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MAY PRESIDE OVER SENATE.
ELLIS NEITHER CONFIRMS NOR DE
MBS HIS CANDIDACY.
I ropitOMPil f'nndldntc From (In 1
Senatorial District I* in the I it?.
The Man T\ lio Knaineereil the <>|i
poKition In the Willingham Pro
hibition Hill nl the La*t Seamlon ot
the Legislature—Pa|nr Are Men
tioning; Hi* 'snip for the I’renl
dency of the Senate—He Would Not
Say Last Night Whether lie Ex
perts to Hnn.
Mr. Roland Rllis of Macon and Mrs
Ellis are In the city, guests of the De
Soto: They came flown yesterday morn
ing. To-day Mr. Kills will devote to
some business in th< United States Court,
and he and Mrs. Ellis will return to Ma
con to-night.
But few' men in the state are getting
their names mentioned more prominently
in political connections than Mr. Ellis.
He is of the young democracy, but his
youth is not found an obstacle by his
allies nor an advantage by his opponents.
When it come* to a political fight there
are few who can put up a stronger one
than the gentleman from Bibb.
Those who watched the prohibition
campaign that jvent on so warmly in the
Legislature laet session will recall Mr.
Ellis as the principal leader of the op
position to the Willingham bill. To none
in a greater degree than to Mr. Ellis was
the defeat of the bill due. He marshaled
the forces that were opposed to the
measure and directed their movements.
The success that attended him and his
friends in their support of local option
will be striven for again, if, as the Tro
hibltlonistfi promise, another tight
against the sale of liquor throughout the
state is started.
iMr. Ellis and his friends, who shape the
laws of the state, stand committed to the
principles for which they fought al the
last session. They believe that it is true
democracy, Mr. Ellis said last night, to
allow the people to say in their own coun
ties whether they shall or shall not al
low the sale of liquor.
Up to a few days ago Mr. Ellis expected
to have opposition in a race he has on
hand in Bibb county's senatorial district.
He wants to represent the district next
term, and so did Mr. C. A. Turner, who
was put forth on the prohibition platform.
After looking over the situation and figur
ing up his chances Mr. Turner decided to
retire, and Mr. Ellis now has ihe Add
to himself. It is scarcely likely that any
one will cate to contest il with him. as he
has the oonfldencte of the people of the
district and stands well with the pow
ers.
Papers all over the state are frequently
using Mr. Ellis' name lb connection with
the presidency of the Senate. He was
asked if he intends to be a candidate for
if he is elected to the Senate.
His reply was non-committal. If he Is to
tr> for the honor It Is apparent that he
Is not yet ready to say so.
Some days ago Mr. Ellis was in the city
on 'business. By a coincidence Mr. T. W.
Hardwick of Tennille, who was in the
house with Mr. Ellis, and Secretary of
State Phil Cook were here at the same
time. It w-as given out that the gathering
tcgelher of the politicians at that time
was very significant, and that there was
some great secret plan being worked up. .
Mr. Ellis said the report was altogether
without foundat on, as it was only through
chance that the gentlemen found them
selies here at the same time. The porten
lious meeting was really nothing more
than a social gathering in the room of
one of the party at the De Soto.
Neither has this trip any political sig
nificance, Mr. Ellis said. He is here to
meet no politicians, but Is letting matters
pol t cal jog along serenely. No Savannah
politicians were met. but a number of
gentlemen in Savannah and he are good
friends, and a trip to the Yacht Club with
two of them during the afternoon was
greatly enjoyed.
APRIL JOKES HERE FEW.
Indications Are That There Is an
Improvement in This Line.
“All Fools' Payl' seems rich year lo
Bhow fewer to lay claim it. That is prob
ably not due to any advance in the intelli
gence of the human kind. A readier ex
planation may found in a decrease in
the number of those who delight to per
petrate some joke in honor of the day. In
this, however, many may sec a decided
advance in human Intelligence.
Sober-minded, matter-of-fact and undem
onstrative persons have always regarded
April 1 as the day of all days to be sound
ly execrated. In their opinion it has al
ways seemed a very shame that one of this
most charming months of the year shoul l
be introduced by a day that has teen de
based by assignment in the calendar of
traditions to fools. The countless ant es,
improperly denominated jokes, that nr ■
played on April 1 os a general rule are not
applauded by these sobersides.
But little was doing in the April fool line
yesterday. One might have thought young
America was not on to the fact that it wat
April 1. Here and there some joke was
played, but they were met so s ldom as t>
influence the belief that the practice of
making others think but very little of
themselves is dying an umegretted death.
An antiquity that has been airedonnu ;lly
on April 1 for countless generations again
taw the light. There were “suckers’’ to
"bite," too. when the sotip, disguised as
candy, was offered. Other absurdities,
lvonored by time only, were pulled forth to
be sprung anew. Sufferers will Join In
the, hope that they have now gene to the r
last rest.
IN MEMORY OF IIH. BOWMAN.
Service for It* Former Pastor at tlie
Church of the Ascension.
A memorial service to the late Dr. W. S.
Bowman Was heM yesterday morning at
the Lutheran Church of the Ascension.
The service was largely attended, as the
ctwsrega tion srreatl.v lovtd Dr. Bowman
when he was its pastor.
The sermon was preached by the pastor,
Rev. Dr. VV. C. Schaeffer, ana was in ,ho
bright example of a mcral and Christian
fife that might be drawn from the ski tch
of Dr. Bowman that was preeentel. The
memorial dwelt at length upon the life of
Dr. Bowman <ind parti-u'.arly ui on his
strvlce in Savannah. lie was In charge
of the Church of the Ascension from Ikxi)
until ISBI.
Asa pastor and as a man Dr. Bowman
was eulogised liy his successor. All caught
the spirit of the Words and agreed that nil
thoi was said of the dece ts and was merited
by his works.
“l urry Sunshine Willi Yon.”
A bright, fresh, sunny face is always In
spiring, and it always denotes good health
aa well as a happy heart. .Many faces that
were once overcast with gloom have been
made bright and sunny by Hood's Sarsap
arilla Winch cures all dyspeptic symptoms,
strength* ns the nerves and tom s up uud
Invigorates the whole system.
Constipation Is cured by Hood's Bills the
non irritating cathartic. Bold by u.l drug
gliia.—ud.
I) A\(jEKOI SLI C LOSE TO FROST.
Many Truck Farmer* Took I’rerau
tinitft VKiainnt 11 Freeze.
The temi>erature ye®ter<layy which It
was thought might go low enough to
cause frost during the early morning
hours, fell only to 40 decrees, which it
reached shortly before 7 o'clock in the
morning. As the da,v advanced the tem
perature increased until a few minutes
after 2 o’clock it reached the maximum
for the day, 57 degrees.
The state forecast for to-day Is for fajr
and warmer weather, with fresh south
winds. To-morrow is expected to be fiir
also.
In anticipation of an expected frost many
of the truck growers in the nelghborhosl
of the city look the precaution of throwing
up a light furrow on the plants that miitnt
be Injured by the cold. This precaution,
as events proved, was unnecessary, but ;is
one planter expressed it h slept sounder
for having had it done, as he has had some
costly experiences with the vasraries of the
weather of Savannah, ond while the work
of throwing up the protection, and the ne
cessity. now, of removing it will cost him
several dollars, neglect to take such sfip*
on former occasion has cost btm several
thousands of dollars. Ptacti ally all o.
the truck for which there is an early mar
ket above ground and a freeze with
in the next few days would play havoc
with liic crops.
METHOD IN MM>\\ SCHOOLS.
Was DlnctiNned by Mr*. Dry nor at
\Voio> Mon union ta 1 Church.
Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner discussed
“Method in Sunday School Instruction"
at Wesley Monumental Church yesterday
afternoon. She Illustrated her talk by
using the blackboard. Those who heard
it found It. very profitable, and the les
sons learned will doubtless be used to ad
vantage in the Sunday schools of Savan
nah.
The hour fixed for the talk was after
the close of the schools that hold their
sessions in the afternoon, thus enabling
all the teachers who cared to do so to at
tend. It was found necessary to use the
auditorium, as the teachers were too nu
merous to admit of their assembling in
the lectur' room.
It was quite that Mrs. Bryner
is thoroughly familiar with her subject.
She has made a study of Sunday school
work and knows it as well as it can be
learned. Her talk shown! her experience
as a Sunday school pupil, as one who
taught without knowing how and as one
who, after taking a normal training in the
work, has taught pupils and teachers as
well.
Stress was laid by Mre. Bryner upon
the need for a normal class In connec
tion with a well conducted Sunday school,
so that young people who expect to be
come teachers may receive suitable in
struction. She insisted that sufficient at
tention is not paid the Sunday schools
and that practices that would never be
tolerated in day schools are taken as a
matter of course on Sunday.
More than an hour w-as taken up by
the lecture, but those who heard It did
not notice the flight of time, so interested
wert' they. It is not improbable that pu
pils in the Savannah Sunday schools will
soon notice renovations In the methods
employed by their teachers.
HANLON HERE TO FIGHT.
Will Meet Tom Corcornn in tlie Ring;
About Two Week* Hence.
Jack Hanlon of Philadelphia, who has
been matched to fight Tom Corcoran of
Savannah, at the theater, some iwo weeks
from now, reached the city yesterday.
Hanlon is a well put-up individual, his
appearance lending an approving emphasis
to the tales of his fistic prowess in other
states.
The fight is to be a 20-round bout for a
decision and a purse of SSOO. The men
will fight at 140 pounds. The date for the
contest has not yet been determined, hut
will 'be In all probability during to-day.,
when the men will sign the articles of
agreement.
The fight promises to Iw one of the best
seen hero in a long time. Corcoran has
done clever work in the ring, and has
admirers among the sporting element here
by -the score. Hanlon has a long list of
victories to his credit, and the imputation
of being a hard man to put *out of the
fight. Both are in the pink of condition,
end they will fight to win.
SOUTHER* SHOTS %T ULHHVS.
Dr. \\ ilMon iil l)r. \ invent in tlie
Grand American fin ml leap.
The Grand American Handicap will be
gin at Interstate Park, Queen's. Long Is
land, on April 4. The best marksmen In
the country well shoot There
have been 2QS entries, and it is expected
there will be some wonderful shooting.
Dr. F. C. Wilson of Savannah, and Dr.
Vincent of Jacksonville, are the only en
tries from this seeticn. Both are excellent
shots, and it is thought they will be able
to give a good account of themselves. On
Dr. Wilson Savannahiaus will rely, for
they know his shooting, with shotgun as
well as rifle, of old.
Several days will be required to com
plete the string. Dr. Wilson stands as No.
S6 on the list. He will shoot front 27 yards.
The handicap s run f.om 26 to 31 yards, the
alleged poorer shots shooting from the
shorter distance from the tray s. Dr. Vin
cent w ill shoe t frem 28 yards.
TO INSPECT FORT SCREVEN.
Gen. llrooks H ill Sneered in Com
mand of Department of the F.nst.
Gen. J. R. Brooke and Capt. Jamas T.
Dean, his aide, will leave to-day for Fort
Screvtn, where they will Inspect the for
tifications. Gen. Brooke is on a tour of
Inspection of the fortifications in the de
partment of the East, lie and Capt. Dean
will go to Fort Screven aboard the gov
ernment yacht Angler.
Nothing official has yet been given out
abcut It. but it is understood that Gen.
Brooke is soon to succeed to the com
mand of the Department of the Fast, with
headquarters at Governor's Island, N. V.
Gen Wesley Merritt is soon to retire, and
the command will then devolve upon Gen.
Brooke.
ELECTION AT T V BEK.
*
Kni'ttr nnd Councllmen Will it,,
(’hONCn To-dny.
The citizens of Tybee will choose their
Mayor and Councllmen at an election to
morrow. The voting will be at Ihe town
hall, where the polls will Is- open from 10
until 4 o'clock It is expected that Mayor
J. <l. Butler and the entire Hoard of Cotm
cilmen will lx- re-elected.
For Over Fifty Years.
Mrs. Winslow's Sooihlng Syrup has been
used i..; children teething. B soolhea the
Chi.d, softens 1 tie gums, allays all ptin
cures wind coile, ahd Is (he bvm t'Anedy
for Dial i hotu. Twenty-five vents a botlle.
-ad.
THE MORNING NEW S: 31 ON DAY, APRIL 2, 1900.
CHINESE IN THEIR OWN LAND.
STRANGE WAVS OF STRANGE PEO
PLE TOLD BV DWELLER AMONG
THEM.
Rev. J. Addison Ingle, Episcopal >ll*-
Mionnry in China, Delighted tlie
Cong regen tloiiM of Cliri*t Church
mid St. John’s—'“The Value of Mis-
Mion Work” and “Evangelistic Ef
fort in Hankow” tlie Subject* ot
the Two Discourse*— I Chinese Char
acter and the Difllealty It Present*.
\u llluwtrated Lecture to Re De
livered nt St. John** Pnri*li Hall.
Rev. J. Addis:n Ingle, mi*s onary of
the Episcopal Church in China, delivered/,
two discourses, on subjects connected'
with his work, to Savannah congregations
yesterday. In the morning he spoke at
Christ Church, and in the evening at St.
John's. Both sermons pleased and closely
interested every listener.
The subject of the sermon at Christ
Church, at the morning service, was "The
Value of Rev. Mr. Ingle dis
cussed this quesnon commercially, politi
cally, physically, intellectually, morally
and spiritually, showing the effect of mis
sionary endeavor in each of these aspects
of human life and work, showing the,
good accomplished by the missions for thfcj
people among whom it is carried on, and
the reactionary good that comes to that
people by which the missionary is sent.
The missionary, said Mr. Ingle, is the
pioneer of American progress in the
Orient. He comes before the merchant,
and, living among the people, prepares
them fer the advent of Western commer
cialism and its vigorous representatives.
The missionary cannot descend to the
standard and plan of living of the natives
and by precept and example he aids in
bringing th< m up to his. The Oriental is
imitative, and seeing the missionary in the
enjoyment of comforts he does not pos
sess, the sight creates desire, and the de
sire a market for the products of the mis
sionary’s heme country.
Politically, China is rotten to the
heart's core. No government official re
ceives from governmental sources any
thing like enough to live on, and in con
sequence' he makes his living as best he
con. He finds the best and easiest plan
to be to tax those immediately under him
iu authority, and these in turn carry
his system of oppression and extortion
lower and lower down the scale until it j
leaches the people. The viceroy of a
great province, governing almost abso
lutely perhaps 50,000,000 of people, receives
a yearly stipend of SI,OOO, not enough to
pay his bodyguard.
Intellectually, it is stagnant. The stand
ard of education is the acquisition and
commission to memory of countless vol
umes of ancient history and stale ethics,
absolutely valueless in any of the ordi
nary concerns of life. Of science not a
word is taught, and originality Vs of all
things most discouraged, and that upon
which the anathema maranatha of public
opinion falls with greatest force.
Morally and spiritually, China is with
out a criterion ot right living or a guid
ing light to another world. The field
for missionary endeavor is wide in that
lend, said Mr. Ingle, and there is room
ifor educated and intelligent and deter
mined effort everywhere.
At the night service Mr. Ingle address
ed himself particularly to the subject of
’‘Evangelistic Work in Hankow,” in
which city lies his own field of operations.
He prefaced his remarks with the state
ment that there was presented to the con
gregation in his person a missionary
anomaly, in that he neither asked nor
expected to receive a single cent of
money. He stated further that he had
chosen the theme of his sermon from
among the many that might have been
taken from the mission work in Chinn,
because it was the one with which he was
most intimately familiar. He preferred,
he said, giving his auditors a comprehen
sive idea of a particular branch of the
work, rather than a vague outline of
many branches.
The speaker said that in discussing the
question of missions with persons in this
country, three questions were mo t fre
quently asked him. •"How do you make
a’convert? What and how do you tea h
him? What is he after he has been bip
ttzed?” These questions and their answers
formed the basis of his sermon.
To reach the people it had been found
wise to discard, as a primal effort, all ap
peals from the pulpit. It was not effec
tive. il did not retich the mmd or the con
science of the ordinary Chinaman, it dit
not accomplish the desired end. The mis
sionaries had established instead a guest
house, fitted up in the Chinese fashi n and
hearing a placard descriptive of Its char
acter. The house would be place! tyi
charge, probably, of a Chinese clergyman
and to him the prospective convert would
tome. He would be invited to enter.
Then would ensue a lengthy conversa
tion, In whlc'h ihe minute formalities of
Chinese etiquette would find scrupulous
observance. The visitor would answer
invitation to enter with the statement that
he was not worthy of such an honor. Up
on being assured that he was, of all per
sons, the most desired and that his re
nown had traveled before him, he would
yield a reluctant consent and en4er the
room, taking the seat of leas/ honor. By
successive stages, and after many protesta
tions of his own un wort hi ness, he would
be Induced to lake the chair of honor,
according to Chinese ideals, and the only
one, by the way, he would have consent
ed to occupy during the conversation.
Possibly the clergyman would Inquire
the exalted name of (he visitor and would
learn that the wretched and degraded ap
pelation by which he was designated,
whenever anybody look the trouble to
Speak of or to him, chanced to be Wong.
When asked in what distinguished and
ennobling occupation he was amassing
honor and wealth, he would say that he
happened to make both miserable ends
meet by pursuing the wretched calling of
a boatman. To a polite inquiry as to 4he
location of the marble palace which he
honored with his occupancy, he would de
scribe the position of the thatched hut
in whlc’h he dragged out a miserable ex
istence.
In such wise the conversation would
proceed, until the visiter had exhausted
bis stock of commonplaces. To the West
c n mind, Mr. Ingle said, these elaborate
formalities seemed to be absurd, and so
they were, but to the Chinaman they
were of the essence of good breeding,
without which no conversation could pro
ve t and.
These preliminary steps were typical of
the manner In which the intended and
prospective converts were treated. If they
• xyreseed a desire to learn the truths of
Christianity they were put through a
long novitiate, of eighteen months at
least, during which they followed a pre
scribed course of study. If at the end of
this period of probation they had learned
the primary less, ns of th* religion and
had eon<fuet€d themselves in a manner to
indicate that they had absorbed the spirit
of lih teachings, they were admitted Into
the church.
The converts were, of course, difficult to
Instruct, and a long and painstaking pro
cess was necessary to accomplish the in
culcation of the higher truths ami prin
ciples of the religion. Instructed, how
ever, they were of moderately g>ed repute
and though there were back-sliders, and
even criminals among them, they com
(Continued on Third Page./
GAMBLING RtESTION AGAIN.
Physical and Moral Health Discussed
by Rev. Hhmcoiii Anthony.
In the discussion of his theme at Trin
ity Methodist Church last night, Rev.
Bascom Anthony made passing reference
to the question of the suppression of gam
bling houses, the question that agitated
the public mind to such an unusual ex
tent some months ago, but seems now to
have shared the fate of other moral
paroxysms that in the past have made
casual visits Savannah.
Mr. Anthony found room for some com
ments upon the gambling situation in the
discussion of the text, “Unstable as
water, ihou shah not excel.” After touch
ing uppn some other features in human
/life, in which the instability of human
character worked to the disadvantage of
human interests. Mr. Anthony instanced
the public indignation that had been
aroused by the. disclosure of the openness
with which the gambling rooms of Savan
nah were run. Some time ago everybody
deemed determined that
to vicious living thrown in therway of the
youth of the city by the flagrant viola- ,
tions of the laws prohibiting the main
tenance of gaming rooms should be put
out of the way. Even fhe officers of the
city government, said Mr. Anthony, an
nounced that they would close these
rooms, could they find out where they
were located and secure evidence against
those 'who ran them.
Within the last few* days, said the
preacher, events have transpired that
serve to throw some faint shadow of
doubt upon- the entire good fajth of this !
announcement. These events have been j
the closing of a number of the policy >
shops by the police under the orders and
instructions of the health officer.
When it was seen that these places, be- j
cause of the fact that a number of ne- j
groes congregated around them, making i
it possible for epidemic diseases to be
communicated, w r ere menaces to the phys
ical health of the city, they were prompt
ly closed. As long, however, as they
menaced only the moral health of the
community, nothing was done to inter
fere with their operation, and they were
permitted to hold their daily drawings
with unfailing Regularity and unfailing
profit to the proprietors. Mr. Anthony
left his congregation to digest this admit
ted fact. t
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NEVADA’S SUNDAY IN SAVANNAH.
Saw Some of It* Sight* But Want* to
See n Cake Walk.
Mae. Emma Nevada, the prima derma
who will sing to-night at the Theater,
spent yesterday in sight seeing. When
seen by a representative of He Morning
News she had just returned from a 1 ng
walk and expressed herself as delighted
with everything she had seen. Colonial
Park was probably an exception to this
generally favorable opinion as the singe
was rather too much impressed with the i i
congruiLy of making a playground out of
a cemetery to be very appreciative of the
utility of Jhe scheme. In fret she ha
rather an aversion lo cemeteiies in gen
eral and declined to visit Bonaveture, be- j
cause, as she expressed it, she ‘ and esn t :
want to go to any burial ground unt 1 shi
is taken there."
Mme. Nevada attended high m iss at St.
Patrick's Church In tlie morning, walked i
until lunch time, and spent the afte.n on
Until dinner in practicing anew tong that
she will sing at to-night’s concert. The
song, a little ballad, is en itlei “One
JtJarly Mom,” and was written especially
for the. singer by a friend, Mr. George
Pelzer. As it has never before been sun?
In public, Savannahians will have the firs*,
opportunity of hearing it.
This is Mme. Nevada's first trio to the
South except a former visit some time ago
to New Orleans. New Orleans, however,
she says. Is not like the South, nor any
ether part of America for that matter,
but has always impressed her lik * a town
of another country, France or Italy, for
example. The Southern people the singer
is delighted with. 4 They are so warm
hearted, and appreciative,” she said, “just
like the people of Southern France and of
Italy. In all of the cities in the South
where I have sung, the people have been
simply charming, and I am sure that the
Savannahians will be so, too.”
The colored people here attract a good
deal of the diva s attention. "I never saw.
them in such masses before," she said,
"and 1 find them extremely interesting. 1
have hea d.them seve al times in Europe
with some cf the troupes and representa
tive companies that were organized in this
country, and I know that they sing ex
tremely well and have, as a rule, excel
lent voices.”
“And they have dake walks here, too, I
should so like to see one.” If they have
one between now ar.d Tuesday morning,
when 1 have fer Angus’a. I shall certainly
see it.”
Mme. Nevada spoke interestingly of her
European trips and successes, but begged
to be excused fron\ discussing the Se
ville incident or anything connected with
the Spanish-American War, as besides
having been thoroughly exploited already
the subject is a painful one o her and
one that she preferred not speaking of.
Her future plans have not all been ar
ranged, but it is definitely settled that she
will return to this country next season,
after the production of the Maseenet new
opera In Paris, and will sing in New York
some of the operatic roles that she has
achieved such success- in in Europe. For
the rc<tt she says her plans are all too
hazy to be discussed even.
Mme. Nevada ta known in private life
as Mrs. R. Palmer. She is accompanied
by her husband, Dr. Palmer.
THE HI STO It if AL SOCIETY.
April Meeting Will Held nt Hodg
son Hall To-niglit.
The monthly meeting ofthe Georgia His
torical Society will be held at Hodgson
Hall at the accustomed hour to-night.
The reports of the librarian and other
officers and of some of the committees
will be received and the customary
amount of routine business transacted.
It is not expected that anything of un
usual importance wili come before the
meeting for action or discussion. At this
season. Just after the annual meeting of
the society, when most business of im
portance receives attention, there Is lii
tle for the members to do, other than to
listen to the reading of reports. The af
fairs of the society are looked after cur
rently by the officers and committees.
neIT LINE TO THE EAST.
Three Splendid Limited Trains Via
Southern lltillivny.
The New Lork Limited, the New York
Express and the United States Fast Mail.
They are all fast and up-to-Oale trains,
with complete dining car service provid
ing faultless meals between Savannah and
Washington. The New York Limited,
fittest and fastest train In tlie world. Pull
man Bleeping Cars, compartment, obser
vation. ilintng and ciub cars through to
New York without change. City passen
ger and ticket office, No. HI Ru|| street.
Telephone t>so. Depot ticket offl e, Plant
System station.—ad.
A tb ll lice to Visit V\ nulling ton
At low cost, en route North, East or
West. For iiariicuiars set- Newcomb
Cohen, Traveling Agent, 29 Hull street,
—ad.
TO CUT THROUGH DOBOY BAR.
DARIEN’S PORT WILL BE WROUGHT
FIFTEEN MILES '
__________ •
R i tten house Moore’* Dredge Will
Leave Savannah To-day to Begin
Operation*—More Thun 500,000 Cu
bic Yard* Will He Removed for a
Channel of 25 Feet Deep Aero**
the Bar—Ve*sel* Loaded Now With
Darien Lumber nt Sapelo May Be
Loaded in Dolioy Sound After the
Channel tin* Been Made—That Will
firing It* Port Within Ten Mile* ot
Da rien.
Work is tp be done on the bar of Doboy
sound soon that will be of tremendous
advantage to the port of Darien. The
dredge that is to do the work will leave
Savannah to-day, and it is probable that
the next few days will see it employed in
carrying out its owner’s contract with
the government.
The dredge belongs to Mr. Rittenhouse
Mcore, who secured the contract for the
removal of the dirt that is to leave a 25-
fcot channel across the bar of Doboy
sound. The dredge was constructed at the
Paltimore wharf in Savannah, a scow ob
tained in New York being fitted up with
apparatus of a late pattern.
'I he building was done in short order,the
workmen having nothing but ths hull re
cently turned off the marine railway with
whi.ch to make a start. Capt.
Robinscn, superintendent for the
Moore Dredging Company, had electric
lights placed on the wharf and on board
the dredge, w r hich allowed the work to
proceed day and night.
The dredge is equipped with a 1,500-
pound, riding anchor, and a 3,500-pouna
storm anchor. She has accommodations
for a double crew of seventeen men.
Stenm was gotten up Saturday and the
machinery tested. Everything worked
satisfactorily. • %
The boilers and machinery are in good
condition, having been overhauled and
placed in position by the Kehoe Iron
Works. The dredge has a Scotch marine
boiler, 300-horse power, with a Wheeler
surface condenser, a 250-horse power com
pound 801 l engine, and a 16-incji centrifl
cal pump, capacity 1,400 gallons a min
ute. The suction pipe is about 60 feet
long, 16-inch inside diameter. The dredge
has a grab attachment.
Something more than 600,000 cubic yards
of dirt are to be removed from the bar.
It is expected that at least four months
will be necessary for the completion of
ihe job. When it is finished Darien will
enjoy an advantage it has never known,
and the port will become of even greater
Importance as a lumber shipping point.
Lumber handled by Darien firms
ihrough that poit now has to be towed to
Sapelo. 25 miles from Darien, and there
leaded atoaid ship. Sapcl:, in fact, ha* al
ways been Dar.en’a port, the history of
Home and Ostia being repeated in a mild
form. The depth of the branch of the Al
tarraha on which the toWn is located is
too slight to admit of ships of any con
siderable draft making their way there,
so rafts of lumber have been sent to
Sapelo.
Obviously it would be a great advantage
if Darien’s port could be brought fifteen
miles nearer. That is exactly what ,-vill
he brought 'about by the work. The cut
through Doboy bar will remove the ob
stacle, and, instead of at Sap do, ship?
may be loaded at the point where the D
rien branOh of the AUamaha widens intJ
L>oboy sound.
The sound itself is deep enough. All I
that is necessary is to make the opening
across the bar. That done, easy sailing
to the new wharves that ars to be built
will be had. Vessels that were loided at
Sapelo may go through the channel, sail
across the sound and receive lumber w th
in ten, instead of twenty-five, miles of Da
rien.
HEV. R. V \ \ DEVENTER'S SERMONS.
Pieneli<*il at tlie DulTy Street Ilnp
tiMt t Ini roll.
Rev. Robert Van Deventer preached at
the Duffy Street Baptist Church yester
day at both morning and night services.
Last night his text was from John, 1:7:
“The same came for a witness, to bear
witness of the Light, that all men through
Him might believe.”
Rev. Mr. Van Deventer discussed first
the atonement through the blood of
Christ, dwelling ou the necessity and ef
-1 ficacy of such an atonement and quoting
the many passages of the Bible to illus
: trate his thought. The blood of Christ
j cleanseth from all sing, must not be taken
I literally, he said, but in the sense that
| the blood represents the life. It was by
the shedding of this precious blood, so
called by God, Himself, that the life of
the Christian church hid been purchas
ed, and was the greatest price that had
ever been paid. Continuing his analysis
of his subject, he said that the bl*od of
Jesus Christ was precious because it was
1 pure. All knowledge is comparative, and
ideas of value, beauty and purity must
necessarily be comparative also. The
purity of Virgil can only be appreciated
by comparing him to Ovid, and physical
beauty would not be beauty were there
not deformity with which it can be plac
ed in contrast.
It is hard for one who leads the sordid,
stoful life of the world to realize how
pure was the life of the Son of God. One
can begin to realize it when remembering
I the word of God “I gave the precious
I blood cf mine only begotten Son.” Other
j blood has been shed, the martyrs at
| Smbhfield, and in Rome, and pat Mots
, fighting for their country In a Just cause,
but none has ever be£n shed like that on
Calvary, when Christ gave Dp his pre
cious life.
God’s love for the world Is expressed In
the fact that he gave to it His son, the
greatest gift possible, and tho gift of all
others most necessary and precious to
| man. To ask why the plan of redemption
: through the blood of Christ was necessary
| anfl why some other means of saving a
j sinful world would not have been used,
is to question the wisdom, power, mercy,
and love of God, which as a mighty povv-
r is behind the whole scheme of atone
j inenr. It is sufficient to know that Christ
realized‘the necessity cf it, and made tho
sacrifice.
Continuing. Mr. Van Deventer said that
th“ time is assuredly coming when every
heart should know Jesus, it wore impiety
to doubt it, for Christ having come into
the world to save sinners had said on the
cress, “Fatlter I have finished the work
Thou hast given me to do.”
It was not simply to save Hnnets that
Christ made the atonement, however, f6r
his .ict was rendered necessary that ho
divine government might be upheld. Ju--
ih e demanded that the wicked chouM he
punished, but God's love plead for their
forgiveness. It was by Chrl-t taking h(f
burden of the sin of the world upon hlm
*>lt that the chasm between man and God
w.s bridged, and It made possible f. r s’n
-1 aach t tod through jmm Cl rift
There Is a necessity for this atonement
for no one goes to heaven because inno
cent. but through atonement only. It D
on error to think that the soul of one ir o
> > in to have sinned reaches he .tn
through ks blame less nr as. it doe* m> 0 \ y
through the atonement that has already
l** n made. A man may live to 14 oil
as Methuselah ami never commit a e n
udkJ /ft uu4c ho luiJkvv on Jeu* Cbrilt
he Will go,* not to heaven, but* straight
down to hell.
“The devil has paid to the Christian
Church the greatest compliment possible,”
\Jr. Van Deventer aid. “by trying to imi
tate it as may be seen in the Christian
Scientis-rs, Theosophists, and all the sects
ending in “isms.” They are the more
dangerous because they contain a Hole
truth, but again I tell you that on y
through the acceptance of Jesus Christ
will you be able to enter into ihe eternal
life.”
THE RAILROAD Y. M. C. A.
General Secretary Sample’s* Address
at Young Men’* Meeting.
Mr. G. C. K. Sample of Columbia, Pa.,
secretary of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Young Men’s Christian Association, ad
dressed the men’s meeting at the Savan
nah Y. M. C. A. yesterday afternoon.
* The meeting was well attended and
opened with a song service, during which
Messrs. Weigand and Connerat played a
delightful violin duet. Mr. Sample said
that he had not come to speak of rail
road work, but to give a message from
God’s Word, viz, “An it is appointed unto
men once to die, after death the judg
ment." Those who believe in Christ have
no cause to fear the judgment.
“If I could prove to an unsaved man,”
he said, "that he would in the morning
face God at His judgment seat to-mor
row he would not rest until he had set
tled this question.
“ ‘Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for
thou knowest not what a day may bring
forth.’ ”
He said that he had selected this sub
ject, first, because it is personal; no one
can take your place, men. We will have
to stand alone and give account of the
deeds done In the body. Secondly, I have
selected this, because it will make us
think. It also makes men honest. We
give poor excuses for not serving God in
this life, but we will have to be honest
In the next world. It is a meeting place.
We shall meet those whom we have
wronged, and things we thought dead will
come up before us. Our secret sins will
be made known.
“The next verse to the text I have chos
en show’s that the only escape is to ac
cept Jesus Christ. Mr. Sample related
many pathetic incidents which had come
under his observation as a railroad man,
showing the uncertainty of life and also
how many of the men who, having ac
cepted Christ, had escaped condemna
tion and entered into eternal life.
CITY BREVITIES.
Custodian Doyle advertises in to-day’s
Morning News for proposals to furnish
the government building with fuel, lights,
water, ice, miscellaneous supplies, wash
ing towels, hauling ashes and sprinkling J
streets for the fiscal year ending June j
30, 1901.
C'linrlewton. S. C.
Your Southern trip will be Incomplete
unless you stop here. Stop-over privileges
allowed on all tickets. Finest winter and
epring climate in America. Charming, pic
turesque drives. Many points of fascinat
ing historical Interest, including Magnolia
Gardens, the Isle of Palms, Fort Sumter,
Fort Moultrie and the great fortifications i
on Sullivan’s island. Charleston harbor.
The Charleston Hotel, strictly first-clas-t.
Cuisine of the highest standard, affording
all modern conveniences at moderate
rates. Send for illustrated booklet. W.
Irving Davids.—ad.
LAND OF THE SKY.
Side Tour* $7.05, Southern Railway.
For of its patrons re
turning North the Southern Railway is
selling side trip tickets from # Columbia to
Asheville aiui Hot Springs, N. C., return
ing direct to Columbia or via Salisbury.
Stopovers o return tickets of fif
teen dajs at Columbia and Salisbury.
An attractive descriptive pamphlet on
the "Land of the Sky," Asheville. Hot
Springs, etc., may be had upon applica
tion. Randall Clifton, district passenger
agent ; James Freeman, city passenger and
ticket agent. 143 Bull street; telephone
feoO, Savannah.—ad.
. Miss Ida Carter,
"Graybeard cured me of dyspepsia,
which had almost made an invalid of me.
Before taking Graybeard, I got very thin
—I coulrin't eat, and my lrlends neter ex
pected to see me in health again. It is a
wonderful remedy.” Miss Ida Carter,
Mt. Bella, Xenn.
Get Graybeard at drug stores. Ask for
Graybeard pills. 25c.—ad.
French C'lnret Wines nnil German
Rhine anti Moscllp Wines.
The fine French wines in bottles are im
ported direct front the well known house
of Everest, Dupont & Cos., Bordeaux,
France, by Lippman Bros, of this city.
I.ippman Bros, desire to call attention to
the St. ,Allien brand of claret wine, which
is very fine, but quite low-priced.
Their Chauteau Leoville is known as one
of the finest claret wines imported to the
United States.
Lippman Bros.’ imr*>rtations of Rhine
wines arc certainly worth the attention
of connoisseurs. They arc from the cele
brated wine grower Martin Deutz of
Fin Ilk fort-on-I he-Mam. Germany.
His Bodenheim Khlne wine is very nice
and delicious, but low price.
His Marcobrunner Cabinet, from select
ed grapes, is well worth the attention of
the finest judges of Hhlno wine in the city.
His Yohannisburger Cabinet is very deiil
cate and rare, and is perfection of wino
and the finest of all.—ad.
ClOer.
We hove n nice line of cider in bottles,
pure and genuine, from the celebrated
establishment of Mutt & Cos., of New
York.
The Russet Cider and the Crab Apple
Cider are very good. Lippman Bros., cor
ner Congress and Barnard streets. Sa
vannah, Gu—nd.
t
Bookkeeper >l. I*. Ross.
"I have never found anything to equal
Graybeard in relieving me of that tired
out feeling in spring,” says M. P. Russ,
bookkei per. Beck & Gregg Hardware
Company, Atlanta. Get Graybeard at drug
stores, litspess Drug Company, Props.
Graybeard liver pills are ideal little fel
lows. 25c. ad.
Sleeping Cars WetWern Snvnnnnh
nod Montgomery.
The Plant System will Inanimate
sleeping car service between Savannah
and Montgomery, Monday Feb. 19. Leave
Savannah 6 p. m., city time. Arrive Mont
gomery 8:10 a. m —ad.
P. P. P.. a wonderful medicine; It gives
an appetite; it invigorates and strength
ens. P. P. P. cures rheumatism and all
pains In the side, back and shoulders
knees, hips, wrists and Joints, p p p
cures sypidllls in all its various stages
o and ulcers, sore and kidney complaint p
P. P. cures catarrh, eczema, erysipelas, ali
skin disease* and mercurial poisoning p
P, P. cures dyspepsia, chronic female com
plalnts and broken down constitution and
loss of manhood. P. P. P„ the best blood
purifier of the age. has made more perma
nent cures than all other blood remedies.
Lippman Bros., solo pioprielwii, Sovan-
QU. Ua. -ad.
2 WEEKS
and EASTER.
Your dressmaker will thank you to fur
nlsh the material for your new dress aj
ohee.
The wisest people will buy now, whll
the assortments are complete and thsrti
is plenty of time for selecting.
YOU CAN SAVE TIME AND MOSEY
BY CO.MIWO RIGHT HERE.
EVERYTHING IS NEW.
Not an old piece of stock in the house,
YOU KNOW that QUALITY is always
found at this store.
YOU KNOW. TOO, that PRICES ARK
ALWAYS RIGHT.
SO COAJE HERE AND YOU’LL BE
SATISFIED.
High Novelties in PIQUE MUSLINS.
Fine Novelties in WHITE MADRAS.
White Piques, worth 20c, for L'-.-c.
Splendid Light Fancy Pique, worth 25,•,
for lac.
Batiste, Mulls, Persian Lnwns, French
Nainsooks, Dimities in white and colored,
al popular prices.
We have always carried the fihest an.l
best lines of these goods in the city.
New Foulard Silks.
Black and Colored Taffetas.
Black and Satin Duchess and Peau da
Sole.
New Black Chinas.
New Henriettas and Homespuns.
New Black and Colored Serges.
Just fresh from the market.
As rarely good qualities combine her*
with moderate cost there is more indm -
ment than ever to examine the lovely
fabrics we show.
LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS.
White and Colored.
LACES AND EMBROIDERIES.
In extent and elegance surpassing any
thing we have ever ottered.
SOME SNAPS.
Good Check Nainsook, worth 614 c, now
5 cents.
Good Check Nainsook, worth 814 c, now
614 cents.
White India Linens, worth 10c, fop Bc.
White India Linens, worth 121*c. for 10c.
White India Linens, worth 15c. for Eljc.
White India Linens,, worth 20c, for 15e.
White India Linens, worth 2Ge, for 20c.
COME AND' SEE HOW WE HAYO
PREPARED FOR THE EASTER
TRADE.
ALL CARS LEAD HERE.
IT'S THE
Cor. Broughton & Barnard.
Daniel Hogan,
(hern'Mir
Y~ 'Cleaajweep
ANTISEPTIC^BROOMS
DESTROY GERMS, MOTHS.
PRESERVE CARPETS.
PURIFY WHILE YOU SWEEP.
Endorsed by Physicians.
V FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. V
LIPPMAN BROS., Proprietors,
QruggUts, Lippman’s Block, SAVANNAH, GS
YS) GRAND NATIONAL PRIZE
g 1 u fl brings new life to the j
| p /C body.aidsdigestion,improves \
I gee s' the appetite,and is recommended
IJ. >r by the medics] profession the best
soy tonic for convalescents from yellow
fever, typhoid, and all malarial troubles. !
Paris: 22 Rue Drouot * i
flrwYorki E.Fougera&Co.; 26-30 N.Wic
COW PEAS.
B. E. PEAS, LADY PEAS. PIGEON
PEAS.
SEED POTATOES.
HAY. GRAIN, FEED, FLOUR.
SEED PEANUTS.'
ORANGES, LEMONS, COCOA NUTS.
BEANS, CHEESE, ETC.
THY OUR COW FEED.
YV. I). SIMKINS& CO.,
ONE MILLION HIDES WANTED
DRY "flints IK'
DRY HALTS 1C
GREEN SALTED TV
R. KIRKLAND,
liuyer of Old Halls. Set up Iron and Metals
417 to 4.11 St. Julian street, west.
J. D. WEED & CO
IAY ANN All, QA.
Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Hose.
Agents for NEW XOfUs UUUUhit
BELTING AND PAOLUiU CWL'AdI.