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The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 9

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The Beei
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Danville, Virginia
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NINE THE BEE DANVILLE VA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7 1923 doa i i amo Being strictly one fight er it may be presumed that never lets his left know what his right Is doing By putting ban on Joe Beckett Britons finally amit they can't see a joke Shortage of messenger boys re ported This will handicap Clarke Griffith in getting a new manager for Washington Expert'" discovers there 5h no dif ference between the weight of tennis bulls in America and England Thlss may explain the recent riots in red Sazony It takes endurance to be a wrest ler It also takes endurance tto watch a wrestler Movie actress gets divorce because husband loafed half the time Still they say half a loaf is better than none Man who coached football team ten years without pay is retired in stead of confined as you might ex pect Chisel bone off ball nose Imprudent reader wants to know why the doc stopped there What Is wrong with this sentence? no Mr Rickard that Is entire ty too much money I will gladly fight for Scientists looking for fork tailed monkey could save lot of time by go ing up to Battling Siki's training quarters Princeton players of 1873 finally get letters Showing what efficiency methods will do' for the postal sys tem "'Nlne veaf old hen dies after laying 1 300 eggs A few of which were not what they were cracked up to be Rutgers Badly Beaten By Va NEW YORK "Nov 6 The ranks of unbeaten college elevens lost an other member this afternoon when oster bu ky Rutgers array was mopped up by Clarence Spear's West Virginia eleven by the score of 2 7 to 7 at the Polo Grounds The New Jersey outfit proved no match tor the Mountaineers and but for two successive errors by Narda ici never would have scored on Spear's team The latter was guilty of mental error when he caught a kick that would have rolled for a touchback and was guilty of a phy sical error when he promptly fum bled the ball Rutgers recovered it on West Virginia's tv yard line and smashed through for their single score Mountaineer points came as theresult of brilliant and impressive marches up the tlel varying in dis tance from 60 to 70 yards The play of Eckberg George Hill and Nardacci featured for the win ping team Two railroad Shin a waded MEDALS OR HEROIC CONDUCT WASHINGTON Nov Two rail road employes Lawrence Lapp of Cozard Neb and James A Un derwood of Sherveport La have been awarded medals upon recom mendation ot the Interstate Com merce for bravery and meritorious conduct Iapp employed by the Union Pa cific a' Cozard stepped in front of a passenger train to re cue a woman and succeeded i ngetting her to safe ty without being injured Underwood a switchman on the Kansas City Southern riding on the tender of his engine reached for ward an dlitted another woman to safety when the rtain threatened to run Iwr He was hurt slightly in performing the act President Harding before leaving for the western tour on which he died approved the award of the med als Since ebruary 23 1905 when the practice of awarding medals to railroad employes was instituted 24 persons have been so honored 'x Vigorous WHY separate youth and old age with a deep and ever widen ing abyss? The bloom' of youth and the hardy ruddy glow of Old Age sixteen should be separated only bj' "the span of years and not by varyingdifferences of physical wholesomeness Vigorous old ago is within the grasp of all 8 brings that hale and hearty feeling back with a rush i red blood is the greatest enemy c' weakening health undermining Old Age 8 builds Red Blood Cells Rich red blood coursing through your veins sweeps av ay impuritie that retard tho proper functionins of your system Old Age once dreaded agony becomes a vigorous enjoyable care free time of life is made of carefully sc lected herbs and scientiflcall prepared and proportioned Welcome Old Age when it comes Be ready to withstand the attacks of diseases that follow iii its wake Meet Old Age with a hearty handshake A handshake that speaks of well being of a vigorous clear thinking blooded constitution is your best friend when Old Ago is seen rounding tho corner Get a bottle and drive care and worry away All leading drug stores carry it The large size is the more economical Peel Zjke Yctirsclf BARNEY GOOGLE and SPARK PLUG Out To the Peruvian BODY BEfXXLU HEARTfcOBARM6Y I Ycur Ji I I HAIR TEwie MAY III! TAKE A JUMP UJHO CAM S'C IT WENT DOWN I I ANoTuEfii I SE'iEN PQIMTs JOST IWK VI ffl 1 'Ash41 by Kin eoturwl Syndicoto Inc U1HATS A EW ZL 11 OUT THAT (MORE'N LlkBLY Tht 1 POINTS NOW PERUVIAN GITVATiOM HA3 HAD me thousands of marSt'J 7 bOUARS (swsNif) f' AND YUE STOCK OfiOPS ZZ H46 I OR AJO reason JctTy PERUVIAN Thats UKat ms SITUATION fee pso rvasgn cALi WHERE MW HAT? DROPSX liwssjpwnf I I i 1 I 55 3 1 ruts ji IIBlHl MAIN GUY itf izw 7r SgrtflW MdfiL trsnr JX iW lisWLl OPENED 1 17 larvard to Put In Their inal Practice Today (Ry The Annueiated Preen) NEW YORK Nov Harvard gridirons warriors are expecting today their last hard scrimmage before the Princeton game Saturday the first of the big three contests as they leave early Thursday for Tigertown to get their last light workouts on the Princeton field and become acquaint ed with the locale Speed was the demand yesterday of Coach Bob isher when he pit the Crimson through their tricks at Cam bridge both the first and second var sities going against the scrub teams and showing adeptness In solving the Tiger plays used by the latter At Princeton the varsity scored three times in a short workout against the omelqttes using Harvard forma tions and the scrubs were unable to gain much There was an hour of hard scrimmage in the rain before Coach Bob Roper called it a day Yale more confident since its vic tory ter the Army will have only one Isird scrimmage this week in preparation for Maryland Saturday The Cadets at West Point went on to the field the field time since the Yale bowl debacle andjiad a secret session with their drill master The Cadets play Arkansas Aggies Saturday The Navy with some regulars ab sent scored repeatedly ob the scout ing fleet team yesterday in limbering up for St Xavier which Comes for the week end 1 HEAVYWEIGHTS MEET TONIGHT (B The An oclatcd Press) OMAHA Nov Billy Miske of St Paul Minnesota and Bren nan of Chicago heavyweights meet in a ten round boxing bout here tonight It will be first appearance in the ring since he was knocked out and sent to the hospital by Luis Angel irpo Argentine sev eral months ago Mlke has recovered fro ma several months illness ELAINE RIOT CASES CLOSED (By The Associated Press) LITTLE ROCK Ark Novi Governor McRae today com muted to twelve years imprisonment death sentences imposed on six ne groes convicted of murder four years ago and sentenced to be electrocuted in connection with the outbreak at Elaine Arkansas in 1919 in which several white men and an undeter mined number of negroes were killed Action of the governor was taken on a petition of a number of residents of Phillips county in which Elaine is located and members of a commission named by the governor to investigate the outbreak Commutation of the sentences of the six men disposes of all the cases peding in the court a results of Elaine disorders Six ether negroes who had been granted new trials recently were freed after the supreme court upheld a contention of their attorneys that thev could not be retried because of a state law which required that the retrials occur within two court terms which requirement the defense held had not been complied with Death sentences imposed on those granted commutations todaj were af firmed by the Arkansas supreme court anti an order obtained directing the federal district court here to re view the proceedings in the Phillips county court MEASUREAIMS AT BREAK WITH ENGLISH CHURCH CALCUTTA Nov The Indian church measure which provides that India Burma and Ceylon follow the examples of Canada Australia aiid Overnight eatures BY THE ASSO OIATED PRESS Tammany sweeps Manhattan and tho Bronx in New York City electing all its candidates for New York state supreme court overwhelmingly Re publican supported by Wm Randolph Hearst New York State assembly has substantial republican majority bonus is apparently safely carried in New York and hydro elec tric power project seemingly beaten William ields Democrat is elected governor of Kentucky and Governor Ritchie of Maryland is re elected IJorter Dale is chosen Republi can United States Senator from Ver mont giving the Republicans a ma jority of six in the United States Senate Only upset in the national house of representatives is apparent election of former Representative Benjamin airchild Republican in the 24th New York district Republican legislature is assured in New Jersey voters rejecting Governor Sllzers appeal for sympathetic Demo cratic assembly Ku Klux Kian entering municipal politics openly in Ohio for the first time elects mayors ln Youngstown Portsmouth Akron ancTother cities Thomas A Doyle Democrat is chosen from Chicago stock yards sec tion to fill vacancy in national House of Representatives caused by death of John Rainey Republicans elect reeland Ken drick mayor of Philadelphia by tre mendous tfiajority rank Doremus is re elected mayor of Detroit by 'big plurality De troit ree Press returns show Peace warrants are issued for arrest of Hiram Evans Imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and threo other high Klan officials late Atlanta dis patches say Richard Dieters missing telephone operator at Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn is found by police at Black stone Mass and held for New York authorities Death at Staten Island of May Pres ton who is said to have played part of Mary in the original production of Nights In a Belgium seml 6fficially denies any reports of rupture with rance be cause of proposed reparations inquiry LEES ROM HOSPITAL: TAKES CHILIjY BATH PETERSBURG Va Nov 6 Allan Johnson colored an Inmate of the Central State hospital for the insane had a thrilling experience last night when he escaped from the hospital stripped himself of all his clothes and proceeded to go in Johnson left the institution 'yester day afternoon and went to Chester field county in the vicinity of Colonial Heights He said just wanted to be a decided to off a rock into the While he was in the water some one stole his clothes everything except bls hat They even took his shoes and Allan was in a bad way He stayed in the water until dark despite the cold and then walked to a deserted house where he wrap ped himself in tar paper and pro ceeded to take a nap He said he felt chilly during the but slept off and on This morning officer Bowman was notified that a colored man was seen to go in the deserted house late yes terday and upon investigating found Johnson huddled up on the floor He was apparently happy that some one found him The officer found some old clothes and dressed the man up later taking him to the hospital not crazy at least not any more than you Johnson told a reporter is crazy if I am but am willing and glad to go back home where I have been for twelve years They treat me all right at tlie 'the negro added GREATEST IGHTER JN GAME? DUNDEE! THE PROO Who is the greatest fighter in the world? Jack Dempsey? Nope Johnny Dundee! Aw quit your kidding Well just lissen: Dundee whipped Joe Shugrue Joe Shugrue stopped Benny Leonard Benny Leonard whipped Ted Lewis Ted Lewis whipped Soldier Barjfield Soldier Bartfield whipped Harrv Grob Harry Greb whipped Tommy Gibbons Tommy Gibbons whipped Billy Miske Billy Miske stopped red ulton red ulton stopped Sam Langford Sam Langford stopped Jim lynn and Jim lynn knocked out Jack Dempsey in one round If that doesn't make Johnny Dun dee the greatest fighter in the world we'd like to know where all the bananas went to anvhow WHEELER LAUDS WORK UNITS IN ENORCEMENT Bv THf Associated Press) WASHINGTON Nov 6 The record attained by the prohibition unit of the Treasury in enforcement is one of achievement Wayne Wheeler general counsel for the Anti Saloon League declared in a letter sent to day to Secretary Mellon Mr Wheeler congratulated the secretary on his re cent statement of enforcement results and asserted that the federal law was as well enforced as were state pro hibition laws in thirty three states which enacted them during the first years of their operation After observing the growing sen timent over a thirty year period My Wheeler told the secretary lie has more reason to be confident of the final victory today than at any time "Congratulations on your publica tion of the results which the prohi bition unit has secured in the en forcement of the Eigtheenth Amend Mr Wheeler vrote "It is a record of "If state and federal officers and the people will co operate in carrying out the comprehensive law enforce ment program outlined by President Coolidge and endorsed by the gov ernors even greater gains will be recorded "We shall see little greater results when the 300000 state and local officers become as active as the 1522 federal agents who in co op eration with the Justice Department have been able to secure 72489 con victions under national AMERICAN SAILOR KILLED IN ALL 1000 EET HONOLULU Nov After fall ing 1000 feet from the top of the Pali a rock cliff near here over which thousands of Oahuans met death in the early history of Hawaii as they fled from the invading army of the King of Hawaii John Andrews a water tender stationed on the Seagull was rescued from a nar row ledge on which his body lodged Rescuers ascended 50U feet up ter criff with ropes The task required four hours and was finished after darkness fell by the light from torches made from the clothing of the res cuers legs wer broken and his skull fractm 'fl 1 died today South Africa in breaking off from the Church of England and establsihing a national Indian church has involved both clergy and laity In a voluminous newspaper controversy and threatens to result in a schism among Anglican religious communltiess The movement advocating a nation hl church in India has been increas ing gradually since 1912 when a rep resentative gathering of the Anglican denomination in India expressed a desire that the church in India should have full synodical government The present proposed measure which would free the Indian church from the control of Canterbury is advocat ed by the bishops of India and by the clergy generally 'but is meeting with intense opposition from many of the English laity Those opposed to the measure hold that the English forms of worship and the English prayer book are es sential to the welfare of the church and fear that an Indian church un der Indian control would break away from the English traditions in re spect to both doctrine and ritual British residents in India it is further contended would be unable to find a national Indian church congenial to their interests The Bishop of Calcutta is an advo cate of the proposed self governing church DEMOCRATS ARE LEADING IN 9TH (Bv The Associated Press) BRISTOL Va 'Nov 6 Legisla tive candidates leading in the vote the ninth Virginia distrietvare as fol lows: Wise county Beattie Demo crat for the Senate Parker and Dodgson Democrat for the assembly Lee and Scott counties: John Henry Johnson Democrat for the SPTltttC Washington and Smyth counties: Buchanan Democrat for the Senate rank Defriece and Watt Gray Democrats for the as sembly A Grim Reminder SOSM Henry Potter motorcycle policeman was rated as one of the most daring cyclists in the west hack in 1912 But his bravado cost him his life He was killed in a race while his mother and sister in the stands looked on Today a single marker covers the grave where he and his father are buried inMt Olivets cetnetery Salt Lake City Ami under the inscription for the son is carved a motorcycle of the racing type MY DEAR WON BOWIE HANDICAP (Tly The Asxieliited Preus) BALTIMORE Nov red Mu My Dear acounted for the Bowie 1QOUO handicap for three year olds and ufi at Pimlico this afternoon winning by three lengths going away Exodus was second Hephaistos third and Maclmac fourth The time for the one and half miles was 234 4 5 When the start was made Exodus rushed to the front and set the pace'Passing the stand Exodus) led with Dunlin second and Macimac third At the mile Exodus was still in front At this point My Dear began to move up and on the stretch turn she collared the leader and came on to a handy victory JOHN AILED IN EIT'ORT TO DIG UP IiAD TO B1LAT GANS BOSTON Nov 6 Joe Gans was one colored fightei who was highly esteemed by boxing devotees of all shades The Baltimore oyster fiend whose reassuring message to his mammy appropos of the outcome of an impending fight bring home the' bacon" now occupies an exalted" place in American slang was not only a remarkable boxer but a quiet weii manered man 'His white competitors conceded his rare skill and many ring authori ties of uncommonly sound judgment insist today that Gans was the great est lightweight of all time Hut John Sullivan the Boston heavyweight never thought so John had a positive dislike for Gans and spent much of his time trying to unearth a man to beat him Sullivan was always on hand when Gans battled always in tho hope that he would see the colored man punched lifeless On one occasion Sullivan even went in the corner of a Gans opponent This was when Spike Sullivan met the Marylander before the Broadway A at New York John was In a particularly snarly mood and his instructions to Spike were thickly buttered with vi cious invective Spike however was hopelessly outclassed and the late Charlie White who was refereeing stopped fight to save the white boy from serious punishment John was furious A Boston ai derman at the ringside stirred on by the old heavyweight's prolonged pro testations climbed over the ropes and took healthy punch" at Referee White A general free for all follow ed and quiet was not restored until plain clothesmen had literally drag ged John out of the building Sae MHk Ifl Bill or Infant I Invalid A chiUrn The Original ood Drink for All Age QuickLunchetHomeOfnceasountain RichMilkMaltedGrainExtractlnPow Nourishing No cooking 8ST Avoid Imitations end Substitutes I PEARL TURNER NOT YET OUND ORT SMITH Ark Nov Scott county scene of a two weeks hunt for Pearl Turner three year old daugh ter of Lem Turner mountaineer was quiet today after a hectic Sunday in cident to the arrest and later release of five persons when Chalmers er guson mountain hermit who caused their arrest failed to appear before a Justice of peace as the prosecuting witness erguson Is said to havo'disappear ed One report received here was that ho had armed himself because of al leged threats on the part of friends of those taken into custody The fivo were Corey his wife and son Lem Turner and Jack Smith a con stable Sheriff Allen and two deputies scotired the mountains yesterday in an effort to locate erguson but K1 1 fl out result Today several mountain eers were deputized to disarm tho man In the event they should find him Meanwhile no trace qJ the mis sing child has been found Tho regular meetinf of Danville AV" will be held this afternoon at Mt Vernon church at 3:30 Re ports of the convention will be given Threw Crutch Away After Taking Indian Treatment BEORE ATER a Listen to this I suffered with rheumatism for 5 weeks and could not raise my hand to my head to take my hat off my arms were swollen terribly and my limb was all swol len and drwan I have tried everything anybody and every body would tell me but never got any relief nobody knows how I suffered except myselt I walk without a crutch and after taking Dr Remedy for tour days) I threw crutch away (Signed) JOHN PAGE 330 Newton Street City Nanzetta Medicine Co Office 219 Main Street OLLOW STS i 307 MAIN STREET HOUSE sq I QUALITY Come Up to The HUB and Pick Up the Bargains As They Are Knocked Out THE CROWD a 33 7 Suits Overcoats Hats Shoes and urnishings or Men and Boys at Record Smashing Prices You May Get The ord Runabout This car will be given away bn December 14 and every one purchasing $500 worth of goods has an opportunity to get it Car may be seen at Crowell Auto Co on Craghead St or in front of Our Store i il 1 gfe iwa axr 5 i A I OMR ilMlUllUII 4 3 cl (A.

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