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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19
JACK JOHNSON PICKS
DEMPSEY AS WINNER
BY JACK VEIock
I. N. S. Sporting Editor


New York, May 16.-Jack Demp
sew will tower in victory over Gear
xes Carpenter az Jersey city on
July 2.
Take 1t from Jack johnson, once
worlds champion heavyweight who
hoped to be free iu time TO witness
the big fight
In a communication from LeaFeo
worth prison today johnson oH-
lines his reasons for predicting Il
triumph for Dempsey as follows.
q firmly believe Dempsey VIII
heat CARPENTER He is much strone
er than the Frenchman and q faster
puneher. Carpenter is clever, hgl
not clever enough to offset tho
PUSHES of the champion.
1t will take a strong defensive
to defeat Dempsey defensive
like (?)-and If Dempsey ever
meets a man Of this type I think he
Is sure TO be beaten.
(Johnson modestly neglected TO
mention the defense for which he
has always been noted but he
means himself)
Dempsey will win The coming
fight with Carpenter hands down.
though l do not expect tile cautest
Will end until the eiahth ar the
tenth round
i hope TO bs al tie f.u.sIdr to
cheer the winner to victory II die
tables should turn 81 that Carpeu
tier IL returned the winner ! shall
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19
$50 ON WEEK DAYS
800 ON SATURDAYS

The games at Rosemout lz will
begin at $3.50 o'clock ON Voek-
day games, and ON saturday the
time will be advanced To &.aa These.
hours viii be the most coar55ant to
the majority OF people e8i was
decided 10 adopt them.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

tiH burg az Frederick
Waynesboro at lIaeerst0r
Hanover at thambersf I'm
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Scores.

View York 3, Chicago 2.
Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 2.
Boston 6, Cincinnati
Pittsburgh IT. Brooklyn ,.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

Frederick will play here Friday
and Saturday.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

And by the way, the Hose com.
pany team roes to Cumberland sal.
usday to play che Liberty Athletic
Club there.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

The Hose Company team wasn't
90 bad for an amateur organization
The Bluesox only defeated taem
$50.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

Martinsburg seems to have hit.
ting team also.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

Brophy's hit in the eighth was the
longest ever made on the Frederick
daomnd-and it sure counted, too.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

Tie city League has adopted
schedule and VIII start Oft with a
twilight game, Tuesday interviewer
rs Blair Limestone
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

Well. brothers. what Do Won tank
Of our ball team by now? DO Won
really think that Wen be able TO
finish the season without recruiting
any big leaguers?
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

The game starts here on Friday at
$50 o'clock. The Saturday game
viii be called at 300.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

II the BIuesox win a couple more
Of these starters. We are afraid that
there are several Of our more ardent
fans that viii have to be nut IN
violent cells.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

--------- % ~ - i
Batted for Slower in eight inning
ABat,ed for Blair ia ninth inning.
Martin7burS ..,.,.,, 600 200 043-9
Frederick ....#... .=...#... loo 100 2p8-4
Home run-Brophy Two-base
hits-Rawlings, Clark, Blacq. Men.
tune, Blethen, Downey, Slower. Sac.
ridce hits-Blair %. BIethen. RawI.
ings. Stolen bases-McGuire ~
Blethen Wild pitch-Sailor. Passed
ball-Alullaney Struck out-BV
Stanley g by Marcus ] F; by Tim >
Winning pitcher, Tim. Losing pitch.
er. STANLEY Time Or aame-2I5
mpir- 3hG0a9H Attendance E
"uuU
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

Frederick met with q sad disap-
pointment yesterday Maybe they
forgot that baseball games aren't
over until the last man is oat in the
las half of the ninth inning.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-19

Ii team-uames mean anything, we
suggest that we change the Bluesox
10 Yankees.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-11
OF A

Now that the Rapallo agreement be
tween Italy and Jugo-Slavia has
cleared up the status of the northern
part of the eastern coast of the Adri-
attic, Albania is the only country bor-
derlng on those historic waters about
whose boundaries there Is Still some
doubt, AS one Of the countries whose
confines will probably be fixed In the
near future Albania takes on an added
interest. The of this portion
of the Balkan peninsula are dealt with
In the following communication to the
National Geographic society from
Brig. Gen. George p. Scriven, U. S. A.,
who made a tour of the country short
ly after the Austrhns had been driven
out In 1913.
1.-THE Albanians are probably neither
so good no so bad as they have been
painted, but certainly they are worth
the effort necessary to manage their
W affairs and to work their little
farms in the fertile valleys, to herd
their sheep and weave their garments
Of wool, If only they are let alone.
They do not submit easily to govern
ment have no love for chance strang-
ers, and are slow to accept change
In the manner of living or of cultivat-
ing the fields.
'The mountains of Albania are prac-
tically u~nexplored. Mineral pitch, or
asphaltum, has been known since the
time of the Romans, and near Valona
l have seer specimens, clean, black
and hard, which promise well. Traces
of petroleum, too, have been found by
the Italians, and / am told boring Is,
or Is about to be, undertaken. Copper
and iron are believed to exist In the
hills about the Malik valley, and coal,
silver and lead are said to be present
elsewhere In the mountains. Gold
mines were worked in ancient times
and Albanian silver was known to
the Venetians, but the whole mountain
country has lain neglected for ages.
1.-THE climate of Albania is consid-
cred healthful in the uplands, though
subject to violent changes, which are
trying to the stranger, at certain sea-
sons, ever If he is confined to one To-
cality. But when a traveller, moving
rapidly about the country In a motor
the only practicable way of travel
ing In these da~ys-rushes several thou
sane feet from a mountain height,
cold and windy and probably snow-cov-
cred, into a warm, sunshiny valley and
back again In the fraction of an hour,
1t Is well to have a care.
MAY is the ~pleasantest month of
the year and the valleys then look
their best. Snow, of course, lies In the
mountains until well into the spring,
but seldom lasts throughout the sum
mer, as the tallest peaks do not attain
an elevation of nor than 5000 feet.
1.-The fever of the Balkans is per-
sistent, but is not especially fatal.
Still it is to be dreaded for its linger-
ing effects and the great debility 1t
causes. The usual specific is quinine,
a supply of which Is placed ON the
mess table or carried about In the
pocket"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-11
SYRIA: UNDER E N
mi ZIONIST RULE

Syria, for the control of the northern
part Of which the Turkish National
lists are threatening to fight the French
manufacturers, and the southern part
Of which Is settling quietly under Zion
list and British control, is another name
for 1.-THE Holy Land :" for under Tur-
key 1t comprised the region extending
from the Taurus mountains to Egypt,
and from the desert to 'the Great
Sea-"
Its population numbers about three
and a half millions, Of Semitic origin,
speaking the Arabic language. and yet
with so many races intermingled
through the centuries of the various
c%onquests and occupations that the
people cannot claim any one race as
their own.
Greek. Roman and European crusad-
er have all blended with the ancient
Semitic stock to produce the Syrians
of today, whom Lord Cromer, In his
memoirs, termed 'the cream Of the
East"
In Syria was the one green spot OF
luIhtt-tnC ACDahoh haVubtaiho- ~
ancient times the mountains were ev-
erywhere covered with forests. The
cedars of Lebanon not only furnished
| timber for the building Of Solomon's
temple In Jerusalem. but the kings Of
Egypt annually f1oated large RATS OF
logs from the Syrian a to supply
the demands Of the cities Of the Nile.
This constant demand from foreign
lands, together with the lack of any
system of reforestation. has practl-
cany denuded the mountains Of the
whole land.
Once more to cover the mountains
and hills with pine and cedar and
oak woull be a simple task If carried
on Systematically, and under the new
control this work is now being under.
taken. The chief enemies. In the last
few years, of rcforestation by nature
we're the herds Of goats. which every
spring roamed owe the whole country
and devoured every green thing. The
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-11
ROAD
BUILDING
CAUSE OF DAMAGE TO ROADS
Pernicious Practice Of Overlooking
Small Trucks With Marrow Tires
Is Responsible.

With the rapid increase In h num-
Der of motortrucks operated over our
highways, ii has been found that
many of what IRE called improved
roads have failed to withstand h adj
dltional traffic imposed by the new
form of local freight transport. This
has given rise TO new problems OF
road construction and maintenance,
and In some states has led TO the en-
actment of laws prohibiting the use
of the large capacity truck. on The
assumption that 1t Is the heavy truck
that does most of the damage to II
road. The first result of this legisia-
ton has been to encourage the perni-
cious practice Of overlooking, under
which trucks designed to carry safe-
ly a limited weight are forced to car
ry q large additional load. The tires
of the various sizes Of truck sar made
of a sufficient width to prevent their
breaking or cutting the road surface
when loaded to their proper full ca
pacity, but when an overload is add
ed the tire width is necessarily too
narrow. and the danger of injury to
the road becomes manifest. The tire
width required for certain loads has
been carefully worked out after many
years experience, and most states
have laws fixing the weight that ia
borne by an inch of tire width. In all
standard types of truck the width of
tire corresponds to the load that can
be safely carried, and truck manu-
facturers warn their customers against
carrying a greater weight than that for
which each size of truck Is designed.
The enactment of a law prohibiting
the use of large capacity trucks leaves
the same tonnage Of freight to be
moved. and with the heavy truck
barred resort must be had to the
smaller sizes. This means in many
cases less economical and efficient
service, and prompts the manufacture
er or merchant to try to make up for
loss In load capacity by Increasing the
size of the load. With this additional
load the gross weight on the tire ex-
ceeds the factor of safety. and there
by increases the danger of breaking
the road surface. 1t Is s~elf-evident
that a truck designed to carry two
tons with corresponding width of tires,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-11

OF their domain Dy Russia d0eS mol
entirely explain It.
The Tekklntzi rug, more commonly
known by the less distinctive name OF
Bokhara, Is the loveliest product OF the
desert loom. Its charm lies not in in
tricacy of design, manifold detail. or
symbolic meaning. 1t is not a picture
In wool. Brillinacy of coloring II does
not have. But In richness of 0 the
TekkintzI wins its rightful place as
queen of rugs.
Years of care in selecting the long
fibered. spotless wool. In dyeing II IN
reds from Bokhnra. blues from AZ
ghanistan, or blacks from Merv. with
a touch Of orange or yellow now and
then, and In weaving II beneath the
hot sun Of the dry desert, give the
Tekkintzi a Character which more hur-
ried methods cannot give. 1t reveals
no trace of foreign accent, for its
language Of lasting beauty Is bred in
the blood.
For centuries, possibly extending
back to the Iranian peoples whom Al
exander found here on his way to In
dia, the Tekke maiden had been taught
to dye and weave. When she was
married to her Mohammedan husband,
the young bride took with her to her
masters hut the rugs her patient toll
had formed, and he in turn paid a cor
responding price to her parents. Her
6Owry was her skill and Its product.
She was a mental, but with the soul
of an artist. Her toll was long, but
it was not drudgery. She was not o
slave, for her work demanded the In
spiration of a soul, and she had an
enviable position compared with that
of many Of her Oriental sisters In
%polygamy.
"Gradually these masterpieces In
mahogany, deep chocolate, terra-cotta,
old rose, burnt orange and black found
their way to America, where their ap-
peal was irresistible. Buyers raced
one another across Europe into the
Transcaspian home OF history to Sc
cure the priceless treasures of a con
quered race. The skill Of the Tekke
woman began to win its reward. Her
genius had caused the art world to
wear a path to her hut and her open
air loom. But there was the unhappy
side.
"Only the rich young Turkomans
could afford to buy a wife at the ex-
orbitant price her skill made possible.
Parents raised the price of their
daughters, consoling themselves with
the fact that If they could not pro-
duce offspring they could at least pro-
duce valuable rugs. The age Of mar
riage became higher. Caught in a trap
which skillful women had woven, the
young men revolted from the exagger-
ated demands of the avaricious and
unromantic parents and sought cheap
er wives elsewhere, while Tekke WON
en-, robbed Of love and enmeshed In
their own skeins of fine wool, dragged
out busy lives of hated sp~insterhood."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-11

lowing communication to the National
Geographic society:
'If some one asserted that the
American love for Oriental rugs had
changed the marriage customs of 9
nomadic people, had brought forth on
this globe a comparatively homely
race Of human beings, and had built
up a complex system Of morals In the
heart of Asia, it would seem like q
sensational story. Yet that statement
seems well founded, and love for beau
ty In America has reacted on the ia
cial features Of a princely rae In
Turkestan with deplorable result.
Truly 1t is a small world when an ar
tistic recluse in a New York studio
fathers a homely son in a distant des-
ert. Yet the rising generation Of Turko-
mans are distinctively homelier than
their princely sires. And the conquest
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-11

Overloaded Truck Increases Danger
of Cutting Surface Of Improved
Roads.
must do more damage to the roa
when ii carries a ton or so more of load
than its tires were intended for.
A striking example of the relation
of overlooking to impact is given in
the preliminary report of the United
States bureau Of public roads. In
which 1t Is stated that a three-ton
truck, with a load of five tons, run
ming at a speed of Is miles per hour
over a two-Inch rut, had an Impact OF
slightly over II tons, while a 5h-ton
truck with a load of 5s tons, under
the same conditions had al impact OF
only II TONS. The fact that the over
loaded truck had a heavier "unsprung"
weight, hat is, weight not sustained
by springs, accounted to some extent
for its greater impact, but there can
be no question that the overlooking
was a material factor in causing the
greatly increased wheel pressure on
the road.
Against this danger truck owners
are constantly being warned by truck
manufacturers, who strongly advise
that no truck should be made to carry
a greater load than the weight de-
fined by it's classification. Some states
have enacted laws imposing fines for
truck overlooking. but 1t will probas
bly, be found that enlightened self-ins
terest will prove to be the best check
on a practice that has been shown e.
be dangerous both to truck owners
and drivers and the general public;
and a source Of injury to ~ roads
that materially limits the dement's
from the motortruck as a new agency
for local freight transport.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-11
By W. CLARK RUSSELL
Condensation by
flames 3. Connolly

The author of
"The Wreck of In
was
born I'm New York
Feb. "a, 1874. He
was the SON of
Henry Russell. au-
thor OF the d
lar song, "Cheer,
Boys, Cheer" He
wus at
the famous Win
chester In Eng
land and at BOu-
lOgne I'm France.
At thirteen he
shipped on n Brit
ish
and served for
eight years, which
gave him first
hand Information
for the stories
which have ior so
long been n Sc
light to all who
love "A tale of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-11
IMPROVED uNIroRx INTERNATIONAL
LESSON
fBy REV. p. B. FTTzwATER. ID. D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chicago.)
10. l92o, Western Newspaper Cnion.l
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 10
LESSONS ON CITIZENSHIP. (May
Be Used With Temperance
Ap%pIications).
LESSON TExT-Matt. a9.15-22.

LESSON TEXT-Matt. 22:15-22.
GOLDEN TEXT-Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind
Thts is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto 1t, Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself.-Matt. %:
S7-2s.
REFERENCE MATERIALS Matt. %:
i-s9; Mark ~12:l3-l7, 1881: Luke 20:2o-26,
l-44: Rom. 13:1-l4; Phil. 3:17-2L
PRIMARY TOPIC-The Land We Love.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Our Country.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Getting Ready for Citizenship.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Christian Standard of Citizenship.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-11

sea- His h-st booE was "John Holds
Nsorth. Chief Mate" II was followed
nv n rapid and lengthy succession of
takes of the sea In N clear and pictur-
esqAe style with abundant m
skill. This hrst book won him a de-
voted audience, Increased the next year
by the story which readers will most
resdity associate with his name, sThe
wreck of the Grosvenor.. In addition
Ho being n good story IL pleads for bet
Ter treatment of English sailors, espe-
efzrfy I'm matters of food. The proper
care of the snilOrman Inns always been
One of the things needing attention. In
nad Ion 60 being n prolific writer of
books he wns also a newspaper man.
writing ~Ieaders" or editorial articles
fsr the London Daily Telegraph. These
were of enough importance to be gath
eyed together I'm Round the Galley
h'tre" and other volumes. He died In
naf1.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-11
r MOST IRISH CITY
IN IRELAND

siderable part of which was recently
destroyed by fire. bears a very super
fetal resemblance to our own New
York In that its nucleus Is situated
IN an island EMBODIED by two arms
Of a river where Its waters meet a
bay. The comparison soon becomes
a contrast, however, for Cork Is a city
Of less thar $4,000 souls, has few pub
lie buildings or t~horoughfares of Inn
portance, and was built on a low.
swampy site instead of on the rocky
ribs Of Mother Earth.
The stream that EMBODIED Cork be-
fore 1t grew across it's watery bar
riers IS the River Lee which rises in
a little lake to the north. From !
tiny island in the lake came the pious
hermit, st. Fin Barre, who established
a monastery on the island at the
mouth of the river in the seventh CEN
fury, and from this start the present
city has grown. Both the Catholic
and Protestant cathedrals of Cork are
dedicated to this early Irish saint.
At the head of one of the finest
harbors In Ireland-a land-locked cove
whose waters are as placid as those
Of a lake-Cork has been subject since
marauders. Invading Danes burned
the city In S21 and again in 1912,
and after the second destruction
founded on the site a Danish trading
post. The Irish. again In control of
the city, submitted to the English in
1172, who for many years maintained
a precarious foothold.
The Irish eventually regained Cork
not by force of arms but by "infiltra-
tion." for before a great while the
one-time English post was the most
Irish city in Ireland. its government
entirely in the hands of the people
of Erin.
A tragedy overlook Cork the year
Columbus discovered America, and
was visited most heavily or its lord
mayor. During that year the city re-
ceived and assisted Perkin Warbeck.
pretender to the English throne. The
mayo lost his head and the city Its
charter.
Cork's wonderful harbor has given
It a maritime importance since early
days. Recognition of this fact is seen
In the title of admiral of the port
bestowed on the lord mayor of Cork
by Edward Nv and held by the lords
mayor to the present day.
Queenstown. at the head Of the outer
harbor, and practically a part of Cork,
Is the port Of call and departure for
transatlantic liners. This fact has
made Cork a city of sadness to many,
for perhaps a million or more men
and women, in largest part mere boys
and girls forced by economic pressure
to emigrate, have there hidden good
by with set faces and streaming eyes
to the land they love so well.
While there are practically nc points
of great interest in Cork, close by is
one of the best known and most fire.
quently visited spots in all Ireland.
II is the ruined tower Of Barney cas-
tie, stronghold of Cormac Mccarthy,
who, legend has 1t, instructed by an
old bag he had rescued to kiss one
of the stones of the tower-the fam
GUS ''blarney stone"-became irresist'
'bly eloquent.