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WALSH ON_THE TARIFF.
He Is lor Free Silver and a Good Big
Tax on Incomes.
The Senate Bill, He Says, Was the
Only Solution of the Tariff Situa
tion He Thinks Property Bhould
Pay Its Share Toward Supporting
the Federal Government—Wants the
State Bank Tax Repealed and Silver
Coined at a Ratio of 10 to I—A Large
Crowd at the Theater to Hear His
Speech.
Senator Patrick Y\ alsh spoke last night
at the theater to an attentive and en
thusiastic crowd of 800 people
He arrived from Augusta in the after
noon on the Central train
While waiting for the tram in Millen he
addressed a large crowd of democrats,
who called upon him for a speech
He was met at the depot here by Mayor
McDonough, Col. J. H. Estiil and Mr. P.
J. O’Connor aud was escorted to the lie
Soto. During the short time before his
appointment at the theater quite a
number of Senator Walsh's friends called
to shake hands with him
Shortly before 8:30 o'clock he was
escorted to the theater by a party of
prominent citizens who had gathered at
the hotel to extend him a greeting. Mr.
Walsh was loudly applauded as he ap
peared on the stage.
MB. DU BIONON PRESIDED.
Hon. F. G. dußignon presided at the
meeting and introduced the speaker.
Seated on the stage were about fifty of
Savannah’s prominent citizens, to whom
had been extended an invitation to be
there. In introducing Mr. Walsh to the
audience Mr. dußignon said:
"At no time in tho more recent history
of our country has the public mind been
so absorbed in i>olitical and economic
questions as it is at present Of courso,
there has always been fundamental and
radical differences between rival politi
cians and factions, but there exists to
day within the lines of party affiliation
honest differences of opinion upon ques
tions which vitally concern the people
and upon wnich the peoplo are anxious
for disscussion and enlightenment. We are
fortunate in having as our guest this
evening one so well equipped for this im
portant service, a distinguished citizen of
a sister city, a prominent member of the
Senate of the United States and a candi
date for his own successorsiiip in that
august assemblage, the Hon. Patrick
Walsh.
OX THE FINANCIAL DEPRESSION.
Mr. Walsh was loudly cheered as he
rose to speak. "I appear before vou to
night,” he said, "to discuss the leading is
sues of the day, and in pari to give you
an account of my stewardship while a
member of the United States Senate. ”
Mr. Walsh alluded to his work for
Georgia in aiding through the press and
otherwise in the development of the
state’s resources. The business interests
of eountries. he said, were so closely allied
and interwoven that a defect in one
affects another. He said recent causes
ana events had not had so much to do
with the depression that had existed in
this country as many supposed
He recalled numerous bank failures in
different countries within the last three
or four years, showing how they contrib
uted to commercial and financial disaster.
He spoke of vast speculations and land
booms as largefy responsible for it in this
country.
• I believe,” he said, "that the depres
sion through which we have just passed
has not been confined to this country, but
that it has extended throughout the civi
lized world. Ido not know but that this
city lias at some time been engaged in
speculation, although she is to-day one of
the most solid and substantial in the
country, and is making rapid progress
commercially and financially. [Applause.]
REFORMS PROMISED.
“YY’hen congress was called into session
in lusty this want of coutuleuee permeated
the country. The Democratic party had
pledged itsolf to many reforms, among
others to the reform of the tariff, and to
the free coinage of gold and silver, with
international agreement, or by throw
ing such safeguards around it
as would make a dollar in silver equal to
a dollar in gold. Now let us see what it
hasdoue. In 1880 Gen. Hancock was the
standard bearer of the Democratic party.
1 have no doubt he would have been
elected President had it not been for a
declaration he made, which I consider is
true. He said the tariff is a local issue.
The senators from Louisiana insisted on
having a duty on sugar; the men from the
iron and coal districts insisted on protec
tion.
that rice schedule.
“Here’s my friend Capt. Purse, who
wanted a duty of ]cents on uncleaned
rice. The Senate made it 1 cent and he
was Indignant; held a meeting of the
Commercial Club and loudly protested
aeainst the action of the Senate. When
the House passed the single bills on five
sugar, wire, coal and iron ore, my friend
sends me a telegram and says, Mon
day we will hold a meeting of the
Commercial Club and pass resolutions
urging our representatives to vote for
those bills; but be didn't want the duty
on uncleaned rice reduced below 1 cent a
pound. Tne democratic Senate bad to
harmonize all these local interests, which
shows how great were the ditilculties
under which the Senate labored.
“There were T 7 .senators who would
have enacted the Wilson bill into a law
immediately after it came into
the Senate, but the action of Senator
Smith and otneis made a compromise
necessary. It is a far better bill than the
McKinley bill, and it is better even than
the Mills bill. The democratic congress
has reduced the woolen schedule to such
an extent that the consumers will be
saved nearly *180,000,000 annually.
DOWN ON TRUSTS.
“I think, perhaps, it is well for the in
terests of the country that the Senate
bill was adopted rather than the Wilson
bill. For the interest of the whole coun
try it was best that the Senate bill be
adopted, because the Senate bill does
what the Wilson bill did not do provides
ample revenue for the country.
“All coriKirations formed for the pur
pose of increasing the price of a product
to the producer should be put down by
the stroug arm of the law l uder the
operations of tho McKinley bill the sugar
trust was formed. This trust received
anywhere from 000,000 to*;ni.(Xx>,OUO in
profits each year. The protits to the
sugar trust have been reduced to at least
*15.000,000. They ought to be abolished
altogether. J hazard nothing when I say
the sugar trust must go and give up its
hold upon the pockets of the people ”
A® un example of what the bill has
done, Mr. Walsh said, Mr YVanamaker
wag,advertising blankets at *2 t| lo
reduction having been made on account of
the turifl. He cited the statement of an
expert in tariff matters to the el
leet that the manufacturers ol this
country under the McKinley bill and tho
destruction of ioreign competition ex
torted from the pockets ot the people
more thau *2,(K)iuxkmkxi annually, and he
said, the Senate bill meant a ‘ saving to
duties 501 ’ 6 ° f * 7:,0 ’ 0,w - 00 ' 1 “ .vear on tariff
HIS TARIFF VIEWS.
“Some of tho iitople believed I was a
protectionist because I advocated so
the°s, K „ri ••‘m i '‘'!. us,nal development of
the south, Mr Walsh said, "but I huvo
never believed it right or just that the
federal government should take one dol
lar from the tiockets of the |>eople that
was not absolutely necessary for govern
mental expenses. That objection was
made when 1 was appointed, but I ac
cepted the appointment without any
: mental reservation. We must bow to the
edicts of our party and must accept its
verdict whenever it is expressed by a ina
-1 joritv of its members.”
•
BELIEVES IS AS INCOME TAX.
"Pitt." he said, "characterized the in
| come tax in England as a great engine of
finance Great Britain collects 4it per
cent, of her revenue from a tax on in
comes She raises 55 per cent, from ex
cise taxation on liquors and other luxu
rn s. England taxes liquor #2.50 a gallon.
Why should we uot do that and let sugar
come in free; Why could we not
tax beer *2 a barrel instead
iof #’. and lot sugar come in free' We
spend #205.000.000 a year for sugar and. as
1 learn. #206.000,0000n1y for Hour. In this
country we have taxed the poor man over
'*i per cent, under the McKinley act on
the necessities of life and only 37 per cent,
was put on the luxuries.
"The constitution of this state says
taxation shall be uniform U|>on all classes
of property according to value. Now, 1
want to know why this principle should
not be applied to federal taxation.
Under the McKinley law the masses
of the people were called on to
raise these millions of dollars they
were taxed on consumption. The army
and navy are supported for the benefit
and protection of the people and of prop
erty. Why should uot the property of
this iCO entry, the corporations which are
protected,, pay for tho support of these
branches’ lam not inimical to corpor
ator ns, but it is right and it ought to be
paid.
“There is nothing socialistic about this
tax. It is just. The wealth of the coun
try must ultimately bear its entire pro
portion of the support of the government.
I believe the income tax is a just tax, and
that it has come to stay. Instead of rais
ing $50,000,000, the government should
raise from au income tax *100,000,000 an
nually. Property should contribute its
full share to the support of the govern
ment, and it is surprising that
these principles have not been
applied before. Half the wealth is
owned by 50,000 of the people of the United
States, while the balance of the popula
tion has been paying the tax for the coun
try’s support. If the party had done
nothing but inject this wedge into the Mc-
Kinley bill it would have deserved the un
dying gratitude of the people.
NOT ENOUGH GOOD TO GO ROUND.
The financial question is one of tho
burning issues of the day. I never take
extreme Views on any question When I
find so many men in the partylopposed to
the free coinage of silver it gives mo
cause for serious reflection. All demo
crats will say they are bimetallists, but
they will tell you wo cannot have it alone.
’This country took up arms alone and won
its independence. It seems strange
to me that it is not able to
adopt a financial policy independent
of other nations. There is not enough
gold in the world to buy one-third of tho
railroads in the United States. There is
only #3,500,000,000 of gold in the world. Eng
land went to a gold basis because it was
to her interest to do so.
“This gold business he said was just
like two big men in the winter trying to
sleep under a small blanket. That’s what
Bismarck said. There's not enough of it
to go round.
“If we raised 6,000,000 bales of cotton in
stoad of 8,000,000 or 0,000,000, cotton
would go up to :to cents a pound, because
that is less thuti the world demands.
There wouldn’t be enough to go around.
Silver holds its own. Silver will buy as
much cotton or wheat to-day as it ever
did, but it's gold that’s gone up. From
1863 to 187 W the country was run on a
paper basis, a basis of credit, without
gold or silver.”
Mr. Walsh then cited some statistics
showing the prices of cotton, wheat and
silver in different years since 1872 in order
to show that it was not the purrhasiug
powerof silver that had decreased, but
that the value of gold had increased.
AN OUT AND OUT STAND.
“I myself would be in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, with or
without international agreement, but
with such legislative safeguards as would
preserve the parity of the two metals.
The ratio now is 18 to 1. and 1 do not see
how there can be contention about what
the platform says, when the practice is
18 to 1. Let the mints be open to the
free coinage of silver and you will see
more paid for cotton, for corn, better
business conditions, and tho south will
loom up us the most inviting section of our
countrv "
Mr Walsh painted a glowing picture of
the possibilities before the south, and
especially of Georgia, contrasting it with
the west, and showing it to oe by far tho
more desirable section. He deplored the
fact that land had been outlawed as cap
ital by the discriminations of the national
banking s . stem. Ho spoke of immigra
tion us a power in building up a country,
and said by bringing the right kind of
people into this section the arable
lands of Georgia could be increased in
value to *l2 or *ls per acre where they
now scarcely bring #. The railroads of
the west had, be said, built up that sec
tion by carrying people there; the same
mission is before the railroads of the
south and they must lend a generous
hand to the development of this section.
<ieorgia. he said, is a most desirable state
for settlement, and is a good tjeld for de
velopmcut and investment.
Mr. Walsh dwelt upon the progress
that was before the south and said he
believed a grander development and a
more lasting prosperity a waited its people
THE TEX PER CENT. TAX.
Senator Walsh said the 10 per cent, tax
on state bank issues was unconstitutional,
iniquitous and burdensome upon tlie peo
ple. Not a dollar of revenue, lie said, had
ever been collected from it, and its only
object was to break down the system of
state banks in order to give tho national
banking system full sway. He believed,
he said, that the federal government
would ultimately repeal it.
Senator Walsh referred briefly and
humorously to tho third party. There
can never be any but the two great par
ties which have existed since the founda
tion of tho government, he said, the re
publi an and democratic. Ho read a list
of the fanatical bills which the populists
have introduced in congress, showing
that while the party poses as an eeonomi
cal one these bills, which never got
beyond the committee room, contem
plated appropriations and expenditures
amounting to Lit),000,00(1,(XX).
Senator Walsh thanked his hearers for
tho attention they had given him. He
I said he was no dress parade orator, but a
plain, practical man, and ono of the peo
i pie. He said he had been in no hurry to
seek the office, and he was going to be in
no hurry about getting out of it. He said
J he had made a record, andoueof which
i his friends seemed and were proud.
"If the people see lit to re-elect me,”
, he said in conclusion "I will pliulge thorn
j to servo this great state and tills great
I eouniry willi-all the zeal and all the fidel
ity God has given me.”
Senator Walsh was loudly applauded at
many points of his speech, and ho was
warmly congratulated by several of his
friends at its conclusion.
He leaves tho city this morning on the
Central railroad for Atlanta where he
will speak to-night.
A Young Life Ended.
liOuls K., the It-months old child of
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Thee, died yes
torduy at tile parents’ home, Holton and
Burroughs streets, from whooping cough.
The funeral will lake place at 8:30 o'clock
this atlcruoou.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1894.
OEN. BRANTLEY’S CAREER.
He Was at One Time a Wealthly Citi
zen of Savannah.
Gen. W. F. Brantley, who committed
suicide in Philadelphia this week, is well
remembered by the old business men of
Savannah. He came here front Washing
ton county in the 'so’s, and formed the
; firm of Franklin & Brantley. His part
ner was a well to do citizen of TenniUe,
and a very excellent man. Their ac
quaintance with the people of the interior
and Gen. Brantley’s social and jovial
s nature soon brought to the firm a large
tra b-. and for several years it was the
largest cotton house in Savannah; every
thing apparently prospered with them.
Gen. Brantley, who got his military
title from holding the position of briga
! dier of militia in the up country, was
elected to several important i>ositioi;s.
i one of them that of director of the old
"Bank of the State of Georgia." which
was in those days considered the ultima
thuleof amerchant’sambition Heerectid
i a still handsome residence on Gastou
; street, second door east of Whitaker
| street, fronting the park, and was sup
posed to bo in everything the best type of
! a citizen. One morning in 1860 or’6l the
town was startled by the report that
Gen. Brantley had left the city and that
his financial affairs were not in good
shape. It was a nine days’ wonder, and
them like many another, he passed into a
memory.
Gentlemen who visited England after
the war, when they came back reported
that they had met Brantley in London,
and that lie was in very poor circum
stances. A few years after this here
appeared in Savannah and went into the
cotton business. Apparently he was the
same clever, jovial man as ever, and some
of his old friends helped him aiong; but
he did not succeed in business, and"again
left the city. Occasionally someone
would hear something about him, and it
was not more than a week ago when a
group of old acquaintances were talking
of Brantley, and a report they had heard
of his being a restaurateur. Their
opinion was that he ought to do well, as
he was quite an authority on gastronomy.
He was married twice. His second wife
was a Pennsylvania lady, which doubtless
accounts for his living in Philadelphia.
Despite of financial irregularities, Brant
ley’s happy face, portly form and social
ways made him a favorite among those
who were his intimates.
TWO SHIPS REPAIRED.
The Gate City and City of Macon to Go
Back on the Line at Once.
The steamship Gate City, which has
been laying up at New York for repairs
during the summer, will leave New York
to-day for Savannah. Ail her repairs
have been completed and she is again in
first-class condition and ready for busi
ness. The Gate City comes to Savannah
to get a northern cargo, but it has not
yet been determined whether she will go
back on the Boston line at once or begin
ou the New York line.
The City of Macon, which has been lay
ing up at Boston, will have her boiler re
pairs completed early next week and will
sail at once for Savannah. This will put
the whole fleet of the Ocean and New
England and Savannah steamship com
panies in motion, aud it is a time when
all the steamers are needed, as business
is rapidly picking up and every ship that
sails carries a good cargo. The pas
senger business lias been fair during the
summer, both north and south, but it will
pick up rapidly now, as the tourists will
soon be corning this way. The sailings
to New York will be increased next
week to four steamers per week. It only
takes a glance at the busy activity’ on the
wharf to see the large amount of traffic
that is being handled, and it is interest
ing to see the large number of laborers
who are on hand for work in the early
morning. The company is working a full
force.
SELLING LIQUOR TO BOYS.
The Next Grand Jury to Look Into
• the Matter.
The selling of liquor to minors will be
one of the matters before the next grand
jury The proprietors of several Brough
ton street barrooms and of the hotel bars
have been notified that they will be pre
sented to the grand jury, and an effort
will be made to secure indictments in
every instance where the law has been ]
violated.
A prominent citizen whose son, a boy of
17 or 18 years old, went home drunk a few j
nights ago in company with two or three
other boys of tho same age, went to the
proprietors of tho idaces where the boys
had been and notified them that the sell
ing of liquor to minors would be brought
before the grand jury, arid that if indicted
the barroom proprietors would be punished
to the extent of the law. The complaint
has been made that the barrooms openly
soli liquor tt> minors, boys who are not old
enough to be away from home at night.
“ the salo of whisky is bad enough any
way.” said the gentleman, “but when it
comes to selling it to boys not yet out of.
school it is time to call a halt.”
RED MEN INSTALL CHIEFS.
Savannah Tribe’s Leaders for the
Next Six Moons.
Savannah Tribe No. 4, I. O. R, M., met
at Odd Fellows hall last night. The fol
lowing chiefs were installed for the en
suing term:
Prophet—S. Buckwald.
Sachem G. W. Alley.
Senior Sagamore 1). T. Elliott.
Junior Sagamore J. B. Boggs.
Chief of Records (1. W. Griffith.
Trustee A. N. Mai.ucy.
inner Guard —L. Be.yer
Outer Guard James Gardener.
First Brave —George Schwarz-
Second Brave C. A. Jacoberson.
Third Brave J. A. Sawyer.
Fourth Brave William (Tr.
First Warrior—A. 0. Ham.
Second W arrior—P. M. Russell.
Third Warrior—C. B. Herb.
Fourth Warrior W. A. Smith.
Right Sanuap Waring Russell, Sr
i-eft Sanuap—J. S. Weeks.
A Souvenir of Pittsburg.
Ex-Department Commander T. F. Glea
son of the Grand Artuy of the Republic
of Georgia has received a handsome
souvenir of the receut national encamp
ment at l’ittsburg, Pa. It is a badgo
with a medal pendant from a miniature
I’llitod States Hag. above which arc two
bars. The bars and medals arc appro
priately inscribed and illustrated with
war scenes and incidents of tho
war. I lie medal and bars are made
from an old cannon from the
United States arsenal at Pittsburg
recently given to tlie grand army for tho
purpose for which it was used The
badge is in a case resembling a section of
a steel rail. The face of the case Is
steel, etched with scenes from Pittsburg
and vicinity. Tho souvenir is one of the
most novel of the many that have been
made in recent cars at tho meetings of
tlie national encampment.
Do not wear Impermeable and tight
titling hats that constrict the blood-ves
sels of the scalp. Use Hall's Hair Re
new or occasionally, aud you will uot be
bald ad.
Gall on us and leave your order for your
fall and winter suit to order. YVe aro
ready for your inspection. Ap|>el A
Schaul.—ad.
Annecy In Savoy, where Had! < arnot began
his career as an engineer on public works is
to have a monument in hts honor.
Don’t ask for “baking powder” simply;
Ask for ROYAL Baking Powder.
Otherwise the grocer may give you
some of the alum powders which will
spoil your food and make you ill.
There is no other compound or mixture that can take
the place of ROYAL BAKING POWDER, or
that will make cake, biscuit, griddle-cakes, doughnuts,
bread, etc., so light, sweet, palatable and wholesome.
Take no substitutes
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SPIRITS TARE A BIG JUMP.
The Factors’ Combination Lets Go
30,000 Casks at 24 1-2 Cents.
The Stock in First Hands Reduced to
5,000 Casks—The Factors Sell at
Considerably Below the Price They
Expected to Get for the Stock in
Their Hands—The Combination De
feated.
A sale of 30,000 casks of spirits turpen
tine was made here yesterday. The
price was cents a gallon. The trans
action amounted-to about #367,500.
The factors combination held a meet
ing in the afternoon to consider a bid
from two prominent buyers at the price
stated above, and after some discussion
agreed to accept the offer. There was a
stock on hand of over 61,000 casks, of
which about 35,000 casks were in first
hands.
The sale of 30,000 casks left 5,000 in the
hands of the factors.
After the sale was made it was ru
mored that there \vas a strong inquiry
for the product, and taat 500 casks were
sold at 24% cents a gallon. A bid for
I,<KK) casks at the latter price was also re
ported. As nearly ai! of the stock at the
ports is now in the exporters’ hands, it is
expected that there will be a gradual ad
vance in the price during the next few
weeks.
The price at which the stock was sold
yestetday is just 5 cents a gallon below
the combine’s highest figure, or a loss of
$25,000 on the amount the factors ex
pected to receive at the beginning of the
long and exciting tight. The expense of
holding the spirits during the summer re
duced the profits considerable.
Although the Several sales made duriutr
the past four months have been at a bef
ter price than would probably have been
realized had not the combination been
formed, the transaction of yesterday
shows that the supply and demand
governs the trade, and that the exporters,
backed by the consumers, hold the balance
of power. The light of the factors was
strongly made, but they have been
ultimately uefeated. They will now start
at the bottom again, and by inducing the
operators to curtail the production, will
endeavor to realiz.o better prices in the
future.
AT THE THEATER.
“The Girl I Left Behind Me” to Hold
the Boards To-day.
“The Girl I Left Behind Me” will be
seen for the first time by a Savannah
audience to-day. The initial perform
ance will be a matinee. To-night the sec
ond and only night performance will be
given. The play is not new to many thea
ter-goers who have seen it in New
York, where it was a great suc
cess at the Empire theater. The
plot of the piece introduces all the ele
| ments of western border life, without the
I blood and thunder that characterize most
plays of this class. There is a deep melo
drama scheme in the play that appeals to
the sympathies of the audience from be
ginning to end. Those who see the play
will see one of the pieces that has created
a sensation in tho theatrical world.
The sale of seats for A1 G. Field’s min
strels is now in progress. The company
will appear hero to-morrow night, it is
ono of the best known minstrel organiza
tions on the road and always plays to
crowded houses in Savannah. This year
it has added new features, which have
made the show better than it has ever
been.
FAIR WEATHER IN ORDER NOW.
A Breathing Sp 11 That Makes People
Satisfied.
There was little to complain of in tho
weather yesterday. While tho tempera
ture was several decrees above tho nor
mal nobody complained about it. The
I change from tho heat of a week or two
! ago and the bracing air, tlie result of the
heavy rains of tlie last low days, were a
welcome relief from the suifocuting heat.
The temperature went up to 80 ', and it
did not go below 70°. There were a few
showers in tho morning, but by midday
it cleared up and tile afternoon was clear
and bracing.
The indications at midnight were for
generally fair weather to-day, followed
by showers and slight changes in temper
ature, and northwest to north winds
shifting to northeast.
Tired, Weak, Nervous,
Means impure blood, and overwork or too
much strain on brain and body. The
only wa.v to cure Is to feed tho nerves on
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that tho best blood purifier, the lust
uerve tonic and strength builder is
Hood’s Sarsaparilla. What it has done
for others it will also do for you—Hood's
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A SECRETARY ELECTED.
Branches of the Southern Lumber Ex
. change at Neighboring Ports.
The board of managers of the Southern
Lumber Exchange yesterday secured
the services of Mr. Norton Frier
sou as permanent secretary of the new
organization, an account of which was
given-in yesterday’s Morning News.
Mr. Frierson is a member of the firm of
Frierson & Cos., which participated in the
organization of the exchange. Oapt. T.
S. Wylly. Jr., who acted as temporary
secretary while organization was being
perfected, was also elected one of the
board of managers, along with Messrs.
Perkins, Gray, Dixon and Cooney.
The board of managers will hold daily
meetings here to discuss the situation,
keep in touch with one another and to
see that the market holds its own. The
headquarters o# the exchange will be in
-Savannah. For the present the board of
managers are holding their meetings at
the oftice of Capt. T. S. W.ylly of the
Georgia Lumber Company, but it is the
purpose of the exchange to secure suita
ble rooms for the headquarters of the
exchange.
Branches of the exchange will be lo
cated at Brunswick, Fernandina and
Jacksonville. Many lumbermen who ship
to these points were in Savannah and
participated in the meeting at which the
exchange was organized. Many firms
who were not represented here at that
meeting will probably come into the ex
change. as it is for the benefit of all. A
condensed report covering all the pro
ceedings of the meeting will be sent out
to those men in the lumber trade who
were not represented at the meeting and
who have mills tributary to, or who ship
to Savannah, Brunswick, Fernandina or
Jacksonville.
It will be. seen that it is the object of
the exchange to take in all of the greater
part of the lumber trade in this section.
It is not the desire of the lumbermen,
however, to flaunt this organi/atiou as a
power in the land, and one which intends
to dictate to the people the prices which
they will have to pay for the product, nor
will it destroy competition. It is their
purpose, they say, simply to devise means
of correcting evils in the trade, and to de
vise a means whereby they can get a fair
return on their product. This, they be
lieve, they can do through a unison of ac
tion in this organization, much toward
remedying the evils with which they have
had to contend, and get something like a
fair return on their product.
THE IDEA TAKES.
The Freight Bureau M eeting Will No
Doubt Be a Large One.
The indications are that the meeting of
the business men and merchants inter
ested in tho formation of a freight bureau
for Savannah will be a large one. As
stated in the Moknino News yesterday it
is called at the city exchange for next
Friday at 12 o’clock.
The subject has already elicited much
discussion among the business men of the
city. Savannah’s business, it is found,
has been shut off to a greater extent than
has heretofore been imagined on account
of the discriminations in freight rates
agaiust this city. This statement, they
say. is not visionary, but is demonstrated
by the experiences of their own salesmen
who in many places supposed to be in Sa
vannah's territory, do less business than
do tho traveling men of houses from other
points.
The fight on the fertilizer rates which
at present allow Charleston to ship the
product into Savannah's territory, a
greater distance by 115 miles by the
shortest route, at the same rates, is not a
light agaiust Charleston altogether, but
on the work of the railroads. In the
same way Charleston fertilizers have
been kept out of the territory tributary
to that point on account of the fact that
Norfolk, Va., and other points have been
given an advantage in rates. By this
same principle if the efforts of tlioso in
teresting themselves prove successful,
Charleston should regain territory lost in
this way to Norfolk. The business men
here feel very kindly toward the Charles
ton people, who first took up the fight on
the cotton differential question, aud who
have carried it ou so far with so much
success. These are all matters which a
freight bureau would handle and there is
an earnest desire on itbe part of many
that it be established.
POPS TO HOLD A RALLY.
The Chatham Contingent to Make An
other Effort at It.
The populists of Chatham county, of
whom there are fifteen or twenty in all,
have rented the Catholic Library hall for
the night of Sept 27, and will hold a pub
lic meeting. It is not known as yet who
the speakers of the occasion will be. blit
the few populists here are making an ef
fort to enlist in their cause as many of
the republican votes us possible. Tho
meeting, coining as it does a few days be
fore the election, is undoubtedly intended
to draw, if possible, some few votes to its
ranks here for that time.
Once more, that’s awful good beer, the
St. Louis A. B. C. Roliemian bottled beer,
made by the American Brewing Com
pany. Smith Bros., Wholesale Dealers.—
ad.
Buy a Lot on Best Street.
Lots arc well located, terms easy, and
prices cheap. John L. Archer, lie Bryan
street. —ail.
M’NULTY STILL OUT OF SIGHT.
A Particular Friend Thinks He Has
Gone on a Spree.
Alexis McNulty’s disappearance in New
York is as much of a mystery thero as it
was the day it was announced. It was
stated that McNulty was short in his ac
counts as borough clerk of Rutherford,
aud that he owed considerable sums to
the insurance companies which he rep
resented. but later accounts say that his
indebtedness to the town is small, not
over $l5O, and that in license fees which
had been paid him, and which he had
not turned over to the town collector.
The insurance companies find that he
owes them only a few dollars. One com
pany has an account of SI.OO against him,
and another a few dollars.
The search for the missing man is being
continued. It was believed a day or two
ago that his body had been found at the
New York morgue, but an examination
failed to identify it as McNulty’s.
A New York expert opened McNulty’s
safe in the presence of the town official of
Kutherford, and one of McNulty’s sons
and other parsons. There was no money
in the safe, but all the papers and books
were intact, and were in good order.
McNulty's bank book shows that he
drew #SOO from tho bank on Aug. 22 ou a
check made payable to hintself, and an
other check lor SIOO a few days later.
This he no doubt used to pay up the in
surance policies, as the insurance agents
from the Sun ami Home companies yes
terday reduced the amounts due them to
$13.50 and $1.60 respectively.
The finance committee is investigating
the clerk’s accounts with theborough It
is said that his indebtedness in this re
spect will not exceed *l5O.
A particular friend of McNulty told a
ASorld reporter that it was hisimuression
the clerk was on a spree. “Surely he
would not leave town or commit suicide,
because he was behind in his accounts
not more than *3OO at the utmost,” con
tinued McNulty’s friend, and there many
others of the same opinion. The missing
man has property, and his sous are ail
holding good positions, It is the general
belief that McNulty will show up in a
few days.
TO KEEP THE CHANNEL OLEAR.
Pilotaga Commission Considering An
choring Vessels in Narrow Places.
Tho matter of the anchoring of vessels
in the narrow portions of the river, and
often in the channel, has been brought to
the attention of the pilotage commission
ers through a letter from Gen. G. M. Sor
rel, general manager of the Ocean Steam
ship Company, to Capt. J. F. Wheaton,
chairman of the pilotage commission,
with regard to the recent accidental
collision of the steamship Chattahoochee
with the Barnwell Island training wall.
To the letter were attached two reports
from captains of the steamers with re
gard to this matter,’and in his letter
Gen. Sorrel spoke about vessels anchor
ing in narrow places in the river, and
suggesting that it would he safer for all
and more advantageous should vessels
come to and anchor in the more roomy
places.
The accident by which the Chattahoo
chee struck the training wall st-ems to
have been due to tho fact that there was
a schooner and a bark In the river at
this point, and it was almost impossible
to got around them under tho circum
stances. The engineering operations
have walled tho river in and made it nar
rower, and while this gives the advant
age of deeper water, the channel is nar
rower and affords less room for vessels to
anchor in or near it. Even when they are
anchored outside the channel the action
of the tide often swings them around into
it. It is said that it is a very hard mat
ter sometimes at night to get by the
quarantine station if there are several
vessels anchored there. At the point
where the Barnwell Island training wall
was struck there is a sharp turn in the
river and, if the way is blocked, it is
quite difficult to steer around.
It was thought best to bring tho mat
ter to the attention of the pilotage com
mission and have the pilots instructed to
anchor \o3sels only in roomy places,
where there will be no danger toother
vessels navigating the channel. The
commissioners of pilotage now have the
matter under advisement. They held a
meeting yesterday af.ernoon and de
cided to see Capt. O. M. Carter about
the matter before any action is taken.
For rashes, pimplt* and blotches Ayer's
Sarsaparilla is an unequalled specific,
—ad.
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LUODEN A DATES 8. M. H.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES THUHs
DAY: Generally fair: followed hv show-™'
slight changes in temperature: noYthwev •
north winds; shifting to northeast.
THE STEINWAY PIANO
Note what artists have to say of it;
L \ w ° uld express my enthtSlasm TtT-!
jSptration and unbounded joy in iis ideal*
G64Uty of tone. i’a<tere\* *k'
To te the essence of poetry. It ß "Vr a
derail beauty and aymuathetic qua i ’
ns richness and gem like sparttle arA
[brilliancy arises from the perfect purity
,ot tlie component parts of the tone.
| Kfttlpoff.
j Have used the pianos of nearly~af
(Celebrated manufacturers, none possess
to such a marvelous decree that Sympa
thetic, poetic and tone whkh
distinguishes the Steiuway above an;
oth *l±- Patti. 1
The tore Is enchantingly sweet: Mruf
•ar in quaiitj* to that of a stringed in
strument. and to the human voice.
•*** tty.
Ihctr essentially noble "and poe'le
quality renders these instruments won
derfully sympathetic to me.
Gerster.
I prefer your piano fortes to all others’
on account of their sympathetic and
poetic tone. Mehliir.
Improvise, iteurs tlnd inspiration liTTts
powerfcl aud delicate vibrations: com.
posers a palette which will furnish the
thousand nuances required for the inter
premtion ol works enriched by the
modern conquests or instrumentation
Gounod.
Wondrous beauty of tone quality.
Soldi.
The tone is not only large and round I
but exquisitely sensitive an t fresh I
’lheso qualities make the Stein wav'
piano better adapted to caiitabile plav
lug at one extreme, and to the most l
passionate bravoura at the other, than'
any other piano I know.
Aus tier Ohe.
Wonderful sweetness. ihe tone
Hqutd, singing and harmonious.
Helmholtz.
I desire to express to you - frankly my
admiration of the noble singing' and
w onderfully sympathetic tone-quality of
your pianos, combined with an extraor
dinary volume of tono, enabling the
pianist to produce the most beautiful
lone effects, withal orchestral
Nikisch.
A fine stock of these superb instruments
always on exhibition In our warerooms
L. & B. S. m. H.
CLOTH NS. -
The
Dunlap
Hat
Is the hat of fashion. We
have all the fall styles in
stiff, soft and silk.
Remaining’ summer cloth
ing at merely nominal fig
ures.
UNDINE.'
Crushed Middlings Flour.
The only flour of its kind, and the bestot
any kind. It is made by a secret pro
cess known to but two persons.
sioo.ooo hos Been onsred tonne Knowledge.
“UNDINE is the best Flour ever soil
in this place.”—-L. McCrary & Son, Fowl*
town, Ga.
“The UNDINE gives perfect satisfaction.”
—J. B. Shearhouse, Guyton, Ga.
NOEL MILL CO.,
ESTILL .SPRINGS, TENN.
CLOTH NG.
WE + + * *
ARE ♦ ♦ +
BUSY * ♦ + *
Getting that large line of bar
gains in Children’s and Boys’
Suits ready for the grand open
ing on next Saturday. We
are surprised at the great
values which we shall otter.
You will be more surprised
than us. Don’t miss this un
precedented sale.
* * * APPEL
+* + &
♦ * ♦ SCKAUL
ETC.
RED RUST PROOF OATS
A select stock of Georgia and Texas seed*
Also home grown seed rye.
“OUR OWN" Cow Feed,
Corn, Oats, Ilran,
Hay, Chicken Feed, eto.
T. J. DH VIS,
Grain Dealer and Seedsman, IM Hay Street
Telephone 33 3.
HOW are your office supplies * Want any*
thing for next, month or In a hurry '
so,send vour orders for printing.lttoogr*>h*“s
and Mask Lamka to Morataa :!<nra,Sk*WM*
Us.