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MAYOR MYERS* MANY CALLERS
I**ol \l> OFFICE SEKHKH 1 * LI\KII ll*
AT THE EAC H WOK.
F*w C'tinnK*** Madi 1 Yewtorday in tin*
Department. However—The Mnjnr
Yielded to Sanitary ln*|ector *le-
Donll*n Plea for ItelnHtatement.
“Kill Orator’- loom -r Appointed
Keeper of Colored Section of Lau
rel tirove C emetery—f onuoliilatloa
of Department* the Talk.
Mayor Myers had an active yes
terday of politicians, office-seekers and
those who are helping friends to land a
city job. When the M lyor reached the
exchange at noon he was greeted by a
tow of callers almost the length of an
election line. If tie had any doubt about
being the* most popular man in the neigh
borhood it was probably removed by the
crowd that awaited him.
The situation was one which could not
be dodged. The callers were there to tel!
what they had done and what they want
ed. or to emphasize tii*- service some
friend had rendered during **- campaign,
and the kind of man h was for a city
job. Rcvom mend a lions were not only re
ceived verbally, but a m.iss of corresjiond
cnce, including allocations and indorse
ments, will probably keep the Mayor busy
the balance of the week.
When tie callers began entering the
Ma yor’s office they had formed a lino in
Clerk of Council Hailey’s office, which put
every man in his proper place. It was
apparent from the time each caller con
sumed thnt business was being dispatched
as a decided majority did not remain ln
longer than two or three minutes,
while some went tnrough in even l**s*
time. In the line were both white- and
colored, but it was apparent everybody
was on the same mission. Some came out
with gloomy countenances, while others
showed they had either landed or received
encouragement.
Harney McDonald was one who left
happy. In the sweep made among the
sanitary inspectors Tuesday McDonald
was not slighted. He got his dismissal,
which was to take effect yesterday, but
tie was bent on telling his story and malt
ing a final plea for the retention of his
office. McDonald has had the misfortune
to lose an arm. and as there are only cer
tain kinds of work he can do. he told
his circumstances to Mayor Myers, who
had not seen McDonald is’fore and who
knew nothinc of his disability. The sup
port of u wife confined in u hosiital and
Ihe care of six little ones who are sep
arated from the mother was the plea the
Inspector made to hold hit Job. Mayor
Myers did not care to bein'; distiess upon
t.ie dependent ones and directed that Me-
Donald be reinstated, an order to this ef
fect being Issued iaier in the day.
"The dismissal of sanitary Inspectors is
In line with the changes being made to bet
ter the service in certain departments,"
said Mayor Myers. “When I directed the
dismissal of Inspector McDonald I knew
nothin'; of his circumstances, but on bear
ing of the trouble that would probably fol
low his discharge, I ordered that he be re
instated.”
It is needless to say that Inspector Mc-
Donald was one of the happiest men at
the exchange. He had a close call for his
Job on a previous occasion, when n com
plaint was made against him bv Health
Officer Lellardy. Ex-Mayor Meldrim
yielded to the plea made on nroonnt of
the Inspector's disability, however, and de
rided not to discharge him. McDonald has
been in the health department a-- oil in
spector some lime, and has shown him
self to be efficient and impartial In Ihe dis
charge of his duties. He Is observant on
and Is known for finding violations
°f the sanitary laws anff reporting thorn
Edward Lane was appointed mail carrier
to the quarantine station, at H salary of
DO a month. No one has lieen filling Ihe
the poce lately. Dane furnishes a sail
boat for this purpose, and makes regular
trips to Ihe station with mail and also cor
respondence from the health department
J. H. Toomer. the colored "kid orator,"
was appointed keeper of the colored sec
tion of Daurel tirove cemetery, in the place
of Keeper Wright, who was dismissed
During the campaign Toomer attended a
number of colored meetings and made
speeches for the successful ticket. He took
charge of his office ut once.
There were a number of minor appoint
ments during the day, most of whom were
porter*. The tluee porters on the first
floor of Ihe exchange have been succeeded
by one man. who will lie expected to do the
work. This can easily l>e done, however,
as there are only four offices to clean, anti
they are thrown together In (stirs, there
by making it more convenient to take care
of them. It is understood there were too
many porters Idling on this floor, and the
idea in making the change was to keep
one man busy and reduce expense*. A
porter to succeed John Savage has l>oiii
appointed In Clerk of Council Bailey's of
fice.
At the next meeting of Council it is ex-
Itected action will lie taken to consolidate
certain departments. It is not known when
this meiting will lie held. Mayor Myer
hid not decided yesterday, but he said
he did not think Council would have Us
Plans ready before next week. There are
several things the board is considering, he
said, and until the oommiitees have had
ample turn to reach a conclusion, there
will Ire no meeting.
Mayor Myers’ attention was called to
the talk about consolidation, but he de
clined to express himself. "Inddeed. there
is nothing 1 .-an say at present, as the
Plans have no* lioen discussed," he said.
"I cannot tell what department* will lie
amalgamated, as .(hut is a matter for
Council to decide."
It seems from general talk that the of
fice filled by ex-Superintendent of Public
Works Harry Willink and that of Citv
Engineer Winn will be put under the same
head. Whatever change is made however
it is probable Col. Winn will lie tendered
n position, as his services in Ihe eti ’it -or
ing department for many years have' been
such as to entitle him to consideration
The draughtsmen in the engineer s dep irt
ment may also lie retained in the dopart
tn. nt to i>e created. Meantime, the pubic
works department is under Aldermm
Dixon, as chairman of the committee on
struts and lanes.
FIREMEN ESicOl STER SOOT.
Broughton'* Lump Block Factory
Win Ablnce.
Drought on Bros.’ lampblack factory,
near the water works, caught fl ro yester
day at noon. The fire did not amount to
much, but it caused considerable fun for
the firemen at engine house No. i. who
returned to quarters Ijearing a striking re
temblsnce to an amateur minstrel troop.
The building is walled with corrugated
iron, but the ceiling is covered with bag
ging. It was tills that caught fire, and
while there was riot much damage three
encl. it kept the men working busily s.'.y*
er and minute* to extinguish the bjaze Th,
torcc cl the streams scattered soot here
tuere and everywhere, ar.d by the time the
ns" got tnrough, they had received
thorough coat of black.
The lire tk partment was also called about
3 o clock to Perry and Houston streets
.t tinned out to lie a snial. blaze (n a
grocery stote. The lire was put out by
h hand extinguisher
MEIT. JOHN REILLY DEAD.
Wa* it Member of Police
Korn* for 1 **nr*.
Mr. John Reilly, and ©id and formerly
well known cilz* j n, died yesterday morn
ing at ihe norm of his son, Mr. John T.
Reilly, on Anderson street. The deceased
was the father of Senior .Sergeant Owen
F. Reilly of the police department, and like
his son. had a Ion*? and honorable record
with the Savannah police.
The deceased was 8S years old. He was
born in County Cavan, Ireland, but came
to Savannah when a boy, and lived here
continuously until the time of his death.
Afo-r reaching manhood he became a
member of the |olice in the days of the
old city watch, serving:, among others, un
der (’apt, Lide Goodwin, deceased. For
several years previous to and during the
war Mr. Reilly was a lieutenant of the
police force. He commanded ths police
guard waich had charge of the large num
ber of Northern prisoners, who were held
in Savannah during the greater part of the
war. He was always vigilant in the per
form an* of his duty ami several times had
narrow escapes.
When the Confederate army evacuated
Savannah, the night before the Northern
army entered tno city, great disorder pre
vai.e.i and many of the stragglers from
Wheeler's cavalry engaged in ransacking
and looting the stores. Lieut. Reilly ar
rest* and two of these marauder* and took
them.to the police barracks, the office be
ing then in the old quarters which now
form a part of the city prison. After reach
ing the office one of the soldier* under
arrest drew a knife and assaulted the lieu
tenant, making a cut entirely across the
abdomen, and exposing the intestines.
Other members of the police force present
assaulted the soldier and would have killed
him had not Lieut. Reilly, badiy wounded
as he was, remonstrated with the men,
telling them to leave the soldier for the
Yankees to kill. It was over a year be
fore the lieutenant entirely recovered from
this serious wound.
Lieut. Reilly served under Capt. Alex
Dennett, who was chief of police during
the war, and after the war under Gen. R.
H. Anderson. He was re tired a number of
years ago, and engaged for a time after re
tiring from the force in the grocery busi
ness on market square. For the last sev
eral years he had not engaged in any
business. He had been in feeble health
for some time and hie death was due to
general debility and old age.
The funeral will take place this after
noon from No. 20 7 Anderson street, west,
the services being held at the Sacred
Heart Church. The following pall-bearers
have been selected: Messrs. M. McQuade,
J. Fleming, A. If. Hitchman, R. H. Stunt,
M. T. Sweeny and J. A. Feuger.
MAI HE A HEtil LAIt OFFICER.
IIIm Friend* Believe Capt. Austin
W ill Get n Staff* Appointment.
Capt. W. G. Austin left last night for
Washington. The friends of Capt. Austin
are making a strong effort to hove him
appointed to a captaincy in the regular
army. Under the Hull bill there will be
a number of appointments from civil life,
and it is thought by those who know Capt.
Austin and are familiar with his history
and ability that he should be one of the
fortunate applicants who get in.
Capt. Austin said yesterday that he had
made application for a staff appointment,
but Chat he could not tell what hia
chances of success might be. By a mod
ification of the original bill the law as
passed calls for a reduction in the num
ber of staff officers. This means that
there will l>e 331 less to Is* appointed than
was contemplated when the bill was
drawn.
The decrease in the number of appoint
ments! to be made, of course, lessens
Capt. Austin's chances for receiving one
ot them. Yet his many friends here trust
he will be successful, and, with the strong
influence he can bring to bear and the
aid that has been enlisted in hia behalf,
there seems every reason to believe he
will be one of those appointed.
A point that will be sure to count with
the appointive power will be Capt. Aus
tin's peculiar suitability for a military
life, ilis training in the regular army has
been supplemented by experience in the
militia forces of the state, and a cap
taincy held in the Savannah Volunteer
Guards during the time they wen* in the
service titted him for the duties of an of
ficer. Though it is a matter he himself
never mentions, Capt. Austin has a token
that came from Congress in recognition
of his coolness and courage in the field.
This is a medal of honor that was voted
him for conspicuous bravery and gallant
ry in V>attic. In the battle of Wounded
Knee, Capt. Austin, who wai then an en
listed man in the Seventh Cavalry, dis
played such signal courage as to win the
recognition of hia officers. His conduct
was made known to Congress and the
medal was the result.
It is said there are one or two other
Savannah military men who are ambi
tious to secure appointments in the regu
lar army, and it is possible that this city
may be represented In the army by others
than the officers who are holding ik>s
tlons. J list what grade may be given is
not known, but bis friends believe Capt.
Austin, for one, will not be tendered any
thing beneath a captaincy.
.!E\KI\S AIAY DIE.
The Negro Shot by Private Bagwell
In n Serious Condition.
James Jenkins, colored, who was shot
by Private Robert Dag well of Company
C of the Third Georgia Regiment, one
night last week, is in a dangerous condi
tion and may not live. Jenkins was t.k ;
rn to Ihe Georgia Infirmary and it was
reported from there yesterday that paraly
sis had sec in. One of the three bullets
which lodged in Jenkins’ body evidently
struck the spine, and it i this wound that
has caused the paralysis. Hagwdl is
held at the police bhrraeks to await tin*
result of Jenkins’ injuries.
The only account given of the shoot
ing so far, is that given by Private Bag
well. Bagwell’s statement is that lie was
standing on Barnard and Broughton
streets when he was approached by ,\ ne
gro who told him that there was a *ol
dkr who wanted to see him in the lane
back of Neil Gildoa's place. Bagwell
claims that after following the man into
the lane he met another negro, who de
manded his money. The second negro,
he says, advanced on him with an open
knife. H> told the negro to keep back
but as this command was not obeyed he
drew his pistol and commenced firing.
The man at whom ho fired feu, while
the other negro, who had enticed him
into the lane, made his escape.
Policeman J. J. Murphy was near by,
and placed Bagwell under arrest. He had
made no attempt to escape. The only oth
er witness to the shooting has not* been
found, so that the ease against Bagwell
is not a very serious one, even if th. man
dies, unless further evidence develops.
Bagwell was on a furlough when his
regiment left and intended leaving for
Cuba shortly to rejoin his regiment.
Slilvers-Kent.
Mr. John Vv. Shivers and Miss Ellen
Hinson Kent war* married last night at
??t. Patrick's Church parsonage by r? ov
John \V. McCarthy. ov *
Digestin'* cures Indigestion and dyspep
sia. No dieting. Cures while you cat \n
druggists.—ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1899.
WILL BE MUSTERED OUT HERE.
SIXTH VOMATBEH INFANTRY
TOMES FHO>I Cl B A TO EXCAMP.
Till* Kefftinent Will lrrlv. Front
rtfnfiu‘XO<i Kel>. 13 or 1-4 on tin*
Chenier—Will Camp Xenr the Site
Occupied hy the Third Xrhrn.ka
ileitiment —Munterintt Out n He"l
nient XX ill Be Somethin" of a Sew
Experience for Savniinuhinn*.
Many regiments have* Bailed from Savan
nah for Cuban and Porto Hico, and many
have been encamped here, but an yet none
has l*<n mustered out, A detachment of
the Second Georgia Regiment was turned
loose by Uncle Sam, but the first entire
regiment to be given its liberty here will
be the Sixth United State* Volunteer In
fantry, to be brought here for the purpose
of being mustered out.
The Sixth is now at Cienfuego*. Col. J.
B, Bellinger, depot quartermaster, was
notified yesterday by the war department
that the transport Chester would arrive
here Feb. 12 or 14 from Cienfuegos with the
regiment and that the troop* would be
mustered out.
This mean* the command will go into
camp here. Col. Bellinger was asked
where the camp will be located, but this
was a point upon which he had not defi
nitely decided. He said, however, that it
would be one of the* site* that had been
occupied by the regiments of the First Di
vision of the Seventh Corps, probably that
of the Third Nebraska's camp, or of one
of the commands cncami>ed in its imme
diate neighborhood.
The mustering out of a regiment in
volves features that are observed only
when such things transpire. To be mus
tered out i* somelhing that happens to a
regiment but once, and as the men are by
no means averse, as a general rule, to
leaving the service, there is an element
of rejoicing that makes matters very live
ly and interesting. Another thing it does
is to fill the pockets of the men, and a
high old time usually follows.
The Sixth is one of the volunteer regi
ments of the service, it has been sta
tioned in Cuba for some time, and prob
ably all the men are anxious io bid the
service a long farewell. They have been
on the island iong enough to drink in
their fill of its beauties, aral are ready
to get back to their native soil.
It is probable that the officer detailed by
the war department to muster out troops
in this state will make his appearance here
about the same time with the regiment.
The officers and men of the command will
devote their efforts io getting everything
in proper shape to be turned in to the
government and making out muster rolls.
All this involves a great deal of work, and
means that it will require some time for
the completion of the mustering out. Judg
ing from experiences of other commands,
the Sixth will probably be in camp here
for somelhing like three or four weeks be
fore the mustering officers makes them
free citizens.
Travel pay to the point* at which they
were mustered into the service or signed
enlistment sheets will be coming to the
men and they will also get balances on
clothing accounts anti the pay that may
he due. Thi* means that every one of
them will get a nice snug sum. It is not
unlikely that there will be about SIOO paid
to the majority of the soldiers when they
are discharged. Much of this will be
sj>ent here in Savannah. The clothing
merchants will reap a harvest, as nearly
all the men will invest in civilian cloth
ing. They will feel like getting back into
their old-time tog* again, and the seller
of clothes and hats will profit.
MICHIGAN OFF FOR PORTO RICO.
Sailed Yesterday XX itli Five Troops
of llie Filth Cavalry.
The Michigan sailed yesterday for Porto
Rico with a part of the Fifth Cavalry
aboard. The vessel got away from her
wharf a few minutes before 12 o'clock and
made her way down the river.
The Michigan has two destinations in
Porto Rico. One is San Juan and the
other Is Ponce. She will touch at the
former place first, and will then continue
her course to Ponce. At Sar. Juan four
of the five troops aboard will be left.
These will Ire Troops C, F, H and M. The
fifth. Troop 1. will disembark at Ponce.
Nine officers sailed aboard the Michi
gan. There were 499 enlisted men and one
civilian employe. The rest of her cargo
of transportation and stores consisted of
3t*S animals, 2 wagons, 12 car* of baggage
54 tons of subsistence. 40 tons of quarter!
master’s supplies. 229 ton* of forage and
71,373 feet of lumber. The lumber will be
used by the troops in making tent floors
and building the necessary kitchens and
mess halls.
The troops of the Pifth Cavalry stopped
in Savannah longer than the soldiers des
tined for Cuba have been accustomed to
of late. They were here for several days,
and many of them became known to the
citizens. They were found quite an order
ly set ot men.
The Minnewaska and the Manitoba are
the transports now in port, it was ex
pected that the Minnewaska would sal!
yesterday, but there was a delay In the
arrival of the trains I hat brought in the
Eighth Cavalry troops that are to sail
aboard her and consequently there was a
delay *tn her departure made necessary.
Col. Dellinger . xjierts the vessel will get
out this morning between 10 and 11 o'clock.
There will be six troops of the Eighth
aboard. Wagons and a pack train will also
l*e carried, together with R 25 horses. This
vessel will sail for Nuevltas.
The Manitoba will sail to-morrow at
about II o'clock, with six troops of the
Second Cavalry aboard. These will arrive
tills morning by way of the Plant System
from Huntsville, the Plant System re
ceiving them at Yemassee. Five trains
will I>e used in bringing the cavalrymen
lit. Mstanzas will be the destination of
the Manitoba.
After these vessels get away there will
be a iet-up In the transport business for
somelhing hke n week. There will la- no
more vessels arriving for that length of
time.
FUNERAL OF MISS KHARS.
Her Grave in Lanrel tirove Covered
XX itli Sweet Flower*.
The funeral of Miss Mary Raines took
place from the residence of her parents.
Mr. and Mr*. Ducien H. Knlnes, on Henry
street. at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The services were conducted by Rev. XV.
A. Nisls-t. pastor of the Second Presby
terian Church, and were largely attend
ed. Miss Haines' death, at a time when
a fair and sweet girlhood was about to
blossom into womanhood, made the ser
ve-. s unusually touching and impressive.
The coffin was covered and banked with
floral tributes, placed by loving hands.
The interment was in Daurel Grove cem
etery. The pall-bearers were Messrs. At
mand Chnpeau. Harklcy Gamany, XV j
Walker, David Furse. Crockett' Thomp
son nud Percy Inabnett.
th nin pit" tie Imports in | s;in
Aggregated 243,319 eases, of which 85.553
were G. If. Mumm’s Extra Dry : made of
choicest grap.s and first pressings, nor
th’s will bear green neckband and t-utr
label.—ad.
ALDERMAN SCIIXXARZ XFE.
Atlvised He Can Stay in Council nuil
Still Hold Tax AMnesHorslilp.
Alderman Schwarz has been advised that
he can legally hold both of the city posi
tions he now fills. There was some ques
tion whether he could remain in Council,
and ax the same time hold on to the tax
assr saorship. Many were under the im
pression that Alderman Schwarz would
have to give up one or the other of these
positions in obedience to the law prevent
ing an alderman from holding a city of
fice during the term of the Council to
which he had been elected.
When hds attention was called to this
law yesterday, Alderman Schwarz said he
had been atlvised he could hold both
places. The state law would prevent h.m
from holding under th.: present Council,
to which he has been eleett 1; but it will
not prevent him from holding the tax
assessorship. he says, for the reason lie.
was elected ti> it by a Council to which
he did not b*iiong. "Besides, it is only
about seven weeks until the office- of tax
assessors and receivers will be abolished
by oi>eratie>n .if law.” said Alderman
Schwarz. "I do not see that much would
be gained by a change, at present."
There was cont*dt'ab!e business in the
tax assessors offl.w yesterday. Now that
tiie time for receiving returns has past,
the assessors are hooking forward to the
assessment of Collinsville- property. The
last Council had an act passed providing
for the assessment ctf that section as soon
as certain streets 1 tad been opened and
gradeel. Hard work was done by the out
going administration to complete the ot>cii
ing of streets so that the additional assess
ment might be made, hut it will remain
for the present board to judge the proper
time.
Mr. J. S. Collins, who ha expressed ills
views before about the effort to tax Col
linsville, discussed the matter yesterday.
The political situation la in been changed
since Mr. Collins last talked. “But i do
not think the change of administration
changes the matter a prirliel- ." said Mr.
Collins. “The people of Collinsville- are
not looking for special fa vors. When the
city complies with its con tract by opening
and grading the streets ?o that we can
reach town in vehicles. I am sure it wifi
give all property owners in that section
a pleasure to pay the tax. I feel confident
we will receive nothing but fair treatment
from the present administration."
MEMORIAL TO TOMOiIIK HI.
I'nrk and Tree C'ii*ii* io.n firnnis
Permit for It In Wright Sqnare.
At a meeting of the Park and Tree Com
mission at the city exchange yasnerday af
ternoon permission was granted the Geor
gia Society of Colonial Dames to erect a
monument to Tomochichi ita Wright
square. It is intended to erect the me
morial on the spot where the old Indian
chief is supposed to have been buried.
Mrs. Thomas S. Morgan, who is at
head of the committee engaged in raising
the memorial fund, made the request for
the permit in a letter to the commission.
There was no objection, of course, to al
lowing the monument erected, as there is
no doubt but it will add to the beauty and
attractiveness of the square. The memo
rial could not probably be placed where it
will be seen hv more people.
Chairman Daftin submitted a letter he
had received from Mr. George B. Sul
worth. with the forestry division of the
agricultural department •at Washington.
The letter is a reply to one from Chair
mar. Dan, with which he sent a copy of
his annual report to the Mayor.
*‘l read the report of the work o£ the
Park and Tree Commission with great
pleasure.'* Mr. Sudworth says, “and may
add that my personal interest in this very
commendable work has not flagged on
atom since my last visit to your city. I
hope at some future time to visit Savan
nah, and see for myself the advancement
that has been made since the new work
was begun.”
BECAME SUDDENLY' INSANE.
Martin Shevnnii Does Bloody Work
YX lth it Knife.
There came near being a tragedy at the
home of the Little Sisters of the Poor on
Seventh street early yesterday morning.
Martin Shevnan. an inmate of the home,
was in the yard with some of the other
inmates when he suddenly became violent
ly Insane and made a desperate attack
upon Thomas Orr with a pocket knife.
The blade was plunged into Orr’s. right
cheek and drawn across the face in a zig
zag manner, making an ugly wound. Orr's
cries brought assistance, and the maniac
was disarmed. A policeman was called
and Shevnan was taken ill charge and sent
to the station house. A warrant for lun
acy was sworn out against Shevnan lie
fore the ordinary by Dr. M. F. Dunn, the
physician of the home, and the case will
probably be passed upon to-day.
CITY COl RT OFFICES.
A ran meat* to He Heard In the Sa
tin- in** Court.
Savannah attorne>s, who have cases be
fore the Supreme Court, have been notified
that the docket for the eastern judicial
circuit will be called on Friday next.
Between that day and Monday the case
of Jacob S. Collins versus Waring Russell,
Jr., involving the title to the clerkship
of the City Court of Savannah, will be
argued, it has been agreed between the
parties that the lontort for the office of
sheriff, between Messrs. Sheftull and Whe
an, shall be determined by the decision
in the other case. In the argument before
the Supreme Court the plaintiff will lie
represented by Judge Spencer Atkinson
and the defendant by S. B. Adams. Esq.
Both parties seem equally confident of suc
cess
TIN! CYLINDRICAL BALES.
l.ar|e*t Lot of Hound Billed Cotton
Y'et Shipped Here.
In the cargo of the British steamship
Barry, which was cleared yesterday by
\V. XV. Wilson for Genoa, were 700 bales
of cotton in the n. w cylindrical bales.
This is the largest lot that has yet been
shipv*ed through this port. It could not
lx- ascertained as to the advantage of the
round halo* In storing, as no attempt
was made to pack it closely. The vessel
carried a mixed cargo, consisting of cot
ton, pig Iron and slaves..
FOR WORKING IN X STILL.
Unite llook* of Einnnoel County Ar
rested Yesterday.
Galie Hooks, a colored man, was arrest
ed yesterday in Emanuel e’ounty by Dep
uty Marshal George H. Thomas. The tnan
was charged with working in an illicit
distillery. He will be brought before the’
United State* commissioner to-day for a
hearing. This still was cloned last week
by Deputy Thomas.
President McKinley in Savannah,
The New X’ork Mail and Express, with
n full Illustrated account of President Mc-
Kinley* visit to Savannah, can bo had nt
Estlli's News IVj*ot, No. 49 Bull street.
Trice 19 ecius.-ad.
COULD BE A PAYING BUSINESS.
CATTLF. GROWERS SHOULD IM
PROVE THEVH STOCK.
\ ice- Ewan'* View* on
\\ lint I* Needed to Make the In
iliiMtrj' a E’liyiße O ne—To Improve
the llreeil nod Feeil and Care for
the stock the Seci-et* of Snccea*.
Thousand* of noltam Now Going
Out of Georgia for Beef, Mutter.
Mutton and Canned floods That
Should Be Kent at Monte, Mr. Karan
Says. ft
The discussion of the diihject of cattle
raising: as a profitable industry for South
Georgia is of interest to hundreds of
readers of the Morning News and to none
more so than the railroad men who 'ook
at this matter from a practical stand
point. It cquld hardly be said that cattle
raising Is anew industry for SotUh Geor
gia. It has been carried on ever r'-Uiee the
first settlers arrived here. It has ,b*en an
especially profitable industry, however, for
a good many years and this is the h isis
upon which it is desired to place tile busi
ness.
Vice President John M. Kgan of thv
Central of Georgia Railway Company, is
a man who goes straight to the point
when he has anything to say and his
views upon any subject upon which he
speaks are always of interest. Mr. Eg in
was asked yesterday if he had given any
consideration lo the possibilities of cattle
raising in Georgia and if so what opinion
had be formed up the subject.
"I have given the matter considerable
attention,” said llr. Egan, "and I am de
cidedly of the op nion that cattle raising
can he made profitable in this section if
Intelligently conducted. The first idea that
would occur to an intelligent man who
had decided to emltark in this business
would undoubtedly be the need of a bet
ter grade of cattle. It is useless to think
of making a success of the business with
the present ion - grade stock, which has
been neguected and underfed for so many
vears that it is now practically past re
demption. The average Texas yearling is
as large us the average 3-year-old grown
in this part of Georgia. Having improved
the breed, the next tiling to do is to see
that the stock is we ll fed and well cared
for. You can’t expect to raise good cat
tle by turning them loose to shift for
themselves, winter and summer, througn
heat anel through colei, like the razor
back ho -- s. The best of stock will dete
riorate and that aery rapidly under such
treatment as that.
"I know that the very best cattle oan be
raised in Georgia,” continued Mr. Egan,
"because I have seen them. At the slate
experiment farm, near Griffin, they have
magnificent cattle, bred and grown there,
and what has been done at the experiment
elation can be done almost anywhere in
Georgia. The lands of Georgia are well
suited to the growing of food crops for
cattle, both root and forage, and as the
main secret is in caring for and feeding
the cattle there is no reason why intel.i
gent growers should not make an entire
success of the business. One thing which
seems to be entirely overlooked by the
cattle-growers in this section is that cat
tle require protection from the weather.
Sheds and barns must be provided, where
the cattle can lie Shielded from the cold
winds and rains of winter. Not only dry
food must be fed. but cooked food, as well,
in order to obtain the best results.”
“The trouble with the average Georgia
farmer.” said Mr. Kgan. “is that when
you urge upon him to undertake anything
new lie thinks that you mean that he
must drop everything else and devote a.l
his attention to the new crop or whatever
it is. Ho har, been planting cotton and
corn all his life, and if he gives these
crops up he doesn’t know how to go about
anything else. Now. this is the wrong
idea. Let the farmers go ahead planting
cotton and corn and other crops to which
they are accustomed, but let them gradu
ally introduce new ventures which can be
developed into sources of profit. The cat
tle industry is one of these. I>et them im
prove the breed of their cattle, take better
care of them and give more attention to
their feeding and the business will nat
urally develop itself.”
”!t has always been a mystery to me,”
said Mr. Egan, "why the people of Geor
gia allow so much money to be sent away
from home for things which they
could produce themselves at a prof
it. Thousands of dollars are
sent out of the state annually for
dairy products, every dollar of which
should be kept at home. The farmers
would find more money in dairy farming
than in raising cotton. Georgia spends
thousands of dollars every ytiar for canned
fruits and vegetables, when, on the con
trary, she should not only m ike practical
ly all her own canned goods, but should
receive a large revenue for goods shipiied
abroad. Georgia can equal any portion of
the United States In the production of
fruit. Take the single Item <f figs, a crop
which is peculiar to this section. The fin
est varieties of figs can be raised in South
ern Georgia, and yet even the home mar
ket is not supplied with them. There is
a big field in preserving and otherwise pre
paring these figs for market. Dried and
candied tigs are for sale on every railroad
train in the country, and purchasers read
ily pay from 1 to 5 cents apiece for them.”
Mr. Egan seemed to feel really vexed
that the people of Georgia do not take
more advantage of their many- opportuni
ties.
"Take wool growing,” said he. ”A large
rortion of Georgia Is especially well fitted
for the raising of sheep. The industry is
already carried on on a small scale and a
good quality of wool and a very good arti
cle of mutton is produced. In Diet, the
grade of the sheep of South Georgia is far
sut>orior to Ihe grade of tile cattle and
hogs. This Industry should be developed
to a much greater extent. The towns and
cities should be supplied with homo-grown
muiton. and a profitable market could no
doubt, be found for it elsewhere. With
further improvement In ihe grade of the
sheep, both wool and muiton of a very
lire quality can be produced, and the in
dustry made a very profitable one.”
There arc many |>eople in Georgia, who
arc grumbling al the low prices of cotton,
and the unprofitableness of farming gen
eral, who might find profit in giving at
tention to Mr. Egan’s suggestions.
HELD THE AN MAI. MEETING.
Pence River Phosphate Mining Cos.
Elected Directors.
The annual meeting of the Peace niver
Phosphate Mining Company was held yes
terday st noon at the offices of President
Joseph Hull. The old board of directors,
with one exception, was re-elected by the
stockholders.
Those who will serve the company as di
rectors lor the ensuing year are Messrs, jj
M. Comer. Savannah; George tv. Scott
Atlanta: C. Downing, Brunswick; J. t’
Wilson. Montreal, and Joseph Hull. Savan
nah. Mr. Downing was elected to till the
vacancy caused by the declinaiion of Mi
ll. W. Paterson of New York to be "re
elected.
A' the directors’ meeting held after that
of tile Stockholders, the following officers
were elected: Mr. Joseph Hull, president-
Mr. C. Downing, treasurer; Mr. Robert
Cope, assistant treasurer and secretary.
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SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS.
General Conrt Mill Meet and Mein
■ tiers Will Dine.
A meeting of the Savtannah members of
the Society of Colonial -Wars
was held yesterday afternoon at
the office of Mr. W. W. Gor
don, Jr., who Is chancellor. This meet
ing was for the purpose of arranging for
the general court of the society, which
meets Feb. 13.
Members are exiieeted from Atlanta. Ma
con and Waynesboro to attend the session
of the general conn and a: dinner will
be given very soon after the annual meet
ing is held. Feb. 13 Is chosen as the dale
x'or the holding of the session of the gon
ei si court, or the annual meeting of the
noeiety, to commemorate the landing of
Gen Oglethorpe on Georgia soil.
The - arrangements for the dinner were
placet.' in the hands of the installation com
mittee of the society. It is not known
Where this dinner will be given; but it
is said jt will not, as last year, be at
a private home. The choice of u place
will be left to the committee. Last year
the dinner was tendered the members by
the governor of the society, Mr. J. A. G.
Carson, ak his home, and a brilliant af
fair was enjoyed.
Tin* Socßeiy of Colonial Wars was or
ganized Doc. 29, 1896, by Mr. Carson’s ef
forts. Tlie.-e were eighteen charter mem
bers at the time of the organization, and
there has been but a small addition since.
The requirements for membership are that
one shall be a. descendant of some colon
ist who .9-gured in some ca
pacity in the patriotic service
of the coloniiV s before the bailie
of Lexington. One can only Join, also,
through invitation. It can thus be seen
that the membership of the society is not
likely to become large, nor. Indeed, is this
expected.
The officers, who were elected at the last
session of the genera! court, were as fol
lows:
Governor—John Avery Gere Carson, Sa
vannah.
Deptuy Governor—Anthony Stoddard
Byers, Atlanta.
Lieutenant Gove mor—Hugh Vernon
Washington, (Macon.
Secretary—John Harris Kinzie, Savan
nah.
Treasurer—Francis Fitch Jones. Savan
nah.
Registrar—’William Ridgely Leaken, Sa
vannah.
Historian—Charles Frank Whltner, At
lanta.
Chancellor—William Washington Gordon,
Jr., Savannah.
Surgeon—Thomas Pinckney Waring. M.
D.. Savannah.
Gentlemen of the Council—William Dan
iel Grant, John Thomas Glenn, Hugh Ha
gan, M. D„ John Meriwether McAllister,
John William Grant, John Addison Whit
ner, T. Cuyler Smith, all of Atlanta; Will
N. Parsons, Hawklnsvilie, and Jefferson
Randolph Anderson, Savannah.
PORK SENT TO CREMATORY.
Inspector Well Thought a Farmer’s
Pigs Hail Had Measles.
Food Inspector Weil condemned two
dressed pigs yesterday, whkli he thought
had had measles. A countryman was try
ing to sell the pigs to a meat dealer in
the southern section, when t be. inspector
happened along. He saw they didn't took
right, and considering it his dnuly to in
vestigate ihe condition of the meat, lie
ordered the countryman not to make
further efforts to sell it.
Inspector Weil generally learns his duty,
and then performs it fearlessly. He de
capitated one of the pigs, and starred for
the market with the head, where he left
the case to the judgment of a bu.tcher,
who gave it as his belief that the pig had
been a sufferer from measles. The head
was then taken to an alderman, who ad
vised Ihe inspector to condemn ihe meat.
Believing there was sufficient reason for
doing so, Inspector Weil returned to the
countryman’s wagon, and ordered him to
drive to the crematory, where the pigs
were thrown overboard.
WON’T SEE HIS SHADOW.
Rain on Candlemas Hoy Meanm
Spring Is Near at Hand,
According to the weather forecast for
to-day there will be rain, and according to
the old superstition, if it does so, spring is
nearly here. This is Candlemas or ground
hog day. If the ground hog. according to
the old saying, comes out on Candlema*
day and sees his shadow the winter is not
half over. If predictions count for any
thing this animal wiil have a hard time
easting a shadow to-day. Spring is com
ing and tile cold weather Is nearly over.
Yesterday Savannah was getting a taste
of the blizzard that lias been causin'- such
suffering in the West. This was but the
last breath, however, this section being
fortunate, as a rule, in having these cold
waves that sweep down from the West
and North turned back to a certain ex
tent by the influence of the warm waters
of the Gulf etream.
M. 11. HENLEY SENTENCED.
lo Serve Three Years In the North
Carolina Penitentiary.
M. H. Henley, convicted in the United
States District Court of the offense of
passing a silver certificate, raised from
*1 to SIOO. was sentenced by Judge Speer
yesterday to serve a term of three years
In Hie North Carolina penitentiary at
Raleigh.
The jury had recommended Henley to
the mercy of the court, and by many a
less severe sentence was expected.
Ilenntlflil Needle Work.
Mrs. Frederick Brooks is a most highly
accomplished embroiderer and has hail
signal success as a teacher in other cities.
She has made a great specially of em
broidery, having learned ivory different
kind of embroidery from the best European
teachers who have visited this country
She does 16’ stitched In royal’ art work
Many connoisseurs consider her displays
a most interesting and attractive art ex
hibit. Mrs. Brooks teaches all the varie
lies of Kensington embroidery. a ] so the
Battenbcrg and fDint iaee, and win exhibit
her work on Thursday, Friday and Satur
day afternoons this week, from 2 to 3
o'clock, at Adler’s art department. When
In New Orleans some lime ago Mrs. Brooks
taught 304 of Ihe leadiog ladles of that
city. Subsequently she was in California
and taug-it very su.eeeslNilly in San Ber
nardino, Redlands and Rlwrslde.—ad.
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