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ARE TRUSTS GOOD OR BAD?
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ivas frequently interrupted by cheer
. . He spoke in part as follows:
1 \ ,<p[ing in good faith that fimend-
M which the heroic legions of the
5 .i, r ,. s isted unto death on a thousand
m':! fields, we believe that 'neither slav
t \' involuntary servitude, except as
! i ,-hment for crime, shall exist w ithin
. iHi ted States or any place subject
. iheir Jurisdiction.’ And we confldent
.Svrt that the commercial and indus
,r,, bondage being rapidly imposed on
t i, toil and talents of 70,000,000 Amerl
i,n citizens by the syndicated wealth of
a f. u great corporate monopolies, is more
J. r , ami dangerous than the slavery which
is, ,l the heads and burdened the backs
t . ; iini.ooo Southern black men.
\..,(1 above and beyond these great writ
l,n" guarantees of equality and justice, we
i.ok to the lessons of history and appeal
to the authority of experience. When we
a ie told that commercial combination
promises golden rewards to the present
tendencies of our economic system, we re
nr- nii < r that no republic has ever survived
tri' mercenary despotism of merchants and
money changers.”
Talked of Regulation.
John Graham Brooks of Cambridge,
s!n-s.. in ' sticking closely to facts,” as
* n ii fact'll-his address, was received
„|th I. (able applause. Prof. Brooks
devoted himself to the question “Are the
Vw Combinations Socially Dangerous?”
He said in part:
■The supreme question that confronts us
1- “Tat of possible regulation. I submit
mat the time is at hand for some kind of
wide, thorough and effective organization.
Nor do I believe it open to doubt that the
immense pressure of this necessity is p;-o
--,j...-ing the so-called trust. It makes it
t,!f far more than It is made. Men will
fight it as they fought McKinley, and with
precisely the same result. I believe It to
b ihe beginning of practical sense to un
derstand that the new combinations can
in no sense be permanently smashed. The
party which proposes to do this, in the
sens.' of absolutely checking them, wiil
have plenty of leisure to regret it. The
real problem. Immediate and imperious,
i, how to regulate and guide the new force
that stands merely for - the latest stage
of industrial growth. If the combinations
arc to work for the public, as well as for
private good, three things, two of them
row largely under the voters’ control,
must be brought about:
"1. As absolute a publicity of methods
and account as the largest Massachusetts
corporation haS to submit to.
"2. Every artificial advantage given by
fhe tariff must be removed.
"3. Railroad discriminations shall not be
allowed to these combinations.
' Whatever the future may have in store,
wv are not yet ready for sytte control
of railways. For the immediate future (a
decade or so) the best intelligence must
go to this special evil of railroad dls
; crimination. The trust plus special rail
road favors can never be other than a
danger because it makes directly for that
wider economic Inequality that is already
per.l enough.
"Given an absolute publicity of fact and
♦he one dominating of danger—over-capi
talization—is already half met. If the
trust movement spreads, as now seems
likely, hy far the larger part will go to
the wall from sheer speculative bravado.
The people meanwhile will be rapidly ed
ucated, and, above all, the banks will be
swift to learn the lesson, nnd refuse to
underwrite ,f the venture Is too impudent
in its risks. Only those trusts will sur
vive that are prudently organized and deal
with a product which lends itself to the
conditions imposed by the new combina
tion.”
William Fortune, president of the Indl
na Stale Board of Commerce, also 6poke.
t ommittees nnd Officers.
The committee on permanent organiza
tion met after the afternoon adjournment
ef the conference. The committee consist
ing of one delegate from each slate repre
sented, and each organization of general
teope was in part as follows: Texas, Hon.
A. B. Davidson; Florida, John Franklin
Forbes; West Virginia. J. B. Harris; South
Carolina, A. C. Kaufmann; Mississippi, J.
IV. Culver; Louisiana, W. W. Howe.
Wi liam Wirt Howe was selected chair
man o fthe meeting and after a hot discus
sion was eicled permanent chairman of the
conference, though three vice chairmen,
neh to preside during one day, were se
lected It was a happy solution of what,
at ore time, promised to be a split. No
one was willing to allow a permanent
chairman to be appointed to preside at all
tensions lest he should favor some faction.
The vice chairmen selected weie: Thurs
day. Dudley Wooten, Texas; Friday. May
or H. R. Johnson, Colorado; Saturday, S.
L Corflss, New York.
Ralph M. Easly was selected as perma
nent seefetary.
A subcommittee on programme and
rims was also appointed. The committee
"til make special rules lo govern points
ol dispute but ordinary parliamentary
rn.is in:.' generally prevail.
After vainly trying to solve the question
ol a committee on resolutions the commit
tee adjourned until evening.
G o'. Atkinson's Speech.
The opening of the evening session was
w, iye<l for some time, pending the report
o the committee on programme and or
f. ntzation. At 8:30 o'c.ock President Head
unreduced Gov. George W. Atkinaon of
lon ' ir 6lnla, who spoke In part as fol
i believe in progression. In this re
fi'en I rim an evolutionist. I believe that
me world ought to grow, and that men
‘Jght to grow with it. Some sorts of
combines are. I think, economic necessi
which grow oul of our complex civil*
2 ‘"' on as a nation. The great manufac-
Jrmg establishments of the world, cov
•brig ah branches of industry', had very
w>ll beginnings; and we, In a large meas-
r * owe the progress we have made to
0: means who combined or united
rhi° ", we o*' l ‘corporalions,’ to make
s advancement possible. But there is
'a>i difference between a corporation
a ”d a trust.
I a ;' s 'Tt here to-day that a corporation
bus' 11 . to as muc h sympathy, support
‘ res Peet as an individual, because a
*iX’ ra u i0n ’ in law ' is an individual. I
It. , 1 here fore, to be written down as a
and backer of corporations, because
' .date can be developed without them,
'.' there can | >e no growth anc i deveiop
-1 ' l£ 'hey are inhibited by law, or are
nn hPPOtted by the people. Without cor
ftn'm i 8 ’ , °" (3as ' we would be without
hi,, loal anr * cok * operations, silver
knmu 0 . * >ro ooccrs, banks and other ac-
Th,.. "Sed necessities for the public weal.
■ ’ * .ore, when I hear men, in politics,
uc ihe demagogue cry, 'Down with
Of 1 am ready to Join the crowd
i ' '■prising people who will cry, ‘Down
... clas -‘ < of demagogues.’
trui„• ‘ l,)out as many Democrats in
sni i' , t’fi'ed Slates as Republicans,
ti l t , , Qt tw ° of the mammoth
o I , , " 1 |K country are, In a sense, Dem
' ,rU!,,s - Theiefote. I conclude that
1 a . n 1 c ,lo he them out byVdrawing ro
ll, a upon them. They have grown
i .' ''’suit of existing conditions, and
,o;f. stamped out hy any or ail
i n ... ' r, es simply by rt solving against
ii . ° sw, 'ct> the trust issue into poli
l Hi, ' ’' Solve one way or the olher, as
, Pnt ,,:r:r now-a-days in political eon
gran, ~s eems lo me . is 'wasting fra
ii. j.... /" lhe desert air.’ We must come
Hi:,, , " JC for a remedy than that. We
M.ii.. i"', ' ,l lls tap-root by national and
1n,,., I, ,lon b V making it a penal oZ
of E r, n K°oi government for men
t-i , 10 combine for the purpose
luia; , _*? an 'l choking middle men and
i r i,, a<,a ’ aa trusts have ulways done.
ttiip[, JV ' . , *• ,l 'be trust would take their
Co tUi'ii.nL lll,o 'belr combines and their
t-c, and will, after paying them-
Every married mail must ask his wife’s
permission to mjke a - success.” That was
thS y Zrk a WlSe ° ld cle: yJ man who knew
that marriage was a partnership in the
broadest sense, and that there can be no
success in any partnership in which the
partners do not contribute equally to make
success possible. For this, if for ,
no other reason, every man who [I
is trying to climb the ladder of If
success should be interested in 1
his Wife’s health. A healthy 11
woman is always helpful. A /M-jtl
tired, nervous .. // ff]
woman, depleted - f
in strength and fv*l
depressed in mind, -^tL-=}-
can contribute
neither mentally j
nor physically to a Ji
husband’s success. O lx*r '
The remarkable rem- \LA 1/ |
edy, Dr. Pierce’s Favor- V>A Kj' \
ite Prescription, so \\ I L.\
strengthens the organs \i U^!=
peculiarly feminine, L VS\ Vj
dries up debilitating -M>V >1
drains, heals ulcerations ’
and inflammations, and 'V
cures female trouble v
that the causes of ill- I'
health are thus entirely removed, and the
nealtny, happy wife becomes a genuine
help meet to the husband.
TV, aT as ?' ck for twelve years, and for two years
Mrrrohi?° P r'T? r i k , alt ? gether '' writ es Mrs. Bell
McCrobie, of Oakland, Garrett Cos.. Maryland.
i was treated by five different physicians, who
pronounced my case Bright's disease, impover
isned condition of the blood, and uterine trouble.
I suffered a great deal with pain in both sides
and much tenderness iu pressing over the womb.
I was bloated at times in bowels and limbs.
Was troubled with a disagreeable discharge
from the internal organs. I could not sleep and
was troubled with palpitation of the heart Suf
fered a great deal of pain in my head, temples,
forehead and eyes, and l also suffered excruciat
ing pain at monthly periods, since taking
eleven bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip
tion, I have enjoyed better health than I had for
more than twelve years previouslv, and have
gained m weight twenty-five pounds since tak
ing your medicines."
Sick women can consult Dr. R. V. Pierce
by letter, addressed to Buffalo. N. Y., abso
lutely without charge. Each letter is read
in private, its statements held in sacred
confidence, and all answers are mailed,
sealed in plain envelopes, without adver
tising or other printed matter.
It is a good thing to keep Dr. Pierce’s
Pleasant Pellets in the house. One Tellet
is a laxative, two a cathartic dose.
selves a reasonable dividend on the actual
amount of capital invested, and then agree
to distribute a reasonable share of the
profits among the skilled artisans whom
they employ is a per vent, or profit upon
Iheir wages, the trusts would then be
placed upon, an honest, popular and rea
sonable foundation, and no one could com
plain or Justly oppose it.
“I am aware of the fact, Mr. President,
that the friends of trusts set up three
distinct claims or arguments in their de
fense, viz.: First, that they pay the high
est possible rates of wages to their em
ployes; second, that they furnish the best
possible article to the consumer; and,
third, that they furnish it lower or cheap
er than it can otherwise be produced.
While I admit that there is something
in these claims, yet they are true only' in
a limited sense. The first of these claims
is, I think, absolutely true. Trusts pay
big wages, because they employ none but
high grade men and women, and they
therefore can afford to do it. The second
proposition Is perhaps true in most cases,
but not in all. The third claim is only
true in a few instances.
“I may be wrong. Mr. President, in my
conclusions, but it seems <o me as an un
prejudiced, unbiased American citizen,
whose only purpose is to do what he can
to advance the interests of the great ma
jority of all our people, that if the trust
idea is to be carried out, there will be no
use for 'middle men’ in tills country; and
the small dealers and the small manu
facturers and small operators in ony and
all lines of business, who are now earning
honest livings and supports for them
selves and those dependent upon them,
will be things of the past. Like Othello,
their ‘occupations will be gone.’ And
what of the other and the greatest of all
the considerations before us as non-parti
san American citizens, viz: Will the
trusts, cap the trusts, dare the trusts,
here agree to furnish to the great liv
ing, helpless, and, in many instances, hap
less mass of our people, a better and a
cheaper article which all of them must
of necessity use, than they are now pay
ing for the same? If the trust can do
this, I will call off my opposition, feeble
as it is, and will join them and bid God
speed in their work. Otherwise, I am
against them, and desire that they will
here and now class me as their enemy ”
Organization and Programme.
After Gov. Atkinson had concluded his
speech Congressman John W. Gaines of
Tennessee presented the report of the
committee on organization and programme
as follows;
Permanent officers: Chairman, William
Wirt Howe of Louisiana; first vice pres
ident, Dudley G. Wooten of Texas; sec
ond vice president, H. V. Johnson of Col
orado; third vice president. S. P. Corliss
of New Y’ork; secretary, Ralph M. Eas
ley.
Special rules of order:
First, That the conference shall hold
three daily sessions as follows:From 10 a.
m. to 1 p. m.; from 3 to 5 p. in., and from
8 p. m. until such time as adjournment
may be had.
Second. That all papers or addresses
shall be limited to twenty minutes.
The report was adopted unanimously.
Congressman Gaines presented the fol
lowing amendments to the rules govern
ing the body:
“That Jefferson's manual on rules of or
der and general parliamentary law shall
lie the rules of the body nnd that no
proxy be allowed.” The amendments were
adopted.
Chairman Head then introduced the per
manent officers of the conference.
In accepting the gavel from President
Head, Mr. Howe confined his remarks to
thanking the conference for the honor con
ferred upon him and promising to preside
with Attorney General E. C. Crowe of
Missouri, who spoke on the subject of "In
surance Combination."
When Mr. Crowe finishing speaking amid
applause only second to that which had
greeted Mr. Wooten earlier in the day.
Chairman Howe inlroduced P. E. Dowe,
president of the Commercial Travelers'
National League.
Tliurber Favor* Trusts.
The next speaker was F. B. Thurber,
of New York, who said In part:
"I have been a careful student of trusts
from the beginning. I may say that when
I began it was with a strong prejudice
against them. I believed that they would
tend to oppress the public with high prices
and also that their political influence was
to be feared; but a careful study of their
effect, ranging over a period of years, has
materially modified my opinion. The first
prominent Illustration of the so-called
'trust' principle was the consolidation of
lines of railroad into vast systems with
the result of better service, and, as a
whole, lower rates. The people of the
United States now get their transporta
tion at about one-half those of other prin
cipal countries.
"The next was the Standard Oil Com
pany, under Whose operations ,he price of
oil has declined more than other commoi
illes not under trust control. Another is
the American Sugar Refining Company un
der whose operation prices have averaged
7) per cent, lower 1n ten years succeeding
Its formation lha/i they did during the
preceding ten years. I used 10 think that
combinations ot capliaf would abrogate
romiattlion, but experience has shown
• hat Instead of abrogating competition,
it has elevated that force to a higher piano.
If a combination of capital In any line
temporarily exacts a liberal Profit, imme
diately capital flows into ihat channel,
TEE MOICNJJNU IS'EWS: THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 180a
another combination is formed, and com
petition ensues on a scale and operates
with an intensity far beyond anything that
Is possible on a smaller scale resulting in
breaking down of the combination und Ihe
decline of profits to a minimum. A strik
ing Illustration of this ts found in the su
gar an*d coflee industries to-day.
"Many good people have imagined a
bogey monster that doesn’t exist. They
have accepted as facts the fancies of sen
sational journalism. The natural advances
In price when demand exceeds supply have
been debited and the declines, when sup
ply exceeds demand, have not been cred
ited, to say nothing of economies in pro
duction and distribution which have made
the present age the consumers' mihen
lum.”
Suiil Jefferson Didn't Know.
Joseph Nimrao, Jr., of Washington was
the next speaker. He said in part:
"New, forces now* assert themselves and
new conditions confront us. Mr. JelTerson
had no conception of the enormous man
ufacturing or mining industry or of the
force of those modern agencies of com
merce and transportation, which ore the
chief source of the wealth and power of
the country to-day. Hence the old prob
lem of the regulation of competition
through combination and of governmental
restraint upon combination, comes up un
der changed conditions. The task which
devolves upon the men ot the present
generation is to solve that problem, at
least for our own time, upon approved
principles of justice and of sound public
policy, and in such manner as not to
disturb the sure foundations upon which
our civilization and our governmental sys
tem rests. The whole question, as I view
it. relates to the limitations which should
be imposed upon both competition and
combination by the people themselves in
the course of their own interaction and
through beneficent governmental regula
tions justified by the lessons of experi
ence.”
Dr. Nimmo then discussed the Ameri
can railway system, as it was the branch
of the subject with which he was most
familiar.
Dr. Nimmo claimed that the following
were indisputable historical facts:
1. The railroad on particular lines, al
though an apparent monopoly, has become
the chief instrumentality in creating a
competition more extensive, more general
ly diffused and more potential than was
ever known before in the world's history.
2. The American railroad system had its
origin and most forceful Impetus in the
necessities of the social and commercial
Intercourse of the people and in the de
mands for uninterrupted postal and mili
tary communication.
3. The unity of the American railroad
system was at first opposed by railroad
proprietors on economic grounds •.tid on
considerations of self-interest, but such
opposition has gradually disappeared as
the result of the coercive demand of the
public interest.
4. Agreements as to rela
tive rates originated in mutual needs of
the railroad and of the commercial and
industrial interests of the country.
5. Agreements for the division of com
petitive traffic have been found to be a
necessary expedient for the maintenance
of agreed rates.
ANTI-TRUST MEN ON GUARD.
Say They Would Like to Get Control
of tlie Convention.
Chicago, Sept. 13.—A meeting of anti
trust delegates to the conference wa9
held to-night in the club room of the
Sherman House under the auspices of the
local committee, which has perfected on
organization for the purpose of bringing
together the delegates opposed to trusts.
While the promoters of the organization
deny that they are attempting to get con
trol of the convention, they admit that
they would like to, and say that the ob
ject of the organization is so to organize
the "antis” that they may “touch el
bows” in exigencies.
Several speeches were made by dele
gates and others in opposition to combi
nations, among the speakers being Judge
IV. H. Ciagett of Boise City, Idaho; /M.
1,. Lockwood of Zelienople, Pa., president
of the American Anti-Trust League; D.
G. Wooten of Texas and Judge Fleming
of Kentucky.
BRYAN GOING TO CHICAGO.
Will Leave Lincoln for tlie Trust
Conference To-day.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 13.—Wiiliam J. Bry
an a(j|tved home from the Pacific coast
to-day and spoke to-night at the banquet
tendered members of the First Nebraska
Regiment.
Cos.. Bryan said he expected to start
for Chicago to-morrow* to attend the trust
conference. Gov. Poynter will probably
accompany him to Chicago.
AT THE THEATER.
Leon Herrmann's Excellent Perform
ance of Magic.
Leon Herrmann, the magician and pres
tidigitator, gave a pleasing performance at
the theater last night to a small audience.
The tricks in legerdemain which opened
the performance were nearly afl old ones,
that is they were among those performed
by the Eider Herrmann, but the young ma
gician did them in such a dexterous and
marvelous manner that they were thor
oughly enjoyed. lie gave the trick with
the watches, the ring trick and various
other sielght-of-hand tricks that were
mystifying and amusing. What was really
his piece de resistance was what he called
the birih of the butterfly. It was the most
elalioratc of all the pieces and came near
er the famous illusions'of the great Herr
mann than did any of the other tricks.
Leon Herrmann shows by his work that
he was a close student of his uncle, for
it seems after all that the dead magician
was his uncle, and not his father, as has
been stated. He has many of his man
nerisms, makes up like him and employs
many of the little pleasantries that used
to make Herrmann’s entertainments so
entertaining. The saffron-hued attendant
who assists him Is called "Boomsky,"
but he is not the same "Boomsky” who
waited on the famous wizard, for all
that.
There was a musical team, or, rather,
quartette, the four Lueiers, who perform
ed on various musical instruments and
contributed to the enjoyment of the en
tertainment.
Herrmann is under the direction of Ed
Thurnaer, who was for a long lime con
nected with Herrmann His. and who Is
one of the best showmen in the business.
Nev Ita Tracks at Santiago.
Santiago de Cuba, Sent. 13.—Extensive
new barracks are In course of construc
tion at Morro Castle, the authorities hav
ing decided upon this action in view of the
fact that there is not a single case of
yellow fever among the United States
troops quartered there. The French steam
er Villa de Marseille arrived here yester
day from Ca|e Haytien with 400 head of
cattle. She reports that 124 head died
during the trip.
Leg Broken In a Runaway.
Lyons, Oa., Sept. 13.—This morning
about 3 o'clock Dr. A- J- Gordon and IV.
G. Horton started to Reidsviße. Their
horse was frightened and ran away,
throwing them out. Mr. Horton's leg was
broken, and he was badly bruised up. Dr.
Gordon was painfully hurt, but not se
riously. Horton's horse was badly hurt.
Mr. Horten la resting quietly..
No. 1640.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Merchants National Bank oi Savannah,
At Savannah, in the state of Georgia, at the close of business Sept. 7, ISD9.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts J *3?.312 37
Overdrafts, secured and unse
cured 253 51
IT.l T . S. bonds to secure circula
tion 52.0(0 01
U. S. bonds to secure U. S. de
posits 123.000 00
Premiums on U. S. bonds 9,793 ir,
Stocks, securities, etc 2t,13$ [0
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures 57,000 00
Due from national banks (rtot
reserve agents) 21,181 38
Due from stale banks and bank
ers 20.952 SJ
Due from approved reserve
agents 174,831 10
Internal revenue stamps 83 75
Notes of other national banks. 5,00 u 00
Fractional paper currency, nick
els and cents 281 68
Lawful money reserve In hank, viz—
Specie *55,500 00
Legal tender notes. 36,000 00— 99,500 00
Redemption fund with U. S.
Treasurer (5 per cent, of cir
culation) * 2,340 00
Due from U. S. Treasurer, other
than 5 per cent, redemption
fund 2 50
Total *1.336.741 73
STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF CHATHAM. I, w M DAVANT
Cashier of Ihe above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above slat, mint Is
true to the best of my knowledge and belief. w. ,\|. DAVANT Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th <tay of September 1899’
TRACY and. HUNTER, Not. Bub., C. county, Georgia
Correct—Attest; s. HERMAN,
J. A. G. CARSON,
J. F. MINIS,
Directors.
AMERICA'S' CARNIVAL CLOSED.
Another Large Crowd NVAtiieased the
Brilliant Scenes.
Americus, Ga., Sept. 18.—Americus’ first
big carnival and trade's display closed to
night with a brilliant illuminated street
pageant which was a fitting finale to the
festivities of the occasion.
Another Immense crowd ,of visitors
thronged the streets to-day and the ex
tensive programme of outdoor amusements
pleased all. A complete, programme of car
nival teles was presented both morning
and afternoon at the amphitheater before
5,000 spectators, w hile a fine military band
gave a concert on each occasion.
The street pageant to-night was excel
lent. Scores of handsomely decorated and
Illuminated floats being in the line of
march. The festivities concluded to-night
with a musical festival at the opera house
and a mask'd hall at Hole! Windsor.
The carnival has been pronounced a suc
cess and the people of Americus feel great
pride thereat. The merchants resped a har
vest of trade, nnd already plans are be
ing laid for grander occasion next year.
Clegg & Sons of this city have purchased
the extensive wholesale business of the
Americus Grocery Company at Cordele.and
will assume charge Immediately. The
Americus Grocery Company has a large
established business at Cordele, a branch
of the main house here.
DANGEROUS COLLISION.
Serious Accident to Miss Mabel
('hears of Columbus.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 13.—Miss Mabel
Chears, a popular young society lady arfd
daughter of C. W. Chears, division agent
of the Central Railroad, came near being
kilted to-day in a collision with a bicycle
ridden by a negro boy.
Miss Chears was thrown violently to
ground and a deep gash was out from the
edge of her hair to her eyebrow on the
side of her forehead. She was picked up
unconscious and carried into a house near
by, where she was attended hy a physi
cian. it was at first feared that the fall
had caused concussion, but the young lady
is now resting easily.
BATTALION WILL MAKE TRIP.
Fifth Georgia Soldiers to He In Line
on Dewey Day.
Atlanta. Sept. 13.—The fund for sending
a battalion of the .Fifth GrlJrgia Regi
ment to New- Y'ork to participate in the
Dewey reception has reached approximate
ly $3,000, and that the battalion will make
the trip Is no longer in doubt. All the
banks of the Clearing House Association
to-day gave SSO apiece lo the fund, and
plans for a bazar to be held next week
to complete it have been arranged by the
ladies.
Tnllnhauaee News Notes.
Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 13.—Letters pat
ent were to-day granted for the incor
poration of the Miami Power and Water
Company, with a capital of $50,000.
F. X. Schuller has been elected captain
of the Orlando Rifles.
Adjutant General Houstoun has receive*)
from G. M. Allen of New Smyrna mails
captured at Spanish headquarters, at Ar
royo Blanco, when that place was sur
rendered to Gen. Maximo Gomez on July
27. 1898.
The railroad commissioners will hold a
session at Tallahassee on the 15th, for
tlie purpose of revising rules, rates, etc.,
affecting Florida transportation lines and
express companies doing business within
the state.
The cotton season of 1899 is several weeks
in advance of last season. The warm, dry
weather has caused the cotton to open
very fast and has facilitated picking. The
staple Is being rapidly ginned and rushed
to me.rkei.
CITY BREVITIES.
Sergt. Barthelmess of the Republican
Blues says ho was never a candidate for
the office of second lieutenant, to which
Mr. M. Ed Wilson was elected. His name
was used by some of his friends, but h
supported Lieut. Wilson, regarding him
as the company's choice.
Mr. Deltz Clark and Miss Fiorle Banks
won the prize at Barbee & Bandy’s last
night, as the most graceful couple In the
dancing contest. Mr. Clark's prize was
a cut glass silver-top inkstand. Miss
Banks’ prize was a silver manicure set.
To-morrow night there will be a ladles'
guessing contest for a handsome prize.
Many people, particularly those In the
southern part of thk city, were attracted
by the magnificent display of electric phe.
nomena which occurred last night between
9 and 10 o'clock. From a light
gray cloud which extended across
the southern heavens there came ev
ery few seconds varying flashes; long
streaks of jagged, forked lightning ripped
their way in every direction alternating
with curious, nebula-llke spots that, with
changing positions, glowed and faded In
rapid succession. The whole was
lit at times by broad-tinshea of
sheet lightning that extended over
Ihe whole surface of the cloud and
lent a peculiar, though evanescent beauty
to the scene. The and i>iay lasted several
hours, but was most beautiful between
,9 and 10 o'clock;
LIABILITIES.
Capital slock pi,ld in $ 500,000 00
Surplus fund 100,000 00
Undivided prolits, Kss expenses
and taxes paid 9,000 OS
National bank notes outstand
,n S••• 33.230 00
Due to Savannah Clearing As
sociation 5,757 S9 ]
Duo to other national banks 43,0x3 69
Due to state banks and bank
er* 2,279 96
Dividends unpad 261 50
Individual dc|>oslls subject to
c he<* 510,723 17
Certitied checks 28 44
United States deposits 98,601 90
Deposits of U. S. disbursing of
ficers 29.781 10
To, -tl 31. 336.741 73
SCIENCE MISAPPLIED.
dodge Kind tvln Emphasise* the
Right of Man to Die.
From the Philadelphia Ledger
New Haven, Conn., Sept. 10.—Judge Si
mon E. Baldwin, the member of the Con
necticut Supreme Court and of the Yale
Law School Faculty who said in Sara
toga last week that physicians often do
wrong in prolonging life, add
ed to the statements made
ln his Saratoga address by
some emphatic declarations on the Impro
priety of prolonging life In cases of 1 11
men and infants. Judge Baldwin said:
"Queen Charlotte, the wife of George 111.
at the age of 75, w r as seized by a disease
evidently mortal. The court physician
succeeded in keeping her alive in lingering
agonies for two or three months.
"Perhaps the annals of American presi
dents would furnish as sad memories of
Tike effects of science misapplied. In fact,
thioughout (he civilized world the higher
the station or the greater the means of
the sufferer by a mortal malady the less
can he hope for a natural death.
"Every man is set on earth as a soldier
is set at his pod of duty. He is like a
soldier barred from deserting his station
until he is relieved by the authority that
assigned him to it. Suicide, in other
words, ts Inadmissible. But the man
struck by fatal illness is called off from
his post. The call has come. The sentry
is to be relieved. Not anew sentry, but a
dozen, are to take his place.
"1 sj>ealc of the hopeless case—of the
victim of a cancer, which has eaten Its
way to the verge of some vital organ; of
the sufferer from consumption; of the old
man, whose years have run their course
Particularly Is this the case with the o'.d
man.
"In old age the outward manifestations
of an anterior lesion seldom indicate that
more than one organ is affected, and are
often hardly noticeable at all. The patl nt
does not know that he Is a patient at all.
There is no occasion that he should. The
weakest part of his bodily mechanism has
broken down. Why patch tt up? Another
is hardly less weak uml must needs suc
cumb. Better for him and for his friends
that his last days should be unclouded by
the apprehension of coming death, and Ihe
change come to him quietly, as a dream in
sleep.
"As the old man has a right to a natural
death, so has the unfortunate babe, that
is born into the world with physical de
fects that, but for a surgical operation,
would in a few hours or days take it out of
it, when this surgical operation can only
save the life by making It a dally and
hopeless misery. If any physician is her" he
perhape knows what 1 mean. He has,
perhaps, himself put the care frankly be
fore unhappy parents, and yielded to their
desire to save their child from death at any
cost. He has watched the sickly Infant,
the feeble childhood. Ihe solitary youth,
the long years beyond, of daily discomfort,
self-abhorrence and separation from the
world. Nature has her invariable laws. By
one of them, malformation, preventing Ihe
due exercise of any vilal function, Icada to
death.
"The suffering will rot be long. The
physician can reconstruct the body, but ts
it In such a case worth while? Is it not
rather a sin against the helpless being
who, for no fault of his, enters the world
under conditions that forbid his enjoym nt
of anything, and who, could he be consult
ed, would say, ‘Leave me to my God.’ ”
CRANE HILLS A RATTLESNAKE.
Attacked With hint and llenk I alii
tile Snake Succumbed.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 10.—A teamster,
driving on the Delaware pike, reports wit
nessing a fight between a rattlesnake and
a crane, near Lanesboro. Both were large
specimens of their variety, the snake be
ing fully five feet long.
The crane had been feeding on the car
cass of a dead lamb, when It discovered
the enake basking on a rock in the sun.
With wings half outstretched, the bird
waited for the snake to coil and strike,
and then, eluding its stroke with wonder
ful dexterily, darted at lis antagonist and
battered it with both wings and beak
before it could recoil again. Then the bird
would retreat ami wait for another op
portunity to attack.
The battle was thus waged until the lac
erated body of the snake was stretched
out, lifeless. Seizing it In its claws, the
crane, with a shriek of victory, flew away
wlih its prey to enjoy the fruits of the
encounter.
JOHN 0. BUTLER
—DEALER IN—
Paints, Oils and Glass, Sash, Doors, Blinds
■nd Builders' Supplies. Pla.n and Decora
tive Wall Paper, Foreign and Domestic
Cements, Lime, Plaster and Hair. Sols
Agent for Asbestine Cold Water Paint.
20 Congress street, west, and 13 Si. Julian
street, west.
opium
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
PERSONAL.
"SHAVING" ALL FAIMOUS MEN DO;
Dewey shaves. Dreyfus shaves; Carter
shaves, McKinley shaves; tramps seldom
do; rising, alert and sensible men gel their
shaving outfit from the old experienced
barber. 28 East Broughton Shaving Supply
House; the place to have your old razor
ground, honed, set and made to cut like
new ; barber chairs for sule or rent; barber
shops bought and sold.
THE ilwlt.MNer NEWS IS KBGWLAH-
Iy on sale at Barbee & Bandy's, iala of
liana.
CALL ON GEORGE W. PARISH FOR
lawn mowers. McCormick Reapers, bind
ers, harvesters, mowers, hay rakes, ted
ders and farm implements generally.
" buy an economist"oook~Bfova
Guaranteed in every respect. Also Quak
er City, lonic. Sunny South and Victory
stovek. C. P. Miller, Agent.
NEW STYLES IN FyRNITURErCAR"-
peta, rugs, art squares, mattings, oil cloth,
linoleums, etc., arriving daily; choice de
signs at close prices. C. I’. Miller, Agent.
STOVES. HEATERS AND TIN HOOFS
repaired. P. H. Klcrnan, 10 West State
street.
“MILLER WANTS YOUR TRADE AND
will do anything honorable 10 gel it; you
mid Miller's furniture and carpets. Sup
pose you call on him. 207 Broughton street,
west.
OTHELLO “RANGES; DOMESTIC
Sunshine, Home Sunshine. Excelsior Penn
Cook, Royal Manhattan, Cotton P.ant. for
sale by P. li. Kiernan, 10 West State
street.
"let mha 7vcn Furnish yoit r
house; he hasn’t the biggest advertisement,
but he has attractive and durable styles
of furniture and carpets ut prices that
will please.
“NEW IRON BEDS, S3.ID TO $35; WELD
made couches, $6.98 10 $35; all other goods
sold nt equally low prices. C. P. M Her,
Agent.
'“PORCELAIN LINED HATH TUB*:
syphon jet water etosets and Ihe latest
eenttary Improvements; let me glvo you
a bid. P. ii. Kiernan, 10 West State
street.
MEDICAL.
Pennyroyal Pills ure the beat. Sufe, re
liable. Take no other. Send 40. stamps
for particulars. "R-l'ef for Ladies.” In
letter by return mall. Ask your druggist.
Chichester Chemical Cos., Phllada., I'a.
“HOW ARE TOUR FEET? IF YOUn
feet are troubling you, call on me and I
will give you relief; I cure Ingrowing nails,
corn and all disease* of the feet without
pain; charges reasonable; can give the
best references In the city; pntlpnts treat
ed at residences; orders con bo left at Liv
ingston's drug store. Bull and Congress
streets; telephone 293. Lem Davis, sur
geon chiropodist.
HELP WANTED—MALE.
will work cheap ami understands his busi
ness; will be require 10 Ik- ul office at 7
a. m.; slay until he flushes; no old worn
out bookkeepers need apply; must he ac
tive und able to do hard work. Address
Progress, care Morning News.
"wanted; MANAGER and AOENTi
In every city, for cheapest and largest
line; made to order only. Established 1879.
Hunter Tailoring and Shirt Cos., Cincin
nati, O.
Wanted. an EXPERIENCED
piano and organ salesman. Address with
references. J. W. l'ease's Sons, Columbus,
Ga.
HELP WANTED—FEMALE.
WANTED. A COLORED GIRL AS
000 k and for general house work. Apply
after 9 o’clock in the morning at 324 Duffy,
west.
agents wanted.
~wantfd! SaTmedTately! uve!
wide-awake representatives to show our
line of staple household goods; more
money can Ik- made working for us than
at any other leglllmate business 111 Amer
ica to-day, and we furnish a horseless
carriage free: no representatives wanted
In large cities. Address Standard Distrib
uting Company, P. O. Box 5308, Boston,
Mass.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED.
P ETENT.
middle-aged Canadian desires position as
child’s nurse, companion or maid. Address
M. A. C., Mrs. S. C. Lee (formerly of Sa
vannah), 449 1-exington avenue. New York
oit)
“WANTED. IIY A YOUNG MAN, POSL
lion of any kind; machine shop preferred.
Address H. Ft., 507 Jones street, east, city.
“LADY DESIRES POSITION AS STl'f
nographer, typewriter, assistant book
keeper, experienced; best reference. Ad
dress A. It., care News.
ROOMS WANTED.
‘"'‘wXNXlsiCTrYToUNGf'm
ern room, north of Jones street, between
Barnard and Drayton. Address "Young
Man,” care News.
— 1 .'I 1 " 1 —i
HOARD WANTED.
BOARD WANTED BY COUPLE,
without children; state terms. Address P.
O. Box 364.
WANTED— MISCELLANEOUS.
WANTED, A SMALL TUGOAT, StTlT
able for towing rafts of logs. Address, with
description, giving size of engine, ag<*
price, etc., to E. P. Burton & Cos., Charles
ton, 8. C. Box 246.
FOR RENT—ROOMS.
FOR RUNT, FLAT OF FOUR OR FIVE
rooms, centrally located. P. O. 217.
“25 YORK, EAST, WELL APPOINTED
flat four rooms; possession Oct. 1; rent rea
sonable. C. P. Miller.
“RENT, FLAT AND BASEMENT FOR
small family. 12 Jones street, east.
FOR RENT— HOUSES.
FOR RENT, THAT DESIRABLE
house. No. 322 Harris street, east, contain
ing nine rooms und bath; has Just been pul
In thorough repair. Apply to J. F.
Brooks, 15 Bay ctroct, west.
ELEGANT” NEW RESif) ENCE, WE ST
Liberty, ten rooms, modern conveniences,
erfctne lights, bells, speaking tubes tiled
bathroom 4, as, etc. John Funk.
“LARGE DWELLING, 228 WEST Llff
erty; fifteen rooms, Just remodeled. John
Funk.
216 AND 218 HUNTINGDON STREET,
west. Apply 212 Hall street, west. Pos
session Oct. 1.
2U feOLTON, WEST, possession
Oct. 1. Apply on premises.
* RESIDE.'.'!'E, 417 GASTON STREET
east; In perfect order and condition; all
modern conveniences; cheap rent to desir
able tenant. Estate Salomon Cohen, West
Broad and Broughton.
COSY, COMFORTABLE HOUSE, *l7
Waldburg street, east; newly painted in
side and outside; newly papered; every
convenience; to right tenant 32S the month.
Est. Salomon Cohen, West Broad and
Broughton
FOII HEAT—STORES.
Of'ttTk^NEV?
small stores, in rear of Whitfield budding;
desirable location; low rent. Apply W. M.
,t W. e. Coney.
~STOKE FOR RENT. CORNER IlAR
nard and I’ark avenue, formerly occupied
by L. B. Greer. Apply to J. F. Brooks;,
15 Bay street, west.
'STORE for kentTcoknkr liber
ty and Whitaker streets. Apply to IS lib
erty street, west.
FOII RENT—OFFICES.
ROOMS
to rent on second and third lloors In City
Hole! Building. 21 Bay street, west. W.
C. Gilbert, care 11. Solomon & Son.
FOR SALE—HEAL ESTATE. ’
bath room: neighborhood excellent; for
sale, cheap. Boatotlice Box 335.
~RESIDENCES AND BUILDING LOTS
for sale all over the city on easy terms by
Robert 11. Tatem, real estate dealer, No. I
York street, west.
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FOU SALE—IRtiI.LAEUtiJ.
45 81 1 ER CENT. 3-YEAR BONDS FOU
sale. For particulars, Box 152, Sanford,
Fla
THOROUGHBRED BEAGLE MOUNDS
for sale; best rabbit doss on earth.; trained
Reas leu. 315,1X8) a par; pupa, 37.00 a |>alr.
Address M. T. Sanders, l’enlleld, Ga.
FOR SALE. A SECOND-HAND STEIN*
way square piano ill best order. Apply
Llppman Bros.
FOR SALE, GOOD CROSSTIE LOC.Y
tion; teams, hands and commissary;frelght
so os to allow 10c clear on every tie; write
at oneo to 8., Kinney, Fla.
"FOR’ SALE, LARGE LOT FENCING
and second liand lumber in quantities tej
suit purchasers, at corral, east of city. J*
I’. Brown, Agent, 3u7 West Broad street*
“TWO BEAUTIFUL NEW LAUNCHES
for sale. Gas engine. No heat, no am„ke,
no engine man, pilot, or fireman required.
No license, no maich. flame or tire. No
wood or cool; no offensive odor: no noisy,
exhaust, underway in 15 seconds. Boats like
these were selected for use at lb© Omuhts
Exhibition, and they ran from June to
November, 12 to 16 hours per day, without
any repairs or a mishap of any nature*
The 16-fi.ot boat is 3 W>, and the 25-foot
bout 3<<xl. Llppman Bros, Agents.
-EXCELSIOR, ALL GRADES, ~C. AL
Mcßride &. Cos., F. O. Box, 255 Savannah.
Ga.
“FOR SALET ONE NANCY- HANKS
horse power hay press cheap; also four
mules and two horses. Apply to C. C.
Beetle, Bay street extension and August*
road.
"FOR BALE, UP-TO-DATE. WELL ES*
tabllshed restaurant In the best business
town In the state, among the mountains
above Atlanta; good reason for selling.
Address Bargain, care the News.
LUST AM) Ft)LAD.
LOST, t)N BROUGHTON, BETWEEN!
Drayton and Jefferson streets, about IS
o'clock, four keys on chain. Please leave
at 511 Gwinnett street, cast. Suitable re
wurd.
LOST; A Hl'Ni'U” >f“+JIRGE KEYS,
tied on fiddle string. Reward If returned)
to News office.
“LOST, BETWEEN FLORIDA CEN
tral and Peninsular yard and city. 1 cow.
Lead and while speckled cow; very thin.
Reward at No. 312 Charlton ntreet, west,
.at ).
LOST, ONE TYREE RAILROAD
l)ook; please return to pilot’s office, Bay
street, cast, issued to John Daniels, May
20, 1899.
LEGAL NOTICES.
NTmTjTIDTT)KBToTtS~ANLr'I^^
OttS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.-.
Notice is hereby given to all persons hav.
Ing demands against 111. Rev. Thomas A.
Becker, lale of said county, deceased, ta
present them to me. pro;>eriy made out.
within Ihe lime prescribe*/ by law, so as
to show tHeir character and amount; anl
a.I persons indebted to said deceased are
required to make immediate payment 141
me. 11ENJ. J. KEILEY.
Executor,
Savannah, Ga.. Aug. 15. 1899.
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PROPOSALS WANTED.
I luiiae- Budding, Savannah, Ga., Sept. H
pP, -Sealed proposals w ill be received at
Ihis office until 2 o'clock p. m. on the 23r<|
day of September, 1899, und then opened,
for repairs, painting, etc., at the above
named building Copies or the speclflca*
Uon may he had at this office.
JOHN H. DEVEAUX, Custodian.
JAP-A-LACI
The new finish for Floors, Oil Clothe,
Linoleum, etc. The "Greatest Reviver” of
old wood work and furniture. "Easily ap
plied. Quickly dried.” J
F. W. DEVOE & CO.
TUBE PAINTS.
10, 15 AND 20 CENTS
SiieinPil.GteMlPfwCi)..
NO. 9 WHITAKER STREET. 1
DUCKO’S
HBS Alimentary
Elixir
{s highly recommended as a remedy for
mm diseases and as a preventive for
typhoid, malarial aud all kinds of lovers
ARfiilK. K. Foimera A I’o.. Now York
SCURE YOURSELF!
I' )li*r O for unnatural
Jim harm's, inilani mat ions,
rritationn or ulceration*
>( mucous mum lira nus.
Painless, aud not Mtriji
, gent ..r poisonous.
No Id by lirngristfl,
or aunt In plain wrapper,
l.y express, prepaid, fo*
it no, ~r 3 bottle*, -.7A.
Circular sent on rtxjuoffc
FOR SALE
One STEAM PROPELLER, In good
working condition, newly painted; length
70 feet, beam 14 feet, draft loaded 3 feet
9 Inches, carries 1,400 bushels of corn, oe
30,000 feet of lumber. Apply to
E, S. WILLEY,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
OLD NEWSPAPERS. 200 for 2a cents, a{
l Business OUice Mo ruing News,
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