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LITCH M AX'S f.AROI! VIEWS
HIB SPEECH AT ODD FELLOWS’
Ha\LL LAST NIGHT.
The Wage Earners of the Past, Pres
ent and Future—The Objects of the
Knights of Labor Order Explained
—How Labor is Influenced by Capi
tal—What the Knights’ General Sec
retary Wants to See—His Views on
Education—The Liquor Question.
General Secretary of the Knights of La
bor. Chas. H. Litehman, addressed a largo
audience at Odd Fellows’ Hall last night,
Speaking for an hour and a half. There
were not less than 550 white auditors, while
the colored contingent swelled the number
to a fraction over 600. The Atlantic Band
discoursed music in the gallery as the seats
filled up.
The audience was, in the main, an intelli
gent and attentive one. Quite a num
ber of prominent gentlemen occupied seats
oa the platform. As Solicitor General du-
Bignon walked up the aisle and took a seat
on the platform the audience cheered him
lustily. Among thosq on the stage besides
the speakl r were T. B. McGuire, of the
General Executive Board of the Knights of
Labor: District Master Workman Joint
Driscoll, Lewis P. Ashby and W. H. H.
"X oung, of the reception committee; S. B.
Adams, Esq.. I apt W. W. Gordon, F. G.
riußignon, Esq.. W. 8. Tison, Maj. John
Schwarz and Victor St. Cloud, Recording
Secretary of the District Assembly Knights
of Labor.
INTRODUCING THE ORATOR.
District Master Workman Driscoll intro
duced W. H. H. Young, to whom had been
delegated the duty of introducing the
orator.
Mr. Young, in introducing Air. Litch
man, said that he was happy to be abie to
introduce a gentleman who had been so
long anil favorably identified with the or
der of Knights of Labor; a man whose
name ami fame runs parallel with it
throughout tile length and breadth of the
laud, and one than whom there was none
more competent to teach the mission of the
order. The Morning News,
he said, paid Mr. Litehman a
high and none the less deserved
compliment when it, alluded to him as
“Powderly s right-hand man.” It was a
very great honor to any man associated
with Mr. Powderly to be called his “right
hand man.” “Air. Litehman needs no
encomium at my hands,” said Air. Young.
*• His visit has been made at the earnest
solicitation of the entire Southern States,
end t’:clout' induced him to come before
Ms. I have the pleasure of introducing
< barles H. Litehman, General Secretary of
the Knights of Labor of North America.”
GREETED WITH APPLAUSE.
Mr. L'tcUman was greeted with a round
of appla !m' ; He stood for a moment evi
dently gr,tilled that so large an audience
had assembled to hear him, and that its
t pirit wa* in harmony with the cause of
which he is an able and pleasing advocate.
A man rather below the medium stature,
apparently having turned his 45th year,
smooth-faced, u classical forehead with a
narrow band of thin auburn hair run
ning round a head bald from
brow to occiput, a light wave of
Kandv moustache over Ins thin lips,
anil eyes whose grayish blue pupils sparkled
with intelligence ’hrough heavy eye-glasses.
As he extended his right hand’ to stay the
applause so that he could begin his lecture.
St was the small, almost bloodless, aristo
cratic yet Italian hand of the organizer,
■ml not the hand of the toiler, which was
exte ded—it did not come fresh from the
grasp of the tools of the mechanic or arti
san, and yet its delicately rounded nails
■eemed to have lieen no stranger to the
skillful touch of the skilled manicure.
Mr. Litch man said that he wished from
his heart that lie could feel worthy of the
warm words directed to him by Brother
Young’s introductory. It would boas
proud a crown of laurel as was ever given
toman to deserve the title of “the right
hand man” of Terrence V. Powderly. "It
was as much honor as could come to an
American citizen. No man on the American
continent so much deserves the love of the
people, black or white, he said, as Terrence
' . Powderly, and tendi rly and anxiously
have they watched bv his bedside of siek
i ess and showed an affection for him which
was a proud honor to an3- man to so
thorouglily enjoy the love and affection of
the American people.
WHY HE CAME SOUTH.
Mr. Litehman said that he had comp
Bouth mainly lor rest, after nine months of
close application, “and this,” said he, “is
the way I am resting; 1 have spoken nine
teen 1 dghts and am near the end of my
visit, having four or live more points in
the South yet to speak.” This is his second
visit south. He had no reason, he said, to
change i lie opinion that, he formed on his
former visit five yoarsago, of the pioverbial
hospitality of the Southern people. It still
existed and hail been warmly manifested.
Mr. Litchmon t<x>k up the history of the
order. First it worked secretly,"it now
■works openly; audit has spread all over
the land and has crossed the ocean. It is
now 500,000 strong, and its members can be
found lti almost every nation of the glob '.
Ten years ago it was a mere handful or
fanizing at 1 Leading, Pa. Its growth has
leeu remarkable considering the seem-y
•whiclt enshrouded it. Six years ago this
secrecy was removed. The veil of nnpen
et ahl. secrecy was not to hide wrongdoing,
l ut to prevent oppression until it could or
ganize against oppression, and until it was
strong enough to defy oppression. The seed
then sown is giving the fruitage of the
present.
OTHER FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS.
The sj>eaker puid a high compliment to
fraternal organizations, to two of which,
the Freemasons and Odd Fellows, he said
that he belonged. He contrasted these
orders with the Knights of Jmb.ir organiza
tion. “They visit the sick; so do we. They
bury the dead; so do we. They relieve dis
tress; so do we. They educate the orphan;
so do we.” But he said “the Knights of
Labor do something to keep men
from dying. We take up the work
where the fraternal organizations
drop it. God speed the fraternal organiza
tions in their work. I would not detract
from them; but ours is above and bevond
them; to bring about an era when labor
will receive an honest day’s pay for an
honest day’s work. If this principle does
not govern, the fraternal organizations
must go down, for men cannot pay then
dues to sustain them.
“The motto of the Knights of Labor is
nobility of principle and purity of inten
tions, in which it is the equal of any organi
zation on the globe.’’
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THE PRINCIPAL OF CO-OPERATION.
He next took up the principle of co-oper
ation which tic argued is the only true basis
to reguhde a just distribution of tlie earn
ings of labor. Borne co-operative plans had
failed, and while the experiment may fail,
toe system will not fail. It will fail where
the stock company is organized and the big
stockholders gobble it up as tlie tug syndi
cates steal railroads—the big fish eating the
little ones. The co-o]iei ation that will lie a
a success is that which will give that
proportion that labor bears to t tie cost'd
production, and anything leas than that
means the enriching of the few aud robbing
the many.
The speaker explained the divisions of
the order from the District Assembly to the
governing branch. Four out of five em
ployers he lieheves to be the friends of
labor, but he explained that if the fifth is
not, the competition of tlie market, may bo
•uoh that the other four are powerless to
operate without meeting the competition.
He warne I Knights before striking against
their employer to first note the condition of
the market unri learn if their employer is
that one w ho lielieve* in leveling down or
one of the four who have lr'en compelled to
) 'old to the competition. The speaker said
there are two classes of employers. One
"ants to level down, others are not un
willing to level up. He preferred to level
un.
He alluded very eloquently to the na
tural resources of the country, and held
that by reason of t e fact iliat they ex
ceeded those of any other land, American
workmen should occupy a higher place,
and are entitled to butter recognition. He
did not care for the markets of the world.
This country is rapidly accumulating popu
lation, and he wants to build upa yeomanry
to supply our own market. Let it work
less hours and have more hours to study
and educate, for it is the cunning brain
which guides a skillful hand “l<alsir,” said
the sjieaker, “creates all values; it should
have a great, share of the values it creates;
labor is the grand croator.”
ORGANIZATION AND THE BALLOT.
The speaker argued that perfect.organiza
tion ami the ball t; box afford the only means
through which labor can secure its just
sliarre of earnings. “Capital organized su'o
ordinates the public good, Legislatures feel
the power of corporate wealth, the insidu
ous influence of corporate power; it influ
ences if it does not control the Congress of
the United .States and has dragged the er
mine of the Supreme Court, of New York in
the mire.” The mission of the Knights of
Labor he contended is to preserve the country
in the purity in which it was founded and
as the fathers gave it to us; to create a pub
lic opinion for the preservation of our free
institutions. Enterprise and labor are nat
ural allies and friends. Labor protects
honest capital. Usury sucks the life out of
both enterpaise and labor. When an at
tempt is made to strike down labor, it is a
striking down of the power that will protect
enterprise from the grasp of corporate
wealth.
A CONSERVATIVE POWER.
The speaker argued that the Knights of
Labor are a great conservative power to
preserve order, and lie cited the fact that
the country had unorganized labor in 1877,
and as a result property disappeared in
jjre and smoke, an l men were shot down
in the streets. In the same State there has
been another great conflict this year between
organized labor and corporate wealth, and
the telegraph has brought no such tidings
of destruction to life and property. The
order was sworn around the altar of Knight
hood to uphold the law, and it had done so.
Tile speaker, waxing eloquent as he depicted
the changed condition of affairs, said: “I
would strike down the man who would use
the bomb of the dynamiter or the dagger of
the assassiu.” Thu sentiment was enthusi
astically cheered.
The ends which the order expects to at
tain cannot be attained in a day. Men do
not plant mushroons to grow oak trees.
The acorn must be planted, and coining up
must lie watered and tended for years, and
after 200 years later it will shade and shel
ter. The order of the Knights of Labor is
not for to-day, but for all time. Knights
will call their children to their bedsides in
the closing hour and the order will bo be
queathed from sire to son until there is
liberty to labor and emancipation to the
toiling millions of the earth.
THE LABOR PROBLEM.
Mr. Litehman likened the labor problem
t> a triangle, whose sides are production,
consumptio 1 and distribution. Given the
power of distribution ha could starve the
producer and bring the distributor or mer
chant to bankruptcy and insanity. When
either of tin- three sides of the triangle gets
more than its share the other „*vo lose, and
the consumer usually loses the most, because
the other two get a whack at him. A dollar
a day measures the Bizo of the housj tho
laborer occupies, the kind of clothes the
family must wear, the size of the loaf of
bread, whether it shall be cut in thin
slices or thick, and whether it shall be
buttered on one side or both, or on neither
side. Tho death rate increases with the
advance in prices of the necesssities of life.
Increase the power of lalior to consume, he
said, anil you increase the prosperity of the
jieoplo. But as UlO price of food increases
the inferior quality that labor must use in
creases disease and mortality. “I hold,”
said the speaker with great earnestness,
“that the man who conspires to raise the
price of food is a murderer and should re
ceive a murderer’s punishment. It is more
merciful to shoot pie down upon the street
than to rob my table of the food which sus
tains the life of myself and wife, and mv
little ones.”
LABOR MUST BE CARED FOR.
He hel l that before the war the aged
black, after a life of toil, was given a hut
or home on the old plantation and was
kindly eared for. Now labor found nothing
at tho end of years of labor but the poor
house. Ho did not include the rum guzzler.
An iucrease of wages means to that man
greater opportunities to guzzle. He is tho
first to strike. He is the first to turn
“scab.” He is always ready to be
the tool of corporate power. The
speaker said ho did not want to
be understood os trying to cram his temper
ance principles down the throats of his
hearers, but, said he, “they would do you
more good than the whisky some of you
cram down vour throats.” The speaker then
launched into a tirade against the rumseller.
A rumseller is interdicted from becoming a
member of tho order. “He may be a nice
man, but his business is damnable,” said
Mr. Litehman.
OPPOSED TO WHISKY.
Visiting, some time ago, a city in New
York where tb ro was a strike, a committee
of five met him ami drove him to a barroom
where $S was expended before leaving the
place, and this at a time when the workmen
were soliciting aid from their brethren
abroad. Mr. Litchman said that, when he
was taken to the hail lie made a stirring ap
peal to the me nbei-s not to patronize the
rumsellers any longer. On his second visit
to the place, he said, and in the same hall,
a woman came down the aisle weeping,
and taking him by the hand blessed hiiri
aud thanked him. He askod what she was
thanking him for, and she alluded to his
appeal for the members to bo sober men.
She said her husband ;had heretofore been
a drinking man, but from that day up to
now lie has never patronized the rumseller,
and she added: ! 'You don't know how
happy my home is.”
This incident deeply alTected the audience.
“Clothe your own wife, - ’ added Mr. Litch
man after a muse, “and let the rum-seller
clothe his. Do this aud your homes will lie
happier, and there will soon be no reason
why you should not have a hall as magnifi
cent lu all its appointments as the* one we
are in to-night.”
AGAINST LABOR-SAVING MACHINERY.
He inveighed against tabor-saving ma
eluneey because it degrades by sub-dividing
labor. Tlie accumulation of two-hundred
millionaires m ten years moans, he said,
1,000,1X10 tramps. Until the system of
regulating values is changed the army of
tramps will exist.
He advocated public schools. He wanted
"education ns free as the raindrops which
fall from heaven and the mr which wo
breathe,” adding parenthetically, "Thank
Hod, no monopoly lias been able to bottle it
up and seil at some price they would liv
U|sm it.” He held that the corner-stone of
the Order is education, its foundation tlie
l ive of mail, and lie wanted the day to be
not far distant when the structure shall bo
complete, that millions may find shelter
therein. Patience, ho added,' will bn neces
sary, but no obstacle can provost the ful
fillment of th ■ grand design, for the Knights
will go under it, over it or through it
He excoriated tlie poll tax sy-tem, bold
ing that if the State has the right to tlx the
tax at $1 it has iho right to place it at $lOO,
The principle is the same. Tlie man pavs
taxes who buys the necessities of life; when
lie pays a poll tax lie pay., $1 m ire than Ids
share of tno taxes.
Ho counseled the rejection of political
hacks who desired admission into the order,
ad counseled nix months’ probation
wherever there is u doubt. He did uot want
to be misunderstood m counseling them ns
to their duties at the ballot lvix. The prin I
clplos of the order nre: "Humanitv ever j
partisans never.” He advis i Knight, lo
vote for the men pledged to priucid , of
the order regardless of their party adlliu
tlons.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. MARCH 13. 1888.
A LOCAL affliction.
Alluding to the accident recently reported
in the Morning News of a mac. having his
arm crushed in coupling cars, he said that
it was because the railroad found brakemen
cheaper than improved car couplers. He
wanted laws passed that would make a
brakeman’s life more valuable than a pa ent
car coupler, or a ?! 60 guard rail. He
wanted to see human life more sacred than
dollars and cents. He wanted laws that
would make it cost more to kill a man or
maim him for life than to buy a safety
coupler.
EQUALITY OF EMPLOYES.
Alluding to the cotton mills of Augusta
he said if they are like the mills of the
North they Will prove a curse, lie wanted
laws that will take all children under 14
from the mills and put them in school, and
women who work in them to receive equal
pay where they do a man’s work. He re
gretted that there are no women at the
meeting. It was his first meeting in the
•South whole they have absented them
selves. They compose one-third if the mem
bership of the order, and lie paid them a
high encomium.
He closed with an appeal for a closing up
of the ranks, getting back the good and
weeding out the worst, for the great strug
gle between humanity' on tho one side and
monopoly on the other, reciting at length
that poem, “I Live for Those Who Love
Me.”
When Mr. Litehman took his seat he was
surrounded on all sides ami congratulated
for his long and masterful speech. Loud
calls were made for Air. dußignon. but
owing to the lateness of the hour that gen
tleman did not respond. The Knights after
the adjournment went to their hall where
they were addressed by Messrs. Litehman
and McGuire.
ELOPED WITH HIS NIECE.
Joe Johnson Deserts His Wife and
Skips Out with His Ward.
Joe Johnson, who keeps a saloon at East
broad street and bay lane, eloped early yes
terday morning with his niece, Hannah
King, a comely young Irish girl, whom
Johnson brought from Ireland with him
two years ago and who has been living at
his house ever since. His wife, whom he
kicked out of the house a week ago, brought
suit for support and ill treatment against
him. Johnson evidently saw that lie could
make but a poor defense, and to escape
justice he fled with his niece.
Mrs. Johnson, with whom ho had lived
in peace for twenty-eight years, was,
after his niece’s arrival, two years ago,
discarded, and she says that she was
most shamefully treated. As the
familiarity between Johnson and Ins niece
became more noticeable domestic troubles
increased, and finally Johnson drove his
wife from him. Johnson was arrested but
his wife, woman like, relented toward him,
and the case was squelched. A week ago
she was agaiu brutally assaulted and driven
from the house.
This time she took nrompt action. A bill
for alimony was filed. The necessary affi
davits were taken and the case wai set for
trial Saturday. Johnson took the situation
in, anil, pocketing all the valuables belong
ing to himself and to Airs. Johnson, skipped
with his ueice yesterday morning
Mrs. Johnson, who is staying at the house
of Mrs. Kate Noon, next door to her house,
reported the matter to her attorneys, Messrs.
Clifton & Beckwith. The police were noti
fied and every possible effort was made to
track the parties.
Johnson is employed during tho cotton
season by John Riley as foreman of a cotton
gang. During the summer months he works
in his liar. He is said to be worth £7,000 or
SB,OOO. He drew from the Southern Ba k
on Saturday, according to his wife’s state
ment, between $5,000 and $6,000. He also
took a gold watch belonging to her. His
saloon was closed yesterday. The following
telegram has boou sent by Acting Chief of
Police Green to various parts in Georgia,
South Carolina and Florida:
Chief of Police: Arrest Joseph Johnson.
Red faced; freckled; weighs about 230 pounds;
female with him; slender. Larceny.
THE COLD WAVE’S SWEEP.
Business Interfered by the Broaklng
of the Telegraph Lines.
The cold wave which struck Savannah
Sunday night iet up a little yesterday'. The
lowest that mercury went was 35*. The
wind kept off the frost to some extent and
the damage was not os great as it was ex
pected that it would be.
The breaking down of tho telegraph lines
by the storm that swept over the country
on Sunday caused a serious delay in busi
ness. The Western Union was unable to
handle its work yesterday with anything
like its usual facility. No Associated Press
dispatches were received in the afternoon.
The night dispatches, which usually start
ill at 6 o’clock, did not siart until 8 o'clock,
and then they came in very slowly.
Tho Signal Bureau’s weather reports
were very meager. Only the Southern
station report* were received, but these in
dicated a rising temperature. The indica
tions are for warmer weather to-day. The
temperature at 10 o’clock last night was
50*, the same as it was the night before.
The lowest reported was 28* at Norfolk,
Va., and Charlotte, N. C.
THE CITY COURT.
Chain Gang Recruits -Hargrave Gets
Throe Months for Square Dealing.
The City Court was in session yesterday
forenoon, and the following business was
transacted:
David J. Morrison, a subject of the Em
reror of Germany, was admitted to citizen
ship.
The case of Charles MoNain, for stealing
from t.he house of Hannah Johnson a comb,
handkerchief and 35 cents, was continued.
The following cases were disposed oil
Mitchell Robinson, simple larceny. He
stole a pair of shoes from the Ocean Steam
ship wharves. Sentenced to three months’
light labor.
Joseph Hargrave, the only white pris
oner, for the larceny of a square, was sen
tenced to three months’ labor.
State vs. July Price and Charlotte Rob
inson. Assault and battery. The former
was lined $~5 or three months with labor.
Uus Ferguson, for t he larceny of $1! worth
of turnips from D. \V. Zipperer, was sen
tenced to six months’ labor.
ltolin Harris, for the lareenv of a piece
of lumber of lho value of 50c. from the Si
vannah, Florida and Western railway
yards, was sentenced to three months at
light labor.
Hector Brown, Julia Brown and Dicey
Bacon, charged with assault and battery,
were found not guilty.
Superior Court.
There was but one case tried iu the Su
perior Court yesterday, that of Mark Hous
ton aud Ron - Houston vs.tho City and Sub
urban Railway Company. Since the
original petition was filed Mark Houston
died, so tuat. the amended petition had but
one plaintiff -Rose Houston. One of the
ompany’s cars collided with the woman’s
market wagon, tl r nving her out, and for
her injuries she u s ituted a suit for sl,otX).
The jury returned a verdict for the railway
company.
As no case has been as-ignod for to-day,
there will not likely be anv session of tile
court mild tomorrow morning.
The Shaft.ill case will c nne up for hear
ing, on a motion to quash the indictment,
on Saturday.
How to Gain Flesh and Strength.
' 'so after each meal Scott’s Emulsion
willi Hypophosphitos. It is us inlatrble us I
milt, and easily digested. The rapidity j
with which delicate people Inn rove with
its use is wonderful. Use It and try your j
weight. Asa remedy for Consumption, I
I'hroat affections and Bronchitis, it is mi- |
equalled Please read: “I used Scott’s
J’.mulsio in a child eight months old wit i I
p”..q res ■ts he gained four pounds in a
very short time."— Tho, l rim, AI.D., Ala
bama.
! SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
! LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.
Dashes Here anil There by the News
Reporters Yesterday's Happenings
Told In Brief Paragraphs—Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
Ancient Landmark L'Klge, F. and A. M.,
will hold a regular meeting to-night.
There were five arrests up to 1 o’clock this
morning, for the usual offense of not drink
ing wisely, but between drinks.
The Southern Mutual Loan Association
will hold its twentieth regular monthly
meeting of series B. at the Metropolitan
Hall to-night.
A rumor was cire dated yesterday that
Thomas Cassidy hail escaped from jail. The
report was a canard, Cassidy having neither
escaped ncr attempted air escape.
Bono Screven, a colored trusting brether,
gave Dave Rose $2 last November to take to
Screven's wife at Charleston, but it seemed
to fail in connection some way at the South
Carolina end of the line, Dave breaking in
on the fund for alcoholic stimulations. Ho
[mid 50c. of the $2 to Bono, but the partial
payments were slow, so Bono had Rose up
in Judge Moiina’s court for larceny after
trust. After an examination ho was dis
charged.
Cant. John W. Anderson of New York is
in the city and in view of tho general inter
est that is taken in the Ramie industry
will give an exhibition of the International
Fibre Company’s machine at the Sub-Trop
ical Exposition, at, Jacksonville, at 12
o’clock to-morrow. The exhibition will be
given especially for the benefit of the
planters of South Carolina and Georgia,
who will bo able to go down to-night and
return to-morrow night.
RIVER AND HARBOR NOTES.
Happenings on the River and Among
the Shipping.
The steamer Progress arrived yesterday
from Augusta, having been delayed by
some repairs to her steam pipes.
The steamer Advance, which arrived here
Hunday from Augusta, had her rudder post
split, and, to prevent the less of the rudder,
it was unshipped The rudder was not
broken.
The river front presented quite a lively
appearance yesterday on account of the
several steamboats strung along the docks,
some preparing to depart and others just
arrived.
The Russian bark Navigator, from St.
Vincent’s, Cape Verde Islauds, which ar
rived at Tybee Sunday, is leaking. She
will come up to the city to-day, and will
probably haul out for a survey.
Messrs. Joseph A. Roberts & Cos. cleared
yesterday the schooner Mary Lord, for
Mayaguez, P. R., with 12,320 pieces of pitch
pine lumber, measuring 207,674 feet, valued
at #3,040 20. Cargo by Messrs. Butler &
Stevens.
The Norwegian bark Ibis was cleared
yesterday by Messrs. A. R. Salas & Cos. for
Coruna, with 608 pieces of pitch pine lum
ber, measuring 64,306 feet, valued at SOOO,
and for Marin with 13,711 pieces of pitch
pine lumber, measuring 207,335 feet, valued
at $4,516 66. Total valuation of cargo
$5,416 66. Cargo by Alessrs. Butler &
Stevens.
Local Personal.
A. P. Coles, of Albany, is at the Screven.
Henry Hill, of Atlanta, is at the Pulaski.
A. V. Gude, of Atlanta, is at the Screven
House.
B. H. Smith, Jr., of Augusta, is at the
Screven.
T. L. Halifield, of Macon, is at the
Screven.
J. H. McKenzie, of Waynesboro, is at the
Screven House.
H. F. Bowles, of Bulloch county, is a
guest at the Harnett.
W. T. Savage, of Montgomery, Ala., is
at the Pulaski House.
A. J. Camp, of Birmingham, Ala., is
stopping at the Screven.
A. Johnson, of Binghamton, N. Y., is
registered at the Harnett.
Henry E. Rogers, of Rochester, N. Y.,
is stopping at the Harnett.
J. A. Bryan, of Jacksoville, Fla., is a
guest of the Screven House.
Mrs. E. L. Sullivan and son, of St.
Augustine, Fla., are guests of the Harnett
W. H. Harrelson, of Egypt, Ga., a promi
nent turpentine operator, is at the Harnett.
W. B. Thomas, of Tennille, President of
the Tennille and Dublin railroad, is at the
ScreveD.
Sir Thomas Esmonde and Secretary Sut
ton left at 1:25 o’clock yesterday afternoon
for Mobile.
W. H. Folk and wife, of Edgefield. 8. C.,
on their return trip from Florida, are at
the Harnett
J. D. Tuten and B. Rainey, prominent
merchants of Jasper, Fla., are stopping at
the Harnett.
Charles B. Tucker and D. G. Slattery, of
Boston, Mass., are recent arrivals at the
Harnett House.
C. H. Weeks and wife, of Cleveland, 0.,
en route to Florida, are stopping at the
Marshall House.
Geo. I.a ws, of New York, proprietor of
the Seventh and Eighth avenue street car
line, is at the Pulaski.
R. S. West aud wife and Miss Lillian
West, of Pittsburg, are en route to Florida.
They are regi-terod at the Harnett.
T. K. Leslie, of Hu wan nee Sulphur
Springs, Fla., proprietor of the Suwannee
Springs hotel, is stopping at the Screven.
Frank H. Goodyear and wife,William W.
Kellette and Miss Kellette, of Boston, are
en route to Florida, stopping nt the Pulaski.
T. J. Wheeler and wife and Ed Raymond,
of Hartford, Conn., en route to the Sub-
Tropical Exposition, are registered at the
Harnett House.
J. A. McDuffie, of Brunswick, General
Freight aiui Passenger Agent of the Bruns
wick and Western railroad, is registered at
the Screven House.
J olin F. Devine, of New York, proprietor
of the Long Branch and Botlioldo, and
Broadway and Twenty-third Street hotels,
is registered at tho Pulaski.
Miss Annie Bannatyne, daughter of Hon
A. G. B. Bannatyne, of Manitoba, left for
Aiken, S. C., yesterday after a short visit
to her relative, John McLaughlin, Esq.
Col. Jesse Watson, General Agent of the
reliable free trading corporation known as
the Willinnistmigli City Fire Insurance
Company of New Y. rk, is registered at the
Screven House. Tho genial Colonel is
heartily greeted by his numerous friends
during his short visit to Savannah.
Will Run for Senator.
Hon. Philip M. Russell has received quite
a number of letters from friends in Effing
ham and Bryan counties asking bun to
make the race for State Senator. This
action lias been seconded by that gentle
man’s friends in Chatham county to the
extent tlmt Mr. Russell informed "a Morn
ing N’ewh reporter vesterday that he has
about concluded to s"ek the nomination.
Mr. Russell ms a member of the last
Legislature, and was twice elected before—
iu 1870 aud iu 18<l!.
The Y M. C. A.’e Lectures.
Dr. M. L. Boyd will give the fourth of the
series ot medical talus this evening before the
Young Men’s Christian Association in the
association’s rooms, at 8 o’clock. Both In
dies and gentlemen are invited. The sub
ject wlil be; “Our Bodies; Their Use and
Abuse.”
English Comments.
“Colgate & Cos. are the oldest soap makers
in America, and have evidently profited by
their lout experience.”
EMMET AND WASHINGTON.
‘‘Richelieu” Robinson to Lecture at
Catholic Library Hall Next Week,
lion. W. E. Robinson will lecture at
Catholic Library Hall next Monday night
on “The Countries of Emmet and Washing
ton." Ho was to have delivered the lecture
last Friday night ut the Theater, but owing
to the addresses by Sir Thomas Esmonde
and Secretary Sutton it was postponed.
\ esterday Mr. Robinson was presented the
following letter:
Savannah, Ga., March 12, 1888
Hon. W. E. Ilobi nson, Pulaski House:
Hear Sir—There is a general desire amongst
our community to hear your lecture on "The
Countries of Emmett anti Washington ” which
you were to have delivered on Friday evening
last at the Theater, but (lid not, on account of
the lengthy exercises. The undersigned ur
gently request your consent to deliver the lec
ture, aud if given, please name a date most con
venient for you, and we will take pleasure in
making all necessary arrangement*. Very
respectfully yours.
Andrew Hanley, Peter Reilly, F. X. Douglass,
John Feely, M. F. Dunn, M. D., P. J. O'Connor,
T. H. O’Donavan, James McGrath, J. B. Kil
loarhy, F. E. Kebarer, J. P. Kennedy, James
Leonard, John Duffy, T. A. McMahon, P. T.
Foye, Francis Hart, John Lyons, M. A. O'Byrne,
James Douglass, \V J. Clements, W. J. Watson,
R- Powers, John McLaughlin, James Ray.
Mr. Robinson replied last night follows:
PtTLASKI Horst:, I
Savannah, March 12, 1888. \
Gentlemen—l have recehed your communi
cation, of this date, requesting me to deliver a
lecture before leaving for my home. I have
been so kindly received by the people of Savan
nah that 1 feel at home with you, and would
gladly make any reasonable excuse to prolong
my visit even for a few days. I therefore
cheerfully accept your very kind invitation, and
shall lie at your service any evening wh ch you
may designate within the next ten days. Your
grateful servant, W. E. Robinson.
Andrew Hanley, F. X Douglass, P. J. O'Con
nor, M. F. Dunn, M. D., and. others oj. the
Committee.
The committee has arranged next Mon
day night as the da e for the lecture. It
will be a source of great pleasure to many
who were disappointed in not hearing Mr.
Robinson lecture last week to hear him ou
his chosen subject.
AT THE OPERA.
Adelaide Randall’s First Appearance
in Savannah in “Madame Boniface.”
Lent is not the season for large audiences
at the Theater, aud that accounted a good
deal for the small audience last night. It
must be a very indifferent lover of opera
that will be kept away from any of Ade
laide Randall’s performances for any other
thari on urgent reason. Miss Randall is an
acknowledged favorite in Savannah as
sho is in Jacksonville, where she played
a very successful engagement last week.
For a small company Miss Randall’s is an
exceptionally good one. Her opening opera
was “Madame Boniface.”
The opera has been recently adapted from
the Fren b, and has never before been per
formed here. The fun of the comedy turns
on the strong contrast of characters shown.
•‘Madame fioniflee,” a pretty, vivacious
young French woman, is married to a blun
dering old stupid, who looked more like her
grandfather. A gay young nobleman falls
in love with the young wife, and by con
vincing her of the wandering affections of
her husband, abducts her and then per
suades her to elope, but soon ascertaining
tiie truth of the matter, she returns, and
all is peace again. A subordinate love
story in which an artist and the ward of a
general are the principal parties, is adroitly
interwoven with the main plot.
Miss Randall as ‘‘Madame Boniface” was
the same bright, vivacious aud charming
little actress that she is in every play. She
was enthusiastically received. “Boniface”
himself is the comedian of the piece. The
part was well acted and sung by Mr. W.
H. Daniels. Mr. Lang as “Count Hanni
bal,” Mr. Waldo as “Fridolin,” Mr. Peakes
as the “General,” Miss Clara Randall as
“Jaequot,” and Mi s Gertie Hovt as “Isa
bel,” were all good. Mr. Peakes’ tonieal
song, “You Can’t Do It, You Know,” from
the “Little Tycoon,” was vociferously ap
plauded.
To night Miss Randall will appear as
“Niniche,” and to-morrow night m “The
Bridal Trip.” “Madame Boniface” will be
repeated at to-morrow’s matinee. To-night
Miss Randall will sing the Drinking Song
from Giroifle-Girofla. Miss Hoyt will ap
pear in “Niniche” as “Widow Sillery,” and
Miss Clara Randall as “Annette.” The
opera is a bright musical comedy, and was
Judic’s greatest triumph.
Altmayor’s Sensational Sacrifices.
For to-day only: 1 lot Ladies’ full, regu
lar made, fast color Hose in black, solid
colors, pin striped and unbleached, price to
day 15c., cheap at 25c.
Ladies’ beautiful hose in solid colors,
black, fancy stripes and silk clock un
bleached, warranted fast colors, price to
day 25c., regular price 50c.
Misses’ black and solid colors Fancy Hose,
full regular made, white feet, price to-dav
15c., regular price 35c.
Special—l case 12-4 Honeycomb Bed
Spreads, handsome designs, beautiful goods,
price today 75c., worth $1 25.
Five cases genuine Fruit of Loom Shirt
ing, price 7c. Prices of above are strictly
for today only. Now fire away and bring
down your game.
Well, We Are Happy.
Yes, and proud of it, too. We are in re
ceipt of another letter from Mr. Cleveland
acknowledging the receipt of the Suit, Hat
and Shirts ordered of us, and compliment
ing us highly* upon our selection. The lit
of the suit is perfect, the material of the
best, and mad* and trimmed even better
than the average merchant tailor will get it
up. Heady made clothing is not of that
slop shop make it was years ngo; improve
ments are made on it every season, the large
manufacturers North employ the very best
talent to design, and the most skillful me
chanics to put the garments together. We
get the bulk of our Clothing of a house that
pays their foreman the salary of a U. S.
Senator, but it enables ns to guarantee
these goods in every respect, not only as to
the material and trimming, but more par
ticularly the style and finish and the keep
ing of its shape. Uur Clothing does not rip
nor lose shape after a few weeks wear. We
are beginning to get in some of our Spring
Novelties: the}' are daisies; come around
and look at them even if you are not ready
.vet to buy. The balance of our Winter
Clothing we'li let go for a nice song.
Simon Mitchell,
159 Broughton street. The Golden Arm,
Tettorene will euro the worst case of
Tether known, even where all other reme
dies !u vo failed. Fifty cents ut druggists.
Children’s and Hines'Button Shoes in h*el
and spring heel, cheap at 51, at Nichols’.
Pure Drugsnt Shaffer’s , 110 Whitaker.
Ring worm and rough patches on the skin
are permanently removed by a few applica
tious of Tettorene. Fragrant and harmless.
Ladles' Imperial french Kid Button, best in
the city at fc!, at Nichols'.
What Do You Think of This?
Bass’ Pal i Ale $2 per dozen.
Guinness’ Stout $2 per dozen.
Ross’ Royal Belfast Ginger Ale $1 25 per
dozen.
Fine old Claret 50c. per bottle.
Pure old Grape Wiue 51 ner gallon.
Pure old Seupjiernong Wine cheap.
Saratoga Chins by pound.
Queen Olives by the quart.
Evaporated Apples by the pound.
Raspberry, Strawberry and Currant Jam,
at D. B. LksTKR’S. ,
Evaporated Apricots and Dried Prunes
cheap at D. B. I/ester's.
Infants’ KM Button with tassel, a bargain, at
SOc., at Nichols'. K ’
The finest Bottled Beer: American Queen.
Don’t foi got Shatter's. 110 Whitaker.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Supt. Baker’s Report Upon the North
ern School Systems.
The March meeting of the Board of Edu
cation was held last night, Vice President
Read presiding, and the following Commis
sioners present: Hunter, Saussy, Blun,
Duncan, Walker and Myers.
The Superintendent reported that, the
country colored schools were suspended on
Feb. 20. The number of pupils enrolled in
these schools was I.F'O. being 202 in excess
of the enrollment iast year.
Through the courtesy of the board the
Superintendent was recently enabled to visit
the public schools of Washingto ~ New
York and Brooklyn, and he says that the
Savannah schools compared favorably with
the Northern schools in every respect.
Mrs. E. A. Brennan had her leave of ab
sence extended on account of sickness, and
Miss C. A. Urina was appointed temporary
as btant teacher in the Cathedral school.
The superintendent was requested to for
mulate some rule for the utilisation of the
services of assistant teachers. The Presi
dent of the Board, Col. Or. A.. Mercer, was
appointed to represent the Beard as Com
missioner of Registration under the recent
State law.
Death of James J. Connor.
Mr. James J. Connor of New York, died
in this city yesterday after a brief illness.
Mr. Connor was well-known in Savannah,
having for the past ten years been steward
of the steamship City of Savannah of the
Ocean Steamship Company. He was a
member of the Masonic aud other orders.
His funeral will take place from the resi
dence of Mrs. Julius Knox this afternoon at
8 o’clock.
Germans to Hold a Memorial Service.
The various German societies of Savan
nah will hold a memorial service at the
Lutheran Church on Thurs lay nigh' , and
will take suitable action iu regard to the
death of Emperor William. The services
will be in the German language.
“Brown’s Bronchial Troches” are widely
known as an admirable remedy for Bronchitis,
Hoarseness, Coughs and Throat troubles. Sold
only in b< xes.
Letter From Wm. H. Sherwood.
Messrs. Checkering d> Sons: Gentle
men—About two years ago I had occasion
to use one of your Concert Grand Pianos.
At the time I was so much impressed with
its general excellence that I have continued
using your pianos both for my concerts and
for my own private use since.
This has been done with the greatest sat
isfaction to myself, and I can truiv sav that
inv decision has been justified by the re
sults.
Your pianos possess in a superlative de
gree all the excellence required in a first
class piano. While retaining the wonderful
singing quality for which the Chickering
Piano has always been so justiy celebrated,
and has held the highest position in the art
industries, you have gained the maximum
of power, still retaining the even balance of
the scale throughout all the registers.
These qualities, combined with the per
fection of the action and general mechan
ism, have placed your pianos in my estima
tion at the head of the pianos of the day,
and enable me to say with enthusiasm that
1 prefer them to any other make.
[Signed] Wm. H. Sherwood.
Kept. 1, 1887.
Babys’ Foods at Shaffer's, 110 Whitaker—
Fairchild’s, Reed & Carnrick’s, Nestle’s,
Mellins, Gerber’s, Imperial Grannum and
Malted Milk,
Hats at Half Price.
“The Famous,” 144 Congress street, north
east corner of Whitaker, having bought
out Belsingor’s entire stock of tine Hats at a
low price, offer the same to the public at
half value, in order to clear them out, to
make room for our Spring stock arriving.
We have already received from our factory
in New York, Spring Overcoats and Suits,
at such low prices as manufacturers only
can sell for. In the meantime, those in
want of a heavy Overcoat, we will still con
tinue to sell them at the 2u*per cent, reduc
tion.
We have just received anew invoice of
Fancy Percale Shirts, small pleated, open
front; also another invoice of Lyons’ Fine
Silk Umbrellas and Drown & Co.’s Glorias
with gold and silver handles, all going at
extremely low prices. We are giving a
special drive in Bovs’ Knee Suits, ages 4 to
9, most of them worth double the money w e
sell them tor. Now is the time to look in at
“The Famous,” 144 Congress, northeast
corner of Whitaker street.
The skin can be kept smooth and free
from all diseases of an itching nature by
the judicious use of Tetterene. Fifty cents
at druggists.
Nichols has Ladies' Button Shoes, all widths,
A, B, C. D, and E, prices $2 50 to $6 50.
The Golden Age.
The markets of the world
Have yielded up the
Choicest treasures for the
Adornment of our crowded
Warerooms. Not content with
Carrying the largest and
Most varied stock in our
Line, we are constantly
Adding the newest and
Most novel cor.cei rs of
The most skilled designer*
Till now we are literally
Overflowing with no
End of handsome articles
Both useful, decorative and
Ornamental, Bronzes, Placquea,
Solid and Plated Silver
"'are in all the patterns
And deigns most in
Vogue. Opera Glasses, Gold
Headed Canes and Umbrella*
Clocks, happy efforts in
Bronze, Gold and Silver *
Unequalled in workmanship,
Unsurpassed in quality.
We have a line of Gold
And Silver Watches for
Ladies and Gentlemen, plain
And Diamond set, at prices
Representing their true value.
No more. Jewelry of
I very description; Chains,
Charms and Lockets.
Diamonds are our crowning
feature, and those desirous of
Investing in Diamond Jewelry
Will always find us at headquarter*
Remember we are always
H ' with you. Our guarantee
I. ... claim in this community.
There, ore our representations are
To he relied on. No living
Man can afford to sell you
Ass gold piece for $l5O. and
No man will do it Wedding
And Birthday presents in elegant
Assortment. Our prices on every
Article are as low or loner than
Elsewhere. M. Stebnueho.
157 Broughton si l eet.
Wire Floor Mats.
The Rustless Wire Woven Floor Mats are
practically indestructible; nice and clean at
all times and are bound to succeed all oth
ers. For sale at manufacturers prices by
Jas. H. Silva,
l4O Broughton Street.
The popular Hotel with tourists who visit
Savannah, Ga., is the Harnett House,
which shows a larger list of dally arrivals
than any other ' rotel in that pleasant citv.
Chicago National Hotel Reporter.
Gjk, Pine and Llghtwood,
For sale by R. B. Caasels, corner Taylor
and East Broad streets. Telephone Wo. 77.
Prescriptions nt Shaffer’s, i;u WhiUksr
street.
The old reliable Faust better than ever.
Oak, Pine and Lightwood
For sale by R. B. Gassets, corner Taylor and
East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.
Small Pig Hatns cheap. Gum Drops 10c.
per pound at D. B. Lester's
I.UDDKN Sc BATES 9. M. H.
Will purchase a flue new organ of the follow
ing well known makes:
MASON & HAMLIN.
PACKARD ORCHESTRAL
RAY STATE. .
Stool, Instructor, Musical Album and Six-Year
Guarantee included. w
a splendid new Rosewood Piano of the followin.
celebrated makes: *
C 1 Si i c? keri 11 g,
Mason & Hamlin,
M a t h ii s h. e k,
Bent & Cos. and firion.
Handsome Plush Stools, Embroidered Covers
Instruction Books. Musical Albums and 1
Six-Y ear G uarantee Included.
If you need an instrument call and see uj
We can s ve you money and furnish best in
struments. We have a superb stock and will
take pleasure in exhibiting to all who favor us
with a cali.
1 jodden k {)ates Southern Jjosie Douse,
_ SAVANdSTAII, Gi-A,.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES, _ ETC
HllJll
AND
Gas Fitting.
Orders for the above work
promptly and properly at
tended to; also for
Steal Heating Apparatus,
Speaking Tubes, Etc.
John Nicoison, Jr.,
30 and 32 Drayton St.
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
265 UOLLS~
Of Irish Straw Matting
at
A. J. MILLER & CO.’s
Furniture and Carpet Emporium,
And more coming. We claim the largest and
best selections ever brought to this city.
Baby Carriages,
Refrigerators,
Pine Matting,
Oil Cloth,
Linoleum,
Window Shades
In Great Variety.
New Styles Fur/rifure being: constantly re
ceived mid prices guaranteed as low as the
quality of goods will permit.
A. J. Miller & Cos.
I‘ROPOSALS WANTED.
TO CONTRACTORS AND BIILDEM '
PROPOSALS will be received until 12 m.
I HiUKSDAY, March 15th, for building stores
for the Union Society.
Plans and specifications maybe seen at the
oflice of DeWitt Bruyn, No. 1 Bull street, Sa
vannah, Ga. J. H. ESTILL,
President.
NOTICE TO TAILORS.
City of Savannah, I
Office Clerk of Council. March 5, I*BB. (
Bi'is will be received at the office of the Cleric
or Council until 12 o'clock m. M< )NDAY. March
10. 1888 lor furnishing the Police Force with
Summer Uniforms according to specifications
to be seen on application at this office. The
Committee reserve the right to reject any or
al 1 bids. By erder of the Committee on Police.
FRANK E. RKB \RER.
Clerk of Council.
STOVES.
Par Excellence.
WE are glad to announce, after long trial
" with our Othello Range, that for family
service bo better is to be found. A large quan
tity of them is in use in this city, and the very
best reports are being given. A lack of all com
plaints prove how really acceptable and valu
able t hey are.
Wo heartily recommend the OTHELLO.
LOVELL & LATTIMORE.
DAVIS BROS.
Pointers!
JUST RECEIVED, a big line of A. J. REACH
& CO.’S and SPALDING’S BASE BALL SUP
PLIES. Get your orders in early.
t JOB PRINTING executed neatly, cheaply
and expeditiously. Get our prices.
FIANOS TUNED by competent and reliable
timers. Single tunings or by the year. Call, or
ring us up.
ORGANS in groat variety and for sale cheap,
and on easy weekly or monthly installment*.
Consult us.
The Knale Leads tie World.
DAVIS BROS.