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PHILLIES WIN CHAMPIONSHIP FLAG IN NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE r Y P HILLIES WIN OUT league In 1900 and became the prop- least expected. He joined the Phillies erty of tne Boston Nationals in 1901. In 1910. IN NATIONA L LEAGUE le Was traded to the Chicago Nation- Others Do Well, als in 1905 and in 1910 he was traded Much good can be said of other to Philadelphia. He was appointed members or tie team. Pitchers Rixey, manager or the team this spring after Chalmers, Demaree, Mayer andl Mc Much Credit Due to Manager Charlie Dooini had been deposed. Quillan have performedl In champion Moran and Pitcher Alexander. Inmportance of Alexander. ship form dluring the season, all being The next man or importance on the lucky in escaping injury or other- ail Philadelphia team after Morani is Gro- -ments. Milton Stock, the young thir-d ver Cleveland Alexander, the "Nebras- baseman, securedl in a trade from thE Tall-end Team, Not Given Chance at ka Wondler." is record this year- is New York Giants, has been a mnoum Beginning of Season, Captures Pen- far ahleadl of that or any other pitcher- tain of strength to the team since the nant--Pralse for Cj-avath, in the National league. He has beeni injury to iBobby Blyrne. His iieldling Luderus and Others. a prime factor in keeping the team en has been sensational and his batting telp. During theo recent Philadelphia- tilmely. His playing has surp~assedl (Bly CHARLEs H. CROWELL.) St. Louis series 1:mpire Bill Klem, inl anything he showed with the Giants, To Pat Moran and Grovecr Cleveland sp~eaking of Alexander, said: and1, in fact, has been of moet- value Alexander belong tile honor of landing 'lherc's one player ini our league than Hans Lohert, for wvhom he, Deals the National league pennant this yearll who could win the pennant for any of Becker and Lobert wer-e tradied. foi tile Philadelphia team, to Mor-an tile seven teams Wiho are out of litrst The wet-k of Shlortstop D~avid Ban for his gameness and~ r-are judgment inl place. HeI Is Gr-over- Cleveland Alex- croft has been of the hlighest class crucial situ~ations andi to Alexanider- for ander. It is tihe first time since I have thlroutghout the season. Tis is is the cunintg 1he lhas displayed withl his beent ini tile league thtat one0 player- fir-st year- in fast company and~ 1h( has righlt whlip, statnds out mt frotnt of all of his rIvals. wotn tile hearts of tile Philadelphia Moran's methodis are tile kinld that It would not be0 proper for me to give falls. wvin. He took 1h0ld of a tail-end teanm tny opitnIon otn tile race or to pick miy All the Phillies are 01(1 enoulgh to at tile beginninlg of tile seasotn atnd by favor-ite for tile pennanlt, bult I'll say vote, tile baby of the Mor-atn squtad be tact and coutage landed a winner in tis: If Alexande- had been vith tie itg Stanwoodl 3autgater, grauate his first year as a manager-. ie is Cardinals since tile star-t of tile season (of tile University of Chlicago. Lefty known as a sternl man on tile field1, and~ St Louis would hlave wvon the penntant- will be twenlty-two yea-s 011ldin Decemn whe heha anthng o sy o aI-uggitns lacked just suhl a pitcher. ber. Hie atnd Iln TPincup have tile plaer he dos anytinulge tosant a \Vhen a teanm has a pitcher 111(0 Alex- sane birthday-December 14. lHous whaeed lig ones. Hot idoles n ally ander It shows confidence. I've seen toil (Tex.) falns should be0 interestedl his men;t~ nither~O. does t rdem tie Phils sll) several titmes this in games in whiichl Baumgartner atnd There is no0 manlager in baseb~all mot-e sumnmer: Alexander would go to tile Adams nmake upi tile battery, as bothl serious-mlinided thanl Patr-ick Johln M~o- 11111, plitchl a shlut-out game, atnd the wvere botrn in fhat city. ranl. Morani knlows as mucil about in- Quakers would be back on thiri stride. Iliurnts is the tmost agedl of tile catchl side baseball as ally man livinlg. Hie Give tile Reds Alexatlder- andl I thinlk ers, McQuillatn of tile pitceres, B~yrntes seldom, if ever, .plays hlunchles, or Ier-zog wvold have won tihe pent'tit of tile lInfielders, Cravathi of the oat gusss ha acetan la ile rgTile same for the Cubs and otheri fieilders, andIC Dugey of tihe subs. Tile guesses~~~: tiaUgcranply rghtcus one. His study - and observationl of '- onetcthr sAastems what to him is a serious business has Alexander was born at St. Paul. youthful pitche- Baumgartner the taught hlim wvhat hle firmlly believes the Nob., on Februar-y 26, 1881. Is fit-st jutnior itnflclder Stock, younlgest oat right thing to do in each situatIon that professionlal enlgagemenlt was with tile fieder Wh'littedi, and( WVeiser is tile ju arises in the course of a game. On Galesburg (Ill.) team in tile Illinois- venlile among tile rltbstittes. Tile av several occasions lie hlas yatnked twirl- Michigan league In 1909. Heb wasl t-age age of the Quaket-s is twenlty ers when It seemed foolhlardy to do ao, drafted by the Indianapolis team of six years. and at other times 110 has allowedi thle Amer-ican association in 1910 anid pitchers to remain in the box when it w"ashturtned over to the Syracuse clubh :. ::.:-----.---.:.:.:.:.--.-..-.- .- .-.-.-. eof te New York Stat league witholut would hit him all over the lot, a trial in 10a dfeby the Phil}- .. NTH'ING N MO Put i Pinc H iters.lies at the enid of that season. -- HehsPut in Pinch hitters.weni Cravath is Praised. That the ordinary mosquito is smefliesh pto l itheras wn h A large part of the credit for win- not awedl by even~ a husky foot hsent flipsdlyt thefans andter e ning the flag belongs to Clarence Cli-. ball player- in training is proved as snt seupposedly wheak ittseeme frd Cravath, more popularly known ' by a recent attack made on the bat ino guardy t tur when itsnaeemed as Cactus atd Gavvy. Cravath has fullb~ack of tie Muhlenburg col modernr basebal hs Nohandageam intever been noted' for his fielding or : lege team inl tie training camp. modern sueblia hndment as team speed otn tie bases, His spcialty is j As the result of a bite on the ran sha hdlite Phdgmens Mo- in making home runs, and he Stands :forear-m, l"ood poisonling devel rahais hane d won. P ll , Ald te in a class of his5 own itn this regardl. - olped atnd for a time amputation - Pililles hav won.All season long lhe has been swinginlg ':of tile armfl was thought to be No one over suspected Moran of is wagotn tonlgue withl deadily effec't -. lie ontly miean~s of savinlg the havitng manager-al ability, Hie scouted and his long-distance drives hav layer's life. Te poison itaily - sotnetitnes, but as a general tiling he0 meatnt runis. Cravathl has wonl manyv yieldled to tr-eatment andl Muih tried to educate youngl pitchet-s. lie a game lot' tile Phlillies this yeat- by . lenburttg wIll 1)0 able to pllay her has proved imnself even more deser-v- hlis tetrrific hlittitng and takes ranklI regular fullback before the se-a ing of tile title oif ' Mirtacle Matn" than alonlgsidle of Aiexandier as tihe man sont is far adivanceed. George Stallings, b~ecautse it was his who hput tile Qutakertown team Onl ti - first job as a managert,0i, while Stalngs basoaall map. ''''99 9$29: Is a 111an of expiene'l , Fred Lutderuts on first base also de- New Gopher Coaches. Moran was b~ornt Februiary 7, 1876, serves mluch credlit for the success (of I 'oiesiaus itosenthlal andi Johnm Pitz at Fitchburg, Maas. IHI was signed the team, lie is captaitn of tile team ' r..tral have been applointed assistant by the Lyons club of tile New York and( standls welt at the tol) In tile Dat foot ball coaches to D~octor- Williamls at State league in 1897. H-e played withl ting list. Luderus hlas a hlabit 0f a meetinlg of tile Minnesota balver-sity the Montreal club of the Eiastern knockingr tile ball out of the lotman w eti 'iiti ban. of coi.t..l. COMPLETE REPORT ON WHISKEY VOTE PROHIBITION WINS IN 42 OF THE 44 COUNTIES.-VOTE BY COUNTIES. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina Peo pie, Gathered Around the State Capitol. Columbia. Complete and certified returns from all counties in South Carolina, as flild with t:e secretary of state, give for prohibition 41,735 votes and against prohibition 16,809. The elec tion was held September 14. i'ollowing is the vote by counties: Dry. Wet. Abbeville .. .. .. .. 723 24t; Aiken... . ..... 1.126 315 Anderson ..... .. ....1,985 8-17 Ilamberg ... .. .. ... 448 232 larnwell .. .. .. 543 488 Beaufort .. .. .. .. 203 164 Berkeley .. .. .. .. . 248 186 Calhoun ........ 346 185 Charleston .... .. ...370 2,607 Cherokee .. .. .. .. 1,209 '259 Chester .. .. .. .. 625 23.1 Chesterfield .. .. ...887 .19f; Clarendon .. .. .. 5.50 157 Colleton . ....801 22'; Darlington .. .. .. 1,152 1.19 Dillon .. .. .. .. .. .19.1 1 Dorchester .. .. .. .151 4(P7 r1dgefield .. .. .. 710 7) lFaIrfield ..4.. .. ....53' Florence .. .. .. ..1.514 34: Georgetown .. .. .. 319 151 Greenville .. .. .. ..4.096 1,02S Greenwood .. .. .. 1,172 234 Hampton .. .. .. .. 5.15 227 llorry .. .. .. .. .. 727 Jasper . .. . . .. . . 152 .11; Kershaw .. .. .. .. 620 335 ljancaster .. .. .. .. 989 202 Laurens . .. .. .. 1,116 37q Lee .. .. .. ... 173 230 Lexington .. .. .. . . 1,105 572 Marion .. .. .. .. .601 11.1 Marlboro .. .. .. .. 828 38 Newberry .. .. .. .. 1.17) 308 Oconee .. .. .. .. 1,108 162 Orangeburg .. .. .. 1,415 493 Piclkens .. .. .. .. 1.028 315 Richland .. .. .. .. 1,257 781 Saluda .. .. .. .. 787 1;r Spartanburg .. .. .. 3,338 1,251 Sumter .. .. .. ... 652 2.1.1 Union .. .. .. .. .. 1.281 427 Williamsburg .. .. 565 132 York .. .. .. .. .. 813 11;-1 Total .. . , . , . . -11,735 16,809 Thos. H. Peeples Honored. Thomas I. Peoples. attorney gen eral of South Carolina, was elected vice president of the Association of Attorney Generals of the 1United States at its meeting in San Faran. ci sco, thlet last of~ w h ich was held W\ednesdlay, September 22. Hie was the onldy Southern man elec'tedl to of flee. Mr'. Peoples, the younagest at torney ge-neral attending the well attended'( con vent ion, sid that a number)01 of in t Ieresti ng problems were' dIi scusscd. mfos-t interesting of which was thbe pa 1per by At torney Genea ral Webbl of Cal iforia on "Th'le Allin Law.'' The sub, Jeet is oIf vital imoritanice to 11h0 pco ple0 of the We'st especially, due1 to leglsla tion which has been Passed ro gari1ng th~e admlissi onl and1 rIghts of JapaneselQ5 and1 Mlongolins to become land owners In (Californ Ia. All of the papers, he said, wer'e in teresting, in Mr. Peoples rei'Ie-tl assurances from many people1 in th1e Weost. Deomocrats ando Ilepurlicanus, of their appr)ioval of President WIlson's for. cig-n p~oli(cy. Folk to Speak at Kings Mountain. Gov. Manning has been invitedl to deliver an addiress at the Kings Mountain celebratjmn which will be held Oct ober 7. Tlhe invs-it ation1 was extended0( by WV. A. lidenhlotur, presi. dont)1 of the0 memorial association. The gover'nor was forc(ed( to de(ciline0. Ini t:he letter of i nvi tat ioni it wvas st ated that form or Gov'. i ol k of .\ issourti will deliveri the0 rinici palI address'05. Arouse Interest in Extension Work. TExtension work at the U'nivesity of South CarolIna is attracting most fa voable attention. Letters of corn miendation from mlany plrominent per. sons have been receivedl. The exten sion plan is ..being prished as rapidly as opportunity allows. There will be three addresses by univeraity profes. sors within the niext two weeks. Dr. Reed Smith of the EnglIsh depart ment- will speak at the Monoghan fair at Greenville and on Octobe 12 he will address the New hentury Club of Columbia. Hearing on Draw Bridge Soon. PTe C'arolibot, Atlantle & Western r'ailIway, now building from Cha rles on to Savann ah, hias madle ap p1lcation to the war' department for Permission to (erect draw bridges' a (ross5 the Ashi bey. St ono, Edisto and Ashepoo riv~ers, and in oder to givi l'inersted lpar ties an opportutnit y to examnine the dr iawings and to es iress opinion as to whether the brid es would consti tute an unreasonable obstruction to navgiation, a public hearing will be held at the custom house, Charleston, at noon Octoerm. State Rifle Team to Enter Conteest. The 15 members of the South Care> lina riffle team to participate in the national contest at Jacksonville, Fla.. October 8 to 14, have practiced at the state rifle range, in Lexington county. The team will leave Columbia on the night of October 3. The state team will also take part In the Southern shoot to be 'held October 6 to 7 in Folorida. Col. I. M. Blackford, U. S. A., commandant of the school of mus ketry, Fort Sill, Okla., will be the ex ecutive officer of the national matches. The Florida rifle range is the sec ond largest in the United States. The range contains 110 acres and is con sidered ideal in its arrangements. The members of the South Caro lina team are: Capt. E. B. Cantey, Sergt. George W. Potts, Capt. Daniel Miller, Sergt. John A. Owen, First Lieut. Thomas B. Marshall, First Lieut. Grantland C. Green, Capt. . M. W\ingard, Capt. S. W. Parks. Pri vate John F Davidson, Sergt. Robby L. hull, Corporal Walter L. Pope. Sec ond Lieut. Cleveland T. Uulmer, Cor poral Gaillard P'inmutmey, Sergt. Wil lianm Ielk, Sergt. Peter G. Marshall. Want Change in Pension La.w Gen. 11. II. Teague of Aiken, com Imander. South Carolina division. U. 1'. V., has appointed a committee, one from each congressional district, with 1). V. \1cLaurin of Columbia as chair man, to confer and memorialize the general assembly for a "proper" pen sion law. The members of the commn)ittee are: Capt. .John lebrens, Charleston: Col. Alfred Aldri th, IBarnwell: C. H. John son. Easley; Cl. W. P'. Coker. "outl taMin inn; Ma. J. M. Hough. Lancas r; Gen. H. H1. Newton, Bennetts ville, and Col. D. W. callanurin. Co lunbia. "'ihe intent of the resolultion and the appointtment of Ihe c'm)mittee \Vas to procure ih- passiniof an act t place all hona tide ('onfedierat. veterans and widows of such on the Ii nor roll and to com0peasa te them fo% Services rendered." said ('ol. Mc i.aurin. Officers Prase Nationat Guard. Ihere his been a nirkIl ''ove tment of the condition of til&' Sott I ('a rolina National Guard lurin ih past year, according to reports iled by United States army officers on the field inspections at Charleston and Greenville. The inspections wore made by Capt .1. M. Graham. 1'. S. A.. inst ructor-in Spector; Isil t. .1. M. ('tumm)in)g. I S. A.; t'apt. W . it. Kendrick, 1'. S. A.. and l'irst Lieut. Allen 11. 1Kempfel. The reports on the inspections were received by the adjutant gen era I from the war depatmttent. 'There was great. itmiprovement in equipment. "This is a fine showing considering the fact that the National Guard has just been reorganized," said W. W. Moore, adjutant general. Cheraw Secures New Industry. A new enterprise which is being ad. v'anced in Cheraw is the canning in. (ustry. 'Tite plant which is being es tablished is to have a capacity of 9.00(1 cans a day. Should the plant prove a success wheli opera't':ed fctr d etmtn stratli jil pos'es for the colinty tmt to cannting clubs, it will lie furtthter dbe vel opedl an toth)1Iier v'eget ables btrouit li to ther e'nnnterty. Presen'tt Itlant arc to tiludc- the ceaninlg of swe't paitatocs. The cenertal1 belief Is that thle plat wIll (10 innhcl to ('ncourtage t rockIng in thbat t('rritorty. Solons Study Public Printing. 'The Iirtst oif thei point) ltteiin gs of thec pintting in)vestlgatintg 'commi~ittees if thle' sena te aitd house were bei a fewv day's ago in te state liibtlary. ''The cotittit teeIs were cre'ated at thbe last sessiont of the legislaturte attd up to lbhIs tme havye beeni galtherinttg dat a Indepettdently of each othIetr. It is said thtat ft' work oft thle coommitte's wvill probably be eo-ordlaitied int the future atnd Itat they will likely miake a joinit rep~or't to thle general assembly In Jatiuary. Opinion on Beer Sales. Trhe attorney general's oflice render. od an opinion t hat a brewerry In ('liar leston can tnot sell ber-r to thle diis. Jp'n sarI es a fter thle t'tstlt o f the pro ItIhibition ele'tiloln hias noen dec'la rd hy the state board of ennvassrs. The opitnion was wrIt ten hy F-red IT. DomI nick, assIstant attorney general, upon r iulest of JTohn Ma rshiall, secretary of' thle Cha rl'stotn(011 outy3 I diensary hon d. Officials Discuss Militia Affairs. Lieut. B. Tlaylor, U. 5. N., inspector. instructor of the South Carolina naval milItia. was int Columbia for a confer ence with WV. WV. Moore, adljutan-t gen eral, when the affaIrs of the mIlItIa were discussed. L~Ieuit. Taylor Is stationed at the navy yard in Charles ton. It was annouinced at the adju tant general's offIce that 14 new es cort wagons had been received from the United Staites war dopartment for uise by the National Guard. More than 3'0 wvagons have beeni receIved andl stored In the state armory. New Enteprises Authorized. Tlhie P-t eolc'f lutilding andc Monu mtentIal Qutary Comnpanly of Piacolet, in S ParI tanbur1tg coitn-ty, hasa be-n chiartte ccd by the secr'etary of state wIth a capital oif $40.000. Tlhie ('ampbell Fuel C'om pany of CThalc'ston ha.s beeni chiatter-cd ith a ea pIt al oif $10.000. Tlho Stephen Thomas C'ompany of Charleston has been chartered withI a capital of $45,000. The Simpsonville Realty Company has been chartered with a capital of $500n. LIEUTI NICHOLLS KILLED I-N FRANCE- Y BRIGHT YOUTH FROM SPARTAN* BURG DIES AT THE BATTL7 FRONT. IN THE BRITISH ARTILLERY Left United States Soon After Euro. pean War Was Declared.--May Bring Body Home. Spartanburg. - William Montague Nicholls, second lieutenant in the British royal artillery, son of Judge and Mrs. George W. Nicholls of this city, and brother of S. J. Nicholls, member-elect of congress from this district, was killed at the front in France In the fighting that took place there between the English and Gor man forces, according to official an nouncenent received here from the British war office by members of his family. The following dispatch was received by Judge Nicholls: "London, Englaid. Sept. 30.-Deep ly regret to infori you that Second Lieut. W. M. Nicholls, R. '. A., was killed in action between 20-27th Sep tember. Lord Kitchener expresses sym pa thy." L.eut. Nicholls, who left for Eng land soon after the European war was declared, having resigned from the United States Naval academy at An napolis a year previous to become 1% member of his father's law firm here, spent several months in London be fore his service in the English army was accepted, but finally, after tak ing the oath of allegiance to England, secured a cominision as second lieu tenant in the royal artillery and was sent to the front about a year ago. On March 21 he was wounded, be ing shot through the thigh. This caused himl to spend several months in a hopital. but, recovering from that wound, he was again sent to the front, possibly three months ago. News of his death was not a sur prise to members of his family here, since the dispatches of the last few days announcing the advances of the forces of the allies in France and Bel gium caused them to realize that Lieut. Nicholls was in the thick of the fighting. Efforts will be made to have Lieut. Nicholls' body recovered and return ed to this city for burial. Such a re (lest has been sent to the British war- office by Judge Nicholls. The state department at Washington has been asked to aid. Montague Nicholls will be remem bered In football circles as quarter back on Navy team of 1911. Cotton Money at 5 Per Cent. Sumter.-So far as is known here the First. National bank of this city is the first bank in the state to ad vertise money loans on cotton at a rate of 5 per ceiit interest. An an nounreiment. in accord with the above ainae~red in a larige display ad of the hank. The adl states tnt as the reg lonal reserve bank has made the rate to subIordinate bainks as low as 3 per cent, the First National bank feels that it can afford to lend money to farmers oni cotton at 5 per cent in terest aindl make a fatir profit oin the transaction. interesting Case Settled. Gaffney.--he case of J. HI. Bulce vs. Ed 11. D'Camnp, which has been pe'nding in the courts for several months, and which excited a greawt (10a1 of interest all over the state, has been settledl, and the ease withdrawn b)y mutuial consent.. The suit wvas for I allegedl libel, and damages were laid in th'e sum of $20,000. Tphe llaintiff basedl his suit for damages up~on a statement wvhleh was publishedl in the Gaffney Ledger whiich the plaintiff claimed was libelogis. improve Orangeburg Postoffice. Orangebur~g.-Work has begun on fiprovements to the Orangeburg postofilee buildling. Postmaster A. D. Webster Is a hard worker in endeavor ing to muake the Orangeburg postoffle one of the best 6'y way~ of service, convenience and comfort. Newspaper For Denmark. Denmar'k.-~One of the objects of the ambition of Denmark's progres site mayor, Dr. HI. J. F'aust, has been a newspaper .for this -community, town and country, and he has seen his de sire fulfilled. Thursday, Oe-tober 7, the first number of the Denmnarkr Cit. .izen will be Issued fromn the press, ac cording to a statemenit from' the edi tor, F. Earl Bradham. Mr. Bradha-m comes bere from Ridgeland. lie is a native of Manning and is a newspaper man of some experi'ence. Greenville's Fsig Textile Show. Greenvllle.---.The Southern textile exp)ositionl which will be held here Novemnbeir 2-6 is the dlevelopmeont of a mnovemuent sta'tedl in this city in 1913, when the boardl of governors of the Southern Textile association decided to make an effort to have the great Boston textile show hold an exhibit hi Greenville. A committee consist. ing of David Clark of Charlotte,, W. M. Sherard of Williamston and A, . Carter of Greenville was appointed toD take the matter up *ith the Boston