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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-08-12

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. S.-Five men
were killed when their automobile
was struck by the west bound Ohio
Limited on the New York Central
railroad near Williamsville early to-
day. The ages of the victims ranged
from 20 to 80 years.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-08-12

An application of lime has appar-
emily controlled corn root rot in
field in Pitt county badly infested
with the trouble last year.
Evening star., 1926-09-23
GOLF HAS OUTGROWN
Controlling BODY
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Golf has outgroWn the organizations
which aim to control it, in the opinion
of w. C. Fownes. jr., of Pittsburgh,
new president of the United States
Golf Association.
The game has grown so rapidly in
America that some 5000 clubs have
been formed or an average of about
one to the county throughout the
United States.
But out Of all these organizations
only 1870 belong to the United States
Solf Association and the Western
Golf Association, and many of these
are duplicates. Probably enough
clubs are affiliated with regional and
State associations to rally 1850 clubs
which owe allegiance to some ruling
bodys or only one-fourth of the total.
How the game grows is shown by
reports for 1925. New club develop
ments for that year alone were 600.
and except for Nevada, every State
in the Union had at least one club
in the making or newly perfected
Out of the total, 125 were public
courses built by municipalities or by
private owners.
In 1925, however, only 113 clubs
were added to the roster of the u. S.
G.. A. and & lesser number to the w.
G. A, and many of these were not
among the clubs formed in that year.
The dues are only from SO to $50 for
each member club, but students of the
situation have decided that the" very
newness of the game caused clubs to
hold back and neglect to support the
organizations which help to further
and manage the sport. +
The associations have not offered
so very much in return for member
ship, limiting their work largely to
supervision of championships and
eligibility of players in member clubs.
All this is changing, President Fownes
said.
The associations are now assisting
members to plan links. furnishing
helpful advice in the financing of new
projects and aiding in the cheaper
growing of turf and upkeep OF
courses. These aids are to be extend
ed, and efforts are to be made as soon
as possible to enlist all clubs as mem
bers of The ruling bodies.
Muchy work has been done by
regional associations along these lines
so that principalitieS of golf clubs
have grown up. with the possibility
that some day the whole supervising
structure will be revamped so that
all clubs would belong to some subor
dinate body, which in turn would. by
representation, compose the supreme
association.
Evening star., 1926-09-23
FISH ARE NOT BLIND,
ONLY NEAR.SIGHTED

J.. Matout, assistant curator OF the
French National Museum. who re-
Gently completed the first scientific
study of the ancient art of angling.
gives some very interesting informa
ton concerning the denizens Of the
leep and in part says:
"The fish lives in the water. q mo
!ium of about the same density as his
own body. lie is In practically the
same position as n min wouli be IL his
body were formed of gas and not Of
flesh and blood"
Matout says the fish is not blind.
but very near-sighted. due both TO
the medium in which he lives and to
the structure of his eye. Man, with
his complicated eye, has practically
unlimited vision in absolutely clear
air. But once in the water his vision
is indistinct and he is not able to ser
for any great Instance Now the fish
has a much less complicated eye. He
can see in the water, but he cannot
distinguish forms clearly. Even IT,"
largext of fishing lines probably are
invisible to him. He sees only the
worm aid this indstinctly. Henre
the efforts OF the fishermen to MAKE
their lines inyisibye are wasted.
Next c 'nsider the ear or rather the
serse of hearing when speaking of
fishes. With man the ear, like the
eye, has three parts--the external. the
middle and internal or nervous center.
The fish has only the internal car.
He has only the nerves of hearing
without any Of the outer appendageS
for the reception of sound from the
outside. Yet the hearing of the fish
probably is not inferior to that of
other living creatures-due TO the
fact that sound vibrations moving
through the water need not be trans
ferred in entering denser medium
The fish participates In these sound
vibrations, they become part Of him
His hearing is at least as acute az
that of a man, and probably more So
Matout holds.
IF fish has sese Of touch"
says Matout. 1T reveals itself rather
as a reaction OF displacement than
as a sensation of direct contact. Thus
a fish coming upon a line in the water
would not feel IL, but would be ex-
ceedingly sensitive to the opposition
it set up to his free movement"
Coming to the sense Of taste and
smell as evidenced In fish. this
writer says "the sense OF taste in
fish is not confined to the mouth.
The creature tastes his dinner with
the lips and even with the sides OF
his head and body. He can even
taste with his fms. but (Matout says).
he can't smell at all. His smelling
,s merged with his tasting in one
olfacto- -gustatory sense
Matout has come to the conclusion
that the fish sees little, cannot smell.
probably nears as well as man and
has a widely distributed sense of
taste. II IL through these senses
that the creature will become con-
scious Of danger.
Evening star., 1926-09-23
CHURCH NET EVENT
BROUGHT TO CLOSE

Mary K. Lutz and Robert Scoop
Terrell, victors over Josephine Dun
ham and Paul Keyser, 6--3, Ga, in
the final of the mixed doubles tourna-
ment of Central Presbyterian Church,
will be awarded their cups Sunday.
Stubborn competition marked the
titular matches. The first set was
tied at games all, when Lutz and
Terrell stepped out to take the next
trio and the set. In the second set
Lutz and Terrell had a lead of 3 games
to !, when Durham and Keyser rallied
to take the next three and gain 4-to-
3 advantage. The victors, however,
came back and captured the following
trio to win the set and championship.
Completion of the doubles brought
the tourney, which also was featured
by a girls singles and boys singles
competition, to a close.
Josephine Dunham gained the girls
title for the second straight year and
Robert Terrell triumphed in the boys
affair Both have been presented cups.
The matches were played on the
courts in the church playground.
Evening star., 1926-09-23
B0YH00D BASE BALL
is RECLAIMING GAM
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Amateur base ball. waning ~
time for more than decade, is rally
ing to resume it's place as the gre
American game.
Only about a year ago did the y,
ton awaken to the plight Cf tiH
sport. The sandlots of the citic'
were sprouting apartment house
and the pastures of the small town.
were growing up to weeds Whii'
American boyhood abandoned the
mitt for the midiron. the motor cor
and other implements of reCreatio;
alien to an earlier generation.
But last year saw q turn. Tir
game got new footing in amatcu"
circles, and for the first time In more
than 10 years it held its own. ThiS
year, according to Maj. John Griittth
of the National Amateur Athletic
Federal ton, more boys will play bas"
ball than have played the game H.
any year since the war. ColleG"
reported n 4 per cent increase Ia
base ball this Spring.
The biggest single factor in the
revival of amateur base ball was
the organization of leagues by the
American Legion for boys of II ~
under. This movement had its i'm
petus in South Dakota. where Frank
Mccormick. State Legion command
er, fostered formation of league
for boys by every post in the State.
The plan was taken up in several
hundred communities of the State
and n thousand teams are competing
this season for the State boys title.
which will be determined at Stat"
tournament at which leading teams
will meet.
The South Dakota plan appealed
so greatly to Legion leaders that the
national Legion organization adopted
It at it's last convention. and the
Legion is sponsoring boys base bal
this season in 80 States.
Ultimately the new growth of anna p
teur base ball will stimulate the pro-
fessional sport by providing timber
for the big leagues.
The boys teams which the Legion
is sponsoring will have their own
world series this Fall. The tw"
best teams from each side of tho
Mississippi River will meet at Phil
adelphia during the Legion's national
convention. to determine the cham
piOn.
Evening star., 1926-09-23
.JABS AND .JOETS

bouncer scrutinized the early comers
and their pasteboards.
Eleven batteries of incandescent
lights, the most powerful group ever
turned on an arena, biazed upon the
swirling vista of humanity. Over the
ring 81 cone-shaped lamps glared
down upon the scene of combat.
Jack McAuliffe. old undefeated
lightweight champion, who once de-
Tended his title in a 75-round fight
London prize-ring rules-for a small
side bet and before q gallery of 500,
was a member of the $1.750.0O0 crowd.
"Some people," said Jack, were born
LUCKY. The rest of us were born right
after the Civil War"
Battling Nelson. who almost 20 years
ago. fought Joe Cans for Tex Rickard
in the premier promoters first big
pugilistic venture at Goldfield. New,
sat mouth agape for . minutes, awed
by the spectacle.
Jack Skelly, who used to evade the
law and fight on a obarge anchored
in the middle of the Hudson River
echoed McAuliffe's observation.
Clustered about the ring some 900
correspondents. filing the news of the
spectacle to all parts of the world
worked as feverishly as their allot-
ment of 16 inches of space per per-
son would admit. A complicated net
work Of 90 wires carried close to l.
600, 900 words with the bloW-by-blow
description. going to Australia, South
America and all of the big European
countries.
John c.. Kennedy claiming to be
80 years of age and a native OF
San Francisco, drove his own f1ivver
to the battle ground and bought a
$3.50 ticket for SO from speculator
He scorned the offer of a set of bi'
noculars, declaring his eyes as good
as any other youngsters.
digger" MACPHERSON, q siXfooter
from the ''out back country of
Australia, who aspires to be a heavy
weight fighter, spent three years say
ings to see the battle.
A corps of police had merry jot
routing out more than 200 dyed-in
the-wool fans who had arrived in
the Stadium over night and parked
themselves in secluded crannies and
hooks of the vast amphitheater
While none of them had the least
vestige of an admission ticket most
of, them had brought lunches. One
chap told the police that he had beer
in the Stadium two days. He had
basket containing food and a bottle
of water.
Evening star., 1926-09-23


and Navy, Chevy Chase, Racquet and
University Clubs also are included in
the Washington fight fans. In addi-
ton the Rotary Club sent q party of
about so, and the Lions Club was rep
resented by about 90. The latter or
ganization occupied three Pullman
cars on the l o'clock train. Thomas
Brahany. president of the club, headed
the party.
The o'clock P. r. T. airplane car
'ried the following Washingtonians:
w. B. Blades, Maj. William T. Sher-
man, Capt. A. Caygill. r. G.. Jamison,
"A. Jarrett. q. Jennings and G.. e. Nor
ganthau. The S:45 am. plane carried
Charles P. Swope, Arthur Presmont,
A. r. Everhart, S. j. Burrows and c.
A. Mitzhauser mad Postmaster Will
liam Mooney.
AS far as could be learned today,
Howard Sutherland, alien property
custodian, occupies the distinction of
having refused to accept q rinGside
seat, proffered free OF charge by a
friend. Mr.. Sutherland called at the
White House this morning and when
asked by newspaper men if he planned
on seeing the encounter he explained
that a very dear friend had offered
him a ticket, but he had refused it be-
cause of the crowd.
Arrangements We're completed to-
day by various organizations to re-
ceive the returns of the fight tonight
for their memberships. Chief among
these were the marines at Quantico,
more than 5000 of whom assembled
In the post gymnasium to follow the
fight Of their former colleague. Gene
Tunney. Capt. A. G. Rome, athletic
officer Of the post, installed eight
IT,, hA lo.-
which he estimated today would be
sufficient to bring the word of Demp-
sey's defeat to the anxious marines.
Two large amplitiers were in
stalled in the lounge of the City Club
to bring the word d-byword story OF
the fight to the membership, friends
and, by special invitation, the Cham
Der Of Commerce. Board Of Trade and
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation. The National Press Club also
had amplified radio reception for
members.
Commissioner Proctor l.. Dougher-
ty and Isaac Cans, former president
Of the Chamber of Commerce. decided
early to attend the Policemens Asso-
citation meeting in Pythian Temple to-
night, where reports Of the battle
were received by radio.
Extra Police for Crowds Here.
Twenty-Five policemen from outly-
ing precincts were on duty In the
vicinity of the newspaper offices to-
night to regulate traffic and handle
the fight fans awaiting returns.
Inspector Charles A. Evans, assist
ant superintendent of police, ar
ranged to close E street from the west
side Of the National Theater to Four
teenth street. while the cars of the
Washington Railway and Electric Co.
were diverted through f street in
stead of passing along L street,
Eleventh street between Pennsyl.
vania avenue and Z street was closed
to traffic and the same condition OBJ
tained on II between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets.
Evening star., 1926-09-23
TORNADO SWEEPS
OVER NORTH OHO|
Small Town Near Sandusky
Reported Hit-0therS Be-
lieVed Struck.


SANDUSKY, Ohio, September %
Passengers on a Lake Shore electro
car arriving here at 5 pm. reported
that a tornado had passed south oi
Sandusky. probably between Sandusky
and Milan and south of Huron, ami
passed out on Lake Erie east OF Cy-
Ion Junction. II miles east of her"
late this afternoon. The storm ap-
peared to have caused great damage.
Telephone lines are down in the ter
ritory affected and reports of loss ot
life are not available.
The storm. as il Travelled TO the
southwest and south of Sandusky, fol
lowed almost the same path as one ot
the two tornadoeS which devastated
this section on June 2S, 1924, it being
reported that several houses badly
damaged in the 1924 storm were
struck again today.
The tornado was first reported west
of Bogart. a snail community five miles
south of SanduSky shortly after 4;3o
O'Clock. Farm houses and barns were
f1attened as the storm passed to the
northeast. Reports received here are
that Huron. village of 1000 pOpula
ton. eight miles east of here, was
hard hit
Evening star., 1926-09-23
FIRST GOLF CLUB USED
IN WEST IS PRESERVED

The first golf club used on the first
golf course built west of the Missis-
sippi River is to be enshrined in
place of honor at the Wichita Country
Club.
Prof. c. p. Clark. now Of Hanover,
n. H., who was responsible for the
first course to be established here,
has given the club the stick.
Prof. Clark, who came from Mass
achusetts in 1887, says he never will
forget the sensation created the first
time he appeared on the streets of
Wichita attired in knickers a sweater
and a cap.
Evening star., 1926-09-23
AIRMEN PLAY "GOLF."

Roehampton polo ground in England
was the scene of an amusing golf con
test. played by airmen. flying at a
height of 100 feet from the earth. The
links" bad been prepared by draw
ing small white circle on the ground.
which, with flag stuck in the middle
of it, represented the hole. Golf clubs
were dispensed with. Instead of ordi-
nary balls, each pilot was provided
with three small bags filled with flour.
The object of the game was to hole
OUT in as few shots as possible by
dropping the bag into the middle of
the white circle while flying over it.
Evening star., 1926-09-23
BALTIMORE BASKETERS
SEEK CAPITAL RIVAL S

A game with an 115-125-pound
basket ball team Of Washington to
be played here Is sought by the Harry
Scherr All Stars of Baltimore, a. fast
Junior combination.
The Baltimoreans want their ex-
penses paid. The address of Joseph
Lusco. manager of the All Stars, is
4S22 Park Heights avenue, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1926-09-23
HAWAIIAN ISLANDERS
TAKING TO BASE BALL
Rv the Asgociated Press.


Base ball easily ranks as the most
nonular game in Hawaii, which is as
cosmopolitan in sports as in popula-
ton. A survey just made estimated
that $500 men and boys, on organ
lied teams, took part in the national
game in the territory this year.
The story is going around OF a
teacher who asked where New York
was, and whose class of young Amer
lean citizens of Chinese, Japanese,
Portuguese, Filipino, and Korean an
cestry thereupon Informed her New
York was in both the "big leagues y
Evening star., 1926-09-23
BRICKLAYER is HOPING
TO PLAY FOR COLUMBIA

Jerry Brady. who hopes to land a
varsity berth at end on the Columbia
University eleven this year, acquired
his aptitude for the position by laying
bricks end to end. Instead of deliver
ing ice, Brady hardens himself for the
game during the Summer by mani
curing bricks HIS teammates call him
Hick.
Evening star., 1926-09-23

BY the Associated Press.
RINGSIDE, SESQUICENTENN
STADIUM, Philadelphia, September
23.-Getting into the gigantic sesqui
arena tonight was as bad as running
an old-time guantlet or passing
through the customs line at a port
of entry. Sixteen policemen, six
ushers, two firemen and one official
Evening star., 1926-09-23
Report High Wind.

CLEVELAND, September 23 CA).
The telephone operator at Milan. ONO.
said there was no indication Of hlSd
winds there this afternoon, but that
reports had been received of high
windstorm at Huron, which unrooted
houses and blew down trees. Official,
of the telephone company here s;tid
communication with Huron was lu.,-
Evening star., 1926-09-23

The most expensive of all modern
sports is polo A good polo pony is
cheap at $500, and q player requires
three or four. A seasons polo will
cost a player $4,000 or $4,000 at the
Evening star., 1926-09-23
BANTER RUNS IN CROWD.
Stories of Happy Adventure Go
Rounds as Fans Chat.
;nsc;al nisnatch tn The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA September 23.-
One tired looking chap at the fight
observed rather casually that he had
hoped freights from Denver to the
killing. Another said he had "hiked
and hooked rides" from Harrisburg.
A third hoped he wouldn't be spotted
by his boss because he was playing
hooky. Each had his story. and they
were stories of happy adventure inter
larded with good-natured banter.
ALTOONA, Pa, September 20 up.
Pete Kreiss, instead of Leon Duray,
was runner-up to Frank Lockart, win
ner of the 250-mile automobile race
here Saturday, a re-check has shown.
1t was thought that scorers. failed 70
tally lap made by Kreiss. Duray -.
yerted to the third position.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-08-26
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL
JEWISH HOSPITAL

One OF the most enjoyable parties
of the summer was given to the chill.
dren Of the Hofheimer Preventorium
through the courtesy of Golden Rule
Chapter No. 115, Order of Eastern Star.
All the children of the Hofheimer
building were taken on ride through
the city parks and then to Elitcli
Gardens. At the Gardens they were
given rides on all concessions which
was followed by n light luncheon. In
dividual gifts were presented 10 every
child In the party.
The thanks of the children and Of the
hospital are extended 10 Golden Rule
Chapter and to Miss Don ]. Miller,
Worthy Matron Of the Chapter and the
ladies who assisted The following
members of the Chapter served Oh Miss
Miller's Committee :sMesdames Hannah h
Meyer. Rose L. Segal. Bessie Hayutin,
Pearl ]. Fine, Regina Eisentat, Rae r.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-08-26
EDITORIALS
THE PASSING OF A GIANT

More than casual Jewish interest attaches to the passing
of Charles w. Eliot patriarch of 92 whose vigorous cham
poning of be hough and human tolerance through two
generations endears his memory intelligent young and old
alike.
It commonly assumed that old age betrays tendency
toward ulra-conservatism and unwingness expert
ment with ideas. Judged by that standard Dr. Eliot
old To the end of his days he only kept
abreast of his me he usually far ahead of his day
In the field of education his fame the very fact
that he overturned petred system of learning hoary with
the traditions of New England Puransm.
To appreciate what the coming of Dr. Eliot president
OF Harvard meant in 1862 when he assumed the post the
of hirtyve, must recall what the college of his
day was like Each was dominated by church, most of them
did work comparable to the small town high school of today
College served candidates primarily for the ministry,
lesser extent Tor law, and isolated medicine
The curriculum concentrated Greek, Latin and Bible
Sciences were barred the conception of university
as laboratory for research in the humanes and sciences
was yet to come The total of college presidents
function WIS expressed in well known formula: "to be
father m bnys. and by timely interference prevent bad
habits detect denquencies and administer reproof and
punishment"
The ratio of college to population was one
twenty-sx hundred.
In 1869 DR.. Eliot who had already committed hereses in
the field of chemistry proceeded make university
Harvard college He broke down the dcnominational wall
which surrounded the college and encouraged
tesans to enter against the protests of Boston Blue Bood
He shocked the old city out of countenance by boshng
pulsoy chapel in the higher divisions of the school, By Civ
ing increased emphasis to the natural sciences the college
curriculum he not only injected himself into the controversy
which ragged around Darwin and Huxley in England but
paved the for such institute of Hop
kins to be opened ir 1876.
For DR.. Eliot maintained deep interest in
the history and progress of the Jewish people He
consulted by leading He could always be counted
upon to raise his voice in protest against any ansemtc
discrimination No resented bitterly the nassacres
of Jews in Europe.
AS Americans feel his passing the loss of of the
few really big minds this soil produced As Jews we shall
miss in him champion of liberation and friend of
people
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-08-26

by those who will get them He would be small indeed who
tempted this time to minimize the splendid services Of those
who coopated the achievement to be celebrated week
Let the applause be loud and long Yet let the din be not
loud drown out the still small voice which has It's
message, too, occasion of this sort That still small
voice. friender its than is the shouting all its
abandon will urge that the hospital rededicae itself to hum
y before the great opportunity of serving fellow 1t
will urge that this great institution may continue in
power good not too arrogany powerful TO retain
an intimate sympathetic touch with each individual un-
fortunate who provides the opportunity for 1t will
urge the remembrance of the maxim that in nst
tuition the directing forces the servants the masters
of those whom they chosen to
No implication is intended here that the still small voice
has special mission at the National Jewish Hospital which
has conducted itself with splendid fidelity to the to which
it dedicated But other occasions and in other places
has only evident that tremendous phanhropic pro-
ects becoming and the for the ag-
grandzement of their powerful sponsors the sbveron Of
the ideal of sefess serving May such indictment
apply the great national institutions for whose good
people rightly Jealous
We heartily and gratefully congratulate them whose tire
and devotion have reared this monument to
the fine Jewish tradition of civic Righteousness.
The Jewish Pioneer will be resumed week