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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
BY CHARLES P. STEWART
Nea Service Writer

WASHINGTON THE best luck
q government employee can have"
said an elderly chief clerk who has
spent all his adult years in a bureau
of one of the Washington executive
departments, "is to be fired before
has time to become really dependent
on his job.
Under the old spolls system,
when a general cleaning usually fol-
lowed a chance i'll administration,
there was some nope Of THIS.
"The civil service commission
practically has ended it.
To-day a federal appointment
generally means life sentence. The
poor boob who gets enc doesn't
know it at the tina, but he might as
we'll be accepting nice cell in the
Atlanta Penitentiary.
"The chances Tor enhancement
are about equal III either case; In
Washington maybe you win your way
up to a chief clerks1ip. At Atlanta,
lif you're good, they make you
trusty."
The old man pondered, mis- faded
eyes brooding.
ION the whole, he reflected, Il
think I'd have preferred Atlanta.
Locked up young, l wouldn't have
acquired family to support en- an
inadequate salary. They tell me we'll
haved prisoners are made very COM
Portable. At any rate, they don't
have to worry. And if they don't like
it, they can expire or they escape
or are pardoned.
In Washington-take me, for in
stance. l spend my walking hours
figuring on schemes 20 make ends
meet. At night l dream about it. 1t
isn't only the necessaries. / have a
front to keep up. My family and |
must look respectable. My wife
has to work, too, or we couldn't do it
And hardly anybody, once fairly set
tied in it, ever is able to get out Of
the government service"
= 4 x|
We may as well face facts. SEN
ator Couzens' investigation of the in,
ternal revenue bureau has fizzled
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

The football season is over and
the colleges will now get back to
normal And Red Grange has
made his last run.
Most of the criticism against
the size and importance of col
lege football is uniustified. But
some of it is true. College foot
ball has laid the seeds for one
great tragedy.
And that tragedy is what is 60
ing to befall this lad we know as
Grange.
The climax of his life has come
too soon. Let him work the rest
of his life, he never again will be
able to reach the heights he scaled
this fall and last fall. Never.
One imagines that for Grange,
life must always be lust little bit
flat, after this. And there is the
tragedy of college football.
The light fingered gentry have
transferred their haunts from
back alleys and saloon corridors
to the Pullman cars. In every
railway car which traverses the
South are signs reading Don't
play cards with strangers. Every
train is infested with crooked card
sharps.
Their approach is friendly and
subtle. A gentleman casually
SKIS if you play bridge. You agree
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
A THOUGHT

Il 7 ITO 2 u II
Take my yoke upon you and learn
of me- for am meek and lowly in
heart; and We shall find rest unto
your souls.-Matt. 30.
$3.50
1t is not understanding a set of
doctrines; not in outward comprehen-
sion of the Scheme of salvation"
that rest and peace are to be found
but in taking up, in all lowliness and
meekness, the yoke of the Lord Jesus
Christ.-F. w. Robertson.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

Jake Giles, Messrs. R. j. Dixon and
W. R. Arnold.
A Thanksgiving free will offering
was made to help relieve the finan-
clal stress of the Mission Board, re-
sulting in the raising of nearly three
hundred dollars.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

The fall leaves are so beautiful
they seem almost as wonderful as
those We colored in kindergarten.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

People blame you for getting into
rut. Yet, along some roads the
rut keeps you out of the ditch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
FEDERAL CLERK ENVIES
MEN WHO GET FIRED

most disappointment
Of all the inquiries started dur
ing the epidemic of probes" which
ragged in Congress two years ago,
none promised better than Senator
Couzens' Every investigation fan in
Washington has kept on hoping a
gainst hope that sooner or later it
would eliminate in a grand burst of
fireworks,
The sad truth seems to be that it
was "dud' all the time
< 4 X x
It's hard ito account for the Couz-
ems Investigations failure on any 9th
er ground that Senator Couzens is
a poor investigator.
He had first-cless raw material to
work on.
The internal revenue bureau col
lects income taxes and enforces nro-
hloltlon. Income tax collections, or.
rather, income tax refunds, follow
ing collection, have long been under
suspicion, Nothing criminal mavhe
but a lot of favors shown to rich
men and corporations, as compared
with every strict treatment of the lit
tie fellows. AS for prohibition en-
forcement -
Inc Couzens committee dug and
aelVed and every little while a warn
ing would be issued to the public
to stuff cotton in its ears and hold its
mounth wide open to escape being
deatened by the explosion which was
just coming.
A waiting attitude of this kind.
continued for months, with no ex-
ploslon, gets tiresome-and ridden
lous. All during Congress, recess
Washington has been kept waiting
Now IT'S suggested that nothing will
De doing until next winter, when the
committee hopes for an extension
of tenure.
Wen, senator, if you've got an
explosion to pull off, go ahead with
1t when you get readyIf it's a good
one it will receive due attention In
the meantime, however, Washington
unstuffed with cotton and its trap
shut normally will risk having its
eardrums caved in by the concus-
sion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

Sometimes we figure that just be-
ing married is enough to make any
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
MEMS English BROADCLOTH
SHIRTS, AT $1.49.

You have been paving $3.50
for this grade. attached or collar
less style. Saturday ......-.-$1.49
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

These danger sings you see on the
highway should be putt before many
roadside restaurants.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
MEMS SHIRTS,
AT &c

AT &c
OF good quality Madras or Per-
Gale; colors warranted; attached
collars or collarless style; sizes
Ia IL to II IL. Saturday 97c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
The STANDARD
SATURDAY SHOE DAY!
TWO PAIRS FOR THE PRICE
OF ONE, PLUS 81.

Or OINE1 LOS pa
Take Your Choice of any Pair
Shoes in Our House and Then
Get Another Pair of the Same
Kind or the Same Quality for
Only 81.
Assert your purchases to suit
yourself. Get One Pair Mems
and the second pair for ladies or
children.
Many new styles just received this
week, including new models for
ladies, in light tans and black
satin.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

'PIS Dielhe you IOr getting into
rut. Yet, along some roads the
rut keeps you out of the ditch.
These danger sings you see on the
highway should be putt before MANY
roadside restaurants.
The highest compliment a man
can give a girl is that he would miss
her almost as much as he would his
auto.
A cafe roof fell in Jurez, Mex.
Maybe because some Mexican haG
his picture made without a cigaret
Wonder if bee with a bad dis
position ever sits around and wishes
his singer was big as a bayonet.
A member of the British royalty
fell off his horse twice in one week.
Now who was it? Correct.
Fresno, Calf, indicted 1877 cops
for talking brides. This will boost
her real estate values.
1t must be terrible for a hog 10
know he is liable to become chicken
salad when he grows up.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

We may as well face facts. Sem
ator Couzens' investigation of the in,
.ernal revenue bureau has fizzled
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
GENUINE PEPPEREL OR
PEQUOT SHEETTNG AT 49c

Unbleached mill ends of 2 to
10 yard pieces. You will say that
it is the best you have ever seen
for the price. Plenty for all COM
ers. Saturday at, yard ........--49c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27
Editorial
Observations


That extra session of the Legis-
Iature will come in January. as we
predicted some weeks ago. Gov
ernor Walker says a majority of
the Legislature agrees with him in
his contention that an extrordi-
nary session is essential. Some
leaders in the House and Senate
go so tar as to say that IS per
cent of the membership is oppos-
ed to the call.
The Governor offered the olive
branch to J ohm Holder, but the
chairman of the Highway Com
mission refused it. The Cover.
nor wanted Holders okeh to the
extra session. Holder replies that
1t is unnecessary. Holder has
things his way now. Why should
he run the risk of an extra SEES
sion? He now has one of the
strongest-if not the strongest
machines in the State, not except
ing Brother Brown.
With Holder and Brown to
contend with and the same per
sonnei in the Leg stature that ex-
Ested last Summer, there's small
likelihood of anything worthwhile
being accomplished by an extra
session.
The Legislature has rather con-
slstently refused to follow the
Governor $ lead in the past and
there no reasonable assumption
that it will accept his leadership in
January
1t now looks like another dog
fall.
Give a thought to Miss OPAL
Iade of Texas. When she was IA
she began to work a 70-acre farm
to support family of five Now.
at 10, the family is in comfortable
circumstances and she's working
her way through college.
This, at least, is different from
the story of the average college
student. 1t is heartening. en-
couraglng to read about.
So long as America can pro-
luce girls of Opal Cade's type,
'e needn't worry about our ma
'onal future. It's safe.
There was much to be grateful
tor. Yesterday, but the day itself
ecIiPsed everything else 1or we
folk down in the heart of Dixie"
1t was neither too cold nor too
warm. The sun shone brightly
It was an ideal Thanksgiving.
With their elders lined I'D on
the sides watching them, the
Americus High boys PLAYED a
game of football here yesterday
that would have done credit to
old veterans in the larger uni
Veritsies. The presence of the
elders gave those boys something
more than Just devotion to the
school to fight for. And they
put everything in their being
brain and brawn-into every
play.
1t would be difficult to say who
enjoyed the game most-the play
ers, themselves. their elders or the
little sweethearts who cheered ev-
cry play.
The football season is over and
the colleges will now get back to
normal. And Red Grange has
made his last run.
Most of the criticism against
the size and importance of col
lege football is uniustified. But
some of it is true. College foot
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

there was much to be grateful
tor Yesterday, but the day itself
ecIiPsed everything else 1or we
folk down in the heart of Dixie.
1t was neither too cold nor too
warm. The sun shone brightly.
It was an ideal Thanksgiving.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

1t must be terrible for a hog TO
know he is liable to become chicken
salad when he grows up.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

Fresno, Calf, indicted 1877 cops
for talking brides. This will boost
her real estate values.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

A member of the British royalty
fell off his horse twice in one week.
Now who was it? Correct.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

Wonder if a bee with a bad dis
position ever sits around and wishes
his singer was big as bayonet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-27

A cafe roof fell in Jurez, Mex.
Maybe because some Mexican haG
his picture made without a cigaret
Evening star., 1925-10-08

ton ace became a big Lacquer. Joined
in the tribute that overnight became
universal among the big gathering of
base ball luminaries here-hiEh Off
cialS such as Commissioner LandiS
Presidents Heydler and Johnson of
the National and American Leagues,
as we'll as John McGraw. Giant man
aser. who developed Mathewsons ge-
MUS: Art Fletcher. an old teammate
now manager of Philadelphia; Babe
Ruth, Ty Cobb. Iris Speaker. Bill Kill
lefer, HuGhey Jennings, Hans Wag-
ner, Fred Clarke and Babe Adams, an
old foe of Big Six in the National
League.
Most of these men had known Math-
ewson in his prime, counted him
among their best friends and recog-
nized his high qualities as. sports
man as we'll as his twirling genius.
combined with knowledge of the
game which carried him from playing
ranks through the post of manager to
the high Office of club president of the
Boston Nationals at the age of As.
The tributes paid to Matty by his
old associates came from the heart,
but they were no less sincere than
those of the multitude of fandom. here
as we'll as throughout the country, to
whom Mathewson's dramatic career
and remarkable personality always
have had strong appeal.
Still aHOIds Records.
Coming at the time of base balls
greatest climax, Mathewsons world
series achievements, particularly those
of 1905. came back vividly to the mem
ory of old-timers.
Although he has been out of playing
harness for more than a decade, Big
Six still holds or shares in six world
series records. These include a mark
of four shut-out series victories, a
record of pitching - consecutive
scoreless innings in 1905, when his
string of three triumphs also set a
standard which Coveleskie, Adams
and Coombs later equaled; the record
for most innings pitched, 103 2-3. and a
tie with Mordecai Brown and George
Mullen for handling the most assists
in one series, IL.
Matty scored five world series vic
tories altogether, but also was charged
with as many defeats. another record,
which he shared with Eddie Plank,
Rube Marquard and Joe Bush.
Probably the most heartbreakinS
setback Of all to Matty in world series
or any other competition was his de-
feat in the eighth and deciding game
of the famous 1912 series with the
Red Sox when a error by Fred Snod-
grass permitted Boston's winning run.
Evening star., 1925-10-08

Mathewson had the misfortune to
lose two of the most important games
of his career, the play-off contest with
the Chicago Cubs fol. the pennant in
1908 and the deciding game of the
world series with the Boston Red
PLAYED n big part in both defeats Mis-
judgment of fly by "Cy" Seymour.
Giant outfielder, was blamed for the
defeat by the Cubs. while costly
error by Fred Snodcrass turned the
tide against the Giants and Matty in
the struggle with the Red Sox.
Mordecai CThree-fingered Brown of
the Cubs was Matty's greatest rival
on the mound, and the two had many
stirring duels. Brown was Matty's
opponent when the latter pitched his
no-hit game against the Cubs in 1905
but conquered his New York rival in
the famous 1908 play-off' game. 1t
was related that one season when the
Giants and Cubs We're battling for
first place President Taft. an ardent
fan, had his private car attached to
the train bearing the New York team
to Chicago in order to see Mathewson
and Brown oppose each other in the
opening game of a series.
Oddly enough, both of these great
pitchers closed their major league
careers as players by opposing each
=.
MathewSOn then was manager of Gin
cinnati, and the Reds won. 10 to S,
both 'old masters being hit freely.
Mathewson suffered Il shoulder in
jury in 1914, which virtually ended his
career AS a regular on the mound. He
pitched infrequently thereafter. and
persuaded McGraw to let him go to
Cincinnati during the middle of 1916
to fulfill his mana gerial ambition. In
L . H., i l., l.
| Reds, the Giants also gave Eddie
Roush and William Mckechnie in ex-
change for Buck" Herzog, retiring
! Cincinnati leader. and Wade killifer.
The Reds finished last in 1916. but
| improved rapidly under Matty's leader
| ship. landing fourth place in 1917 and
third place the following year his last
with the club
! Mathewson responded to the call to
war a. the close of the abbreviat ed
| season of 1918 and served with dis
tinction overseas. He returned to he
| come coach with the Giants. holding
that post until 1920. when he became
seriously i'll from the effects of being
| 'Sassed" during the war.
! Displays Great Courage.
Displaying the courage which won
him many diamond victories. Matty
! fought and won the battle for his
health during nearly three years OF
treatment at Saranac Lake. y. Y.
! Pronounced practically cured. he re.
| turned to New York in the Fall OF
! 1922 to witness the world series tyi-
umph OF his old teammates, the
| Giants. over the New York Yankees.
| Mathewson was eager to get back
| into the game, and when early in 1928
an old friend and admirer. Emil r.
| Fuchs. prominent New York attorney.
! engineered deal by which New
York syndicate obtained control of the
Boston Braves from George w. Grant
Blk Six was persuaded to take the
! club presidency.
! He thus took his place among the
| few playing stars who rose to execu-
! tive power in the game.
However. the old trouble returned
rather quickly and Matty was forced
| to go back to Saranac Lake, where he
fought losing fight.
Evening star., 1925-10-08

If Pittsburgh lost at the start. they
weren't so sure. 1t is generally ad-
mitted that Washington had a better
chance TO fight back in the face of a
poor start than their Younger Ma
tional League opponents.
The story of the first game is told
in that familiar gag. which for years
has heen heard around the American
League trails. TOO much Johnson"
There was none of the nervousness
which was so apparent in Johnson s
work against the Giants in the first
game Of the 1924 series, when the eyes
of the entire Nation were on the big
fellow. and his mother was seeing her
boy pitch for the first time.
Yesterday Johnson was calm, serene
and confident There never was a
moment after Washington bagGed
those two runs for him in the fifth
that he was not in complete control.
He knew he had a nice lead bolster
ing him up, ard he pitched according
ly. He snapped in that fast ball when.
ever the Pirates got him in the hole
and buZZed over several strikes which
had as much on them as when he was
at the very crest Of his career in 1872
and 1918.
What struck me most about John
sons work was his knowledge OF
fellow must have given Johnson some
good tips on the kind of balls which
Cuyler. Wright, Barnhart and others
do not like
Meadows. of course, did exceedingly
we'll. lie could have beaten an ordi
nary pitcher, but his stuff wasn't suf
! ficient to beat n Johnson.
Meadows made valiant effort II
the fifth to dig himself out of a hol'
| into which he had fallen. but it WASH
entirely of his own doing that just a:
his fingers reached the top of th'
abyss they clutched at a broken reed
and down he fell again.
Joe Harris opened with grounde
to deep short. on which Wright made
Evening star., 1925-10-08

AIRY them through the series.
a pretty play. but his hurried throw
pulled Grantham off the bag. 1t was
the nearest thing to Il Pirate error, but
was scored as n hit. Bluece followed
with a clean single to left. and Peck.
after failing To sacrifice. hit a short
fy to left center. which. through the
breaks Of the game. could be handled
by neither the infielders nor outtield-
eIs. That filed the baS with none
out.
Meadows, keeping his delivery low,
canned Ruel and Johnson on seven
pitched balls. He also got two strikes
on Rice, both of which he broke
across Sans knees. Then the crash
came. a sharp single to center by
sam sent III two happy Washington
runners. After that ii was only Il case
of Johnson winding it up.
Washington < infield played with its
usual steadiness. Should toveleSkle
he in shape today he should hang
up Washington second victory.
Vic Aldridge pitched very well for
the Pirates in their final pennant
dash. running off a winning streak of
nine straight before he lost a six-hit
game to the Reds. He has more stuff
than Meadows when he is right, but
somehow or other | do note rate him
highly as world series pitcher.
Prior to this season he has had a
tendency to be fliGhty when hard
! pressed.
The dope still looks good for the
! Nationals TO win the series. They
+ should no il in five or six games.
Evening star., 1925-10-08

Mathewson. however. was not lon&;
in attracting ma jor league attention.
Playing with Norfolk. in the Virginia
League, in 1900. he won y out of
23 games. and was obtained by the
Giants. who turned him back. after
4 brief tl.y-out. for more seasoning,
with the Southern club. Later the
same ye1r. he was drafted by Gin
Cinnati, but soon afterward was sent
to the Giants in a deal by which the
Reds secured Amos Rusie.
MattyS first major league appear
ance was in the role of relief pitcher
in Il game lost by the Giants to
Brooklyn. lie had but Indifferent
success as a pitcher and utility play
er until 1902. when John McGraw
succeeded Horace Fogel as manager
of the Giants. Big Six" was play
ing first base at the time, but Ne
Graw quickly recognized his pitch ing
ability and took him In hand. His
strides toward greatness dated from
that period.
Feats of pitching brlliance too nu-
merous to catalogue filed Matty $
record during the dozen years in
which he ranged consistently among
the most effective twirlers i'm the
ma ior lea agnes.
He was ii prominent factor in the
pennant victories OF the Giants in
1904. 1905. 1911, 1912 and 1918: he
twirled two no-hit games. one against
the ST. Louis Cardinals in 1901 and
the second against the Chicago Cubs
in 1905: he held jointly with "Cy''
Young and Grover Cleveland Alex =
ander a ma jor- league record of win
ming more than 80 games three sea =
sons in row; but his greatest
achievement was in the world series
of 1905, when he pitched three shut.
out victories against the Philadelphia
Americans.
McCiraw ranks MatheWson's feat in
the 1905 series as the greatest in his
memory. All five games in that series
were shutouts. Joe McGinnity twirl,
ing the fourth victory for the Giants.
while Chief Bender blanked the
Giants for the only triumph scored
bV the Mackmen
Evening star., 1925-10-08
ylatheuYon Dead ownedb Bado Pittsburgh Under Handicap
CHRISTY HELPED SAVE.
GAME, WRITER AYERS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. October Sin
the passing of Christy Mathewson
Cincinnati fans received Ii severe
shock and shed genuine tears of sor-
row. Mathewson became manager of
the Cincinnati Reds in 1916 and re-
manned pilot of the team during the
years of 1917 and 1918.
I'm the death of Mathewson base
ball has lost one Of its greatest play
erS and Il man who helped 10 make
the game what ii is today" Rem Null
ford, jr.. veteran sports writer, said
when informed of Mathewson's death.
During the war between the Amer
lean and National Leagues. when the
fate of base ball was decided. Christy
Mathewson, by his personality and as
a tremendous drawing card. helped to
save the game. He was the greatest
individual base ball star that ever
lived. and the cleanest player in the
game.