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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
DRAWING ON ROCKEFELLER.

Vicksburg, Miss. Aug. Is. - n. d.
Williams, a negro, went to Ben War
ren's store yesterday and ordered a
suit of clothes, offering check on
the First National Bank in payment.
In keeping with his custom, the pro-
prietor had clerk telephone to the
bank, and was informed that the ne
gro had no account there. and that
some correspondence had been re.
ceived concerning such a negro. The
man was taken in charge and taken
to. the hank. and there insisted that
John D. Rockefeller had provided a
special fund of one million dollars
for negroes, to which he had access.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
ON GOOD ROADS TOUR.

Aberdeen, Miss, Aug. 13-The good
roads boosters from New Albany,
Miss. arrived in Aberdeen at 4:3O
o'clock, numbering about so cars in
all. They were met out from Aber-
deem by several home cars AMI es
corted into town After boosting the
Monroe county good roads, saying
they were the best they had travelled
on, they departed for West Point,
Miss, where they will spend the night,
returning home tomorrow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION.

Meridian, Miss, Aug. 13.-The Mo-
sonic School of Instruction for the
fifth district which was to have been
held at Newton will be held on August
II, IS and 10, at Pelahatchie, accord
ing to notification sent out by Grand
Secretary Frederic Gordon Speed.
The Meridian lodges will all be rep
resented at the school of instruction,
as will all Masonic lodges in the fifth
congressional district.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
FIRST BALE OF COTTON.

Prentiss, Miss, Aug I'm. c. Ty-
rome, a prosperous farmer living about
two miles south of town. brought the
first bale of cotton of the season to-
day and had it ginned.
The farmers in this section are re-
joicing over the rainfall they have
had in the last three days.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
CLEMENTS BURNS FATAL.

Aberdeen, Miss, Aug. 13. - L. E
Clements. manager of the Howard
plantations, who was badly burned
several days ago, died this morning
at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Clements moved to Aberdeen
from the Delta and enjoyed a large
circle of friends.
Funeral services were conducted
from the residence this afternoon, the
Rev. Givins officiating. Interment in
Odd Fellows Rest.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
ACADEMY OPENS SEPT. IS.

Gulfport, Miss, Aug. 13.-The Gulf
Coast Military Academy will open it's
fall and winter term September IS.
The roster Of candidates for the ap-
preaching term is rapidly growing
and q prosperous year is indicated for
the school, which draws it's attend
ance from all over the United States
and a number Of foreign countries
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
NEGRESS SUES.

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 13.-Alleging
that the toilet room facilities of the
Illinois Central were not available
for her use, Sallie Ingram, a negress,
has filed suit in the circuit court of
Kinds county asking $4,000 damages
from that corporation. This is the
second suit the woman has filed
against the company on similar
grounds, the first being for $4,000.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
SHOT A TURK.

Biloxi, Miss, Aug 13.-Gabriel De
George, Turk known as horse trad
er and peddler, was shot and serious
ly wounded four times near the Van
'cleve Lumber Company plant about
three miles from Dantzler postoffice
at 4:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon,
the shooting having been done by sew
eral negroes.
De George was brought to this city
this morning at 3. o'clock by Jesse
Smith in his automobile and was TAX
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13

The impression prevailed from the
negro's remarks that he was of I'M
sound mind, and he was given his
freedom, while he insisted that he
knew there was such a fund provided.
in which he was entitled to share.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
W. A. sHURTLEFF BANKRUPT.

Oxford, Miss, Aug. IS. y w. A.
Shurtleff, of Greenwood, has filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy with
the clerk of the United States court,
]. d. Magruder, referee, Tunica, has
charge of the bankrupt estate.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
PILES CURED IN 6 TO "a DAVIS

Your druggist will refund money II
PAZO OINTMENT fails 10 cure arv
case OF Itching, Blind, Bleeding or
Protruding Piles in to IA days. The
drst appl icatton gives ease and rest,
soc.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13

Ohio has the strongest governor.
A recent visitor at Governor Willis
office is suffering so that he cannot
lift one of his arms. The governor,
glad TO see his visitor, slapped him
heartily on the back
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13
TAKES DEFEAT GRACEFULLY.

Jackson. Miss. Aug. 13.-Hilrie M.
Quin. of this city, one of the defeated
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-13

Adv,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
HIGH SARARIED ATHLETES
 MUST DELIVER GOODS

TNHAT Branch Rickey, manager of the
 St. Louis Browns, will not tolerate the daily loss of ball games by high salaried athletes is evident from his latest announcement regarding Pitcher George Baungardner. Baumn1ie was granted a leave of absence of thirty days to go to his home in West Vir- ginia to rest up. Just what Baumrn1e was doing is difficult to realize.
 It is said that Baumgardner was foxy enough to ask Hickey for a vacation before Hickey told him to take one Baumgardner complains that his wrist was not strong and that he has been unable to get any speed on his shoots.
 After Hickey bad fined and suspend ed Earl Hamilton and also p1astered another twirler of the squad $10O, Baumgardner is said to have gone to Hickey with a request for a leave of absence. It was granted immediately. This bit of tact by Baumgardner is said to have earned him about $200 expense money for the month. Had he waited for Hickey to order the 1ayoff it is un- derstood that Branch would have given him the rest, but would have stopped his pay.
 Rickey's argument is that he doesn't need high pr15e& ban players to 1oseI a daily game for the Browns. He can do that with grass caters off the lots or with college players, who are willing to play baseball for their board. For that reason Hickey had taken the bull by the horns and will likely stop the salaries of any of his players who do not perform up to the standard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
JUDGING DOGS IS
 NOT AN EASY JOB

WHEAT constitutes all round superb
 ority in a, dog of a particular breed always will be debatab1e question. It is almost an inpossibility to get even two men of equal knowledge and ex- perience to agree as to the points that make one dog superinr to another of the same breed. Judges faithfully and honestly try to be consistent and are seldom influenced by any consideration but to make awards as they see the dogs while they are before them.
 Realizing this fact, how inexcusabIe are the oItbursts of anger and often slanderous accusations. against judges who have failed to make awards to suit individual opinion True, the judge may err; he may have overlook ed the good points in a dog and failed to see the faults in the others, but the owner of every dog entered under him should at least accept his decisions with outward good grace. A poor loser is 8 term no one cares to have attached to him.
 What has kept the sport alive more than anything else is the element of chance that enters into the situation and the impossibf1ity of knowing in advance what the judge will decide as to the merits of each exhibitors dog. If 1t were common knowledge before the show what dogs suited the judge it would be easy to decide whether it would be advisable to- show certain dogs under such and such judges. This state of affairs would mean poor entries and the shows would be a fail II71-a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
Bresnahan'S Chicago
 Cubs Look Strong

ROGER BRESNAHAN'S Chicago A" Cubs are picked by many experts in the National league circuit to win the National league pennant this year. It is contended that Bresnahan has at present the best balanced team in the league and that if his pitching staff proves as formidable as it has to date none of the other teams will be able to cope with the Cubs. There is a lot of hitting strength on that team, and it is distributed in the out and in fields. Schulte, Williams and Goode are a hard hitting fast outf1eld, while Safer, Zimmerman, Fisher and Phelan are an inf1eld combination which compares favorably with any in the old league.
 But the greatest advantage that the Cubs have is behind the bat. Archer and Bresnahan undoubtedly are the two star catchers of the National league. In fact, there is no other ball club in existence which can boast of two such brilliant baclzstops.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
AMATEUR CYCLING
 TAXES A BRACE

A MATEUR cycling has increased to
 such an extent in the past few years that the season at hand will sec a larger number of simon pures bat ting for honors on the Sheepshead Bay N T., and Newark tracks than ever before in the history of the game An indication of the added interest among the amateurs was shown re- gently at Newark, when sixty-four rid CTS went to the post in the open heat race, the class of riders and the good time made being an assurance that the competition for the title this year will be a, close one.
 An entirely new field will be seen this year in the dash for the champion ship, twelve of the leading riders last year turning professional, which leaves the struggle for first honors an open matter. Donald AIcDougau and Harry Kaiser have managed to uphold the east in annexfng the title the past few years, Kaiser being the winner last year, but the influx of riders from the different parts of the country, as far west as San Francisco, means that the eastern contingent will not walk away with the coveted prize without compe- tition,
 The star of the western aggregation is l.. H. Drury of San Francisco, who will be the favorite with the New York bike fans on account of his keen speed and courage that he is noted for. The New York A. c. will be represented by a crack collection, the strongest pair to sport the clubs colors being Frank whitney and Eddie Kane. Alfred Lake will be another member in the race who is possessed of excellent qualities as a rider. The veteran, Adam Byeruan, dean of the amateurs, is again in trim and is sure to be battling it out with the leaders
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
TENNIS NOW MORE
 POPULAR THAN EVER

KITENNIS is now second only to base
 ball as our representative national pasttme. The sport that but a few years ago was facetious1y Characterised as being fan old maids game is now being played by hundreds and thou sands all over the country No game In the United Statess with the possible exception of golf. has developed so quickly and gained such widespread popularity.
 One needs go back but a short time to remember when a few scattered clubs around the city were sufficient to Supply the demands of tennis players. Then the sport was ridiculed. But a Thousands started to play the court game. The rush has been so great that the public courts in the parks, club courts and many privately owned are Inadequate to fill the demand. .
 Tennis courts in the suburbs, like the weeds, are springing up everywhere. Clubs have tried the experiment of in- swat the ball across the net in the evening. Yet with all the facilities That have been provided a big section of New Forks tennis army can't find accommodations.
 Tennis has won the present popularf- Ey on it's merits. The international Da- wis cup matches and the prowess of young stars like R. Norris Williams Maurice Mclaughlin and other Califor- mia Iuminaries have accelerated the games development, but 1t has been the discovery that tennis is mighty line sport that has captured thousands of recruits. It is an inexpensive game and one that may be enjoyed by the young and olds men and women.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
LENGTHY RACES WON BY ATHLETES

WHEN Joe Loomis, the Chicago
 youth who holds three Amateur union championships, made his recent seventy yard dash in Madison Square Garden, kept running out of the door into a waiting taxicab, was whisked to the railroad station and caught the f1ier to Chicago, turning right into his berth without getting into his street clothes, he created a York to the Windy City. This feat, un- usual as it is, does not by any means set 9 record, according to Jimmy Cur ran, the little Scotch trainer of the Mercersburg academy track athletes, who developed the worlds champion, Ted Meredith.
 Curran tells of a runner who began a race in England and finished it in America. This occurred in the early
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26

YNHE old spirit of twin at any cost" is
 vanishing from baseball which is now a clean and interesting spectacle, pleasing many intelligent observers In the old days it was a case of win by any methods. Empires were brow beaten, opposing players were spiked and deliberately injured, and every thing went, provided the home team won UmpiFes were apt to favor the home team, and it came to be a saying among magnatess that. if they could break even on the road they could be sure of winning at least two-thirds of their games at home.
 That stage of the game, however, has mercifully passed. Today a large per centage of the fans go to the games to see a clever contest. They know the points of the game better and they are not so wildly anxious to have the home
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
ROWIand's Methods of
 Running a Club

CLARENCE ROWLAND, who first
 leaped into fame by being promoted from the minor leagues to manage the Chicago White Sox and who has added to his fame by putting the Chicagoans in the pennant fight, made these few remarks recently: .+
 'T consider that the player is as i'm portant as the manager.
 sI never fine a ball player, but show him his wrong.
 "The closing hour for my players is II: 80 o'clock.
 tBe a friend of the newspaper boys They can help you.
 Pull 'em together, don't spread 'em apart, if you want to win.
 "Give the kids a chance and don't re- 1y too much on the broken down stars.
 q love fighter and an aggressive player. but won't tolerate rowdyisrn.
 There's not much difference in man aging major league club and a minor league c1ub.'e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
Big Brother Knows He Can Lick Coffey

ETNHE success of Jim Coffey in Ameri-
 can pugtlisttc circles threatens Irish invasion. Jim has four brothers in Dublin, all bigger than he was when he left there to come help New. York city run it's street carsZfrom the front end of one of them. When Jim wrote home that he was making the princely stipend of SIS per week, for merely running up and down town with one of Oren Roots rattlers three of the broth CTS wanted to take the next boat for the car barns and apply for a job. Many an ab1ebodied man works a month for SIS in Dublin. But the five Sisters Coffey aided Pa and Ma Coffey in keeping the rest of the family on tn old sod.
 One of Jim Coffey's brothers is a cop in Dublin. The car job, even with it's SIS week, caused him no envy. He has a fine beat and no harder work
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26

carried so far as to thwart the great purpose of the game. /The large mum Der of people who patronize baseball desire first of all to see a good game and, second, are all the more pleased if their side wins.''
 There Is a great deal in this, and it means a big advance in the national sport. Unfair tactics are no longer tol- erated and would be objectionable to nearly all the rooters for the home team. Attacks on ump1res have prac- tically ceased.
 While the big majority of the fans at any game are pulling for the home club to win,, yet they are satisfied if both clubs play good ball and put up an in teresting contest. ~This means the per manence of the sport, which is getting on to a firm basis again and is excit- ing more interest and enthusiasm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26

eighties, when betting on the amateur race meetings in England was at it's height and the chance of a good clean up induced professionals to ring tn'' whenever possible. If caught the pro- fessionals were subject to a term in prison, according to the law of the time, so it was a dangerous business and a clean getaway was necessary.
 The race in question took place at the Notts Forest F. c. sports at Not tingham. The amateur scratch man was rated at about 430 for the mile, and there was great surprise when 8 man on the eighty yard mark was seen to be outrunning the scratch man. The stranger had been backed heavily, and while his supporters were collecting the coin the officials made a bee1ine to the dressing tent for the winner. The ringer dashed into the tent. grabbed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
COIOred Athletic Wonder
 About to Retire

A MOTHER colored champion has
 been removed from the limelight by the announcement of Spr1nrer Aovv- ard Drew that he has retired from the game for year. If Drew drops out for a season to go into busi- ness, as he has announced. he drops out for good.
 Drew is the greatest 100 yard man in the country today He is in the record books for one g 3-5 seconds per formance, and. he has been timed on seventeen occasions in 9 4-5 seconds There's something to the consistency of such a performance. Any time he is in condition he will do better than 10 seconds if the competition and weather conditions areAriEht-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
Players Will Be Real Sufferers

IN due time 1t will be the players who
 will suffer to make up for the pres ent extravagance in their salaries. Baseball cannot be continued along present lines. Clubs cannot take in enough money to cover their expenses with the enormous salary lists they have sadd1ed on themselves. The time is not far off when a club will be linn tted to about sixteen players in the major leagues, and the players who draw more than $S,5oo will be the ez- ception.
 The advent of the Federal league has to a certain extent been responsible for this state of affairs, and the Feds were made possible by the disloya1ty of some of the players; hence the ruling that if peace is ever declared all con tract jumpers will be barred from or ganized baseball must be upheld to prevent another attack on organized baseball in the future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26

than chucking the chins of fair co11eens while on post. But when he recently got the papers telling how Brother James had knocked out Al Reich, how he was now second in the world only to Jess Willard and challenger for the worlds heavyweight title, how he had bought stock and bonds in the very car line he was once chauffeur on and was on the road to rapid wea1th-didn't Brother Jim get more than $6,O00 in the Reich fight alone?-why, right then and there Officer Coffey of the Dublin police force recalled wildly how he could lick his little brother James from the first day James learned to walk?
 'fYis, and, begorra, can still do it,'' unused Officer Coffey on post. "So if he can get $6,ooo in wan fight, what could better man git? A better man.
 says I, that's me" And forthwith Off, cer Coffey made the rounds of the steamship offices looking up rates to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26

club win every game. For instance, in New York, which used to be a hotbed of unfafrness and a place where 1t was almost impossible for visiting teams to get an even break from the umpires or the crowd, there is now a fine spirit of fairness.
 Good plays by the opposing teams are given as big a hand as those made by the Giants. Umpfres do not favor the home team on all the close decisions, and people throng the park to see a fairly conducted contest. A we'll known authority has said: f"The main object of baseball should be to give an hon est, healthy and interesting recreation. Winning pennants is not the main ob- ject, but a means to this end.
 t'To lessen individual playing for the purposes of developing team playing may be necessary, but it should not be
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26

New York. He wrote to Billy Gibson that he wanted Bill to manage him when he arrived and guaranteed to beat Brother James-in priYate-to prove his worth. But just when Officer Coffey was about to leave the Dublin police force flat the Lusitania tragedy came along and a certain Dublin cop decided that this was no time for ocean voy- ages, and, besides, it would be mean to butt into Brother James new business just when Manager Willian-James always writes home of Gibson as Man ager Wil1iam''-had him so well start ed on the road to wealth and fame. So, for the present at least, there is no serious peril in the march ofsJim Cof- fey toward a match with Willard.
 And thus it happens that Officer Cof- fey is still on post in Dublin while Brother James = inferior physically though he be-ts busiIy preparing to knock out all the heavyweights.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
Shaving of Bancroft
 a Pleasant Surprise

ITS odd, but Dave Bancroft, making
 so good with the Phil1ies. was third choice of the Portland inheld. while the first and second choices already are voted failures. Cleveland had first pick and took Bill Rodgers to fill La, jofe's place. Rodgers has not been go- Ing well. New York had next choice and took Art Kores; then it got To- bert and Kores was sent to the minors. Philadelphia took Bancroft, and he looks like one of the good bets of the season.
 The St. Louis Cardinals, at is un- derstood, had a chance to get Ban eroft, and Scott Eddie Herr recorn- mended that he be taken but other in formation was that he would not do, and Manager Huggins passed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26

a few seconds ahead of any other man on the ball field, and he can anticipate the plays and tactics of opposing teams better than any other player in the game.
 Up to the end of last season Cobb's record showed him batting at an aver age of i.372 for nine years. In that time Cobb has played in 1,241 games, has been at the bat 4,685 times. He has scored 875 runs and has made 1,739 hits His stolen base total is 48S.
 What makes Cobb so great a player is a question that is frequently asked whenever he bobs into the Hmelight. The answer is his natural gifts, not only his speed and eye, but his brain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26

his street clothes, slipped out under the canvas at the back of the tent, jumped into a cab, took a train to Liverpool and embarked strafghtaway for Amer ica. He never was caught, and it turn ed out later that he was a well known professional runner named Chip Her bert, who could run Q mile in 4: 20. He never got his clothes nor a slice of the money his packers won either.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26


 has not been out of the game this sea- son. ., Ball players long ago gave up trying to figure Cobb. When he was new in the league old timers used to get to- gether at night after a game and plan how they would catch that young sprout the next time he tried to pull something on them. The next time he came out he pulled something new or pulled old one in a new way. He had them bewi1dered. It was not long until they quit trying to outguess him. and now they just trust to luck. The minute he gets on the bases he has a team guessing. He knows this and he takes advantage of it.
 Cobb stands out in baseball like oth- CT unusual men stand out in other lines, because he-seems to understand the possibilities of his own game bet ter than the other men engaged in it. He is a baseball genius.