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TO HONOR HIS MEMORY.
The Bartow Monument Association’s
Patriotic Work.
The Plan to Erect a Fitting Memorial
to the Brave Savannahian—Soldiers
and Citizens Taking- a Deep Interest
in the Monument—The Association’*
Membership Rapidly Increasing.
The first monthly meeting of the Bar
tow Monument Association was held last
night at the armory of the First Regiment.
It was a very successful one. It was well
attended and considerable enthusiasm
was shown The president, Capt. W. S.
Rockwell presided. Mr. S. E. Theus is
the association's secretary and treas
urer.
The meeting was held in the room of
the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, Gen. Bar
tow’s old company. A number of
members of the company were
present. The members of the'Oglethorpe
Light Infantry are associate members of
the monument association. The names
of 25 new member* were added to the
roll, a very rood showing for the first
meeting. The association organized a
month ago with only 12 members, but its
members are increasing rapidly. The
object is to erect a monument to the
memory of Gen. Francis L Bartow, who
was killed at the head of his brigade at
the first battle of Manassas in July, IS6I.
THE EERO or MANASSAS.
Gen. Bartow left Savannah as captain
of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, the
first company to leave here in 1861. He
was made colonel of the Fighth Georgia
regiment, which distinguished itself at
the battle of Manassas, as the many head
stones to the memory of those who fell on
that day in the Laurel Grove cemetery
give ample testimony. Gen. Bartow was
made a brigadier on the eve of the battle.
It has been the desire of the old mem
bers of Gen. Bartow's command to erect
amonumentto his memory, and the subject
has frequently come up in recent years.
The Bartow Monument Association has
been organized to give the project prac
tical shape and put it on a business foot
ing. It is proposed to raise the necessary
fund by dues of $1 a month each, to be
paid by the members. It is believed that
a large list of members will be secured
on this basts. The organizers of the
association recognize that it will require
some time to raise the necessary amount
of money at this rate, but they have de
clded upon this as the best and surest
plan of raising the money.
TO AID THE MOVEMENT.
A number of letters were read last
night from members of the old Eighth
Georgia regiment located at other places,
promising their co-operation in the move
ment. As the first Georgian of note to
fall upon the field of battle, and a typical
representative of Savannah, it is gener
ally agreed that It is proper that a monu
ment to Gen. Bartow's memory should be
erected in his native city, as especially
illustrating the part borne by Savannah
in the first great battle of the war be
tween the states. It is safe to say that
if the mnnnn'ont is erected, as it now
appears probable it will be that the fa
mous wovua or Gen. Bartow on his de
parture from Savannah. “I go to illustrate
Georgia,” will be inscribed upon one of
its faces.
A monument t> Gen. Bartow would be
an appropriate addition to Savannah’s
already fine group of monuments.
Although the city has three mounments
to revolutionary heroes, Greene, Jasper
and Pulaski, and one dedicated to the
heroes of the confederacy, it has no single
monument to any individual hero who
participated in the late war. Considering
the prominent part taken by Savannah
ians in the war, this is somewhat re
markable.
A NOBLE SAVANNAHIAN.
Francis S. Bartow, to whom it is pro
posed to erect the monument, was born in
Savannah in 1816. He graduated from
the state university at Athens in 1885,
and afterwards began the study of law
in the office of Berrien St, Law, of Savan
nah. After his admission to the bar he
became a member of the firm of Law,
Bartow & Lovell. He was several times
elected a member of the state legis
lature.
In 1880 he took a decided stand stand in
favor of secession and represented Chat
ham oounty in the state convention which
carried Georgia out of the union. He
was elected by the convention to repre
sent Georgia in the confederate congress
which met in Montgomery , Ala., and
was made chairman of the military com
mittee.
He preferred active service in the field,
however, to congressional service. On
May 21, 1861, he left Savannah at the
head of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry,
of which he was captain. The occasion
was one which will never be forgotten by
those who witnessed It. The company
was escorted to the depot by the military
of the city, aerompnied by a large con
course of citizens. The Oglethorpes
left Savannah amid the plaudits and
huizas of thousands.
PROMOTED TO A COLONKLCT.
Soon after his arrival In Virginia, Gen.
Bartow was ipp duted colonel of the
Eighth Georgia regiment and at the bat
tle of Manassas he was placed in com
mand of a brigade composed of the Sev
enth, Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Geor
gia and the First Kentuck.v Regiments.
The command suffered heavily during the
fore part of the battle. At noon the en
tire confederate loft was ordered to fall
back. While this movement was beiug
executed Gen. Bartow rode up to Gen.
Beauregard who was in command, and
exc aimju “what shall now be done' Tell
mo utul it human efforts can avail 1 will
do it.” Gen. Beauregard pointed to a
battery at the Stone Bridge and replied,
••that battery should be silenced.” It
looked then as if the day were lost to the
confederates. Gen. Bartow selz.e<l the
standard of the Seventh Georgia regiment
and calling upon his shattered command
to follow him, led the charge. His horse
was Klled and he was slightly wounded.
Still grasping the standard he mounted
another horse and oh. ered on his troops,
who followed his lead.
A few moments later a hall pierced his
heart and he fell to the ground. With his
dying breath he exclaimed to thosearound
him; “They have killed me, but never
give up the field.”
His injunction was obeyed. Ilis com
mand pressed forward aud the battery
was silenced.
Bartow’s heroic death sent a thrill
through the hearts of the people of the
south, and was not forgotten in the rush
of tragic events which followed.
No monument could be erected by Sa
vannahians which would more truly por
tray tbs part taken by Savannah and the
state in the great war.
A MORTGAGE FORECLOSED.
Waters & Treanor’s Stock to Be
Sold Out by the Sheriff.
A mortgage held by the Dixie Tobacco
Company of Virginia against Waters &
Treanor, who do a small grocery business
on Congress street, was foreclosed yester
day, and Judge Falligant authorized the
sheriff to take charge of the stock and
atll it out after advertising it for ton
days
A Valuable Addition
to the culinary list is Borden’s Peerless
Brand Evaporated Cream, an absolutely
pure, unsweetened condensed milk, so
carefully prepared that it keeps indefi
nitely and is always available for everv
recipe calling for milk or cream.—ad.
SETTLEMENT OF CASES.
The Ignorant Attempt to Smooth Mat
ters Over in Volation of the Law.
The courts are frequently worried by
the attempt of parties, which is some
times successful, to effect a settlement of
a case of assault, which often amounts to
a felony, in most of the cases the parties
are negroes and their ignorance of the
law may yet get some of them into trouble.
The case of James Miller and Henry
Jackson, which was reported last week, is
an instance in point. Jackson shot Miller,
and to all indications the offense was one
of assault with intent to murder. Miller,
however, agreed to settle the case and not
appear to prosecute Jackson, if the latter
would pay him 1100. This agreement
was made shortly before Jackson's arrest.
Miller was perhaps, unaware of the
fact that he was guilty of a felony in
agreeing to settle the case. The offense
is known as compounding a felony, andjis
punishable by from one to five years in
the penitentiary. This, however, is only
one instance out of many. Solicitor Gen
eral Fraser has some such trouble as this
to deal with at every session of the
criminal court. He says that one negro
will assault another where a case of at
tempted murder could easily be made
out, but when the case is called in court
the supposed prosecutor becomes prac
tically a witness for the defendant, and
smoothes matters over so nicely that there
is no possibility of getting a verdict of
guilty.
The probability is that the prosecutor
and the defendant come to some terms of
agreement, or reach some settlement, by
which, when the case is called, there is
no prosecution to amount to anything.
The cases are of frequent occurrence, es
pecially in minor cases of assault. The
courts often allow a legal settlement of
these cases when requested and urged by
the prosecutor, be nuse in cases of this
kind it can be seen at a glance that any
prosecution on the part of the 3tate would
only consume the time of the court, and
would be worse than useless. Other cases
go to trial where there is only a shadow
of a chance for conviction, and in the ma
jority of cases, where assault with intent
to murder is charged, little more than a
case of assault and battery is made out.
TALK ABOUT RATES.
A Shorter Route to Jacksonville
Makes no Difference in the Fare.
The matter of the passenger rate to
Jacksonville since the completion of the
new line of the Florida Central and
Peninsular has created no little com
ment among railroad and traveling men.
The question they are all asking is, why
a person should be required to pay $5.15
to ride 188 miles, when the same fair was
charged when the distance was 172 miles.
The shortening of the distance between
Savannah and Jacksonville has brought
about no change whatever in the rate,
although the rate allowed in Georgia is
only three cents a mile. The Florida
Central and Peninsular, however, makes
up the difference by charging tolls on the
drawbridges, which it has been required
to construct.
One road tried this in Georgia some
years ago, and it is said that within one
year's time the company made double the
cost of the construction of the Dridge.
Travelers between Savannah and Jack
sonville may console themselves with the
hope that the new line may be as success
ful within the next year, and the rate
may be lowered.
The Florida Central and Peninsular,
however, is giving good service, and has
been remarkably free from accidents
and delays for anew road No doubt
passengers had as lief pay the same fare
and ride a shorter distance in less time.
MRS. ROBEEN WANTS $5,000.
She Fell Over a Water Pipe and Is
Suing the City for Damages.
Mrs. Lelty Robeen. who lives on Oak
street, in the southern part of the city,
entered suit in the city court yesterday
against the mayor and aldermen of Sa
vannah for $5,000.
Her petition states she is keeping a
grocery store on Oak street, and that one
afternoon last March she left it about 7
o’clock in the evening to attend to some
business affairs. As she was walkingdown
Gwinnett street she stumbled and fell
over a water pipe, which, she states, pro
trudes three or four inches above the
sidewalk, and which she was unable to
see on account of the darkness. She
states that she received injuries from the
fall which confined her to her room for
some time and necessitated the calling ol
a physician. She also claims that she lost
much from her business on account of her
inability to look out for it. She asks
both actual and punitive damages, and is
represented by Judge D. A. O’Byrne.
Yesterday was return day in city court
for the February term, and a good many
suits on notes, drafts and accounts were
filed.
COOLER TO-NIGHT.
The Outlook To-Day Is for Some
Rather Gloomy Weather.
A severe cold wave centers in the ex
treme northwest, and by to-night it
promisee to shade the temperature in
this section a few degrees at least. The
temperature at Bismarck, N. D., last
night was 24° below zero, and at St. Paul
10° below.
This cold wave has already affected
the temperature in this section. It
hat fallen 2° or 8° in Northern
.n i Eastern Georgia, and 8° or 10°
along the immediate South Atlantic
coast. According to the forecast for to
day, the outlook is for rain and colder
weather to-night.
The excess in temperature since Jan. 1
above the average temperature has al
ready been 116°, which is something re
markable. The deficiency in rainfall
since the beginning of the now year has
been 2.12 inches.
ON THEIR WAY TO THE FIGHT.
Sporting Men Flocking Toward the
Florida Battle Ground.
R. S. Donaldson, F. L. Gullett, F. C.
Waddell and E. C. McWatty, of Pitts
burg, passed through Savannah yester
day on their way to Jacksonville to see
the big fight.
A large number of local sports left on
the afternoon train yesterday to be oil
hand when the tips are given, if the fight
does not take place in Jacksonville.
Mitchell money, from all accounts,
seems to be scarce, aud Corbett is beiug
heavily backed at odds of 8100 to #6O. The
pugilists have engaged special trains and
will be well on their way north when day
breaks on Friday. Should the mill come
off the winner will give an exhibition in
Madison Square Garden Saturday night.
BACK TAXES UNPAID.
Railroads Owe the County a Large
Amount of Money.
The railroads In the county are due, in
back taxes, over #31,000, for which execu-*
tions may soon be issued, as this amount
represents a deficit in the county treas
ury until it is paid.
The railroads which owe this amount
are the Electric Railway Company, the
City and Suburban, the Coast Line, the
Savannah. Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
railroad, the Central and the Savannah
ami Atlantic. An effort will probably be
made to collect these taxes at once.
For rheumatism and neuralgia you cannot
get a better remedy than Salvation Oil.—ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1894.
SOUTHWESTERN’S APPEAL
Formally Made Before Jndge Speer In
the United States Court
Justice Jackson to Be Petitioned to
Reduce the Supersedeas Bond—The
Case Will Have to Take Its Turn on
the Docket—Oases Assigned for Trial
In the Circuit Court Yesterday—A
Big Land Case to Be Settled—Pro
ceeds From the Schooner Joseph
Souther to Be Divided.
The United States circuit court for this
district of Georgia met yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock for the November term.
The circuit and district courts will be. in
•session together about two weeks, during
which time much civil and criminal busi
ness will be disposed of.
Few matters of importance came up
yesterday, the principal thing being the
question of the appeal of the Southwest
ern railroad from the decision of Justice
Jackson with regard to its liability on the
tripartite mortgage. Justice Jackson
gave the road the right of appeal.'but
said the matter of formally petitioning
for it was a matter for the district judge,
and the petition was presented to Judge
Speer.
THE CENTRAL REFUSES TO JOIN IN.
After filing the petition Mr. Frank H.
Miller asked the Central railroad through
its attorneys. Messrs. Lawton and Cun
ningham,,if that road, against which Judg
ment had also been rendered would Join
in the appeal to the circuit court. Notice
having been given the Central in this way,
the Southwestern was given the right to
appeal the case alone and an order to that
effect was signed by Judge Speer.
The bill of assignments of error was
filed by Mr. Miller and MaJ. A. O. Bacon,
who was also present. A bond of SI,OOO
to cover the bill of costs was filed with
the clerk, and Judge Speer granted an
order requiring the receiver to pay for
the printing of the transcripts of the
record for the court of appeals from any
money in his hands belonging to the
Southwestern road. Among other papers
filed with referenco to this ease was the
dissenting opinion of Judge Speer, from
that of Justice Jackson, with regard to
the liability of the Southwestern road on
this mortgage.
MR. MILLER TALKS.
Mr. Miller asked yesterday when this
case would be likely to be heard by the
court of appeals.
“That depends on the number of cases
on the docket,” he said.o“We have thirty
days in which to prepare the transcript
of the records, aud when they are filed a
motion will be made to have it
hoard, but it will probably
be some time before it can be reached.
In speaking of the Southwestern stock
holders’ meeting, to take place next
month, Mr. Miller said he thought It
would be merely a friendly conference.
Several questions as to what was best
for the property would probably arise, he
said, and he thought they would be set
tled in a friendly manner. He said he
had no doubt but that the road would re
main with the Central, and thought the
meeting would come to that conclusion
by a large majority vote.
The bond which the Southwestern ha3
been required to give in order to super
sede Justice Jackson's decree has been
fixed at #2,500,000. The supersedeas will
not be filed however until a transc.ipt of
the records has been made, and then an
appeal will be presented to Justice Jack
son to reduce the amount of the bond re
quired. The impression seems to be that
the amount of the bond will be very
greatly reduced upon the showing that
may be made. Justice Jackson’s last de
cree is regarded as much more favorable
to the Southwestern than the former one.
CASES ASSIGNED FOR TRIAL.
Besides the assignment of cases very
little other business was transacted by
the court yesterday. The cases on the
docket were assigned as follows:
Tuesday, Jan. 23, the intervention of
the Brush Electric Light Company against
the Central railroad, in which the
master's report has been filed; Wednes
day, Boykin. Connor & Cos. vs. W. B.
Folks; Thursday, Jan. 25, Hamilton
Fraser Si Cos. vs. Strauss & Cos.; Friday,
Jan. 26, the United States vs. the steamer
Northen; Monday, .Tau. 29. George A.
Kiser vs. Jesse Paulk, and H. IV. Hop
kins vs. S. R. VanDuzen; Tuesday. Jan.
30, Jasper DeLaughter vs. the Valdosta
Times; Wednesday, Jan. 81, Julia Blen
heim vs. D. S. Sinclair, and Georgo W.
Bandy vs. the Phoenix Insurance Com
pany ; Friday, Feb. 2, Waldran & Taititer
vs. J. 11. Johnson. Other cases on the
docket will be assigned during the term.
An order was granted in the case of B.
E. Wilcox vs. the Greenwich Insurance
Company on application of Messrs. Lester
& Ravenel, attorneys for the defendants,
requiring the defendant to produce the
proofs of his loss iu the fire which de
stroyed some of his property at Darien.
A 810 LAND CASE.
When the suit of Mr. Thomas Watson
was called in the court, Maj. Meldritn, who
represents the plaintiff, asked that the
matter be referred to a special master to
report upon the validity of the titles to
the land which Mr. Watson is endeavor
ing to establish.
Some time ago Mr. Watson, who lives
in Chicago, bought a large tract of land,
amounting to about 80,000 acres, in
Emanuel county. He has all the original
grants and titles, which on their face
seem perfectly good and beyond dispute.
The titles, however, are questioned bv
some of the present tenants on the lancl,
who are represented by Mr. S. B. Adams.
Maj. Meldrim said yesterday that there
were on some portions of the land ten
ants who had been there for a largo num
ber of years, but that this was not the
part that was particularly in dispute.
He said his client bad a claim which on
its face was perfectly sound, and ail he
wanted was that the court should pass
upon them and decide whether he owned
the land or not. An order will probably
be passed referring the matter to a special
master.
TO DIVIDE THE PROCEEDS.
The case in admiralty of the Ocean
Steamship Company, against the schooner
Joseph Souther will probably be amicably
settled. When it was called in court, Mr.
C. N. West, for the defendants, and
Messrs. Lawton & Cunningham stated
that they had decided to take a consent
decree.
Mr. Lawton was directed to draw up a
decree, under which the plaintiffs will
get half the proceeds from the sale of the
schooner and the defendants the other
half. The schooner, it is thought, will
bring about SI,BOO. It will be remembered
that the Joseph Souther was towed in by
the Dessoug just after the August storm.
Prevention is Better
than cure, aud those who are subject to
rheumatism can prevent attacks by keep
ing the blood pure and free from the acid
which causes the disease. You can rely
upon Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for
rheumatism and catarrh. Also for every
form of scrofula, salt rheum, boils and
other diseases caused by impure blood. It
tones and vitalizes the whole system.
Hood’s Pills are easy and gentle in
effect.—ad.
Did you Hear Them HowlP
Who? Why those people that did not
get their plates made by Dr. Cubbedge,
the Broughton street dentist, Ibr $lO a
set.—ad.
FERTILIZERS ON THE MOVE.
Manufacturers Sending Out Large
Shipments Now.
This is the busy season with the fertil
izer manufacturers. The shipping season
is well under way. The railroads are car
rying heavy freights of fertilizer. The
manufacturers are as busy as bees attend
ing to orders and arranging for ship
ments.
The months of January. February and
March compose the shipping season with
the fertilizer manufacturers, and 95 per
cent, of the output of the year is shipped
during those months. On account of the
general depression of business and the
scarcity of money in the country, the
season began later this year than usual,
and the shipments are just now beginning
to get under good headway.
From the reports of traveling salesmen
and railroad men it does not appear that
the consumption of fertilizers this year
will equal the average of the last several
years.
There is very little money in the coun
try, and the tendency of the farmers
generally is to economize as
much as possible. The opinion of the
feitiluer manufactures and dealers is
that the consumption this year will about
equal that of last year, which was also
somewhat below the average. The con
ditions are said to be very much the same
as existed last year both as to output and
demand. The prices also are about the
same.
The opinion of several leading manu
facturers, who were seen yesterday, was
that the demand is fully sufficient to con
sume all of the supply in sight. On ac
count of the severe money stringency
last summer many of the smaller facto
ries in this section shut down for a time,
and in consequence the supply of manu
factured goods on hand is not as large as
usual at this season.
It is even predicted that a shortage will
occur at some points. The factories at
Savannah, Charleston, Port Royal and
Atlanta are turning out large supplies
now. aud will probably be able to meet
the demand in their respective territories.
A prominent manufacturer who was
seen yesterday made the following brief
statement of the conditions of the trade:
"Fertilizer shipments this year are
lighter than thoso of last year. The
southern output this season will be prob
ably about the sair.eas last year, although
it has been curtailed to a certain extent
in South Carolina and in other places by
lack of money duriug the summer. The
demand for fertilizers is good this season,
and if we have better prices for cotton,
will stimulate production to such an ex
tent that about the same quantity of
goods will be produced.
“Farmers are buying about the same
quantity that they did last year, and if
cotton advances, will wish to buy more
heavily, which may cause an advance of
price in fertilizers later in the season, as
factories will be unable to supply the de
mand in that event. Railroad facilities
are good, and shipments move forward
promptly.”
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT.
The Clinch County Outrage May be
Taken Up by Judge Speer.
The outrage committed last week in
Clinch county, an account of which was
given in the Morning News, may be
taken up in the United States district
court. At least it is understood that an
attempt will be made to have it brought
within Judge Speer's jurisdiction.
The land on which the shooting of the
negroes took place is owned at present bv
an Alabamian, and it may be that he will
attempt to prosecute the would-be assas
sins there. It is understood that the par
ties who did the shooting are all known
to those who are interested, and that ar
rests will be made in due time. The case
is a similar one to the Hall case, from
Dodge county, the circumstances of which
are familiar, and in which Judge Speer
sent the defendant to the penitentiary for
a long terra for employing others for the
purpose of assassination.
TO DIVIDE AN ESTATE.
Money Matters Considered in the
Superior Court.
In the case of William H. Harrison,
executor of the estate of Mary G. Har
rison vs. Wallace S. Jones, trustee aud
executor of the estate of George F. Jones,
a petition for an accounting was argued
and consent verdict and a decree dispos
ing of the property was taken. The prop
erty involved amounts to about #40,000,
and all parties interested have derided to
settle it amicably. It is what is known
as the estate of George Fenwick Jones.
In the suit for divorce of Arthur Arm
strong vs. Mary Jane Armstrong a second
verdict was rendered and a decree taken.
In the suit of A. Ehrlich, guardian of
Mildred Dillon, vs. Jackson F. Kaufman,
for the partition of some land, Messrs. C.
H. Dorsett, John C. Rowland, George W.
Lunar. J. F. Brooks and H. J. Reid were
appointed commissioners to sell the prop
erty.
A TELL-TALE BOTTLE.
A Sunday Drunk Turns to Be State's
Witness.
Recorder Wilson was kept unusually
busy yesterday morning disposing of the
drunk and disorderly cases, the most in
teresting of which was that of J. L.
Moore, who was arrested late Sunday
night. When arrested Moore had a bot
tle of whisky in his pocket but was un
able to tell the recorder where he got it,
but could take a policeman to the store.
Officer Kavanaugh was sent with Moore,
and the parties who sold the liquor will
be lip before the recorder this morning,
charged with violating the Sunday saloon
ordinance.
Moore will now act as a witness for the
city—a somewhat pleasanter position
than he held Monday.
The City Marshal's Work.
The report of City Marshal Wade for
the year 1893 shows that he collected
during the year $53,207.98 from execu
tions, assessments, market rents and
other items. Of this amount *27,922.38
was from real estate, $4,258.50 from spe
cific taxes, and $1,448.71 from the market.
Collections for street paving amounted
to $10,372.30, divided as follows; Brough
ton street, $30.09; Bull street $6,471.20;
Bolton street $650.23; East Broad street
$241.40; Gaston street $116.19; Hall street
$140.86; Jefferson street $208.77; Jones
street ssi 7.91; Liberty street $1,957.65;
total $10,372.30.
No Safer Remedy can bo hart for Coughs
anrt Colds, or any trouble of the Throat, than
"Brown s Bronchial Troches.” Price2s cents.
Sold only in boxes.—ad.
A New Firm.
A. B. Hull and H. H. Peeples havo
formed a co-partnership for the purpose
of conducting a wholesale grocery and
grain business in this city, under the firm
name of Hull St Peeples.
Mr. A. B. Hull has been identified with
the grain and grocery business in this
city for the past ten years, having suc
cessfully conducted the large house of A.
B. Hull Si Cos., duriug that time. He is
well-known among a large number of cus
tomers throughout Georgia, Florida and
South Carolina. The extensive opera
tions of the firm demonstrates its itopu
larity.
The addition of Mr. Peeples to the bus
iness interests of this house will add to
its capacity and gain additional consider
ation among its many friends. Mr. Pee
ples has. for years, been engaged in busi
ness at Peeples. S. C.. and is a thorough
and successful merchant.
BAKING POWDER.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report.
Baking
Powder
ABSOLUTE!* PURE
WAY AHEAD OF LAST YEAR.
Savannah’s Cotton Receipts so Far
More Ilian All of Last Season’s.
The Total Receipts From Sept. 1 to
Yesterday 793,033 Bales—The En
tire Receipts for 1892-3 Only
791,211 Bales—Savannah Pulling
Rapidly Toward the Million Mark.
The Market on a Decline.
The movement of cotton here continues
heavy and yesterday’s receipts, added to
the amount already received since Sept. 1,
is ahead of the entire receipts of last sea
son. The net receipts since Sept. 1,1893, are
193,033 bales, while the receipts from
Sept. 1, 1892, to Aug. 31, 1893. were 791,211
bales.
If the heavy receipts continue in such
an extraordinary volume, Savannah will
reach the million notch before the end of
the season. Statistics show that during
last season, between Jan. 22 and Aug. 81,
150,000 bales-of cotton were received at
this port, and to reach 1,000,000 by Aug.
31, 1894, Savannah will have to receive
207,000 bales more. This appears
very probable if the present movement
can be considered an indication of the
stocks still remaining in Georgia.
The large amount of cotton coming in
sight has caused sharp declines in the
prices. The market closed yesterday at
cents for middling. The price on the
same day last year was 9% cents for the
same grade.'
AT THE THEATER.
The Musin Concert a Brilliant Musical
Event.
The Musin concert, which opened the
week at the theater last night, was all
that was expected of it. Aside from
Musin himself, Mrs. Tanner-Musin and
Mr. Edward Scharf, Musin introduced
two new singers, Mr. Frederick W. El
liott, tenor, and Miss Bessie Bonsall, con
tralto, Each in a measure fulfilled the
expectations of the audience.
Mr. Elliott combines sweetness, sympa
thy and feeling in his singing. He was
well received.
Miss Bonsall is a young artist, but she
has a cultured voice and sings the great
arias with intelligence and taste. She
made her debut in Montreal at the begin
ning of the present season.
Her songs were an aria from Meyer
beer's Les Huguenots’ a duet from Trova
torewith Mr. Elliott and a trio with Mrs.
Tanner-Musin and Mr. Elliott.
Musin himself played with that won
derful ability which gives him complete
mastery of the violin. He was applauded
to tho echo, and each encore was no more
than the brilliance of the performance
merited. The case and perfection of his
execution, marking his interpretation of
the most difficult music extant, has
seldom been surpassed. His selec
tions were made with care and
suited the audience. His most brilliant
numbers were from Paganini and Men
delssohn.
Mrs. Tanner Musin was given a cordial
reception. She sang the aria, a fois e
lui from La Traviata and
a duet by Oscar Weil with Musin—
vioiin. As encore she sang a
couple of Scotch ballads.
Mr. Scharf's piano playing was a bril
liant feature of the concert. He was heard
in a rondo for piano and violin
with Musin and alone in a minuet
by Sgambuti and a composition by
Rubinstein, which he played with
brilliance, elegance and abandon. He
was applauded to the echo and was com
pelled to respond twice.
The concert altogether was one of the
most brilliant that has been heard in Sa
vannah in a long time.
Lillian Lewis will be seen at two per
formances to-day a matinee and night
performance of Victor Hugo’s "Goodbye
Sweetheart.” “A great to do is being
made about an actress who used to play
the good woman and now plays a bad one.
Well, 1 am doing exactly the reverse.”
This is what Lillian Lewis said to a Morn
ing News man. “I have played the whole
gamut of the ‘Camille’ and ‘LenaDespard’
type, and now I ant playing a good
woman; ‘La Tisha’ is the woman in ‘Good
bye, Sweetheart.’ I can come right out
boldly and say it and say it is a great
play; it is written by Victor Hugo, and in
my opinion the most human and humane
work which the French Shakespeare has
given the world. Lawrence Marston
adapted and arranged ‘Goodbye Sweet
heart’ forme. To get the full melody of the
title the stress must be laid on the bye
and heart. The last line of the play sug
gested the title. I asked Mansion wha t
he thought of it; he jumped up and cried
it’s an inspiration and so “Good Bye Sweet
heart’' is the name of my new play. The
remarkable thing about this good woman
I am going to play is that she is not built
on the regulation mould of the resigned
and meek goody goody heroine, no sir !
She is jealous and has vindictive mo
ments; she struggles with fate and is
defiant, and with it all she is the noblest
character of m.v acquaintance. All love
and all heart; all womanly tenderness
and all womanly sacrifice. I think the
public will like this play; there is such
a positive halo of beautiful goodness all
through it, I can’t see how they can help
it.”
“Alvin Joslin” is an established comedy
favorite. Charles L. Davis, who made it
the great go it is. by his creation of Un
cle Alvin, returns to-morrow
night to give that unique im
personation. Highly interesting as
well as hugely amusing Is the play. Its
well conceived and skillfully developed
story brims over with fun. There is
bright, brisk, witty dialogue. Surprising
incidents follow each other in rapid suc
cession. Mr. Davis’ Uncle Alvin fur
nishes an abundance of food for sponta
neous hilarity. Quaint, quizzical, mirth
provoking, his rendition of the role is at
no time an exaggeration. He returns as
an old, well liked friend, certain of a cor
dial reception. This year he brings with
him, by way of change, anew scenic outfit
for the play.
I have used Simmons Liver Regulator
in my extensive practice for the last four
years, and cannot find its equal for bilious
colic, dyspepsia, sick or nervous head
ache and constipation. Yours truly, Jas.
M. Short, M. D., Butlerville, Ark.—ad.
Gutman's
Removal sale has started in earnest,
judging by the rush he had yesterday.
Ladies know a good thing when they see
it. Just think, laces worth $1.50 to $2 a
yard, selling at 98c, and children’s white
embroidery skirting, worth 66c,iselling at
25c a yard.—ad.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Judge Speer is stopping at the De Soto.
M. W. Phillips, of Philadelphia, is a
guest of the De Soto.
Dr. H. J. Coleman, of Buffalo, N. Y., is
a guest at the Pulaski.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Brigham, of Bos
ton, Mass., are guests at the De Soto.
S. B. Brown, of Albany, a prominent
business man of that city, is here for a
few days.
Mr. J. F. Comer, of Midway, Ala., was a
visitor on the floor of the cotton exchange
yesterday.
Mr. John E. Foy. a prominent lumber
merchant of Rocky Ford, was at the
Pulaski yesterday.
The friends of Capt. H M. C. Smith,
are glad to see him at his office again,
having recovered from his recent attack
of paralysis.
Mr. E. P. Wilbur, president of the Le
high Valley railroad, will arrive in the
city to night in his private car, Minerva,
to visit his daughter, Mrs. Henry Mc-
Alpin, at the Hermitage.
Mr. W. Smalley Daniels, of Plymouth,
Ind., representing the Smalley wheel, is
in the city. Mr. Smalley is a well known
bicyclist, and is receiving a warm wel
come from the local wheelmen.
The friends of Solicitor General Fraser
and Mr. William Clifton will be glad to
learn that these two attorneys have
formed a law partnership, under the firm
name of Fraser & Clifton. They will
have offices both in Darien and Savan
nah.
Gen. and Mrs. Edward F. Jones, of
Binghamton. N. Y., are at the De Soto.
Gen. Jones is well-known throughout the
country as the manufacturer of Jones’
scales. “Jones Pays the Freight” is al
most as well-known a trade mark as
there is in the country. Gen. Jones is ex
lieutenant governor of New York, and is
one of the leading politicians of the state.
CITY BREVITIES.
A motion for new trial in the case of
Carhart vs. the Merchants’ National
BanK. will be argued before Judge Mac-
Donell.
Capt. Peck, the famous negro vagrant,
who was arrested early yesterday morn
ing at the market, broke the call box by
striking it with his head while the police
were calling the patrol wagon. They had
a hard fight to get him to the barracks,
and when sent over to the jail on a charge
of vagrancy he was so violent that he had
to be confined in a dungeon.
Joseph Andesey’s grocery store at An
derson and Conyers streets was broken
into early yesterday morning and an at
tempt was made to rob the money drawer,
which contained about SSO. The robbers
were frightened off Defore getting what
they were after. They secured an en
trance to the place by breaking open a
window blind and prying' up the window
with an axe.
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Items Gathered Here and There
Among the Shipping.
The Italian bark Antonio Casabonia
was cleared yesterday for Odessa, with
2,520 barrels of rosin, valued at $8,955.
The Norwegian bark Onni was cleared
yesterday for Libau, Russia, with 3,140
barrels of rosin, valued at $7,137.
The British steamship Cumeria was
cleared yesterday for Bremen, with 8,746
bales of upland cotton, valued at $318,287.
The British schooner Beatrice McLean,
which went ashore on St. Catherine's
Island during the storm of Aug. 27, 1893,
was floated Sunday morning and towed
to this port yesterday by the tug boat H.
M. C. Smith. The vessel will be hauled
out upon Willink's marine railway to have
her bottom calked and painted. The Mc-
Lean is 249 tons’ register and is compara
tively new, having been built about three
years ago at St. Johns. N. B. She is
owned by George F- Baird and others.
Her master, Capt. Balmer, also owns a
part of the vessel.
The safest means of getting rid of a bad
cough is Dr. Bull s Cough Syrup.—ad.
New Orleans Races.
Yesterday's races were all hotly con
tested. Two of them furnished nose fin
ishes. The whole card was a good one.
The outsiders had somewhat the best of
it, but all the winners were well played
in O’Dell’s Turf Exchange.
To-day’s card contains six good races.
Among the entries are a number of last
year's favorites. Below are the entries
for to-day. Quotations on the first race
received at 1:30, city time, at O'Dell’s
Turf Exchange, 7 Drayton street. Lat
est (N. Y.) quotations on the Corbett-
Mitchell contest. Full description of the
fight given Thursday night while the
men are fighting, over special wire, at
O’Dell’s Turf Exchange.
First Race—Eleven-sixteenths of a
mile. Pearl C., 96; Sam Small, 98; Little
Dutchman, 98; Lucy Clarke, 100; Little
Addie, 100; Red John, 101; Concordia, 102-
Bangtail, 102; Fannie Williams, 102; TiN
fin. 1(M; Dan Collins, 104: Chen Kogan,
104; Lank, 105; Harry Weaver, 105; Jim
Murphy, 108.
Second Race—Three-eights of a mile.
Valdernira. 107: Melpomene, 107; Bessie
Misncr, 107; Doris, 107; Kussan, 107; Ill
treated, 107; Beque. 110: Wanda TANARUS., 110:
Alderman Carey. 110; Onward, 110.
Third Race—Thirteen-sixteenths of a
mile. Ozaka, 80; Miss Perkins, 90; Ver
bena, 93; Miss Knott, 93; Galen Brown,
95; Marie Lovell, 97; John P., 98; Sim
rock, 98; Chriss, 98; Kendora, 104; Babv
Bill, 104.
Fourth Race—Handicap, three-quar
ters of a mile: Billy Bennett, 103; Sal
vation, 102; Belle P., 104; Lord Henry,
98; Keno, 94; liouser, 90; Shiloh. 93; lino,
116; Jack Lovell, 110; Bijur, 108; Capt.
Drane, 117.
Fifth Race—Mile and a quarter: Mez
zotint, 101; Mary Sue, 106: Uncle Jim,
106; Verdeur, 110; Capt. Hammer, 111 -
Bare, 115.
Sixth Race—Eleven-sixteenths of a
mile: Rondeau, 84: Billy McKenzie, 92:
Christie, S., 93; Judge Woods, 98; Fred
Wooley, 98; Oronoeo, 98; Risk. 98: Aufait,
99; Fleetwood, 99; Silvertips, 102; Horace
Lelaml. 102: Nattle Howard. 108; Tasso,
108; Lombard, 111; Bobby Beach, 114.
ad.
Ladies,
You save money by going to Gutman’s
Removal Sale. Everything has been re
duced. You can buy ribbed underwear
for children at 45c that sold for t>sc, and
ladies’ underwear, made by the American
Hosiery Company, at 94c that sold for
sl.2s.—ad.
IUDDEN & BATES S. M. H.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES TT-o
DAY: Occasional rain; variable wind. 7?
coming northerly: much colder Ti...
night or Wednesday morning. s <Ly
VALUE OF THE
PIANO
IN HOMES.
"Young people are so constituted as to
require recreation. The parent that ig
nores this fact in the treatment of his
children does them as positive a harm
as If he neglected to feed and cloths
them. This recreation should be fur
nished them in their own homes. Hers
comes in the value of the piano or organ
as a household necessity. Furthermore
children need the reflnlng Influences ol
home music."
True, every word of It. Children
of ALL AGES, from Are to seventy*
five, need music In the home. Never
too old or too young to enjoy music.
The advice Is solid. Take
It, and buy the Plano. Our
very easy terms will help
you. Only 810 monthly will
buy a fine piano, or we will
rent you one for S3 monthly
until you are ready to buy.
in: s. i [
CLOTHING.
Off Johnnie’s Waist, and time to
go to school, too.
If Johnnie wore the Incom
parable Mother’s Friend Shirt
Waist—Well, they can’t come off.
Look at them. Get Johnnie an
Overcoat while you’re here.
MISCELLANEOUS.
It pays
to
Investigate.
Knowing - and
wide-awake
Housekeepers
when in want of
Any
Article
will look around and COM
PARE
prices
and quality
before buying.
We want to be put on
your list. We have the
quality, prices will talk for
themselves. Everything in
Household Hardware and
Crockery lines.
Jas. Douglass
CLOTHING.
HUMAN NATURE
Impels you to seek the best
possible value for the least
possible money.
IT FOLLOWS THEN
That you cannot afford to
buy any Clothing, Hats or
Furnishing Goods before
seeing our prices and quality
of goods.
~r
SEED.
RUST FROOF OATS
FOR SEED.
A LARGE lot of Geor*i raised Rust Proof
Oats. Also a lot of choice Texas
on hand and for sale in lots to suit purchasers-
These oats are exceptionally fine, and it
be to your advantage to call and examine w
fore making your purchases elsewhere
T. J. DAVIS,
Grain Dealer and Seedsman*
Telephone m. B*l IV*
THERES
BUTTON
GONE