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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-06

He wanted to fight so bad that he agreed to take on Battling Barnett in an Atlanta ring. Bar nett was fully 20 pounds heavier than Britt. and so he packed a wicked wallop, being recognized as one of the best fighters hi- bernating in Atlanta at that time. Britt outweighed and outpunched, never quit for a moment Bar nett rocked him many times with blows to the jaw, but he never went down for the count of even one. He stood up and took his medicine. Barnett, with a 20 pound advantage, cut Britts face into ribbons, but the little fellow took all he had and was on his feet when the bell came at the end of the tenth, beaten to a pulp. put outgamed by no means, Plenty of action is In store for the fistic fans who trekk to the club when Wilson makes his de- but into the professional box fighting realm.
 Trust Broken Up
 IT there ever was wrestling trust, and many seem to think so. It has been broken up. Marion P1estfna has gone up and down the land seeking matches with Ed Strangler Lewis. Ear Cad COCK, Old Man Zbyszko and Joe Stetcher. They have never ac- commodated him. But. now. 1t is understood that Ed Lewis has agreed to meet the winner of the Piestina-Pezek match. which Is to be staged in Chicago May 16.
 Franks Condition Bad
 In connection with the recent resignation of Charlie Frank as manager of the Atlanta club and the susequent announcement of President Spiller that he would proablv sign a new manager to take over the reins on his trip East in quest of players, the At lanta Georgian published the other day the true status of Franks condition. It seems that the Dutchman Is failing rapidly from the following clipping:
 pitiful picture of the once rotund Charlie Frank was painted by an Atlanta physician who re- gently visited the Cracker boss in his home at Bay St. Louis, Miss
 Frank has lost 60 pounds" he said. "Jaundice left his heart af- fected and his nerves in bad con dition, While recovering from his Illness the added worry of the poor showing of the Crackers set him farther back from recovery.
 However, his mind is clear as bell. He Is taking rides every day at the bay, and shortly will leave for French Lick and, later Tate Springs to spend the sum- mer away from the heat
 Complete freedom from worry for several months Is necessary If he Is to regain his health, With proper care 1t is likely he will be ready for active work next spring.
 But few of his old friends would recognize him as he is now, the shell of the man who used to bench"
 More Boosts For Neun
 Joe Ward. sports writer for the Pittsburg Dispatch, waxes en- thusiastic over Johnny Neun. Bir- mingtam first-sacker. and has some things to say about Johnny Jumpup, which are entirely new to Birmingha fans. Wards gos- sip follows:
 Johnny Neun. former Martins burg first t-sacker, who is play ing that position for the Birming- ham club of the Southern league. is going along in splendid style. He has surprised some of the scouts who gave him the once over while in the Blue Ridge league by hitting Southern league .b h f,,
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COTTON BEING SOLD

Huntsville. May .-(Special.)- Some of the cotton that has been in the warehouses here awaiting higher prices, has been brought into the market by the higher prices offered by local buyers and that being sold is bringing from IT to 17.5o tents.
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OBIttHUTpt UUU VUV V5V U-3 Alabama .............. 210 900 900 1--4
 Summary: Two-base hits, Pitts, McMil- Ian. Kemp, J. Partridge. Struck out. by Humphrey 6. Double play. J. Partridge to Davis. Passed ball, Simpson, Cruise. Wild pitch, Humphrey. Stolen base. Hin ton, Pitts Sacrifice Fly, Hinton. sacri- flee hit, Keith. Time of game, 2:15.
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Panthers Leading

SUMMARY Two-base Hits-Norton, Englebert. Three base Hits-Rowe, Norton, Brind- ley.
 Double Plays-Anderson to Miller to Stuart; Brindley to Shores. Struck Out-By Oates S, Walker 3. Base on Balls-Off Walker 2, off Oates 1.
 Wild Pitches-Oates 3. Un
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Georgia 2. Three-base hits, Arnali. Thomson Base on balls. off Grant l. Sheridan l. Frost l. Left on base, Au- burn 9, Georgia 10. Two-base hits Rich ardson, Frost 2. Thomson. Boney. Struck out, by Grant 3. Sheridan l, Frost l. Double plays. Allen to Boney, Richardson to Scott, Clark to Power. Passed balls Gibson g. Hit by pitcher. Eldridge by Grant. Stolen bases, Cody, Boney. Time, PHO. Umpire, Bonifay.
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'AANhs hstr cAhu AasAVA
 Tommy Taylor. who is spend ing the season hammering his way to the major leagues. put the jinx to rout Friday when before the game he pinned a huge safety pin to his cap. The pin was large enough to serve as an axle for Ford. We can't lose today" said Tommy grinningly. because I'm playing safety first"
 By the way. Taylor and Neun are the hardest hitting infielders in the league. Both are nearing the 300 mark and Neln has been hitting so hard of late that the fans have completely forgotten old Dutch Cleanser, Neun is one of the most popular players on the field. and not only has he attracted attention in Birming- ham, but the scribes over the cir cuit are marveling at his brilliant work around the initial sack, as well.
 Dobbs New Beft-hander
 Johnny Dobbs has come to real ize that there are too many left hand hitters in this league for a bdiA tf0p lQi u laiA paw pitcher. Therefore, after they had released Lefty James to the Atlanta club, and had an nouneed that he would go through the season with right handed pitching staff, he turned right around and signed Lefty Miller. This lad is a big left-hander from the Three Eye league and won ,,4,
 
 In the Cotton States
 Some former Barons in the Cotton States are doing excep- tionally well and others are slumping. 0utfielder Joe Will Hams, who was sent to the Clarksdale club by Manager Molesworth with strings attached. and who will be recalled for another Barounial trial next spring, Is not doing so well. Will Hams hit like a fiend during the spring training here and looked like find. To date. however. his batting averega Is only .154. Herbert Brenner. former Baron first-sacker, is hitting over 300. Jack Wallace, former Baron catcher, is hitting .2S4, and Char lie Bell, who once occupied third base for the Moleys and is now managing the Greenwood club, is hitting 1915.
 Gibbons No Youngster
 The general impression prevail ing among fistic fans the world over, Is that Tommy Gibbons is young kid. with a mighty punch, who has sprung into the pugilis- tic ranks the past few years. As a matter of fact Tommy is no kid at all. and is many years Champion Jack Dempseys senior. According to authentic dope Tommy Gibbons Is 3s years of age.
 The oil business Is not what it once was. Neither is Jess Will lard. but Jess Is perfectly willing to take a few sm scks on the jaw in Jersey City from the fists of Dempsey, to replenish the fam fly treasury during the dull oil period. Hence the Dempsey Will lard fight for Labor Day loome on the horizon of things fistic.
 Britt n Game Rascal
 I had the pleasure or seeing Young Britt, featherweight, in ac- tion in Atlanta several times a few years ago. Britt is the boy who meets Claude Wilson in the clubs next fistic attraction. If Young Britt is. anything like he was a couple of years ago, the fans are going to see some real action when he and Wilson start mixing matters in the ring Britt is as game a fellow as I ever saw. He had cleaned up all the boys in his weight at one time in Att lanta. He then resorted to the foolish pastime of giving away weight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-06
"Build Now; Contract Later,
 Said Colonel Joyes.


 Military Affairs Committee, Colonel Joyes, who had been Chief of the Nitrate Division during the war, went at great length into the details of the contract with the Alabama Power Company for the building of the Government unit at Gorgas.
 Colonel Joyes was responsible for the production of supply of nitrates for the use of our troops overseas at the earliest possible moment. In the performance of that duty he was required to obtain an immediate supply of power for the nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals.
 Continuing his discussion before the Military Affairs Committee of the situa- tion in Alabama as he found it, he said: '"The principle had been established al- ready of building extensions to plants where the Government required deliv- cry from the plants of more than their previous capacity could give, and there were number of precedents for that, ex- tensions and additions to machine shops, foundries, power factories and everything like that
 4Lan 1fxr oy Srrf- ten along at all and gotten anything. So that appeared to be the most obvious sou- tion of it, to build an addition to the plant, so that it could deliver more than it was capable of before and give us what we required. -.
 ''So drew them purchase order, sim- ply saying, Deliver us 80 much power by such and such time, or thereabouts,' and to enable them to do this, issued them another order, Put in an extension to your plant for which the United States will make some arrangement to finance,' or words to that effect, and another pur- chase order, Build a transmission line from your system up to the Muscle Shoals
 
 we will settle the terms later on' They promptly said they would work under such an agreement as that and they started in. =.
 "The object was this, that the United States had to provide additional facilities to enable the Power Company to give it the power 1t wanted--to sell it, of course and having provided those facilities, it wanted to get some return upon it's ex- penditures if possible, and it wanted the best return upon it's expenditures that it could get.
 "We considered very carefully how we could do that We possibly could have taken some land somewhere down there, whether at that particular place or not, seized the land or bought it, and gone ahead to build, but we did not have au- thority to buy any land at that time. The fact of the matter is, there were specific legal provisions against it.
 ''So we cast about and we thought the best thing we could do was to arrange that we should take the temporary use of the land and such facilities as we needed of the Alabama Power Company.
 There was no bar to lease or to a rental, while there was to a purchase. There could be no difficulty about giving up a leasehold, while there mi0ht he about something that you held in fee. so that was the basis we thought was most practicable"
 ALABAMA POWER COMPANY.
 THOMAS w. MARTIN,
 PrAident. Article No. 19.
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NO-MAN'S-LAND

Mrs. John Ham was a caller a
Haro's Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joneschict autoed t.
| Wood, Saturday.
John Ham helped Nj. Redmond pu'
up a windmill Saturday.
Miss Angelina Emery and VIM
Hare were in Wood Tuesday.
Albert Joncschiet is busy these days
putting up the third cutting of al
ialta.
John Ham and Mr.. Redmond were
business callers at the county seat
Saturday.
VIM Hare and Miss Angelina Emery
were callers at Joneschiet's and
Hams, Sunday.
Grace Ham quit her position at
the Hare ranch as Miss Angelina
Emery is back again on the Job.
Mrs. Albert Joncschiet returned
last week from Sioux City, where
she has been visiting the past two
weeks.
VIM. Hare received word from
Rochester that it would be necessary
for Mrs. Hare to remain at the hos
pital for eight weeks yet.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-08-25

Experience is necessary to success,
but a lot of experiences" are not.
There is a time and place for every.
thing-eXccpt g%rouchiness and :
crouch.
Even though the world may "have
it in for you" don't take it out or
yonr family.
Old fashioned women wonder why
it is that some girls who could just
Idle dancing" don't.
1t is hard to tell which scares a
fat mar wOrse--to tell him he has to
die or that he has to diet.
You may be courageous enough :
to car what people say about you
but that won't keep them from say
ing it.
It's hard to understand a legisla.
tor who protests against bureaucracy
and Immediately introduces a bill to
create a new commission.
When an automobile balks, the mos
advice about how to start it come.
from those who don't own autom,
biles, and as often as anybody else's
it is right.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-08-25
BALFOUR DECEIVES

In three respects Lord Baliour was
guilty Of deception III his letter to
the allied nations suggesting II can.
collation. oi debts ii the United
States would also agree.
In the first place. Lord Balfour left
the impression that the United States
alone is unwilling TO cancel any obi
cations. The fact of the matter is
that when peace was declared with
Germany, the United States then and
there renowned any PREPARATIONS
claims. The United States did its
~canceIling in advance so far as Ger.
many is concerned.
Then, too, Lord Balfour left the
impression that in a mutual cancel
lation OF debts among the Allies, tho
United States would be affected in
| the same manner as the other nations.
The fact is the United States owes no
nation. and, therefore, there would
be no nation to cancel an obligation
of this country at the same time that
this country cancelled obligations
due from other nations.
Moreover, Lord Balfour was care
full not to make any mention what
cver Of the immense commercial bene-
fits Great Britain in particular, and
in a lesser degree France, had gained
by reason of the mandates over for
mcr German territory acquired by
them as a result of the war. Great
Britain became controller of German
East Africa and German Southwest
Africa as well as numerous islands IN
the south Pacific, all of which will
add billions Of dollirs to her CONNER
cial wealth. Through her ownership
and control of the Cape-to-Cairo rail
road, her control Of the principle
ports of Africa, her colonial possess
ions, and her mandates over other ter
ritory, British enterprise will enjoy
almost a monopoly in African trade.
When he was proposing that nations
| cancel debts due to them, he made nc
offer to give up the advantage Great
Britain has acquired through man.
dates. He carefully avoided evoS
mentioning those mandates lest the
attention of the world be called tc
his unfair and incquitable PROPOSE,
tion.
British authorities have repeatedly
asserted that it is the intention oil
Great Britain to fund and ultimately
to pay her obligations to the United
States. Thus far there has been nc
question Of the good faith and sin,
cerity of these assurances. If, hov:
ever, British spokesman of the prom
incncc of Lord Balfour continue to Of
fer manifestly unfair suggestions su1l
rs that recently published. the Unitet
States will be compelled to accept
the only possible theory-that Grea.
Britain has no intention of meeting
her obligations. obligations to which
no defense ran he made either lega
W moral.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-08-25

Confidence not only gets confidence
but also cxaggeration.
The gay youth who used to wreck
zones now wrecks cars.
The man who has a stand-in is
seldom one who stands out.
Business is full of disorganizers
who think they are organizers.
A friendly enemy is one who hates
You so badly he leaves you alone.
The youth who is looking for a
soft snap will always be in hard lines.
If tomorrow's fun were not always
tomorrow, we'd have a lot today.
The less you know about a car the
more you will know about the expens
es of a car.
You may be willing to let wei
enough alone, but well enough ism"
always willing to let you alone.
If you have reached the age where
you no longer have the impulse to fol-
low the fire wagons, you're old.
Finishing schools" for girls often
are rightly named. They frequently
finish a girls usefulness or her com
non sense, or both.
&c. z Fe-
A lot OF pedestrians take their time
in getting out Of the way of automo
biles Just to show that pedestrians
still have a few rights left.
A hard working poor man may no.
exactly envy his rich neighbor's in
herited wealth, but he knows darnet
well something is wrong with thing
or the rich neighbor wouldn't have il
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-08-25
WITTEN

Miss Mary Chivers was a guest at
the Fred Rain home Tuesday eve.
ming.
Several girls went to the Red Hills
IN horseback Tuesday afternoon fOl
I littlc outing.
Mrs. Nelson and daughter, Sara
were Sunday afternoon visitors OF
Mrs. Fred Rain.
Miss Florence Kennedy was a cal.
Ter at the home Of Mrs. Dewey Wor
cester Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. n. Kennedy and
daughter, Florence, autoed 10 Wood
with Henry Abbey, Sunday.
The w. F.. Barr family and Miss
Keyo Kennedy left here Wednesday
for Mitchell, Oh a motor trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. s. Ewing and Mr.
and Mrs. l.. Morley of Colome, were
Sunday visitors at the j. G.. Evers
home.
Mrs. Johnson and family from
Hamill, a daughter of Mrs. Eveleth
were visitors at her parents home
Sunday,
Leonard Evers arrived here at tn,
home of his parents, coming through
in a car with Brandon Mitchell, OF
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Mr.. Van Cleave, father of Ernest
Van Cleave, Of this city, was visit
ing his son and family last Sunday
They are from Gregory.
Mrs. l.. N. Kennedy has been as.
sistinc Mrs. Ben Collins in cooking
for thieshers the past week. Bessie
Thatch is helping this week.
Miss Florence Kennedy was a guest
Of Mrs. Harry Jensen a few days las
week during the absence of Mr.. Jen.
sen, who had gone to Sioux Falls, S
D.. on business.
A number Of III citizens have beer
attending the Strong shows in Win
ner the past week. There was {
large crowd from Witten in attend
ance there Saturday night.
Jeff Williams and Floyd and Ear
Dodson were Sunday visitors at tn,
Kennedy home. Earl Dodson re
manned here to stay with the Ken
ncdy boys for a week or so.
Miss Ada Anderson entertained a
her home Sunday evening a crowt
Of young people in honor of hel
cousins, Sara and Selma Nelson, o,
Sioux City. A splendid evening wa,
enjoyed BY playing games, which wa.
climaxed with most delicious refresh
mpntS.
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Man is a wonderful creature, after
all. The Lord having failed to pro-
vide him with wings, he now manu-
features them for himself.
For Sale-Remington No 10 type
writer. Fair condition and will give
n farmer lots Of good service. Will
take 500 cash if sold within thirty
days. Call at the Pioneer Office.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-08-25

For Sale-A dandy quarter section
Of land, only five miles from Wood,
can be bought for less than $4,000
if taken within the next sixty days
Call at this Office for particulars.
Congress has made it legal for wo-
men to vote, but it hasn't the nerve
to try to make them do it.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-08-25
UTOCASTe


S. e we are all out helping to
make the world better why not do
it in half the time? If we put the
time spent in kicking into correcting,
gee, what a hole we could knock in
the things we don't like! Most peo-
pie who don't kick say whats the
user" because they think they are
powerless, SO they waste their time
grumbling. That's not it. There's
no use kicking because there never
can be an end to the cause for kick
ing. AS soon as one things cured
another bobs up. When we're shaw
ing by wireless there'll be a kick
because the static shakes the razor.
Meantime suppose we all butt in
an better things, and meantime also
smile.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-08-25

Even a lazy man is energetic at
quitting time.
Never marry for money until you
are sure of getting it.
Truth is stranger than fiction, and
sometimes harder to find.
Some hearts are never bruised unles
there is a healing balm in sight.
Labor will become more attractive
when we cease to regard it as labor.
Never quit when you reach the end
Of your rope. Splice it and keep
going.
A crank is a nuisance until he be-
comes rich. Then he becomes an &C.
centric.
Don't IVORY yourself to death. 1t
will deprive you of the privilege of
self pity.
Every person is born with brains
but they are without value unless
developed.
Don't give up a good thing because
YOU have found another. Make use of
them both.
1t is no longer necessary to hook
your watch. A hunk Of coal will do
just as well.
If some people were required to
stand on their dignity they would have
to lie down.
Many a man discourses on the
glories of his past in the ~obscurity OF
his present.
The ambitious man who reaches the
top is in a sad plight. He has nc
place to go.
Custom never makes right out oil
wrong, but is causes some %convenien,
lapses of memory.
We insist that the march of progress
has not halted. 1t is merely goins
around in circles.
The. old ten cen blood and thunder
stories are out of date. They gener
ally cost q quarter now.
The strongest of hands are without
value unless there is a brain capable
of directing their movements.
Every person who springs a new in
v%ention is regarded as a nut unit
the other nuts see the wisdom of it
The proposed soldier bonus ha!
served at least one good purpose. Ev
crybody knows the meaning Of tho
word.
The fellow who slips backward as
rapidly as he moves forward can new,
er understand why he never gets any
where.
The fellow who wears a poker face
is not always an expert at the game
1t makes an excellent mask for 9
pin headed brain.
Young men should be careful OF
what they read. The golden rule Of
success is never found between thu
pages of a dime novel.
Don't try to accomplish everything
in one day. Scientists tell us that i
will be at least a hundred millio,
years before the earth blows up.
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Il
h a BIBLE
81 IL For This Week --
81 Bible Thoughts memorized, will provs o
81 priceless heritage In after years.

Friday. SEEK TODAY
Seek We the Lord while he may
be found, call We upon HIM
while he is near.-Isaiah $3.50
Saturday. THE ONLY GOD:
Hear. O Israel, the Lord u
God is one Lord.-Deuterono-
my Ga.
Sunday. MANS APPEAL
o Lord, revive thy work in the
midst OF the years.-liabakkuk
3:2.
Monday. RIGHT REASON
JNG:-Lct us reason together,
saith the Lord: though your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be
AS white as snow.-Isa. l:lS.
Tuesday. FRUIT OF THE
SPlRIT:-Love, JOY, peace,
longsuffering, g~entleness, good
ness, faith, meekness, temper
ancc: against such there is no
law.-Gal. 1929.
Wednesday. CHRISTIAN
CONFERENCE.-The is the
confidence that we have in him,
that, if we ask any thing ac-
cording to his will, he heareth
uS-l John STA.
Thursday. INEXPRESSIBLE
PEACE:-The peace of God,
which passeth all understand
ing, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus
Phil. Al.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-08-25

Old fashioned women speak of them
Us "bobbcd heads" instead of bob
bed hair.
When a man is broke he probably
can't be any "~broker," but on his
return from a vacation he feels that
way.
A fishworm has no backbone but it
does have sense enough to crawl into
it's hole and stay there. Many back.
homeless men know less.
"What man has done, man can
do" according to the old copybooks
but that does not mea that what any
man has done, any man can do az
the teachers tried to make you believe
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FREE TO ACHIEVE

President Hardingt-"A free Am
'rican has the right to labor without
my others leave. 1t would be me-
'oss an abridgemnt to deny men to
narcain collectively. Governments
,annot tolerate any class or grouped
dominion through force. 1t will ba
sorry dav when group domination
s reflected in our laws. Government
md the laws which government is
hargcd with enforcing, must he for
I'll the people, ever aiming at the
common coed. The foremost thought
n the Constitution is the right to
eccdom and the pursuit Of happiness.
Men must be free TO live and achieve.
Liberty is gone in America when any
man is denied by anybody the right
70 work and live by that work. 1t
does not matter who Denies"