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HAYES FOUND NOT GUILTY.
JI'RY S\ll) HE \\ JUSTIFIED l\
ASSAULTING T. .1. LA\ IER.
Haye** Dofonse Given in III* Stnie
inent on tlic Stand for flit* Firnt
Timp Sine*** Il- < ommi*ion of flu*
Assault, !>*•. 214- lie Has llefuntMl
Hitherto to Kx pin in Why lie At
tempted (o Kill Lavler—His Con
tention That He Was Forced to
Act Thus in Order to Protect the
Purity of Ills Home nn<l the V irtue
of His Wife—The Jur> ARfeeil
With Hint.
It look the jury in the case of H.
Hayes, charged with assault with intent
to murder T. J. Lavier a::d on tr ial in the
Buperi r Court yesterday, but a short half
hour to bring in a verdict for the defend
ant, pronouncing him not guilty.
The assault which led to the trial was
committed in Bigler’s Kentucky restau
rant. between 9 and 10 o’clock of Dei 23.
The bald facts of the incident, unreliev
ed by any explanation of the defendant,
made the case look sufficiently black for
him and had he not yesterday offered
a defense, antedating the commission of.
the assault, there is little or no doubt
that the jury would have found him guil
ty and tVat he would have b. en sentenced
to a good long term in the penitentiary.
The cause of the assault earner out for
the first time on the trial of the case,
Hayes having declined in the past to dis
cuss the matter and Lavier, the man as
saulted and wounded by the prisoner,
having consistently protested that he
could assign no reason for it and that he
had offered Hayes absolutely no provoca
tion As told on the stand in the trial of
the case, in the course of the defendant's
statement to the jury, Hayes had made
the assault for the purpose of preventing
the consummation of Lavier’s alleged pur
pose to take away the purity and virtue of
Hayes’ wife and destroy the happy sanc
tity of his home. The evidence given in
support and contradiction of this defense
and the arguments of counsel thereon
made the case more than usually interest
ing from beginning to end.
In the beginning Solicitor General Os
borne introduced witnesses, Patrolman
Blumberg, J. Bigler, the proprietor of the
restaurant in which the assault was com
mitted, and T. J. Lavier, the man as*
Faulted, to show the nature of the al
leged attempted homicide and the actions
of Hayes at that time. , Their evidence
chd not vary the accounts of the case
printed in the Morning News at me time,
and Messrs. W. F. Slater and R L. Gold
ing. who appeared for the defendant,
made but little effort to destroy their
force. It was apparent, even at this stage
of the case, that the defense did not rely
upon any provocation given at the time
of the assault to make its contentions f
the innocence of Ihe prisoner good in the
minds of the court and jury.
It appeared from the evidence of these
witnesses that Hayes had come into the
restaurant on the night of the assault,
sober, but apparently excited, and had
found Lavier already there and engaged
in eating his supper. Hayes ordered a
cup of coffee and place it before him,
watching Lavier closely all the time. La
vier apparently felt that Hayes meditated
an attack upon him. for ho asked the
proprietor of the restaurant call in o po
liceman and have the man arrested. Pa
trolman Blumberg was summoned and
the -41'rest was made. It was then that
the stirring incidents of the assault trans
pired.
As the officer started to the door with
his prisoner. Bigler, the restaurant pro
prietor. noticed a revolver conspicuous v
present in Hayes’ pocket, and drawing it
out gave it to the policeman. Haves, still
much excited, did not take kindly to his
arrest, and, according to the statement of
some of the witnesses, Lavier voiunt ered
his assistance in getting him to the box.
At any rate Lavier was standing between
Blumberg and his prisoner and the and or
w’hen the two former started cut of th'
place.
As Hayes was brought near man
for whom he had evidently been seeking
he jerked himself loose from the re*
straining grasp of {he officer and draw
ing h large and sharp knife from his pock
et slashed fiercely at Lavier’s back, in
flicting a painful wound near the base of
the spine. Before he could be restrain
ed Hayes had hold of Lavier and was in
flicting other wounds with the knife none
of them, though, ns serious as the one
'first given. This was the story t<4d by
all the witnesses for the state and the de
fense made but little effort to weaken the
effect of this testimony.
Having proved the case, prims facie,
against Hayes, the state rested and the
prisoner was put on the stand to make his
statement. It created a sensation.
Hayes said that he had assaulted Lavier
in order to protect the honor and the vir
tue of his wife, that the man he had as
sailed had attempted to destroy. Lavier
said Hayes to the jury, had lived in the
same, house with his wife and himself fo
many months and he ha 1 thought the
man his friend and well-wisher. He had
trusted him completely, until a night not
many weeks before the assault was com
mitted. when he had returned home to
And a light burning in the room of his
wife and some on* . he could not tell who
in the room with her. As he ent red •h >
house tie heard the unknown leaving by
the back way and rushing into the yar 1
had found Lavier concealed in an out
house.
■An angry Interview at once ensued, ac
companied by thr* ats on the one hand atni
prayers and entreaties on the other, lai
vier sa>s Hayes agtecd to erase his per
secution of the latter's wife and to feave
the city at once. Hayes promised to shoot
him if he failed to carry out the compact
and averred (hat he would have done it
at the time, but for the fact that this
would have brought even tnuc, trouble on
his family, his wife and himself.
On Tuesday, Dec. 19. said Hayes, hia
wife was unwell, but his business . all. .1
him from the cily and he had Kune. On
Thursday he returned to iind that h wife
had left Ihcir horn., ihat ihe servant, ho
had been with her when he started on his
visit, was also abs nt, and that there was
no explanation awaiting him of where or
why either of them had gone.
At once h.s mind reverted to Lavier. and
he suspected him of enticing his wife
away. He had looked for him everywhere,
but could not find him. After a while]
though, lie found that ills wife was living
in one of the rooms occupied by the man
whom he suspected, at 48 West Broad
street, nnd ihat her urother was there
with her. He learned that she was still
unwell and ha.f crazed by grief, and mad
with the fierce heat of his anger against
Lavier. he had continued his wanderings.
He had not thought to find Lavier in
the r,.staurant when he entered there on
Saturday night, Dec. 29. When he saw
him his anger and passion were aroused,
and he determined to assault him When
he was arrested he was made sill! more
angry, nnd oppressed by the thought of
his confinement In jail, whi'e Lavier was
will at liberty nnd still In a position to ox
er, i-e for her downfall the evidently great
Influence he wielded over the wife, Hayes
could stand it no longer. He jerked him
self free of tiie policeman and commenced
and consummated the assault. "1 did it
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
THE Cl TUSK XS MEETING.
Savannah’* Inri iiKtrlal I>*\elopraent
to lit* 4 on*id©red T-(lay.
The public meeting of citizens, called by
Mayor the request of the mem-
I hers of the Merchants’ Association and
other citizens, will meet at the City Ex
change at i o’clock this afternoon. The
movement inaugurate Üby the Merchants’
Association for industrial development
has attracted wide interest and the proba
bilities are that the meeting this after
noon will be largely attended. Special in
vitations have been extended to the Coun
ty Commissioners. Mayor and aldermen,
the bank officials and others.
It should be borne in mind that the
meeting is one of citizens generally, and
is not confined to any particular class or
line of trad . The presence of all citizens
interested in the promotion of the city's
welfare is desired. The committee appoint
ed at a recent preliminary m- eting to pre
pare a plan to enlist the co-operation of
citizens generally in the industrial move
ment will rt port to the meeting. The plan
is u' derstood to be on the line of an in
dustrial association. The details of the
plan will be outlined by the committee,
and if it receives the indorsement of the
meeting, steps will be taken to carry it
into effect.
To perfect the plan that will be sug
gested by the committee it is believed
stock subscriptions will be necessary. The
expectation of being called upon to sub
scribe upon such occasion often serves to
cut down attendance, anil those who have
taken the leading interest in the meeting
and its object desire it thoroughly under
stood that no effort will be made nt the
meeting 'to secure money. No one will
be asked to subscribe a cent. All that
is wanted is for all citizens who feel an
interest in Savannah to attend and lend
the encouragement of their presence and
the wisdom of their counsel to the plans
and deliberations of the meeting.
CHOSE PRESENT OFFICERS.
Oglethorpe* Re-elect Their Captain
nnd Lieutenant*.
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry held an
enthusiastic meeting last night after a
drill in the Park Extension. Veteran
Member Wright presided, Capt. G. A.
Gordon and the lieutenants having retired
to permit the members to indulge with
out restraint in any discussion that might
arise relative to new officers. A prelimi
nary election was entered into, resulting
in the unanimous choice of Capt. Gordon,
Lieut. D. C. Barrow and Lieut. J. H.
Bulner to succeed themselves. The elec
tion will be legalized on Feb. 1.
More than fifty active members of the
company were in line for the inspection
in regimental uniform that was held. In
terest in the company is keen, and there
is always a large crowd in attendance
upon drills and meetings. It is believed
there will be more than sixty to take part
in the parade on Friday.
Interest in the ball the Oglethorpes will
give Thursday night has never flagged,
and it is evident that the event is des
tine*! to be a success. Preparations have
been made by the committees In charge,
and efforts will be made to give those
who have aided the company by buying
tickets an excellent time. Expectations
have been surpassed in the number of tick
ets sold, and It is believed there are many
who have not yet bought who will gladly
do so to help a command that has shown
such an evident desire to help itself.
Si'll RENDER EH TO POLICE.
Hill Wimberly** Annuitant Gave
lllmnelf I p,
Juke Jackson, the man who shot Bill
Wimberly Christmas day in Dittmersvi..e,
was arrested yesterday and will probably
be given a Rearing by the Recorder this
morning.
It was rathef an unusual arrest. About
4 o’clock in the afternoon Jackson’s moth
er came to the barracks and repQrted that
her son wished to give himself up for
the shooting of Wimberly, but that he
was afraid to come to town to do so. and
she asked that a patrol wagon lx* sent
to her house in Dittsmerville for him.
This was done and the prisoner was
brought in.
Wimberly, the man he shot, is still in
the Georgia Infirmary, suffering from hi*
wound, and it is not known when he will
be sufficiently recovered to appear against
the prisoner.
REACHED HIGH W ATER MARK.
Voter* to the Number of 14,'t Signed
the Reg; intrnt ion Hook.
The registration yesterday for the coun
ty elections of this year reached the high
water mark in the history of the tax co’-
lector’s office. Luring the day, or rather
from 9 o’clock in the morning until 2
in the afternoon, 143 voters were reg
istered.
This is eighteen more than the highest
number ever registered before in a single
day, 125 having signed the hook just a few
days ago. Clerk Sullivan, who has charge
of (he registration, states that it is more
rapid than he has ever known it to be In
the past. The total number registered
since Jan. 5. w hen the books were opened,
is IMS), of whom SoO are white and 110 col
ored.
LAST WEEK FOR RETUINS.
Tax AsNCMMor* Report Many Proper
ty Owner* Delinquent.
Tlie tax assessors report that tax re
turns are coming in very slowly. Only
five more days remain in which tax re
turns may be made, and ns yet only about
half the usual number of returns are in.
The time for receiving returns ends with
Saturday, and all who fail to make re
turns within that time ore 1 able to double
taxation. The assessors announce their
intention of enforcing the low 1 strictly.
They are urging up property owners to
make returns, both by personal solicitation
and by sending notices to those whom
they know to be in default.
HI SS VII S INUTKD TO JOIN.
<a*ftlr> Will He a Part of Friday's
Parade.
At tin meeting of the Georgia Hussars
last night an invitation to join the regi
ment and the Chatham Artillery in the
parade In honor of Lee’s birthday next
Friday was read, and accepted, as was
also an Invitation from MuJ. Beirne Gor
don to have the troop us his guests Friday
afternoon, after the parade. The tro -pers
will go mounted.
A number of applications for member
ship were received. After the meeting
ih<* first of f he regular drills since the hol
idays was held.
Mr*. \ nil ISopkliiN Dead.
Mrs. Ann Hopkins died at 1 o'clock this
morning at 115 Park avenue, east, at 92
years of age. Her funeral will probably
4 ;tke place to-morrow. Mrs. Hopkins
was known to many people. fitie had
for years been a nurse and whs hast
known perhaps among Hebrew families.
THE MOKNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1900.
RYAN SCORED BY WILLIAMS.
SEABOARD** PRESIDENT TALKS OF
THE INJI N(TIO\ SI ITS.
L('orin nnd Alabama Director*’
MoHldr llronulii Mr. John Skelton
William* Here—He Tell* of the Ef
fort* Made to Prevent the Consoli
dation of the Three Line* of Which
He I* ut the Head—The Connection
Between Mrnri. Ryan and Dady.
Mr. Williams I* Confident the Case
in Judccc Speer’* Court Will Cos
the Complainant—Now
Friend* for the Seaboard-Other
Hnilrond New*.
A meeting of the directors of the Geor
gia nnd Alabama Railroad was held yes
terday morning at the general offices. The
following members of the board were pres
ent: President John Skelton Williams,
Cecil Gabbett, John D. Stetson of Macon,
J. H. Holst of Columbus, J. W r . Sheffield
of Americus, Frederick B. Fi?k of Mont
gomery, C. D. Baldwin, John Flan
nery, W. W. Williamson and W. W.
Mac kail.
During the afternoon the visiting direc
tors were taken across the river to ob
serve the terminal w’ork on Hutchinson’s
Island, with which they were all well
pleased. A trip up the river to see the
new bridge in course of erection was also
taken in the launch the officials of the
company employ for their water excur
sions.
President Williams was seen last night
at the De Soto for an expression regarding
recent developments in the fight that ha
been undertaken against the consumma
tion of the plan of consolidation of the
Seaboard Air Dine, the Georgia and Ala
bama and the Florida Central and Pe
ninsular. He has no very flattering opin
ion of those who have sought to prevent
the consolidation, as is evinced by the
following statement:
“The decision handed down by
Judge Waddill of the United States Court
in Virginia,” said Mr. Williams, “was
simply what I confidently expected. This
decision is a severe rebuke to Thomas F.
Ryan of New York, and I think he will
find it a difficult matter hereafter to de
ceive the Southern people into thinking
that the suits which he is bringing him
self and causing to be brought by his dum
mies here and there are for any honest
purpose.
“Hi® sinister and evil ways are illus
trated by the false statements w’hich he
has been publishing in the papers in New’
York city and in the South, sometimes suc
ceeding in getting his false reports eent
out as news items and sometimes paying
for them as advertisements.
“His newspaper work is being managed
by Lemuel E. Quigg of New York, whom
he appears to have hired for this purpose,
and who, at the injunction trial in Ral
eigh, masqueraded under an assumed
name, being registered at the hotel as
“Rufus N. Morrow of Jersey City.” A
few days later, at the injunction trial at
Richmond, the same Lemuel E. Quigg
called, I em informed, on the Associated
Press correspondent at a newspaper of
fice there and came very near being
thrown down the back stairs for impu
dence and audacity.
“Lemuel E. Quigg, I am informed, Is
an intimate friend of Michael J. Dady,
who recently brought the injunction suit
in Judge Speer’s court in Macon, alleging
to be the owner of 100 shares of Geor
gia and Alabama stock, nnd Dady is a fre
quenter of Quigg’s office at No. 100 Broad
way, New York, on the same floor of the
same building with Thomas F. Ryan.
“Ryan has now been turned out of doors
by tlie United States Court in North
Carolina and by the United States Court
in Virginia, and I am perfectly confident
that when the true facts of the case are
brought out in the United States Court at
Maccn he will have a similar fate. The al
legations in the-bill of complaint filed in
the Dady case, and which Ryan’s press
bureau has succeeded in having published
in many newspapers, for the obvious pur
pose of creating false impressions on the
public mind, are gross fabrications, and
will he shown to be such when our answer
is filed.
* Our plans of consolidation are pro
gressing most satisfactorily. Everything
is being carried out according to pro
gramme and the infamous and
pronged conspiracy which has been got
tc-n up avainst the Seaboard Air Line by
Thomas F. Ryan in collusion with certain
prominent competing railways will fall.
“Work on our connecting links is being
rapidly pushed to completion and the only
thing which may delay the opening of the
new line for a short while may he the steel
bridges, which are, however, being got
ten in shape with all expelition possible
under the circumstances. This, however,
can only be a matter of a very few weeks.
“The recent unjust attacks upon the
Seaboard have won it new friends on all
sides and our position, in my judgment,
is stronger and more Impregnable than
ever.”
TESTED SEW WEATHER SIGNALS.
; Electric Lantern* Will He Displayed
on Font office.
At the weather bureau the new elec
trlfc lanterns to be used as storm signals
were put in place yesterday and the elec
trical connections were made with the
main office. The lamps were tested last
night and as they were found to be sat
isfactory they will be used to herald the
next night storm that approaches.
There are two lanterns, one red, the
other white. The red lantern appearing
alone denotes easterly winds, while the
ml and the white displayed together de
note the approach of westerly winds.
The lanterns have been placed near th?
(op of (he lower on the post office build
ing. on the northern side so as to be plain -
ly visible from the river front and ore of,,
sufficient power to be seen from even th
remotest shipping points, ami will be of
undoubted advantage to the skippers and
captains sailing from this port.
During the daytime flags will be used
as heretofore on the postoffice buildings
and also on the Morning News building,
Wluit Wc I'.at
Is Intended to nourish ami sustain us, blit
it must be digested and assimilated
before it can do this. In other words,
the nourishment contained in food must
be separated by the digestive organs
from (he waste materials and must
bo carried by the blood to all parts of
the body. We believe the reason for the
groat benefit which so many people de
rive from Hood’s Sarsaparilla lies In
ill** fact that this medicine gives good
digestion and makes pure, rich blood.
It restores the functions of those or
gans which convert food Into nourish
ment that gives strength to nerves gnd
muscles. It also cures dyspepsia,
scrofula, salt rheum, bolls, sores, pim
ples and eruptions, catarrh, rheuma
tism and all diseases that huve their
origin in impure blood.—ad.
N’KffIGHT GOT ONE YEAR.
ConfeMed IflgnmiMt Received the
Clemency of the Superior Court.
In (he Superior Court yesterday Joseph
McKnight, colored, pleaded guilty to he
offense of bigamy, and upon his earnest
plea for the mercy of the court was let
let off with a twelve months’ term on the
chain-gang of the county.
The indictment showed that McKnight
had married Ellen Green in December,
1893, and had gono through the form of a
legal ceremony of marriage with Geneva
M. Morel, on June 28, 1899. McKnight used
to be in the employ of the Guards’ Club,
and other than his fondness for contract
ing dual alliances is above the average
of his race in intelligence, honesty and
other good qualities. In this case it Is
probable that hia overweening passion for
the dusky Geneva got the better of his
prudence and discretion.
Richard Dayes and William H. Gordon,
both colored, were found not guilty of
robbery. The state put up but one wit
ness, and his evidence was so mournfully
weak that the solicitor general could take
no further interest in the case. Judge Fal
ltgant directed a verdict for the defend
ants. In another case against Dayes for
pointing a gun at another, growing out
of the same alleged offense, a nolle prose
qui was entered upon the motion of the
solicitor general.
A motion for anew trial In the case of
Harmon Jenkins, convicted of the murder
of Joe Bird and sentenced to the peniten
tiary for life, was made by Mr. R. J.
Travis, counsel for the defendant, and the
hearing of the motion set for. Feb. 24.
Robert Alexander, a young negro bov,
charged with arson, declared himself to
be 9 years old, while an old woman who
said she had raised him, made him out
two on three years older. Unless he is
at least 10, the boys is not amenable to
punishment and the doubt of this essen
tial fact in the mind of the court caused
the postponement of the case until to-day.
John Rowland, a former subject of the
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, was
made a citizen of the Unite*! States.
The trial of W. S. Mell, for the murder
of James Buzbee, is set for Thursday.
‘"GRAND STAND PLAYERS.
Mayor Smith tit' Macon May Lector©
In Savannah.
Mayor Bridges Smiih of Macon will prob
ably deliver a lecture in Savannah some
time soon for the benefit of the Price Free
library, which it Is proposed to erect in
Macon as a monument to the late Mayor
Price. Clerk of Council Bailey received
a letter from Mayor Smith yesterday in
which he stated that he was preparing
lecture, on “Grand Stand Players,’’ to be
delivered in Macon for the library' fund,
and that he would be pleased to repeat the
lecture in Savannah.
Previous to his recent election as Mavor,
Bridges Smith, as he was familiarly
known, was clerk of Council of that city
for a number of years, and by his genial
humor and Jovial good nature won a host
of friends. The lecture should prove an
interesting one. as Mayor Smith will
doubtless speak from a large personal ex
perience. Mr. Bailey would like to con
fer with the managers of the Guards’ Hall
or the Lawton Memorial with regard to
the lecture.
DR. CHAR I,TOY’S I.OST CANE.
Recovered In a Hatlier tno mini
Manner After Three Years.
A walking cane which Dr. T. J. Chari
ton lost some three years ago came to
light in rather a curious way a day or two
ago.
During a fight between two colored men
one of them used a cane on the other and
by the force of his blows not only smash
ed the cane, but succeeded in knocking
off a false head that had been soldered
over Ihe original one. on which was’the
name of Dr. Charlton.
The negro in whose possession the cane
was found insisted that it had been pur
chased, by another man from whom he
secured it. from Kaskel, the pawnbroker.
Kaskol, it is said, denies the charge. Dr.
Charlton is determined that the matter
shall lie sifted and the guilty parte-; be
brought to Justice, and toward that end
will bring proceedings p. obably to-day
against all persons conne-Ld with the af
fair.
COW THIEF CAPTI’REJD.
John 'Thompson Turned Over to the
Police.
John Thompsofi was taken in by the
police yesterday for cow stealing. The
crime was committed somewhere out on
the Augusta road, and Thompson was
arrested on a magistrate’s warrant and
turned over to Detective Barrett.
W. Keyser, colored, another of Detec
tive Barrett’s captures, was sent in for
being a suspicious character.
1 ewls Jackson, colored, was arrested by
Officer Mrrell for lapceny.
Vancanzo Romlnore, an Italian sailor
who attempted to desert his ship, was
sent to the barracks for safe keeping un
til his vessel shill be ready to sail.
WIRE THIEVES CAPTURED.
Yearly All of Them Y'oiinK White
I.a ds.
In the Recorder’s Court yesterday morn
ing Frank Balson, Frank Smith, John
McEvady. Philip Farley and Edward
Flanahan, all white, and Rus
sell and Charles Wallace, colored, were
tried for stealing copper from the Edison
Electric Ilium nating Company.
The boys are all young, none of them
being over 13 years old, while one is only
9, but they seem to be old In crimp, and
among them, had succeeded in stealing
nearly 200 pounds of the copper fixtures
from the electric company.
The grealer number of the pieces were
manufactured pieces fitted for special
purposes and were valued by the comimny
at about $1 each, so that It can be seen
that the boys had made quite a haul.
They were turned over to the City Court
on the charge of simple larceny.
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Annual Meeting nf Mutual Gas Light
Company Yesterday.
The stockholders of the Mutual Gas
Light Company held Ihelr annual meeting
yesterday nt noon at the offices on Con
gress street. The election resulted in the
choice of the following board of directors:
Messrs, ltaudal Morgan, Samuel T. Bo
dlne. A. H. Beadle, Ix’Wls Lillie. William
J. Serrlll, James Ball, W. W. Gibbs, Ed
ward (’. lac, George 8. Phlllcr. J. A. P.
(Yisfleld, Henry Blun, B. A. lienmark,
Walton Clark. Thomas Dolan oml George
Philter.
The officers elected by directors were:
President—Samuel T. Bodlne.
Treasurer—EdwnrM C. Dee.
Secretary—John W. Golden.
A bottle of Cook's Imperial Extra Dry
Champagne with your dinner makes 11
complete. It pleases every one.—ad.
MADE A RUSH TO PAY TAXES.
j CITY TRKASIRKK TOOK IN ABO IT
#30.000 VBhT^UAV.
Wa* the Last Day to Pay Taxes anil
Get the Ten Per Cent. Discount, So
the Taxpayer* Thought—Delin
quent* May Get in To-day, How
ever—Tle Receipts Since Jnn. 1
About *l5<MN>O, of Which About
itltltMHMt I* Ileal Estate and Per
sonal Property Taxes.
About $135,00) in cash was taken in at the
j city treasurer’s office yesterday and prob
ably as much more in checks and other
forms of currency which was handed in
in envelopes and which Treasurer Hardee
and his assistants had not had time to
sum up when seen late in the afternoon.
The treasurer’s office was crowded all
day long with people anxious to pay their
real estate and personal property taxes,
license taxes, water rents and other
: charges from which the city derives its
revenue.
The rush was due to the fact that yes
terday was generally considered the last
day upon which taxpayers could pay their
first quarters taxes and get the benefit
of the ten per cent, reduction which the
city allows for prompt payment. Had the
tax payers been that they w’ere
! allowed another day it is safe to say the
• rush would not have been so great. Ow
! ing to the peculiar wording of the ordi
j nance there Is some doubt as to whether
this time of grace expires on Jan. 15, or
| Jan. 16. “Within fifteen days after the
! first of January,” is the wording of the
ordinance. It was undoubtedly intended
that Jan. 15 should be the last day of
grace, and is generally understood to this
effect. However to avoid any legal com
plications because of the wording of the
ordinance property owners w r ho come in
Jan. 16, are also given the benefit of the
discount. Consequently those who did not
have the opportunity to pay their taxes
yesterday will lose nothing by doing so
to-day.
The tax payers were of all classes. Bus
iness men and large real estate owmers,
who were mostly aware of the exact
amount of their taxes, chiefly sent in en
velopes containing checks for the
amounts. The miscellaneous tax payers
who thronged the dffice during the morn
i ing, varied from those who only paid a
few dollars up to the few whose contribu
tions ran up into the hundreds. Many
small dealers of all classes were among
those who paid and these mostly made
one bite of the tax cherry, paying per
sonal and property taxes, business license
and water rent all at the same time.
It was a hard day’s work for the treas
urer and his staff, but there were good
results. 'Mr. Alvin Bell took In $9,000 for
real estate and personal property taxes,
Mr. H. S. Dreese received $5,400 for li-i
cense taxes and badges, while Capt. G.
B. Pritchard took in $2,500 for water rents,
while there were miscellaneous receipts
from other sources. The receipts per
checks and envelopes which had not been
footed up were estimated to be fully as
much again, making about $50,000 In round
figures taken in during the day. There
were twenty people still waiting at the
windows when the door was closed at 2
o’clock, and the treasurer was kept so
busy that he did not even have time to
make his bank deposit. This was looked
after later in the day, however.
Maj. Hardee estimates that the receipts
for the first quarter of 1899 will compare
very favorably with those of previous
years, about $150,000 having been paid in
since Jan. 1. Of this amount about $lOO,OOO
was in real estate and personal property
taxes, $117,000 water rents and about $25,000
i license taxes. The real estate and per
sonal property taxes paid yesterday were
for (he fourth quarter of 1899. Mr. Alvin
Bell, who has charge of this department,
esrimates that the receipts from this
source for 1899 will exceed those for 1898
by about $17,000.
During the day the city marshal’s of
fice was converted into an annex to the
treasurer’s office, and checks and currency
were received there amounting to a good
many thousands of dollars.
RECORDER’S LOT OF CASES.
.V Mixed Collection Dinponed of in
Various Way*.
There was quite a large docket in the
Recorder’s Court yesterday morning.
Andrew Jackson, n character,
was held for further examination.
Laura Rawls, a light-fingered colored
woman, who took $8 of Henry Stevens'
money, was turned over to the City Court
for simple larceny, and the some disposi
tion was made of the case against Edgar
McNeil end Moses Houston, w’ho stole a
boot-blacking outfit. Eddie Bryan and
! Willie Perry, who were run in for play
ing crap in the street, were fined $5 each,
with the alternative of ten days apiece in
the barracks.
Florence Brooks, who on Sunday night
had threatened to set fire to the house of
Bottle Davis, was held for (he Ordinary,
who will inquire into her sanity.
John Demere end Joe Demote, charged
wilh fighting in a house on Macon street,
w-ere for that offense discharged, but John
was remanded to the Cily Court for car
rying a concealed weapon.
William Sapp, colored, charged with dls
ordeidly conduct in the bouse of Minnie
Bearfield and with assaulting and robbing
o white man, who was also a visitor there
at the time, was held for further examina
tion.
Walter Burke, colored, for disorderly
conduct, was given a $5, or 10-day, sen
tence.
The case of Joe Riley, colored, who, on
Sunday morning robbed the house of Sal
lie Holmes, 514 Hall street, east, was eon
linucd. Tom Porter, charged with beating
his wife, was discharged. T. P. MoPhee
ters, white, who was arrested Sunday
night for sleeping eti a stoop, was giveh
an opportunity of swelling the city’s In
come to the extent of $3, or of spending
five days in the lock-up. The ease of
Dan Butler, charged with disorderly con
duct, was continued.
“ A lien rt Sturdy as an Onle.”
_ But what about the blood which the
heart must pump at the rate of seventy
times a minute? If the heart Is to be
sturdy and the nerve strong this blood
must be rich and pure. Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla makes sturdy hearts because it makes
good blood. It gives to men and -women
strength, confidence, courage and endur
ance.
Hood's Pills are non-lrrltating and the
only cathartic to take with Hood's Sar
saparilla.—ad.
After Inventory sacrifice sale of ladles'
suits, furs, capes. Jackets, silk nnd wool
en waists and sklrtij. all this season’s
stylish garments to he closed out with an
extra discount of 25 per cent, at Eeopold
Adler's.—ad.
How would you like lo save from $2.09
lo $5.00 on one purchase? Y'ou can do It
by bringing your eye-glass prescriptions
to Livingston's Pharmacy. 1 guarantee
them. H. ii. Livingston, Bull and Con -
gress.—ud.
Five Cents
s package or ten cents, according to
the size. Put up in air tight boxes
which keep this good salt good.
FHVORITE
Table Salt
is the salt that never sticks.
DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO.
St. Clair. Mich.
FOUGHT FREE FOR ALL.
Setfo in a Crowd in Eastern End of
the City.
The saloon of Peter Peterson, at Bay
’street and what is known as Jerusalem al
ley, was the scene of a free-for-all fight
yesterday afternoon, that for The number
engaged in it and the way they were bat
tered and bruised, exceeds anything that
the police have been called into for some
time.
At Is was, there were three men ar
rested, and it is known that there were
et. least half a dozen or more besides these
who Ifad a hand in the scrap. The men
arrested are all white. They ore Harry
Pelson, H. A. Monentree and William
Johnson. One of the prisoners claimed
that Mrs. Peterson also took a hand in the
scrap, and that she struck him twice on
the head with a billy. Fights are by no
means infrequent in the place where this
one took place, though, as a rule, they
are not on so large a scale. The case
will be beard by the Recorder his morning.
WILL HAVE A PRIZE DRILL.
Snvnnnnli Cadet* Determined to
Give One Next Month.
The Savannah Cadets decided at their
meeting last night to give a prize drill and
entertainment at one of the halls 6ome
time next month. Considerable interest
was shown in the project, and it will
doubtless afford no little pleasure to the
Cadets and their friends.
Medals were given the members of the
company whose attendance for the year
was unbroken. Those receiving this rec
ognition were Lieut. J. C. Tyson, Sergt.
R. E. Banks, Sergt. A. J. Thorpe, Corpl.
W. B. Purse, Privates A. J. Dost wick. J.
R. Cow’an, G. R. Patterson and J. Wer
theim.
> 10,
SOLD AN UNPAID FOR WHEEL.
Young Man Raised Hl* Cltrlntnian
Cnfth in the Wrong Way.
A possessory warrant was sworn out in
Magistrate G. Noble Jones’ court yester
day for the possession of a Stearns bicy
cle sold by Mr. R. V. Connerat several
months ago to R. L. Belt.
The wheel was sold on a conditional bill
of sale, and after a few installments had
been paid the purchaser, on Dec. 19,
paw’ned the machine to the Chatham
pawnshop, and left the city. T|ie wheel
was taken to the office of Justice Jones,
who will this morning hear the case,
CITY BREVITIES.
f
A meet-ng of the officers of the First
Battalion, First Regiment, will be held
to-night at 8:30 o’clock in the officers’
quarters the regimental armory. Busi
ness matters relative to the corporation
will be considered.
The indoor baseball teams of the Ca
dets and the Y. M. H. A. will play at the
Guard’s Hall to-night. Both teams have
strengthened themselves since the last
meeting, and will undoubtedly put up a
good game. The game commences at 9
o’clock.
The Epworth League of Grace Church
has elected the following officers for the
next year: President, Mr. W. Q. Hughes;
first vice president, Mr. W. L. Arnold;
second vice president. Mrs. O. F. Cook;
third vice president, "Mr. Marion O’Neal;
fourth vice president. Miss Alice Metz
ger; secretary, Mr. F. N. Helmy; treas
urer, Miss Annie Dail.
W. H. Ford, the colored burglar, w’ho
broke Into Gallina’s restaurant early Sun
day morning and was arrested a short
time afterward, effected his escape from
the barracks about 9 o’clock in the morn
ing and consequently did not respond to
his name when it was called in the Re
corder’s Court yesterday. As yet the police
have been unable to locate the fugitive,
and it is thought that he has left town.
AT THE TEA STORE.
ifO Ll*. Be*t Granulated Sugrnr j|tt.
To introduce our pure dry roast coffees.
We w’ill sell 20 pounds best granulated
sugar for $l. to all purchasers of 50c
worth of coffee (any kind), this week.
Fresh dry roasted coffees.
A. & P. Java fiavored coffee, 25c.
Best golden Rio coffee, 2 pounds 25c.
Best strong Rio coffee, 15c.
Rest white Rio coffee 20c.
Fine Laguayra coffee, 20c; best 25c.
Fine Maracaibo coffee, 25c; best, 30c.
Fine Java and Mocha, 3 pounds, $l.
Fresh roasted ground and pulverized
daily.
That our efforts to give the public the
best for the least money is appreciated, is
indicated by the rapid growth of our cof
fee business. The Great Atlantic and Pa
cific Tea Company, 106 Broughton street,
west. Telephone 616.—ad.
Almanac* for ItNMt.
The World Almanac, Chicago News
Almanac, Hick’s Almanac, Ayer's Alma
nac, Tribune Almanac, Clipper Annual,
German calendars, etc., for sale at Es
till’a News Depot, 45 Rull street, Sa
vannah, Git.- ad.
23 Per Cent. Dineount on Clotliin K .
Leopold Adler
Inaugurated yesterday a clearing sale of
thU season's fashionaMe men’s and boys’
clothing, allowing an extra discount of 25
per cent, on former low prices. This is an
unusual opportunity to buy good clothing
cheap.—ad.
For Sale—lD H. p. Boiler.
To make room, wc will sell one of the
boilers now tn use in me Morning New*
building. It is a 40 H. P., return tubUiar
wnier and is in good order. It will be de
livered on the sidewalk.
Also for sale, one 50 H. P. Amerlcan
liali engine, never used. A splendid piece
Of machinery.
The attention of parties putting up saw
mills is invited to this outfit. Appiy at or
address ttie Morning News. Savannah
HI. Klipuiuuti.ni soup.
"I had rheumatism in (he shoulder very
bad and It gave me great pain. I took
two botties of Graybeard and have to tell
you that I am entirely relieved. I f ee l
line and have Increased in weight. X
might say that I know a purty who has
taken Graybeard for dyspepsia, with won
derful success. Get Greybeard at drug
stores, Jl.oo a bottle. Respess Drug Cos..
iropyletof.o,
We employ only
Skilled Workmen
in Our Factory.
Patronize
Home Enterprize.
When in need of Har=
ness and Saddlery
Call on Us.
Congress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
THE •
HUB'S
Cut-Price Sale
Has Proved the Sensation
of the Day.
Crowds have constantly thronged our
store from morning till night.
There is a reason—that is the bargains
offered at the seventh semi-annual cut
pripe sale.
MEN’S SIO.OO SUITS cut to $6.90.
MEN’S $15.00 SUITS cut to SB.BB.
BOYS’ $5.00 SUITS cut to $3.39.
BOY'S, $4.00 SUITS cut to $2.39.
BOY'S’ sf;.oo SUITS cut to $1.95.
25 to 40 per cent, saved on your
Underwear.
28 Broughton Street, West.
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The new finish for Floors, Oil Cloths.
I.lnoleum, ete. The "Greatest Reviver” ot
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TUSE FAINTS
10, U AND 20 CENTS.
souitißni Poinl.GlossSWoll PopsrGa.
NO. S WHITAKER STREET.
HARDWARE,
BAR, BAND and
HOOP IRONS.
WAGON MATERIAL.
Naval Stores Supplies.
PLOWGOODS.
TINWARE.
EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS
113 BROUGHTON STREET, WEST.
Give Us a Trial and
Be Convinced That Our
LORBERRY
Egg and Stove Coal
Is what you are looking for.
Remember we are sole agents for
MONTEVALLO
Lump Soft Coal,
which has no equal.
HERMAN GOAL & WOOD CO.
PHONE W 6.
BRENNAN BROS.,
WHOLESALE
Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc.
122 BAY STREET, West.
i
Telephone 888.
SEED
POTATOES.
All best varieties adapted to this sec*
tlon.
HAY, GRAIN, FEED,
FLOUR, CHEESE.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
W. 1). SIMKINS & CO.,