The Vicksburg Post from Vicksburg, Mississippi • Page 7

THE 7ICKS5UB0 EVENING THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1607. VJL'CSk i 4 -r M'CAY WAS ANXIOUS TO GET CATCHER Kuhn Annex. NEW GOODS 1 I 11 L5 HAD SEEN THE YOUNGSTERS WORK AND THOUGHT WELL OF THE PERFORMANCES THE DOINGS AROUND THE CIRCUIT organize the independent team. TAAFE SOLD TO MERIDIAN. Meridian, Miss.

Outfielder Taaf 2 has been purchased by the locals from the Memphii, and is t.tpeeted to reach the city tonight to take "part in tomorrow's game against the Greensboro College hoys. The reason assigned for Babb letting him out is that he has a surplus of players. Outfielder Marr of North Carolina has not been heard from further, and it is believed the ouler garden will be looked after by Taafe, Roth and De-Vore. Billiard and Young have been loaned. to.

the college boys for the game tomorrow, to try and even matters up, the visitors being woefully weak in the box. The fact the Outfielder Jolly did not play this afternoon is accepted announcement that he has been released. Although fast on his fee'. 1 the field and oh the bitting was very weak. E'Oaported peaches, apricots, ap-; pies, currants, raisins, cranber-reJt shelled ammonds, English toaalnuts, Edam a nd Tineapple checso, macKeret, codfish, pan' caKe flour.

A iaf line bf cereals. 1 1 1 1 I i First Showing of New Spring Clothing' for Men and Young Men. More than a hundred different styles and patterns in Men's Fsjicy Sack Suits. Plenty, to suit every taste. Crisp Worsteds, or rough Cheviots.

Fashion sets no bar to individual preference. We are sole agents for College brand clothes the recognized standard for czclusive2g of design and smartness of cut. Give us a chanco to shew you. Agents W. L.

Douglas (Union Made) bhoes and low quarters and $3.50 pair; no extra charge for patent leathers. Buy a shirt with a name we are sole agents. Cluett Coat u). Monarch Shirts $1.00 each. I Just received new line daintiest sort wash four-in-hands 25c each.

L. H. PINKSTON i WESLEY CRAYTON T5he Oldest Whisksv House in the City Jug Traide a. Specialty First-Class Lunch St tvnd Attached PILES! PILES PILES! Williams Indian Pile Ointment wi! cure Blind, Bleeding, and. Itching Piles.

It absorbs the tumors, allays itching at once, acts as a poultice, gives instant relief. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment is prepared for Piles and itching of the private parts. Sold by druggists, mail '0c and $1.00. Willams' M'f'g. Cleveland, O.

For sale by Haralson-Raiford Drug Co. raw www rsii ttis isi rr-rr 1 iciotaoe New Yckk Citv Clothe, that Kt.tr (vienTToung, 0. CARROLL HAMtY X. JOHNSON, J. MIAZZA, Cracks; Chaps, Rough Skin and Sunburn SHORT STORIES.

B'emig McC'ay, ofi Jlobile, was very of fecuring catcher Wills, of New Orleans but Vieksburjc was the first team to get the hooks on the youngster. McCay saw Wills work when the lalter was a member of tnc ivliieh played in Mobile. Mobile management has put a request that if Yieksbun ever g'it ready to s-hed Wills that they be notified immediately. Charlie Fritz, the young sidewheei-tr recently purchased by. the New Orleans club from Shreveport, put in a couple of hours hard work on the slab yesterday and showed up to splendid form, says the Fritz has a world of speed, and gives promise of being a valuable acquisition' to the firing line squad of the Pelicans.

Brouthers and Nadeau batted against his delivery yesterday an.l failed to pull off anything dangerous. The youngster has a fast in-shoot which will fool the best of them. He will be relied upon when the Pelicans bump up against a of heavy hitting lefthand batters. Bell, 1900 member of the Vicksburg team, has been sold to the Fort Worth club. 1 Johnnie Bammert, former Vicksburg" player, and popular shortstop, will play the coming season with Waco.

Hopkins, the new Vicksburg recruit for right, was doing very nicely in Little Rock, but had such men as Chas. Miller, Gilbert and Bowcow to beat, and that was why Vicksburg had a chance' to get liiui. Manager Blackburn states that tho proposed game with The Chamberlin-Hunt Academy, of Port Gibson, is off. ft PERRY WERDEN'S YARN. Talk about your close finishes.

Perry Werden tells of a game he won by a narrow margin. The two teams had been playing most of the afternoon, and it looked as though it would be a tie when the 0 o'clock whistle blew. The score stood 2 to 2, nobody on base, two men out and Perry at the bat. The twirler tossed up one of President Vice Rtt ft Manager, Becretoy. THE MISSISSIPPI HOME INSURANCE GO, Organized 1885 Head Office Corner Washington and Clay Streets, ViGKSBlRB, MISSISSIPPI.

This is just the tine of the year when something is needed to drive awcy the chaps and cracks, and keep the skin scft and For this purpose we recommend EREMOLINE. It is splendid preparation. Delightful to use, and it creates a heelthful condition cf the skin, keeping it soft and smooth and free from ail irritations, especially chaps and cracks. 0 Splendid for the face, keeping the face and lips free from allrough- nesc cracks. Splendid crplsxion beautifier.

25 cents per bottle. Cassell Drug Corner South ST osses Paid Since Organizffioni $1,003,494.75 Prompt Settlements. Prompt Adjustments. CHICKEN OBSTINACY. A police court story which is said to illustrate "the indifference of the average chicken to godadvice" was tol' recently at Kingston, England, when a carter was charged with stealing a fowl.

"I am guilty of stealing the fowl," admitted the prisoner. "It was eating the corn out of my horse's nosebag, and I said to 'If you don't go away I'll make and struck it with the whip. Wlitn I saw it dead I put it in the wagon; I put it in theETA01NETAOINNU didn't know who owned it." "I judge it was the chicken's 'fault," remarked the prosecutor, "and I'll not press the charge against the man." P. HARDING, Fretldeat FIVE PLAYERS HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE SINCE JANUARY 1, 1907 THE OFFICIAL LIST I. PATIERS03.

Caahter, P. H. WILKERSON, Ass't Cashier. J. HJRSE Vics-Pruldent.

DELTA TRUST BANKING CO VICKSBURG. MISS. 1100,000 f.60,009 riW Capita Uidivided Proftu zankinf (n All Ita a Safe Deposit A T.kai It1 si on flewliiM lnKilff Vnn? jreipeciiouy soucnea. Milam, John Umpire in Three-Eye dropped dead at LaSalle, 19, 1900." 'Connor, Mike Formerly well-known major league player, died at. Austin, Texas, June 12.

Sheehan, Jimmy Minor league player, died at Beloit, Fe. 12 190C. Joe Old-time National League player died at Cincinnati June 24, 1906. Murders. Hynes, Pat Killed by Lou Richardson in 'saloon fight at St.

Louis, March 12. Lewis, -Edward Baseball umpire, hose slow balls, sort of a Billy Hart teaser, where you cau see the punctun- CHEAP RECREATION. H. Havemeyer, the head of the' American sugar industry, said of a muck-raking magazine article: "Articles such as' this don't impress one with their sincerity or their justice. Reading them, one is reminded of the rich old woman who said to her daughter: 'Isn't it dull and stupid 'Dull and stupid is no word for the daughter answered.

'I am bored to "The mother yawned. 'Ring for thee she said. 'We'll give her a regular good scoldingjust to kill Special Low Price Sale at ROBERTS, 316 North Washington Street. tions; on he trademark as the ball conies floating toward you. With a terrific swing Perry met it square on the nose and away it sailed, headed for a boarding house across tho Below is a list of ball players who committed -suicide, were murdered or died a natural death since January 1, It will be seen that but five players suffered death at their own hands.

Natural Deaths. Cassi.ly, Joe Shortstop of Washington, died at Chester, March 25. Carey, Tom Former major league player, died at San Francisco, Aug. 21." Feeney, "Fatty" Three-Eye League player, died at Sprnigfield, Illinois, Oct'. 11.

Fresinger, Jesse Atlantic League manager, died at Wilmington, Feb. 5, 15)015. Hub Manager of Dayton baseball team, died in hospital at Columbus, Ohio, March 24, 1906,.. Bonner, Frank Captain of Kansas City basebal lteam, died at Kansas City, January I. Dolan, Harry Died at Louisville, March 29, was outfielder for Boston Nationals.

Doremus, Cooney Cotton States League player, died at Memphis, July street. As it cleared the outfield the shot and killed during game at. Mar-lin April '26, "1906. Suicides. lothing.

Shirts. Underwear, Furnish- ball burst and one-half vof it rattled up against a 'Hit me for a pair of shoes' sign -on the left field fence. Perry was running around the bases like a democratic race horse, jump intfs, etc. Lower Prices Than Can Be Found Any ing high and short, but not getting where Else in Vicksmirg. over much ground.

The fielder, iw to be baffled, quickly returned th? half ball to the infield. Bayne Alvm Minor league killed himself at Ft. Vallev, Oct 27,. 1906. Ban-; F.

P. Yho introduced baseball iu committed suicide at Kansas City March 5, 1906. Lankwert, Bob Ball player, drank carbolic acid at Louisville, Jan. 10, 1906. Palmer, Wililam G.

Minor league ball player, cut his throat with razor at Olney, 111., Nov. 19, 1906. Stahl, Charles S. Took carbolic, acid at West Baden Springs, Mai-ch 28, 1907. THING HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A shrewd, wordly agnostic and a Christian clergyman dressed in a modest clerical suit sat at the same table in the Pullman dining car.

They were enjoying the first course at the dinner, a delicious Hudson river shad. Eyeing his companion coldly for a moment, the agnostic sir?" "Yes. am in my Master's service." "Yes, you look it. out of the Bible, don't you!" "The catcher touched me with it," says Perry, "as I steamed' in home, and claimed I was out, but our fellows got to the umpire first. I forget Best Pittsburg Coal I 0 29, 1906.

just what we told him, anyway rendered what I call an equitable de William (Buck( Died at Cincinnati, Oct. 20s For Faniliea, For FactorieB, For SteaalwaU and Blacksmith Purposes Its Good Qualities are Unexcelled by any Other Coal Miller, Phil Minor league player, cisionhe gave us the game, 2 to 2. would you believe it, Perry, "the next day that tight-wad whose fence sign I hit, sent me aii died at Louisville April 26, 1906. "Find a good many things in that Tug Vanguard it Reliable Rites order on his store, "Good for one shoe only!" old book that you don't understand DISCIPLINQ A HUMORIST. Hugh Poindexter, author of that don't yonf FINE BLUFF TO HAVE A TEAM.

book of droll and unique, humor, Ti- "Oh. ves: some things." "Well, what do you do then!" "Whv, mv dear friend, I simply Pine Bluff, Bluff is to have baseball this summer and the in Thone 21 Jno.M. Cameron, Agt. A do just as 1 do while eating this' de berious Smith, which was published this month by the Harper's, finds that the way of the humorous transgressor is sometimes hard. On the publication of his book be dications are that a fast amateur licious shad.

If I come to a bone 1 team will be secured. T. Havis Nix quietly lay it on one side, and go on at once sent a copy to a dear old lady can't make me believe there was." Poindexter is vainly trying, now. to, win back his old friend's' respect. 600 DOT CONTEST.

The Farmers' News Scimitar, tin weekly editiou of the Memphis News Scimitar, is the Smith's best farm paper, has circulation of over 000 each week, and is indispensib'e tJ eveVy farmer and should be iu every. Southern, home. 'Every member of the Farmers Un-'. ion should be a to this great paper, which i3 only 23 cents a year 52 numbers, yover 116 p'ages. Liberal commissions to agents, bed Office and Yard Paxton Foundry Building Corner Pearl and South Streets.

4 enjoying the shad, and let some fool insist on choking himself with the hones," Then the agonistic vounJ up his Waterbury watch and went into the smoker. in his native tate. Maine, who nas kuowu him sijice he was a child and has always felt an interest iu'liis v' -v But, alas! the dear, old Jady takes humor all tV, literally SU, PoimlextcVVdelightful acVolit of di's covering the town -in wiiose inhabitants didn't kfidiv1 tout the civil -lu I MEMORY, Smith sides 111 cash prizes, and ft' war was over, and this, part of the on, who was one of the prime moven in the organization of the Arkansas League last season and held the Pine Bluff franchise when the season opened, announced today that ther? would be three games this week at Forest Park, between Tine Bluff and Hot Springs. The games will played Thursday, Friday and Satur-' day. Mr.Xixon has secured Bishop Lcnke of linghuid Jand Rob'erjj Wallace of the Ouachita; College team at Arkadejphia to pitcji.thesenmes.

and expects to have Lee Dawkins, Harry Clayton and Henry Hayes in the ganie. pawkina and Jlay tou are-Tor-me? Cotton States Jila'yers, and Hayes played in the outfield iii the Arkansas League last yean Hot Springs has had a ffls antateuf i team for 'itvtcai weeks. N' A meeting of thow Interested ifl be held Wednesday erer.j In tfcU A --j j7 byok especially jarred lieVwhereupo-i watch each month to the larg- est club-raiser also $500.00 given PLUMBING and I jro not to, the grave, to. weep, But to my, heart, I keep-A. hidden manna that hath Alike, the Jiving, and the v'i 'vT 'ij-i We gtherc4 it as day It fell from Heaven upon pur way.

To be, Jiappil.t'.ouc were, goiie, both- feed piwin -J0h1V B. Tabb. Sn the Times1 Maga: sue wrote to uira: That' pi i of yauKliooltJ; from beginning to fnd. and so I fear awy in' tar intyrestin Dot Cxntntihg Contest A postal card-with our. name an daddress wilt TIN WORK that.

other part must alsK 1ugh. bring full particulars. White or ad- particulars, wmte or i-m disapix.inte(Lln von. I asked a.t-, raihir 'tW re! that MEMPHIS NEWS SCIMITAR, jir "i c4. aiid he flgrees vit mQ that it isa I hadn't ever expected you ta write anything that isn't true.

Why, 25 4 Meaiphi, Teno. I' ll I MM.MMVMQT Fear of the consequences' probably keeps more meu out of trouble than A man's vanity is sViwn i.i the there was nevtr any such a town as.