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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEWS OF THK TW O STATES TOLD It
PARAGRAPHS.
VrOrldr Falla to Gal n Yrrdfrt
Again*! thr Groririn Sunlhrra Rail,
road In Hla Snlt for Dnmngt-n for
Injuries Alleged to llavr Horn Snf.
frrrd In lieing Thrown From a
Train—Mr*. Potter Palmer - *
Morlil'a Fair fT\|>o*ltlon Dealt 1 oni-
Ing to Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
Counterfeit silver dollars are in circu
lation at Amertcus.
An amateur photograhpcr’s association
Is the latest organization for Brunswick
There is a project on foot to have a mili
tary encampment at .Macon, during the
Peach carnival.
At Macon nearly every day there is some
transaction in real estate. Property Is con.
staniijr changing hands which shows a re
vival in business ami an upward tendency
In the real estate market.
J. H. Rainey was arrested in Lexington
Wednesday. He killed a negro in Wilkes
county several montiis ago, but It was sup
posed that he had left the state. He got
In the altercation over the sale of a pistol.
Henry Ernest Wilkes, the 10-year-old son
of Frank Wilkes of Atlanta w as badly hurt
Wednesday afternoon by being thrown
from a swing in the yard at his Borne. One
of his shoulders was dislocated, one knee
joint badly hurt and one rib broken.
Judge B. U. Hardaway of Thomaston
died Thursday morning Ht 5 o’clock. He
was siek with dropsy of the heart for
many years. He was a leading member
of the loeal bar and was twice appointed
Judge of the county court in Upson coun
ty.
Janies A. Davis, president of the At
lanta Water Wheel Company, is accused
by E. M. Whitehead and Linder & Clark,
of Dublin, of selling them turbine w heels,
receiving payments on accounts and fail
ing up to date to deliver the wheels. The
matter will be fought out in the courts.
It is quite probable that the Houston
county teachers will he Joined in their
annual institute by the teachers of Ma
con and Taylor counties. Commissioner
Dew says arrangements have been about
completed for the institute to be held at
MarshallviUe during the week beginning
June 17.
About fourteen miles from Brunswick, on
the South Brunswick Terminal railroad,
an aged gentleman named Taylor Is in
the merchandise business. Late Monday
night a burly negro eniered the store arid
threatened to kill the proprietor unless he
handed over all the cash, which was
promptly done by the old man. The amount
was 128. The thief also carried off two
Winchester rifles and two tine pistols.
In.the superior court at Macon Wednes
day in the rase of Aleck Mcßride vs. Geor
gia Southern and Florida railroad for sl.v
-ftlO damages, a verdict was rendered fan
the defendant. Mcßride claimed that liwl
Was kicked off the train by a • conductor
for not having a ticket, though he offered
to pay his fare in cash. In falling one of
his legs was run over by the ear wheels
and had to he amputated. Mcßride could
not sustain his allegations.
The desk which was usrd hy Mrs. Potter
Palmer at the World’s'Fair w ill be sent to
Mrs. Joseph Thompson to use during the
Atlanta exposition. The desk In question
was carved by a young woman of North
Carolina and is not only beautiful from an
artistic point, but is interesting as a his
torical reiib. The gavel that Mrs. Thomp
son uses in calling her meetings together
Is made of wood from Gen. Jackson's old
home and is sent by 'Mrs. Donaldson of
Tennessee.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Barnesvllle Underwear mills has been held
and new officers and board of directors
elected. At the meeting the following gen
tlemen wore elected: President, D. Kauf
man; vice president, J. W. Hanson; secre
tary and treasurer. B. W. Elder; hoard of
directors. D. Kaufman. J. W. Hanson. It
W. Elder, Joseph Hlrseh. It. L. Hwatts,
■William Gee and M. L. Hlrseh. it is the
purpose of the m-w organization to In
crease the capacity of the mill to double
what it now Is.
The Phenix City Railway Company,
which will operate electric lines In Phenix
City and Girard,Ala., Just across the river
from Columbus, has been organized, tlie
majority of the officials and members of
the board of directors being similarly con
nected with the Columbus Railroad Com
pany. The Phenix City Railway Company
will begin at once the erection of two
lines, one to extend down the river into
Girard, and the other out to the plant of
the Chattahoochee Brewery, west of Phe
nix City. A park will lte arranged at the
brewery, and it is possible that a beer
garden may also be established there.
One day in the near future Clerk H. M.
Broadweli and Editor George D. Rucker,
of the Alpharetta Free Press, will have
a chopping contest. They have agreed to
the contest and have placed in F. M. Ram
sey's hands a $5 forfeit to he paid to the
winning party if one or the other of them
should hack out. The contest is as fol
lows: H. M. Broadweli and George D.
Rucker have agreed to cut stove-wood
ten hours, the wood to he cut belonging to
Rucker. If Broadweli shall rut as much
wood in the ten hours as Rucker ruts in
the same time, then Rucker is to pay
Broadweli $2 for his day's work; but if
Rucker shall cut more wood than Broad
well, then Broadweli* day's work is to
cost Rucker nothing.
A fine milch cow, the property of W. D
King, of Tweed, came to its death in a cu
rious manner one day last week. While
grazing In the woods the bell knocker was
lost and Mr. King wanted to replace an
other bell on its neck. His son threw her
to the ground with the agility of a Texas
cowboy and roped her securely. She
couldn’t bear this familiarity and began to
kick like a wild broncho, driving her horns
deep in the earth, pawing and rolling from
aide to side and making fight at the bovs
eVery time they approached. Whenever
they moved their positions she would go
through the same hysterical evolutions.
She continued this until death relieved her
agonies.
An independent steamboat company has
been formed at Apalachicola, having at its
head william Gaines and Horace Pryor.
In the near future the company will
build and put upon the river a boat of
light draught to ply between Albany and
Apalachicola. It will be constructed some
what after designs exceptionally service
able in low water. The boat will be built
on this plan especially for the traffic, above
Balnbridge, as that portion of the Flint
river during the low water season is quite
dangerous, and at periods of the year al
most unnavigable, during which time she
will also be put on the Chattahoochee.
The machinery has been purchased and
delivered and work upon the craft will
be pushed rapidly forward toward comple
tion.
James McAlpin, a young man, who lives
In East Macon with his widowed mother
and invalid sister, persists in starving him
self forty days and nights, because Jesus
fasted. His whole life is now devoted to
wandering in the swamps and attending
church. All attempts to turn him from his
strange resolution to fast have proven use
less. He says Jesus Christ fasted and he
Is jQst as good as Christ. Young McAlpin
was for a number of years emploved at the
harness manufactory of Bernd & Cos., and
earned a good Income, from which he sup
ported his mother and sister in East Maeon
and was to them a great comfort. For
some time he has been out of emplovment
and the family are in very much reduced
circumstances.
At Mcßae Thursday the coroner's jury
In the case of L. L. Williams killed hy dep
uty marshals last Monday, while sleeping
on hjs son's piazza, rendered a verdict of
murder in the lirst degree. The evidence
showed that Williams was shot while lying
down, with a newspaper over his face, and
the flrst knowledge he had of the pres
ence of the marshals was a Winchester
hall in his head. Eighty-two bullets were
shot into the house which is a Hmall frame
cottage, and the marshals continued to fire
In spite of the prayers of the women and
their assurance that the men would surren
der. It is claimed at Mcßae to he a foul
murder, and the people of Telfair county
say they are determined to bring the mur
derers to Justice.
On the Central railroad system alone
there are 2,088,030 peach trees in orchards
that grow fruit for shipment. This does
not Include the many small orchards that
are kept for private consumption and
m s rk £ t ' ** he Central traverses a
fun rUl L. ar £ a ihari any oth, * r road.
a ®° u ‘ h rn and Florida, the
HavannVJ, Birmingham, the Southern, the
Savannah’ A E'i < “ r V;, u ® an,J Montgomery, the
other lda and Western, and
orner roads also run through sections
Completely Paralyzed.
PHYSICIANS ARE ASTOUNDED BY A
PECULIAR CASE.
A Toting n.* (Irirk.a with Landry*.
Par.ly.il and yat Recover*.
I {From the Timet. FfiUadelphia, I\u)
Stricken with Landry • Paralysis and yet
cured. That means but littls to the average
layman bat it m'tas a miracle to a physi
cian. Snell is the experience of O. K.
Dallimom now a widest of Madison, N.
J., and a rare experience it is.
“ Yes, its true that 1 had Landry’s Paral
ysis,” said Mr. Dallimore to a reporter, “or
else the most celebrated physicians of Lon
don were mistaken.
“ It was on the 15th of March, this year,"
he continned. "when I wa* in New York
city, that I first felt the RTmrtoiD(i of my
trouble. I experienced difficulty in frying
up stairs, my legs failing to support me. I
consulted a physician who informed me
that I had every symptom of Locomotor
Ataxia, but as the case developed he pro
nounced it a ease of Landry’s Paralysis and
knowing the nature of the' disease 'adrited
me to start for my home and friends. I
gave up my work and on April Ist started
for London. Ont. A well-known physician
was consulted but I grew rapidly worse and
on Saturday, April 7, several eminent phy
sicians held a consulation on my case and
informed me that I was at death's door,
haring bnt three to six days to live, still I
lingered on, hy this time completely para
lyzed, my hands and feet being dead, I
could hardly whisper my wants and conld
only swallow liquids. Oh, the misery ol
those moments are ly-vond all description
and death would really have been a welcome
visitor.
“ Now, comes the part that has astounded
the physicians. Rev. Mr. Gomiy, a clergy
man who visited me in my last hours, as he
supposed, told me of the marvellous cures
of paralysis that had been performed bv
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. 1
started to take the pills about April 28 and
a week after that felt an improvement in
my condition. There was a warm, tingling
sensation in thelimbs that had been entire
ly dead and I soon began to move my feet
and hands, the improvement continued
until May 23 when I was taken out of bed
for a drive and drove the horse ntvielf. llv
the beginning of July I was able to walk
upstairs alone and paid n visit to Niagara.
, Slowly hut surely 1 gained my old health
and strength leaving Ontario for New Y’ork
on October 11 and beginning my work again
on October 2fi, 1804. Cured oi Landry’*
Paralysis in eight months.” To confirm his
story beyond all doubt, Mr. Dallimora
made the following affidavit
Sworn and subscribed before me Decem
ber 3, 1894. Amos C. RATHBrg
[ARAL.] Notary Puftlie.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pill* contain all the
element* necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale hy all druggists
or may he had hy mail from Dr. Williams*
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., for
60 cents per box, or six boxes for $2.50.
w hvre fruit growing Is carried on exten
sively. This is specially true of the Geor
gia Southern, on the line of which there
are many orchards and vineyards, some
of which will oompare with the larger ones
on the Central system.
FLORIDA.
George Humph, general merchant of Ti
tusville and Melbourne, Is preparing to
ojx'ii a store at West Palm Beach.
There are now nearly fifty buildings of
all kinds In course of construction at West
Palm Bench, and as many more will he
commenced next month.
It is rumored that parties from abroad,
in connection witli some residents, are
figuring on establishing a large cigar fac
tory at West Palm Beach.
Joe Holder was placed on trial at Gaines
ville Thursday for the murder of John Par
ker in Lacrosse several years ago. The
trial will be a lengthy one.
Mr. Yallandigham. proprietor of the
Novelty Woodworks. Titusville, Is at West
Palm Peach prospecting with a view of
moving his establishment there.
A small shooting match between a cou
ple of colored tinmen was the cause of
more or less excitement at West Palm
Beach Thursday afternoon. Both shot
wide of the mark.
Garfield, the 13-year-old son of Postmas
ter W. H. Perry, died at Lake City Thurs
day morning from injuries received a week
ago w hile playing hall. He hurt his ankle
then and fever and blood poison resulted.
F. M. Pope of Apalachicola arrived at
Carrabelie, having in cuirtodv Will Wil
liams, alias Henry Borem, w ho murdered
Deputy Sheriff Tom McClendon at Cow
arts, Henry county, Alabama, on May 23,
There are no new developments In the
Gazetteer libel suit, brought by Sheriff
Dodge, at West Palm Beach, except that
charges are being prepared for the gov
ernor’s consideration, and they will be
sent to Tallirhassoe in the next few days.
The Weekly Gazetteer, of Palm Beach,
has adopted the plan of publishing only
home and county news, issuing a sheet
only large enough for that purpose. Small
type has been ordered to take the place
of that on whleh it Is now printed. It Is a
new idea, and is taking immensely. Not
a line of miscellaneous or copied matter
Is to be used.
Dr. Lansing, a druggist of Eau Qallle, is
at West Palm Beach trying to rent a store
room in which to establish a drug store.
Supervisor J. D. Mathews of the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad died at Lake
City at 1 o’clock Thursday morning from
injuries sustained in a collision between
his crank car and the mall train from Ma
con, at the water tank here, at 7 o'clock
Wednesday night.
The dredges In thaj portion of the East
Coast canal, between the south end of
Lake Worth and New river, a space of
thirty miles have met, and are now work
ing back, widening and cleaning out. The
cut will be sixty feet wide, with an aver
age depth of six feet of water. Navigation
will begin in July.
G. W. Dean and Gordon Powell of Wav
cross, Ga„ were at Jacksonville Thursday,
having returned from Barberville, Volu
sia county. Florida, where they closed the
trade for 8,000 acres of land, paying there
for $1.25 per acre. The land is along the
line of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Kev
West railway, and was purchased from
that road. The new owners intend to con
vert it into a turpentine farm.
Mose Sears and William Fraser have
been living in the phosphate region in Al
achua county, where they have been em
ployed, for the past two years. Recently
the two had a difficulty, and hard feelings
have existed ever since. On Tuesday
Fraser was in charge of a force of men,
and had gone down to one of the mines
operated by the Potter Mining Company
after a load of rock, Sears was an em
ploye of this branch of the company's mine
and was also in charge of a force of men
there. When Sears heard that Fraser was
in that vicinity he went home and secured
his double-harreled shotgun, and returned
to where Fra-ser was at work loading a
car. Sears opened the difficulty witli the
remark; "I have heard that vou told
around here that you were going to kill
me.” Fraser answered quieklv and said
that he had made no such threat. Other
word* ensued. The result was that Sears
shot the other negro through the abdomen
with buckshot. Both barrels took effect.
Before Fraser fell he grabbed the side of
the ear with one hand, while with the
other he reached in his pocket for a pistol.
Ho fired several shots at his assailant,
none of w hich took effect. The wounded
mail was carried to his home, where he
lingered for nine hours in Intense pain.
Sears made no effort to escape. He was
promptly arrested and was present at the
inquest.
.—“With Little Falls incorporated,” savs
the Rochester Herald, "New York sta'te
contains thirty-seven cities. They are as
follows: Albany, Amsterdam. Auburn
Binghamton, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Cohoes
< ornlng. Dunkirk, Elmira, Gloversville,
Hornellsvllle, Hudson, Ithaca, Jamestown,
Johnstown, Kingston, Little Falls. Look
port. Long Island City. Middletown. .Mount
''T, no ": Newburg, New York. Niagara
Falls Ogdensburg. Olean. Oswego. Pough
keepsie. Rochester. Rome. Schenectadv
Syracuse. Troy. Utica, Watertown and
lonkers. It will be seen that every letter
In the alphabet is represented in the in
itial capitals except F, Q, V. X, and Z.”
THE MORNING NEWS; SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1895.
MICE OX THEIR METAL.
A Miniature Gloucester With Tiny
Rodents ns the Racers.
From the Philadelphia Record.
When Gloucester was in full bloom, th
race track open and the click of the ivory
chips was heard on Water street, Peter
Babcock never mlsged the boat which left
the South street slip at 1 o’clock for the
lively resort down the Delaware. Peter
Is now one of the most prosperous bakers
In the old section of Kensington. It was
his boast that he saw every race on the
Gloucester track from the falling of the
flrst flag until the winning hoof beats of
Prlnen Imperial died away in the last
event. The racing of animals for purse*
became a mania with the uptown baker.
When the law’s heavy hand interposed
and closed the gates of the course on
the rlvef bank it did not kill the turf en
thusiasm of Peter. On account of his bus
iness he could not follow the ponies to
distant cities. He missed the excitement
of track and betting ring, and although
his business seemed to prosper since
Gloucester closed, he was depressed in
spirit. One day after he had tried to find
a vent for his sporting proclivities a bril
liant idea beamed on the disconsolate ba
ker. All well regulated bakeries have an
abundance of mice. Peter had often seen
them madly race across the floor of tile
hake shop for dough. He determined to
i atefi a nest of young mice and endeavor
to train them to run races. He had lit *le
trouble In rapturing the mice, but the per
fecting of the details of the racing estab
lishment was a hard task. He sacrificed
sleep that he might devote several hours
during the dsy to develop his stable of
mice.
Peter tried a dozen different methods to
induce the youngsters to race, but all fail
ed. The preliminary training was done on
a long bread table, after a dough trough
had been found useless for the purpose.
The table was not a success. W hen re
leased at the post the mice made a break
for liberty in all directions. All cakes In
Babcock's establishment are baked In the
daytime. Frequently there were dozens of
pans filled with cakes ready to be placed
In the oven, in their wild dash for liberty
the mice often scampered across the soft
dougli of the cakes and left the Imprints of
their feet on old fashioned ginger cakes.
That gave the sporting baker such a heap
of trouble that he determined to build a
track on which his racers would have to
run true. The track was built, and to the
credit of the inventor it must lie said that
nothing was left to be wished for.
It was constructed in the rear of the
basement, a dry and roomy spot. In
length the affair was a 'little over 25 feet,
and in width six feet. It was an oval-shap
ed track, and the sides were lined with
glass to prevent the mice from climbing
out. The top was surmounted by a fine
wire netting. Trie bottom of the track
proper Is about a foot wide and is covered
with tightly drawn felt cloth. The quar
ter-mile post, the half-mile post, ami the
three-ouarter mile post are indicated by
little American flags.
When the mice were turned loose on
this track there was no possible way for
them to escape. At the same time there
was no apparent way to make them race
Babcock cudgeled his brain for some
method of training the youngsters, but
nothing seemed to present itself lor some
weeks. Then by a happy inspiration Peter
determined to call upon nature for a so
lution. He took a little bit of toasted
cheese, speared It upon the end of a sharp
stick, and after driving all the mice to one
end of the track, held it about a foot from
the bunch of hungry youngsters. The way
the mice darted for that cheese was a cau
tion. Babcock would run around the track
rapidly with the mice straining every nerve
to get the dainty morsel, and when he got
to the end would drop it Into a hole bored
In the middle of the track, which led to a
little compartment below. By instinct the
mice seemed to know that the flrst one
In the hole would got the cheese, and It
was a pretty effort to see every one
running with might and main to get the
coveted purse.
There was some trouble at flrst to get
them to start properly, but this was over
come by an ingenious apparatus that re
flected great credit upon the patient baker.
A row of little stall were built across the
track, and the fronts were enclosed by an
arm. Each mouse entered In the race is
placed in a separate stall. When the word
"go” is given, the arm is raised, the stalls
tip downward-and the mice are sent out
on the track all together.
It proved to be a great deal of bother and
exertion for Peter to run around the track
with the cheese, as he is a corpulent man,
so another plan was hit upon, which served
to do away with this entirely. The track
is rolled with a cheese roller, all the way
from the start to the flnish, and when
the. mice smell this trail there are no lag
ards on the way to the hole, where the
purse is suspended.
The diminutive thoroughbreds gave
Peter no much sport and satisfaction lhat
he determined to call in his friends and
l>ermit them to share his fun. As time
wore on, it was noticed that one or two
mice developed greater speed than the
rest, and invariably captured the cheese.
Then it was determined (o handicap these
speedy onen, and a neat plan was hit
upon. Different sized leaden pellets were
split, spread apart and closed around the
middle portion of the runner's tail. This
mwle the sport exciting. Indeed, anil It was
not long until an enterprising friend put
up a black board and began to make a
book upon the result.
Last Wednesday being Brooklyn Handi
cap day, Babcock determined to hold a
grand meeting in his basement, and in
vitqd a large party of his friends. There
were seventeen entries, and each mouse
bote the name of some well-known poli
tician, saloonkeeper or man about town.
The event was called the Fishtown Han
dicap, and the bookmaker's slate told the
tale of the entries and how they were
viewed by the talent:
2d. 3d.
10 Bill Douglass 4 2
15 William Somers 6 3
8 Capt. Cochran 3 2
4 A1 Rohrbach 2 1
4 Frank Sheppard 2 1
5 Dick Carney 2 1
8 John Siner 4 2
40 Abe Strouss 15 6
100 Dennis McGowan 30 15
80 Herman Close 25 12
4 Billy Conway 2 l
20 Ben Meredith 8 3
Little Girl ( to
village store-keeper)
“ Mommer sent me
back and says as
she wants Pond’s
Extract, and not
this wot you said was
jest as good, * There
ain’t any so good as
Pond’s Extract.”
Avoid BubetituteM; accept Genuine only,
with buff wrapper and yellow label .
POND’S EXTRACT CO., /6 Fifth Ave., New Yoik.
LOSS OF APPETITE. ferl J-aJ jS) 1
LASSITUDE. yaSyjflS
In such case* Brown's Iron 1 L Ifi 1
Bitters is iucnm parable. Its I W IVIIT B B I [I
effects arc n.;niedutc and | j
October 9th, 1894.
If I had not taken Brown’s Iron Bit
ters for loss of appetite and tiredness I
should, I believe, be in my bed today.
One bottle and a-half restored my appe
tite and energy.
~ R. S. BYRNES. 149 Religious St., New Orleans.
Brown's Iron Bittern will cure nad
Wonlvfof.o; con“t£: "* • """■ • " y •-
tion, Female Weakness and Malaria. For overworked tren—debilitated women —puny children
50 Billy Megonegal 20 8
60 Billy Morris 23 12
8 I.ane Simrs 3 8-5
8 Charley Vorhecs 4 2
2 Dory Stulb 1 1-2
The race was fast, and was run with
out accident. As they got away Billy Me
gonegal showed a half length in front of
Billy Morris, Frank Sheppard a good third.
Bill Douglass fourth. Dennis McGowan
and Billy Conway jostled each other, the
balance of the field were well up.
At the mile it was Billy Morris, with
Billy Conway second A1 ltohrhach third,
The rest were all (lose together except
Dennis McGowan and William Sorn-rs.
At the three-quarters it was Billy Conway,
Tien Meredith second, Charles Vorhecs
and Bill Douglass neck find neck, with
Capt. Cochran a length behind. The field
was still well up.
At the half Charley Vorhces and Dory
Stulb were neck and neck, fighting for
supremacy, with Lane Himes a good third.
The balance of the field, with the excep
tion or Douglass and Cochran, seemed to
be out of the race.
It was very evident when the three-quar
ter post was reached, that the pace was a
hilling one, and Charley Vorhces had bro
ken down, for he was trailing. The order
was Lane Himes. Captain Cochran and
Dorv Stulb. William Homers moved up on
the outside very fast, in the stretch Lane
Himes had the call, but he was tiring very
fast. Dick Carney, second; Bill Douglass,
third,-and A! Rohrbach, Dick Carney,
Frank Sheppard, John Siner, Abe Strouss
and Dory Stulb, In the order named, one
length away. It was a desperate flnish
With a tremendous hurst of speed Bill
Douglass won the cheese. Bill Somers sec
ond. Captain Cochran third, A1 Rohrbach,
fourth, Dick Carney fifth, John Siner, Abe
Strouss, Dennis McGowan, Billy Conway,
Ben Meredith, In the order named. When
coming into the stretch Dory Stulb fell and
Charley Vorhces bent him out.
The other events for the day were equal
lv as interesting. The hurdle race was of
t lie sensational heart disease order, and
when, in the Smoky Hollow sweepstakes,
the result was announced as a dead heat,
the enthusiasm of the spectators knew no
bounds.
THE SCHOOL YEAR <U ESTIO.X.
Opposition to Any More School Days
In n Year.
Editor Morning News: I .have noticed
With great care your articles upon the
subject of the extension of the school
year from nine to ten months; and, with
all respect, they appear to overlook some
most important facts.
in considering the question, of school
time I assume that the advocates of a lon
ger year are Intent—as they should be—
upon obtaining the best results; and are
not merely appealing to a feeling which
Is understood to exist amongst ignorant
people, that education can be measured
and bought by the day, week and month,
as cloth is sold off by the yard. I there
fore address myself to the higher motive
and not tho lowest.
Let it be renumbered that In extending
the time of the school year, the schools
would be going distinctly backward. Fifty
years ago schools were taught morning
and afternoon, and nearly all the year.
Progress developed the fact that better
results could be obtained by confinement
in the rooms during the morning only, and
for nine months. There Is not a man in
this town who went to school forty years
ago, and cannot recall the wasted July
spent In school. But the afternoon of
study and piay, and the three months of
vacation, were found to give much better
results than the old system. As one of
tho most brilliant men living said—refer
ring to business life, and in a northern
climate—"l can never do a whole year’s
work in twelve months, but I can In ten.”
Now, we are urged to discard all three
experiences, and to go back fifty years.
It is not a question of the number of
days in school, or the number of days
of vacation. 1 repeat that it is a question
of the best results only. If teaching for
twelve months will produce them, then
the school year should run twelve months.
If one month of school will secure them,
thou one month should be the aim of the
board.
For the purpose of your argument you
have seen fit to call the school year ISO
days only. To accomplish this in any
way you must ignore the 104 Saturdays
and Sundays, which no one has been hardy
enough yet to propose as proper school
days. With all such illusory figuring the
fact remains that the school year covers
nine' months, and excludes only July, Au
gust and September.
,We have an exhausting climate. Is
there anyone bold enough to say that with
the loss of any part of these three months
vacation, either teacher or scholar will
come back to his work in October better
prepared for a hard winter's work? Or
that the sum total of the longer year
would bo more satisfactory than that of
the shorter? Is anyone prepared with da
ta to support such an assertion? On the
contrary, is not all our evidence the other
way?
These matters are governed entirely by
experience. The present school year, like
school hours and school months, now pre
vailing. are the result of slow evolution
from the all year and the all day of the
old field schools—boards and teachers in
most cities intensely anxious to produce
the best results; and yet, here we have
a proposition to set aside the whole out
come of this process of evolution, and to
return to an obsolete and rejected method
as if It were a brand new discovery of
an Isaac Newton or a Christopher Colum
bus.
Now, let me show you how valuable is
his discovery of this exploded old the
ory in the eyes of investigators elsewhere.
New Orleans, Charleston, Atlanta, Mo
bile. Macon, Augusta and Galveston all
work on a school year of nine months;
and Montgomery on a school year of
eight months. All have passed through
the same course of scholastic life. All
started with the longer day and longer
year: and all, after scores of years of
teaching, have adopted the shorter year
as the best and most profitable to the pu
pils and the public.
In reply, however, to this conclusive
fact the Savannah discoverer feebly says
"the tax payers pay for more time.” Do
they indeed? They pay for the best re
sults, and time has declared them.
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AGES 15 TO 19 YEARS,
which we have so materially reduced in
price, affords an excellent opportunity not
only to young men between these ages,
but to all men of whatever age who wear
a 34 or 35 coat.
The regular prices of these suits are
from 57.00 to $18.00; we have reduced
them to prices ranging from $3.50 to
SB.OO. Of course there is only one or
two suits of a style, but just your size
may be left in the style you like.
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A rttimber of specialties on hand-Awnlng Settee, Baby Tender. Carnet
See our beautiful line of STRAW MATTING. ’ p sweeper, eto.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO.
—FOR—
NEW YORK, BOSTON AND PHILA-
I DELPHI*.
THE magnificent steamships of these
re appointed to sail as follows ‘ a ®*
FROM SAVANNAH,
Central (fcOlh Meridian) Time—as below*
TO XEVV YORK.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Asklns, SUNDAY
May 28, at 6:30 a. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Bere
TUESDAY. May 28, at 7:30 p. m *•
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, FRIDAY
May 31. at 11:00 a. m. r *
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher. SUNDAY
June 2, at 12 noon.
TO PHILADELPHIA.
(For freight only.)
DBBSOUG, Capt. Doughty. WEDNEB.
DAY, May 29, at 99X1 a. m. “**
TO BOSTON.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Lewis, THURS.
DAY, May 30. at 10:00 a. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, THl'Rg.
DAY, June 6, at 5:00 p. m.
Through hit’s of lading given to eastern sad
northwestern points and to ports of the United
Kingdom and the continent.
For freight or passage apply to
C. G. ANDERSON, Agent
Waldburg Building. West of City Etching*
MERCHANTS AND MINERS’
TRANSPORTATION CO.
RATES OF FABSACE.
TO NEW YORK—Steamer and Rail—Cabin.
Limited 5 days. 118.30; cabin. Unlimited. 120001
Excursion. (J 2 W; Intermediate. 114 75.
TO BOSTON—Steamer and Hail—Cabin. Uie
limited, tut 00; Inrermedlate, Limited 6 dtri.
117.00.
TO BOSTON—Steamer—Cabin. Limited !#•
days (20.00: Excursion, (36.00; intermedista
Limited 10 days. *16.00
TO WASHINGTON—Steamer and Rail-.
Cabin, 11# 20.
TO PHILADELPHIA—Steamer and Rail—
Cabin. (17.80: Intermediate, (12 50.
TO PHILADELPHIA Steamer cabin.
(16.00; Intermediate. (11.50.
TO BALTIMORE—Cabin, *15.00; Excursloa.
(.5 00; Intermediate, (10.0a
The steamships of this company are sp,
polcted to sail from Savannah for BaltimcM
as follows—standard time.
WM. CRANE. Capt. W. J. Bond, SAT
URDAY, May 25, 6 p. m.
WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. W. Foster.
WEDNESDAY, May 29, at 9:30 a. m.
D. H. MILLER. Capt. Charles James,
SATURDAY, June 1, at 12:00 noon.
And from Baltimore every TUESDAY
and FItIDAY.
J. J. CAROLAN. Agent,
Savannah, Ga
W. P. TURNER, G. P. A.
A. I). STEBBINS. A T. 51
J. C. WHITNEY. Traffic Manager.
General Offices. Baltimore, Mi
PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE.
TWO SHIPS PER WEEK.
Port Tampa, Key West and Havana.
SOUTH BOUND.
Lv Port Tampa Mon. and Thurs. 9:30 p. m.
Ar Key West Tuea. and Frl. 3 p. m.
Ar Havana Wed. and Sat. 6 a. m.
NORTH BOUND.
Lv Havana Wed. and Sat., 12:30 p. m.
Lv Key West Wed. and Sat. 10 p. m.
Ar Port Tampa Thurs. and Sun., 2:30p- m.
Connections at Port Tampa with Wert
India fast mail trains to and from north
ern and eastern cities. For state-room so
commodations apply to H. S, SMITH,
Ticket Agent, Port Tamp*.
M- F. PLANT, Assistant Manager.
W. 11. DAVIDSON, General Pass. Agent.
B. W. WRENN. Pasa. Traffic Manager.
AMERICAN LINE!
NEW YORK-SOUTH AMPTON (London-
Paris).
TWIN SCREW U. S. MAIL STEAMSHIPS.
Sailing everv Wednesday at !1 a. m.
PARIS Mav 20 NEW YORK July3
ST. LOUIS Tune 5 PARIS July 10
NEW YORK June 12 ST. LOUIS .. .July 17
PARIS June 1W NEW YORK July 24
ST. LOUIS....June 26|PARIS July 31
RED STAR LINE.
NEW YORK—ANTWERP
Sailing every Wednesday at noon
RHYNLAND. May 20 FRIESLAND June 20
WESTERNL'D.June 5 RHYNLAND July 3
NOOROL ND June 12 WESTERNL’D.JuIy W
WAESLAND . June 19|NOORDLAND.. July M
International Navigation Company.
Pier U North River. Offico, 6 Bowling Green,
N. Y. Henry 1. Seemann, A. E.Horrocks, Sa
vannah, Ga.
The Steamer Ttlpha,
P. B. FINNEY, Master,
On and after SEPT. 2.1, will ebange
her seliednle as follotvsi
Leave Savannah, Tuesday 9am
Leave Beaufort. Wednesday. (a®
Leave Savannah, Thursday ....11 am
Leave Beaufort, Friday Bam
The steamer will stop at BlufTton on both
trips each way.
For further information apply to
C. H. MEDLOCK, Agent.
We make Awnings, Slip
Covers for Furniture, etc.
STR. GOV. SAFFORD
Between Savannah and Beaufort
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY
at 8:30. foot of Bull street, city time.
Returning the same day.
For freight and passage apply to
H. G. KENT, or J. G. GAP.NETT,
Pass. Agent. Agent,
Foot of Bull street, Exchange wharf-
Telephone SCO
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ALL VARIETIES.
&SS TOUGH ON FLIES °“.sf
For your‘poultry try MICA CBYSTA
GRIT, it aids digestion and otherwise i®'
prove* them.
Hay, Grain, Bran and Feeds ° kinds*
T. J. DAVIS,
Grain Dealer and Seedsman.
Phone, *23. 156 Hay *•
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blank book call and see the “Perfec
extra cost. Morning News Job
cartment. Savannah. Ga* , . - ——**