The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 25, 1909, Image 3
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"FULL OF LIES." i
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^ That Js What Senator Tillman
Says About Statements
READ IN THE SENATE
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About the Charleston Navy Yard.
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The Senator Was Aroused, and He |
Gave Senator Dixon, of Montana,
Some Old Time Thrusts in I)c- '
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fondinj; the Charleston Navy Yard. 1
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p. Washington, Feb. 1G.?When the
Senate today took up the naval appropriation
bill. Senator Dixon, of
Montana, 'was the first to take the
floor, and he continued his attacks
on navy yards by reading a magazine
article, which criticised very .
severely the Charleston navy yard.
lie continued his strictures of the
plan of having many navy yards on
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, instead
of three or four great naval bases
which, he insisted, was the course
that would be pursued by any great
jtomtnercial establishment. He doCcla.'ed
that millions of dollars are
nually wasted by the scattering of |
the work through many navy yards.
Senator Tillman taunted the Senator
from Montana with being a "Senator
from the Kocky Mountains who
has come here to tell us how to build
a navy. "It is," he continued,
"easier to sit on a mountain peak
out in Idaho and read magazine criticisms
of the navy than to run the
navy." He declared that the magazine
article from which Mr. Dixon
read was "full of lies."
"Whether or not it is full of lies,"
replied Mr. Dixon, "is Just what I am
endeavoring to find out." He re
lerrecl to a statement in tne magazine
to the effect that the improvements
at Charleston, S. C., yard,
were advised by the experts, but
when Mr. Tillman said this was not
the case, he expressed himself as
satisfied.
Mr. Dixon Insisted that the naval
committee of the Senate was composed
almost entirely of Senators
who have navy yards in their States.
He wanted to know what would he
thought of having the committee on
reclamation of arid lands composed
of Senators from the States in which
such lands are located.
Mr. Hale replied that such was
the case, and Mr. Tillman added that
as n!*rtlar condition exists in the
^ " Indian and the public lands committees.
Mr. Dixon was again reading from
the magazine from which he had
quoted when Senator Tillman interrupted
to say that if he was "going
to bring muck-raking into the Senate"
the bill would be there a long
time.
"If this is the only muck-raking
brought into the Senate it would
interfere very little with the dispatch
of work," retorted Mr. Dixon.
Mr. Tillman returned to the sub
ject of the Charleston Navy Yard
on whose advantages ho elaborated.
"You," he declared, pointing his
finger at Mr. Dixon, "simply are
prejudiced against the Southern
yards and you want to get that out
of your head."
Mr. Dixon replied that ho was a
Southern man, and had 110 such
prejudices; so far as he knew
Charleston might be the best place
for a great naval station.
"If I am mistaken," Mr. Tillman
replied, "then I beg the Senator's
pardon. Dut there are some people
who think nothing is good lr it is
in the-,5^uth. The President himself
realizes this condition and has in
his sspeches appealed for a different
treatment for that section.
Mr. Tillman declared that there
was a "clique" in the navy department
who wanted to break up the
Charleston Navy Yard.
"I am not speaking in the interest
of any navy yard,' said Mr. Dixon,
"I am only in favor of construction."
''If I stood indicted in this article,"
said Senator Dixon, referring to the
magazine criticism, "I would answer 1
It. I think that it is a matter of
seH&V uect that the Senate and
Cong.Qlfs and the administration
should answer tliese charges, which
are made openly. The people of
the country believe these articles
whether we do or not."
TORNADO DEVASTS TOWN.
Cedar Bluff I'ract ically Destroyed by
Heavy Winds.
Greenville, Miss., Feb. 3 5.?Reports
roceived here today from Cedar
Bluff, Miss., state that that town was
practically destroyed by a tornado
late yesterday afternoon. Five houses
were completely blown away and
timber ?*11 in all directions. The
' storm cnlfie from the Northeast, was
accompanied by very heavy hail and
mowed a path about 200 yards wide.
Wires are down and tracks blocked
with debris. Miss Mary Ellis was
killed outright; Alfred and Frank
Ellis were injured and Miss Jane
Stevens was injured internally. Will
Aaron had a leg broken. (
NKItVE MADDENED RUSSIANS.
Tired of Living* Seek Death in
Heudish Torture.
London, Feb. 17.?The Daily
Mail's St. Petersburg correspondent
declares that neurasthenia is claiming
an ever-dncreaslng number of
victims in all sections of St. Petersburg
society. A surprising number
of people, tired of life, seek death
by various methods. Persons of
fashionable society journey to Finland
and fling themselves into the
romantic Imatra rapids.
Strange clubs and societies are in
existance. one of these is stvled
"tiger and hunter." Two members
draw lots to decide who will be the
tiger and who will be hunter. A
silver bell is hung around the tiger's
neck and the hunter is given a loaded
revolver. Hoth enter large darkened
rooms, and the spectators take
refuge in safe corners.
The hunter begins, the hunter's
eyes are bound, he is allowed six
shots, guided by the sound of the
bell. If he fails to hit the tiger,
the roles are reversed and the hunter
becomes the tiger. This continues
until blood flows.
Another society has "champagne
evenings" where one among twenty
bottles is drugged with morphine.
Sonio time in a single night there
are numerous secret suicides, for
which there is no plausible explanation,
giving rise, says the Mail's
correspondent, to the snsnicinii tlu?t
the victims belong to the same
league of self destruction.
IMMENSE DAMAGE WKOUG1IT.
Many People and Thousands of Cattle
Are Hilled.
Ileheran, Persia, Feb. 17.?News
was received here showing that the
violent earthquake recorded on January
23, at almost every scientific
observatory in the world, has its
location in the province of Lauristan
in Western Persia.
Sixty villages in this district were
wholly or partly destroyed and the
resultant loss of life is placed between
5,000 and 6,000.
The district of Jurnjurd and Selahor
in Imristan province were the
center of the greatest violence and
here the heaviest casualties occurred.
Several villages are reported completely
engulfed. The peasantry lost
practically all their herds and it is
estimated that from 10,000 to 12,nnn
wvw uvau v/l Vydinv perisnea.
JKWRIJtY STOLEN.
Robbers Take Many Free-ions Stones
and Other Booty.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 17.?From
one end of the country to the other
police, detectives and agents are today
searching for jewelry taken from
the Southern Express office in Pinehurst,
N. C., the value of which cannot
be computed.
The robbery occurred on the night
of Tuesday, February 9, and this
is the first word of it given the
public, though a large reward has
been offered for the capture of the
burglar or burglars, and notices have
been sent to the authorities of all
the cities in the United States and
practically all pawn brokers and
others, under whose eyes the valuables
might come.
The jewels were not tbo nniu
things taken, but their value alone
amounts to $20,000. The last of the
articles stolen is estimated at a
greater amount., although the letter
sent out by the express company says
that it may not be complete.
THROWN FROM IIORSF.
Young Roy Supposed to be Fatally
Injured.
Greenwood, Feb. IS.?Little William
Henry Moore, while out riding
horseback this afternoon, was thrown
from his horse and sustained injuries
that in all probability will prove
fatal.
The accident occurred this afternoon
at 5 o'clock on lower Main
street., near the little fellow's home,
and it seems that he and one of his
boy companions were racing, when
little William's horse became frightened
at a passing freight train and
hurled him against a tree, fracturing
his skull and breaking his left
leg. The little fellow was immediately
carried to the ofllce of Dr.
Epting, where he, with Drs. Neel
and Swygert, dressed the wounds.
The fracture is a bad one, and thero
is not much hope of recovery.
COST HIM HIS LIFE.
Went to Mescnc a WoniRn nnd
Fell In.
"Richmond, Va., Feb. 15.?Mrs.
Robert Skipwlth, an aged woman,
belonging to a prominent family, and
a man named Johnson, were burned
to death in a fire, which destroyed
an old mansion near Clayville,
Powhattan county, last night. Johnson
and his wife wero tenants In
the house, which was the property ol
Mrs. Skipwlth. Johnson returned tc
rescue Mrs. Skipwlth when the roof .
fell in. 1
KILLED IN TAXICAB
BY A YOUNG MAN ON THE
STREET.
The Crime Committed by a Ix?ver
of the Murdered Girl, Who Also
Killed Himself.
Reading. Pa., Feb. 17.?A case
that has all the ear marks of a murder,
followed by suicide, took place
in a taxicab on North Front street
at 1:30 o'clock this morning. The
woman who was murdered bv her
companion, is Stella Itoukstashed, of
647 North Front street, and the man
Is George H. Knaut, 219 North
Front street.
At one o'clock this morning a
young man came to the Arcade hotel,
12 North Front street, and asked
Raymond \V. Christensen, son of
the proprietor, to telephone for a
taxicah. He said he had a woman
outside and asking permission to
bring her inside to wait until the
taxicab arrived. Christensen recognized
the young man but bad never
seen the woman before. He called
tne taxicab of Lewis Rocker a
chauffeur who boarded at the hotel.
The couple, who were irrentlv n*.
cited, entered the cab and ordered
the chauffeur to proceed to t>4 7
North Front stret, the homo of the
girl. During the trip the report of
a pistol was heard, and Knaut ordered
the cab to be driven to a hospital,
but a few minutes later, a second
shot was heard. When the cab
reached the Heading hospital both
were found inside dead.
Knaut was a telephone inspector.
The couple were young people, who
had been quite intimate. Miss
Houkstashed's parents state that they
did not approve of Knaut and that
it was their daughter's intention to
break up with him. This, the police
believe, precipitated the quarrel
leading to the tragedy.
DRATII DEALING STOltM.
Two 1> - " -
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Seven Badly Injured.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 14.?Information
has just been received in
Birmingham that two were killed
and seven badly injured at West
Point, Miss., this afternoon as the
result of a heavy windstorm which
passed over that section of the
State.
The information comes here
through Meridian and wire connection
failed before details could be
procured. It is stated that one of
the dead is the mother of a Western
Union Telegraph operator at
Meridian. The wind and rain appears
to have been general over Mississippi
and northern Alabama this
afternoon and tonight. An unconfirmed
report here is that one person
was killed at York, Ala.
A NOBLE CHARITY.
America Gives Big Sum for Earthquake
Orphans Home.
Home, Feb. 17.?Ambassador
Griscom was received in audience by
Queen Helena, to whom he formally
presented the gift of the Red Gross
Agricultural colony for earthquake
orphans to be established in Calabria
with $250,000 of the money
sent from America for the relief of
the earthquake sufferers. The queen
said she was unable to find words
to express sufficient thanks for the
gift and the spirit in which it was
given. She added: "The Americans
acted like brothers toward the Italians."
WRECK ON COAST IJNE.
Two Men Killed and Several Others
Badly Hurt.
Waycross, Ga., Feb. 17.?Flagman
0 D. Francis, of Luvorene, Ala., and
Marshall Gates, a colored fireman,
were Instantly killed and Engineer
S. B. Henderson was seriously injured
while several other trainment
were slightly hurt in a head-on collission
between Atlantic Coast Line
freight trains 212 and 300, between
Ty Ty and Tifton last night.
. FIFTY-TWO BO HIES
Recovered From the Wrecked Steam
er Penguin on Tuesday.
Wellington, N. Z., Feb. 14.?Fiftytwo
bodies have been recovered from
the wrecked steamer Penguin of the
Union Steamship Company, of Wellington,
which went on the rocks Friday
night off Capo Terawhitl. Six
of those aboard the Penguin aro unacounted
for. In all, the passengers
aim wow II lllll Ut'IUa UDUlll 0116 Hundred.
Mail's Itody Found.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 15.?The body
of George A. Stockley, a prominent
citizen of Norfolk, who had been
missing since the night of December
19, was last evening found floating
in the eastern branch of the Elizabeth
river.
SHERMAN'S BUMMERS
DKSTHOYKI) COLl'MIIIA FOHTYFOl'H
Y FA IIS AGO.
The Act of Vandalism Recalled by
The Columbia Record on
Wednesday.
Columbia, Feb. 1C.?The Record
says on the 16th day of February,
1867, Gen. Win. T. Sherman planted
his batteries just across the river
where the beautiful little town of
New Ilrookland now stands, and
shelled the women and children of
tin* city of Columbia. During that
whole day shells were falling all
over this city and prints of the shells
are now to be seen on the west end
of the State House.
On the morning of the 17th. the
city was surrendered to General
Sherman by Mayor Goodwin, when
Sherman promised him that nothing
would be molested, provided he was
not interfered with by Hampton's
calvary.
Sherman's headquarters on the
night of the 17th was in the home
now occupied by Mr. ,lno. L. Mimnaugh
on Gervais street.
General 1/ogan's hieadquarters
were at the Preston mansion, now
the College for Women.
The northern soldiers took great
delight in hurdling the city, carrying
torches from house to house
and had instructions to burn the
Preston mansion, but the order was
countermanded early the next morning
by a Colonel lowing.
Colonel Ewing was instructed to
countermand the mansion order because
General Sherman had given
property to the nuns who had taught
his daughter, Miss Minnie Sherman,
several years before at Brownsville,
Ohio. Their property, where Tapp'a
store now stands, had been burned
and the nuns were compelled to
spend the night in the Catholic cemetery
on the night of the 17th during
the burning of Columbia.
Butler's cavalry was encamped at
Killlan's mill, eleven miles away and
the light was so bright from the
conflagration of this city that a pin
could almost he picked up from the
reflection.
Butler's cavalry was engaged in
battle every day after the burning
of Columbia until the close of the
war.
CAN'T PUBLISH NAMES.
Of the Victims of Fiends in the News
papers.
Columbia, Feb. 19.?The Semite
and House have passed a rather curious
bill. The Senate passed the bill
and it today received its second rending
in the House. Mr. Ayer opposed
the bill, but it was unavailing. The
bill provides:
Section 1. That whoever publishes
or causes to be published the name
of any woman, maid or woman-child,
upon whom the crime of rape or an
assault with intent to ravish, has
been committed or alleged to have
been committed, in tliis State in any
newspaper, magazine, or other publication,
shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of
not more than one thousand dollars,
or imprisonment of not more than
three years. Provided, the provisions
of this Act shall not apply to
publications made by order of the
Court.
I/VXrillV/2 IV winuini
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Kiond Identified and Mob Swings
1 f i in Up.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 13.?Jake
Wades, the negro who was arrested
yesterday in Gainesville, Fla., ac
sused of being the assailant of Mist
Irma Newell, at Lakeland, Fla., last
Tuesday, was lynched today imnie- i
diately following his identification
by the young woman. A posse ol
twenty-five men took him from the
train and carried him to the Newell
home. Miss Newell said that there
was no doubt that he wa? her assailant.
He was hanged to a tret
and his body riddled with bullets.
TAKEN FROM Id VINO TO.MIIS.
Several More Miners Rescued Out of
English Colliery.
Newcastle, England, Feb. 17.?
After the rescue work had progressed
all night In the shaft of the Colliery
at West Stanley, where a dlsllKt
rmm pynlrttinn r*r>r?n rrn<l ? ?,
entombing nearly 3 00 men, the mine
was cleared as far as the second
level, where thirty-two men were
found alive this morning, most of
them, however, severely injured.
The force of the explosion was so
terrific that, although the upper level
where 1L occurred is S4 0 feet deep,
the flames leaped fltty feet above the
pit mouth on the surface.
Killed Himself.
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 17.?
Frederick R. Haight, city editor of
the Register, committed suicide this
morning by cutting his throat on the
Tale campus. He was graduated
from Yale In the class of 1901.
WHOM; ML LA OK MISSING.
Fartliquuko in Persia Destroyed at
Ii4'?st Fifty Hamlets.
Tehoran. Feb. 18.?The Governor
of Burujurd, a town in Southwestern
Persia, has sent out agents to
investigate the damage wrought by
the earthquake of January 23. The
center of intensity apparently was
two days' Journey from Burujurd.
Up to the present time only meager
reports have eomo into Teheran.
The devastation was particularly
severe in the iiioniilnlnnuu ""'mi
between lturujurd and Luristan
province. It has been already established
that fifteen villages were wholly
or partially destroyed, and It is
estimated that the total number will
undoubtedly be more than fifty.
Only a small proportion of the inhabitants
of area, where the shocks
were most severe escaped. Some vil- ,
lages disappeared completely, and ,
no trace can be found of the hamlets !
of Hahren and I,eben. It appears
that not a single soul belonging to
these communities was left alive.
A severe quake was felt at lshpahan,
one hundred miles away, the
morning of January 23.
MA11DI OKAS I.N XMW OltbKAXS.
The Annual Carnival Was I'sliered
in Thursday
New Orleans, ha., Feb. IS.?The
annual Mardi (Iras carnival was ushered
in today with the gorgeous
street parade, tableaux and ball of
the Knights of Mom lis. The festivities
W'lll I'YfoiwI fivol' !i unrln/l ,>f ulv I
(lays, reaching their climax next
Tuesday with the arrival of Rex,
followed by grand tableaux in the
evening and the spectacular parade
of the Mystic Krewe of Com us.
The automobile races and numerous
other sporting events on the calendar
for the week are expected to
result in a record-breaking attendance
at the carnival this year. Already
the leading hotels are tilled to
their capacity, while each arriving
train ik adding hundreds to the number
of visitors in the city. Streets
and buildings are lavishly decorated
and the entire city presents a festal
appearance.
IJKFT HIS <mir.
Containing Seventy-five Thousand
Dollars Worth of llomla.
Newark. Feb. 10.? A man
as n priest walked into police headquarters
and said that he had been
robbed of securities worth $7 5,000.
He presented a card on which was
inscribed "Kov. Charles Policsek, director
of St. John's Kneipp sanltorium,
Alpha, N. J." He said he lost
the missing securities in a satchel in
a restaurant. Detectives were sent
to the restaurant and found the satchel
with the securities in it. The
proprietor said the man came in the
restaurant, took a seat at a table at
which two young women and a man
were already seated, and after eat
ing, walked away, leaving his satchel.
WILL DINK TAIT.
Tlie President to Attend Ilanqiict of
(icorgia Students.
Washington, February 19.?After
being inaugurated President the first
banquet that Judge Taft will attend
will be one to 1 e given in this city
on the evening of March 1. at the
Arlington Hotel, by the cadets of
the Georgia Military Academy and
of the Donald Fra/.ier School, both
Georgia institutions. Mr. Taft has
promised the cadets that, although
he will be a busy man on March*!, he
will drop in on the banquet for an
hour or so, and give them a litle talk.
About 250 cadets from the two
schools will march in the inaugural
day parade.
TOOK IIFK OWN IjIFK.
Ho<ly of Young Woman Pound Floating
in Pond.
Spartanburg, Feb. 16.?Mrs. Pert
Wright was drowned in Wlngo's mill
i></1 vi nuiii iniiiitii, Homii time between I
midnight last night and 3 o'clock
this morning. She was missed from
her room shortly after midnight and
search was instituted at once. About
7 o'clock this morning her dead
body was found floating in the pond.
She had been in bad health for some
time, and it is believed that she took
her own life.
TOO FAT FOR ALLKY.
Attorney Makes Novel 1'lea for a
New Trial.
Lawyers In the case of William
Green, convicted on a charge of
highway robbery in Ossining, N. Y.,
have entered a plea for a new trial.
They produced drawings and maps
showing that the alley in which the
robbery is alleged to have occurred
is only a few inches wide. As Green
is a man of 200 pounds, or better,
it is declared witnessed testified to a
physical impossibility and on this
evidence is based tho argument for
a new trial.
PROHIBITION BILL
Passes the House by a Good
Working Majority.
WILL BE STATE WIDE
In Its Provisions Should It I'ns*
tiio Senate, Hut tlio Probability
Is That It Will IIuiik Fire in That
llotly I'ntil Next Session Comes
Around.
Columbia, Feb. 17.?By a vote
of r?8 to 40, the House of Ke|)r?'Hon
tatives or the State Lcgislature tonight
passed Ihe State-wide prohibition
bill, which thus marks the
close of a filibuster that had lasted
for several days. This was accomplished
after the adoption at the
morning session of a compromise
agreement between the leaders of
the opposing forces.
Under the terms of the agreement,
the general supply bill was rushed
through in half an hour. It was
simple and easy to rush through the
bill. Then the remaining third reading
bills were rushed through, oh,
so easily.
The agreement to take up tho
"State-wide" prohibition bill was adhered
to In every detail, and as soon
as it was taken up Mr. K. P. Smith
moved to table the bill. This brought
forth the first test. vote. It was
lanon without delay. There was no
delay. The vote stood -15 to t>2.
At one o'clock the State-wide prohibition
bill was taken up. and
pushed on to a vote. An elfort was
made to huve Charleston. Richland
and Georgetown counties exempted
from the provisions of the hill, hut
it failed. The following is the vote
by which the bill was passed:
Yea?To pass the bill: J . W.
Ashley, llodie, Rowers, Rrice, W.
D. Bryan, Bunch, Cantrell, Carey,
Carrigan, Coley, Clary, Daniel, Dingle,
Edwards, Casque, J. I*. Gibson,
W. P. Gibson, Graham, Green. Greer,
Hall, Humor, Harmon, W. C. Harrison,
Horger, Kibler, League, l^ce,
McEachern, McKeown, Mann, Mauhlin,
Mobley, Moseley, Nesbitt, Niver,
Richards, Rldgell, G. M. Riley, Robertson,
Roessler, Sanders, O. I*.
Sanders, Scarborough, B. A. Shuler,
C. T. Shuler, C. A. Smith, Spears,
Stanley, J. D. Sullivan, P. P. Sullivan,
Utsey, Vaughan, Way, Whatley,
Wingo, Wyce?Total 58.
Nay?-To kill the bill: Whaley,
Amick, M. J. Ashley, Ayer, Bowman,
Bovd Ilrowiilnp V vi
^ v a a?A ill J <111 j I) UOIij
Carwilo, Coker, Cothran, Dick, I)i*on,
I)oar, Duvall, I. Kdwards, Foster,
Faultz, Garrls, Glasscock, Griffin,
Harris, J. H. Harrison, Hydrich,
Irby, Jackson, McMahan, Nunnery,
Patterson, Paulling, Sawyer, Simkins,
Singleton, Vander, Horst, Wade,
Wells, Wiggins, Willliams, W. II.
Wilson?Total 4 0.
Pairs?Suydani and T.cland,
Drown and K. P. Smitn, Nicholson
and Wright, McColl and Frasor, Lawson
and Mars, W. L. Riley and
Hughes, Hincs and Tobias, M. L.
Smith and Kuekor, Carter and Selbols.
Absent and Not Voting?Berg,
Cosgrove, Lan, Lengnick, Todd.
In tliis vote the pairs are given
with the first name stated being in
favor of the bill and the last opposed
to It.
The companion bill providing for
State prohibition was then adopted
without a vote of discussion. One of
the bills provides for closing tho
county dispensaries and the second
provides for State-wide prohibition.
There was absolutely no friction,
debate or discussion and the two
prohibition bills went merrily on to
their third reading.
Microbes in Everything.
This is surely an age of microbes.
They seem to be in nearly everything
you eat an<l drink. They say if you
eat and drink microbes you will
surely die, and if you don't eat and
drink you will still more surely die.
Hound to surely die in any event,
you had better pay no more attention
to microbes than your granddad
ies did. They ate and drank
everything they wanted and they lived
long and prospered. What did
Methuselah know about microbes
in his time? Eat and drink everything
you want, microbes and all,
and you will live until you die and
that it what old Methuselah did?he
lived until he died.
Take Time to Walk.
The hurried movement incident
to modern commercial life interefero
in more ways than one with hygenlc
living. The urban resident who holts
his breakfast and hurries off to his
indoor business or professional engagement
deprives himself of ono
of the most important elements In
the maintenace of his vital energy
and mental activity. Vigorous walking
is a good form of body exercise.
It tends to increase thn nnrmni
tivlty of every organ and function
of the body. Were it more generally
and actively engaged in by both sexes
the necessity for gymnasia and other
official substitutes would not be apparent.