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Miss Julia Link spent the week
end near Abbeville with her sister,
Mrs. W. J. Evans. *
Miss Carrie Metts spent last
Thrrrsday with MVs. Lewis Beauford.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Jester and
-ofaOdren, - of Troy, have been on a
visit-to Mrs.'Mattie Bedford*
-Mr.^&nd Mrs. iPa'ul 4 Wardlaw, of
Bethel; were with- relatives' hete for
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me week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Baughroan- and
ekildren, of McCormick, visited Mr.
xsd iMrs. John Baughman Sunday.
. Mr. Frank Woodharst was the
guest Sunday of friends at Bor
4tana.
Messrs. Adger Link and Paul
B&ngtan&n attended a picnic near
Hodges Saturday>
Bethia school dosed a very sifc
cessfctl term last Friday. The prize
offered for the' one nott missifiga
word ill 'spelling during We term was
woai by.Miss Margaret Dansby and
the prizes offered for ttie most head
auirlos during the term Was won by
CJaade Woodhurst and David Link.
: Mrs. Ada Kennedy returned to her
ftoase at /Wellington Friday, We ^11
Wpe she will Teturn to teach next
term for ua. " ,
Quite a crowd from here went to
tte entertainment at WiHington
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Mr. Charlie Beauford, of Troy,
r v iapcot Sunday here with 'his mother.
PACKER CONTROL BILL
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Washintgon,. May ;_4.?Packer
1 control legislation is to be taken up
is the House following passage ' of
the deficiency ^ill Tuesday.
t. This, legislation has been before
'< congress for more than a year but
its passage has been blocked by con
flicting views of house and senate as
to the form it should take. There is
evidence that the two branches will
Mnpromise in the measure and pass
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Baseball Has Changed With Years? S
National Sport as Played Now
Has Been Remade to Bring
Excitement.
How many people know that base
ball was once the recreation of gen
tlemen of standing, such as golf is
today? And that our "national game*
originated i? England? .. ? '
I \|n:4<The. ISo'dk of: AiHferidd^' Pas'
times,''..-published ifi '1868' by Charles
A. PeMietdy^ well known j sporting
man of that period, a copy of which
has just been found, is much of the
early history of baseball.
"The game," he wrote, "originated
in Great Britain and is familiarly
known there as the game of round
ers."
It was a game for teams of five.or
more players* played with a ball and
bits, or sticks''something of the form
of a policeman's truncheon."
Instead of a home.'plate there Was
a hole, abbut six inches deep knd a i
foot in diameter. Four other "sta- s
tions" or bases were marked with I
pegs. ' n
There was a pitcher, or "feeder," e
who served up the balls to the bats- 'o
maii, ,who, when he hit the ball, leg- s
ged J} for the first station, and as t
many more as he could reach in o
safety.
Meanwhile the opposing side tried s
to put him out, either by hitting him a
while he was running or by "ground- p
ing" the ball, which consisted in get- t'
ting it into the hole. ..V., , s
The batter-could decline to strike s
at any pitched ball, but should the | a
ball get into the hole or should he it!
miss twice, he was out. A circuit of
the stations counted one, and when
all players were out the other side
had its innings.
"The feeder is generally the best
player on his side, much depending
on his skill and art," said a British
account." The scouts should seldom
aim at the runners from a distance,
but throw the ball up to the feeder
or to some one near, who will try to
hit or to ground, as seems the most
advisable. A caught ball also puts
the striker out.
On this foundation America built
its game of baseball. Rotinders like
everything else inherited from the
British fathers, did not exactly suit
the Yankee taste. An Americanized
form developed among the early col
onists and their sons and, about 1850
suddenly gained great impetus
through the formation of baseball
clubs, which adopted strict rules as
to the times of exercise, the manner
of picking sides and the like.
Probably among the first of these
groups?the first of whom record has
been kept at least?were those which
later became united in the Olympic
Ball club of Philadelphia in 1833.
The town ball "circle" was only 80
feet in circumference as compared
with the 350 foot circle later intro
duced in the standardized game. The
players made their own bats and
balls, kept them at a garden on Mar
ket street and after each game sip
ped lemonade which the proprietor
brought out to them.
Such was the public prejudice
against . town ball that the players
were frequently chided by their
friends for indulging in such '"child
ish" activities and the prejudice so
persisted that it was many years be
fore any considerable number of Der
sons loaned their enthusiasm to the
embryonic form of recreation which
was slowly molding itself into the
national game of America.
But Philadelphia must yield to
New York the honor of having estab
lished the game on a firm footing.
In 1845 a Knickerbocker Baseball
club was organized. They claimed
for themselves the authorship of
baseball, though their conception of
it was widely different from that of
today.
This organization was an "exclu
sive club' in which membership re
quired something more than ability
to play the game. Though a team
contest, it was apparently regarded
much as golf is today.
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xiieir xuicsy pruuauiy i/ue iir&u sutu
dards for the game of baseball ever
adopted, also show an ample margin
of difference. The "strike" of 1920
was a "miss" 7& years ago, whereas
a turn at bat was a strike in their
vocabulary. A run was a "count" or
an "ace" among the baseball fathers
and a foul ball a "foul stroke."
Other baseball rules adopted by
the club were as follows:
"The game to consist of 21 counts,
or aces; but at the conclusion an
CONOMY FORCES
CUT NAVAL BILL
lucceed in Defeating Pacific Coast
Bate?Effort Being Made Tc>
Reduce Enlisted Personnel
To One Hundred
Thousand
Washington, May 24.?Another
uccessful attack by economy forces
n-the senate against, the ?49d,000,
)pQ;'i)aval appropriation bill result
id-today in.;defeat of the- wavaj^om;.
nitbee's.plan to establish!' a Pacific
:oast ha?e at Alameda, Calif. By : 'a
rote of 30 to 40 the item was strick
sn from the bill.
Advocates of reduction in naval
expenditures then launched a drive
o reduce the navy enlisted person
id from 120,000 as recommended by
he senate committee to 100,000 men
is voted by the house. A vote on thia
luestion went over until tomorrow
>ut with appreciation of a1 clearer
esult than that on the Alanjeda base
ippropriation. , ...
". In the vote on the Alameda provi^
ions 18 republicans joined with ii\
)emocrats in opposition. The com
aittee amendment would have grant
ed an initial appropriation of $1
00,000 to start dredging on the new
ite and authorized the government!
o accept free upwards of 5,000 acres!
f land for the site.
No further effort is planned to r<>
tore the Alameda base provision.1!,
ccording to Senator Poindexter, R<
ublican, Washington, in charge ?if i
he bill. Neither of the California
enators, Johnson, or. Shortidgei,
poke in behalf of the provisions
nd in the absence of any fight by
hese men, it was said that the new
'acific coast base probably would go I
ver for consideration next year.
In the opening fight on the enlist
d personnel, Senators La Follette j
nd Lenroot, Republicans, Wisconsin,!
rged economy in naval appropria
ions. The former in an address cf
bout three hours charged (th&'t
corrupt" influences were working i
or large appropriations for profits
ri government armor plate and ai>
lor contracts. He charged existence
f an "armor ring" and in this coll
ection named S. Bethlehem, Midva'e
nd Carnegie steel companies. He
lso criticized the naval league and
he National Security league for their
ctivities in behalf of armaments.
qual number of hands must be
layed.
"The ball must be pitched and not
hrown for the bat.
A ball knocked out the field, or
utside the range of the first or
bird base, is fool.
"If a ball be struck, or tipped ai-.d
aught, either flying or on the first
ound, it is a hand out.
"A player running the bases shall
e out, if the ball is in the hands of
n adversary on the base, or the run
er is touched with it before he
takes his base; it being understood,
owever, that in no instance is a
all to be thrown at him.
"No ace or base can be made on a
oul strike.
"A runner can not be put out in
laking one base when a balk is
lade by the pitcher.
"But one base allowed when a bs.ll
ounds out of the field when struck.'
One is inclined to imagaine wbit
rould be the bewilderment of tho.se
Knickerbockers could they rise from
leir graves today and scan some
jch baseball report as this:
"In the lucky stanza, after Jami
>n had fanned and Wamby had died
n a piece of highway robbery by
ipp. Speaker was passed and regia
;red on Burns' triple, Burns over
iding the bag and being nipped,
hen Babe Ruth came in and pasted
le pill beyond the middle pasture
Dr a trip."
The most familiar line in the
ules of 1845 deals with the umpire,
'hen, as now, the "ump" was the
upreme arbiter. The players might |j
fcorm and fume, the managers pull
rass, or the fans throw bottles, but
' hat the umpire said went.
; Scoring
The scoring of the game, however
'as radically different. It was much
ke that of a game of casino or crib
age. Whichever side first scored 21
ras the winner, provided the other
jam had an equal number of in
ings. Not until 12 years later did
lie nine inning game come into be
ig.
Out of these early games grew the
Washington. Gotham and Eagle
[ubs, with whom the Knickerbockers
layed annual matches, clad in thoir
ashy uniforms of blue pantaloons,
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white flannel shirts und straw hats.
The hats later gave way to mohair
caps, and shiny patent leather belts
were added to the brilliant regalia.
These uniforms were well matched
by those worn by thu early teams of
Greater Boston, the Lowells anl the (
Harvards. The Lowells wore white
caps, trimmed with blue,, white flan
nel shirts and dark blue breaches with }
scarlet stripes at the side. The Har
vard uniform was of light gray, neat
ly trimmed with magenta.?Boston
Globe.
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Mr. A. J. Penney and family wish I
to express their sincere thanks for i
the kindness shown them during their ]
recent bereavement. i
Japanese women are: planning to 1
organize a woman's peace associa- i
tion to promote world peace. 1
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PLOW UP COTTON
TO PLANT PEANUT*
Springfield, May 24.?Continuec
rains have brought out a crop of boj
weevils, now found on the young coi
ton plants, in numbers past believ*
ing. A few farmers have plowed ui
their cotton arid are plantng con
wid peanuts. Two or three thousand
acres were planted in peanuts lasl
season, and a somewhat larger acre
ige nas been planted this year. yu
farmed say that more clear monety
:an be made at 60 tents per ibushel
for peanuts than can be made at 1C
:ents cotton, as the nuts left in the
ields, together with, the hay saved
From the vfnes, make it possible to
jrofitable raise live stock, especially
mproved grades of hogs.
The Jumper Brothers are among
ihe large hog grower^ of this part of
;he state. Their herd is headed by a
>loody hog said to weigh 600 or 700
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pounds. Another breeder that is mar
keting a large number of fancy hogs*
is D. C. Salley, also of this placed
Mr. Salley doesn't' favor auction
sales, but seldom misses his iman,
who after seeing his herd boar tip
ping the scales well over 700 pounds;
together with a large number of?
y oung hogs of high pedigree, usually ?
gives an order, ^nd' his pigs are be^i
ing shipped to many different ponts.':
Morgan iJ. iioylston and S J .ooy
leston, both of this place, are pion
eer hog breeders, and for a-quarter"
of a century have sold imeat, after
feeding the hundred or more ten^
ants on their farms. Springfield haK*
shipped several solid car lots af\
hogs this season' to Baltimore, Bich-j
mond and to the Orangeburg pack-'
ing plant. *
Carrier pigeons are being used by;
drug smugglers to transport narcofcj,
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