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The Washington times., 1929-08-31
ENDS
MEET TODAY

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y,
Aug. -31.-The long meeting of the
Saratoga Association will come to a
close here today with the running
of six races, three of them stakes.
Before the curtain fans one of
the most interesting Questions of
the racing year will be answered.
which is the faster colt of the Whit
ney pairLWhichone or Boojum?
This duo of fiiers rule favorites for
the twenty-fifth running of the
Hopeful stakes at six and one-half
furlongs, despite the presence of
ten other smart two-year.old colts
and fillies.
The stake is the richest of all
run during the 80 days of Sara
toga racing and is worth, II all
go, So, 450.
Included in the field are Caruso,
winner of the United States Hotel
stakes and the Grab Bag Handicap,
Black Majesty, winner of the Juve-
nile Stakes; Sarazan I'd, winner of
the Youthful and fremont Stakes;
Desert Light. Galaday, Swinfield,
Breezing Thru and PericIes.
The forty-ninth running of the
Saratoga Cup, the weight for age
classic at one mile and three-quar.
tiers for three-year olds and upward,
has brought out field of five, with
the Wheatley Stables Diavolo al.
most as much a favorite as the
Whitney pair in the Hopeful.
Diavolo will meet Double. Pay,
African, Pink Lilly and, Dali. The
winner will collect $3.50. Right be-
hind the Saratoga cup in value is
the Saratoga steeplechase handicap
with $3.50 in purses.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
ONE.MAN TEAM

During the Inter.Allied swimming
championships at Paris, Norman
Ross, the Big Moose" raced in
every event from 100 to 1900
meters, making enough points aim
self TO win the tournament Tor the
United StateA
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
.E3>IGII'


At Evansville, 1nd.-w. L.
(Young) Stribling, Macon, won 10
round decision from Joe Packo,
Toledo.
At San Francisco-Young Corbett,
Fresno (CaIif.) welterweight, Knocked
out Bucky Lawless, Syracuse, N.
Y, / round.
At Los Angeles-Fidel La Barba,
former flyweight champion, scored
technical knockout over Jackie
Mandell, 8 rounds.
Many Labor Day Used-Car Specials
advertised In tOday's Classified ads can
be had for as little as $40 down.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
FAITH TN GUM

Benny Leonard, retired indicated
lightweight champion, placed a wad
Of chewing gum on the ring post in
his corner before each contest.
When the fight was over, he would
replace the gum in his mouth and
resume chewing.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
Midnight Brings the End
Of 1929 Ruth Contest
By Babe Ruth, Contest Editor

Here sthe last day when any selections that you fans
may make for the Babe Ruth AlAmerica Team be
ceved! Fin la guerre! After today "they jis ain
chance There Il be duty The Times Building
lobby at 1877 ST N W. until midnight tonight for any
of who to bring in your selections in person.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
| IOMERUN.
| lITTERS

Player and club Total
Klein. Phillies. .4s.~...S..s. "a
Leach, Giants. Z
League Leaders
National--Klein. 50: OFT. SO; Wilson,
SO lHornsby. SO; O'Doul. IS.
American-Ruth, 81; Foxx, 80; Gehrig,
Is; Simmons. 81; Alexander, 20.
League Totals
National .................... ....... W
American. ..................'.. S9t
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
COUNTY PlMMEM MEET

The Prince Georges County Bowl
ing League will hold a meeting
Wednesday night at s o'clock at
the Arcade Alleys, Hyattsville, Md.
Last years teams and new teams
desiring to enter the league are
asked to attend.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
PICK L|NE-UPS
FOR BENEFIT

With the rival teams naming
their probable line.ups. the Police
and Firenen mines are eager for
the umpire's shriIl play ball" that
will send them into action Monday
afternoon at 8 o'clock at the Clark
Griffith Stadium.
This is the annual benefit con.
test between the cops and firemen
and they are competing on the
diamond for a worthy cause. The
proceeds will be turned over to the
widows and orphans fund. More
than 5000 are expected to be pres
ent at the stadium Monday.
Commissioner Proctor l.. Dough.
erty will throw out the first ball,
cials will be in attendance.
Cant, O. r. MOxIey, coach Of
the Firemen, stated today that
Ray Hooper would most likely
take the slab against the Cops,
although Bill BuntOn and Cal
win Hull may be assigned the
duti0B.
Finney Kelly, veteran hurting
ace of the Police nine, will be on
the hillOck. He will endeavOr to
check the Firemen's victory string
which began in 1927. Incidentally.
AZ last year for the first time. in
10 years.
A peek at the rival hne.ups dis
close that both contain names OF
players once prominent in sandlot
sports circles. Such as Karl Spiess,
Finney Kelly, Carlyle Peterson,
Willie Snow. Stewart Ritnour, Nor.
ris Clarke, Walter Watt, Calvin
Hull, Paul Burthte, Ernie Hiser,
and Tommy Hook will be seen in
action.
The probable line-ups for Mon.
days clash follow:
POLICE FIREMRN
Masurkt ID. Peterson Id.
Hook, II. Walter, II.
Hoffman. c. Snow,3b
Hiser s.. Ritnour a.
Spiess, RI. Clarke, 2b.
campbell, %. Gately, CT.
Weatherhead, Sb. Burthe, C.
Hinkers CT. Watt, RI.
Kelly p. Hooper, p.
Sager' p. Bunton. p.
Hull, p.
The Washington Police nine will
today cross bats with the Alexandra.
cops at o'clock on Baggett's field
in Alexandria. The District Blue
coats yesterday defeated the Navy
Yard nine. 10 to. 4, on the Seaman
Gunner's field. The cops gathered
seven runs in the seventh to insure
victory
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
CRICKET BOARD

A cricket player board has been
invented by an Australian. Fash
toned along the lines Of the base
bali player board, it reproduces the
action in a cricket match for fans
who are unable to attend the con.
test itself.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31

The Babe has wired. saying that
he still has three positions to fill,
which means we may not receive
the official team for a few days,
but we have plenty of work on this
tremendous mass OF mail that you
folks have sent.
Every selection must be gone over
very carefully to see If it has COM
piled with the rules. This itself
will take nearly a week, as we
could not keep up with the great
flood of entries that come every
day. And, of course, any that
haven't lived up to the rules must
be thrown out.
We won't throw them away.
though, because we want to see
If any of them have selected the
right teams. Wen tell you
about It, If they have! Say, II
any of you have broken the
rules and selected the team the
Babe Selects-wOw! some ones
going to be sore!
BY the same token, isn't 1t going
to be a grand and glorious feel.
ing" when the winners learn the
good news? Certainly wish we
could have made a stab at it
for no one has ever paid our en-
tertainment to any series games.
No, indeedy! We've always had to
dig UP the old do-re- inland how!
CHANGING over some of the entries
that came in this morning, we find
Earl Kinegar, of 1889 I st. N. W.,
has selected Walter Johnson as one
of his pitching staff. Sorry, Earl, old
boy, but you've disqualified yourself
by using man who has not occupied
the position you've selected him for
during this present baseball year!
It's too bad you didn't follow the
rules more closely, for we think
you've a good-looking team!
Another Earl, Earl Miller, Is
confident of winning, for he
says: "Haye already ordered a
suit Of clothes to wear when I
take the trip to the series with
my namesake! i only hope that
he really knows how to enter.
tain Babe Ruth's guests as they
should be entertainment
You won't have to worry about
that, part, Earl, for our Kirk knows
his stuff when it comes to keeping
a gang entertained! The thing you've
got to worry over now is whether
The Washington times., 1929-08-31

Give yourself the pleasure ~ auto
mobile ownership. Zee what . few
dellaRa can do IN tOday's Used Car
Classified ads.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
Heavy SandlOt Schedule
For Holiday Period
INDIYIDUAL BATTING

with the baseball season rapidly approaching its death
District sandlo mines will take advantage Of the threeda
holiday spell by nnumerabe games today tomorrow ana
Monday.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31

3 o'clock. The Lionels, who trail
the leaders by half q game are to
encounter the Potomacs on the West
Ellipse diamond at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31

All 10 games OF the Violet VIII be
played in New York this season.
The schedule includes contests on
successive Saturdays against West
Virginia Wesleyan, Fordham. Penn.
State, Butler. Georgetown, Georgia,
Missouri, Rutgers and Carnegie
Tech.
The Georgetown and Carnegie
Tech games will be especially
pointed for and furnish highIights
In the Violet schedule.
Last year the Bronx boys occu-
pied the eastern limelight following
their defeat of the powerful Carnegie
eleven but their place in the glow
ing was short-lived, for four days
later the Oregon Lochinvars came
out Of the West and handed the
Violet lacIng.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31

The Carnegie Tech victory
followed defeat Of the Violet by
Georgetown after Georgetown
had won from the Pittsburgh
eleven. Meehan's men are anx.
iOus to conquer the Georgetown
team this fall.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31

Meehan, former Syracuse coach,
starts his fifth season with the
Violets minus two of his 1928 stars,
Kenneth Strong. generally rated
one of the outstanding players of
last year, and Alfred Lassman, 1929
captain. Strong played in the back
field and Lassman at tackle. Barra.
bee. end; Satenstein, Weiner and
Cestari, tackles; Roberts and Hill,
backfield men, are also missing.
A further handicap to Meehan
will probably be uncovered in Len
Grant, tackle and guard and cap
tain-elect. Grant recently under
went an operation for appendicitis
and 1t is doubtful il he will be able
to play in many of the season s
clashes.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31

Meehan, who is a sticI1Ier for
che condition of his men, has
planned three weeks OF inten.
sive training at Pennington and
he expects the early season
workouts to lay the ground for
excellent physical condition of
his players during the entire
season.
Assisting Meehan at the Violet
school this year will be Mort sta
robin, former AlI-American player
at Syracuse; John Weinheimer, in
charge of the freshman eleven last
season; Stafford Connor, formerly
of New Hampshire: Arthur III. Rob
erts, freshman coach, and Lassman,
The Washington times., 1929-08-31

Last year Oregon was the dis
turbing ointment In Meehan's
pie, and a glance at the Violet
schedule for 1929 indicates an.
other Oregon may be uncovered,
for the program of games In
cludes teams likely to be among
the outstanding In the country.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
VI OIL { I 6
POINT FOR .
HILL TOP

Coach Chick Meehan, men,
tor Of New York University's.
football eleven, in recent years
one of the outstanding East
ern teams, will launch his 1929
campaign Sunday.
Meehan, who has penchant for
winning the plaudits OF the football
world through the regular season,
only to fall before some less likely
season performer in post-season
clash, win lead his 40 players in a
three-week training session, starting
the first OF next month, at Farm.
ington, Long Island.
Glasses do not open at the univer-
sity until September %, and the
early training course will give the
Violet players a chance to get in
condition for their opening game
against Vernon on September %.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31

Capt. O. r.. MOxley, coach Of
the Firemen. stated today that
Ray Hooper would most likely
take the slab against the Cops,
although Bill BuntOn and Cal
win Hull may be assigned the
duti0B.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31

Two Congressional Country
Club golfers have scored feats
recently that deserve mention.
: They are Jack Gilmore and DIR.
Bruce T. Taylor.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22

Did you encounter much wind on
your trip to Kitty Hawk the other
dav?" asked the Bank Clerk of the
Soda Jerker.
Not even zephyr" replied the
Soda Jerker. I'm fact never saw
such a calm in my life. In the woods
at Kitty Hawk not leaf stirred,
not a bird stirred, not a COW STIR
red"
The Bank Clerk scowled. The
Soda Jerker snickered.
Better change the subject right
here" said the Bank Clerk.
"All right" said the Soda Jerk
er; by way of changing the con-
versation. I'll ask you who's your
bootlegger now?'
Il have no bootlegger," said the
Bank Clerk
And since when did you part
company with the gentlemen who
purvey the pale and Sweetish dlstll-
late of corn meal and sugar?" asked
the Soda Jerker. And the Bank
Clerk replied:
"I parted company with the boot
leggers when I discovered that a
salaried man can't play with liquor;
liquor and jobs don't mix any more
to-day than they did back in the
DAYS of the open saloon. You dom
hear as much about temperance as
YOU did in the days before Prohiol-
ton. but employers are thinking
more about it to-day than they ever
did; they are suspicious OF the EN-
ploye who drinks even tho he may
confine his drinking to Saturday
nights and Sundays.
Il found myself getting in Dutch
at the Bank: the bosses would ac'
ugly toward me everytime any little
thing went wrong. And If any
thing went wrong and they didn'l
know just who to blame it on, they
made me the goat.
"A drinking man is always the
goat. Just let it become known that
he drinks and everybody around Il
apt to charge up every little mis-
stem 10 his drinking. And what
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22
YE OLD LEADERS
ARE NOW THE
WIRE PULLERS
Much Legislature Now Made
at the Sir Walter Hotel
Which Explains Why Your
General Assembly Acts
AS 1t Does

When the present North Caro-
lima General Assembly convened
early in January some went 10
Raleigh, looked the members ol
the House and Senate over ana
shock their heads gravely, deplor-
ing the fact that the old leaders
were missing. Here was a bunch
Of green ones, only a few old
members Ct the General Assembly
appearing. But the old leaders
are there just the same.
The old leaders who ran the
General Assembly in days gone by
seem to be running it as Of yore;
they don't occupy seats IN the !eg-
islativc halls any more, but most OF
the laws are now made in the Slr
Walter Hotel several blocks aWaJ
from the capitol. There you Will
find the old leaders.
Walter Murphy Of Salisbury has
been camping on the General
Assembly ever since it convened.
And Tobe Connor Of Wilson, VIII
Neal and D. T. Giles Of Marion,
Luns Long of Halifax and former
Lieutenant Governor Elmer Long,
of Durham. The old leaders are
right there, directing legislation as
effectively as ever they did-and
much more artfully. They belong to
that hest of lobbyists that is playing
hob with the Gardner idealism ana
blocking much legislation in Raleigh
these days.
Why does the General Assembly
make so little headWay. Ask the
cid leaders at the Sir Walter. They
could tell you if they would.
Casting an eye over the lobby
of the Sir Walter at the luncheon
hour the other Gay the reporter for
this newspaper observed former
! Assemblyman E. S. Parker OF
Greensboro. He is a brother OIL
Junius Parker, chairman OF the
board of The American Tobacco
Co.; former Assemblyman r. l..
Smith, of Albemarle, attorney for
the American Aluminium Co.; the
Hon. Harry Nettles, of AsheVllle;
and A. E. VOLT. of GaStonia. Ana
! it is remarked that Elizabeth Cltys
Genial EhringhauS is seen much IN
/ Raleigh these days.
! The old leaders are not dead;
they are still directing the legiSla-
{ ture machinery at the same old
stand; but instead Of sitting at the
capitol and drawing S400 a day
from the State as they formerly did
they are taking life easy at the Sir
Walter and enjoying fat fees from
| the electric light and power COM
panies. the tobacco manufacturers,
the bottlers, opponents of the Work
mems Compensation Act, ETC., etc.
The Sir Walter Hotel is swarming
with them; they're a clever lot OF
buys in North Carolina. Your re-
porter has named only few OF
them.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22
BERTHE 81 LAYER.
/ j RED .FR @ NJ
HIDING PLACE

EIccding, sore and in very
weakened condition from five bull
let wounds in his body, Percy
(Fcots) Miller, accused OF the
Staying of Chief of Police Pat
White CT Windsor on Sunday
afternoon, February 10, was cap
tured Tuesday night after he had
been lurcd from his hid ns place
by Negroes who claimed to be his
friends and had promised him
that they were helping him make
his getaway as the sheriff knew
his whereabouts and would be
there for him.
Miller was captured by Sheriff
John w. Cooper of BERTHE County
at Harrells Quarter on the Roanoke
River. The Negroes who betrayed
Miller is said to have gone to the
house where he was in hiding ano
gotten him out and into car. After
he had been lured into the car M
was covered with a gun in the hands
of Sheriff Cooper and placed under
arrest. He was rushed to the State
Prison for safe keeping.
Miller claims to have received the
wounds from a pistol in the hands
of the slain chief of police. Stating
that he would have given himself
up had he not been afraid of the
mob. He is said to have stated that
he spent two and a half days in
Juniper Swamp while 200 men
searched all around him. at one
time bloo6hounds which were used
in searching for him approached
within so feet of him. Had he seen
the sheriff in the swamp he would
have given himself up then, he said
Miller has pistol wounds below
the heart. in the abdomen, in the
breast. arm and side, and it is sad
his wounds are of such a serious
nature from want of attention it is
doubtful whether ne will live. He
claims that all of the wounds were
inflicted by the man whom he shos
and that none of the shots fired at
him when he was making his escape
hit him.
Thus ends a man hunt which had
for nearly week and half thrilled
the male population of BERTHE Coun-
ty ard kept the women folk on the
lump every time they heard an I'M
usual noise.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22
,)hp BANK CLERK Ase THE SOOA JCPkGR
THE BANK CLERK CUTS HIS BOoTLEGGER

makes it worse. everybody working
with you takes advantage of the
good fellowship of the man who
drinks. The underling with the leer
of an imbecilc and the head Of an
oaf feels that he is your equal and
treats you with familiarity and con-
tempt.
; And once you are recognized as
{ drinker everybody has an eye On
YOU. looking for errors and weak
nesses. There never was a day that
didn't have a damn sight more
sense half shot than the teller work
ing alongside me ever had in all OF
his soberness. But the Simple-mlnd-
ed teller who had never had liquor
on his breath was more generally
respected than was.
And so 1 cut out the sugar moon;
I am going to earn my independence
and the leisure to enjoy it before
play with it any more. I guess, after
all, the employer is right: he is buy
ing my intelligence and industry
and he expects the best there IS IN
me: and there's no mistake about
| it. much of the muddleheadedneSs
and many of the costliest errors IN
business are made by men whose
heads and hands are unsteadled by
liuuor. From now on I'm keeping a
clear head and looking for pro-
motion; I expect to buy an oaI
patch of my own one of these days.
And just what do you mean oy
that?" asked the Soda Jerker.
Just this" said the Bank Clerk;
when I begin to SOW my WIG
oats again I'm going TO SO"
them on my own acres. The trouble
with most bucks sowing their WILD
oats is that they SOW them over
other peoples premises.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22
The ONLY WAY
TOPUT AJAX ON
SPEND THRIFIS

Rcnrc~rntative w. /. Hal tcaa,
of Camden. defends his BIZ to tax
movin~ pirturcS. soft drinks and
cigarettes. Fifty seven per cent
of the residents of this State pay
no taxes" saws Mr.. Ealstcad;
"The only way to make them carry
their part of the load is to tax
their luXuricS."
let me cite you the case OF two
brothers" says NJ. Halstead; "One
stints and sa2es and builds himset
a home In Building that home ne
and his wife and children fore2o
many comforts and many luXurieT
The town and county levy en- that
home to keep up their schools ana
other public enterprises.
1.-The other brother builds nc
home. He takes out few thousand
iollars life insurance and figures
that will take care of his wife ano
children when he dies. He declares
that it is as cheap to rent as it is tc
build. He rents. He lists his perS-
onal property at $500 and claims ar
exemption on it. The only tax he
pays is his poll tax. He spends ms
money freely for cigarettes. soda
water. moving pictures. Now VIII
/ shouldn't he bear his share OF the
burden of taxation as we'll as hi
thrifty brother? And how are yot
going to get that tax out OF him i
YOU don't tax his luXE'ieS."
Asked why he did not include the
electric light and power companies
the lowest tax group in North Caro-
lima. in his plan to sproduce more
revenue, Mr.. HalStead said: The
power companies can't be touched;
they have built a Stonewall around
this Legislature"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22
Another Fire on
Poindexter Street

For the second time in a month
an entire block of the business dis
trict of Elizabeth City was threat
ened yesterday morning when fire
was discovered in the building on
North Poindexter Street which was
formerly occupied by the Standard
Manufacturing company, now bank
rupt, and in an adjacent building
which was vacant.
The fire was discovered by Officer
Seymour of the local police force
and had gained considerable head
way. Fire Chief Jerome B. Flora
estimates the damage at about S12,-
600, stating that it is a hard matter
to determine the exact damage be-
cause of the fact that he is unfaml-
liar with the cos0 of the machinery
which occupied the second floor oi
the building.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22

Banking Co., reports of officers, an
address by Hon. I. M. Bailey, at
tcrney CT the North Carolina Cor
poratiop Committee and appoint
mcnt of committees. Lucheon is
to be served at one o'clock in the
parish hou-c of the Christ Episcopal
Church.
Other details were to crowd the
afternoon session beginning at 2:3o
p. M. The meeting will be conclud-
eds at a ,baneuet at thetVirginia Dare
Hotel at 7:3O P. M. I
Some 200 bankers from al parts
of Eastern North Carolina are en-
pected to attend the meeting, aS-
cording to G. R. Little, chairman of
the entertainment committee.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22

The 1oO honor students at North
Carolina College in the first Semes-
ter were entertained Saturday after
noon at a tea given in the Adel-
phian and Cornelian society halls by
the student counsellors and the
social Chairmen.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22

Federal prohibition agents cap
tured last week q two-still liquor
plant about twelve miles southwest
of New Bern. About $1,000 gallons
of beer and 164 gallons OF whiskcy
were also seized in the raid. The
2C0- still were in operation but
the men at the plant eluded arrest.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22

"A total of 27,4O0 tests of pumps
and scales were made last year, ac-
cording to the annual report OF
George r. Ross, acting Superinten-
dent of weights and measures, to w.
A. Graham. Commissioner of hgrl-
culture. Of the total number of
pumps and scales inspected l,84a
were condemned.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22
Bankers Meet
Here Today

The fourteenth annual meeting Of
Group l OF the North Carolina
Bankers Association convened here
this morning with registration be-
ginning a. 9:30 at the Virginia Dare
Hotel
The larger part Of the morning
session will be taken up by an adj
dress of welcome by Mayor Jerome
3. Flora and response by I. w. Nor
man. vice president Of the HerttO"d
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-22

w. j. Smith. 22-year-old brake
man was killed Sunday morning
when he was thrown from the top
of a passenger train, receiving a
fractured skull. He died a few
minutes after reaching hospital at
Raleigh. He was thrown from the
train top between Verina and Dun
can.