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RUIN AMONG THE GRAVES
FALSE SENTIMENT IN THE WAY OF
USING THE OLD CEMETERY.
How the Bill Pending in the Legisla
ture Was Railroaded Through the
Committee The Cemetery an Un
sightly Spot—Human Bones Exposed
to the Action of the Elements—The
Dead Uncared For by Their Rela
tions.
The Judiciary Committee of the House of
Representatives reported unfavorably upon
the bill to vest the title to the old cemetery
in the County Commissioners of Chatham
county, but have reconsidered their action
and heard an argument by Capt. Gordon,
the introducer of the bill. When the hill
was taken up by the committee arguments
were made in opposition by Hon. Phi! M.
Russell, a member of the com
mittee, and by Marion Erwin, Esq., as
attorney for certain citizens. The conunit
tee, however, failed to notify even Capt.
Gordon that it had heard arguments in op
position to the hill, and therefore no one ap
peared to advocate it, and as a consequence
an adverse report was unanimously
adopted. Capt. Gordon heard of this,
and requested the committee to recon
sider its action, and hear him. This
the committee did, and after he
had spoken Messrs. Russell and Erwin an
swered him. There is a good deal of
feeling here about the action of the commit
tee in this regard, and it is thought
that it should have heard both sides lie
fore coming to any decision upon the bill.
It is generally liel'ieved that if the Chatham
Representatives had been unanjinous there
would have been no trouble about passing
this bill, which meets with the approval of
nil the citizens of Savannah except a very
email number.
THE OPPOSITION DYING OUT.
If the bill should not pass, however, tho
objects of those who are looking to the ad
vancement of the city’s interests will not bo
defeated, for if the Legislature refuses to
give the property to the county it will re
main as it is now under the absolute control
of the city, and when the claim of Christ’s
church has been settled in court the city can
divert it, or such part of it as may be
awarded to it, if the claim of tho church is
sustained, to public uses. The city would
have joined tne county in the bill had
it not been that to do So a change
in the caption would have been necessary
and a delay of thirty days in advertising
would have lieen caused, hut in view of the
fact that the failure of the Legislature to
act will only establish more firmly the city’s
control of the property, the city’s failure to
join the county in advocating the bill is not
deemed to be of great importance.
The opposition to the utilization of the
property is vague and intangible. There
seems to be no one here who uptndy opposes
the measure. When it was taken up some
years ago there were some who did not fa
vor it, and they were known, but a gentle
man who is interested, said, yesterday, that
he could hear of no one now who connected
his own name with the opposition, ex
cept Mr. Russell. “This,” lie continued,
“is proof positive of the fact that the oppo
sition has almost died out. I know that
some people do not wish to have a public
building erected on a part of the lot, but
they feel that the cemetery will have to go,
and they are not disposed to come out
openly and oppose a measure that must in
evitably be won.”
FALSE SENTIMENT THE OBSTACLE.
Dr. AVilliam Duncan, who has lx sin work
ing in favor of the movement for some
time, was seen yesterday, and asked his
views on the subject. He said: “This senti
ment that is the ground for the opposition
is a false sentiment The old cemetery is
allowed to go to ruin, and those who are
loudest in their opposition take no eare
whatever of the graves of their dead. They
allow weed* to grow up over the whole
place, the vaults to go to ruin, and the
tomtetones to fall down, and they will do
nothing to keep the place in decent order.
The weeds arc cut down twice a year by the
city, but the city is not financially able to
take care of the place, and those who wish it
to remain untouched do not seem to care
enough about it to give it any attention.
The vaults are unoared for. and many of
them are in a most dilapidated condition.
Two of them have been given to me. Mrs.
(rood win gave me her’s, and the
Clinch vault has been given me.
The Goodwin vault ha* lieen
removed, and I will have the Clinch vault
removed. They are my prtvate property,
swl I can do as I please with them. If the
cemetery should be utilized walks would te
laid out through it and people would walk
on them, but not over the graves. No
streets would be laid out, but the place
svould be made lieautiful aud useful at the
same time.
WHO THE OPPONENTS ARE.
“But sentiment stands in the way. People
do not seem to realize that when the spirit
has left the body the person has departed.
There is no person lying in that cemetery.
Only the| bones are "left, and they might tie
moved and buried elsewhere. The cemetery
is used for the most horrible purposes, of
which the people generally know nothing,
and I am sure that it would be better
to have the remains moved to
a guarded spot than to have
such things going on about the ground in
which they are buried. Most of tlie bodies
ot people who havo living relatives have
been moved away* There arc very few
there now and they could easily be removed.
Some oppose the opening of the cemetery
tiecause they are not sure that they can find
the bones of their dead. I think these
people might at least withhold their op
jxisition until * they find out whether
they can or cannot find the bones. They
simply opjiose without making the effort to
learn whether there is reason for opposition.
False sentiment is at the bottom of it all.
and a good deal of the opfiosition comes
from people who wish to make it appear
t hat they are connected with the old fam
ilies of Savannah. Only the relations of the
old families were buried there and some
think that by opiiosing the bill
on the ground that they have
relations there they connect them
selves with these old families, but
I do not care almut that. In this country
one man is as good as another, oven if the
other can trace his family liack a little fur
tlier.and whether they be old families or new,
the dead have to make way for the living,
The progress of the city cannot te stopped
for the sake of the dead. 1 think that senti
inent in such a case as this is foolish. It is
a practical question, aud this sentiment
must be banished. ”
A SICKENING SPECTACLE.
A walk through the cemetery will show
what I)r. Duncan means when he says that
those who are opjiosing the measure take
no care of the place. A number of the
vaults have so decayed that the rain pours
in on the coffins that holds the I*hick of the
dead. Doors have fallen off and a glance
in shows rotted coffins anil human bones
fully exposed. One might carry uway the
Inmes or many of the dead, and their rela
tives would know nothing of it for the
vault* are never visited, nor i* any effort
made to decently cover up these lingering
rehiains that are seemingly cherished so
sacredly. It i* not generally known that
tlie wail doe* not encluse tte whole of the
cemetery. A part of South Broad street,
tetweeii A he room and HutershHin, is a jxir
tion of it, and the sidewalk on Atercorn wa*
"in* u |Mtrt <>f the burying ground. Many
of tte old vaults were on the ground
that is now South Broad struct,
and these grawm are driven over
and walked over by tte very |*-n*nis who
oppose the utilization of tte remaining part.
Tte son of an ex Governor of Georgia
I 'lilted Ut tte twill I'M of tte inters**TFai of
South Broad and A lief corn streets the otter
day and said that hi* fattier and mother
Were liunml there Tin- Wall
itself is isit *>f so. li am’lent liulldiiig
The tat* William If. Bull’*-}: took pleasure
n telling tew the Savannah ’ltsist.imi i !oe| I* ,
of which he was a member, contributed to
defraving the expense of building the wall
by giving theatrical entertainments. Only
a part of the cemetery was at that time in
closed, and that by a "wooden fence, and in
terment* were made anywhere in and about
the inclosure.
THE BODIES REMOVED.
Many of the descendants of the older
Georgia families whose kindred were buried
there have long since removed their re
mains. The old Houstoun vault has lieen
emptied of its dead, who have been rein
terred in Bonaventure, and the old slab
with its armorial bearing, which was once
one of the things to he seen, is now a tablet
011 ail elegant memorial.
The Screvens, Postells, Owens anil other
well-known families have removed their
dead, as have thousands of others whose
names are not so well known, The old
cemetery has fared much tetter than some
others which existed in the memory of those
now living. There was a large cemetery
just south and east of tho Savannah Hospi
tal. It was closed to interments about or
just after the old cemetery was closed. It
was the bill ial place of many of the active
business men of Savannah, whose
remains could not be deposited
in the old cemetery, because they
wore not to the manor bora, or had no rela
tions interred in it. Savannah's mast distin
guished musician of the olden time, and
one of her most eminent physicians were
buried in that place, not so long ago but
that the pupils of the one and the patients of
the other are still not very old men.
SCANTILY COVERED REMAINS.
The hill on which that cemetery stood has
been cut down to a level with the surround
ing land. The dead lie only a foot or two
below tho surface. Streets have been run
through and tine residences now stand
where once stood vaults and monuments,
anil flower gardens bloom where once the
sad willow drooped its slender leaves over the
dead. No protest was ever entered against
that desecration. It is easily to recall the
picket-fence over which the Cherokee rose
had climbed until the enclosing wood was
lost amid the wild flowers. There was still
unothor cemetery where the graves were as
“thick as leaves in Vallambrosa” —the old
colored burying ground which extended from
near the corner of Charlton and Lincoln
streets far into the then south and east com
mons.
THE POTTER’S FIELD.
There was still another south of Gaston
street, the “Potter’s Field,” and every ex
cavation that is made in that ground for a
new building, and the digging for water
and gas mains brings to light the
sad mementoes of its former use.
These old spots have been leveled and made
the sites of buildings. Foundations of houses
stand surrounded by the very bones of the
dead. Streets are laid out through them,
and wagons are daily hauled over the
graves, but there is no complaint. Yet,
when the authorities wish to beautify the
old cemetery, convert it into a handsome
and well cared for park and to erect upon a
small portion of it a building that will not
only be convenient but a credit to the city,
there are protests and attorneys are sent to
the Legislature to oppose them.
THE COMMISSIONERS’ PURPOSE.
One of the County Commissioners said
that it was not intended to desecrate the
resting-place of the dead, but to preserve it
from desecration. There will bo no disturb
ing of the sacred dust, as has been done and
is still being done every day in the two
other old cemeteries. The Commissioners
propose to do better than did
the fathers of those, who are now
opposing the use of the old cemetery, to the
remains of those who were interred in the
other burying grounds. No streets will be
extended through the sacred place and no
building lots will be laid off. The old spot
will bo made beautiful, and held sacred
from sjieculation.
THE MEDAL BTAYS AT HOME.
The Chatham Gun Club Again Wins
• the Interstate Badge.
The clay pigeon season closed in Savan
nah yesterday with the match between the
Chatham Gun Club and tho Guyton
Club. It was the Guytons’ maiden
contest for the interstate medal, the
club having been organized ouly a short
time. The match was shot under the
National Gun Association rules, by teams
of five men, and was won bv tho Chatham*
by a score of 70 to 34, The medal was
already in possession of the Chathams,
having been won in the Milieu match in
August, and it is still theirs.
Dr. 8. M. Roach who made the highest
score at Milieu, lacked but one point of nmk
ing a clean score yesterday, and wears the
medal. The match took place at the Chat
hams’ grounds. The weather was fair, and
the shootingby a part of the home team
was good. The Guyton team did not shoot
ns well as was expected, though there are
some crack bird shots in the team.
The score was:
CHATHAMS.
S. M. Roach 19
H. W. Palmer 15
P. B. Mays 14
C. A. Drayton m
W. G. Cooper 9
Total... 70
GUYTONS.
W. C. Neidlinger 5
E. L. NeMlinger 18
J. K. Garnett 4
G. G. Garnett 3
H. E. Wilson 10
Total 34
Tho Chathams are under challenge from
the Le Fever Club, and the match was to
have lieen shot yesterday iinmisliately after
that shot with the Guytons,but owing to tho
absence of several members of the team it
was postponed, and will prolmbly go over
until next season. The season altogether
has been a lively one. The interest 111 the
sport is rapidly growing and new clulis are
teing organized throughout the State. Sa
vannah still holds the championship and tho
season closes with the medal at home.
Death of a Well-known Printer.
Mr. James M. Johnsen, a gentleman well
known among printers and newspaper
people in this city, died yesterday afternoon,
after a short illness, of congestion of the
brain. The deceased was u native of Phila
delphia, and was about 67 years of age,
though in appearnneo he was much younger.
He came here in 1869, since which tune lie
has held situations in nearly every printing
office in the city. He was un excellent
workman and a man of more than ordinary
ability. He was an officer in the Union
army during the late war, and was atone
time on the stage. Of his histrionic
talent, those who remember him as a mem
ber of the Ford Dramatic Association in its
early days will bear testimony to his
efficiency its un in-tor and stage manager.
Mr. Johnson married Mrs. Charles Des
vergers. She died about four years ago,
leaving several children by her first, hus
band, aim mg tliem Mrs. F. M. Grisham and
Mrs. S. J. Fiam, both wives of gentlemen
in the Morning News’ conijmsing room,
and two by Mr. Johnsen.
Mr. Johnson was a member of Printers’
Assembly No. 4,600. K. of L., of District
Assembly No. 139, K. of L., and of Savan
nah Typographical Union No. ns;}. The
latter organization will attend the funeral,
which will take jihii'i* this afternoon at 4
o'clock, from the residence of Mr. Grisham.
Cured of Neuralgia
East View, Westchester County, Ji. 1
Y., Jon. 23, IHN6.—I have lieen a great suf
ferer with pain* in the back of iny head,
worse than any lieodarte. I could not
reach It with internal medicine* at all, and
during the (•old Weather I have suffered ex j
crurUkUngly. I finally thought I would try ,
Mn A i.lcim k'k Blaster applied to the axis- i
of my neck, lull** than half a day the I
pain entirely reared
Jk/ttie L. Deri./,*
Before buying Main- 01 finite taut ftewu
price <*>-*• at HtraiiM Hrus ' I
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1887.
THE TRIP TO ATLANTA.
The Military Arranging to Visit the Ex
position.
There is now very little doubt that the
Savannah military will make the trip to
Atlanta next month and will visit the
Piedmont Exposition on military day. Col.
Mercer is ore tty well assured that the First
regiment will go, at least a part of it. The
Georgia Hussars will decide positively to
morrow night. A meeting was held on
Wednesday night and it was then decided
that if thirty ijien and horses could be
taken the troop would go. A com
mittee consisting of Messrs. Clark Davis,
W. Duncan Johnston, and G. H. Remshart
was appointed to obtain transportation
rates. The non-commissioned officers were
requested to confer with the members of the
troop and urge the advisability of the trip.
Tiie Central railroad lias offered round trip
fare for $3, and #3 65 for horses. The in
tention is to leave Savannah on Oct. 17—
Monday night—arriving in Atlanta Tues
day morning, and returning Tuesday night,
reaching home Wednesday morning. This
arrangement will give the entire day in At
lanta, and will necessitate only one day’s
absence from business. The matter is being
talked of among all the military, and Sa
vannah will be pretty sure to be well rep
resented.
AT THE THEATRE.
"Baby” Bindley Makes a Hit in “A
Heroine in Rags.”
There was u rattle of applause when
“Baby” Bindley stepped liefore the foot
lights last night and began to click her
heels. The little actress is a favorite in Sa
vannah, and she was greeted by an excel
lent audience. As “Gnbriello, the Flower
Girl,” in “A Heroine in Rags” she intro
duces some very pretty dancing besides her
musical specialties. The play as it is put on
by the Bindley company is a complete
revolution in dramatic performances.
Miss Bindloy was repeatedly ap
plauded and was twice called before the
curtain. Her popularity witli .Savannah
audiences is not at all to be doubted. She
is a lively and graceful little woman, and
withal a very clever actress. Of her sup
port Messrs, jame*. Horne and Otis Turner
take a loading part. Mr. Turner is a clever
comedian, and without him the perform
ance would lose much of its interest. Mr.
Horne, as “Jean I.at'rosse,” did some excel
lent acting. At the matinee to-day Miss
Bindley will appear in “Excitement,” a
comedy In which she has made a decide-)
hit, and to-night in the title role of the
comedy drama “Dot.”
OVER IN CHARLESTON.
What is Going on in the South Caro
lina Metropolis.
The incandescent light is about to be in
troduced in Charleston. The Thomson-
Houston incandescent system will be used.
Mr. W. C. Hubbard, the father of the
youth whose deatli near Wadmalaw Island
has lieen talked about and written about so
much during the past week, was in Charles
ton Tuesday. He is convinced that his son
was slain, but, of course, does not commit
himself as to the slayer or slayers.
The Young Men’s Democratic Club has
declared its principles to be:
“First. To encourage and require the
young men of this city to take an active in
terest and part in the coming municipal
election to be held in December next.
“Second. To take part in all future mu
nicipal, county and State elections.
“Third. By the efforts and co-operation
of the members to ask of the Democratic
party that the young men of Charleston be
represented in the government of this city
as well as the State.”
A MULE THIS TIME.
A New Side to the Rod-Haired Woman
and White Horse Theory.
The red-haired woman and white horse
theory has been interesting some young
Savannahians, and only a few days ago an
instance by which the truth of the theory
was proved was cited. The two gentlemen
who wore involved in the wager of a glass
of soda water on that occasion, were stand
ing in the doorway of a Bull street office
yesterday afternoon discussing the yacht
race, when they noticed a bunch of negro
women coining up the street. When the
women had got near them, the young man
who is, or rather was, a skeptic on the sub
ject, said: “Hello! There’s a red-headed
nigger. Bv the bye, where is your white
horse?” “There ought to be a white horse
here,” replied his companion. “But—ah!
look, there comes a white mule,” and now
they are wondering if a white mule appears
evory time a red-haired negress shows up.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.
There was only one arrest yesterday, and
it was for disorderly conduct.
Mr. John Nisbet has commenced the erec
tion of a residence on Whitaker street, be
tween Huntingdon and Hail streets. It is
to cost between $8,0(X) and #lO,OOO.
The storm, which was moving in this di
rection on Monday, changed its course and
went up the Missouri Valley. The storm
signal was ordered down at 6 o’clock.
The remains of the late Mrs. J. W. Mc-
Intyre, whose death occurred at St. Cathe
rine’s, Ont., on Sunday are expected to ar
rive from the North this morning. The
funeral will take place from the Cathedral
of Our Lady of I’erpotual Help at 4 o’clock
this afternoon.
TO EXAMINE THE LOGB.
More Work Yet for the Signal Ob
servers to Do.
The signal observers at this station have
received orders to board every vessel that
conies into port and examine the log book
for the purpose ot repelling all storms,
cyclones, hurricanes, waterspouts and
derelicts that have been encountered or
seen by the vessel on its voyage. 'Hus is to
aid the hydrographic office m making up
its monthly pilot chart. Until recently this
work had been done in the ports of Boston,
New York and Philadelphia, and there it
was done by the marine agency of tho Hy
drographic" olfice, hut those agencies have
been abolished, and the work will now lie
doue by the signal service men at all ports.
"Rough on Itch.”
“Rough on Jtch” cures skin humors, erup
tions, ring-worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted
feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barber’s
itch. 50c. jars.
Rough on Rata,”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants,
liedbugs, 1 lectio.,, insects, slcuuks, jack rab
bits, sparrows, gophers. 15c. At druggists.
"Rough on Corns.”
Ask for Wells’ “Bough on Com*.” Quick
relief, complete cure. Corus, warts, bun
ions. Isc.
"Rough on Catarrh”
Correct* offensive odor* atone*. Complete
cme of worst chronic cams; also unequoJod
as gurgle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul
breath. 50c.
Fall Clothing
Beginning to arrive. Ready to show a nice
selection for early tail wear, also fall Ovar
coats. They are ulcer and prices lower
Dikii ever, to show our customers that we
have removed to the northeast corner CVn
|r** and Whitaker street* The Famous
New York nothing House nnniufaclui'e all
the clothing tliey aell, dealing direct with
lie* consumer We save every on# who ‘
Ihivs of n at least 25 |**r test
‘•■Till* ‘ Dill I'Miles, I/KM I ’how I ’ltow,
(h ■•**," on uu * Jlrur.’, & and MW Bar- I
nacij street I
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
The first shipment of cotton that Griffin
lias made over the Georgia Midland was
made Tuesday by Brooks & Mills, who
shipped 100 bales to Savannah, via
Mclkmough.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
is to bid on the Rome ami Decatur, and, it
is said, will no doubt secure control of that
division. It already owns the Georgia
Pacific and the Mobile and Ohio, and the
acquisition of the fight line of forty miles
would give them a trunk line through Bir
mingham to the gulf.
A party of railroad men, about a dozen
in number, it Is reported, will leave Atlanta,
for Panama in a month or six weeks. The
party will consist of conductors, engineers
and train dispatchers, who will take posi
tions on the Panama railroad, which is un
der the management of Col. Reaves, form
erly connected with the Richmond and
Danville. Good railroad men are in great
request in Panama, and they command
very high salaries. For example, conduc
tors get #175 a month in gold; engineers
from #l5O to $175, and tram hands $75 a
month.
THE NEW ROAD’S STATUS.
Work on the Birmingham and At
lantic—Air Line—The New Company.
The status of the Savannah, Dublin and
Western railway is teing inquired into by
parties who are anxious to see the road
built. The latest news is given in a sketch
of the “Birmingham and Atlantic Air-Line
Railroad Banking and Navigation Com
pany,” published in the Griffin Sun. Tho
article is probably from the pen of Mr. W.
E. H. Searcy, editor of that paper and ex-
President and principal projector of the
last named road. The article states that
that comjiany took charge of the Savannah,
Dublin and Western on Sept. 24, and
that the entire line from Bir
mingham to Savannah, is now under
the presidency of Mr. Douglass Green, of
New York, and that Maj. T. P. Branch is a
prominent figure in the enterprise. It also
says that “nearly 100 miles have been
graded, cross-ties and trestle-work obtained
and iron will soon be laid.” Maj. J. A. A.
West is still General Manager. The work
on this end of the road is still going on, and
with the present progress halt of the road
tet.ween here and Macon will be graded in
two months from now. Work on the ten
mile section from the junction with the
Savannah, Florida and Western system
west will tegin in a few days.
The Macon and Covington.
“The whole trouble about the Macon and
Covington railroad,” says Judge Thomas
in the Griffin Sun, “arises from a misunder
standing of tho terms of the original con
tract with the Richmond and Danville road
and the people of Athens. The Richmond
and Danville agreed to take the $97,000
necessary to complete the $150,000 by
which the Macon and Covington was to be
diverted to Athens, on condition that it was
released from the obligation to extend the
Northeastern to Clayton, but it was
specially conditioned that the $97,000 was to
be paid only when the Macon and Coving
ton was completed to, and con
nected with, the Northeastern at
Athens. As this has not been done
the Richmond and Danville is not bound to
take bonds, and cannot be held liable until
the Macon and Covington road has teen
completed to, and connected with, the North
eastern at Athens. This very satisfactorily
answers the question why the Macon and
Covington people do not call upon the Rich
mond and Danville road for the $97,000.”
Judge Thomas says that there is no doubt
as to the Macon and Covington’s final com
pletion to Athens. The road is now tempo
rarily embarrassed, but in a short while
new blood will te* infused into its veins and
the enterprise will be carried to a successful
close.
It seems from the above that the Macon
and Covington railroad is not so bad off as
reported.
Local Personal.
Miss Binlic Dillon, of Jacksonville, is
visiting friends in Savannah.
Rev. Dr. I. S. K. Axson left last night via
the Central railroad for Gainesville, where
he >viil spend a few days, after which he
will visit relatives in South Carolina.
At the Hotels.
Pulaski House—W. H. Price, Colorado;
J. B. Ramsay, Philadelphia; B. P. Hazen,
Cincinnati; S. H. Wilson, E. Blodgett, Wil
liam White, Charleston; Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Edmonds, Miss Edmonds, Miss E.
Howard, Cleveland, O.; W. L. Maini,
Brunswick; E. M. Ladd, Buffalo, N. Y.;
John L. Moore, New York; Andrew
Thomas, Baltimore; John Macon.
Marshall House—A. B. Ramsey, Florida;
W. R. Jlims, J. H. Humphreys, Scrivon
county; J. C. Richardson,South Carolina; M.
F. Wuden, C. H. Brown, Florida; Joseph A.
Walker, Darien; E. G. Salomons, Roberson
ville, S. C. ;H. C. Williams, Wayeross; J. J.
Hill, South Carolina; Henry Mathews,
Millen; A. J. Blitch, Josup; H. C. Drew,
Drew, S. C.
Screven House—John B. Cox, Boston;
Frank E. Knight, W. C. Ernley, C. A.
Forker, New York; Charles E. Hunter, Jr.,
Fredericks!vurg, Va.; T. B. Mercer, West
Chester; G. F. Plank, Augusta; O. B,
Stevens, Dawson: H. Jensen, Charleston, S.
C.; Ralph Martindale, Philadelphia: C. D.
Hendry, Blaekshear; W. R. Torrence, Miss
Florence J. Bindley, Mrs. Emma Frank,
New York.
Harnett House—T. H. Kibbee, Sumnier
town; J. B. Chevis, Bainbridge; 7,. H. Ben
nett, Pierson, Fin.; W. W. Bell, North
Carolina; Thomas Hines, Funta Gorda,
Fla.; Sam Wise, Trebue, Fla.; William
Spins, Horry Hill, S. C.; C. J. Williams,
J. W. Blackman, Boston; R. L. Abbotte
and wife, Laurence, Mass.; J. E. Lee,
Statenville; Churles Voigt. New York;
Otis Turner and wife, H. J. Hirshberg and
wife, Charleston, S. C.; Miss Janie Horne,
New York.
The Wonderful Healing Properties of
Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid.
Wherever a preventing, healing, cleansing
and deodorizing injection or wash is re
quired, use Darbys Prophylactic Fluid.
Any inflamed surface, ext ernal or internal,
treated with the fluid will be quickly re
lieved. It has effected cures that had re
sisted the best medical skill.
Some Facts Worth Knowing
I would respectfully call the attention of
my customers and tbo public to the fact
that I have now in store the most complete
stock of furniture and carpets, and all goods
pertaining t<> my business, which are of
fered at very low prices. In my furniture
department vou will find from the cheapest
to the very finest goods, at as low, or lower,
prims than ever offered in any Northern
city. Come and inspect the goods ami com
pare, and you will find it to your advantage
to buy from me. It is a rare chance to find
an establishment which carries such a com
plete stock of goods as I do in household or
office furniture. In my carpet dejxirtinent
there is nothing in that line you may want
that Ido not have ill stock. Carpets, cur
tains, iKirtisrres and oil cloth* I mostly Im
port directly from England, which are do
livered to mo through the .Savannah custom
house I therefor*' claim the advantage of
selling a giNsi artude for a little advance oil
domestic go*mls, aiel thegoisl* I sell will al
ways give satisfaction, mid are never nils
I*|• r • • ■ n•-. I. 1 e |MSi.fiill v
Emu. A K* iiwah/
J3S ami l‘J7 Broughton street, one door from
Bull
Bulletins of the Volunteer and Thistle
rtuv* |sirtil every few lllllllltes to-day at
Jolin J. Hullivan -A Wine Boom, 110 Bryan
itiwt,
\H. UammH In* t'diiiui'ffl hla oftbw Ut ti
WblUlilwi
THE CONVICT PROBLEM.
A Correspondent Suggests a Way to
Solve It.
Editor Morning Newt: Asa solution of
the convict question I submit the following:
Tho number of railroads traversing our
State cross numerous rivers and creeks, re
quiring bridges and culverts which are
often built of wood. The many accidents
occurring from these suggest the idea that
if stone could lx> quarried and cut to con
venient shape, at fair prices, most, if not all,
of these roads would adopt it, and make
these structures permanent and
safer. The public will shortly,
if they do not now, demand that
this be done. A stone culvert would have
prevented that fearfnl Chatsworth catas
trophe. The railroads are learning that the
traveling public want safety as well as com
fort, ana that the roads can better please
them by spending less in decorating and
ornamenting their palace cars, and more on
their roadbed, bridges and culverts.
With these facts in view, and the growing
demand for building mateiial, would it not
lie wise for the State of Georgia, in order to
settle this vexing convict lease system, to
abolish it altogether, and purchase, if she
does not already own, a stone quarry, or
more, say two or three in different parts
of the State, and set the convicts
to work to get out and put into shape stone
for building and other purposes. At the
same time they could be employed in building
permanent structures for a prison at each
quarry —an eastern penitentiary, a western
and a central penitentiary—and wall them
in with stone, permanent structures for all
time to come. Locations can be found In
our State to establish these prisons and f ir*
nish employment to all the convicts tor
centuries, the material being inexhaustible,
and when gotten out by convict labor lie
cheap enough to be always in demand, and
still sail at a price that will feed,
clothe and otherwise maintain them. A
vegetable garden or truck farm in connec
tion with each prison would give employ
ment to such as could not work in the mini's,
but whose labor utilized in this way would
furnish all the vegetables the prisons re
quired. They could also be made to make
their own shoes, hats and clothing. In fact,
and in short, they could be made self-sus
taining in every way, and cost the State not
a dollur, for there is no doubt that the stone
is wanted for building, paving and railroad
purposes.
Much more could be said on the subject,
but I will only say now, tl*t this plan of
employing the convicts will bring their
labor less in competition with free labor
than any other that I can think of, and
gives them ]>ermanent, steady employment,
good health and hard work. It would in
truth be the hard labor in the penitentiary,
which the law comtemplates, and which the
lease system does not provide. By this
plan all the abuses complained of in the
lease system would be forever removed.
The adoption of this plan of a permanent
penitentiary need not cost the taxpayers
a dollar, and would embrace all
the features of a reformatory, as the
female and juvenile convicts would be sepa
rated from the more vicious and hardened
by reason of their different employment,
and could be provided with entirely differ
ent quarters, separating them entirely and
completely and still furnishing them profi
table employment. Training and teaching
in morality and religion such as philanthro
pists mav desire to engage in, would be en
couraged by the prison authorities and op
portunity made for its exercise, within the
walls, with much more hope of its being ef
fective,and proving of value. What seems at
present the best way to do this, without taxing
the people, will be for the State to unload
some of her at present non paying, non
producing property—such as that in Chat
tanooga-and use the proceeds in maintain
ing the convicts until the new system is or
ganized and established. The adoption of
the plan will enable the present Legislature
to break up the lease system at once and set
at rest forever a very vexing question.
P. E. T.
OPPOSED TO THE BILL,
Another Side of the Coast Land Act
Shown Up—What It Might Lead To.
Editor Morning News: The bill pub
lished in your issue of Sunday last, entitled
“An act to define the rights of the owners
of lands on islands on the coast of Georgia,
and on tide water streams flowing into the
interior from such coast,” etc., and intro
duced in the Senate a few days ago, is evi
dently a measure inspired by some selfish
sea island land owner, who is not satisfied
with the riparian rights which the laws of
the State now give him, but who desires a
law which will enable him and others of
like possessions to appropriate all the natu
ral oyster grounds on the coast of Georgia
for their owu exclusive use and benefit. The
bill has not been introduced by any mem
ber from the seaboard, but it has been
flanked around them under the generalship
of some Solon from another part of the
State with the evident purpose of sneaking
it through the Legislature before the people
whose interests and livelihood it seeks to
destroy could become aware of it. This
bill would invest every man who owns a
scrap of land on a sea island (if not bigger
than a saddle cloth) with absolute despotic
dominion over all the oyster beds and un
navigable tide water streams in Georgia,
and invests him furthermore with power to
subject the latter to embargo. It also gives
the land owner exclusive right to extend his
ownership to beds in navigable streams 120
feet below low water mark, thus interdict
ing every ]>erson else from getting oysters
at all except from a very few places on
our co;ist. It also creates a most
extraordinary rule by which the exclusive
to the use and benefit to the State's and
neighboring lands may be acquired. All
that is necessary to enable him to acquire
them is simply a color of title of one year’s
duration. He can then gobble up all these
valuable rights and franchises, and enjoy
them absolutely and perpetually. It also
invests every citizen of the State with con
stabulary power to arrest, without warrant,
any person who should dare venture
within these streams, or invade these
grounds or land on the shores of the Lord of
the manor adjacent, and hold such person
in durande until ho can bo navigated over
to the mainland and turned over to the
tender judgment of some petty Justice or
other judicial officer. The penalty for vio
lating uny provision in thus omnibus bill
of selfish and mischievous expedients, is that
presented by section 4810 of the Code. The
culprit may be fined SI,OOO, or put for
twelve monthson the chain gang. Now Mr.
Kditor, to gather from the natural beds lie
low the riparian rights of land owners, has
been a right of immemorial antiquity in
Georgia, and it would lx* very unwise if not
positively inhuman, to abolish or limit it
now. Thousands of honest toilers along our
seaboard are sustained through the enjoy
ment of this right. The jiossage of this bill
would deprive them of their only means
lor a livelihood, and render them a
community of paupers. These lieople are
useful to tno commonwealth. They gather
oysters in all kinds of weather and bring
them to our doors fresh and sweet, am) they
N|iend what money they gain at home among
our own storekeepers. It enables the do
inestic oyster denier to supply, at a reason
able figure, oysters to our neighbors up
country. We have no need of more legislu
tion <>n the subject; those now on our stat
ute liook-i are amply protective and reason
able We want no law whieh would enable
u few selfish landowner* to appropriate the
whole oyster domain of Georgia. We want
no such monopoly. JUSTICE.
Walking advertisements for Dr. Hags'*
Catarrh Remedy ore the thousand* it Tuts
cured.
Umbrellas.
Gloria, wears Is-iter than silk, for t'~ 50,
silver-tip f-'i, gold tip |li &0, Ginghams from
91 upward, all nelllug low to show our
lustrous that we have moved Ui the north
cast corner of Congrasis and Whitaker j
stmts.
That l*tr. Mlsisl Tea at Ktreusa Bros.' to
ss < wltael
Charleston’s Club Indignant.
The Charleston club is home from New
Orleans. The men are all in good condition,
but are indignant at the manner in which
they were treated while on their trip and
the barefaced robbery which was practiced
by th’A other clubs to keep them from win
ning the pennant, which they would now
stand a good chance of doing had they re
ceived anything like a square deal. With
such umpiring as the club received at New
Orleans it is said that even the Detroits
could not have won a game.
Charleston’s Ball Craze.
Charleston, S. C., Sept. 118. — Rain saved
New Orleans from a disastrous defeat to
day. Most intense excitement prevails here,
and tho city is ringing with the story that
tho Charleston team brought home of their
treatment while abroad. The New Orleans
team arrived yesterday and took quarters
at the Waverly House,so as to be away from
the Charleston team. The members of the
two teams are at daggers’ points. Their
first meeting on the diamond here promises
to be very hvely.
Games Yesterday.
At Cleveland—
Cleveland 30 1 000000-3
Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 I—3
Base hits—Cleveland 8, Louisville 10. Errors
—Cleveland 1, Louisville 4.
At Detroit—
Detroits 00000700 o—7
Indianapolis 10000000 33
Base hits—Detroit 17, Indianapolis 10. Er
rors—Detroit 5, Indianapolis 6.
At Philadelphia—
The Athletic-Metropolitan and Philadelphia-
Washington ball games were postponed on ac
count of rain.
At New York—
The Boston-New York game was postponed
on account of rain.
At Chicago (ten innings, morning game)—
Chicago 0 1 0 1 00300 0— 5
Pittsburg 0000004 1 0 I—6
Base hits—Chicago 9. Pittsburg 14, Errors—
Chicago 3, Pittsburg C.
Afternoon game (six innings, rain and
darkness) —
Chicago 1 1 0 1 0 I^-4
Pittsburg, 0 0 1 0 0 o—■ 1
Base hits—Chicago 7, Pittsburg 7. Errors-
Chicago 0, Pittsburg 4.
Lord Beaconsfleld
Cherished English primroses as the sweetest
of flowers. But neither roses, lilies nor
buttercups are sweeter than the mouth of
that fair one who uses Sozodont daily to
keep her teeth white as the driven snow,
and her gums red as June roses.
If you want a Corset go to Gutman’s, 141
Broughton street, where you will find all
the popular makes and styles.
Gutman has French Escuriel, Spanish
Guipure and Handrun Lace Flouncings, all
over Net, and narrow Lace to match; Bead
ed Laces and all over Beaded Net to match,
Beaded Ornaments, Beaded Gimps, beaded
fronts, beaded sides, black and colored
Beaded Sets, black and colored Braided Sets
and Panels, black and colored Fancy Braids,
Astraehan and Feather Trimming. Don’t
you think we can suit you in Dress Trim
mings? Come and try. F. Gutman.
Children’s Hand-Made Crochet Sacques
35c., worth 50c. Children’s Mull Caps 25c.,
35c. and 50c. Nurse Aprons at 25c. and up
wards. An immense assortment of Buttons
and Pocket Books at Gutman’s, 141 Brough
ton street.
Advice to Motners.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used when children are cutting
teeth. It reheves the little suffer at once; it
produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving
the child from pain and the little cherub
awakes as “bright as a button.”
It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the
child, softens tho gums, allays all pain, re
lieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the
best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether
arising from teething or other causes. 25
cents a bottle.
Notice.
We take great pleasure in announcing to
our friends, and the public in general, tliat
we have opened a Special Custom Depart
ment, which will be conducted under our
own personal supervision. We are now
ready, and have on hand a full line of Fall
and Winter Samples, to which we call spe
cial attention, particularly to styles, fabrics
and prices. This will enable such parties
that wear extra and odd sizes to have their
clothing made to measure with very little
extra cost. We guarantee a fit in every in
stance or no sale. To those who intend hav
ing their fall and winter clothing made by
us, we would respectfully ask them to place
their orders early. Very respectfully,
Appel & Schaul, One Price Clothiers,
163 Congress street, opposite market.
New Fat Mackerel, new Tomatoes, new
Peaches, Codfish, Breakfast Strips, 12',0.
Hams, Hams, Hams. Mixed Tea at 50e.,
worth sl. Strauss Bros’., 22 and 22>a Bar
nard street.
A
Pure old Rye Whisky, made in March, 1884,
only 83. Pure old Catawba Wine sl, at D. B.
Lester's.
Oak, Pino and Lightwood,
For sale by K. B. Cassels, comer Taylor and
East Broad streets. Telephone N0,"77.
High Class Bronze Statuary, Etc.
Our senior is back from New York. Our
citizens who appreciate handsomo and ar
tistic effects in Bronze, are cordially invited
to visit our warerooms and inspect the
grandest display of most beautiful de
signs in ornamental and decorated art ever
placod before the Savannah public. Faust
and Marguerite, in companion pieces, in re
lievo, arc gems worthy of the poetic interest
that attaches to the weird anil mystic. Be
sides we are receiving, almost daily, invoices
of beautiful objects of virtu in the latest
and most novel conceits. Our display of
fine Silverware is unapproachable in quality
and quantity and variety. In Dia
monds we, of course, lead, and our stock of
Fine Jewelry merits attention. Our aim to
be the Jewelry Palace of this city will,
we think, he established by this season’s dis
play, and we request the public to favor us
with a visit of inspection regai-dless of a de
sire to purchase. M. Stkrnbero,
157 Broughton street.
Boys Knee Pants
Selling for 50c. and 75c., by the Famous
New York Clothing House, northeast cor
ner Congress and Whitaker streets: they are
worth more, but just to show the boys
where we have moved to.
Oak, Pine and Light wood,
For sale by K. B. Cassels, cornuf Taylor
and East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.
At the Harriett House, Havannah, Ga.,
you get all the comforts of the high-priced
ho els, and save from $1 to 93 per day. Try
it and lie convinced.— Boston Home Jour
nal
WOOD,
A. S. BACON,
Fluii; Mill, linker mil Wood Yard,
liberty and Kant Broad sts., Savannah, (la.
ALL Waning Mill work correctly and prompt
ly (lone. Good stock Dressed nmi Hough
Lumbar. KIRK WOOD, oak, Pina, llghtwooU
and Lumbar Kindlings
COM It At TORN.
P. J. FALLON,
MILDER AM) CO.NTIUITOIi,
at PKaVTon NTMtCKT, KAVANNAtI.
(/ISTI MATE" fa<*u|Aly furnished for budding
4 <if f.y c1,,-.
IX'DIIEN * BATES S. M. n
Our Stationery Department
NEW ARRIVALS.
£AA BOXES, with handsome Lithograph on
CMMJ cover, containing 31 sheets goodNoto
and 34 Barronial Envelopes. Price only 10 cents
900 Boxes, with handsome Lithograph on
cover, containing 34 sheets Letter Puperand 31
i Letter Envelopes. Only 15 cents.
1,000 Boxes Fine Stationery, contents 31 sheets
Paper, 31 Envelopes, 1 L. <S: B. S. 51. H Inserted
Rubber Nickle-Tipped Lean Pencil. 3 L. & B S
M. H. Steel Pens, 1 Penholder, 1 Blotting Pad
35 cents each. ’ '
1,000 Boxes Elite Correspondence Stationery
34 sheets Paper, 31 Envelopes 35 cents. ’
500 Boxes Regent Cards, handsome Lithogranh
Top Box, 31 line Bristol Cards and Envelopes to
match. 35 cents. 1
500 Boxes Mourning Stationery, contains 34
sheets Mourning Paper and 34 Mourning En.
velopes. 40 cents. ”
1,000 Reams of L. & B. S. M. H. Fine Writing
Paper in Notes, Congress, Letter, Fools Can
Legal Cap and Bell Cap. Price3o cents a notin']’
500 Gross Steel Pens at 75c. gross, ioc. dozen]
Special Notice to the Public.
Above goods represent some of the styles
known as popular fines of Box Paper, Ordinary
Writing Paper and popular styles of Steel Pens
while the quantities mentioned mav seeni
lar*e, we have the exact quantities of each
artic e mentioned, and they comprise but a
small part of our stock of correspondence sta
tionery. We have all the latest styles of Papers
and our assort ment comprises in variety choice
selections and popular prices with the stocks
carried in the larger Eastern and Western cities
How can we do it? Carry such a stock sim
ply by supplying the consumers of flue Station
ery in every section of the South. We get un
sample books and price lists and make it easy
for people to buy good goods through the mails
thus enabling us to handle large quantities of
the goods and give all the benefit of low prices
which we are enabled to offer by making large
and frequent purchases.
la & 13. S. M. H.
FURNITURE ANI) CARPETS.
A. J. Miller & Co.’s
FURNITURE
AND
Carpet Emporium,
OCCUPIES A SPACE OF OVER
30,000 SQUARE FEET,
And is filled with the Choicest Line of Goods to
he found anywhere. The advantages to lie ob
tained by having such an immense and complete
stock to select from will be appreciated by those
who have never bought of us, and who have
been obliged to confine their selections to only a
limited assortment.
Buying as we do by the CARLOAD
and tor CASH, we are enabled to
undersell any one in the South.
Our workmen are skilled mechanics, and our
salesmen the most polite.
A. J. MILLER & CO.
118,150 and 152 BROURHTON ST.
< OTTON SEED WANTED.
Per Bushel (sl4 per ton) paid for good
COTTON SEED
Delivered in Carload Lots at
Southern Cotton Oil Cos. ills
—AT—
SAVANNAH, GA.,
ATLANTA, GA.,
COLUMBUS, GA.
Price subject to change unless notified of ac
ceptance for certain quantity to be shipped by a
future date. Address nearest mill as above.
DOORS, SASII, ETC.
ANDREW HANLEY,
DEALER IN
Doors, Sashes, Blinds,
Mouldings, Etc.
All of the above are Best Kiln-Dried White Pum.
ALSO DEALER IN
Builders' Hardware, Slate, Iron and
Wooden Mantels, Grates, Stair
work, Terracotta, Sewer
Pipe, Etc., Etc.
Paints, Oils, Railroad, Steamboat and
Mill Supplies, Glass, Putty, Etc,
Lime, Plaster, Cement and Hair.
J '
Plain and Decorative Wall Paper, Frescoelng,
House ami Sign Painting given personal atten
tion and finished in the best manner.
ANDREW HANLEY.
DAVIS BROS.
8 YEARS OLD!
HPOPAY we celebrate the eighth anniversary
1 of the formation of the firm of DAVIri
BKOB.. Savannah.
Like the establishing of any business, the first
few years are full of up* mid downs, but pluck,
energy and perseverance will win every time
The last few years have lieeu plain and cosy
sailing, having made mid saved money enough
to conduct our busine** on a strictly cash l>a*is.
Haying strictly for cosh enables us to buy closer
ami the cash discount s we make go a long way
toward paying espouses, ton eMjuentljr we can
alTonl to sell dose, a fact well known to our
(Mirons We thank llm citizens of Havannah
and vicinity for their lllicral support, and shall
always endeavor te merit It.
Our new sloes of SCHOOLHOOKH and sup
plies ready for l lie opening of the school* next
Muuduy, New York |N ioe*, and fur cash.
DAVIS BROS.