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FOUR is Lajoie Slipping and Losing His Erstwhile Ability lo “Hil-Em-Where-They-Ain’i ?” N«w York.--in Napoleon l/ijoir, o Naps, slipping? Has Kit l'nrr Tim" at la.'t dimmed halting eye ol th e man who ever will rank as odc of the greatest slugged* In baseball history? Is the final curtain noon to e rang down on this star of Hi years? These are questions that agitator fandom more than any other Just now, and there Is non ■ who doesn’t ho e that Ihe hatting slump of tha vet eran Is hut temporary and that in stead of nfe star setting soon that It will continue to hlauw forth in the major league firmament for many years to com • But the fart remain- that Lajoie, to date Ilk:, made a more mine: a hie •bowing at the hat than In any year nines 1895 whin hot broke Into th-i hlg league and set It on fire by his terrific halting La Join, aeeordlng to the latest rec ordti. Is about T>n points shy o' tae .300 mark, and ho reams unable lo "hit em wiiere- they ain’t." as in other years The ball no longer whistles from off his bat with ballot speed, as In the old days and he no longer Is ripping boards off the fences with bin terrific drives, lllnei may /one Most delightful hotel in America for a Summer Vacation THE PLAZA NEW YORK Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street Delightfully located opposite Central Park, assuring peace and quiet. The coolest Hotel in New York. Convenient to theatres and shopping district. RATES FROM JUNE l.t TO SEPTEMBER 15« h Single renin with beib, $3.00 up Rouble room witb batb, $4.00 np FRF.D STERRY . - - Mnnaging Director ALTAPASS INN New, Modern, High Class. ABOVE—"The Land of the Sky." On Crest of the Blu« Ithlge Mountain, on Carolina, CUnchflold and Ohio Railway. The plare to spend your Summer tktlf, Tennla, Trap Shooting, Riding, Driving. Howling, Billiards, Dancing, Music. For Bookings wrtto Jno. 8 Bowen. Altapass, N. C. tMr -~~t i fflg* X l y^-vi | » W something to do with the slump but many fear that Time has act Its hand on the (lev. land wonder and th*- days of tils usefulness as a major leaguer are numbered Lajolc began the season with a grand hatting average of .351 for 3,113 games -the best, record ever coni led by anyone over such a stretch of years Wagner, of Pitts burg, wao had been In the majors 17 years up to the beginning of the season, had a grand average ol .34) for 2,282 games while "Old Pop" An won, during hla 23 years, as a big lea gue star, compiled an average of .377 for 2,250 games If Unjoin fails to finish over the 300 mark this year it will reduce his grand average by sev eral points, but it still will he re markable enough to stand for many years to come. Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson have a chance to smash B— hut will they b» able to stand the big leagn.- pace for IS years? Arid if tne. do, can they continue to hit. at a clip that will g.ve them an average oT .351 for 18 years? Insulting a butcher seems to be unite a crime in Detroit. Ty Cobb was a favorite hack In the Michigan C/ie Men Who Safe'-Guard » X>ur Package, Gills for your package, gives you the new low Driver rate; sends it either Prepaid or Colletfl, fully insured, and gives you a written descriptive receipt. Receives your package at the Express Office from 1 Off** Driver, gives him a receipt for it; routes Clerk vour package on through Bill of Lading to go on firs' available passenger train. Gives him a receipt for your package and stows Th. it carefully away until arrival at destination. It is ■BWNi a • NuMtigtr carried in a special express car on through Bill of Lading. n T H * Delivers it promptly and in turn secures a written Man receipt for its safe arrival in good condition. Southern Express Service Is Personal Service F*»: IViIMVt E Southern Express Company PMMPT SIIVKX ••Strtle.l.SNmS.H" 4 town until he rushed Into a butcher shop and soaked a butcher upon the bean Kignt away the whole darned town resented it. Ty lost his popu larity Instantly. Toe fans didn’t oaro whether he jumped to the reds, was traded to the Yankees or was ship wrecked on a cannibal island. Ty, by eoaking a butcher, had in their minds committed a heinous crime. Detroit must eat. Arid butchers sup. ply meat. What If Ty had soaked the butcuer so hard that the butcher would hav.- be< n laid up for wevral rnonins? Horrible thought! The De troit neighborhood in .on ted by that .articular butcher would have had’to go meatless. Shudders! And so rather tmn sumbit that bntelier and other meat dispensers lo the dang.-r of being soaked by the exdtahh Tyrus the town has decid ed that it can get along without its lias- ball star. Detroit used to love Ty. bin when the presence of Ty Im perils the well being of butchers — well, bye, bye, Ty. Hughey Jennings, who manages the team that owns the player that soak ed the butcher, will he dreaming pen nant dreams again ifSmithson, a south paw pitcher whom he recently secured, performs as well for the Tigers as he did in the minors. Jennings got Smithson for $2,750 from tin: Clinton, Illinois team in the Central Association. Smithson won six out. of the ten games In which he participated losing three of the Tour because of miserable support. He secured the title "Strike Out" k.ng, because he struck out 98 bat ters in the 10 games, an average of , nearly lo men to a game. Crewa that lose boat races, fighters who fail to win in champlonsnip I lights and golfers who fail to grab meduls no longer need to worry about ( inventing alibis. The “experts" in those articular lines are doing all the alibing these days—and they leave noth ng undone to excuse their I erroneous predictions. Reading the "morning after the ; night before" story composed by an i “expert" whose Sure Winner flnierued | among the also rans, is affording the general public almost as much pleas ! urc these days as they got through j the medium of a minstrel show In tho | old days. A person addicted to the gambling habit slipped us the tip the other day t’nat the surest way to make easy money was to find out who the "ex perts" figures ns a "sure winner" and then to bet the other way. But we aren't In accord with the tipster as to it Vlng an absolutely sure way. Some of these days one oT the “ex perts" may make a mistake and act ually name the winner. Volt Defeated. At Montgomery— Score; R. H. a Nashville 200 000 002—4 8 0 Montgomery 000 200 13-—6 8 3 Boland and Oibson; Black and Don a hue. Barons 5, Lookouts 4. At Blrmlgham— Score; R H E. Birmingham 100 201 10*—5 6 2 Chattanooga 00ft 040 000—4 10 ii Johnson and Tragesaer; Sline and (Irabu ni. Gulls 5, Turtles 1. At Mobile- Score: R. H. B Mobile 000 300 02*—6 11 1 Memphis 000 ioo ooo—i 3 ,i Hogg and Brown; Llebhardt and Schley. HOTEL Colling wood West 35th Street, New York City. SETH H. MOSELEY. Half Bik. from Herald Sq. & 6th Av. In mldat of leading department stores and theatres. Select accommodationsV for diacnmt nnting people with personal attention and service impossible in the larger ho tels. Your patronage Is earnestly so licited. Room without bath 11.50 Room without bath for two $2.00 Room with bath $2.50 Room with bath for two , ...SS,OO Parlor Bedroom with bath $5.00 Special attention given to Indies and > families. Restaurant at moderate prices. SOUTHERN LEAGUE THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA. You swing on I Get it into your mind pretty quick that Prince Jj j g Sj j Albert is just as bully delicious rolled up into a * | jjj Just to change your luck, switch for a spell '-slllll* from the dW-brands and /ire-brands and know first hand what a real and true jimmy pipe or makin’s cigarette can taste like when you get the brand of tobacco that men everywhere pin |fc : Fringe Albert yJ§§ the national joy smoke It’s all out of fashion to suffer with a stung tongue or a parched throat. Because Prince Albert is scot-free from that sort of thing. If you didn’t know it before, get this news direct from headquarters: 3 Prince Albert tobacco is made by a patented process that cuts fs out the bite and the parch. It’s just i | Crackers 1, Pels 7. A l New Orleans— Score: R. H. El Atlanta 000 000 010—1 2 1 New Orleans 411 000 10*—7 10 0 Thompson and Dunn; Bonn and Hit? Bins. Dangers of Cholera Morbus. In almost every neighborhood some one has died from an attacl of ehole ra morbus before medicine could bo procured or a ph vsiclan summoned. Every family 6houid be prepared for such an emergency. Mrs E. M. Sny der, Herkimer, N. Y. says “About four years ago ray husband had an at tack of cholera morbus. I gave him Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and It relieved the pain immediately, and two or three doses of It effected a cure.” For sale by all dealers. ALTAPASS INN ABOVE "The Land of the Sky." New. Modern. High-Class. On crest of Blue Ridge Mountains. On Carolina. CUnchfleld and Ohio railway. Golf. tennis, trap shooting, riding, driv ing. bowling, billiards, dancing, music. John S. Bowen. AJtapass, N. C. For Health and Pleasure COME to— RHEA SPRINGS Whar# the Health Giving Waters Flow.—Stood the Tost of a Century. Etsabllshed by White Man In 1856. Thousands of Sufferers Testify aa to Its Merits for Rheumatism. Kidney, and I.lv<r Troublea and Many Other Com plaints of Mankind. In addition we have good Hotel. Danrlng, Swimming and Boating, Fishing. Tennis. Croquet, etc. Rooms En suite with nr without Bath. Rates, Including meals, *lO to *ls per week For Booklet and full Information address RHEA SPRINGS CO. RHEA SPRINGS, TENN. ASK YOUR DOCTOR. STOP OVER AT OLD RELIABLE KIMBALL HOUSE ATLANTA, OA. Most Central and Convenleat Location hi the City, EUROPEAN PLAN. Our Restaurant ona of the Beat In the South. 150 ROOMS. Hot and Cold Running Water. tI.SO per day. ROOMS; Connoting Baths. $1.50 Private Bath), $2,00 and up. Club Breakfast. 30c to SI.OO. Club Luncheon only SO cents. A La Carte Service Unsurpassed In the South. ED. L. BROWN, Manager. STANDING OF CLUBS South Atlantic League. Won Lost P.Ct. Charleston 18 3 .667 Albany 17 12 .586 Columbus JR 12 571 Augusta 15 12 Savannah 13 16 .448 Columbia 12 17 .414 Jacksonville 11 17 ’393 Macon 10 17 i 370 Southern League. Won Lost P.Ct. Mobile 52 42 .553 Chattanooga ;i 43 .543 New Orleans fil 43 ,543 Blrmigham 50 43 .537 Atlanta 47 43 .522 Nashville 48 47 .605 Memphis 39 54 .419 Montgomery 36 60 .375 American League. Won Lost p.Ct. Philadelphia 51 42 .614 Detroit 47 40 .540 Washington 45 39 .536 Boston 46 40 .535 St. Louts 44 40 .524 •’hiiago 43 42 .506 New York 33 49 .402 Cleveland 29 56 .341 !§«»s Federal League. Won Lost p.Ct. Chicago , ..48 34 .585 Indianapolis 45 34 .570 Baltimore 44 37 .543 Brooklyn 41 35 .539 Buffalo 39 39 .500 Kansas City 37 46 .446 St. Louis 36 49 .424 Pittsburgh 31 47 .397 National League. Won Lost P.Ct. New York 48 32 .600 Chicago 48 37 .565 St. Louis 47 40 .540 Cincinnati 39 45 .464 Philadelphia 37 43 .463 Boston 38 43 .469 Brooklyn 35 43 .449 Pittsburgh 35 44 .443 BULLET HOLE IN HEAD. Galveston, Texas.—The body of a well d’-essed young woman with a bullet hole in the head was found on the beach west of this city early today. The police be lieve the woman was murdered. There was no means of immediate identlfi-a. tlon. PH I! THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. wM U A successful remedy for Rheumatism, Blood Poison and I i, nil Blood Diseases. At all Druggists SI.OO. " " F. V. LPPMAN CO.. Savannah. Ga. PURE as the Dew Through and Through. For Sale by Every Dealer in Augusta WEDNESDAY. JULY ZL TO ELIMINATE PLUCK 11*'* BOARD Wa*rt|ngton, D. C.—Secretary Daniels took the first step today in his efforts to eliminate the naval "plucKing board” by appointing: a commission, he aided by As sistant Secretary Roosevelt, to investi gate and recommend a new law to con gress. Serving with Mr. Roosevelt on the commission will be Rear Admiral Victor Blue, chief of the bureau of navi gation, naval constructor, D. W. Taylor, and Lieut. Chas. M. Austin. I ■hSßlcnbeinP Atlantic city, n. j. Capacity 1100 400 Private Bath) Exquisite refined music every nlrtat throughout the year. Two block) of Ocean front. Ronton Chairs. Horse-back riding. Golf. Theatres and countless amusements. Ownership Munngement JOSIAH WHITE A SONS COMPANY II '9r f