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LEONIDS DID NOT APPEAR.
I/AST 111 OUT DHOIGIIT FEWER
THAN THU NIGHT BEFORE.
Camera CJnl> Member* Again Observ
ed From the I>e Soto Hoof—Daring
Twenty Minnie* of Watching Not
n Single Leonid Pnt in an Ap
pearnnee—Chance for Anything
Tike a D!*play Seem* Very Slight.
Air. Ashmore Give* the Possible
Explanation—Earth Mny Have
Struck Where Meteor* Are Few.
I,a*t Night ttfll the Last for Ob
servation by the t ilth.
The Leonid* should have begun appear
ing at about 1 o'clock this morning. The
night before the Ilrst shot from the con
stellation at 1:04. hut last night there had
not been a single one up to 1:20 o'clock.
The night was cloudless, and if there had
been any of the Leonids those who so nar
rowly watched the heavens from the roof
of the De Soto for their appearance would
certainly have seen them. It now looks
very much as though there is to be noth
ing approaching a display of the Leonids.
Mr. Otis Ashmore was among the Cam
era Club members who observed ihc heav
ens from the roof. He thought it rather
strange that ihe Leonids had not begun to
put in an appearance. In answer to a
query, he said it was quite possible that
the earth may have clianctd to strike u
course through the belt of inett-ors ac
companying Tempers comet around the
sun that intercepted but comparatively tew
of them. Ho sajs it is quite char that
theie must be breaks In the continuity of
the stream of meteors, as astronomical
hisiory proves that the display of 1533 was
greater than that of 1886, ihe earth, there
fore, having encountered a denser aggre
gation of the meteors etn the former date.
Keen disappointment was felt by Mr.
Ashmore In the failure of the night, up
to the time of his talk, to bring forth
a display. He had anticipated that last
night would be the lime when the Leonids
would come In greatest numbers, anel their
non-appearance impressed him with the
belief that the chances of a display are
greatly lessened.( lie said, however, that
to-night may bring a shower of the Leon
ids, as it cannot be told with certainty
Just when the phenomenon will reach its
maximum.
No doubt is entertained by Mr. Ashmore
that the earth is passing through the belt
of meteors. That is evidenced by the
number seen the night before. He said
Ihe members of the club observed eighteen
in all, or throe times as many <ta may be
seen on an ordinary night. The average
for any night, Mr. Ashmore said, Is from
four to eight, so that the eighteen noted
must have been Leonids, a fact also dem
onstrated by their having uniformly start
ed from the constellation Leo, a circum
stance peculiar to the meteors, and from
which they derive their name.
The plate has not yet been developed,
but it is believed the camera that Is kept
trained on the heavens had one of the Leo
nids of Tuesday nlgbt pass across its field.
Fifteen minutes’ exposure is allowed the
plates, and the members of the club be
lieve they caught one of the eighteen Le
onids that flashed across the heavens.
The work of the camera has been ex
cellent, and regret is felt that the Leonids
were not seen In numliers sufficient to ad
mit of good photographs of the display be
ing taken.
Last night nt about 1:15 a bright meteor
flashed out, leaving a green light In its
wake. It was not a Leonid, however, Mr.
Ashmore designating It a chance meteur,
as it had not come from the direction of
the constellation Leo.
No observation will be held by the club
to-night. Members will doubtless keep
a lookout on their own responsibility, this
being .Mr. Ashmore’s intention, but he
says no effort will be made to secure pho
tographs.
MAY go INTO THE COMBINE.
Proposition Made to Georgia Tele
phone Company.
Sir. W. A. Bisbee, president of the Geor
gia Telephone Company, returned to the
city yesterday after a business trip to New
York. White in New York Sir. Bisbee was
In conference with representatives of the
Continental Telephone and Telegraph
Company, which has plans for consolidat
ing all of the Independent telephone lines
In the country. Such an organization, said
Mr. Bisbee. will lie an excellent thing for
the small lines and the completion of the
project is assured, as the promoters have
practically unlimited capital and me. It is
understood, backed by the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
Just what W'as the nature of the confer
ence between the consolidation, and Mr.
Bisbee, he is at present not in a position
to make public, but will lay the matter
before the board of directors of the Geor
gle Telephone Company. No definite date
for the meeting of thesboard has been set,
but It probably will be soon.
The Continental Telephone and Tele
graph Company expects to have in
every part of the United Btates, and plans
for carrying out this gigantic enterprise
have already been formulated. The Inten
tion is to secure all Independent lines that
can be had and bulkl competing lines to
those that cannot be secured.
The promoters are practical telephone
men who will pursue an aggressive policy,
and Sir. Bisbee thinks that they are sure
to succeed, and that it is only a question
of a short time when there will le but
two great telephone lines In the country,
Ihe Continental and the Bell, for, though
there was recently incorporated in New
Jersey anew telephone company with a
capital of P0.000.00t) many of the men in
terested in the Continental, are prominent
ly connected with it, and it is pretty sure
to work In harmony with that cornrany,
and will probably become a part of It.
Whatever may be the result of the meet
ing of the board of directors of the Geor
gia Telephone Company in regard to the
matters that Mr. Bisbee will p ace before
them it will have no effect on the work
that is now going on on the line in Savan
nah, as it Is the intention of the company
to push It to completion ns rapidly as pos
sible. In this the company is somewhat
hampered by its Inability to secure mate
rial, ail the factories in the country be
ing behind on orders. .Meantime such
work as can be don- is being pushed for
ward and the line will opt n for business’in
a comparatively short time.
WILL HE HEARD AT MACON.
Judge Speer Will Decide Bankrupt
cy Cne* There Till* Month.
A number of the bankruptcy cases (bet
have been filed with the clerk of the
United States District Court In Savannah
have been set for a hearing before Judge
Speer at Macon during the latter part of
the present month. This course of action
will result in a material reduction of thi
number of cases that would have had to
be tried when the court convenes in Sa
vannah, on Dec. 4. The policy of osslgn
*ng bankruptcy cases for heating at Ma
-fon has been generally pursued, when the
residence of the parties was as close to
that city as to this.
TWO BRILLIANT WEDDINGS.
Iv a yton-It n*rn be i m anil Hodxn-
Hnhrrt Nuptial* Social Event*.
The handsome residence of Mr. and Mia.
Lewis Kayton on the i'ark Extension was
the scene last evening of a brilliant cere
mony, which united in matrimony, Mr.
David J. Rosenheim and Miss Bert
Kayton-the eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Kayton.
The spacious rooms were all thrown
open and lavishly decorated with pafins
and cut flowers. The entrance hall was
like some sylvan scene, with an arch of
palms and bimbo- overhead and foliage
plants on every side. At the foot of the
broad stairs a low platform had been erect
ed and I ere ihe ceremony was performed.
A love this was the canopy, which was
wreathed with smthixxnnd studded with
white carnations and lilies of the valley,
and in n alcove 1> neath the stair-way, the
orchestra was stationed behind a screen
of tamboo and palms. The reception room
to th left of the entrance was a I rned
with great vas- s of American Beauty
ros s. while the dancing hall on the right
was hall concealed by a curtain of smilax
which fell from the great folding doors.
Promptly at half past 6 o'clock the
strains of the wedding march from Lohen
grin announced the approach of the bride
who, preceded by the maid of honor, des
cended ihe stairway cn the arm of
her la her. Hotel in an exqui
site gown of guipure lace over
a satin slip veiled with chiffon she made
a charming picture. Her tulle veil was
fastened wilh a tiny spray of orange blos
soms, and she wore no jewels. Her shower
bouquet was composed of white carnations
and lilies of the valley.
The maid of honor, Miss Ruth Kayton,
was gowned In white crepe de chine, trim
med with Bruges lace, and carried a beau
tiful bouquet of crimson carnations. Tile
groom and his best man, Mr. Hermair Ro
senheim, met the bride beneath the can
opy, which was brilliantly lighted by elec
tricity, and here, after the ceremony had
been performed by Rev. I. P. Mendes,
the bridal couple received the congratu
lations of the assembled guests.
An elaborate collation followed in
the dancing hall, which had been
converted, for the occasion, into a
supper room, and effectively deco
rated with pink and white chry
santhemums. The guests were seated at
three long tables, and these w-cre adorned
with wreaths of pink carnations and sml
lux. At the far end of the room the fold
ing doors were throw n open into the din
ing room, where, on a slightly raised plat
form, the table for the bridal guests was
placed. The flowers in this room were
pure white, the table decorated with car
nations and lilies of the valley. Music
was enjoyed throughout the banquet, and
the evening closed with a dance, during
which Mr. and Mrs. Rosenheim left for
their bridal tour. On tlielr return from
the North they will reside on Park avenue
and Habersham streets.
Forty or fifty guests were present at the
ceremony and reception, among the stran
gers being Mrs. Grubfelder, Mrs. N.
Kauffman, Miss Florette Rosenheim and
Mr. Philip Rosenheim, all of New York,
and Mrs. Sidney Rosenbaum of Richmond!
Hubert—Hot! ge*.
At noon yesterday at the First Baptist
Church was solemnized the marriage o£
Mr. Robert B. Hubert and. Miss Josephine
Hodges, only daughter of Air. and Mrs.
John Quincy Hodges. Rev. John B. Jor
dan, pastor of the church, performed the
ceremony, and Prof. Snow rendered the
musical selections.
The weather, which was threatening in
the early part of the day. cleared off in
time to shine very brightly on the bride
and was all that could be desired. Mr. C.
IV. West, Jr., Mr. Frank Morris, Mr. W.
\V. Shepherd, and Mr. J. W. Parker, were
the ushers, and led the way up the central
aisle. Miss Emily Lovell Crawford, the
maid of honor, followed them, gowned in
pale gray Venetian cloth trimmed with
white velvet. Her gray and white hat was
turned up with a* half wreath of shaded
orange velvet flowers and she carried a
bouquet of La France rotes tied with satin
ribbons. The bride entered the church on
the arm of her father, who gave her away.
Her handsome costume was of castor cloth
with bands of velvet In a slightly darker
shade. The close fitting bodice was trim
med with an applique of heavy while lace,
and she wore a toque of velvet with iri
descent wings. Her ttouquet was of white
bride roses and asparagus fern.
The groom and his best man, Mr. J.
Quincy ilodges, Jr., met the bride at the
altar, where the ceremony was performed
beneath a group of stately palms. Mendels
sohn's Wedding March was played as a re
cessional. A small reception, at which
were present only the near relatives and
bridal party, followed at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Hodges on Gordon street,
west. In one of the parlors the beautiful
wedding presents were exhibited and these
were in such numbers that the popularity
of the young people was well attested.
From the Southern Express Com
pany, in whose employ Mr. Hubert has
been for several years, was a handsome
cabinet of oak and glass, whi'e three
chests of silver, and cut glass, pictures and
bric-a-brac were among the many gifts
received. At 1 o'clock the happy pair left
for AVashington, D. C., and after an ab
senre of a week or two they will return to
Savannah and make their home for tie
ptesent with the pnientsof the bride. Mr.
Hubert is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
Hubert of Quitman, but who has been for
the past few years a resident of Savannah,
where he lias made many warm friends.
Miss Hodges, the bride, has been a
popular member of society, and is both
lovable and attractive.
HAVE TO CAKE FOR THE GUNS.
Grass at Fort Screven May Not Have
the Desired Result.
The turf that is being laid on
the slop* leading to batteries at
Fort Screven on Tybee Is and may
or may not result in the benefit
the officers are hoping for. It is their
wish, fervently shared bj* every enlisted
man of the garrison, that the grass may
prevent ihe wind biowing the sand into
the guns. It is said the slope leading to
one of the batteries was sid led some time
ago, but the iru am re did not prove effica
cious, the sand only sifting upon the grass
and killing it.
The intention now is to sod n sufficient
area to prevent t ls encroachment of the
sand. It is expected that it may run up
an 1 kill a portion of the graSs set out. but
that nearer the guns, it is hoard, will be
siuied as a protection for them.
It is said one of the greatest trials the
soldiers at the fort have to inlure Is that
of cleaning the guns after a wind. The
sand is blown in so that the artillerymen
first of all have to use shovels to throw It
out of the fortifications. Then a force
pump Is brought Into rIV, worked by six
or eight men, and a stream of w ater is
thrown into and all over the guns. After
they ate thoroughly washed free of the
sand they have to be dried perfectly unit
th. n oifed. All that Invalv s ro little nil or.
The garrison believes the government
will, in course of time, reclaim Ihe whole
reservation from ihe sands. Th t H the
policy that has been atoptel where simi
lar trouble has h en cncountired. turf be
ing planted almost to the high water
mark.
Oak, Fine itud Blackjack.
Cut any length, for sale by R. B. Cas
sels, 708 East Gwinnett street. Telephone
J7.—ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1899. -
ALDERMEN TO SEE THE SIGHTS
THEY WILL VISIT THE MIDWAY
SATURDAY NIGHT.
An Invitation From the Pythian Fair
Committee Accepted by City Conn
ell—A Committee Will Take the
Aldermen in Hand and See to It
That They See the AVhole Thing.
Many Matter* Before Council—'The
Hvnnion Committee's Invitation
Accepted—Florida. Central and
Penln*ular Railroad to Have Its
Own Police Force.
An invitation from the General Commit
tee of the Knigtits of Pythias Hail Asso
ciation to visit the Street Fair and Mid
way Carnival at the parade ground any
night this week they might select was re
ceived and accepted by the City Council
last night. The invitation slated that a
committee of the association would receive
the aldermen at Hall and Whitaker streets
and conduct them through the fair and
carnival grounds, introducing them to all
the Oriental and other mysteries and see.
ing to it that they missed nothing that
was either strange or peculiar. Whether
the aldermen will be treated to a special
exhibition of the fuzzy-wuzzy dance the
invitation did not state, but the commit
tee doubtless stands ready to provide any
thing called for.
The faces of the aldermen wore an in
terested look when the invitation was
read. Aldermen Thomas and Williams
smiled In a non-committal sort of way, but
nobody offered any objections and the In
vitation was accepted with thanks. Satur
day nlgtit was selected as the occasion for
the visit, as some of the aldermen had
engagements for the two intervening
nights.
An Invitation was also received from
the Southeastern Fair Association of
Brunswick for -the Mayor and aldermen
to visit that city and take part in the
exercises of Governor’s day, Nov. 30. The
clerk was instructed to return the thanks
of the board for the Invitation.
The petition of the Georgia and Ala
bama, Southern, Plant System and Flor
ida Central and Peninsular Railways for
certain rights of way and certain grants
from the city in connection with the erec
tion by those companies of anew union
depot on West Broad street and the ex
tension of their tracks thereto. Acting
Mayor Tiedeman said that it would prob
ably be best to refer the petition to the
Committee on Streets and Lanes and
Opening Streets, as the questions involved
came under the Jurisdiction of both. Al
derman Thomas said he would not eare to
vote upon the petition without going over
the ground and suggested that the peti
tion be referred to the Committee of the
AA'hole. This was agreed to. The com
mittee will doubtless name an early date
for a visit to the section affected by the
petition in company with the city engineer
and director of public works, when the offi
cials and engineers of the companies
interested will also doubtless be Invited to
be present and explain their plans.
The invitation from Col. John Screven,
chairman of the Joint Committee in charge
of the Confederate reunion, inviting the
Mayor and aldermen to take part in the
exercises of the reunion Nov. 22, 23, and 24,
and to participate in the parade and re
view on the afternoon of Nov. 23, was re
ceived and accepted with thanks.
The petition of John F. Cedes for license
to retail liquor at Whatley avenue and
the Middleground road caused some dis
cussion, the location being outside the
city limits but within the city's jurisdic
tion, Alderman Thomas contended that
Council had no right to grant the license
under the state law prohibiting the grant
ing of licenses at any place outside of in
corporated towns within three miles of a
church. Other members of the board were
of the opinion that as the law did not ap
ply to territory within the city's jurisdic
tion. The license was granted, Alderman
Thomas and Jarrell voting in the nega
tive.
Two communications were received from
O. E. Cohen, secretary to the Board of
Pilotage Commissioners. The first gave
notice that owing to the removal of Mr.
Joseph Hull from the city a vacancy had
been created in the board, and recom
mended the name of Capt. George P.
Walker as a suitable person for the place.
The second gave notice that the term of
James M. Barnard, Jr., as pilotage com
missioner, had expired, and re-commend
ed his reappointment. As under the or
dinance providing for the election of pi
lotage commissioners ten days' notice Is
required to be given of an election, the
clerk was Instructed to publish notices ac
cordingly.
A petition frqm Agent R. G. Trezevant
of the Central of Georgia Railway, re
questing that three additional Are alarm
boxes be placed on the company’s wharf,
was referred to the Committee on Fire,
with power to act. It Is understood that
the petition will be granted. The new
alarm boxes are wanted for the additions
to the Central wharves, which were com
pleted some time since, but which have
never been provided with fire alarm boxes.
A communication was received from
Mary A. Waring and P. Alston Waring,
as executors of the Waring estate, an
nouncing that they had given the city a
lot of land on Waldburg street, east of
Price, some years since, on con
dition that a fire engine house
be located there. The lot Is at present oc
cupied by Volunteer Hose Reel No. 3.
The petitioners stated that they dkl not
consider a hose reel as coming within, the
terms of the agreement, and requested
that a fire engine be supplied in Its stead.
Mr. John J. Hnlligan petitioned Coun
cil for 350 compensation for work perform
ed by him in discharging the duties of
plumbing inspector in July during Ihe ab
sence of Ins|ector Campos from the city.
The arrangement, it seems, was made with
Mr. Hnlligan by Inspector Campos, with
the consent of the Board of Plumbing In
spectors, and the bill was approved by
that board. When the hill reached Mayor
Myers, however, it was turned dowtrby
him, ns he was aware of the fact that the
Board of Plumbing Inspectors had no au
thority to approve bills. The Finance
Committee will consider the matter.
A proposition was received from Messrs.
G. T. and J. F. Cann offering the ciiy $3,501
for the ten acres of land owned by the city
at the intersection of Gwinnett and West
Boundary streets.
A petition was received from M. J. Sol
omons and others, calling attention to the
fact that the petitioners had previously pe
titioned tho Council on the subject of pav
ing Gwinnett street from Whitaker street,
west, and requesting that action be taken
In the matter.
The ordinance granting the Florida, Cen
tral and Peninsular Railroad the right to
establish and conduct a police force for the
protection of Its property on Ihe same
terms as now enjoyed by other railroad
companies of the city, wee read a second
time and passed.
A petition was received from Dr. S. A.
White, requesting that the city reimburse
him the sum of $39.13 damages suffered by
him by reason of the action of the city
marshal in compelling him to pay for re
pairs to sidewalk in front of his property
on Oglethorpe avenue. Dr. White state's
In his ftetllion that the sidewalk was not
in need of repair, and that, besides, a por
tion of the walk was private property, for
the sale of which he was then dealing with
the city. He was also preparing to erect
three houses on his property, which work
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WINNERS OF THE PRIZES.
Judge*' Award* In the Camera Clnb
Contest*.
The fall exhibition of the Camera Club
practically closed last night with the
award of the prizes. The club rooms will
be open to visitors to-day, however, from
4 to 8 o'clock in the afternoon and from 8
to 10 o'clock at night to exhibit the prize
pictures, wtdoh will be marked and will
be exhibited under the artists’ names. The
entire collection will remain in the club
rooms for a few days and the prize pic
tures will remain there permanently.
In the portrait class the first prize was
awarded to Mr. H. C. Shuptrine; subject,
portrait of a lady. The second prize was
awarded to Dr. W. F. Aiken; subject, a
portrait study. Tho third prize was won
by Mr. D. Van Wagenen; subject, mother
and child.
In the landscape class Dr. Atkcn won
the first prize, his subject being a field
in September. Mr. A. Jerger won the sec
ond prize on a picture of a mountain
stream with lady fishing. The third prize
went to Mr. Shuptrine %or a moonlignt
scene on the rice fields.
In the class devoted to pictures on other
than paper, Mr. Jerger won both the first
and second prizes, for landscapes on
opals and Mr B. J. Apple the third prize
for a landscape on celluloid.
The club medal for the l>est set of four
pictures, two In each of the two classes,
was won by Mr. Shuptrine.
While the awards contained some sur
prises, the Judges' report was unanimously
approved by the club. The merit of each
picture was Judged with regard to six
points, each point having equal weight In
making a decision: f'hoice of subject, Its
Inherent artistic qualities; composition and
lighting, posing in portraits; technical dif
ficulty of subject for the camera, that is,
portraits of children harder than adults,
and orthchromatic views than plain ones;
excellence of photographic methods, light
and chemical effect, exposure, develop
ment, printing, toning, etc.; artistic con
ception and presentation of the subject
as a picture, breadth, vigor or charm of
treatment; values of light and shade, and
color scheme; general effectiveness, legit
imately obtained; general workmanship,
finish and good taste shown in picture as
a whole, including trimming, mounting
and framing.
Uniformity of excellence In two classes
was the guide in awarding the club medal,
rather than the superiority of any Indi
vidual picture, as the all-around ability
of the artist received that distinction.
the judges. Miss Wilkins and Messrs.
Launey and Theus, devored the entire sec
ond afternoon of the exhibition to mak ng
up their report. The members of the c ub
appreciate the artistic Judgment apparent
in the ttwards, which none can fall to see
were made upon the irue merit of the pic
tures.
The report of the Judges was made to
the efub through Ihe entertainment com
mittee at its regular m eting last right.
Among other business transacted was a
change In the rules for Album Nights,
providing that Ihe best picture selected on
each album night be framed and hung on
the walls of the club room.
Mr. Otis Ashmore was elected an honor
ary member of the club, and Is the sec
ond on the honorary membership f.at.
SEWING ROOM FOR THE POOR.
Management of Louisa Porter Home
to Open One To-morrow Morning.
The Louisa Porter Home will open a
sewing room for the purpose of furnishing
employment to the poor at 10 o’clock to
morrow mbt-nlrig. The end contemplated
by the committee in charge la two-fold,
for not only will employment, at reason
ably remunerative wages, be given to de
serving women, but the garments made
will be sold to them at the cost price
of the materials consumed.
The sewing room will be opened at the
Home, at the corner of Drayton and
Chariton streets, and those who desire to
take advantage of the opportunities thus
presented may do so by application to any
member of the committee. The general
idea controlling the management of the
Home in again beginning this work is to
relieve the charity of the feature of utter
and complete dependence and make some
work essential before it Is received. It is
also hoped to make it partially self-sup
porting, by the sale of the garments made
by the women who attend at the sewing
room, both to themselves und to others.
The money so received will be devoted
by the committee to the purchase of more
material and more work will thus be
given out. Orders will be received from
the public generally for plain sewing of
all kinds, and those who give these orders
will be enabled to make their charity help
in two ways. Not only will they give em
ployment to deserving women, but they
will meet the expense incurred in the pur
chase of other material and keep the sew
ing room a permanent and successful insti
tution.
The committee of the society having this
particular branch of the work in charge
consists of Mesdames George J. Baldwin,
C. M. Gilbert, George W. Oweps, A. It!
Lawton, Belrne Gordon and " Octavus
Cohen, The project is the renewal of a
sewing room once before successfully
conducted at the Home, but which was
suspended about a year ago because of a
lack of funds. The members of the com
mittee indulge the hope that the room will
now and in the future receive liberal pat
ronage form the public and that the un
fortunate condition of affairs that occur
red in the past will not be permitted to
confront it or impair its usefulness in the
future.
LOOKING AFTER THE STEAMBOATS.
Gen. Dumont mill Supervising In
spector Oast in Savannah.
Gen. James A. Dumont of Washington,
supervising inspector general of steam
vessels, and Mr. J. W. Oast or Norfolk,
supervising inspector for the Third dis
trict, embracing the waters of the Atlantic
coast south of Philadelphia, are in tho
city on an official visit. They are visit
ing the South Atlantic porta and will de
vote to-day to Savannah.
Gen. Dumont has been nearly a quarter
of a century at the head of the steam ves
sel inspection service and largely through
his ability and efforts it has become one of
the most effective branches of the govern
ment service.
After leaving Savannah both G.n. Du
mont and Mr. Oast will visit the Jackson
ville district.
In its peculiar ability to Invigorate the
body and give tone to the system, lies
the great value of Cook's Imperial Extra
Dry Champagne.—ad.
American Whiskies.
Lippman Brothers carry in stock the
most noted brands.
Antediluvian is a celebrated whiskey,
bottled by Osborne of New York, and are
safe In saying it is one of the best
whiskies in the city.
The Peoria Rye Whiskey, bottle In bond
by Clark Bros, of Peoria, 111., is ulso a
fine whiskey.
The Peerless whiskey, bottled In bond at
Hendersonville, Ky„ being under the su
pervision of the United States government
insuring purity and strength.
Lippman Bros, are wholesale druggists,
but they intend to retail these fine whis
kies.
The Hunter whiskey is also one of their
specialties,—ad.
FERTILIZERS WILL COST MORE
HEAVY ADVANCES IX PHOSPHATES
AXD OTHER MATERIALS.
Manufacturers Say That the Advance
Is Due Entirely to the Prices ot
All Materials and Supplies Enter-
In* Into the Cost of Fertilizer.
Manager John IV. llniter, of At
lanta, Discusses the Vlrsinln-Car
olfna-Chetulcal Company— ls Xot a
Trust, He Says, Dot a Large Con
cern Which Has House lit Out Many
Other Companies.
The farmers of the south will pay more
for their fertilizers this year than they
did fast year or have paid for several
years. There are two reasons for this. One
is that about 90 per cent, of the fertilizer
factories in this section have hern bought
by one concern which has unlimited capi
tal behind it. The other is that there has
been a very heavy advance within the last
year of everything enter.ng into the man
ufacture of fertilizers, including not only
a!l classes of materials used, but in ma
chinery and miJl suppiies generally re
quired by the factories in their operations.
These advances are well known and have
necessarily caused an increase in the cost
of fertilizers. Whether the cost to the con
sumer will be increased beyond the nat
ural increase, due to the higher price of
materials, as a result of the formation of
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
remains to be seen.
Mr. John W. Huger, formerly vice p et
ident and general manager of the Commer
ciol Guano Company, but now manager for
the southeastern division of the Virginia-
Carolina Chemical Company, with
headquarters at Atlanta, was in the
city yesterday. Mr. Huger was seen by a
Morning News reporter, and asked to give
some account of the organization and ex
tent of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company, and also as to the prospective
increase in the cost of fertilizers, as the
result of the various influences alluded
to.
The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com
pany was formed three years ago
by the amalgamation of a few factories
in Virginia,” said Mr. Huger. "They saw
the severe competition there was between
the companies in the Carolinas and Geor
gia, where the companies, on account of
this competition, were making nothing;
hence they thought it to their interest to
amalgamate their interests in the Vir
ginias and North Carolina to preserve a
legitimate profit in the business. From
time to time tbi? company has bought up
other companies. until now it
lias become a corporation with a capi
tal of 124,000,000, being managed under sub
divisions. The two Virginias being in one
division, the Carolinas in another, and
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
and Tennessee in another. This latter
division will be controlled and managed by
Mr. John W. Huger, with headquarters
at Atlanta, Ga., having branch offices in
the principal cities in his division.”
Mr. Huger stated that he looked for a
very material advance in the price of fer
tilizers for the season of 1899-1900, ranging
from $1.50 to $2.50 per ton over last sea
son's prices. This is caused by the sharp
advance during the last six months of ali
crude materials used in the manufacture
of fertilizers. Phosphate rock, which en
ters largely into the manufacture of fer
tilizers, being the source of phosphorle
acid, one of the plant foods, has advanced
over 100 per cent. This is caused by the
large European demand. During the month
of August alone over 97,000 tons were ex
ported and sales can be made in Europe
of this article at from $7 to $lO per ton.
f. o. b. United States ports.
"Pyrites and brimstone, from which sul
phur is extracted and used in the manu
facture of suiphurio acid to treat the
phosphate rock with, has advanced over
50 per cent. All ammoniacal material,
such as blood, tankage and cotton seed
meal, the source from which ammonia is
obtained, has advanced several dollars per
ton. Cotton seed meal, which is a large
factor as a source of ammonia, averaging
about $5 per ton higher this year than
last.
"Wiih these heavy advances in fertilizer
material it will be impossible to furnish
the consumers with fertilizers at previous
prices. Many of the companies which have
sold out to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company have not earned 5 per cent, on
their investments for the last several
years. The object of the Virginia-Caro
lina Chemical Company is not to ndvance
prices beyond the cost of manufacturing
and a legitimate profit; by having such a
large company its aim is to reduce the
cost of manufacturing by reducing ex
penses lo a minimum, and ns they buy
their material in large lots they necessar
ily get them cheaper than individual
companies could do. enabling them to sell
cheaper. It is a mistaken idea to think
thut this company i3 a trust. It is one
solid company, owning in toto the entire
plants of the various other companies
they have purchased.”
There are now two large fertilizer com
panies, each of which practically domi
nates the fertilizer business in its own
field. The American Agricultural Chem
ical Company, having a capital of $40,0 0-
000, with its head office in New York now
owns practically all of the fertilizer facto
ries north of the Potomac river.
The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Compa
ny began to branch out in this section
about three years ago when it a-quired
first the Berkeley Chemical Company of
Charleston. The acquisition of the Ash
lev and the Stono companies follow'd
Then the Wando, the Atlantic Phosphate
Company were* acquired and more
recently the Standard, (he Imperial and
the Edlsto. All of these names ate well
known In the history of the phespha'e
business In South Carolina. The Virginia-
Carolina Company began its work in Geor
gia about two years ago when It acquir’d
the extensive works of the Soulhein Fer
tilizer Company at Savannah, Atlanta
Rome and Cord.de, This was followed bv
the purchase of the Albany Fertilizer Com
pany, the Amerlcus Guano Company the
Atlanta Guano Company, the Social Circle
Guano Company, and the Macon Phos
phate Works. Its most recent purchases in
this section have been those of the Baldwin
Fertilizer Company of Savannah, with is
plant at Port Royal, and the. Commercial
Guano Company of Savannah and Colum
bus. All of these plants are said to have
been puVehased at good prices and for
cash.
••The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com
pany," said Mr. Huger, “cannot properly
be called a trust. A trust is a combination
of properties or companies where ail in
terests put their stock in a common pool
and received stock of the consolidated
company in exchange, usually fatgely in
excess of the real value of the props tics
The methods pursued by the Virginia-
Carollna Company have been Just the re
verse of these. It has acquired all its prop
erties I y direct purchase, prying good
prices in cash and obtaining the deeds io
the properties of which ii is the owner in
fee simple. The local companies were glad
to acc.pt of these Offers for tho reason
thnt fill Sin css has been done at a very
small profit and In many instances at no
profit at ail, for the last several years,
due to the active compel lion. One large
company, well known in Savannah, w’u h
was recently acquir.d by the Vitg n’ia-Cai
■ linu Company sold List year J6,90® tuns
of fertilizer, and its books showed at the
close of the year a gross profit of SB9O.
Many of the piants purchased by the com-
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pany had been shut down by their former
owners and have not yet been put in op
eration. These plants are now being over
hauled and will be put in operation next
year, as It is not the intention of the com
pany to close down any of the plants
which it controls. We have no intention of
increasing prices by decrcas n; the supply
of goods. Our profits will come in the
purchase of supplies and material in large
quantities and in economy of operation.”
The company which I represent has not
acquired all of the plants in this section,”
said Mr. Huger. "There are still seven
plants in Georgia, five in Alabama and two
in South Carofina, which are being oper
ated by their former owners. Among these
are the Savannah Guano Company and
the Vaidosta Guano Company. Of the
seven fertilizer plants in Atlanta the Vir
ginia-Carolina Company has only acquir
ed two.”
The officers of the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company all reside in Richmond
and are as follows: S. T. Morgan, origi
nally of Durham, N. C., president; F.
Whittle, vice president; E. R. Addison,
vice president; S. W. Travers, treasurer;
9. D. Crenshaw, secretary. They are all
Southern men.
Mr. C. H. Wilieox, president of the Sa
vannah Guano Company, when asked
about the condition of the fertilizer mar
ket, gave the same information as that
given by Mr. Huger as to the certainty of
an increased price for fertilizers next year,
because of the heavy Increase in all lines
of material and supplies.
“For the last several years,” said Mr.
Wllleox, "we had been selling fertilizers
at about as low a price as we thought
they could be sold. Last year there was
unusual depression in agricultural inter
ests in this section, due to the very low
price of cotton and the great damage done
to the crops by the storm of 1898. Many
farmers lost a great deal of their cot
ton and sold what they had left as low
as 3V4 cents a pound. Owing to this un
usual depression we were forced to make
another reduction of $1 per ton for goods.
The advance In phosphates had already
begun, but fortunately we had secured our
supplies ahead of the advance. Otherwise
we would have done business at a loss
by selling at the prices at which we did.
Phosphate rock, which had been selling at
very low prices, but for the last year it
has been steadily advancing. We paid 50
per cent, more for rock this year than we
did a year ago, and prices have advanced
since. There is also a scarcity of acid
phosphate, due to the fact that many
plants were shut down during the sum
mer for repairs and for other purposes.”
“Not only phosphate,” said Mr. Willcox,
"but practically everything else that en
ters into the cost of fertilizers has in
creased in price. Iron pyrites, from which
sulphuric acid is obtained, is selling about
50 per cent, higher. Lead, machinery and
mill supplies have advanced anywhere
from 50 to 100 per cent. Labor costs from
10 to 20 per cent. more. At Inside figures,
the increase in cost of manufacturing will
be $1.50 to $2.50 per ton. To get back the
dollar they lost last year the manufac
turers will have to increase their prices
$2.50 to $3.50 per ton. There Is a scarcity
of goods at present, and prices will prob
ably he higher In January than they are
now.”
The fertilizer plants are now hard at
work manufacturing goods for next sea
son. The traveling men are Just beginning
to go out on the road, but will do most
of their work next month. The movement
of fertilizers to the interior merchants
does not get under way until January, and
continues until March.
CARNIVAL'S SKCOXD DAY.
Crowd* of People Took In tlic
Tented Show*.
The Knights of Pythias Fair was even
more popular yesterday than it was the
day it was opened Two performances
were given, one in the afternoon and the
other at night, and both were largely at
tended; in fact, the attendance is much
better than was hoped for, and the Knights
are correspondingly happy
The afternoon performance was attend
ed almost entirely by ladies and children
of whom between 500 and GOO were present,
and these, taken in connection with the
crowd that surged through the gates for
the night show, ran the total attendance
for the day up to fully 2,000
On Friday afternoon, at the invitation
of the committee, all the orphans in the
different orphan asylums in the city will
attend the performance.
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To make room, we will sell one of the
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building. It is a 40 H. P., return tubular
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Rev. T. J. Bazemore, and pronounced it
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Mr. J. D. Waldron of Jasper, Mo„ says;
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end has about eradicated cancer on my
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Mr. J. 6. Smith of Post Oak, Tex.,
writes: I wish to recommend Graybeard’
During the time that I took It I was never
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Graybeard is sold at the best drug stores
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‘'higher crisles.” whose pretensions to
knowledge of the Hebrew language no
treats with something approaching dis
dain. Asa theologian, Prof. Margoliout'i
Is claim. <1 by the Low Church party, hut
he has none of the narrowness sometimes
associated with that school and recently
delivered an impassioned eulogy on Arch
bishop Laud, whose professorship of
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