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THE LUMBERMEN ORGANIZE
The Sonthem Lumber Exchange the
Outcome of Existing Evils.
Mayor McDonough Elected President
of the New Company—lts Object to
Oorrect Existing Evils and to Devise
a Means Whereby the Lumbermen
Can Oet a Pair Return on Their
Product—lt Is Not a Trust, and Does
Not Propose to Do Any Arbitrary
Dictating,
The large manufacturers of yellow pine
lumber in this section, and many of
whom hare offices or connections in New
York, held practically an all-day session
at the De Soto hotel yesterday and organ
ired the Southern Lumber Exchange.
Among the large concerns represented
at the meeting were McDonough ,fc Cos.,
the Georgia Lumber Company, Cooney,
Eckstein & Cos., Dixon, Mitcheli & Cos., B.
B. Gray & Bro., R. M. Garbutt & Cos.,
Lang & Stacer. E. B. Hunting & C 6.. E.
E. Foy Manufacturing Cos., Perkins
& Cos., Geo. M. Brinson, Stillwell, Millen
& Cos., James Lumber Company and Fri
erson & Cos.
The lumbermen met in the morning and
did not anjourn for dinner until a o’clock.
They held another session in the after
noon, which lasted until about 8 o'clock.
MATO* M’DONOP(J.H PHE6IOP.HT.
Mayor J. J. McDonough presided at the
meeting, and permanent organization Was
effected by his unanimous election as
president of the exchange. Mr. T. J. Ag
new, of the firm of E B. Hunting & Cos.,
was elected vice president. Messrs.
Perkins, Gray, Dixon and Cooney were
elected directors. Mr. T. S. XVylly, of
the Georgia Lumber Company, was
elected temporary secretary of the ex
change.
Representatives of these firms have
been holding meetings here for the last
month, but they have kept the entire pro
ceedings secret, on account of the fact
that it was desired to perfect the organi
zation before it should become known.
The exchange was then only temporarily
organized.
About a year ago there was a movement
on foot to organize an association or trust
among the lumbermen, and it was thought
by some that this was the object for
which this meeting was held. But such
was not the case. The association con
templated at that time and which may
yet be organized was to take in all
the lumbermen of the country, and was
in the nature of a trust which, it is said,
is not the case with the Southern Lum
ber Exchauge. That larger association,
however, is merely being kept in abey
ance, and it is the object of tiiose inter
ested to perfect its organization at an op
portune time.
OBJECTS OP THE EXCHANGE.
President McDonough said la9t night
that the whole object and purpose of this
exchange was simply to correct the evils
that now exist in the lumber trade, and
to provide a plan or means b,v which tho
manufacturers of yellow pine lumber will
at least get a fair return on their product,
which, it is said, has not been the case in
the majority of instances in some time.
There has been more than one evil with
which the lumbermen have had to cope.
Outside of business they were friendly
enough one with another, but an evil
which has done the trade as much or
more damage than anything else
has been the wholesale cutting of
prices. This has been largely
due to the lumbermen themselves,
but often as much as anything else to the
efforts of representatives of large cor
porations to get their supplies as cheaply
as possible by insisting that the lumber
man would have to beat a certain price
before he could get the order.
NOT A TRUST.
President McDonough said the South
ern Lumber Kxchange was not a trust,
nor was it contemplated that it should be
a concern with arbitrary or fixed ideas.
It was not formed' he said for
the purpose of dictating to the
people what they should pay for
lumber, nor did it propose to advance
prices beyond a point where the lumber
men would be fairly reimoursed for what
they expend. Its object, he said, was
simply to devise some means whereby a
fair return could be obtained and to cor
rect the evils complained of.
The last two seasons have been pretty
severe ones with the lumber trade, and
firiees have been so low that there was
ittle money in the business. This
was perhaps the principal reason
which has led the southern lum
bermen to devise some means
for their own protection. The organiza
tion of this exchange, it is believed, will
eventually mean the formation of a scale
of prices, but its members say its purpose
is rather to stop the cutting of prices
than to dictate what they shall be.
A STORM MOVING THIS WAY.
It Will Cause High Winds and Cooler
Weather.
The information signal was hoistid
over the weather bureau office in the
board of trade building at 10:80 o'clock
last night. The storm, which has been
moving in this direction, was then cen
tral In Georgia and going northeast. It
will cause high northeast winds here,
shifting to northwest.
The indications at midnight were for
heavy rains to-day at intervals, followed
by clearing weather this afternoon;
warmer to-day and cooler again to mor
row.
The highest temperature yesterday was
78* and the lowest was 73°. The mean
was 1° below the average.
There were heavy rains west of here.
The heaviest was at Athens, Ga . where
*H inches of rain fell. It was a wet dav
in South Carolina. Allendale reported
inches of rain, Blackville 3>, inches
and Columbia a fraction over 3
inches. Charleston reported a little
more than IK inches. Florida also had
some rain. Titusville reported 3 1 4 inches.
No serious damage is reported so far ex
cept to the cotton crop, which has had
enough rain for awhile.
It rained in Savannah hard toward
night and most of the night. Night be
fore last also It rained steadily.
Funeral of Mrs. James Holland.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
James Holland took place at Trinity
church yesterday afternoon, Rev. J. O. A.
Cook officiating. The minister paid a
beautiful and well-deserved tribute to the
deceased lady. The church was filled
with relatives and friends. The inter
ment took place in the family lot in lau
rel Grove cemetery.
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NO NEWS FROM M’KULTT.
Hie Disappearance in New York Still
Unexplained.
Alexis McNulty, who disapi>eared in
New York last week, is still missing.
His family adhere to the belief that he
has been foully dealt with. A search of
the hospitals and morgues has been made
without obtaining any clew to unravel
the mystery. A general alarm was sent
out by Superintendent Byrnes' order and
copies were mailed to the chief of iolice
of every city within fifty miles of New
York. Mr. McNulty's sons have visited
every place where they could imagine
[ that he might have gone, all without
| avail. His wife has been made seriously
! ill by her anxiety, and the mysterious
j disappearance has given Rutherford its
greatest sensation for years
The Now York World says that in his
[ capacity as clerk of council of Ruther
| ford Mr. McNulty collected various dues
to tiie borough. These moneys should
have been turned over to the proper
authority, but the latter has not received
any money from McNulty since last
March.
Tue borough finance committee had
called on McNulty for an accounting. Ho
had promised to make a report, blit de
layed time aud again. Two months ago
his salary was stopped, and an attach
ment was issued against his private hank
account. To the surprise of the officials
McNulty’s bank balance was found to be
only S2O.
An ageat of the Home Insurance Com
paiu- was in Rutherford Saturday and
said that McNulty owed that company
between SSOO and SBOO.
The amount that McNulty owes the
town has not been stated, but there are a
good many people who connect the fact that
the borough officials had peremptorily or
dered him to make an accounting od the
day that he vanished with the fact of his
vanishment itself.
Hut there is no sign that anybody in
Rutherford has any idea where he is, and
his friends are loth to believe that he has
run away.
When he went from his home in Ruth
erford last Wednesday it was in response
to several telegrams signed "H. C.
White.” urging him to come thereforcon
sultation on important business, naming
first the Metropolitan hotel and then
room 15 in the Stewart building as meet
ing places. Nobody can find out anything
about Mr. H. C. White, either, or of tho
important business which Mr. McNulty
was to be consulted about.
Before he left home he showod the tele
grams to several people, remarking in
each case that lie didn’t know White and
couldn’t imagine what the “important
business” could be.
The tinancial operations of McNulty, as
stated in the World, doubtless account
for his disappearance. It was because of
certain doubtful transactions here that
he was obliged to seek a living elsewhere.
He was a man of good address and con
siderable ability, and apparently of good
habits, but he managed to spend more
than he mado and consequently got into
trouble. The finale of McNulty's sudden
disappearance Rutherford. N. .1.,
was not a surprise to those who knew him
when he lived here.
THOUGHT HE HAD SMALLS.
Detective Morgan Captures One of the
Screven County Desperadoes.
Detective Morgan thought he had Abe
Smalls this week hut instead he had
Bully Cant, one of the Screven county
desporadoes who terrorized that section
of the state about two years ago.
Several days ago Detective Morgan was
advised that a negro answering Smalls’
description was in the vicinitv of Ma
nassas, about fifty miles up the Savannah
and Western railroad. He carried a
Winchester rifle, which he was careful
never to let out of his keeping, and went
from one place to another, seldom staying
more than a night in a place. The people
in the section where he made his haunts
were in terror of him. He was reported
to have killed a man a short time ago at
Belknap, a short distance from Manassas.
Detective Morgan went up the road day
before yesterday to see if he could get
hold of Smalls if he was there. He found
that Smalls, as he was believed to be in
that vicinity, had been there a day or
two, and as usual, was heavily armed.
He had been slaying at a negro restau
rant near the station.
Just as the train pulled out of Manas
sas the negro Jumped aboard. Detective
Morgan, who was on the watch, had him
in short order. The negro had very little
to say. The detective saw at once that
it was not Smalls he had but some other
criminal beyond a doubt. He was pointed
out in a few minutes as Bully Gant. The
negro domed he was Gant. Ho said that
his name was Bully Williams. The sim
ilarity in the given names and the ap
pearance of the negro indicated, however,
that he was Gant.
As soon as ho got Ills man on the train
the detective searched him, as he
thought, thoroughly, but nothing was
found. On the way down the detective
found that In spite of the search the ne
gro was still armed. Thrusting his hand
into bis shirt he pulled out a big Smith &
Wesson revolver, which the negro had
concealed there. He was brought on to
Savannah and looked up. Sheriff Brooker
of Screven county was notified, and is ex
pected this morning to take charge of tho
fugitive, if be is tho man wanted, as
there is little doubt he is.
GOOD PRICES FOR RICE.
Talmage’s Sons’ Predictions for the
Season ■ Crop.
The condition of the rice crop and the
outlook for a short yield indicate good
prices. Talmage's Sons in their .last bul
letin say:
“Crop along the Atlantic coast (states
of North and South Carolina and Georgia)
well advanced and full of promise. Harvest
ing fairly started and grain at thresher
shows good out-turn in quantity and qual
ity. Total outcome estimated "at 1,800,000
bushels. As regards Louisiana, which is
the largest and most important rice grow
ing state, they say: While there are re
ports of untoward experiences by in
dividual planters, taken as a rule early
plantings are in good form aud white to
the harvest. Fields are generally clean
and freer from red rice than ever before.
Late plantings are making rapid strides,
but the outcome is problematical as it has
not headed and will not mature until Oc
tober, therefore menaced by possible
north winds which may check or kill.
Labor aud machinery are abundant and
the gratn can easily lie cared for as fast
as ready. Heavy rains early this week
compelled suspension of harvesting; dam
aged early crops in some sections, stalks
broken or whipped nearly clean of grain,
injury, however, as compared with the
whole crop was slight, aud full compensa
tion derived in benefits to late rice. Ksti
uiates regarding the outcome cannot be
safely enlarged from those given last
month.
"Kvery condition at the moment is fa
vorablo.and tho acreage planted under
favoring auspices should be good for a
yield of 1,500,000 sacks, but of this
amount only 1,000,000 sacks, say 4,000,000
bushels, is really assured. The total out
come of crop will not under any circum
stances fully meet Die consumptive de
mand of the United States, so that high
average prices are likely to prevail if
planters exercise dlsrret ion and deliber
ation in tho dlsjiosition of same.”
For Over Fifty Years.
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been used for children teething. It soothes
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cures wind colic, and is tho best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bot
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THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1894.
WALSH TO VISIT SAVANNAH
His First Speech of the Campaign to
Be Made To-Xight.
The Arrangements for the Meeting at
the Theater—Prominent Oitlaena In
vifed to Meet Mr. Walsh—Liberty
County Wanted Him Thtire To-Day,
but a Change in His Plans Prevented
His Reaching Here in Time to Go
Out.
Senator Walsh, who will speak at the
theater to-night on the political issues of
the day, will arrive in the city this after
noon. He will be mot upon his arrival by
a committee of gentlemen, his friends,
aud will be escorted to the De Soto. He
was expected this morning and arrange
ments had been made for his entertain
ment during the day. but he was detained
aud will not arrive until this afternoon's
train.
Hon. F. G. dußignon. chairman of the
county democratic executive committee,
will preside at tho meeting to-night.
Mayor McDonough, acting for the com
mittee which invited Senator Walsh here,
sent out invitations to a number of promi
nent citizens yesterday to be present at
the theater and occupy seats upon the
stage.
Among those invited are Hon. F. G.
dußignon. Hon. R. E. Lester, Hon. W. W.
Osborne, Mr. T. F. Screven, Mr. T. D.
Rockwell, Mr. J. J. Doolan, the mayor
and aldermen, and city officials, the
county commissioner* and county officials,
Capt. D. O. I‘urse, Mr. W. G. Cann, Hon.
T. M. Norwood, Gen. Henry R. Jackson,
Hon. Pope Barrow. B. A. Deumark, Esq.,
Col. W W. Gordon, Col J. H. Estili, Mr.
P. A. Stovall, W. W. Fraser, Esq.,
Col. Peter Reilly, Maj. E. Karow, A.
K. Lawton. Jr., Esq., Capt John Flan
nery, Capt. J. F. Brooks, Capt. W. D.
Dixop, Capt. W. S. Rockwell, Capt. H.
Kolshorn. Col. William Garrard, Capt. W.
W. Williamson, Capt. G. T. Cann, Capt.
T. S. Wylly, Capt. Heirue Gordon, Capt.
J. F. Wheaton, Maj. P. W. Meldrim,
Emile Newman, Esq., P. J. O’Connor,
Esq., J. R. Saussy, Esq.. W. G. Charlton,
Esq . W. W. Mackall. Esq., J. U. Ander
son, Esq.. Maj. John Schwarz, Mr. H. M.
Comer, Capt. R. G. Fleming, Mr. F. B.
I'apy, Mr. C. D. Owens, Mr. J. S. Col
lins, George W. Owens, Esq., Capt. J. H.
Johnston, Col. J. L. Whatley. J- F. B.
Beckwith, Esq., Mr. George S. Haines,
Capt. O. M. Carter, Maj. G. M Kyals,
Cant. H. C. Cunningham, Mr. I’. H. Gea
ron, Mr. S. P. Hamilton, Mr. M. B.
Lauo, Mr. W. W. Chisholm, Mr. W. P.
Bailey, Mr. W. F. Blois. T. S. Morgan,
Jr., Esq., Dr. B. S. Purse, S. B. Adams,
Esq., H. E. Wilson, Esq., Capt. Henry
Btun, Mr. J.C. Rowland,Mr.W.K. Wilkin
son, Col. John Screven, Mr. Luke Carson,
Col. .1. L. Warren, Mr. I'. F. Gleason, Dr.
William Duncan, Gazaway Hartridge,
Esq., Gen. P McGlashan. Mr. W. P.
Dowling, Mr. E. A. Leonard, Mr. J. J.
Dillon, G. B. Whatley, Esq., Dr. L. A.
Fnlligant, Mr. E. A. Well, Mr. W. H.
Baker, Mr. S. Meinliard, Mr. John Dris
coll, Mr. i. M. Prank. Mr. George Mover,
Capt. George W. Lamar, Mr. Lee Roy
Myers, Mr. W. W. Starr, Mr. W. J. Wat
sou, Capt. John Derst, Mr. B. Dub, Mr.
A. N. Manucy and Mr. C. F. Graham.
The meeting will be the first gun of the
senatorial campaign m Savannah, and
will be the first political rally at which
other than local speakers have been pres
ent. It will also be Senator Walsh’s first
speech of the campaign in Georgia. The
meeting will be at 8:80 o’clock.
Mr. R. M. Martin, Dr. T. S. Layton and
Mr. Donald Fraser of Liberty county ar
rived in the city last night aS a commit
tee from Liberty’s democrats, with a
lengthy petition to Senator Walsh urging
him to go to Hinesville this morning and
address the rally there, returning to Sa
vannah to-night in time for the meeting
here. The gentlemen were disappointed
in finding that Mr. Walsh will not reach
here until this afternoon, and they will
not be able to take him to
Liberty with them. The committee
will return to Hinesville this
morning, and will be accompanied by T.
S. Morgan, Jr., Esq., and Mr. P. A.
Stovall, who will address the rally on the
issues of the day. Several local speakers
will also be on hand. The barbecue
promises to be a big thing. “We believe
every democrat in Liberty county will be
there,” said one of the commmittee. Ten
beeves and twenty-five sheep and numer
ous pigs will be slaughtered for the hungry
crowd that is expected.
MR. TURNER TO SPEAK HERE.
The Theater Engaged for Him Mon
day, Oct. 1.
Hon. Henrv O. Turner has written to
friends in the city accepting the invita
tion extended him to appear before a
Savannah audience and discuss the pub
lic issues of the day. Tho invitation was
extended to Mr. Turner sometime ago
and he has just been able to arrange a
date, which will be Mouday, Oct. 1.
The theater has been engaged for Mr.
Turner on that uight, and there is no
doubt whatever that his many friends
here will turn out en masse to hear him.
The views of Savannah's leading busi
ness men, as well as those prominent in
public life, are in ac< ord with those of
Mr. Turner, and his following here is a
strong one.
The friends of Hon. L. F. Garrard also
are in correspondence with him now, and
are making an effort to have him arrange a
date to api>ear here. Mr. Garrard has
not been heard from as yet, but it Is be
lieved that ho can arrange to make an ap
pointment for Savannah. If he does, he,
as well as Senator Walsh, will probably
speak before Congressman Turner.
Mr. F. G. dußignon, the chairman of
the democratic executive committee of
the county, will be asked to preside at
both meetings and introduce both Mr.
Turner and Mr. Garrard. There seems to
be a disposition here among those
prominent in political circles re
gardless of personal preferences
in connection with the office
of United Stutes senator, to have each of
the aspirants address the people of Sa
vannah on the public issues of tho (lay.
Tho representatives from this county, so
fur as is known, while they may have
their preferences, are not committed to
any or tho candidates, and to that extent
Chatham county may be looked on as
missionary ground.
Asa big democratic rally had been
planned for Sataunali tho Monday night
before the election, it is likely that the
theater will be well crowded and Mr.
Turner w ill be tendered an ovation. This
will be tho sort of a rally that Chatham
will appreciate.
CITY BREVITIES.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Savannah cotton mills will be held
at 8:80 o’clock this evening.
Tho steamer Alpha has discontinued
her Saturday trios to Uluffton. The now
schedule is published in this issue, and
shows that the steamer will stop at Bluff
ton hereafter on both trips to and from
this city.
The torture of dys|H'psia and sick head
ache, the agouizlng itching and pain of
salt rheum, are removed by Hood's Sarsa
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TOOK POISON AND DISD.
W. F. Brantley Ends His Life Because
He Oouldn’t Raise $23.
The Philadelphia Ledger prints the
following account of the suicide of a for
mer Savannabian:
Because of financial difficulties W. F.
Brantley, aged 63 years, who lived at St.
Alban's Hotel, Walnut street, above Sec
ond, ended his life in his room at that
place by taking poison. While everything
points to the belief that the fatal draught
was swallowed some time during Friday
afternoon, the body of the suicide was not
discovered until yesterday morning.
•‘Brantley was"born and reared In Sa
vannah. Ga., and was it is said, at one
time quite wealthy. When the fortunes
of war turned against the south his money
was swallowed up in financial reverses,
and since that time he has been compelled
to work for a living Some months ago
he rented the dining room of the St. Al
bans hotel, but for some reason or other
was unfortunate in money matters and
was compelled some few days ago to give
up his lease.
"He weighed more than :!00 pounds, and
was of a very jolly disposition. Fre
quently he made threats to people about
the hotel that he would commit suicide,
but his laughing face seemed to make
sport of such words. Thursday evoning,
while talking with W. E. Kirbyshire, a
clerk at the hotel, he repeated the often
made threat, but no notice was taken of
it. The following morning a chamber
maid, who went to his room to make the
bed. found he had not vet arisen. iAter,
when she went back to the room, she
found he had locked the door.
"While passing the room yesterday
morning Mr. Kerbyshiro was attracted
b.y a peculiar odor, which seemed to come
from boneath the door. He peered
through the key hole, but, as he could
not get a good view of the room in that
way, he descended the fire escape from
the first floor above, and, upon opening
the window, found Brantley on the bed
covered with a sheet. He had evidently
been dead some time, judgiug from the
condition of the body.
"Upon the washatand in the room were
two empty bottles which had contained
drugs, and upon the bureau, so placed
that it would attract attention, was the
following letter, dated Friday morning,
and addressed to F. L. Lippincott, 718
Market street:
"Dear Al.: I have tried hard to suc
ceed, but fate has been against me.
Twenty-five dollars would have saved me,
but I could not raise it. May God have
mercy upon my soul.”
A postscript to the letter contained a
request that his body Go cremated. The
only relative Brantley is supposed to have
in this city is a niece who resides in West
Philadelphia.
There were a number of Brantlo.ys in
Savannah before the war. One of them
was a druggist, another a physician and
another was engaged in busiuess on the
Bay. It is so long ago that few people
have any distinct recollection of the
families.
AT THE THEATER.
“The Girl I Left Behind Me” to Be
Here the First Time To-morrow.
The next attraction at the theater is
“The Girl I Left Behind Me” to-morrow
matinee and night. The play is
anew one to Savannah, never
having been seen here before. It
is anew thing in border drama.
The play takes place out west
on the border. It possesses a
scout, Indians, and the most
thrilling of hair-breadth escapes, conse
quently is a border drama, hut the scout
is a well-disciplined military scout, whose
rifle, instead of being discharged every
four minutes, serves only as an adjunct
to his pioturesque costume. It is not the
class of border drama that always makes
the gallery gods howl with savage delight,
and the rest of the audience wish it were
a hundred or so miles away, but a play
that has all the elements of real life on
the border in it. There are some un
pleasant parts in the play-that
is, unpleasant from the standpoint
from which they are played.
Mr. Nelson Wheatcroft, who created the
part of Lieut. Morton Parlow, when the
piece was produced at the Empire theater
in New York, had uncommonly unpleas
ant duty to perform. Parlow is not only
a villain, but a coward who tries to throw
the blame for his cowardice upon an inno
cent rival. He leaves the stage execrated
and despised by every one. It surprised
nobody when, after playing Parlow for a
few months, Mr. Wheat roft asked to be
relieved. The man is a despicable wretch.
The better the part is played the more
contemptible he becomes to the audience.
At the same time that Mr. Wheatcroft
disliked to play the part, ho admitted
that there was a certain artistic pleasure
in making it true to the life, no matter
how loathsome Parlow might become.
An actor can almost feel how the audience
regards him: he does not need a shower
of rotten eggs or a dead cat to realize that
he is hated. A subtle magnetic influence
tells him the truth. But it wears upon a
man to feel that he is despised, so the bet
ter the part is played the more painful it
becomes to the actor as well as the
audience. "The Girl I Left Behind Me”
has so many strong types of men in it
that the mean villainy of this poor coward
Parlow is all the more conspicuous.
A1 G. Field's Minstrels will bo hero
Friday night. Somehow or another the
tone or merits of a minstrol company is
judged by its band and parade. Ik>tthis
be a fair criterion or not, it is tho rule
that has been applied lti this city, at least.
Past experience has taught the people
that it is a pretty good rule to go by If
the band is poor, music being the basis of
a minstrel performance, it is pretty sure
to follow that the musical portion of the
programme will not be up to the standard,
it is claimed the band with tho Al. G.
Field Minstrels and Pantomime of Alad
din, is one of superior excellence. The
parade aud baud concert will take place
Friday at II:30 a. m.
FOR ITALIAN IMMIGRATION.
The Work of the Bureau on Ellia
Island, N Y.
Capt. L. Trapani, representative of the,
Italian government at this port, has re
ceived official notification of the estab
lishment of the Italian immigration bu
reau, authorized both by tho Italian gov
ernment and the United States bureau of
immigration, on Kills island, in New
Y’ork.
Tho object of the bureau is to afford to
incoming Italian immigrants information
and protection, and to guard them against
unscrupulous labor middlemen and simu
lators, and to direct them so far as i>ossi
blo out of the crowded centers of popula
tion. where they can secure honest and
comfortable livelihoods.
It Ls the purpose of the bureau to call
upoa the governors of states, mayors of
cities, boards of immigration, agriculture
and trade, tho transportation lines, and
such corporations and individuals as may
aid the bureau in offering inducements to
immigrants for settlement and employ
ment. The preference is given to tho
western and southern states.
It is claimed that Italy furnishes a con
tingent of immigrants 90 per cent, of
whom arc good land tillers and laborers
The various organizations of tho couutry
in sections desiring immigration are in
vited to send to the bureau maps, circu
lars and general descriptive matter of the
sections they represi tit.
Buy a Lot on Best Street.
I kits are well located, terms easy, and
prices Cheap. John L. Arcnor, 118 Bryan
street.—ad.
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FREIGHT BUREAU WANTED.
A Meeting at the Exchange Friday to
Discuss the Need tor IL
Results of President Purse s Confer
ence With the Railroad Commis
sioners in Atlanta-Statistical Ta
bles of Discriminations for the
Commission’s Perusal -A Meeting
to Be Held in Atlanta Next Tuesday
With a View of Correcting the
Errors.
A meeting of all the prominent business
men, shippers and others, interested in
the movement to organize a freight bu
reau for Savannah, will be called to meet
in the long room of the city exchange
noxt Friday at 12 o’clock noon.
The meeting will be called by the cot
ton exchange, tho board of trade and
the mayor, as representing the business
and other interests of the city, and it will
consider the expediency of at once or
ganizing a freight and transportation bu
reau for Savannah.
The meeting will include merchants,
manufacturers, contractors, shippers,
capitalists and every class of business
men who aro m any way affected by
freight rates. All the business interests
are to fall in line in this movement, and
it is predicted b.y the movers that it will
be a matter of only a short time oefore
the bureau is organized, just as has been
the case in New Orleans, St. Ixniis, IjOU
isville, Cincinnati and other places which
have agitated the matter.
BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
Capt. D. G. Purse returned to the city
yesterday from Atlanta, where he ap
peared before the railroad commissioners
with regard to the matter of freight
rates to and from Savannah, in which
there were discriminations against this
city. He presented a most formidable ar
ray of facts and figures in support of the
argument in Savannah’s favor.
For instance, he showed that the rate
from Savannah to most all of tho interior
points in the state, especially the junction
points, were greator in almost every in
stance than tho rates from those compet
ing points to Savannah. Beer, from Sa
vannah to Atlanta, is 26 cents per 100
pounds, while from Atlanta to Savannah
it is 19 cents. Coffee is 33 cents from Sa
vannah to Atlanta, and 80 cents from At
lanta to Savannah. Flour is 40 cents out
of Savannah and 86 cents from Atlanta
here. In the case of meat and lard there
is a difference of 5 cents per 100 pounds
against Savannah, and rice, which is one
of Savannah's own products, goes from
Savannah to Atlanta for 20 cents, while
it comes here from Atlanta at cents.
THE RATE ON BEER.
Norfolk (Va.) ships beer to Atlanta at
the same rate that Savannah can ship it,
although the former point is twice tho
distance. Flour from Savannah to Mo
bile is 70 cents per hundred, while from
Mobile to Savannah it is 30 cents; to New
Orleans it is 70, and from New Orleans to
Savannah it is 38 cents, and to Montgom
ery it is 40 cents, while from Montgomery
here it is 30 cents. The same discrimina
tions are found in the comparison of rates
to and from Savannah to and from almost
every competing point in the south.
Those Capt. Purse had well tabulated
and submitted them to the commission
ers. Especially remarkable was the
showing made on fertilizers, which dem
onstrates that Charleston can ship fertil
izers into Savannah's territory at the
same rate at which they are shipped from
Savannah, although it is 115 miles nearer
by the shortest route, while Savannah
fertilizers must pay an average of 30 cents
more per ton when they are shipped into
Charleston’s territory.
SAVANNAH SHUT TN.
Thus it would seem Savannah is made
a dumping ground for freights from other
points, but with little chance to send out
her own stores. Capt. Purse went be
fore the commissioners to confer with
them and to obtain information as to how
Savannah should proceed to get relief
from such discriminations.
The commissioners said they would
look into the matter of the rates as pre
sented as far as they were within the ju
risdiction of the commission and would
see that the discriminations are removed.
It is said to be a rule of tho commission
that for the same distance tho rate must
be the same in both directions. The com
mission, it seems, has dealtf leniently in
fixing tho rates for the railroads, and to
an extent which the railroads do not
seem to desire to take advantage of.
They are allowed, for instance, to charge
MS cents per hundred on beer between
Savannah and Atlanta, but instead of
that the charge is 36 cents from Savan
nah and 19 cents from Atlanta to Savan
nah.
ASKS EQUAI, RIGHTS.
Savannah is not asking a reduction of
rates on the part of the railroads, but
simply that the same rate be charged In
opposite direction over the same line. The
result of Capt. Purse s conference with
the commission is that a meeting of all
the railroad men interested lias been
called in Atlanta next Tuesday to meet in
the commissioners’ room at the capitol.
All the lines against whom discrimina
tions are charged have been called on to be
represented, and at that time Capt. Purso
will appear and present the arguments in
behalf of Savannah. Capt. Purse, says
his visit to Atlanta and his conference
with the railroad commissioners had
nothing whatever to do with cotton dif
ferrentials.
EXPERIMENTING IN COTTON.
What a North Carolina Agricultural
Theorist Is Doing.
There is a man in North Carolina who
hns been experimenting for a number of
yoars in planting cotton. He Is trying to
increase tho growth of bolls, so as to dis
pense with so many stalks. To that end
lie has deposited 100 pounds of manure
to eaeh stalk in a patch of 100 plants, and
his object is to raise 100 pouuds of seed
cotton to the stalk The Morning News
informant who worked in Ills priuting
office getting out uu agricultural paper for
him. says that the plants have grown to
such an enormous size that, tielng planted
in a circle around his office form such an
umbrageous shade that in tho most tor
rid weather the surroundings
are ns cool and as pleas
ant as April. The gentleman who, bythe
way. is a printer, says he has seen him
guther his crop, and that he had a heap
ing pile that he gathered from each stalk
of the cotton, but lie never would let any
one know how much it weighed.
• Why, sir.” said the grntloman. “there
was no counting them bolls. 1 reckon it
took him nigh on to a whole day to gather
them from one single stalk. And big
ones, myl”
As be finished he turned around to the
gentlemen ho wus talking to, but thero
seemed to be a total absence of listeners
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Miss Lillie Williams of Macon, who
has been sick at Mrs. Saverese's, has re
covered.
Mr. Edward S. Elliott, who has been
in the north and east on a month's vaca
tion. has returned to the city.
Capt. James Lachlison of Darien was in
the city yesterday in attendance on the
funeral of his aunt, Mrs. James Holland.
Mr. Vincent L. Starr of New York is in
tho city. He looks just as young as ever.
His fifty odd years don t count against
him.
Mr. Frank O'Donnell of Asheville. N.
C., is in the city spending some time with
his friends of whom he bus a large num
ber here.
G. N. Saussy, Esq., of Tallahassee,
Fla., who has been spending a few days
in this city, his old home, returns to
Florida to-day.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Cotton States and International Exposi
tion held in Atlanta Monday Capt. D. G.
Purse of this city was elected one of the
honorary vice presidents of the company.
Mr. Walter S. Wilson, who was elected
principal of Chatham grammar school No.
2at the recent meeting of the board of
education, is a son of Mr. S. A. Wilson, a
prominent citizen of Effingham county,
and not of Gen. Claude Wilson.
Mr. Jacob Paulsen left last night on the
steamship City of Birmingham for New
York, where he goes to meet his family
on their return from Europe. He will
also go to Camden, N. J., next Tuesday to
be present at the launching of the Propel
ler Towboat Company's new tug, the W.
F. McCauley.
Dr. C. H. Colding has opened an office
at No. 103 Jones street. Dr. Colding was
for many years the physician in charge of
tho Savannah hospital, ami since his
resignation has been living in Pooler. Ho
is a physician of long practice and large
experience, and his return to the ranks of
the medical fraternity of Savannah will
be welcome news to his friends.
Mr. M. J. Solomons, secretary aud
treasurer of the Chatham Real Estate
aud Improvement Company, returned
home a day' or two ago. He went as far
north as Canada, but spent the better
part of his holiday with members of his
family residing in New York. He reports
having a most enjoyable outing, but was
glad to get back home, just the same.
THREE MORE LUNATICS.
A Competent Jury Said the Three
Unfortunates Were Insane.
Judge Ferrill held three lunacy trials
at the jail yesterday afternoon. William
Doe was charged by his brother Thomas
with being insane, and it was shown that
he had a sort of a wild desire to preach
and talk religion without any apparent
cause for so doing. Frequently he would
manifest his feelings on this subject in a
violent manner.
Theiother two subjects,all of whom were
colored, were women—Amanda Burns,
who was at times violent and imagined
all sorts|of queer things, and Josephine
Houston, who was rather an imbe
cile. There were several witnesses
in each case, and Dr. T. B.
Chisholm, who had examined them,
testified that they were all undoubtedly
insane. The trio were adjudged lunatics
by the jury, and if arrangements can be
made they will be sent to the state asylum
for care and treatment. The jury
was looked upon as competent
to pass upon all cases of
sanity or insanity that might come before
it. It consisted of Messrs. J. Brodie
Jones, John T. Rowland, G. W. Walthour,
A D’Antignac, M. F. Molina, Jack
D'Antignac, J. F. I-ewis, T. B. Marshall,
H. J. Thomasson.JW. H. Strickland.W. B.
Adams, Jr., and Dr. T. B. Chisholm.
ON NORTHERN DIAMONDS.
Results of the Day’s Games in the
National League Cities.
Washington, Sept. 18.—Games of base
ball were played to-day with the follow
ing results:
CLEVELAND BEATS BROOKLYN.
At Cleveland—First game. it H E
Cleveland 10 111 00 2 *—o i:t i
Brooklyn 0000 30 0 0 o—3 9 4
Batteries—Young and Zimmer; Daub and
Bailey.
VICE VER SA.
Second game— R h e
Cleveland 01 00000 o—l 1 3
Brooklyn 1000310 2—7 15 0
Batteries—Cuppy and O'Connor; Lucid and
Kinslow.
Called on account of darkness.
NEW YORK BEATS CHICAGO.
At Chicago—First gamo H H E
Chicago 0 0 000102 o—3 5 5
New York 00000130 o—4 7 4
Batteries—Terry and Sohrivcr; Ruste and
Farrell.
GOTHAM WINS AGAIN.
Second game— R h e
Chicago 302 t o—6 11 5
New York 4 20 3 o—9 II 0
Batteries—Griffith and Schriver; Clarke
Meekin and Farrell.
PHILADELPHIA BEATS CINCINNATI.
At Cincinnati—First game. R h e
Cincinnati 2000 00 0 1 I—4 4 2
Philadelphia 1 020 0 0 2 2 3—lo 15 3
Batteries—Fisher n 1 Merritt; Taylor and
Clements.
At <'in< innatl—iSecond gamel—Cinclnnatt-
Phlladelphla game declared off on account of
bad grounds.
BALTIMORE DOWNS PITTSBURG.
At Pittsburg—First game. R n e
Pittsburg 1 4 0 12 o—B 13 S
Pallimore 433 0 3 a— lt 13 3
Batteries—Humbert. Coleolough and Weav
cr; Gleasoh and Clark.
Game called on account of rain.
At Pittsburg 'Second game)—Pittsburg-
Baltimore game was postponed on account of
rain
ST. LOUIS BEATS BOSTON.
At St. Louis— R H E
St. Louts 0000 40 0 0 I—s 7 3
Boston 20100100 o—l 10 1
Batteries Breltensteln and Twlnoham-
Stivetts and Ganzcl
WASHINGTON DOWNS LOUISVILLE.
At Louisville— R b E
Louisville 0 2 00020 o—4 X 2
Washington 1031310 o—9 7 1
Batteries Wadsworth and Lake; Mercor
and Dugdale.
Gamo called on account of darkness.
AN ODD SUICIDE.
Low Price of Cotton Too Much for a
Colored Farmer.
Macon, Ga., Kept. 18.— Bose Woodsnu,
colored, 41 yoars old, wife and six chil
dren, living In the Warrior district, killed
himself to-day on account of the low
price of cotton. Woodson was a farmer,
and lived fourteen miles from Macon. He
owns a farm, aud was out of debt till last
year. Saturday ho came to Macon paid
up all his debts, having three bales of
cotton left, ilc said the price was too
low to sell, and brooded over the matter
till to-day, when he committed suicide bv
shooting himself. *
Ihe populist nominee for county superin
tendent of Instruction In Ness county, Kan
sas, is a 17 year old girl.
, . LUOPEN * BATES S. ffi. H.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES WFn
NKSDAY: Bain, heavy at Intervals dur 8.
to night tTues.iayj and Wednesday more : .
followed by fair weather Wednesday a ,*■
noon or evening; slightly warmer Wei- ,
dav afternoon: slightly cooler Wednes.i .
night: high southerly winds, shifting tl
northwest. *
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ON NEXT
SATURDAY
We will display the im
mense stock of Chi dren’s
and Boys’ Suits, which we
have bought from a New
York firm retiring from
business. They are all new
goods. The lot is larger
than we expecled and will
take us a few days fo get
the bargains ready for ex
hibition. They will be
ready for you
ON NEXT
SATURDAY
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taken as directed and you
are not benefited we will
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