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COTTON MILLS BOUGHT IN.
.jrnr.RV hank secihed the
5 pitol'KflTV I’OH s:il),tKH>.
„ Judgment Amounting to $30.-
(KM> Aiinin’t the Company. The
llnuk Will Not Go Into Cotton Mil
ling Bnainenn—Wouid Like to See
Syndicate Take Hold of the
-Considerable Southwestern
stoek and Other Securities Sold.
The Best Sales flay n Several
Under a judgment in the city court in
• of the Southern Bank against the
annah Cotton Mills, Sheriff T. J. Shef
‘ SjM the property of that company
1, nu t,lie outcry yesterday. The amount
® J,“ he southern Bank ts S’3C.COO, and that
‘ uuuion was represented at the sale by
y ' r G orge A. Mercer, Jr„ who was there
u, ? ee that the amount of the judgmenv
< realized.
Th e bidding started off by Mr. Mercer,
ho tu -st offered SIO,OOO for the property,
vl,’. was one other party bidding against
jeh carried it up to $29,000. Mr.
v then bid $30,000 lor the bank, and
j h * e property was declared sold to him at
that figure.
The capital stock of the Savannah Cot
ton Mills is SdW. OOO - all ot whlch has been
. lU i into the plant. The plant is quite a
valuable one and contains considerable
modern machinery. Money was borrowed
from the Southern Bank for the purpose
of improving the plant and adding to the
machinery, and for a while the company
did quite well, but recently has been un
able to make any money.
What the Southern Bank will do with
the cotton mills is not known. The bank
is not going into the cotton milling busi
ness, Vice President Crane says, and
would lie glad to see the plant taken in
charge by some syndicate, provided the
proper arrangements could be made. It
is impossible to say just at present what
will be done in the matter, bu 4 it is not
likely that the plant will be dismembered,
or sold out piecemeal. Al! the bank de
sires is to get the money due it, and per
haps some arrangement will be made lo
pay the amount and put the mill on Us
feet again.
Mr. 1. D. Laßoche sold from the es
tate of Robert Sisson the northern three
fourths of lot No. 23 Curry town ward,
fronting sixty feet on West Broad street,
near Chariton, and running back eighty
feet, with three brick dwellings, for $2,900;
also the southern half of lot No. 22 Curry
town ward, 39 by 80 feet, with improve
ments, for $l,lOO.
From the estate of Clayton H. Brigham
air. Laßoche sold one share of the capital
stock of the Citizens Bank of Savannah at
110%; one share of the 'Merchants National
Bank stock at 89; five shares of South
western railroad stoek at 38%; ten shares
of Georgia Railroad Company stock ut
173*4; fourteen shares of the capital stock
of the Central of Georgia Bank of 'Macon
al 83; one SI,OOO bond of the Jefferson and
Gainesville railroad for $992.50, and ten
shares of the Hydraulic Cotton Press Com
pany at 65.
From the estate of Claus Gerken Mr.
Laßoche sold lot No. 23 at Beaulieu for
SSOO. From the estate of Josephine Haber
stetter he sold lot No. 19 and the western
portion of lot No. 20, Choctaw ward, at
Guerard and Walker streets, with improve
ments, consisting of four houses and a
store, to Frank Werm for $2,400.
Mr. Charles H. Dorsett sold lot with a
two-story frame house on Jefferson street,
between Jones and Charlton, for $1,025.
Mr. John McLaughlin sold from the es
tate of Ephraim Regular two shares of
Southwestern railroad stock at 93%. He
also sold twenty-five shares of the capi
tal stock of the Germania Bank at 108%;
also one-fourth of an acre on the Augusta
road, five miles from the city, for SSO.
Mr. R. H. Tatem sold from the estate
of Euphemia Cunningham fifty-seven
shares of Southwestern railroad stock at
93 3-16; also $2,400 second preference in
come bonds of the Central of Georgia
Railway Company at 15%.
Altogether, yesterday was about the
most interesting sales day for the iast four
or five months. There was not a large
amount of real estate sold outside of the
Savannah cotton mills property, but the
day’s doings gives a fair insight into the
present local security market, and from
that standpoint at least proved quite in
teresting.
maw join in week of prayer.
Inruo Congregations at Roth of Yes
terday's Services.
Larger congregations than those of Mon
day attended the services of the week of
prayer yesterday afternoon and last night.
The afternoon service was held at the
Lutheran church of the Ascension, the
pastor, Rev. W. C. Schaeffer, con
ducting it. The sermon was preached, by
Rev. O. F. Cook, pastor of Grace Metho
dist church, on the subject “ The Church
Universal.” Those who heard him com
plimented Mr. Cook upon his talk.
The evening service was at the Duffy
Street Baptist church. Rev. James D.
t'liapman. the pastor, conducted the ser
vice. Rev. Dr. W. C. Schaeffer preached
the sermon, which was upon the same
subject as that of Mr. Cook in the after
noon. The subjects for the meetings are
given out by the secretary of the Evan
gelical Alliance of the United States, un
der tlie auspices of which the week of
prayer is observed. The subject treated
of at the afternoon services is taken its
that for the evening. The congregation
at the service of the Duffy street church
was much larger than that of the night lie
fore. The ministers feel considerably en
vouraged, and they yet expect to see the
churches filled.
The afternoon service to-day will have
as tlie subject “Nations and Their Rul
er.-." Rev. M. J. Epting, pastor of St.
Raul's Lutheran church, will preach. Rev.
Dr. James Y. Fair, pastor of the Inde
pendent Presbyterian church, will preach
at the evening service.
A NEW LAWYER APPLIES.
The Ilnrdecville Brick Cos. Now the
Savannah Supply Cos.
In tlie superior court yesterday Morris
Myers. formeGy of North Carolina, ap
plied for admission to practice in the
courts of Georgia. In his application he
fated that he had practiced in the state
courts of North Carolina, and asked for
the same privilege in Georgia. Judge Fai
neant appointed Messrs. Davis Freeman,
M . \V. Osborne, Pope Barrow, Edward S.
Klllott and John S. Schley a committee
to examine him on law and report. The
examination has not yot been held.
Thomas L. Hill, Esq., was granted a
commission as a commercial notary pub
*'" by Judge FalUgant.
hi the matter of the petition of the
H.irdeevllle Brick Company an amend
ment to the company’s charter was grant
'd by which the name is changed to the
-oyunnah Building Supply Company.
Petition for the foreclosure of n mort
gigo was made in the case of Joseph S.
■ tynnrd against Joseph L. Whatley. The
“mourn claimed on a promissory note Is
with interest. The mortgage is upon
tt lut of 5.1 acres just south of the city.
didk't like to hove ox.
Evangelist Baker and the Police
Come to Words.
Something of a clash between religion
and law was averted yesterday afternoon
by religion giving way to the poitce.
Rev. R. E. Baker and his wife, Mrs. M.
V. Baker, were conducting a service from
their wagon at State and Bull streets,
when they were ordered by Sergeant Kil
lourhy to move to another location. The
officer rode up on his horse, and, speaking
to the woman, said that they would have
to continue their preaching from the
street. There was a considerable crowd.
By far the greater part of it had taken
positions upon the grass in the square.
This is against-the city ordinance, and Ser
geant Killourhy decided the proper thing
to do would be to have the levangelists
drive their wagon over to some location
that would pot border upon the square.
Rev. Baker was preaching at the time
the officer addressed his wife. The mean
ing of the officer was conveyed to him, but
he did not seem to be in any hurry to I
obey. Turning to the crowd, he told them
that he was about ready to conclude the
service any way, and its continuance might
be heard from the position the officer had
indicated, which was at the Bull street
front of the court house. The evangelist
continued to speak to the crowd, his re
marks having some bearing upon the or
dered move. The sergeant noticed that his
orders were not being obeyed with any
thing resembling precipitation, and he re
peated them. The evangelist made some
reply, and the officer again ordered him to
move from the edge of the square. Rev.
Baker started to say something more, but
was told If he did so he would be arrested.
This silenced the evangelist, and he and
his wife drove at once to the place indi
cated.
The services were resumed there, though
Rev. Baker did not take up the broken
thread of his discourse. His wife wanted
a chance to talk, and she directed her re
marks to a considerable extent toward the
event that had caused the transfer. Among
other things, she said the grass belongs to
God, and His servants should be allowed
opportunity to use it.
Rev. Baker was asked later about the
occurrence. He said he regarded the man
ner of the officer as highly offensive and
that he did not think there was any reason
why he should have been disturbed. He
had been given a permit by the chief of
police, he said, to preach in the court
house square, and this was what he was
doing when he was interrupted. He said
people were standing upon the grass when
they began to preach and that they can
be seen on the grass at almost any lime.
“Look there,"he said, "there they are now,
standing Just at the place from which we
were driven."
Rev. Baker says he and his wife have
traveled more than 3,000 miles through the
most important cities of the east, and that
the occurrence was the first of the kind
that has ever befell them.
The evangelists started out on their tour
in last May from Peoria, 111. They have
been in Canada and all through the east
ern states, traveling all the time by pri
vate conveyance, the wagon from which
they deliver their sermons. They will hold
services every afternoon in the court
house square, and at night they may be
heard at the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union’s hall on Broughton street.
AT THE THEATER.
James O’Xeill in "Dead Heart** and
“Monte Cristo" To-day.
James O’Neil will be seen to-day in two
performances. He will give a matinee per
formance of ‘'The Dead Heart” and to
night he will be seen in "Monte Cristo,”
which he has played over 3,000 times. He
has made this season a revival of the ro
mantic drama, “The Dead Heart,” which
he produced in this country five years ago,
simultaneously with Sir Henry Irving's
presentation at the London Lyceum. Mr.
O’Neil impersonates the chief role of Rob
ert Landry, a young sculptor, who is im
prisoned and persecuted because he is in
love with Catherine Duval, the beautiful
daughter of a wealthy merchant. Cather
ine was also beloved by a noble count, and
he and his friend, Latour. a crafty abbe,
successfully conspire to have Landry in
carcerated. The storming of the bastile
brings about the release of Landry, who
finally sacrifices himself as a victim for
the knife of the guillotine in order to save
the life of the son of his only love. As
may be seen, the story deals with the
primeval passions of love and revenge
which two elements arc so blended as to
afford a most absorbing interest in follow
ing out the developments of the plot.
Miss Rosabel Morrison will be seen Fri
day night in anew version of “Carmen,”
adapted from Merrimee’s fascinating story
by Tneodore Kremcr. The play will be
presented on the same scale of scenic
prodigality that has always been a feat
ure of a “Morrison” production. The cos
tumes and properties will be unique. Her
supporting company will be on a scale of
excellence commensurate with the dignity
of the attraction.
On account of Ihe small sale of seats,
the “Lost A Bride” company did not plaji
last night. The attendance at the mati
nee was very light. The company is finan
cially embarrassed, but will probably go to
Cordele to-day.
The management of the James O'Neil
company has advertised for twenty super
numaries to take part in the production of
"The Dead Heart” to-night.
TO OPEN INDOOR HALL GAMES.
Y. M. H. A. nnl C. 1.. A. Teams to Meet
To-morrow Night.
The indoor base ball league will open
its season to-morrow night. The opening
game will be played by the C. L. A. and Y.
M. H. A. teams at the Y. M. C. A. gym
nasium. The sale of reserved seats will
begin this morning and will be sold from
8:30 to 10:30 o’clock and from 1:30 to 2:30
o'clock. The seats to be reserved are the
chairs around the railing in the gymna
sium hali. The price, including admis
sion, is 25 cents. The general admission
is 15 etnts. The seats not to be reserved
are ample to accommodate a large crowd
and are in every way desirable.
The uniforms of the C. L. A. team ar
rived yesterday and were tried on last
night. They are well made and make a
pretty show.
The league is to be given a handsome
silver prize cup by Mr. Charles Marks, to
be contested for. The offer will give a
stimulus to the league which was recent
ly organized.
Notice of the offer has been given Mr.
Frank Hogan, secretary of the league,
and, of course, It will be accepted. The
cup will be made in New York and it is
intended to have one of the prettiest de
signs obtainable.
The cup will pass from team to team
each season, but should any one win it
five successive seasons it will go to that
team absolutely.
Tortured For Months.
“I was tortured for nine months with
nettle rash. I found no relief until I be
gan taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla. The first
few bottles relieved me and I continued
its uso until I was cured. I am now in
better health than for years and my skin
is soft and smooth.” Mrs. Luc.v # W. Bige
low, Bushnell, Fla.
Hood’s Pills are the only pills to take
with Hood's Sarsaparilla. All druggists.
. 25c.—ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1898.
PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED.
Seale of Prices for Repair "Work
Fixed by tlie Bicycle Men.
At a meeting of the Savannah cycle
board of trade, held in the gentlemen's
parlor at the De Solo hotel last night, Mr.
H. S. Oppenheimer was elected permanent
chairman and Mr. Fred Myers, Jr., per
manent secretary.
The meeting was attended by almost
every bicycle man in the city, the repair
men and the dealers all being represented.
Tiie members cf the organization passed
upon a scale of prices for repair work, by
which all have agreed to abide. It is said
that there have been few changes in the
prices for repair work, that in no Instance
have they been raised, but in many have
been lowered. This gives all the repair
men a uniform scale for work, and to it
they have agreed to stand.
The members of the organization will
hold another meeting next Tuesday night
for the purpose of adopting a constitution
and by-laws, and will at that time elect
a president and other officers. Among
other questions to come up are the prices
of wheels of different classes, and the
manner of selling them.
slir FOR A PISTOL SHOT.
John Shellmun’N Penalty for Shoot
ing in the Street.
John Shellman was in police court yes
terday charged with firing a pistol on Jef
ferson street. He was fined $25, or given
thirty* days on the chain-gang, the usual
sentence for those arraigned for this kind
of hilarity. Shellman would have been
turned over to the city court for carrying
concealed w r eapons but for the fact he
claimed he had the gun in his hand when
arrested and did not have it concealed.
No mercy is shown that class who nave
bobbed up lately and are daily getting in
the court for pistol tiring. Aside from the
danger, the practice gives the police un
necessary trouble and they can never tell
whether the report is from a light or sim
ply fun-making. The recorder told Shell
man that Savannah is not a western town
and such practices will not be tolerated.
HAS NOT APPEARED.
Congressman Pearce's Visit to Sa
vannah Seems Delayed.
Congressman C. E. Pearce of Missouri,
who started off from Washington to take
a look at the coast fortifications down this
way, has not yet arrived in Savannah.
He was reported In Charleston something
more than a week ago, and it was an
nounced at that time that he would come
to Savannah for the purpose of inspecting
the coast fortifications here. Capt. C. E.
Gillette received a telegram then stating
that Congressman Pearce was coming, and
that he had permission from the Secretary
of War to visit the fortifications. Since
that time, however, nothing has been
heard from the congressman, thought it is
not believed that he has rubbed Savannah
off his list.
TO BOX TWENTY-FIVE ROUNDS.
Jack Smith to Tackle Jack Williams
To-uight.
The twenty-five round glove contest be
tween Jack Smith of Cincinnati and Jack
Williams of New Orleans, which lakes
piace to-night at Turner’s hall, promises
to be a success from every point of view.
Williams’ record is an enviable one, he
having stood off and bested some of the
best boxers in the country. Smith is also
considered a good man, and it is a toss-up
as lo who will win.
The preliminary between Tug Wilson of
Indianapolis and Tommy Corcoran of this
city promises to be an interesting go, as
Corcoran is known to be a man who al
ways gives the spectators a run for their
money. The preliminary will be put on at
9:30 o'clock.
COI RT OF ORDINARY.
F. n. Johnstone's Case Goes Over Un
til Some Time Next Week.
In the court of ordinary yesterday no
hearing was had in the case of F. R. lohn
stone by his next friend
against C. C. Taliaferro, ex
ecutor and trustee under the will of
Mary M. Taliaferro. The mater came up,
but was i>ostponed until some time next
week on account of the absence from the
city of Mr. F. G. cjußignon, who is as
sociated with J. R. 'Saussy for the de
fense.
Letters dismissory on the estate of Hor
tense I. Wright were granted to Charles
R. Bordley.
Letters of administration on the estate
of Margaret Cole were granted to W. P.
Laßoche.
ODD FELLOWS INSTALL OFFICERS.
Oglethorpe Lodge's Installation Last
Night—Golden Hale To-night.
The following officers of Oglethorpe
Lodge No 1. I. O. O. F., were installed
last night as follows:
N. G.—H. E. Wilson.
V. G.—J. A. Hutton.
Secretary—James Van Berschot.
Treasurer —W. H. Whitehead.
The installing officers not being present
the members requested P. G. M. A. N.
Manucy to officiate, which he did, assisted
by T. H. Hutton as grand marshal, T. A.
Gunderson as grand secretary, and Charles
Gross as grand treasurer.
The officers of Golden Rule Lodge No.
12 will be installed to-night and the offi
cers of Haupt <*xidge No. 5S to-morrow
night. _
TO BE TAKEN BACK TO-DAY.
Mabry <a Condition to He Removed
to Ilrnnawiek.
Mabry, the defaulting express agent, will
be taken to Brunswick to-night.
When taker, to the Savannah hospital it
was thought Mabry's injuries were such
that Ills recovery would require several
days. It now develops that he is thor
oughly himself, and will be able to make
llu- trip with safety, . Loss of blood has
weakened him very much, however, and
his color and general appearance show
the effect of recent experiences.
There is a marked cheerfulness noticed
about Mabry since his recovery and it Is
now thought he has become resigned to
his fate.
Chief AlcDcrmott Congratulated.
The chief of police at Macon telegraph
ed congratulations to Chief McDermott
yesterday on his re-election. Many local
congratulations have also been received
by Chief McDermott.
Did No 4 Meet.
The police commission did not meet
yesterday on account of there being no
business requiring its attention. A meet
ing will be held to-morrow, however.
For Fifty Years
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind colic, and is the best remedy
for Diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bot
tle.—ad.
A NEW TRIAL GRANTED.
Ualilnell Will Ilnvc lo Seek Damages
Before Another Jury.
Judge T. Of. Norwood handed down a
decision yesterday granting anew trial
in the case of S. L. Caldwell against the
Savannah. Florida and Western Raiiroad
Company, in which Caldwell was given a
verdict for $18,600 damages for personal
Injuries sustained while in the employ of
the road in Florida,
The verdict was probably tHe largest
verdict lor damages ever secured against
a railroad or any other corporation in
Chatham county, and for that reason there
has been much Interest in the case. i
Judge Norwood did not consider that
there was any ground for new trial in the
alleged errors in the charge of the court.
He granted anew trial on the ground of
newly discovered evidence, that of a Dr.
A. P. ,T. Julian of Florida, about whose
testimony it was shown that nothing was
known at the time of the trial. The ques
tion involved appears to be-as to whether
Caldwell’s injuries, which are largely In
his back, were due entirely to the accident
on the railroad, or whether injuries to his
spine received prior to that time were aug
mented by the accident. It appears that the
defendant company claims to have some
newly discovered evidence on that subject,
one which did not figure largely In the trial
of the ease.
On account of this evidence Judge Nor
wood said he considered that the ends of
justice might be better subserved by the
granting of anew trial. In this case
Messrs. W. M. Toomer of Waycross and
R. M. Hitch of Savannah appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. W. S. Chisholm, of Er
win, dußignon & Chisholm, for the de
fendant.
WORKING LODGE TREASURERS.
Scheme of n lodge Fraud to Get n
Living.
Some of the fraternal orders are being
duped by a party claiming membership,
and having a draft from his home lodge,
on their treasurer for sick benefits due
him. His plan is to seek the treasurer of a
local lodge, and ask to be identified at a
bank for the purpose of having the draft
cashed. It generally happens that the
treasurer is some distance from the bank,
and prefers to guarantee the endorsement
of the stranger by placing Iris own en
dorsement on the draft, it is cashed and
sent on for collection by the bank, is pro
tested for non payment by the bank to
which it is sent, and the treasurer is call
ed niton to puy the arpount of the draft,
interest and protest fees.
This was the experience of a lodge treas
urer in a neighboring city. He wrote to a
gentleman in Savannah, asking him to
look up the "stranger,” who said he was
coming here. Inquiry developed the fact
that he had been here, not using the same
name, but answering exactly the descrip
tion given, as to his personal appearance
and practicing the same scheme for raising
money on one of the lodge treasurers of
this city.
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest In Savannah anil
Elsewhere.
The regular bi-monthly meeting of the
Southeastern FreigJTt Association has been
called for Jan. 11. The meeting will be
held this time at Belleair, Fla., the hotel
of the Plant system at that place being
used.
Among the railroad men In the city yes
terday was Capt. I>. E., Jdgxwell, seqond
vice president and general manager of
the Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road.
News was received at the offices of the
Plant system yesterday of the burning of
the depot at Jesup. The fire occurred
night before last. Its origin tyas not
stated.
General Freight and Passenger Agent*
A. Pope of the Georgia and Alabama rail
road is in Atlanta in attendance upon the
meeting of railroad and lumber men. Maj.
Pope was*in Montgomery day before yes
terday, where he attended a meeting of
railroad men Interested in the movement
of cotton from that place.
Circulars have been received from the
office of the commissioner of the South
eastern Passenger Association authorizing
rates of one fare for the round trip to the
Mardis Gras celebrations at New Orleans,
Memphis, Birmingham and Mobile. All of
these celebrations will be held at the same
time, Feb. 22. The railroads expect to be
kept busy while the rates are on. This
will be the first time that Memphis has
attempted the Mardi Gras that has been
made famous by New Orleans. Mobile
and Birmingham have had the experience
of one or two seasons.
The passenger department of the Sea
board Atr Line has Just Issued an Illus
trated book entitled "Education in the
South,” giving a full and complete list and
description of schools, colleges and uni
versities along the route.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mr. W. P. Sm.th came up yes:erday from
Haylow.
Mr. W. C. Perkins of Tennille spent yes
terday in the city.
Mr. Frank J. Moses of Augusta Is reg
istered at the Dc Soto.
Registered at the Pulaski yesterday was
Mr. S. Bird of Ilellville.
Mr. J. M. Lawton of Beaufort Is among
the arrivals at the Screven house.
Among the arrivals at the Planters’ ho
tel is Mr. J. I>. Robeson of Dublin.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Thigpen of Glenns
ville were among the visitors in the city
yesterday
Mr. L. M. Rountree of Beaufort was
among the arrivals registered at the Pu
laski yesterday.
Mrs. A. A. Pilcher of Stellaville Is visit
ing her son, Mr. A. C. Pilcher, at No. 101
President street, east.
Among the visitors who spent yesterday
in the city was Mr. R. W. Adams, who
came up from Lake City, Fia.
Among the guests registered at the
Planters’ hotel yesterday was Mr. J. W.
Woodward, who come over from Dublin.
Mr. John A. Minchen of Hazlehurst was
among the visitors who spent yesterday
in the city, a guest of the Screven house.
Among the guests registered at the
Screven house yesterday was Mr. J. A.
Woodward, who came down from Still
more.
Mr. J. M. Barnard, Jr., who spent the
holidays in Boston, has returned to the
city. His daughter, Miss Grace Barnard,
who has been spending some time in the
north, returned with him.
The many friends of Dr. M. L. Boyd,
while regretting to know that he has
been ill at all, will be glad to learn that
the reports of his Illness have been greatly
exaggerated. He has been afflicted with
gout for some days, but this is rapidly im
proving, and 1t is thought that It will be
but a short time before he is out.
Mrs. Benjamin BuLerworth and son, Mr.
Frank 8. Butlerworth, arrived In the city
last night from Washington, D. C., and
registered at the I)e HotO,. They will leave
the city this morning by the Plant system
for Thomasvllle, where they have been
called by the serious Illness of Mr. But
terworll), who is not expected to live. Mr.
Butterworth is the well-known commis
sioner of patents.
BREAD THE WORLD OVER.
Various Forms ot the Staff of Life in
Different Countries of the Earth.
From Good Housekeeping.
"It is a. curious and interesting study,"
says the superintendent of the baking de
partment In a certain industrial school,
"to compare the various materials which
serve the different nations of the world ns
the basis of their bread in this country,
where good bread, made from spring and
fall wheat flour, is within the i\ u h of
all. Barely a thought is given lo Hi. fact
that, ufter all, the inhabitants of only a
small portion of the earth’s surf i . en
joy such a food.
“In the remoter parts of Sweden the
poor people make and bake their ry.
bread twice a year, and store the loave
away so that eventually they are as hard
as bricks. Further north still bread is
made from barley and oats, in Lapland
outs, with the inner bark of the pin.. at.
used. The two together, well ground and
mixed, are made into large fiat oak.
cooked in a pan over the tire. In diva:y
Kamchatka, pine or birch park by itself,
well macerated, i>ounded and link.,l, fre
quently constitutes the whole of the na
tive bread food. The Icelanders ip. s
the ‘lceland moss’ off the rocks m and
grinds it into fine flour, which serves Ihp.li
for bread and puddings. In some par: of
Siberia, China, and other eastern emu in,
a fairly palatable bread is made from
buckwheat. In parts of Italy chestnuts
ore cooked, ground into meal and use,l r.n
making broad. Durra, a variety of the
millet, Is much used in the countries of
India. Egypt, Arabia, and Asia Minor for
making bread. Rice bread is the staple
food of the Chinese, Japanese, and a lan .
portion of the Inhabitants of India. In
Persia the bread ts made from lice flout
and milk; It Is enlled ’Lawash.’
"The Persian oven is built in the ground,
about the size of a barrel. The sides nr,
smooth mason work. Tho fire Is built it
the bottom and kept burning until the
wall or sides of the oven are thoroughlv
heated. Enough dough to form a sheet
about a foot wide and about two feet long
is thrown on the bench and rolled until
about as thin ns sole leather, then it Is
taken up and tossed and rolled from on,
arm to the other and flung on a board
and slapped on the side of the oven. It
takes only a few moments to bake, and
when linked It is spread out to cool. This
bread Is cheap (one cent a sheet); it is
sweet and nourishing. A specimen of the
’hunger bread’ from Armenia is made of
clover seed, flax or linseed meal, mixed
with edible grass. In the Molucca Is
lands the starchy pith of tho sngo palm
furnishes a white, floury meal. This is
made up into flat, oblong loaves, which are
baked in curious little ovens, each oven
being divided into oblong cells to receive
the loaves. Bread Is also made of roots
in some parts of Africa nnd South Am, r
4ca. It Is made from manioc tubers. These
roots are a deadly poison if eaten
in the raw state, but make a good food
if properly prepared. To prepare il lot
bread, the roots are soaked for several
days in water, thus washing out the poi
son; the fillers are picked out. dried and
ground Into flour. This is mixed with
milk if obtainable, if not, water is used.
The dough Is formed into little round
loaves, and baked in hot ashes or dried in
the sun.”
AM E RICA’S NET HEIILA XDS.
A Veritable Lltlle Holland In One
Corner of WnNhliigton Stale.
From the Seattle Post-Inteiligencer.
In this great western country, where
there is so much wild land, where
millions of acres of soil have
never felt the touch of the
ploughman’s share or the keen edge of the
woodman’s ax, it does not seem that it
would be necessary to reclaim land from
the sea to obtain acres in cultivation.
But that has been done, and in Skagit
county, almost in the very northwestern
corner of the state, can be found scores
of the finest ranches of the world, lying
behind dikes built to keep out the sea
and the overflows of the Skagit river, the
largest stream that empties Into the sound.
This is the veritable Holland of Wash
ington. In Skagit county are situated the
famous Swinomish flats, the Beaver marsh,
the Olympic marsh, and the .Samish flats,
all surrounded by dikes ranging in hight
from two to fifteen feet. There are tide
gates along the seashore, which act au
tomatically. and which drain the land so
perfectly that crops are raised on land
below the sea level with safety. And such
crops!
For ages the big river has been bringing
down from the hills the richest sediment,
and there is really no bottom to the soil.
If a farmer in the east plows a little too
deep, he turns up*clay or rocks; If the
Beaver marsh rancher holds his plow han
dles too high, he simply digs up more of
the rich loam that raises every year with
out fail such crops that the old ranchers
of other sections cannot believe the sto
ries. One hundred and twenty-five bush
els of oata to the acre, a ton and a half
of hops, or five tons of hay are common
yields, while all sorts of root crops give
equally large results.
In order to plow his land, which, if
course, is soft and spongy, the ranchers
often put “tuley” shoes on their horses,
the shoes consisting of wide wooden blocks
to prevent the animals from sinking Into
the loam.
There are present eight diking dis
tricts in the county and nearly every
ranch of any size is In one or another
of these districts. Fully 100 miles of dikes
arc in use in the county, and many of
them are used also os roads. Very pic
turesque are these embankments in many
places, as they wind around through the
trees. When the Skagit Is having a fresh
et, as has been the case this week, the
people 'turn out to watch their dikes, and
by repairing them save their lands from
inundation. Sometimes a very high tide
will go over a dike and cover a number
of ranches with salt water. If the water
does not stand too long, this does no par
ticular damage.
As there is nothing but sand and black
loam to construct the dikes of, no perma
nent work has ever been done and cannot
be until the river is so improved that It
has a reasonably straight channel to the
sea. Five or six forks or mouths dis
charge the water into the sound, and the
delta thus formed Is excellent farming
land. If the Nvater should be confined
to one channel thousands of acres of land
would be reclaimed and the danger of over
flow reduced to a minimum. By this im
provement a magnificent navigable rivc-r,
teeming with fish and flowing through a
wealth of timber and mineral land, would
be opened up and would provide employ
ment for countless numbers of people.
If any resident of Washington has never
seen the verdant fields of the Skagit flats,
let him go up and take a look at them.
It will pay if he wants to know all about
the resources of his state. If he cannot
afford to take the trip, and wants to wo
some of the products of those diked fields,
let him go down among the commission
houses In Seattle and look at the hay and
oats which are brought from that favored
region in steambout loads.
The only failure of crops ever known
there is when the dikes break and the
growing grains are ruined with water.
—The venerable English actress, Mrs.
Keeley, whose ninetieth birthday was pub
licly celebrated at the Lyceum theater on
Nov. 23. 1895, still enjoys general good
health. She resides in Pelham crescent,
Brompton. London, where she has lived
lor over half a century
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SAFE
OIL,
A lamp exploded in Savannah on Sun
day which came very near causing a seri
ous conflagration. The oil which was in
it DID NOT come from the
DIXIE OIL GO.
Protect your homes and possibly your
lives by insisting upon having only Dixie
Oil Company’s Safe Oils.
Patronize Home Industry,
CLASSIFIED AOVESriSESIEirS.
PERSONAL.
rich head of hair. Just received the finest
i-' .(-lion of switches in Ueorgiu. Made
up with the finest imported convent hair;
blonde, grey, brown, black and drub
shades; hair coloring, not greasy, not
sticky, gives a bright natural shade lo the
hair. 28 East Broughton, the place for
Emile’s Hair Tonic, invaluable in scalp
and hair treatment. Mail orders promptly
filled.
HOMES FOR SALE EVERY DOLLAR
you pay out for rent Is forever gone; buy
a house from me on the installment plan
and In time you own your home. See me
fit once. J. H. Collins, at Collins, Grayson
& Cos., 207 Bay street, west.
HORSES CLIPPED - Will I.!-: VOX?
wait, by our electric clipper; runs two clin
|x rs. Thomas F. Gleason & Cos., Pulaski
House stables.
HOMES FOR SALK. THE HOUSES I
atn offering are new, just finished; hot and
cold water, gas. etc.; now is the lime to
buy. See me quick or you may regret not
doing so. J. S. Collins, at Collins, Gray
son & Cos., 207 Bay street, West.
MAY THE HAPPY NEW YEAR
bring plenty of good cheer; if you wunt
any chairs or other durable furniture, 4>c
sure to call on me; small expenses and
close cash buying enable me lo down all
competition. C. P. Miller, agent, 297
Broughton, west.
FURNITURE PACKED AND SIIIPI
per, mattresses renovated by skilled work
men; satisfaction guaranteed; prices as
low as the lowest. C. P. Miller, agent.
WHY PAY RENT WHEN YOU CAN
buy a nice home from mo on the install
ment plan. .1, 8. Collins, at Collins, Gray
son & Cos., 267 Bay street, west.
FINE LINE OF SECOND-HAND Ki'ff
gies, wagons, harness, iron safes, cash
registers, show cases, desks, marble man
tles, stoves, glassware; also office fixtures,
found at P. J. Finn's Auction room, No. 212
East Broughton, near A her corn streets.
MEDICAL.
HOW ARB YOUR FEET? IF YOUR
feet are troubling you *nil on me, and I
will give you relief. I cure Ingrowing
nulls, corns and all disease** of the feet
without pain. Charges reasonable; nan
give the best references in the city; office,
115 Drayton street; hours. 7 to 9 a. m., 1
to 3 p. in.. 0 to 8 p. in.; will attend patrons
at residences; orders can be-left ut Wheel
er's drug store, Bull and State streets;
telephone 2551. Lem Davis, surgeon
chiropodist.
HELP WANTED—MALBS.
assist with house work. 20 West Harris
street. ♦
A bar BOY AT SULLIVAN'S, %
Bryan street, east.
“WANTED. TWENTY MEN TO TAKE
part In Jumcs O’Neil’s production of
“Dead Heart” for matinee. Apply back
door theater 10 a. m.
“WANTED, A BAR BOY AT CUSTOM
House Shades. Bay lane and Bull streets,
HELP WAN TED—FK MALES.
''7Tw?TiRr’XT : orqc'‘'A^
9 o'clock on Ninth street, two doors from
Drayton, north side.
“WANTED, A WHITE GIRL, TO COOK
and do general housework, German pre
ferred. 2108 Bull and Seventh street. :
lAil'LOl WENT WANTED.
\VaTnTED. position by young i
man who is quick, and active and willing j
to work; is rapid and accurate in figures j
and understands bookkeeping, but will do !
anything by which I can earn a living;
good references given. Address S. and C ,
this office.
' WANTED BY A SOUTH CAROLIN
lan. a position as salesman In wholesale or
retail grocery business; best references.
Address J. P. L.. care the Morning News.
“WANTED, BY A YOUNG MAN OF
good habits, with good references, position
as clerk work In wholesale house prr-fer
cd; five years experience. Address
“Wholesale," News Office.
“WANTED, A POSITION IN A BRICK
yard: had thirty (30) years exfierienee in
burning brick. Address H. Roberts, No.
118 Henry street, east,
FOII KENT— ROOMS.
one or two single gentlemen; southern and
western exposure; comfortably furnished,
and convenient to bath. Address M., 319
Gwinnett, east. i
“GENTLEMAN can have fur
nished room; all conveniences; private
family. 1110 Druyton street.
“UNFURNISHED FLAT 4 ROOMS';
rent reasonable. 117 Liberty street, east.
“a NICE FLAT OF 3 OR 4 ROOMS IN
good order; all conveniences; use of bath,
first or second floor; rent moderate. 415
President street, east.
“SUITE OF ROOMS. WITH PRIVATE
bath and parlor. 232 Bull street.
“ELEGANT FLAT ON GASTON
street, between Horn rsham and Price;
first-class condition; all conveniences of a
house; rent cheup. Estate Salomon Cohen,
West Broad and Broughton streets.
' FLAT OF FOUR ROOMS. WITH MOtT
ern conveniences. Apply to C. P. Miller,
207 Broughton, west.
FOR RENT—HOUSES.
also cottage, on Anderson street, west. Ap
ply 503.
“FOR RENT. 23 GORDON STREET,
east; immediate possession. Apply R. S.
Claghorn, 110 Bryan street, east.
“TO RENT, RESIDENCE 12GTAYLOR
street, west, near Barnard street. Apply
co Edward Lovell’s Sons.
AICTIOX SILKS.
mclTlO!^^
I. I>. LaHOUIIK, Auctioneer.
On WEDNESDAY, the sth day of Jan
uary, 1898, at 4 o'clock p. m.. on premises,
1 will sell to the highest bidder, that
seven (7) room residence, situated on tho
north side of 8. -ond street, third east of
Bull street.
Terms at sal >. Open for inspection oil
day of sate-
FOB HUNT — HOUSES. • ~
~FOR RENT DESIRABLE RE3D
dence. No. 17 Charlton stn-et, west, si*
doors west of ltu.l. For particulars, apply
to E. W. Cubhu -e, at E. A. Well & Co.’s,
Broughton str. et.
“FOR KENT, CHEAP.' DESIRABLE
house, 204 N w Houston, west; can be
rented also In fiats. Apply 268 New Hous
ton, west.
POB KENT. BESI'DiTnCE WITH SEV
en rooms, hot ami coid water and all con
veniences; 314 Bolton -tree-t. west; $25 per
month. Apply to J. T. Shuptrine, corner
Congress nnd Jefferson streets.
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FDR KENT—STORES.
■''T^nriTENTVTrrir^
308 Broughton street, west. John Flan
nery, Bay street.
' FOR - RENT TWO STORES OM
Broughton street: and several desirabla
residences; all thoroughly renovated; pos.
session immediately. Apply Albert Wylly,
12 Bryan street, cist. _
FOR RENT. STORE o\ CORNER
Congress and West Broad streets. Apply
to R. Kirkland.
FOR RENT*. STORE NO. 41 BAR
nard street, next to corn* r Broughton; besß
business stand in the city; i--i- ssion given
immediately. Walthour & Rivers,
FDR SAUL-RUM. ESTATE.
'*TiOMe3T*OR — 3ALJL I~hXyeTtHßes
nice houses in Collinsville for sale oa easy
terms. Bee mo at once If you want a nlca
home cheap. J. 8. Collins, at Collins,
Grayson & Cos., 267 Bay street, west.
"Homes for sale! when yoU
buy a home from me you are not required
to pay 12 to 15 per cent. Interest. 1 am
satisfied with the legal rate. See me all
once and secure a home and stop paying
house rent. J. S. Collins, at Collins,
Grayson & Cos.
FOR. (MlLK—>llSt bLLAKGOIII.
"^oirs^rLE^nCTTcAiTT^
Be blocks, very cheap. Address A. R. UX\
this office. ,
~ FOR SALE, THREE PACINtJ
horses: I will sell the above horses; on*
of them can go in 2.36; one can beat
2:25, and the other can beat 2:26; th abova
horses nre sound, without blemish and
young, and all are well bred. For Infor
mation address James Doran, 19 Lime
house street. Charleston, S. < ’.
-AN ELEGANT PIANO. LATES”?
Style, full size, upright; entirely new; will
be sold at a bargain; for smoothness and
purity of tone, evenness of scale and great:
durability, very few can surpass it. Th*
Savannah theater is the proud possessor of
one of these fine pianos. Address Box
••8.” _ ;
“SAW MILL CONSISTING OF 40-
horse power boiler; 25-horse power engine;
Deloach friction carriage; nil saws, pul
leys, belting; also light tram road, loco
motive; will sell whole or part cheap, for
cash. Appy C. L. Pratt, Wllllard, Fla.
*" KODAK—BEAUTIFUL KODAKS FOR
sale; regular price, $5.00; closing them out
ot wholesale price, $3.00. Lippman Bros.,
wholesale druggists, Barnard and Con
gress streets.
""TIRES $5.50 PAIR!" EXPRESS PAIDJ
lest made; full guarantee; sound second*
$3.75. Mineralized Rubber Company, New
York.
HOARDING.
"^Tiooir^TAiHrirTAnrßir^Mo^^
price*. 415 Tattnall, corner Berrien; nica
rooms, first and second floor.
MItCELLAIVBOIIS.
'TiEFrmTrTorr'iTTwTHufHof^^
erty, consult Robert H. Tatem, real estats
dealer. No. 7 York street, west.
LEGAL NOTICES,
ORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—
Notice Is hereby given to all persons hav-c
Ing demands against Dennis O’Neal, lata
of said county, deceased, to present them
to me, properly made o’ut, within the time
pr(|Bcrib r and by law, so as to show their
character and amount; and all persons in-,
debted to said deceased arc required td
make immediate payment to me.
WILLIAM CREEK,
Executor will of Dennis O’Neal, deceased#
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Said by L N. Ilroomlg. Wbolcnlc bra u i>t. New primal.
J. D. WEED & GO.*
Agents Hoyt’s Leather Belting.
RAINBOW SHEET PACKING,
and ECLIPSE SECTIONAL RAINBOW}
GASKETS.
BEST RUBBER BELTING.
CEERLESS PISTON PACKING.
LOVELY FLOWERS!
Leautil.il designs, bouqueu, plants unit
cut tlower.i. Leave orders at office, -229
Abercorn street, at Nursery, or telephone
340. KIESLING. Take Belt Line Rail,
way tor Nursery on Whlta Bluff roadL J
Muscovado Molasses
In punchsons, for sale by
C. M. GILBERT <& CO.,
IMPORTERS.
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Promotes a luxuriant growth.
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Hair to its Youthful Color.
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