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ATHLETICS Um THIRD GAME. HKAVY HITTING OF PHI LABEL PHI A TF.AM HFPSONSIBLE Foil KXMU OF 8 TO a. I eellc HumIi. Young Pitcher of Mack mutt, Win* Ills First Game In Work! Series?Steady at Critical Ktagea, He <lutplU lux His Older opponent?Collins a Star. New York. Oct. 9.?A new star to? day biased forth in the worlds' series baseball Armament when Leslie Bush pitched the Philadelphia Athletics to victory over the New York Giants In the th'rd game of the championship struggle by a score of 8 to 3. Bush was materially aided in his rush to a i elsits! In the baseball hall of fame by the savage batting of his team? mates, but the major portion of the glory was accorded by both fans and players to the youngster who star? tled the diamond veterans with his staved and control in his debut In a world's series. While his pitching was not as spec? tacular as that of the veterans. Mathewson and Plank, yesterday, his box work was of the calibre that entitles him to a niche beside Hugh Hedient of the Boston Bed Sox and Habe" Adams of the Pittsburgh Pi? rates who have performed similar feats of twirling valor in past world's eeriee games *o effective was Bush's pitching that the Giants secured but five hits, end three of these were of the scratch variety. Only three of the 27 put oats credited to the Athletics were made outside the Infield and there were innings on a stretch when the Giants never drove the ball out of the diamond. Bush made his leap Into the lime? light under the most favorable cir? cumstances, for his haxd hitting teammates in the first two Innings tore up Tesreau's defense with a fusil? lade of raps that netted five runs and relieved the youngster of the strain of pitching with the margin of safety rarrow or entirely mlstdng. This was particularly true of the first four Ath? letics on Connie Mack's batting list. Murphy. Oldrlng. Collins and Baker between them made nine of the 12 hits recorded for the Philadelphia ?dub and these nine hits scored tteven of the eight runs that made the vic? tory so one-sided. In contrast to this vigorous assault on the offerings of Teereau and Crandall were the five hits scattered through nine Innings that marked the Giant's efforts with the bat. Not a single National leaguer securec" two hits and Shafer's double was the only one good for more thar one base. The delivery of the Athletics' latest twirling star, who will not be 20 years of age until November 27. had en? tirely too much speed and break for the Olants to grow familiar with dur? ing their first Introduction to the itialnard (Minn.) hurler. Bush faaj Ju?t wild enough to keep the New T. rX batters guessing and his quick 0 hang es of pace and delivery made an added handicap to the Giants when st the plate. He walked four batters and hit a tlfth but each time h* faltered his nerve and the bril? liert fielding of his teamman? soon l.fr?*c him bark to safety. The victory of Bush, who hails from the same town as "Chief" Ben? der, was exceedingly popular with the Athletic players and the club adher? ents. It has been know for some time that he hud great possibilities as a pitcher, but until he stood today's teat his status was simply that of any big league player. "Bullet Joe," as he has been nick? named because of his great speed, broke Into baseball as a member of an amateur team in his home town. During the season of 11*10 he played in every position except catcher. His first professional engagement was with the Mlmoula, Mont., team of the Union association. Here he was spot? ted by one of the Athletic scouts and Joined the Mackmen in September a year ago. Disappointment among the Giant 1 ? nttngent over the downfall of Tee? reau Wis as keen as the elation llOHf the Athletic rooters because of Hush's eplendi 1 work. The Oxark Mam noth before yesterday's game was looked up.?n as the Giant's second best card. When Marquard and Crandall were kn<?? kovi run of the box in Tuesday's game the loyal adherents pinned their faith to Mathewson and Tesreau. The < >ld Muster did more t ian was ex? pected of him yesterday, but Tesreau fell down hh heavily before the Ath? letics yP'Iouh buttlnR as did the Qiajll twlrler In tho opening gain*-. 1 f? hsd his moist bull breaking at all kinds of anglcM. hut he Doald not con? tr.d its direction. The Athletics" but? ting quartette refused to hit saoopl when the ball was o\ -r the plati and then they laid against It lustily. M., vigorously did t h? y < lout that 'h< defeat would haw heOOSBS an ut? ter r<MH hut faS sensut h> r.a I Hope and throws o/ DOJflti Kletchrr iitul lb i sog at * rltfc al stages of tin* play. ?'.U't l.arrv Dot lc played desperately i mm hi* Ht<?[ i asaj stays in I he second and sstreath lanlasjs wert al the bra id that ban m ole Ib.muh Wagner's naim ATHLETICS WIN ANOTHER. ?mm Tiiim> in raoQMMi TO? WARDS WOHLDS CHAMPION? siiir?ax exc: ing FINISH. M% Indian Chief Im Nearly Knocked out '?y Reviving Giants, After Maekmvn Hail Already Seeured Six It mi-, and the QMH Seemed Won? Delimit e Taken out and Marquard Put hi to Stem Tide of Huns. Philadelphia. Oct. 10.?But one vic? tory tonight stands between the Phil? adelphia Athletics and the world's championship in baseball. The Mack men defeated the New York Giants at Shibe park this afternoon by a score of 6 to 5 in the fourth game of the world's series. Before the con? test was clinched, however, 20,000 Quaker City fans suffered a period of anxious suspense that will keep the I Giants' eleventh hour batting rally, green in their memory for some sea? sons to come. The game effort of the National league players to overtake their rivals in the closing innings of the game changed the entire com? plexion ol the battle, lifting what ap? peared to be a one-sided match into a contest that hung in the balance until the last putout. The desperate, but as it proved, fu? tile effort came like a bolt from a clear sky, "Chief Bender, the Chip ewa Indian master of mysterious curve and break, had held the Giants runlesa for six innings, while his team mates by pile driving hits had scored as many runs at the expense of Demaree and Marquard. Already the fans ?,hat filled every seat in the stands and bleachers were exulting in the downfall of the New York club. There was not a single danger signal in sight. Suddenly the Giants be? came transformed from hitless weak? lings to real Giants, who hammered the speed and slants of the Indian fwirler to all parts of the park. It was in the 'lucky seventh" that the storm of hits burst on the aston? ished Athletics and before the abori? gine and his follow players could re? cover three Giants had crossed the plate and the : usillade continued into the next sess on, when two more ?cored. The team which was a few minutes before apparently outclassed had battered down the last defenses of the Mackmen. Fred Merkle, whose Injured ankle still cauHed him to limp perceptibly, was the player who whs directly responsible for the breaking through the coat of white? wash that Bender was applying. With Burns and Murray on second and third as the renult of two singles and a double steal, and two out, Merkle caught one of Bender's low balls and lifted it far oit into left centre, where neither Oldring nor Strunk could quite reach it. The sphere hit the green turf of Shibe park and with a mighty bound hopped the fence into the bleachers and Merkle trotted home after his two team mates with the third home run of the series, thus joining Bakei and Schang in the realm of basehall immortals. famous wherever baseball is played. Eddie Collins carried off the honor:* for the Athletics, although there were plays made by other mem.^rs of both teams that would have bee considered little short of remarkable in an ordi? nary league season game. The very fact that but one error was recorded for each team testitled to the calibre of the fielding in the third game of the series, ireluding as it did four double plays. The defeat of the Giants was a se? vere setback to the New York con? tingent, for Mathewson's wonderful work on Wednesday had encouraged the belief that the National league standard bearers were to continue the pace set by the Old Master. Today 36,88!; fans paid to pass the Polo grounds turnstiles, exceeding by several hundred the attendance at the opening game. Every seat in the grandstand and bleachers was occu? pied and standees gathered at every point where they were permitted by the lire and police regulations. The gate receipts totaled $75, 763.CO, and the club owners saw thousands of eager fans with real moey in their hands turned away be? cause there was not a foot of space inside the park that could be sold to them. lOOFW of speculators did busi? ness bra/.enly n'ong Eighth avenue, selling tickets at many times thJr face value to prospective spectators who were willing to pay any price to see the battle. With tomorrow's game in Philadel? phia the players' division of receipts will i rase, hut neither they nor the rlob stockholders have < ause for com? plaint sin< e to date 11,710 spectators have paid $200,? 11.11 for the privi? lege of seeing the Athletics score 14 HUM! to the (iiants* nine in three limit Ol this mihi the players, have ilready |ltl III 16 accruing to their lUnti tilt owners of OMR dub $36,? 111.11 and Ihe national commission ISMIMI, The players' ihafi o! today's re i ? Ipu was |40,l I.It; each club's I sirs ?TSI |11,131 IS and the nationnl commission's $7.! 73.31. spurred on by Merkle's example, Herzog:, who had not nude a hit in the aeries to date, opened the eigth with a single, only to be forced by Doyle, who was similarly eliminate by Fletcher. Burns came through J with a double down the third base line, scoring Fletcher and Shafer ahot a iriple past Mclnnis' post, tallying Bu "ns. Murray smashed a scorching dri.e at Collins, but the Columbia alumnus managed to hold the ball until he could steady and throw the rur ner out at llrst tor the third out. Although McGraw sent in two pinch hitlers to bat In the ninth the Giants could not get over the run that would tie the score. Bender was now fully aware of the danger that beset him am his team mates and pitched a ball that fairly whistled aa it Hashed and broke acroaa the palte. 1 he rally has encouraged the men of McGraw to believe they may yet overtake the flying Athletics and they are preparing for a deaperate fight at the Polo grounds tomorrow. The Mackmen, with a record of three victories out of four games, now are well versed in the ability and resources of the Giants. When they drove Demaree from the box at the end of the fourth inning today, after four runs had been scored from his delivery, it marked the passing of every New York pitcher except tne veteran Christy Mathewaon. In four games Marquard, Cranrlrall, Tesreau and Demaree all ) we fallen before the terrific hitting of the Athletics. Only Mathewaon, in his wonderful ex? hibition of Wednesday, when he shut them out, has been able to hold the American league pennant winners in check. As If to show the versatility of the team, it was a new quartette of batters who bombarded Demaree from the mound this afternoon and gave Mar? quard, in his comeback role, a taste of their ability. In the first three games Murphy, Oldring, Collins and Baker did the brunt of the stickwork. It was the lower half of the batting order that sprung into the breach when the leaders faltered today. Seven of Ihe nine hits recorded off the Giant twirlers were made by Mcln nia, Strunk, Barry and Schang. This quartette also scored all six runs that were credited to the Mackmen. Of the upper half only ?ldering wag able to fret his bat on the ball safely. Bany made three hits in four times at bit, two being doubles. Schang did even better work, get? ting two hits and two bases on balls in four times up. His two hits scored four runs and he crossed the plate himself with another. Oldring, who has made a safe hit the first time up in every game of the series, earned the honor of the longest hit m.ide by the Athletics today, when he tripled in the opening inning. It was not alone by batting that the Athletics won, for both their fielding and Bender's clever pitching were factors that helped to bring victory. The Indian twirler was at the top of his form except in the seventh and eighth innings, being stead} and hav ing absolute control of bleaks and curves. He gave but one baiie on balls and hit one batter. The Giants gar? nered hut two hits off his delivery until the seventh, and their total was eight, while the Red Man finned five as a sort of retaliation. For the Giants Burns made two hits, one a double, while Larry Mc? Lean singled twice in two times at bat. The New York club used 16 play? ers against the Athletics' r<lne, a~d had four left on the " ''sea to ihe Ifaokmen's seven. The game was played under the most favorable weather conditions of the series to date, the sun frequently shining through rifts of clouds and upon a field comparatively dry and feat. At least 5,000 spectators watched the play from the housetops overlook? ing the park. Today's was the last game in which the players participated in the re? ceipts. According to the unofficial fig? ures there will be distributed among the players $135,103.89. The winners will receive 60 per cent of this total aad the losers 40 per cent. The na? tional commission announced that 25 players on each team were eligible to play in the series, therefore each man on the winning side will receive $3, -14, and each member of the losing team $2,161, The attendance today was 20,568 and the receipts $4 9,64 5. Of this the national commission's share was $4, 964.60; the players' share $26,808.30. and each club $6,961.10. The total figures of the four days are as fol? lows: Attendance 114,:!18; receipts, $160,606.60; national commission. $16,060.66; players, $135,163.89; each club, 646,0*64.66. New York. Oct. 11? The Philadel? phia Athletics today won the baseball championship ol the world for 1913 by defeating the New York Giants at the Polo grounds, 3 to 1, in the tilth and deciding game of the series. There was a good crowd on the street Saturday and the trade was good. FARMERS' UNION NEWS Practical Thought* for Practical Farmers. (Conducted by E. W. Dabbe, Pres? ident S. C. Farmers Union.) Some Handom Thoughts. Not only to the Dulzell scribe, but to all the readers of this paper, I wish to advise a carefu1 reading of the account 8. H. Hobbs, of Clinton, X. C, gives of the reception of the Farmers' Union committee by Presi? dent Wilson and Secretary McAdoo. As chairman of that committee and its chief spokesman at the confer? ence, I did not feel at liberty to give out more than the dictated statement in the Charleston News and Courier until our report was in the hands of National President Barrett. But I am glad Committeeman Hobbs felt moved to publish his statement ill such a widely read journal as the Progressive Farmer and I congratu? late him on the accuracy with which he quoted both the president and the secretary. I ? * e As 1 wrote recently it lies with the farmers and the bankers in the cot? ton counties of the State as to how much direct use is made of these gov? ernment deposits. There is no ques? tion, however, of the wonderful ef? fect the mere proposal of such de? posits by the secretary had on open? ing up the money bags of the coun? try. In July and early August the banks were talking about letting the farmers scuffle for themselves, and no little harm was done to the finan? cial Interests of some individual*, and the country generally by such talk. see "When I began th* agitation which resulted in a committee of the Nat? ional Union being sent to Washington, depository banks in this State were demanding 6 per cent for this fund and asserting that no part of it could be used for holding cotton. By rea? son of the general loosening up in ?consequence of the secretary's an? nouncement, local banks were soon able to say to the depository banks [ what O'Shannasy said to the general [ manager of a railroad as related to j us by President Wilson: "You can ; go to the devil, I don't need your aid." In the last few days I have received letters from two entirely separate 'sources offering to loan money on cot? ton to the amount of 10 'or 11 cents per pot rid at 6 per cent in one in? stance and 6 1-2 in the other. I may be mistaken, for I often am, but it looks to me like a good time to hold cotton for 4, 6 or 8 months, and if done on a large enough scale fco re? duce the pressure on the market it would bring ubOUt a substantial ad? vance. The decline of the past few days is due solely to the heavy movement by farmers who regard 13 1-2 cents a line price. see I often wonder if the business men and farmers who so frequently speak of 12c or 13c or 14s as a fine price, give any thought to the losses of Southern farmers and to the business of the country by the starvation prices that have prevailed during half of the time since 1890. A steady priceof 15 cents per pound for 10 years, with occasional bulges to 16, 18 or 20 cents would not more than make up for the losses on 1, 5. 6, 7, 8 and 9c cotton of the 20 years from 1890 to 1910. e e a We can get it too. But it must be by a more widespread campaign of a live at home, feed the towns peo? ple policy, coupled with closer af? filiation between the organised farm? ers and the organized :-nkers for a better system of finance. President Wilson told the committee he hoped the new currency measure will pre? vent the need of special deposits at any time, or in any section. But un? less there is organization to make it effective, I do not expect to see much I difference. E. W. L>. VISIT OF THE FARMERS' UNION COMMITTEE TO PRESIDENT WILSON. The President and Secretary or the Treasury Give Gratifying Assur? ances as to Aiding Crop Movement. I have just returned from Wash? ington. As you kn >w, a commit? tee was appointed at Saline, Kansas, to go before President Wilson and Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury, ami ask that the treasury loan of $&o,ooo,omo be Inoreased to $150, 000,000, or $200.000,000, and that the time for recalling the same begin not earlier than January 18, instead of December 15, and thereafter bi? monthly instead of monthly, and that on August 16, 1914, this entire amount be rodoposlted in the various banks to he used next Near for the ?ame purpose that l-t, "moving the crops of the country." This com mittce v\ as compound of E. W. I\ti>bs, R, If, Cooper, J. C. Kennett and my lf. By previous arrangement, through Senator E. D. Smith, of South Caro? lina, we were enabled to hold a con? ference with President Wilson and Secretai N of the Treasury McAdoo, at the White House. The audience lasted nearly an hour. Alter stating our business through Chairman Dabbs and having It discussed thoroughly from every standpoint, President Wilson and Secretary McAdoo said, "Go back home and tell the farmers of this country that so far as moving crops are concerned there will be no stringency in money matters. "Cer? tain moneyed interests hi this coun? try,'' said Presldert Wilson, "tried to discredit my administration in its beginning, and I am determined that while I am preside it there shall be no money panics nor stringency, if it lies in my power to prevent it." Then we asked Mr. McAdoo if he intended to commence recalling the ; $50,000,000 loan the fifteenth of De? cember and one-fourth every 30 days thereafter as stated in his circular. "Now," said he, "you misunderstand it somewhat. If you will read the next paragraph in my circular, you will see that I have given myself wide latitude. You will see that I have seid if 'necessity demanded it' j the loan will be extended until it has I accomplished the purpose for which it was Intended. "And besides," said he, "this amount will be increased, if need be, to meet any emergency." "Unless," sai l President Wilson, "the members of congress here, be? fore that time, bankrupt the Treas | ury by appropriating so many mil ? lions fcr building new buildings all over the country?then if we can't, we can't. But until that time arrives I this administration will endeavor to furnish sufficient currency to do the business of the country with." Mr. McAdoo was then asked to 1 clearly define what was meant by i the "moving of trie crops," as certain i bankers had const rued the moving crops (cotton, for instance,) to mean only after the cotto i was ginned and baled and that this money was to be only for the buying. "Now," said we, "if this is what you mean, Mr. Sec? retary, it will not do the farmer i much g?od, as for the picking out : and ginning alone the farmers of the South have a cash outlay to begin I with of about $12.50 per bale and then is the time when they are in need of help, and the grain growers , of the West are in the same fix in re? gard to the gathering of their crops." "We have intended this money for the use of the producer as well as the buyer," said the Secretary, "and any bank so defining it otherwise is not carrying out our intentions, and j will be reprimanded when found out. ! and besides, if they still persist in not carrying out our policy, the funds will be removed from such banks and will bo put into those that will carry out our intentions. I construe the moving of a crop to mean from the picking of the cotton to its final sale to the exporter or manufacturer, and from the gathering of tobacco to its final disposition to the same." It looks to me like that we have in President Wilson and Secretary Mc? Adoo two men who mean to do what is right and every farmer in this country should give them his moral support and try to uphold their hands in the great work they are trying to accomplish. "Do you know," said j President Wilson, to us, "that this is the first time in the history of the Government that you farmers have ever received the least recognition at its hands?" I hope that much good will come from this conference.?S. H. Hobbs, in the Progressive Farmer. CORN CROP IMPROVES. Will be Relow Yield of East Year? Wheat Heina i i's About Same. Washington, Oct. 9.?An Improve-1 ment in the condition of the corn crop during the last month to the extent of 22,000,000 bushels in the estimated final production was the feature of the department of agriculture's Oc? tober crop report issued this after? noon. The indicated final production is placed at 2,737,000,000 bushels, or 752,000,000 bushels below last year's record crop. Tobacco prospects in? creased 1.9 per cent during the month and fiax 5 per cent., while prospects of rice decreased 7.4 per cent., buck wheat 6.7 per cent, and white po tatoe* 1.8 per cent. The preliminary j estimates of the production of spring wheat and all wheat place the yield at about the same quantity as pre? dicted last month. Oats prospects in? creased so that the preliminary esti? mate of production is S6,000,000 bush? els more tl.an est im; ted In September. Three native species of larch fur? nish timber in the United States. One grows in New England and the lake states, another In the Pacific north? west, and the third In the hlnh moun? tains of the northern Rockies* Euro? pean larch has been planted exten? siv rl\ in the prairie States. NEWS FROM PISGAH. Death of An Honored Citizen?Dele? gates Elected to Kershaw Assoeia tion?Killing et ?Doc/' Smith. Pisgah, Oct. 13.?Last week was nearly lost to the farmers in their gathering. Very little was done. The wind blew out a good deal of cotton and pea vine hay was damaged on the ground and when the stacks got wet. Miss Bessie HaUield, who has been under treatment at the Tourney hos? pital, returned last week and is rapid? ly recovering. Miss Pearl Hatfield, who has teen spending sometime in Sumter, re? turned home last week. Rev. J. W. Kershaw, by request of the pastor, filled the pulpit at Mt. Zion last Sunday. Rev. S. B. Hatfield preached at Westville last Sunday. Mrs. J. W. Kenney and children : have gone to Orangeburg on a visit to relatives. Mrs. J. L. Gillis has gone to Ander? son to visit her daughter and rela? tives. Mr. and Mrs. I ?on Stuckey of State burg were here Sunday. Miss Sadie Bogers has gone on a visit to Sttaeburg. The funeral services over Dr. C. S. Britton Saturday afternoon at Smith ville were very impressive. On the rostrum were Presiding Elder Her? bert, Re*. H. Bascom Brown of Camde*., the pastor, Mr. Hutson, Revs. J. W. Kenny, T. L. Cole and D. Melvin McLeod. The pastor stated that the services would be memorial. All the ministers took some part in them. Addresses were made by Mr. Brown and Mr. McLeod on him as a man, a physician, a Christian, and a soldier. They were very appropriate and touching. Both spoke of the warm personal relation to him. At the close the body was laid to rest In the church cemetery and the grave was covered with flow-era. The aud I ience present was one of the. largest ever seen at a funeral In this section, friends who came to pay the last sad tribute to his memory. Dr. Britton was a true and sincere friend to all, as a soldier he was brave and loyal to the "starry cross/* As a physician, he stood high and literally wore his life out in behalf of his fel? low man. For a long time he was the i only doctor in this section and the ' arduous work of both night and day made its inroads on a constitution , naturally strong. To the poor he gave that same close attention he : did to others, knowing at the time that j there would be in many cases no fin? ancial reward for him. He turned none away who needed his aid. As a ; Christian he lived up to a high stand? ard and died carrying the confidence and esteem and love of all his fellow j citizens. He will be missed by his j church and friends. Peace to hie ashes. At Pisgah church yesterday the pastor paid a fine and touching tri oute to his memory. ".Pisgah church elected delegates yesterday to the Kershaw Associa? tion which meets this week In West Wt.teree, Kershaw county. The church extended an invitation to the association to meet with it next year. The delegates are R. J. Watson, J. T. W?tson, J. E. DuPre, and Revs. T. L. Cole and S. B. Hatfield. The two last are members of the associa? tion, ex-officio. The killing of "Doctor" White by TiP.man Sessions Saturday on Mr. H. H. Evans* place was caused from gambling and whiskey. I don't know what the verdict of the coroner's jury is but Sheriff Muldrow has some, if not all of the guilty parties behind the bars*. Frost was seen this morning. PARDONS DISPENSARY CONVICT. Blease Sayn That it is Not Legal to Punish a Man Twice for Same Of? fense. Columbia, Oct. 13.?In pardoning Jim Martin, of Oconee, convicted of violating the dispensary law and sen? tenced to pay $100 or serve three months, Governor Blease said today he did not think it right or Just, "nor do I believe it strictly legal to pun? ish any man by forcing him to serve out a sentence in the Federal court and also being punished In the State court for the same offense." Martins had been tried by the Unit? ed States court and served two months He paid the State court fine, but wos pardoned today. Horse's Kick Kills Negro. Columbia, Oct. 12.?About 8 o'clock last night Caldwell Sims, a negro driver, was putting a horse In Its stall in the Kentuuky stables on Assembly street when the horse kicked him in the chest. He stood for a moment and then fell dead between the horse's le<s. His b ath was pathetic in many respects. When Sims had fallen, his black and white coach dog. that he had raised from a puppy, found his mas? ter, took a position on his chest, and detled any one to go near.