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STATE AID FOR SCHOOLS.
A LONG DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
ON THE MONEY BILL.
Several of the Members Claim That
the Country Schools Should Be
Taken ; are Of Before the Colleges—
Mr. Gordon and Other Members
Stand Up for the School of Technol
ogy.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 11. —The House has
struggled with the general appropriation
bill all flay, holding sessions morning and
afternoon, but no headway has been made.
The day was devoted to making arrange
ments on the items appropriating money
fer the school of ‘.technology, the state
university and the branch colleges at
Dahlonega, Mdledgcville and Tnomasville.
The discussion of the measure was ooened
by Mr. Atkinson of Coweta, woo spoke in
high terms of the school of technology. He
considered it requisite and necessary that
the state should have such a school. The
negroes have such a school in this city sup
ported by northern capital, and wr.ere ne
groes were receiving an admirable edu
cation.
IMPORTANCE OF THE RACE QUESTION.
The race question is one of vast impor
tance, End supremacy rests entirely with
the subject of edncation, and should we
deny our children what is furnished the
negro! But although he favored the sup
port of the school tie considered an appro
priation of SIB,OOO misplaced. The bill had
been wrongly constructed. It was con
trary to the c n-titution to insert -uch a
section in a genera! appropriation bill. He
favored letting the branch colleges at
Dahlonega. Thomasville and Milledgeville
take care of themselves without aid from
the state. Of 300,000 school children in the
state 465,000 live outside of incorporated
towns, and aeecrdingly more support should
be given the country schools. He hoped
the bill would not pass.
MR. FLEMING SUPPORTS IT.
Mr. Fleming of Richmond spoke in favor
of the bill. He thought it constitutional to
vote money for these educational institu
tions, and believed that the appropriation
bill was the best for these items. He would
like to see the appropriation for the school
of technology made a permanent feature of
the approp: lation bid every year. He also
believed that the condition of the treasury
was such that the money could easily be ap
propriated without damage to the state.
Air. Snellson of Marietta opposed giving
money to either the colleges or the school of
technology. He wanted all the money there
was to spare to be given to the public
school fund?.
JUDGE FAIN'S SUCCESSOR.
-As the morning Session approached the
hour of adjournment, tue committee dis
solved, and the House reorganized for the
purpose of electing a successor to Judge
Joel C. Fain of the Cherokee circuit,
whose resignation was recorded yesterday.
This was done in joint sessirn. Samuel P.
Maddox was elected for the unexpired term.
This afternoon Mr. Snelson of Meriwether
made an argument against the appropria
tion bill He was followed by Mr. Mc-
Donald of Ware, who favored giving money
to the school of technology. Mr. McDonald
also offered an amendment to the bill by
patting in $500,000 for public school pur
poses.
Mr. Venable, of Fulton, spake for the
bill. He believed that the iusti ution should
at least be given a fair showing, so that the
experiment in this line of education could
be thoroughly tested.
MR. GORDON ADVOCATES IT.
He was followed by Mr. Gordon, of
Chatham, who stated that although by no
means well, he was present for the purpose
of doing whal he could in aid of the school
of technology. He believed that it was a
grand institution, and should be sustained
by the state. The financial condition of
Geergia was remarkably healthy, and much
of the increase of taxable prop
erty, directly in line of what
was (sought to be accomplished by
the technological school. The state Jin his
opinion was amply able to vote the $ 15,003
to the school, give the branch colleges what
they were entitled to, and still nave‘.money
for increasing the appropriation for public
school purposes of the state.
GEORGIA’S ILLITERATE WHITEB.
Statistics showed that the illiteracy
among the white people of Georgia was
alarming. He wanted to see this blot upon
the state wiped out and Georgia staud out
and compare favorably in this way with
the other states of the UnioD. She w'as now
the banner state of illiteracy, and he was
ashamed to say so. He hoped that the
money would be appropriated and anew
era in educational matters inaugurated.
Mr. Smith of Gwinnett followed in oppo
sition to the bill. He did not want to see
money appropriated for colleges as long as
the public school fund was so small. The
uneducated masses of the rural districts
needed money most and should have it.
In the Senate.
In the Senate to-day the president an
nounced the following as the members from
then Senate of the joint committee to in
quire in what particular the purchase of
stock in the Central Railroad and Ranking
Company of Geor ia, and the leasing of the
Kast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road by the Richmond Terminal Company,
violates the constitution of this state:
Messrs. Bartlett, Lyle and Wooten.
Among the bills passed, were the follow
ing:
To declare all escapes from the peniten
tiary due to negligence, unless otherwise
shown, and directing the governor to pro
ceed in such cases to collect the penalty
now provided by law.
A bill to amend tho act creating a sink
ing fund for Augusta.
NEW BILLS.
Under a suspension of the rules the fol
lowing bills were introduced:
By Mr. Rice—To require clerks of the
superior courts to keep a record book to bo
known as the record of superior court
charters.
By Mr. Harris of the T hird—For the re
peal of section 50(1 of the Code, and the sub
stitution of a section providing that justices
of the peace and notaries public, who are
ex-offlcio justices, shall have concurrent
jurisdiction with coroners in holding in
quests, where it is inconvenient for these
officers to hold them.
OLIVE’S BILL.
Col. Fry and Mr. Hammond Before the
Committee.
Atlanta, Ga. , Dec. 11. —The special
committee appointed to hear arguments
on the Olive bill, providing for forfeiture of
the charter of the Central railroad, held
another session to-night. George T. Fry,
president of the Atlanta, Atlantic and
Great Western railroad, appeared before
the committee, and made an argument iu
favor of the passage of the bill.
N. J. Hammond as counsel for the
railroad followed, and submitted legal argu
meDt against the measure. The committee
has concluded to give the investigation such
a wide scope that it may be several days
before a report can be made. Mr. Olive,
the author of the bill, thi ks that it will In
reported favorably with slight amendments.
No Inaugural Ball.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 11, — ihe movement
inaugurated ten days ago to have au in
augural banquet and ball ill honor of Gov.
Gordon and the state house officers, has
been abandoned. The committee appointed
to consider the matter has held ■ everal
meetings, anil to-day it is given out that
the committee ha: adjourned sine die, and
that the movement luu* fallen through.
Mre. Pierce Very 111.
Camak, Ga., Dec. 11.—Mrs. Pierce, wife
of the late bishop, is very Hi at hor horn :,
near Hparta, with little prospect ot her
recovery.
SAVANNAH PRESBYTERY.
Rev. Rogan's Request for a Severance
of Relations Granted.
W aycross, Ga. Dec. 1L —The Savannah
Presbytery met this morning and after the
formal opening wi:h prayer took up the
regular order of business.
The presbytery declined to accept the
resignation of Rev. J. N Bradshaw, and
a committee was appointed to write to the
church.
Elder J. G. Firii, from the Faceviile
church, appeared and took his scat in the
presbytery. At tne request of Rev. W. A.
Jones, the Mount Vernon church concur
ing in the same, his pastoral relation with
the church was dissolved.
Rev. R. L. Fulton, from the Tuscaloosa
presbytery, was received as a member of
t is nresbytery.
The request of Rev. J. W. Rogan for dis
solution of the nastoral relation between
himself and the Fi st Presbyterian church
of Savannah was granted.
LIABILITY FOP. SUBSCRIPTIONS.
A Decison in Favor of the Georgia Im
provement Company.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 11. —The suit brought
by the Georgia Improvement Company
againt A. P. Youngblood and Thomas X.
Had, for $250, was taken up in the city
court yesterday and was concluded this
morning. This was quite an important suit,
as upon the result depended about 100 other
cases of the same character. Young
blood and Hail subscribed $250
to the Georgia Improvement Company
for the building of the Atlanta and Hawk
lnsvdle railroad, but they eventually re
fused to pay tne money, claiming tnat the
charter of the company had been changed
by au act of the legislature w hich released
them from the payment of the
money they had subscribed. The
evidence was all introduced, but
before arguments were heard, Judge Van
Epps rendered a decision in favor of the
plaintiffs. Tne total amount of money
represented in suits of similar character,
which are settled by this decision, foots up
about $30,000.
TORCH TOUCHERS.
Two Gin Houses Burned with Their
Contents in Hancock County.
Camak, Ga., Dec. 11.—At the David
Dickson place, in Hancock county, the large
gin house and steam grist and saw mill,
twenty bales of cotton and 1,000 bushels of
cotton seed, were burned to-day. The fire
was discovered about sunrise, and was too
far advanced to be extinguished.
The giu house of Harper Coleman Shoats,
of Ogeechee, in the same county, was burned
a few days ago, with eight bales of cotton
and 2,000 bushels of cotton sjed. The fire
appeared at midnight.
Both are supposed to have been of incen
diary origin.
FLORIDA’S METROPOLIS.
A Disastrous Fire—No New Fever
Cases or Deaths.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 11.—President
N’eal Mitchell’s official bulletin for the
twenty-four hours ending at 6 o’clock to
night is as follows:
New cases 0
Deaths 0
Total number of cases to date 4,705
Total number of deaths to date 412
Fire broke out on Adams street, between
First and Second streets, LaVilla, this
morning at daylight. It started in one of
J. E. Bowden’s houses and spread rapidly.
The losses are as follows:
Three houses owned by Mr. Bowden, one
of which was a grocery store, formerly oc
cupied by a man named Willis; Marzyck’s
cigar factory, Mrs. Towseip’s dwelling
house; a drug store, which was
occupied by Phillip Wineman, and
two houses occupied by colored
people. Thera was a colorored ball in the
hall over the grocery store last night, and it
is probable tnat some of the cigars or
cigarettes which were usod may have
started the fire. Mr. Bowden’s loss is over
SIB,OOO.
RETURN OF THE CITY TREASURER.
City Bisbee has returned to
the city.
Beginning to-morrow train No. 1 for the
west on the Florida Railway and Naviga
tion road will leave Jacksonville at 6
o’clock in the morning daily.
Assistant Chief Will of the fire depart
meet lest a child yesterday by death.
A rumor that Col. C. P. Cooper had
withdrawn from the race in the United
States judgeship.made vacant by the death
of Judge Settle,is untrue.
About twenty-five refugees come into
Jacksonville to-day.
nurses defended.
Tho medical bureau, learning that the
Moblo nurses had been unjustly criticised
by certain parties in the city, have promptly
come to their defense, and to-day articles
were sent to tho New Orleans Times-Denio
crat and Picayune, and Mobile Register,
denying the reports and complimenting the
nurses highly.
C. C. Robinson came in yesterday, and
went direct to Pablo.
Judge Jones, who arrived in the city yes
terday, says he things there are at present
fully 5,000 refugees in Atlanta.
Jacob Miller, an old landmark, died to
day ; aged 70 years.
Mayor Gerow has issued orders to the
chief of police to keep a sharp lookout for
returning refugees who remain in the city
at night. Refugees caught staying in town
will be promptly punished.
FLORIDA’S CAPITAL.
The New State Administration and
What la Before It.
Tallahassee, Dec. 11.—The new state
administration will be inaugurated Jan. 8.
Tne legislature does not meet until April,
but already the friends of a number of the
senators-elect are pushing their several
claims for the presidency of the Senate.
Among those most prominently mentioned
are Unpt. F. Houstouu of Leon. Hon. J. B.
Wall of Tampa and Judge E. M. Hammond
of Orange. Dr. J. L. < iaskins of Bradford
will most probably be a candidate for the
speakership of the House, as will also T. W.
Shine of Orange.
Already quite a number of visitors are
in the city,and the usual|winter gayeties are
being inaugurated. The New 1-e in Hotel
is rapidly filling up, and all indications
poiut to a lively and prosperous winter sea
son for this section. Ileal property is
advancing in value, and many changes in
lauded interests are lieing made. All the
members of the supreme court, who were
originally appointed by Gov. Perry, are
elected to succeed themselves, but, in ac
cordanee with the new organic law, they
are all elected “justices of the supreme
court” without designation as to chief or
associate] justice, and they are so com
missioned. They are, however, required
to cast lots to ascertain who shall sit in the
middle, and be, as it were, president of the
court. They will also have to draw straws
for tho different terms, as one holds for two
years, one for four and the other for six
years, but ail subsequent elections will lie
for six years, so as to have one elected every
two years hereafter. At present the court
consists of Chief Justice Augustus E. Max
well, Associate Justice George P. Raney
and Associate Justice Henry L. Mitchell.
Judge Ilnuey is much the youngest, but is
senior ass -ctat.* just ice, as his commission
antedates Judge Mitchell, who succeeded
Judge Van Valkenburg, deceased last
Auguit.
Athens’ New Railroad.
Athens, Ga., Dec. 11. —A. J. McEvoy,
superintendent of the Covington and Mac n
rood, to-day appointed J. H. Dorsey of this
citi, soliciting agent with headquarters in
Athens. Tho construction tram on the
road reached the Baldwin street crossing
to-day.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1888.
THE DIRECT TAX BILL
THE HOUSE DSVOT’S f.NOTHEB
DAY TO THE DEBATE.
Mr. Allen of Mississippi Hits the Meas
ure Some Staggering Bovrs—Mr.
Elliott of South Carolina Favors the
Bill on Account of the Sale of Beau
fort Property.
Washington, Dec. 11.—After the read
ing of the journal the House this morning
went into committee of the whole, with
Mr. McCrary of Kentucky in the chair, on
the direct tax bill.
Mr. Hopkins of Illinois spoke in support
of the measure, and in opposition to the
proposed amendment refunding the cotton
tax. If there was merit in the latter pro
position that merit should be discussed in a
separate bill, and an amendment should not
now be brought forward to embarrass con
sideration of the pending measure. He con
trover ed the position taken bvMr. Barnes of
Georgia that the cotton tax was unconstitu
tional!, and he contended that the tax was
uniform as contemplated by the constitu
tion, being levied the same iu Illinois as in
Georgia, and having been collected from
twenty-six states and territories. The as
sumption that this tax had been paid by the
people of the southern states was a mis
taken one. It had been paid by the con
sumers in northern states.
a facetious opening.
Mr. Allen of Mississippi yielded to what
he said was a general desire on the part of
the members to hear him talk upon a propo
sition which involved great constitutional
questions. He could find no warrant in the
constitution for the refunding of the direct
tax. The advocates of the bill believed in
constitutional limitations, but thought that
the limitations should be on somebody else
and not on themselves. The principle of
the bill was bad—that a tax should be
refunded, because some states bad
not paid it. He could cite a parallel
case. An honest distiller might, for peculiar
reasons, locate bis still in a secluded spot
and make a run of good old anplejack. It
might be that i t his haste to gratify human
thrist, he wouid forget to call upon the
collector.
THE LOGIC OF THE BILL.
The logic of this bill was that if the gov
ernment found that that distiller had not
paid his tax, the tax should be refunded to
those distillers who had paid it. He did not
believe that any of these back taxes should
be refunded. The best thing for congress
to do was to spit on the slate and rub out
these questions, and give its attention to the
present and the future. But if congress was
going into the business of righting the
wrongs of the past, he wished to call at
tention to the cotton tax. He pictured the
condition of the south when the confederate
soldiers returned to their homes. It was a
condition and not a theory which had con
fronted them. [Laughter.]
A PERSONAL REMINISENCE.
He described (after begging pardon for per
sonal reminiscences) the ”1. C.” (inspected
and condemned) horse and bull tongue
plow, with which he started to raise cotton,
the joy which he felt at being the possessor
of a pajier collar (which, he assured the gen
tleman, might, with judicious turning, be
made to last a whole summer), of his
aspiration to be the possessor of
a black coat, and of his failure to secure
one on account of the tax which he had
to pay upon his cotton. Tue tax amounted
to one-fourth of the value of the cotton,
while it did not enhance its price one cent.
If taxes were to be refunded, this cotton tax
was the first which should be dealt with,
and he gave notice of an amendment
which would constitute the cotton tax fund
asau educational fund for the states which
had paid it
MR. ELLIOTT FAVORS IT.
Mr. Elliott of South Carolina generally
favored the bill, though he thought it
should be amended in some particulars, and
he cited as an instance of the hardships
which the direct tax had given rise to, the
case of Beaufort, S. C., where, in order to
collect a tax of SII,OOO property valued at
$517,000 had been sold.
Mr. Herbert of Alabama opposed the bill
on constitutional grounds and because it
would work an injustice. It would pay to
the state of Maine a per capita of 05 cents,
while to the state of Nebraska, it would
ray but l>j cents per capita. Passing to
discussion of the cotton tax, he argued that
it was unconstitutional in that it was not
uniform. The tax on cotton was a tax on
the only industry upon which the people of
the south must live.
ITS VALIDITY NEVER QUESTIONED.
Mr. Grosvenor. cf Ohio, said that the
validity and binding force of the act im
posing the direct tax had never been ques
tioned. A direct tax was an unpopular tax
and one which should only be resorted to
in au emergency. In). 1861 such an emer
gency existed, and the people |of the 1 yal
states hail paid the tax and raised
the money to save the people
of the south from their folly, he would not
say crime, because he did not wish to rake
smouldering ombers. Out of the common
fund raised by the tax it was proposed to
withdraw wbat the loyal states had put in,
and to leave the south without its record ot
defalcation.
WHO WAS BENEFITED'
If the $17,000,000 raised by that tax had
crushed the war, destroyed slavery .restored
the constitution, who were most benefited
by it, the men who paid the money or the
men who were to-day honorable members
of the great family of states' Why should
the men of the south complain that the
small principal should be returned to the
states that paid it, without iuterest,
and the charge of defalcation re
moved from the states that had
not paid tax' Underlying this proposition
was the great fact that the passage of the
bill would put tho people of the country
whore equity said that tney ought to stand.
It was a step toward the complete re-union
of the hearts of the people of the couutry;
a re union not enforced by law, but con
trolled and promoted by the wish and pur
pose of both aectious of the country to do
actual justice toward each other.
OPPOSITION FROM MICHIGAN.
Mr. Whiting of Michigan opposed the
bill as being unconstitutional and unjust.
Mr. Enloe of Tennessee declared that the
bill was sustained neither by law nor by
precedent; denounced it as a subterfuge and
fraud, and charged that its aim was to per
petuate the power of trusts, to exact tribute
from the iieople by means of a
high tariff. Kcterring to the cotton tax,
he attacked it on constitutional grounds,
and spoke in favor of the proposed amend
ment refunding the tax, as far as possible,
to the persons who paid it, and reserving
the remainder as a common school fund.
SOUTH CAROLINA NOT IN DEFAULT.
Mr. Dibble of South Carolina stated that
it was a mistake to suppose that the state of
South Carolina was in default in regard to
thedirect lax. Asa matter of fact, more
than itsequota had been paid in. He
thought that the refunding of the tax was
a thoroughly constitutional and equitable
proposition. Bending further debate, tlie
committee rose, and the House at 5 o'clock
adjourned.
Samoan Affairs.
Washington, Doc. 11.—In the Senate
to-day Mr. Kryo’s resolution of yesterday in
structing tho committee on foreign relation
to inquire into the state of affairs at the
Samoan Islands, was reported back from
the committee on contingent expenses, and
was agre and to.
A htrike in Tennessee.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 11.—The Fox
Coal and Coke Company, operat ng mines
at Uraysvilie, Tenn., reduced the wages of
its miner< lo per cent. Dec. 1, uud all tho
miners have struck for the old wages.
National Federation of Labor.
St. laouis, Doc. 11.—The national federa
tion of labor met here to-day in annual
session.
SUITS FOR $200,000.
The Chattahoochee Brick Company
va. a Railroad.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 11.—J. Gunby Jor
dan of Columbus, by appointment of Judge
Newman of the United States court, is
sitting as master in chancery in a case
brought by tho Chattahoochee Brick Com
pany against the Rome and Carrollton Rail
road Company. The Chattahoochee com
pany is suing for $150,000, w hich it claims
as a balance due on work performed in
constructing the road. It also asks for
SIOO,OOO damages it claims to have sustained
in the work. The Chattahoochee company
are convict lessees, and the work was
that of building the road, which was per
formed by convicts. Chief Engineer Green
of the com: any, and Lesees J. W. English,
William B. Lowe and George W. Parrott
will he among the most prominent witnesses
who will take ti estand. A large volume
of testimony will be introduced, and the
trial of the case will take the remainder of
the week.
CAROLINA’S LAWMAKERS.
Senator Butler Re-Elected—Pensions
Cut Down.
Columbia, S. C. Dec. 11.—The two
branches of the legislature to-day balloted
for a United States senator to succeed Sena
tor M. C. Butler. There was no opposition
and Mr. Butler was elected to succeed him
self for six years. He received the unani
mous vote of the Senate and 101 out of the
104 votes in the House. Of the five colored
members of the House two voted for Mr.
Butler and three for T. E. Miller, who is a
contestant for a seat in congress from the
Seventh South Carolina district.
The House of Representatives to-d iv
passed a law imposing a tax of 25 cents a
ton on ali cottonseedjmeal brought into the
state. A bill was also introduced granting a
pension of S3O a year to ex-eonfederate sol
diers. The present pension is $5 per
month. The system is to be reorganized,
and the pensions cut down to one-half the
amount previously allowed.
A NEW RAILROAD SCHEME.
Charlotte and Charleston the Points
to Be Connected.
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 11.—T. B. Mc-
Dowell, mayor of Charlotte, N. C., and
Col. William Johnston, also from that city,
appeared before the Charleston Chamber
of Commerce to-day to hold a conference
with that body as to the construction of a
connecting line between Charleston and
Charlotte, by way of Lancaster, S. C. Col.
Johnston, in his remarks to the chamber, said
that $75,000 could be raised in the section
between Charlottee and Lancaster, and
that if an equal amount could be obtained
from the people of this city the road would
be built. The matter was referred by the
Charleston chamber to the executive com
mittee to confer with each of the other
commercial bodies, with a view of taking
some action in the matter.
RAILROAD RATE WARS.
Judge Cooley Gives the Officials Fair
Warning.
Chicago, Dec. 11. —The large assembly
room of the Central Traffic Association in
the Rookery building was literally packed
with railroad officials this afternoon at the
hour appointed for the meeting
with Judge Cooley and Col. Morrison, of
the interstate commerce commission. There
were presidents, vice presidents, managers,
and general passenger and freight agents,
representing not only all the roads entering
Chicago, but many outside lines. The
Texas association, which was in session at
the Grand Pacific hotel, adjourned in order
that its members might hear the whole
some advice which, no one doubted, would
be freely given by the venerable chairman
of the commission.
Judge Cooley confined himself to the
passenger rate situation, and addressed his
remarks especially to the roads west and
northwest of Chiesgo, condemning the
practice of some of the general passenger
agents in placing blocks of tickets in the
hands of ticket brokers to bo sold at rates
below those charged over their own
counters. This he said was discrimination
against that portion of the public which
procured its tickets from the regular agents
of the roads in question and was a clear
violation of the inter state law.
its bad effects.
It was a pernicious practice, it benefited
nobody in the long run, it kept rates in a
demoralized condition, and brought on
wars which were always disastrous to the
roads ongaged in them. The interstate
commission, he said, had hitherto dealt
leniently with the railroads, giving them
time to adapt their affairs to the require
ments of the law, but the time had come
when heroic means must be taken,
if necessary, to stop the abuses
which arise from the encouragement
given to scalpers by the passenger agents
themselve-. Evidence was not want
ing that such abuses bad been carried to
excess in Chicago and elsewhere. The
market* were Hooded with cheap tickets to
various points, and the traveller who pa
tronized the broker’s office instead of pur
chasing his ticket from the authorized
agent of a railroad company saved money,
MUST BE STOPPED.
This was contrary to law, and it must be
stopped. Tho railroads were advised to
make none but open rates, and they were
given to understand that if they refused to
heed this advice the law would be strictly
enforced whenever violation was detected.
The judge explained the construction to be
placed upou the provision of the law in
regard to discrimination, and intimated
that in the future no excuse would be
accepted for ail infringement of its pro
visions.
RATES TO BE RESTORED.
Immediately after the adjournment of
the meeting, the general passenger agents
of the western and northwestern lines con
vened in the same room, with John N.
Abbott in the chair. Tue Burlington road
was the only road not represented. It was
agreed that with the consent of the absent
road ten days’ notice would be given to
morrow of the restoration of rates from
Chicago to Omaha and Bt. Paul. The rate
to St. Paul was cut to $6 to-day..
KILLED BY MOONSHINERS.
The Corpse of a Marshal Found at
the Foot of a Mountain.
Nashville. Tenn., Dec. 11. —A special
to the American from Knoxville says:
“The body of Thomas Goodson, United
State deputy marshal, was found to-day
in a thicket in Carter county,
Tennessee, near the foot of Roan mountain.
He left Elizabethtown Nov. 30 to serve
some warrants on a gang of moonshiners.
Ho was never seen again until his dead
body was found. It has been ascertained
that he was killed Dec. 1, but by whom is
not known.”
TACK WORKS I * liUlNo.
The Fire Led to an Erroneous Report
About a Mill.
Norristown, Pa., Dec. 11.—Fire about
midnight last night totally destroyed
Thomas & Sons’ tack works, located just
beyond the borough limits. The loss is
estimated at <50,000. The insurance amounts
to one-third. The origin of the file is
unknown. This fire led to the erroneous
report telegraphed from here lastnight that
Watts & Sons’ nulls were burning. The
Watts mill was not injured.
A Schooner Captain Drowned.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 11.—Capt. W. J.
Roberts, of the schooner Eunity It. Dyer,
was drowned off Beaufort yesterday, while
running out au anchor during a gale. The
anchor caught on tho gunwale and sunk
the boat.. The balance of the boat’s crew
nearly perished, but were picked up.
A FATAL NAVAL FIGHT.
RIFLES AND CANNON DSHD IN THE
OYSTER PIRATE WAR
Two of tbe Dredging Schooners Sunk
by the Government Boat Attacking
as a Ram—At Least Thirteen Lives
Lost—Another Bloody Engagement
Imminent.
Annapolis, Md., Dec. 11.—From dis
patches received here to-day, it is learned
that the steamer Governor McLane of the
oyster navy had a pitched battle with
illegal dredgers off Hill Point at the mouth
of Chester river last night. The commander
of the McLane astonished his enemies by
using his twelve-pound rifled-cannon as
well as his Winchesters. Two dredgers
were sunk, one captured, and four were ran
ashore. One man on the McLane was shot
through the arm.
SUNK WITH SAILS SET.
The sunken schooners lie off Hill Point
with all sails standing, and their sails full
of shot holes. Of the schooners ashore, one
is on Carpenter’s island, another on Walnut
Tree bar, another in Durden’s creek and
the fourth on Kent island. This is the first
fight with oyster pirates since the state
vessels have been equipped with cannon,
and the first in which the dredgers were
routed. The steamer McLane was riddled
with bullets.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
Peter Mullen, the cook on board the
schooner Julia A. Jones, says he was the
only man out of a crew of eleven to e> ape.
The state vessels were hotly attacked by
the dredgers, who were heavily armed with
repeating rifles, and did not return
the fire until compelled to. The
steamer McLane was thoroughly riddled
with bullets, and Capt. Howard determined
to resort to extreme measures. Back
ing tbe steamer off from the fleet of
seven dredges, which were tied together, he
singled out the Julia A. Jones, and, putting
on a full headway of steam, made
directly for her stern.
SENT HER TO THE BOTTOM.
Striking fairly, the bow of the McLane
penetrated clean to the schooner’s compan
ionway, and the latter sank almost in
stantly. Mullen escaped by climbing up
the steamer’s anchor chain, but says the
rest of the crew were in the fore peak,
and could not have gotten out.
As soonlas the McLane got cleared from the
wreck she was again backed off and again
headed for the fleet, striking the schooner
J. C. Maloney squarely on the stern. She
at once commenced to sink, and the re
mainder of the fleet got away as fast as
as possible.
TWO MORE DROWNED.
Some of the crew of the Maloney escaped
by climbing on board the McLane, and as
each man came on board he was put in the
hold.
Capt. Augustus Price was not on board at
the time. The rescued men were taken to
Centrevjlle and locked up. They all
say they took no part in ’ the
fight. A white man named Cjleman and a
negro named Bramble, of the crew of the
the Maloney, are beliet*ed to have been
drowned, as they were not seen after the
vessels were struck. A large fleet of
dredgers is reported to be on unlawful
ground to-night, and it is not unlikely that
there will be another fight before morning.
The police boats have gone back to the
scene of last night’s fight, and declare that
they will drive the pirates off.
WHAT THE PACKERS SAY.
Baltimore oyster packers declare that if
the war on the dredgers continues they will
be compelled to shut down for want of stock.
They say that where the dredgers are
allowed to work, there are very few orsters
and that a large portion of the unlawful
ground is not worked by tongers, because
the water is too deep. The supply furnished
by tongers would not begin to be sufficient
for the use of the packing houses, and the
dredgers must steal or get uo oysters. The
dredgers declare that they are desperate
and will have oysters, no matter at what
cost.
Around Canton, where the oystermen
congregate, there is considerable warlike
talk, and a bloody fight is feared.
Probably Can’t Attend.
Washington, Dec. 11.—Col. Lamont said
to-night that the President hai given no
c insiders tion as yet to the invitations he
had received to attend the annual dinner of
the Massachusetts Tariff Reform League.
He probably will not be able to attend.
A New Paper at Sanford.
Panford, Fla., Dec. 11.—The Sanford
daily Mascotte, a morning paper, made its
first appearance this morning. Sanford
now boasts of two daily papers, a morning
and an evening journal.
Weather Indications.
| | Special indications for Georgia
FAIB and South Carolina: Fair, colder
l___| weather, northwesterly winds. For
• Eastern and Western Florida: Fair
weather, stationary temperature, north
westerly winds.
Ooraoarlionof mean temperature at Savan
nah. Dec 11 1388, and the moan of same day
for fifteen years.
I Departure Total
Mean Tan csratt-r* from the Departure
Mean Bicoe
for 15 years Dec. 11 'BB j or Jan. 1,1888.
81. j 52. I -|- 1 - 654
i -omfiarative rainfall statement:
Meanly Amount STST Demure
18 Year* |Dec. 11, 88. j OT __ J(UX 198a
jli l~ *T 1 - .1' ~ 5.53
Maxim im. temperature 64.3; minimum tem
perature 18.1.
The height of the river at Augusta at
I :S8 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time!
was 12.il feet—a rise of 3.2 during the
past twentv-four hours.
Observations taken at toe same moment
of time at all st ations.
Savannah. Dec. 11 6:38 A. tr. cityttma.
Temperature.
Direction. I 5
Velocity. ) r
Rainfall.
Nr in
or
BrrnoNa
Portland ........ 54 N |l2 58 Raining.
Boston 88 N 36 68 Raining.
Block 151and...... ...
New York city. 40 NW PI .36 Cloudy.
Philadelphia 42 NW]24 .02 Cloudy.
Detroit 30 NW 00 ... Cloudy.
Fort Buford I 261 8 1 6 Cloudy.
St. Vincent 2 E 1 .. jT* 'Fair.
Washington city 40NW16 iC.ear.
Norfolk 46. NW 14 .01 Clear.
Charlotte I 48|N'W| i11.... Fair.
flatters*.... .... f4 W 16 l .04 Clear.
Point Jupiter, Fla 62]NW Clear.
Titusville .. 54 NIVI ... Fair.
Wilmington 5(1 W j 61.... Clear.
Cliarleston 54 W j 8— Cloudy.
Augusta 52; W ....... Clear.
Savannah 60] W T* [Clear.
Jacksonville 56; W .. .... Clear.
Cedar Keys 66NW 61.... Clear.
Key West 70 NW 12 .... Clear.
Atlanta..• 46 W T 6 . JClear.
I'ensacola 50 N 8 ....[Clear.
Mobile... VIN’W . Fair.
Montgomerv . 52 W Clear.
VlcxsDurg 58 8 E ..].... |( lear
New Orleans 62 N Clear.
Shreveport .. 60S K .... Fair.
Fort Simth 50 S E 8;.... Clear.
Oalveelon 62; 8 ! ...‘Clear.
Palestine. 6‘2 S !.... Clear.
Krownnsvilla 04 S 6 . (Clear.
KloGranda 00 K .. .60 Fair.
Meinpm* 18 N E Fair.
Cincinnati 36 NW 0 Clear.
Marquette 20 NW 10 ... Cloudy.
Chicago 28 N 10 Clear.
Duluth 14 NW Clear.
Bt. Paul 12 NW ... Clear.
Bt. Louis 30 N ilO .. . Clear.
Kansas City 32. N E 8 . . t lear.
Bismarck Soi 8 12 Cloudy.
Rapid City
TANARUS denotes traoe of rainfall.
L. A. Dsnson, Observer Signal Corps.
OVER IN CHARLESTON.
Happenings on the South Carolina
Side of the Savannah.
The anniversary meeting of the Charles
ton exchange will be held Thursday.
•South Carolina has developed another
phosphate mine. It is in St. Andrew’s
parish on the Stono river.
Charleston’s gala week festivities cost in
round numbers $6,000. The gala week as
sociation has enough money to pav the full
amount.
_ The anniversary of the New England
Society of Charleston this year promises to
be one of the most memorable in its history.
Hon. y.'illiam C. P. Breckinridge of Ken
tucky is to respond to the principal toast.
Murder in South Carolina.
Charleston, 8. C., Dec. 11.—Joe Ivy
kilied Bud Cato in Sumter county, this
state, to-day. As far as learned there was
no fight, but Ivy was enraged because Cato
objected to Ivy’s attentions to Cato s sister.
All of the parties are white.
MEDICAL.
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Peculiar in combination, proportion, and
preparation of ingredients, Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla possesses the curative value of the best
known reme- y JJ_ dies of the
veget ab 1 e liOCQ S kingdom.
Peculiar in its strength and economy, Hood’s
Sarsaparilla is the only medicine of which can
truly be said, “ One Hundred Doses One Dol
lar.” Peculiar in its medicinal merits, Hood’s
Sarsaparilla accomplishes cures hitherto un-
Sarsaparilla itself
the title of ” The greatest blood purifier ever
discovered.” Peculiar in Us ‘ good name
at home,”—there is more of Hood’s Sarsar
parilla sold In Lowell than of all other
blood purifiers. Peculiar in its phenomenal
record of |"> • sales abroad
no other r CCUII cit preparation
ever attained so rapidly nor held so
steadfastly the confidence of all classes
of people. Peculiar in the brain-work which
it represents, Hood's Sarsaparilla com
bines all the knowledge which modern
research |a if ln medical
science has 1 O I iScIT developed,
with many years practical experience in
preparing medicines. Be sure to get only
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, gl; six for $5. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Loweli, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
AMUSEMENTS.
A BAZAR OF ALL NATIONS
Will be held under tbe auspices of the Ladiea
Auxiliary of the Savannah Port Society at
G-aard’s Hall,
Beginning Thursday evening, Dec.
13th, at 7 o’clock p. m.. and continuing Fri
day afternoon and evening. Mrs. Bannon of
Thunderbolt, will take charge of the culinary
department, making a specialty of hot biscuit
and oysters. Tile gentlemen who fail to get
their supper at the hail Thursday evening will
regret it.
KAINIT.
Aiti-ldfdlj Kail.
If you wish to pay high
prices forever for Kaiuit, then
buy from the “Sole Agents of
the Great Kainit Trust,” but
if you want to beat this mo
nopoly, then buy from us.
We are ‘‘lndependent Deal
ers,” and propose to remain
80.
BALDWIN FERTILIZER CO,
SAVANNAH, GA.
BRASS MOULDER.
P. F. DIJLLOIsr,
38 TAYLOR STREET, SAVANNAH,
PRACTICAL BRASS MOULDER,
MANUFACTURER of Fine Brass Castings,
Zinc's for Electric Batteries and Babbit
and Gun Metals. Lead lining brasses a spe
cialty. Pantentee of Dillon’s contractile mold.
Twenty-six years experience in the art. All
orders intrusted to me will receive mv prompt,
personal attention. All work at northern and
western prices
BEAL ESTATE.
C. Y. RICHARDSONr
REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL COLLEC
TXON AGENCY.
OFFICE 29 BULL ST.
Rentals and collections solicited.
G. H. REMSHARTr
Real Estate Agent,
118 Bryan streeL Rear Office.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
IMPORTANT TO 111 YKHst.
My Holiday Display is something you can’t
afford to miss. Call early and get a bargain.
N. T. PIKE, Pharmacist,
( , irner South Broad and Jefferson streets.
FOR SHERIFF.
I respectfully announce to my friends and the
voters of Chatham county that I will be a candi
date for Sheriff at the election to be held Jan.
2, and will lie grateful for your votes and sup
port. SIMON GAZAN.
FOR CLF.RK OF M PKKIOR COURT.
To the Coten of Chatham Countu: The un
dersigned would be thankful for your votes for
the office of
CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
at the coming election. Very respectfully.
JAMES K. P. CARR.
DO.VT UK RECEIVED.
Ask for ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR, a
safe and reliable medicine, and lake no other.
I have introduced Du. B. F. ULMER’S LIVER
CORRECTOR in my practice, and find that it
gives general satisfaction. The beet evidence
of the estimation in which it is held Is the fact
that persons trying it onee invariably return
for another bottle, rec .mmendiug it at the
same time to their friends.
U. A. PENNY, M. D., Cedar Key, Fla
I have found ULMER’B LIVER CORRECTOR
to act hue a charm In torpid liver, etc.
D. O. C. HEEBY, M. D„ Atlanta, Go.
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MEETINGS.
GEORGIA til APT E R \(J 1. R?A M
An extra convocation of this Chan-**
ter will be held THIS (Wednesday*
EVENING at 8 o’clock. LIAV.
The P. and M. E. will be conferred
Transient companions are eordiallv Invite
By order of *•
THOMAS BALLANTYNE H P
P. H. V\ abo, Recorder
MAGNOLIA ENCAVIPMENT I, I. o o~\
O. F. *
Regular meeting
at Odd Fellows’ Tem
pie. THIS OVednes
day) EVENING at 8 n FjS9m
o'clock. O.R
J. S. Tyson, Scribe.
GOLDEN RULE LODGE AO. 12 lOOP
Tit^oSffl^cSS. wmbeheH
A full attendance is earnestly reauested
Members of other Lodges and visiMng brothers
are invited to attend.
By order of J. G. SWANSTON, N G
E. E, Cheatham. Secretary.
NOTICE TO CITIZENS.
City of Savannah, )
Office Clerk of Council, .
December 10th. 1888 )
In accordance with a request contained in a
resolution adopted by the Savannah Cotton
Exchange, the Bth inst., a meeting of the cm
zens of Savannah is hereby called to take place
at the City Exchange at 12 m. WEDNESDAY
12th inst., to confer as to the best means to
obtain an adequate appropriation for our river
and harbor.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank L. Rebarer,
[seal.] Clerk of Council.
OGLETHORPE LIGHT INFANTRY. ~
Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 12. 1888.
A special meeting of vour corps will )■ Hon
at the Armory WEDNESDAY, 12th inst. at 8
o clock p. m.
All members (active, pay. veterans and hon
orary) are earnestly requested to attend Busi
ness of importance. By order of
W. S. ROCKWELL,
First Lieutenant Commanding
C. F. Law. First Sergeant.
WEST END DEMOCR ATIC CLI b 7
Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 12th, 1888
A meeting of the above Club will lie h-M
THIS * Wednesday) EVENING, Dec. 12th i ,
room No. 16 (new building), at 7:30 standard
time. All members are respectfully requested
to attend. By order of
M. S. BELKNAP, President.
Frank Fear, Secretary.
CITIZENS’ SANITARY &SSOCI \Tlo\.
The quarterly meeting of the Citizens' Sani
tary Association will te held at Metropolitan
Hall on THURSDAY. Dec. 13th, at 8 o'clock r
M. Members are particularly requested to at
tend, as business of importance will be pre
sented. By order of
T J. B. READ, M. D., President.
L. A. Falliqant, Secretary.
FRANKLIN SAVINGS \M) SKCI R| | f
COMPANY.
Subscribers to the capital of the Franklin
Savings and Security Company are in
vited to attend a meeting for the purpose of or
ganization. to be held THIS EVENING at 8
o’clock at the office of G. H. MILLER, At
torney-at-Law, Bull and Congress streets, up
stairs.
THE MERCHANTS’ AND MEtHVNICS’
LOAN ASSOCIATION.
The seventy-ninth (79th) regular monthly
meeting of this Association will be held at the
office of the Secretary, 118 Bryan street, THIS
(Wednesday) EVENING, at 8 o’clock.
D. G. PURSE, President.
J. L. Whatley, Secretary.
MEETING OK STOCKHOLDERS.
Central R. R. and Banking Cos. of Georgia, i
Savannah, Ga., Dec. sth, 1888. f
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of
this Company will take place at the Banking
House, in Savannah, on FRIDAY, December
21st. at 11 o’clock a. m. Stockholders and their
families will be passed free over the Company's
road to the meeting, from the 18th to the 21st,
inclusive, and will be passed free returning
from the 21st to the 23rd. inclusive, on presen
tationof their stock certificates to the eon
ductora. T. M. CUNNINGHAM. Cashier.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inter tert under "Speeinl
Notieee" wiU be charged 91 00 a Square each
insertion.
CARGO OK BRIG tiIROI CO? ’
FROM HALIFAX, N S.
3.000 BARRELS CHOICE POTATOES.
EARLY ROSE,
BEAUTY OF HEBRON,
CHILI REDS,
BURBANKS, ETC.
100 BARRELS LAND PLASTER,
NOW LANDING AND FOR SALE BY
KAVANAUGH & BRENNAN,
DIVIDEND.
Central R. R. and Banking Cos. of Georgia, I
Savannah, Ga., Dec. sth, 1888. (
A dividend of Four Dollars per share from the
earnings of this Company and its dependencies
has been declared, payable on and after the
21st inst,. to the Stockholders of record this day.
The Transfer books of the Company will be
closed from TO-DAY until Jan. 7th, except on
Dec. 2bth and 27th, when they will be opened.
T, M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier.
ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS.
Central R. R. and Banking Cos. of Georgia, I
Savannah, Ga., Dec. sth, 1888. (
An election for thirteen Directors to manage
the affairs of this Company for the ensuing
year will be held at the Banking House in Sa
vannah, MONDAY, the seventh day of January,
1889, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and
2 o'clock p. m. Stockholders and their families
will be passed free over the Company’s road to
attend the election from the 4th to tbe 7th
January, inclusive, and be passed free return
ing from the 7th to the 10th January, inclusive,
on presentation of their stock certificates to
the conductors.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier.
NOTICE^
The Merchants’ Nat’l Bank of Savannah. I
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 9, 18(8. |
The annual election for Directors of this Bank
will be held at, the Banking House on TUES
DAY, Jan. 8, 1889, between the hours of 12 R&J
1 o'clock. THOS. GADSDEN, Cashier,
Foil ORDINARY.
To mg Friends and Fellow Citizen'* of Chat
ham Conntu:
I respectfully announce myself as a candidate
for re-election to the office of ORDINARY of
Chatham County at the election to be held on
the 2nd day of JANUARY next, and kindly
solicit your votes and influence.
HAMPTON L. FERRIT E- _
TO THE VOTER* OK CHATHAM
KOI NT Y.
Fellota Citizens:
Thankful for electing mo to the offle*
TREASURER of Chatham County, I again ask
your votes and support for re-election J* a ’
uary 2nd, 1889.
Your obedient servant,
WARING RUSSELL,
FOR ORDINARY.
I respectfully announce to my friends and the
voters of Chatham county that I will be a can
didate for ORDINARY at the election to be held
on JANUARY Bd, and will be grateful for 7°“ f
votes and support. F. J. O'CONhO^-