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THE WEEK AT THE THE ATER
[dicert, Opera and Melodrama Make
Up the List.
Laura Mehrtens’ Musicale the
opening Event, to be followed by
.‘Blue Grass” and Travary Opera
sß d Concert Company in Two Con
certg other Attractiona to Follow.
The theater wUI be open four nights
•his week.
Monday—Mrs- Laura Mehrtens' musi
“Wednesday Night—Tavary Opera Com-
Night—“Blue Grass.’’.
Friday Night—The Tavary Opera Com
pany-
The opening event of the week will be
Hrs Laura Mehrtens’ musicale to-mor
night- The sale of tickets has been
-recedented for a local entertainment,
u “s there were few seats left unsold when
box office closed yesterday. Prof.
Vfhrtens desires those who attend the
maicale to be in the theater by 8 o’clock.
The concert will begin immediately after
i,rd and the theater doors will
he closed during the execution of each
Jr-mber so there will be no annoyance by
mterine and leaving the theater. Mrs.
Mehrtens will be assisted by Mr. Julian
Walker soloist; Mr. James Douglass,
prof Huebner, Master Raskin and Prof.
Leon s orchestra. There are nine num
bers on the programme, which is admira
bly arranged.
-Blue Grass” is spoken of as “present
ing in an interesting dramatic form, a
craphic story of life in the mountains and
blue grass regions of Kentucky. It pos
ies.es a number of dramatic surprises,
and in tone, treatment, literary quality
and development of character is thought
b er e to be far superior to the average
play of its class.
The story tells of a young Kentucky
lawyer, against whom there is a black
mailing scheme arranged by a Creole and
a young woman with whom the young
lawyer had once been in love. They en
deavored to break up his home; but the
woman repented when she learned that
the Creole, to whom she was to be mar
ried. was in love with the lawyer’s wife.
She declined to go further, informed the
lawyer of the scheme and was killed by
the Creole. John Brand, the lawyer, was
suspected of the crime and was arrested
and an effort was made to lynch him.
fYally the crime was fastened upon
Louis Berthelot, the Creole, and every
thing ends happily for the lawyer.
What promises to be one of the most re
fined and delightful musical events that
has occurred in the city for many
a day is a grand operatic concert to be
given Wednesday and Friday nights by
Mme. Marie Tavary and the Tavary
Grand Operatic Concert Company. It
will be a mixed affair, half concert and
half grand opera. Part first will be grand
concert numbers altogether; part second,
an act of some opera.
Marie Tavary, said to be one of the
most brilliant singers of the times, a prima
donna of some of the greatest opera stages
of all Europe, has organized her own com
pany and is making a southern tour by
giving high class concerts of the most
popular sort, including opera as well. The
prima donna contralto of the company is
lime. Helen von Doenhoff. also an artiste
of the first rank. who. not long since,
filled a most successful engagement with
the famous Carl Rosa Grand English Op
era Company at London, and also with
the Metropolitan (German) opera of New
York. The tenor is Senor Fernando
Michelena and the basso Signor Luigi
Sartori. both of opera fame. Herr Gould,
late first assistant director of the Seidl
Symphony orchestra, of New York, is the
instrumentalist.
The programme for this city will be of
the highest character, and at the same
time will include a brilliant line of selec
tions that can hardly fail to prove the
most popular and pleasing. Mme. Tavary
will sing the great recitation and aria
from “La Traviata,” and Mme. Von
Doenhoff the Cavatina, from the “Queen
of Sheba.” The prime donne will also ap
pear in sections of duet from “Le
Prophets,” Meyerbeer, Senor Michelena
will sing “Salve de Mora,” from “Faust,”
and Signor Sartori, the Toreador song
from “Carmen.” The gentlemen will also
appear in a duo from “Martha,” Flotow.
Part 11, will be the complete Act II of
“Martha,” in costume, scenery and music.
Herr Gould is the accompanist.
Arrangements have been completed be
tween Klaw & Erlanger, of New York,
and IV M. Wilkinson, manager of Alex
ander Salvini, for a brief tour by Salvini
of the principal southern cities. It is now
two years since the romantic actor has
oeen south, and the announcement of his
coming will be read with delight. The
rapid advancement of Alexander Salvini
Jias, perhaps, no parallel case in the his
tory of the American stage. Within three
years he lias risen to a place among our
■cost prominent stars. His supporting
company is one of the largest and strong
est in this country, and the productions
Wnch lie presents have been endorsed by
we .New York press as equal to those of
We much vaunted Henry Irving. The
success of his recent extended engage
ment at the Star theatre, New York,
even more than duplicated that of his two
fflontns' engagement in the metropolis
I. s Pring. Salvini has just concluded
“■s annual engagement in Boston, which
.as been the most successful of any he has
r* experienced in that city. He returns
0 New York for another engagement of
s vo weeks, and his southern tour will im
“lately afterward begin at Baltimore,
any m February. Salvini will bring to
the same supporting company
the heavy productions seen during
engagements in New York, Boston
Bnr > Philadelphia.
wa S stated in the Morning News
metime ago than Miss Jerome Edwardy,
girl, would appear here with
E, lue Grass King.” The error was
r ., ; e oil account of the fact that that com
an<i the one she is with are so sim
n 111 name. Miss Edwardy is with the
” rass Company, which will be
ne . xt Thursday night. Miss Ed-
HrL?' , ls a daughter of a former Miss
icombe, of this city, who married a
L p “. < ' wa rdy. She will, no doubt, be
welcomed to Savannah, when
appears with this company.
crmJj* l . o •d |JS ' n ' the violinist, will give a
thrl? r j at the th eater Jan. 22. This cel-
T musician will be supported by
R-..f Louise Tanner Musin. Soprano,
r,;' , e Honsa.ll Contralto. Edward Scharf,
a ud Frederic W. Elliott, tenor,
re iv and his company of artists have
rtj, r ‘y™ Jhe cordial reception of large au
snwt- ,I } r °ughout their tour, and the
in t h r ip . tlo n list for scats for the concert
tho„,‘ s 01t y i® increasing daily, and the
W|ll, no doubt, be filled by the
Thl’, ln(r .P®°Pie of Savannah.
th P ast time this company played in
tight f St ’ neeeipts averaged $1,200 a
Eadß x dfteen nights, the largest ever
eirh P v any virtuoso in America. An
<ingc says: “Violinists stand upon
item xr S und with their simple instru
|su “'.and there is a trio of musioal art-
Sna'ni. o3^ I ®. Wilhelmj and Sarasate the
lette win, "2° are glad to form a quar
ts. th l “ Musin as the fourth member,
b him i? not be compared, for each has
•Musin h 6 nalion al and ancestral traits,
fiitten ,1 s a drdliancy, an airiness and a
>ed p T l. Bre bis own. He represen
iag ana J Vt .- w * lll hismarvelous bow
ua delicious fingering as he caressed
the loving front of his living violin, and
out from a mass of music and sounds grew
and rose, distinct and clear, now swelling
and swaying, again falling like the cad
ence of summer breathings and dying
away into melodious silence. At times
you were overcome by his boldness, brilli
ancy and power, and then he embraced
you with his sinking strains till you
caught your breath and sighed,” Mr.
Joseph Bell at the De Soto has the sub
scription list for the coming concert. The
box sheet for subscribers will be open
V ednesday, Jan. 17, after which date
tickets will be on sale for the general
public.
Lovers of college songs will be glad to
learn that the Glee Club of the Univer
sity of North Carolina will visit Savannah
early in February.
Otis Skinner, who played Orlando in
“As You Like It,” in Savannah last week,
told a Mokxing News reporter some ex
periences he had with people who have
taken the part of the wrestler.
Last summer, when "As You Like It”
was played at the world's fair in the
open air, and all the celebrities were to
participate, Sandow, the strong man, was
cast for the wrestler. Mr. Skinner
had seen this giant of strength lift
enormous weights and was half afraid to
accept the part of Orlando which he had
been asked to take.
“Why, I could not sleep at night,” said
Mr. Skinner, “the very thought of even
trying a fake stage wrestle with Sandow
made me nervous and unstrung, but
fortunately,” he continued, “Sandow
could not come and Fenton went on.
"Another time,” said Mr. Skinner,
“when I fully expected to turn up in the
second act looking and feeling “deeply,
darkly and beautifully blue, was in Balti
more when the company was playing
“As You Like It” at an Elks benefit.
Muldoon, whom you remember—the big,
burly professional was to appear as
Charles the wrestler, and knowing the
man full well on having the stage
padded, then set about to explain
to him just what we were to do that
night. He seemed to relish th e idea as a
huge joke, and that afternoon I succeeded,
after much hard work, in teaching him
the good old motto, “Live and let live.”
I left word with the man at the stage
door to have Muldoon shown to my room
where he could get into his togs. About
five minutes before the curtain rung up
in walks Mr. Muldoon, with a full even
ing suit on, and was sorely disappointed
when he had to change them for some
thing that was less dressy. Well, to
make a long story short, 1 managed, in
some mysterious manner, to throw him
before the time agreed upon, and after
the performance he said to me: “Say,
Skinner, you have got some good holds.
I’ll come around and get some dots. See!”
Mr. Skinner was asked by the Morn
ing News man if he would star in the
near future. “Yes,” he replied, “I shall
take up Modjeska’s dates whenever she
retires, which will be, in all probability,
next season, and, as far as possible, will
retain the same supporting company.
"There are about 5,000 professional
people who are out of employment in New
York,” said Mr. Skinner, “but I came
across a young man whom I have termed
my friend. This man came over
night to my dressing room, and with
what the world calls ‘nickel plated’ nerve,
asked to be given a place in our cast. He
was a very gentlemanly sort of a fellow,
with a pleasing address, and having a
minor part vacant, I told him 1 would give
him'a trial. He has done remarkably well,
and if he sticks at it will make his mark
in legitimate work. His name is Charles
Gilliam McGee, a prominent young society
man in Columbus, Miss., and was disap
pointed because he could not play with us
through the south, but was compelled to
attend to some business matters. He
joins us in Philadelphia next week. An
other ‘find’ is Maud Durdin, of Denver.”
A MISTAKE CORRECTED.
A Peacemaker Wrongly Charged With
Taking Part in a Difficulty.
An item, which appeared in the Geor
gia and Florida column of the Morning
News Dec. 21, which was taken from the
Juno Tropical Sun, stated that two
brothers, W. K. and Charles F. Aulick,
got into a difficulty at Palm Beach with
W. L. Torbert, of that place, which ended
in W. K. Aulick and Torbert being dan
gerously shot.
Mr. W. K. Aulick is a Savannahian,
having lived here for about five years.
He was at Palm Beach at the time, doing
some work on tho hotel there, and his
brother was there also. The difficulty
alluded to was between Charles Aulick
and Torbert, and W. K. Aulick simply in
terfered as a peacemaker. Such is the
testimony of those who know something
of the affair, and this is also the state
ment made by Mr. Aulick.
On the night of the trouble W. K. Au
lick and W. L. Torbert were both
wounded. Aulick had just left his work
and was eating supper at Torbert’s house,
with whom he boarded. Hearing his
brother in a quarrel, he passed out the
front door to stop, if possible, the quarrel,
and separated the parties, taking the
pistol which Torbert had but returned it
to him. Torbert, he says, then tired two
shots at him, the second of which took
effect, and then Aulick fired his first shot,
which took effect.
M. J. Martin, who is also working on
the hotel, says that W. K. Aulick was per
fectly sober the day of the shooting, and
that he worked all day on the hotel. H.
D. Hood, a physician at Palm Beach, cer
tifies that he attended Aulick immediately
after the shooting, and that Mr. Aulick
was not intoxicated when he saw him a
few minutes after the difficulty, and he
believes he had taken no intdkicants at all.
This statement is made in justice to Mr.
W. K. Aulick, who is a Savannahian. and
whose part in the difficulty was forced on
him in order to prevent trouble between
Torbert and his brother.
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.
A party of New Englanders passed
through Savannah a day or two ago from
Massachuetts on their way to Homosassa,
Fla. The party comprised Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Dutton. Misses Clara and Nina
Dutton, Mr. and Mrs. John Little, Mrs.
Frank Dutton, child and maid, Maulden;
Mrs. S. S. Houghton and Mr. Edward
Houghton, Melrose: Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Dutton and Misses Marian and Mary
Dutton, Medford, fourteen in all. It is
traveling in a special Pullman and went
from hero via Dupont, and from High
Springs to Homosassa. This is the first
“through car” from New England to pass
over the new road. By this line the
gulf coast is very easily reached, a fact
which will be welcome intelligence to
New England sportsmen, as it renders
easily accessible some of the best shooting
and fishing to be found in the country.
The Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad has arranged to issue certificates
for tickets for the coming Corbett-Mitch
ell fight, on the 25th inst. The diagram
of the arena can be seen at the company’s
office, corner of Bull and Bryan streets,
where seats can be secured on application
to the ticket agent.
A Retired Oflscer Dead.
Kissimmee, Fla . Jan. 13.—C01. Horace
Brooks, United States .army, retired,
aged 80 years, died this afternoon at Kis
simmee. Fla., from injuries received in
an accident.
Nat Sho.k, who on account of his wild ex
travagance during the Burning Springs oil
excitement years ago, became widely known
as “Coal Cll Johnny.” is now in charge of a
Pullman dining car between Parkersburg
and Cincinnati.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1894.
THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST.
The Lines of Belief of the Christian
Chnrch.
The Points in Which It Differs From
Other Evangelical Denominations.
Rev. Mr. Blenus Believes the Union
of Christian People is Practical as
Soon as the Correct Basis of Union
is Understood and. Appreciated.
In view of what Rev. Dr. Tupper, of
the Baptist church of Denver, Col., re
cently said at a ministers’ association of
that city of the future union of the Chris
tian and Baptist churches under the name
of the former, and as the matter has
caused no little comment in religious cir
cles, Rev. T. H. Blenus, at the request of
a number of people, gives the following
brief summary outline of the position of
the people he represents.
The Christian church, or Church of the
Disciples of Christ, has always discarded
human names and unscriptural titles, and
doubtless will ever continue to do so, as it
believes human names and human titles
perpetuate and promote divisions. This
church expects no divisions in heaven, and
most earnestly contends that there should
be no divisions among the people of God
in the world. In order to Christion union
It justly urges, in all brotherly kindness,
the adoption of scriptural words and
phrases in the declaration of scriptural
ideas, believing that this course would go
far to bringing the Lord's people nearer
together.
The Christian church refuses to adopt
any human creed or confession of faith,
because such creeds and confessions of
faith have proved themselves to be sehis
matical, heretical, and subversive of
Christian liberty, and an impediment
to the conversion of the world to Christ,
and because they are unnecessary, as the
scriptures are admitted to be infallibly
right, and to contain all things necessary
to salvation. The Bible, and the Bible
alone, is the basis on which this people are
striving to effect Christian union, and
they are trying to inculcate a unity in
matters of faith, a liberty in matters of
opinion, and charity in all things. They
recognize the destintion between faith
and opinions, and while they are one in
faith, they never make opinions a test of
fellowship.
FOLLOW THE BIBLE.
It is their constant aim to speak when
ahd where the Bible speaks, and be silent
when and where the Bible is silent, and
in this way to obviate the difificulties in
the way of such a union and the conver
sion of the world. The Christian church
has been very much misrepresented by
uninformed and prejudiced persons who
have condemned them without a hearing.
This church is certainly orthodox in the
true sense of that term. In their faith
and general practice these people are gen
erally admitted even by their opponents,
who use, without prejudice, the proper
means of informing themselves, to occupy
the strong vantage ground of apostolic
Christianity.
The Christian church preaches a
chance of heart by faith in Jesus Christ,
a change of character by repentance
toward God, and a change of state or con
dition by baptism into Christ’s death and
into his body. Baptism is regarded “for
the remission of sins,” only when it is
preceded by faith and repentance. Bap
tismal regeneration is not taught, but re
pudiated as unscriptural and opposed to
the spirit and genius of Christian faith
and practice.
No people in the world believe more
firmly in the divinity of Christ than they
do, and none can exalt the saviour of men
any higher, and to love God and keep his
commandments, they regard as the whole
duty of man and essential in order to “en
ter in through the gates into the city” of
the living God. They place equal stress
on the duties of faith, repentance, confes
sion of Christ, baptism, calling on the
name of the Lord, prayer, public and pri
vate worship, benevolence and every
other commandment of the Christian dis
pensation, and they never preach nor ad
mit that some are essential and others
non-essential.
ATTRIBUTED TO THE GRACE OF GOD.
But while they consider it indispensable
to love God and keep his commandments,
they do not expect to merit salvation by
their own acts of obedience or good quali
ties. They attribute salvation to the
grace of God as the original moving cause
to the Lord Jesus Christ as the procuring
and mediatorial cause, to the blood of
Christ as the meritorious and cleansing
cause, to the spirit as the efficient cause,
to the incorruptible word of God or the
gospel as the instrumental cause, and to
faith and obedience as the concurring
cause.
They understand salvation to be as
cribed to all these causes and not to any
one alone. They believe in the existence,
the personality and the divinity of the
holy spirit. They believe that he is the
author of their conversion. They teach
that he is the abiding comforter and that
he abides in Christians. They believe
that no special divine influence, superad
ded to the word of God to energize, is
either needed or promised. They believe
that the word of God faithfully preached
produces faith, and that where it fails to
do so, the fault is in man, in the quality
and condition of the soil, not in the lack
of energy or spiritual force in tho seed.
The word is the seed of the kingdom; as
Christ taught; it converts the soul; it
imparts life; it is God’s power to save.
GOD’S WORD NOT A DEAD LETTER.
The Christian church rejects all
theories which make God’s word a dead
letter, and that teach sinners to expect
and await some special quickening spirit
ual power apart from it. This people at
tach no mystic, magic virtue to the bap
tismal waters, or to the act of obedience
to this ordinance. They do not teach a
water salvation, nor have they ever done
so. Mr. Campbell, a profound scholar
and eloquent teacher of this church, more
than sixty years ago, wrote represent
atively of this matter, when he said: "I
have said a thousand times that if a per
son were to be baptized twice seven times
for the remission of sins, or for the recep
tion of the holy spirit, it would avail
nothing unless his heart is changed by the
word and spirit of God.”
They do not hold baptism as a cause of
forgiveness, but as one of the conditions.
It has no connection with pardon, except
by virtue of a divine appointment. We
do not say God cannot forgive without it.
We speak only of what is promised.
They teach that the Lord’s Supper is a
memorial feast and as primitively should
be observed each Lord s day. They eat
and drink ana worship as they remember
the suffering Savior. They do not par
take of the •emblems to signify their in
dorsation of others who may choose to
partake at the same time. Fixing the
idea clearly in the mind that it is a mamo
rial feast, they act no more in an open or
close communion manner than they do in
urging prayer or contribution. Finally,
this church emphatically believes in its
members living godly lives in Christ
Jesus, and rejoices in the hope of a blessed
and blissful resurrection.
REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS CHURCH.
Mr. Blenus claims to fully represent
his people. He has been in the ministry
for about seventeen years. After his
conversion in early life he came to this
country from an English university
school, where he had been for some years,
and completed his college course at
Bethany College in Virginia, the oldest,
though not the largest of the Christian
colleges of America.
Mr. Blenus believes that the union of
Christian people is practical as soon as
the correct basis for such a union is un
derstood and appreciated.
* POOLER’S WEEK’S NEWS
N
Personal and Social Gossip From ths
Little Village.
Mr. F. Zinc, accompanied by his son,
wss a visitor at the house of Mr. George
Schroder last week.
Mrs. Emma Kleopper is a visitor at the
home of Mr. J. P. Ham this week.
Mr. F. L. Courtney, who has been fill
ing the position as express agent at
Pooler, for the last nine mouths, left last
Tuesday to take charge of one of the de
pots on the Florida Central and Peninsu
lar railroad.
Mr. Rogers, of North Carolina, has been
visiting friends in Pooler.
Mr. W. Jacobs moved up to Pooler last
week and is occupying one of the pretty
cottages on Whatley 'Street which he re
cently purchased.
Mr. D. C. Springfield and A. J. Sowels
are visiting friends in Statesboro this
week.
Miss Hattie Graoon is spending the
week at the home of Mr. Mosty.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ackmeister will
move up to Pooler this week and occupy
the Eden cottage on Morgan street.
Mr. W. Mosty moved into his new cot
tage on Whatley street last week.
The Pooler Light Infantry will give a
dance Friday evening at Patterson hall.
Mr. C. Patterson and some of his gen
tlemen friends gave a dance on Tuesday
evening at Patterson hall, which was
largely attended. The music was excep
tionally good, and was furnished by some
musicians from Nashville on their way
south.
There will be a special meeting of the
Pooler Ritie Club at tne home of G. E.
Bevans this week.
Miss Aggie Pebwoith entertained a
large number of her friends with a candy
pulling and dance, at the home of her
uncle, Mr. A. J. Outerside, Tuesday even
ing.
Bishop Nelson will hold services in
Pooler Saturday, March 10.
The prizes for regular attendance were
distributed last Sunday at the Episcopal
Sunday school. The following were the
successful competitors: Master George
Muray, first prize; Miss Willie Rothwell,
second prize; Master Francis McConnell,
third prize; Lawrence Muray, fourth
prize. The number of scholars has
largely increased during the past year,
and shows the hard work done by Supt.
Sowell.
Miss Rhoda Cook gave a pound party at
the home of her parents Thursday eve
ning, which was largely attended.
NAVAL, STORES IN OLDEN TIMES.
A Sorap of History From the Early
Days of North Carolina.
Fiditor Morning News: Your last
Sunday's issue contained a very in
teresting description of the naval stores
industry, in which was detailed consider
able history, which in the main appears
correct, but which brought out only the
prevailing impression existing among
even the very oldest persons in the trade
—traditions, so to speak. As it seems that
very few in the trade are aware of the
age of this industry, perhaps a quotation
from Dr. Bicknals’ “Natural History of
North Carolina,” published in 1737, would
prove interesting:
He says: “It will not be improper, in
this place, to give an account how the
turpentine, tar, pitch and rosin are made,
being all the produce of one tree, and a
very good staple commodity in these
parts. The planters make their servants
or negroes cut large cavities on each side
of the pitch pine tree (which they term
boxing of the tree) wherein the turpen
tine runs, and the negroes with ladles
take it out and put it into barrels.
* * * • •
“The rosin is very scarce in these parts,
few giving themselves the trouble; but
when madf. it is fione after the following
manner, viz: Take turpentine, as much
as you think proper, put into an alem
bick copper vesica, with four times its
weight of fair water, and distill it, which
will produce a thin and clear oil like
water, and at the bottom of the vessel
will remain the rosin. From this account
it would appear that the process of secur
ing the crude turpentine and distilling it
in copper stills was of use more than 150
years ago—in fact, is by no means, what
would be styled an infant industry.”
Dr. Bicknall vouches for his statements
in the following preface to his work:
“We here present the world with a nat
ural history of North Carolina, it being a
compendious collection of most things
yet known in that part of the world;
wherein I have laid down everything
with impartiality and, truth, in
the most plain and easy terms,
which, indeed, is tho duty of
every writer, and preferable to a more
eloquent style, accompanied with many
falsities.”
As some of the trade may like to revel
in “ye vain boastings of antiquity,” they
can. under the aboveauthority, move back
their historic pegs a full century from the
former established record.
Alfred V. Wood.
Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 12, 1894.
A PHOSPHATE FIND.
It Was Diaaovered in the River in
Front of the City.
Editor Morning News: A bed of phos
phate rock has been discovered by Mr.
Paulsen while dredging in Front river,
abreast of Abercorn street. Although its
extent can as yet be estimated only very
approximately, still it seems certain that
the find is one of importance. We are in
formed that Mr. Paulsen has taken legal
steps to secure his rights in the premises,
and that a company is about to bechartered
under the name of “The Paulsen Front
Kiver Phosphate Company of Savannah.”
Interesting specimens are on exhibition at
our esteemed and fortunate fellow-citi
zen’s present office.
It has been suggested that Mr. Paul
sen’s dredge is merely fishing up a few
chunks dropped by the towboat com
pany’s barges some time ago. But well
informed persons are inclined to look upon
this assertion as unfounded, in fact, and
inspired by malice and envy.
Citizen.
SHE CLUNG TO HER HUSBAND.
The End of the Waycross Bigamy
Case.
Waycross, Ga., Jan. 13.—The case of
Charles Leighton Leon, charged with
bigamy, was called for a hearing in the
county court this morning, and there
being no evidence against Leon, he was
discharged. Mrs. Leon looked pleased at
the result and smiled, but Mr. Leon’s
countenance did not change. Mrs. Leon
had been with her husband in jail Since
early in the morning, and during the
whole trouble she has showed great de
votion to him. Mrs. A. J. Davis, the
mother of Mrs. Leon, arrived, here last
night from Tampa. She begged her
daughter to forsake Leon and return
home with her, but Mrs. Leon refused.
At a meeting of the city council last
night W. K. Sweat was city mar
shal, vice John P. Cason, and John S.
Sharp was elected city tax assessor ana
collector, vice W. B. Folks.
The crazy German woman who came
here from Savannah last week has been
sent to her friends in Jacksonville.
There is a movement to invite Gen. Gor
don to come to Waycross and deliver his
address on “The Last Days of the Con
federacy ”
The young men of Waycrosshaveorgan
ized a “reading and athletic club.” The
officers are: President, A. P. Perham
Jr.; secretary and treasurer. W. D. Mc-
Neil; manager, H. Carswell.
BLOUNT AND THE SCRIBES.
The Newspaper Men Pursuing the
Commissioner Like His Shadow.
Washington, Jan. 12—The advent of
Mr. Blount, late minister and commis
sioner to Hawaii, several days ago,
created quite a stir at the capital, especi
ally among the newspaper men. The lat
ter have had no purpose to make Mr.
Blount’s life miserable since his arrival
here, but they have well nigh succeeded
in doing so. nevertheless. The very hour
of his arrival they jumped on to him. and
every moment since that time he could
truthfully sing: ‘‘They're after me;
they’re after me.” At the first Mr.
Blount very properly, and, doubtless,
very truthfully, told them that he knew
nothing about Hawaii, since he left there
in August last, further than everybody
knows who reads the papers. “Why, I
don’t know as much about it as you
gentlemen of the press," he would say,
over and over again, in a tone half com
plimentary and half deprecatory. “I
know absolutely nothing more than is
known to the public.”
NOT TO BE BLUFFED.
Soft talk like that warded off the boys
forawnile: but the next day, after Mr.
Blount had had time to go to the white
house and the state department, they
thought he ought to know something
more, and so they went for him again
The distinguished Georgian is old in
public life, and lacks a great deal of being
unacquainted with the reportorial gimlet,
so he meets the correspondents with a
smile that is childlike and bland, and as
sures them in the most pleasant, and at
the same time most positive, manner in
the world, of his utter ignorance of all
the things they want to ask about.
Then, after they have been turned
down, they see him go off and have a tete
a-tete with Senator Morgan or Speaker
Crisp, or Governor McCreary, and they
are dead eertain that he is talking about
the very things, to those gentlemen, that
he wouldn't talk to them about.
SCKE TO COME OUT ON TOP.
Whether Mr. Blount talks or does not
talk it is pretty eertain that when a full
investigation of the Hawaiian matter is
iiad by congress both the President and
his commissioner and minister will be
sustained. The Republicans think they
will make much political capital out of it,
but they won’t. The democrats are go
ing to stand up to the administration.
A prominent western member of
the House, whose name lam not at lib
erty to use, who has been as strong an
anti-administration man as there is in the
Democratic party, told me to day that he
was in favor of indorsing the President
throughout, p’he gentleman thinks the
President did 1 right, even if he had been
obliged to use arms to carry
out his policy; that a great out
rage was perpetrated by authority
of the United States government last
January, when Queen Lilioukalani
was dethroned, and that our govern
ment ought to replace heron the throne,
even if force is required to do it. Coining,
as this does, from one who has been a very
strong opponent of the administration in
many things, for mouths past, it is very
significant; and it shows the general sen
timent of the democratic congressmen on
this question, whether they agree with
the President on other matters or not.
TO BE FULLY VENTILATED.
The Hawaiian matter will be fully ven
tilated in the House as soon as the tariff
bill is passed. It would have been dis
cussed last Friday and Saturday but for
this headstrong folly of the republicans.
An agreement had been reached by Gov.
McCreary, chairman of the foreign
affairs committee, for the democrats, and
Mq Hitt, of the same committee, for the
republicans, to devote Friday and Satur
day to a discussion of tho subject. But
when Boutelle. in defiance of that agree
ment, arose and began to filibuster
against everything because he could not
get before the House a resolution of his
own on the subject, the republicanshastily
abandoned their agreement and blindly
rallied to tho bulldozer from Maine. By
his ! contumacy, and the failure of the
democrats to make a quorum, the last
weqk was wasted, and Hawaii was let
alone. Now it will be allowed to rest un
til after the tariff bill is disposed of. Af
ter that the republicans will got more of
Havt aii than is agreeable to them. They
havc an idea that they are going to prove
somis very ugly things against President
Cleveland and Mr. Blount; but my pre
diction is that they will find more of it
on tfixeir own side than they now antici
pate.
A SAD ACCIDENT.
| Judge S. C. Sadler Fractured His
Skull by Jumping From a Buggy.
Gainesville, Fla., Jan. 13.—The people
f this city were astounded to learn last
might of the accidental death of Judge S.
G. Sadler, from his effort to escape a run
away horse. He was out hunting with
1 ’err.y Coker, and while coming home
through the Colclough field, about 7
o ’clock yesterday evening, the horse got
frightened and began to run. Mr. Coker
insisted upon Judge Sadler remaining in
t|io buggy, but the latter, deeming it
safer to jump, did so, and striking on his
head, fractured the skull, causing con
cussion of the brain, from which he died
at his home at 8:30 o’clock, one hour and
a half after his injury.
The deceased went into tho con
federate army fiom Yorkville, S. C.
Hex was in the first battle of the
wajr and the last at Appomattox. He had
been a merchant in this city, was for four
yeqrs county registration officer, justice
of the peace, and manager of Simonson's
(Opera house, and, as such, was widely
'known. He had a policy of $2,000 in the
Knights of Honor, which his family will
get. The deceased was about 55 years of
, age. Ho leaves a widow and three little
girls, the eldest about 8 years. He mar
ried a sister of Dr. Robert and Frank
McCall, of Savannah.
On the heels of the news of Judge Sad
i ler's death came that of young Henry
, Coulter, of Bronson.
Hedied at his home in Bronson.of accute
rheumatism. Deceased was about 30 years
old and was making rapid strides to dis
tinction as a lawyer.
Wilbur Davis, who is farming near
town, gathered yesterday three quarts of
strawberries. 'Truss Deschy also gath
ered a quart and the writer gathered a
pint two days before either of the others.
A Hotly Contested Election.
Blackshear, Ga., Jan. 13.—The most ex
citing and hotly contested election ever
held in this town was held to-day for mu
nicipal officers, resulting in the election
•of the follow ing ticket: A. P. Brantley,
• mayor; Dr. J. C. Brewer, D. H. Burney,
:Dr. W. P. Williams and E. S. Walker,
, :ouncilmcn. This was the regularly
i lominated ticket, with the exception of
10. H. Burney, who was upon the inde
j pendent ticket, and its election insures
• tho just administration of the town's
i affairs and the increased prosperity of
• this little city.
The independent ticket, headed by R.
>G. Riggins, worked hard, but to no avail,
. V I*. Brantley led his ticket with a ma
j iority of 30 in a total of 132. the largest
vote in the history of the town.
LYNCHERS OUT AT ORLANDO.
’ They Wanted to Take Adams From
Jail But Were Afraid.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 13.—A special
to the Times-Unlon from Orlando, Fla.,
says: “An unsuccessful attempt was
1 xade by a mob early this morning to take
{ rom Jail Venner Adams, the negro who is
a reused of attempting to ravish Miss
I Jllie Laubach last November. Ixie
I beriff was on hand with a posse, and as
i oon as the mob learned this it retired,
ELECTRIFYING
SPECIAL
Shirt Sale!
1,237 dozen Laundried
Colored United Brand
Shirts, soft finished, with
starched collars and cuffs.
WORTH SI-25.
WHY WE CAN DO THIS.
During the great financial panic a
gold dollar looked as big as a full moon
to nine out of every ten of owners of
large shirt manufactories in the Eastern
States. Believing in the theory to “Strike
while the iron is hot,” Mr. LOUIS COL
LAT hastened East with ready cash and
closed out the entire production of this
SHIRT AT OUR OWN FIGURES. Above
exceedingly low price tells the remainder.
fljutl Of frtri "-'>*< OF
HI'YHIFt EMM WAL3M
Will have on sale this week a line of Boys’ Bicycle Hose at 19c; Ladles’ Black
Hose, good quality, at 25c; 6ents’ Fast Black Hose at 25c.
An elegant line of Imported Corsets.
Old Rose, Terra Cotta, Old Blue, Old Green, Cream, Satin de Gene and
Sorrento Table Covers and Cushion Tops In exclusive patterns direct from our
destgners. Those purchasing the materials of us will be shown any new
stitch gratis.
CARRIAGES. . _
H M rnUPN LEADER IN LOW PRICeST
j _ ; __ : __ ; __Bay_and_JWmvtgomary Streets,
Offers for this week a few special vehicles at special prices. One loop
front phaeton, canopy top; one-horse wagons, one 3-4 gentleman’s
driving top buggy, seven stylos road carta, one special fanoy painted
top surrey, horse blankets, robes, one Antwerp trap, harness and
whips. All vehicles fresh, Just from the factory. Call and be convinced.
Hl-I PnMnti leader in low prices, ——
■ n* wwrsCilsj . . . Bay and Montgomery Streets.
A FIGHT ON THE S. A. M.
The A. P. and L. Stockholder* Trying
to Regain Their Road.
Americus, Ga., Jan. 13.—Judge Fish, in
chambers this morning, passed an order
declaring the certificates issued to pay
off certain debts of the Savannah, Amcri
cus and Montgomery railroad for labor,
etc., a first lien upon the property. They
are to have priority over any certificates
that may hereafter be Issued.
The balance of the day was devoted to
the hearing of the petition of the minority
stockholders of the Ainericus, Preston
and Lumpkin railroad asking that the
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery
charter be declared illegal and a separate
receiver be appointed for the Amerious,
Preston and Lumpkin railroad, which
is the part of the Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery road extending from
Abbeville on the Ocmulgee to iuvale.
eight miles west of Lumpkin, 110 miles.
These minority stockholders are repre
sented by Coi. J. E. D. Shipp and H. O,
I). Twiggs. The claim set up is that the
charter of the Americus, Preston and
Lumpkin road was granted under the
general railroad law by the secretary of
state and governor, and that the Savan
nah, Americus and Montgomery charter
CLOTHING.
ART GOODS AND TRIMMINGS.
which absorbed the Americus, Preston
and Lumpkin part of the road was
granted by the legislature and is there
fore null and void; that the Americus,
Preston and Lumpkin road is
perfectly solvent and that the
bonds issued under the Savannah,
Americus and Montgomery charter on
this part of the Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery road have no legal lien upon
the road.
The case was ably argued to-day by
Judge Miller, for the Savannah, Americua
and Montgomery bondholders.
The entire afternoon was consumed by
Judge Twiggs in advocacy of the claims
of the Americus, Preston and Lumpkin
minority stockholders.
At 6 o’clock the case was adjourned
until next Saturday, when argument will
he continued by Dupont Guerry, Col.
Shipp and others.
Tommy—l guess Mrs. Jones must have an
awful poor cook.
Mamma—Why. dear?
Tommy—Cause she gave me two piece* of
her pie—Chicago Inter Ocean.
Miss Commandant—Lieutenant, why do
you stand staring by that chair and doubled
up like a telescope?
Lieutenant (seriously)—l am beholding IM
transit of Venus—boston Budget.
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