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OLD BOARD GOES OUT TO-DAY.
KGWLV ELECTED COI X 11, TO HE
SW'ORV IN AT NOON.
Among tlie Latest Applicants He
]iorlril U Alderman O’Donnell,
Who Unon'l Deny He Want* t> He
Superintendent of the AVnter
Worlix—Prospects Other City Km
llloyen Him' of Holding Over—lt la
Heported New lloaril AVIII Lose So
Time Repealing Krimtkolf* Civil
ict‘ Ordinance.
This promises to boa day of events at
the* city exchange. As soon after 12 o clock
hs the present Council can dispatch what
ever business demands its attention, and
the minutes of previous meetings are sign
ed. the oM members will cast their official
cares upon the shoulders of the newly
elected hoard, who will proceed into the
Council chamber from the Mayor’s private
office, where they will assemble prepara
tory to the installation.
When the city government changed hands
two years ago. Mr. Myers stepped out and
MaJ. Meldrim went in; to-day MaJ. Mel
ciritn retires and Mr. Myers takes charge.
Aldermen-elect Tit-deman, Screven ami lia
con. who will also be sworn in. were mem
bers of the City Council two years ago. and
will he reinstated under the same circum
stances is Mr. Myers. The other new
members, who include Aldermen-elect Wil
liams. Wells, Thomas. Jarrell. Schwarz,
Dixon. Mills. Haas and Graham, wil? not
all be novices, some of them having peon
long and faithful service in former Coun
cils. Judge Falkgant administered the
oath to the present board, and while he
will to-day pronounce the doxology upon
their official lives and commend them as
dutiful public servants, he will at the
same time usher In their successors. There
is understood to he a formality in store,
but it will not probably’ be of the kind to
unduly prolong the proceedings.
The paramount wonder in the public
mind just now is the action the new lx>ar<l
will take, with regard to city offices. Un
til a conference Is held hy trie new board,
which may be called for to-night, as the
present Council did immediately after It
was sworn in, there will be nothing posi
tive about what offices the incoming board
wi l have at iis disposal. The past few
days have witnessed no end of conjecture
about the officials who can be reached,
and as there is si ill a wide difference of
opinion in this regard, nothing definite
will pro’odhly be known until the city at
torney gives ids opinion as to who can
and who cannot be shelved. A definition
of the law in this connection is of much
public interest, and would have consid
erable to do in shaping the decapitation
programme.
Alderman Thomas F. O’Donnell is just
ly entitled to the distinction of being the
acrobat of the retiring board. It may take
the alderman some time to swing from
one limb to the other, but it is pretty au
thoritively stated that while he will “let
all holts go” from the city’s executive
department, he will at the same time
clinch the office of superintendent of wa
ter works. It has been quietly rumored
that Alderman O'Donnell was out for pie
since he left the Liberal Club for the pur
]lose of supporting Mr. Myers. Quite a
number of Alderman O’Donnell’s less
guarded friends said after he attended the
Urst Myers’ meeting at Masonic
Hall, where he was seated coir*
eplcuously on the stage, that he
was to be remembered with an
appointment as superintendent of the wa
ter works.
When seen in the Screven House lobby
with a number of political friends yester
day, Alderman O’Donnell was approached
by a representative of the Morning News
and asked as to whether his reported
candidacy for Superintendent Lofton’s Job
was true.
'We don’t wish to discuss politics,”
chimed in ex-Alderman James McGuire,
who is an avowed candidate for Mr.
Thomas Cooley’s place as superintendent
of the scavenger department.
“There has been talk that I would be
come a candidate for this position,” said
Alderman O’Donnell, “but it Is one of
those things whjch only time can tell. 1
do not wish to discuss the matter now.”
Alderman O’Donnell was appointed
chairman of the committee on water two
years ago by Mayor Meldrim, but as this
do pan men I was then under n commis
sion. there was very little to do. Through
out his term work has been done at the
water works station by Alderman O’Don
nell. who is a machinist of years of ex
perience. It may be this is in a measure
accountable for his reported aspirations in
this direction. Having taken an active
part on the winning side in the recent
campaign, it is likely he has many friends
in the new board w'ho will support him for
the office. Meantime, Supt. Ijofion is go
ing forward without much fear of being
ousted. Like other officials who desire to
hold on to their offices. Supt. po
sition in the recent fight is not exactly
known. He is said to be of the number
not openly identified with either side.
Clerk of Council Hailey will not occupy
fhe same position to-day his predecessor
•lid two years ago. It was sweet revenge
then for the Liberals to se. 'llOl Stuff”
Manucv officiating at his own political fu
neral. for the new hoard held a meeting
the same night of the installation to con
sider appointments, among which was
that of Mr. Hailey. He has excellent
chance* to hold his position without any
effort!* by the incoming board to remove
him.
The name cannot be said of Messenger
of Council Cohen, however, whose scalp
it is said the Myers administration is af
ter. Cohen was pitted against John Har
rison two years ago. and now he is to
meet the same old foe. Many visits have
been made to the exchange the last few
days by Mr. Harrison, who is said to lie
slated for the position. This will lie
among Ihe first changes, it is understood,
while others will follow In quick succes
sion. John Savage, the colored porter, is
fearful something may happen to him.
The other employes in Mr. Hailey s of
fice are Mr. C. V. Hernandez, and Mr.
Jack Walsh, clerks, and Mr. Frank Patton,
stenographer.
Mr. Walsh and Mr. Patton have friends
on the board who may be able to hold
them in their positions. Mr. Hernandez
is even more confident of remaining, as he
has almost become a permanent fixture
hi the exchange. His uniform politeness
to tip 1 public, and Ihe knack he possesses
of gaining friends, has placed him in a
position to command the consideration of
any administration. Mr. Hernandez sel
dom takes a hand in politics. an.l then not
In a way to break his friendships
The offices to be filled will be known
after the first meeting of the new board
wiien the matter of changes will likely Iro
discussed. It is pretty certain this will be
the first thing gotten off hands, as Council
will not be able to make any headway >.n
--’ oil? { lom funk office seekers are cither
satisfied or given to understand lut wh
changes are to be made. ~ J
Among the first official acts of the new
board will probably be an ordinance to
repeal the KrouskolY ordinance the pur
pose of which is to establish civil service
leform In filling city offices. This law is
not looked upon favorably by some of the
new members, who don’t care to have the
retiring board get the pace for a gait thev
didn’t run. J
Mayor-elect Myers will have his office
hours at the city exchange from 12 to 1
o'clock, Instead of from 1 to 2, as Mayor
Meldrim adopted. This Suits Mr Myers’
convenience better, and is the same time
lie adopted for office when lasi mayor.
OFFICERS n iCK FROM Cl BA.
Lieut. Col. Guild nnl Maj. fieorge H.
Fowler Here Yesterday.
Lieut. Col. Curtis Guild. Jr., and MaJ.
George R. Fowler arrive*] yesterday from
Havana aboard the Michigan, and spent
the day at the De Soto. The gentlemen
left at night for the North.
Col. Guild has recently been appointed a
member of a colonial commission, which is
to sit in Washington, as it is understood,
to advise the officials of the government
in the administration of the affairs of the
country’s new colonies.
The news of this appointment had not
reached Col. Guild officially while he was
lx re. and he knew nothing more of it than
what he had gathered from a New York
more than his picture and a statement
that ho had l*?en appointed on such a com
mission. Col. Guild was asked about the
m uter and his acceptance, and said:
"I have not the slighttst Idea as to what
the duties of the commission spoken of
are to Ik*, what J may i*? expected to do
provided the statement is true and I have
been appointed—what the salary will be,
whether 1 shall be expected to remain in
this country or go to the West Indies or
the Philippines, or anything else about it.
1 have heard absolutely nothing more
about the commission than this, so I can
not say wnether or not I shall accept the
appointment. I suppose the thing came
up while I was aboard the Michigan mak
ing a stormy voyage to Savannah. Ali I
r m going to do just now is to go to Roe
ton. my home, on matters of private in
terest. 1 have secured leave for thirty
days, and will so employ my time.”
In discussing health conditions among
the Seventh Army Con**, Col. Guild stated
that there was considerable measles
among the soldiers. The typhoid fever
record of the corps has recently been com
piled and shows the remarkably low aver
age of 3 per cent, of deaths among those
attacked by the disease. This is said to
Ik* considerably less than the death rote
in cities which have suffered from the dls-
ase. The sickness at present In the corps
Is only about 2 ier cent. The men as a
rule are in good condition and there Is no
complaining of consequence about the con
ditions surrounding them in Cuba.
Maj. George K. Fowler, medical inspec
tor of the Seventh Army Corps and chief
operating surgeon in the field, left for
Brooklyn, where he will resume the busi
ness connections he had before volunteer
ing for the war.
Maj. Fowler probably gave up as much
to enter the army as any volunteer officer
in it. Col. Guild said last night that Maj.
Fowler is now returning to $50,000 a year,
this being his estimate of what the doctor
gets from the engagements lie tills in a
medical way in Brooklyn and New York.
His return became absolutely necessary,
as his place as lecturer on certain branches
of medicine in Columbia College is l>eng
filled by three professors and his atten
tion to the department is desired. He is
also at the head of a couple of hospitals
in the metropolis.
For nine months Maj. Fowler was in
the service, and for the last two he was
in Cuba. He was asked yesterday by a re
porter about the health conditions. He
said there has been but one fatality among
the American troopa from yellow fever,
and this was the case of a member of the
engineer corps. This man had lieen in
charge of gangs of Cuban soldiers and
had been exposed more than w'as abso
lutely necessary. A post mortem exami
nation assured the surgeons that his death
had been due to the fever.
Speaking of the small-pox that seems to
be rather prevalent, the major said it is
of a mild type and does no great harm.
He does not believe the men have a great
deal to fear from this, as nearly the en
tire army has l**en vaccinated and the
virus has taken effect.
Maj. Fowler has retired from the army,
having just been mustered out. His ex
perience has been of great advantage in
the medical work in the Seventh Corps.
While the corps was here he was in charge
of the emergency hospital that was estab
lished.
CAVALRY TO DRILL TO-DAY.
Troop C Will Exercise nt the Parade
Ground This Morning.
Savannahians, who are not in too much
haste lo get to their places of business,
will have the opportunity of witnessing a
novel sight at the parade gbound this
morning. Lieut. McClure, who Is In com
mand of Troop C of the Fifth Cavalry,
now encamped near the city. Intends to
take his troop to the parade ground at 9
o’clock this morning for exercise. The
troop will be mounted and the regular
cavalry exercise will be gone through
with. Savannahians have seen a good
deal of Infantry during the last few
months, but a drill by regular cavalry Is
something which has been witnessed by
few and will prove an interesting sight
to the many admirers of the military here
The only thing which is likely to'
fere with the programme is an order for
the troop to pack up to go aboard the
trans|K>rt, hut it is not expected that the
troops of the Fifth Cavalry now here will
lie ordered to go aboard before the middle
of ttie week, so there is a very' good pros
pect of an Interesting exhibition at the
parade ground this morning.
FIRED A RECKLESS SHOT.
Abner Fuller Wanted for Assaulting
Jerome Ferrell.
Policemen Brown and King had a live
ly chase through Yamaeraw yesterday
afternoon in their efTorts to catch Abner
Fuller, colored, wanted for firing a shot
at Jerome Ferrell, colored. The man was
not captured. ,
The shooting occurred near the corner of
Bay lane and Ann street. Policeman
Brown was walking his beat In that vicin
ity, when he saw Fuller and Ferrell ap
parently in a quarrel. Before he could
reach them, however, Fuller pulled a re
volver and tired one shot at Ferrell, who
ran into a house. He was no* injured.
All the police have been given a descrip
tion of Fuller, and Instructed- to arrest
him if found.
CHRIST t 111 lit II REPAIRS.
Tlie Work Completed nt a Cost of
#:t4,215..V7,
The congregation of Christ Church was
acquainted at the morning service yester
day of what the cost had been for the
work of putting the building into the thor
ough aral handsome state of repair m
which it new is. The statement was read
hy Capt. H. C. Cunningham and showed
that $24,218.57. exclusive of.the cost of th->
Bishop Ediott memorial chair and the al
tar, laid been expended.
The repoit had been made to the ves
try of the church by the building com.
mittoe. Mr. John M. Bryan was chairman
of this committee.
Reward of #20,000 Offered.
A wealthy lady recently lost a satchel
containing jewels worth $150,(>, and now
offers a reward of $20,000 cash to ihe finder.
The loss of health is far more serious than
the loss of Jewels, and yet it can be recov
ered without paying big rewards. A lltilo
money invested in Hostetler's Stomach
Bitters will restore strength to the weak,
purify the blood, establish regularity of
the bowels and help the stomach to -prop
erly digest the food taken into it.—ad
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 30. 1800.
LOST ALL HER DECK CARGO.
TRANSPORT CHESTER RA\ IS TO
HEAVY WEATHER SATIRDAY.
When lint Seventy-Five Mile* Sontli
on*t of .Snvannuli Another Acci
dent Occurred to the “Hoodooed**
Ship—Three Mnle* Killed and Yal
unhle Supplies Lost Overboard.
Cavalrymen Arrive To-morrow for
the* MJniiewaMkn.
Col. Beliinger, the depot quartermaster,
last night received a telegram from Col.
Gardener, commander of the Thirty-first
Michigan Regiment, sent from Pablo
Beach, Fla. The telegram brought newa
of another accident to the transport Ches
ter, on which the Michigan troops arc
moving to Cienfuegos, Cuba. From the
mu.tiplic ity of her troubles recently the
Chester is getting a reputation that will
convince sea-going men that she is "hoo
dooed.”
The telegram from Col. Gardener stated
that when about seventy-five miles south
of Savannah on Saturday the Chester met
with rough weather, during which three
mules were crushed to death by some of
the deck load falling in upon them. Prac
tically all of the deck load was lost over
hoard, entailing a loss of over $B,OOO. Col.
Gardener desired that further supplies of
a similar character be forwarded as soon
as j>osible. From his dispatch it appears
that the portion of the cargo lost included
127 hospital tents. 140 sets of poles, 6,000
small tent pins. 4,000 large tent pins, 820
Cots, one-half ton coal, 10,000 feet lum
ber, 10 paulins, 4,500 pounds hay, 3,000
pounds outs. The tents aione were worth
over $O,OOO.
On her last trip out from Savannah the
Chester ran ashore on the American shoals
off Key West, and had to be hauled off
with tugs. On her way back from Ha
vana she broke her propellor so badly that
she had to Ik? sent to the dry dock at
Newport New? for repairs. This is her
first trip since she left the dry dock. There
are some who, knowing the character of
the harbor of Cienfuegos, insist that she
has more trouble ahead for her when that
port is reached.
Ono fault with the Chester, from the
stand]>oinl of those engaged in loading
her, is that her lower hold is filled up
with rock ballast to such an extent that
no cargo can be put in. This is what
necessitates the placing of cargo on deck.
If there were iron ballast used, instead
of the stone, there would be ample room
in the hold for storage purposes and the
decks would be left free for the soldiers.
The transports Michigan and Manitoba
came up to the, city yesterday morning.
The Michigan is at the Gordon wharf and
the Manitoba i? in the Central .slip. As
the Minncwaska is pulled into the stream
when loaded the Manitoba will take her
place at the wharf. The loading of the
with lumber and forage be
gan yesterday. The six troops of the
Eighth Cavalry which nre to go on her
will arrive from. Huntsville to-morrow,
and the Minnewaska will sail on Wednes
day. The Second Cavalry, to go on the
Manitoba, will get In on Wednesday morn
ing. The Fifth Cavalry, now here, will
leave on the Michigan on Wednesday.
WILL STI’DY ITS NEEDS.
Mr. Geo. Parsons to Inspect Ills
Street Railroad Properties.
Mr. George Parsons, chief owner of the
street railroad system of Savannah, is at
the De Soto. Mr. Parsons arrived yester
day and will be in the city some days.
The annual meeting of the company will
be held the middle of February and Mr.
Parsons will hardly leave before that
time. During the interval it Is the im
pression that he wUI inspect the entire sys
tem carefully, study the improvements
that have so far been made in the laying
of heavier rail, and give his attention
to those yet to be made to bring the sys
tem up to a first class standard.
Spoken to last night about the system
here and the numerous complaints that
are made about the service, Mr. Parsons
said that it "was unquestionably the de
sire to give Savannah the best service
l>ossible. "Ixroking at it from a purely
business standpoint,” said he. "II is to the
interest of the owners of the street rail
road system lo put it in first class order
and keep it so. We cannot do impossibili
ties, but we propose to give Savannah
just as efficient service as wo can. When
ever there are troubles about schedules
we will try to arrange matters so that
they will not occur, if it is within our
power to do so. Our interests run com
mon with those of the public. We want
Ihe public patronage and the public wants
a fair service. We are trying to give it.
We are pulling the road bed in the best
of condition, the rolling stock does not
suffer by comparison with that in other
cities, and wherever there are defects that
can be cured they will be attended to.”
Mr. Parsons spoke as though he were
in earnest, ami that it is the intention that
Savannah shall have no reason lo com
plain. He unquestionably has heard of the
complaints that have become so frequent
and while he Is here there is a good prob
ability that he will become personally ac
quainted with the needs of the people.
THE CYRU S SWINDLER.
Tlie Fake Advance Agent Snld to Be
at His \\ >rk Attain.
Notice has been sent out by Louis F,.
t’ook, general agent of Buffalo Bill’s Wild
West show, to newspapers and police offi
cials ihroughout the South, notifying them
to be on tHe lookout for a bogus agent
and swiudler, who is representing himself
as press agent for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
i show, and who is at present said
ito be operating in the South
] under the name of H. L.
Levene. ills description, the notice slates,
corresponds with that of a man who was
arrested and put in jail by the Barnum &
Bailey show a few years ago under the
name of George Franklin, aiias j-'rank
Maddox. His description is about .45
years old. 5 feet 4 inches high, weight
about 120 pounds. "He usually goes with
a smooth face, is very quick and nervous
in conversation and action, and is about as
plausible a swindler as one would happen
lo meet,” says Mr. Cook.
It Is not likely that Levene, or whatever
the swindler's name Is. will come to Sa
vanna. as he is probably the same mail
who was arrested here aliout three years
ago. by Chief McDermott. This party rep
resented himself as the advance agent of
some show, probably Barnum & Bailey’s,
and secured several cash advances from
merchants w'th whom he had placed or
ders for supplying the show with beef, hay
and other necessities.
How It Hurts'
Rheumatism, with its sharp twinges,
aches, and pains. Do you know the cause?
Acid in the blood has accumulated In your
joints. The cure is found in Hood's Sar
saparilla which neutralizes this acid.
Thousands write that they have been com
plelely cured of rheumatism by Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
Hood’s Pills cure nausea, sick headache,
biliousness, indigestion. Price 25 cents.—
ad.
A SOLDIER IN Cl BA.
He Writes to One of His Little Girl
Friends of Ills Life There.
The soldiers of the Seventh Army Corps
made a good many friends while they were
in Savannah. Ail the friends they made
were not grow n folks. Some were lit lie
girls and beys. These little folks have
warm places in their hearts for the absent
soldiers. The following are extracts from
a letter received from an officer of the
Fourth Virginia Regiment by one of the
sweetest little girls in the city—Miss Ger
trude Jones:
Camp Columbia, Jan. 13.—Your letter
reached mo a few days ago. We have
had a rough experience about the mails,
but now letters go with fair regularity. 1
suppose that the time will soon come when
everything will move forward as if tills
was one of the states. Some day it may
lie a great state, but that is far in the
future.
■So far, I like Cuba; but this is my
winter opinion. Perhaps the long rainy
season, in the spring, the long hot term
and "the sickness that waiketh in the
noon-day" may make changes in my prec
<nt opinion, 1 know by .ong experience
that we cannot set- only a pari of a thing,
and pronounce wisely on the whole. This
has proven to be our best camp. 1 mean
by that the place where we have most
health, and are best cared for. Ido not
mean that we have the best t me. but the
best weather for a winter camp. The
Savannah girls, and people, captured our
regiment, and we look baxk with a sigh
to the happy hours spent ih your homes.
I think a good many Georgia girls will
some day become Virginians.
I wish you could see the little Cubon
boys, who lived on raw meat when we
came. They are fat and One. One was
sick with a fever for several weeks. We
used to take him food and medicine. One
day 1 passed his place and he was gone.
A few days after I rode by to see that
he had the necessary food, and his
little face beamed with Joy. He had
picked up a few words. He ran up to me
and took my hand and said. "Well,”
"Thanks." They are all three looking first
rate. Sometimes I see as many as twenty
standing around the messes waiting for
scraps. We haul the slops from the kitch
en about two or three miles and throw
them out In a field. At the time the
wagons reach the waste heap Cubans
gather along with the buzzards and they
sort over the refuse matler, take all they
want and then give the buzzards what
they leave. There is still a great deal of
poverty and want in the island, but as the
spring advances they will soon get on
their feet. This is a rich country. This
year they are raising their fourth crop of
corn. There is some fruit to help them
out, and vegetables are easy to raise.
The army is leaving a great deal of mon
ey in the island, and it is helping the poor
who are willing to work or traffic. They
can sell at a fancy price everything they
can raise. Their ironies have gone from
sls to $75 in a few weeks. A good pony,
fairly good looking, and easy under the
saddle, will bring SIOO. They are worth
about S2O. You mentioned the fact that
there are some red ants in Cuba. I was
much entertained about two weeks ago by
what was taking place on my writing
desk. It was about 11 o’clock at night,
and something that ants like must have
been put on the desk, for I saw about
twenty little red men march up and form
a pretty fair line. Just behind
them came three or four
mirth larger ants with large heads, and
strong pinchers. They gave some orders,
no doubt, and the slaves went on at a very
quick step, got what they wanted, and
off the whole business went, slaves and
masters. They kept that up for over an
hour. I left them working when I went
to bed. The large ants make raids, cap
ture the eggs of the weaker races, hatch
them out, and work the
little ants, just as intelligently
n slavery was conducted In the
South. Small red anls are scouting about
my desk all the time, but I seldom see the
overseers. 1 think I will get a piece of
cake, and watch them remove a part of it
every night. T have three pretty lizzards
for play mates. They do not like me to
pick them up, but one does not object to it
very much. They often get on my desk
and watch me at my woik. I have named
them after three mule drivers in the regi
ment. "Grasshopper" Is a little, keen look
ing fellow who can jump nearly a yard
at a time. I did not know that lizzards
ever took this sort of exercise until I came
to Cuba, but they know the’r business
here. The next one T call “Cocksparrow,"
he holds up his head so high, and when
any stranger comes In my tent he gets ex
cited, raises himself on all-fours, and sticks
out a 'Tittle fold of red skin under his throat
as much as three-quarters of an inch long.
Poor little "Few Clothes" has lost an
inch off of his tail. and looks
very weak—but he is my best lizzard tie
cause he loves me best. I would divide
my last piece of bread with poor little
“Few Clothes " He has such a pitiful look
out of his sad little eyes. I think he must
be one of Ihe escaped "reconoentradoes."
I also hjivp two tine "tree frogs," who
live in my lent. When I fight m.v lamp
they sometimes jump on the desk, and
look with wondering eyes at the ball cf
finj. Once in a while they get on the
sheet of paper which I am using. They
are very gentle, and their eyes are lovely.
When men cannot get their wives and
children to love, and their sweethearts to
talk love to, they take to dogs, goats,
frogs, lizzards and birds. We must have
something lo love, and something to love
us. Yesterday I was talking "baby talk"
to "Few Clothes.” and he enjoyed it very
much. It is cold and stormy to-day, end
1 suppose my pets are afraid to turn out.
f am glad you have a little rabbit to love.
Y’ou must call him “The Chaplain." Be
tween the rabbit and the skates your
time will glide away very fast, and von
will soon find yourself a young lady in
society. Always throw your influence on
the side of purity, and truth, and your life
wil) not he a lost fife; but your example
for good must be feit.
WILL HANOI ET MAT MONDAY.
Society of the Sons of tlie Revolution
Will Gather.
The annual banquet of the Society of
the Sons of the Revolution in Georgia will
take place next Monday night at the lis
Soto. The officers are now at work mak
ing the arrangements, and it is believed
•he affair will be as brilliant as the so
ciety is accustomed to enjoy on this cc
easion.
It is in commemoration of the adoption
of the first constitution of the state oC
Georgia that the society makes Feb. 5, or
the day after, if the sth happens to fall
upon Sunday, ns In this instance, the time
for its annual baoqiiet. In the consti
tution of the society it is ordered that the
members gather together lo dine
at least once a year, and the
anniversary of the adoption of the first
constitution, that reads much like a declar
ation of independence, was chosen as the
date.
All arrangements for the banquet have
not as yet been perfected, the toasts and
those who are to respond being left to
the president, Col, John Screven. Hon.
Popt Barrow will lie. the toastmaster.
Judge Emory iSpcor is down for one of
the speeches, ar.d It ts understood that
he will be present. The Savannah mem
bers are also expeeling Maj. Joseph 11.
Cumming of Augusta.
ptllS C ustom House Statistics
Show importations in IS3B of 86,855 cases
G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry, 32.649 more than
any other brand. Made of choicest g-raps
anil first pressings, und hence never sur
passed in quality.—ad.
A NEW INDUSTRY NEEDED.
CATTLE RAISING SI GGESTED FOB
.SOI Til GEORGIA.
SoinHliloft eiled to Supply the
IMnoe of Lumber nnl Naval Store*.
ForenlN \ uiilnliliik Aw> and Hail
roinN Miot Have Some Other
Source of Freight—-A Butcher Tell*
How Cattle HitiMina May He Made
Profitable in M iregrUM Georgia.
Should Be Fed l p to Proper Condi
tion and Sold in the Spring When
Cattle Are Scarce.
Other people besides the farmers are
pondering over the question of new indus
tries to. take the places of those which are
no longer profitable or the field for which
is being rapidly exhausted. None proba
bly are giving the subject more serious
attention than the traffic men of the rail
roads. As is well known the lumber and
naval stores industries have not only been
among the largest sources of business for
Savannah and support to the surrounding
country for many years past, but these
industries have also furnished a very
large portion of their revenues to several
of me railroads in this section. With the
exhaustion of the pine forests the lumber
men and naval stores operators are mov
ing further to the south and west, but the
railroads which have depended upon these
Industries largely for their heavy traffic
cannot pull up stakes and seek other
fields. They must find other sources of
revenue or their prosperity will become a
thing of the past.
“This is really a very serious question
with the railroads," said a well known
traffic man to a Morning News reporter
yesterday. "As the timber Is gradually
cut away the country will of course be cut
up into farms and the development of the
farming industry will finally prove advan
tageous to the railroads. It is while this
development is in progress that the rail
roads must seek some other source of rev
enue. The man who is engaged in run
ning a saw mill or oper
ating a turpentine distillery
ships a large amount of heavy freight to
market and in return receives a large
amount in machinery and supplies. When
this same man or someone else in his
place becomes a small farmer the amount
of freight both shipped and received by
him decreases very much. The prosperi
ty of the country is doubtless aided by the
agricultural development, but this Is of
no particular advantage to the railroad
for the time being. This being the case
it is to the interest of the railroads to en
courage the development of such indus
tries in their territories as will benefit
•the people along the lines and at the
same time furnish a large amount of traf
fic to the railroads while the country is
in process of transformation from almost
a wilderness to a settled agricultural
country.
"I have given the subject much thought
and it seems to me that the greatest op
portunity. both for the railroads and the
people of Southern Georgia is in the de
velopment of the cattle-raising industry.
Both cattle and sheep should be grown
for market, both for their hides and wool
and for supplying the home market, not
simply the country and towns, but the
cities as well with a constant supply of
fresh beef and mutton. There is no rea
son why both these industries should not
be made profitable in this state qnd gen
erally engaged in on a large scale. They
cannot be gone into haphazard, but the
same care on attention must be bestow
ed in the raising of cattle as the farmer
does in producing his crops. The de
mands of the market must be studied and
the way to meet that demand ascertained.
"Many people have held that cattle rais
ing cannot be profitably conducted in this
state in competition with the Western
beef concerns. A practical illustration of
the fallacy of this theory is in evidence
in Atlanta. Mr. T. R. Sawteil of that city
has a large packing house in successful
operation there, where thousands of cat
tle and sheep and hogs are being slaughter
ed and marketed. The cattle used by Mr.
Sawteil are raised in Georgia and adjoin
ing states, and the products of his packing
house compare favorably with that of the
Western packing houses. What Mr. Saw
teil is doing in Atlanta can be done in
Savannah and elsewhere in Georgia. Think
what an immense saving it would be if
all the money which is paid for Western
beef were kept at home. If the money
which Savannah alone pays the Western
packers were paid instead to cattle raisers
of South Georgia how it would help to build
up the trade of our merchants.”
A practical butcher and a very success
ful or.e. to whom the subject of cattle rais
ing in South Georgia was mentioned, gave
some interesting information on the sub
ject, some of which will doubtless be news
to many people who have been raising cat
tie nil their lives.
"It is true,” said he, "that there is a
prejudice in Savannah against the native
beef. This is largely due to the condition
in which the cuttle are delivered here for
the market. They have seldom been fed
up to the proper standard, and their con
dition does not begin to compare with
that of the Western beef. In fact, the
cattle raised in this section of the stale
get practically no feeding. They run wild
on the range until the grass is exhausted,
and then they ate rushed to the market
and sold for what they will bring. Even
under present conditions raising cattle for
the market would prove a paying business
in this section If the owners would only
show some judgment in feeding and mar
keting. The rule is now to rush the cat
tle in here in the fall, when the grazing
is exhausted and the result is that the
market is soon glutted. It does not pay
to Hold the cattle, and the owner sells
them for what he can get, and often vows
that he will never fool with cattle again.
Tiie reason it does not pay to hold the
'■attic is this: These wiregrass cattle are
peculiar. They have fed all their lives
on wiregrass, and they do not know how
to eat anything else. Being entirely grass
fed. they do not stand handling by rail
well, and begin to go off in condition soon
after arriving here. If they could be
readily fattened for the market it would
lie a paying business to buy them up and
fatten them here, but such is not the
case. Even when turned on a grass range
here the; will no' eat heartily and soon
shrink and lose flesh. It is losing money
to try to fatten them up on cot'on seed
hulls and meal. They are not used to
that sort of food, and will not eat it, or,
if they learn to eat, they do so so slow
ly that tncre is no profit in keeping them
Having or.ee lost condition it takes months
to get them back in shape again. The
wiregrass cattle have to be taught to eat.
That is the first secret of success, and
the second is to keep them in good con
dition during the fall and winter,
and then, ship them in at the close of the
winter and in the early spring, when
there is a scarcity of cattle in the West
and good beef cattle will bring their own
prices. Cattle can be raised for almost
nothing in the wiregrass. The main thing
is to properly fatten them and put them
n good condition for the market. A well
fattened teer is worth three times the
value of one in ordinary condition. What
the people In the wiregrass need to do is
to raise forage crops for their cattle. With
big boms stored with forage, the cattle
after exhausting the range. be fed
up to proper condition. Cotton seed hull
and meal are good fatteners, and can be
used to advantage along with for
age. The cattle could soon be
te.ught to eat these things on
their own grounds. The breed of beef
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BAKING
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Absolutely Pure
Made from pure grape cream of tartar
cattle shrould lie improved of course. The
present plan of rushing ordinary cattle to
the market in the fall will never make
money for anybody. The main things for
the cattle raiser to keep in mind are to
have his cattle well fattened and then to
put them in the market when cattle are In
demand. The profit in cattle raising comes
in putting on the fat after the steer has
reached fair or ordinary condition. Ad
ditional flesh can be put on then at a
cost of a cent a pound or less for which
the slock grower can get five to six ceti's
in the market and find it much easier to
market his cattle to boot. If the cattle
growers would take a proper interest in
their buisness the natural result would
be the establishment of a packing house
here which would furnish them a market
for their cattle at all seasons of the year.”
That cattle are largely raised in Georgia
and Florida is" evident from the large
shipments of hides received by dealers here.
The truth seems to be that the cattle
growers are not getting one-tenth out of
the business that they should get.
FAITH PRECEDES SALVATION.
Dr. Jordan Draws Lessons From
Children of Israel.
The importance of faith as an element
of salvation was discussed in a forcible
sermon at the First Baptist church last
night by Rev. John D. Jordan. There was
a large congregation.
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up; that whosoever believ
eth In Him shall not perish, but have
eternal life." These utterances, Dr.
Jordan said, were directed to a man who
was perplexed as to the way of acquiring
salvation. Nicodemus could not under
stand the way salvation was given, and it
was to him the Lord offered this expla
nation.
The children of Israel had been released
from the bondage of Pharoah thirty-nine
years, Dr. Jordan said, when the incident
occurred which was the foundation of
the text. Notwithstanding they had all
they desired to eat, and God caused their
rock to bubble forth an abundance of
fresh water, they complained for want of
food. They had lived on onions and gar
lic alone, but still the food the land afford
ed was not good enough for them. The
water was not like the colored waters of
the Nile, and all that had been provided
was pronounced worthless by them.
Asa rebuke to the dissatisfied Israelites,
Dr. Jordan said, God sent fiery serpents,
probably called by this name because of
the sting of their fangs. They had com
plained against Moses, but when this ca
lamity was visited upon them, they re
alized God had seen them safely into the
land of deliverance. When convicted of
sinning, they asked that the serpents be
removed, but God told Moses to lift up a
brass serpent on a pole, and that all who
looked up to It would be healed. None of
the Israelites eared for an explanation of
the way God performed this miracle, but
they obeyed without questioning the
Lord's way of accomplishing results. Dr.
Jordan closed with a beautiful reference
to Christ on the cross, saying there was
salvation for all who looked up and trust
ed. It is not the part of the world to
question the mysterious workings of a
marvelous God.
TO SFEAK ON TEMPERANCE.
Mr. W. T. Rnndlck of Virginia to Be
in Savannah Sunday.
Rev. W. T. Bundick of Onancock, Va.,
will be in Savannah next Sunday for the
purpose of delivering several lectures on
the subject of temperance. Mr. Bundick
will speak on this subject at the men's
meeting at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium
Sunday afternoon ai 5 o'clock, and at the
First Baptist Church at night. An en
gagement will also be made for Mr. Bun
dick at one of the churches in the south
ern section of the city for the morning
service.
Mr. Bundick is very highly spoken of
by papers throughout the country 33 one
of the most eloquent lecturers who has
ever spoken on the subject of temperance.
He has a national reputation as a tem
perance lecturer and is spoken of as the
successor of John B. Gough.
Cold Wave Did Not Muterinllze.
The expected cold wave did not material
ize to any extent yesterday, the tempera
ture being practically the same as for the
day before. The air was cool, but not
unpleasant. The minimum temperature
for the day was 37 degrees at 8 a. m., after
which time it grew steadily warmer un
til 4 p. m.,when (he maximum for the day
54 degrees was reached. Fair weather is
predicted for to-day.
A Snpposed Incendiary Fire.
The fire department was called out early
this morning by an alarm from Collins
ville. The fire was In a negro shanty at
No. 816 Gwinnett street, east, but was put
out before any material damage was done.
It is supposed to have been of incendiary
origin.
IN OLDEN TIMES
People overlooked the importance of per
manently beneficial effects, and were sat
isfied with transient action, but, now that
it is generally known that Syrup of Figs
will permanently overcome habitual con
stipation, well informed people will not
buy othef laxatives, wich act for a time,
but finally injure the system. Buy the
genuine, made by the California Fig Sy
rup Co.—ad. 1
P. P. P., a wonderful medicine;. It gives
an appetite; it invigorates and strength
ens. P. !’■ P- cures rheumatism and ,11
pains in the side, back and shoulder,
knees, hips, wrists and joints, p. p p’
cures syphiliis in all its various. stage*
old ulcers, sores and kidney complaint.'
I> P. P. cures catarrah, eczema, eryulvt.'
lib. ail skin diseases and mercurial poison
ing. P- P- , p ; cures dyspepsia, citron !
female complaints and broken down eon
stitution end loss of manhood, p p A
the blood Purifier of the age ha'
made more permanent cures than all other
blood remedies. Lippman Bros., sole D ro.
prietors, Ssvannflh, Os. —fl<3.
For Over Fifty 'learn
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. It soothes tj,
child, softens the gums, allays all p a i n
cures wind colic, and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bot
tle.—ad.
Coffee.
Best B'o. roasted and ground, a
pound. Southern Grocery Company, 114
Barnard street.—ad.
<)nk. Pine und Llirht*voo<l
For sale by R. B. Cassels, corner Gwin
nett and Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway. Telephone 77.—ad*.
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