Newspaper Page Text
14
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
SEWS OF THE TVWI STATICS TOIXI
IS 1" \H Kill \I'IIS.
Enrlrn's Timber Business—Two Gold
Mine* S>l<l In North Georgia—l on
ventlon of the King'* Daughter*.
Former llnllronil Enßinrrr \rrest
ed on a Charge of Forgery—Boj
Badly Shocked l>> a Lire Wire.
GEORGIA.
Judge C. D. JleCutvnen, ex-judge of
Cherokee circuit, died Thursday night of
heart failure.
The corner stone of the West End Bap
tist Church tv.d be laid at Atlanta to-mor
row afternoon.
R. L. Patterson h is bought the Dr. Wat
kins property on Washington street at
Gainesville for ?-’,OW).
The annual convention of the King's
Daughters of the State of Georgia wiil
convene itt Augusta on April 1 and 5.
Alexander Donaldson, who killed his
father-in-law, A. J. Brooks, on S pt. 2S,
3897. was acquitted at Lawreneeviile
Thursday.
Prof. Frank W. GrifHn, a chorus singer,
is in Hawkinsville, and has commenced
the training of a chorus of 100 voices to
sing for the Chautauqua to be held the
first week in May.
Anderson Hunter lias filed suit against
the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway
Company for $5,000 damages, alleging to
have been injured to that extent through
no fault of his own.
In the account of the marriage aiWares*
boro. published in tlie Morning News on
May 17, in which W. G. McConnell was
the bridegroom, the name of the bride was
published as Miss Mary Manghant. It
should have been Miss Ethel Mangham.
W. H. Wharton, who has been prospect
ing in that section for several weeks, has
purchased the Calhoun and Free Jiffi
mines at Dalilonega. The former was
owned by the North .Georgia Agricultural
College, and the latter by local capitalists.
Drayt Douglass of Arlington is prepar
ing to go into the business of raising don
keys on an extensive scale, lie has just
returned from a trip to Cuthbert, where
lie purchased a jack and six jennets for
his stock farm in the Sixth district of
Early county.
Tuesday the first convention of the fire
insurance agents of the slate will be held
at Macon and an association will be or
ganized. The object of the convention is
to bring about a belt r understanding
among the state agents as to the different
lines of their business.
At Athens Thursday afternoon James
Lambert, the young son of John H. Lam
bert, while returning home from school,
touched a wire that had fallen across
an electric light wire and received a
severe shock. The end of the little boy's
finger was badly burned.
Thursday, near Worthville, in the north
ern portion of Butts, a negro woman and
a Mrs. Washington were quarreling. Mrs.
Washington's 13-year-old son came up and
took his mother's part, when the negro
fchot the lad dead. The woman and her
husband, who was accessory, were ar
rested ami lodged in Jackson jail.
Cedartown Courier: A tree turned to
salt is the latest discovery in this county.
On Uncle Welcomb Dukes’ place, near the
Haralson 'ounty line, an old tree, charred
by lire, has been discovered to be an al
most solid saline substance. It will be
analyzed and the cause of this strange
phenomenon investigated fully.
B. G. Wilson of Atlanta, who was at
one time a locomotive engineer, says that
Congressman L. F. Livingston sent him a
check for SSO in February for services as
a campaign worker. A1 Bronk, proprietor
of a saloon, cashed the check on Feb. 4.
The check came back and now Wilson is
under arrest. The charge against Wilson
is forgery.
The resignation of Dr. J. D. Herman
of Eastman as assistant surgeon of the
Second Georgia Regiment, Georgia Vol
unteers, has been received at the regi
ment headquarters and his successor has
been appointed. Immediately upon the ac
ceptance of the resignation of Dr. Her
man, Col. C. M. Wiley, the regimen tal
commander, named O. H. Weaver of Ma
con to fill the place. Dr. Herman's resig
nation was tendered for business reasons,
and was not unexpected.
The arrest of Charles Ozmer Friday
morning, a well-known young man of At
lanta. brought the second chapter of a
sensational highway robbery, in which a
Populist from Carroll county was the vic
tim. J. H. Garner, a delegate to the
l’opujist convention from Villa Rica, was
knocked down, nearly beaten to death and
then robbed of a watch and a lot of
money Wednesday night. Friday morn
ing Ozmer was arrested and was bound
over by the recorder in a bond of S6OO,
In default of which he was sent to the
county jail.
Milledgeville Union-Recorder: A day or
two ago Will Key was engaged In repair
ing one of the dummy engines of the Mill
tdgevllle Railway Company. He forced
himself partly Into the boiler, when he
fount! that lie was fastened and that it
was impossible for him to extricate him
eelf. He called for help and J. B. Ed
wards responded. It was found that it
would be necessary to/ cut an iron bar
before he could be reltuMod. It took about
three hours to dq this, during which time
he patiently waited his release, and when
lie regained ills freedom he wits om or
the happiest men in the state.
Darien Timber Gazette: A good deal of
timber will be shipped from Darien dur
ing the next month or two. The rivers
and creeks are still low and it is almost
Impossible for timber to come down. Scab
timber is as scarce as "hen's teeth" in
the Darien market. The demand for scab
was never greater but there is none com
ing. Sawn timber, from the mills on the
river, continues to come to the private
booms, hut it is indeed seddom that a
raft of sawn or hewn timber is tied up at
the public boom. Millions of feet of all
kinds of timber are' tied up In the up
country creeks and branches of tile main
rivers awaiting sufficient water to enable
it to come to Darien. Just now there is a
demand for all kinds of pitch pine timber
but the creeks must rise before the stuff
can be brought to the Darien market.
FLORIDA.
The Honeywell grove, west of DeLatul,
lias been sold for $4,000.
The contract for building the new' Bap
tist Church at Madison has b- • given out.
The Forest’ Park Company of DeLind
has received its charter, arid no time will
be lost in building a bicycle path.
Brown's sawmill, a mile below Belle view,
was destroyed by fire about midnight
Tuesday. It is a totul loss, as no insurance
Was carried.
The swimming pool la the Tampa Bay
RRR
CURES AND PREVENTS
Coklf*. Coughs, Sore Throat, Influenza,
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Swelling of
the Joints, Lumbago, Inflammation,
Rheumatism, Neuraigia,
Frostbites, Chilblains. Headache, Tooth
ache, Asthma,
DJFFICJLT ER£A?HiftC.
CURES THE WORST PAINS in from
one to twenty minutes. NOT ONE HOUR
after reading this advertisement need
uny one SUFFER WITH PAIN.
Railway'* Ready Relief 1* a Sure
t. tire for Every I'nlu,Sprain*,Bruis
es. Pains in the Back, Chest or
Limbs. |f was the First and is tile
ONLY P.%IX REMEDY
That Instantly stops the most excruciat
ing pains, allays inflammation, and cures
Congestions, whether of the Lungs, Stom
ach, Bowels or other gland3 or organs,
by the application.
When Used Internally—A half to a tea
spoonful in half a tumbler of water will
;n a few minutes cure Cramps. Spasms.
Sour Stomach, Heartburn. Nervousness,
Sleeplessness, Sick Headache, Diarrhoea.
Dysentery, Colic. Flatulency and oil in
ternal pains.
hue per bottle. Sold by Druggists.
RADWAY & CO.. NEW YORK.
BE SLUE TO GET 11A1)WAY'S.
Casino is more popular this season than
ever before, and since its opening the place
lias been thronged with visitors.
Considerable anxiety is felt fof the safe
ty of the schooner James M. Seaman,
Capt. Coombs, which left Apalachicola,
Feb. 5, with 560,900 feet of lumber for Bos
ton. She has riot been heard of since she
sailed.
The buildings at the corner of Bay rnd
Cedar streets, at Jacksonville, have been
torn down, and a handsome three-story
brick building w ill be erected on the prop
erty, which is owned by the E. M. L'En
gle estate.
A force of men is at work at the naval
station at Key West, cleaning the rifles
and rapid-fire guns that hgve been res
cued front the M'riine. Of these there are
sixty rifles, three C-pound, and four 1-
pound rapid-fire guns.
The I'nited Daughters of the Confed
eracy have organized a chapter at Mad
ison, called the Elizabeth Harris Chap
ter, in honor of Mrs. E. Harris, who was
a resident of Madison for many years, rnd
was during the war between the states
the matron of the*Florida hospital at New
nan, Ga
As the cruiser Marblehead was going up
Tampa Bay Thursday, the Plant steamer,
Margaret, passed, having on board the
Tampa Bay Hotel bund. When near the
Marblehead, the Land began playing the
"Star Spangled Banner,’ ’and it was im
mediately acknowledged by the hundreds
of men on the war vessel, who swarmed on
its sides, giving a lusty cheer.
The English flag still floats from the
tall flagstaff on the grounds of the Inn
at Balm -Beach in honor of the visiting
warship Cordelia. The English officers
have been extemfcd the courtesies and
hospitalities of the hotels by Manager
Sterry, and they have spent almost every
hour on shore enjoying to the fullest ex
tent the attractions of the place and nu
merous amusements given in their honor.
Pursuant to notice, the electors of Mad
ison assembled Monday, and put in nomi
nation the following persons for the of
fices named, to be voted for at an elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, April 5: For
Mayor, Charles JO. Davis; for aldermen,
William S. Jordan, Daniel G. Smith and
William Burton; for cierk and treasurer,
Walter Bunting; for tax assessor, Robert
Shackleford, and tor marshal and tax col
lector. James Smart.
The following was sent to the Presi
dent from the Everglades: "To the Presi
dent of the United States: Great Father—l
hereby tender nry services with an army
of 4*10,1)00 braves, composed of Seininoles
and negroe s, to serve for ninety-nine years
or longer, if required. In case Spain or
Cuba is invaded, this combination of In
dian und negro will be found far more of
fensive than white troops. A commission
us lieutenant-general with a year’s pay in
advance will receive prompt attention.
"Meca Toca Umber,
"The man who blows his own horn.”
The committee from R. .E. Lee Camp,
United Confederate Veterans, of Jackson
ville, having in charge the details of the
unveiling exercises of the Hemming mon
ument. representing both the camp and
Mr. Hemming; held a meeting Friday
night. Charles Hemming, the donor of
the monument, had asked that the for
malities attending the unveiling of the
monument be simple, but he has yielded
to the views of the committee, ami agrees
to an elaboration of the programme. It is
proposed by the committee ttiat the re
union of (he state division. United Con
federate Veterans, will be held here in
May, and that the unveiling ceremonies
take place the second day of the reunion.
Charles McKhann, a prominent real es
tate man of Frankfort, Ind., is being
searched for by detectives. MeKhann is
supposed to lx: somewhere in the neigh
borhood of Shoals, Ind. He is wanted on
indictments charging him with forging
deeds to 30.000 acres of Florida limber land,
valued at $50,000, the property of Mrs. Ad
eline T. Brundage of Chicago. Mg,Khunn,
It is charged, stole the deeds to tlff* Flor
ida land from Mrs. Rrtindage, and after
altering them to appear like a deed to his
uncle. William MeKhann, filed them for
record in Columbia county, Florida, where
the land is located. McKhann, it is said,
has sold considerable of the property.
Requisition papers have been issued for
him.
Georgia. Polities.
Adolph Binder of Atlanta, a young man
about IS years of age, wants to run for
the legislature. Ho has even announced
liimself, hud Ills campaign cards printed,
and says lie will make a hot race. He Is
under age, and is not qualified to hold a
legislative office were he elected.
The Tallapoosa circuit will witness a
lace for the Judgeship when Judge Charles
(!. Janes' term expires. He will be a can
didate for re-election and Brice Edwards
of Haralson county, and Bartlett of Pauld
ing, will ulso be In it.
Atlanta Constil'ution: The last legisla
ture t reated anew Judicial circuit out of
the old eastern. The new one comprises
Liberty. Mclntosh, Bryan and Effingham,
('apt. W. G. Cann, one of the candidates
for judge of that circuit, was here yester
day. Hi will be a candidate from Bryan
county. Aeneas Way of Liberty Is an
other candidate, and there will be one or
two others. Capt. Cann. by the way, Is
the crack rifle shot of America. He was
on the Savannah team which won the
championship at Sea Girt last year. Capt.
Cann is a slice, sxful lawyer and Will
moke a strong race for Judge.
Robert Bruce is the latest entry into the
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MARCH 2D, 1898.
political arena. Mr. Bruee will lie a can
didate before the Demo, ratio primary for
Coroner of Fulton county.
There will lie a lively rare in Madison
county this year for the nomination for
senator. It is Madison's turn. Hon.
Dave Meadow says that he does not think
lie will enter the race, but he will go be
fore the people two years hence for the
nomination for solicitor general.
Dr. R. p. Sorrell has announced as a
candidate for the Senate from Madison.
Dr. Daniel will probably be a candidate,
und Julius A. Green, the county school
commissioner, is being urged to take a
hand In it.
Representative Dodson of Sumter Is put
ting his friends on notice that he will be
in the case for president of the Senate.
Hon. William Clifton, recently appointed
Secretary of State to fiif Coi. Candler's tin
expired term, may be a candidate for the
Senate from his district, which is compos
ed of Mclntosh, Liberty and Tattnall. Col.
Clifton was born in Tattnall and has lived
in both the other counties. He is now a
resident of Mclntosh and it is that coun
ty's turn to name the senator. It is fur
ther whispered that if Col. Clifton is nom
inated for the Senate, he will be a candi
date for president of ttie body.
A rm.c P.g.mbo cmfwyp shrldu cmfwyp
POPCORN FOR GAY “PARKE.''
Novel Industry of n Former Vlec
Consul Genernl.
From the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.
J. S. Colyar, formerly the proprietor of
a soda fount at 60 Whitehall street, Is now
selling popcorn on the Rue Montmartre,
Paris. In connection with the popcorn in
dustry, Mr. Colyar is trying to educate the
French to the use of chewing gum. It wiil
be news to the people of this city to learn
that an Atlanta man is at the head of a
new enterprise in Paris. The enterprise is
backed by Mr. Clyde Shrojishire, formerly
vice consul general at Paris. Last Septem
ber he sent Mr. Colyar, together with the
young man who was his assistant at 60
Whitehall street, to Paris to introduce the
popcorn. Two tons of the cereal were sent
over with the men, and since that time
three more lons have been used. Popcorn,
an innovafion In Paris, has met with a
ready sale and the enterprise is already on
a money making basis. Mr. Shropshire was
seen to-day by a representative of the
Journal. At first he was not Inclined to dis
cuss the matter, but consented finally to
relate the reasons which had led him to
back the enterprise*
In the fall of IS9I Buffalo Bill visited Pa
ris with hts Wild West show. One of the
attaches of the show brought several bar
rels of popcorn with him, which met with
a ready sale. The Parisians from the very
first seemed to take a fancy to it. They
had never seen any popcorn before and
from the start, the sweetened balls met
with popular favor. At first they were sold
for five sous each. At first price was rais
ed and until the popcorn price reached one
franc a ball. Mr. Shropshire was in Paris
at the time and upon returning to this
country was struck with the possibility of
exploiting popcorn in that country. Last
September he engaged the services of the
two Atlanta soda water men and sent them
abroad with two tons of the corn. This
was soon sold out at eight sous—the equiv
alent of eight American pennies—a ball,
and three more tons have been sent. The
Parisians having never seen such a thing
as chewing gum, Mr. Shropshire decided to
ship a large quantity of that also. To the
Journal's representative he stated that it
had been found a difficult matter to Intro
duce this article. The French at first in
sisted on swallowing it. and it was finally
found necessary to give printed directions
f<*t its use. Several thousand pounds of
chewing gum have already been given
away at the cafes, clubs and hotels in the
effort to introduce it to popular favor. Mr.
Shropshire believes that after the French
people have learned the use of chewing
gum it will become as popular as popcorn.
He is now negotiating for the exclusive
rights to both articles at the world's fair
to be held in Paris, and hopes to secure
the concession.
BRUNSWICK CUSTOM HOUSE.
Till* Democratic Force Hesly.ii* to
Make Room for Republicans.
Brunswick, Ga., March 19.—The Demo
cratic force of the local custom house,
which Includes every officer and employe,
have resigned. It consisted of Mallery P,
King, special deputy collector, C. \V.
Deming, inspector and deputy collector
No. 2, John P. Twomev, boatman. They
will be succeeded by Eugene R. Belcher,
deputy, salary $1,600 per annum; Frank
A. Dunn, inspector and deputy, salary
$1,095 per annum; Atwell Braxton, boat
man, salary, SSOO per annum. The resig
nations handed in were purely voluntary.
Deputy King's term had expired and he
was not protected by the civil service,
Deming and Twomev were protected by
the civil service, but declined to serve un
der tlie proposed change in deputies.
Eugene Belcher, colored, the new dep
uty, is chairman of the Eleventh district
Republican executive committee and serv
ed as deputy under John H. Deveaux,
Brunswick's collector four years ago. In
spector Frank A. Dunn, a son of the
present collector, Hon. Henry.T. Dunn,
is second lieutenant of the Brunswick
Riflemen and a very jxipular young man.
Atwell Braxton, colored, the new boat
man, is chairman of Glynn county's Re
publican executive committee, and was
a staunch supporter of the new collector.
Col. Dunn took charge of the Brunswick
office March 1. No changes were made
until to-day. although they were an
nounced and expected at any date after
lie assumed charge. The retiring Demo
crats accept tlie situation and leave the
service with friendliest feelings towards
Col. Dunn. There being no eligible list
to select from the new appointees will
be assigned a special non-competitive
civil service examination.
Friends of Judge Spencer R. Atkinson
here are well pleased at his efforts to se
cure a joint debate among the guberna
torial candidates. They feel that the vot
ers deserve to hear from the candidates
and accept joint debates as the most feas
ible plan. Judge Atkinson is a splendid
stump speaker and will please audiences.
A GEORGIA SOLDIERS’ HOME.
Tlie Plan to l’urelinse tlie Soldiers’
Home nt Atlanta.
From (lie Atlanta Journal.
Mrs. James A. Rounsaville of Rome has
written a letter to Mr. Hoke Smith sug
gesting a plan for saving the soldiers’
home, which is advertised for sale.
She proposes that the property bo
turned over to the Daughters of the Con
federacy, who, it is suggested, will raise
the $1,600 now due and a sufficient sum
lo pay for the care of the old soldiers
who may.become inmates.
Ttie letter Is as follows:
"Rome, Ga., March 11, ISOS.—Mr. Hoke
Smith, Atlanta: Dear Sir—The Daugh
ters of the Confederacy in Georgia ask
your help and that of the Journal to snve
the Soldiers' Home. As the representative
of the ‘Daughters' I have, since the adver
tisement of the sale appeared, been in cor
nspondence with Judge Calhoun, chair
man c>t the commissioners, with the hope
that we might make some arrangements
free Medical Treatment
for Weak Men
I f Who Are Willing to Pay When
[ Convinced of Cure.
Ax / .. ■ A scientific combined medical and mechanical cure has
f for • • Weakness of Men." iPsucS?
II 1 *■* a *Vu 6t ,^ r HVi 1 ® t^*c Proprietors now announce that
< / I I Ben ' l it on trial—remedies and applianco
/x'li* / / ~iT? th . “dYiuce payment—to any honest man.
Vs •*1 I \ If not all that Is claimed all you wish —send it
l\ / / . * f back—that ends it—pay nothingl ,
'/ // Z N ? s “ ch ofler was Tt ‘ r made in good faith before:
I j/jf\ we bedeve no other remedy would stand such a test,
v This combined treatment cures quickly, thoroughly
V 17/1 Jy VA/?'£r\ Jind forever all effects of early evil habits, later ex-
A ft)/ -sses. overwork, worry, etc. It creates health.
et"ci'gth. vitality, sustaining powers and restores
1 V~ r** vvl ak and undeveloped portions to natural dimen
“ /'y-> sld is and functions.
f I VUCT- A-iy man writing in earnest will receive descrip.
V ‘ PC-—Hoff partlcularsand references in a plain sealed cm
S / NS- veloje. Professional confidence. No deception nor
backs this offer. (Cut out and send “Address A nMI6OaI r^UUUu “
ERIE MEDkCAL CO., Buffalo, N. Y.
to preserve the home and devote it to the
purpose for which it was intendad toy its
builders, the people of Georgia. I cm now
in receipt of a letter from Chairmr. n Cal
houn stating that he has sent copies of
our correspondence to the other cor.imis
s loners and expressing his personal i ead
iness (if the approval of the court car. be
obtained) to sanction a transfer of .he
property to the Daughters of the Confed
eracy, provided they can raise the amoun t
of the indebtedness on the home, some
tiling over $4,060, before the day of sale,
and pay off the debt, and agree to open
and maintain it as a Confederate Soldiers'
Home, upon proper conditions, the prop
erty to revert to the trustees in case of
failure to open and maintain for said pur
pose. With only three weeks to raise
the necessary amount the task assumes
tremendous proportions, but my faith in
the true-hearted, loyal Georgians will not
allow the belief that they will suffer the
home to be sacrificed, when they learn
that there is a plan by which it may be
saved.
“With this view' we now appeal to the
Journal and other papers of the state to
tell the people of our purpose and invoke
i their aid for its successful accompiisi.l
- - 'Mr. Henry J. Gigmiliat of (South’
Carolina is the first man to proffer a’ sub
scription to pay at once $lO fo raise $lO,-
000 so as to pay off the debt of SI,OOO, leav
ing $6,000 as a nucleus to start the perma
nent endowment. He will then be one
of 1,000 to pay $lO each, making SIO,OOO
more, which added to the $6,000 will give
$16,000 for the first year’s endowment. He
wiil then obligate himself to pay $lO a
year for ten years to run the home if 999
other Georgians will do the same. Several
have already agreed to unite with Mr. Gig
niiliat on his first propositoin, but a lady,
(Mrs. E. A. Galloway of Willard, Ga., is
the first to respond with a promise to join
him in each proposition he has made. We
now ask you to publish the plan and start
a subscription list in the Journal, not only
for those who will join Mr. Gigniliiat in
giving $lO or more, but for those who will
give sl, or $2, or $5.
"And don’t forget the chldren. If ev
ery child in Georgia could give but a pen
ny or a nickel ornr treasury would be much
enriched, and the children would be hap
pier for having helped the homeless and
helpless old soldiers of the state.
“Trusting that you wiil lend us your val
uable aid in this work. I remain, with
much respect, Hallie A. Rounsaville,
. “President Georgia Division, United
Daughters of Confederacy.
“Mrs. James A. Rounsaville, Rome. Ga.”
Mr. Smith replied by telegraph that he
would be glad to see the movement suc
ceed and that he and the Journal would
subscribe to the fund.
The Charter Chapter of the Daughters
of the Confederacy of Savannah are re
quired to raise a portion of the required
amount by Apri\s. Any contribution will
be gratefully accepted by them.
OFFICIAL G. A. 11. ROSTER.
Tile Roster of Officers, Department of
Florida, G, A. R,, I* Now Complete.
Tampa, Fla., March 18.—Commander
Packwood has established his head
quarters in this city, with Cos!. Parsell as
assistant adjutant general, and made his
appointment of staff officers of the depart
ment for 1898. The complete roster is here
given: Commander, George H. Packwood
of Maitland; senior vice commander, Ed
win Kirby of Fruitland; junior vice com
mander, H. F. Dutton of Gainesville; med
ical director. Dr. J. K. Rainey of St. Au
gustine; chaplain, Rev. J. B. Shoup of
Mlkesvitle; judge advocate, S. Herbert
Lancey of Maitland; inspector, George H.
Norton of Eustis; chief of staff, Samuel
W. Fox of Jacksonville; assistant quarter
master general, Walter W. Hunt of St.
Petersburg; chief mustering officer, George
W. Farnham of Longwood; assistant ad
jutant general, Frank G. Pareell of Tam
pa. The new commander starts Out with
over S3OO in the treasury and a system of
economy that promises to hold the present
membership and bring back old members
dropped for non-payment of dues. The
per capita tax is reduced from 80 lo 60
cents, and the salaries (combined) of paid
officials from SB6 to S4O. Tlie commander
gets SSO instead of SIOO for expenses to na
tional encampment. There in a prospect
of new posts being organized at Miami
and Palm Beach, the latter having paid
for a charter. Altogether the new year
opens auspiciously, with old and experi
enced officials in all the department offices.
FLORIDA’S VEGETABLE CROP.
Tlie Tomnto Now Attracting; n Great
Amount of Attention.
Winter Park, Fla., March 19.—Though
the "golden fruit" will ever retain Its
place In poesy and romance, our practfcal
farmers have long since arrived at the
conclusion that more hard cash is to be
derived from early vegetables. The to
mato, so far, has ruled supreme, though
beans, egg-plant, squash, cucumbers, pep
pers, etc, etc., are raised successfully.
Owing to the extreme cold in January
our spring crop was considerably delayed,
no tomato shipments having as yet taken
place. Small shipments of beans, peppers,
squash, etc., began some weeks ago, and
will continue till forgotten for the all
powerful tomato. Dame Nature, since her
unkindness in the beginning of the year,
has dealt generously with us. Given
warm weather, plenty o*f cultivation and
an occasional shower, plants are obliged
to grow, fruit lo mature. The conditions
all having been fulfilled, we confidently
expect to begin our tomato shipments not
later than April 3. It is a matter of re
gret that many Northern tourists have
taken the war scare and are curtailing
their usual holiday. Those who visited
tiie lake region are wisely remaining.
—One morning recently Mr. White,
American Ambassador in Berlin, received
a letter from a simple-minded oid lady
out West requesting that he procure for
her the autographs of the German Em
peror. the Empress, the Crown Prince
and Bismnrck. The names were to be
signed on little pieces of linen which the
oid lady intended to use in malting an
autograph quik,
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL A\l) GEXERAL SEWS OF
SHII'S AM) SHimSG,
The Dredge Fort Royal Said to Be
Ordered to Dry Tortuga* to 1)0
Dredglng-Tng Juno Laid Ip tor
Repairs—Steamer Alpha to Give I p
the DlaUtoa Route—Other Ship
Yew*.
Mr. Robert Goelet of New York, owner
■of the steam yacht Nahma, and party,
arrived yesterday from a trip to St. Au
g A stine. The yacht will sail to-day for
JeJtyl Island, where the party will spend
a it w days hunting.
The tug Juno came over from Beaufort
yesteri'ay and was hauled on Jones marine
railway, where she will have anew pro
peller and shaft put in.
The barge Joseph Souther will be towed
to Port Royal to-day, where she will be
loaded with phosphate rock and return to
Savannah.
The steamer Alpha, which has been re
cently plying between Savannah and
Kaaiifort, stopping at Bluftton and way
landings, wiM not hereafter touch at Bluff
ton. The route to Beaufort will, there
fore be shorter and made in quicker time.
It is reported that the New York Dredg
ing Companys’ dredge Port Royal, which
has been at worCc dredging the entrance
to the government dry dock at Port Royal,
is to cease operauions at that point for the
present, and will be taken to Dry Tortu
gas to dredge out the sand bar upon which
the United States battleship lowa got
aground recently.
Savanmh Almanac.
Sun rises at 6:06 and sets at 6:11.
High water at Tybee to-day 6:11 a. m.
and 6:35 p. m. High water at Savannah
one hour later.
Phases of the Moon for March.
Full moon. Bth; 3 hours, 29 minutes,
morning; last quarter, 13th; 1 hour 4S
minutes, moiming; new moon, 22d, 2 hours
37 minutes, rooming; first quarter, 30th, 1
hour 40 minufies morning; moon In apogee,
Ist and 2Sth; moon In perigree, 14th.
ARRIVALS AYD DEPARTURES,
Vessels O'enreil Yesterday.
Steamship Kansas City, Fisher, New
York—Ocean Steamship Company.
Steamship Itasca, James, Baltimore—J.
J. Carolan, Agent.
Bark Vodava R. (Ital), Capurro, Genoa—
Dahl & Andersen.
Vessels Went to Sea Yesterday.
Steamship Tallahassee, New York.
Steamship Rosneath (Br).
Steamship Itasca, Baltimore.
Bark PrinOe John (Nor), Hamburg.
Shopping Memoranda.
Charleston. S. C., March 19.—Arrived,
bark lona (Nor),Olsen,Goole; United States
steamer Armeria, Wright, Savannah, etc.,
bound New York; United States steamer
Fish Hawk, Swift, Adams Run, S. C.,
bound Aveco, N. C.
Cleared, schr Adele Thackera, McKeen,
Baltimore.
Sailed, schrs Sarah Potter, Farnham,
New York; John C. Gregory, Hutchinson,
New York; J. H. Parker, Hammond, New
York; B. I. Hazard, Blatchford, New
York; Warner Moore, Crockett, Richmond;
John G. Schmidt, Norbury, Philadelphia;
barge Carrie 1,. Tyler, Jones, Norfolk, in
tow tug John Hartin; steamer Agnes
(Nor), Cornealsen, Honduras.
Pensacola, Fla.., March 19.—Arrived,
steamship Calrneraig (Br), Gibson, New
Orleans; barks Horwig (Ger), Stellman,
Limerick; Do rise (Nor), Andersen, Lo
renzo Marques; Lareto (Ital), Consigliero,
Rio Janeiro.
Sailed, steamship Iliaro (Br), Venice, via
New Orleans.
Cleared, barks Atlantic (Swed), Sodcr.
strom. Rochefort ; Herlof Herlofsen (Nor),
Kroger, Brake Kaiserhofin; Lucy (Nor)!
Utstern, Santos; eshr Napoleon Boughton’
Stiles, New York.
Fernandina, Fla., March 19.—Sailed,
steamer Verbena (Br), Owen, Stettin.
Punta Gorda. Fla., March 19.—Cleared,
schr Vaniear Black, Lacey, Wilmington,
N. C.
Port Tampa, Fla., March 19.—Arrived,
schr Charles K. Scull, Hall, Tortugas.
Sailed, Steamship Florida, Allen Mo
bile.
Philadelphia, March 19.—Arrived, schrs
R. D. Spear, Farr, Pascagoula; Mary Lee
Patton, Steelman, Charleston.
Delaware Breakwater, March 19.—Ar
rived, schr Mary A. Hall, New York, for
Jacksonville.
Notice to Mariners,
Pilot charts and all hydrographic infor
mation will be furnished masters of ves
sels free of charge in United States hy
drographic office In custom house. Cap
tains are requested to call at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department.
The time ball on Cotton Exchange drops
12 m. 75th meridian time.
I
Steamer Passengers.
Per steamship Itasca for Baltimore—J
A. Norihrop, Eugene Miller, A. J. Keaton,
Max Woeller, G. Valentine, Lewis Holton’
J Morgmun, L. Rigby, Charles Nutt, Fred
Lowry, J. T. Grasty, Benjamin Smith, Dr
S. A. Martin, Frank Norton, P. Paveslch
James Stiles, A. C. Gillette. Percy Sibley!
Dr. A. P. Cox, wife and three children!
W. S. Johnston, John Moulder, R, E.
Johnston, W, A. Slack, Miss Bessie John
ston. Mike O.Hordy, G. S. Thurber and
wife. E. C. Danforth and wife, S. Hlrsch
Charles Shreve.
Coast wise Export*.
Per Steamship Tallahassee for New York
—SOO bales upland cotton, 100 bales sea
THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD.
TO EQUITABLE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES.
Outstanding Assurance Dec. 31, 1897.5951,165,837 J
New Assurance written in 1897 156,955,6930
Proposals for Assurance examined and
decllned 24,491,97.00
lucome 48,572,2*53
Assets Dec. 31, 1897 236,876,38.04
Reserve on all existing policies (4 per
cent, standard) and all other lia
bilities 186,33.133.20
Surplus, 4 per cent, standard 50,54,174.84
Paid policy-holders in 1897 21,10,314.14
Henry B. Hyde, President.
J. W. Alexander, Y. P.
Perdi e & EglesTon, Managers for/Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga.
CEO. S. HAINES,
Resident Agent,
Office 19 Bay street, east.
island cotton, 169 bales domestics and
yarns. 50 barrels rice, 114 sacks clay, 270
barrels spirits turpentine, 248,244 feet lum
ber, 5 bales hides, 15 turtles, 30 barrels
fish, 550 barrels cotton seed oil, 6 boxes
fruit, 831 barrels vegetables, 1,266 crates
vegetables, 100 tons pig iron. 300 sacks red
chaff, 172 bales cotton sweepings, 64 bales
moss, 69 case cigars, 1 refrigerator straw
berries, 145 packages merchandise.
Per steamship Itasca for Baltimore—B9o
bales upland cotton, 240 barrels rosin, 80
barrels turpentine, 112,845 feet lumber, 526
crates vegetables, 888 barrels vegetables,
175 barrels rosin oil, 60 barrels cotton seed
oil, 103 cases canned goods, 16 casks clay,
212 sacks clay, 360 packages merchandise,
219 bales hides and wool, 62 packages do-'
mestics and yarns, 50 bales sweepings, 43
oak logs, 80 barrels pitch.
Foreign Exports.
Per Italian hark Vedova R., for Genoa—
-3,597 barrels rosin, valued at $9,899.25—Car
g0 by S. P. Shotter Company.
Receipts at Railroads.
Per Central of Georgia Railway, March
19.—13 cars lumber, 605 packages merchan
dise, 122 barrels domestics, 1 car grits, 1
car curbing stone, 14 cars coal, 28 tons
pig iron, 1 car packing house products.
Per Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad, March 19.—146 barrels rosin, 72
casks spirits turpentine, 19 cars vegetables,
13 cars cabbages, 1 car celery, 12 cars mer
chandise, 1 car machinery, 1 car oil, 1 car
live stock. 1 car clay, 2 cars household
goods, 3 cars brick, 11 cars wood, 1 car
coal, 1 car wheels, 16 cars lumber, 8 cars
ties, 1 car moss, 1 car empty barrels, 1
car hay, 2 cars grits, 1 car stone, 2 cars
fertilizers, 2 cars cotton seed, 2 cars poles.
Per Georgia and Alabama Railway,
March 19.—146 barrels rosin, 174 casks
spirits, 40 cars lumber, 14 cars merchan
dise, 6 cars corn, 5 cars hay, 3 cars bran.
2 cars meal, 2 cars flour, 1 car rice, 1 car
oats, 1 car meat, 1 car oil.
THE LEVEL OF THE LAKES.
Tlie Waters Rising After Yearly Ten
Years of Subsidence.
From the New York Evening Post.
Chicago, March 12.—1n 1895, the level of
the Great Lakes, after nearly ten years
of steady recession, reached a lower mark
than ever before since a settlement oc
cupied their shores, except in 1818 and 1817.
Vessel men took alarm, not because of
any fear that there might not be water
enough in the lakes themselves for naviga
tion, but on account of the growing shal
lowness of the harbors. There are no
good natural harbors on the entire chain
of the lakes except at the head of Lake
Superior, where nature has formed a
large bay. All the other commercial har
bors have been dredged by the government
out of the mouths of small rivers and
creeks that are rivers only In name. The
harbors of Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland
and many minor ports were made in this
way. Originally they were adapted in
depth to the small vessels in which the
commerce of the lakes was transported
until recent years, but the constant ten
dency towards Increasing the size and
draught of lake craft has called for largo
expenditures in deepening them from year
to year. Lower water in the lakes, at
course, produces lower water In the har
bors, and this Is the serious point in
volved.
In 1895 the Vessel Owners’ Association
appealed to the government for a scientific
investigation to determine the effect on the
lake levels that would result from taking
300,600 cubic feet per second out of Lake
Michigan and carrying It off to the Miss
issippi, through the great Chicago drain
age canal. A board of engineers was ap
pointed and directed to study the prob
lem and make a report, but the report
when it came, was inconclusive, the board
saying, In substance, that It would be
Impossible to tell in advance what would
be the effect on the lake levels of the
current which the canal would carry So
the matter rested, but fortunately, before
the opening of the canal the lake levels
are beginning to rise. There was a large
gain during the year 1897, and it Is not Im,
probable that in a few years the old hlgii
water mark will be restored, so that there
will be water enough and to spare before
Chicago taps the head of Lake Michigan
with her big: sewer.
The rise is accounted for by the heavy
snowfall of recent winters, and the rain
fall during 1897. The annual rainfall on
the surface of the lakes averages from
forty to fifty Inches, and the summer evap
oration is about a foot and a half. The
remainder of the gain from precipitation
and trom Inflowing streams goes off
through the St. Lawrence to the ocean
There used to be a theory that there Is a
regular periodicity in the movement of the
lake levels—that the water rises for seven
years and falls for seven years, but this
has been exploded by observation, and It
is not now claimed that there is any way
of predicting the years of gain and loss.
The rainfall is as capricious aa the winds.
There may be many successive vears of
drought or of unusual precipitation, or dry
and wet years mayi Alternate. Geologists
all know that back in prehistoric times the
level of the lakes Vis very much higher
than at present. TJib is strikingly shown
along the Souther:* shore of Lake Erie,
where three old bcafhts can be distinctljr
traced at intervals otamile or two apart,
paralleling the present shore line. Theso
old beaches are locally tailed the North,
South, and Middle and they now
form excellent Country Dads. Much ofl
the early settlement of Northern Ohio, in
the first two decades of th( century, cams
by wagon along the Middle (klge road from,
Western New York. SinL observations
of the stages of water havij been kept up.
however, no permanent subsidence of tha
lake level has been noted, 4nd the fanci
ful predictions of writers, Vho imagine!
that Lake Erie wili soon a vast
meadow, with a river runniitf through it,
have no basis in fact.
The drainage area of the Gpat Lakes is
remarkably small. Rarely i* the water
shed found more than fifty miles back
from the lake shore. In Ohio there is a.
court house in the town of Ravnma, forty
miles south of Cleveland, where the rain
fall on the north side of the root runs in
to Lake Erie, while the rainfall on tho
south side drains into the Ohio river. In
New Y’ork the sources of the Mohawk,
which flows into the Hudson, are only a
few miles from Lake Ontario. In Illinois
the Illinois river heads close to Lake Mich
igan. The hight of land north of Lal(
Superior is less than 100 miles north o?
that lake, and beyond the hight the waters
all flow to Hudson’s Bay. No large riv
er flows into either of the lakes. Tha
course of the small streams that empty
Into the lakes is peculiar. Trace one ofl
them on the map and you will find that
only a few miles back from the lake io
makes a sharp turn, and that its upper
course Is parallel to the lake. One of tha
largest of the lake affluents is the St. Louis
river, which empties into the head of Laka
Superior; but sixty or seventy miles from
its mouth, in a flat, pine-covered country,
are the lakes tha.t form the sources of tha
Mississippi.
By the time the drainage canal is open,
ed next year, it Is probable that there will
be a high stage of water in Lake Michi
gan (and that the people of the cities along*
the lakes will have ceased to worry abouU
the shallowness of their harbors. Ship
builders have reached the maximum siza
in the construction of the big propellers
and barges that take wheat, corn, and
Iron ore down the lakes and bring back
coal. The capacity of the locks in tha
Saulte Ste. Marie ship-canal regulates tha
draught of all lake craft, and the new
locks just finished will have to answer for
a score of years to come. Eventually, tha
great lakes may dry up, Just us many email
lakes have done already, but that will ha
in such remote ages that the present gen
eration need not worry about it. Per
haps human life will have disappeared
from the globe before that times comes.
OUT OF HIS GRAVE AY ELM.
Tradition Say* lie Wu Killed WitU
an Elm Club, and It AVns Buried
With Him.
Angelica, March 11.—One of the most no
ticeable things to any one entering tha
Angelica cemetery grounds is an old mar
ble slab headstone on which is the fol
lowing inscription: "Ira Stephens, who
died Sept. 20, 1803, age 43 years." Exactly
in the center of the grave is a huge elm
tree which is eighty feet high and threa
feet through the trunk, and is a3 fine a
specimen of an eim tree as can be found.
The roots spread all over the grave and
nearly tip the marble slab, green and
mouldy with age, over on its face, Tha
peculiar position of the tree right in tha
center of a grave causes strangers to won
der how it came there.
Those In charge of the last Alleghany!
county history, before offering It to tha
publishers, decided to trace, If possible,
from olii residents the cause of the tree
being In so peculiar a place. They found
out and publish in their history ihe fol
lowing information: "The first death in
Angelica was Ira Stephens, who on the au
thority of Mr. Gibson, a resident of An
gelica, was killed in a quarrel over card*
at Joseph Wilson’s inn (present site of tha
Llghtfobt block), and he was the first "t- 0
buried in Angelica cemetery. He was kill
ed by someone unknown, with a huge * m
club, which was burled with him. Dire* t Sy;
over the grave has grown a large elm
tree which superstitious and credulous peo
ple say grew from the club with which ha
was killed."
The Union represcWative talked with tl
old gentleman 92 years of age who had
been a resident of this place for over
ty years, and asked hint hts opinion on r 0
subject. .He said that the tree had 1 *
there ever since he had lived there. I" 1
claimed the only peculiarity in the apP e ' r '
ance of the tree was the strange blcm
color of the bark, there being at certain
times in the year blotches of colored bora
bearing the apeparanee of being stain*' l
by blood. He Is not able to account f*'
the strangeness or the peculiar location *.*•
the tree.