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POLITICS IN THE PULPIT.
DR BACON’S FOURTH OF JULY SER
MON CA USES A STIR.
Hid Parallels Between Jewish History
and the History of the United States
Not Favorably Received by His Con
gregation -His Reference to the Civil
War-What an Old Church Member
Says About Dr. Bacon’s Position.
Dr. Bacon, of the Independent Presbyte
rian church, preached a sermon yesterday
morning which did not meet with the ap
proval of his congregation. It excited con
sjiVrtblo comment, and by some it was crit
cised quite severely. It was a Fourth of
July sermon, but it did not ileal wholly with
matters connected with Inde] xind
euee day. The sermon in the main was a
review of the history of the Jews as pre
sented in the Bible, and was in no respect
objectionable to any one, but the doctor
drew parallels between Jewish history and
the history of the United States which were
not received with favor.
Dr. Bacon’s text was from Judges ii.,
14-10:
And the anger of the Lord was hot against
Israel, and he delivered them Into the hands of
spielers that spoiled them, and he sold them
into the hands of theireuemies round about, so
that they could not any longer stand before
their enemies. Whithersoever they went out
the hand of the Lord was against them for evil,
as the Lord had said, ana as the Lord had
sworn unto them; and they were greatly dis
tressed. Nevertheless, the Lord raised up
judges which delivered them out of tho hands
Of those that spoiled them.
A HISTORY IN DETAIL.
He took up the question that has been
often asked, why in a book intended to be
man's guide to the knowledge of trod and
his salvation should there tie sueli an in
ordinate amount of the detail of Hebrew
civil and military history. He spoke for
awhile on the disputation made of the ques
tion by different persons of different faiths
and of no faith, and went on to argue that
this elaliorate history of the career of the
Jews was not given because it is unique,
but because it is typical, and if it
is read in tho true light of God’s
spirit it teaches how to read all other his
tory. "We read it,” he said, “and we are
reading all the rest in the light of it, and
when the secrete of this Hebrew history are
laid bare by the pens of the divinely guided
Barrators, and we discover that God was in
die conditions and antecedents of it; that
Rod raised up, one by one, the great men of
It; that God controlled the great events of
it; that God brought out the high results of
it, and wrought it in with the great pur
pose toward which he was leading all the
world, then we have found the key of
knowledge that unlocks the secrets of all
history.
GOVERNOR OP THE NATIONS.
In the writings of those who impute the
course of public events to the denomination
of the will of certain great men, or race
characteristics, or climatic conditions, or
habitual food of the people a certain amount
jf truth may be found, put the comprohen
live truth tliat includes all these is that “the
sarth is tho Lord's and ho is Governor
Among the nations.” and the unity of the
tuitions is to lie found, somehow, in Christ.
Then proceeding to the part that proved
to he the source of such abundant comment,
lie said: “It is a common and easy trick of
literary art for small wits to amuse them
selves and their friends by writing a chap
ter of very modern history in the antique
it vie of our old version of the Bible. The
rifect is humorous, when it is well done,
Unite out of proportion to the amount of
brain-force expended on it. It is
ikely always to tie a favorite device
vitli persons who feel that they
nust be funny, and do not find any other
course so easy. But it would lie something
nore than a cheap joke, it would lie a vivid
llustration of eternal truth if someone
would seriously write the history of the
United Stab’s after the method of the old
Testament. Ido not mean in the imitation
pf its archaic phraseology, but according hi
Its true method and genius. It would he the
truest history of the United States that was
tver written.
THE GIDEON OF MODERN HISTORY.
“It would tell how ‘the word of tile Lord
tame' to John Robinson, and to the Win
throps, and to Janies Oglethorpe, in the
lands lieyond the flood, saying: ‘Get ye up
from your kindred and your father's bouse,
md go forthxto a land which 1 will show
(on, and how they answered: ‘Lord, here
Cm I:' how God led his tHuple forth by pil
irs of battle smoke and lurid flames through
leas of tribulation to freedom and inde
pendoniv, lii >w, as great needs and [sa ils.
Arose, from time to time, ‘God raised up’
the exactly right man to meet, the
‘merging necessity. I do not understand
fiow any man wiio tielieves that -God
"aised up Gideon* calling him by outward
itgns of duly and by the stirrings of in
ward impulse to the work of liberating tiis
wuntiy tmni foreign opprostion, and then
In the heroic act of unselfishness by which
e put aside the kingly crown, content b>
feign for the remainder of his days —only
fr love, as ‘first in the In arts of his . i*in
trymen’—can help lielicving, also, in just
is true a sense, that 'God raised up’George
Washington, the Gideon of modern history,
iki, labr, when the pillars of public
tredit lay prostrate, and the whole land
was gasping and ready to faint in
She exhaustion that followed the war of
independence, ‘God raised up’ Alexander
Hamilton, and endowed him with rare and
>recooious powers of statesmanship that he
night stretch forth his j>en, as if it had been
i prophet’s rod, and smite the sterile rock
Ultil it gushed with [ileubsiusniiss.
“It might not lie wise for me to venture
toto the [>age* of more risent history in
learch of examples of men whom ‘God
raised up’ as his own gift and blessing to
ihe whole land.
ON GETTYSRURG’B FIELD.
“It is safe and sufficient to quote the glow -
hg words nf the representative orator of
Ihe Southern army, spoken only yesterday
Jp the cals of the whole nation from th>
of Gettysburg: ‘Oh, nir country,
What a calamity was it for the South when
Jho assassin’s bullet struck down Abraham
Lincoln. In the midst of all the bloody
tempest he still had a soft place in his
rreut heart for us. and now that the storm
las [iHssisl and pawion lias subsided, who of
Ihe South does not love and revere his
Memory and the memory of ttie great
iaptain who was kind and magnanimous
n tile hour of victory at Appomattox
who said to Lee: “Let vour men bike their
Sei ses home to make bread, ’’ who, when lie
lad triumphed, said: “liet ns have peace,”
md who, m hi* dying hour, said that the
to latest happiness he felt was to sis. Pw *i
{e-ling springing up lietweeu the North and
lie South. There is not a true man South
to-day hut who feels as if he would like to
Itand at the toml* of Lincoln hiiil Grant,
m plain a flower them and to wuter it witll
i manly tear.'
A SOUTHERN EXAMPLE.
“And let me ask in my turn: Is there any
frne man. North or South, that will grudge
te add to this list, of men whom ‘God ruisisl
tip' to be a blessing to tho whole country by
(lieir example, the name of the pre-emi
lently great soldier of the South, the glory
>f whose fame, and tho faithfulness of
whose memory rest not less upon the mu
lestie dignity with which, crowned with
innorable defeat, ho entered into the
;a!m pursuits of peace, without ono syllublo
Jf hit'erness on his lips, without one thought
>f bittorness in his heart—than on liis
•uperb achievements in the field* of war?
‘Bat that which the example of the He
brew history teaches us to seek in the
tourxes of our own history, is the evidence
sot only of God's works, but of God’s uur
toses, toward which all his works are
•lowly tending. To some thoughtful
winds the reflection may seem too trite to
no worth rejieatlng, how tho marks of
In infinitely wise'ill-sign are to tie recog
nized in the timeiiness of the great events
f history; that they occur opportunely, at
the fullness of time, tho long-prepared
moment before which or after which
they would have failed of their pur
posed result. To niv own mind,
not one of the demonstrations of wise de
sign to lie found in the page* of Raley aril
of the Bridgewater Treatises is so impres
sive' and conclusive as the divine opportune
ness of the great events in the history of our
own country.
SOME AMERICAN EVENTS.
“There was the fitness of time in the dis
covery of America —that this mystery, hid
den from the ancient world, dreamed of
only in the visions of poet*, or in the more
than poetic vaticinations of Plato, should
be disclosed not until tho dawn before the
daybreak of the sixteenth century.
Discovered a century earlier, tho new
work! would not have been a New
I world, but only a replica of the old world,
j with the old customs and institutions
“Not lews significant of a divine purpose is
the timeliness of tile invention of the steam
boat—an event easily within the memory of
men now living. If this had taken place
a hundred years—fifty years earlier, tho
Mississippi valley, and all the West beyond,
to tlie Pacific, would have been another
Canada, or another Mexico. Bee how God
works, according to plans of his own, con
founding, bringing to naught the most far
reaching plans of human statesmanship.
Contrast the unconeerted, bap-hazard
plantation of tho English colonies along the
seaboard, with the sublime schemes of
Western empire matured in tho minds of
French statesmen anil French eccle
siastic*, which stretched tiie long cor
don of military posts and mission stations
ail the way through the continent along tho
course of the great rivers, from the mouth
of the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the
Mississippi. Never was a plan of temporal
and spiritual empire more magnificently
conceived, more sagaciously planned more
heroically pursued. The hardy cour
age of tlio French explorers, the
devoted lives and martyr-deaths of the
French Jesuit missionaries are not surpassed
in history. They were laying the
foundations of a vastly extended,
firmly concatenated empire, before
wteisc grbwth the poor and slender
line of English colonies along the coast,
without common organization or mutual
sympathy, of diverse creeds and aims, must
presently be crowded into the sea. One
thing only .hindered. The gnat rivers that
were the axis of this imperial system were
practically unnavigable against the current.
The French colonies languished. Canada
fell under British rule.
THE VICISSITUDES OF WAR.
“In the vicissitude* of war, the Mississippi
valley was transferred to the American re
public by tho Louisiana purchase; and then,
mid not till then, by the invention of
Koliert Fulton these resistless waters
were stemmed by irresistible keels
that bore freely in either direction t he fam
ilies of adventurous pioneers and the pro
duce of their acres. If steam transporta
tion had been invented fifty years later the
Wist would have remained a wilderness; if
fifty years earlier, you and I might have
been to-day the subjects of a French mon
arch or the citizens of a French republic.
“1 can only make passing allusion to a
less important but more impressive exam
ple of the sumo fitting of the event to the
time, in the presence of the gold of Califor
nia, hidden from men’s knowledge through
the long period of the Spanish and Mexican
occu|uition, and then suddenly disclosed to
create ‘a nation ill a day’ on the Pacific
slojie, as soon as tho land had passed into the
possession of the United States.
AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR.
“I would not venture to explore the more
recent and exciting pages of our his
tory for further proofs of the divine timeli
ness of great events; the preachers of a fu
ture generation will find them there in sin
gular abundance. But there is one inci
dent of tiie civil war to which
I may safely refer us the sign
of God's guiding power and presence in our
history; for it was the deadly, insufferable
humiliation of that cause against which you
were arrayed, and to which I was devoted
with every judgment of my mind, every
conviction of my conscience, every passion
of my soul. On the morning of that Sunday
twenty-six years ago, when to us at the
Nortli the news was coining in from hour
to hour of the triumphant advance (as we
fondly thought) toward tho first battle nf
Manassas, there was no sound
from any quarter but of tri
umph and ho)*-, tiie retreat of the
opposing army, the open way to Richmond,
the speedy end of tho war. But I well re
nienilier the serious, prophetic tone of iny
father's voice (for I am the son of a prophet)
when he said, ‘I do not see how tiie mani
fest purpose of God in this war is going to
lie accomplished unless we are disastrously
beaten in this buttle.’
"Well, we were disastrously beaten.
There was an anguish of almost despair
through the homes of the North, and bitter
tears on the cheeks of women and of men,
not for tiie dead only that should
not return, but for tho cause that
wo loved, for tiie whole country,
for whose common interests, in all its sec
tions, we were honestly contending. And
thu purpose of God in the war was accom
plished. And to-day the brave men from
South mid North who are joining hands at
Gettysburg over the accomplished purpose
of that awful field, may give united thanks
as well for the wise will of God in tiie de
feat and rout of tiie Union armies at
Manassas.
“Thus I have attempted to interpret and
apply the lesson of the book of Judges and
of all the Bible histories to the course of
our own history, and to trace thereto the
evidences of God’s mighty power and of the
purpose of his eternal wisdom.”
LEFT THE CHURCH.
When tho speaker pronounced tho words,
he quoted, “Oil, my country, what a ca
lamity it was when the assassin’s bullet
struck down Abraham Lincoln,” there
was a.profound stillness which was suddenly
broken. Mr. George S. Gray, who for
forty-five years lias been a niemner of the
church, arose and left the church, but the
doctor continued to the close of his sermon.
It was not long after tho services closisl
before it became known that tiie sermon
had caused a sensation, and all sorts of
rumors were bruited abroad. Dr. Bacon
was found in his study in the afternoon and
he was asked hi* idea oi the effect of the
sermon. Before replying, lie turned inter
viewer, and enquired what were tiie reports
on tiie street. lie whs told that there were
tales of many of his congregat ion rising
and leaving the church, of great indigna
tion nt tiie sermon. He then repliixl that
he saw no one leave the church; that thei-on
gnegation was very attentive, deeply and rev
erently attentive,'he thought. He wished to
say once and for all that he did not wish the
congregation of that church to accept him
us its pastor under any misapprehension ns
to what lie is'or what his opinions are. He
has very decided opinions and expresses
them. He supposed that the sermon was of
such a character that some of those present
would not like it, but he did not mean to
s|ieak in a way to offend any one, still if it
did all he could say was that lie did not
preach to please men hut preached the
truth.
WIIAT MR. GRAY SAYS.
I'D. Gray expressed himself very forcibly
in regard to tho matter. He said that, lie
left tiie church because he would not sit and
listen to such utterances from the pulpit.
“1 do not go to church to learn United
Stan * history,” ho said, “or to be instructed
iu the right or wrong of our [losjtion during
the war. Igo to church to receive spiritual
food, and as it st ems that I am to study tho
slavery question and jiolitics under Dr.
Bacon, instead of reserving such matters
for other days in the week, I shall not enter
the church again, though for forty-five
years I have been a mem tier of it. Ir my
family wishes to continue there I shall not
object, but I shall go elsewhere.
“Wllat is the feeling of the congregation?’
Mr. Gray was asked.
“They all feel outraged. Dr. Bneon
preached to them from the pulpit what they
do not believe and what, he had no right to
preach, and ono luilv *|xike the feeling of us
all when the said: ‘Dr. Bucou ho* preached
his funeral sermon.”’
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 4, 1887
“You were the only ono that left the
church, were you not?’
"Yes, hut when service was concluded,
instead of going forward to shako hands
with the doctor, as is the custom, tho con
gregation all turned and quickly left the
church. The matter may be smoothed
over, and I hope it will, but I shall never
go to tiie church again.”
Isist night ttie sermon was an absorbing
topic among the members of the church
who could not understand why the doctor
should have taken occasion to preach a ser
mon of the character that he did.
DR. BACON'S SERMON REVIEWED
And a Few of Its Salient Points Touched
Upon.
Savannah, Ga., July 3. —Editor Morn
ing Xews: Moderation is a good maxim to
follow, hut presumption must be met with
resentment.
Sunday morning Dr. Bacon preached a
sermon on the “Fourth of July,” in which,
after recounting several interesting histori
cal events in the early history of the Bible,
ho drew comparisons by showing, that as
God had raised up Gideon to deliver his
people, so in like manner hail he raised up
Washington for American independence.
So far so good, but, continuing,
he argued that in like manner hail
God also raised up Grant and Lincoln
for the protection of his people, or if God
raised up Gideon and Washington for tiie
deliverance of his people from the han<ls of
their oppressors, so also did God raise up
Grant and Lincoln for the deliverance of his
people, “the Northerners,” from tiie bauds
of their oppressors, “the Southerners.” The
latter clause could be reversed without en
dangering truth. But as Dr. Bacon’s argu
ment was as clear as Savannah river “arte
sian” water, we will give the benefit of the
doubt and suppose that he referred to the
abolition of slavery. Ono point, however,
he did make "very plain, namely,
that the South wus iri the wrong, and
this is tho point which I, and every
true Southerner will deny. In the course
of his sermon, if it may be called so, Dr.
Racon read an extract from an oration de
livered at Gettysburg the other day, pre
sumably by a Southern man, anil in which,
with words of servility worthy of the time
of Napoleon 1., the South expressed its love
and regurtl for the memories of Grant and
Lincoln and gratitude for the result of the
war. There is a great deal of truth gi this,
for the South does and always will cherish
the memories of Grant and Lincoln with
the same deep affection which the
North shows for Jefferson Davis, and
gratitude for the result of the war
is marked by tho same kindly spirit
which prompted Dr. Bacon to inform a
Southern congregation, in meaning, if not
in words, that their dead were killed fight
ing against God since God was op the North
ern side, or strongest side, for all the prayers
in Christendom would not save one man
struggling against a dozen. In closing, I
will refer Dr. Bacon to J. Davis’ “Rise and
Fall of the Confederacy,” and tell him that
since this book has not been answered he
can, by answering it, give full scope to his
ambition and genius, and at the same time
confer a great favor upon those unfortunate
and erring Southerners who yet insist that
they were right. Many Southerners
admire certain traits in the
character of both Grant and Lincoln,
hilt few see any special reason for love.
Every Southerner and Northerner should
do all in their power to close the gap of an
tagonism, but that gap will never be closed
whilst men of one section try to enforce
their views upon the other. If Dr. Bacon
wishes his feelings spared he will do well to
spore the feelings of others.
Southerner.
MUST CONQUER SELF.
Bishop Weed's Sermon at Christ
Church -An Appeal for the Poor.
Bishop Edwin Weed, of Florida, preached
in Christ church yesterday morning. His
text was: “So fight I, not as one that beat
eth the air; but I keep under my body,
and I bring it into subjection; lest by any
means when I have preached to others I my
self should be a castaway.”—l. Cor. ix., 20-20.
20.
The subject of the sermon was man’s
struggle with self. This was St. Paul’s
great cross. His one great struggle in life
was with himself. He had much to endure,
hut he was no ordinary, faint-hearted man.
His courage never failed. The one unswerv
ing purpose of his life was to be tnie to his
convictions. He xvos cheerful and enduring.
He had unbounded confidence to the over
ruling providence of God, and at last he
conquered and peace reigned in his soul.
Life, tiie Bishop said, is a continual strug
gle, a search after happiness. People seek
happiness in different ways—one man by
leading a religious life, another by loading
a worldly life. God’s design is to bring our
spirit into harmony with His spirit; hut
that ran be done only when sin lias been
rooted out, so that he who leads a worldly
life can never know true happiness. Cheer
fulness is as great a Christian virtue as
love. St. Paul, in his struggle with the
monster, self, was cheerful through it all.
He realized what he had to endure. So we,
to make our struggle lighter, must be
cheerful. To conform our will to the will
of God is a hard struggle, but it is a blessed
one. It is the Only struggle that
brightens life as we go through it.
Sympathy gives us strength ami helps
us on. It passes mysteriously from
hoart to heart and lift* us nearer to God,
and unless the heart lie lifted up to God the
outward relations of our lives will bring
little more than disappointment, t )ur eter
nal happiness depends not upon our conflict
with the outer world, but upon the earnest
ness with which we wage the conflict with
that hideous giant self. God alone can sat
isfy the cravings of our hearts. The Chris
tian soul is at, peace only when the love of
God abideth there, and until self has been
conquered and sin has been driven out,God’s
peace cannot enter.
At, the close of his sermon Bishop Weed
made an appeal in behalf of the [nor of the
parish, for whom the offerings of the day
were made.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathored Here and There by the
News Reporters.
Tattnall Council No. 884, American Le
gion of Honor, meets this evening.
The Georgia Historical Society holds its
regular monthly meeting this evening.
DeKulb Lodge No. il of Odd Fellows will
meet to-night and install officers for the en
suing term.
Tiie police had a busy day of it yesterday.
Ten coses are on the docket for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct.
There were 176 failures in the United
States reported to Bradst reel's last week,
against 141 in the preceding week, and 167,
Ix 4, I.V) and I<V in the corresponding weeks
of 1880, 188 ft, IKB4 mul 1883 respectively.
Safety From Malaria.
The most vigorous constitution, and the
strongest physique, are not proof against a dls
ease, the germs of which Impregnate tho air we
breathe and the water wo drink. The trim pre
parative. the surext defense. Is to fortify the sys
tem with a medicine which possesses specific
virtues as a safeguard and remedy. Hostetler's
bt.imach Hitters is precisely this article -proved
by conclusive teste to lie so. Not only on this
continent, wherever miasma gives birth to the
malarial infection, but In the tropics, where
fever and ague assumes Its most malignant
t vis's, litis incomparable, popular and deserving
medicine lias, for over a third of a century,
shown tts efficacy Chills and fever, dumb
ague, bilious remittent, alike yield lo its influ
ence and are prevented by It. The word ' fail"
has no place fn i he lexicon of jsissiliilities when
this peerless article is used. It tones tho stom
ach, arouses the liver when sluggish, and pro
motes healthful activity of tho kidneys and
bladder.
Important to Buyers.
During the mouth of July I will sell Hats
and >Sh f sv- greatly reduced prices to
make room for my purchases while in the
Northern markets. Call early and secure
bargains. A. 8. NICHOLS,
128 Broughton strr'ot.
JUMPED OVERBOARD AT SEA.
Supposed Suicide of a Passenger on
the Tallahassee.
A cabin passenger on the steamship Talla
hassee, booked as E. Hastings, Savannah,
Ga, disappeared from the vessel the night
after her departure from New York on her
last trip down ,and Is supposed to have
jumped overlmard.
The Tallahassee arrived at her wharf here
at 4 o’clock yesterday morning andthe
matter was at once reported to the Com
pany’s office. The steamer left New York
Thursday afternoon. Hastings was assigned
to his stateroom and was seen several times
on deck and in the cabin
during the evening. He was in the
smoking room lietween 0 and 1"
o’clock, and that was the last
seen of him. Mr. tv S. Frioillim and Mr. J.
Fischer, of Savannah, were in the smoking
room and talked with Hastings some time.
From their description he was about 5 feet
!l inches in height, dark complexionod,
rather sallow, black hair and moustache,
dark eyes and apparently about 28 years old.
He wore a block coat and vest, gray panta
loons, black derby hat, low quarter patent
leather shoes, brown stockings, standing col
lar and black tie. He had a watch diain,
And probably a watch, although the latter
was not seen. He said that he had a
place in Bronson, Fla, and was
on his way there for his health.
He mentioned to Messrs. Fisher and FrieiUim
several parties there whom he said that he
knew. Among others were W. J. Epperson
and Ira J. Carter. Ho seemed to be in ill
health, and was melancholy, low spirited
uml not inclined to talk much. He was not
under the influence of liquor, and it is sup
-1 k isoi 1 that to a fit of despondency he jumped
overboard.
He was not missed until the next morning
after the ship left New York and then a
careful search was made without finding
any traces of him. His berth laid not been
occupied. He had no baggage and there
was nothing in his stateroom by which he
might be identified. Capt. Fisher says that
he lias no doubt that the man committed su
icide. Inquiry in Savannah failed to dis
cover any friends of the missing man.
PLANS FOR THE FOURTH.
Tho Way Savannahians Will Celebrate
the Nation’s Birthday.
Savannah has not made any elaborate
preparations for tiie celebration of the “Glo
rious Fourth,” but if the weather does not
interfere, the average Savannahian will
stand a chance of getting about as much
enjoyment out of the day as anybody well
can.
Being a legal holiday, the banks, the
Board of Trade, Cotton Exchange, Custom
House and municipal offices will be closed,
and business generally will be suspended in
the afternoon.
The military will parode this morning and
the parade will ho tiie only public demon
stration in tho city. Tiie Savannah Yacht
Club regatta and ttie races at Thunderbolt
track, the Catholic Library Association pic
nic at Greenwich Park, the Chatham Ar
tillery’s outing at Isle of llo[>e, the Knights
of I-abor picnic at Montgomery, the Chat
ham Gun Club's shooting contest at, their
grounds, and base bail at the park, will
be tiie principal events of the day. The
steamer “Pope Catlin,” which will
carry the Yacht Club’s members and
their guests over the course will
leave the city at 10 o’clock this morning in
stead of 11 o’clock a* announced yesterday.
The programme for the day has already
been given in the Morning News. Although
the weather last night was threatening it
may dear off this morning. The probabili
ties are stationary temperature, winds shift
ing to east and south, fair weather, except
ram at coast stations.
TO BESIEGE ATLANTA.
Tho Female Salvation Army Corps
< Off for the Capital.
The feminine portion of the Salvation
Army has packed its trunks and will move
to Atlanta to-day. A male corps will take the
places of the women who have been at work
here. This is one of the regular changes
made under the rules of the army.
The Salvationists’ modes of living has ex
citrel considerable curiosity since the army
has been stationed iu Savannah. They
make the scenes of their relig
ious labors their home. Ford's Hall,
where their meetings ha\’e been held is
kitchen, dining-room, bedroom and parlor,
anil has even served as n laundry for the
corps. The dressing rooms in the rear of
the stage served as bedrooms, anu the main
hall and stage are used as occasion requires.
All last night tho Army was packing its
trunk- , ami this morning it will tart forits
new field of labor.
ihe meeting* recently have not been as
largely attended as they were when the
Army first landed here. Then the hall was
crowded every night and at the Sunday
night services people were turned away.
The Savannah corps was a novelty for
awhile and the attendance increased, but it
was not so great as at first.
TO ORGANIZE IN SAVANNAH.
A Branch of the Travelers’ Protective
Asssociatton to be Located Here.
Mr. Sid A. Pugbsley,chairman of the Board
of Directors and of the Railroad and Legis
lative Committees of the Travelers’ Pro
tective Association, is in the city making
preparations tor the establishment of a
branch of that organization. The T. P. A.,
as it is commonly known, is an association
composed exclusively of commercial drum
mers intended to benefit that class of people
in various ways, it turns to control, as far as
possible, the railroad tariffs in order that
the great army of drummers may pav only
the lowest rates, it also seeks to prevent
any legislation that may adversely affect
them and urge such as may aid them.
Not conilmng itself to abuses without, it
proposes to remedy those within its ranks,
to stop the offering of illegitimate induce
ments to buyers of goods and stop un
scrupulous drummers from attempting to
induce buyers to cancel orders given to
others in order that they themselves
may make a salo. They also wish
to stop the practice some drummers
hove of cheating the railroads on excess
baggage. If one has two trunks and some
uncommercial friend who is going to the
same point, has none the drummer will fre
quently turn one of his trunks over to his
friend, on whose ticket it will be carried,
and thus the excess goes through without
the legitimate extra charge.
The association also attempts toprovido
positions lor members in good standing who
lose their places by the failure of their Anns
or in any other wav so long ns there is
nothing dishonorable connected with the
discharge. Another one of its objects is to
force the hotels to give them fair rates and
good accommodations. Information goes
from headquarters to all the drummers us
to the hotel to lie twtronized in each city,
mid th * hotel keeper who do— not give sat
isfnetory accommodations and attention is
reported, and he may say farewell to drum
mer patronage.
The members who are siek or injured are
cared for, provided the sickness or injury is
not the result of tin- use of intoxicating
liquors. The organization is verv conserva
tive, keeping slrn tly to the benefltlug of its
own members without being In any way un
reasonable in whut demands of others.
Mr. Pughsley has a charter for the post
which he will organize here, but lie will not
cull a meeting before September.
Many People Refuse to Take Cod
Liver Oil on account of its unpleasunt taste.
This difficulty has lmen overcome in Scott’s
Emulsion of o<l Liver Oil with Hypophos
pliites. It being n.- palatable ns milk, uud
the most valuable remedy known for tho
treatment of consumption, scrofula and
bronchitis, general l leihlity, wasting diseases
of children, clirouic coughs and coldß, has
caused physicians mull parts of the world
to use it. Physician , report our little pa
Dents take it witli pleasure. Try Bcott's
Emulsion and Ire e -1.
THE BALL AND BAT.
Tho Movement to Organize an Inter
state League Generally Indorsed.
The movement to organize an inter-state
league is meeting with general favor in base
ball circles. The movement was first start
ed about three weeks ago. The plan then
proposed was to organize a six or eight club
league, including Savannah, Charleston,
Augusta, Macon, Atlanta, Columbus, Pen
sacola and Jacksonville. With the excep
tion of the batteries only local players were
to be employed.
The experience of the past two years has
shown pretty dearly that professional base
ball cannot lie sustained in the smaller
Southern cities. A league organized upon
the plan proposed can be maintained at a
far less ex(xuie than the Southern league
lias been and the interest in the sport wiU
be greater. A meeting will be held to
morrow night at tne office of Mr.
I. Cf. Haas, No. 141 Bay street,
when a plan of organization
will be submitted. The necessity of early
action is apparent. As soon as a local or
ganization is effected committees will be ap
pointed to work up the movement elsewhere.
Borne correspondence has already been had,
and it is understood that Charleston and
Jacksonville are ready to go in at once.
The long ionmeys required in the present
league, the distance between playing centres
and the cost of maintaining professional clubs
have about resulted in the breaking up of
the league. Anew league composed of
clubs nearer together and made up of local
players can hardly fail to succeed under
proper management.
ST. LOUIS FORFEITS A GAME.
The World’s Champions Refuse to
Obey the Umpire’s Order to Play.
Louisville, Ky., July B. Notwithstand
ing the threatening weather, a crowd of
about 4,000 people were present when the
game between St. Louis and Louisville was
called to-day. It liegan sprinkling lightly
in the latter half of the second inning. The
umpire called the game and waited ten min
utes, it continuing in the meantime to rain
lightlv. He then decided that the game
should continue, but St. Louis refused to
play, whereupon he gave the game to Louis
ville by a score of 9 to 0. The crowd was
greatly disgusted, but made no demonstra
tion beyond some jeering.
Games Yesterday.
At Cincinnati—Cincinnati 14; Cleveland
0. Game was called at the end of the sec
ond inning on account of rain.
Savannahs versus Warrens.
The Savannahs will play the Warrens
this afternoon instead of tho Amateurs as
announced in the Morning News yester
day. The game will bo called at 4 o’clock.
The teams are as follows:
Savannahs. Positions. Warrens.
Blake Second Base Rossiter, J
Lilienthal T/ft Field Brown
Mahoney Short Stop O'Connor
McHugh First Base Sullivan
Jordon Third Base Mack
Wright Catcher .Demerse
Cahler Centre Field Met'arthy
Strauss Right Field Rossiter, R
Hankins Pitcher Morrissey
The Savannahs will put in anew battery
and will play to make a better showing
than they have heretofore. Ladies will be
admitted to the game free. In view of the
day being a holiday a large crowd is ex
pected.
The League Record.
Owing to the unfavorable weather in the
West only six games were played by the
Southern League last week: one in New
Orleans, two in Birmingham, two in Mem
phis and one in Nashville. The results have
advanced Memphis to first place, with New
Orleans a good second, Nashville third,
Charleston a close fourth ami Birmingham
at the tail eud. The following is the record
up to date:
Won. Lost. Played. Pr. Ct.
Birmingham 1 20 21 .047
Charleston 29 20 49 .591
Memphis 81 14 45 .688
Nashville 24 15 39 .615
New Orleans 80 14 44 .681
The National League.
Saturday’s games made no change in the
league race. Detroit is still first, having
won 85, lost 15, with a percentage of .700;
Boston has won 31, lost 20, with .008; New
York has won 81, lost 22, with .585; Chicago
has won 27, lost 20, with .574; Philadelphia
has won 24, lost 27, with .471; Pittsburg has
won 19, lost 27, with .413; Washington has
won 17, lost 28, with .378, and Indianapolis
has won 13, lost 38, with 255.
The Association.
St. Louis and Baltimore fell of slightly
Saturday, wliilo Cincinnati and Brooklyn
moved up a peg. Counting Saturday’s
games, St. Louis has won 42 games, lost 15,
with a percentage of .737; Baltimore has
won 85, lost 18, with .000; Cincinnati has
won 32, lost 28, with .532; Brooklyn has won
28, lost 25, with .528; Louisville has won 80,
lost 2, with .517; Athletic has won 28, lost
29, with .491; Metropolitan lias won 14, lost
39, with .264, and Cleveland has won 14. lost
41, with .254.
Greatest Discovery Since 1492.
For coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis,
laryngitis, and consumption in its'early
stages, nothing equals Dr. Pierce’s “Golden
Medical Discovery.” It is also a great
blood purifier and strength restorer, or
tonic, and for liver complaint and costive
condition of the bowels it has no equal. Hold
by druggists.
At the Harnett House, Havannah, Ga.,
you get all the comforts of the high-priced
hotels, and save from $1 to $2 per day. Try
it anil be convinced.— boston Home Jour
nal.
Balbriggan Underwear in all grades at
Appel & Schaul's, One Price Clothiers.
SUMMER GOODS.
Headquarters at the Crockery House
of James S. Silva & Son.
Keep cool; don’t worry about the hot
weat her. Know ye that we have a large lot
of artistically decorated
WATER COOLERS,
both plain and porcelain lined, nnd the
prices we put on them will not hurt your
pockettiook. We keep the best
ICE CREAM FREEZERS
to be had. Remember, Fly Fans, Ice Picks,
Fly tra|>s. If you want to Ixi sure of the
purity of your drinking water use the
GATE CITY STONE KILTER.
It is simply jioi'feot. Come and let us
show you one, explain the working and
give you a glass of river water without the
mud.
James 8. Silva & Son.
N. B.—Our “Odds and Ends” Sale con
tinues.
Embroideries and Laces.
This week wo will put on sale, besides the
balance of other stock, all the Embroideries
aud Laces which were saved at the fire. We
promise to give such bargains as will com
mand a ready purchase, as we are very anx
ious to close out the entire stock at the
carlieet possible moment. Please tiear this
iu mind and lx; certain to examine our
stock of Embroideries and Laces. We also
offer excellent bargains In Children's ami
Gents’ Fine Hosiery, Kid, Silk and Thread
Gloves. David Weis mein,
165 Congress street, next door to Solomons’
drug store.
The most complete line of thin Coats aim
Vests uow to lx; had at Appel & Schaul’s.
The nobbiest line of Straw Hats in the
city to be seen at Appel fc Schaul’s.
A complete lino of Percale Shirts at Appel
& Schaul’s.
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
The reront trouble between the authori
ties of the Macon, and Covington railroad
and the contractors has been satisfactorily
arranged, and work will begin at once on
that portion of the road between Madison
and Athens.
A union passenger depot is talked of at
Griffin The Central railroad depot there
is an old and shabby building. The Georgia
Midland depot has not yet been located and
an effort is being made to unite the two
roads and build a union depot. Gen. Alex
ander is understood to favor this project
and has left the matter in General Manager
Belknap’s hands.
Chattanooga is getting anxious about the
Rome and Carrollton, mid wants President
Williamson to tell the people something
about the road and its prospects. The Times
says there is a good deal of indignation
among the citizens over what they are
pleased to call President Williamson's
‘'hoodwinking” the people of Chattanooga
with fair promises, and they want to know
definitely what is going to be done about the
enterprise.
The Montgomery Advert i scr regards Gen.
Alexander's statement that the Mobile and
Girard railroad will lie extended a-; an effort
to cripple the Alabama Midland. The Art
vertiser copies au extract from the inter
view with Gen. Alexander published in the
Columbus Enquirer-Sun, and says: ‘'Just
so—the Central is going to do all this ex
tension in the sweet and lovely by-and-by.
In the meanwhile the enterprising Alabama
Midland people are going ahead, and they
need only a vigorous anil loud support from
Montgomery to crown their patriotic efforts
with success.”
In a Predicament.
The railroads are in the dark yet as to
the full meaning of the long and short haul
clause of tho interstate commerce bill. The
failure of the Interstate Commerce Com
missioners to further interpret the
clause has put the roads in
an embarrassing position. Virgil
Powers, commissioner of the Southern Rail
way and Steamship association, has issued
a circular announcing that all rates on the
lines in the association will be suspended
to-day, when the order issued by the inter
state commission, suspending the fourth
section, will expire by limitation, and so far
as the railroad men are able to understand,
the obnoxious section will be in full force
again. This, it now seems, will
Vie the means of bringing matters
to a crisis and a test case will
most- likely result. Tho commission three
weeks since rendered a decision relative to
the long and short haul clause, but it was
not a dear interpretation, and Vice Presi
dent Smith, of the Louilville and Nashville
railroad asked for a more comprehensive
construction, but it has not come out. The
rates which Commissioner Powers states
will be suspended are those in force Viefore
the interstate law went into force, and were
used up to this time by reason of tho sus
pension of section 4. As the
matter now stands the railroads
must adhere as closely as possible to what
they believe to be the law . If they make a
mistake, they will be liable to a fine of $5,000
for each offense.
The Columbus Southern.
From a source' which the Albany News
and Advertiser considers reliable, it learns
that there is no longer any doubt about the
Columbus Southern road’s being built.
Active operations will be commenced nt an
early day, and would, doubtless, Vie on the
way now but for the fact that Col. Gunby
Jordan, who went to New York to close
negotiations with capitalists, came
home sick and has been confined
ever since. He is now convalescing, how
ever, and expects to lie able to mature his
plans without much further delay. The
Georgia Midland people realize that they
must have an outlet from Columbus to the
sea, and this they will seek in the Columbus
Southern. The News and Advertiser has
never been over sanguine about the Colum
bus Southern, but it has advices now which
seem to remove all doubt about it being
built.
Wedding Presents.
I am in an uncomfortable store, 116J£
Broughton street, directly opposite Ludden
& Bate's Music House. Of course, as soon
as I ran, shall remove to my old quarters. I
feel like a fish out of water. Just think, I
have received an immense stock of solid
silver ware, and have no room to show it,
consequently I have to make room. But
how? By selling it as quickly as possible,
to accomplish it, I have pul. the prices down
to almost cost. Hence anybody in need or
not in need of such goods Lave an opportu
nity which is seldom offered. / M. Stern
berg, 118. H Broughton street, opposite Lud
don & Bate's Music House.
Umbrellas for Sun and Rain.
Silver and Gold Handled Gloria Umbrel
las for three dollars and three-fifty, and
every other grade down to one dollar, for
sale by the Famous New York Clothing
House, 140 Congress street.
Will Remain Longer.
Vie would respectfully uimounee to the cit
izens of Savannah and vicinity, that in con
sequence of not being able to fill the large
number of orders received since our visit
here, we will remain for two days longer.
Thanking you for your very litieral patron
age, I remain yours respectfully,
George R. llawkes, Optician.
Do not fail to see our Fancy Striped Suit
of Underwear selling at $1 50 per suit. Ap
pel & Scliaut, 163 Congress street.
Novelties in thin Coats and Vests just re
ceived at Appel & Bcliaui’s, One Price
Clothiers.
Tho best 45 cent Undershirt in tho city at
Appel & Helmut's.
Our groat success in thin Coats and Vests
so far this season, compelled us to telegraph
our New York buyer to purchase anew
stock of them, which he has done, and now
we ean show t.Lio prettiest styles in the city.
Appel & He haul.
For the Benefit of the Clergy.
We have on hand Clergymen's Black
Alpaca Coats, to Ixs .sold low, by the Famous
New York Clothing House, 140 Congress
street.
An inspection of our thin Coats and Vests
is earnestly requested before purchasing.
Appel & Hchaul, One Price Clothiers.
A complete line of Seersucker Coatu and
Vests at Appel & Bchaul’s.
For the Comfort of Stout Men.
Wo have White Shirts, open front, with
Collnrs and Cuffs attached, sizes 17, 17'-j, 18,
18k, 19, made to order and not called for,
winch will be sold low, by the Famous New
York Clothing House, 140 Congress street.
Cal! and look nt the elegant Pongee Coats
and Vests at Appel it Schaul’s.
A complete line of Underwear at Appel
& Schaul’s. 163 Congress street.
A few more of those White Flannel Suits
left at Appel & Schaul’s.
Cull and six; the newest shades In Pongee
Coats and Vests at Appel & Helmut's.
‘ '-rv
.i into —..... .... * „iay and crcu...
color, Pongee Coats and Vests, Black Al
pacas, at all pruxw, Seersucker Coats and
Vests, thin Coats for fifty eolits; thin Unde,
wear to close nut, by the Famous New York
Clothing House, lit) C< ingress street.
Just received, an entire new line of pongee
Coats and Vix>ls at Appel &. Hcnaai o.
BAKING POWDER. __
iSi
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder nover varies. A marvel of Purity,
Strength and \Vhole*omeness. More economi
cal than the ordinary Kinds, and cannot b© sold
in competition with the multitude of low test,
short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold
on/;/ in cans. Royal Bakincj Powder Cos., 106
Wall street, New York.
LUDDKN & BATES S. M. H.
A Yacht Race
REMINDS us of a well regulated business,
where each department is fully organized
and starts in its class to cross the line ahead o£
all competition.
We have started in flyers in all the different
classes, and they are all coming back in splendid
shape. We have guarded against all mishaps
and squalls by adopting the strictly cash system
(excepting on PIANOS and ORGANS), which
enables us to offer lower prices than same goods
can be bought for anywhere, New York not
excepted.
CLASS A. CLASS B. I CLASS C.
FIVE ENTRIES. FIVE ENTRIES. | EIGHT ENTRIES.
Pianos - Organs, j Artist Materials Stationery,
Sheet Music, Art Goods, Society En-
Musical Instru-Picture Frames, graving,
ments, Moldings, Fine Pocket-
Ba n and Instru- Fine Engravings I looks,
ments. Brass I ioods,
Baud Supplies. Letter Files Si
Cabinets,
Easels,
Music Racks,
Japanese
Goods.
We nave won in all classes, and if low prices,
large stock, and prompt and careful attention
to orders and customers will keep us in the lead,
we expect to stay there.
Always Glad to See You.
L&B.S.M.H.
CLOTHING.
/ACT! STOCK at all times containing the
V / apparel of correct and seasonable taste is
now complete with an assortment of goods
which will be found especially interesting for
those preparing for the country.
Particular attention is Invited to our line of
DUSTERS,
IEGLIGEE SHIRTS,
Bathing Suits,
House and Lounging Coats,
NEGLIGEE CAPS,
POJA M A S ,
And tb© many littlo fixings which add so
materially to comfort and appearance during
an Outing.
We are also showing several novelties iu
SUMMER WEAR,
which are delightfully cool find of the stylflO
and fabrics used In fashionanlo centres. Wi
will consider it a pleasure to show any one
through our stuck.
A. FALK k SON.
COTTON BKBD WANTED.
TO PRODUCERS AND SHIPPERS
OF
COTTON SEED.
r pHE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY
1 will lx- ready to buy Cotton Seed by Sept.
Ist. 1887, anil will want it shipped to our Mills at
Atlanta and Savannah. Ga.. anil Columbia,
K. C., whichever city is nearest to you, by rail
road.
Mr. C. FITZSIMONS is our Traveling Agent,
and w ill take part in discussions os to the rela
tive value of ( oium Seed and Cotton Seed Meal
at any agricultural meetings, if they desire it.
We consider this important, as there are
many err one. ms ideas about buying, selling and
exchanging Seed for Meal.
Address alt communications to SOUTHERN
COTTON oil. COMPANY, and send your post
office address to the mill that is nearest you, if
you wish us to quote you prices.
We ask shippers to rememlier that jt is the
erection of oui Mills that will give you better
prices this yea r, and ask your support in return.
We refer you to the hanks In the above cities
for our financial responsibility.
SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY.
P. S. OLIVER BROS, beg to Inform shippers
that they have no connection with the “Oliver
Oil Company" Mills nt Columbia, 8. C.. and
C-urlotte, N. C. Although these Mills will -in
under the name of “Oliver Oil Companies,"
they are owned by the AMERICAN COTTON
OIL TRUST.
Hhipiiers wishing to deal with the OLIVER
BROS, will phase Ship toSOUTHERNCOTTON
OIL COMPANY MILLS.
i)LIVER BROTHERS,
Former Owners Oliver Oil Company Mills.
1 it UI l.
PEACHESf
Received in large quanti
ties daily. In packages to
suit all buyers.
For Sale Very Cheap
a. ii. CHAMPION.