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I PAGE SIX- BATLY CTiATOOy-LEDGEK. JACKSON MISS. SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 10, 1923: LOCALS LACK PEP- MERIDIAN VICTOR OLE MISS SQUAD OFF FOR CONTEST "BIG THREE'S" WESTERNERS ON THEIR LAST LAP ON SOUTHERN 'GROUNDS MERIDIAN. READY FOR BIG CONTEST HEARING THE QUOTA FOR W.

C. FUNDS UNION LABOR UNITS IN SOCIAL MEETING TODAY'S GAMES Jackson High Gridders Overwhelmingly Defeated In Friday Contest Students Have Big Rally and Give Gridiron Warriors Great Send-off Princeton-Harvard Contest Holds Center of Attraction in the East Illinois and Wisconsin, Bit- ter Rivals, Most Important on Schedule Three of the Undefeated Teams Must Fight to Re- tain Honors Today Mississippi College and Ole Miss. Meet at Fair Ground This Afternoon Workers Resume Today and Hope to Literally ''Go Over the Top" Carpenters' Union Host at Open Meeting-Smoker and Refreshments ATLANTA. Nbv. 9.

Three of the MEniDIANY November 9 Everything is in readiness and. Meridian football fans and hundreds from NTV. YOniC NoV. D. (Ry the The first the TJig Three's" prldiron battles.

with Harvard flaunting- its, crimson banner before the Princeton in the Matter's CHICAGO, Nov. 9. Championship contenders for the 1923 Big Ten gridiron title enter the last lap of the race tomorrow with Wisconsin and Illinois bitter rivals, mtstin at Illinois nov $2,090,000. memorial stadi um In the inost lmportJint combat of the day's schedule. When Friday's drive for new pledges and contributions to the funds needed with which to carry-on the splendid work mapped out by the Y.W.C.A.: was completed rand the figures turned In by the team captains tabulated, it was shown that the three days' work had brought the 'total-well up.

According to figures given last night by Miss Kath (By r. VT. LY01T UX1VERSITY November 9. Coach Cowell ana hi Ilea, ana Blue squn-J concluCetl thttr workouts Thursday Tor the Mississippi College same In Meridian, and the team lett thi mornSny for the cene of the clash lctwcen the two rival Institutions of Mississippi. Fair weather attended the last two days of practice and the rquad was once more nble try its hand at oren football.

i By far one of the most enjoyabla social gatherings of the season was that held last nirht at Knipiits of Pythias hall, with a goodly assembly of men and women, with several children accompanying their mothers for the evening's entertainment. This was dn open forum meeting and smoker given by Jat k-; eon Carpenters Union o. 1471. rc-I cently reorganized and adding new six soutnern conierence unaeieaiea elevens co into action" tomorrow nralnst conference teams and the dope sheet gives indications that at least two of the leaders will re tain their positions. In addition to the Kentucky-Alabama game at Tuscaloosa.

Vander-lllt plays Tennessee at Nashville and Georgia meets Virginia at Athens. Alabama goes into battle with Ken tucky with an advantage given by past performances. Georgia leading TJminiAN. XourbUr 5. Play- In? a Rteady gam, but lacking the vZ t'lsst ramr th Jackson llieh Sc)ool le'-r lost to the Meridian Wildcats.

2S to here Friday. Meridian attacks through the line, em! runs and pass-ty Clark, upset the visitors for repeated gains, which produce touchdowns anJ two points tiCtr-r tour hdonns. The only time Jackson Invaded Wal territory wa- In the final period, when they thr.itencd to rain a score. Jackson steadily advanced the l-atl. aided by a Ions: penalty, to cne-yarj line, the bn.II wax lost on iltmns.

dark scored for Meridian on a biuk in the First. Caver kicking -oa. riark in the quarter rntrcM. a IS-yard ras and ran a few yards for a touchdown ar.d on thf attempted goal kb-k. Caver re- the conference with, Washington ana as ten thousand, and the attendance Lee Is listed favorites over Virginia, is expected to be the greates-t that which has meet with ill fortune ''as ever witnessed a gridiron fight thtis far in important games.

'in this state. A -special train is to Other conference games tomorrow I be run over the Alabama and Vicks-list Tulane and Auburn at Mont-fburg road into Meridian, while re-gomerv and North Carolina and duced rates for the round trip have Other Uig Ten entries will also he occupied, but in frames having no bearins in tne caampionshin. Chicago is a top-heavy favorite to defeat Indiana ct Btagg Field, while Iurdue appears to have the edge on Ohio State at Lafayette. The powerful Michigan eleven will engage the ijuamicu at Aun Aiiiui- unit Northweftrcn will face Lake Forest at 1 vans ton. Minnesota and Iowa having no games scheduled wll tuno up on their home fields tomorrow in preparation for their games at Mln- lifaiMilin lnfr.

Outside the conference Notre Dame anJ Nebraska promiee to furnisa a battle on the Corn II ushers' home grid. WUls-3enault Bout Off NEW YOKK. Nov. 9. Prospects of a match soon between Jack Renault and Harry Wills at Madison Jsquare Garden virtually disappeared today when Promoter Tex Kiekarri announced he had dropped negotia' tions, for the present.

A contest between Renault and Billy. Miske. who knocked out Bill Brennan a few days ago at Omah, now is In prospect. At Clemson College: Clemson 14; Davidson 0. At Montgomery: Marion Institute 14: Springfield 13.

At Memphis: West Tennessee Normal 13; Southwestern Presbyterian University 0. At Clinton: Presbyterian University 26: Wolford 0. At Arkadelphia: Ouachita 14; College of Ozarks 6. At Little Rock: State Teachers College 15; Little Rock College 12. At Gadsden: University of Chattanooga 19; Birmingham-Southern 0.

CASH OSAX2T nrtW No 91 No 2 yellow 103. Oats No. 2 white 43 1-2 a 45; No. 3 white 41 34 a 43 1-2. Rye No.

36: Barley D8 a 68: Timothy Seed 675 a 730; Clover seed 1500 a 2373. Mob Outwitted NAS1IVILLK. Nov. 9. -Be- l.ir.

and cigfot clashes l-cttveen in- icrsecuenai its. r.old the spotlight In the I'asfn football program tomorrow. The" Princeton-Harvard tussle In Palmer Memorial Stadium. where probably SS.Ouo -will be massed In the horseshoo shaped structure, holds chief interest of the rivalry between these traditional opponents, for the outcome will-have -little or no, bearing- on championship aspiration outside fle liig, Throe. The teams appear, closely matched and critics regard the outcome as a toss-up.

tnless startling upsets occur none of. tnncrr.i'' rrma it-tti Lvital bearing on eas champion- 4 SliX IT 1 ship hopes, for all three of the lead-J Ing contenders Cornell, Yale and Syracuse have comparatively easy tests, ino powerrul Iog array faces the stiffert opposition in Maryland which conquered Pennsylvania tut the Itlue. though It may play without its star tackle. Milstead. is favored to down the Southerners Gildo's red tornado with little dif- itcuity marching to victory against Columbia's coached outfit, while feyraeuse Its goal line uncrossed so far.

expects to take the measure of Poston University in the up-state city. Sharing Interactional interest with the Yale-Maryland game. Penn State will grapple Georgia Tech at State College. Pa. Three other teams also will invade the! east.

Two of them face tho service aggregations. St. Xavier of Cincinnati. meeting the Navy at Annapolis while the Arkansas Aggies with an. imposing record, clash with the Cadets at West Point.

Centenary College, ef Shreve-port, La coached by "lio" McMillan former Centra star, will be watched with Interest In Its contest with Boston College at Poston. fi Wants to Try It Again LOUISVIL.L.E, Ky Nov. 9. Matt J. Winn, generat manager of the Kentucky Jockey Club, today said ne had received a telegram from FamC.

Ilibfreth. trainer of Zev. ex- msslng a desire to match Zex and In Memoriam. his recent conquerer. during the present autumn meeting at Churchhill to settle the question of the three 'year olds.

i i Weight Xleats Skia NATCIIl. -November The Woodville Aggios defeated the Natchex High school team at Duncan I'ark this afternoon by a score of 6 to 0. It was a spirited Natchez matching skill weight, and weight won. if -1 If you want your wife to listen to what you say Just talk in your aleep. I I I cim with atralnVt i 1Uwt I ryn Dietz.

the day's roundup amounted to 2,054. 25, which, added to the total for the two previous gave a total of The usual mid-day luncheon was held by the workers in the basement of the new Barker building, the in- vocation being offered by Miss Eugenia "Demeron, and a few words of encouragement said by Rev Gypsey Smith, who was present. For the second time since Tuesday the honor flag for the day's-work was Won by Miss Rainey's working girls team, No. 8. while Mrs.

Strieker's team -was the runner up, ant following very closely. The final drive by all of the teams will be made today and the committee's in charge are urging all those who have not been seen or who have not fully determined just what they wTill be able to do, to get -down, to bed rock and help to put the cause gloriously and easily over the assigned quoto. Nature has dealt kindly with these workers. with beautifully dry and clear days and an atmosphere Just right for canvassing, conditions which have had a pschycological effect, not only on the team workers but also on thosa whom they have approached. With a repetition of such conditions promised for.

today, there is no reason why the result should, not put the entire four day's subscriptions well "over the top." a TO GET BACK PAY Men Who Were In Officer? Training-Camp Have Money Coming The government has made an appropriation to pay to men who were in officers training camps between June 30, 1917, and July 1, 1918, the difference between' the $30 they were paid each month and the $100 which it is now admitted they should have received. State Adjutant B. E.t Jacobs of the American Legion has a few of the necessary blanks at his office which may be had by men who desire to collect the money due them from this source. Postpones Coal Car Order WASHINGTON. Nov.

9. The interstate commerce commission today postponed until January 1 next the effective date of its assigned coal car order. In a decision announced last spring, but not yet put into effect pending re-hearing of the controversy, the commission declared that railroads could 'no longer give special transportation service to mines producing fuel for railroad to private coal cars. lijf Htuuent pep meeting' was hell here List night. nS the students tent the pridiiersff with an outburst of spirit.

When the train pulled from the station at Oxford. the students cheered the team on tsr victory over the Choctaw rivals. On the eve for the. contest, fol lowers of the sport at Ole Miss think the two elevens will rake the well Certain sport writers have doped the lied and Itlue to win Ly a narrow margin, -while other have predicted victory for the Choc-taws. It will be to assume that the breaks of the day will lay a larpe part determine the victor.

The Mississippi colleee lads are bnsinir their hopes of victory upon the broken field running of Cv diminutive quarter of the Klue and Gold -who 'has starred In the sea-srn's victories for the Clinton Institution. Ole Miss Is not hoplnK jro to victory through the work of anv outstanding star, but by the united teamwork of her entire ouU ftt. The Hed and Blue in look'n? to its atrial attack and steady line plusjrlnff to win the contest. The Mississippi squad which left here this morning was somewhat battered and bruised for the recent serimase. Walker was still Injured and may not able to ret Into the pan at renter.

Mc-Poural wa out with a sprained and nrable to mak the trip, Howard. Woodward will Ve out' th rest of th season from the Injuries recelvel the- nirmlngham-Pouth-em game. Other reeulars also aro ready for the Itlckeff. SCAT BOTS XTVX Hajelhurtt ZLUrh School Zlerca Orcrtmelmlasly Defeated The football eleven or the Haael-hnrst High school was overwhelmingly defeated 32 to 0. yesterday afternoon by the boys of the School for the Peaf.

the game being layed on the local grounds. The contest was replete with thrills and was greatly enjoyed by a big chowd of fans, including students of the schu)I. Maxwell starred for the deaf boys, making three the five touchdowns by long end-runs and fine broken-field sprints. PXCiYtnTi; VTIK3 PICATUNn. November 9 Picayune high defeated the here this afternoon by a score of 13 to 12.

Xorth Carolina State intade Virginia to Virginia Military and Virginia Poly eleven respectively. Georgia Tech is away from home for its second intersectional scran. taking on the fleet and husky Nit-tanv Lions of Tenn. State. South Carolina leaves Us conference success to tangle with Furman at Greenville, S.

C. In a mix-up that is expect- ed to be made interesting by virtue of Furman's record. Washington and Lee plays West. Virginia at the tatter's home and. Florida and Mississippi take on non-' member foes, the former playing Stetson at Deland and Ole Miss taking on Mississippi college at Meridian.

With Tech away. Oglethorpe takes over Grant Fields here for a fray with Mercer University of Macon. Mercer presents an unblemlsbed record for this annual scrip. SIOT3 117 SXTHXt Stins Bnll.liflg's Wrecked end tUns i Directors HI Treated GF-LSENKIRSCirEN, Ruhr. Valley.

Nov. 9. (By the AP) Further serious rioting growing out of th. inadequacy of the unemployment doles occurred here today. Two per rons were killed and five Injured in a fight with the police.

At the Unserb Fritz mine the office buildings were wrecked and the mine directors Ill-treated. At the Koenigssrube mine an eighty-two year old director was as saulted and mortally Injured. XZa Slnx Mayors CLEVELAND, Nov. 9. An organi ration of five mayors-elect of Ohio who received the support of the Ku Klux Klan in was formed at a dinner in Youngs- here today by E.

A. Watkins, campaign manager for Charles F. Schei-ble. mayor-elect of Youngstown. The iurnose of tke oreanization.

he said. covereu a rumr.ie and ran across the Ifn. In the s-me period. Hammond caught a pas that had Wen knocked toward the ground by J.ncVrrvn flayer. The fin.it touchdown was Matt by Clark, who bucked the line a few yards after Hyde had run 55 yards around right end.

line-up: 10 iff: 1ST ju; I.T i.t: on Rl! in Meridian White First (c brook It. Wright Tingle Orahtm O'Brien Caver Myd Hammond Clark o-13 is- T.ee Fottner Howell 1. Wrlsrht ItoMerfleld "Hester Tomiinson Thomas Martin John Meri.fi.- riark 3. Hammond: point front Tr.iehi?wn. Oapler KtthtltntesJarksn.

-Alley for San ford for Hester: Fort--r f. Atl-v; Griffin for Johnson: ToIt for Thomas. Meridian Dunn ror WWdati: Woodall for Dunn: Tunn fr WoodaH: Westoroor fvr Tmn: Pement for Hyde: Wasco for Hammond: Porrnrtim e. a m. Ofnclats-Keferee.

Cayh.r. Miss. Umpire. Hart. V.

M. 1 irn-snan. Stewart. Mis. Col-Nle.

Fewanee; Timekeeper, llsmm. Oio Miss; Crow. Hack to Mobii Willi Amrrfcans wlirtrain at Mobil. a net season, it wes annonnced i imii)-. ii was the third tcres-siv time the Drowns th city.

z.exxsoto crnx.it im I.HXINGTON. Noremler if Th fexincton Itisch school t-irlt bcvt. team defeated the IVlrrtnl lllcK five here this afternoon fcv a Iscore of 21 to 17. elsewhere who are "here for the game are on 'tipioa of eagerness for the great gridiron contest Saturday aft emoon between the Mississippi College and the University of Mississippi elevens, which will be the first real clash of thy kind in Meridian for a number of The ganie is jlo be played in the aiississippi-Alabamsf fair grounds, special scats having been arranged for the accommodation for as rrrany ueen secured on other roads SCOUT TROOP 1 1 STANDS INSPECTION Organization Praised for Its Discipline; Made Excellent Showing Troop 11 at the Baptist Orphanage on Thursday evening stood a good Inspection. Practically twenty scouts w-ore present.

The majority of these were in uniform. According to scout commissioner George 1. Dorroh, who was the Inspection officer. Troop 11 13 the best disciplined troop which he has visited. Scoutmaster W.

J. Burkitt. assistant scoutmasters E. L. Flowers and Randolph Bynum.

patrol leaders Tabor Stamper and Vernon Peterson, and senior patrol leader Joe Cheek are the officials of the troop. They are to be congratulated upon the manner in which, they handle the troop. The. form of Inspection used is that which has -prevailed at the camp for several seasons. The troop is lined up with the colors in front, scoutmaster and assistants, to the rear of these, patrol leaders in front of their patrols, and the patrols in a straight line single file.

The senior patrol leader stands behind line of scouts The troops were inspected for uni- LV. rapiaiy Nothing makes the modest girl any more indignant than to have mother try, to apply her grand day to remember. Having that George Washington, ne-itlll ero with attacking a white woman near Springhope, was lodged s.all boy acts that way and had made- that the you den't know what he wants. 1,1.1 support In the Nashville county Jail, a mob of men gathered today around the Jail but when deputy sheriff escorted leaders of the mob through the prison to a statement he disappeared. J.1 it is to "clean up tbe whole Mahoning mother's rules for bringing up chil-Valley." dren to this generation.

I lilVAir, members rrom wcck to wcck to its roster. Sam E. Lary. executive- officer of the Mississippi federation of labor. -acted as master of cere-j monies, with his usual success and ability! On the platform with him W.

of the Pressmen's union; J. I. Case, president of i-en-tral labor union of Jackson: C. 1 i Prater, of "the Painters union, J. B.

Lawson, of the International 'street railway employees, and Prod H. Lotterhos, attorney at law and former assistant attorney general. The purpose cf the gathering was briefly explained by President T. 15. Duncan of the Carpenter's Union, as a movement to emphasize the importance of organization and after organization, cooperation together.

These things are not to be accomplished by closed door meetings, and the policy of the union is to "keep open house for everyone who believes that In union there is strength." Others speakers were Sam E. Lary, C. Barrett. I. R.

Gerrard. J. I. Case, C. W.

Wallace, and Mr. Lotterhos. After the first few addresses a recess was taken while committee specially designated for the purpose did themselves proud in the distribution of appetising, refreshments, coffee, chocolate, cakes and cigars. This was a most enjoyable feature, and the ladies present were emphatic in complimenting the masculine servers who eo successfully discharged the task assigned them. Among other projects discunaod by tho open forum was the proposition to form a civic club, to representative of all the federated units in the general organization.

This proposition, as explained seemed practical, feasible and altogether desirable, and it was so stated. The-' details will be worked out by a subcommittee and when completed the plan will be referred to the full union for action. The Tinal Conference 1IARRISBURG, Nov. 9. Anthracite coal operators met today with Gov.

Finchot In what the governor later described as a "final conference" to discuss methods of keeping-, hard coal prices during the coming winter at the level of those of last year." Eminent Japanese Dies TOKIO, Nov. 9. (By the AP) Fusakichi Omori, one of the most eminent of Japanese seismologists and a Professor of the Imperial Tokio University, died today. XT 'a i 1 i' If I I i 4 AnD ARMORY A Li) 1 I 9 jf MDAY HOV. 12th Activities under the Direction of Henry Graves Post American Legion loin liands with the American Legion and make it a I I A (f) 4 in 4 11 (-1 ,1 At 8 .1 Tlie memorial erected by tlie citizens of Jack son and Hinds county to the Hinds county soldiers, sailors-and marines who gave their lives in defense of the flag.

p. Address by Past National Commander of the American Legion AnVIN M. OWSLEY A soldier who -served with distinction verseas veteran of the Meuse-Argonne Dec orated with Medal Lesrion of Honor r. of oeir country it 1 i lOiher speakers include: Gov -elect Henry Whitfield and Mayor W. A.

Scott i it -El Mi WYoiee 30 COIMIE2 EVERYBODY FREJ v. 9- MIDVEKfBER iStt'Bn This ad contributed a friend of the American Legion) 11 "TV" mi III MmMmO.

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