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BLALOCK OUT FOR BLOOD.
COMMISSIONER M'.SRIT TO BE AT
TACKED AGAIN.
The Invmtlgßiinj; Committee Chair
man Takes the Grouml That the
Coniniioßioiier Haw Wnstnl the
Puhlle Funds to An l mvarranteil
Extent—The < omnilssioncr anil His
Friends Ignoring the Attack,
strong Probability of the Aholi
tfon of the Geological Department.
Atlanta, Ga„ June 25.—Committeeman
Swift of the Bialook committee will soon
be out in another card in which he will ,
continue his attack on Commissioner of
Agriculture Ncsbit- He will refer again to j
the matter of fertilizer tags, and will then
jump on the commissioner for paying sl7 j
for envelopes when the same number can
be bought for $5.50. He makes a red hot \
fight on the management of the depart- j
ment and declares that Commissioner Nes- !
bit has wasted the public funds to an tin- !
warranted extent. To every such com,-
plaint he says, the commissioner replies
that patents covered the articles he was
obliged to purchase and that therefore he
was compelled to pay a high price. The
committeeman Insinuates very strongly
that the commissioner of agriculture is
trying to sneak out and around his just
responsibilities instead of admitting that
he has squandered the state’s money.
The commissioner keeps quiet under
these assaults. He and a host of frier Is
eeem to be awaiting developments and do
not strike back. It is evident that the
commission will report severely on his
department and that of Geologist Yeates,
and there is no telling how much trouble
will be stirred up.
The great danger is the abolition of the
geological department, which appears to
be of great importance to the state. Hazi
ness is charged against Mr. Yeates, and it
is also said that he is a good minerolo
gist, but in no sense a geologist. A scien
tific man said to-night that the state had
committed the unpardonable error of
turning off a geologist (Mr. Spencer was
referred to) who had attracted the atten
tion of two continents to substitute a
clerk from the Smithsonian Institution.
He was asked why it was that Mr. Yeates
was able to bring such 6trong Indorse
ments. "Pshaw,'’ said he, "anybody can
get recommendations.” It Is clearly
shown that the department under the
present management has been slow, hut
the question is, does that justify the dis
continuance of the survey, when so many
competent men are to he had to run the
business. The survey is of vital import
ance to the state, and as a member of
the advisory board has said, should it be
abandoned now the work of years will be
wasted. So many influential members of
the board are. said to be against the ex
istence of the department that it is doubt
ful if it will survive beyond the time
when the next legislature meets and gets
dowr. to business.
TREAT OK THE DAUNTLESS EH EE.
The Evidence Against Them Not Con
sidered Snifloient.
Key West, Fla., June 25.—The crew and
the Cubans, who were on board the Daunt
less and who were yesterday arrested,
were to-day discharged by United States
Commissioner Julius Otto on the ground
that there was no evidence to show that
they were a military organization or in
tended to commit acts hostile to Bpain.
The principal evidence offered by the
proseewtion consisted in the finding of
about 600 cases of arms and ammunition
on board the Dauntless, while she lay
anchored off Indian Key waiting to lie
towed by the cruiser Wilmington to Jack
sonville. There were also other circum
stances regarded as suspicious.
The captain of the Dauntless. In reply to
the questions of the district attorney, de
clared that he took the arms on board
from a schooner at sea.
GIVING THE GOVERNOR.
A New York Newspaper'* Mistake
Makes Atkinson's Friends Merry.
Atlanta, Ga., June 25.—Gov. Atkinson
has become the subject of a huge joke,
which his friends perpetrate upon him
whenever opportunity occurs.
The governor of West Virginia, as the
dispatches show, was married a day or
two ago to a wealthy widow, named Cam
den. In winding up her first husband's
estate, she met with difficulties, and an In
dictment was found about the tinn n her
marriage, charging her with forgery. The
similarity of names first attracted atten
tion to the matter, but that was not so bad
till a New York paper published the ar
ticle, with a large cut of Gov. Atkinson of
Georgia, as already narrated in the Morn
ing News. His curly lockH are unmistak
able, and the jokers are annoying him un
mercifully.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
Struck by Lightning n Man Dnnglcs
200 Feet In Mid-air.
Atlanta, Ga., June 25.—William Thomp
son, a negro mechanic, employed on the
Austell building, underwent a harrowing
experience this afternoon. While working
at the top of a derrick, more than 200 feet
above the ground, in the midst of a se
vere thunder-storm, with the wind blow
ing about him at forty miles, Thompson
sustained such a shock by lightning that
he lost his balance and fell. His clothing
was caught and saved him from instant
death. He dangled helplessly In mid-air
In an unconscious condition for some time.
His escape from death was scarcely short
of miraculous.
ATLANTA'S TAX RETURNS.
A Discrepancy of yiIMNIU.ISNI Brought
to Light,
Atlanta. Ga.. June 23.—Ten million dol
la rs ts the difference found by the ex
perts In the amount at which Atlanta
property Is assessed by the city, and the
amount returned to the tax receiver for
state and county taxes. This report was
made to the grand Jury by the account
ants, who were employed to Inspect the
hooks of county oftleers. By comparing
the real estate assessments of the city
with the real estate returns made to the
receiver, they report a discrepancy of *lO
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MONITOR IIHEARS LOOSE.
The Pnsaale 1 niter the Mallory Dock
at liransn lek.
Brunswick, Ga.. June 23,-The monitor
Passaic broke loose from her mooring In
a heavy wind storm to-night, Htid flouted
down under the Mallory dock. Squads of
naval reserves were hurriedly summoned
and went to work to get her out.
At 10.30 o'clock she was drifted back to
her mooring place without damage to auv
►roperty. *
Made and Merit Maintains theconfidence
of the people in Hood’s Sarsaparilla. If a
medicine cures you when sick; if it makes
wonderful cures everywhere, then beyond
*ll question that medicine possesses merit.
That is just the truth about Hood’s Sar
saparilla. We know it possesses merit
because it cures, not once or twice or a
hundred times, but in thousands and
thousands of caes. We know it cures,
absolutely, permanently, when all others
fail to do any good whatever. Wo repeat
Sarsaparilla
Is the best ln fact the One True Blood Purifier.
■ r..,, cure nausea, indigestion.
ISOQCi S Pills biliousness. 26cents.
TWO MEN SHOT.
One of Them n Negro Who IVns Not
a Party to the Trouble.
Atlanta, Ga., June 25.—At Covington to
day two leading merchants of the town
had a serious difficulty and a by-stander
was severely Injured.
J. P. Simms shot at W. S. Bell. These
two gentlemen have had several tilts in
the. last two months and yesterday while
at dinner. Simms received a note from a
friend warning him that Bell was on the
lookout for him, and had said that when
they met, one or two of them would have
to be hurled.
Things passed off yesterday without any
blood being shed, but everybody having
heard of the threats Bell had made was
expecting something to happen.
This morning, between 7 and 8 o’clock,
Simms stepped out on the sidewalk with
a shotgun and fired at Bell, who was down
the street in front of him. Bell started
to run, when he slipped and fel.,but quick
ly regained his feet and dodged around
the corner and Into Cochran's bar. Simms,
in the meantime, was taken in charge by
the marshal.
Beil was hit in two places, one shot go
ing through the muscles of his left arm
and another through the skin on his ieft
side.
Henry £• lscol, a negro employed by W.
H. Cochran, stepped around the corner
Just as the second charge was fired and
was shot through the left side and hip.
He is said to be in a dangerous condition
and his recovery is doubtful.
HALE NOT TO HE HUNTED.
Court Refuses to Permit tl> Geeeiv
t r to Offer n Honnrd.
Atlanta, Ga., June 25.—Judge J. H.
Lumpkin has declined to authorize the
offer of a reward for the capture of W. C.
Hale, the ex-presldent of the Southern
Mutual Building and Loan Association.
Messrs. O'Byrne and Anderson, the re
ceivers of the association, filed a petition
some months ago for Instructions on vari
ous points, and suggested that it might
be well to offer a reward for the missing
head of the corporation.
Touching on this point. Judge Lumpkin
says: “As to the suggestion that the court
authorize the receivers to offer a reward
for the capture and return to the sheriff
of this county of W. C. Hale, I feel con
strained to decline tt. . This case is a
proceeding on the equity side of the court
to wind up the association. No precedent
lias been presented lo me authorizing re
celvers to offer a reward for a person un.
der indictment, charged with having com
mitted un offense before the receivers
were appointed; nor do I think tt proper
upon the petition presented to withdraw
funds from the direction of preservation
and distribution to be expended in aid of
the criminal processes of the law.”
The receivers are directed not to con
tinue to conduct the association as a going
business, but to wind up Its affairs.
WOOL IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
A Shipment of <IO,OOO Pounds From
Sparks—Other Matters.
Sparks, Ga., June 25.—The largest ship
ment of wool that has yet been made from
this section Is being made through Sparks
tills week. There Is 55.000 or 60,000 pounds
of wool in the shipment, and represents
the holdings of several of the largest
wool growers in the western part of Ber
rien and eastern part of Colquitt counties,
who combined and sold their wool to Arn
old & Tucker of Albany. The price paid
was 16c f. o. b. Sparks has shipped this
season about 150 bales of wool.
The farmers In this section feel better
encouraged ami more hopeful than they
have for several years. They have realiz
ed a better price for their wool than, they
expected early In the season.
Crop prospects are good, and with the
hope of a duty being put on, Egyptian cot
ton, and bagging and ties t>elng plan and
on the free list, they feel very much en
couraged.
The fact that the lower grades of sea
island cotton sold last season below the
cost of production lias caused the majori
ty of farmers in this section to divide the
cotton crop between sea island's and up
land. The acreage planted in sea Island
this year In Berrien and Colquitt coun
ties will he 50 per cent, less than last
year, in upland the acreage Is increased
from 50 to 60 per cent, over last year.
JACKSONVILLE RETRENCHING.
The City Heavily In Debt to Its Em
ployes Despite n lion.l Issue.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 25.—The newly
elected board of public works met to-day,
requested the resignation of A. F. Hgr'.ey
as city engineer, re-elected C. O. Patter,
son superintendent of the city's electric
light plant, abolished the office of inspec
tor of paving brick, and elected S. L. Earle
superintendent of the strict cleaning de
partment. vice Dick Oldham.
No action was taken In the matter of
the selection of a successor of A. p. J|ar.
ley, It being the intention of the city conn
ell to pursue a course of rigid economy
and to consolidate the two engineering de
partments of tlie city and the hoard of
bond trustees, the latter tuning been In
charge of the work done tinder the tiond
Issue of II .(16,000. At this Juncture, In spit,,
of the bond issue, the city finds Itself
many thousand dollars In debt to Us em
ployes.
Jones on't Die.
Atlanta. On., June 25.—Enoch Jones,
who was shot by his wife at Fairbitrn yes’
terday, is not so dangerously wounded as
at first reported. Instead of blowing his
head off. as was shIS, the wife merely in
flicted n scalp wound, and it u thought
that the man will recover.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1897.
HANGING OF TERRILL HUDSON.
APPEARS STUPEFIED AND SHOWS
NO SIGN OF FEAR.
tinny of the Relief That His Indiffer
ence lo Ills Fale‘ Wag Prr to the
Fact That He Was Crazed by Fear.
His Neck Ilrokeii by the Foil and
Death Ensues In Twelve or Four
teen Minutes—Killing of a Negro
In n Dispute Over n Dog His Crime.
Atlanta, (la., June 25.—'Terrill Hudson
was hanged at Decatur to-day for the
murder of Seaborn Malcolm. Both w r ere
negroes. Hudson shot Malcolm on ac
count of a rabbit dog with which he was
hunting. The prisoner mounted the gal
lows a little before noon. He was so great
ly overawed by the prospect of death and
worn out by his mental suffering that he
appeared to be half stupefied and showed
little sign of fear at the iast moment,
though he had seemed weak enough be
fore. The idea was prevalent that he had
been crazed by fear. His neck was broken
and he was pronounced dead in twelve or
fourteen minutes. The body was turned
over to relatives. <
Just after committing the crime Hudson
fled. When first questioned he claimed
that the shooting was an accident. The
arresting officer said he shot too often to
do it accidentally. Hudson then claimed
that he acted in self-defense, and this
was his plea till the last. He said Mal
colm, when he shot, was advancing upon
him with an ax.
Aaron McMullin, an uncle of the ac
cused, swore on the trial that such was
not the case, and his testimony was cor
roborated. McMullin was the only eye
witness, and later impeached his own tes
timony. But the other witnesses were
believed and the governor refused to in
terfere in a substantial way, though he
did grant a reprieve of two weeks till the
case could be inquired into.
Superstitious people quote the fact that
Hudson was a thirteenth child, born on
the thirteenth day of the month, went
hunting on the thirteenth and killed thir
teen rabbits before he killed Malcolm.
H. S. Perry, now under sentence of
death for the murder of Bely Lanier, was
an interested spectator of the execution
of Hudson. The corridor on which his
cell abuts, looked out into the enclosure
where stood the gallows. By means of a
mirrow Perry was enabled to catch a re
flection of the gibbet. While the execu
tion was in progress, those in the enclos
ure could see the mirror extended through
the open grating. When asked how he
felt when seeing another executed, Perry
said it did not worry him at all, and that
if necessary he would die like a man.
Flanagan, the double murderer, re
fused to look at the execution. He kept
close in his cell during the entire morn
ing.
A PREMIUM ON SMUGGLING.
Curious Results of the Tariff on Dia
monds Explained.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
■Washington.—One of the odd experiences
of tariff makers and the treasury is illus
trated in the duty on diamonds prescribed
by the trending tariff bill. Under the Wil
son law the duty on cut diamonds was 25
per cent. In the new bill the duty is 10
per cent. The reason for reducing the duty
is not to give advantage to the people who
wear diamonds or the people who import
them, but to restore to the government
the inflome from diamond importations
which it had under the old tariff law\ Ex
perience with the high duty on diamonds
showed that, instead of increasing the cus
toms receipts from diamonds, it reduced
them; while there were evidences that just
as many diamonds were bought in this
country as ever before. In other words,
the high rate of duty was a disadvantage
instead of an advantage to the government
and incidentally it put a premium on
crime. The dealers In diamonds, instead of
paying the treasury 25 per cent, on the
value of their Importations or buying dia
monds of American cutting, were smug
gling cut diamonds into this country In
large quantities.
George F. Kunz of New York, the gov
ernments's expert in diamonds, is now
preparing his annual report for the direc
tor of the geological survey on the condi
tion of the diamond market all over the
world, in this report, which ought to be
in 'Mr. Day’s hands in a few days, he
will touch on the smuggling of diamonds
under the Wilson law. "Not that 1 am
an expert lit smuggling,” said Mr. Kunz
with a smile. "That is not my business.
But there is no doubt in the mind of any
one who keeps an eye on the diamond
business that there has been a great deal
of smuggling. When diamonds are to be
had in New York for less than their cost
In London, plus the customs duty, it is
pretty safe to assume that there is smug
gling. The duty of 25 per cent, gives a
wide margin of profit to the smuggler,
and It is comparatively easy to smuggle
gems because they can be packed In such
a small space.”
There is no doubt about the selling
price of diamonds and the figure which
they ought to bring In this market, be
cause the price of the rough stones is
fixed in London, which is the distributing
point of the rough product for the entire
world, and In South Africa, whence most
of the world’s product comes, the output
Is limited each year, so that there can
never he an overproduction and a reduc
tion in the price.
Men who own diamonds may find some
comfort in the reflection that there is
little fear of a decided reduction In the
value of their stones, for the great dia
mond syndicate of South Africa will not
permit the world’s markets to be flooded
and the value oftheir product cheapen
ed. As to the rough diamostls. after they
come from the mine they are handled by
a syndicate formed in London, which
lakes the entire product of the mines—
about $17,500,000 worth each year.
"Since the syndicate took control of
ITCHING tny°daujcbter JuT
I I ÜBBiIvU fered terribly with
inherited Eczema.
She received the best medical atten
tion, was given many patent medi
cines, and used varioua external
applications,but they had no effect
whatever, 8. 8. 8.
FO7FMA *”
LUbiLllln reached tlie seat of
ihe disease, so that
she is cured sound and well, her
skin is perfectly clear and pure,
und she has
been saved from
what threatened wC * kY
to blight her life wR
forever.” E. I>. R jl LB Lfl
Jenkins, Litho- Wt?
iiia, Ga.
8. 8. 8. is guaranteed purely vegetable,
and ia th only cure for deep seated
blood diseases.
Hooks f roe; address, Swift Specific Company'
AUauu. (ia.
To-day is
Saturday.
Most People Have
a Half Holiday.
If you are in that lucky number catch
the 2:30 p. m. train for
South End Hotel
And
COOL OFF.
You are entitled to it after a hard, hot
week's labor. Come back on the last train
or stay with us until Monday. Either
way you will be delighted.
THE TIDE JUST SUITS FOR
BATHING THIS AFTERNOON.
W. M. BOHAN, Proprietor.
the rough,” continued Mr. Kunz, “Ameri
can diamond buyers have been on an
equality with the buyers from other coun
tries. Before this they were at a disad
vantage. Now the buyer from Paris and
the buyer from Antwerp and the buyer
from Amsterdam must all go to London to
get their rough diamonds, and they buy
on the same terms as the buyer from the
United States. Under these conditions, I
think there is a hopeful outlook for the
diamond-cutting industry in the United
States. The duty of 10 per cent., diamond
cutters say, is enough to protect them
against foreign competition. Of course,
any manufacturer would like to have
twice the necessary duty in his favor;
it would increase his profits. But dia
mond cutters seem to think that they do
not need more than 10 per cent.”
The diamond-cutters thought differently
before they -had had their experience with
the Wilson law. When the duty of 25 per
cent, was levied a number of foreign dia
mond-cutters came to this country to es
tablish themselves under the impression
that they must get the advantage of the
23 per cent, protection if they were to hold
their own in the American market. The
American market for diamonds is the
greatest in the world. But the newcomers
have not had the pleasant experience they
expected. In the first place, they had to
meet the complaint that they were bring
ing in contract laborers. And after they
had settled that question with the Secre
tary of the Treasury to their satisfaction,
they discovered that the diamond impor
ters were underselling them in defiance of
the high protective duty. Suspicion that
the importers were smuggling diamonds
In large quantities became certainty when
some important seizures were made, and
they tell me at the treasury that the seiz
ures of diamonds under the Wilson law
In the last two years have been greater
than they ever were under any other law
in the same period of time. The most im
portant of these seizures were made
through the efforts of agents of the treas
ury abroad. These agents reported to the
customs house officers that certain im
porters had been buying heavily In the for
eign markets. When the importers landed
and did not declare the diamonds they
were known to have bought, they were
carefully searched and the diamonds were
seized and confiscated.
They say at the treasury that the smug
gling of diamonds is the most serious
violation of the customs law. Ten thou
sand dollars worth of diamonds can be
held In a man's mouth or In the hollow
of his hand. They can be put in a pack
age two inches long, one and one-half
inches broad and a quarter of an inch
thick; and the customs officers have
known eases where such a package was
concealed under a porous plaster on a
man's back. Of course, the customs of
ficer would never think of looking on a
man’s back for smuggled goods unless he
had some reason to suspect him, and. that
reason would arise from one of two causes
—because the treasury had received warn
ing from one of its agents abroad or
from some spiteful friend or enemy of the
smuggler, or because the smuggler be
trayed symptoms of nervousness.
In a memorable case in which warning
had been received the customs officers
lound a number of diamonds imbedded in
a cake of soap. The smuggler's wife also
had some gems. They were concealed in
the artificial grapes on the trimmings of
her hat. Under ordinary conditions there
was not one chance in a thousand that
they would have been discovered.
One of the stories of the New York cus
tom house is of a professional who fooled
the officers so often that they came to have
a graet admiration for him. Time after
time they would get information from
abroad that he had made large purchases
of diamonds for the American market, and
they would be on the lookout for him when
he arrived in New York. But search as
they would, they could not find the dia
monds. They not only felt of hts gar
ments, but they even cut the seams of his
coat so as to examine the inside of the
lining. . Hollow heels are common depos
itories for diamonds, so they split the heels
from his shoes and took the so.es off layer
by layer. But all to no effect. Long aft.
erward they discovered his system. He al
ways had a stateroom to himself or shared
it with the wife. Going aboard the ship he
sawed a hole in the flooring of his room
and concealed the diamonds there. He
engaged the same room for the return trip.
When the ship was to sail his wife ac
companied him to the dock and went with
him to his state room aboard ship. There
the diamonds were transferred to her; she
returned with them to the city and sold
them, and later she Joined her husband on
the other side.
Women have been known to conceal
gems In their hair, wrapped in tissue
paper of the same color of the hair.
Stones are often put In old settings and
brought in a* family Jewels. Sometimes
they are worn. Smugglers not Infrequent
ly meet some American in lamdon or
Faria who can In pcrsii.i < P-d to help them
in a trick of this kind, and who thinks
It smart to "beat the government.’' It is
said that carrier pigeons are sometimes
used to smuggle diamonds Into this coun
try from Canada—probably the most val
uable "men -ages” ever carried by birds.
Much of the smuggling done under the
old law was done by amateurs—men who
wanted to bring little presents to , their
wives. Under the existing law. more of
it has been done by professional men—
diamond denlers who have been willing to
risk prosecution for perjury and the pos
sible confiscation of their gems In save
25 per cent, on their value Under the
new law there will tie less MWMMBI
to fraud and the treasury officer* are look
ing for a much larger revenue from dia
monds than they have had since ism.
By the way, did you ever think of the
decrease of the diamonds owned In this
country which a reduction In the rato
of duty will cause? London sets the price
for diamonds. If the Amerlean Importer
ItM to pay only in per cent. Instead of
per cent, on Importations, then a dollar's
worth of diamond* from London which
was worth *1.25 tinder the old law will he
worth only sl.lO in this country under the
new law. This means that If the dia
monds owned In the United States now
are worth *22s,>.i|rti with the duty at 25
per cent., they will he worth only s2in,ono-
WO with the duty at 10 per cnl-a differ
ence of fls,oot',(ML
Fire Proof Rope.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Canadian and Italian asbestos will find
a serious competitor in the blue asbestos
discovered in the Cape Colony, since the
South African product is less than half
as heavy and furnishes fibres considerably
liner and longer than any other. The
South African fibre has been worked into
webs, which are but little inferior to
those made of vegetable fibre, and are ab
solutely fireproof. Twine, cord and rope
made of this blue asbestos will not only
resist fire, but also most of the known
chemicals, corrosive vapors and atmos
pheric influences. These qualities will
open anew field for the employment of
asbestos fabrics in chemical laboratories
and for the caulking of chemical appara
tus.
In order to test the resistance of the
new material, a blue asbestos rope of
about three-fourths of an inch in diameter
was weighted at one end with 220 pounds
and exposed to a constant flame from a
large gas jet, so that the rope for a con
siderable length was surrounded by tire.
The cord only broke after twenty-two
hours. Still it was a trifle lighter than a
rope of the same diameter made of Rus
sian hemp. Compared with anew hemp
rope, the asbestos rope has two-thirds of
its strength, but as the ropes get older the
proportion is altered in favor of asbestoß
ropes, since they suffer but very little
from the influences of the atmosphere.
Another novel application of this ma
terial is the working of blue asbestos fibre
into mattresses for hospitals. They are
cooler in summer and warmer in winter
than those made either of animal hair or
vegetable fibre, and no vermin can live In
this mattress. Experiments are now be
ing made of working this fibre into cloth
for firemen's apparel. Of course, the long
fibre of blue asbestos can also be em
ployed for all the uses to which white as
bestos has been put heretofore. While
a trifle more expensive, its superior qual
ities make it well worth tha difference.
Wanted to Die Decently.
For weeks and weeks Tom Sheppard had
been a sick man at our mining camp at
Black Bear valley, says the Louisville
Courier-Journal. Everybody felt sorry for
him, and yet a sick man in a mining
camp was a great inconvenience and a
burden. One day Judge Watkins went up
to see him, and after finding him no better
and no worse than he had been for many
weeks, he said:
"Tom, I don’t want to seem cold-hearted
about this thing, but the boys are begin
ning to wonder why you don’t die or
get well.”
"Yes, reckon they are," replied Tom,
“and you can tell ’em I'm goin’ to die.”
"Do you feel it’s for the best, Tom?”
“I do. I ain't got much to live fur, and
might as well peg out now as any other
time. I’ve been waitin’ fur a week or two.”
"Waitin'? Fur what?”
“Fur to die decently. I'm no duke or lord
but I want things fixed up in good shape.
I want to be washed up, shaved, hev
my hair cut, and git into some decent duds
and I won't die till I do.”
The judge told the boys what was re
quired, and that afternoon two or three of
’em knocked off work and fixed Tom up.
A shirt was borrowed of one, a coat of
another, a vest of another, and by and by
the sick man was rigged out in the best
the camp afforded. When all this had been
done, ho said:
“Now, then, I feel more like dyin’, but
there’s one thing more I want. I want Joe
Billings to come up with his fiddle and
play me a few tunes.”
Joe was sent for, and after considerable
kicking he got his fiddle and went up to
Tom's shanty. Tom was propped up in
bed and waiting, and Joe sat down and
gave him ‘"The Old Oaken Bucket,” “Old
Folks at Home,” “Nellie Gray,” and half
a dozen other well-known airs. He had
been playing for an hour, his eyes on the
hills opposite, when Judge Watkins looked
in and said:
"Cut it off, Joe, Tom’s dead.’*
And so he was, and when the boys came
to observe the pleased and contented look
on his faee they were agreed that he had
died decently and been given a fair start
on his way.
—Santa Teresa, the Mexican girl who
was banished from Sonora, Mex., five
years ago, because of her wonderful cures
and Influence over the Mexicans, left Tex
as for Arizona last week and was accom
panied to the station by three armed men,
who threatened to shoot any one who
tried to molest her.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
BARTHELMESS—The relatives and
friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Barthel
mess and Mrs. R. M. Barthelmess and
Mrs. K. McKenzie are Invited to attend
the funeral of the infant daughter of the
former, Edith Ralston, age 2 months and
16 days, this afternoon at 4 o'clock, at
their residence. No. 307 New Houston
street, east. Interment in Laurel Grove
cemetery.
BRENNAN.—The relatives and friends
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brennan, Sr.,
and family are Invited to attend the fun.
eral of the former, from No. 26 East Broad
street, at 4 o’clock this afternoon.
SPECIAL NOTICKS.
JUST RECEIVED,
A fresh assortment of CRASH
SUITS, all sizes, now in stock.
Regulars, stouts and slims.
M. DRYFUS,
Congress Hall. 127 Congress st., w.
KOH BU'KFTOJT, . C.
Steamer Doretta from wharf foot WTilt
nker street Saturday. Wth Inat., at 10 p.
m. Returning, leave Bluffton at 5 a. nt.
Monday.
BEKOIUS PURCHASING
A Typewriter see the Improved Homing,
ton Typewriter. No. i It haa no equal.
HEARING A HULL,
Sole Dealers for Savannah,
• Drayton street
"111 Uhi TMUtBLED WITH lOtU
CARPETS
When the DISTRICT MESSENGER ANn
DELIVERY COMPANY will relieve you
of all care by taking them up, cleaning
disinfecting, and storing them for the
aummer and relaying them at a very mod
arate coat? They move, etore, and insure
household goods of all kinds. Corner Con
gress and Montgomery streets. ’Phone A
PI. R IhK 1,0 \y< o\
LIFE DStKAXCK POLICIES.
If you have a policy in the New York
Uf ® or Mutual Life and
would like to secure a loan, write us living
number of your policy, and we w"l, be
pleased to quote rates. Address The
Kngilsh-Amerlcan Loan and Trust Cos
No. 11 Equitable Building, Atlanta, Ga. '
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.
Savannah, Ga., June 12, 1897.—T0 con
form to an act of the General Assembly
of the state of Georgia, approved Dec. 18,
1*93, notice is hereby given by the under
signed, residents of New York, execu
tors of the will of Eugene Kelly, late of
the city of New York, deceased, of the
intention to transfer to Eugene Kelly,
Jr., Edward Kelly. Thomas H. Kelly,
Paul Fuller and Daniel F. Sullivan, trus
tees under the will of Eugene Kelly, de
ceased, the following stocks, viz: Thirty
one hundred and twenty-eight shares of
the Southern Bank of the State of Geor
gia, thirty-one hundred and ten of which
stand in the name of Eugene Kelly and
eighteen in the name of estate of Eugene
Kelly.
Also, one hundred shares stock of the
Merchants National Bank of Savannah
standing in the name of Eugene Kelly.
EUGENE KELLY, JR.,
EDWARD KELLY,
THOMAS H. KELLY',
PAUL FULLER,
DANIEL F. SULLIVAN,
' Executors.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
A dividend of ($2.50) two dollars and
fifty cents per share on the capital stock
of the Southwestern Railroad Company,
will be paid on and after July 6th, 1897,
to stockholders of record on the books of
the company, at the close of business on
June 19th, 1897. Dividends payable at the
office of the company in Macon, Ga., and
at the Citizens Bank of Savannah, Sa
vannah, Ga. The books of the company
will be closed from June 20th, 1897, to
July 6th, 1897, both inclusive.
By order of the board.
JOHN M. WALKER,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Macon, Ga., June 12th, 1897.
DIVIDEND NO. 20.
The Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Cos.,
No. 8 and 10 Bryan street, east, Savan
nah, Ga., June 22, 1897.—The directors
have this day declared a semi-annual div
idend of three (3 per cent.) per cent, from
the earnings of the past six months, pay
able on and after June 26, 1897.
HOTEL TVBEE.
Savannah, Ga., June 23, 1897.—This popu
lar hotel is rapidly filling up, and is one
of the coolest spots on the Southern coast.
Everything new and first-class.
The finest kind of bathing suits are be
ing used at Hotel Tybee. Come down and
enjoy the breezes and try our fish sup
pers. You will go home feeling ten years
younger. CHAS. F. GRAHAM,
Proprietor.
NOTICE.
City of Savannah, Office Clerk of Coun
cil, June 16, 1897.—Under and by virtue of
an ordinance passed at the regular meet
ing of council, held June 2, 1897, pro
viding for the re-establishment of the
city dispensary, the board of sanitary com
missioners will elect at the next regular
meeting to be held on Tuesday, June 29,
at 4:30 p. m.:
Keeper City Dispensary, salary per an
num, $1,200; bond $2,000.
Assistant Keeper City Dispensary, sal
ary per annum, *900; bond *1,500.
Porter City Dispensary, salary per an
num, *240.
All applications must be filed with the
secretary of the board (the health officer)
with the name of bondsmen (two requir
ed) by 2 p. m. Tuesday, June 29. 1897.
By order of Council.
WM. P. BAILEY, Clerk of Council.
NOTICE OF DISTRICTS, COLORED
CITY PHYSICIANS.
Office Board of Sanitary Commission
ers, Savannah, Ga., June 19, 1897.—The re
cent election for an additional colored
city physician makes it necessary that
the city should be districted, so as to di
vide the work of the two colored city
physicians. f
Dr. S. P. Lloyd is hereby assigned to
the eastern division, or all that part of
the city east of Whitaker street.
Dr. J. H. Bugg is hereby assigned to
the western division, or all that part of
the city west of Whitaker street.
The limits of these divisions extend to
the corporate limits of the city.
By order of the Board of Sanitary Com
missioners.
J. C. LE HARDY, Secretary.
LEASE OF CITY LOTS.
City Marhal's Office, Savannah, Ga.,
June 21, 1897.—8 y virtue of authority coni
ferred by council, and under the direction
of the committee on city lots, I will lease
to the highest bidder for a period of five
years lots Nos. 88, 89 and 90, and five acres
of land adjoining lot No. 90. Minimum
value of lease eighty dollars per annum,
payable quarterly in advance, secured by
bond and two sureties. Bids will be re
ceived until June 26, 1897, 12 o’clock m
JOHN POWER.
City Marshal.
BIDS WANTED.
City of Savannah, Office of Commis
sioner of Public Works, Savannah, Ga.
June 23, 1897.—Bids will be received at this
office until Monday, June 28, at noon, city
time, to furnish the city with one hundred
tons of screened steam coal. Also one
hundred tons steam coal, run of the
mine. Coal la to bo delivered at the cliy
crematories and weighed at (he city sta
bles. HARRY WILLINK.
Commissioner.
TOILET REQUISITES. ‘
Meldermn, a Toilet Powder that
dispels the disagreeable odors arts.
1S from perspiration.
Violet Ammonia —A few droits
imparts n delightful fragrance to a
basin ot water.
Boraclne cures Prickly Heat and
prevents chafing,
Couipjressed Sponges, Toilet Sets,
Imported and Domestic Bay Rnni.
SOLOMONS A CO.
BECK MANN'S CAFE.
A fresh shipment of Coburger,
n fresh line of Cuhr.n Cigars, und
the highest grade of bottled goods
a specialty.
112 and 114 Whitaker street.
for ngiiT, — ■■
Very desirable dwelling, choice loca
tton. All modern Improvements, lmmt*
dlate possession. Apply to
CHAMPION A GARMANY.
16 Bryan street, east
g.I.INNt to Loan on ileal
Ronds and Slocks of Every Uescrip.
tlon Bought and Sold.
AUSTIN It. MYHES, Broker,
Bit Bryan Street, East.
WHY IB A CNAWPURD '
THE BEST WHEEL ON BARTHf
McQuade might Tutlua. but If you read
our ad. we wW tell you.
LINDSAY A MORQAN.
EXCURSIONS.
iiHiliiilil
SCHEDULE.
In effect on and after June 5. Steamer
Doretta daily except Mondays from
Tnunderbolt at 10:30 a. m. and 7:20 p. m.
" a^ aw a t 5 p. m. Saturdays and
Sundays. From Thunderbolt 3:20 p. m.
Mondays from city at 4 p. m. from
for U Wa^ bolt a 1 7 i 20 P ' m ' steame r Alpha
for arsaw Sundays, from city at 9a m
from Thunderbolt 10:30 a. m. Leaving War
saw at 7 p. m. Excursion tickets 35c except
Sundays 45c. Wilmington Is
and 40c, Including car service, on sale by
T. & I. H. Railroad, Bolton street
Junction. Charters can be made on very
terms. For all information
?P ply F. ROBERTSON, wharf
(??M D W M tak< ‘ r street, or JNO. H. JUD
underbolt. ’Phone 566.
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF SAVANNAH.
Caoital, $500,000.
Transacts a general bunking busi.
ness. Maintains a Savings Depart,
ment and allows INTEREST AT 4
PER CENT., compounded qtiarterly.
The accounts of Individuals, flruts,
bank.* and corporations ore solicit,
ed.
With onr large lumber of corre.
spondents In GEORGIA, ALABAMA,
FLORIDA and SOUTH CAROLINA wo
are prepared to handle collections
on the most favorable terms. Cor.
respondenee invited.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President.
M. H. LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
THE CHATHAM BANK
SAVANNAH, GA.
Transacts fi general hanking
business, maintains a liberal sav.
tags department.
Foreign and Domestic Exchange
a spectalty.
Having a Large number of interior
correspondents, we can- handle col.
lections nt very reasonable rates.
Correspondence solicited.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
An 1896 Barnes Diamond single steering
tandem, second handed but In perfect con
dition. We wili sell this tandem for *75
call quick before you loose the chanca
to buy it.
We have a few second handed wheel3
of our different agencies, and parties in
quest of big bargains should call at once
and see these snaps. They do not remain
long when buyers call upon us.
You will note by reference to any of tha
large papers that E. C. Bald continues
to defeat Tom Cooper. This Is in a great
measure due to the wonderful Barnes
wheel that Bald rides, of course Bald is
the greatest racing man that Amercla
has ever seen, but you must remember
that no matter how fast the man he must
have a superb mount, and that is the
reason the White Flyer is always victor
ous.
The Remingtons, Ides and Keatings are
all great machines; ia fact, they out sell
all other wheels just at present. Our
prices tell the tale.
R. D. & W. LATTIMORE
Hardware and stove dealers.
FOR SALE OR FOR RENT,
That desirable dwelling, with all mod
ern improvements; large lot with well
laid off garden plat; known as the resi
dence of Mr. W. G. Cooper, No. 211 West
Gwinnett street. Apply to
CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND IM
PROVEMENT COMPANY,
14 East Bryan Street.
CITY OF SAVANNAH POCKET MAI’S,
SO CENT* EACH.
PRINTED IN TWO COLORS.
NICELY BOUND lit CLOTH AND
STAMPED IN BOLD ON SIDE.
For sale by | . i
MORNING NEWS.
Mocking Bird Cages.
Mocking Bird Food.
Bird Seed, 3 pounds for 25c.
Bird Mid tel tie.
Bird Gravel.
('roquet Sets.
Hammocks.
Japanese Crockery.
Cup and Saucers, Plates and
Bric-a-Brac.
50 per cent, discount for this
week only.
Garden Hand Pumps.
Books and Htatlonery.
Shirt Waist Sets and Belts.
At GARDNER'S.
12 E. Broughton street.
TELFAIR ACADEMY
OP
ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Open to Vtaitora dally, except Sundays,
From 10 a m , to 6 p. m.
Single admission 3b cunta. Annual tick*
•U. lI.W.