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By Bishop Clements
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Death has taken away from this
earth one Of the eountry's outstand-
ing citizens in his profession
sports-boxing. Tex Richard died
Sunday morning at s O'Clock, in Flor
ida. just after he had completed a
big arena, now being used as a race
track, and which will be used to
stage the Sharkey-Stribling fight on
February ".
The man who promoted The great
est prize fights the world has ever
known-and successfully. too, to all
concerned: the promoting head Of
Madison Square Gardcn-lost his last
battle 70 the grim reaper. Tex Rick
ard was a mar with a heart. He
stood by his friends. some of whom
were sometimes wrong, IN difficult
ties.
Richard was a native Texan. He
started life as a poor boy-an adj
, v~enturer. a prospector. He reached
the highest rung in the boxing fra
tcrnity. BY him, more than anyone
else. the fight game Va put on q
clean. busincSs-like basis. Hello,
kid was the greeting last week
Jack Dempsey had for his friend
when he entered the death cham
Der. IL goes to show that Richard
was one Of tho boys. Wealthy in
his v right. a nan who could cas-
Is converse with the monarchs Of
the world. he never forgot his boy
hood Chums. whether they be rich
or poor. educated or ignorant.
IL is easy 20 say nice things about
q man after he has gono-but the
good that man does follows after
him." Tex Richard had carved a
niche for himself and the boxing
fraternity that stamps him as one
Of the finest characters hat ever
strobe upon the American stage
over which float the Stars and
Stripes.
Fred Johnson. our good friend az
Mercedes. a Stslwart Valley citizen,
Is n baseball booster. and hopes the
Valley viii have organized ball mis-
year. He says;
1T would certainly be 4 great
thing If the Valley could have or
gained baseball. Its TO be hoped
the fans will avail themselves Of the
opportunity. Not only could We de-
rive volumes Of publicity from this
source. hut If We had the right kind
of an organization. some ~ the lar
gcr minor league teams and even
major leagues. could be induced &c
train in this section.
a few years ago. Mercedes had
an opportunity 20 secure a National
league club. They wanted a soddy
infield. a club house with showers,
all Of which could have been pro-
yidcd. But the hotel requirements
for 20 70 100 people could not Ne
had here At that time. so that chance
was passed up. It's going 20 take
united effort and the usual sacri-
flee from tho baseball loving public
10 get these things. together with
plenty ar newspaper publicity. The
Valley Papers. led ny The Herald.
have certainly been generous With
their columns TO sports IN xeaersl.
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Mrs. Catherine Evers has filed suit
FOR separation from Johnny Evers,
who will serve as field leader for
the Boston Braves this season. The
case. filed in Troy. ". Y. charges
abandonment. The Evers have one
son, John. Jr.. a student at George
town University.
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SWEETWATER,
EASTLAND IN
LINEUP NOW
Keeble Is Elected To
Presidency of Fast
And Thriving Class
ID Baseball Loop

~SWEETWATER. Tex.
Jan. 7.-(P)-With the adj
dition Of Eastland an
Sweetwater at a meeting OF
league officials here yester-
day, the roster Of the West
Texas League was brought
TO eight clubs. Other teams
in the thriving circuit are
Big Spring, Midland, Abb
lene, San Angelo, Lubbock
and Coleman.
w. X. Keeble Of Abilene
was elected president Of the
league to succeed J. McAles-
ter Stevenson of Abilene. J.
A. Johnson Of Midland was
named vice president.
1t was decided TO open
the season Of 126 games May
/. Salary limit for each
club per month was set at
$4,000, exclusive Of mana
gers salaries.
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which he fired with great abandon
in the general direction Of home
plate. The ball landed high up In
the grandstand. and this was error
No. 4. In the meantime. Babe Pee
blcs. the Denison manager. was re-
curing the services Of the two water
boys and a physician"
The same ball park has housed the
Paris teams since 1914. IL was re
ported last summer that a new park
would be built for this season. and
Paris fans Of later years take great
pleasure in relating funny happen.
ings on the same field Of 1914 In
the pest few years
Mr.. Johnson remembers when
Hornshy was playing his first pro-
fessiannl hall. ard says:
~The year that Rogers Hornsbs
broke into professional baseball. he
was only III years old. He was
member az the Hugo. Okla, team 81
the old T. & o. league. and on the
Fourth Of July. Hugo surrendered its
franchise For m obligation prcvi.
ously incurred. Paris had an option
on any player on the Hugo club fol
S2no. When the club ble-. Paris
halted between choosing Hornshy and
Workman. an ~ousficlcer. the choice
finally being made Of Workman. and
DenisoR picked ~ Hornsby for $50
who finished cut tie season. but was
sold by that club 10 81. Louis. His
career is history from that point
Herrxbv- W she minors. waE n flashy
fielder. bu = weak hstter. his aver.
are being considerable below the
rharmsd Circle
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and these efforts certainly deserve
commendation from the fans"
United effort is right. Fred.
We believe that what's good for
ono Valley town is good for the
other and vice versa. An organ
iled baseball league down here
this summcr would Just about set
the Valley off 20 a flying start in
many respects. II would be a fol-
low up in its progress. And as the
hotel accommodations are a. good
and plenty large as elsewhere. what
is needed at present are baseball
parks. The soddy iBficld. the club
house with showers. II doesn't
cost much 10 build n club house
along with the park. And now is
the time To get things started
the season u drawing near
.
O. y. Boston and Billie Burnett
have started the ball rolling. Taking
a day from their business. these
two fellows spent Friday going over
tbs Valley in efforts 20 get the diff
ferent towns in line Tor the baseball
season. They made progress-and il
IS UP to every citizen who wants
baseball TO show the Mcssrs. Boston
and Burnett they arc with them. and
appreciate their efforts. which. they
arc receiving no compensation what
ever.
And nov ne 20 back 10 Mr.. John
son. who. In his letter. tells u. at
one time in ancient history. I was
sports reporting for a certain paper
n a north Texas town. which at that
time was a member az the old Texas
Oklahoma league. Some funny
things can be seen from the coop
and ] have a keen recollection Of
some weird plays pulled in them
days one Of which was four errors
~ the same player on one hattcd
ball.
This happened about 1914. in a
game between Paris and nenison.
One Brooks was third haSing a Ia
Nick Altroek for D~enison. who also
had = eallow youth named Rogers
hornshy doing the short stopping.
Dick Kerr and George Harper we're
members Of the Paris aggregation.
On this particular day. Bugs Daniels.
whose life time batting average was
approximately 7 hits. was hurting for
Paris. Came the fatal seventh with
Bugs ai hat. lie hit 4 slow roller 10
Mr.. Brooks. who PLAYED az with the
hall I'll owe thc north side Of the
irficld. error No. d. Greatly pcevrd
Nr. Brooks saw Bugs ~tFundlinr into
first. and nc threw the BAH some %
feet over the first haseman. where
anon Ir. Daniels tore out for sec
pnd which he reached safely and
contir ucd on towards third. Error Ne.
x. The first hascman retrieved and
Tired The ball hack ~ Mr.. Brooks a.
head OF the slow moving BurS.
Brooks vgs rather pceved and i'm
p%atirrt. and in bis hurry dropped
the ball. and Bugs rounded third.
Error No. 5. Bugs. in his haste 10
make his name immortal kent on 10.
wards home. I'll this time. Rranks
Md worked Up 4 fire lathrr and coa-
siders bic ire. so he finally located
and srccPed w the elusive pellet
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Joe Jenkins, veteran catcher. has
asked the Newark club 20 place him
on the retired list as a player in or
der that he might accept a job as
umpire in the Western league.
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Tailored BY
Hart Schaffner e. Marx
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entrance hall: the stats formed the
wings, one to the east and M to the
west. respectively. The open spaces OF
the character above and below the cross
bar formed the courts of the mansion
after the best English tradition. Steep
ton steps, fanked by light iron rails,
led up from each of these courts, paved,
to the front and rear OF the entrance
hall. OF the entrance hall, to the left
and right, smaller halls bisected the
wings. At the ends of these ran halls
the full length of the wings. From
the west cross-hall debouched a stair
way to the basement floor of the man.
sion. A door and steps to the outside
marked the termination OF the small
hall from the library through the east
wing.
THE wings of the MAJOR were hipped
l. to the ends of the bar-hall. Four
chin1neys rose from each wing, crown
ing their centers in mission belfry style.
In the great days Of Stratford Hall,
there extended between these chimney
groups a pavilion. where dances were
held in the soft Summer moonlight to
softer music rendered by slaves en-
powered in the chimney spaces.
The great center hall of Stratford
stands IS by 80 feet; the end wings of
the same height, ~hip-roofed, stand
80 by go feet. Here are the bedrooms
the parlor, the dining room and others,
The bedroom in which so many Lee
mothers gave birth to so many honored
sons stands in the southeast wing.
-Four outbuildiags were built bs
Thomas Lee q from each corner o.
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the manor house and some 40 or As feet
away. They were kitchen, office, stable
ard milk house. An oval garden
framed the front view of the river. It
/ was oval in shape, by design following
the curve of the drive to the hall.
An oId-fashioned garden: Boxwood
for borders. hollyhocks for aristocracy,
wall-fiowers for gorgeousness, cinnamon
pinks for modesty and larkspur for
friendliness. In the center stood the
familiar sundial, without which no
formal garden of the time was complete.
And one can imagine beds or 'boutonS'
of pinks and phlox, sweet william, pc
tunias, baby's breath, candytuft and
coxcomb and half a hundred other
kindred favorites.
In the paved courtyard are heard the
clatter of hoofs and the sharp, metallic
| sound of iron against pavement. A
/ coach and six stands at the door, the
! steeds champing at their bits, lackeys
at attention in pink uniforms. Out in
the garden, children pause to look up
from their play among the beds, to
peer, on tip toe, over the lockwood
| border. Papa Is on his way to Williams
! burg, governor of the colony, attended
| by six outriders, the whole household
waving good-by to the carriage, the
servants peering from their quarters or
out of doprways at the heeting coach
and It's regal, If not royal, occupant,
It is Thomas Lee serving his commits
sion from the king.
Again 1t Is the same courtyard, but
this time it Is evening. Dusk is gather
ing over the Potomac. Far down thu
Geld come the night sounds Of the bird
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the whip-poor-will and the meadow
lark-sinking to rest on its last
notes. Around the manor flow the sub
dued voices of the servants about their
various tasks. Over all there Is a tense
excitement, subdued only by the hour.
For a great party Is on for the evening.
On the pavilion above the house may
be seen servants moving like ghosts l
the evening darkness. or rather like
minions of the black realm. Swiftly to
and fro they fly. Everything must be
in readiness. Soon from every quarter
will be coming gay, lifting young folks
to the dance.
Now all is quiet. A faint sound Is
heard. Some one is coming. Up from
the front of the hall in the night still
ness float voices. From Sabine Hall,
UP the river, guests have come. From
! Nomini Hall, another Carter mansion,
come other guests. And over from
| Chantilly come other Lees. And from
Hickory Hill the T~ubervilles. From
| Wakefield ON Washingtons, and soon
the happy crowd is gathered.
Softly begins the music; laughter
flows up from the yard below, the dark
les of the plantation knowing that now
all restraint is of and they may enjoy
with their masters household the JOY
of the evenings. The guests may stay
on for two or three days, for, If any
thing is true of the old days, hospitality
was lord of everything. Estates were
few and far between. The country wa
still unsettled and wild. The mountains
of Virginia had not yet been crossed
! All was wrapped in mystery and loneli.
ness save the Tidewater country. Ths
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phibians would find a fairly easy course
Llanquihue, Todos Los Santos and
Laguna Fria, in Chile-the last on top
the mountains and larger and more
beautiful than Inca Lake, which nestles
like a pearl in the topmost peaks along
the Transandean Railroad-to Manuel
Huapi and other lakes and rivers almost
to the coast in Argentina.
Thus it can be seen that the Andes
do not constitute an insurmountable
obstacle to an air system from the
United States via the South American
west coast to Buenos Aires.
Even with a rail link, it is estimated
the time to Buenos Aires could be re-
duced to 70 hours by such a route.
Nor would the developed areas Of the
interior of South America be deprived
of the benefits Of intercontinental
routes, as would be the case If they
followed the coasts. Within the last
so days air service has been established
from Buenos Aires to Asuncion, the
capital of Paraguay, whence the Condor
syndicate, which is backed by German
capital, is extending It's lines over a
wide territory in the interior.
Bolivia, within tapping distance OF
the west coast route at africa, Iquique or
A~ntotagasta, is reaching her outlying
settlements by planes. A year ago it
required three weeks on mule back to
travel the 800 miles from Cochabaraba
to Santa Cruz in Bolivia, which is now
covered by plane In a few hours.
X \ \
THE immediate dificulty with COM
mercial aviation In South America
is that flying still Is In the novelty
stage. Planters, merchants and city
governments are too busy with their
own affairs to lend the cooperation
which commercial Tying finds in the
United States and Europe.
Landing fields are few and nearly
all are either national government or
private fields.
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pleasure of the period was entertain
ment.
With enormous plantations, with
slaves to do every bidding, with hours
for leisure unhampered by cares OF
business and state, the residents OF CO.
lonial tidewater Virginia gave them
selves up to q life of social intercourse.
The gallants of the time rode far and
wide to dances, parties, etc. The fair
ones came with their gallants or, days
before. had come in the family coach
to visit. It was like the gatherings OF
the clans in Scotland. Horse racing and
fox hunting ruled the day. And there
was plenty of liquor and wine for
everybody.
X X x X
THE feasts of the period would put
H. to shame a king. Roast venison,
wild turkey, saddles of mutton gar
nished the %groaning tables in profusion.
Hams hung in the ''~smokehouses" by
the score. And there were partridges
and other small birds and game Of the
fields.
At Stratford Hall q peep into the
kitchen will give some idea Of the
manner in which the gentry lived.
There stood, and stands to this day, o
fireplace large enough to roast an OK
in whole. Twelve feet wide, five feet
deep and six feet high it stands. The
Intel oak above is black with smoke of
many a roast and hard as iron. Great
copper boilers were there In the early
days, buried In brick and heated from
underneath. Swinging cranes hung In
the giant fireplace, and kettles, sauce
pans and tray hung from every hook OF
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coast of South America. Lima and
Valparaiso are on almost a direct coast
line route from Our Atlantic Seaboard,
eliminating the great half-circle detour
involved in following the east coast.
1t may be possible in time to develop
inland routes from near the mouth OF
the Amazon River to Rio and BuenoS
Aires, but a direct overland route from
a more northerly base across the ire
mendous wilderness of the interior
probably will remain impracticable for
decades to come.
With the exception of a coastal
stretch of a thousand or more miles
from Panama to Guayaquil, Ecuador, it
is virtually possible to establish a route
from Miami to Valparaiso today, merely
by connecting the lines already in per-
manent o. experimental operation.
The route from Panama to Guayaquil
has been surveyed by North American
interests as we'll as by Scadta, the Ger
man company of Colombia. There are
difficulties due to scarcity of landing
field sites along a precipitous shoreline,
but it is believed to be entirely practical
to overcome this obstacle by the use OF
amphibian planes.
The Peruvian Always Co., jointly
owned by Pan-American Always and
w. r. Grace & Co., operates a contract
mail route from G%uayaquil through
Lima and other Peruvian points to
Mollendo, on the Chilean border. Ex-
tensive routes along the coast and to
the interiors are maintained by the mill
tary air forces of both Peru and Chile.
The route from Guayaquil to Antota-
| gasta, Chile, is lacking in serious difh-
culties from the practical standpoint,
living as it does along a fiat and easily
approachable coast. From Antofagasta
southwark to Valparaiso, or Santiago,
the nearby capital of Chile, it is consid-
cred more practicable to follow the in
land route of the railroad behind the
first range of mountains. A Chilean
military air service already is in opera
ton over that course.
A stretch of a thousand to Is hundred
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UNUSUAL CONTRACT ENTER
ED INTO BY THOMAS LEE
AT THE TIME OF HIS MAR
RAGE TO HANNAH LUD-
WELL.

On the 18th Of May, 1922,
Thomas Lee, builder of STRAIT
ford Hall, was married to
Hannah Ludwell, daughter Of
Col. Philip Ludwell Of James City
County. The marriage bond is
in Gov. Lees own hand.
Know all men by these pres
ents that Thomas Lee Of West
moreland County in Virginia,
Gentleman, and Francis Light
foot of Charles City County,
Gentleman, do owe and stand
indebted to Philip Ludwell of
Greenspring in James City
County in Virginia, Esq, in the
sum of twelve hundred pounds OF
lawful money of England TO the
payment whereof we'll and truly
to be made to the said Philip
and his Execut's, Adms, or GER
tain attorney of Greenspring.
upon demand, we bind ourselves
and either Of us, our and either
of our heirs, Execut's and Adms.
by these presents sealed with our
Seals and dated this g day OK
May, AID. 1922.
THE condition of this obi
cation Is SUCH that whereas .
marriage is intended to be had
and solemnized betWixt the
above bound Thomas Lee and
Hannah, the daughter Of the
above said Philip. with whom
the said Thomas is To have and
receive In marriage 500 pounds
. sterling money Of England, which
was given to her by Philip Lud-
well and Benjamin Harrison.
Esqs, her grandfathers: now II
the said marriage shall be had
and solemnized: and the said
900 pounds sterling shall be paid
to the said Thomas, and he shall
depart this life leaving tbs said
Hannah surviving: then in that
case, If the heirs, Execut's, or
Adms Of the said Thomas or one
of them shall pay and deliver to
the said Hannah upon demand
the sum Of 600 pounds Of good
lawful money Of England or such
part Of the Estate Of the said
Thomas as the law appoints for
widows bowers. which the said
Hannah shall choose. which
choice shall be made within one
month after such decease If
thereunto required and not
sooner, then the obligation to be
void, otherwise to remain III full
force"
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1t would be a fairly simple matter to
establish supply bases at points along
the Amazon, whether civilization existed
or not. The river itself marks a route.
Landing fields would not be imperative.
It is likely that nowhere in the world
does nature offer the commercial flyer
such ready-made assistance as by
means of the Amazon in an otherwise
all but impossible jungle.
A Peruvian military route already ex-
tends to Iquitos, almost at the head
waters of the Amazon, but ahead of this
forever frowns the barrier Of the Andes.
At the head of the Amazon the passage
over the mountains is perhaps even
more difficult than the direct route be-
tween Santiago and Buenos Aires.
BETWEEN Santiago and Buenos Aires
the Transandean Railroad offers
the possibility Of a combined atr-rail
system. 1t has been tried and found
feasible. It may be re-established with
an air link from Valparaiso and Santi-
ago to the picturesque and red-roofed
village of Los Andes at the foot of the
mountains on the Chilean side; a trans
fer to train over the crest, and another
air link from some such point as Men
doZa, in the Argentine, to BuenoS Aires.
To the north there is yet no such rail-
road assistance over the mountains from
Peru to the Amazon.
There is, however, a practical all
year air route across South America
at least, with the exception Of the
severest Winter months. 1t Is sufd-
GENTLY dificult to challenge the mettle
of the most intrepid flyers, and Is,
moreover, reputed to be possibly the
most picturesque sexpanse Of flying
country on the southern continent.
That route consists Of a chain of
lakes and rivers to the south of Santi-
ago, leading through an Andean pass
only six or seven thousand feet high,
now traversed by mule trains. Am
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Miami-to-Lima and Miami-to-Valpa-
raise. Cristobal and Balboa will have
become important junction points on
the air roads to Rio and Buenos Aires.
Like eager fingers, the air lines to
South America are reaching northward
to make contact with the farthest-south
routes of the United States.
All South America Is becoming air.
minded. With the cooperation of ma
tional governments and private capital,
new lines are linking the major cities
and bringing outlying provinces within
reaching distance of the trade centers.
In South America aviation is regard
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BY EDWIN S. MCINTOSH.


~HE dream of the Americas of ar
intercontinental railway system
whose rails of steel would binc
the continents more closely-ths
dream of many years-has vir-
tually vanished. Intensive study of the
problems involved, the great distances
bare of supporting traffic and the vast
amount of capital required without
prospect of ADEQUATE return, in recent
years have convinced even the most
visionary of engineers that the under
taking is highly impractical.
But as that empirical project tumbles
to the scrap heap North and South
America are finding a newer n swifter
means of communication which APP
parently within a matter of months will
have brought them closer than the
Pan-American Railway could ever have
done.
The Americas are looking skyward.
BY means of air transport Miami al
ready is much more than next-door
neighbor to Panama and it is predicted
that another year will see Washington
only u hours from Buenos Aires. The
Journey from the capital Of the United
States to the capital of the Argentine
by steamship today requires II to II
days, and by rail it hardly could have
been much less.
When Postmaster General Harry New
fnaugurated the air route from Miami
to Panama, the establishment of quick
transport between the United States and
her interests in the Canal Zone was, of
course, an event of major Importance.
It was a marvel of commercial aviation,
exciting and entertaining to contem-
plate, and useful as well. But there is
every reason to believe that before long
the public's Installation of the air jour
ney from Miami to Panama will have
lost its thrill in the picture of greater
and even more adventurous achieve
1nent.
We shall be thinking in terms of