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SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN
MEETING OF GEORGIA’S SUNDAY
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
The Convention the Fourteenth in Its
History -R. B. Reppard Unanimously
Re-Elected President Interesting
Statistics of the Sunday School At
tendance-List of the Committees Ap
pointed.
Americus, Ga., April 27. —The fourteenth
animal convention of the Georgia Sunday
School Association convened here this morn
iug. The delegates Ix-gau to arrive yester
day. The convention met for organization
at the Methodist church at 10 o'clock this
morning. R. B. Reppard, President of the
association. presided.
The invocation service was conducted by
J. C. Courtuay, of Atlanta. After Jack
son's "Te Deum” liad been sung by the
united choirs of the city, Mr. Courtnay read
comments on Psalm cxlviii, Deuteronomy
vi, Romans xii. ,
The convention was called to order by the
President, who introduced Rev. A. M. Wil
liams, pastor of the Americus Methodist
church, who welcomed the delegates in an
address expressing the sympathy and good
will of the citizens in welcoming a body of
laymen who had come together from all de
nominations to do noble Christian work.
They had come from the farm, shop, office
and bank, laying aside false notions of
differences, to plan the best methods for
carrying on the work in which all could
unite. God called, not only Paul but Pris
cilla. Mr. Williams stioke of the various
booms that hud at various times swept, over
the country, each leaving its impression on
the city. Americus needed another boom—
a religious boom. He expected her to get it
from the convention.
MR. REFPARD’S RESPONSE.
Mr. R. B. Reppard responded to the wel
come in behalf of the delegates. He made a
short address and in well chosen words as
sured Rev. Williams and the people of
Americus of the gratitude the delegates felt
for their reception and entertainment, and
promised that, if the convention could give
the needed boom Americus should have it.
A committee composed of M. Callaway of
Sumter, Thomas Moore of Fulton, and J. L.
Fulcher of Burke county, was elected to
choose the nominating committee.
While the committee whs out Mr. Court
r.ay nominated Assistant Secretary W. L.
Glessner, of Americus, as Recorder, and as
Railroad Secretary Lott Warren, of Anier
icus.
The Committee on Credentials appointed
by the President were W. M. Sessions,“of
,<*>bh county, T. W. Dimmock, of Carroll,
and G, X. West, of Baker.
Mr. Reppard then read his report as
President.
The report of the Executive Committee
was called for, but Ur- chairman had not
arrived and it wa#> aot given.
TNTKREBTJN , STATISTICS.
J. C. Coartnay, 'Secretary of the State
Association, read an interesting report,
most of which was tabulated statistics show
ing the Sitmlny school strength of the dif
ferent denominations, white and colored.
He stated ' hat while the association did no
work among the negroes he always gathered
statistics tfom them us a matter of interest
and comparison. It was impossible to get,
exact figures from any denomination except,
the Methodist. All the others were care
fully made estimates which nearly approxi
mated what the exact figures would be.
From this report we gather the following
number, 1 of schools in the State: 3,014
white; 1,077 colored; officers and
teachers, 22.071 white; 7.020 colored;
scholars, 18(5,035 white; 0i,370 colored.
Comparing the number of Sunday school
scholars with the number enrolled in
the public schools, the school population is
508,(23. The actual number enrolled in the
public schools is 300,504 and in the Sunday
schools 314,311.
While a large proportion of the citizens of
the State belonged to some religious organi
zation the number in the Sunday schools
was disproportionately smull.
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
The following were named as the nominat
ing committee: F. W. Fleming. J. W. Sim
mons, George T. Seig, Thomas J. Arline,
W. D. Carswell, J. L. Biggars, R. D. Clan
oey, R. T. Bethune, F. if Traylor, A. O.
Blalock, G. Q. Livingston, J. C. Kimball,
E. S. Roberts, W. L. Sessions, L. L. Bishop,
R. Bafford, W. S. Branch.
The afternoon session opened at 3 o’clock
with devotional exercises. J. IV. Stanford,
of Cuthbert. of the Credentials Committee,
reported the following counties represented:
Appling, Balter, Baldwin, Bibb. Burke, Cal
houn. Clayton, Carrol. Cobb, Coffee, Chat
ham, Dougherty', DeKulb, Douglass, Fayette,
Fulton, Gilmer, Glasscock, Harris, Monroe,
Muscogee, Newton, Quitman, Randolph,
Richmond, Schley, Stewart. Sumter, Tay
lor, Terrell, Upson and Worth.
The Resolutions Committee appointed con
sists of C. li. Crawford, of Baldwin; G. Q.
Livingston, of Newton; J. W. Stanford, of
Randolph.
PRESIDENT REPPARD RE-ELECTED.
The nominating committee placed in
nomination the name of It. B. Reppard for
i (resident of the association for next year,
iis election was made unanimous by a
rising vote.
The chair called for reports from the su
perintendents and secretaries of districts,
which were given verbally and written.
These were followed by reports from
the county organizations. Tin 1 re
ports vein interesting and showed
the Sunday school work growing
rapidly. The people am awakening to its
ini|x>rtunce. I'he convention adjourned to
meet to-night at S o'clock.
The night session opened with a short
Bible reading by C. H. Williams, of Thom
nsville. The rest of the evening was taken
up with discussion of the religious training
of children among the Jew., conducted by
Rev. Julius McGrath, of Oxford. Mr. Mc-
Grath is the well known converted Hebrew
End is now az alous Christian. This was the
most interesting topic on the programme.
The convention adjourned to assemble at 0
o’clock Thursday morning.
AUBUF.NDALE3 ADVANTAGES.
The Florida Southern’s Extension
to Greatly Benefit tho Place.
AuburndalK; Fla., April lir. — 1< is a
hard matter now-a-dny* to keep track of tho
new railroads building: ami in cnntcmpla
tion iu (South Florida. The deni//'as of
tin's ■ pine woods grow e.\ -ited over rumors
of tlie intentions ot the Florida Soutl irn
Company to build rvavad to (ill tie; gup
from l’enilierton Ferry to Bartow, or nmiv
i>ri;KTlv i nmi soin • 11V at Hie a-. st end
Lake Harris, nar isvsburg, to “urtow. It
is now generally known tiint tliat part of
the Florida Southern road lroin i'eiidiertou
Fsrry via. Ijukclaml to Bartow is contrailed
by the South Flore la Company end is likely
to be for seine time to collie. This wid
compel the former company to build the
above gap to connect their not t'.tvrn division
with the Charlotte Uarlsir division.
By building this gap tie road
will !*• very greatly shortened and u
more direct route will Is- hie I to (dhurlotn
■burbor. It will pass trough the boa
the most ls-autiful region of lulls un-1 lake
in the State. (Striking tlie large croup of
lakes ten miles north of Aubur.idale, the
road will likely mu ou the old original Mir
vay to this phiee, when- it will cross tlie
South Florida railroad The country
through this region is known as the most
pieturi wpie in all Florida's dixpluv of lake
scenar)'. Tlie mad, if built through on tins
route, will |sue for miles along the lunik* of
JPi clear-water hikes, bring tu plum view
of more than on. Ink- at one tune. An
In.rndule will Is- in many is-sjss-ts thereby
mmle a most ilesirnble hsat.-m. Tlie locu
(list l high mid dry, it i 1.1 ifui; u is
Unlit i fill mid lots u may - oil ></, Inge front
age, slid will grow rupidl. i< u toun
grent attl-WtiOlM. 11l Iny i | will 1.11
Col the l,pinuu|Mti ouli -£(i wry rwvuUy
tad mss
FLORIDA’S LAWMAKERS.
Rumors That an Attempt Will be Made
to Outrun the Caucus.
Tallahassee, Fla, April 27.—The Son
et" today unanimously passed the bill creat
ing Lea county from the northern portion of
Monroe.
The Public Printing Committee reported
a substitute bill abolishing the State Printer
and giving the State printing to the low—t
bidder, under direction of a board of super
visors.
The bill creating a mechanic's lien was
discussed at, length.
The minority report of the Railroad Com
mittee was made, suggesting increasing the
salaries of tii,e connin.vsiouu's and allowing
appeal to Circuit Courts and relaxing the
inflexible nature of the lines imjio.seii for
trilling violations.
The House to-dav passed the bills incor
porating DeLand University at DeLand, and
exempting from taxation the property used
by it lor educational purposes, and abolish
ing tho powers of circuit judges.
ANOTHER BALLOT.
Both 'houses assembled in joint session at
noon and took another formal ballot for
United State Senator. It resulted:
Perry 23
Bloxham 11l
Pasco hi
Goodrich 18
W. K. Barnes 4
Finley „„„ 3
McWhorter 2
Miller 2
The joint session was adjourned to noon
to-morrow. Rumors that an attempt will
Vie made to elect in joint session regardless
olfthe caucus seem unfounded, as tho vote
taken is mereljtformaj.
Tie- Senate to-day confirmed Moses Brown
as Collector and l):m Smith as Assessor of
Taxes for Duval county.
MR. DAVIDSON’S VICTOR V.
The seating of James Wood Davidson as
the duly elected member of the House of
i Representatives from Dade county was ex-
I pected, as the contestant made a very strong
I case and the contestee depended only on
j technical points for his retention. The
! House, however, declined to consider the
formal omissions of notice, etc., to the con-
I testis' and went at once into the merits of
the case on the principle that complete jus
tice should be done the parties under the
constitutional provision that each house
shall judge of the election of its members,
regardless of the form of contesting seats
prescribed by former Legislatures. The
seating of Mr. Davidson gives Gov. Perry
one more vote for United States Senator.
THE lIAILRi)AD COMMISSION BILL.
Ttya.jwjf.. committee of the two houses,
after via 'jqrjtte consideration, reporter! to
the LpgrtettJro Senator MeKinne's bill for
•i t-u, lib, 1 -nt of a railroad commission.
This trill #<is carefully framed and was the
first Bill Introduced in either house this ses
sion. While it was very arbitrary in its pro
visions it was considered, even by the rail
road men who were consulted by the joint
committee, as the best of the many pre
sented to both branches of tho Legislature.
It is based on the Georgia bill, with a few
modifications suggested by the practical
test to which the Georgia measure has been
subjected. The bill will probably become
the law on this subject quite soon,
ence will be given the bill to advance it to
final passage.
TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS.
Both houses are trying to accomplish a
large amount of work now that balloting
in caucus for United States Senator has
been suspended to Monday night. One bal
lot will have to be taken each day
in joint session in order to comply with the
law, but it Is understood that the votes will
be so cast as to prevent an election. Nothing
but an accident or a breach of faith could
bring about an election during this formal
balloting each day, and it is earnestly hoped
for the good of the Democratic party that
no attempt will be made to break the dead
lock in oixm session by the use of Repub
lican votes. The delay in choosing in caucus
is irritating, but An election without first
deciding within party line who shall bo the
nominee, would be outrageous and wholly
unpardonable. The Republicans insist that
they will vote solid for their nominee to the
end, but all factious of the Democrats watch
them with suspicion.
FLORIDA’S METROPOLIS.
The Cherokee Aground Burning of
a Steamer—A Pleasure Party.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 27.—The
steamship Cherokee, of the Clyde line, di
rect from New York, while rounding into
her pier this afternoon at two o’clock ran
hard aground near the southern shore of the
river at Grassy Point. She carried about
forty passengers and a large cargo of mis
cellaneous freight. Prompt aid was lent
her by other craft, but notwithstanding the
most strenuous efforts to pull her off she
sticks fast. The passengers were safely
transferred to the shore and lighteix are now
at work removing the freight. No damage is
reported to her hull. The officers say she
will probably get otf to-night with the tide.
The steamboat Captain Miller, which
formerly plied the St. John’s river under
command (.'apt. \Y. H. Mclntyre, and
which left here about a year ago for Phila
delphia, was burned on April 24 nearCen
treville, Md. Judgment was recently ren
dered in the United States Court here
against the Miller for #1,400 in a
action for libel brought by the steamer
Manatee, with which she came in collision
near Orange Park previous to her departure.
A gay party of excursionists from Bruns
wick and St. Simon’s, Gu.. have been
‘•doing", this eitv to-day as special guests of
Capt. Norman Dodge, of the extensive lum
ber shipping firm of Dodge, Meigs & C0.,0f
Ht. Simon* and New York. The party
came over on the steamer Hessie, takiiig in
Dungeness and Fernandiua on route, and
thence come here on a special train.
The following were of the party:
Mrs. T. G. Stacy. Mrs. J. B. Wright. Mrs.
G. G. Hooper, Mrs. E. Dudley, Mix. 1). \V.
Winn. Mix. A. Wenz. Mix. W. H. Gowan,
Miss Ada Bigelow, Miss Ida Moore, Miss
Hattie Pliiilips, Miss Eugie Itohinson, Miss
Grace Cutter, Miss Louiua Fuller, Miss Fan
nie Demerret, Miss Minnie Young, Messix.
Norman Dodge. W. A. Fuller, J. 11 Whel
mire, J. 11. Wright, B. A. Hancock, B.
Pidlli))s, W. B. Cook, T. G, Stacy, A. Wenz,
and Capt. Duncan IVright.
Tlii‘ Chemkee was floated* late to-night
and is now ut her pier.
Belloview Briefs.
BF.LLF.vrEW, Fla.. April Quite *an
interest is lieing <levelojK*il in the raising of
uolnnd rice. Mixsts. Keeler & Brooks have
obligated themselves to put in the machinery
ne:x*isary lor getting out the rice and the
fanners have obligated themselves to put in
at least eighty acres, l'robnbly more tiiau
(hat will lie raised this year, and if the ex
pcrinieut proves n success the acreage will
no doubt be largely increased another year.
Rice can lie rais'd just alsiul ils easily as
corn, and if the ligures given are correct,
will prove twice as profitable. The standard
of fanning is not yet up to what it should
1\ and it is very encouraging for the future
of the State tint there is an increasing de
termination on tlie part of agriculturalists
to dis.'sivr wlwt crops can lie ruised with
most profit.
There seems to Is 1 mi increasing deform! -
nation on the pai lof the leading spirits in
tuv, n t' ► make lids a home for Nortll**t*n poo
ple, and tint -m*ei-,s is likeiv to crown tti**ir j
i ifoit is manifest from the fstiuiotiials
aim wt invari'iiiiy volu.ite *i*rd liy N 1 them \
|x ople who stop with Us long euinigli to Is
com * acquainted with the iiivautig* of j
tol' plan*.
Leaped From the Bridpe.
New York,April If. .1. Dalton, :Jo* sirs
old, ji!iii|msl I loin I lie Urooklyu 111 ll g;.. tp*
lifts’ ii''ii. The voting man auk pick*-I up
by h ligliUn . I'olicc are witching for the
lighter In laud so lh.it he c m li* hit
it la u..t kir avawla tii ■•* li uln lured or nut.
•> 4 * ♦ Mail, weuk'iisv, and lira nf
|SiW*l ,>SM| '4l, ' l|' I*l. i‘cMike, |U iwttls ill
Hlrniip, tViSld's Mistical \--*,
tesi, hw pain slr<n|. ikihaio, it. V
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1887.
BIT OFF THEIR OWN NOSES.
Troy Molders Find the Foundries
Closed Against Them.
Troy. N Y.. April 27.—The stove molders
have 1 x-n out tw< t days. They decided yes
terday to return work this morning and
handle any patterns that were given them.
Th ■ molders went to the foundries this
in >rning to work, but found them dosed.
The nuinuf; tutvis ln-t. night decided to
keep their foundries closed until the diffi
culty at St. Louis is settled.
THE PATTERN'S ACCEPTED.
Detroit, April 27. —Eight “scab” pat
terns were put into the sand in the stove
factory tin morning. The men went to
work without protest.
Boycotting Beer.
Wilkksbaruk. 1 J A., April 27. —A commit
tee of the Knights of Labor visited Hazle
ton to-day. Tuny called on all the hotel, sa
loon and restaurant keepers, requesting
them to abstain from handling beer made
by a certain brewing company of Philadel
phia. All the keepers agreed. The same
request is to be made by the committee in
all the towns und cities in Luz> rn i county.
Teasers and Mixers Strike.
Pittsburg, April 27.—The teasers and
mixers in all the window glass factories of
this district struck to-day for an increase of
wages averaging 10 tier cent. Fourteen fac
tories have clo-et down and nearly 1.000
men are idle. The manufacturers say they
will resume operations as soon as they can
secure enough men to run tlie factories.
ON THE RACE TRACK.
Results of the Day’s Events at Memphis
Winning 2,000 Guineas.
Memphis. April 27. — To-day’s racing
events here were as follows:
First Race— Three-quarters of a mile. Elgin
won, with Editor second and Wary third. Timo
1:17*4.
Second Rack— One and one-eighth miles.
Wahoo won, with Rio Grande second and Tax
gatherer third. Time 1:45y.p
THino Rack One-half mile. Connie B, won.
with Merci second and Blue Garter third. Time
52.
Fourth Rack—One ana one-quarter miles.
Phil Ism won, with Luke Alexander second and
Hindoo Rose third. Time 8:17.
Finn Rack -One mile. St. Valentine won,
with Clay Sexton second and Visit third. Time
1 I ‘i
RACING FOR 810,000. '
London, April 27. —The race for the 2,000-
guinea stakes for three-year-olds to-day at
Newmarket, was won by Douglas Baird’s
chestnut colt Enterprise, with H. T. Fen
wick’s bay colt Phil second and O. Perkins’
chestnut colt Eglamore third. There were
eight starters.
Lake Weir Waifs.
Lake Weir, Fla., April :.’7. —There is a
fair prospect for a lemon crop. Orange
trees are putting on their second growth.
Florida oranges will be scarce next season
unless there will lie a general June bloom.
There is a small lime tree near the lake
that has met with several misfortunes.
When one year old it was burned to the
ground. In January, 188 C. the hard freeze
killed the stock. Last August the tree was
broken and wrapped with domestic. This
was left on until the tree was so nearly cut
in two that it fell. It was raised, supported
by stakes, and a sprout inarched. This
spring the tree put on a good growth,
bloomed and has a few limes as large as
marbles.
In this community there is very little
politics. The jieople are generally for tem
perance, a fish law, a no fence law, the
present administration, old Ireland and a
railroad commission.
MANGLED BY A BOMBSHELL.
Six Terribly Wounded by the Explo
sion of an Old War Relic.
Baltimore, April 85.—A special to the
American to-night from Harper’s Ferry
gives the particulars of a terrific explosion
of an old shell with serious results to six
people. The shell was an army relic. It
had been standing for twenty-three years
on the side of Bolivar Heights, * one
of the most beautiful of the elevations over
looking Harjier’s Ferry. Yesterday after
noon Frank Willis and Jesse Jones probed
the old shell with an iron rod, their intention
being to get what powder out of it they
could. A crowd of fifteen or twenty people
congregated around the place to witness the
operation. Everything went all right until
the iron set tire to the shell and caused the
explosion.
The effect was indescribable. The crowd
was knocked down ami scattered and the fol
lowing pe< >ple received serious injuries: Miss
Agnes Willis, aged 14 years, had her right
leg blown off below the knee and is not ex
pected to live. Her brother, George Willis,
aged li years, had his left leg broken. Frank
Willis, the father of the two children and
one of the men who were working until the
shell, was badly burned about the face.
Jesse Jones had his hand broken; William
Turner’s foot was blown off, arid Edward
Polk's leg and jaw bone were broken and lie
sustained other wounds about the head
which will probably cause his death.
The force of the exploding shell was very
great. Pieces of it passeed through the
house owned by Albert Cockrlll and tore
away windows and plastering, and
another piece went through the
dwelling of Edward Pales, which was over
100 yards distance. The noise of the ex
plosion was very loud and attracted many
people from the town. The victims are.suf
fering greatly, but have good medical at
tention.
There are other old shells around Harper’s
Ferry, but they will be let severely alone in
the future.
A Genuine Creole Fight.
From rl Xvtv Orlrttna Lett ft.
The recent singular killing of a young
New Orleans creole in a friendly drunken
fencing bout in a club room recalls a more
tragic anil remarkable episode that occurred
in that city long before it pass- si from the
control of the French. The incident is men
tioned in Meek's “Romantic and Picturesque
in the History of Louisiana,” and in Clai
borne’s‘’History of Mississippi.’’ Six young
creoles, lieate 1 with wine, were returning
tram a dance on a starlight night when one
of them exclaimed: “\Vhat a lovely night!
and what ail excellent place for sword-play
“Yes. suppose we take a turn with the Va
pid ,|| replied another one. Then the two
who hail sjKikeu drew their rapid's, or short
swords (which were regularly carried by
French gentlemen of the liettor class in
those days), ami prooeixli-d to fence vigor
ously, ns il engaged in actual light. “Why
should the rest of us stand here idled" ex
claimed a third man, drawing a rapier.
Tlii-n they all drew and proceeded to fence,
disnu-od m t.hixxi pairs. A pavsis-by came
along early the next morning and found the
six young men stretched upon tho ground,
five of them dead and the sixth one Mor
tally wounded. Tlm survivor gave a full
act-mnt of the occurrence and died a few
hours later.
Oh! Those Thrifty German Fiddlers!
/Vein 1 1 -- L’mii i, i i'ruih
At the close of one of the iveent “Monday
Fops." at which one of tho most distin
guish! 1 violinists appeared, [What!
Joachim!] two ladies, ciHle.ivoriltg to ;:„m
their enrriage, were accidentally hustlvd
into the violinist m brougham, and ;t was
not. until some time had elapsed mid they
notiei i the coachman driving in the write.,
dii-tivii that the niisiuke won and ts-ov.-ie.l.
Tle-y immediately h-cl fie- brougham
sto|>|svl ami informed the coachman of tlie
bhimler lit was a hired rehn-icl. and, ltav
ill/ given him a little for Ids own mini.-
diah-i-oinlort, they Imihsl th- first i-thand
drove home. Their own eoai ltiimti, having
vviiitcvl n 1 St. -liitiii--' II ill for h ill an i.on
in vam, very w: .-ly drove his l ets t - ill ■
t.:bl--s. (If eiurNM th" next Ml'‘l’ll fig the
tv-Isdl.-s - uiM4d"isd it their ttr-t ihiryto
—mimi - xplanete*u amt a]s>h .yy Jo tl- “M.
I* Y It is hois-v-itil • to d-vrils- their
ii-KmiiJinirtit wii. n th-- |---tiTi.il- brought a
hater, on w tii-h they found * hill tor tbu
eon of tlie iM'Hlglmill U'-Unag elau!
THE PRESIDENT IN 1888.
MR. DORSHEIMER MAKES A SIGNIF
ICANT STATEMENT.
Last January Mr. Cleveland Told Him
He Was Thinking of Making- a Pub
lic Declaration That Would Take
Him Out of the Political Field Next
Year.
New York, April 20.--The following will
appear in the editorial c Amms of the Star
to-day:
“In view of the report* which have been
sent out by the Washington correspondents
of some Western newspapers, I think it
pro|>cr to make the following statement: In
January last the President said to me that
he had Iwen contemplating the making of a
public declaration which would take him
out of the. field as a can liilate in 1888. He
said that he was led to this conclusion not
only by personal considerations, but because
he thought that such a course would relieve
liiin from imputations which were daily cast
upon him, and which interfered with his
usefulness in office.
MR. DORSHEIMER PERSUADED HIM NOT TO.
“After listening to the President’s ob
servations and supposing that he wished an
expression of my opinion, I told him that l
thought such a declaration would be very
unwise, and that it won!:! increase his per
plexities rather than diminish them. I also
said it was not for him to say whether he
would be a candidate for re-election or not;
that that was n matter to lie decided by the
Democracy, who had honored him greatly,
and who liad a right to his services if they
desired them. I also urged that no tradi
tion would be broken by his candidacy fora
second term, and that it might be most im
portant to his party ami the country that he
should bo re-elected.
HE DID NOT SEE THE LETTER.
“After a long conversation upon this sub
ject, the effect of which was as I have stated,
the matter was dropjied and has not since
been alluded to except in a casual manner.
I have never had in my [mssession a letter
from the President w.tli reference to a sec
ond term, nor have I ever seen such a letter
or the draft of one.
“I have not been in Washington since
April 4. If the President lias arrived at the
determination suggested in his conversation
with me last January I do not know it.
But knowing well his character I am con
fident, that if he thinks it his duty to decline
a renomination he will make his intention
public in a way which will render a misun
derstanding of it impossible.
“In common with other personal friends,
and, as I believe, with the great body of the
Democracy and a large part of the Indepen
dent and Republican voters, I sincerely hope
that Mr. Cleveland will accept the nomina
tion which, according to present appear
ances, will be tendered to him without seri
ous dissent. William Dorsheimer.
“iVetc York, April 25, 1887.”
TOLD TO A ROCHESTER COLONEL, ALSO.
Buffalo, April 25. —' The Commercial
Advertiser to-day says: " A prominent
Democratic politician of Rochester, Col.
of Mr. Cleveland and knew him well when
he was plain Lawyer Cleveland, of Buffalo,
visited Washington recently to talk over the
Rochester post office appointment with the
President. The gentleman was one of the
most enthusiastic boomers for Cleveland in
Western New York during his campaigns
for Governor and President. Mr. Cleveland
received him most cordially and spent an
hour with him in general conversation after
the immediate business in hand had been
disposed of. They talked over old tunes,
and a variety of topics came up. Finally
the Rochester man rose to withdraw, and
remarked to the President that he hail not
been in Washington for twenty years and
did not care to come again, ‘unless,’ he
added, ‘I should come down to see you in
augurated for a second term.’
“The President immediately replied with
great emphasis and apparent sincerity: ‘My
dear Colonel, if you wait for that event you
will never come.’
“The Rochester man protested, but the
President, putting his hand on his visitor’s
arm, said: ‘No earthly consideration could
induce me to accept another term. When I
finish my present term of office I expect to
retire from public life.’
“The visitor says that lie left the Presi
dent’s presence fully impressed with Mr.
Cleveland's sincerity and seriousness iu what
he said. The conversation was repeated to
a Buffalo friend who happened to be iu Ro
chester one day last week. ”
GOV. GORDON AT AUGUSTA.
Extracts From His Memorial Day Ora
tion.
For want of space yesterday the Morning
News was unable to give but a brief refer
ence to Gov. Gordon’s eloquent oration at
Augusta on Tue.xlay. The following ex
tracts from it will be read with interest:
With a multitude of reflections crowding
upon me, it is not easy to select between the
various subjects which suggest themselves.
Perhaps I could not do better than to im
press upon your minds and hearts one
thought, which tills my own with anxious
apprehensions. That thought is this: There
is danger that the South may lie inade
quately represented, or wholly misrepre
sented in the future history of this country
Misrepresentation threatens the conquered
always—the conqueror never. As re
marked by me on another occasion, in
the average estimation of mankind, victory
Vindicates, while defeat dooms to misjudg
ment and thoughtless condemnation. There
is in tins truth a philosophy as plain and
profound as the laws of human nature, in
volving consequences so calamitous that
every lover of his people should unite to
avert them. Should such misfortune bet'all
us. it requires no prophet to foret* li thechar
actcr and extent of those consequences.
First, there would follow a decrease of our
appreciation of tiiis section and of its is>-
plo. Hecoiul, as an inevitable (•onsequencp,
a diminution of our own self-respect; next,
gradual but certain retrogression and im
pairment of our manhoxl; an 1, finally, the
loss of those distinct! vo clinraoteriatios wiiic.li
aro the traditional, reco fiiizisl, chief sources
of this jieople's greatness. No more import
ant serviii' could is- rendered tiiis country—
not only tlr* South, but the whole country—
than to clearly v ii’Lirehend these dangers
and erect firm and immovable barriers,
mountain high, against those {sjssible conse-
quences.
Let u do our part in their erection here
tiiis morning. Let tw strengthen the foun
dations of our future manhood ami charac
ter by enlmncing the sell-resmigt of (Southern
youtii. 1s tus ground that sell-respect on
Ilie facts, not on the lici t \. of our history.
In order to contribute to this essentially pa
triotic end I call your attention, briefly, to
some of tlie many reasons which s.oulu for
ever si' ;tre for the Mouth a mcasurn of lull
ju tieo, it not <4 cMumuiidhig primacy in
American history.
ill disi'umii’g uds subject 1 shall indulge
ill no criticisms of other sections. if 1 know
tlie spirit of this people, or my own, we
love our country--our nhole country—
Hon ill" simple fact Unit it is our country.
W ' Mould strengthen and w wea, n ibe
L" ids#' cordial rei|Ks't mid fraternity t':l
bind it to. :nor iii ii |s'ip:'Uiaj union o' |.
mid isjimi Hiite,. i elmd utter no I .lily
wiou i. eulogitiiufi, nor even indulge
iti c.i.iUiie;i 111 ,oni of uu* Mouth, other
than fnoe which are nro-
I’.o.laced bv Uu* hist I. ic I'lS‘l nils nf tile
Ims I. I snail not iglSN'e* tlie fat lu.it
tin- ,c a Miuve-laildiilg section, mid that
Win 111 but iimlleof slilV'iry oil ll.e Nol'l,l
V||l"l'|||ll eo'lt ilH'Jlt. il.lt ill till' lltt fell of
truth, m till' mb rest Ol Mnutiicfoi youth, ill
the lofi'i'ixf of the whole republ c wliidl
ino-t file, if bwnit sli. i.l t i off t on*,
Hie dei'iitioii iiid li'i'Uii : i.umlessf ol all J(-
soils n flic fulcriMf nf ad tfi - 1 slialJ in
nisi that. however w *•• the evils
(and they wore luinyi ol mgro slavery,
II Ma- til, ut y fa* flout is mg su tin
util ,it s| evil. |,i .i id liy pi.iaii I
thropists, denounce*! by politicians, ex
aggerated by the uninformed, these evils
have been discussed, and the arguments
against that institution poured into the pub
lic ear, through books, in magazines, from
platforms and pulpits, until the truth has
been obscured, the very elect deceived, and
the faith of our children m the justice and
humanity of their fathers seriously threat
ened. I hold in my hand now a magazine
article, full ol the grossest injustice to the
past of the Southern States. For over fifty
years the record of these evils, and
these adverse arguments have been con
spicuously placed upon one side of the
balance sheet. It is a remarkable fact that
the beneficent results from that institution
have rarely, if ever, been fully and lairiy
presented upon the other. With every page
of American history brimful of these benefi
cent results, we nave been too tardy in
emphasizing them to our children and to
those who have ignorantly assailed us. Of
course, in the brief remarks I shall be
able to make this morning, I can only pre
sent a few of those beneficial results, ami
with the hope that such imperfect presenta
tion may induce others to undertake the
patriotic task.
In the first place, it will be admitted
perhaps—but whether admitted or not it is
tmo —that no age nor country has ever pro
ducts! a civilization of a nobler type than
that which was bom in the Southern plan
tation home, and which drew its nutriment
and inspiration from the rural life of the
Southern people. It was a civilization
where personal courage, personal independ
ence, personal dignity, persona! honor and
the manliest virtues were nurtured; where
feminine refinement, feminine purity,
feminine culture, delicacy and gen
tleness expressed themselves in models of
rarest loveliness and perfection, anil where,
in the language of n great Georgian, “hospi
tality was as tree and boundless as the vi
talizing air around us.”
$ 4 * & * * *
We cannout without self-stulification
and abasement forget the men who fell in
our defense in the late sectional conflict.
To fail to cherish their memories in our
heart of- hearts to the latest generation
would lie to trample self-respect, manhood
and honor under our feet.
Nor can we lose one of those peculiar
characteristics of our former civilization
without lowering the high order of Southern
character atul manhood. The great problem
of our future is not how to secure material
prosperity. That seems already assured;
but no amount of such successes, however
general and brilliant, could compensate
for the loss of our hitherto high standard
of private and public integrity. Nor is our
political status, however vital to our future,
the question to us of deepest significance.
No,but the great problem is now to hold to the
characteristics of our old civilization, when
that civilization itself is gone; how to send
the current which so enriched and purified
the old, coursing forever through the new
life before us; how to relight the old fires
upon the new altars. The more we shall be
enabled to incorporate into the South's new
life the chief characteristics developed by
the old, the better, the higher and the purer
will that new life become.
But patriotism itself demands that we
shall cherish these associations with our
past, and the reason of this demand is, that
a self-respecting patriot is a braver, truer,
grander man than one who has lost his self
respect. If the education of the youth of the
country, North and South, were guided by
some such patriotic purpose, it would be
well for the future of this republic.
It was my melancholy pleasure to take
part in the funeral honors paid to the
North’s greatest hero, Gen. U. S. Grant.
Every soldier and citizen who took part in
that greatest pageant of modern times;
every child who, with loving hands, placed
flowers upon his bier, and every stone that
shall hereafter be placed in the monument
to his memory, will but add to Northern
manhood and Northern character. So, on
the other hand, the almost equally great
demonstration in the South one year ago,
over the living President of the dead Con
federacy, was jxitential in the formation of
Southern charaet*a\ Every bonfire that
blazed on the streets of Montgomery, every
cannon shot that shook its hills, every rocket
that flew on fiery wing through the mid
night air, every tear-drop that stole down
the cheeks of patriotic Southern women,
was a contribution to the relf-respect, the
character and the manhood of Southern
youth.
If, therefore, an injunction could be laid
upon this people which could not be disre
garded, that injunction should be to culti
vate the self-respect by stimulating the
pride of Southern youth, in the past of this
people. Let the proverbial respect for woman
never grow less in this section, but let her
purity and exalted characterVommand now
and always your chivalrous courtesy and
manly deference. Let persona! probity, in
tellectual ability and unselfish devotion to
the public weal be the sole passports to
your confidence and the price of your
supj)ort to public office. Finally, let the
great body of our citizens, private and offi
cial, let your teachers anil your preachers,
and above all your public press, unite to
create and support a public opinion which
shall be enlightened and inexorable, and
whose resistless fiat shall forever bar the
doors of this section against all commercial
methods in polities, and shall make impos
sible among this people the triumph of mere
wealth over personal, intellectual and moral
worth.
The Art of Pleasing:.
From the Buffalo Courier.
“Why is Slookerson such a social success
and is invited everywhere !" asked Bowker
son of Jowkerson yesterday. “The answer
is easy.’" replied Jowkerson. “Slookerson
confided his secret to ine, with instructions
to convey it to none but worthy chaps look
ins; for legitimate advancement. He reads
everything that he can lay Isis hands on
likely to no pleasant, and cultivates both
large and small talk. He talks to none
longer than he is certain that, he is affording
interest. The moment interest lags he goes.
His visits are short and animated, and lie
makes for home the instant that his fund of
material shows signs of running out. lie
is one of the earliest to leave at parties.
He seeks to piease, and distributes his
attentions among young and old,
thus making all like him, and when he goes
all are sorry that they did not have a longer
experience with him. When ho goes to see
his best girl—she is worth #IOO.OOO, and he
has only his salary—he is only long enough
in her company to make her wish that an
hour could be spun out into a week. Her
father regards him as a model of good hours,
and smiles every time he sc *s him cross the
threshold. He economizes himself, in fact
lb • isn't lavish of his gift C of sociability
or culture, but makes himself appreciated
by knowing when to go early in the game.
Everybody wishes he would stay longer,
and so when he returns lie is gladly wel
comed.” “Would tiiat there were more
ISlookersons!"groaned old man Howkerson,
whose gas bill has made him tired ever since
his daughter Emily began to bo courted by
young Mowkcrson.
MIM-INEttY.
NEW COODSL NEW GOOfS.'
fans. Cans, and Sun Bonnds.
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Ni riiininly Cft|M, Niir.-n" f|,
Kilim-1 Gunlivt Binii.'tO,
lju-'- Kmlirol lorivi B hiuU,
!• t -h'iJ c|, Ciinlirlr Uouneu,
ri'liw IlniiHrta,
Kmrh t '.i;*, liu:U'l liounot*,
*1 i'll'ajiw, Itnwrtloa i 'onfall,
Uoiiuri* in u> to nr>li*r.
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Wt, 11/ b' Julian stuj Bull
MEETINGS.
ZKRUBIJABEL LODGE NO. 15, F.& A.M.
A regular communication of this Lodge A
will be held THIS (Thursday)
INOat Bo'clock. /Sr\
The F. C. Degree will be conferred.
Members of sister Lodges and transient breth
ren are fraternally invited to meet with ns. By
order of A. C. HARMON, W. M.
Frank V, - . Dasher. Sec’y.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Savannah. Ga., April 25th, 1887.
An important meeting of the stockholders of
the I >GLETH< IK PE REAL ESTATE COMPANY
will be held at the Supper Room of the Arsenal
of the Savannah Volunteer Guards, on THURS
DAY, May sth. prox., at 8:17) r. m., to consider
offers made with a view to the final disposition
of the property for hotel purposes.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ED F. NKCFYILLK. Sec'y O. R. E. Cos.
SPECIAL NOT ICES.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The annual public examination of these schools
will take place on FRIDAY, 29th hist., between
the hours of 9 a. m. and 2 p. m.
Friends of education and the public generally
are invited to attend.
W. H. BAKER. Superintendent.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Will be associated, from May Ist, with Messrs.
LLOYD & ADAMS, successors to A. B. Collins
& Cos., where I will be pleased to see my old
friends and customers. Truly,
_ A. B. COLLINS.
ANOTHER INVOICE
OF WHITE STRAW' HATS
By last New York steamer just opened, at
JAUDON’S, 180 St. Julian street.
QUARANTINE NOTICE.
Office Health Officer, 1
Savannah. Ga.. April 28, 1887. f
From and after MAY Ist. 1887, the city ordi
nance which specifies the Quarantine require
ments to lie observed at the port of Savannah,
Georgia, for period of time (annually) from May
Ist to November Ist, will be most rigidly en
forced.
Merchants and all other parties interested
will be supplied with printed copies of the Quar
antine Ordinance upon application to office of
Health Officer.
J. T. McKARLAXD. M. 1> . Health Officer,
STEAMER POPE CATLIN
Will leave Steamer Katie's wharf on
EVERY THURSDAY,
Not earlier than 4 o'clock p. m., for
Doboy, Darien, Brunswick,
And all landings on the SATILLA RIVER.
Freight and passage as low as by any other
line. Special rates to excursionists.
For further information apply to
J. G MEDLOCK, Office Steamer Katie.
PASSENGER RATES REDUCED.
Office 1
Merchants’ & Miners' Transportation Cos. \
Savannah, April 26, 1887. )
On and after WEDNESDAY, 27th inst., the
rates of passage by this Company’s steamships
to Baltimore will prevail as follows:
FIRST CABIN sl2 50
SECOND CABIN 10 00
Including meals and stateroom berth.
JAMES B. WEST & C’O., Agents,
DIVIDEND NO. 6.
Office Mutual Gas Light Company, i
Savannah, Ga., April 18th, 1887. f
A Dividend of ONE AND ONE-HALF PER
CENTUM has THIS DAY been declared from
earnings of last quarter, payable at this office
on and after MAY 16th next, to stockholders of
record this day. LEWIS C. LILLIE,
Secretary.
DR. HENRY 8 COLDIXG,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
Graduate Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
ULMER:- Ll\ ER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be
excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. $2 00
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D.,
Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga.
OFFIC 1 ,\ L.
Notice to Occupants of Houses and Stores
City op Savannah, 1
Office Clerk of Cocncil, ;■
April 23, 1887. I
/ AC'CUPANTS of houses are requested to pay
" / strict attention to the condition of their
yards, and especially during the summer to keep
the same, as well as their cellars, clean and in a
sanitary condition. Storekeepers are also en
joined to look to the condition of the cellars be
ueath their stores, that the same may be regu
larly ventilated, anil are requested to lie especial
ly careful that nothing is placed therein caleu
latial to become offensive or anywise likely to
affect the public health, it is the determination
of the health authorities that everything shall
be done to keep the eity in a clean aiid sanitary
condition, and the inspecting officers have been
instructed to be vigilant and careful in their in
spections. and to place on the Information
Docket all parties failing to keep their premises
clean, or in any way violating the ordinances
governing the public health.
By order of the Mayor.
FRANK E. REBARER,
Clerk of Council.
PROPOSALS WANTED.
TO BRIDGE BIILDERI """
Office of Comm’ers and Ex-Officio Judges )
Chatham County, Georgia. v
Savannah, Ga.. April 13, 1887. j
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
office until 2 o'clock i>. m. on TUESDAY,
May 10th, pros, for building abridge on the
Isle of Hope causeway, ana for keeping the
same in repair under terms of the law; section
071 Code of Georgia.
Items and specifications to lie seen in this
offii • and in the office of the County Engineer,
third lloor. City Exchange.
The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
By order id ('■ mimlsHionersof ('fiathain Countv
JXO. K. DILLON, Clerk C. C. C.
DRUGS AND MEDIC INKS.
Don’t Do it! Don’t Do Hat ?
\V r HY don't walk our tony street* with that
. nice fli *s:; or unit of dothes on with Stnirm
or (i. mm* in. to which tin* Savannah dunt
ttld:s "doner tlian .1 brother,” when
Japanese Cleansing Cream
will take them out dean an anew pin. 85c. a
bottle. 'lade only by
J. R. HALTIW ANGER,
At li.h L>ni,x KtotfM. llr. >ti~bton and Drayton,
Whititkor n id Way in* ntnvtu.
row B ux
To Hewspper PoDliste.
HA 1.1'., ii ]|i>‘ :: Uwvolution (‘ylimlrr
I'i'i-n.i, tl<i lit Hy 4*4 Juki tUa mai'lilnn for u
fii'w|j*r n|tjlrinir * ilutt will turn out a
Ini") iiliii' khr t at lli ml* of I.VK) to V<k
fa r hour It l Ilia fnatnat i.lnirli- <•>ln.-l- r
I'l—# Ilia 1" 44 ill In- oM nt a tiuiiin Alai a
I OMIII4 Mia 1,111" ifVu tillil,
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137 BROUGHTON STREET,
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DEALERS IN FIRST-CLASS
Reliable Dry Goods,
The latest Novelties in Foreign and Do meKi( ,
DRESS GOODS
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER.
Black and Colored Silks, Black Cashmem
—AND—
Silk Warp Henriettas
BLACK NUNS’ VEILING, SUITABLE FOB
MOURNING VEILS.
Mourning Goods a Specialty.
ENGLISH CRAPES AND CRAPE VEILS.
EMBROIDERIES AND LACES.
Housekeepers’ Goods.
TRISII TABLE DAMASKS, Napkins and Tow.
A els of the best manufacture, and selected
especially with view to durability. Counter
panes and Table Spreads, Cotton Sheetings.
Shirtings and Pillow Casings in all the bea
brands.
HOSIERY. GLOVES, HANDKERCHIEFS -
Regularly made French and English Hosiery for
Ladies and Children. Balbriggan Hosiery Gen
tlemen’s and Boys’ Half Hose; Ladies’’ Black
Silk Hosiery.
Lubes' and Gentlemen's Linen Handkerchiefs
in a great variety of fancy prints, and full lines
of hemstitched and plain hemmed White Hand
kerchiefs.
Gentlemen's Laundried and Unlaundried
Shirts. Boys’ Shirts, Gentlemen’s Collars and
Cuffs, Ladies’ Collars and Cuffs.
CORSETS.—lmported and Domestic, in great
variety, and in the most graceful and health
approved shapes.
VESTS.—Ladies’, Gentlemen's and Children'!
Vests, in Spring and Summer weights.
PARASOLS.—The latest novelties in Plain
and Trimmed Parasols.
ORDERS.—AII orders carefully and promptly
executed, and the same care and attention given
to the smallest as to the largest commission.
Samples sent free of charge, and goods guaran
teed to be fully up to the quality shown in
samples.
Sole Agents for McCall’s Celebrated BAZAR
GLOVE-FITTING PATTERNS. Any Pattern
sent post free on receipt of price and measure.
Telephone No. 401.
Note the Following
Will offer on MONDAY a special sale of
All Wool Albatross
In Newest Shades, also Cream and White, at So
per yard.
Black and Mourning Goods
A SPECIALTY.
r pHIS stock will be found to contain a large
Jl assortment of the newest fabrics and latest
styles in SILK and WOOL.
I call attention to my extra quality of HEN
RIETTA CLOTH at $1 50 per yard.
COURTAULD’S ENGLISH CREPE all grades
42-inch WIDOWS' CREPE VEILING.
Will arrive by to-day's steamer anew supplj
of CHECK and STRfPED LAWNS at 12ty
The remaining stock of 4-Button Black and
Colored KID GLOVES I will offer at $1 per pu
to close. These Gloves have been sold at II
and give general satisfaction.
AT
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132 Broughton Street, next Furber s,
CLOTHING.
Our Elegant and Handsome Lim
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Spring Wear
IS NOW HEADY AND ON EXHIBITION.
r pHE public are cordially invited
1 inspect it whether to purchase orwmp
see the styles that will prevail the ensuing
Our samples from which to make selection*
for
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