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WELL, WHO CAKES?
from the < oh Min s enqi irer-sun
John Holder, fired by the
and in two audits shown to he
of gross incompetency,
state funds for personal use,
Georgia’s money for expenses, and
hiring newspaper men to write favor¬
able articles, had all his actions of¬
ficially O. K.’d by the state senate.
The verdict amounts to saying to
Holder, “Go and sin some more. Who
core*?
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John Brown, commissioner of Agri¬
culture, barked by the president of
the senate and a group of patriotic,
public-spirited senators, killed the dis¬
tillation bill which carried with it the
reduction of the number of oil inspec¬
tor* from 136 to 6 and a consequent
•aving of $100,000 a year to the state.
The state will lose $200,000 if the sys¬
tem is scotched at the next session of
the legislature. If the same number
of oil inspectors hold jobs the state
will have lost a MILLION DOLLARS
In ten years. But the number will
probably be increased and the state
will lose more. Who cares?
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Georgia stands at the bottom of the
list of states with a per capital ex
penditure of $5.34 for education. The
state legislature spent most of its
time swapping votes ,>n local bills,
and scheming to save the scalps of
Holder and Brown. So Georgia still
stands at the bottom of the list in
educational expenditure and at the
top in illiteracy. Who cares?
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^^The chilli welfare code was reject¬
ed by a legislature composed largely
of men whose minds are still adoles
cent and whose interest in our future
citizens is nil. What if children can
not help themselves, or that they are
♦tie victims of conditions which only
legal action can cure? What if the
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So saying, King Charles
V. raised himself upon one
royal toe, and smote the
ball a right shrewd buffet
Into the opposing court. Whereupon
j the Duke, being a clever man and an
experienced courtier, missed and ap¬
plauded heartily. For In those days
it was no small matter to return thq
•ervice of the king, S-t *-V V- I.| - '
* Tennis has changed since those
good old days. No pastime boasting
the long and honoruble history of
; this royal sport has go greatly altered
in aspect and character—or so much
Itor the bettor. Time was when appro
hensire henchmen advanced nervous¬
ly upon the court quaking in their very
shoes lest by some unpardonable over
sight they should win a match from
their sovereign lords. Today, instead
of that Innocuous form of ping pong,
known as Jen de 1'aume, we have a
fast, keen, and highly competitive
game in which the royalty is that of
Skill and any man may be king.
An Ancient Game
While lawn tennis as we know it is
a comparatively recent development,
Che game of the ball and racquet goes
hack Into the dim beginnings of re
corded time. Scholars have held
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game mentfonod fn TTnmer’a Ofr rn mrr.
in which the Princess Nausicaa of
Pbaeacia is represented :vs sporting
with her hind-maidens in a species of
amusement played with a ball which
was either thrown or batted from one
•Me to the other.
Whatever the nature of this prime¬
val pastime, there can be no doubt
that the Greeks and Homans played a
variety of ball games, from some of
which are derived the French Jeu do
Paume. which is tho ancestor of our
modem game of tennis in the direct
line.
Many attempts have been mado to
explain the origin of the name “ten
nta” foT this ancient game. Some
••crlbe a numerical derivation,
ing to an early form in which there
were ten players, five on each side.
Others see in the word tennis a cor¬
ruption of the word tamls, meaning
sieve, for in one form of I,a Paume
the player bounced the ball on a siete
before striking it. Still others have
attempted, without notable success, to
trace the wond to the term T°nois. or
■ Sends. The generally accepted
planation is that the word comes from
the warning "Tenez!” (Take it!
I Play!) which was uttered before serv¬
ing into the opponent's court.
Shakespearean Tennis
J The first use of the word "tennis"
: in literature seems to be that occur
.rlng in Gower's “Balade unto the
Worthy and noble kynge Henry the
fourth” (1400). Also Henry V., that
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turn-over in youthful criminals is in
creasing? Who cares?
* * *
H. J. Kullbright, tax commissioner,
finding that the duties of his office
could be attended to by the revenue
department, resigns. Gov. Walker ap¬
points his former campaign manager,
James H. Dozier, to succeed Full
bright. Dozier's term of office is six
years and he will receive about $25,
000 of the tax-payers’ money. Who
cares?
0 * *
The Klan is frantically opposed to
negroes and terrorizes them. Men at¬
tired as lansmen have beaten and
maltreated negroes, Calvil Coolidge,
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, AND
FOLLOWER OF LINCOLN, appoints
a member of the Klan—a leader of
the notorious masked gang—as col
lector of port at Savannah. The Klan
is thus encouraged by President Cool¬
idge to continue its vicious and cow¬
ardly attitude toward negroes. But
they are only negroes. Who cares?
* * *
Claude West, thief and forger got
away with $140,000.00 of the state of
Georgia’s money. He was sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary, and
was pardoned last week after serving
four years. "Mule” Hicks, an ignorant
17-year-old negro, stole a mule worth
less than $100. He was sentenced to
twenty years at hard labor.
ter serving 12 years he was still in
the chaingang, and as a result of his
treatment attempted to escape, He
was eonvieted of murder and sentenc
ed to hang although not a witness
saw the killing. “Mule” is a negro.
vVlio cares?
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Crosby Williams deliberately shot
down Horace Flanders, editor of The
Soperton, Ga. News. Following the
1 charge of Judge Eschol Graham, the
' jury convicted the would-be assassin
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A typical enclosed court for playing the ancient game of tennis
during the Middle Ages. The roofed galleries at * de and rear had
a definite place in the rules, and were a part of every well-appointed
court.
typical medieval hero and ardent
sportsman, is reputed to have been
fond of tennis, and in the French wars
which toe emharked upon following his
accession to the throne in 1413, he is
represented by Shakespeare as say¬
ing:
“When we have match'd our rackets
to these balls,
We will, in France, by God’s grace,
play a set;
Shall strike his father's crown into
the hazard.
Tell him he hath made a match with
such a wrangler
That all the courts of France will be
disturbed ,
With chases."
—(Henry V.. Act. 1, Scene 2.)
In the fourteenth century the game
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT It LLEY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925.
i of misdemeanor. Williams was
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I tenced to one year at the state farm
He was pardoned at the end of
months, both the solicitor general
the judge signing the petition
clemency. W. E. Boatwright, editor
The Swainsboro Forest Blade,
an editorial in which he attacked
judge and the jury. This was
the , case was out A of „ court and , Wil
liams was out of jail. Judge Graht-m
cited the editor to show cause why
I he should not be adjudged in con¬
tempt of court. Perhaps we are wrong
in our belief that there is in exist-
1 ence an ancient,'■out-of-date document,
called the constitution, which says
something about freedom of speech,
and liberty of the press. Who cares ?
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Yes, indeed, Who cares?
Why should anybody care?
Isn’t everything all for the best?
For didn’t that justly noted funda
i mentalist, Pippa, say, long ago, '‘God’s
in ; His heaven, all’s right with the
, world. »»
At least, Robert Brownir.g quoted
her as expressing that sentiment. So
she must have said it; and it must
be true, all earthly evidence to the
contrary notwitstanding.
Life becomes very trying for those
who are afraid to try.
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was in high favor at the French court,
many of the kings of this period being
ardent devotees of the sport. Louis
X. died of a chill which he contracted
after too much playing. Charles V.
played it constantly and thought it
the most royal of sports, but regarded
it as much too good for the common
people and took vigorous measures to
prevent them from playing it. During
the illness of Charles VI. he used to
watch the game from a window of his
room, and Du Guesclin laid aside his
racquet to do a single combat with
Thomas of Canterbury at the siege of
Dinan. The game was known in Eng¬
land at an early date, for Chaucer al
ludes to it in the words: "But canstow
playon racket to and fro?”
That tennis was long considered
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PETITION FOR CHARTER
STATE OF GEORGIA. COUNTY OF PEACH
i To the Honorable Superior Court of Said
County.
The petition of C. f). Anderson. Homer J.
Avera and Andrew Aultman of said county
shows to the Court the following facts:
J. Petitioners, together with their associates,
j to ^ j ncorjM ,rat.-<i under the name of
j LAKEVIEW FARMS, with the INC., right for the period said
1 of twenty years to renew
| charter at the expiration of Maid time.
2 The object of „ ld c „ rp< , ratlon l8 pMuni .
i „ ry K u\n to its a u.<--kholdi-r«. und the bu»in«.9
Of "»ld corporation generally in to own and
: operate farroK and orchard* and to do a
general agricultural and horticultural buiti
ru-Hs ; with full rights, powers and privi- I
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lege* to buy and eell real mtele: eo act an
broker and agent on a commiseion basii in
the wale of landn, products or com modi tun
of any kind or character , and with full right
to make contracts borrow money, lend money, .
to »ne and be B u<-d, to plead and be im
I pleaded ; to have and use a common wal ; l
j and generally, to do any and all acta that j [
may be necoaaary to the operation of its
bueineae. j
I 3- The principal office of said corporation
County, wiU ** Georgia; in tbt ' city but of they Fort dewire Vallt ' th«* y ’ Prn right ' h j |
to establish branch offices within this Stab**
or elsewhere, as it* interests may require. j
j 1. The capital stock of said corporation
'shall la* Ten Thousand iJ10.000.00) Dollars
divided into wharew of On*- Hundred GtlOO.QO)
Dollars each; and petitioners desire to be
K in business when ten per cent of the cape
tnl Htoek is paid in.
i 5. Petitioner • desire that said corporation
may nave the right to elect all necetinary
i directors and officers and to have and make
all proper by-laws, rules and regulations that
may be proper for the carrying on of its
business, or such as are usual and incidental
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f f*dnlged in by the masse*
or persons ot inferior de
gree. is shown by the large
number of prohibitions
surrounding it in various countries
and ages. In addition to the royal
ukase ot Charles V. already men¬
tioned, we find that In France the
sport was forbidden to priests in A. D.
1245, in 14S5, again in 1512, and as late
even as 1673. In Bngland hand ball,
which may have been either tennis or
cricket, was proscribed by Edward III.
in 1365.
Nevertheless, the royal sport con¬
tinued to enjoy the most enthusiastic
royal patronage. In the 15th century
a crude form of tennis was played in
the moats of castles, where Charles
VIII. used to watch the game. In the
reign of Henry II. the king was un¬
doubtedly the best player in France,
and a worthy recipient of the silver
bail given to the most skillful players.
Later, when Henry IV. came to &e
throne, tennis became so popular that
it was said that there were “more
tennis players in Paris than drunk¬
ards in England.” The king’s devoted
and perspiring courtiers ministered to
his insatiable passion for this fortn of
exercise. Louis XIV.. who was a
player of some note himself, main¬
tained a regular staff to care for his
tennis court. In the 16th century
there were known to be 250 tenuis
courts in Paris alone.
“Said the King of Spain”—
Pepys makes frequent reference to
to corporations of its character in this State.
Wherefore petitioners fjie this their ap
plication in the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court, and pray that after the same
has be«n advertised as required by Jaw, th?
Court by proper order will srrant th^ same.
C. L. SHEPARD.
Attorney for Petitioners.
GEORGIA, peach county.
Office of Clerk of Superior Court of Peath
County.
I, Emmett Houaer, Clerk of the Super or
Court of Peach County, hereby certify that
the foregoing i* a true and correct copy of
the application for charter of I.AKHVIE V
FARMS. INC'. a» the same appears of file
in thU office. i' md
This lbt day of September. 1925.
EMMETT HOUSER.
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the reign of Philip III., who was an
ardent player
In England Henry VII. played the
game and revoked the laws which
forbade it to the lower classes. A
picture of James II. as a boy depicts
him standing in a tennis court holding
a short-handled racquet, strung diag¬
onally. There was a court at Windsor
Castle, which existed until 1607. It
was in this court that a famous match
was played between the king ofjCastile
and the marquis of Dorset. The king
used a racquet, while the marquis
played with his open hand. In spite
of the handicap of fifteen received by
the latter, he lost the match.
Probably the most famous of all
tennis courts in history is that at
Versailles, famous for the meeting of
the Tiers Etat on the 20th of June.
1789, which body there assembled and
took the celebrated “Oath of the Ten¬
nis Court.' This gathering of the
National Assembly of the French na¬
tion was held there because Louis
XVI. had locked them out from their
appointed meeting place in an effort
to stem the rising tide of revolution.
Oath of the Tennis Court
Finding the doors of the Salle des
Menus Plaisirs barred against them,
the deputies repaired to the adjoining
tennis court and there swore not to
disband until they had established the
constitution of the nation on a repre¬
sentative basis. As the ultimate re-
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(Above) The evolution of the tennis racquet From left to right
form; next, a later model, diagonally strung; next, the present
of the wood nd gut racquet; and finally, the modern steel racquet
stringing of resilient steel wire.
(To the left) R. Norris Williams. 2nd., former National Champion, *
considered by many to be the most polished player America has ever
suit of this compact Louis lost his head
upon the guillotine and the ancient
regime was swept away. Thus, in an
unexpected manner, the game of ten¬
nis found itself once more in intimate
association with the lives and fortunes
of kings.
In the 17th century the game be¬
came a public spectacle in France and
i«te«e«. Ahont this time was formed
the guild of Paulmiers-racquetiers, an
association of manufacturers of tennis
material. The arms of this organiza¬
tion consisted of “sable, a tennis rac¬
quet proper; In a cross four tennis
balls of the same.”
Start of Lawn Tennis
From such beginnings has come our
modern game of lawn tennis. J3ut the
sport as we know it dates back only
half a century to 1S74, when Major
Walter C. Wingfield, of the British
army, took out a patent for a game
which he called “Spairistike,” from
the Greek roots meaning “ballplay.”
This game was played out of doors,
but the court was shaped like an hour
glass, the net being 21 feet long and
the base lines 30. The whole court
was 60 feet in length and the net was
seven feet high at the sides, falling to
four feet eight inches in the center.
The server was required to stand
within a marked space in the center
of his court. Quaint, archaic rules
were used and the game was so slow
that it resembled badminton rather
than tennis.
The possibilities of the new sport
were quickly seen, however, and the
following year a new set of rules was
made by tjie Marylebone Cricket Club,
of Lord's, which greatly improved the
game. They set the length of the
court at 78 feet, as it now is, and took
the server back to the base-line, but
retained the hour-glass form. Also,
A man is one who doesn’t use man- v
ures because he has pockets. t
ther fortunately selected the name of
lawn tennis in place of ‘ Sphairistike.”
In 1877 the All-England Croquet
Club, whose grounds at Wimbledon
have since become famous the world
over, inserted the words “Lawn Ten¬
nis" in its name and drew up a new
set of rules which altered the court
to its present rectangular form and
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three beet three fnches fn the center.
In 1882 the net was once more low¬
ered to three feet at the center and
three feet six inches at the posts,
where it remains today.
Equipment Is Perfected
After the standardization of the
court and the ball, lawn tennis
achieved widespread popularity. But
while definite rules and specifications
have governed the playing of the
from that time *
game on, there has
been a remarkable development both
in equipment and tennis technique.
Early balls and racquets were crude
affairs, which would be laughed at to¬
day. The balls used differed in size,
weight and resiliency in various local¬
ities, the racquets were clumsy and
ill-balanced, loosely strung and awk¬
ward in shape. Recent years have
witnessed a striking advance in the
materials of the sport. Tennis balls
are now available which retain* their
resiliency indefinitely and have no in¬
ternal plug to spoil their balance.
Steel tennis racquets have been sue- IT
cessfully introduced, eliminating (he
fundamental difficulties experienced in
wood and gut racquets because of at¬
mospheric changes. Even the science
of building the court has been devel¬
oped along lines of durability and
economy, so that the game may be en¬
joyed by all. ,
But Tennis it is today realm is still a royal sport,^ ir.aX
a in which any
may be king. 4
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