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The Washington times., 1922-11-06

These were fighting men as great
as any in ring history. and behind
them they have left a trail of remi-
niscence SO rich in glamour and Incl
dent as to be near-fiction.
No one fortunate enough to be In
at the death will ever forget the
passing Of Dempsey at the freckled
hands Of Bob Fitzsimmons. Only a
shadow Of his former greatness,
Dempsey was knocked down nine
times, but the wick Of his courage
burned steadily on.
Unable to rise after the final
knockdown, the Nonpareil crawled
along the ring floor7-toward Fitz.
not away from him. He wore his
only a few have been able to wear
1t.
Then subsequently there was
the meeting between O'Brien and
Ketchel, the Michigan Assassin
O'Brien the boxer, cut Ketchel the
fighter, into slithers for nine and a
half rounds Of as great a fight as
New York has ever known. Then
the climax.
With less than ten seconds to
60, ketchel caught his clever
opponent flush on the Jaw and
down he went, out physically, but
still very much alive mentally.
With his black curly head resting
in the resin box. where it had land.
ed. O'Brein turned and snarled at
the crowd, yelping like a wolf pack
over his downfall. His muscles and
nerves were dead yet his head re-
mained clear, and O'Brien was show
ing how a good man loses. And
while the referee was still toiling the
count the bell rang. ending the fight,
and O'Brien was saved the ignominy
of knockout.
In comparison with his predecessor
the modern middleweight is silly
joke. Indeed, IL is to he assumed.
from what the eight leaders named
have shown. real SUCCESSOR to
ketchel will have to come from the
ranks of the younger and less known
middleweights of the day
The Washington times., 1922-11-06

The men in question are middle
weight headliners today. Ten
years ago they would have been
ioIIy old pushoyers such rs ket-
chel, Papke and Jack OBrien.
Twenty years ago Il would nave
been nothing short of criminal
negligence 70 let them loose In the
Same Enclosure with Bob Fitxslm-
nous, Tommy Ryan, Kid Mccoy
and . bit before that the original
Jack Dempsey. known as the Non.
pareil.
The Washington times., 1922-11-06

MONDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1922. 20
No sport section Of metropolitan
newspaper Is complete these days with
out daily dash Of humor, which Is sup
piled for The Washington Times by
Kirk Miller and Bugs Baer. There's
laugh In every line written by this pair.
The Washington times., 1922-11-06

The NeidIInger brothers. of East
Orange, N. j., were very much In
The Washington times., 1922-11-06
BY KIRK MILLER.

He believes man may be down.
but never out. No sooner loses one
The Washington times., 1922-11-06

the football limelight Saturday,
Pudge shining for Dartmouth and
Newell defeating Brown practically
single-handed for Old Ell.
The Washington times., 1922-11-06

Groom's full brother toasted
matrimonial addicts with French
champagne. which must have been
an awful dose for Wilhelm.
The Washington times., 1922-11-06

They went through motions OF
civil and religious ceremony, snow
Ing. foreigners like their weddings
done brown on both sides.
The Washington times., 1922-11-06

nOStlhLy tiioh "
brings encore upon
himself.
Audience must
have giggled itself
loose from molars
w h en- he said:
with all my
worldly goods 1
thee endow."
What does the
bashful bride get
out of this latest
foreign entangle-
ment? One vol
The Washington times., 1922-11-06

With less than ten seconds to
60, ketchei caught his clever
opponent flush on the Jaw and
down he went, out physically, but
still very much alive mentally.
The Washington times., 1922-11-06
MONDAY, NOVEMBER s. 1922.

High schools furnish a large part Of
the sfal and winter sport program of
Washington. Bryan Morse for years
has been leading authority on scho-
Iastic athletics and gives Washington
Mnles readers daily line of live stuff.
The Washington times., 1922-11-06

Lafayette. Penn State and Penn.
sylvania fell by the wayside last
week, joining such elevens as Dart.
mouth, Syracuse, Lehigh, Brown.
Rutgers, Navy, Bucknell and
Georgetown.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-25

butt of humorists and cynics, but sim ply because they love beauty and want to express it in the only way they can through their clothes"
 Because beauty which would fit their needs has never been assembled and offered them in concrete form and because they haven't time or money to spend making beauty fit ideas, many of them have made mis- takes" the League continues. "They have not yet learned that there may be both beauty and utility in garments if designs are right"
 The desire to uplift anybody or any thing is entirely lacking from the pur- pose of the style show sponsors.
 Nothing is further from our pur- pose" asserted Mrs. Caroline Radner Lewis, advertising manager for a silk and Mrs. L. M. Russell, d magazine editor. Business women of the country do not require uplift- ing; they have done ahu will continue tc do this for themselves.
 The big thought back of our plan is to impress on designers and manu- fcturers the fact that group of wo- men who earn millions of dollars a year are worthy of more consideration at the hands of the style-dictators than they have received in the past"
 Of course, despite her difficulties, 'The American business woman is the best-dressed woman on earth" they maintain. But the business flapper is not really to be classed as business woman; but rather one in the making"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-25
SCORN BOSTON AS HUB OF
 UNIVERSE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. - Boston, Massachusetts, is very important place to a great many people, but so far as the U. s. Geological Survey is concerned, Boston as a Hub" as it claims to be, doesn't amount to a row of pins. Boston, too, brides itself on being the Hub of the Universe" but the survey ranks it at the bottom of the list of hubs, or centers.
 For the Geological Survey thinks that city is Hub only when it is the center of the land, geographically speaking, and points the finger of scorn at the Massachusetts city for not even being the center of the state of which it happens to be the capital mitch less of any universe.
 The survey has received lot Of let ters of inquiry from persons wanting to know "where they're at," where the geographical center of the United States is, Or the center of their own state. The survey has taken great pains at locating the various geo. graphical centers around the conti- nent.
 The center of the United States, according to the Coast and Geodetic Survey, is at exactly 39 degrees 50 minutes north latitude, and 98 degrees 35 minutes west longitude. It may be said that point is in Northern Kan sas, in Smith County, in fact Trust the Smiths to be there.
 The ideal Hub" of population, gov ernment and industry, should also be the geographical center, the Survey believes, but that is true in few, if any, cases Hubs" just grow up re- gardless, and the center of population in this country is yearly moving west ward.
 Even Washington, the nations capi- tai, is wrongly situated, from the geo. grapher'S point Of view, ana SnOulu De at least a thousand miles inland from it's present site to better approach the geographical center of the country. St. Louis, Denver, and other cities have been mentioned at various times as more fitting sites for the center of government.
 The geographic center of Alaska is difficult to determine, for the outline of the Territory is very irregular, but if the outlying islands are included in the determination it is not far from point 95 miles south of Fort Gibbons. in latitude 63 degrees 45 minutes, longitude 152 degrees 20 minutes.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-25
WOULD HAVE DESIGNS FOR CLOTHES SUITABLE
 FOR BUSINESS WOMEN

NEW YORK, Sept. 25-With sol emp warning to male designers of fem mine finery that they "sit up and take notice," 800 Napoleonettes of the commercial world, members of the Professional & Business Women's s League, are preparing to stage a fash ion show all their own at the Com modore Hotel today
 Their purpose, they declare, is to point out to the Business Flapper the incongruities in her makeup; to bring about a closer affinity between Beauty and the Working Girl, and, most important of all, to impress upon male architects of female fashions the tire for business women only. The business girl, instinctively try ing to keep up with the fashions and at the same time look and feel prac- tically dressed, has been guilty of some innocent atrocities, these fash ion show promoters admit.
 To date the male designer has con- fined himself to thinking up novel eff fleets for the Frivolous flapper, the delirious debutante, the society ma tron, globe trotter, dancing girl, beach beauty, tennis devotee, Diana of the Hunt and Lassie of the Niblick," is the way they preamble their Declara- tion of Rights.
 Torn between her desire to dress as we'll as any of these, and With no ac- credited pattern book to clip, there has been evolved the Business Flappers' who, they say, "don't dress the way they do because they enjoy being the
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-25
VAN TWINKLE TOWN
 FOUND BY MOVIES

SPRINGFIELD, H., Sept. 25. - Bernadote, Rip Van Wrinkle town, is awakening from century of sleep.
 Like those souls living Ion wonder hill" above Spoon River, who were quickened into life by the imagination of Edgar Lee Masters in his An thology," the unperturbed inhabi- tants of this strange little village on the same Spoon river, have been touched with life by the pen of a news paper writer.
 Without telephones, automobiles, railroads or any modern conveniences, this town had gone on in it's undis- turbed way for hundred years, sleep ing quietly in a busy world until a few days ago when it was discovered" by a motion picture director and the next morning awoke to fame with column of type in a Bloomington newspaper.
 c. L. Varnard, looking about for a "location" to film a country town scene, ran across the village. It has no railroads and half the inhabitants claim never to have seen train. It has no picture shows, and of course had never seen motion picture camera. There are no telephones and no electricity in the town. The old village grist mill is still grinding away every day with water from the same spillway that supplied the mill cen tury ago.
 But now strange things are happen ing in Bernadote. Big automobiles whizz through the village. There IS the unusual smell of oil and gasoline The swirling dust from many pneu' matic tires distresses the beWildered inhabitants Old ladies in calico dresses no longer go their quiet way to the village store and long whiskered old men no longer calmly Whittle the hours away under the village trees Their nerves twitch and the day is
 
 no longer calm.
 The article, describing the rustic wonders of the superannuated village has brought tourists from far and wide About the town go unusual looking men with cameras and stage appear ances. They are the moving picture people who are going to put Bernadote in the films. Bernadote is sleep walk ing. Some of the oldest inhabitants think it's a nightmare.
 Most of the folks of the town are farmers. A few of the oldest are con sidered to be retired. The others work in the fields, harvesting crops from the same ground their fathers and grandfathers titled.
 There are two small wooden build ings in the village that serve as stores where the simple wants of the people are supplied. The houses are qualn' and old-fashioned, of the old colonla and English type. Picket fences sep arate the yards. Old fashioned flow CT gardens bloom in the dooryards.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-25

Absolutely the very best grade or leather goes into my repair work. val enzuela, the shoemaker, on "C' St.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-05
Howells Community

Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs Inman from
Omaha, Neb., and Grover Inman from
North Carolina were called home 10
the bedside of their sister. Mrs. r. c.
Farr, who is seriously i'll at the Wal
lace Thomson hospital. Mrs. Farr is.
in serious condition and there is no
hopes for her recovery. She is held
in high esteem by all her friends AMI
especially her neighbors. She will be
missed by her friends and loved ones.
Her place will be hard to fill. All that
loving hands could render has been
done but no hopes are entertained for
her recovery. This is sad, but the
Lord doeth all things we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Toy Proctor and chill
dren of Wilkinsville, Gee Garner,
Laura Garner, Browning Howell, Mr.
and Mrs. r. B. Bailey and son, Rob-
ert, Jr., spent Sunday at the home of
this writer.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-05
Effort Being Made to
Locate Shriners Hospital
For Cripple Children Here

A strong effort is being made 10
have Shriner's Hospital for Crippled
Children located in Union by the Un-
ion Shrine club of this city.
At meeting of the club held last
evening in the Masonic Temple the
matter was brought before the No
bolity by its president, Noble c. e.
Sanders, and committee was ap-
pointed to secure information and
data relative to this movement. The
committee is now in communication
with the heads of the Ancient Arabic
Order Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine IN
North America.
There is to be erected in South Car
olina by the Shriners of South Caro-
lima hospital for crippled children
to be maintained by the Supreme
Council of North America. Already
several have been built throughout
North America and are now in opera
tion.
At meeting of the Supreme Coum-
Gil, Ancient Arabic Order Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine two years ago a
motion was offered by Past Poten-
tate Freeland w. Kendrick of Phil
adelphia that nine hospitals be erect
ed in the United States and Canada
to be known as the Shriners' Hospi-
tai for Crippled Children. This mo-
tion was unanimously adopted and
Noble Kendrick made the first dona-
ton toward this cause.
An institution Of this kind will cost
between $225,00 and $250,000 and
the Union Shriners are hoping to
have same erected in Union. The COM
mittee appointed by the president V
secure data and information along
this line are William C. Lake, chair.
man, L. w. Blackwelder and Geo. W
Going.
Several clubs in the state are pu;.
ting forth every eqort and using al
their means TO have this institution
located in their city.
Noble Sanders visited the Potential.
of Hejaz Temple, D. A. G. QUITS
at Greenwood q few days ago ant
discussed the possibility Of Union Sc
curing the hospital.
Union has several splendid sites fo
an institution Of this kind which tn,
club fsels sure could be secured To-
the erection Of the hospital.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-05

Special Educational
Communication Union
Lodge No. rs, A. F. M.
Speakers to be Presented by c. b.
Martin. District Deputy Grand
Master 9th Masonic District

Speakers to be presented by c. e
Martin. District Deputy Grand Mas
ter 9th Masonic District.
Open o'clock p. m.
Song.
"Welcome to Our Lodge"-J. Cor
don Hughes.
Invocation-Rev. l.. W. Black
welder.
"Welcome to Our City"-O. e
Smith.
Song.
"Freemasonry and the Public
Schools"-G. G.. Fishburnc.
Song.
"The George Washington Masonic
National Memorial Association
Geo. T. Bryan.
Song.
"The Great Fraternity and ike
Great Republics. T. Lanham
Song.
"Are You a Mason ?"-J. Campbell
Bissell.
Song.
Close 9:45 p. m
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-05
DEATH CLAIMS
VIM. 7. POWELL

Mr.. William T. Powell died at mis-
home just beyond the southern limits
Of the city, this morning at 8 O'Clock.
He had been i'll for something like two
months with Bright's disease. Up TO
very short time ago he appeared tc
be in robust health, and few Of h.s
friends knew Of the serious nature of
his illness until a short time preced-
ing his death.
Mr.. Powell was the son of the late
J. M. Powell and Medora Powell. He
would have been 48 years of age on
October, II this year. He was born
and died in the same room.
Mr.. Powell is survived by his wife,
who, before her marriage 20 years
ago, was Miss Sallie Ray, and the
following children: MISS Medora
POWELL, William Powell, Allen Ray
Powell and Roy Thomson Powell. He
is also survived by one brother, MIR.
James Powell, and two sisters, Mrs.
Henry of Asheville and Mrs. Belle
Culp Of Union.
The burial services will be held in
Grace Methodist church at 5 o'clock
this afternoon and interment will be
in the church cemetery there. The
Masons will conduct the burial serv-
ices. George T. Bryan, of Grcenville,
Fast Grand Master of Masons of
South Carolina, and Past Potentate of
Hejaz Temple, conducting the exer-
cises.
Mr.. Powell was possessed of a warm
heart and had kind word to speak
for everybody. He numbered his
friends by the hundreds. For many
years he was employed by the Uniodl
Grocery company here, and upon the
disbanding of that company, was Civ
en- a position with the Union Buffalo
mills store here. This position he
held up to the day Of his last illness
and death. He was a volunteer in the
s;panish-American war, going out with
the Johnson Rifles" and serving To-
the close Of that war, and receiving an
honorable discharge.
Many hearts are saddened by the
death Of this kind friend and neigh
Dor, and deep sympathy is felt for the
hereaved family.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-05
MAINTENANCE MEN
In ARGUMENT

Detroit, Oct. 4.-Heated argu-
ments over a suit for 5000, 900
brought by the Maintenance of Way
union against former President Allen
E. Barker, who is accused of misap-
propriating that sum during his
term at the head of the union, and an
address by James ]. Davis, secretary
Of labor, in which he warned against
petty squabbling" in labor organi-
zations, marked today's session of
the maintenance brotherhood's con
vention here.
The Barker suit was brought be
fore the delegates when Mr.. Barker
sought to have the court proceedings
halted until after the close of the
convention in order that he might at
tend its sessions as a delegate from
a Canadian local.
E. F. Cradle, international presi-
dent, opposed the proposal, declaring
the suit should proceed and a settle
ment be reached without the matter
coming before the convention. A res
olution offered by friends of Mr..
Barker, however, was carried, and
request sent to the circuit court that
the hearing, set for tomorrow, be pu.
over.
Mr.. Barker denied reports today
thtat he would seek reelection as in
ternational president.
Nothing further was heard about
the convention hall of the reported
movement by William 2. Foster t.
arouse the so-called radical groups
in opposition TO President Cradle,
who is regarded as conservative be.
cause of his stand against strike
last summer.
Circulars appeared today outlining
a plan for amalgamation of the Is
leading raidroad unions, but there
was no indication that the subject
would be officially brought before the
convention.
Secretary Davis told the delegates
American labor was making great
forward strides, but warned that the
responsibilities of labor bodies must
not be lost sight Of; that their eff
|forts must be constructive instead of
destructive. Closer union and ces-
sation of internal strife, he said, were
necessary to greatest success Of the
workmen's organizations.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-05
GIVES RESULTS OF
TEACHERS TESTS

The state department Of education
yesterday gave out the following
statement relative to the work of tn.
board Of examiners:
AT the teachers examination helc
at every county court house In May
2,345 applicants submitted papers
Among these, 1903 were write, oi
whom 1873 were men and 1926 were
women. Successful white applicant
numbered $50, leaving 919 that fail.
ed.
Among the whites, five men and
33 women received first grade GER
tificates; IL men and 1S1 women re-
ceived second grade certificates; al
men and BIT women received third
grade certificates. Thus 80 per cent
of the white applicants passed while
61 per cent failed.
Negro applicants numbered 837;
127 men and ITO women. Among the
negroes 315 were successful leaving
522 that failed.
THE successful negro applicants
include one first grade woman, six
second grade women, IL third grade
men and 267 third grade women.
Thus 3S per cent of the negro appli.
cants were licensed leaving 62 per
cent that failed to qualify.
each applicant submitted l2 sep
arate papers, making about 10000
separate and individual manuscripts
to be examined and graded.
Every effort has been made to at
tract and hold college graduates. Ap-
proximately 1000 young men and wo
men from 1922 college graduates
have been granted certificates upon
their A. B. or B. S. diplomas. About
$50 high school graduates holding
state diplomas and possessing sum-
mer school credits have also secured
certificates. transcripts of college
students completing two years of
standard work have numbered around
400. Perhaps 200 teachers from
other states have been granted re-
ciprocal credentials for South Caro-
lima. Some 1000 renewals of out
standing licenses have been made.
Best of all a fraction more than
900 life certificates have been is
sued to teachers hcolding South
Carolina credentials and furnishing a
full, clear and satisfactory srscerd of
t4a sysArs s1rSfip.atp thSfppbaie schools
"The teacher shortage has been
fully relieved. Outstanding certif
Gates issued by the state board Of ex-
aminers now number about 10000.
This means approximately two cer-
tiicated teachers for every class
room in the state. The board has
handled daily about 80 certificate re-
quests from teachers or prospective
teachers. The regular fall teachers
examination will be held at every
county court house November 8 and
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-05
Coming Monday Night to
High School Auditorium

% The noted WEIGH TENOR. Samuel
Lewis, who Is to appear here on the
evening Of October 9th at the linton
high school with the Lewis Concert
company in the first concert of the
local lyceum series, is distinguished
tenor of very pronounced attainment.
When Charles Edward Clark, noted
Chicago baritone, heard Mr.. Lewis
sing sometime ago, he commented:
"There is nothing better in this coun-
try"
Mr.. Lewis is the possessor of a
wonderful tenor voice and the adjec-
tive wonderful" is exactly the word
which best defines his voice and mus
ical ability. It is one of those re.
n,arkable lyric tenors. It is appeal
ing, sympathetic, rich, full and clear.
With Mr.. Lewis appears Marie Col
iton, pianist, Linn Schuler, violinist
and Nell Adams, reader. And alto
Gether is one Of the best concert COM
panies in the lyceum system.
This number is just one of the six
composing the course this season and
Union is indeed fortunate to be able
to have the privilege of bearing such
splendid musical talent.
Help Grace Circles to keep up this
course In Union and bring the best to
our people in music and song. Every
father and mother owes it to their
children to develop taste for the
best. Get them ticket.
Tickets on sale at TinsIey's Jewel
ry Store. Adult season ticket $500
or two to one person for $500. Sea-
con ticke: for children s2.oe. Single
admission Soc and 76c.