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DEDICATED TO JUSTICE.
THE NEW COLET HOUSE TURNED
OVER TO THE COUNTY.
The Ceremoni -a Att-nding the Formal
Oocupacy of the Building—Commis
sion :r Walker's Delivery of the Edi
fice to th® People-Its Acceptance by
Judge Falligatit-S eeches by Prom
inent Member. i of the Bar-Justice
Bleckley’s Sentiment.
Chatham county's new court house was
formally deci.catsd yssterday. The dedica
tory ceremonies took place in the superior
court room at 19 o’clock, and were wit
nested hv pearly the enure Savannah bar,
the cleryv un.l leading citizens.
The superior court was convened for the
December term and tne grand jury was
railed. After it bad organized Judge Falli
gant ordered a recess, during which the
ceremonies attending ite dedication took
place.
By the side of Judge Falligant
on the bench were Judge Ferrill of tne
court of ordinaly, an l Rev. W. S. Bow
man. Rev. I. S. K. Akson, Rev. Frederick
Dnpps, Rev. Rabii While, Rev. A. M.
Wynn, Rev. T. H. blenus. Rev. 1). F.
Riley and Rev. Edward C’atferty occupied
seats inside the ba-.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER.-.
The county commissioners enter’d in a
liodv. Chairman Welker fiis*. followed by
Commissioners Esti!l, Meinbard ar.d Smar,,
and Capt. John R_ Dillon, cierk of tte
board.
Commissioner Estiil at once move'! that
Judge Falligant preside during the cere
mony and that Air. J. K. P. t arr, clerk of
the superior court, be mude secretary.
Rev. Dr. Bowman de.ivered the dedica
tory prayer. Re invoked the divine ine-s
--ing upon the occ.sion. He prayed that the
judges who might sit in the court uouse may
he inspired w,th abundant wisdom; that
jurors may ever be impressed with a sense
of their responsibility, and that tiie.r decis
ions may s rike terror to the hearts <if evil
doers. He p ayed that all who enter the
court may remember that they will have to
stand before an Eternal Judge and give an
account of the.r good and evil deeds. He
invosed protection upon the building from
thp elements of nature and the violence of
evil men.
DELIVER!NO THE BUILDING.
CoL R. D. Walker, chairman of the board
of county commissioners, formally delivered
the building to Judge Faliigant. In so do
ing, he said:
Ju-ige Falligant and FeUotr Citizens:
Krcogsuing in its fullest secs-, as declared
by the c institution f tour s:a:e. that public
s nr.' tbe trustees and servants of the
l e-pie, it now becomes my duty, in behalf of
yohrcounty conimiss.oner-. to formally deliver
to tbepeop.e of Cbatbam county this, tht-ir new
Court-iious-. In obediei.ee to the will of tie
people, by the -uoc --.ve present
ments of so many of your era:, I juries. we have
sought tomato it an eollioe commen -urate witn
the diznity ad necessities of the oldest and. in
many respects, ibemost imp, riant bounty of
the commonwealth. How we lor 11 in its cou
• isption and ex cuiion this trust has been di.--
■ barged and s rvice performed, it is not
for us to say. but we l -ave it to
your important judgment, and that of tho corn
ihg generations woo are to mike the great
future of this community With steadfast
faith in t o g ra'usi of that future. and ia the
hope that, under the bles.ings of Almighty God,
t his court house may indeed prove the edifice for
the perjtetua! maintenance for tbe rights of tho
people, iu behalr of your county commissioners
i now deliver it to your keeping.
JUDGE FALLIGANT’S ACCEPTANCE.
Judge Faliigant, in receiving tha build
ing, said: lu discharging this duty l cannot
refrain from panting to make at least a few
remarks appropi iate to the occasion. Many
are here expected tospeak, more particularly
1n reference to the pastof this county, so far
ns it relates to the bench and the bar, but I
cannot help expressing the feelings that
flow in my heart ia the presence of this
assembly. The arrangement that the
meeting should open with prayer seems
totne pecul any appropriate. It'has been
truly said that t:o holiest exp-essionof
thought and its home are in tho bosom of
God, and its voice is the harmony of the
universe. There sh u!d be some expression
•<n the part of the people of reverence due
to the law, and low proper it is that t ere
should be a temple of justice, magnificent
m its proportions, imposing in its appear
ance, that would ira;>re,s upon the minds
and hearts of the people the sole amities that
occur therein. Bitting upon the bench of
the superior court of t iu county, 1 have
beeu solemnly impressed with tho duties im
posed upon me. 1 have endeavored to ex
press those leeiings to the co mnunilies over
Which i have presided, and whenever I
enter the temple of justice I feel that 1
should rake the shoes off my feet, as the
ground upon which I tread i, holy. To iny
mind and my heart, jus ice in aii its purity,
in all its solemnity and ia all its Uoliuosa ap
peals to me to discharge my duty faithful y
to the se who are under my jurisdiction.
Book upon the men wiio administered the
law of this state and especially of to is
county! In the history of any portion
of the world Ido not think wo could pre
sent a grauder a ray of learned jurists,
great statesmen and representative men in
every capacity. I cannot speak of them. I
only speak to you of the impression that
thev produced upon me. They are a glory
to Chatham county and to the city of Sa
vannah. In reference to this building, you
are indebted to the earnest
efforts of the grand jurors, the board of
county cotr.missionee3 and to Judge Adams.
Reoogniziug the necessities of the city aid
of your county, he labored in season and
out of season. I came upon the scene of
duty after the work had been accomplished,
but I take pleasure in preseating his work,
because I believe there is a great credit due
in this community for his earnest endeav
ors. Much is due him for the services that
he rendered. To you, gentlemen of the
board of cotnmi -sioners. who were intrus:d
with this great work by the people of
this county, you have presented a perfect
work. I can only bid you farewell in the
word.: “Well done, my good and faithful
servants.”
GEN. JACKSON' S SPEECH.
Ex-Judge Gen. Henry R. Jackson led in
the speeches. Gen. Jackson, at the outset,
stated that ho would be callous indeed to
all appreciative feelings if ho failed to
rec g ite the kindness, or, rather, sacrifice,
by the call so persistently made upon him
to speak. He was sure there was not one of
his audience, if he could only look into his
heart and discern his thoughts, would feel
the pity and emb r.assuient that ailiicted
hi n. He recognized a similarity between
his presence and the position of an old and
pious ‘'Oman who was placed upon the wit-
Mtt stand. When asked to swear she re
fused, exclaiming: "1 cannot: indeed 1
cannot.” “But, madam,” interposed
the lawyer, “you must.” “1 have
said that, I cannot, and 1 will add that I
will net,” exclaimed the woman, “.day it
please your honor,” said the lawyer, “the
witness is contumacious; I invoke the au
thority of the law.” “Madam,” said the
judge, "jou must take the oath.” “Do you
mean that I must swear,” queried the
woman. “Yes,” suit’, toe judge. “Well
then, damn,’’ replied the woman almost in
hysterics. After explaining his feeling on
the occasion Gen. Jackson remarked that
between such an occasion and the speaker
there was no harm ny.
“Perfect in its external appearance and
the use for which it is designed, it will,
doubtless, be a source of pleasurable emotion
io those who shall inhabit iis commodious
fooms and move through it* sheltered
halls,” were the words in w hich he referi ed
to the building. “The structure," he said,
“bel ngs to the present and ti o future.
What relationship can it possibly have with
the past? It is inspiring, doubtless, to those
standing in the spring-tin e of life, who
behold we forests cloth and wib verdure
before them, redolent with the fragrance of
buds and blossoms and r sonant with the
music of the birds of the uir, and who
ebouid in the nature of tl ing> look forward.
How can it be t aspiring t< him who stands
id the post anrl who canm t but look back
ward, and who h in the sere and yellow
hafl”
MEMORIES OF THE OLD BUILDING.
When conferring about an address t r The
occasion it was said to him that he wav the
proper person to make It. being tbe oldest
member of the bar. and being per* naily
acquainted with the largest number of its
lumbers A memorial was t ■ be pre
pired to them to l paced
permanently upon the ree rds of the
court. Gen. Jackson to hirn
i self of the cormnit'ee: ’"Cndoubteaiy
right in th-ir facts. but _pr -
foundly wrong in their conclu-ior.*." He
! referred to the ga rulous- es- cf an o! i uia
|as proverbial. As tor its be could tell. In
auditors might l> observing one for
themselves at that very moment, eepec.allv
as he was iu love with his subject, and
the subject being himself. In the days of
which Le was thinking, be said, giants
lived in the old court hone. "T ere were
the Law , the flerriens, the McAllister-, the
F.einings, the Bartow-, the Liny is and the
O*ettsei of tbe past, who illuminated
with vivid flashes the oi<l court
ro m—orators whose eloquence might well
have impr, gnated the bfi k ar.d mortar of
the walls that enclosed them. " .Standing
upon the floor of that old court room he
felt impris ned in bunw-lf the spirit of the
locali'y. There I* nothing in the new court
house, he said, in common with tho e figures
of toe pa t. excepting the illimitable a:r
around and the and isr. Their memurr, how
ever, st.il lives.
You may break, you ir.aj ehalttr the vas-. if
vou will.
But tbe sernt of the roses will hang round
it still.
The rose is broken, gone. Oaiy the frag
rance of memories remains.
GEN. LAWTON’S ADDRESS.
Gen. A. R. Lawton. who oaiy arrived iu
thi city a few hours before the dedication,
wus the next speaker, and though Illy pre
pnred to make any extended remarks, he
said:
“I arrive here to find the members of tho
profes-icn to which I belong—at dit is the
pride of my life that I do belong to it—
assembled in this room, and I
came to hear words of eloquence
from my only senior at tte bar. 1 have
only to say, in the corfused condition in
which i flud myself, that it is the pride of
my life that I have beeu identified all my
lifetime with the profession, except
that time when public service
has called me elsewhere. I have at all
times been devoted to tne profession
ntid with whatever ability and energy I
possessed for tbe practice of its duties. That
profession, which neit er needs the purse
nor the sword of the nation, which cannot
declare war uor make peace, which cannot
enact Jaws, yet protect the hutnii net subject
f;om the imposition of a monarch. Its duty,
the noblest duty of uoy profession,
is to ascertain the truth and declare
it. No r..2i:iher cf the bar rightfully
distinzui.hes the duty which devolves upon
him if ha does not feel that ho is bound to
assist the judge upon the be oh in striving
after the truth, and he who tries to con
fuse the j'.dge instead of assisting him in
elimination of truth from error has mis
taken his duties and lu vocation.
I take pri le in saying that I belong to the
profes ion. and that my life has been exclu
sively devoted to it. a life which is now
casting Its shadow lrom the western and
not from the eastern sun. And yot, I say
my pride is greater still that I belong to
the bar of Savannah. I say it proudly that no
bar with which I have bee in j acquainted has
feit it< duty more tbai this one to be a por
tion of the court, to have to do with the ad
ministration of justice, to be ministers of
the law us well as he who pronounces the
final sentence. lam glad that I am here
and am also glad that my opportune
arrival has permitted me to look
upon those who are now more actively
engaged in this profession than I am. It
gives me great pleasure to say that it can
not be said of the Savannah bar, as it hai
of many great families, that the best por
tion of it is under ground. I have great
confidence iu the present stuuding of
tho bar. I look with pride
and gratification upon the past,
but witn no less hope for the future. To
the members of tne bar who have still their
lives before them, X can ouly say: Imitate
successfully ttioss who have gone before
you; remember what a noble profession
you have sought, and never forget tbnt you
as well ns :he members of tha beach "are
ministers of justice.
EJI-JUDGE ADAMS’ WORM.
After the applause that greeted Gen.
Lawton had subsided Judge Falligant
called upon ex-Judge Adams. After a
preface teeming with graceful sentiments to
those gentlemen who had already spoken,
and slightly deprecating his coming effort,
Judge Adams said: In view of the fact
that my official duties at one time brought
me into relation with this work, I
ought not to forego this opportunity
to express my unreserved gratification
at the result accomplished, aud to bear my
testimony to the ability ad zeal by which
tins result was. attained. I know the
difficulties and embarrassments that
were surmounted. I know, indeed, the
patience and unselfish devotion that
characterized the labor, the splendid con
summation of which is attested by this
magnificent building. Beautiful archi
tecturally, exquisite in its design, con
venient in all its features and appointments,
it will stuuu an ornament to the city, and
a lasting monument to the commis
sioners of this county, to whom should be
accorded ail honor and praise. Long
may this building endure; long may it
withstand the mutations and vicissitudes
that render perisnablo all human work.
Here, within these halls, may pure and
upright serves oe rondered by faithful
officials; here, within the wall- of these
courts, may justice pure and undefiled be
ever administered, and the truth ever
maintained and law vindicated! May ever
those priceless and beneficent purposes bo
subserved to which the building is dedi
cated. Yea, verily! Should ever unholy
minister invade the precinct# of this temple,
may the spirit of truth to which it is dedi
cated, proclaim Procul, O procul este, pro
fane.
AN OCCASION OF JOY.
W. G. Charlton, Esq., was the next
speaker. "1 confess for an instant,” he said,
“an inability to express emotion. For the
first, time that 1 htar the sound of my own
voice in this building, I feel an in
finite relief and I feel like
tendering to official, architect and
builder my heartiest congiatu’ations
upon the completion of the beautiful aid
artistic monument that they have reared,
an ornament to the city and an abiding
lijv’nt to the most earnest of professions.
Who ever heard before of any scheme that
had for its object the well-being of lawyers
carried to a triumphant end P’
In referring to the pictures of the justices
hanging on me walls and overlooking the
bar ho remarked: “What wonderful memo
ries they recall!” lie paid a lofty tribute
to the honored names of those who have
adorned the banc i In the past. Georgia’s
most eminent statesmen have sat upon the
bench of this court, and their deeds are
worthy of emmulation. Turning to Judge
Falligant Mr. Charlton said: “I am not
unmindful of the fact that on t e morrow
any One of us may he called upon to pro
ceed with a cas-. We leave the care of this
building in your honor's hands. It
been a will prepared esse, and we know
that if your honor is called upon to defend
it we may rest assured of a successful
issue."
COL. MERGER'S REMARKS.
Col. Geo. A Mercer spoke as follows:
“Mr. Chairman and Members of the Board
of Commis-ioaers: “It savors much of au at
tempt to paint the liiy to add anything
more to what has already been appro
priately and beautifully said. 1 should
cultivate the maxim ‘Silence is
golden.’ Every lawyer at this
bar will recollect that from
term to term for many years there
was official reiterat ion for a building com
mons irate with t!ie growing population
and the ex namling needs of tho city and
county. From term to term the grand
jurors of the county made formal demands
for such a building, and for many years
it seemed difficult to obtain, but
at tost the light uf public
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1890—TEN PAGES.
opinion stone out. and thanks to the
of cur judges and the energy of
our c unty commissioners, we ore at ia*t
assembled in an official chamber cf which
any community might be proud.”
t" 01. Mercer, in lilting words, paid a lofty
tribute to the member* of the bsr who have
cone before, but whose memory stilt re
mans.
WfTAT COUNTY ATTORNEY hAUSSY SAYS.
County Attorney fiamsy was called upon.
After a moment's hesitation, be -aid: “Xa:n
aware of the Xac: that i can siy nothing of
interest after what tias already been said,
| but I must confer, that I was somewhat
■ struck . ith the remarks of tbe distin
! gutshed j udge who oi ce presided in the old
J court ficus? with vigo% power and great
ability and honor, that there was little
vmpathy be’ween this and his generation,
rbelieve, lud Mr. Saus-v, ”in Cue good
old tunes, but a* well in ttai good time to
come. I have n > doubt that there an
future Charltons and Uerriens anl Owenses
and Lloyds, and that there will t e those who
will illustrate great principles cf the law,
and that there will be Here foretime elo
quence that will compare with the pa-L”
Mr. Sauasv f ce.iously alluded t > iumseif as
the olde-t of the younger members of the
bar. and he added that he should strive to
etusl-t tue t xamples cf the great men of
ten past.
Judge Fall gant calling upon Rev. Dr. Bow
man to soeak. Dr. Bowman replied that his
surroundings were exceedingly unusual,
ad the occasion was an unprecedented one
in It s experienca. He had watched the
progress of the new court house from
the laving of the corner-stone,
at which •eremony he officiated, tu
its completion, and had uttered many fer
vent prayers, an 1 had invoked God’s: leasing
on wnat would be transacted within its
walls. Ho felt that there was a very clo -e
relationship between the temple of God nnd
the temple of justice, because God Is tho
allir.lty of justioe as well as of mercy.
JUDGE BLECKLEY’S CONGRATULATIONS.
At tne conclusion of the speeches Judge
Falligaut read the following letter from
tjuprema Court Judge Bleckley:
St rriEus Court of Georgia, l
AtlO'TA, Nov. 30,1 W. j
Com in uo'onrr J. 11. Ejt'll and Others , Covs-eit
t**. Fir :
Oentlehes: I thank you for your invlta'i u
to attend the (indication cerem ni-s of the
new court house of Chatham county. Public
duties will preclude ray attendance, bat to
testify my interest in tbe s inject and the oc
casion. 1 beg to oiTer the following sentiment:
May justice here, upheld bv law.
Protect tne good, the w.cke t awe:
The judge be always pure and wise.
Have sight in both judicial eyes;
The Jury fair, but firm and strong
For truth and right against the wrong;
May all unworthy causes fail.
And every righteous suit prevail.
With high respect, your obedient servant,
L. E. Bleckley.
A telegram from Representatives Ryals
and Clifton saying: “ VVe rejoice with you;
are with our people ia spirit t)-dav,” was
received just before 1 tie ciosi of the cere
monies and was road from the bench.
The ceremonies concluded w,th the bene
diction by Rev. A. M. Wynn.
PORTRAITS OF EX-JUDGES.
Above the bar and iu front of the gallery
during the csretnonv hung the por
traits of thirteen judges of the superior
court, beginning with Judge Thomas U. V.
Charlicn, who ascended the bench in 18id7,
down to the present incumbent, w ith the ox
cep ion of Judge Fleming and Judge Tomp
kins.
The court records date back to 1782. At
that time a bench of bulge* presided.
Richard Howlev was tl eeb f justice, with
Jomi Clay, William O r. /an and William
Gibbons associate justices. The judges
down to 1801 were appointed from the state
at large. From 1732 to 1801 the records
show the following bench, some of the time
a full bench presiding at. other times only a
single member:
1732—Richard Howlev, chief justice; Jo
seph Clay, William O’Bryan and William
Gibbers, associate justices.
1784—George Walton, chief justice: Gib
bons, Ulav and O’Bryan associate justices.
1780—William Stitb, chief justice; Gib-
bons, Clay, and Samuel Elbert, associaie
justices.
1787—Henry Osborne,chief justice, Ciav,
Gibbons and Richard Wyliy, associate jus
tices.
1789 Nathaniel Pendleton, chief justice;
Clay, Gibbons and John Habersham, asso
oia’e justice*.
1700—George Walton and Henry Os
borne.
1793 — John H ustoun.
1794 Go rge Walton and William Stith.
1790 — William Htephens.
1798—William Few and William Sto
pheis.
1798- David B. Mitchell.
Aug. 05, 180!, —Judge Mathew McAllister
wont upon upo i the bench, and from thn
until now the suecesson has been:
Aug. 25, 1801—Mathew McAllister.
Jam 2, 1804—Jabez Bowen, Jr.
Auzusr, 1804—George Jones.
Oct. 8, 1807—John V. Noel.
Nov. 13, 1807—Thomas U. P. Charlton.
Nov. 13. 1810—John M. Berrien.
Feb. 28, 1831—Thomas U. P. Charlton.
Dec. 7, 1833 —Js'-tew M. Wayne.
Nov. 7, 1838 —William Davies.
May 18, 1839—William i.aw.
Jam 5,1885 —John C. Nicoll.
Jan. 4, 1880—Robert M. Charlton.
Jan. 1, 1838—Charles S. Henry.
Nov. 11, 1845—William B. Fleming.
Jan. 1, 1850—Henry R. Jackson.
July 1, 1858—Joseph W. Jackson.
Nov. 7, 1853—William B. Floming.
Oct. 1, 1808—William Schley.
Jan. 1, 1875—Henrv B. Tompkins.
March 10, 1879 —William B. Fleming.
Oct. 22, 1881 —Honry B. Tompkins.
Nov. 9, 1882—A. Pratt Adams.
May 4, 1889— Robert Falligant.
The dedicatory ceremony w< s interesting
throughout. The committee ia charge of
the arrangements consisted of Commis
sioners J. H. Estill, Hamusi Meinhsrd and
R. D. Walker, Hon. Robt. Falligant, Hon.
William D. Harden, Hon. H. L. For ill,
J. R. Saussy. Esq., W. G. Chariton, Esq.,
aud Capt. John R. Dillon.
TO BB EHiVLED BY VOTE!.
The Becond African Church Arbltra
tore’ Recommendation.
The arbitrat irs of tho Second African
Baptist church squuble have finished taking
testimony and have agreed to submit the
questions at issue to the qualified voters of
the congregation, whenevor they finish the
task of find mg out what members have the
right to vote.
Rev. Ellis claims that many of those op
posed to him are not entitled to vote on the
question at issue, and the anti-Ellis faction
makes the same charges against the sup
porters of the pastor. The board will bear
argument from both sides in this matter
beforo it submits a report.
What the result will be when it is finally
submitted to the congrgaation cannot te
foretold. Rev. Ellis and hie supporters feel
confident of wiuning, and the opposition is
equally confident of ousting the pastor.
Tho Kansas City’s Quick Voyages.
The steamship Kansas City arrived from
New York yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock,
having made the voyage from her dock ii
New York to the Ocean Steamship wharves
in this city in forty-six hours. This is tho
Kansas City’s second consecutive trip in
that time. She made a previous voyage in
forty-four and oue-half hours from dock ti
dock. These trips are the quickest ever
made between the two ports.
The dealers say Salvation Oil has stepped
right to the front. Price only S5 cents.
i
t rom every section of the land reports come,
praising l>r, Bull’s Cough Syrup, -he. Ad.
Ask to see those 81 59 Pants for 73 cents
at Bankrupt Clothing Sale, 159 Broughton
; street,— .4 <■/.
I ,
For a Frcssnt,
Is anything better than perfumery! And
j lleidt makes a specialty of perfumery, cut
j glass bottles, hair and tooth brushes and
| fancy goods. Call und feu. —.4 JL
jIX AND ABOUT THE CITY
THE HISTO 1C All SOCIETY.
; Hon. B. E. Lester Sleeted a Delegate to
the American Historical Society
j lueetmg.
The Georgia Historical .Society held it*
December meeting at H -dpion hail la>t
night. Gen. H. R. Jackson presided.
Corresponding Secretary Judge Failigaat
' read a communication from the American
j Historical Society, organised by an act
iof the present congrea-, inviting tie
i Georgia Historical Society to *ad
representatives to •Us a.muai meeting of
the American society, to be held in Wash
ington Dec. 28 to 31. to which the different
hi-torical sccietii-a of America have been
invited to aenl tue mb rs. It was also re
quested that a *ktcn of the origin and his
tory of tho ( rgia Historical Society be
furnished to tbe meeting at Washington.
By motion of C. N. Wes , Ksq., Hon.
Rufus K. Lester was requested to act as
delegate to the meot.ug of tue American
Hi.no ioa! 3 ciety, as he would, doubtless,
be in Washington a’ that time in atte id
anoe upon the es-i->:i of congres*. On mo
tion of William Burden, K. ,1. I). Cross of
Baltimore, corresponding member of the
society, was elected Mr. Lester’s altercate.
The following i;p.v members were elected:
William W. G ,rd n. Jr., Alf.ed J. Adams,
W. B, Fulton. Alfred W. G.bhs, A. 3.
Haines, Georgs .Schley, W r . A. JlcDiarniid.
Rev. Alfred Manchester, Providence, R.
1., was elected c >r espoudiuc member.
The library committee was authorized to
purchase a number of new volumes, which
bad been favorably reported upon.
It was decided to hold the meeting’ of
the board of managers at tbe Telfair acad
emy h-reufter.
The librarian's report showed 18,703
volumes now in the society’s library, aud
1,599 pamphlets. It stated that there ar->
388 books out and that 832 volumes had
been taken out since the last report, and
thatthsre ha l been 1,59 U visitors since then.
President Jackson sated that ho had ac
cepted tha offer cf Col. C. C. Jonas of
Augusta to rend one of his sketches of the
tdgtiors of the Deolaratiou of Independence
from Georgia before tho society at a time
to be de ermined on later. The president's
actiou was indorse!.
A resolution wa - adopted making it the
duty of the treasurer to furnish a complete
and correct roll ofthe members of the
society at each annual meeting.
The only donation was a piece of the
original Washington el rn .presented by Hon.
Rufus E. Lister, taken frun t• tree
baieath which Washington took con m :tdo"
t e Amer.can army at Cambridge, Mass.,
July 3, 1770.
A REiUBT OF FAST DRIVING.
A Cotton Truck and Buggy Collide
on Broughton Street.
A collision occured at the cornor of
Broughton and Drayton streets yesterday
between a cotton truck and buggr, which
would probably have resulted ia the serious
injury, and possibly the death of tne driver
of tbe buggy bad uot he jumped out before
tho vehicles came together.
Tha cause of the trouble was fast driving.
The truck belongs to James E. Moran, aid
tbe driver was driving up Drayton atm.
at an unusual speed, while the driver of
the buggy was going up Broughton at
about an ordinary speed.
As tha buggy reached the middle of
Drayton street several people standing on
the corner, seeing that a collision was un
avoidable, shouted to tha colo ed man in
the buggy to jump, which he did.
Almost at the same moment the mules
attached to the truck struck the vehicle,
turning it over on its side. The pole of the
tr ek wont through the buggy, and bed
any one been m it be would undoubtedly
have met with serious and possibly fatal
injury.
The accident caused considerable excite
ment, and drew a large crowd of people,
among them Policeman Davis, who arrested
both drivers on a charge of fast driving.
The buggy bsio iged to Luke Carson, and
was not damaged to any great extent.
Several persons who witnessed the accident
volunteered to appear as wUnes-e:i, as they
said the fault lay entirely with the driver
of the truck, and that the man in the buggy
could not possibly have avoided the acci
dent.
ROBBINS' FRISND3 AT WORK.
A Fund Started in New Jersey to De
fend Him.
W. F. Lsßoy of the Asbury Park (N. J.)
Journal is in the city in behalf of John
Robbins, charged with the blowing up of
Bullard's boarding house, in which three
people lost their lives last summer. Robbins’
case will he before the grand jury this week.
Mr. Leßoy has l ad a conference with Rot
bins’ ooun-el. Chisholm, Erwin &dußigi:on.
He says that Robbins baers an excellent
reputation '.in Asbury Park, where bis
mother, sister aud two brothers live. Rob
bins left there a year ago to oome south,
fie was two years connected with the As
bury Park postofflee, and during that time
was known to a large number of Deopio.
He is also a member of the Junior Order of
American Mechanics, which will forward a
memorial testifying to Robbins’ god
character and to his standing in the
order. Mr. Leßoy says that ha has
known Robbins since he was a boy.
His connection with the boardiugbouse
catastrophe was unknown to the people of
Asbury Park, outside of the members of his
own family, until last week, when a fund
was started to defray the expenses of his
defeme against the charge of murder, in
case an indictment should be folmd against
him. Mr. Leßoy is the custcdiau of the fund.
What Does It Mean?
"100 doses one dollar" means simply that
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the moat economical
medicine to buy, because it gives more for
the money than any other preparation.
E ich bottle contains 100 doses, aud will
average to last a month, while other prepa
rations, taken accordin ' to directions, are
gone in a weok. Therefore, be sure to get
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the best blood puri
fier. —A (I.
CITY BRS.VITIKS.
Excelsior Lodge No. 8, K. P., meets to
night.
Oglethorpe Lodge No. 1, 1. O. O. F.,
meets to-night.
Relative-i ia Savannah were notified yes
terday oi tho death of Mrs. Brewer, wife of
Judge H. P. Brewer of Way cross, at her
home in that place early yesterday m ..ru
ing.
To day’s 'ccaiwcathei (forecast says “fair,
with si.ght changes in temperature." Yes
terday was just pleasantly cool. Of late
the da vs have been warm for tb* season,
with chilly uights.
William T. Cotter, general manager of
the c instruction department of the Tampa
Bay Hotel Cotnpa iy, is in theoity engaging
additional workmen. There are now 500
men at work on Cbe building, and it is pro
posed to complete it by th 9 last of January.
He expects to take 100 men—tinners, car
penters, plasterers and steam fitters—with
hi in to Tampa.
A countryman who had partaken too
l’reely of the ardent started home in his
wagon last night about 8 o'cl ck. The
horse became somewhat excited and m-de
a dash do w.t Congress s reot, running tits
wagon against a pole at the southeast cn mr
of the mar riot, with damaging remits tot e
vehicle, and thn wtug the tanner out. His
head s ruck on the pavement, knocking him
senseless. Qjitaa crowd git hared at the
scene attracted by the excitement. The
injured man was carried into 8 lomou’s
drugstore and came to hi.nre f in a few
minutes. He concluded that i didn’t want
a doctor; and after the watou had b>9D
sti iiightened out some friends put bi nin
aud carried him bomo.
Veu feel taint nnd weak tu the stomarn
u appetite Take ißlmrau Liver Ilegu
*. -AU.
BAKING POWDER.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
lewder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
OCAL. PERSONAL.
M. S. Baldwin of Chicago is at tbe Pu
laski.
E. H. Thompson of Haines Is at the Mar
shall.
F. B. Cooiidgo of Atlanta is at the
Screven.
A. 8. McKee of Oakland, Cal., is at the
Marshall.
W. R. Stevens of Way cross is at the
Marshall.
E. Patterson of YVaycross is a guost of
the Pulaski.
W. 11. Snowdon of Mscon is stopping st
the Pulaski.
W. S. Oimstead of Brooklyn, X. Y., is at
the De So o.
XV. Newkirk of New York is a guest of
the De Soto.
Ji. G. Murchison of Tennills Is a guest of
the Screven.
J. H. Huns cf Philadelphia is registered
at the Pulaski.
J. Camtxmo and wife, of New York, are
at the Puli&ki.
J. E. Hammond of Rochester, N. Y., i
at the Screven.
S. J. Bu’d of Albany, N. \., is registered
at the Marshall.
C. C. Whitehurst of Atlautx is stopping
at the Marshall.
J. H. Bartlett, Jr., of Louisville, Ky., is
a guf st of the tore van,
John Foster and wife of New York are
guests of toe Marshall.
F. R, Harding of Birmingham, Ala., Is
stopping at the Pulaski.
J. W. Adams and family of Augusta are
stopping at the De Boto.
Dr. H. Carutlters and wife of Tnrrytown,
N. Y., is at the Do Soto.
H. R. Cooke and wife of irwin county
are guests of tho Marshall.
Mr. and Mrs. Poll Clarke of New York
are registered at the Do Soto.
Mr. J. S. Silva, who lias beau seriously
ill for several weeks, is slightly improved.
Among the passengers by the steamship
Kansas City yesterday was Miss Burgess of
New York city, en route to Florida. While
in the city she is stopping with Mis 9 Faunie
J. Greenlaw of No. 207 Duffy street.
Representative Hartridge cfltr.e down
froji Atlanta yesterday morning. Mr.
Hartridge has prepared a lecture on ‘’The
Rise and Fall Off of the Farmers’ Alliance ia
Georgia,” to bo delivered for tne first time
at Rome Friday. He will probably deliver
the lecture iu Atlanta next week. The
lecture is based upon occurrences that
transpired during the recent senatorial
campaign, aud is somewhat after the style
of Mr. Hartridge’s speech after Calhoun’s
nomination by the alliance caucus. Mr.
Hartridge is being urged to deliver the
lecture in Bavatinah, and will probably do
so at an early date.
Tho Leeiburg (Va.) Mirror, speaking of
Dr. I. H. Thomas, who recently located in
this city, says: ‘‘As a man Dr. Thomas
wns held in high esteem throughout
this, his native county, for his many
flne and noble traits of character;
as a physicinu he was beloved by all,
and his welcome was as cordial and sincere
iu the homes of the rich as it was ia the
humblest cot. The esteem and appreciation
in which ho was held is fully set forth by
the fact that bis depirturo ha* cist a gloom
over this entire community. We wisa him
well in the duties ho has assumed in hU
new and far off south-rn home, but know
ing his ability a9 a surgeon and physieiau,
we feel assured of his entire success.” Dr.
Thomas is a nephew of our well-known
citizeu, Mr. 3. P. Hamilton.
STREET DRUMMER SHARKS.
The Way They Pounce Upon Coun
trymen and Store eepera.
A practice is being carried on in S ivan
nah by ir, espon ibie parties, both white and
colored, which, if n t soon stopped, will do
much to injure the Handing of the more
respectable LusU.css houses of the city
among the country people.
As soon a* a countryman arrives in the
city he is potted by one of those “sharks”
to "nnd out if he proposes to buy supplies or
clothiug. If he does the "shark” represents
himself as connected with one of the many
nnmerous house? in the neighborhood of the
market, and solicits his trade.
Ia soma rare instances the countrymen
refuse to have anything to do With blip,
but tae mujority go with the self-appointed
drummer, who promises to get them a
reduction on the usual selling price of what
ever goods they may purchase. These men
accompany the countryman to tue store
they claim to ropreetr, and stand one side
during the purchase, noting every article
Bought and tae prices paid.
As soon as the buyer departs the alleged
solicitor step? up to the proprietor of tae
house and demands 10 per cent, for bring
ing in the trade. If the demand is de
murred to he threatens to have tae store
boycotted in future, and generally succeeds
ii getting what he demauds. These men
male quite a snug sum at times, and
are free from aii taxation. The result is
the storekeeper, to protect himself, puts an
additioual 10 per cent, on the goods, and
instead of securi.tg a reduction ihe unsus.
peering countryman pays m re for an ar
ticie than it is worth. However, he is
beginning to see through the thing, and if
some steps are not taxon to breas up the
nefarious practice the country people will
be afraid to buy for fear of being “taken
in.”
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
When she was a Child, she criod for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Opposed to the excursion Bill.
Representative Hartridg* does not ap
prove of Maj. Ryals’ Sunday excursion bili,
and does not think the legislature will pass
it. Mr. Hartrldgs is opposed to several
other bills that have been introduced from
Chatham. H * does not favor the movement
to divide th.- Eastern judicial circuit.
Workingmen cannot attord to lose time
kiinniona Liver Hcjnlator will keep von
from 11.— Ad.
Stanley and iimin Pasha.
Mr. Stanley, in his description of finding
cf Emin Pasha, says: “We celebrated our
meeting iu some of Murnm’s brst, which
had lieeti carefully treasured for toe occa
sion. 1 ' This is a deserved tribute to the
excellence of G. U. Mumtn & Co.’s Extra
Dry, held in such high laser by coins is
seurs throughout the world for iUexcellence
r.ud purity.—slti
severe wkatkeb coming.
It’a Ppor Policy to Wait, You Can
Buy Cheaper When it's Warm—Try it.
We are certain to have cold weather on
u® in a short time, so don’t think you will
save buying a warming stove this wiutei *
Whilst t e dealers are in no very good
humor on this subject during a warm spell,
come right up and make your selection.
\ ou will do a great deal better in price and
quality now than when eyery one is rushed
"ith th.s work. Lovell i;'Baltimore will
sell vou anything in this line at July and
August prices, nud be glad to.—Ad.
Men’s Union Tweed Suits, all sizes, $4 23,
worth $7 50; at BankruDt Clothing Sale,
15!) Broughton street. — Ad.
Remember Sternberg's.
“I doa’t know what to buy for* Christ
mas,” is a long standing delusion, whose
alarming proportions are easily di*polled by
a cursory giane© over the myriads of pretty
and valuable things with which Sternberg’?
Art and Jewelry Palace swarms.
"Swarms" may not be exactly the word,
but it is comprehensive and expressive, and
about covers the case. It isn’t necessary, of
course, to detail the resources of this house
in the line of tine Jewelry, Diamonds,
Precious Stones, Watches, etc., as their
pre-eminence ia this branch is a foregone
conclusion.
Two floor* display loads of flne Silver
ware, Onyx Clocks and Tables, Brass
Stands, Bronzes, Art Wares, flne China,
Cut glass, Japanese Wares, Piano and
Banquet Damps, Vases. Statues exquisitely
mounted, Cutlery and luuumerable othor
articles, whose utility or appropriateness
can only be appreciated by being seen and
admired. The Sternbergs’ long experience
has lieen utilized in the selection of this
stock, and when it comes to goods suitable
for Holiday or Bridal Preamits, they flatter
themselves in being able to satisfy every
wish, no matter how exceptional or exclu
sive. Holiday purchasers, when “doing”
the town, should by no means overlook
Sternberg’s, the most likely place of -all to
j find “just what they are in search of.”—Ad.
Salem A Solid Prosperity.
The following list of industries show s a
solid basis of prosperity for Salem, Va.:
Iron Furnace (capacity 120 tons a day), Hol
stein Woolen Mill? and Clothing Factory,
Steam Tannery, Flynn Wagon Works, Sa
lem Gas Heater and Stove Works, Salem
Stove Works, Camden Iron Works, Gravely
Foundry and Machine Shop, Heckman’s
Sash, Door, Blind and Building Establish
ment, Fitzgerald’s Planing and Building
Works, Sash, Door, Blind and Building
Factory and Luinbar Yard ot Adams, Clem
ent & Cos., Salem Building and Investment
Company, Salem Mutual Investment Com
pany, Farmers’ NaUo; al Bank, Salem Loon
and trust Company, the Bank of Virginia,
Salem Banking and Investment Company,
Tiines-Reyister PubliahingCompa l y.Ciark’e
Carriage Factory, Siiera Foiling Chair
Company, Cor.rad Chair and Manufactur
ing Company, Clark’s Tile Pipe and Pressed
Brick works, Nimnger & Martin’s Pressed
Brick Work', Pierpont Brick Works, Nov
elty Brick Works, Bethell & Co.’s Brick
Works, Deyerle’s Brick Wcrks, Langhorne’s
Roller Flouring Mills, Palem B.oller Flour
ing Mills, Williams’ Ink Factory. Ciystal
Ice Faotory, Grain Cradle Works, Harvey
outter’s Tannery, Salem Marble Works,
Steam Laundry, Fruit and Vog table Can
nery of Preston, Evans & C'., Fruit Can
nery of H. Gars- & Son, F.uit Cauuery of
J. A. Garst & Bro. Salem is the scat of
Roanoke College ami the selected location
for the large Baptist Orphanage.
Negotiations are in progress to secure
other large plants. The aggregate capital
stock ef the Salem Land, Improvement and
Development Companies exceeds $4,''00,000.
and gives a great impetus to the industrial
growth of the city.
For a beautiful new map and particulars
of the Improvement Company's great sale
of lots, December llctt and )2tb, address
J. W. F. Aliemong, President, Salem, Va.—
Ad.
Greatest bargains ever offered at the
Bankrupt Clothing Sale, 159 Broughton
street.— Ad.
New Cigtr Store.
Louis Stern & Cos. have opened on Con
gress Strest, next to Charles Graham, a
Rotail Cigar Store where consumers of the
weed will find the Choicest lines of Imported
Key\Wet and Domestic Cigars and smoke ’s
articles. Having had years of experience in
the wholesale Cigar and Tob cuj business,
and being at present identified with one of
the largest Cigar Factories iu New Yor c
city, they are in a position to offer to con
sumers in particular to the box trade for
office and home use. First-class goods at
moderate prices. Call on their.—--Id.
Working pants 4sc., worth ?!, at Bank
rupt Clothing Sale, 159 Broughton street. ~
Ad.
Reduced This Week et Heidi’s.
Perfumery: Lubin’s Extracts ode., and
Lszell’s. Lundborg’s, Pivets’ Extracts at
reduced prices. Reserve your orders for
next week’s special holiday cut prices in
candy. — Ad,
Gray and orange ribbed French neck un
dershirts 45c., worth ?!, at the Bankrupt
Clothing Sale, 159 Broughton street. —Ad.
4,000 feet new Moulding just received.
M. T. Taylor, 135 York street — Ad.
Scarlet woolen undershirts 39c., worth
75c., at the Ba krunt Clothing Sale, 159
Broughton street. — Ad.
Great Bankrupt Clothing Sale now going
on, 159 Broughtsu street, next to Sternberg's
jewelry store.— Ad,
Copper-plate Engraving a specialty. M.
T. Taylor, 135 Y rk street.— Ad.
Heavy woolen trousers SI 69, worth #3, at
Bankrupt Clothing Sale, 159 Broughton
street.—.id.
Oak, Pino and Light wood
For sale by R. B. Cassells, corner Gwin
nett street and S. F., ilt \V. Ry. Telephone
, 77. Adv.
LUDDK2I <£ BATES 8. St. H.
IN NOTHING
CAN YOU MAKE
A MISTAKE I
So Easily as i n the Purchase of I
-A. \
n The market is fuU of Instrument
FOR SALE,
—NOT—
FOR USE.
Trust the dealer who has a reputation
aa ‘ l * kul te main lain!
Jrust the ina ufacturer who ha*
l>ro. < I the quality of hi- work by vein
of successful effort If you bay a
CHICKERINJ,
MASON & HAMLIN,
MATHUSHEK,
STERLING,
Your money will be safely invested in a
mitmc i in.* rumen!. If you buy from
the undersigned you will have t ,e kd
vact lie Ot on* ice. and tear the lowes'
known. ,*nd tbebeaefltof twenty year-’
f °l g , <,U and the
selection o. the large- 1 southern stocz
of the best instruments.
HIDDEN £ BATES S. M H,
Das GOO Dd.
SPECIE HOMkT SALS.
We will offer on Monday, and during the week,
250 DOZEN
Ladies' Fast Black Kalbriean and Strip**
Hoae at 25c: would be considered chean any
where at -We. * J
150 DOZEN
Gentlemen’s Fast Black. Balbriggan. Lamb - *
Wool and Solid-Colored Ua'f-Hose at 23c- recu
larly sold at STJ^c.
100 DOZEN
Ladies’ Fast Black Ethiopian Dye at 33c; n
better goods sold anywhere at 30c.
Special value in Misses’ and Children’s fas*
Blocs Hose, all grades and sizes, from 25c to
Jl *3.
MERINO AND ALL WOOL UNDERWEAR.
FuU lines of Ladies’, Gentlemen's, Children
and MisseH - All Wool and Merino. White an.l
Scarlet Undervests at popular prices.
We will still continue the sale of those Tricots
and Flannel Suiting* at 81c. There are still a
lew pieces of them left, and all stylish shades.
CBOHAMIODIEB.
COAL AND WOOD.
ML, fill, LiMl
CBiait and Plans?.
DENIS J. MURPHY
Oifics 7 Drayton Street.
Te'sphane 49.
COAL AND WOOD
OF ALL KINDS AND SIZES PROMPTLY <
DELIVERED.
ID. IR,_ T±Lomas,
111 Bay St. West Broad St, Wharves.
Telephone No. 69.
SILVER.
E,
PORTLAND CEMENT.
Ail Builders' Supplies.
KIVER SAND, Portland Ceraeut.
Cerneu:, Rockland Lime, Georgia 1 jme, a*‘
sr br.ck, Calcined Plaster, Nassau Fibr*.
Roofing Pa nt, Roofln • Paper.
Orders tiled r rompilr in carload lots and lest
at I>twest pr.ces. GEORGE SOHLIY.
Telephone No. 479. Broker, 116 Bryan S:
DAVia UltOb
HAVE REMOVED TO THEIR
New Stores,
! cm BULL and YORK STREETS
AND ABE—-
Ready for Business.
CALL AND SEELS.
