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I,tV ' \\ IIIOAVS, ORPHANS
, \ C iil Preacher*— Ills *>•■-
A*' 1 i,, el! with Sympathy—Cob-
< ’ o,l< isketl for the Orphans
,r " ,U ‘ (lie Baptist Church—A
Ministers AVUo Have
.... 4r uv.. t ser.
.... Without Salaries.
. ~ Jordan's sermon at the
, . church yesterday morning
r;r - t .' : broad and universal in
* aS " ,n to enlist the interest and
lls * P ’ ,u ration of all who heard it.
. was in the nature of a plea
l!u ( ~,.,1, and particularly the
l orphans. A collection was
_ tjK . missions, orphans home,
T'.- m; .-tiers and their widows, bt
, altogether with a view to
U "!me interest and obtaining a large
8-1 1 ’ , ... shese purposes that the sub
c°"' v ‘. ( , ct ed. To the average man,
* . a sermon before a collec
fcoweur.
, iaJ t i„, effect of stirring a sympathy
Iht ' non' > greater liberality. In this
I . rmon was productive of the
r> , good, trs a handsome collection
*"* ' tali en and one that will be helpful
t 0 die institutions to which It is to be ap.
Pi £he text was from Isaiah 1:17: “Relieve
the oppressed; judge the fatherless; plead
for the widow."
■•How would you judge a nation as to
religion, charily and love?” asked Rev.
Jordan in opening. "Some answer by
their courtesies; the respect they have
for their dead as shown in keeping their
graves clean and fresh. That is a good
nav to judge. I like to see people honor
the memory of the dead and care for the
I Jjttie spot that marts their last resting
I place our national cemeteries reflect
1 honor on our nation. As I pass through
our own beautiful cemeteries and see the
genii, hands busily engaged arranging
flowers and planting roses, I feel like
removing my hat and bowing low, in
reverence and sympathetic prayer. To me
tie most pathetic and eloquent thing I
have ever seen to the memory of the dead,
is found in the devotion of our Southern
vonien (0 the memory of our Southern
toldiers. Noble soldiers were they, and
exceeded in nobility only by the mother
who bore them, and the wives, sisters
and sweethearts who cherish their memo-
ries.
"Vet I would not judge a people so
much by the manner in which they ketp
the graves of their dead,” continued Rev.
Jordan, “as by the way they care for their
oppressed-their widows and orphans.
With our dead it is a memory of the past
and a hope for the future, linked to a
love that is undying and a faith that is un
wavering. With our oppressed it is an
ever-jiving and present need, where good
con always be done.
"Oppression is the result of sin. Sin is
the oppressor of the whole nation and its
people. Sin drove Adam and Eve from
their beautiful home in Eden, and has
since driven millions out homeless nnd
helples- Under its merctlMw lash, mil
lions are being driven to-dajPbnd wherever
oppression is found be sure sin lies at
the bottom of the trouble. If you ask
what is the remedy for this great evil,
I will answer, Christ, the crucified Christ.
'For without the shedding of blood there
is no remission of sin.’ Unless sin is
extirpated, the evil results must abide. The
apostles were first charged to preach the
gospel of healing about Jerusalem. By
a local application that would teach us
to attend to that work first In Georgia,
and I appeal in behalf of our beloved
state. The marginal reading of the text
gives us a suggestive thought, and instead
of saying, ‘Relieve the depressed,’ It says,
'Set right the oppressor.’ That gives us
a key to solving the problem, a diagno
sis of which locates the fault in Ihe op
pressor, and if we would remove the
cause, we must apply the remedy at the
origin. They tell us the rich are oppress
ing the fioor, but if that is the case, we
wall never remedy the evil by disbursing
charities to the poor. As the doctor some
tun. s gives an opiate to alleviate distress
until the main trouble can be reached, so
Mould we work and leave the rich to
Christ. We must not fail to dispense char
ity. hut our chief duty is to give the gos
pel. 'the sincere milk of the word and
the strong meat,’ to the people.
I f. nr we lay too much stress on the
preaching of the word, on free lunches,
and giving out old clothes. The world
j s not *° he converted by serving free
lunches, Our Lord had thousands of fol
•owers us long as he served free bread and
nsh. hut when He declared himself to be
the bread of life and exhorted them to re
pent,m . and a better life—quit serving
tree lunches—they departed and followed
Him no more. My first plea then, Is to
give Georgia the gospel of God and that
''e M up the banner of the cross on ev
ery hill top, in every valley, and In every
heme and heart.
Judging the fatherless was lnterpre
, v - Jordan ag defending and nur
uig th.'-m. While It seemed incredible
at i would oppress this class, yet he said
t°, n< ,le sa ‘d he had seen it in his
, n lift* and had witnessed Us effects.
■ivtng been fatherless since my child
can , h ; ive no apology for saying the
■ of the fatherless lies near my heart.
r.mi,'!/c v th< m:ln wilG imposes upon an
brine' 1 8 hear ‘ worse than that of a
ho!, t " len a helpless orphan, I have
. ; m. a pray in the church ana ask God
d> and pity tlte orphan, and my dis
apMin.rr.rut can be well imagined when
OiJI 1,10 same men °n the street wlth
wort ‘'.'.h'Hting a pleasant smile or kind
proposes to be a father to the
C S but He must nc * through the
hum'in ln o P9ple ' We have an orphans’
i r ' • At , ta ’ w *rere we gather orphans
to von i''s ’, he en,lre state, and I appeal
‘A wn hf / r ,\ ln tl,is noble
that ,ow l°nely yet how familiar
widen V | S '!' lnds t° nll! I was nursed by a
w *’.v a widow and clothed by a
rai". , ' widows’ needs and the orphan
n-i,' u kn °wn full well for our nearest
Jok.- "' s !* w ‘dow. I have heard men
der (L’;;, U gossip about and slan
all mi.i Un M! 1 thought in my soul that
let i, '' !~ c iars - Instead of slandering,
There " an<i rray for them.”
Gikirti', i no Baptist widows asylum in
for ' >m . the okureh makes provision
This , , ministers and their widows,
hour ] i , < er ,lle supervision of the state
Rtv t i t 'arnest plea was made by
he v. for ai< l in this regard. He sail!
fists i, ' , y Informed that the Bap
dt-. . ” <,r Sia outnumbered any other
tax., , l o ' l, an ‘ l I> al< l nearly one-half tha
asked 'i 'f “Why is this so?” ho
rr , , ,' s >*' ca ‘ise of the faithful pio
thron , ! hP , rs ' who ‘raveled the date
mud und hi nd Colrl, through sticky
Word ,i,, 4rc J} n ® san d, holding forth the
Withon *'■ I’oorly fed, thinly clad and
Went u.V ‘ int 'S worth the mentioning,they
seeds ~r ]!'r ln^u and hearing the precious
(treat h have brought us this
fered and , y anrl their families suf-
u b tinv'r ■ii " s i^rto' l and could not lay
minister* ,L „ ol(l age. A few of those
°f honi.r 11 V 1 nßer among us as vessels
*ong ... 1,1 once ox-erilowed with richest
Rev.' i . ;,'' ectest Proclamation.”
Ir k e\ornu.nn c °ntlnued on this line, speak
mini- ■~, , an< * kindly of the veteran
Ba Ptist chufeh.
p or;t!r!r : . i ' , n a mother in Israel,” he
iwnore.i taking of the widows of these
hero,.* i|, n ’ “'he wife of one of these
whut helpless on our chores,
of her? All honor to our wo-
WHY?
Why will people attempt things for
which they are entirely unsuited?
Why do women worry,cry and fret when
they shoul* be pleasant and happy most
of their time?
Why are men blue, despondent, melan
choly, stolid, so often, when they should be
strong, hopeful, enterprising and vigor
ous?
Why should any man or woman endan
ger health, possibly life, when a little care
will prevent it?
Why is the present season of the year
so depressing, enervaling-the very air
filled with chills, pneumonia, grip, and all
bad influences?
Why unless the seeds of disease are on
every hand, and need to be fought against
constantly?
\\ hy will people permit the dangers
sickness and troubles of this season to af
fect their health atid undermine their life,
when they ban easily be counteracted?
Why do people not realize that the best
thing for overcoming these troubles is
pure whiskey, taken as a medicine?
Why will people persist in taking im
pure, adulterated injurious whiskey when
so pure an article can be secured as
Duffy’s Pure Malt?
Why will unscrupulous druggists seek to
palm off inferior and injurious whiskeys?
Because they can make much more money
out of the cheap and impure than they can
from the sale of the genuine and valuable.
men, but nobler women never strengthen
ed the arm or comforted the heart of man
than the wives of these faithful men of
God. To all these I would say: ‘With all
the adoration it is meet for man to adore
woman, I adore you; ye are the guardian
angels f)f men and the hand maids of
God. Sbon you will pass away, for row
fades the glimmering landscape on the
sight.’ ’’
The sermon concluded with a strong
plea for those in distress, and particularly
the widows, orphans and veteran minis
ters of the Baptist church. Rev. Jordan
felt something of a personal interest in
the subject, and put much vim and elo
quence in its delivery.
The subject of Dr. Jordan's discourse last
night was, “The Great Invitation.” based
upon the words of Isaiah, the prophet:
“Bet us reason together, saith the Bord.
Though your sins be as scarlet they shall
be as white as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
Mr. Jordan dwelt upon the ail embrac
ing character of the invitation and the fact
that, as was shown by the language used,
it was extended to the most sinful. Not
only were sinners included, he said, but
those who pride themselves upon their
moral lives are also comprehended and
need to take advantage of it.
ABB OK THEM IN' SIBK HATS.
Anxious Delegation the Police Had
to Deal With.
Six negro waiters rushed into the ser
geant’s office at the police barracks last
night and caused considerable question
ing before the object of their visit was
known. All wore silk hats and were
headed by A. H. Hamilton, who lives at
No. 517 West Broad street.
“Well, we are here—what's wanted with
us?” one asked.
“I do not know. What sort of delega
tion are you?” asked the sergeant.
“We got xvord to appear
here as soon as possible—understood there
was a pocket book here for us.”
“Who sent j’ou?”
"Dunno.” said a little negro, leaning
against Ihe railing.
“Where are you from?”
“De club. And den, too, we'se been to a
funeral,” chimed In another.
Detective Barrett happened In at this
juncture, and threw light on the situa
tion. The officer had sent for another Ham
ilton. but not the one who appeared. The
silk hats tljen retired unceremoniously.
AT THE THEATER.
Hoyt’s “A Milk White Flag” To
night's Attraction.
“A Milk White Flag” wdll be the attrac
tion at the theater to-night. This emena
tion from Mr. Hoyt’s fertile brain is a
good natured satire oil tjje military, and is
replete with that humor which is so ram
pant in the “make-up” of the boys in blue.
The author has seized with ready wit upon
the many opportunities for twitting the
amateur soldiers, which the latter is con
stantly furnishing to the pen, and imagin
ation of the writer, and from this ample
material has constructed a comedy more
elaborate in its entirety than any of his
previous efforts. Mr. Hoyt's plays are too
well known to the theater-goers, to com
ment upon them to any great length.
Polk Miller,humorist and negro dialectic
ian, assisted by M ss Ester Wallace and
Oscar P. Sisson, will be the attraction
Wednesday night.
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest In Savannah and
Elsewhere.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway has commenced an ejectment suit
against Joseph H. Durkee, receiver of the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Rail
road, for non-payment of fees at the ter
minal station, or Savannah, Florida and
Western freight depot In Jacksonville.
Damages of M.SOO and possession of the
property is asked. Four railroad compa
nies use the terminal station, which was
constructed at a cost of $1,000,000, and
Durkee, as receiver, hus been using the
facilities of the station. The object of the
suit seems to get rid of the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West road.
The following shows the earnings of the
Central Railroad for six months, ending
Jab. 1, nnd comparisons for the past
three j’eflrs;
| 1597. | 1896. | 1895.
f 1 tvi-* earnings .',s 579,454 $ ikj5,726 ; $ .>74.-47
Derating ex",..| fiJTTU; lWo.178;
Net earnings ....| 245.739; 266,550| 272,859
Pro-Tea .1 5.013.015 2,900,158 j 2,950,309
SStSTSf .-I 1,843,885! 1.773.668! 1,818.825
rni:Tg s .". ; . UCl* UMM Wj
The Georgia and Alabama Railroad has
Issued the following statement of its earn
ln*s: 1897. 1896.
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’mrd^k i Jam Var y
FrotßftfJAjly l
FOURTH WEEK ok THE STRIKE.
Prospects of a Settlement no Better
Than Four Vk eek* Ako.
New Bedford. Mass.. Jan. 20,-The fourth
week *l. ‘hie strike will begin to-morrow
witK no hearer prospect of settlement
Than was apparent three weeks ago. Some
i5 ‘ b return*! Sun
!i n TbidngT/ satisfactory reports, with
morrow.
the MORNING NEWS; MONDAY', JANUARY 31, 1898.
LATTIMER’S STRIKE BATTLE.
Case Against tlie Sheriff and His Dep
uties to lie Tried This AYeek.
Wilkesbarre, Un., Jan. 30,-The ease of
Sheriff James Martin and his eighty depu
ties, charged with murder and felonious
wounding of a score of striking miners r.t
Battimer, this county, Sept. 16 last, will
be called for trial in the criminal court
next Tuesday, Feb. 1.
It Is expected the trial wilt last a week
or more. Able counsel have been employ
ed on both sides. The first battle will be
over the selection of a jury. More than a
hundred witnesses have been subpoenaed,
but not all of them will be heard.
The commonwealth will claim that the
strikers were only exercising their lights
as American freemen when they marched
on the public highway unarmed. It will
be contended that they xvere not lawless;
that they had offered no personal violence
to any one. and that they were not bent
on destroying property.
The lawyers for the prosecution will
quote decisions from the higher courts to
show that such a body of men had a right
to move on the public highway while en
gaged in a peaceful mission.
On the other hand counsel for the de
fense will charge that the strikers were
rioters, that they were armed, ami that
their intention was to destroy property.
They will call witnesses to show that the
people living in the strike district were
fearful for their lives and that some of
them moved away for safety. It will also
be shown that the sheriff had come in con
flict with the strikers at Hazleton on the
morning of Sept. 10, and he then warned
the men by reading the riot act that they
were violating the law, and that they
should disperse and go to their homes. In
stead of aceptlng this ad
vice they jeered the officer
of the law and proceeded on their march
to Battimer. At Battimer the mine was
in operation and the employes had no
grievance so far as is known, and it will
be averred that the only object the strik
ers could have in going there was to in
timidate the men. The owners of the
mine had appealed to the sheriff to pro
tect their property, and in attempting to
do his sworn duty in the matter his depu
ties came in conflict with the strikers and
bloodshed was the result.
The defense will contend that this xvas
the most natural thing In the world and
that under the circumstances it would
be a travesty of justice lo hold the offi
cers of the law guilty of murder.
.MERGER OF VANDERBILT LINES.
Tlie Consolidation Already Announc
ed Only an Initial Step.
New York, Jan. 30.—The Trihune to
morrow will say: “The consolidation of
the Lake Shore Railroad with the New
York Central, under the name of the lat
ter, is simply the initial step in a rail
road plan that in scope and extent eclipses
anything heretofore undertaken in the
history of railroading.
‘The truth is, however, that the pres
ent scheme, the first step in which has
been taken by the practically admitted
amalgamation of the Lake Shore and
New York Central, is to consolidate into
one company the whole Vanderbilt system
and such lines as it may be able to con
trol, and place the whole enormous or
ganization under one management.
“The next step in this gigantic plan of
consolidation will be the merging of the
Cleveland, Chicago nnd 6t. Louie Rail
road, generally known aS the “Big Four,”
with the Chesapeake and Ohio, under the
name of the former. Melville E. Ingalls
is now president of both roads.
"The Big Four is a Vanderbilt property.
Probably the same plan of consolidation
will be followed out in this road as in the
Bake Shore.
“The next step will be to
bring the roads into the new
combbine of the Lake Shore and the
New York Central. The next road to fall
into line will be the Chicago and North
western. This, like the Bake Shore and
the Big Four, is a Vanderbilt property.
“In the meantime there will be a con
solidation of the stock of the West Shore
and Nickel Plate and Michigan Central.
This is still embryonic.
“Cornelius Vanderbilt is chairman of
the board of the Michigan Central and
nothing can be done until he is heard
from. But such a consolidation will be
effected in time.”
CHEATED OIT OF #21,000.
New York liuxinesH Men Put .Money
in a Fake Phosphate Company.
Mexico City, Jan. 30.—Another bold swln.
die has been brought to light here, by
which New York business men have been
cheated out of $21,000. It appears that
last autumn a man giving his name as
Frederick P. Graham, claiming to be a
half-brother to the criminal lawyer, John
Graham, of New York, and married to a
grand niece of Sir Robert Peel, persuaded
three or four New Yorkers to go into
phosphate mining in the state of Oxaca,
representing that very rich phosphate de
posits were on the market and that he
(Graham) could secure them. Graham
further represented that he had organized
here a company, known as Ihe Mexican
Phosphate Mineral Company, and when
the new parties were taken into the con
cern Graham was made the treasurer and
president.
Recently txvo parties from the New York
end came h<-re to inspect the property
which they had put up money for, anil
found that there was no phosphate and
that Graham has fled, taking advantage of
the fact that the cash xvas deposited sub
ject to his order in the Bank of the Repub
lic.
Graham played the game boldly, repre
senting that he xvas in close touch with the
highest officials and could bring influence
to protect the property in ease other thifigs
were wanted they would-be forthcoming.
The police suspect that Graham is one
of the gang who swindled Francke of Chi
cago.
TOWED INTO FORT.
British Simmer Balmoral Flckod I’p
at Sea Disabled.
Halifax, N. S., Jan. 30.—The British
steamer Balmoral, Capt. Mcßltchie, wbloh
left London on Jan. 11 for Philadelphia
with 1,000 tons of cement and chalk, was
towed into port Saturday afternoon by
the steamer Sir Walter Raleigh with her
propeller gone. Fourteen days after leav
ing London, the Balmoral experienced the
last of a succession of fierce storms, in
which her propeller was carried away. At
this time she was 170 miles south of Sable
Island, and she found herself drifting
helplessly. On Jan. 25 the British steam
er Sir Walter Raleigh, Capt. Jones, bound
from Ayr, Scotland, in ballast, to Savan
nah, hove In sight, and the captain of the
Balmoral signaled to the Raleigh to take
him in tow. _
cousin of President Folk Dead.
Baltimore, Jan. 30.—i Mrs. Macy Holton
died this afternoon at "The 'Meadows,”
the residence of her son, ex-Congresman
Hart Benton Holton.
“Mrs. Holton was In her 94th year, and
was a cousin of President James K. Polk.
FLORIDA’S TAX ASSESSMENT.
A Decrease of $272,035 SltoxTn as
Compared AN 11lx 1806.
Tallahasse, Fla., Jan. 80.—The assess
ment roils of the state for 1897 have been
completed, and the*aggregate value of all
the taxable property is given at $95,117,-
031.01, showing a decrease of $272,935.37, as
compared with the total valuation for 1896.
Whatever cause may be assigned for
this shrinkage In values, no blame can be
attached to West Florida in this matter.
West Florida embraces the eiglit-eoun
ties west of the Chattahoochee river, Es
cambia, Santa Roßa, Walton, Washington,
Holmes, Jackson, Calhoun, and Franklin,
each county showing an increase in val
ues, the net gain being $403,619.73, or $130,-
684 In excess of the entire loss in the state.
Middle Florida comprises the eight coun
ties lying between tl# Suwannee and
Chattahoochee rivers. Wakulla, Taylor,
Leon and Hamilton gain, $28,195, and Lib
erty. Madison, JcfTerson and Gadsden, a
loss of $32,585.22, making the net decrease
$4,390.22.
Classifying Columbia, Clay, Bradford,
Baker, Aiachtlh, Lafayette, St. Johns, Put
nam. Bevy, Marion, Volusia, Nassau, Du
val and Suwannee counties as East Flor
ida, four make a gain of $540,722.80. and ten
counties a loss of $1,241,129.36 iu value, a net
decrease of $600,406.56.
The remaining fifteen counties, Monroe,
Dee, Brevard, Dade, Hillsborough, Polk,
Osceola, De Soto, Bake, Orange, Hernan
do, Pasco, Citrus, Manatee and Sumter,
classed as South Florida, show a net loss
of $71,758.32. 'Nine counties gain $1,046,-
467.20, and the loss in six counties is $1,118,-
In West Florida Walton makes the
greatest gain, $141,668; Franklin, the least,
$4,733.29 Taylor reports the largest gain
ill Middle Florida. $14,090; Leon the small
est, $3,080. The greatest loss is in Madi
son, $22,590. The eight storm-swept coun
ties In 1896 are included In East Florida.
Seven of these report a loss of $347,440.14,
while the eighth, Columbia, makes a gain
of $220,084.80, the largest increase of any
county in East Florida. In this division
St. Johns returns the smallest gain, $39,-
553, and Clay the largest, falling off $277,781.
In the matter of increase in values, Dade
is tho banner county of South Florida,
and also of the state, her gain being $527,-
525, while Osceola has the smallest gain,
$5,375.85, in that division. The greatest
falling off in South Florida and in the
state, as well, is $633,835, in Monroe coun
ty. Duval leads all the counties in total
valuation, with $8,939,685, and Liberty coun
ty returns the smallest valuation, $318,699.
William B. Schroder of Decatur county,
Georgia, is In Ihe city. He Is superintend
ent of one of the fourteen farms of the
Cohen Tobacco Company, and says the
company is preparing to set 500 acres to
Sumatra tobacco. The company now has
over 400 hands employed in its packing
houses. The past season this company has
handled over 1,200,000 pounds of tobacco,
most of which was produced on its plan
tations.
ABI< ABOUT AMERIVUS.
Superior Conrt to Convene—State
anil County Politics.
Amerleus, Ga„ jan. 30.—Sumter Supe
rior Court convenes here to-morrow in ad
journed session, Judge Littlejohn presid
ing. A large criminal docket, besides
heavy civil business, will prolong the ses
sion two or three weeks. Two murder
eases, as well as several for arson, re
main to be tried, and eighteen prisoners
are notv in the county jail for various mi
nor offenses. Judge Hart of the Ocmul
gee circuit will preside during the second
week of the session, there being a num
ber of cases in which Judge Littlejohn la
disqualified.
Work will begin in a few days upon the
buildings to be erected by the Masonic
Grand Lodge of Georgia, colored, for an
orphans’ home and industrial school. The
buildings will be Of brick, and plans
have already been submitted by an- archi
tect.
State and county politics command con
siderable attention here just now. A doz
en candidates will enter the race for the
legislature, and the campaign will lie ex
ceedingly spirited. It is Sumter’s time to
name the senatorial candidate for the
Thirteenth district, and Hon. W. A. Dodson
will scarcely have opposition for this hon
or, and in the event of election will aspire
to the presidency of that body. The con
test for county offices, from coroner to
sheriff, will be red hot, while the election
for mayor and aldermen will be spirited
as well.
Amerleus’ cotton receipts for the season
have already gone beyond 50,000 bales, and
the cotton remaining on plantations in this
section will Increase the total very consid
erably. Tlie “top crop" is the heaviest in
years, and many farmers have only re
cently finished picking. One of these told
the Morning News correspondent yester
day that he had made 400 bales, or ap av
erage of 16 to the plow, while many others
in Sumler, made from 230 to 350 bales each.
The yield was at least 44} per cent, greater
than expected at the opening of the sea
son, and all due to the phenomenal “top
crop.”
GEORGIA’S PLUMS.
Snvnnnnli mill Brunswick Appoint
ment* to Be Made Till* Week.
Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 30.—Ex-Postmaster
F. Me. F. C. Mcßrown, a prominent can
didate for the Brunswick collectorship, ar
rived at noon to-day from Washington. He
states that the Brunswick and Savannah
collectorships, together with the Augusta
postmastership appointments will be made
this week when President McKinley
reaches the Georgia offices again. Col.
Henry T. Dunn will be Brunswick’s col
lector, John H. Deveaux, Savannah’s col
lector, and Stallings, Augusta’s postmas
ter. It is understood that Mr. Mcßrown is
to Jte Brunswick’s next postmaster. He has
been assured that if Brunswick’s business
men will ask for a change,
the office will be given • him.
It is highly impossible that Brunswick’s
business men will ask for a change of
postmasters at present. The present In
cumbent, Capt. W. F. Symons, la very
much liked.
Krdman, second mate of the American
bark Nellie Bret, reported in to-day’s Is
sue as insane. Is no better. To-day he
was removed to the county Jail. Erd
man Is very violent.
CHIEF COLLY’S LONG SERVICE.
Ha* Served n Deeade on ihe Wny
cro* Police Force.
Waycross, Ga., Jan. 30.—John W. Colly,
who was elected chief of police and city
marshal of Waycross Friday night by the
new City Council, has been a member of
the police force here for ten or eleven
years, and Is, of course, a faithful officer
and familiar with the duties of his new
positlof). He has been first lieutenant for
every chief of police, and violators of the
city laws fear him. He is as brave as a
lion and as strong as a giant. Hl* average
weight is about 240 pounds, and his hlght
Is full 6 feet. In appearance he resembles
John L. Sullivan, the former champion
Blugger, nnd in his walk he is like a sea
captain. Chief Colly start* out upon h's
new labors-with an entirely new force of
policemen, as follows: J. E. Young D D
Willard and N. J. McClellan.
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PARTS AN IMPREGNABLE CITY.
Ittt Fortifications Considerably Im
proved Since German AA nr.
From the Boston Herald.
The action of the French Parliament In
deciding to tear down some of the forti
fications near Paris and sell for ordinary
uses the land now occupied by these de
fensive works must not be taken as an
Indication that, in tho opinion of the
French people, we are soon to enter upon
an era of peace. The fortifications, the
demolition of which is contemplated by
the order passed, are those which are
quite close to Paris and which played a
prominent part In the defense of the city
at the time it was besieged by the Ger
man army twenty-seven years ago. But
the French have been taught wisdom by
past experience and as a result have plan
ned and a few years ago finished a sys
tem of fortifications around Paris which
are probably unequaled for the purposes
for which they are intended by any simi
lar fortifications in the world.
A well Informed military writer, a
member of the general staff of the Ger
man army, has given it as his opinion
that a successful siege of Paris would be,
under present conditions, an impossible
undertaking. The new fortifications that
surround the French capital are some fif
teen of twenty miles from the city and
are connected with Paris and with each
other by a railway system which would
enable the French commander to quickly
mass at one point a very large body of
men, while the general of the besieging
army, if he wished to prevent tlie city
from obtaining supplies and
thus shut in the people and the
army that was defending it. would have to
occupy a line extending over 100 miles and
hence could not by any possibility collect
a large number of his force at any one
point to resist an attack of the enemy. It
required a Germun army of, approximate
ly, 500,(00 men to lay siege to Paris from
Sept. 19, 1870, to Jan. 30. 1871, but the au
thority we refer to is of the opinion that
to repeat the same operation a German be
sieging army would have to number more
than 2,000,0(4) men, and tbe work of main
taining such a force and properly handling
its parts would be something which few
governments would care to undertake, and
few military commanders would be able to
efficiently perform.
Besides, these great outlying fortifica
tions would give to the people of Paris,
if their city was again besieged, an op
portunity to obtain many of the smaller
supplies of life from the suburban district,
since as the system of forttflcuUon has
been built it would be as though the line
of defense for Boston took a circuit which
extended from Marshfield through Brock
ton, Walpole, Farmingham, Concord, And
over and reached the water again at G'ou
cester. If the tide of war was kept thus far
back from our city It Is easy to tee that
we should not suffer as Intensely as if it
were carried on almost within our munic
ipal area. The French have spent upon
these new fortifications an amount va
riously estimated at from $30,000,000 to $50,-
000,000 and hence can well afford to sell the
land occupied by some of the now obso
lete fortification* of a generation ago.
FARMING AT SPARKS.
Planters to Pat !u Abont Half as
Mnch Colton as Last Year.
fiparks, Oa„ Jan. 30.—1 t is now very evi
dent that there will be less cotton planted
in this section this year than last.
The farmers have increased the acreage
of oats more than 50 per cent.
Generally they are buying about half as
much fertilizer as they bought last year.
There will be the largest acreage planted
In watermelons ever before known In this
section.
The Sparks, Moultrie and Gulf Railroad
opens up some very fine farming lands,
and the farmers adjacent to this road are
preparing to plant a large acreage In mel
ons.
There will also be more melons planted
along the line of the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railroad than ever before. LaH
year the melon growers In this section
made some money, but it looks now as if
they are going to over do the business.
Judge Emory Speer and Marlon Erwin
of Macon are in this section on a hunt
ing trip. They came down Friday in a
private car. which was taken out on the
9. M. and G. R. R. to Bayboro. They are
the guest of M. F. Amerous.
Ex-Gov. Merrlaui ut Tboninsvllle.
Thomasville, Ga., Jan. 30.—Ex-Gov. W.
R. Merriam of Minnesota has arrived In
the city and will silend the rest of the sea
son with a family here.
—Her Business Head.—Mrs. Upjohn; You
remember those suburban lots you gave
me a year or two ago, Herbert?
Mr. Upjohn; Yes.
Mrs. Upjohn: You know you satd X
might have all 1 could make out of them,
and that I never would be able to get rid
of them in the world?
Mrs. Upjohn: Well, somebody In the
County Clerk’s office writes to tell me that
they have been sold for taxes. They
brought $37.75, and I’m going right down
town to get the money.—Chicago Tribune.
6 CAR LOADS
Seed Potatoes,
PEAS, BEANS,
ONION SETS, ETC.
NOW IN STOCK.
J. T. SHUPTRUNE
SEEDSMAN,
Comer Congress nnd J, fterson street*
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
PERSONAL.
"HAIR," AND EVERYTHING PER
talning to hair; switches made of the tin
rat imported convent hair; wigs and tou
pees; color, texture and fit guaranteed;
hair cut. singed, shampooed, dressed In
tire latest and most becoming style by
the.most practical and expert hair-dre&ser
In Georgia. 23 East Broughton street;
hair stpre; sole depot for Emile's hair
ionic; not greasy, not sticky and a power,
ful hair invigorator.
~THAME B A MERSEY MARlNeTTN
suranee Company grant policies lo cover
shipments of goods, produce, merchandise,
personal baggage, etc., 112 Bay street, east.
DANCING. DANCING; MISS M CL
Bennett gives her monthly reception Tues
day night, Feb. 1, at Masonic Temple.
~NE!W~IIi|PORTATiON CHINA MAT
tings; window shades and rugs, urrlvlng
daily; patterns and prices right. C. P. Mil
ler, agent.
IF YOU ARE IN NUKI) OF MARINE
insurance, insure with Thames & Mersey
Marino Insurance Company, A. L. Fade,
agent, 112 Bay street, east.
P. H. KIERNAN, 10 STATE STREET
west, plumber and tinner; grates, blowers,
ash pans, etc.; agent for Othello. Domes
tic Sunshine, Home Sunshine ranges; new
Excelsior Penn Cook and Cotton Plant
stoves; attention given to repairing stoves,
beaters nnd tin roofs.
“crowded with furniture
bought cheap for cash; will sell same
cheap for cash. Fresh, bright goods. Will
guarantee the quality; this is your bar
gain chance. C. I’. .Miller, Agent, 207
Broughton, west.
MEDICAL.
'TIOW^ARir^YDmrTGiETT^II^
feet are troubling you call on me. and I
will give you relief. I cure Ingrowing
nails, corns and all diseases of the feet
without pain. Charges reasonable; can
give the best references in the city; office.
115 Drayton street; hours, 7 to 9 a. m., 1
to 3 p. m.. G to 8 p. m.; will attend patrons
tt residences; orders can be left at Wheel
er's drug store, Bull and State streets;
telephone 2551. Lem Davis, surgeon
chiropodist.
Help wanted—males.
WANTED, RELIABLE FARM HAND
who understands truck raising and boat
ing. D. 18. Lester.
AGENTS WANTED.
“~WAdqTEDT'A(HONTs"~^
line of oils, greases, specialties, etc. Co
lonial Refining Company, Cleveland, G.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED.
can work at anything. Address Painter,
care Morning News.
H WBPKCTA BLE COI JO! tK I> WO MA N
wants washing to do. 555 Roberts street,
west.
WANTED—MISCELLANEOUS.
TEN-GAUGE SHOTGUN;
must shoot close. Ward Allen.
"WANTED TO PURCHASE A HORSE;
must be gentle, sound and cheap. La-
Roche, 21 East Ray street.
FOR RENT—ROOMS.
'^Fl^ : r^FT : ouiritooMßrwiTTrMOD^
ern conveniences. Apply to C. P. Miller,
207 Broughton, west.
“FOR RENT 'DESIRABLE FOUR
room flat, with all modern conveniences.
Apply ut 208 West New Houston.
FOR RENT, TWO LARGE
ing rooms, furnished or unfurnished; all
conveniences; on same floor. 417 Presi
dent street, east.
' FURNISHED SOUTH FRONT ROOM,
$4 per month; also stables, $4 per month.
208 Oglethorpe avenue, west.
FOR RENT—HOU9E9.
rooms, hot and cold water; all modern im.
provements. 415 President street, east.
FOR - RENT, ON E AND TYVO'-’HTORY
houses. ’Apply to M. figan, 519 East Broad
street.
“TO RENT, WITH IMMEDIATE Pos
session, house 210 Hall street, west. Ap
ply to J. F. Brooks, 15 Bay street, west.
FOR RENT, RESIDENCE WITH
en rooms, hot and cold water and all con
veniences; 314 Bolton street, west; $25 per
month. Apply to J. T. Shuptrine, corner
Congress and Jefferson streets.
FOR RENT—STORES.
''for rent! two stores on
Broughton street; and several desirable
residences; ail thoroughly renovated; pos
session immediately. Apply Albert Wylly,
12 Bryan street, east.
Foil RENT— MISCELLANEOUS.
FOR RENT. LARGE HALL THIRD
floor Lyon’s- block; rent reasonable. Ap
ply. John Lyons & Cos.
“Ffilt' RENT, THE MOST DESIRABLE
office In the Board of Trade building, on
the first floor, fronting Bay street. See Ju
lian Schley, Agent.
FOR SALE—HEAL ESTATE.
SIX HOUSES ON DUFFY, FOUR
thousand dollars cash; fine investment for
somebody. Ward Allen.
"TYREE ISLANDT-TWO LARGE AND
two small cottage#, artesian well on
premises; no water rent; also ten lots
beach front for sale, cheap, opposite post,
office. Apply No. 310 Oglethorpe avenue.
FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS.
horses for truck, turpentine and timber
work; full line of other stock, Including
fine saddlers and drivers; our rooms for
lioiirding stock are unsurpassed in the
city; give us a call. Savannah Sale and
Boarding Stabjes, 8. H. Zoucks, manager.
■7OOOOO CABBA(iE~PLANTS FOR SALE;
under 6,000. $1.50 per thousand; twenty
cents per hundred; large amounts; wrlle
for prices. Address George W. BUtch, Sa
vannah, Ga.
"for sale! STEAM LAUNCH, 17
feet long, with compound englnoa and
Roberts boiler; In first-class condition; hull
coppered; brass wheel, rudder, stern-bear
ing and shoe; is fast and economical; will
be sold cheap for cash. Address W. M.
Tupper & Cos., Brunswick, Ga.
AUCTION SALES.
'
CARPETS, BUGGY. FURNITURE ANT>
DRY GOODS.
U. 11. DOHSETT, Auctioneer. ’
Will sell at 11 a. m. THIS DAY.
3 Carpets, 3 Safes, Canopy Top Bedstead,
YValnut, tHtindsome Damask and Rep Cur
tains, Marble Top Tattles, round, oval and
oblong, in walnut; Sideboard, Bureaus,
Wardrobe, several separate Upholstered
Easy Chairs, Mattresses, Pillows and
Feather Bed, Walnut Bedsteads, single
and double, Book Cases, Refrigerator,
parlor Heater, Counter Scales, Upright
Show Case, Rubber-Coats for men, women
nnd boys. Ladies’ Hats. Sashes suitable
for hot beds, a large range In good condi
tion, Crockery and Glassware, Cake
rop Buggy, and sun*
dry other articles.
FOR IAU>IISCELLANEOU9.
FOR SALE, CARLOAD LOTS; EITH
ct pea vine or nicely cured country hay,
Floyd & Cos.
“ HORSES. HORSES', HORSES; AtTC
tion sale of horses Feb. 1. at 11 o’clock; 2t)
bead, consisting business, grocery wagon
nnd plantation horses, also ten head of
cheap horses. I’. S.—l 2 o’clock will sell
one black mare? year* old; has been driven
by a lady the past six months, and < ant
trot in three minutes. Younglove & Sip
ple. West Broad and Broughton streets.
EDUCATIONAL.
SAVANNAH ACADEMY, 334 BULL!
Street.—Students on roll of honor
for tho fourth scholastic month
averages over 90 per cent. in
conduct and studies: Caten Fitzgerald,
Walter Kissel, Herman Lang, Franlg
Mctagar, John Monahan, John Rourke,
Gordon Simmons, Waring Sheftall. James
Sullivan, Frank iSehwarzbaum, Meldriml
Thompson, John Thompson. John Talia
ferro, Principal.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BEFORE YOU BUY OR SELL PROP*
erty. consult Robert H. Tatem, real estate
dealer. No. 7 York street, west.
! ■ - -12253
PROPOSALS WANTED.
OCEAN MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
Post Office Department. ,
Washington, D. C„ November 8, 1897.
In accordance with the provisions of at*<
Act of congress, approved March 3, 1891,
eiitltled “An Act to provide for ocean mall
service between the United States an<g
foreign porta and to promote commerce.’* 1
proposttls will be received at the Poet Office
Department, in the city of Washington,
until 3 o’clock p. m., on Tuesday, the 15tl
day of February, 1898, for conveying tha
mall* of Ihe Unlted'Htates by means o£
,Hteamships described in said Act, between
Ihe several ports of Ihe United States hel'e*
in named, nnd the port of Port Antonio,
Jamaica, ns specified In the schedule pub*
llslied herewith.
Each bidder i required to subm’t propo
sals for service on said route, under a
contract for five years, and also for ten
years, which shall commence on the Ist
day of July, 1898. The right is reserved
by the Postmaster General to authorize
service to iiegln under contract, in whole
or In part, October 1, 1898, Instead of July 1,
1898.
Under the law the right is reserved ta
the Postmaster General lo reject all bids
not, In his opinion, reasonable for the at
tainment of the purposes contemplated by;
the Act.
SCHEDULE.
Route No. 74—“0. M. S." From Boston ta
Port Antonio, Jamaica, twice a weeli
from April Ist to September 30th, lnclu
elusive; and once a week from Octo
ber Ist to March 31t, Inclusive. From
Philadelphia to Port Antonio. Jamaica,
once a week, from October Ist to Marcti
31st, Inclusive, In vessels of the fourtl*
class, Time of voyage from Boston t®
Port Antonia, five days; from Philadel
phia to Pdrt Antonia, four days. Bond
required with bid, $15,000. Contract foil
five years or for ten years.
The right Is reserved to the Postmastetl
General to substitute New York for Phila*
deiphlu as one of tbe terminal porta dur*
Ing the period from October Ist to March!
31st, inclusive, in each year; after sixty;
days’ notice, and with the consent of th®
contractor. Time of voyage from New
York to Port Antonio, four and one-halg
days.
Proposals are also Invited on said rout*
for service conforming to the schedule se*
out In the preceding paragraph, as to num
ber of trips, time of voyage, terminal
ports, and to all other material provision*
therein, In vessels of at least 2,000 ton®
gross tonnage, to be constructed as to tha
matter of strength and their prompt and
economical conversion Into auxiliary naval
vessels and In all other respects conform
ably to the requirements of Section 4 o*
the Act aforesaid, applicable to vessels of
the third class (except as to the matter ofl
tonnage), and capable of maintaining e
sliced of fourteen knots an hour at sea it*
ordinary weather, as prescribed for vessel*
of the third class in the third section otf
the said Act. Said vessels to be employ
ed and rated as of the fourth class, and
upon contract for the periods named ny
the preceding paragraph, to wit: for th<*
period of five years, and also for ten years.
The contractor on this route will be per
mitted to substitute, at any time durir.a
the contract term, one or more vessels oS
the second or third class without addi
tional compensation therefor.
NOTE.—On return voyages vessels mayp!
touch at any ports not named In the sched
ule if by doing so the outward voyages ary
not delayed.
Circulars containing a copy of the above*
cited Act, n' description of the route. In*
structlons to bidders, and blank forms o|
propoeals with accompanying bonds, cao
be obtained of the Superintendent of For*
eign Malls, Post Office Department, on and
after December 1, 1897,
JAMES A. GARY,
Postmaster General. I
1| Heater
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URf FOR SALE BY
J. I). WEED & CO .I
Agents Hoyt’s Leather Belting.
RAINBOW SHEET PACKING,
ana ECLIPSE SECTIONAL RAINBOW
GASKETS.
BEST RUBBER BELTING. -i
PEERLESS PISTON PACKING \
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