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CROOKEDNESS ALLEGED.
GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST TREAS
URER DANIEL, R. KENNEDY
The Stockholders of the Jaeper Mu
tual Loan Association Meet and Dis
cuss the Situation—Kennedy Denies
that He Stole, But Admits that He
Used the Money—The Amount of the
Deficit Not Known
Avery excited meeting of the stock
holders of the Jasper Mutual Loan Associa
tion was held at the Secretary’s cilice last
night, the rumored defalcation of Treasurer
Daniel R. Kennedy being the loadstone to
the anxious stockholders. Some twenty
five had assembled when Director J. S.
Wood called the meeting to order.
A fever of restlessness prevail
ed but they managed to restrain
it till the ordinary business was transacted.
All were on the ijiii fire when finally Mr.
J. ft. Wood arose and, in a grave voice,
said he had bad news for the members. He
then gave the following information.
About a month ago, from some feeling of
insecurity regarding the treasurer's work,
be inserted the following “want” in the
Morning News:
AII*ANTED. Loan Association stock. Call
* 1 during forenoon at our office, ”4 Bay
atreet. J. 8. WOOD & BKO.
A STATEMENT DEMANDED.
He received n few answers to this, and
wa enable,! to ascertain that certain parties
thought they owned more stock than was
credited to them. To determine who were
the stockholders he then asked for such a
statement from Kennedy. Failing to get
it in a day or two he renewed the request,
and then not securing it Secretary Woolen
served a written order on him to make out
a full list of ail the stockholders
and their standing. This he promised to
do, but put it off from day to day. Final
ly’ Mr. Wood went to his otliee and was told
that Kennedy was m the country. After
ward he found nut that Kennedy had been
to Baltimore. These delays caused their
suspicions to increase, and they finally de
manded his resignation, which was given,
and Mr. Charles N. Wood was appointed in
his place. The following circular was then
sent out, which attracts I some attention at
the time and caused some of the members
of the association to fee! somewhat agitated
over their prosjiective gains:
THE AGITATING CIRCULAR.
Jasfer Mutual Loan Association, I
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 4, 1887. f
Dear Sin—l have the honor to inform you
that 1 have this day tmen elected Treasurer of
the Jasper Mutual Loan Association to till the
vacancy occasioned bv the retirement of Mr.
L> K Kennedy, late Treasurer. The Board of
Directors instruct me to inform you that ihose
sections of the constitution and by-laws relating
to payment of dues and the penalty of fines and
i.vterest. no- to lx* rigidly enforced hereafter
Th* v further instruct me to report at the next
meeting, Friday evening, Aug 12, the names of
all delinquents, to the end that such accounts
m v lie turned over to the solicitor for collec
t.Oll
Thpy further instruct me to savthat hereafter
all dues to this association must be paid to me
at the office of •/. N. Wood A: Cos.. 74 Bay street,
on Monday forenoon next preceding the monthly
meeting of this association.
Please bring all receipts for previous pay
ments for inspection next Monday. Very re
spectfully yours.
Charles S. Wood, Treasurer.
NO ACCOUNTS KEPT.
The new treasurer then demanded the
books, which were turned over without
trouble. They were found iu a territde
plight, no work having been done on them
since Jan. 1 last. Mr. J. S. Wood then be
gan the examination, and for the last ten
days has been engaged upon it. To go over
all the numberless accounts was a vast
work, but it was partially done,
and the report he had to give
was the result of his lalxirs
The stock hook was all right and the cash
in bank seemod to agree with the balances
of cash and cheek Ixxiks. In looking over
these matters other things attracted his
attention and new clues were developed.
Receipts were shown him for interest paid
on advanced payments, but no credit for
such payments oould be found. Altogether
he discovered about SIO,OOO of these [iay
meute that they thought Kennedy luid
stolen.
A NEATLY CONTRIVED SYSTEM.
AVhileon this search he stumbled on another
plan of Kennedy’s, so tie reported, which
showed a carefully contrived system of
fraud. All the shares of a loan association
on which loans liave lieen made are called
“cancelled” stock, to distinguish it from
those on which no loans have been made.
Kennedy’s plan, as Mr. Wood explained,
was this: Some member would lie
desirous of borrowing more money
than his ownership of shares
would allow. He would then go to Kennedy
und ask him ulmut buying, ami he would
fix a price a trifle lower than the ruling rute
and agree to buy them for him. The pro
spective borrower would then go to tho
meeting and in the amount his full stock
would entitle him to. Then going to the
solicitor of the association his securities
were examined, and, if found correct, lutssed
upon and a draft given him on the Treasurer
for the amount due him. Ho then went to
the Treasurer, who deducted the price of his
supposed purchase from the amount and
gave him his private check for the differ
ence, pocketing the amount charged for the
“invisible” now stock he (Kennedy) had
promised to purchase.
HOW THE SCHEME WORKED.
As tip* borrowers gave their stock over to
the Treasurer to cancel when they secured
the money, they never asked to see the stock
be was supposed to have bought
for them. thus allowing tho
swindle to be perpetrated for a long while.
For instance, if a borrower hod $ll5O net
ooming to him, and he had agreed to pay
Kennedy $250, say for new stock, he re
ceived s4iXl, the alert Treasurer picketing
the neat trifle of $250. As the certificates
were all kept by the Treasurer, it is easy to
see how this could tie done. In this way, it
is claimed, he “issued” or received
pny for fifty-nine alleged shares,
at a loss to the association of
some $lB,OOO. Bs*H;di“s this they claim lie
borrowed some SI4,tXX) net from the asso
ciation on his twenty four share* of stock,
and that he never jmid any installments
thereon, being now greatly iii arrears. The
report concluded by having that all the
books were in a great tangle and though
that was all found so lar, yet there might
be other leaks discovered lieforo the commit
tee was through with them.
A MOTION TO PROHKCL’TK.
A long drawn sigh was heard when the
report was concluded, nn 1 a dozen spoke at
once. mUd| ft* dated i re purling the def
icit, which the Chairman patiently and
fully gave. To nu*>t this deficit they had
his two houses on Ferry street, worth SI2, (XX)
or SIS,(XXI, now already mortgaged to the
association und Kennedy's shares and the
salary due him. The bailatvc due by Mill
was thought to be from $lO,OOO to $17,1X)0.
On motion it was decide I that the directors
should employ an expert to go over the
book* of the association from the beginning
and rep ut fully.
Boon thereafter Mr. G. O. Fenton threw a
bombshell on the floor by a motion to prose
cute Kenned\ and compel him to make
restitution. Jdr. F. G. Miller jumps! up
and said no, in emphatic terms. lie tie n
raid Kennedy wus willing to do
all In his power to undo tiie wrong lie
had done, and was willing to surrender
every cant and help the association straight
en matters. He depicted the young mail's
struggle* anil trials and sir ike sarcastically
of the great work accomplished by the com
mittee who investigated bis accounts la*t
year.
THE DIRECTORS EXCORIATED.
“The directors,” he said, “are us much to
blame a* Kennedy.” [“Arrest and prose
cute theni,” a voice remarked sotto
voos.J “They left the certificates
in his poHsemion uud left tho
door wide open. I don’t wish to excuse
TCens-wly, but oolv desire to cell St f ”nt’c
to the carelessness of the directors regard
ing their work, as shown by the report
tnaile to-night. If certainly is a pretty bad
showing for them that this could be going
on for six months or over, and they not tw
come cognizant of it.” The
language was quite warm at
times, mid Mr. Miller was interrupted
frequently a number of the members taking
port and all speaking of the general loose
ness that characterized the so-called exami
nations. It was finally decided to leave the
matter in the Hands of the directors, it be
ing understood that Kennedy gave up all
his property and assisted the investigating
committee in getting matters into shape.
It was decide* 1 to have a stockhold
er's meeting at Metropolitan Hall, as soon
as tin* export's report was ready. After
] some further business the stockholders’
' meeting adjourned, a meeting of the direc
j tors being liehl immediately after.
WHAT KENNEDY SAYS.
Mr. Kennedy was seen early in the even
ing, but not having heard of the full
charges against him he had little
to say then, simply denying nil the
I allegations. After the meeting of the
i stockholders he was visited again. He was
then in a very excited condition and com
pletely prostrated. A physician had been
railed in and Mr. Kennedy was lving on a
cane sofa with ice bandaged on Ids nead.
He very pleasantly responded to the re
porter’s greeting, and asked what charges
had been brought against him He was told
and it excited him greatly, so much so
as to interfere with a coherent
statement, He was questioned regarding
the several charges made, but his mind was
not in a condition to reply calmly or ration
ally. He said he was the victim of mis
placed confidence and was not as black as
bis enemies painted him. In regard to the
fifty-nine illegally issued shares he claimed
the Association “owed” for nineteen and be
for forty of them. When asked if he had
taken £IO,OOO of advance installments, he
exclaimed with strong emphasis, “No, not
a cent! I swear to God I never got a cent
of it.”
HE MAKES A CONFESSION.
Regarding his jiosition, he finally admitted
“using” the monev paid in for the extra
shares, and said, in extenuation, that a
former business associate lind robbed him
outright and nearly ruined him. He had
to meet the paper endorsed by his
partner, and in his endeavor to
honorably pay off these debts, he was led
into “borrowing” from the association’s
funds. He was “hard up,” “but if things
hat! been kept quiet I would have come out
oil right,” said he. He said he desired to
settle up and had ulready assigned a house
oil Berrien street, valued at $2,5(X),
to the association. Continuing, he
said his two houses on Perry street
and his stock would fully settle up oil
claims if he was treated fairly. Contra
dicting the statement that he hail paid noth
ing on his shares, he said he had paid $12,000
and the books would show it. Further, re
garding the condition of tlte books, he said
lie only made an annual statement, and
there was no need of posting the books till
then.
M r. Kennedy was very much wrought up
over the matter, and his statement wan not
ns concise and clear as desired. He seems
to think, in his present state of mind, that
he is a victim of misplaced friendship, and
inveighs harshly against several whom he
says ure trying to “down him.” The busi
ness prominence of Mr. Kennedy and tho
nature of the case made it the talk of the
town last night.
HIS FIRST FALSE STEP.
Mr. Kennedy is a native of this city, and
liy close at tent ion to business worker! him
self up to a good position In business circles.
He has ahva-s teen regarded as the soul of
honor, and his life up to this time has been
most exemplary. He was exceedingly in
dustrials and energetic, but he has had
some unfortunate business connections,
which are supposed to be the indirect cause
of cramping him financially and which led
him to the questionable means of
bridging over Ins shortage in funds by
abusing the trust reposed in him. Those
who know him best were loath to believe the
reports about him until it was officially
stated that he acknowledged that he had
made use of his position to give the receipts
of the Loan Association for money which he
put in his pocket. The amount of the deficit
is not yet |>oitively ascertained, hut ap
parently his friends figure it up in the
neighborhood of SIO,(XX). His bondsmen
are J. H. Est.il! $l,OOO, AY. B. Mell $1,500,
J. B. Howard $2,500.
THE ASSOCIATION’S OFFICERS.
The Jasper Mutual 1 s win Association was
organized in 1882, with P. A\ r . Meldrim,
Esu., President; D. R. Kennedy, Treasurer,
amt -I. E. AV'ooten, Esq., Secretary. Charles
S. AVood is now Secretary, and the direc
tors are J. S. AVood, J. C. Rowland,
Herman Mvers, George Turner, R. B. Rep
purd and Titos. Daniels. It is probable that
the future business of the association will
be conducted on strictly business principles,
and that the rejiorts will all lie made
promptly and fully.
The following notice was also ordered in
serted in this morning's paper:
All stockholders in the Jasper Mutual Loan
Association holding ttucanceled stock are di
rected to present their scrip to me at the office
of ,1. S. Wood A Bro., 74 Bay street, for regis
tration. By order of the Board of Directors.
CHAS. 8. WOOD, Treasurer.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. IT, 1887.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reoorters.
An excursion train will leave the city for
Augusta at 8:20 o’clock on the Central rail
road. These excursions have become very
popular, and lieing both cheap and pleasant
they are well patronized.
At a meeting of the State’ convention of
tlie Ancient Order of Hibernians held here
last night, the following officers were elected.
State Delegate, William F. Curry; State
Secretary, T. J. O'Brien; State Treasurer,
J. O'Brien.
At tho Churches Sunday.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the
Ascension, W. S. Bowman, D. I)., pistor.—
Divine service to-morrow at 11 a. m. and
8 p. m. Sabbath school at 4 p. in. All are
invited.
AVosloy Monumental Church. Abereorn
and Gordon streets. Rev. A. M. Wynn, pastor
—Class meeting at 10 a. in. Preaching at
11 a. m. and at 8 p, m. by the pastor. Sub
ject in the morning. “Thy Kingdom Come;”
at night, • ‘Young Men of the Bible,” con
tinued. Sunday school at 5 p.m. General
prayer meeting on Wednesday night.
Young Men's meeting on Friday night.
Baptist Church.—Preaching by the pastor
at 11 a. m. Congregational prayer meeting
at 8:15 p.m. Sunday school ut 4:110 p. m.
A cordial invitation to all.
Independent Presbyterian Church.—Morn
ing service at 11 o'clock. Seats fine and
cordial invitation extended. Sunday school
at 5:80 o’clock No service at night. The
UMtal prayer meeting service at 5:30 o'clock
Thtirenay afternoon.
Gospel meeting, Young Men's Christian
Association, for men only, Sunday ufter
noon from 3:15 to 4:15.
Tho Game To Day.
Tho Amateurs and Plnrnix will cross bats
this afternoon ut Base Ball Park. The
Plncnix nine is eompisod of the Bay street
club and tho infield ot Athens’ oraok college
team The Athens boys will strengthen the
Buy Street* and make it a formidable club
to meet.
Delicate jiersons, und all whose system
have become debilitated, should bear in
] mind that Simmons Liver Regulator is not
i a drustic, purging medicine, doei not weaken
• or deplete the system as other purgatives do,
I but acts gently. It will invigorate like a
I glass of wine, but i no intoxicating bever
[ age to loud to lutemperauce; will promote
digestion, dissipate headache, and generally
tone up the system.
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, of Ga., says:
“Simmon* Liver Regulator is mild and
o’:* *s i ’t-'r tlvm more active remedies.”
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1887.
THE FLOOD SUBSIDING.
WHAT THE PLANTERS THINK OF
THE SITUATION.
The Outlook for a Second Crop Very
Unfavorable—But Little Chance of
Saving What is in the Fields—An In
teresting Letter from Mr. J. B. Hey
ward on the Subject.
Mr. Joseph C'iay stated yesterday after
noon that the water had fallen six inches at
his place. His banks had been greatly
strengthened, and he thought they were all
sufficiently strong now to resist the present
flood and the expected freshet. He was en
deavoring to procure some more bags here
for the purpose of filling them with dirt,
and placing them on the weaker portions of
his hanks, but he said the market seemed
high and the supply scan*. There has been a
great demand the last few days, and the sup
ply pretty well exhausted. Mr. Henry Taylor
was seen in the afternoon and asked regard
ing the situation up the river, prospects,
“AVell,” said he, with a smile, “I
don’t see that there is much to add to the
Morning News’ very complete account.
It gave the exact state of affairs. The
situation is a very dismal one, certainly,
and the planters generally look on the
worst side. We hope that a little may he
saved, but that is a hope almost against our
convictions. We never had such an expe
rience before and no one knows
the amount of damage it will
cause. Rice is a very hardy plant,
but it is very doubtful if
it will come through this and the coming
freshet with any life in it. The very hour
that rice is under water, when in the later
stages, its becomes damaged and the longer
it is submerged the more damage is caused.
So you see there dosn’t seem much hope for
saving any portion of the crop. As for the
second crop, when the water subsides, the
iong rice stalks will fall down and
he mixed up in one inextricable tangle,
and it is a question in my
mind whether or no the second growth
would sprout and grow under such circum
stances. After the usual rice harvest a
second crop starts up but then the field is
all open and clean and the young growth
has a chance to live. Therefore, while I
hope for the l>est, I really consider the crop
a total loss. And on ton of that comes the
repair item, which will amount to a con
siderable sum if the river keeps tearing our
banks away much longer.”
The following letter from Mr. James B.
Heyward gives some very interesting infor
mation concerning the flood:
Ano VLB Island, Aug. 12, Noon.
I hope that the immense interests at stake
in the Savannah river bottoms
wid tie sufficient apology for writing
you a few lines about this and other
freshets. This is our fifth day of submersion.
As usual in freshets of thirty feet and over the
highest point at my house is reached on the
ninth day, beginning to count from the time the
river reaches t wenty-five feet at Augusta. As
usual also, it continued to rise three days, then
commenced to fall, t'p to date it has fallen ten
inches. So far, then, the behavior of this de
structive bod}’ of water has been
iu no way unlike other such bodies
beyond the fact that the highest
IKiint reached was seventeen inches higher
than that of either of the other thirteen fresh
ets that I have seen cover this plantation. The
latest period of the season that I have ever wit
nessed the submersion of the rice plant as long
as seven days was by the freshet of July 10, 1656.
All planters know that my ‘‘old rice” must have
ln-en in the‘‘hollow joint." I savod fifty acres
of that crop, and it yielded thirty bushels of
good rice per acre. It may be pertinent just
here to state that that fifty acres had beeu sub
merged for eight ilavs in April, again for ten
days in June, and for the third time for seven
days in July. With all this, twenty-five days of
complete, but not consecutive, submersion, I do
not think that the harvest was retarded over
twenty days. The balance of my crop was a
total loss from other causes, but the outcome
of this fifty acres proved to my mind the im
mense vitality of the rice plant upon land suf
ficiently fertile to develope its recuperative
powers.
It is with this experience that I venture the
opinion that the young rice may be saved. I
have carefully examined mine to-day, and it is
full of life vet. My old rice is commencing to
sprout, so that of this three-fourths of my crop
the only hope Is for it to form anew head.
This is possible. James B. Heyward.
Local Personal.
Mr. AV. H. McCloud left yesterday for
New York via the Central.
Mr. F. X. Douglass and wife left for Ashe
ville via tho Charleston and Savannah.
D. B. Hull, Esq., was among the passen
gers who arrived yesterday on the steam
ship City of Savannah from New York.
Mr. C. I). Owens, traffic manager of the
Savannah, Florida and AVestern, startedfor
New York on the Atlantic Coast Line.
Mrs. Neal, the mother of Jim Neal, the
actor, left for New York, accompanied by
her son and daughter, on the Old Dominion
line.
Among the passengers on the steamship
Naeoochee, which sailed yesterday for New
York, were Messrs. C. D. Owens and AV. F.
Shellmau.
Mr. H. L. Schreiner returned yesterday
from Europe, where he hits been since last
April. Ho attended the great Leipsic fair,
where the manufacturers of continental
Europe gather annually and take orders for
their goods.
Maj. John It. Tebeau, County Surveyor,
who was sunstruck last May while attend
ing to his duty in making surveys for the
county map, and who has lieen confined to
his home in Springfield since that time, was
in town yesterday.
Mr Frank M. Readiek, a member of the
Ford Dramatic Association, has gone to
Ijeavemvorth to join the Eunice Goodrich
Dramatic Company, which has been playing
in the A Vest since last August, during which
time it has never closed.
K. P. Hamilton, Esq., returned yesterday
from a trip North, which embraced Mon
treal, Niagara Falls, AA'hite Mountains,
Saratoga, and other places of interest. He
left Mr. Hamilton, his eldest son, and his
two daughters, who accompanied him on
the trip, at Saratoga, whore they will spend
the summer.
Among the arrivals at the Screven House
were F. \\ r . Mitchell, Col. A. Proudfit, J.
Dunnenberg, J. H. Hertz, AV. J. Julian. J.
li. AVillianis, Macon, Ga; Daniel Mayer,
Albany : Charles E. Strauss, New York; J.
F. B. fllilhouse, Memphis; J. T. Hightower,
M. C. Carroway, Atlanta; J. N Cobh, Bal
timore; J. AVamut Adione, Boston; Mrs
Thomas Spalding, William C. AVylly,
Darien ; M. A. Fuller and wife, Jackson
ville; H. B. Felilhans, Louisville.
At tho Pulaski House were Charles Lewis,
S. li. Gate, D. J. MacFadyn, 1). C. Town
send,New York; F. X. Profurin, Columbus,
Ga.; 11. T. Johnson, E. M. Johnson, H, B.
Ermenger, R. H. Flanders, H. L. Schreiner,
Macon; \A. (’. Robinson, Mrs. C. H. Robin
son and child, Atlanta; Charles V. Gray,
Philadelphia; J. Carpenter, Richmond. Va.;
S. N. Thoiiipton, East Point, Fla.
At the Marshall House were AV. A. Pren
tice ami wife IngersoU, Conn.; Mis Lizzie
F. Smith, Miss M. M. Emitt, Richmond,
Ya.; B. L. Fill man, Jacksonville; AV. R.
Pittman, Tifton; S. C. Parker, St. Louis;
H. Schofield, Now York; J. P. Swindle,
Jesup; J. J. AVileox, Doetortown; L.
Strouse, Richmond, Va.; S. P. Settle, AVay
cross; Dr. J. A. A\'. Wegvforth, Quarantine
Station.
At the Harnett House were: H. G. Pow
ell, wife ami children, Valdosta; F. P. Lee,
Han dle; C. L. Simms, Boston; C. H. Frey
er, A. J. Hams'll, Atlanta; O. H. Tildan,
Gainesville, Fin.: J. H. Bone and wife, Lake
Weir. Fin.; Mrs Leech and two sons, To
ronto, Can.; T. P. Settle, Way cross; S. J.
Curtis, Beloit, \Vis.; E. W. Damhorst, A.
Renekwrt and son, St. Louis; C. F. Travis
and wife, AV. H. Parkinson, New London,
Conn.; J. E. AA’atsnn, Reading, Pa.
The Engadtne
Bouquet. Atkinson's new jierfume. This
superb e xt illa tion sweetly recalls fragrant
Swiss fl Bright jewels in u setting of
per ••• ■:
THE DARIEN SHORT LINE.
It i3 Being Pushed Forward Ener
getically.
Darien, Ga., Aug. 12.—For many years
past “railroad” has been a subject of con
versation in social and business circles in
Darien, and a railroad has been a much felt
need. Nothing definite, however, was done
in the matter pointing to its being built.
Home time during the summer of 1885, when
Mr. R K. Walker, one of our native citi
zens. having taken the matter in hand, ap
plied to the legislature of that year arid
secured a charter for the same. Having
done so ho began the work of developing
the scheme. The charter provided for
the course of the road—beginning at
Darien and intercepting the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway at some con
venient point, thence penetrating Liberty
for a considerable distance, and thence
northward through several counties to a
convenient point —Milieu, I believe. Mr.
Walker has devoted much personal time and
means to this enterprise and deserves great
credit in the matter. He is now in New
York city in the interest of his road, nego
tiating for money, sale of bonds, purchase
of iron, etc., and reports everything work
ing satisfactorily and well. Before leaving
here for the North, Mr. Walker put a force
of hands imnn the lino of survey between
here and WalthourvUle, the point on the Sa
vannah, Florida and Western selected, for
clearing the right of way and preparing for
the grading. Tins force has been kept busily
at work ever since, hut as yet only
a small force is at work. The distance
from Darien to Wnlthourville is nearly
forty miles. Exactly how much has been
graded and is now ready for ties I am not
in a position to say, hut from such sources
as I find at hand I understand about
eighteen miles have been graded. The grad
ing will be quickly completed, however, as
soon as Mr. Walker (the President of the
road) returns. The road is an’assured thing,
and we hope to see it running trains by
January next. It is unnecessary for me to
comment on the ail vantages this road will
give our people, the development of re
sources in Mclntosh it will bring, or the
safeness of the enterprise as a paying invest
ment. ,The importance of the pine timber
trade is too well known to need any com
ment, and as this road will pass through the
very heart of the pine forest region of the
State, that trade must, as a matter of
course, lie greatly increased and many other
valuable interests, heretofore dominant for
want of transporting facilities, will become
operative ana wealth productive, and by
means of this same road we anticipate the
forging of new links in the already long
chain of social relations which binds Darien
and Savannah so firmly now. R. W. G.
Games Yesterday.
At Indianapolis—
Indianapolis . . 1202 3 0 1 2 3—17
Pittsburg 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 I—s
Base hits—lndianapolis 22, Pittsburg 10. Errors
—lndianapolis 4, Pittsburg 7.
At St. Louis—
St. Ixmls 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0— S
Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0— 5
Base hits -St. Louis 13, Louisville 9. Errors
—St. Louis 3, Louisville 7.
At Baltimore — ***
Brooklyn 1 2 0 *2 1 0 0 0 0— 6
Baltimore 00 3 02100 1— 7
Base hits Baltimore 16, Brooklyn 16. Er
rors—Baltimore 5. Brooklyn 5.
At Staten Island-
Metropolitan 0 0 0 3 3 6
Athletics 0 4 0 0 3—7
Rain—Base hits—Metropolitan, 14, Athletics
9. Errors—Metropolitans o, Athletics 4,
At Cincinnati —
Cincinnati 1 0020000 0— 3
Cleveland 00000004 x— 4
Base hits—Cincinnati 11. Cleveland 5. Er
rors—Cincinnati 5, Cleveland 3.
Weather Indications.
I Special indications for Georgia:
FAIR Fair weather, light variable winds,
[stationary temperature.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah, Aug. 12, 1887, and tho mean of same day for
fifteen years.
Departure 1 Total
Mean Temperature ! from the Departure
— Mean Since
for 15 years Aug. 12, 'B*. i --or Jan. 1,1887.
30 0 ! 80.0 j 0.0 443.0
Comparative rainfall statement:
.. i, i. Departure Total
Amountfor !
16 Years. Aug. 12. ’87.1 _ M £"_ : jjg*.
3*6 : .00 1 .26 I -3.240
Maximum temperature 69.0, minimum tem
perature 69.0.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:33 o’clock p. m.yesteniay (Augusta time)
was 15 7 feet—a fail of 4.3 during the past
twenty-four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end
ing ti p. m., Aug. 12 1837. 75th Meridian
time.
Districts. j Average.
Max. Min. !Rain
itions. Temp Temp fall.
1. Wilmington | 11 94 70 .00
2. Charleston J 8 92 68 .00
3. Augusta. 12 92 66 00
4. Savannah 13 92 68 .00
5. Atlanta 13 92 66 00
6. Montgomery 0 92 68 00
7. Mobile 9 96 70 00
8. New Orleans 12 94 74 00
9. Galveston 21 94 74 03
10. Vicksburg 4 94 74 00
11. Little Rock 1 15 96 70 00
12. Memphis 19 98 70 00
Averages | | |
Observations talent at the same moment
of time at all stations.
Savannah, Aug. ML 5:66 n. M.. city time.
Temperature.
Direction. \ j;
Velocity. P
Rainfall.
Name
or
Stations.
Portland 64 N Clear.
Boston 68 N Clear.
Block Island '6 NAV Fair.
New York city . .. 72 N Clear.
Philadelphia I 74] N I Clear.
Detroit 6V E Clear.
Fort Buford fiii IV OS Hai ling.
S! Vincent. 64 S E Fair.
Washington city.. SO N Cloudy.
Norfolk H 6 S W Clear.
Charlotte HO M W Clear.
Hatteras ] 78SAV 12|.... Clear
Titusville. ! 7s N E 6 . (Hear.
Wilmington 78 AV Clear.
Charleston St) S AV Clear.
Augusta So . clear.
Savannah 7H s o clear.
Jacksomdto ; 76 E .. i.... Clear.
Cedar Keys H 2 E 8,.... Clear.
Key West
Atlanta Hit NW Clear.
Pensacola Ho \V ..(.... Clear.
Mobile HO 6 W Clear.
Montgomery So S Clear.
Vicksburg ...| 81 .. Clear.
New Orleans ... HO 8 b 0 .... Clear,
Shreveport Ht 8 Clear.
Fort Smith 88 s I . . . Clear.
Galveston j 82 K Clear.
Corpus Christ i. . 81 K 8 (Tear.
Palestine I 80 8 lit! Clear
Brownesvillo 7(1 E 8 It.’lear.
RloUmndo 8i 8 E clear.
Knoxville Nil 8] . Clear.
Memphis M ' Tear.
Nashville 86 i . !Foir.
Indianapolis. 7:: N E ~ Clear.
Cincinnati. ... H 4 N E I . Clear.
Pittsburg. 70 N'V Clear.
Buffalo 01 N ...Clear.
Cleveland 70 N E . (Tear.
Marquette o>’ W . . Clear.
Chicago 60 N E Clear.
Duluth 62 E | I Ojt ilainlng.
Bt. Paul O' E l Cloudy.
I taveiiport i 74 E ...... Clear.
Cairo 76 N ~ .28 Cloudy.
St. Ixiois : 82 N E .! ... Clear.
Leavenworth.. . TVS EL.].... Clear.
Omaha 78 8 Cloudy.
Yankton I 61 E I. .66,Fair.
Bismarck I 52 8 Clear.
Dendtvood. I ;.. j
Cheyenne 018 E | Fair.
North Platte TV 8 E 'Fair.
Dodge City. flh 8 Fair.
Santa Fe 64 8 W Clear.
G. N. Salisbury Signal Corpn. U.S. Army.
For a good artie r .■ Flour buy Strauss
Bros’b'n vl , : . t-d street..
SWIMMING.
How People Should be Taught to Imi
tate the Frog.
“How is swimming taught?’ asked a
Brooklyn Eayle writer of an instructor in
that useful art. .
“By going in the water with them, take
the little ones on your back, and amuse
them in different ways. After awhilo they
get to like it, and, having full confidence in
t heir protector, they do as they are told.
The leg motion is the first thing to teach,
and afterward they should be instructed in
the use of their arms. They should be held
by putting one hand on their breast and the
other on their back. This does not interfere
with their arms in any way, arid, having
full sense of security, they commence to
make strokes, and finding themselves success
ful the balance is easy The action of the
frog is neither handsome nor quick, and
I disagree with some of the authorities who
recommend it. because to me it is not de
sirable. Children from 5 years of age up
ward should be taught to propel themselves
through the water with one hand only, or
one foot, or with both hands or feet alone.
This knowledge is extremely useful in case
of cramps, for the limb that is attacked can
be rested, while its mate will bring the swim
mer safe to shore, where a vigorous rubbing
of the muscles will make matters all right.
Delicate women who are advised by physi
cians to learn the art of swimming, become
fatigued at first, but after swimming awhile
they can make the element subject to their
will, and when once under their control
the accomplishment will never tie forgotten.
In proof of this assertion, it may be said
that a Miss Wright, who is a near relative
of Miss Booth, of Harper's Weekly, was
taught by her father to float when a child.
For many years the lady did not enter the
water, and it might be supposed she would
forget how to rest upon its surface, but she
did not, as upon a very dark night, when
walking a plank from one steamboat to an
other on the Mississippi river, she slipped and
fell into twelve feet of water. The young
lady could not swim a stroke, but with great
presence of mind, she turned on her back
and remained motionless while floating for
one hour, and was rescued after a painful
suspense on the part of her friends. A num
ber of instances of this kind, where a knowl
edge of floating, even by those who could
not swim, saved their lives, could be related,
and it can be said, without fear of success
ful contradiction, that if the women on the
Mystery knew how to float, every one of
them would have been saved and there
would not have been so many desolate
homes to-day?’
“How long will it take to make a pupil a
good swimmer!”
“That depends entirely on the age of the
person whom the teacher has to deal with.
A grown man or woman can be taught in
four lessons to take care ot themselves in
the water, but with children it is different.
Their confidence must first be won by kind
ness, and after they gain faith in them
selves there will be no further trouble.
Grammai', geography and other necessary
school exercises are good in their way, but
no matter how well verted a person may be
in all that makes the scholar, not a single
thing learned at school will save one’s life
when in danger, but a thorough knowledge
of swimming and floating will; therefore, I
repeat that the children in the public and
private schools should lie taught the art.”
“Are there any laws regulating the time
for bathing?”
“No person should enter the water less
than an hour before or two hours after eat
ing a hearty meal. Do not bathe while
feeling fatigued or in any way chilled. The
feet should never be allowed to become
cold before going in to swim, for in that
case one is liable to cramps. Do not stay
too long in the water.”
DRAWING FOR WOMEN.
Experience of a Woman in Gaining a
Beautiful Accomplishment.
From the Chicago Herald.
I can substantiate Ruskin’s argument
from actual experience. He tells us how he
has “never met with a person who could
not learn to draw,” and that no one “need
fear to be unable to get on for want of
special talent,” anil any one willing to give
these 150 hours of careful practice, “dispos
ing of them in whatever way convenient,
wul be able to draw faithfully whatever is
wished, and to have good judgment, up to
a certain point, of other people’s work.”
Good judgment! Think of the value to
any one, no matter what his or her pursuit,
in the world, of being a good art critic.
That alone is worth the time. You will
have to join no class, seek no master, need
not stay in a stuffy room to work, but may
sit out in the beautiful day, under some old
trees or shady veranda, only being strong
enough to plod on steadily at the work,
letting no dreamy accord with nature steal
over you. I have found such hours pass
more swiftly because a congenial
companion started with me in the
race, and that the momentslost by
the “wagging of our tongues” were
more than made up by the spirit of rivalry
which possessed us aiid the value of two
critical opinions. Wo learned of old that
“Two heads are better than one, though one
be a cabbage head.”
Can any other accomplishment Vie
obtained**! quickly and so pleasantly? In
Ruskin’s own words I reply: “To acquire
even ordinary command over the keys offa
piano it takes three or four years of
practice, giving three or four hours a day.”
Tlmt means two or three or four thousand
hours. I remember once lieing enticed by
an advertisement something like this:
“Guitar lessons given; sl2 a term; a tune
taught at every lesson.” I took the bait and
was taught twenty tune? in twenty lessons
for sl2. But it was one thing to lie taught
and another to learn. To have learned to
play rapidly and correctly those twenty
tunes in the ten weeks any person of ordi
nary ability must have practiced six hours a
day. As for me, I never learned the first
one really' well.
Stats
or
W rather.
Rough on Rats,”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ante,
bedbugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack rab
bits, sparrows, gophers. 15c. At druggists.
“Rough on Corns.”
Ask for A\ r ells’ “Rough on Corns.” Quick
relief, complete cure. Corns, warts, bun
ions. 15c.
"Rough on Itch.”
“Rough on Itch” cures skin humors, erup
tions, ring-worm, tatter, salt rheum, frosted
feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barber’s
itch. 50c. jars.
“Rough on Catarrh”
Corrects offensive odors at once. Complete
cure of worst chronic canes; also unequaled
as gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul
breath. 50c.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars for
Asheville.
Passengers for Asheville can secure berths
in through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
at Bren’s ticket office, No. 22 Bull street, or
at tho t icket office at the Savannah, Florida
and AVestorn railway passenger station.
Trains for Asheville leave Savannah at
12:28 p. m , and arrive at. Asheville 7 a. m.
the next day.
Pullman Palace Bleeping Oars for
Atlanta.
The Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way and the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad have put on Pullman Pal
ace Sleeping Cars between Savannah and
Atlanta. Berths can be secured at Bren’s
ticket office, No. 22 Bull street, or at the
ticket office at the Savannah, Florida and
AVest.cn railway passenger station. Trains
leave Savannah at 7:35 p. m., and arrive at
Atlanta f :20 a. in. the next day.
Removal.
The Famous Note York Clothing House
has removed to 144 Congress, northeast cor
iv-i of AVI •a’:r ■‘.■■•vt.
Charleston Newsographs.
The work on the new engine houses has
ceased for the want of bricks. The brick
yard in Augusta, which furnishes the bricks,
is said to be under water.
Edward Mitchell, a white man about 35
years of age, who has been tramping around
the citv for sometime, was run over and
killed by an engine on the South Carolina
railway shortly after 12 o'clock Wednesday
night.
The annual meeting of the trustees of the
German Academy, of which Prof. Berg
niann is the principal, was held Wednesday
afternoon. The reports showed that the
school is in a flourishing condition. This is
the only German high school in the South.
The water of the old artesian well in
Wentworth street has l>eeu turned into the
“pagoda” now situated between the two
new engine houses, and rheumatic and dys
peptic citizens who have faith in its cura
tive powers can fill their demijohns without
trouble.
The Charleston club left for Charlotte
Wednesday morning, but will just be able
to play two games with the North Caro
linians, .is, according to the new schedule,
they will have to open the next series at
Birmingham on the loth. It was decided
by the meeting to play two more series, one
of four games in each city and the other of
three games, which will extend the season
to Oct. 10.
Contents of the August Number of the
Architects’ and Builders’ Edition
of the Scientific American.
Mud Architecture in Persia, Artificial
Asphalt, Basswood, Improved Bevel, Blis
tering, Temporary Bridges, A Confec
tioner’s Building, A Woodjiecker’s Sugar
Bush, Selection of Carved Work from the
New Hotel de Ville Paris, How Lamp Chim
neys Are Made, Laddering a Tall Chimney,
Seven-foot-four Circulars, The Cogswell
Polytechnic College, San Francisco; Conti
nental Cottage, The Tomb of Col. Herbin
ger. Mont Parmasse Cemetery, Paris; The
College of the City of New York, Plumbers’
Trap, Naval Architecture During the Last
Half Century, Cottages at Moderate Cost,
The Largest Vase in the World, The Court
House and Post Office at Montpelier, Vt., A
$1,200 House, Decorations for Bedrooms,
Decorations for the Household, $4,500
Dwellings, Best Effects on Paper, Engine
Room at Ferguslie Mills, Paisley; National
Agricultural Exposition, Marble Design for
a Fireplace, Ancient and Modern Floors
and Ceilings, Hydrofuge Floors, An Ameri
can Gift Jubilee, Stained Glass, Window
Glass, $1,200 Double House, English Double
House, House in New York, An English
Laundry, Carnegie Free Library, Passenger
Lift for the Eiffel Tower, Apparatus for
Testing Lime and Cement, Staining Marble,
Home of Milton, Painted Plate Glass Mir
rors, Notes and Queries, About Kerosene Oil,
Adamant Wail Plaster, A Waterproofing
Process for Stone, The Chinese Wall, A
$4,000 Residence at Flushing, N. Y., Sand
on Plaster, Portable Scaffolding, Slate
Roofing, One Safe Theatre, Tyrotoxieon,
An Austrian Villa, A French Villa at Eng
hienles-Baines, France, How to Increase
Your Wages, Good Water Promotes Good
Health, Staining and Finishing Common
Woods. Price 25c. For Sale at Estill’s
News Depot, 28 Bull street.
The President
Has not decided to come to Savannah, but
all the housekeepers have decided that the
Mutual Co-operative Association is the
place to buy the best goods at the lowest
market prices. Give us a call and compare
our goods and prices before buying else
where. J. R. AVithington, Agent.
Personal.
Mr. B. H. Levy, the well-known senior
of the firm of B. H. Levy & Bro., was
heartily greeted yesterday by his numerous
friends on his return from Europe, after an
absence of several months. Mr. Levy not
only derived great benefit from his vaca
tion, but also embraced the opportunity oi
purchasing a large stock of the latest foreign
novelties in Gents' Clothing in the principal
European markets, which will shortly be
spread before his customers and the public.
Reduced Prices on White Shirts.
In moving we find that we have an over
stock of White Shirts, sizes from It'd 7 to 18,
therefore have reduced them in price to
clear out. A good opportunity for large
men at the Famous, removed to the north
east corner of Congress and Whitaker
streets.
It is Fatiguing.
You can generally size a man up by the
fit of his clothes, and if there is anything
that will make one tired, oh! so tired, it is
the sight of a man wliose garments hang on
him like “a skirt on a handspike.” Nothing
is easier than to get decently fitted—if yon
will only go to the right place. AVe make a
specialty of correct fits; in lact, our reputa
tion depends on it, and we would rather
lose a sale than send out into the world n
suit that would bring us into ridicule. AVe
are getting ready for our fall and winter
stock, and will positively sacrifice, every ar
ticle of summer wear henceforth.
The high-class clothing Underwear,
Neckwear, Hosiery anil Gents’ Furnishings
—handled by us must cro at buyers’ figures
AVe liave made up our minds to lose—as we
always do at the end of the season—and will
pocket our losses gracefully.
B. H. Levy & Bro.,
Itil Congress street.
Toilet Soaps! Toilet Soap3l
We have some unprecedented bargains.
Strauss Bros’, 22 and 22>j Barnard street.
Removal.
The Famous New’ York Clothing House
has removed to 144 Congress, northeast cor
ner of AVhitaker street.
Best Butter 2>e per pound; Cooking But
ter 20c. per pound. Strauss Bros’, 22 and
22,Vj Barnard street.
Removal.
The Famous New York Clothing House
has removed to 14-1 Congress, northeast cor
ner of AVhitaker street.
Homo Again.
Bad: into our old quarters, and it feels
like home. We’ve been pent up long enough
and feel like spreading ourselves. Come
nud see us; wo have a regular palace, and
looks ns neat as a pin. AVe’ve prepared our
selves for this move with new and attractive
goods and are ready for business. We shall
endeavor to retain the confidence our friends
and iiatrons liave placed in us for selling
only the finest grades of Watches, Jewelry,
Silverware, etc., of which we have an at
tractive assortment. AVo always carry the
largest line of first water Diamonds iii the
State- M. Sternberg,
157 Broughton street.
$5 Boys’ Suits Reduced to $2 50.
In moving to the northeast corner Con
gress and AVhitaker streets, we have laid
one side, to clear out, 100 Boy’s Knit*, every
one of them costing $5 and over, liave re
duced them down to $2 50 per suit. Como
and look at them at the Famous.
Hams and Strips at lowest market prices.
Strauss Bros’, 22 and 22 Barnard street.
Notwithstanding the warm weather
Strauss Bros’, 22 and 22J* Barnard street,
are still to the front and offering groceries
at lock-bottom prices. Purchasers will
do well to give them a call. Goods de
livered promptly.
At the Barnett House, Savannah, Ga.,
vou get all the comfort', of tho high-priced
ho els, and save from $1 to $2 per day. Try
it and be convinced.—Boston Home Jour
nal
For good value in Teas mid Coffees go to
Strauss Bros’, 22 and 2: _
BI DDEN <fc BATES S. M. H.
FOR THE ASKI NG
YI”HII.E OUR TEMPLE OF MUSIC AND
A ART proves a satisfaction to us in every
"■ay that a well regulated business venture can
to those who are interested, we desire that the
public fully know what can be obtained from
our immense stock. Those who ask, or even
read as they run. know that we sell all goods
offered at prices which compete with the oldest
and best known houses in the United States.
Rut as many of our friends greet us with the
expression: “That they have for years bought
our Pianos, Organs, Musical Instruments, Band
Music, Music Rooks and Bheet Music of you
but I did not know you now dealt in so many
pretty and useful articles.” Now that the go,*!
people living outside, of Savannah might know
the glad tidings we have prepared extensive and
handsome Catalogues of our fourteen different
departments, and have sent them broadcast
throughout the length and breadth of the South
and to any who may have been slighted or any
who may desire a Catalogue of any of our
different departments we say, “for the asking
we will gladly furnish.” To those who reside in
Savannah we say come andfeoe us. You are
welcome, and we wilt do all in our power to
make your visit a pleasant and profitable one
Asa feature, we are at present engaged in a
special sale or Framed Pictures, this to enable
us to make room for new goods now on their
way. Among some of the new goods already
received our Ajuateur Photographer's outfit is
selling well ana very fair pictures can soon be
made by any 10-year-old child. Tissue Paper
seems to sell well, and wo have an immense
stoek and are selling retail at wholesale prices.
Our stock of fine Stationery continues to create
quite a breeze, and well it may, as no such as
sortment has ever been shown before in the
South. Another feature of our business which
seems to please the public is our cosy Waiting
Room in the front of our store. Our Sheet
Music customers especially find this a great con
venience, as the magnificent Pianos afford ample
and luxurious opportun.ty of trying new pieces,
and we never decline to show a customer just
how a piece sounds when they express a desire
to have us run it over for them. In fact, "for
the asking” we will do most any and every
thing that our customers can desire, excepting
sell for anything but cash ("excepting, of
course. Pianos and Organs, they can be bought
on easy terms”) and change our price, this
being impossible, as we always sell at the low
est prices known aud at one price to all. Try cs
L. & B. S. M. H.
CLOTHING.
OUR STOCK at all times containing the
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,
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS,
Bathing Suits,
House and Lounging Coats,
NEGLIGEE CAPS,
POJA M A S ,
And tho many little fixings which add so
materially to comfort and appearance during
an Outing.
We are also showing several novelties in
SUMMER WEAR,
which are delightfully cool and of the styles
and fabrics used in fashionable centres. We
will consider it a pleasure to show any one
through our stock.
A. FALK & SON.
FRUIT AND GROCERIES.
jTeTmt zrww.
Cabbages,
Potatoes,
Onions.
30,000 bushels CORN. 15,000 bushels OATS,
HAY, BRAN, GRITS, MEAL,
STOCK FEED.
Grain and Hay in carload a specialty.
COW PEAS, all varieties.
RUST PROOF OATS.
Our STOCK FEED is prepared with great care
and is just the thing for Horses and Mules in
this weather. Try it.
T. P. BOND & CO.,
155 Bay Street.
hyiujpT^
50 BARRELS CHOICE SYRUP JUST RE
CEIVED BY
C. M. GILBERT & CO.
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
STOVES.
Spear's Fire Place Heaters
And Hot Air Furnaces.
A\fE have placed these goods in a numher of
' dwellings, to the satisfaction of al) con
cerned,’ and can highly recommend them to our
friends. Confer with ns and get our estimate.
LOVELL & LATTIiORE,
HARDWARE AND STOVES,
SAVANNAH, - - GA,
m rp' n m
IlidiisCoolSk
AA/’E HAVE RECEIVED the agency for this
* * popular Stove (over 100,000 in use), and
hike pleasure in offering them to our customers'
It is heavy, durable, and took iirst prize at
Pennsylvania State Fair for baking. It has all
the latest improvements, including ventilated
oven.
CORNWELL & CHIPMAN,
Odd Fellows’ Building.
DAVIS BROS.
dialogue
FOR PRIVATE FAMILY.
A Persecuted Man; or, Too Much
Mother-in-law.
A Tragic Comedy for 1 Male and 1 Female.
Character**— Mr. Juniah Spriggins (son-in-law);
Mrs. Aminidab Mather (motuer-in law).
Scene I.—Sitting room; Mr. S. seated at table,
right; cuLr Mi’s Aminidab Mather, left, sleeves
rolled up. gr.i: ping business end of roiling pin.
Mrs. M. How now, Josiah, does ray daughter,
your wife. g*t the piano so long talked about,
or dots she not (wildly gesticulating with rolling
pin.)
Mr. S. My dear mother, do—
Mrs. M. ihastily interrupting)—Don’t you dare
to dear mother me; the same old story. Take
nn that lien there and order from DA>la
HHOS.’ Piano and Groan Dealers, Savannah.
Hu., any one of their elegant pianos; they sell
tin* Knahe. Ktanich & Bach, Bans and Estey
Pianos ami the Eatey Organs, for 1 saw em
there, and they sell em cheaper and on eawej
terms tlian anybtxly eiw*, 'cause I looked and
priced everywhere, and know what I’m chimin
about.
Mr. 8. Thmnks.ru do so now. I've been
thulkin' and wonderin’ who to order from, ana
I know any firm that you recommend ore all
O. K. lExit Mrs. M. with widespread smile of
contentment from ear to ear.)
Note by the Editor— Piano duly ordered aud
received: general satisfaction and contentna*n
• i hi* 111'lrV.