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m ■. ■ - miimmiimi!!! SHORT LINE RAILROADS TO BE CONNECTED vorite with players and .public alike also professionally. KIRSCHBAUM CLOTHta FORM A CONTINUOUS LINE THROUGH GEORGIA INTO FLORIDA. The rain yesterday gives the team one more chance to get ready. The rain permitting, this one is Albany’s. Baltimore, May 23. — The banking firm of Middendorf, Williams & Co. announced today that a syndicate or ganized by that firm and the Interna tional Trust Co., of this city, and that of John L. Williams & Sons, of Rich mond, Va„ has consummated the pur chase of six short railroads in Georgia and Florida, having a total 'mileage of about 230 miles, which it is proposed to consolidate under the name of the Georgia & Florida Railway. The roads purchased are: Dougins, Augusta & Gulf railroad; Millen & Southwestern railroad; Augusta & Florida railroad; Nashville & Sparks railroad; Valdosta Southern railroad; Midvale, Swninsboro & Red Bluff. Connecting links have been planned and when built, the rond will extend from Augusta, Ga., to Madison, Fin. The carrying out of the "plans of the syndicate involve an expenditure of about $6,000,000. Valdosta is still climbing. They aro taking full advantage of the games that they are playing with Americus at present. There was a little surprise in the camp of the enemy when Fred Beusse struck out yesterday. He isn’t much givep to the fatal habit. DEAR LADY What a blessing is good Soap and healthful Talcum Powder in the hot summer time. Try a.box of our 3 for 25 cents Soap. Lilac, Carnation, Rose, Violet and Heliotrope. You will be so pleased that you will always use this brand of pure and sweet soap f England With the odor of Fresh Violets', counteracts excessive perspi ration. Lends an exqisite fragrance after the bath. Purifying and healthful to the skin. Best Cream and Fresh Candy, is nothing you could get for your baby t would give it more pleasure than a Score Was 0-0 When Precip itation Began — New Men iflad Not Come and Line up Was the Same — They Will Probably Be in the Game Today—The Locals Made a Good Showing. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Albany-Waycross, rain. Columbus, 0; Cordele, 4. Americus, 5; Valdosta, 10. GAMES TODAY. Waycross at Albany. Columbus at Cordele. Valdosta at Americus. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Clubs— Played. Won. Lost. Pet, WaycrosB 14 12 2 .857 Columbus 12 8 4 .666 Cordele 12 6 6 .500 Valdosta 14 6 8 .428 Albany 13 5 8 .384 Americus 11 1 10 .090 . Crosley works hard all the time. He all hut got Tribble’s hit, which was a Texas leaguer, placed with much pre cision over second base. Getting wet at the park two days in succession, and then not seeing a whole game, is enough to dampen the ardor of the enthusiast a little hit. Snod was killed once yesterday while trying to steal second. Beusse’s assist was a beautiful one to see. Things like this have to happen, though. Two years of hall playing in the South Atlantic League have left their impress on Buesse. His work is sug gestive at all times of faster company. The heavens were unwilling again yesterday that the few people who had assembled at the park should see a bona-fide exhibition of the national sport. For an inning and a half they pranced around on the diamond, hut finally in the last half of the second, (which was a pretty-soon finally) Wilson made a wild pitch, and then a grimace at the wet ball, and the men came in. The regulation half hour elapsed and they began to get ready to go home. This last was a little hard to do, as the rain was still arriving. The score was a blank when things stopped, and altogether the Albany fans were pleased with the aspect of things. With the new men here today things will be still further improved and winning a game will not he a heart-breaking task that it has been heretofore. Everybody—Manager Snodgrass, the players, the public, even the little ne groes that look between the cracks of the fence—are . all glorying over the outlook. The knocker has changed, the gate receipts, if the weather will only allow, will pick up, and the dream of a team that will give the others a warm race after the pennant will he 'realized. The names of the three new men are things to conjure with, and nobody is gladder that they are to be here than the other players. They can't say enough good things ' about them. The men are straining every nerve to hold up,‘and with the little rest that they have gotten the last two days they are in fine shape to avenge the deeds of last week. The ball that they have been playing In the few Innings of this week Is of a gilt- edge variety, and a little practical en couragement on the part of the public, to put it plainly, a larger attendance, will help them to keep on doing this sort of work. We stand a good chance to win to day, and If we lose it will be only af ter a hard fight, and, a game that the men will stretch every nerve to make errorless. Just a little pulling together now. a little determined effort, a little confi dence on the part of the public In the team, and a little less activity on the part of the hoodoo, and the Albany team wjll climb to the top and dispute with the proud ones who now occupy that exalted position their right to hold It Tribble, who was UP only once, got a hit. The pitchers all over the cir cuit are beginning to speak with bated breath of this man who hits them when he gets ready. The innocent grandstand was the recipient of some rather bad things that came from the players’ vocal or gans. It wasn’t built to keep out the elements, It seems. The attendance yesterday, though small, was even better than was ex pected. The people cannot he ex pected to come out on such an after noon as yesterday was. The double-headers will be quite nu. merous. After the Fourth of July, the date of the first one, the men will see a hard time, playing six days in the week, and some of these will he dou bles. CURE FOR LEPROSY F An Important Discovery Re ported from the Louisiana Leper Home — Cure of Cases Well Authenticated. New Orleans, May 23.—In a lengthy report submitted to Gov. Blanchard by the boardN)f control of the Louis iana leper home, announcement is made that a definite cure has been obtained in three cases of leprosy. The cures are mentioned In the re ports of Dr. Hopkins, visiting physi cian, and Dr. Isadore Dyer, consulting leprologist These patients have been discharged. It Is stated In the report that the disease continues to spread In this state, and that the cases show evi dence of a recent outbreak, and that there are certain centers of infection yet to be Investigated. In Borne In stances the disease hay been, carried to non-lnfected points by patients who escaped from the home. The legisla ture Is asked to locate all of the points of infection. The members of the hoard' suggest that an appeal he made to the federal government to establish a national hospital fov lepers. Nunerjy has all sorts of confidence In himself. No “np in the air” for him. He smiles at a three-base hit and then proceeds to get busy and keep It from scoring with the same sort of smile still on his face. Snodgrass nabbed a foul fly that looked like it was g9ne. It was .a backward running catch, and because It looked like Waycross was about to score, and this was the third put-out, was all the more appreciated. One reason for the. success of the Waycross- team is the fact that the best of goo*d feeling exists between the men. A club that Is torn with dissensions within will soon find that they are steadily going down hill. Several of the players were com plaining of the wetting of the first evening. The effects of a thing like this on a pitcher are to be dreaded, as the dampness settling in his salary wing may “glass” it, and then it’s all up with him. The visitors are filled with the joy ous spirit of self-confidence. When their past record is considered there is nothing more to he said in explana tion. But let’s hope that the home team will be the means of eradicating a little of this complacent optimism. AT AMERICUS. Innings— 123 456 789—R. H. E. Americus 001 001 030—^ 5 10 6 Valdosta 012 601 000—10 10 4 Batteries—Hamilton, Hudson and Stevens; Barber and "Walters. Time 1:35. Umpire Coniff. Attendance 250. In 1904 Columbus had an opportun ity to become one of the charter clubs of the South Atlantic League, hut she let the qhance go by. Since then, now that that league has shown that it is not only a very fast one, hut also a very stable one, they have made sev eral attempts to get in, hut all of the clubs think too much of their fran chises to surrender them. AT CORDELE. Innings— 123 456—R. H. E. Cordele 200 200— 4 7 0 Batteries—Lavender and Harwood; Mercer and Cranston. Time, 45 min. Umpire, MbGrath. FAN-ATICS. Boyd made a nice assist of a hot one to first yesterday. The players sat np in the grand stand yesterday while the rain was falling, and discussed various subjects. The conversation finally drifted round to fish, and Wagnon said that he caught a catfish once that weighed, after the scales were scraped off, only ■sixty-nine pounds. The rest of them were unkind enough to disbelieve this and to prove that he was wrong in formed him that catfish didn’t have scales. But he moved off without re plying to this innuendo. ( The days like yesterday knock a hole In the finances that is hard to fill. We have just received a shipment of Miller & Hart’s choice Breakfast Ba- Everybody is anxious for the rain con, sugar cured and smoked, 3 pounds to stay away today and let the teams for 60c. If you want an elegant piece have it out of bacon at a moderate -charge, ’phone 70 a trial order. You’ll like it. Snodgrass is personally a great fa- W. E. FIELDS. THE WEATHER. Weather Forecast. The following is the weather fore cast for the state of Georgia for the next twenty-four hours: Rain tonight and Thursday, except fair in northwest portions. Local Weather Observations. The following record of meteorologl. cal observations taken by the local co-operative observer of the Weather Bureau of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture for the twenty- four hours ending at 7 o’clock this morning is published for the informa tion of the public: Maximum temperature 81.00 Minimum temperature GO.00 Mean temperature 73.60 Precipitation 0.13 River , 2.60 Rise 30 Weather Cl’dy Wind N. E. D. W. BROSNAN, Volunteer Observer. Gut by Bursting Bottle. This morning at the Georgia Bot tling Wortts, young Senyman Plonsky was the victim of a rather peculiar ac cident. / He is one of the employes of the company, and while at the works a bottle of ginger ale near him burst and some of the fragment* of. the glass struck him in the forehead, in flicting a painful gash about two inches long. While the wound is pain ful it is only a flesh wound and is nothing serious. Mr. Sam Dunlap, Mrs. Jor dan’s Brother, the Pur chaser—Mrs. Jordan’s Ap proaching Marriage An nounced. 1 From I ho Macon Evonlns Nows. Along with the announcement of the approaching marriage of Mrs. Lee Jor dan and Hon. John D. Little, which is to occur in Macon on June 16, comes the announcement of the purchase of Mrs. Jordan's beautiful home on Col- lege street by her brother, Mr. Sam- uel Dunlap. The trade was consummated several days ago. The purchase price is not known, but that it was away up in the thousands, goes without saying. The Jordan home is one of the most beau- tlful residences, not only in the South, but in America. The interior furnish ings are said to surpass anything this side of New York. Mi*. Dunlap will continue to make his residence at the place formerly owned by Mrs. Jordan. When seen this mornlqg by a ‘representative of the News concerning the purchase of the property, Mr. Dunlap said: "Yes, it is true that I have bought the property, and I will live there for some days yet.” Further than that Mr. Dunlap do- dined to discuss the purchase and the transfer of the beautiful home. She Didn't Sleep Well. A woman who lives in an inland town, while going to a convention in a distant city, spent one night of the journey on board a Btoamboat. It was the first time 1 she had over traveled by water. She reached her journey’s end extremely fatigued. To a friend who remarked It she replied: “Yes, I’m tired to death. I don’t know that I care to travel by water again. I read the card in my state room nbout how to put the life pre server on, and I thought I understood it, but I guess I didn't. Somehow I couldn’t go to sleep with the thing on.” —Ladles’ Home Journal. More News from the New 8tates. If anyone has any doubt as to the virtue of Foley’s Kidney Cure, they need only to refer to Mr. Alvlit H. Stimpson, of WlUlmantlc, Conn., who, after almost losing hope of recovery, on account of the failure of so many remedies, finally tried Foley's Kidney Cure, which he says was “Just tho thing" for' him, as four bottles cured him completely. He Is now entirely well and free from all the suffering in cident to acute kidney trouble. For sale by Hilsman-Sale Drug Co. There is one thing that all the teams are doing this year, and It is very gratifying to the people who always make It a pplnt to be on time. The games all begin promptly as an nounced. Justice, "Why Is Justice represented with a bandage over her brow?” “There is a classical reason for it,” said the lawyer, "but to my mind it serves chiefly to Impress the frequency with which Justice gets a black eye.”— Washington Star. Happy Thought. Teacher—Mary, make a sentence with "dogma” as subject. Mary (after careful thought)—The dogma has three puppies. Indigestion is much of a habit. Don’t get the habit. Take a little Kodol Dys- pensla Cure after eating and you will quit belching, puffing, palpitating and frowning. Kodol Digests what you eat and makes the stomach sweet. Sold by Albany Drug Co., HUsman-Sale Drug Co, LOOKING AT EYES as long as I have been, has certainly qualified me, and Justly my claim to the title of EXPERT OPTICIAN so that when your vision troubles you, the best and simplest way out is to place yourself in my hands for treat ment I will not only help your vision, but FU improve your appearance with -correctly-fitted lenses and frames. I have a complete OPTICAL stock to select from. LET ME LOOK, AT YOUR EYES. Examinations are FREE. SEE! Dr. See. Eye. Hutchason, OOILLSJ. And Albany’s Leading Optician Davis Exchange Bank Building. S. A. 6? W. T. Freeman. $10.00 to $12.50 Men’s At an average reduction of twenty-five per cent., we offer about fifty men’s and young men’s two-piece Outing and Flannel Suits. Some three-piece Worsteds and Serges. Not a suit offered worth less than #10.00; at uniform price for three days - $7.75. SEIMS I T FOR EESS There that would give it more pleasure BABY TENDER. It also learns baby how to walk, without any trouble • on your part. We have just received a shipment of the best we could buy.