Georgia Historic Newspapers

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TO MAKE A HARD FIGIIT.
GROUND RENTERS UP IN ARMS
FOR TO-NIGHT'S MEETING.
The Fleht to be Over the Adoption
of Alderman Falligant’s Resolution—
The Corporation Attorney Likely to
b Called on For a Further Opinion.
Bunonofa Resignation From Coun
cil In the Event of a Vote to Assess
the Disputed Property.
The question of fixing ground rent prop
erty will come up for discission :a the
city council to-night on tbe following reso
lution of Alderman Faiiigant:
Ranolved, That tbe assessment committee be
directed to instruct the t-*rd of assessors of
the city to assess for taxation for ISA) the lots
reported by the city attorney under the recent
resolution of council as liable to municipal
taxation.
Tbe resolution is based upon the opinion
by Corporation Attorney Adams,who holds,
in brief:
1. The title to tbe ground rent lots is
rested iu tbe holders of them, and cot in
the city.
2. That what the holders par the city is
the interest on the unpaid purchase money,
end is not “ground rent.”
3. The trust lots must, under the consti
tution, he taxed, unless excepted by sta'ute
or a contract on the part of the city,agreeing
that they shall not be taxed.
4. There is no statute exempting them
from taxation, and the city attorney has
failed to find any contract in which the citT
egress to exempt them. They therefore
must be taxed, unless the holders of them
can show a contract exempting them from
city taxation.
the agitation is 1871.
' The agitation of taxing what is known
as the ground rent lots dates back as far as
December, 1871, when Alderman Faiiigant,
not then a member of the council, wrote a
series of articles for the Morning News,
urging that the property be assessed for c.ty
taxes. Boiled down, the summing up of his
Argument was:
1. The so-called ground rent lots were
bargained and sold, not rented nor leased.
2. The title to tbe ground rent lots, abso
lute or conditional, was given to the pur
chaser.
5. The ground rent lots are subject to
The same assessments and burthens as other
lots in the city.
Subsequent to tbe publication of tbe arti
cles, and on May 29, 1878, the council passed
an ordinance providing that every person
and corporation using ground rent lots,
•hould pay a tax of per centum of their
value, and it is said that executions for
taxes on this class of property were issued
at that time. The result was that some are
waid to have paid tbe tax, others paid up the
balance of the money, while the
greater part of the g ound renters raise 1
wuch a stir about the matter that it is
claimed it was dropped for political pur
poses.
A LIVELY TIME LOOKED FOR.
Tbe question has again been renewed,
and tbe culminating point is likely to be
reached to-night. It is tnought that there
will be sensational developments, and it is
rumored that Alderman Weils, who op
poses the taxation of the ground rent lots,
will resign his seat in tbe council if it should
adopt the Faiiigant resolution.
The question is the talk of the town, and
the council chamber will, no doubt, be
packed to-night to hear the discussion which
Will grow out of the effort to tax the prop
wrty.
Among tbe more conservative owners of
the ground rent lots, there is a disposition to
pay the tax without a contest, if on a full
Investigation the prooertv is found to be
taxable, and It is understood that if Alder
man Falligant’s resolution prevails, and
suits of a restraining character are insti
tuted, tbe city will insist that each suit must
stand on its own merits, so that common
cause may uot bo made against the city, as,
for Instance, if a non-resident seeks to resist
the payment bv carrying the matter into
the Udred States courts, where the delay
would be long and a decision unfavorable
to the city ought be reached, the city will
not permit the residents of Georgia to be
aimply intervsnurs, but that each case must
be heard on its merits, and if residents take
their cases to the supreme court of the
state, those who favor taxing the ground
rent lots claim that the decision will be
sooner reached and will be favorable to the
city, and from that decision there could be
DO appeal.
PUBLIC INTEREST AROUSED.
No queetiou before the council since the
passage of the ordinance of IS7B has stirred
up the people as the present question.
Many ground rent lot owners are iudignaut
that the matter has been revived, while the
great body of the taxpayers, who do not
own ground rent lots, are indignant that
tbe latter have so long escaped their share
of the “assessments and burthens."
It is said that some of the deeds to
ground rent lots have tbe clause “subject
to tbe same assessments and burthens m
other lots," stricken out with a
pea mark, but a gentleman who
has seen one of these indentures,
says that the cancellation has been made
aiuco tbe instrument was drawn, and has a
auspicious look If it be true that any of
these deeds have been tampered with it may
mean more than taxing tho property—it
may result in prosecutions for forgery.
Indentures with this unauthorized elimi
nation will be submitted to a rigorous
scrutiny.
THE council’s probable action.
It appears that the council, in spite of
the pressure brought to bear against it
will vote to tax the ground
rent lots. If it can lie shown
clearly that they are not constitutionally
exempt, and it is this question which is to
be disoussed to-night, and further legal ad
vice may lie asked of the corporation at
torney upon doubtful points. On tbe main
question lie has already submitted a lengthy
and conclusive opinion -which, if not
modified to-n:ght, ami there is no reason to
suppose that it will be, will leave the city
council no option iu tho matter. It wili be
expected to tako such action as will harmo
nize with the legal advice of tho corporation
attorney. For this reason it is claimed that
there will be a ciear majority in favor of
assessing the property.
AT THB OOURTB.
The Umbach Case to Come Before
Judge ffoeer To-Day.
In the United Btates court yesterday the
civil docket was called and the calendar wag
assigned for January. The court will con
vene In this city for the trial of civil cases
on Thursday, Jan. 9, 1890.
A jury was impaneled yesterday in the
United States court to try Frank Brooks,
whose case will come up to day. It is
thought Uin bach's case will also come up to
day, as a jury has been summoned to try it.
It is reported that when Uuibach was taken
from the United States courtroom to the
jail oue day last week, that a sling-shot was
found on his person which some friend had
evideatly conveyed to him while in the
courtroom.
A Bazar for a Good Cause.
There will be anew and interesting
feature at the bazar in Armory hall, in aid
of the buildiug fund of the Independent
Presbyterian church, this afternoon and
evening, and to-morrow afternoon and
evening. A superb collectio.i of Christinas
cards and religious books, suitable for pres
ents, will be among the things that can be
obtained. This collection will undoubtedly
attract a great deal of attention. A Christ
mas card and a hot supper are things that
about everybody wants, and as they are
ottered in a good oause the demand for
them will doubtless be large.
jTbe great Bonanza mines of Nevada are less
than Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
tthey 2l. U **?* are deli hted with Salvation Oil.
“w had as good r iiain tsawidjy
6UNDAY LIQUOR SELLING
What Mayor Set war* Has to Say
About It.
In the mayor's court yesterday m:mir.g
there we re sixteen cases for trial, about the
usual Monday mom tag docket. Two of the
prisoners bad their casee dismissed, S.x
were fined far various stages of drunken
ness. one of whom was ordered to leave the
I citv before right.
Mayor Schwarx was asked yesterday by
a Morning News reporter what steps he
has taken, if any, or what steps he proposes
to take, if any, to suppress the sale of Uqaor
on Sunday.
The mayor raM that he bad noted the
criticisms in the press, and to them he couid
say that the police are under instructions to
tak- cognisance of every saloon kept open
on Sunday, but at the same time a police
man is not justified in enering
the premises of the saloon
keepers. H* has no right to
enter the yard or the saloon, and proof to
convict, tae mayor said, is not therefore
readily obtainable.
To the suggestion that he oompel offend
ers brought before him for drunkenness as
the result of Sunday tippling to tell where
the obtained their liquor, the mayor said
that he has no right t < compel a prisoner to
criminate himself. He msy ask the ques
tion, but the prisoner may fail back on his
rights, and deeiine to answer without being
in contempt.
The mayor says that while the police
docket is unusually large on Mondav morn
ings, it does not follow that those brought
betore him on Monday morning for drunk
enness did their drinking on Sunday, but
the docket is largely composed of that class
of common drunxs who fill up on Saturday
night and are carried to tbe oarra ks late
Saturday night, or between 12 and 2 o’clock
in the morning. Toestablish the fact be went
over the docket for the last three Mondays,
and the total foots up twenty-five cases of
common drunk, sixteen of which were for
Saturday whisky drinking and nine were
arrested for drunkenness on Sunday.
The mayor says that tbe clubs set the ex
ample and cannot be reached. He added
that the Sunday habitues of these places
carry keys to give them ready access, and
they cm be sometimes seen staggering
from the club houses uuder the influence of
Sunday dissipation. The mayor says, too.
that quite a number of persons arrested for
drunkenness on Sunday go out of town to
do their drinking, and then come into the
city under the influence of liquor, but the
city has to stand the blame for it. He
thinks if the county authorities would stop
Sunday liquor selling outside of the city,
there would be less complaint on that score
among the people. He says that no prede
cessor of his has been able to close the Bun
day saloons. Some prisoners who have
been before him, have beei fined heavily
for a second appearance, and be claims that
he has attempted to preserve the peace and
order the city on Sundays and week
day’s without favor.
A gentleman recently from Columbus
says that the plan in operation there in
sures closed saloons on Sunday. The saloon
keepers have an association which is op
posed to selling liquor ou Sunday. When a
saloonkeeper is detected selling on Sunday,
the association not only blacklists him, but
ho is turned out of the association and is
prosecuted, and credit and a bondsman can
not be found for the offender.
THE MUTUAL COMPANY WILLING.
The City will Have no Trouble in
Settling tbe Lighting Question.
The electric light matter will come up to
night in the city council. At a recent meet
ing of council tbe following resolution by
Alderman Cana was adopted.
Resolved, That all bids for lighting the city,
now before council, be rejected, and that the
contract be offered to the Brush Electric and
Power Company for furnishing MO lights of 600-
candle power eacb, standard, for a term of four
years from tho first day of January, 1890, at
the rata of SZO,OOO per annum, under the speci
fications upon which tho bids hare been base V
provided that this companv will agree to tlie
cancellation of the existing contract under
which tile city ia now being lighted.
Since the passage of the resolution Mr. S.
P. Hamilton, president of tho Brush Electric
Light and Power Company, without ac
cepting the city’s ultimatum, has asked for
a conference with the council, which will
be awarded to him iu caucus before the
meeting in the “long room.”
It was learned last night that President
Bluu of the Mutual Eleotrin Light Com
pany has authorized the mayor and Alder
man Faiiigant to sav that his company is
prepared to accept the proposition made to
the Brush company if the Brush company
does not accept without further parley, so
that there will be no trouble to get the ex
tra 100 lights soon, no matter which com
pany accepts the city’s ultimatum.
City Surveyor Winu thinks that the en
trances to lanes should be illuminated with
the incandescent lights, and he favors sus
pending the arc lights at street crossings, so
that better effects will follow.
TBE SANITARY ASSOCIATION.
Questlona That Came Up at Last
Night’s Meeting.
The Citizens’ Sanitary Association held
its quarterly meetiug at the secretary’s
office in the Citizens’ bank buildiug last
night. Dr. J. B. Head presided. Among
those present ware Dr. Nunn and Stoue,
Capt Henry Blun, Cupt. John Planerry,
8. Guckonbeimer, Col. John Screven ami
David Douglass.
Dr. I.eHardy, who had prepared a paper
showing the disparity of mortality among
the two races, and Blowing the injury
which the community suffers from the ex
cessive death rate among the negroes, ami
suggesting means within the power of tho
association to correct the evil, was unable
to be preseut.
The quarantine and sewago outlet ques
tion was discussed at length.
M. J. Desvergera, the associations in
spector, read the result of his investigation
of the bark llene’s detention at quarantine.
TAKEN HOME INSANE.
One of the Legislative Visitors Goes
Crazy on His Way Home.
John Sinclair of Columbus, gallery door
keeper of the House of Representatives
during the last session of the legislature,
who was in Savannah la-t week with the
members who were here, has been taken
home crazy.
Mr. Sinclair had been on the Columbus
police force for many years. On
his arrival at Macon on his way
home from Savannah, he was seen
to be in a peculiar condition, and his ac
quaintances could not account for bis
strange conduct on the cars. He was
carried in a hack to tho city hall, where he
could receive medical attention from the
city physician. After a slay of n few
hours at the barracks, it became clearly
apparent that he was mentally unbalanced,
and be was sent on to his home. His mind
seemed to be entirely gone, and everything
was a blank to him.
New Telephone Station.
Telephone No. 445 has been placed at the
dry goods store of D. Hogan.
FOB DYSPEPSIA
Use Hereford's Acid Phosphate.
Dr. Lorenzo Waite, Pittsfield, Mass.,
says: “From its use for a period of about
eight weeks, to the exclusion of all other
remedies, I attribute the restoration to
health of a patient who was emaciated to
the last degree, ia consequence of nervous
prostration and dyspepsia. Tills patient’s
stomach was in such an lrritahle condition
that he could not bear either liquid or solid
food. An accomplished physician of many
years’expei ience, whom I called in con
sultation, pronounced his case an incurable
one. At this stage I decided to use Ilors
ford's Acid Phosphate, which resulted os
GiWYQ wiantitiii^l,^
TIIE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1889.
TO MACON BY STEAMBOAT
A MOVEMENT TO OPEN THE OC
MCLGEE ABOVE HAWKINBVILLB.
The Macon Beard of Trade Sends e
Committee to Confer With Lieut.
Carter—A Hearing to be Had With
the Committee and the Railroads
Owning Bridges Over the Ocmulgee
on Dec. lO—Macon’s Business Men
Making a Strong Effort to Secure the
Reopening of the River for Naviga
tion.
George T. Harris and R. M. P.ogers, a
committee from tbe Macon Board of Trade,
came down to Savannah yesterday to con
fer with Lieut. O. M. Carter in regard to
the improvement of the Ocmulgee river
below Hawkinsville and Macon.
The Ocmulgee is practically cleanea ont
as far as Hawkinsville, with the exception
of a small amount of work which is Leing
rounde l up by government boats between
Abbeville and Hawkinsville. When this
work is completed the improvement of the
river will be suspended until satisfactory
arrangements between the railroads which
have bridges across the river and the busi
ness men of Macon can be made. For the
settlement of this question Lieut. Carter has
appointed Dec. 10, when he will hear from
both sides.
Between Hawkinsville and Macon there
are four railroad bridges, two of which
belong to the East Teuuessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad, one to the Macon and
Covington railroad and one to the Savan
nah, Americui and Montgomery railroad,
and one bridge is owned by Pulaski county.
None of the bridgas are draws, and hence
navigation above Hawkinsville Is rendered
impossible unless the bridges are either
made drawbridges or are removed. The
railroads are not disposed to go to the ex
pense of altering the bridges. Macon’s
commerce, it is claimed, demands the im
provement of tbe river, and a good deal of
hard work by Macon’s business men has
been done looking to making the river
navigable. The members of the committee
said last night that they will be able to
prove conclusively that Macon’s interests
demand it.
MACON BUSINESS MEN ASTIR.
Prior to 1873, when navigation on the river
as lar up as Macon ceased, and Hawkinsville
was made the head of navigation, 140,000
bales of cotton were transported by the
boats annually. Macon bad no competition
in that portion of her territory, and the
cotton found its way to her market by rail.
Recently, however, by the construction of
new lines, and competing lines, this trade
has been taken away from Macon andsbe is
forced to do something to regain it. By
the use of the Savannah, Amaricus anil
Montgomery railroad’s line of boats from
Brunswick to Abbeville, connecting there
with the Savannah, Amoricus and Mont
gomery railroad, Americus is afforded
identically the same eastern rates that
Macon is, and by reason of these rates is
enabled to reach out into Macon’s territory
and take away her trade.
The committee said tuat this is not just,
and every energy will be exerted to bring
Macon out of the fire. Looking to this end,
a bill re-establishing Macon as the head of
navigation was introduced by Bibb’s repre
sentatives in the last legislature, and it
passed both houses just before tho adjourn
ment. Having accomplished this much, the
Macon board of trade took the matter up
at onoe, the committee was appointed, and
its line of work was mapped out.
THEY MEAN BUSINESS.
Messrs. Harris and Rogers say that Macon
is deeply interested in this matter, and she
has the facts and figures wiiich will give ail
the weight necessarv to establish their
claim of Macon upon the government.
“How many months in the year will
navigation on the Ocmulgee be possible?"
the committee was asked.
“At least ton mouths. That is the past
experience of boats on the Ocmulgee.”
"Between what points will tho boats
run?”
“Pratically between Savannah and
Macon. It is a direct line from Darion and
Brunswick to Macon, but boats will be
operated from Savannah via Darien to
Macon. It is a distance of 400 miles from
Macon to Darien.”
"At what cost can the river between
Hawkinsville and Macon be Improved.”
“At not to exceed $35,000 or $40,000. It
might be done for less. When that portion
between Hawkinsville and Macon, a dis
tance of seventy-four miles, is completed,
the entire water route from Savannah to
Macon is made navigable.”
READY TO PUT ON BOATS.
"In the event that an appropriation is
obtained and the river Is cleaned out, how
soon thereafter will a line of steamboats be
ia operation?”
“If the river were made navigable to
night the steamboats would be put on to
morrow. The committee having the matter
in charge has offers from two steamboat
companies which are very anxious to secure
the franchise.”
Messrs. Harris and Rogers estimated that
in the neighborhood of SB,OOO is paid out by
Macon daily on incoming and outgoing
freights. They say that the rates can be
mate; ially lessened. By the present status
of affairs they say that the commerce of
Macon is crippled.
Lieut. Carter said last night that Macon
has always been regarded by the govern
ment in all of its projects as the head of
navigation on the Oomulgoe. He said that
the work of improvement will be carried
no farther at present until all differences
between Macon ana the railroads are set-
Med.. Such work as he has been'carrying
ou south of Hawkinsville cannot be carried
on north of that point.
MUST REMOVE THE BRIDGES FIRST.
Tbe first work to be done between Hawk
insville and Macon,' Lieut Carter said, pro
vided amicable settlements are reached and
the necessary provisions made, will be
to render navigation possible so far as the
railroad bridges are concerned. After that
the river will be improved, as it is being
improved now, south of Hawkinsville.
Snags will be taken out, logs
will he removod and the channel
will he relieved of obstructions of
this nature. No sand bars have been re
moved yet, Lieut. Carter said. Work of
that nature has not begun. He said that
he began work sometime ago on the
Ocmulgee where the Ocmulgee and 1 Oconee
form the Altamaha, and worked toward
Hawkinsville. It is a distance of 175 mile*,
and the work is now about completed. The
new snag boat left yosterday for the
Altamabn, and work is going ahead on the
Oconee, Ocmulgee and Altamaha rivers
now.
Revivals at the Christian Church.
The revival meetings at the Christian
church on Bolton street continue to draw
large congregations. Sunday night the
church was packed, and last night there
was also a crowded meetiug. Rev. Mr.
Blenus is an earnest worker and an inter
esting exponent of the message of trood
tidings.
J. F. Smith & Cos., Bt. Louis, Mo.—l have
suffered from attacks of nervous headaches
for years, aud nothing relieved me until I
bought from the enterprising drug Arm of
Murphy Bros, a bottle uf your Bile Beans:
I took several (loses an l have never had an
attack since, but occa*ionally take a dose
to keep my liver aroused. I recommend
them to my neighbors, and on a trip to
your state this summer always said a good
word lor Bile Beans. I mu opposed to
patent nostrums, but wouid feel ungrateful
to you, and be doing the public au injustice,
did I uot acknowledge the merits of Bile
Beans. Yours,
W. 8. Dbummond, Paris, Tex,
If you use Brower’s Lung Restorer in
time you cannot dto from r
“A POSSIBLE CASE.”
The Union Square Company Makes a
Big Hit in toe Piece.
“A Possible Case” is beyond question the
best play that Savannah theater-goers have
seen this season, and it is not often that a
better play is seen. It is one of those piays
which one can witness time after time
and not grow weary of. It wouid be
difficult to cri’icise it, because
there is little to criicise.
It is a very exacting play upon those who
present it. It require, ia every Dart a high
order of acting. The play is not bung to
gether for the benefit ? a favorite star, but
is evenly and careful! .-arranged. It is, in
a word, well balanced, and a star is needed
in every role. Mr. Hill has secured the
very best order of dramatic talent for his
company.
Mr. M. A. Kenn edv, who has keen seen
here before as “CaUe’rpole” in “The Private
Secretary,” is a whole show in himself. In
his character of “Otto Brinckerhoff,” re
tired, benevolent, but a person who is
always the victim of some plot or other, he
is perfection persoaifi-d.
Miss Helen Russell was charming as
“Violet Mendoza,’' and made a decidedly
pleasing impression as the three-times mar
ried wife. Her character requires rare
skill, and this lies to a considerable extent
in concealing it. She gives a very finished
piece of acting, and her toilets, too, were
quite charming.
Miss Belle Archer acquitted herself with
rare credit as “Gladys,” the girl who ha3
determined to study law, and invested that
character with fascinati g freshness.
Herbert Archer, as the adventurer, has a
character very much like that in which he
made a hit in “The Wife,” and plays it
with equal success. The entire company is
made up of artists.
The audience last night pretty well filled
the lower part of the theater. The entire
theater ought to be filled at to-night’s per
formance.
The Symphony Concerts.
People returning from the theater last
night were amused to see the “all night”
contingent on hand waiting to get first
numbers when the box office opens this
morning for the reserved seat sale for the
Symphony concerts. There will no doubt
be the usual scramble for first row seats,
and from the appearance of the subscription
lists the sale will be large.
The following, from a northern paper
where the Boston Symphony Orchestral
Club recently appeared, speaks in high
praise of the prima donna: “Of Miss Au
gusta Ohrstrom it wili be difficult to speak
justly and avoid an apparent superfluity of
adjectives. From an artistic standpoint,
Miss Ohrstrom’s voice is of that essentially
bright northern brilliancy of timbre which
made her compatriots, Jenny Lind
and Christine Nilsson, famous, and her cul
ture and vocal technique place her on a par
with those renowned singers. Her personal
appearance is the very embodiment of the
joyous spirit and enthusiasm which pre
vades her singing, and it is hard to tell
which of her distinctive gifts—personal
magnetism and charm, careful and finished
culture, wonderful voice and musicianly
breadth of experience and knowledge do
most to attract and enthuse her hearers.
Whichever it be, Miss Ohrstrom is irresisti
ble, and her singing is worthy of the
greatest and most cultivated audiences.
THE HUSSARS’ BAZAR.
The Troop Getting In Readiness for
the Opening Dec. 3.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the
Georgia Hussars was held last night at their
drill room to hear a report of the bazar
committee on the progress made toward
getting everything in readiness for the
coming bazar.
The buzar building, now being erected, it
is expected, will lie completed b / the end of
this week, and the bazar will be opened
Tuesday, Dec. 3.
The work of the various sub-committees
is progressing rapidly and favorably, and
from the spirit manifested at last night’s
meeting it is evident that the enthusiasm of
the troop is thoroughly aroused. Speeches
were made by Capt. Gordon and others,
and the members of tho command are tak
ing hold of the enterprise with a vim aud
energy that ensures success.
The cash contrll utions so far received
amount to about $4,500, besides a very grat
ifying number of donations of merchandise,
and the contributions, both of cash and
merchandise, are still coming in.
Among the most interesting features of
the bazar will be a competitive prize drill
to bo given by the Savannah Cadets, in
which two platoons of the company will
engage.
The selling of tickets for the prize draw
ing, to be held during the bazar, has uot
thus far been pushed to any great extent,
owing to the two similar enterprises of the
First regiment aud of the Guards battalion,
which wero already before the public, but
now that those drawings are about con
cluded the matter will be prosecuted vigor
ously, and it is thought that the salo of
tickets will be very much facilitated by
reason of a resolution unanimously adopted
lastjiight that all of the prizes drawn shall
be given in cash.
It is understood that several now features
will he introduced in the bazar wnich will
add greatly to its attractions aud besidos
the various booths, a portion of the large
building will be titled up for a dancing
room.
THE! TELEPHONE SERVICE.
The Residence Branch of It Becoming
Very Popular.
The telephone service in Savannah em
braces now some thing over 550 telephones.
Tho residonoe branch of the service includes
about seventy -five. This branch has not
been extends and in Savannah as it has been
in other cities. A good many business men.
Manager Rood says, are now connecting
their offices and residences by telephone,
and are avail ing themselves of the benefits
of the convenience wbioh it affords. The
chief flremau reports a larger number of
telephone alarms of lire this year than ever
before, due to the extension ot the tele
phone service. Often n serious tire is pre
vented by the use of the telephone, an 1 the
securing of a squad of firemen promptly
without the sending in of a gooeral alarm.
Separate wires are run from the telephone
exchange to each residence station the same
as to a business office. Tue residence rates,
however, are 25 per cent, lower than the
rates for business telephones. Manager
Rood hopes by the end of the year to have
over 100 residence telephones connected with
the exchange. The service is improving
with its extension. Manager Rood bos
brought it to a higher standard than it has
ever reached before.
RIVER AND HARBOR NOTES.
A. Minis & Sons cleared yesterday the
British steamship Pawnee for Genoa, with
4,2tt0 bales of upland cotton, weighing
2,042,062 pouuds, valued at $204,750.
The Norwegian bark Tjoma was cleared
yesterday by A. R. Salas & Cos. for Am
sterdam, with 3,160 barrels of rosin, weigh
ing 1,522,580 pounds, valued at $6,800, and
210 barrels of spirits turpentine, measuring
12,74f'H gallons, valued at $5,454. Total
valuation of cargo $12,254.
The schooner Wyer G. Sargent, Oapt.
Clapp, put into this port yesterday leaklug.
She i-ailed from Fernandma last Friday for
Laguayra, with a cargo of pitch pine lum
ber. She encountered pretty rough weather,
oud started to leak. The captain thought
it prudent to put in here, and is now await
ing instructions from his owners.
Bkecham's Pills cure bilious and ner
vous ills.
A Fine Holiday Gift.
Miss Mary Kennard’s beautiful collection
of poems. Hand-painted cover. Second
,icwdiaaiit reo*u*l at.Homs lira*
FIREMEN'S WAGES FIXED
THE CBNTRAL SIGNS A CONTRACT
WITH ITS MSN.
Grand Master Sargent’s Con'erence
With General Manager Gabbett Re
sults in the Eatabllsh.ngof a Uniform
Scale of Wages, and a Satisfactory
Agreement as to What Constitutes
a Day’s Work-The Contract to Go
Into Effect To-Day.
The result of the conference between
Grand Master Sargent and members of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
General Manager Gabbett of the Central
railroad, held yesterday in the general man
ager’s office, was the signing of a contract
stipulating the rate of wages, the number
of hours constituting a day’s labor, and the
rate of compensation for all labor over
what is specified in the contract.
7he rate agreed upon is 50 per cent of
the amount of engineers’ wages; that is,
where the engineers receive $4 the firemen
receive $2. The firemen also are to receive
50 per cent, of what the engineers get for
all time over a regular day’s work. Here
tofore the fireman on the different divisions
of the Central have been receiving different
wages. The firemen at Savannah have
been receiving $2, while those at Mont
gomery and Atlanta have been getting less.
TLe contract which was signed yesterday
and which goes into effect to-day makes a
uniform scale of wages, and all firemen
will now get the same wages. Where more
than one fireman is required on an engine
they receive $1 75 each. If but one is re
quired he gets $2. The contract will be
posted this week in all roundhouses on the
Central system.
Grand Master Sargent aid,last night that
tbe Central’s employes receive all around
as high wages as any road in the south.
He complimented the firemen in having as
their cuief executive Mr. Gabbett. Ho
said that they had a friend in him, and he
predicted that the Central will never expe
rience tbe disorganization and discord that
other roads have experienced as long as Mr.
Gabbett is at the head of affairs.
NOT FOR EMIGRATION.
Rev. E. K. Love Tells His People to
Stay Where They Are.
Rev. E. K. Love lectured last night at the
First African Baptist church upon the
question, “Shall the Negro Emigrate?” He
was decidedly opposed to the emigration
scheme, which he said is devised
by foolish people who are not friends
to the colored people. Iu the south, he said,
the negro has the climate which enables him
to do all kinds of work and during ail seas
ons. Situated as the colored people are, with
their churches, schools ana societies, they
cannot afford to emigrate. It would take
them a quarter of a century to get to a level
of their present condition.
The lecturer had statistics at his fingers’
ends. He said that the colored people have
been wonderfully blessed with donations
for educational purposes. There is the Pea
body fund, $3,500,000 —it is true it is for the
white people, but the colored people get
their share of it. The Freedman’s bureau
gave $15,000,000 toward the education of
the negro. The American Home Baptist
Mission Society owns property in the
south for the exclusive use of the colored
people, valued at $400,000. It has expended
for the negro $200,000, and for general mis
sionary work it has expended $1,150,000.
The American Congregational Association
gave many thousands, which have been
expended in building schools worth $500,000.
The Freedman’s Aid Society of the Northern
Methodist church gave a school property
worth $500,000, the Presbyterians gave over
$250,000,the Episcopalians gave over SIO,OOO,
the Quakers gave over $15,000, the Roman
Catholics gave over SB,OOO. The African
Methodist Episcopal church has given many
thousand dollars. It has established the
Morris Brown college at Atlanta, worth
$75,000, aud there was the Slater fund of
$1,000,000.
Shall the negro go away and leave this?
the lecturer asked. This country is good
enough, he said. Were the colored people
so foolish as to go away it would require
many years to get back to their present c m
dition. Why do so many urge emigration?
Not because they think it the best thing.
He said that the nagro is born here, he is
reared hare and he is going to
die here. The day will uever come
when the negro will be asked In an
official way to leave here. It is true that
everything Is not as it should be, he said,
but in no country is everything as it should
be. The poor white people are the negro’s
worst enomy, the lecturer said. God save
him from the devil and a poor white man.
The colored people never have trouble with
well-bred white people. Rev. Love will
lecture in a short time on another phase of
the problem.
THE EDEN EXTENSION.
The First Train to be Put on the Road
To-Morrow.
The first regular train will run on the
Eden extension to-morrow morning. The
train will be pulleJ by engine No. 75, and
will contain a few freight cars and a pas
senger coach. Conductor Eunis will be iu
charge of the new train. The schedule will
be made so that the train will arrive in Sa
vannah frem Ellabell at 9 o’clock, and will
return to Ellabell at 4 o’clock. The tram
will lie over at the station.
Kate Barnwell Convicted.
Kate Barnwell was convicted in tho city
court yesterday for not going before tho
ordinary aud registering her name as a
liquor dealer, and was fined $59 and costs,
or one month in jail. She paid the fine,
but filed a pauper’s affidavit and was dis
charged from custody. She is under in
dictment in the United States courts for
selling liquor without having paid the rev
enue tax, but since sho was held by the
United States commissioner she has taken
out goverument license.
The Whisporpbone.
Messrs. C. H. White & Cos., state agents,
are at the Marshall house, and are intro
ducing to Savannah the Whisporpbone, by
which the use of the telephone is made a
great pleasura The Whisperphone as ap
plied to the telephone is based upon the
latest scientific acoustic principles. It con
sists of a tube oontalnftng a reticulated, or
perforated, diaphragm, forming an “air
ebatnber,” which diffuses and equally pre
sents the sound waves on the transmitter of
the telephone, thereby producing perfect
sound waves, and preventing concussion
and rattling of the telephone transmitter,
thereby saving the telephone and making it
dißtinct. It has been ;put to the severest
tests by the best telephone experts aud
electricians, and pronounced by them “A
perfect transmitter, leading ail others.”
It stops shouting, and a whisper can be dis
tinctly heard. Absolute' privacy is insured;
improving the telephot e 58 per cent, and
avoiding all confusion Ui your office.
At Nicbols’.
Just opened, anew aoi complete stock of
$l5O, $2 and $2 50 ladies' kid button
shoes; every pair guaranted. Complete
line of misses', children’s and infants’ heel
aud spring heel shoes at low prices. A. S.
Nichols, 128 Broughton utreet.
Caps Fkah Club, I
Wilmington. N. C., Nov. 5, 1889. f
Messrs. Lee Hoy Mycn it Cos., 183 Bay
Street, Savannah, Ga. :
Dear sirs—Replying to your favor of
30th ultimo, we are plea xed to report that
the “Hernan Cortes” brand of cigars are
the "best sellers” we have Iu stock, which
is a sufficient guarantee ax! their popularity.
Yours respectfully,
CtAiPK Fa AH Cuub.
—U& Mi i.i.tba bin>aj m teadaat.
BAKING POWDER.
PM
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of purity,
(trongta and wboleaoraeooes. More economical
than she ordinary kinds, and cannot tie
sold in oompeUteoa with the multitude of low
test, short weight alum or phosphate powders.
Sold only to cam. Royal Baku's Posrnaa Cos..
106 Wail street. New York.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
W. M. Denton of Bickly is here.
H. S. Hart of Paiatka is in town.
Capt. R. C. Henry of Dublin is here.
F. E. Tucker of Cordele is iu the city.
James W. Lawton of Augusta is here.
J. Q. Knight of Stockton is in the city.
M. Waterman of Hawkinsville is in the
city.
E. N. Clarke of Albany came up yester
day.
John G. Swift of Fernandina is in the
city.
A. W. Carswell of Waycross, is in the
city.
J. A. Mason of Stokes Bluff is in the
city.
E. D. Workman went up to Augusta last
night.
C. M. Wheatley came up from Americus
yesterday.
C. W. Cheaves came over from Columbus
yesterday.
E. A. Weil left for Atlanta last night, via
the Central
D. H. Pope of Albany came up to Sa
vannah yesterday.
8. 8. Jones and A. D. Wynn of Swains
boro are in the city.
B. F. Outland, a prominent turpentine op
erator of Dover, is here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Scott of Fort Worth,
Fla., are guests of tbe Harnett.
August Hedstrom, a prominent lumber
dealer of Darien, is in the city.
R. H. Kimball, a prominent naval store
man, came.down from Rogers yesterday.
J. R. Kidwell, Jos. J. Jordan and R. L.
Mills of Augusta, are attending the United
States court now iu session.
James Collins, the son of Milo Collins, cel
ebrated his 6th birthday yesterday by a
birthday party to his young friends.
Mrs. R. D. Bogart and son, Dorsey Wool
bridge, left last night for Little Rock. Mrs.
Bogart will make that her future home.
James A. Barksdale of Yazoo, Miss.,
arrived in the city last night, and at 6:30
o’clock to-night will be wedded to Miss
Phelie M. Henderson, at the residence of
the bride’s mother, No. 120 State street.
CITY BREVITIES.
A colored man by the name of Smith was
painfully, if not seriously, injured by the
fall of a piece of timber bn his head yoster
day afternoon while working on the wharf.
Dr. Sheftall, who treated the injured man,
thinks the skull is fractured. Smith was
in the employ of Smith & Kelly.
Excelsior Lodge No. 8, K. P., meets this
e vening.
Regular meeting of Oglethorpe Lodge
No. 1, I. O. O. F., this evening.
CITY COURT CASKS.
Judge Harden Sends a Big Contingent
to the Chain-Gang.
In the city court yesterday the following
cases were disposed of:
George Small, for carrying concealed
weapons, was fined $25 or three months, and
Janies Anderson, for stabbing Aleck Wat
kins, was fined $25 or four months.
George Anderson, for the larceny of a
$lO bill from Pompey Myers on Sept. 10
last, was sentenced to six months on the
chain-gang. William Friar received a like
sentence for the larceny of chickens and
turkeys from Mr*. E. R. Grubbs. Charles
Outten got ten months for the larceny of a
suit of clothes from the bouse of Marv Ann
Moultrie, and Gable Mack was sentenced to
a year on the chain-gang for stealing a
rubber coat and umbrella from the house of
J. J. Kearns.
Henry Walker, a colored lad. for stealing
a pair of shoes from D. Myerson, was
severely whipped by his mother in the pres
ence of a court officer.
Bond's Mills, Twiggs Cos., Ga.
Dear 8ih — I have used Sanodine on ray
stock and have rec >m mended it to my
neighbors. From my knowledge of it I can
cheerfully recommend it as a valuable
medicine for scratches, sores, etc., on
horses. Respectfully, 8. J. Bond, M. D.
ATLANTA FAIR.
Gabler Pianos at the Front.
"For tbe best Square Piano, manufact
ured by E. Gabler <& Bro„ New York.
Medal. ”
“For the best Square Grand Piano,
manufactured by E. Gabler & Bro., New
York. Medal."
The celebrated Stein way it Sons' Pianos
at this exposition were tor exhibition only,
and did not compete because they are.
beyond all competition. They were' used
at the concerts given every Wednesday and
Friday during tbe five weeks of the exoosi
tion.
We represent the above instruments in
Savannah.
Schreiner’s Music House.
A ouman s Hats.
I take ploasure in informing my patrons
I have accepted the agency of Youman’s
hats, the best stiff hats made. Call an
examine them. A. 8. Nichols, 128 Brough
ton street.
The Marshall House.
The Marshall house in this city is now
voder the personal management of Mr. M.
L. Harnett. It is replete with all modern
improvements, electric bells, electric lights,
and newly furnished throughout. Rates
have been reduced to $2, $2 50 and $3 per
day. M. L. Harnett & Cos.
•'Fall Hate.”
My complete stock of men’s and boys’
stiff and soft hats now opened, and for sale
reasonable, at A. 8. Nichols, 128 Broughton
street. •
Notice to Contractors and Builders.
I hare been appointed sole agent for the sale
at the celebrated < ibewaola Lame. This lime has
oeen sold in this market for the last twenty
years, and Woo needed to here given better sat
isfaction than any other lime. lam also agent
for Hoffman Rosen dale Cement, Kogttah and
German Portland Cements, Calcined Plaster,
Plastering Hair, etc., * Iliad I can furnish in any
quantity and on short notice. 1 Iteep oa baud the
largest steak la die south of White Pine Doors,
Baan, Kinds, Builders’ Hardware, Paints, Oils,
Glass. Lubricating Oils, Packings of all kinds, a
complete assortment of steamboat and mM
supplies. Get my shoes before porchaaiag
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■Our 48-inch Fine Silk Finished Colored Hen
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INTO. 3.
Our 54-inch Extra Fine French Habit Cloths,
formerly sold at $1 50 a yard, now ...$l ssi
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Our Fine Imported West of England Ladies’
Broad Cloths, formerly sold at $2 a yard,
<> w $177
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Our 24-inch Extra Heavy AU-Silk Plushes,
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FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
The A. J. Miller Ca,
171 BROUGHTON ST.,
The Cheapest Furniture Hous®
IN SAVANNAH.
LOOK AT THESE PRICES
PARLOR SUITES.
Embossed Plush, all colors. $35.
Silk Plush, large variety, from S4O to $l5O.
BEDROOM SUITES.
Fifty different designs, finished in Antique
Oas, Cherry and Walnut, from $ - A) to |250.
Dining-Room Furniture.
Extension Tables from $5 to $55,
Sideboard, all Woods, from sl2 to $125.
UPHOLSTERING A SPECIALTY.
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REAL ESTATE^
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8 DRAYTON*STREET.
SPECIAL attention given to the collectioa of
rents and the care of real estate. Patron
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