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lege Park today to play its second prac-
tee game with the Maryland Aggies.

The amateur base ball leagues are an
nouncing their schedules and are making
ready to start their seasons. Already one
of the circuits has begun play. and to
Judge by the scores of it's first two games
it will give some interesting exhibitions
before the end of the year. May is the
date generally set for the opening of the
amateur organizations, practically every
one being booked to get under way at
that time.
Harvard will play Georgetown again
tomorrow. The contest today between
the two institutions is the first of two
game SERIES 1t is more than probable
that Hitchcock, who held Catholic Uni
versity safely Tuesday. will be in the box
for the Crimson tomorrow.
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Old Base Ball Writer Dead.

ST. LOUIS. April 2S.-Charles s. Sphinx,
publisher Of Sporting News. and an old
friend Of Ban Johnson died at his home
here yesterday. Articles by SPHINX, a vet
eran base bail writer. helped the Ameri-
can League to win recognition In its war
with the National League in 1900 and
succeeding years.
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bert Brown VI. J. B. Moore. D. Dudley Morgan
vs.. J. Upshur Moorehead.
Carlisle VS.. Mrs Laushlin. Miss G. Britson vs..
Miss Ruggles. Miss G. Hinckley vs.. Miss Lip
pett.
second round-Mtss pubose vs.. Miss Wood
Miss D. Allen VS.. Mrs. Brooke.
Mems singles, handicap. first round-Chauncer
Hackett (minus 15p. VS.. Fielding Simmons tminus
= a0): E. B. Babbit. tninus 3o), Cuthber'
Brown tminus 800; J. n. Hopkins (minus l5,.
G. Harding. jr. (minns 30): H. Howard (minus
15l. vs.. P. N. Taylor (minus y 15).
Second round-E. W. Dom, 1r (minus 3ol.
D. Dudley Morgan (minus 80).
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Roger Connor, one time an idol Of Polo
Grounds fans. is now engaged as coach
of the high school team at Waterbury,
Conn. where he has made his home for
! years. Roger Is connected with the school
department in the capacity of inspector.
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Louis CKing) Brockett. several years
ago a pitcher with the New York Amer
cans. has gone into politics, and at the
a supervisor for his home township.
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ONLY MEN IN CONTESTS
AT CHEVY CHASE MEET
J. Ballard Moore Defeats Ralph w.
Hills in Feature Match
at Tennis.

On account of a wedding which drew
nearly all Of the fair SEX Of the Chevy
Chase Club, the mems events were the
only ones which progressed yesterday.
when play in the annual closed tennis
tournament of the club was continued.
The scratch event was given the right
Of way and the semi-flnals were reached,
several good matches developing.
]. Ballard Moore and Ralph W. Hills
furnished the feature. the former win
ming, 1910 and 6-8. Hills, who is a vet
eran at the game. bears the reputation
of being a player who is exceptionally
good when he is going right and who
is just the opposite when he has his 'off
days." and the dope was that Moore
was not in his class when Hills was at
his best. This proved to be wrong, how
ever. as Hills played his best game. but
the youngster simply would not be de-
MED. He showed lots of speed. proved to
be an exceptional getter and showed
rare form overhead. The first set, call
ing for twenty-five games. was cork
err and provided plenty Of thrills for the
gallery present, Moore finally getting the
decision.
The second set was almost as close as
far as the games were concerned. as a
majority of them were deuce ones. the
younger player being lucky enough to
get more of the deciding points. On his
yesterdays game many now look for
him to reach the final round.
Match Proves Exciting.
The ]. Upshur Moorehead-E B. Babbitt
match, in the lower half. also proved to
be an exciting affair. Babbitt pushing
the club captain to the utmost. and final
ly losing out 81 and 6-3. This match
was much closer than the score would
indicate, Babbitt's left-handed service and
shots disconcerting Moorehead a great
deal He covered lots OF ground. and his
strokes had plenty OF sting IN them. with
the result that both sets were replete
with long and rapid rallies and brilliant
shots.
No matches were played in the handicap
event. a default being the only decision
registered, but this was principally be-
cause the committee was anxious that
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Mordecai Brown to date is a much more
successful manager in the Feds than MS
old pal, Joe Tinker.
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event and break into round 2.
The summaries:
Mems singles, scratch. first round-C. Harding.
jr., defeated Fielding Simmons, 4-6. 6-3 and
8-4; ]. Upshur Moorehead defeated E. B. Bah
bitt, 6-1 and 6-3.
Second round-J Ballard Moore defeated Ralph
W. Hills. 12-1o and Go; Outhbert Brown de-
feated C. Harding, jr.. 60 and 60: J. Up
shur Moorehead defeated Chauneey Hackett,
60 and Sc; D. Dudley Morgan defeated J. H.
Hopkins, e-1 and 60.
Mems singles. handicap. first round-J. l.
(scratch). by default.
Tho card for this afternoon calls for the
following matches:
Mems sdngies. scratch. sem.-nnal round-O1th-
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BAsE BALL BRIEFS.

The White Sox lead in shut-out VIC
tories. They have BANKED the Cleve-
lands twice.
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Arthur Wilson has been hitting hard
for the Chifeds, but not sufficiently SO to
keep them out Of the second division.
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The big feature Of YESTERDAY s happen
ings was that the Kayseefeds won a
game without having to go into extra
innings. 1
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the scratch event be gotten out Of the
way first This afternoons play will
probably finish the first round Of this
event and break into round 2.
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Things are breaking pretty nice for
Barney Dreyfuss, with the Pittsfeds being
thumped dailyand the Pirates leading the
National League, as well as running into
no postponements. 1t looks like a big,
large opening at Forbes Field today.
With Truesdale at second for the
Yankees Hartzell will go to the outield.
and there are at least two positions out
there he would strengthen. though he's
headed for right.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-29

broken in this county, and the Demo-
Gratis have without trouble controlled
for themselves now, and Captain Cobb
still continues to use his influence for
and is leader in the county.
No man who has ever lived in Am
CIRCUS or Sumter county, has ever
done more for the benefit of the coun-
ty than has Captain Cobb. No man
holds a stronger place in the hearts
and confidence of our people, and it is
the earnest wish of all that he may
long live to fill the position of Ordin-
airy of the county, which he has done
for a number Of years to the satisfac-
ton of our people.
In the dark days of the Sixties Cap
tain Cobb's open-handed and liberal
aid given to the families of soldiers in
tne nelu Dattllng Tor the cause they
loved, will long be remembered grate>
fully by the recipients of his kind as
sistance, and from that day to now,
his heart has been open to appeals
and his purse to the extent of his abil-
ity open to the aid of all who he finds
needs it. His cheerful smile and hand
shake has cheered many a dispondent
soul. He, has always acted on the
notices, Keep jolly under adverse
circumstances" Give pleasure to
others is the true source of happiness
in this world"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-29
KIND HEARTED ITALIAN
Gets IN BAD At zoo

Atlanta, Ca, March 2S.-Orrice Me-
lee, a tender-hearted italian, thought
one of the monkeys at Grant Park zoo
looked lonesome and unhappy. To
cheer the monkey he offered it a cigar
cite and a match. About that time
Zoo Keeper Boyd came along and to
his great surprise arrested him.
The Italian wept in court and pro-
tested his love for dumb animals. l
thoughta da monk he smoke. He looka
lonesome an l geev heem cigar
cite an match. Lots of da monk he
smoke in Italia"
The recorder hesitated. 1t hadn't
been shown that the Italian had injur-
ed the monkey or had intended any in
jury. Yet it wouldn't do to let it be
known that man could hand matches
and cigarettes to the animals and es-
cape unpublished.
An idea occurred to the judge.
How old was this monkey?" he IN
quired Of one of the monkey experts
who t1ocked around the bench.
Three years, your honor"
"Too young to smoke" said the
judge. There's a law in this state
against giving cigarettes to minors. I'll
have to fine you $5.75."
The wondering Italian who hasn't
yet understood, paid his fine stoically
and walked out into the sunshine.
"He looka so lonesome" he repeated
to himself as he moved away.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-29
and HONORED CITIZEN
IS CAPTAIN JOHN ADDISON COBB

1t is with pleasure that the Times
Recorder presents today brief sketch
of one of Sumter's most esteemed and
honored citizens and one who more,
perhaps, than any other, has aided in
the development of this city, county
and section, giving of his time and
means to the promotion of every pub
lis enterprise Captain John A. Cobb.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-29

Captain Cobb came to this county to
make it his home after the surrender
of the Confederate armies in 1865.
In 1862, after the death of his uncle,
Colonel John B. Lamar, who had
lost his life at Crompton Gap, Mary
lend, at the age of twenty-four years,
Captain Cobb was placed in charge O.
large planting interest in this coun-
ty with over six-hundred slaves under
his control and was in control of these
slaves when the emancipation of the
slaves occurred and therefore wenl
through with the trying transition
from slave to free labor, and managed
it in such an efficient and able man
rer, that Sumter county in the char.
acter of its negro population, still
feels the effect of his wise manage
ment of the difficult problem.
He treated the negroes under his
control fairly and justly-but thor
oughly instilled into their minds that
this was white mans country and
that they were here to be subservient
to the white man.
Every enterprise for the material
improvement of our county and city
has always met with a warm, earnest
support from him. There is not a pub
lie building in our city that has been
built here since he became a citizen of
the county, that does not have his
name connected with it-as Well as the
Inauguration of our present magnific-
ent public highways-with which he
was Connected, being chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners at the
time.
For seventeen years he has been con
nected officially with our City Public
schools. For six years he was vice
president of the Board of Education,
and for five years president of the
Board.
He has devoted his time and long
attention to the schools, and has been
a large factor in bringing them to the
nigh standard that they have attained
and of which our people are so justly
proud. The bond election last year for
school buildings, which was carried
by almost unanimous vote, was largely
due to his earnest and untiring work.
Captain Cobb was elected to the leg
islature from this county as a Demo
crat, in the trying days of reconstruc-
tion-when so many of our best cit
liens We're disfranchised and there
was Republican majority of two
thousand in this county. The back
bone of the Republican party was then
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-29
ELECTION NOTICE
TO the Qualified Voters of the City OF
Americas:

Notice is hereby given that on the
29th day of April 1914, there will be
held at the usuaI voting place in the
City Hall Building, in the City of Am
CIRCUS, an election for the purpose Oh
determining whether or not there shall
be an issue of:
a. $4,000 of bonds for the improve
ment of the City Hospital,
o. $1,000 OF bonds for the inn
provement of the Furlow School Build
ing.
And whether the Mayor and City
Council of Americas shall be authoriz-
&c to issue said bonds in denomina-
tons Of $1,000 each. Said proposed
bonds, if issued, shall bear interest at
the rate of per enct per annum, pay
able semi-annually, the due dates of
said interest payments being on the list
day of January and on the list day of
July each year; and said interest to
extend over and be paid until the ma
turity of said bonds, which shall be
thirty 500 years from the date of is
sue;
That no part of the principal shall
be due and payable until the eXpira-
ton of thirty years from the date of
issue.
To pay on and discharge the interest
semi-annually and provide for sum
sufficient to retire the said Hospital
Improvement Bonds, tax sufficient to
raise the sum of TWO Hundred and
Fifty Dollars per annum shall be as
essed, levied and collected by the May
or and City Council of Americas;
To pay off and discharge the inter-
est semi-annually and to provide for
fund sufficient to retire the Furlow
School Improvement Bonds within
thirty years, tax sufficient to raise
the sum of Five Hundred and Eighty
Three Dollars and Thirty-Three cents
per annum shall be assessed, levied
and collected by the Mayor and City
Council of Americas.
All the male citizens of the City Of
Americas who are qualified to vote for
members of the Legislature of the
State of Georgia, who shall have paid
all taxes imposed and demanded by
the authorities Of the City, and shall
have resided six months within the
City prior to the opening of the regis.
tration lists and registered as herein
provided for shall be qualified to vote
at sair election, according to an ordin-
ance adopted by the Mayor and City
Council of Americas on the 25th day
o. March, 1914.
The polls of said election shall be
opened at o'clock A. NJ, and remain
open until four o'clock P. M. No per-
son shall be allowed to vote in said
election for said proposed issues of
bonds, unless they have qualified AMI
have their names placed on the voters
lists as herein provided by five O'Clock
of the last Saturday preceding said
election.
The following is the form of ballot
to be used by the voters at said cleo
ton:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
$4,000 of City Hospital Bonds
(Strike one)
For City Hospital Bonds
Against City Hospital Bonds
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-29

What is the difference between "vis-
ion and Sight? Tell one girl that
she is vision and another that she Is
a sight and note the effect.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-29

For Weakness and Loss of Appetite
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic
GROVES TASTELRSS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria and builds up the system. true tonic
and sure Appetizer For adults and children. soc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-29
IN MEMORY OF JESSE J. ANDREW.

IN MEMORY OF JESSE J. ANDREWS
When We think Of the days that have
passed
And the ties that bind US by him
above
Our hearts are broken by sadness of
death
In one whom we dearly love.
When far away from friends and home,
No mother, brothers or sister was
near
Seeking health that made him roam
While the glad tiding fell upon his
ear.
I'll go home to friends and mother
And there I'll lay me down to die
Her tender love will ever chide me
While the lonely days are passing by.
Dear mother, brothers and sisters,
God brought him home to die,
You laid him in the silent grave
Where you and / will shortly lie.
For the Old Ship of Zion will soon
come by
And all of the sailors will sweetly
sing:
Come and go with us to the sweet
bye and bye
Where grave has no victory; death
has no sting.
HIS UNCLE.
G. w. Andrews,
March Goth, 1914. advt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-29

$1,000 of Furlow School Improvement
Bonds
(Strike one)
For Furlow School Improvement
Bonds
Against Furlow School Improvement
Bonds
This notice given by order Of the
Mayor and City Council of Americas
and ordinance adopted 25th day of
March, 1914. H. w. WEAVER,
Clerk and Treasurer.
w e D
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reached and controlled only by every
day means of support. When the or
| ganixation is "aush" 1t must put up,
in the way of Jobs or we'll dlled market
baskets. Even wastrels must live, OF
they will not be available for Votes or
election day.
.Tammany therefore Is at once a po'
litical organization and an eleemosY-
nary institution. The leader and his
assistants must provide for theiI
charges-see that the orderly have
food and shelter. and that the disorder
lly are bai1ed out Of Jail In time to
visit the ballot box on election day
and deposit their little white paper
according to direction. For the men at
the top the responsibility is heavy,
and the vigilance required ceaseless;
and to realize fully on their investment
they must understand their assets and
possess their confidence. If the dis
tanee is too great between the top and
the bottom, the bottom does not re-
spond effectively.
Tan1many is old and tough. IT has
deserved and received a good deal Of
lambasting. 1t has been derided most
by those whom 1t has served the most
faithfully. 1t ought to go. But will 1t
go? Tammany, the ready ana regular,
go? Vive la bagatelle! Or, expressed in
one word, rats
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hundred dollars comparatively small

hundred dollars-a comparatively small
| sum.
| Mr.. Murdock toured Kansas in an un-
successful effort to reach the Senate,
and did 1t on an outlay of five hundred
dollars.
In Illinois there was a warm threeA
cornered fight. Democrats, republicans
and bull moosers exerted themselves
as seldom before in an off year. And
yet Mr.. Mann. drawing the fire of his
enemies because Of his prominence as
House minority leader and suggested
presidential candidate. spent only
seventeen hundred dollars, and was
elected.
These reports are fair samples Of
the general record. How small the
figures are may best be appreciated by
considering. the fact that for full
term a senator draws in salary forty
five thousand dollars. and representa-
tive fifteen thousand dollars. Here,
evidently, was no effort, successful or
unsuccessful. to buy a seat in Con-
gress by aspirants.
OF course these sums do not repre-
sent all that was spent in the respect
i've campaigns in the interests of the
candidates named. Those candidates
shared in the fruits Of what was done
for the respective parties by the cam
paign managers; and, presumably, as
Legitimate expenses are large, moth
ing important was overlooked this
time.
The public enjoys round numbers, and
big numbers. and thus are explained
the overestimates of private fortunes,
of winnings in the world of chance,
of probable majorities at the polls,
and of expenses incurred by men seek
ing high political honors. 1t is al
ways safe to reduce gossip on the sub
ject by half, and sometimes by even
more than that. Money does not grow
on trees, as some yarns would indi-
cate
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Tammany!

"Tammany must CO." An old cry. II
has been repeated SO often it has be-
come jest. Tammany never does 60
and those the loudest in the demand
never try to make it go. On the con-
trary, for all their vociferations be-
tween campaigns they are often in
Tammany'a cQmpany. and when Tam
many wins a4roDt a share of the win
ming. Ther0 81 no more transparent
stageplay IN our politics than this Pc
riodical drubbing of Tammany with
tongues and pens-stuffed, so to say
harmless as stuffed clubs
Tammany. fighting alongside the ma
tional administration, lost last week,
But there is nothing to it. Tammany
will not go. The organization will be
on deck again in 1916. regular as al
ways, and welcome as always in dem
ocratic circles. It will do its level best
again for Mr.. Wilson, and IL he falls
to carry New York then, instead of
carrying It as two years ago under
Tammanys leadership, it will not be
Tammany's fault. Mr.. Murphy. after
the fashion of his school. mixes philos-
ophy and forgiveness with his politics,
and seldom INDUCES in resentment
The democracy has a hard nut TO
herds and uses for political purposes
the wastrels of the big town of New
York. Their number ia large. Their
condition is poor. Political principles
are not IN their lins. They are to be
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Candidates and Expenses.

According to reports handed in
neither the candidates for the SENATE
nor for the House spent large sums in
the recent campaign. Some sn.nt
nothing at all. They stood. and won
on their records
In the most strenuous struggle Penn
sylvania had known for many years
three parties in action. and one of them
backed by the national administration
the successful candidate for the Sen.
ate spent a little less than ten thou.
sand dollars.
In Iowa, where Mr.. Cummins was
asking for Endorsement, and was
thought to be in peril, he spent moth
ing but for travel.
In Florida Senator Fletcher was re-
elected without any money outlay by
him at all. But there is but one
marty in that state the election was
nut form. =
Mr.. Beckham. in Kentucky was
threatened with bolt, but IL did not
nstsriali5e. Stu. he made q thorough
canvass. and spent only kventy.nve
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Noosevelt,

Mr. Roosevelt, ,,o,,. is a,,,.i+sd
with languid curl 80, n =; h,,-
not at the end ol,,is rasourcas He
himself thinks not.'p,,t ,ha ..io,+- n.
received on the Cd ikant a,..rv,.bsrs
hut particularly in hh,, a,,t. ,r
ground of his own ptuara.ion and
with ticket of his & s.1ao+;nn
makes it necessary for ~ go
stock with great care. I'M, ,s;,.nass
and hurrah will not meet tho ;trst;on
One of his lieutenants in NJ, Vort
has said something of interest," bont
him. According to this mar A..
Roosevelt entered the campaign OF o1o
with reluctance. He felt that his Nj
cies had been betrayed by Mr.. Ia
and that it was his duty to regal
power if possible and restore the ordei
lie had established This conflicts with
popular opinion, which believes that
Mr.. Roosevelt was keen for the fray
and easily persuaded by his friends tc
enter il.
Another statement is that Mr.. Roose-
velt is not contemplating another at
tempt on the White House, and will not
run for President in 1915 unless
drafted. One gets the idea that if an
overwhelming public sentiment In
favor Of his nomination-not alone in
hull moose circles, but in other circles
-manifests itself, he will yield to it
Undoubtedly. But at present there is
no likelihood of that. The democratic
nomination is already as good as made,
while from all the regular republican
speculations the name of Mr.. Roose-
Welt is absent. He remains. of course.
the chief of the bull moosers, and has
made q shy at the favor of the prohi-
oitionists. But their united action-it
is not now proba blc-would not make
presidential nomination alluring.
y third point in this New Workers.
deIiverance is that if the bull moose
policies--presumably with Mr.. Roose-
years hence they will certainly do SO
in 1890. That date is too far away for
speculating or prophesying purposes
IN the present condition of things
not only in this country, but in all the
other important countries-affairs are
in such shape the future is more than
today on nothing.
OF course. if sort of chaos comes in
cur politics; if old party shibboleths
disappear and new ones take their
places; If old enemies become allies
md old friends enemies; if Jeffersonian
naxims are swallowed up by a CEN
tralization and paternalism Hamilton
ans marvel at. Mr.. Roosevelt as an
alert politician will be in action eager
o ascertain what there may be in the
hirl and swirl for him. His corisum-
.Ig desire is to be President again,
md, as at Chicago in 1912, any platform
will suit him.