Newspaper Page Text
|g smnn
PUBLISH ED E'VERY~BATURDAY, BY
THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO.,
ST- JULIAN STREET,
i N. E. CORNER MARKET SQUARE.
Subscription Rates.
(PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.)
| One Year, M 35
I Hix Months, 75
b Tlii’Ve Months, 50
Sent to any person in the United Staten
without extra charge.
Remittances must be made by Postal Note,
Honey Order, Registered Letter, or Express.
J. H. DEVEAUX, Manager.
R. W. WHITE, Solicitor.
* SMB-This paper is not responsible for. nor
loesit necessarily endorse, the sentiments ex
pressed in published communications. Int
ers should be addressed to the TRIBUNE
PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Bfetii
OUSGISTKRED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT
HE Savannah Post Office.
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 18«7.
The Negro’s Future.
I The discussion of the question of
;he future of the Negro in the
South continues to occupy a fair
share of public attention. There
are good reasons for saying that
those who contend that the Negro
race is dying out and those who
hold that it will become arnalgama
ted with the white race are mis
taken. The statistics upon which
both theories are based are taken
from the cities, and the negroes in
the cities are but a srna'l put of
the Negro population. The death
rate of Negroes in cities is ver\
large, particularly of Negro chil
dren, but it should not be forgotten
that the birth rate is also large
At Out all the Negro women mai r\
and as a rule, each has quite a larg
Dumber of children. A fair p. r
ceutage of those who do not mai n
help considerably to increase the
raCe, Outside of the cities it. is
pretty safe to say that while the
birth rate of the Negroes is larger
than that of whites the death rah
is no larger.
Au increase in the number of
mullattoea in the cities is notice
able, while in the country districts
itbe disappea ance of tne muHatoes
is equally noticeable. When the
fact is taken in consideration that a*
the condition of the Negro race
improve its self respect will in
icriJase, it is apparent that the num
ber of mulattoes even in the cities
will decrease. Instead of the Negro
race becoming lost in the while
race, therefore, the prospects is
that it will become more distinct
ively black. Unless there shall be
Other powerful influences to bring
about an amalgam tioi» cf the races
the line of separation will become
cle rer, instead of more blurred, as
the years go by.
But it does not follow that be
cause the stronger race will not
absorb the weaker one, the latter
will not have a future of which it
will have reason to be proud. The
colored race is not going to leave
the South, is not dying out, and is
not being amalgamated with the
white race. It is slowly but surely
advancing to a higher plane oi
civilization, ami will develop along
side of the white race, th< ugh it
will be separated from it by a line
which neither will care to moss.
Even iiuw, although occupying a
much lower plane from the stand
point of intelligence, the Negroes
are organized upon the placed the
white people. They nave th ir
social grades, their chuJch organiza
tions, their secret and benevolent
societies, their prominent men and
their tramps, their rich and poor
and their good and bad people.
Whatever there is in the society of
the white people exists among the
colored people on a smaller scale.
Here in the South some very
marked changes have been wit
nessed within the last twenty-live
years arnoi g the Negroes, and
changes still more marked will be
witnessed in the next twenty-five.
The Negro lawyer, doctor and
are almost unknown now,
[but they will be known before an
Iptber quwr er of a century, It is
probable that Negro professional
land business men will seek business
:&mong their own race, ami that
[race will furnish it. The N<gro is
[bound to accumulate wealth, and
though his progress in that respect
I may be slow, yet, in the couise ol
L time, there will be a very fair
'sprinkling of rich and well-to-do
[colored men in every Southern
[State. They will use their money
| just as the white people use theirs;
* and, therefore, it may be expected
that they' will be found in every
profession and in all kinds of busi
ness. They are in the South to
stay, and to increase.—Morning
News,
Essay delivered by Mrs. J. T.
Lee, at the celebratiou of St. Johns
Day at Albany, Ga., June 24, 1887:
“MY HONEsI convictions of the
MASONIC FRATERNITY.”
Most Noble and August Fraternity:
I have appeared before you un
solicited and unexpected to express
my opinion in regard to the Grand
Body now m Session,
Next to toe church of God, I
look upon tliis fraternity as the
i obit st orgamz aioii upon the face
of the terrestrial gl be. Some con
demn and denounce it as being
the work of satan. Let us reason
a little on the subject: Bas satan
charity within ids breast? Has
he io\e lor humanity and for the
Almighty Maker ot heaveu and
earth burning upon the altar of his
bean? lias nu sympathy for the
po-r beieavcd widow? Does he
advise a fatherless boy or girl to
walk in paths of remitudr? Does
he throws arms of protection
around (hem? 1 hear some if not
all in this grand assembly say with
me no. a thousand times no. it is
quite the opposite with him, and ins
lollowers. The widow ai,d orphan
■ne hi* prey, He pretends to de
fend, only to bet lei take advantage
of them. 1 am convinced th.t Ma
-oiny is. s amped wild a better,
pu. e., and nobler type.
Uh, how my heart oveitlow with
grautade this afternoon at the
im.ught ot seeing my despised race
miu assembled in a grand body
like this and 1 thank God too thai
some ot (be wisest, best, and most
.Vorthy men arc Masons, Christians
u d representatives oi the Negio
r lie.
I have a chromo representing ihe
xteiun ot of Solomon’s Temple,
aieo one showing ihe subterranean
wo k or foundation, When 1 look
at those grand and stately columns
and think of their being named,
and think of the grand struc’me
being dedicated to the God oi Is
rael and think of the system amt
order with which everything (ac
cording to the holy Scripture) was
executed, and that this Union was
firsi organized there. 1 cannot re
train trom exclaiming Oh, Most
Mighty, Most Wonderful work of
God.
These new societies often disband
and are sometimes wiped out of ex
istence, but this ancient, time worn,
nd lime honored society' bows its
gray head in humble submission
before the Almighty and stands
pproved before him. For indeed
the stone which the builders reject
ed has become the chief corner
stone.
BISHOP SHORTER.
Bishop James A. Shorter of the
A. M. E. church, whose death we
chronicled last week was ’ orn in
Washington city, February 4. 1817
Hid was consequently 70 years and
5 ill mills ot age. He Was admitted
to the ministry in 1846 and was
made bishop at the General Con
ference in Washington, in 1868.
He was the tieasurer ot Wilberforce
University from the time it was
bought until the last dollar was
paid. He has been one of the most
active, zealous, and successful
workers of the church through a
long and eventful life.
One of deceased daughters is a
resident of Savannah being the
wife of Rev. M. R. Wilson, pastor
ot St. fames A. M- E. church. Mr.
and Mrs. WilsOu left lust week for
Xenia, Ohio to be present at the
funeral.
The closing exercises of Prof.
Charles Rice's school at Thomas
ville took place a; St. Thomas A.
.4. E. church on the Ist instant.
An interesting piogratnme was
gone through within the presence
of a large and appreciative audi
euce. Addresses were delivered
by Mr J. H. Brown of Savannah,
Mr H- R. Stewart, Revs. N. W.
Waterman, and J. H. Adams of
Thomasville.
A coloicd man has just graduated
with the highest honors trom Yale,
the finest col ege in the United
Maus, and yet it is proposed to
break up a University in Georgia
because it admits pupils without
regard to race or color.
The Georgia Legislature met on
the sth instant. The Governor’s
Message was read and referred to
the Judiciary Committee. It is
proposed to take away the annual
appropriation of SBOOO to the At
lanta University because white
pupils are admitted therein.
We have received the Annual
Catalogue of Bethel Uuivenity at[[
Little Rock, Ark , for 1887. 1 here 1
are College, Medical. Law and
Theological Departments connec ed
with the University. From the .
catalogue before us the institution
would seem to be one of the most i
complete in the country , Terms
are moderate. Address Prof.
J. T. Bailey, Little Rock, Ark.
Mr. W. J. McGuinn, a young'
colored gentleman about twenty
two years of age recently gradumed
from Yale College Law School with
second honors in a class of sixteen,
only two of the class being colored
and received the 'prize of SIOO
offered for the Lest oration.
Through the influence of Prof. R.
1\ Greener he was admitted to
Yale and entered the senior class
making his way steadily to the
second place in it. Mr. McGuinn.
will locate in Baltimore and follow
ids profession.
——i'
Dress Goods 3 a cents a yard at Baseh
177 CoLgress street.
Seersucker suits for $1.50 at Basch,
177 Congress street,
* -•• • - -
CATARRH in an Chronic Cases, Alaska
Blood Purifier should ba used in connection
wiili Alaska Catarrh Compound. There arc
hundnds of medicines on the market that
claim to cure this loathsome and distressing
diseases catarrh, yet strange to say there is no
record of a single chronic case having been
cured in your city by any doctor or remedies
except by the'Great and True Alaska » atarrh
Treatment. If others can cure, why don’t lire,
Alaska have cured hundred, and even the
chronic growlers acknowledged that the Alas
ka medicines have true merit
Following are a few test:
Cured of chronic catarrh by Alaska, Jas
C. Ray, Savh, Ga,
Cured ot ulcerative catarrh by Alaska, H W
Baugh x, Savannah, Ga
Cured of chronic catarrh by Alaska CW
Harper, savh Ga
Cured of chronic catarrh by Alaska T F
Lyons, Savannah, Ga
Cured of catarrh by Alaska. Chas Par
land, savunnah, Ga ,
Ask your friend will Alaska cure
purifier sl, Compound 50 cents, an inhaling
tube with each bottle of compound Free.
Alaska Compound Co, Lynn, Mass.
TRIBUNE.
I have a great many broken sets
and odd lots of Crockery and Glass
Ware, which I am sellinff very low
io dispose of them. Now is the
time to get goods cheap. Icecream
Churns cheaper than ever before.
Water Coolers and everything else
needed in a house at
GEO. W. ALLEN’S
165 and 165 1-2 Broughton St.
LiVER CORRECTOR
This vegetable preparation is int
valuable for the restoration of tone
and strength to the system. For
Dyspepsia. Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver, it
cannot be excelled. Highest prizes
awarded, and indorsed by eminen
medical men. Ask for Ulmer’s Liv
er Corrector and take no other. si.oo
a bottle. Freight paid to any ad
dress.
B. F. ULMER. M. D
Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga
NO FITS'
IN BEING
O O M «» <» ■ ■
TOO PREVIOUS,
Or too anxious to contract a doctor’s bill, be
fore they are seasonable. We will have
the handsomest
Spring.& Summer Display
OF
GEM’S HUTHS' AMI BOYS’ SLITS
AND FURNISHINGS
Ever opened. Perfect flttting and LOWEST
PRICES- If you really med Clothing, piece
out the season from our remaining winter
stock at YOU*? OWN prices
Plenty of cold days left yet, and wl.at you
cannot wear out this winter will prove good
bargains to carry over for n< xt winter. Have
you tried our
Silver <£* Gold Shirts?
Big inducements in winter Underwear,
Neckwear. Sults and Furnishings.
161 Congress St.
B.H. Levy SBro.
Central Railroad.
Savannah, Ga., May 22, 1887.
ON and after this date passenger trains will
run as Dally unless marKed f, which are
Daily except Sunday.
The Standard time by which these trains
run is 36 minutes slower than Savannah city
time. No.l. No. 3. No. 5. No. 7.
Lv Savannah 7:ooam B:2opm s:lspm s:4opm
Ar Guyton6:4opm
Ar Millen... 9:4oam 11:03 pm 7:30 pm B:4spm
Ar Augusta +l - 45fpm 7'15 am 9:35 pm
Ar Macon .1:30 pm 3:20 am
Ar Atlanta s:3opm 7:30 am
Ar Columbus 5:5( pm
Ar Montg’ry 7:09 pm
Ar Eufaula’ 3:50 pm
Ar Albany 2:45 pm
Train No 9f leaves Savannah 2:00 p. m.; ar
rives Guyton 3:00 p m.
Passengers for Sylvania, Wrightsville,
Milledgeville and Eatonton should take 7:00
a in train.
Passengers for Thomaston, Carrolton. Perry
Fort Gaines, Talbotton Buena Vista, Blakely
and Clayton should take 8:20 pm train
No. 2 No. 4 No. 6 No. 8
Lv Augusta 10:00 pm 0:00 am
Lv Macon 10:85 am 10:50 pm
Lv Atlanta o:soam 0:50 pm
Lv Col’mb’so:2s pm
Lv .viontg’ry 7:25 pm 7:4oain
I,v Eufaula. 19:18 pm 10:49am
Lv Albany. s:osam
Lv Millen.. 2:28 pm 8:10am 8:00am s:2oam
Lv Guyton 4:03 pm 5:01 am 9:27 am 6:55 am
Ar Savan’h 5:00 pm 0:15 am 10:30am B:osam
Train No. 10f leave Guyton 3:10 p m; arrives
Savannah 4:25 p. m .
Sleeping curs on all night trains between
Savannah and Augusta, Macon and Atlanta,
also Maeon and Columbus.
Train No 3, leaving Savannah at 820 p, m.,
will stop regularly at Guyton, but at no other
point to put oft passengers between Savannah
and Millen.
Train No. 4 will stop on signal at stations be
tween Millen and avannah to take on pas
sengers for Savannah.
Train No. 5 will stop on signal at stations
between Savannah and Millen to take on
passengers for Augusta or points on the Au
gusta branch.
Trains No. 6 will stop between Millen and
Savannah to put off passengers from Augusta
and points on A iigusta branch.
Connections at Savannah with Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway for all points in
Florida. •
Tickets for till points and sleeping car berths
on sale at city office, No. 20 Bull street and
depot office 30 minutes before departure of
each train. G. A. WHITEHEAD,
General Passenger Agent.
J.C. I V / , Ticket Agent..
ml hf
wf'!.
p ili,
mu Wv 0
| |f ' ! V J
R. B. REPPARD. M. ALBERTSON.
WLLOW PINE LUMBER
FOR SALE AT
Wholesale and Retail,
Planed or Rough.
REPPARD& 00.
East Broad and Taylor streets, in S F
& Ry. yard.
J.E. HAMLET
dealer IN
Beef. Veal and Mutton,
Prollry, Eggs, Vegeiabies aai
Fruits of al! bio in Seasen.
Also, Full Line of GROCERIES
*“d family supplies,
Cor. H abersham & ’ liarlton Sts
in Mill hiI.ZJMFSM
ABRAM L. MONGIN,
DEALER IN
Groceries,
Vegetables. Fruits,
Confectionaries, Etc.
CORNER DUFF i and BURROUGHS
STREETS
A fresh supply ut articles always On
hand at reasonable prices. The patron
age of the public is respectfully solicit
ed.
ESTABLISHED 1857.
The Old Reliable House of
JAMES HART & 3RD.,
U holesale and Retail Dealers in
I'lllllf! Fllllllillll'FlillS,
minis, nss, lip, ms id wit,
At The Lowest Market Prices,
HJefierson and IS6 St Julian Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
No, 210.
MADAME SMITH,
The (iissa and SUr Mos Msi,
Those who wish to consult her upon th.
affairs of life, in person or by mail, will r?
member to call at No, 210 Bryan street, bel
tween Montgomery and West Broad she bu
been practicing this business for fihv years
She reveals the deepest secrets; unveils -.hp
future; gives successful lottery numbers
brings separated married couples and lovera
together; brings back absent friends
and reci eant lovers; and causes speedy and
happy marriages. She has this gift from tne
Almighty, she is acknowledged by all to be
the Queen and Star Fortune Teller
without'a Superior.
Finn Bros.
Family Grocers.
DEALERS IN
Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars,
Huntingdon & West Broad Sts.
nKaaMEHsmßasunaaaannan
E. B. Flood,
160 Broughton Street,
Keeps on hand the best, cheap
est and most complete stock of
Boots and Shoes,
Call and see for yourselves
and you will certainly be
pleased and satisfied.
PICTURE FRAMES.
The cheapest Place Io $ loir
FICTT7RZS
And all sizes of Frames made to or
der, is at
A. HELLER,
Masonic Temple, Whitaker Street
MARTIN HAAR,
DEALER IN
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
WINES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO,
CIGARS ETC.
Comer State and Drayton Sts.
WM. SCHEMING
DEALER IN
Fine Family Groceries is its,
Cor. Liberty und Drayton Streets.
Savannah Ga.
Pratt’s Astral Oil—Safest and best.
CHARLES BACKMAN,
Corner Congress &, Bull Streets.
(Second Floor.)
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Telephone Call No. 100, answered da;
or night. Extracting Teeth One De.la
each, extracting Teeth and Artiti iai
Teeth a specialty. Fine quality of To th
Pv.wder and Tooth Brushes lor saie.
CASH.