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! i-ESSES PRODIVTION.
S4VAL STORES PRODUCERS MEET
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
•flfecy Propose to Cut Only One-Fourth
as Many Boxes as East Year The
Question of Wages Discussed-A Con
ference with the Factors Results in
Breaking Up the Meeting-The Fac
tors Do Not Favor the Scheme
The Mutual Naval Stores Producers. As
it ion held its second meeting at the
Marchs! House yesterday. the main pur
pose being to devise a plan to reduce the
product of rosin and spirits- of turpentine
jn order todispose of the large storks that
have <nit down prices below the ocot of pro
duction. T resident Johnson said that at
tn present prices the operators are J-ssing
monv on everything the sell. and that the
association is desirous of limiting the pro
duction d.iring the --oming year by reducing
the number of new hoi s cut. The prices
of labor, he said, are too high, and some
net* ought to be taken to r.-duce them. He
was -ure tb matter <sjuld be remedied if
the produ-ers wouJd unite, and he saw no
reas - why they eonld not. It is done in
the North! be added. The Standard Oil
Company ba control of the oil business
Because all the variou* companies unites),
arid iate.’y a whisky pool has been formed,
and he could not -♦ why the South could
not do the same thing with her industries.
LACK or UNITY.
Maj. William Letford -aid that the pro
ducers did not seem to w ant to come to
gether. They could control the market if
tbev would. In New England even the
manufacture of pins and tacks is controlled
by pods, and when the production is greater
than the demand, the product cm ceases un
til tb d“tnand increases, and thus prices are
maintained. Hcould not understand why
the producers of naval store- could not do
the same thing when they sc*- that they lutve
glutted the market until they have ruined
prices. The operators of (ienrgia hold in
thehollow of their hands absolute control of
an article that, is a necessity to the world.
Twice hetore this the turpentine men have
found that they were making no money. In
1K77 they laid it at the door of the railroads;
in |kk;i 'they charged it to the high price of
labor, and now they charge it
to the commission merchants, but
in his opinion, if labor cost nothing, the rail
roads haul it an i the factors sell it without
charge they will get nothing for it as long
as they continued to produce all they can
when there is no one to buy it.
PRESERVE THE FORESTS.
Concluding, Maj. Letford said; “Shall wo
exhaust- the finest, fore-ts in the world and
get nothing for them? When we are in a
position to demand higher prices we will tie
our own masters, and if we resolve to cut
no new boxes next year, no matter what our
neighbors may cut, then we will realize
on the crop now in the country for specula
tion will take hold, and then we will make
our just profits, and the exhaustion of our
forests will not mean ruin to us.”
Mr. A. E. Wishart, of I lodge county, sug
gested that a committee be appointed to
secure the signatures of all the oiierators in
Georgia to an agreement not to cut any
new boxes. He also advocated the adopt ion
of uniform rates of wages, though he ad
mitted that turpentine men would never
keep to agreements ui>on the matter of
wages.
Mr. D. M. Pierson, of South Carolina,
concurred in the opinion expressed and
urged that a committee he appointed to
attend a meeting to he called in Charleston.
He suggested that a committee of South
Carolina oiierators be appointed and
requested to call a meeting in Charleston,
ana Ben Gregg. B. S. Brown. D. M. Pierson,
F. R. Edwards and Dr. J. M. McCoy were
selected for that purpose.
TO REDUCE THE CROP.
Maj. f/etford then offered the following
resolution:
WHERE**, We, the naval stores producers,
realizing the fact that we have produced mere
naval stores than the necessities of the world
require; therefore lie |t
tv- /?. Thai we recommend to the pro
ducers of na'al store-, in the Stales of Georgia,
South Carolina. North Carolina and Alaliama
that they join with us in eulting short the crop
of new boxes the incoming year 75 per cent, on
the basis of the crop of issl .
Col. E, H Bird thought the plan sug
gested was all right, but it did not reach the
factors, who often had a surplus of money
with which to start new- men, who would
not he bound by the obligations that re
stricted the memhers of the association.
Mr. Pierson said the only way to deal
with the factors was to make them sign an
agreement not to start new men, and if any
one of them breaks it boycott him. He
then offered an addition to the resolution,
which suggested that the wages should lie
F Iff a month of four weeks and rations to
clip|*rs. and lc. per foot for cutting boxes.
The resolution and addition was then
adopted.
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
Maj. Letford said that he understood that
the (Standard Oil Company controlled the
cutting in Alabama, and a serious question
to be considered wax w-hether the stopping
of -xitting boxes by the Georgia operators
would not, stimulate the (Standard Oil Com
pany to increase the output of Alabama,
and take Georgia labor to doit. He noticed
a representative of the Standard Oil Com
pany present, and he would like to hear
from him.
Mr Carey B. Townsend said that he was
not authorized to speak for his company;
that he was not present ax a representative
of the Standard Oil Company, but as a na
val stores producer. He did know, how
ever, that the producers of Alabama were
self sustaining, and not being borrowers,
1 bey cut more or less, as they saw fit. As
far as he knew the Standard Oil Company
was not advancing one dollar to operators,
and that being the case, it could not control
i be out-put.
CONFERENCE WITH THE FACTORS.
A committee was then appointed to call
U)>on the factors and ask them to meet the
association at 3;:{0 o'clock, and an adjourn
ment was taken until that hour. When the
meeting was called to order there were
present Messrs. J. P Williams, F. I). Blood
worth, of W. VV. Gordon &, Cos.; P. Hobart-,
of C. Ij. Joni-s & Cos.; Charles Baldwin, if
Peacock, Hunt & Cos.; Maj. Withers, of
Chisholm & Cos.; J. R. Young, of Ellis,
Young & Cos., and E. T. Roberts.
Mr. Baldwin addressed the meeting, and
said that the only way to reduce the pro
duction wax to cut fewer boxes. As to
prices, he never saw a meeting of turpentine
men who would not agree to anything in
the wav of prices, and go right home and
break the agreement. No uniform rates of
wages could be established, for operatives
living near towns could hire lalior cheaper
than those living a distance away.
Maj. Letford said the only thing for the
fa rtors to do was to promise to aid the oper
ators in reducing the output. He had heard
that Peacock, Hunt. & Cos. had men in the
field looking for new land.
Mr. Baldwin said that Peacock, Hunt Jb
f o. had no one in the field, that within the
last week they bad refused two applications
lor money to’start stills. He thought it use
less to start new stills now, for it only de
stroyed timber without making money.
NO MONEY IN THE BImiNKSH.
Mr. J P. Williams thought the resolution
that had been adopted ill the morning was
very unwise. There is no money in naval
stores at the present prices, and, therefore,
it is certain that the crop will he smaller.
He <sid the factors were alive to one thing,
and that was that they would have to put
out money very cautiously during the next
year. He suggested that the operators all
sign an agreement not to cut new boxes and
make those who break the agreement pay a
forfeit
Mr. E. T. Roliert* said he did not see
-vhat the turpentine men wanted to meet,
tor. They had been meeting since lstWand
had never done anything yet. The truth is
that they cannot- do anything because the
factors have more money than they know
what t i do with, and they would lend it and
they knew it.
Mr. Hotart. “Roberts, sit down. * n u
Ought to know tattei than to talk that
way.” and amid the laughter that followed
Mr. Hobert moved that the meeting ad
journ.
GETTING READY TO ADJOURN.
Maj. Letford said that Mr. Hobert was a
guest of th association and he did not see
how he could choke off its proceedings by
adjourning it.
Mr. Hobert. “I was invited by you to
come up and jnrti opiate in the meeting.”
Maj. Letford. “1 didn’t invite you.”
Mr. Townsend, “I think that the gentle
man i.- only one of our guest*, and I ao not
see by what right he makes such a motion.
To viy the least he lias no right to do It."
Mr." Hobert —“Are you there, Careyf
Well, if I had known you were present" I
never would have tnude the motion. 1
withdraw it.”
Maj. tatford then offered the following
resolution:
Ktmlmt That the factor* of Savannah and
Brunswick are request/*d and invited to aid the
oper*i< .re in reducing the cut during tjie coming
year.
FACTORS EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS.
The factors, each in turn, were asked their
views concerning the resolution and >be
necessities of the occasion. They unani
mously declared that there was no money
in naval stores, and there would not ta
until the crop is redui'ed, lmt they could
suggest no means of reducing the crop.
They thought that the difficulties would ail
just themselves, as in all other lines of busi
ness. that low prices would cut down the
output and the reduced crop would then
advance pri'-es. They all said that they
/■ould not pledge th©tnselvm not to lend
money to men because they /•ould not foresee
what eases would arise, and they could not
pledge away their freedom of action in indi
vidual cases.
After hearing them the resolution wa~
adopted, and Mr. Young said that he would
see that a meeting of all the factors is
/allied to (Ilv uss the matter and see what
action can be taken.
NOT INCLINED TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT.
By this time the meeting had dwindle/I
down to almost nothing The oi/erators
had seen that the factors were not dispose/I
to join them, at least some of them, and
some, too, did all they could to turn the
meeting into a commercial comedy, and
they succeeded in jiart. But few of them
seemed to take the matter seriously. Presi
dent Johnson mad© arrangements with
Maj. tatford to remain over to-morrow and
draw up by-laws, and upon motion of Mr.
Hobert, the meeting adjourned.
The next meeting will ta held here the
first Monday in March. The Naval Stores
Manufacturers’ Protective Association,
Capt. L. Johnson, President, will hold a
meeting in either Waycross or Jesup, be
tween Nov. 1 and 10.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.
Kavannah Lodge K. of H. will meet to
night.
Forest City Lodge held its first meet ing
in the new Pythian Hall last night.
There were three arrests yesterday for
disorderly conduct and one for simple lar
ceny.
“The Acme A. D. Com[iany,” a colored
dramatic dub, under the management of
E. 11. Istonard, played “Messmates” at the
Theatre last night.
H. Levison and Constable Jim Burke
were fined $lO each in the Mayor’s Court
vesterdav morning for the fight in which
they were engaged on Sunday afternoon.
Milton S. Hamlet, son of the late John R.
Hamlet, died at St. Joseph's Infirmary yes
terday morning. His funeral will take
place from the Baptist Church at 10 o'clock
this morning. m
The German American Mutual Loan and
Building Association will hold its thirteenth
monthly meeting and first annual meeting
to-night, at the Secretary’s office, No. 107
Bay street. The Treasurer will make his
annual report, and officers for the ensuing
year will ta elected.
J. S. Collins and J. W. Williams were up
before Acting Mayor Schwarz yesterday
morning charged with stealing a row from
Police Officer Fahey The testimony
showed that Williams had sold the hide to
Merhrtens, ami 1 'oilins sold the carcass to
the market. They were held for the Su
perior Court. The cow which was stolen
was the one that was seized and hurtled by
the Clerk of the Market, who pronounced
the meat unwholesome, and Collins will ta
in court again this morning to answer the
/•barge of selling unwholesome meat in the
Market.
FIGHT AT A “SITTING UP.*
A Would-be Mourner Starts a Row
and Winds Up in Jail.
Floyd Wade was sent to jail for thirty
days by Acting Mayor Schwarz yesterday.
Wade is colored, and on Saturday night he
got drunk, but his misconduct did not stop
there. A nogro man had /tied on Poplar
street ami his friends were having a “sitting
up.” Wade went into the house and he was
Inclined to be one of the mourners at
first, hut his maudlin disposition could not
/•ling to that sad sentiment long, and he
became fighting mad. He made
an attack on (’icsar Butler, and he would
have made a corpse of him, t/s>, if the party
C resent had not joined forces and ejected
ini. He was turned over to a policeman
and taken to the barracks, where he could
not disturb the mourners or make things
disagreeable around the corpse.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Thirty-five Now Volumes Added to
the Library.
The Georgia Historical (Society held its
October meeting last night. In the absence
qf the President and Vice Presidents, Mr.
W. S. Bogart presided. The attendance
was small ami very little business of impor
tance was transacted. Mr. W. L. Bird was
elected a resident member. The Library
Committee’s report, recommending the pur
chase of thirty-five volumes as the October
addition to the library, at an outlay of $6l.
was adopted.
Mr. R. W. Habersham presented to the
society a life size portrait of Maj. John
Habersham in Continental uniform, |>ainted
from an original portrait in the residence of
the late Robert llatarsham The painting
will be hung in the society’s library.
LocaL Personal.
John W. Akin, Esq., of Oartersville, one
of 1 roorgia’s most prominent young lawyers,
was in the city yesterday.
Kupt. R. E. Cobb, of the Coast Line rail
road, and wife, will leave to-day for a
month’s trip North. They will go to their
former home in Middleboro, Mass.
J. R. Saussv, Esq., Maj. T. L. Kinsey,
and Mr. Herbert A. Palmer leave for the
North to-day. They are as good a trio to
represent Kavannah as can ta found within
the city’s boundaries.
Dug Out of a Swamp.
A fossil has lieen exhumed in digging the
Harmon Swamp canal which is evidently
the head of an animal or reptile belonging
to the early formation of the earth. It was
dug out of the blue mud strata about six
feet below the surface of the swamp. The
fossil is about three inches each way in size,
and looks something like the head of a
diminutive goat. The curious in such
matters can examine it at The Morning
News counting room.
Standard Club's Officers.
The Standard Club held a meeting Sunday
evening, and elected the following officers:
A. M. tatfler, Pi-esident; H. M. Boley, Vice
President; D. Robinson, Secretary and
Treasurer. Board of Stewards: D. S. Ein
stein, A. S. Eichtargand VV. S. Byck. Toe
club’s first hop of the season will take place
about Oct. I ft.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1887
THE POST OTPICE SITE.
PURCHASE OF THE OGLETHORPE
3ARRACKBPROPERTY.
The Price to be Paid s49,soo—Business
Men Not Pleased With the Location—
The Cotton Exchange to Express Its
Opinion To-Day—History of the Prop
erty.
The location of the new public building is
at last settled. Capt. D. G. Purse, who lias
been negotiating with the Treasury Depart
ment for some time past, was advised yes
terday that the government has accepted
his offer to sell a part of barracks
prr>iierty for that purpose. The part pur
chased is the Western, or Bull street, half of
the block, extending 1110 feet on Liberty
street and SJ3O feet or. Bull street from
Liberty south to Harris.
The price paid is ataut $49,500, the exact
amount depending upon wtat there is on
hand in the Treasury to the credit of the
Savannah public building fund after the
supervising architects’ expenses are paii
TAI.K ABOUT THE SITE.
The site is not where the business interests
of the city would like to have it. The pur
chase was the gossip of the afternoon
on the Bay. Bay street business men
don’t like the location, because they say it
is too far from the business centre of the
city This was the general expression at
the Cotton Exchange. The present location
suits Ray street houses well enough, and
they do not want it changed. “'Hie post
office ought not to go south of Broughton
street, any way,’’ remarked a prominent
cotton merchant.
WHAT BUSINESS MEN SAY.
A Morning News reporter talked with a
dozen or more retail merchants on Brough
ton an l Congress streets. -‘lt’s too far out,”
they said. “South Broad was far enough
We didn’t kick at that, but when it comes
to sending out to Liberty street for our mail
why that s too* much. There is some satis
faction anyway in knowing that the matte!
is finally settled.’’ These are some of the
expressions that were heard.
A general meeting of the Cotton Exchange
will ta held this morning for the purjtose of
obtaining an expression of opinion from its
members in regard to the location.
THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE.
The barracks property was originally
purchased from the government at public
sale at the minimum price fixed by the War
Department, by 100 gentlemen, each of
whom pledged himself to pay one-hundredth
part of the amount necessary, which in
round figures was put at $67,000.
An effort was made to raise an
amount sufficient to erect a first-class
wooden hotel on the site, ami numberless
schemes were suggested to accomplish that
object,, but without success. A company
was then chartered and organized under
the name of the Oglethorpe Real Estate
Company to hold the property. Nearly all
the subscribers of the orignal purchase
money joined the organization and accepted
stock in the oomttany for their subscriptions,
seven shares o' $lOO each being given for
the $O7O jiaid in.
THE HOTEL SCHEME.
After this organization was perfected
further efforts were made looking to the
building of the new hotel, the last one being
a published offer, advertised throughout the
country, offering to sell the entire
property to any person or com
pany that would guarantee to erect a
suitable building. The failure of these
various ©(Toils to carryout the original pur
pose for which the barracks was bought
caused many of the holders to dispose of
their stock, some of which is said to have
been sold for oOc. on the dollar.
MADE BY THE DEAL.
There arc several large individual hold
ings, ranging from twenty eight to ninety
two shares, which were bought or represent
much less than the tiar value of the
stock, and which will realize a very hand
some margin of profit to the holders . A
l>(-uliar feature, however, in the history of
the entire transaction is that with all the
c hanges in the slock, there is the name of
but one person on the list now, that, was not
on the original lust of purchasers, showing
that what stock was offered for sale was
bought by those inside of the organization.
THE GUARDS’ DRILL TEAM.
How it Will be Selected and Officered
Its Purpose.
The Savannah Volunteer Guard* propose
to organize a crack drill team. From bat
talion and company drills tha men will ta
selected until the officers have chosen
twenty four privates and two guides. The
company will then begin to drill twice a
week until it shall become one of the best
teams in the country. It will be officered
by Col. Garrard, who will act as Captain,
and by Second Lieutenant*/ C. S. Wood,
Company A; T. D. Rockwell, Company B,
and W. U’. Rogers, Jr., Company C.
The guards now have a complete
armory. perfect equipments and
well filled and drilled companies
but. they want a crack team that can take
part in prize drills, and win for Savannah
the laurels that are now going elsewhere.
There are some excellent men in the Guards
and tha best will be selected for the teem.
The officer* are all good drill masters, and
doubtless in a short while the team w ill be
displaying emblems of victories won on the
bloodless fields of competitive drills.
CITY COURT TO CONVENE.
Judge Harden to Return at Once—
Court. To-Morrow.
A telegram from Judge Harden announced
that he would return at once, ami would
open the City ' 'ourt on Wednesday. Ac
cording to the instructions contained in the
disiitch Deputy Clerk Nathans opened
court yesterday and adjourned it until
Wednesday. The first cases that will he
considered will be jail cases in order that
the crowd in jaii may he somewhat lessened.
Proved an Alibi.
Joe Johnson, Joe Byrnes and Henry Pollard
(all colored), who were brought down from
Pooler, eharged with stealing a steer from
B. Rothwell, were given an examination ta
fore Justice Waring Russell yesterday morn
ing. Byrnes and Pollard were charged with
the crime by Johnson, in whose |issession
the steer was found and who said that they
had stolen it and given it to him to sell.
They proved, however, by their employer,
that they wore at a turpentine still eleven
miles away at 7:30 o’clock, while Johnson
said that it was not later than rt o'clock
when they gave him the steer. They were
both discharged, but he was held for the
Superior Court.
Adjudged Insane.
The examination of the mental condition
of James Heyward and Alexander Smith
was heh 1 by J udge Ferrill yesterday after
noon, ami they were both found to be fit
subjects of the lunatic asylum. Heyward
is a Savannah negro and is violently insane,
while Smith is idiotic. He is olso'a negro
and he was brought into Savannah from
the country.
An Accident to the Gate City.
The steamer Gate City, which sailed from
Boston for Savannah on Sunday, returned
to Boston yesterday, having broken the
high pressure valve of her forward engine.
She will repair in Boston and be ready for
sea in a week.
Dyspepsia for Sixteen Years.
M. P. Holland, Postmaster, Rockaway
Reach, Long Island, N. Y., was entirely
cure I of dyspepsia and rheumatism of six-
P i yens’ standing by taking two Bran
'K .rrt' Fills every ’night for a month.
During ; is mouth ho took them he gained
eight pounds in weiirht.
GOING OVEK THE BOOKS
Deputy Postmaster Anderson’s Ac
counts Being Investigated.
Of late a coolness has arisen between
Postmaster lamar and hi.-> assistant. Col. ;
Clifford }V. Anderson. The books of the
office have been found to be in a tangle, and
it was thought that there was a shortage.
Poetoffice Inspector Williamson was here on
business, and he was instructed by the Post
master General to go over the accounts
and find out whether there is any deficit.
The tangled accounts were the cause of
the breach between Capt tamar and Col.
Anderson. Capt. Lamar said t hat Col. An
derson had charge of the accounts, and if
there was anything wrong it was his fault.
Col. Anderson said that Capt. Lamar was to
blame, and thus the two fell out. There was
quite a stormy scene between them a few
days ago, and thev have been distant ever
since. CoL Anderson had the key to the vault,
and he was asked to give it up but he re
fused to do so. He said there had been
rascality in the office and he would not sur
reuder the key until the Ins|>actor ha/1 gone
over the accounts. He was advised by his
friends to give it up but he said he would
not do it. The Inspector* could send him
to jail if they wished to make an example
of him but he would not give up the keys.
Neither Capt. Lamar, Col. Anderson nor
Capt. Williamson will have much to say
about the affair, but Col. Anderson saiil
last night that he had made a proposition
that if after the examination has been com
pleted the accounts are found to ta one
cent short then the presidents of five tanks,
including Messrs. Hammond and Flannery,
should sit an/1 hear the case and decide
whether he or Cant. Uniar is morally and
legally responsible. He says it is hot a
question of #3OO or £lOO, but of character
and he means to have the thing sifted.
It is not known whether there is any
shortage at all, in fact, what has been found
already points to the contrary. The ac
counts showed a bank balance of $303, but
when the bank was called upon for a state
nent, it showed a credit to the post office of
#4lO 67. The Inspector is busy with the
accounts, but last night he had not footed
up the debits and had not begun on the
credits, so he cannot make a statement.
ESCAPED CONVICT CAPTURED.
A Notorious Jail-Bird Run Down in
Charleston.
Norris Thompson, a notorious negro jail
birds who escaped from Schuman'-s convict
'-amp on Sept. 7, was captured in Charles
ton Sunday night, and will be held for
the Georgia authorities. Thompson is
a desperate character. He was sen
tenced in July to twelve months
on the cbi> ; n gang for larceny, and a war
rant is out for him. /'barging him with as
sault with intent to murder. After serving
two months of his sentence Thompson,
wearied of his confinement and hard labor,
laid his plans to escape. On Sept. 7
he made the attempt and succeeded. The
guards discovered him and fired on him.
Several shots, as it was afterward ascer
tained, taking effect, but Thompson got
away. He staid away a week or two and
then bewail visiting his old haunts in the
city. Several plans were laid to trap
him, but all of them failed. One
night lie visited his wife’s house
and with a razor < ut her clothing into shreds.
He then changed his abode to South Caro
lina. Sheriff Ronan lias been on his track
for some time, and Sunday night Sheriff
Ferguson, of ( 'harleston. got hold of Thomp
son. A requisition was applied for yester
day, and as soon as it is received the fugi
five will be brought back to bis old stamp
ing ground.
RIVER AND HARBOR NEWS.
Gleanings Among the Shipping and
Along the Wharves.
A colored longshoreman called “Dick’
walked overboard from the steamship Reso
lute last night. He .could not swim, but a
rope was promptly thrown to him which
he grasped, and was fished out.
Messrs. A. It. Salas A Cos. cleared yes
terday the Italian bark Roma, for Cai tha
gena. with 8,860 piece' of pitch pine Inintar,
measuring f!50,1474 feet, valued at S4,WE! !.t:
cargo by Messrs. Butler ft Stevens.
The British steamship Napier, which was
aground opposite Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway Company's wharves,
came off on yesterday morning’s tide anil
proceeded to sea. The German bark Elena
is still ashore, the tug being unable to pull
her off on the present tides. When she
conies off she will probably have a survey
called upon her to determine whether she
has sustained any damage.
The British steamship Resolute was
floated yesterday morning, enough cotton
having been taken out of her hold to Hoat
her. She was pumped out and taken to the
Upper Press wharf, at the foot of Mont
gomery street, where the work of discharg
ing again resumed last night. Up to mid
night about 3,000 bales had been taken out.
Tlie cotton now coming out is pretty well
soaked, and the tales are very
heavy and unwieldly. About Silt) o’clock
a second survey was held on the steam
ship Dessoug yesterday. The examination
showed very little damage to the ship, the
principal injury being between decks, and
she was pronounced seaworthy to make the
voyage to Philadelphia. She will take in
cargo immediately and sail to-morrow
morning on her return trip. The cargo
was not quite discharge/! last night , and she
is still at the wharf between Bull an/1 Dray
ton streets.
The “Belle Hooper” Quarantine Case.
Editor Morning News: Will the
Health Officer kindly state what
effect heproj/osed to produce on the bedding,
clothing, etc., of the Barbados crew, which
was all put out in Philadelphia, by fumi
gating the Philadelphia crew and bedding
at Savannah, none of the latter having
been near Barbados! It is not th© regula
tion, which prescribes vessels coming from
West India, etc., rt'/i a Northern port of the
United States, that is objected to, ’ but it is
the fact that the quarantine officer does not
appear to know thedifferonca tat wean aves
sel coming via an intermediate port, i. e.
as a part, of one voyage, and with the same
crew and cargo, or ballast, and a vessel
which, arriving at a port like Philadelphia.
disehaiges there her*\Vest India crew, their
clothing and bedding, her cargo and ballast,
and taking on board an innocent cargo of
coal, and a home crew with betiding and
clothing, comes to this port on a domestic
voyage pure and simple. It is the fact that
the quarantine officer fumigated the wrong
men, at a needless detention and cost to the
vessel, and detriment of this port, of which
complaint is made by
Mastkr “Belle Hooper”
A Bryan County Burglar.
Sheriff Morgan, of Bryan county, came
into Savannah Last night with Henry Ed
ward George, a colored prisoner charged
with burglary. George broke into Morri
son’s store at Bryan Neck. He was cap
tured yesterday, and brought to the jail here
for safe keeping.
Closed on Account of Death.
Mr M. H. Solmul, of the firm of Appel &
Sc haul, has gone to New York to attend the
funeral of his father, which will takp place
there to day. In consequence of this the
store here will be closed from 1 to 3 o’clock
p. m.
What Lovell & Lattimore Say.
An important matter to decide on for
house-keepers, is what kind qf a range to
replace the worn-out one with. Lots of now
designs are constantly tafore the public, but
few to be entirely relied on. Ranges that
are a I ways on hand and have been ex
tensively sold, are the only kind to recog
nize, because it will always be a matter of
difficulty to keep jn order obscure Stoves.
The pieces can’t lie had when wanted. There
will be no difficulty in overhauling Lovell
& Lattimore’s introductions in them.
Go to D. B. taster, the Grocer.
WITH BOOKS AND SLATES
SCHOOL CHILDREN BEGIN ANOTH
ER YEAR’S WORK.
Large Increase in Attendance on Open
ing Day - All the Class Rooms Crowd
ed The Overf ow of the Colored
Schools—The Rush at the Boole
Stores.
Savannah's public schools reopened yes
terday with a larger attendance than they
hare ever had. Over 2,000 pupils regis
tered in the white schools and 1,100 in the
colored schools. The Jewish Feast of
Tabernacle, which is being celebrated this
week, prevents the attendance of the Jewish
children. There were last year between
500 and TOO Hebrew children iu the schools
and these, with the other white children
which will register during the week, will
swell the attendance to over 4,000.
“The school* have never lief ore started off
so auspiciously,” said Superintendent Baker
last night. “‘All the old teachers are in
their place* and several new ones have been
elected. F.verytbing starts off finely and
by the end of the week we will he in shape
for the year's work." The number of pu
pils registered in the white schools yesterday
were:
Boys' High School 60
<;irl*'Higb School 96
('batham Academy, Grammar School 630
Barnard Street School 381
Massie School 316
Cathedral School .. . 390
St. Patrick's School 341
Total in white schools 3,043
West Broad Street Colored School 040
East Broad Street Colored School 490
Total in colored schools 1,030
The increase over last year on opening
day is something over 300. The colored
school* are crowded to their utmost capac
ity Between 300 and 400 children were
turned away from the West Broad Street
School, and as many more from' Kast Broad
Street. Every desk and bench is occupied,
and the teachers are cramped for room to
manage the classes.
The new High School buildings are all
occupied, and they greatly facilitate the
High School and Grammar School work.
The district school buildings were put in
shape during the summer vacation Yes
terday was occupied with the registration
and classification of pupils, issuiug lists of
new books, etc. Most of the schools held
short sessions and closed at 1 o’clock. About
the same programme will he gone through
with to-dav. New pupil* will he coming in
all the week, and not until next week will
the schools be in smooth running order.
By that time, though the classes will all
have been formed, the children will have
gotten used to their new books, and every
body will be settled for the year's work.
The country schooLs also reopened yes
terday, but no reports will be had from
them Itefore the end of the week. There
are nine white and twenty colored schools
in the county outside of the city. Supt.
Baker said last night that the white schools
would probably ojien with an average at
tendanee of thirty pupils, and the colored
schools with an average of seventy, making
over 1,500 pupil* in the country schools.
The school book dealers had a busy day
of it. The rush for books began a little
after noon, hut it was not at its height until
bet ween 3 and 6 o’clock. Then it was al
most impossible to get inside the book stores
where school I sinks are kept. Davis Bros.,
Connor's, Schreiner's, VVylly & Clarke’s
pla-es were jammed. The dealers all said last
night that the ts-ade this year has been
greater than ever before. It will
keep up for several days yet, and probably
through the week.
Major Crowther's School for Boys and
the Savannah Academy also opened yester
day for the fall term with full classes. The
School for Boys has received an addition of
111 new punils*. and this number, with the
old boys that return, leaves but few vacan
cies in the school.
Just Out of Bond.
I). B. liCster has some very fine 3-year-old
Rye and Corn Whiskies he is offering at
$3, and they are well worth the money.
Don’t Buy Your Groceries
Until you get D. B. lister’s prices, and see
his large stock of new Preserves, Canned
Fruits, etc.
High Class Bronze Statuary, Etc.
Our senior is back from New York. Our
citizens who appreciate handsome 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
placed before the Savannah public. Faust
and Marguerite, in companion pieces, in re
fir ro. are gems worthy of the poetic interest
that attaches to the weird and mystic. Be
sides we are receiving, almost daily, invoices
of beautiful objects of virtu in the latest
and most novel conceits. Our display of
tine 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, be established by this season’s dis
play, ami we request the public to favor us
with a visit <>f inspection regardless of a de
sire to purchase. M. Sternberg,
157 Broughton street.
Finest Virginia* Claret, only $3 50 per
case. J. G. Nelson & Cos.
Fall Clothing
Beginning to arrive. Ready to show a nice
selection for early fall wear, also fall Over
coats. They are nicer and prices lower
than ever, to show our customers that we
have removed to the northeast corner Con
gress and Whitaker streets. The Famous
New York Clothing House manufacture all
the clothing they sell, dealing direct with
the consumer. We save every one who
buys of us at least 35 per cent.
The Fly and Spiders Scarf Pin at Bel
singer's, 24 Whitaker street.
If you want a dress for evening wear, the
largest assortment of oriental and Platte Valeu
cienne bare Flouncing, anil all over nets to
match: a nice line of Colored Nets, two yards
w ide, is at Gutman’s.
Try D. B. I .ester'* 800. and Mb, Tea.
No Hard Times
When you buy from D. B. I/ester.
Umbrellas.
Gloria, wears better thun silk, for *2 50,
silver-tip * i, gold-tip $3 50, Ginghams from
$1 upward, all selling low to show our
patrons that we have moved to the north
east corner of Congress and Whitaker
streets.
At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga.,
you get all the comforts of the high priced
bo els, and save from $1 to #3 per day. Try
it and be convinced, ---JSoston Home Jour
nal
Oak, Pine and Ligrhtwood,
For sale by It. B. Casscls, corner Taylor
and East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.
Pure old Scuppemotig Wine at lister's.
Try D. B. Lester's lt)c. and 15c. Candy.
Edam, Pineapple and Swiss Cheese at
Lester's.
Don't wait for the rush, but buy your winter
underwear now. icubes', gents' and children's
Merino Underwear and Children's Union Suits;
ladle* gents' and children s Wool Unseat popu
lar prices. K. Gutman, 141 Broughton street.
That 50c. Mixed Tea at Strauss Bros.’is
excellent.
Oak, Pine and Ligrhtwood,
For sale by R. B. Cassels, corner Taylor and
East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.
Weather Indications.
I Special indications for Georgia:
I FAIR Fair weather, cooler, light to fresh
I I w esterly winds, becoming north
erly.
(Bemoan,on of mean temperature at Savan
nah, Oct. 3.1887, and the mean of same day for
fifteen years.
i Departure Total
Mux TsursHi iCRE from the ; Departure
_ i Mean Since
for 15 year* Ovt.3, TT. j-- or | Jan. 1,1887.
GO j - - 1.0~~! - 569 0
Comparative rainfall statement:
~~ _., , Departure 1 Total
Mean Daily Amount f ror) ( Departure
Amount for for Mean Since
lb Nears. | Oct. 3, -87. J _ _ or _ Jan , jgg*
i 00 | .12 1-- 11
Maximum temperature 85. minimum tem
perature 63.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:33 o'clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta timei
was 7.2 feet—a fall of 0.7 during the past
twenty-four nours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 34 hours end
ing b p. m., Oct. 3 ISB7. 73th Meridian
time.
Districts. I Average.
.. N ." " f Max. ' Min. Rain-
NiME - t jjJ£ Temp Temp falL
TAtlanta TP ft! , | no
8. Augusta. 13 . M 38 .on
8. Charleston | 8 jB6 56 .00
4. Galveston i 19 | 86 < 64 OO
5. Little Rock ! U 84 ! 64 oO
6. Memphis j 19 ; ft! ; HO j .00
7. MobifeP 9 SO S3 i*T
8. Montgomery j 7 | S3 i S8 j*T
9. New Orleans IlCj SO 63 no
10. Savannah 13 I *6 60 .00
11. Vicksburg | 4 88 62 *T
12. Wilmington j 9 184 62 iOO
Averages — I
*T denotes trace of rainfall.
Observations taken at the seme moment
of time at all stations.
Savannah. Oct. 3. 9:36 p. M.. city time.
Temperature, j
Direction. f?'
/ '
Velocity ?
Rainfall.
Name
or
Stations.
Portland I 56 S 06 Cloudy.
Boston 1 56 S 04 Cloudy.
Block Island ... 62 S W *T Flit-
New York city .. 60 W Clear.
Philadelphia , 62 W Clear.
Detroit j 54 W Clear.
Fort Buford
St. Vincent.. 30 N clear.
Washington city. 60 XW Clear.
Norfolk 68 W j !0 Raining.
Charlotte 66 NW 6 Fair.
Halt eras ,
Tilusville .8 S Cloudy.
Wilmington 74 SW r, . Clear.
Charleston 74 SW 8 Fair.
Augusta 74 SW Cloudy.
Savannah 74 W < Clear.
Jacksonville .... 76 N 6 Cloudy.
Cedar Keys 78 W Cloudy.
Key West 82 NE 32 01 Cloudy.
Atlanta 68 NW 8 Clear.
Pensacola I 76 S W Clear.
Mobile. j 74 SW 6... Fair.
Montgomery I 76 SW ...... Fair.
Vicksburg !
New Orleans 76 s E Fair.
Shreveport 76 SW (Tear.
Fori Smith (l * Cloudy.
Galveston ! 16 . Clear.
Corpus Christi— 80' E 10 Fair.
Palestine ir S in. Clear.
Rrownesville. 76 E 04 Clear.
KioGrande
Knoxville 6' s j ..clear
Memphis 66 NW Clear.
Nashville 62 W Clear.
Indianapolis. 60 S W Clear.
Cincinnati | 61 w Fair.
Pittsburg I 64 NW Cloudv.
Buffalo j 54 SW | .04 Fair.
Cleveland 60, w *T Raining
Marquette 48 NW Cloudy.
Chicago 56 W Clear.
Duluth 42 S , Raining
St. Paul 48 w Clear.
Daveuport 58 NW .. Clear.
Cairo i 601 W . . Clear.
St. Louis j 64! W j..dear.
Leavenworth... 5S .Clear.
Omaha j 481 .. Clear.
Yankton 54 NW Fair.
Bismarck 1 .... 1 .. I ... j
Deadwood 50, W Clear.
Cheyenne
North Flat te 58 S E .Clear.
Dodge ('ity 60 H t Bear.
Santa Fe j 62; E .. Clear.
*T denotes trace of rainfall.
G. N. Salisburt Signal Corps.
Stiff Hats just out at Belsinger’s, 24
Whitaker street.
Our 50-eent Tea is as good as ever, and the
sales increase daily. Try a pound and you
won t regret it. J. G. Nelson & Cos.
If you are going to make anew dress, or trim
your old one over, come to us for your trim
mings. You will find a large assortment to se
led from, and all the latest novelties Having
enlarged our store and added all the latest im
prowpments, we can now serve our frionds with
convenience to ourselves and a pleasure tothem.
F. Gutman, 141 Broughton street.
Stringless Beaus and Sweet Sifted Peas
at I
Best Imported Gin ever brought to Savan
nah at D. B. Lester's.
Broadway Silk Hats just out at Belsin
ger’s, 34 Whitaker street.
Novelties in veilings, jewelry, pocket-books,
ribbons, card cases, buttons, niching, bustles,
handkerchiefs, hair ornaments, misses aprons,
children's white dresses, lace scarfs and tlschus,
collars and cuffs, and cashmere shawls at Gut
man's, 141 Broughton street
Fine Evaporated and Dried Apples at J.
G. Nelson & Co.’s.
New fat Mackerel, very fine, at J. G. Nel
son & Co.’s.
Manor Malt Whisky is the best brand of
malt made, and sold by D. B. Lester.
Old Hennpssy and Martel Brandies at
Lester’s.
Try our Mixed Coffee: only 30c. a pound.
J. G. Nelson & Cos.
French Turkish Prunes at Strauss
Bros’.
We are selling ladies’all wool Jerseys at $1;
better quality, pleated fronts, only $1 50 A
large assortment of braided Jerseys and a fine
quality in brown: children's plain and fancy
Jerseys at Gutman's. 141 Broughton street.
Try our five-button, scalloped top, embroid
ered-back Kid Gloves for Si, warranted; and
sole agent in Savannah for the celebrated < en
temeri Kid Gloves. F. Gutman, 111 Broughton
street.
Catawba and Port Wine, only $1 per gal
lon. J. G. Nelson & Go.
English Dairy. Pineapple and Cream
Cheese at J. G. Nelson & Co.’s.
Before buying Hams or Breakfast Bacon
price those at Strauss Bros.’
Anything needed for Men’s wear at Bet
si nger's, 34 Whitaker street.
12!.jc. for Breakfast Strips at Strauss
Bros’.
Fiue California Brandy for sale low by
J. G. Nelson & Cos.
Boye’ Blue Hats for 25c.
“The Famous” has removed to 141 Con
gress street, northeast corner of Whitaker.
In order to call attention to the removal
will sell a nice Boy's Blue Hat or Polo Cap’
for 25c., Knee Pants, age 4 to 13, for .50c. to
<sc., Suits, 4to 13, for 4-i 50. Also a reduc
tion in prices on all our Men’s and Youths'
Clothing. Get the prices of any of
our competitors, then come to see
us, and you will he convinced
that we can sell any grade suit
wanted at a saving of $2.50"t0 *5 oil. as we
manufacture our clothing, and sell them at
prices our competitors buy them at.
LUDDEN A BATES S. M. H
Our Stationery Department.
NEW ARRIVALS.
GAA BOXES, with handsome Lithograph *n
01/vF cover, containing 24 sheets good Note
and 24 Barronial Envelopes. Price only 10c“u's
900 Boxes, with handsome Lithograph nq
cover, containing 21 sheets Letter Paper and 44
letter Envelopes. Only 15 cents.
1,000 Boxes Fine .stationery contents 24 sheer*
Paper, 24 Envelopes. 1 L. & fe. S. M. H Inserted
Rubber Niekle-Tipped Lead Pencil. 2 L A B s
M. H. Steel Pens, l Penholder, 1 Blotting Pad!
35 cents each.
1,000 Boxes Elite Correspondence Stationery
21 sheets Paper, 24 Envelopes. 45 cents, '
500 Boxes Regent Cards, handsome Lithograph
Top Box. 34 tin.- Bristol Cards and Envelopes to
match. 25 cents.
501 Boxes Mourning Stationery, contains 21
sheets Mourning Paper and 21 Mourning ) -
velopes. 40 cents.
l.'Wo Reams of L. A B. S. M. H. Fine Writ in*
Paper in Notes, Congress. letter. Fools ty,,”
Legal t ap and Bell < 'up. Price 20 cents a pound
500 Gross .Steel Pens at 75c, gross, 10c. dojem
Special Notice to the Public.
Above goods represent some of the styles
known a* popular lines of Box- Taper. Ordinary
Writing i’aiier and popular styles of Steel Pens
While the quantities mentioned may sern
large, we have the exact quantities of each
article mentioned, and they comprise but a
small pan of our stock of correspondence sta
tionery. We have all the latest styles of Papers,
and our assortment comprises in variety choice
selections and popular prices with the stocks
carried in the larger Eastern and Western cities
How can we do ity Carry such a stock, sim
ply by supplying the consumers of fine Station
cry in every section of the South. We get up
sample hooks and price lists and make it easy
for jteople to buy good goods through the mail,
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.
Tj. & F3. S. JVI. 11.
FURNITURE AND CARPET*.
A. J. Miller & Co.’s
FURNITURE
AND
Carpet Emporium,
OCCUPIES A SPACE OF OVER
30,000 SQUARE FEET,
And is filled with the ('hoicest Line of Goods to
he found anywhere. The advantages to be oh
tained by having such an immense and complete
stock to select from will be appreciated by tnose
who have never bought of us. and who have
been obliged to confine their selections to only a
limited assortment.
guying as we do by the CARLOAD
and tor CASH, we are enabled to
undersell any one in the South.
Our workmen ar* skilled mechanics, and otir
salesmen ihe most polit* #
A. J. MILLER & CO.
m 150 HDd 152 BROrGHTftN ST.
STATIONERY , TOY'S, ETC’.
it Mil.
Pine's EngJ ish Cream Lairi Notes
Pirie's Irish Linen Notes.
Pirie's Overland Mail Notea
Pirie’s Standard Notes,
Pirie's Azure Notea
Pirie’s Vellum Notea
Pirie’s Bank Notes.
Pirie's Mourning Notes.
Envelopes Square or Long to
Match.
I >APET FRIES.—34 sheets of Paper and 24
1 Envelopes from 10c. up.
Box Rafters in Leather, Plush and Bilk; ele
gant for presents.
('ards Ie Correspondence, plain and mourning.
Visiting Cards, latest styles, at
Sch re i ner’s.
DOORS, SASH, ETC.
ANDREW HANLEY,
DEALER IN
Doors, Sashes, Blinds.
Mouldings. Etc.
All of the above are Best Kiln Dried White Pin*
ALSO DEALER IS
Builders’ Hardware, Slate, Iron and
Mantels, Grates, Stair
work, Terracotta, Sewer
Pipe, Etc., Etc.
Paints, Oils, Railroad, Steamboat and
Mill Supplies, Glass, Putty, Etc.
Lime, Plaster, Cement and Hair.
Plain and Decorative Wall Paper.
House and Siffn Paint ins given personal atten
tion and finished in the best manner.
ANDREW HANLEY.
DAVIS BROS.
GRAMM DEPOT
FOR
SCHOOL BOOKS
AND
SCHOOL SUNDRIES.
We have furnished all of the Teachers with
printer! lists of the BOOKS that will be used in
their room*. For the benefit of all we have ale
lachetl the exact coat of each Book On all of
Ihe new BOOKS that v ill bo introduced Busses,
season, we have arranged to buy the old
BOOKS.
This will reduce the cost to our many cus
tomers for BOOKS to a very low figure. Send
nil of the little folks to us, as we nave stooll
enough to furnish the town.
DAVIS BROS,
42 and 44 Bull Street.
SCHOOL BOOKS,
Stats
or
Weather.