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THE UNIVERSITY NEWS THTTBSDAY OCTOfeEE 19 190 1906 JI i 1 1IY THE GAME Of FOOTBALL FOOTBALL1Y 1Y A FORSYTHE FORSYTHEATHLETIC fORSYTHEA FORSY111EATNIEiK ATHLETIC A DIRECTOR DIRECTORI DIRECTORNearly I INearly 3 3I I Nearly ten years ago on a cold colddrizzly coldd colddrizzly drizzly zzly day the writer of this ar article article article ticle stood in the grand stand at atthe atthe atit it the Park Parkin in in Columbia and nd with withabout withabout withabout about ninetenths of the few hun hundred hundred hundred dred spectators Pwhat tators present wondered wonderedwhat wonderedwhat what it all meant meantwhat what the thetwcnty thetwcntyt twenty twentytwo twat two stalwart young fellows repre representing representingClemson representing senting sentingClemson Clemsou and the University Universityof of South Corolina were trying to todo todo todo do as they stood about in the mud mudtugging mudtugging mudtugging tugging and struggling for the pos possession pOSesession possession session of what appeared appeare i to be a ahuge ahuge ahuge huge red mud ball This was the thefirst tbefirst thefirst first game of intercollegiate intercolle iate foot football footban football ball that the writer had witnessed witnessedin in fact one of the first played South Southof of tof the North Carolina line lineThe lineThe lineThe The game ended by the score of often often often ten to five in Clemsons favor and andthose an anthose andthose those of us who knew a little of ofbase ofbase ofbase i base ball and nothing of foot ball ballfelt baIlfelt felt that our Champions had done donegloriously donegloriously donegloriously gloriously We had already yelled yelledourselves yelledourselves e11ed e11edhoarse ourselves hoarse at we knew not notwhat nott notwhat I what but not contented with this thisat thisat thisat at the termination of the game gamemembers gameI gamemembers i members of the faculty facu ty and the thestudents thestudents thestudents I students alike plunged out into intothe intothe intothe the gridiron ankle deep in Carolina Carolinamud CarolinaI Carolinamud I mud and slush and bore off the be bedecked bef bedecked decked victors as if they had been beenindeed beenind beenindeed indeed ind conquering heroes It made madeno no difference whether or not the thegame thegame thegame game and its merits were under understood understood underknow stood it was enough to toour know that thatour tbatJ our College had been victorious victoriousThis victoriousThis I Ii i This game was the first of those thoseFair thoseFair thoseFairfeel Fairfeel Fair Week Contests in Columbia Columbiawhich Columbiawbich Columbiawhich which attract thousand of citizens citizensand citizensand citizensand and draw to the city thousands of ofvisitors ofvisitors 1 visitors from all over the South SouthThe SouthI SouthThe I The growth and popularity of the thegame theI I game has indeed been phenomenal phenomenalThe I The writer left the field of the thefirst th thI thefirst I I first of these contests convinced convincedthat I that this game of foot ball had done donemore doncmore donemore more to unify the Clemson sti st1dent st1dentI dent dentbody denthod I body hod more to arouse college spirit spiritand spiritand spiritand i and college pride than all the ath athletic at atJ letic events in Cleuisous history historyput historyput historyJ put together to ether He felt that thegame the thegame thegame game had come to stay and to be bedeservedly beJ bedefervedly deservedly the most important of her athletic sports But he had hadsamehnw hadsome10W hadI I samehnw a sglfcongratulatory sglfcongratulatoryfeeling 1f nga1Jla ory oryfeeling feeling that he did not belong to tothe tothe tothe the team he felt that willing tolend to tolend tolend lend his moral and financial sup support support support port he would rather some one oneelse oneelse oneelse else would do the playing for him himHe himr himHe I He tried to think of the many ad advantages advantages vantages offered by base ball in invhicli inhich inhich vhicli hich he was then deeply dt cply interest interested intereSted ved ed its greater apparent 3pp nt gentility gentilityits enti1ityits its comparative lack of dangrv dan da tits all allin aUI I in all it seemed a much nicer game gamefor gamet for a young gentleman to engage engagein in 111 But ut fortunately our opinions are arenot aref arenot not like the laws of the Medes ed and andPersians andPersiansa andPersiansa Persiansa a new session of baseball base baseball haceban ball six months in the distance a agreat agreat agreat great college colIt ge outburst of foot ball ballcntluisiam ballentluuimn ballentluuiaut cntluisiam and a year from thetime the thetime thetime I time the writer had stood on the thegrand thegrand thegrand grand stand and witnessed the thefirst thefirst thefirst first contest for foot ball supremacy supremacyfound supremacyfound supremacyi supremacyfound found him there again in a capacityhowever capacity capacityhowever capacityI I I however that did not permit of a aseat aI aseat I seat on the grand stand standSince standSince i Since then I have been found in intne intne inthe tne ranks of ball enthusiasts ready reachto readyto to believe lieve anything an thin good that is issaid i isi issaid i isaid said of the game and to resent rc cnt any anyimputation anyimputation anyimputation i imputation on its character characterIt It has been my good od fortune to toserve to5crve toserve serve for nearly ten years in the thecapacity th thcapacity thecapacity I capacity of foot ball player mana rtlanaI manager manager view i the foot football football ger er and coach coachto to ball gball question from the standpoint standpointt of the student and the instructor instructorto to teach the same men on the gridn grid gridiron gridiron iron and in the class room roomunhesitatingly and I Iunhesitatingly Iunllesitatingly unhesitatingly make the statement statementbased statementbased statementbased based on these exceptional oppor opportunities opporI I I tunities tliIlitl tliIlitland es for learning both the good goodand goodand and the evil of the game that I Ibelieve Ibeliege Ibelieve believe foot ball stands today as asthe asthe asthe the greatest manmaking game on onthe onthe onthe the American Continent View it itfom itf itfom fom om any standpoint you please pleasethe the physical the mental the moral moralI I am prepared to say and attempt attemptto to prove that it excites them all allIf allt allIf If you ou say that foot ball is com comparatively comparatIvely conrparatively paratively dangerous sport I chal challenge challenge challenge lenge you ou to show that it is as fatal fatalas as bicycling rowing skating or orhorseback orhorseback orhorseback horseback ridingif riding if you say it is isbrutal isbrutal isbrutal brutal or brutalizing I say you youknow yonknow youN know nothing of the very under underlying underlying underlying lying principals of the game which whichtr tr trr inculcate control of temper and andrestraint andr andrestraint restraint of passion passionif if you say it itis itis itis is detrimenental to a mans studying studyingas as a student I challenge you to examine ex examine examine amine and compare the average averagerecord averagerecord averagerecord record ef the foot ball players playerswith playerswith playerswith with the average of those who do donot donot donot not play plaYJPore more than this I assert assertthat assertthat assertthat that on the basis of percent there thereare are a large number of leading col college college college lege men leading le ding students principal princi principal principal pal officers on the college foot ball ballteam ballteam ballteam team than in the rest of the school schoolI I claim afcali 1tl submit to the records recordsthat recordsthat recordsthat that the men who play foot ball ballmake ballmake ballmake make as a whole better tter grades gradesduring gradesduring gradesduring during foot ball months tIlaH dur during during during ing the mouths of the session se ion due dueto ducto dueto to the regular habits required by bythe bythe bythe the training Code and the activity activityof of mind that accompanies activity activityof of bod bodI body bodyI I have no patience with the arm armchair armchair armchair chair foot ball critic critica a selfap selfappointed selfappointed self ap appointed pointed here who with dogmatic dogmaticself self conceit abuses a sport which whichbe be has not had the opportunity orperhaps or orperhaps orperhaps perhaps the incl inrlmtion inrHn nltioil tion to investi investigate inve5itigate investigate gate How often do we hear the theadjectives theadj thea adjectives adj a ec i yes es brutal brutalCCdcgrad brutalCCdcgradi lrutaldegradiugdangerous degrad degrading ingdangerotls ing dangerous applied to foot football football football ball by persons who have never nevereven ncvereven nevereven even seen a foot ball or a gridiron gridironor ridiron ridironor or know absolutely nothing of how howthe howthe howthe the game is i played playedHow playedHow playedHow How often this year have we weseen wsecn weseen seen in our newspapers lurid appeals ap appeals appeals peals to the legislature and college collegeauthorities collegeauthorities collegeauthorities authorities to stop a sport that tonote to tonote tonote note their tone you would imagine imaginewas was as dangerous as a Boer regi regim regiment regiment ment 111 or Japanese Squadron SquadronLegislation SquadronLegislation SqnadronLegislation Legislation what has a Legislature Legislatureto to do with a college boys sport sportIt It might as well arrogate to itself itselfto to the right to stop bicycling row rowing rowing rowin ing in base ball or any other sport sportwhich sportwhich sportwhich which does not imperil il the public publicmorals publicmorals publicmorals morals The College authorities aulhm ilies are arej aretlic the proper ones to decide whether whetheror i or not participations t1S in tht thtinterferes tinterferes iinterferes interferes with itb the work of a astudent astudent I Istudent student and the action act en of everycllegt every everycollege i iI I college l1tgt a vf note it te and standing tandj1 ig is not notonly notnly only 0111 allowing but cncoi cncoithe ell a i I tthe Ithe the game leads tr OJ lu ltision lusion 1 I Ision sion that its beneficial beneficialefIccts effects an anduly al alduly ateduly duly appreciated by those in a posi lion to know what is best for the thestudents thestudel1ts thestudents students and that the th timings of ofthe ofthe ofthe the ignorant ana malcontents have haveno no foundation in fact It has been beenmy becnmy beenmy my good fortune to see foot ball in introduced introduced introduced troduced into two colleges collegesI I have havenoted havenoted havenoted noted in both instances an increased increasedinterest increasediuterest increasedinterest interest in college life an awaken awakening awakening awakening ing of college spirit the greater greaterpride greaterpride greaterpride pride taken by students and gradu graduates graduates graduates ates in their Alma Af l1a Mater These Thesetwo Thesetwo Thesetwo two colleges have become known knownin in other states and to other colleges collegesThe co11egesThe collegesThe The students of different institu institulions institutions institutions tions have been brought together togetherin in a friendly combat and an honor honorably honorably honorably ably hrardfought hard fought fong bt game creates a awholesome awholesome awholesome wholesome respect between the thedifferent thedifferent thedifferent different bodies of students which whichcould whkhcould whichcould could be brought about in no other otherway otherway otherway way To a young and growing growingUniversity growingUniversity growingUniversity University like this nothing could couldbe ouldbe be or is of more value as an ad advertising advertising advertising vertising agency a ency than its foot ball ballteams ballteamsan ballteams teams teamsan an ai advertisment ttn itsntenl in in its best bestsense hestsense bestsensewherever sensewherever sense wherever her football foot ball teams have played they have left the im impression imrression impression pression that Florida men are gen gentlemen gentlcmen gentlemen tlemen It has been stated that thatthe thatthe thatthe the attendance at Vale and Prince Princeton ton is always affected by the results resultsof snlts snltsof of their great foot ball games I Iheard Iheard Iheard heard some say when this argu argument argument argunrent ment was made in a college paper paperthat paperthat paperthat that students drawn in this way waywere waywere waywere were not worth having I must con confess confess confess fess I do not share sl1 this view ew Wh lici licia la a student meets a young man desir desirous desirof desirous ous of entering college and is en endeavoring endeaoring endeavoring deavoring to peruade per uad him to enter cuterAlma enterAlma enterAlma Alma Mater what does he dwell dwellmost dwellmost dwellmost most upon The excellence of his histeachers histeachers histeachers teachers the advantages of the thecourses thecourses thecourses courses offered I think hi not notWould notVould notWould Would he not more likely speak to tohim tohim tohim him of those things outside of the theregular theregular theregular regular routine of work that go to tomake tomake tomake make college life attractive attract to the theaverage theaerage theaverage average young man manofthe of the prestige prestigeof pre tjge tjgeof of thefool the foot ball and base hall teams teamsof teamof teamsof of the success of If their orators of oftheir oftheir oftheir their College Glee Ciub Cil1bar are not notthese notthe notthese these the the most likely themes upon upunwhich UpOl1which uponwhich which the average students would woulddwell wtJllddwdl woulddwell dwell Nor does the tai that such sucharguments sucharguments mcharguments arguments decide the debating can candidate candidate an andidate didate make the men any an less dcsir dcsirable dlsirable drsirable able as college materials materialsI I believe that aihleticsportshivc athletic spurts have not only an important but a legiti legitimate legitimate legitimate mate place inevery college course courseI I do not believe In alt work rk and no noplay noplay noplay play for the student even ev if that is isthe isthe isthe the usual usualnesess nesessary ry lot of most in instructors instructors instructors structors I do not mean to be beunderstood beunderstood beunderstood understood as saying that athletic athleticsports athleticsports athleticsports sports should it in any way inter interfere interfere interfere fere with the proper amount of col college college college lege work and study but I would wouldbe be understood to say I do not be believe believe believe lieve that these should interfere interferewith with a certain amount of athletic athleticsports athleticsports athleticsports sports They should go hand in inhand inhandboth inhandboth hand handboth both important and neces necessary necessary necessary sary although by no means equally equallyso so both occupying a legitimate legitimateplace legitimateplace legitimateplace place in the day a and i nth the thethoughts thethoughts etboughts thoughts and hearts of the students studentsThe stndentsThe studentsThe The experiment of abolishing out outdoor outduor outdoor door athletics has been tried by bysome bysome bysome some few colleges but let us re rejoice reojoice rejoke joice in that the light has again againdawned againrlawncd againdawned dawned on most of them themThe themThe themThe The game of foot ball trains the themind themind themind mind and muscles together The Themovemetits Thetl0emelds Themovements movements of the game are as com complicated complicat coruplicated plicated plicat as an any on the chess board boardwhich boardwhich boardwhich which latter requires only the men mental mental mental tal efforts to be executed a man manengaged manengaged manengaged engaged in a game of foot ball is istaught istaught istaught taught the importance of perfect perfectobedience perfectobedience perfectobedience obedience and of combined and in instantaneous instantaneous instantaneous stantaneous action It is not a agame agame agame game where brute strenght alone aloneavails aloneavails aloneavails avails a keen intelligence and an anindomitable anindomitable anindomitable indomitable courage must charac characterize characterize characterize terize a successful foot ball player playerjust playerjust playerjust just as it must a successful general generalFoot generalFoot generalFoot Foot ball is no game for a fool To Tothe Tothe Tothe the initiate the struggling mass of ofmen ofmen ofmen men on the gridiron may appear appearsenseless appearscnselcssa appearsenselessa senseless a man exhibitions of ofbrute ofbrute ofbrute brute force but a slight knowledge knowledgeof of the game reveals intricate com combinations combinations combinations binations for offence and defense defensequick defensequick defensequick quick uick moving and shifting like the thecolors theI thecolors I colors in a kaleidoscope The man manwith manwith manwith with the bail goes down and a amass amass amass mass of humanity are piled on top tophim topf him himthat that is all the casual looks lookson on see JIll tr rr i such on lookers lookerswe I we hear that foot bait oJ nnge nngeroiii angeou ngeI I roiii ou game But stop a motneut motneutliinu it he rh 1 1ut ut not uotdangerous liinu 11 sctrgeroi it fan I Iichngtrous 11 rough ru ichngtrous dangerous 1 a zs It i nlbd at is isiia isii its ii 1 I charm to tAmerica voung voungAmerica mmgAmerica America and a good many oltkr oltkrAmericans ol olckrAmericans h1 h1Americans Americans toov too The heavy falls fallsthe faUsathe fallsthe the piling up one on top of the theother theother theother other while they might damage damageyou you dont hurt these young fellows fellowswho fellowswho fellowswho who are trained and hardened to it itBut iti itBut i But you say Some students up upNorth upNorth upNorth North were killed while playing the thegame thegame thegame game Did you notice in the thepaper thepaper thepaper paper also that a sailing party was wasdrowned wasdrowned wasdrowned drowned near Mobile that Lieu Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant tenant Dano Greene and his wife wifeskated wifeskated wifeskated skated into an air hole and were weredrowned weredrowned weredrowned drowned that Dr John Hopkinson Hopkinsonthe the renowned physicist was killed killedby killedby killedb by a fall from the Alpin slope that thatiu thatin thatin in Chicago a couple of bicyclists bicyclistscollided bicydbtscollided bicyclistscollided collided and one was fatally injured injuredaud and to cap all an old gentleman gentlemanengaged gentlemaitengaged gentlemanengaged engaged in the proper and dignified dignifiedgame dignifiedgame dignifiedgame game ot croquet stepped on a ball balland ba11and balland and injured his spine You did didnot didnot didhot not notice these or if you did are areaccidents areaccidents areaccidents accidents in these sports so common commonas as compared to those in the much muchabused r1lIchabused rluchabused abused foot ball as to pass uncom uncommented uncommentcd uncoruntented mented upon even by you I need not carry the argument argumentfurther argumentfurther argumentfurther further Accidents Accidentseven even deaths deathsoccur deathsoccur aths athsoccur occur almost daily in almost every everydepartment everydepartmcnt everydeparunent department of sport or pleasure pleasurebut pleasurhut but if we should summarize s1IntUat ze all the theaccidents theaccidcnls theaccidents accidents that occur in foot ball ballcompare ballcompare ballcompare compare them with lh equally serious seriousaccidents serionsaccidents seriousaccidents accidents in other sports I believe believethe bcli believethe ve vethc the percent would be greater in infavor infavor infavor favor of the former I admit that thator or uu outsider without previous previoustraining previoustrainin previoustraining training preparation to step into intothe intotbe intothe the gridiron gl idiron and engage with menwho men menwho menwho who have had the necessary pre preparation preparatiott I Iparatiol1 paration of say a month of train training tTaining training ing experience would go er hard hardwith hardwith hardwith with him but what you see the theaverage theaerage theaverage average foot ball man endure has hasthrough hasthrough I Ithrough through a process of hardening be become become i icome come entirely normal Such physi physical cal hardness lasts a man through throughlife life The art of falling without in injuring injuring injuring juring the th ability to swiftly com combine combine cornblue bine thought and action these thesefacilities theseI thesefacilities facilities acquired during a foot ball ballseason baneason ballseason I season never ver entirely desert the old oldplayes oldI oldplayes oldplayeS I playes Three months of foot ball ballis is like a dip into the fabled fountain fountainof I of eternal youth youthSome yonthSomc youthSome Some of my readers may smile smileand smileand smileand and accuse me of being a foot ball ballenthusiast ballenthusiast ballenthusiast enthusiast So long as the game gameof of font ball helps to make better man out of our students stronger strongerin in body more accurate in mind mindmen mindmen mindmen men full of energy enthusiam and andan andan andan an indomitable personal courage couragemen men not easily downed by obstacles obstaclesor or opposition who control their theirtempers theirtempers theirtempers tempers and restrain their appetites appetiteswho who can deal honorable with a van vanquished vanquished vanquished quished adversary and can take takevictory takevictory takevictory victory moderately and defeat with without without without out bitterness so long as I believe believethat believethat believethat that the game of foot ball does oes help helpto to make this kind of a man will I Ifeel Ifeel Ifeel feel honored by the title of a foot football football football ball enthusiast And as long as asfoot asfoot asfoot foot ball properly controlled and andregulated andregulated andregulated regulated helps the student in his hiscollege hiscollege hiscollege college duties instead of hindering hinderinghim him gives zest and pleasure pl asure to tocollege tocollege tocollege college life make name and fame famefor famefor famefor for the college on account of vic victorieswon victories vietorieswon torieswon tories won not only by skill and andprowess andproweS andprowess prowess of the team on the gridiron gridironbut but by their gentlemanly conduct conductin in the streets of the town where wherethey wherethey wherethey they play in the hotel where they theyquarter theyqnarter theyquarter quarter and on the trains so long longas longas as a it helps to bring about a closer closerbond closerbond closerbond bond of sympathy between students studentsand studentsand and members of the faculty by bycreating bycreating bycreating creating an interest from the routine routinedutiae routinedut routinedutiesso dutiae dut dutiesso QfsO so long as in all these ways waysthe waysthe waysthe the best interest of this and other otherschools otherschools otherschools schools are advanced and the cause causeof causeof causeof of education aided in its highest highestmission highestmission highestmission mission which is to make the best bestmen bestmen bestmen men out of the material at hand so solong solong solong long will willI I say for the game of foot football football football ball long may it live and prosper prosperOPENING prosperOPENING prosperOPENING OPENING OF UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITYFrom i YFrom From First Page PageAt At the closing of the exercises exercisesPresident exercisesPresident exercisesPresident President of the University Ul1 ersity Dr DrAndrew DrAndrew DrAndrew Andrew Sled made the announce announcement announcement announcement ment that the State Board of ofEducation ofEducation ofEducation Education had established est blished a free freescholarship freescholarship freescholarship scholarship to be known as The TheTrustee TheTrustee TheTrustee Trustee scholarship It that the thefaculty thefaculty thefaculty faculty had established another to tobe tobe tobe be known as The Faculty scholarship scholar scholarship scholarship ship and that the Gainesville GainesvilleBoard GainesvilleBoard GainesvilleBoard Board of Trade still another to beknown be beknown beknown known as The Gainesville schol scholarship scholarship cholarship arship juach ach of these scholar scholarships sdlOlnrships scholarships ships has a face luau 01 11001 11001He iOOHe 100 100He He tsn so stated that the iorl Bo tl ot otCpt ofCpttro I Ipttc Cpt Cpttro pttc fro had named the ir fbuild fbuildtugs build buildings buildings ings au alrdy dv completed completedHall iuon iuonHall i ivW Hall and hB BticLiian BacL dlgl1 au Hall in inhonor inhonor iiihonor I I honor of the two gentleman of ofthose ofthose ofthose those names In the evening the theyoung theyoung theyoung young people of the city enjoyed enjoyedthemselves enj enjoyedthemselves yed yedthemsehes themselves by having a grand ball ballin ballin ballin in the Opera House HouseINHERITANCE HouseINHERITANCE HouseINHBRITANCR INHERITANCE INHERITANCELo Lo what am I A patch of things thingsMere thinKSMere thingsMere Mere odds and ends of lives flung by byFrom byFrom byFrom From agelong ragbag gatherings gatheringsPieced gatheringsPiced gatheringsPieced Pieced up by Fate full fulltbriftily fulltbriftilymebodys thriftily thriftilySomebodys thriftilySomebodys Somebodys wornout will and wit witSomebodys witSomebodys witSomebodys Somebodys habits and his hair hairDiscarded hairDiscarded hairDiscarded Discarded conscience contc tuce faith once fair fairEre fairEre fairEre Ere time the moth had eaten it itMy itMv itDiv My greatgrandfathers chin and nose noseThe noseThe noseThe The eyes my greatgrandmother wore woreAnd woreAnd woreAnd And hands from some remote remolewho remolewhoknows remotewhoknows who whoknows knows knowsPerchance knowsPerchance knowsPerchance Perchance prehensile ancestor ancestorSomebodys ancestorSomebo ancestorSomebodys Somebodys Somebo hs style somebodys gait gaitAnother gaitAnother gaitAnother Another bodys wrist and waist waistWith waistWith waistwith With this ones on temper that ones one trait traitOnes trRttOnes traitOnes Ones tastes anothers lack of If taste tasteFeelings tasleFeelings tasteFeelings Feelings I never chose to feel feelA feelA A voice in which I had no voice voiceRevealing voiceRevealing voiceRevealing Revealing where I would conceal concealRude concealRude concealRude Rude impulses without a choice choiceFaults choiceFaults choiceFaults Faults vkich iich this forefather or that thatUnkimli thattTnkintli thatLnkindi Unkimli fostered to my ill illWith 111Vhh illWith With olhets some one else begat begatAnd begatAnd begatAnd And ma merle the th matter worsen still stillThey stillThey stllThey They chu chose these masters of my fate To please themselves bequeathing me meBase meBase meBase Base pleasures in the things I hale haleLiking haleLiking hateLiking Liking for what uiisliketh me uieOut meOut meOut Out of the ashes of their fires firesOut firesOut firesOut Out of the fashion of their bone boneThey boneThey boneThey They fashioned me my mighty sires siresAud siresAnti siresAnd Anti shall I call my soul my own ownAy ownA ownAy Ay A borrowed husk head heart and andhand nndhand andhand hand handSlave handSlave handSlave Slave on and serve me till we die dieI I am your Lord and your command commandBut But only God knows knowswhat what am I IGrace IGrace IGrace Grace Ellery Chaining ChanningDeath ChtnningDeath ChainingDeath Death of Evangelist Sam Jones JonesSam JonesSam JonesSam Sam Jones of Cartersville Ga Gapreacher Gapreacher I Ipreacher preacher lecturer and noted Evangel Evangelist ist died suddenly Monday morning morninghilc mornin morninwhile morningthilc while Choc Choctaw hilc on a train of the Oklahoma Choc Choctaw Choctaw taw and Gulf Railroad traveling to toLittle toLittle toLittle Little Rock Arkansas near the small smalltown smalltown smalltown town of Perry His death was an exact exactfulfillment exactfulfillment exactfulfillment fulfillment of a prophecy of his as he hehad hehati hebad had often said in his sermons that he hewould hewould hewould would die either while a pulpit or on ona ona ona a train As a newspaper writer his repu reputation reputation reputation tation was second only to his renown as asan asan I Ian an Evangelist Mr Jones was filling an anengagement anengagement anengagement engagement with a lyceum bureau at the thetime thetime thetime time of his death and this would have havebrought havebrought havebrought brought him to Florida during the win winter winter winter ter Mrs Jones and an daughters were werewith werewilh werewith with him at the time timeAsiatic timeAsiatic timeAsiatic Asiatic Squadron Strengthened StrengthenedWashington StrengthenedWashington StrengthenedWashington Washington Oct 16 IGPresident IGPresidentRO 16PresidentRoosevelts President PresidentRoosevelts Roosevelts RO idea of strongly stron ly reinforcing reinforcingthe reinforcingthdnaval reinforcingtheinaval the thdnaval naval forces of the United States in inAsiatic inAsiatic inAsiatic Asiatic waters was accomplished when whentbejspecial whenth whenthe tbejspecial th the special service squadron consisting consistingofthe consistingof ofthe of the Vest Virginia irginia Colorado Penn Pennsylvania Pennsyania Pemzsyl sylvania syl anta and Maryland left Suez for the theone th thonr theon one on nt onr 1 1 1I I I JY JYCRAWFORDDAVIS CRAWFORD CRAWFORDDAVIS CRAWFORDDAVISiLivery AVIS AVISLivery iLivery ji jiLivery Livery Feed 1 Sale Stables StablesWhen ie 1 i 1i 1When 4 4When When in need of Fancy Livery call on us and andthe Ythe vthe the Best in Town TownFLORIDA I i iu i ii 4 4o Jy I IFLORIDA a0 i iCOLLEGE1 It FLORIDA FEMALE FEMPILEANAL COl COLLEGE COLLEGEIT LEGE Ii i iIt It ANAL ANALIT rSE IT POSSESSES POSSESSESIdeal IT EM 1 B1 Bt EIdellliocation i iIdeal Ideal Idellliocation location locationExcellent College of iilieial Arts ArtsSchool ArtsExce11ent ArtsExcellent Excellent equipment equipmentStandard School for Teachers TeachersSchool TeachersStandard I It Standard curriculum curriculumWell School of Music 11sic vocal and andinstrumental andWell I IWell Well selected faculty facultySpacious fac lty instrumental including includingpipe inc1ldingRpaclOus 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