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der an intense nervous strain despite
the confidence in himself and the assur.
ance that the life net, fife belt and other
precautions against injury have been
taken. II is this nervous strain that uti-
mately drives this class of'performers out
OF the business
The strain Is far greater In team acts In
which absolute confidence in themselves
and In each other Is essential. Such an
act as leaping blindfolded from one trapeze
10 be caught by the hands OF a blindfolded
partner Suspended from another trapeze
requires all the strength, skill, confidence
and nerve that can exist In one individual.
The nervous strain In these stunts Is so
great that few performers can keep It up
for more than few seasons. Such acts
have less effect upon the heart than upon
the nervous system, and slips which may
cause no physical injury frequently cause
loss OF nerve and confidence.
Real damage is, however, done in the
whirling acts which are sometimes made
part OF the trapeze act. When a person
turns around and around a number of
times he becomes dizzy. In whirling the
blood is driven from the brain, extremites
and surface Of the body, and II accumu.
lates for the moment in the heart and large
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his hands upon the pill the moment 1t
touches his glove. He follows 1t down,
bringing his hands to the side OF the ball,
thereby breaking the momentum, and when
this is done he allows the ball to fall into
the pocket formed by his hands. The Jug
gler holds the plate sideways, and when
the egg falls he just touches the egg break
ing the momentum or force of fall, then
gradually turning the plate while he lowers
II at the same speed as the falling egg
until the egg rests on the plate
II the man who catches cannon balls In
his bare hands we're to allow the fifty.
pound ball to fall upon rigid, outstretched
hands the bones would be broken and the
hands crushed. But just as the ballplayer
stops the force of the fall Of the ball, so the
cannon. ball catcher stops the force OF the
falling ball and finally It rests in his hands.
In the beginning OF his practice he uses
light ball dropped from a moderate height,
perhaps only a few inches. He gradually
increases the weight OF the ball and the
height Of the drop until he can hold fifty
pound ball dropped fifteen or twenty feet.
In allowing the heavy ball to fall on the
back the performer employs the same
knack as the juggler who catches the egg
on a plate. He bends his back and stoops
lower at the moment of'impact, the weight
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ranged that the weight is
distributed and the strain
falls upon the back, arms
and legs, and little dam.
age Is done. The back
and shoulders can bear
enormous weights If they
are properly distributed.
A far more difficult feat
and one in which there is
a greater element Of dan
ger Is the catching OF
heavy weights In the hands
or on the back. In this
stunt knack and skill
count for more than
strength. It is the same
knack by which the jug.
gler catches an egg on a
plate without breaking the
egg, by which the ball
player catches a high fly,
and by which the express
man throws a heavy trunk
on his back without hurt
ing himself.
The fielder catching a
bt0b axy Ipao mot CIncq
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riuiaI Misl,ap Which Was Fatal to the Famous
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drops out and says good-by 10 MS atm
letics; the professional acrobat. however.
keeps on until he drops.
Few persons realize how much nerve and
skill are required in the funny falls and
and acrobat comedians of the stage. Few
know how much study and practice must
be given to make them stage perfect, how
painful Is the process by which they make
their body supple and joints pliable. how
much moro painful are the many slips AMI
misses whish happen In the course of prac.
tice. and which are sometimes introduced
In the act In spite Of the pain. Few Of the
performers themselves know how much
damage they do In the preparation and per
formance of their acts.
Take such simple stunt as the split, in
which the performer stretches his legs side
ways until they are 1T right angles to the
body. In this position the four pairs Of
powerful muscles which draw the legs to-
gether are stretched to theirsimit and the
the heads Of the thigh bones In their sockets
In the hip bones are stretched and twisted.
The muscles are elastic but the ligamcn's
are not, and II the latter are stretched they
become longer and weaker. The result Is
that the hip joint is weakened and there is
great liability to dislocation. 1t is not so
bad If the split is practised during child.
hood when the joints are more timber AM
the growing muscles and ligaments become
accustomed to such stretching.
Of ha nhaf
feats of strength. but In some OF these
there is a knack or trick The man who
lifts heavy weights acquires the knack OF
suddenly lifting the weight from the floor
in such way that he does not injure him
self in lifting heavy weight person
braces himself and keeps the abdominal
muscles rigid. During the time that he is
straining to lift the weight from the floor
the bowels are pushed down and against
the rigid muscles, sometimes with such
force that they are pushed through the
abdominal ring. an opening between the
muscles in the groin. Thus hernia or
rupture is produced.
The professional strong man acquires
the knack Of lifting the weight suddenly
from the floor during expiration, when the
lungs are being emptied Of air and the
bowels are drawn up and away from the
inguinal ring. This is the reason the pro-
fessional heavyweight lifters seldom set
rupture, an accident that happens most
frequently when lifting heavy weights or
course It requires constant practice with
gradually increasing weights, but the knack
Is the same whether 1t is a fifty pound
weight or five-hundred-pound dumbell. In
those feats of strength in which the per-
former wears harness to which the
weight is attached, the harness is so ar
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falls with . glsncins blow upon surface
that 10 going down with H. and the mo-
mentum being thus broken II will rolb
down II the back is Strengthened or II will
rsmain on the back II the back remains
bent. The expressman goes through the
same procedure when he throws heavy
trunk on his back. The combined action
OF braciLg oneself to receive the shock OF
the fall, the shrinking motion to lessen the
force >of impact. and bending the back to
receive the impact at an angle, performing
the three motions simultaneously, 10 &C
Quired by practise, but while some acquire
Il after few trials others never get 1t,
and they cannot receive a weight upon
their backs without damage.
The great danger In this act is a mo-
mentary inco- coordination or loss of harmon
ious action Of the essential movements II
this happens the weight falls with full
force on the part Of the body and does
serious injury. Another form Of heavy
weight lifting is the human pyramid. This
requires little more than brute strength.
There is little skin or knack and very little
danger, either from accident or from the
feat itself There IL little more danger
TO the strong man whose stunt is tug-of'war
with q number of men on the other side
or who pits his strength against the
strength Of team of horses pulling against
him
More skill Is required in lifting person.
while in the lying or sitting position, as
the performer must be strong man, and
an equilibrst and contortionist as wen.
II is, however, a stunt which does not in
volve serious danger from injury or per-
manent damage from strain. Much more
dangerous is the shoulder-leaping act, for
there is a physical shock and nervous
strain which, frequently repeated, leave
permanent damage to the heart and ner.
vous system. There is also the danger OF
injury from accident, as in the case that
happened few years ago when the leaper
missed the shoulders, and falling on the
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catcher's neck broke II.
the man dying instantly.
Many Of the circus feats
are simply gymnasium ex-
ercises performed under
conditions that make them
appear hazardous. 1t re-
auires more nerve to do
some of the trapese and
fying.ring stunts when
sixty feet above the
ground than when six
feet above the ground,
and the performer 10 un-
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Whose Necl
Skull
and Bones
Seemed
UnbreaknbLe

The Dooisy Brothers
Rough House Dance
Gordon Dooley Is in
Feminine Costume and
Makeup.
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the widow of Rev Samuel William son, who was his pastor. Dr. Wood was an elder in Rev. Williamson s church. His last wife came to Ar kansas with him several years ago.
 pr. Wood and his brother, Wil- liam H. Wood, became large land owners in this county, which was at that time a part of Phillips county. A great part of the land that Ma rianna is built on, was a part of their farm.
 Tn January, 1870, he moved his family to this county and settled on his farm in Texas township, then in St. Francis county. This is now known as the Harrington farm, near Ringvine.
 The trip from West Tennessee was vividly impressed on my mind, as everything was new and strange to me, so entirely different from what we had left in Tennessee. Our starting point was from Bolivar, Tennessee. At Memphis we took the boat, The St. Francis, owned by Capt. Bowman. He and his good wife, "Auntie Bowman,N as she was
 
 fondly called by everyone that knew her, were greatly loved down the Mississippi, up the St. Francis as far as Old Wittsbsrg, and up the L'Anguille to Mariauna.
 We left Memphis Tuesday at five o'clock and landed at Marianna Wednesday night about ten o'clock. We got off the boat at McClouds B landing. The warehouse stood at the top of the duff where the Pres- ent landing still is. just below Mil ler's lumber yard. We saw but one light in the village and that was in the old Griffis home, Chen the property of Major McCloud whose widow afterwards Mr. R. D. Griffis, a pioneer settler.
 Our first night in Arkansas was
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! spent in the home of Mr. Phil Jones, another pioneer settler, who lived at the Nunally place, now owned by Misses Jessie and Laura Normally. We brought our car glage and horses on the boat with gs so we could immediately be con Veyed to our destination in Texas township. Our carriage was driv- eu by an old ex-slave who never left my father-0ld Uncle Albert who died a few years after com ina here He is buried on the old home place, the Harrington farm. The next morning. bright and early, Ne were ready for our trip home ia Texas toVnship, twelve miles north of Mariauna. I was amazed at the mud and water that we drove through and kept asking my father when we would be out of the river bottoms9 We arrived at our home about noon and much to our sur prise, we found a much better house than we expected. SO different and so much better than we had seen on our way from town. The farm had been improved and the house built by q NIT. Lindsay, who married French lady at Walnut Bend on the Mississippi river She did most of the planning and the managing. In other words, she was the boss, and a good one My father pur- chased the place from Mir. Gill, who had bought it a few years before from Mr. Lindsay. Nr. Gill was the grandfather of the present Mrs. J. M. Bush of this city.
 One of the first things my father did was to get a subscription school started, securing teacher, Mr. Sam Dennis from Bolivar. Tenn Those were my first days at school, as | had always been taught at home. School was taught in a little log church about two miles from our home. The building was located on @ little ridge, on the bank of Jocks creek, 6 tributary of Larigin's creek.
 Those were great days for the young people of the ueighborhooG. Friday nights we had debating so- cieties and singing schools. Sunday school every Sunday morning and preaching services every other Sun day afternoon. Ny father organ-I ized the Sunday school, and was superintendent hl h.s death. Wy mother aut sIster were teachers The young people met at my fathers home Co practice singing. My ter, Nrg. jotn Wood, directing it GIL Our piano was tke on'y one for
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has a good flock of standard fowls, and is either selling baby chicks | or eggs by the setting or hundred. When the time of matching is early, the period before cold weath- CT sets in is longer than if the chicks were matched late,' says MT. Lansden. Tt is during this period of spring and summer that the chicks should make their best growth, and when bullets should mature and get ready to lay eggs. The earlier the matching, therefore, the longer the growing season for the young stock and the better chance they have to make full growth and reach maturity before the cold weather sets in. A long growing season is especially import ant with the larger breed, such as Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, B. L. Reds and Orpingtons, which are commonly kept on a general farm.
 ''The feeling of security that the progressive farmer ana live poultry man has when he is closing the coop for the night at this season of the year, in knowing that he has matched about all the chicks out that he can properly take care of, and from now on he can give his full time to further important farm projects, is most re-assuring. He knows that Early Matching pays. This Early Hatch campaign is only one of the many feature of good poultry raising, but it is the foun- dation and keynote. It is just the difference in going behind and go- ing ahead.
 Many people raising poultry think of increased production only along the lines of increased num- bers. This is great mistake. The object to be kept in view now is increased revenue, and this can be done better by raising poultry along lines of practical, common sense experience. In other words, it is better to raise 10 strong, vigorous birds than to raise 25 or 30 measly, runty, half-grown chicks"
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EARLY MATCHING HELPS
 PRODUCE EARLY LAYERS

Aur or. of Che busiesf moat of tse yeEr vith the poultry men. otcIares H B. Lansdan. poul- ttF eta. cf the hcFicaltaI Ex- tension Division University of Ar with chicks iu breeders aHf under hens gathering. selecting e ana treir care for incubation. watching fhe incubator hrooder or the eit hen the poultry breeder should re very husy person in
 thls and next month The wide awake person who has am eve to
 making the most out of poultry,
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JAS WATSON SAYS. "rLL NEV. FER FORGET WHEN FAITH. FRS HOGS HAD
 CHOLERA"

"oa morning ho found go hogs dead aa aterf s.ck. He called h Fel wc after ectug a lFt UaHH ol tle pr.mIee. decided ttat tne rodents had conveyed the
 since lfer , am never Wlfaal kAI-sEAP ITs the sur e.L aaeaet wt destroyer J know. " Three at aHc. ftc st.2J. Sold ant guam teet tg Harrington Bros. ana Ha.tef ha5WaEc. Htf
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D. A. R. Notes


 Dr. George Wood, born at Char louisville, Virginia, Albernarle county, 1908, educated at the Uni versity of Virginia, received his medical education at Jefferson Med icsl College, Philadelphia, Pa.
 .wsAfter finishing his medical edu- cation he emigrated to West Ten nessee, and settled at Bolivar, Hsrdeman county, where he became a planter and prscticed medicine.
 He travelled from Virginia to Tennessee on horseback. Also did his practice the same way. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth Hos kins of Shelby county, Tennessee. He married the second time, Mrs. Mary Jane Williamson, nee Sneed,
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In the midst of the bIinding tears we are shedding over the pitiable, poverty-stricken condition of Ger many we pause long enough to note that the ex-Kaiser is paying a tax on an annual income of $500, 0,000.-. Nashville Southern Lumberman.
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Watch your children for sym toms of worms. They underuh the health and breed sickness. | Whites Cream Vermifuge. It ( pels worms and restores health sl vigor. Price 35c. Sold by Hl rington Bros. \
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Japan can point to China as s| dence that she is in favor of dl armament.-Toledo Blade.
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The hire of the labor is icwe,. Greenville (S. e. Piedmont.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-23
Oklahoma to Celebrate
Children'S Book Week

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 22.-Chil.
dren's Book Week will be observed
throughout Oklahoma November 13 to
10, according to Mrs. j. r. Dale, Sec
retary to the Oklahoma library com
mission. This is the third annual
observance of the movement which
is national in its scope and has
for its goal more and better books for
children.
TO call attention to the week set
aside and to create more wide
spread interest, the Oklahoma Library
commission is sending out hundreds
of letters. posters, pamphlets and
stickers TO librarians of the state.
Several of the librarians lave
already responded said Mrs. Dale,
"and from the present outlook, there
Will he more activity that week than
ever before. A number of the pub
lie libraries in cities in oklahoma
We're not provided with sufficient
funds with which ito purchase new
books and are planning book drives
To help make up this deficiency"
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Emiel Colbert, Judge; r. f. Hoyhursr
and b. f. Griffin, Clerks.
Precinct. e. Reck Spencer's Store
j. NJ. Lockwood Judge .. a.. CuIpcp
per and J. 4. Bagsby. Clerks.
Precinct Z Rexroat, Rexroat store;
L. 4 Rexroat, Judge; Irene East and
VIM. L. Wilson. Clerks.
Precinct S. Wilson, City Hall; l. r,
Bynum. Judge; Luther Hodge and w
b. Barnett, Clerks.
Precinct o Dundee, Gordon Bldg
J.' :, Lightfoot, Judge; h. E. Brown
and J. L. Lightfoot, Clerks.
Precinct 10. Writ, Theater Bldg, j.
5. Hahn Judge ]. w. Savcrline and
w. n Wawson, Clerks.
Precinct II. Woodwork, Garrigan's
Store; N. j. Garrigan, Judge; i. l.,
Martin and +. B. Case. Clerks
Precinct - Dilard, Townsite Of
flee; J. 3. Gilstrap, Judge; T. NJ. Ay'
cock and Mrs D. Camp, Clerks.
Precinct 10. Healdton. Second Ward
School, 0. r. Jennings, judge; S. L.
Neary and Sam stephens, Clerks.
Wilson Township
Precinct l. Provence school, j. V
Holley, Judge; A. Picllard and Y. J.
Little Clerks.
Precinct .. Media School; A. f.
Ramsey, Judge; c. 5. MCGEE and j.
$. Cornell, Clerks.
Precinct 3. Mulkey School: c. p
Bingham. Judge; s. j. Lindsey and
w. d. Dunn, Clerks.
Lone Grove Township
Precinct !. Lonegrove. Woodmen
Hall: Elmer McCauley, Judge; L. s
Stringer and Lee Drummond, Clerks
Precinct 2. Cheek Hanway Bldg;
Lloyd Ianway. Judge; Chas. Hare and
Thos. OVerstreet. Clerks.
Precinct B. Enterprise School H.
c. Grounds. Judge Joe Clendenin and
b. Howell, Clerks
The polls shall be opened at seven
o'clock a. m. ana remain open until
six o'clock p. m. and the election
shall hc conducted in The manner
prescribed by law for such election
Qualifications of electors for this
election are: All persons over the
age Of twenty-one years. citizens OF
tie United ates, who have resided
in the state one year. in the county
six months in the election precinct
thirty days next preceding this eloc
ton ard who have been duly register
ed and are not within the excepted
classes enumerated in Section /, Artl-
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1t was regular homer, it tied Babes
own worlds records and possessed suf-
ficient distance to gain it ranking as
the greatest hit ever made in this
city. but Naylor couldn't figure out
how he escaped unscathed heretofore
only TO be victmized at a time when
all his stuff was working to perfec-
ton.
He is popular ball player, is
Naylor, and the fans can only wonder
with him and wish him better breaks
in the future. If he ever does COM
mence to receive the edge he seems
due TO achieve considerable promi-
nence, for the ability is undeniably
there
up in the right pavilion every af-
ternoon there sits one fan who be-
lleves in him above all others. Mrs.
Naylor rarely, if ever misses game" 4"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-23
"ROLLIE" NAYLOR, ARDMORE BOY WITH
PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS, Is VALUED
PLAYER BUT VICTIM OF BAD BREAKS

Describing him as n constant victim
Of bad breaks, and yet as one of the
most valuable men of the Philadelphia
Athletics aggregation, Wallace McCur
ley, prominent sport writer pays
worthy tribute to Roleine C. Naylor,
MaclNnen. in an article which recent
~ appeared in a Philadelphia paper.
Extracts from the article, which in
themselves demonstrate the valued
ability of Naylor as a hurler, and his
popularity among his fellow players
and the public in general, are as fol-
lows:
Ia tell earnest looking athlete
who remains unaffected by a contin-
ual run of hard luck save for little
added seriousness of expression.
THAT is 'Rollie' Naylor, the Oldest
pitcher on the Mackian staff, although
his years number only a9nd one of
the unluckiest ball manipulators who
ever broke into fast company. II
seems that Naylor is always defeated
by the very scant yet very effective
margin of one run Take last year.
He and Scott Perry We're working vir-
tually every third day and bearing the
brunt Of the heaving. More than 10 Of
the contests chalked as lost on his
record We're rendered 50 by that ever
present one run. Now as to this
season. Naylor has won three up 10
the time of writing and lost thirteen.
Six of this number We're of the same
cid onerun variety.
ON one western trip the old ink
was worse than ever. Four games in
a row did Naylor lose. all by one run.
Yet one contest went l6 innings, an.
other ~, and the third H.
After beginning the campaign un-
der wraps from a heavy cold that
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cost him 20 pounds in weight and con-
siderable discomfort, is there any won
der the pitchers face grew sterner Of
aspect?
But that is ALL If Naylor COM
plains, it is chiefly to himself. Base
ball means much to him but he speaks
very little of it.
His value is appreciated despite his
hard luck, Report has it that Cleve-
land last year tried to purchase him
for $4,000 If he was just about
WORTH it or wasn't worth that much
he would be there now. If he is
worth morc-well, he's here for some
reason.
'Rollie would have done an enor.
nous amount of good work for a
team of Cleveland's calibre this strenu-
Gus season. But he is doing a tre-
mendous amount of good work in
this city and probably will stay in
Quakertown. He is big man although
he does not look his height. possesses
good all-around assortment of hooks
and curves and can drive one across
the rubber with more than average
speed when the occasion demands.
And now comes the final touch of
misfortune. 1T is associated with New
York. Naylor, himself. says that on
the afternoon in question he was hurl-
ing fine brand Of ball as he ever
did. Everything he threw behaved
just as he intended-the curves swept
up and shot across the plate at ex-
actly the correct angle, his fast ball
was burning the air straight Gown
the groove. Then along came Ruth,
10 whom Rollie has been hurting since
that gentleman was with the Red Sox
Ruth. on this day Of all Others, made
his first home run off Naylor Con-
ISOLATION came in the fact that at least