife
that he left in the wodshed. The distances of the
planets beyond accurate imaginaton-nor does
il help much to start train for Mars and tell how
many years it will take to get there, as popu-
lar scientists fond of doing. But one can at
least see Mars, and anybody who has eve" craned
his neck at the heavens has fetched back rudi-
mentary, almost physical, sense of vastness that
comes close to putting the planets on our mental
map.
And once imagined the thing runs away with the
mind. Exchanging languages would be simplicity
itself for experts who solved the Rosetta stone
And thereafter whole lteratures would arrive rap
idly enough to be seriali2ed by the Sunday papers,
Not since the great of discovery, when the
Phoenicians put out to from the eastern end OF
the Mediterranean, or when Columbus and the
Cabots sailed westward across the Atlantic have
similar moments been offered to the jaded human
race. With such chances fermentng in our own
familiar cosmus, who has time to fuss with the
chatter of the "spirit' Bandarlog, whoever and
whatever they may be?-New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-18
Main Street Store
FOOT WEAR

In purchasing our Spring stock of Shoes we were
mindful of the fact that stock wou I'D have to be
large and varied in order be able to take care pro-
perly Of the needs and requirements of people every
walk of life. This is only in the matter of
price but to fill the requirements of the different
pations Service may be considered more essential in
one case, style in another.
You will find here only the very oressies and lat
est Styles but you will also find dressy and
tive styles at very reasonable prices
LADIES DEPARTMENT.
We have received some very stylish Pumps and Ties
from Krppendorf Dittnan CO. These were shipped
early and you will find them to be correct in STYLE
and superior in QUALITY. Many will arrive
but believe you can find exactly what you want
Many people both in the city and country want Solid
Leather Shoes at medium prices. We have received
full line of Shoes Pumps and Ties which will sell at
S. $780, &c. and $3.50. Every pair is guaranteed to
be solid leather.
In stock are few of ladies Shoes and Oxfords
which have been carried We have marked these
So, S.. SO and $780,
MEMS DEPARTMENT.
will be in We invite every in Abbeville
to inspect stock and it will be pleasure to show
you whether you ready to purchase or not.
There several broken lots of Shoes and Oxfords
in our mems department. We have marked these 81
to SIS under the present price. 1t will be substantial
saving to buy and anticipate your wants.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-02-25
FRIENDLY SUIT. STARTED
Suit to Determine Technical Point in
Awarding Of Paving Contract Start
ed, Contractors Paying Costs

In order to determine aitechnical
point in the awarding Of the paving
contract, the contractors, Akin & F'lut.
ter, have asked that a property owner
living in Denison start friendly suit
to determine the legality Of the con-
tract recently awarded. Before so do
ing, however, the bond Of the contract.
or had been approved and accepted, and
all parties to the transaction had sign
ed the necessary papers and contracts.
The notice to bidders asked for con-
crete paving to be 7 inches in thick
ness. There We're five bidders who
placed bids on the entire letting and all
five OF these bidders bid on concrete
paving inches in thickness and also
Z inches in thickness. After the bids
had been tabulated the council finally
decided to award the contract to the
lowest bidder on inch paving The
other bidders deemed the procedure to
be all right.
The contractors are paying all the
costs of the suit, and should the court
hold that the awarding of the contract
for inch paving was Illegal the bond
given by the contractors will be null
and void. In fact the bond contains a
rider to the effect that if the contract
does not go through the bond becomes
void. The contractor, the bonding
company nor the engineer in charge
will not seek to recover, and the ,engi-
neer will be paid only for the work he
has already done. Attorneys at Nal
vern and Des Moines will prosecute the
case and Denison attorneys will defend.
and the suit viii in all probability come
before Judge Albert at jefferson in spe-
cial session. We understand Gail Rich
ardson is the plaintiff.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-02-25
POISON OLIVE
SCARE HERE
Sunday Papers Stated That Twelve
Poisonous Were in Denison
THE BOYS STORE IS CITED
Head OF Boys Grocery Department
Carried Such Olives on Shelves

Sunday newspapers devoted consider
able space to accounts of poisoned
olives which had been shipped to deal
ers in the middle west by Chicago
wholesale grocery company The ac-
counts stated that the Boys store of
this city had received twelve bottles OF
this particular shipment.
A Representative of the Review inter
viewed the Boys on Tuesday and was
informed that the store had received let
tiers Monday from the Sprague, Warner
& company, wholesale grocers, and a
government department, notifying them
that the dozen bottles were shipped to
them Oct 10, 1918. The olives in ques-
ton were ripe olives stuffed with pimen-
to and We're packed in No. 10 glass bot
ties. Mr.. WiblishouSer head Of the
Boys grocery department, states that
they never have carried on their shelves
stuffed ripe olives and the only way he
can account for the shipment was that
it was a special order given to woman
who was here taking orders for the
Batavia brand of canned goods distribu-
uted by Sprague, Warner & company.
If the olives were sold and delivered to
a customer there has been no complaint
made to the store in regard to the same.
3 During the past year there have been
a number of death in the country, the
cause of which has been traced to the
eating of ripe olives which through
some packing process had become pois,
oned. RIPE olives stuffed with pimen-
tos are the ones more subject to this
poison. ~ tgt