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SETTLING UPON A SITE.
REPRESENTATIVE NORWOOD AND
THE NEW POST OFFICE
The Barracks Site Approved by the
Masonic Hall Maas Meeting Mr. Nor
wood’s Speech —He Telia Why the
Government Selected the Barracks
—Solicitor General Dußignon's Reply
—The Resolutions.
Between 800 and 000 people were at
Masonic Hall last night to attend the meet
ing called for the pnrpose of indorsing the
Oglethorpe Barracks site for the new public
building.
The hall wai filled long before the hour of
meeting. The gallery was packed, and the
crowd was sticking out of the doorway.
The crowd began to grow restive by the
time the hall was filled. A block away
were heard now and then wild yells that
issued from 800 throats. Silence followed
for a brief space and (hen again the air
would be split by some vociferous call for
someone whose name was submerged iu the
volume of invitations.
THE CROWD GETTING ANXIOUS.
The platform was crowded and there was
no one to control the meeting. The audi
ence did not want to wait. It was anxious
for the proceedings to begin. It calks! for
Thomas, Purse, uuDignon, then for Purse,
riußiguon, Thomas, and dußignon, Thomas,
Purse. As the followers of each got the
opportunity they urged the claims of their
leader for the chairmanship. Acting Mayor
Schwarz was to have been chairman, but
as he had presided over the other meeting
he thought it unwise to preside last night,
so he did not appear. At last Mr. I>. R.
Thomas was led to the platform, anil his
appearance was greeted with a wild yell,
lie raised his hand to command silence and
said:
“Gentlemen, under oi-diiiary circum
stances I would thank you for this honor,
but I question whether 1 have been duly
elected. Preferring concord and harmony
rather than discord and division, I desire a
more definite expression of your choice. I
will appoint Messrs. Comer and Leffler
tellers.
Mr. Thomas then asked if it was desires!
that he should act as chairman of the meet
ing, and a storm of “aves " was heard. The
“noes’’ wire few, and he was declared
elected. Mr. Frank E. Rebarer was elected
secretary.
MU. NORWOOD’S SPEECH.
The crowd then began to call “Norwood,”
“Norwood/' “Norwood,” and when the First
distriet’s (Representative stepped ujion the
platform he was greeted with tremendous
cheering. Mr. Noi wood spoke as follows:
"MvFei.low Citizens: You have been
called together as business men to settle a
purely bus ness question. There is no
politics in it, nothing in it except the
feneral interest of the city of Savannah.
was partly instrumental in having this
meeting called in consequence of a meeting
held in the City Exchange last Wednesday
during my absence in Washington. I
thought it only proper and a duty to you as
well as to myself, that I should be heard
w ith reference to the site for the newr public
building. We have a serious question to
consider, and 1 hope you will be calm, de
liberate and thoughtful. I hope that all
feeling will be laid aside. Besides asking
you to lay aside all feeling, I ask you to lav
aside all selfishness. Be catholic in laying
aside all personal interest; consider only the
general interest.
THE CITY EXCHANGE MEETING.
“As to those gentlemen—many of whom
are my personal friends, and of whom I de
sire to say no unkind word, in no unkind
spirit.—who assembled at the City Exchange
and condemned me before I was heard, I
desire to say that I offer.forthemthe prayer
which the old Scotch preacher who was in
the habit of using big words offered. When
ever he used a word that he thought the
Lord did not understand he would explain
it, and he prayed, ‘Oh, Lord, give us recep
tivity—that is, Lord, give us the power to
receive impressions,” and I hope*the gentle
men will receive impressions and come with
ns that we may reason together. I want to
say in advance that I have no more interest
than any other citizen in the location of the
post office. Iha eno stock in the company
which owns the barracks ancl no land near
it to be enhanced in value by the erection
of a fine builduig, so I can say, as do the
Solicitors General. thatjl stand an impartial
witness between the State and the accused;
that I have no bias, and that, after having
seen the crime committed uud heard the
•vidence. [Laughter.]
THE CHARGE OF DERELICTION.
“What.” he added, “did my friends say?
That 1 had lieen derelict in my duty. It is
a grave ohargp. It was not said on the
streets, but iu public. It was printed in
tiie newspapers, and it has lieen spread
broadcast throughout thrtdistrict. It means
that I have abandoned my duty, and I
think that in view of mv past history that
it is a serious charge. I have gone in and
out before you for thirtv vears. You have
teen me in my private life, you have seen
me in my professional life, vou have
seen me in my pubfic life,
and what have I done that
intelligent men should meet in public and
condemn me as a public servant? Is there
anything in my past history to justify it?
lift us look for a moment. I think it a lit
occasion to review my record. I served
you in in the dark days, and
when the c .nunonwealth was attacked in
her legislative halls 1 resisted the attack.
When the general election came on ai the
court house 1 went there and saw the
liberty of my people being trampleil
under foot. I called the young men
around me and we contested every inch
of ground for four days, ami that, too,
when prominent men, by word and in the
press, advocated that we should touch not,
taste not, handle not, tho unclean thing;
that all the action of the reconstructionist
was unconstitutional, but wo went on.
REVIEWING HIS RECORD.
“In 1870 1 did the same thing. I saw the
State I siing misruled and 1 wrote a serios of
articles under the name of Nemesis. [Ap
plause.] After that 1 was sent to the Sen
ate. I saw again the State misruled. I saw
a bill introduced to coerce you. To mingle
your children in the schools with children
of another race. I attacked it, and I am
proud to say that when 1 had spoken the
bill was referred back and the obnoxious
clause was stricken out. [Applause.] That
■was to protect the children, tho grown peo
ple could protect themselves. When 1 re
tired from that field of labor you sent ine
to the House of Representatives.
You were attacked there. You were
called cutthroats, murderers, and
were accused of stuffiing the ballot Imres by
Henderson, of lowa. I resented the attack,
and I never heard an adverse criticism until
the last election when my adversary said in
Tattnall county that that speech of Nor
wood's was the worst speech ever made by
a public man; that it split the Democratic
party and united tho Republican (during
the iaugh that followed someone said,
‘You’ll find it so’). I asked for an appro
lation for a public building. I asked for
5500,000, but the committee cut me down to
$500,000. March (i the bill passed the House
and went to the Senate. I followed it to
the Senate and got the chairman of the
committee*:, Mr. Vest of Missouri, to push
it through.
TOOK IT TO THE PRESIDENT.
“I took it to the President with mv own
hand, and I did it because he had vetoed a
public building bill only three days before.
< in Sept. 30 he signed the bill, and I went to
the Secretary of the Treasury and asked
him to send an agent down here. He did
so. I went to him again and he sent
another.
“After Uougross adjourned I went to him
again ami lie said he needed a bill for the
condemnation of pro|erty; that he pre
ferred a lot on Hull street, and the
reaw n why ho could not get one
1 will state further on. I dtw up a bill for
the oouinn of the rights, and Another for
the right of condemnation. I was con
demned for that. They said it was an out
! rage. My answer was that every man who
: owns property owns it subject to the State,
which has the right to take it. but which
j always gives just compensation. So the
I United States government must have sites
I for lighthouses, fortresses, arsenals and
public buildings. An amendment was
added to the bill which emasculated it, and
i placed the government in the position of
I not being able to act until the bill was
I passed
MR. NORWOOD’S CONSTITUENTS,
i “But, said my friends, I did not consult my
constituents, and, therefore, I have been
I derelict. I propose to put the boot on the
other leg and show that 1 did not neglect
my duty, but that the gentlemen who were
so ready to make the charge neglected theirs.
The act was approved and an agent sent
out. He did not hide his light under a
bushel. It was advertised in The Morning
News that he was coining and what
he was coining for, and let me
say that when the selection of the
site was the question I turned it
over to the citizens. I did not speak for
any site, except to say that, I liked Dr.
Hopps’. I did not oppose the Union So
ciety lot, though I did not like it. The let
ter 'of the Secretary, published in the
Morning News, said that I had kept my
hands off. I left it to you, and why; When
the question of the site come up the Repre
sentative was sunk in the citizen, and the
humblest man hail as much right to be
heaid as the greatest.
SELECTING THE SITE.
“Now, I say, these agent! came down to
select a site, and it was known. It was a
iiending question. I was not idle, though it
was no nioro my duty than that of every
other citizen. Another was laboring with
me, Capt. Wheaton. After the agents had
made their rerxirts, all were satisfied except
Dr. Hopps, mill he would not sell. Then
Capt. Wheaton took Bull street and Aber
eorn, and several other streets, and found
none eligible that the owners would sell.
They talk of the court house square! You
all know that even if it was eligible it costs
too much. We can't take SIOO,OOO to buy
the site and leave only $100,IKK) for the
building.”
Mr. Norwood then named a number of
sites and gave his reasons why they were
not suitable, and the reasons were that
either the price was too high or the owners
would not sell, and he then continued as
follows: “But to come back a moment. I
say it was an open question. I was doing
all I eould. Capt. N\ heaton knew what was
going on; but, said Capt Flannery, Mr.
Norwood was ilirelict in his duty because
he did not consult the Cotton Exchange,
the Board of Trade, the Mayor and Aider
men.
THE TRADE ORGANIZATIONS.
“I want to demonstrate to you tire absurd
ity of the thing. Will any one tell me what
relation exists between the Cotton Ex
change, or the Board of Trado, or the
Mayor and Aldermen, with the post office?
Why, gentlemen, nothing more than the
man who drives a dray or picks cotton.
Rut I was derelict because I did not consult
these corporations. What have they to do
with the post office as corporations; Why
not consult the Masons, or the Presbyterian
church, or the Orphans' Home, or Yama
eraw? They nave nothing to do
with it as corporations. But
it may bo said that they
did not want me to consult with the conio
rations, hut with the members! With refer
ence to the post office all stand upon a com
nion plane. There is no distinetion be
tween rich and poor, or white anil black.
The poor man who pays his 2c. has as great
a right to have his letter delivered as the
rich man who pays his. though his letter
may contain a mil for £2,000. I want to
know if I must take a directory and go
upon the street and obtain expressions of
opinion?
AM l DERELICT?
“Am I derelict in my duty to the Cotton
Exchange ami the Board of Trade? If I am,
then lam derelict to every citizen. Am I
derelict? I leave it to you as fair-minded
men (a chorous of noes). Then where are
the men who condemn me? (a voice, “In the
dark.”) They are interested in the site,
more, perhaps, than any others of their
numbers. Why did they not come to me
before the site was selected? Why did they
sleep and slumber? Why did they not come
out when I was working, when Wheaton
was working, when the Secretary was
working? Ah
The king was in his parlor
Counting nut his money;
The queen was in the kitchen
Eating bread and Honey."
Roars of laughter followed this poetic
allusion.
“I lay the sin at your door.”
A voice—“ There is no sin in selecting the
barracks.”
“I am taking their view of it. Where
were you when this was going on? (A voice
—‘Down South.’) Why did they not come
tome; Why did not these gentlemen now
in such hot haste to condemn me, why did
they not come and aid me? The dereliction
does not lie here,” said Mr. Norwood tap
ping his breast, “I commend tho poisoned
chalice to your own lips.”
OTHER SITES CONSIDERED.
He then rehearsed the objections to the
court house and Union Society sites, saying
that they are too small and the latter is next
to Hanley’s store, which always contains
combustible material, and he then said:
“Going up Bull street we found no other
site available until we came to the barracks.
The government was in this position:
take the barracks or wait till
till Congress can condemn a site, which
would require at least twelve months. The
agent reported that he had opened the pro
jsisals with Capt. Wheaton, and there is
another point my friends have overlooked.
Proposals were advertised for, yet Capt.
Flannery said that if the Secre
tary of the Treasury was making
any special effort to obtain a site he
knew nothing of it.. My friends remind me
of the Hardshell Baptist preacher in South
Carolina, who was speaking on a doctrinal
point and who, as the preachers say, had got
into the brush, lie hesitated a moment
anil then said: ‘When a man undertake *
to deliver hisself of what he is not pos
sessed of, he involves hisself in a lab-y
--rinth whereof it is impossible to eradicate
hisself therefrom.’
THE COURTS MUST BE RECOGNIZED.
“Follow-citizens, there is another matter
that has been overlooked by my friends in
the Exchange. They treated the matter as
if Ihe appropriation was for a post office.
If I hail introduced a bill for an appropria
tion for a post office I would never have got
a cent for you. It was the argument in
favor of tho courts, with the letters of
Judges Erskine and Speer to show to the
President that the rooms were useless as
court rooms that secured the appropriation.
.So don’t forget that the court, is the
head and front of the movement. Th#
location of the post office on the barracks
site may be an inconvenience to some, and
1 am sorry for it, but when you consider
the convenience of the whole city, there has
been no wrong done. There will lie no
great inconvenience to anyone, but a great
convenience to many, especially to the
ladies. There is not a father in Savannah
who has not told his wife and daughters
that it is not the proper thing for them to
go to the post office on Bay street to be sub
ject to jibes anil jeers and ribald jests, but
when the post office is on the barracks site
they can go there, and transact their own
business.
A MATTER OK BUSINESS.
“It was a matter of business with my
friends, and it is with me, but my friends
condemned me, and one man is now carry
ing a copy of the Morning News contain
ing a report of the meeting in his pocket,
showing people that I was condemned by
my constituents. They did not mean it, anii
I acquit them of it, but I do say that it was
unjust and inconsiderate to condemn me
without hearing me. No just judge con
demns a culprit until he has had his day in
court. Feeling that there is no just
cause for this, I leave it to
you to say whether we . shall
stop this work, or shall leave it to so ue
vouncar member uf Uin lute to lx, lifted bv
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1887.
some of his younger constituents, not now
iiorn, by the arms into the chair, and when
the youiig orator of the day, now unborn,
and whoso father is in swaddling clothes,
shall ask almut the appropriation, to be told
that there is a tradition floating around
that some time long ago an appropriation
was made to build a court house, the occu
pation of which he is to celebrate with his
eloquence. ”
CAPT. FLANNERY’S REPLY.
Mr. Norwood sat down amidst deafening
cheers and Capt. Flannery arose in the
audience and spoke, but his words were
drowned. An effort was made to hiss him
down, but cries of "Flannery” brought him
to the stage. He began by saying:
“The gentleman who preceded me paid
me particular attention—”
Mr. Norwood—l only returned the com
pliment.
Capt. Flannery —He told you of a Baptist
preacher. I can’t repeat it. but I can show
you that there are two of us. He told you
a part of what I said, but ho did not tell
you all, and I desire now to say that no
inember of the Cotton Exchange, nor any
one of us thought of condemn
ing him until his name was
drugged before us by his friend. Capt.
Purse offered a substitute to the resolution,
knowing that a substitute could not lie
amended, and by that substitute the Secre
tary and the Representative had to stand or
fall with the barracks, and as we did not
approve of the barracks site, we had to vote
it down. Capt. Flannery then explained
that when he said he knew nothing of any
effort on tho part of the Treasury to secure
a site he meant since the introduction of the
bill in the Legislature.
Mr. Norwood said that no special effort
had been made since then.
Capt. Flannery said that as to Mr. Nor
wood’s remarks concerning the'Cotton Ex
change, that while they might not be di
rectly connected with the post office he
thought the members knew as much as any
other men aliout the proper place for a pub
lic building.
Mr. Norwood—l was speaking of it as a
corporation.
Capt. Flannery—As to that I can remem
l>er the time when the gentleman thought
differently regarding the Cotton Exchange.
1 remember that he was the attorney for
the Southern Pacific road, and then he
thought something of the Cotton Ex
change.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were then intro
duced by Mr. M. J. Doyle:
Resolved, That, in view of the delay which has
lieen caused by the difficulties the Secretary of
the Treasury has encountered in the selection of
an eligible site in the city of Savannah of suffi
cient area upon which to construct the public
building authorized by Congress, with dimen
sions sufficient to accommodate the two United
Stales Courts and the post office, and consider
ing that said building is designed to afford post
office facilities for the city of Savannah and
surrounding territory for perhaps a century to
come, and further that the barracks site
is even at the present time north of the centre
of the city of Savannah, and about equally dis
tant from the east and west sides, We, the
citizens of Savannah, in mass meeting assem
bled do hereby express our approval of the
selection hy the Secretary of the Treasury of a
fiart of the Oglethoriie barracks property as a
oeation for the said public building, and re
spectfully request that the work upon said build
ing be commenced as soon as practicable.
A SUBSTITUTE OFFERED.
The following substitute was then offered
by Capt. Flannery.
Whereas, It is currently reported that the
general government has purchased, or is about
to purchase, ail or part of the Oglethorpe Bar
racks property for a site for a public building
in which will be located the post office; and
Whereas, The said location is so far removed
from the business centre that serious incon
venience, delay and probable loss will result to
the merchants of the city if the post office be
placed thereon; and
Whereas. It is confidently believed that a loca
tion suitable for all purposes to which the
public building will be applied, can be secured
at or near the centre of the business
portion of the city, that is to say, north of
South Broad, and between Abereoru and Bar
nard streets; therefore, he it
Resolved, That the citizens of Savannah, in
public meeting assembled, do respectfully pro
test against the selection of the Oglethorpe
Barracks projmrty or any other property south
of South Broad street for the site for the
public building, which is to contain the post
office, for the reasons assigned in the, foregoing
preamble, and that the chairman of this meet
ing be requested to convey it to the Honorable
the Secretary of the Treasury of the United
States this protest accompanied hy a request
that au agent of the Treasury Department be
designated to confer with the municipal authori
ties and trade organizations of the city of
Savannah before determining the location for
the public building site.
SOLICITOR GENERAL DUBIGNON TALKS.
While tho motion was pending there were
continuous cries for “dußignon," and at
last that gentleman arose and mounted the
platform. He said:
“Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I cannot
see why any one should make the discussion
of a site for a post office the occasion of a
political speech. I cannot see how any one
car make the selection of a site for a
post office the occasion of forwarding his
own political interests, at the expense of
the public welfare. I could not imagine a
man so despicable as to create antagonisms
and then use them to arouse class preju
dices, and then oppose them, and to mount
to political place on the ruin of the
people. I hope no one here
will make a personal applica
tion of my remarks. [Laughter.]
1 do not sec why the war should lie dragged
into the question, but so far as the gentle
man is concerned, I congratulate him, that
during the struggle he was so fortunate as
to be able to serve the commonwealth—in
the halls of the General Assembly.”
Mr. dußignon then went on to say that he
didn’t see the pressing need for locating the
post offieeon Hull street, the promenade of
the city. He thought it should be north of
State street. and his reason for it was that
nineteen-twentieths of the mail that is sent
out and received conies from north of State
street Three eligible sites, two on Aber
corn anr^ Congress and one on Aberrorn and
York, are at tho disposal of the government
ut prices of $20,000, $20,000 and $30,000
respectively, yet the government had to
have a site on Bull street, and would spend
$.i0,000 for it, when the appropriation is
even now far too small for a port of this
size, and a city of Savannah’s importance.
As to the court, he did not think Bull street
the place for it, for children passed
along Bull street going to and from
school, and the hangers-on around the
court rooms are usually neither ornamental
nor useful, and prisoners would be marched
through the street—men charged with rob
bing the mail or using the mail for circu
lating obscene literature, and these nre the
characters the children will have to meet.
Mr. dußignon concluded by saying that he
knew he was in a minority, but that lie had
never yet lieen afraid to express his honest
opinions, no matter how many opposed him.
He took his seat amid loud cheers that con
tinued for some minutes and until Mr. Nor
wood arose.
MR. Norwood’s reply.
Mr. Norwood said that during the war lie
served his State in the place to which she
sent him. For two years she kept him in
the legislature, and then he took the field.
In conclusion he told the story of how John
Randolph killed the Illinois Congressman’s
bill by simply raising his hands and re
peating: “Good Goal Good God! Good
God!’’
PUTTING THE QUESTION.
The meeting by this timo had become a
jierfoct liedlam. ' Yells and cat calls, imita
tions of the crow of the rooster and all sorts
of noises rent the air. Chairman Thomas
was powerless, but at last he succeeded in
putting the question on the substitute and
the ayes and noes were so equally di
vided that a division was called
for. It was fully a quarter of an hour
before anything could be done, and no order
was maintained until 8. B. Adams, Esq.,
took the platform, and suggested that those
in favor of the substitute goon the west side
of the hall, and those opposite on the east.
Chairman Thomas adopted the suggestion,
and the crowd divided. The noes had a
slight majority, hut, the meeting was more
evenly divided than those present had
thought, it would lie. The motion was then
put on 1 e original resolution and it was
carried, uiml the meeting adjourned amid
great confusion.
SET UPON I.V HIS OFFICE.
POSTMASTER LAMAR ASSAULTED
BY HIS LATE DEPUTY.
His Assailant Arrested, But Released
on Bail A Pistol Figures in the Melee
—The Cause of the Difficulty Col.
Anderson Demands His Bond, But
Fails to Get It.
The animosity that has existed between
Postmaster Lamar and Col. Clifford An
derson, his late assistant, culminated yes
terday in a personal encounter in the Post
master's private office. Col. Anderson had
been discharged, his books had been
exanuned, a shortage found, and made up
by his friends, and he thought that he was
entitled to his bond. He went into the
office of Capt. Lamar yesterday, and de
manded it. Capt. Lamar refused to
give it up until the investigation
is settled as he did not know what might be
found before that. Col. Anderson then be
gan a vigorous abuse of Capt. Lamar, call
ing him exceedingly unpleasant names, and
referring to him in most violent language.
Capt. Lamar said that Col. Anderson
drew a pistol, and as he did so he sprang
forward with astick in his hand and grasped
the pistol. Col. Anderson denied that ho
drew the pistol until Capt. Lamar struck
him. At any rate the pistol was drawn and
Capt. Lamar struck Col. Anderson on tho
head with his cane, cutting a gash 2 inches
long. A second blow cut his loft cheek, and
from his wounds poured streams of blood
that dyed his linen crimson.
THE COMBATANTS SEPARATED.
Dr. Schley, who was writing a prescrip
tion in the office, and the clerks interfered
and separated them, and a messenger was
sent for the police. Acting Mayor Schwarz
was at the Exchange anil he responded, as
there was a question in his mind whether a
city policeman had a right to make an
arrest in a government building and
he wished to take the responsibility
upon himself. He took Col. Anderson
to the Exchange and at once consult
ed Corporation Attorney Adams as to
his right to make the arrest. Mr. Adams re
plied that a city policeman could arrest
anyone on government property for a viola
tion of a city ordinance. While/the matter
was lieing determined Detective Wetherhom
arrived with a peace warrant which had
been sweam out by Capt. Lamar before
Justice Waring Russell, and Maj,
Schwarz turned his prisoner over to him.
, CAUSE OK THE AFFRAY.
The ex-Deputy gave his statement of the
trouble which has existed between Capt.
Lamar and himself. He said that it first
arose over the key to the vault: that there
were frequently $14,000 to $15,000 in stamps
in the vault, and sometimes $4,000 or $5,000
in money, for all of which he was
responsible. In view of the fact
that he was held accountable
for it he desired sole possession of the key
which was in the custody of two of the
clerks who were not in any way accounta
ble. He had spoken to Capt. Lamar, he
said, about the matter, but it did no good,
and last March, while he was suffer
ing from the effects of a surgical
operation, Capt. Lamar wrote to him
about this and other matters, drinking and
smoking in the office among other things,
and he repliod stating that if he was to De
held to a rigid accountability for the con
tents of the vault he wanted sole possession
of the key. Col. Anderson said a shortage
of SSO had occurred in the stamps and Col.
Anderson said that he had made that up,
that he had not had possession of the key
since Sept. 1 until the trouble arose and
the inspectors came on to examine his
accounts. He said the accounts might not
have been left as accurately as they would
have lieen had ho lieen a trained accountant,
but his training was a military one. He
was sure, however, that though he was not
a good bookkeeper, he was not responsible
for the shortage which the inspectors had
found in his cash. The deficit had been
made good, however, by his friends, though
against his wishes. Col. Anderson declined,
however, to state the amount of his alleged
defalcation, or how much his friends had
paid up for him. He desired to let the
matter remain open and be decided in the
courts.
THE SHORTAGE MADE GOOD.
But, he said, the money had been paid
and it is no longer a matter of dollars and
cents; it is a question of reputation and
character, and to decide the moral or legal
responsibility, or both, he wrote to Capt.
Lamar to submit tho proposition that five
bank Presidents should sit as a board to
bear both sides and determine,
Presidents Hammond, Flannery and
Weed having consented to act. To" this, be
said, Capt. Lamar replied that the matter
was no longer in his hands. Col. Anderson
said that Capt. Lamar was endeavoring to
blacken his reputation, and the two must
meet at ten jiaces or Savannah would not
hold them both.
CAPT. LAMAR’S STATEMENT.
Capt. Lamar was seen in his office. He
seemed to take the matter very coolly and
spoke freely of it, though he regretted very
much that the affair should have occurred.
In regard to the key to the vault he said
that when he took charge of the office there
were not safes enough and the regist red
letters had to be put into the vaults at
night. The key was then kept by both
Col Anderson and the registry clerk,
but when his application for safes
was recognized and the safes sent on,
the key to the vault was delivered to Col.
Anderson, who counted his cash and said it
was all right. Since that time the key had
never been out of Col. Anderson's possession
except once when he was going’
out of the city. Col. Andei-son
then gave him the key and he locked it in
his safe and kept it there until Col. Ander
son’s return, when they went together to
the safe and he gave it to Col. Anderson.
Since then tho Colonel has kept it until he
delivered it up to the inspector. Within
the last thirty days, he said, Col. Anderson
had reported to him that his cash was all
right, but that tho office had not lieen in
spected for some time and he sent for an
inspector.
TIIE MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO.
The result was the finding of the short
oge, which Col. Anderson wanted to lay at
anyone’s door but his own, ami that, In
said, was the cause of the difficulty between
them on Saturday night, Oct. 1. It was
re j sir tod that the}' had a quarrel over busi
ness affaire, but that was not true. Col.
Anderson, he said, was under the influence
of liquor and was abusing the
clerks In the office and calling
them thieves. Capt. Lamar went back to
where he was and told him that he must not
talk in that way, but he became more
abusive than ever. Capt. I<amar then sent
for a policeman, but the officer would not
make the arrest. Col. Anderson’s shortage
was made up and he wont after his bond,
but Capt. Lamar said that lie would not sur
render it until all the accounts were closed,
because while till the employes are under bond
to him he is responsible to the government.
A shortage of SSO had occurred once in the
stamp department, but rather than have a
question of honesty raised among the young
men in the office, whose names he did not
care to have connected with anything of the
kind, he paid the money out of ins own
pocket.
He wanted to hold the txmd until the
whole matter is straightened out, but Col.
Anderson came into the office and became
abusive, and drawing his pistol so that he
was forced to defend himself. Capt. Lamar
said that the trouble was not over the key,
hut it was due to Col. Anderson’s intemper
ance which has kept him in h fren
zied state ever sine > the examination
of his books began. He bail him placed
under the peace warrant with the hone that
his family would take care of him, but he
had, he understood, been released under
bond.
The ex-deputy sat in Justice Russell’s
office until late in the afternoon, when his
brother, Maj. George Anderson, went on
his bond, and be was released.
THROOQH THB CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.
Chippewa Tribe of lied Men will meet to
night.
The Youth’s Historical Society will give
an entertainment on Wednesday night at
the Masonic Hall.
Ancient Landrum Lodge Free and Ac
cepted Masons will hold its regular monthly
trusting to-night.
The Central railroad is counting on a big
travel from now until the close of the Pied
niont Exposition.
The Board cf Officers of the First regi
ment will meet to-night at the Oglethorpe
Light Infantry’s armory.
The County Commissioners yesterday
gave Mr. C. A. Robbe, the contractor for the
eating apparatus in the ell portion of the
new jail, an order to put the heaters in the
residence and hospital part of that build
ing.
The fall term of Oglethorpe Seminary,
No. 139 Drayton street, Mrs. Louis G. Young,
principal, will open to-day. The seminary
lias a complete faculty of well-known
teachers, and it starts off under most favor
able auspices.
The adjourned meeting of the Burglar
Alarm and District Telegraph Company
will be held this evening at 8 o’clock, at
Metropolitan Hall. It is expected that
there will be quite a lively discussion of the
company’s affairs.
The Independent Presbyterian church
will be opened for services next Sunday
morning. The new organ, now being built
in Boston, will not be ready before Decem
ler. Next Sunday a vocallan organ will be
used instead. This is a reed instrument of
peculiar mechanism capable of producing a
much greater volume of sound than other
organs of similar size.
THE PUBLIC BCHOOLS.
Supt. Baker’s Report on the First
Week’s Work.
The Board of Public Education met last
night at the Chatham Academy. Present,
Dr. J. B. Read, Vice President, presiding,
and Messrs. Douglass, Blun, Duncan, Tatt
nall and Estill. The minutes of the last
regular and a special meeting were read
and approved.
Supt. {laker submitted his monthly re
port, which was received as information
and ordered to be spread upon the minutes:
The public schools of Chatham county, city
and country, were reopened on Monday, Oct. 4.
The enrollment, as learned from the reports of
the city principals, submitted on Friday, was
3,190. being 124 in excess of the enrollment at
the end of the first week last year. Many appli
cants have been received since that date, which
will increase the numbers given. Owing to the
resignation of Miss Loewenthal, teacher of the
second grade in the Barnard Street School, the
assislant teacher has been placed in charge of a
regular class. It will therefore be necessary to
elect an assistant. In accordance with the
recommendation of the committee on examina
tion of teachers, the successful competitors at
the examination held on Sept. 20 were placed in
positions in the schools as assistants. Owing to
the increased accommodations furnished at
Chatham Academy, the classes are not so
crowded as they were last year. A remedy, in
the few grades in which the numbers are exces
sive, will be furnished by transferring the pupils
to other schools.
Avery large nnmber of applicants for admis
sion into the colored schools have been excluded
for want of room.
No authentic or official reports will be re
ceived from the country schools until the end of
the month.
The committee on the examination of
applicants for assistant teacberships re
ported, and recommended the following
appointments to the white schools: Miss
M. W. McCulloch, Miss Alice H. White and
Mrs. H. N. Lighteey.
Miss Georgia Knox and Miss Maria E.
Gaston were recommended as assistant
teachers in the colored schools. The com
mittee reported that the grades of the other
colored applicants were so low that they
were not considered. The report was
adopted.
A letter was read from Mr. G. W. Lee,
teacher of the school at Bethesda, showing
that there were 75 scholars in attendance.
The letter was referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
A communication was read from Messrs.
Wylly & Clarke, H. L. Schreiner and E. M.
Connor, calling the attention of the Board
to the distribution of lists of school tiooks
with the advertisement of a book house of
this city printed on them by the teachers at
the recent opening of the schools.
Capt. Blun offered the following resolu
tions which were adopted:
Resolved, That hereafter it shall be the duty
of the Superintendent to provide teachers with
pointed lists of such books as may be required
for use in the schools, and he shall also publish
said list in daily newspapers of the city at least
one month before the opening of the schools.
Resolved, Further, that hereafter teachers
shall not lie permitted to distribute or use any
list of books containing the advertisement of
any bookseller or any other business firm.
A communication was read from the
citizens of Pooler (station No. 1, Central
railroad) informing the board that a school
had been organized at that place and re
questing the appointment of Mr. A. P. Holt
as teacher, and certain other gentlemen as
trustees. Mr. Holt was appointed teacher,
but the appointment of trustees was re
ferred to a special committee.
The citizens living in the neighborhood of
Bethel public school, on the Ogeecbee, peti
tioned the board to appoint certain parties
trustees to look after the interests of the
school. The petition was referred to the
same special committee.
Miss. M. W. McCulloch was on motion
elected to fill the vacancy in the eighth
grade of the Barnard street school.
On motion the examination for assistant
teachers was ordered to be held at the Chat
ham Academy on Friday. Oct. 28.
On motion the salary of the janitor of the
academy was made S6O per month, with the
understanding that ho was to take care of
the entire building.
Col. R. W. Habersham, who was in wait
ing, was invited to address the board on the
subject of technological education. The
Colonel spoke aliout ton minutes, and was
listened to with great interest. The address
was in furtherance of an application for the
use of a room r he academy to be used by
that gentleniß’ f a technological school.
After Col. I ab sham had retired, a reso
lution was pas.. u tendering him the use of a
room in the Academy, ana the Superintend
ent was requested to assign him a suitable
room for his class.
TO GO TO MEXICO.
Agent Yonge, of the O. S. S. Cos., Going
With Capt. Raoul.
Mr. Henry Yonge, the New York agent of
the Ocean Steamship Company, has given
notice to the company of his intention to
sever his connection with it. It is probable
that, he will vacate his place aliout Oct. 20. He
has accepted the position of Superintendent
of the Mexican National railroad, of which
Capt. Raoul is President. The compensa
tien of his now position will be a very great
deal more than that which he now receives,
although his present salary is quite a hand
someone. He will resido iu the City of
Mexico.
Mr. Yonge has been with the Ocean
Steamship Company quite a long while,
and m losing him it loses a very valuable
officer. Gnu. Sorrel, the General Manager
of the comnanv. is at present in New York
with tiie view, doubtless, of arranging for
Mr. Yonge’s successor.
The steamers are now landing at the pier
which bus been undergoing such extensive
repairs and changes within the past few
months.
Funeral of the Late J J. Abrams.
The funeral of the late J. J. Abrams will
take place at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon,
from No. 163 Gaston street. A meeting of
the Chat ham county bar will bo held at the
court house at 9 o’clock this morning, to
take action in regard to Mr. Abrams’death,
and the members will attend his funeral in
a body.
Black, Nutt and Brown Stiff Hate, the
latest, at Belsinger's, 94 Whitaker street.
THE YELLOW FEVER SCARE.
Talk About Quarantine—Nurses Ready
to Go to Tampa.
The absence of any move on the part of
the authorities to establish a quarantine
against Tampa has caused considerable talk.
A good many people are anxious that some
thing shall be done. The Sanitary Com
missioners have taken no steps in this direc
tion, and they have not even considered the
matter.
Health Officer McFarland is confined by
illness. Dr. Duncan, who is a member of
the Sanitary Board and also of the City
Council, says that there is no necessity for
quarantining at this time of the year. He
is in doubt whether it is yellow fever or
dengue that is prevailing at Tampa,
and even if it is yellow fever he
says Savannah is iu no danger. He re
ceived the following telegram last night
from President Ingraham, of the South
Florida railroad, who telegraphed here on
Saturday for nurses:
Sanford, Fla., Oct. 10.
Dr. H’tn. Duncan, Savannah:
J. R. Fish has gone to Tampa to organize a
relief station and will notify us to-day as to the
number of nurses required, if any. Will wire
you later. J. E. Ingraham.
No further advices have been received.
There are any number of nurses here who
are ready' to go at once if wanted, but until
something more definite is heal'd they
will not be sent on.
Bradstreet’s Mercantile Agency received
the following letter from its Tampa cor
respondent in regard to the situation there:
Tampa, Fla., Oct. 8, 1887.
You cannot imagine the panic which has
struck the people here. Four people have died
within the last three weeks and because the
doctors don't just exactly know what of they
have called it or led us to believe'it is yellow
fever. Of the first of the four cases, from what
Icp n gather, the man undoubtedly died of in
ternal liemorhage. The peculiarity of the
vomit, which was of dark color arising’ from the
action of the gastric juices led some people to
call it yellow jack. This was about the 18th
tilt. All the people were quarantined
in their own houses for ten
days. None of them developed any disease.
The second inau on Oct. 1 had been long suf
fering from Bright's disease, and his people de
clare he died from that. The third case, which
set the people all wild, was the painter, who was
an intemperate man in the way of both drinking
and eating, died suddenly. The last death was
last Thursday. The mau had been sick about two
weeks and was just recovering from whatever
he was afflicted with, so his doctor said, when
lie was taken badly just about four horn's before
he died.
Almost all of the business houses are closed,
and the town is just about as dull as it can be.
The impression gathers that the people who
have left— 3,ooo or 4,ooo— are too hasty, and that
they will return In the meantime the town
has received a blow from which it will suffer to
a very great extent, and time only will show
whether there is anything to justify this score.
Dun’s agency has received no advices.
An agent was sent into Florida yesterday,
and his report will probably be received to
morrow.
RIVER AND HARBOR NOTES.
Happenings Among the Shipping and
Along the Wharves.
A survey was held yesterday on the
British steamship Kate Fawcett, on which
a bale of cotton caught fire Saturday. The
board, consisting of Capt. Wilson, of the
British steamship Hawardon, J. T. Stewart,
Lloyd’s agent, accompanied by W. Robert
son, the British Vice Consul. No damage
was found and they recommended that she
continue taking in her cargo and proceed
to her destination.
Local Personal.
J. Randolph Anderson, Esq., returned
from the North yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fraser went up to
Atlanta last night. They will visit the ex
position this week.
Capt. S. W. Rhoades, of Charleston, is in
the city looking after the cargo of the brig
Isabella, recently put into this port in dis
tress.
A Sore Throat or Cough if suffered to
progress, often results in an incurable throat or
lung trouble. “Brown's Bronchial Troches ”
give instant relief.
The most beautifully trimmed Bonnets
and Hats at Altmayer’s. Opening Thurs -
day and Friday.
Handsome line of Scarfs at Belsinger's, 24
Whitaker street.
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Don’t fail to attend Altmayer’s grand
opening Thursday and Friday.
Look at Altmayer’s lovely Dress Goods at
opening Thursday and Friday.
Oak, Pine and Lightwood,
For sale by R. B. Cassels, corner Taylor and
East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
James S. Silva & Son. Lyons Block,
Broughton Street.
We wish to remind housekeepers, when
replenishing their household goods, that at
our store can be found a choice assortment
of plain and fancy China and Glassware
more varied and complete than ever before.
We keep all the little conveniences and
latest novelties so sought after by the ladies.
TO KEEP YOU WARM
We have Kerosene Stoves, Coal Hods, Coal
Vases, Fire Dogs, Fenders, Shovels and
Tongs, Pokers, Blower Stands, etc.
Remember to see us when in need of any
thing in our line.
Jas. 8. Silva & Son.
A Lively Whirl.
It takes live methods to succeed in any
thing. Business doesn’t come to the mer
chant who waits. We don’t propose to
wait. For weeks we have been busy get
ting in a large stock of our usual fine grades
of tailor-made suits. Wo didn’t buy it to
keep, but to sell, and now we want to sell it.
You may not be ready to buy yet, yet
many are buying their fall and winter suits
now. The early buyer has many advan
tages over the late one—fuli lines, large as
sortment and groat variety in fabrics —yet
we aim to keep our linos "full at all times.
In some cases it can’t be done, hence we sug
gest the advantage of early buyers. You ]
have no idea how well we can serve you; I
variety in colors, fabrics and low prices are
our inducements. We assure perfect tits.
What more can you ask! Come and go
over our stock with us; your eyes will lie
opened. Parents can elotho their boys with
us at a great saving. In a word, if we can’t
give you the finest assortment, the snuggest
fit, and the greatest general satisfaction we
don t want your order.
Simon Mitchell,
The Golden Arm, 159 Broughton street.
Boys’ Blue Hats for 26c.
“The Famous” has removed to 114 Con-
Kress 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 Ito 13, for 50c. to
75c., Suits, 4to 15, for $2 50 Also a reduc
tion i prices on all our Men's and Youths’
Clothing. Get the prices of any of
our competitors, then come to seo
us, and you will lie convinced
that we can sell any grade suit
wanted at a savin;; of $2 50 to *5 00, as we
manufacture our clothing, and sell them at
prices our competitors buy them at.
Oak, Pine and Lightwood,
For sale by R. B. Cassels, corner Taylor
and East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.
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
‘l*"’ ,\” rk Clothing House manufacture ail
the clothing they sell, dealing direct with
the consumer. We save every one who
buys of us at least 26 per cent.
LTTDDEN BATEB S, M. H
Educated, Accomplished, Polished I
WHAT ! R ;™ PEOPLE
ni\ii\T, - 11 ' rip i
LUiUIIHJ HUNTING lIULJj I
New Goods, Every Steamer, Low Prices.
STATIONERY for fine correspondence,
Art Material for all kinds fancy
work, handsome goods for Presents, In
vitations for Balls, Weddings or Societies,
Calling Cards, Engraved or Printed;
Games for the Young or Old, New Pic
tures, New Frames, New Patterns in
Mouldings, Handsome Pocketbooks,
Card Cases, Shopping Bags, Tablets, etc.
Music Boxes. Guitars, Banjos, Musi
cal Albums, Folios, Rolls, and every,
thing that is musical, artistic, hand
some, useful, attractive.
Our counter of Terra Cotta Goods
especially attractive, you will find with
the Pictures in the Gallery.
Lots of New Piano St onto also Hand
some Covers and Scarfs, just received.
DON'T FORGET OUR LEADERS!
Low Prices,
Honest Goods,
Immense Stock,
One Price to All.
CASH !
LUDDEN & BATES S. M. H.
FI RSITU HE AND 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 be 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 confide their selections to only a
limited assort ment.
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.
148,150 and 152 BROUGDTON ST.
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VND BREAKFAST BACON.
ISTOISrH C> XnT LJ X 2NT B
m.CSS GEARING OUR PATENTED TRADE-MARKS, LIOHT
METALLIC SEAL, attached to the STRING, And
THE STRIPED CANVAS, AS IN THE CUT.
TETTERINE.
As Good as Gold.
Millf.doxville, Ga„ Aug. 12th, 1887,
Mr. .1. T. Shuptrinc Rro.:
Gentlemen -Enclosed you will find sl, for
which please send me sl's worth of your TET
TERINE. This makes five boxes of your most
valuable remedy that I have sent for, one only
being for myself. I had thu tetter as bad as any
one ever did. I suffered night and day until a
friend told me to send for your TETTERINE,
aud it would cure me. This I did, and was
cured in a few days. The first box cured me
ar.d two of my friends. Mr. M. M. Johnson was
suffering death with it: had been in bed for sev
eral days. 1 sent to you for two boxes, by his
request, and one box cured him. and he gave
the rest to a friend, who was also cured. This
is for Mr. .1. M. Youngblood, who has the tetter
so bad that he cannot get about to do anything,
and requests me to send for two boxes. Y T our
TETTERINE is worth its weight in gold, and
everybody ought to know something about its
value. I can and will recommend it to every
body that suffers with tetter or itch.
Respectfully,
JESSE W, SCOTT.
DYES. ~
LADIESI
DO your own Dyeing, at home, with PEES*
LESS 1) 7F.S They will dye everything.
They are sold everywhere. Price 10c. a package
40 colors. They have no equal for strength,
brightness, amount in packages, or for fastness
of color, or non-failing qualities. They do not
crock or smut. For sale by B. F. Ulmer, M. t>.,
Pharmacist, corner Broughton and Houston
streets; P. B. RKin, Druggist and Apothe
cary, corner Jones and Abercoru streets;
Edward J. Kikfeer, Druggist, corner West
Broad and Stewart streets.
DAVIS BROS.
DEVOTIONAL
Anew and elegant line of
Catholic Prayer and Hymnals,
Episcopal Prayer and Hym
nals, Bibles, Testaments and
religious books just received.
Our Piano and Organ trade
on a boom; 12 brand-new
Pianos just in. Easy terms
and low prices.
Our 10c. Box Paper beats
the world.
Our “Aberdeen” at 25c.
best in the market.
Pianos and Organs moved,
boxed, shipped and tuned.
DAVIS BROS.