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REAOY TO COUNT NOSES.
GIESSES OV SAVANNAH’S POP ILLA
TION ARE NOW IN ORDER.
(>nnn Enumem tor* Will Hejsln
Their Round* Frldny-W ill Not lie
nn litQuiaitlve a* the Enumerator*
Were in 1800— Some ot the Cen*u*
Work That I* Likely to Prove
I>ifTioiil t— How the Absent Feople
Will Re Counted.
Census Supervisor Henry Blun, Jr., said
yesterday that everything is in readiness
to begin the census of Savannah, and the
First congressional district of Georgia on
June 1. The supervisors have all been
appointed, and have received their in
structions. and the necessary blank sched
ules for the work. A few of the appoint
ees. who made up their minds after re
ceiving appointments, that the job was
one which they did not care to tackle,
have resigned and their places have been
filled by others.
So far Mr. Blun has not bad a single
kick on his appointments. In this he
has been an exception to his brother
supervisors throughout this section. The
people of Savannah ami the district, evi
dently feel that Mr. Blun has exercised
good judgment in selecting and distrib
uting the enumerators, and that he has
made the best possible arrangement that
could be made under the circumstances.
They are also confident that he will give
them as close and as accurate an enum
eration as it is possible to obtain.
On Friday, just four days hence, the
forty census enumerators who have been
appointed for Savannah, will begin mak
ing their rounds and asking ail sorts and
condition of people the various things
which Uncle Sam wants to know' about
his 80.ftrt0.000 or 90.000.000 children. They will
ask you how old you are and when and
where you were born, your race, sex and
c:lcr, whether you are s ngle. married,
w.dowed or divoiced, and if in any of
the three last named classes, how many
hildren you have. They wdll also ask all
these same questions about all the chil
dren and every other number of the fam
ily. They wi 1 want to kflow whether you
can read and write and also how many
months the children attended school dur
ing the year. They will ask about your
business and up;n what trade or occupa
tion you depend for a living. They will
not ask about your health, but they will
Inquire if you are deaf, dumb or blind.
Asa matter of fact, the government is
not near so inquisitive this year as it
has been in some former census investi
gations. Tou will not be asked if you
were ever convicted of crime or whether
you are addicted to the use of intoxicat
ing drinks or whether any member of
your family ever died of consumption. It
will not be near so inquisitorial as a
medical examination for a life insurance
policy. The census enumerators will
doubtless find people who object to tell
ing their ages or who are disinclined to
give other information desired. The law
requires these questions to be answered.
At the same time the enumerators must
exercise tact, as their orders require them
to be extremely patient and polite.
It should be borne in mind that the
enumerator is forbidden by law to make
public any of the information obtained by
him in the discharge of hhs duties, and
there are heavy penalties attached for
violations of this sort. As the informa
tion gathered will not be given out here,
but will be forwarded under seal to Wash
ington, where it will be collaborated
along with the reports from thousands of
other districts, there Is the remotest pos
sible chance of any personal informa
tion so obtained being made public. The
government wants the information for
statistical purposes, and the census bu
reau will furnish it to the public In this
shape as fast as it is compiled. The re
port for Savannah will how many
blind, deaf and dumb people in the cky
and how many illiterate, but not who
they are.
One portion of the enumerators’ w'ork, ,
which is likely to prove difficult, is the
gathering of mortality statistics. Each
enumerator is expected to ascertain the
name of every decedent within his dis
trict during the year ending June 1. his
age, cause of death and other information.
As there are many deaths of persons,
leaving no rcdatlves behind to give an ac
count of them, as well as in families who
remove from the districts in which they
were living at the time; this task is not
likely to prove an easy one.
The city census is to be completed with
in two weeks, while the country enum
erators are allowed e month. Thanks to
the pleasant weather which has prevailed
up to this time, it is probable that less
than 1 per cent, of Savannah’s populatkm
has left the city for the summer, md
with continued pleasant weather, the city
stands a very good chance of getting a
fairly accurate count of its people. Even
many of those who do go away will be
counted by the aid of members of their
families remaining in the city.
OFF TO LOUBVILLE TO-DAY.
Veteran*, Son* of Veteran* and
Troop* heave Till* Morning.
The Confederate Veterans, the Sons of
Veterans, and the troops acting as the
veterans’ escort, will leave thi9 morning
at 9:30 o'clock, city time, over the Cen
tra! Railroad for Louisville, where they
go to attend the national reunion of United
Confederate Veterans.
It was thought yesterday that thirty
five veterans would take the trip. Mem
bers of the Lafayette McLaws Camp said
there would be eleven of them. In all
probability, In the party, while the Con
federate Veterans’ Association expected
to send twenty-four.
The Sons of Veterans, it was thought,
would number fifteen. With them, as
sponsor from this division, will be Miss
Flora Lee Dancy. Mrs. H. M. Branch
will act as the chaperone for the sponsor,
and her maid of honor, Miss Emma Dun
bar of Augusta.
At the Regimental Armory this morn
ing at an early hour, the Oglethorpe Light
Infantry and the Republican Blues, who
will act ns the veterans’ escort, will as
semble. The march to the depot will fol
low, and doubtless the companies will
attract no little attention as they go.
The streets w'li have many people upon
them at the time.
One week will be enough for most of
those who take the trip. They expect to
remain that long in Louisville. Mony
will make more extended trips, going else
where and prolonging the time they are
away. Among the young soldiers parties
have already been made up for trips to
various points after the reunion is over.
Death of Little Sidney Ollvero*.
Sidney Alphonse, the year and a half
od son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Ollveros,
died last night at the home of the pa
rents, No. 1511 Abcrcorn street. The re
mains will be taken to Orangeburg. S. C.,
to-day for burial. Mr. and Mrs. Ollveros
have the sympathy of many friends In
their bereavement.
Death of Mnj. J. A. Maxwell.
Maj. J. A. Maxwell, c prominent cldzen
of Arlington and father of Mr. Alexander
Maxwell of this city, died suddenly y. s
terday morning. The news of his death
will be received with regret by his many
friends in Savannah,
READY FOR THE ECLIPSE.
Sflvannnliian. Will See It Through
Smoked Glass.
If the weather is clear this morning, a.
the weather bureau predicts It may be,
Savannahians will have the opportunity
of seeing the nearest to a total eclipse of
the sun that they will see In a long time,
and maybe never again.
The weather headquarters at Washing
ton predicts a fair, bright and beautiful
day for the eclipse. Many thousands of
interested people sincerely hope that the
weather clerk has made no mistake. The
assistant observer at the Savannah office
said i hat he was unable to make any
forecast last r.ight or to give any of
ficial hint whatever as to the outlook for
the weather in this vicinity to-day.
The eclipse will begin at 7:31 o'clock, will
reach the greatest point of obscuration,
$414 per cent, of the sun's surface at 8:43
o'clock, and will end at 9:59 o’clock.
With clear weather given as an indis
pensable prerequisite, the beginning of
the partial eclipse in this country wdll be'
visible first at sunrise about 100 miles
inland from the Pacific coast, along a
line running parallel with the seaboard
and cutting through Sacramento, Cal ,
while in the far East its beginning will
be seen last Just at siinset—quite unsat
isfactory to beholders—along a line run
ning through Western Siberia, Khiva in
Turkestan, Ispahan in Persia, Mecca in
Arabia, and across Africa through the
Soudan and Congo country.
'Many Savannahians will have lo get up
a little earlier than usual this morning ,f
they see all of the eclipse that is visible
here. The school children will have a
chance to see the first half, the ml.Mle
and some of the decline of the shadow be
fore school hours, so there will be no ne
cessity for a holiday.
Many people smoked their opera glasses
and all the pieces of gloaa lying around
yesterday and last r.ight and will he ready
this morning to take In the phenome on.
A number of Savannahians went up to
Barnesville and other points in Georgia
where observatories are located. The
Camera Club is represented at Barnow
ville by Dr. W. F. Aiken, Mr. Dan Van
Wagenen anil Mr. M. B. Nichols. Mr.
Otis Ashmore, who Is a member cf the
government corps of observers, is also a
member of the club. Dr. Aiken will direct
his effort to photography, the “shadow
bands” that accompany the eclipse, and
will be assisted by Mr. Van Wagenen and
Mr. Nichols. After completing the report
of hie work at Barnesville Mr. Ashmo e
will go to Thomaston, where the Lick rb
servatory station is located. The Savannah
party will return home to-morrow.
DEATH OF MISS ALBERT HULL.
Popular Young Soelety Girl Dleil
Y'csterdny nt Sewunee, Tenn.
Mis* Albert Lamar Hull, the eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hull,
died yesterday morning at Sewanee,
Tenn. The sad news was conveyed to
friends of the family In Savannah by
telegrams, and soon it was widespread
among the many friends and acquaint
ances to whom Miss Hull was greatly en
deared.
Inflammation of the stomach, it was
stated was the cause of Miss Hull's death.
She was ill for but four days, and it was
not generally known here that her con
dition wag critical. A short while ago she
left for Sewanee, having spent two or
three weeks with friends in the c’.ty after
the departure of her mother and sisters
for Sewanee.
The Hulls left Savannah because of
Illness near near their home. Mr. Hull,
who was in Atlanta, wired Mrs Hull to
go to Tennessee. This she did, taking the
children to Sewanee, wtnre a son, Mr.
Dan Hull, Is In attendance at the Uni
versity of the South. Miss Hull remained,
the Misses Hauers having Invited her to
become their guest.
When Miss Hull left to join her moth
er and brother and sisters at Sewanee
she was, apparently, quite well. The news
of her death was received, therefore,
with all the more regret. She was one
ef the most popular young women In Sa
vannah society, having a host of friends
and l-elng universally admired for her
splendid qualltl s.
The remains are expected to arrive in
Savannah this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs
Hull and their remaining children will he
in attendance. The funeral, it Is thought,
will take place to-morrow morning.
MRS. U. A. GALI .A HER DEAD.
Her Dentil Sincerely Mourned l,y
Nnny Friends.
The death of Mrs. B. A. Gallaher at her
home at No. 101 Jones street, east, early
yesterday morning brings sorrow to the
hearts of many friends. Death was caused
by inflammation of .the stomach after an
illness of six weeks.
The deceased was a lovely Christian
character and her death will be mourned
by many. She was a native of Savannah,
but on her marriage lo the late John Gal
laher. removed to Augusta. On her hus
band’s death, fourleen years ago, she re
turned to Savannah. She leaves three
sons, James H., J. A. and Louis X. Galla
her. and a daughter, Miss Mary Gallaher,
besides two sisters, Mrs. George Hawkins
of Savannah, ar.d Mrs. P. A. O'Byrne of
Birmingham. The funeral will take place
at 5 o’clock this afternoon from the resi
dence. The Interment will be at the Ca
thedral Cemetery.
DEATH DF MISS SEMKErN.
Passed Away Yesterday When llurc
ly Yinetcen Y'eurs Old.
Miss Berty Semken died at 1 o'clock yes
terday afternoon at the residence of her
brother and sister, Mr. J. D. Semken and
Mrs. J. H. Lange, at 533 Taylor street,
east, after a short Illness. Miss Sunken
was but 19 years old, and was a native
of Germany.
The funeral will take place from the res
idence at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Miss
Semken was attiactive and popular, and
her death, at a time when she was Just
blossoming Into womnnhooi, has cast a
gloom over the entire circle of her ac
quaintance.
DEATH CYME *li>l>H\l,Y.
Mrs. .lolmunit Delaney Pusneil Away
Without Warning,
Mrs. Johanna Delaney died suddenly
yesterday morning at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. W. T. Lynch, at Lumber
and Bay streets. Death was due to
apoplexy. The deceased was sitting In
a rocking chair when she suddenly fell
forward. She was Immediately carrle 1
to a bed. but e-plred before reaching
there. Mrs. Delaney was about 55 yoars
of age and was well knowi. it Savannah.
The funeral will take place fiom the resi
dence at 3 o'clock this uftemoon.
Mnlt-Nutrlne
is prepared/ at our brewery and is guar
anteed unequaltd In quality, purity and
medicinal virtue.
ANHEUSF.K-UrSCH BROWING ASS'N.
gold by all druggists,
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MAY 28, 1900.
SUMMER-TIME CHRISTIANITY.
REV, C. H. STRUMi DLICISSED
LIGHT nil'llCH ATTENDANCE.
Less Than ."LOOP People Present a t
All of Hie Berv|ee of All the White
( hurdles nn Snoday, May —<l, Out
of a White Population
Mr. .Strong Regard* the Propor
tion of One Out of Seven ns a Very
Poor Showing for n Nominally
Christian City—Summer Heat May
Aeeonnt in Part, lint Easy Indif
ference the Chief Cause.
"Our Summer Christianity" was the
topic of an Interesting discourse by Rev.
C. H. Strong at St. John's last night.
It was the "Summer Christianity” of Sa
vannah to which Rev. Mr. Strong espe
cially referred, and it was the small at
tendance upon church worship In the city
during the summer months which brought
this topic to Mr. Strong's mind.
He had noticed the falling off in his
own congregation, and was Inclined to
believe that St. John’s was not the only
sufferer. He accordingly took steps to
inform himself of the attendance at the
various Protestant Churches of the city
during the previous Sunday, sending out
twenty-dive young men of his congregation
for this purpose. The attendance upon
the morning services at each of the Prot
estant Churches was reported to him in
this manner, and last night he gave his
congregation the benefit of the total fig
ures.
Mr. Strang did not give the attendance
at each of the churches, though it was
learned from him that the attendance va
ried from 61 to 375. At one or two churches
the pastor was absent, or there was some
other causa to which an unusually small
attendance could be attributed. At two
other churches there were special fea
tures which doubtless Increased the at
tendance so that Mr. Strong considered
that the attendance was a fair average
for a summer Sunday In Savannah.
The total attendance at the morning ser
vices of the Protestant Churches for the
previous Sunday, Mr. Strong stated, was
2,300. He had not ascertained the attend
ance at the Catholic Churches during the
morning, but he estimated this at 1,000
or a total of 3,300 for the day at all the
white churches. Making the liberal al
lowance of 50 per cent, more for those
who attended the night services, who had
not attended the morning services, he es
timated a total attendance of 4,950, or in
round figures, 5,C00 for the entire day. Es
timating the white population of the city
at 35,000, Mr. Strong commented upon
the character of the showing made. It
was a very sad state of affairs indeed, he
thought, when it could be approximately
shown that only one person in seven of the
city's white population had attended di
vine services during the day.
That in a nominally Christian city on
a very pleasant Sunday,- only one-seventh
of the population should have attended
church services, was not a creditable
showing, he thought, either for the
churches or for the people. With only
5,000 people at church for a portion of the
day. where were the other 30,000, he in
quired. Doubtless many were at the va
rious seashore and other suburban re
sorts. Many others, no doubt, among the
employes of the railroads, were In per
formance of their dudes for these com
panies, while many others were at the
commercial offices In the business dis
trict finishing up work left over from Sat
urday. This, however, only accounted for
a small percentage of the absentees. The
real answer as to the whereabouts of the
absent ones was that they were quietly
at, spending Sunday as they pleased. In
tent perhaps upon their worldly affairs,
and not even breaking that deadly chain
of the routine work of the week. It might
be true, he said, that they were spending
tha day in the company of their loved
ones, but it was equally true thot they
displayed an utter indifference to their
duties to the church.
Of the churches in which the count
was taken, Mr. Strong said, only two
were half full, while the vast majority
of the others were not more than one
third full. This was a strange condi
tion of affairs, he said. In a Christian
city, filled with churahes and charitable
institutions and which boasts of its en
lightenment and refinement.
Mr. Strong, in beginning his discourse,
had alluded to the desertion of Christ
by his apostles in the garden of Geth
semane and the denial of his Lord by
St. Peter under circumstances which
seemed to make the act particularly base.
In considering this strange conduct upon
the part of one who proved himself to
be the strongest and the lender nmong
the apostles, Mr. Strong said that the
conditions and surroundings should be
considered. The apostle was worn and
exhausted. He had passed through much
excitement and was fatigued bodily and
mentally. He was shivering with the cold
and his vital forces were evidently at n
low ebb. Much allowance must be made
for his physical condition at the time.
Mind and matter are closely related and
the effect upon the mind of the physi
cal condition of the body is understood
by those who have given the subject any
thought.
Bringing this point io bear upon the
queslion of lax church attendance in Sa
vannah during the summer months, Mr.
Strong said that our summer climate
doubtless does have the effect of dimin
ishing the vital forces and of decreasing
the Inclination to mental and physical
activity.
"After all possible excuse has been
made,” he said, after canvassing this Wet,
"it seems a shameful state of affairs that
so small a percentage of the population
should be In attendance upon church ser
vices. The pastors of this city are as
earnest and ns conscientious a set of men
ns are to be found in the pulpits of any
city of its size. They are painstaking
and devoted to their duties. There is
not a lazy man among them. They con
stantly make sacrifices for their people
and those who are outside of their flocks.
There is nor a man nmong them who
would not leave his bed at any hour of
the night to go to any distance and en
counter any hardship for the sake of
some man who reaily needed him, though
he may never have heard of that man be
fore, and he would do this without hope
of compensation. The fault Is not with
the clergy. It Is with the easy-going,
excuse-making, indolent character of
many of our men and women, which
mokes them make the cold of winter and
the rain of spring and the heat of sum
mer an excuse for not going to God’s
house, ns if it were a hardship upon them
to do this. God desires a free and hearty
service, not a constrained and unwilling
one.”
"It Is always easy to Import some for
eign minister, who will bring the crowds
out to hear him," sold Mr. Strong. "I
do not doubt but that I could go to some
city where my voice has not been heard
for a score of years, end attract large
audiences for a week or more. But this
Is not doing the work of <od as It ought
to be done. What is needed Is the loving
interest of every man and woman In the
house of God. Either our people have not
this Interest or they are not willing to
make sacrifices.”
Mr. Strong said he would not think
of urging man to go to church. He
would os soon think of arguing with him
that he should go home to ills wife and
children, os of arguing that he should
go to the house of his Father. A real
Interest in the living gospel of Christ
would be shown by coming to the place
of divine hopes and aspirations, he said.
Men have need of spiritual as well as phy
sical food. Non-attendance upon churca
is not treating the pastor with proper
respect. The clergyman has the right to
claim from everyone of his congregation
who claims his services, a regularity
in church attendance, and devotion in tha
house of God. It is a duty which tits
members of the congregation owe to the
Church and to the |>as;or.
THE RAKQI ET OF THE SONS.
Annual Meeting nntl Dinner to Take
Place on Tuesday, June IS.
The annual banquet of Francis S. Bar
tow Camp of Sons of Confederate Veter
ans will be held at Knights of Pythias
Hall on the evening of June 12. It is in
this manner that the Sons are accustom
ed to celebrate the birth of their chapter
here and to encourage one another in the
good work they are engaged in doing.
The banquets arc usually quiet affairs
and there is but little of noise and fluster,
figuratively -Speaking, attending them.
The Invited guests are likely to be few
and are always chosen from the two
camps of Goofed rale Veterans and from
such distinguish*d visitors, allied with
the cause, as chance to be in the city.
There are speeches and Confederate songs
and the beys always have a good time.
This year the banquet is likely to be
especlalfy Interesting, by reason of the
fact that the camp's delegates to the an
nual convention of the general confeder
ation wi'l have bu shortly returned from
Louisville and will doubtless take this
opportunity to make a report of what
they have dene, seen and h ard and in
dulge In reminiscences of the reunion.
There will he b sides a sec programme
of toasts and responses, which has not
yet been made up. Capt. U. H. McLaws,
who is at once the commandant of the
camp and the commander of the Georgia
division of the confederation, will act as
toastmaster.
The banquet will be preceded by the
annual meeting of the camp, at which
the officers for the ensuing year will be
elected. It is very probable that . those
who now fill the offices will be chosen to
succeed thems lvrs, and almost certain
that this will 1 e the case unless some of
the present officers decline re-election at
the hands of the r ftl'ow members.
A NOBLER VN AS A TRAMP.
Count. Roeco Dianovlch Strikes Su-
Ynnnali on tits Tour Afoot.
Avery unique character Iq the person
of Count Roceo Dianovich of Austria is
In the city. The Count arrived yesterday,
and is stopping at the Pulaski. He some
times stops in jails when he visits cities,
but he has decided to abandon a penchant
he has in thi9 line for the time being, and
the place of incarceration in Savannah
will know him, not as a committed inmate.
The Count is doing the L T ntted States
afoot, and his object Is to write a book
on prisons. To gain a clear and personal
knowledge of his subject, he has ma le It
a practice to get himself shut up in
them. This is not his invariable rule, as
he often finds that examinations as a
visitor suffice to gain the information
he seeks. In .Washington some time ago,
however, the Count says, he broke a win
dow in order to get himself confined in
jail.
Forty-eight years have been the span
of the Count's life, and thirty-four of
them have been spent In travels. He
has a greatf fund of knowledge of all
lands. He has been three years In Amer
ica. After he finishes up his tour of the
country' he will go bock to Austria, where
he will write his book in his native lan
guage, though he is an accomplished
linguist and in writing he does not have
to confine himself to any particular
tongue.
Count Rocco says he will probably be
a Week or two in Savannah. He is in
terested in school children, anrl during
his stay he will, endeavor to arrange a
few lectures for their benefit. He wants
to talk to them about the lands he has
visited. No admission fee will be charged
and no collection will he taken up. What
he does, he does through his desire to in
form the children.
EXERCISES AT HAVEN SCHOOL.
The C lass of 1000 Will He Graduated
on Next Thursday.
The commencement exerelrey of the
Haven School were begun yester !dy aft r
tioon, when Rev. J. Crolly preached the
baccalaureate sermon. A large tent had
been pitched in the extensive ground? sur
rounding the school building and it w is in
this that ihe exercises were hel l.
The commencement exercises will b?
continued each d-ay during He week until
Thursday, when the graduating class of
I§3o will receive their dip'omas. The pr -
senlation of diplomas will be a comp nlei
by an interesting and carefully arrange I
programme and an address by Prof. N.
B. Young of the Georgia State Industrial
College.
On this afternoon the piano recital of Ihe
music class of the school wi’l take p^ace. 1
This will begin at 4 o'clock. On to-moirow
at 4 the primary class of the sc hoed will
hold their exercises and on Wedne and y
the intermediate department's pupils will
entertain Ihelr friends. Thursday at tha
same hour will be 'he oceasLn of the
graduation of the class. .
The year has been a prosperous one for
Haven School, one of the most successful
ly conducted institutions for the educatim
of the negro in this section of the state.
The attendance has been good and the effi
cient corps of instructors have every rta
son to feel satisfied with the results cf
their Work.
IHIIHE OF BROKEN COTTON KING.
Miss Fugcnfu Dyer Formerly Quite
Well Known in Savannah.
There Is a local Interest in the we<Ming
In New York Saturday of Thomas H.
Price, of the recently collapard firm cf
Price, McCormick & Cos., and Mis? Eugenia
Dyer. The bride is a daughter cf the lat •
Gen. Alexander B. Dyer ar.d a sister <f
Mrs. James L. Taylor, formerly of Savan
nah, and was quite well known here. Mr.
Price and Miss Dyer were lo have heen
married to-morrow. The weddings was to
have been an elaborate one. The failure of
Mr. Price's firm came a week before ih
wedding. The prospective (poom, it Is said,
offered to release the woman of his heart
from her compact. But the declared she
would share her lover's adversity, as she
had looked forward lo enjoying his pros
perity. and so the wedding came off a
couple of days ahead of time.
•‘Opportunity i* the Cream of Time.”
Now is your opportunity. There Is no
time when the system is so much In need
of a good medicine, like Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla, and no time when It Is so susceptible
to the benefits to be derived from such a
medicine. By purifying, enriching and
vitalizing the blood and toning up the
system Hood’s Sarsaparilla starts you
right for a whole year of health.
Constipation la cured by Hood's Pills.
—ad.
TO ASK FOR EARLY CLOSING.
PRESSURE YVILI. HE BROUGHT TO
REAR BY LADIES.
They Will Be Out This .Morning
NY'itU Agreements to Be Signed.
They Want Retail Stores Closed
Erom June 1 Till Sept. 1 at C
O'clock and During the Rest of the
Year at 7 in the Evening. Save on
Saturdays and the YVeek Before
Christmas and the YVeek Before
Easter Organisations Have En
dorsed the Scheme for Early Clos
ing.
Concerted pressure will be brought to
bear upon the retail merchants of the
city to induce them to agree to close their
stores at 6 o'clock during the summer and
at 7 during the winter months. A num
ber of ladles have taken up the cause of
the retail clerks, and, armed with agree
ments, they will circulate among the mer
chants this morning .to secure their sig
natures. Those who are fostering the
scheme seem to think they can induce
the merchants to respond to their wishes.
The demand is for the merchants to
close during June, July, August and Sep
tember at 6 o’clock. During the remain
ing months it is desired that they close
their stores at 7 o'clock in the evening,
save on Saturdays and one week before
Christmas and one week before Easter.
. All this takes the form of a preamble,
and the merchants are then supposed to
affix their signatures in agreement to
abide by what is set forth above. On
the paper divisions have been carefully
made, and a merchant may sign up un
der the particular head that is left for
his line of business.
To supplement the strength the agree
ment will have after it has been graced
with the signatures of the leading mer
chants who favor early closing an in
dorsement of the scheme will be display
ed. This is given by the Savannah
Trades snd Labor Assembly, the Catho
lic Library Association, the Board of
Trade and the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution. It is expected there will
bo other organizations to sign up this
pa per.
Fifteen members of the Colonial Dames
in Savannah have also indorsed the
scheme on another paper. In addition
there arc lists at Solomon's drug store
and Theus to which ladies may affix their
signatures, pledging themselves not to en
ter a retail store from June I to Sept.
7 after 5:30 in the afternoon. The clerks
are appreciative of the efforts that are
being made in their behalf, aYld, if the
merchant'- will all agree to the plan, it
will probably work satisfactorily. Some
of the merchants have said they would
enter into such an agreement If they
could only be assured that the terms
would be rigidly adhered th.
i
WORK FOR THE MISSION'S.
Sunday School Exercises Held at The
Lawton Memorial.
The annual missionary exercises of the
Sunday School of the Second Presbyterian
Church took place at the Lawton Memo
rial last night. The various selections
that made up the programme were well
rendered by the pupils, and the occasion
was gratifying in every way to their
parents ond the other members of the
congregation.
The songs and recitations all embodied
the missionary spirit, and were designed
fo instruct the children in its purpose
end Its utility in the work of the church.
The offertory taken was for the benefit
of the missions of the church in foreign
lends, and a more ti in respectable contri
bution will be made' from this source.
School Hook! for the Philippines.
The B, F. Johnson Publishing Company
this morning received a cable message
from Gen. MacArthur. who succeeds Gen.
Otis, ordering a full .supply of primers
and charts for use In ;he public schools
of the Philippines. This is certainly a
gratifying compliment, as the firm has no
representative in the tsetind and no In
fluence outside of the met it of Its publi
cations. The order is the result of sam
ples sent by this firm to ttu* school board
if. the Philippines a few motiths ago, and
amounts to $2,500.
The Johnson text-lx>oks hoove now been,
recognized fell around the World as reach
ing the highest standard of excellence.
It will he remembered that same month*
l ago they received an order from Porto
1 Rico, where these charts and pi itriers are
used for leaching the English .language,
and where they have proved eminently
successful. Richmond, Va., Times.
Less Thun Three Hours Hrtae'il sa
vsnnall anil Brunswick. Via Plant
System nnl Southern Railway.
Train, S. R , 35, leaving Savannah,, via
the Plant System, at 6:20 a. m., m*ikes
direct connection at Jesup with the
i Southern Railway for Brunswick; arrive
Brunswick at 8:05 a. m.; leave Brunswick
9:20 a. m„ arriving Savannah 12:12 p. i.
For further information, ’phone 73.—ad.
Scotch nnil Irish Whiskies.
The finest imported from Scotland and
Ireland are to be had from Lippman
Brothers. They are imported by that firm
in bottles from tne distilleries in Scotland
and Ireland. And if you want the cele
brated Ola Highland Scotch whiskey, or
the Wheeler Irish whiskey, call on Lipp
tnau Brothers for it.
This firm has decided to sell all Imported
wines and liquors at retail, which we think
is quite an acquisition for our Savannah
consumers,
Lippman Brothers have something espe
cially nice from Scotland called Cherry
whiskey, imported from Rutherford of
Leith, Scotland, and we are safe In saying
nothing like this has ever been imported
in these parts before. It has the most
delightful cherry flavor, and the whiskey
is not of the strongest type.—ad.
■ • >
A Delicious Smoke.
The Herbert Spencer Is an elegant cigar
and is truly a delightful enjoyment to
Inhale the fumes of this fine tobacco; It
is exhilarating and delicious.
See that the name of Herbert Spencer
Is on every wrapper of every cigar with
out which, none are genuine.
The Herbert Spencer cigars are only sold
by the box of 50, Conchas at $3.50, and
Perfectos, $4.50 at Lippman Bros., whole
sale druggists, Barnard and Congress
streets, of this city.—ad.
Going Out of Business.
The Oglethorpe Real Estate Company,
owners of all those beautiful lots on
Eighth sireet, east, from Habersham
street to Waters avenue, have decided to
go out of business; 146 lots will be thrown
iq>on the market for whatever prices they
will bring. Auction sale on premise’s
Tuesday, June 12, 5 o'clock afternoon:
terms of sale per lot, $25 cash, $25 payable
quarterly; interest bt 6 per cent, per an
num; a 5 per cent, discount allowed for
all cash. See Platqhek & Cos., auctioneers,
110 Bryan street.—ad.
D. C. V. REUNION, LOUISY’ILLB, KY.
May 30-Jane 3—Very Low Rates Via
Sontliern Hulltvay.
For the above occasion the Southern
Railway offers very low rates, and the
best time and best service to Louisville.
Tickets will he sold cn May 27, 28, 29, lim
ited for return until June 20. The tickets
may he extended fifteen days (beyond
June 10). Round trip rat* from Savannah
$ll.OO. For full particulars apply to Ran
dall Clifton. D. P. A., James Freeman, C.
P. A., 141 Bull street, Savfennah, Ga.—ad.
Soft Snaps—Wise Feople.
One you surely will be, the other we
know you will get, at the colossal sale of
building lots in Beautiful “Teynac Gar
dens," (Eighth street, east, from Haber
sham street, to Waters avenue). Ogle
thorpe Real Estate Company owns 145 lots
here, going out of business, sale goes on
from day to day, untti all are sold; orders
are sell for whatever they will bring;
Terms of sale, $25 cash per lot, $25 pay
able quarterly; interest at 6 per cent.; or
a 5 per cent, discount allowed for all
cash. Auction sale on premises, Tuesday,
June 12, at 5 p. m. Platshek & Cos., auc
tioneers.—ad.
$14,181 by Special Train, .Savannah to
Louisville, Ky., Via Central of
Georgia Hnlltvay—Lookout Mouu
taiu Route.
Special train for Louisville. Ky., carry
ing the military, Confederate veterans and
their friends, will leave Savannah 8:30 a.
m. Monday, May 28, 1900, and go through
to Louisville. Ky., making only necessary
stops for meals en route. Ample accom
modations will be provided. Tickets lim
ited for return until June 10.
For full information, apply at ticket of
fice, 107 Bull street, or Central passenger
station.—ad.
Colombia 81.50 Hound Trip.
Chenp Excursion, Monday, Mny 28.
Special train will leave Savannah 7:3
a. m., city time, via Southern Railway
Monday, May 28. Returning, leave Colum
bia, 9:00 pi m., same date; $1.50 round trip.
Separate coaches for white and colored
people.—ad.
Retiring From Huslness Sale.
Blue serge suits or single ccats double
and single breast at half price. All fresh
goods. M. S. Brown, 121 Broughton, west,
—ad.
Beautiful “Teynac Gardens''
Is the name of that bright spot of earth
on Eighth street, east, from Habersham
street to Waters avenue, owned by the
Oglethorpe Real Estate Company. Have
145 fine building lots, to he sold at any
old price, to close them out; terms per
lot, $25 cash, $25 payable quarterly; inter
est at 6 per cenf., or a 5 per cent, dis
count allowed for all cash; great auction
sale on premises, Tuesday. June 12, 5 p.
m. Platshek & Cos., auctioneers.—d.
Five Trains n Lay to Brunswick, Via
tlie I'lnnt System.
If you are going to Brunswick, take the
Plant System, via Jesup and Southern
Railway. Quickest time.—ad.
Speeinl Schedules to Tjbee,
May 2ft, Account Picnic
Orphans of the St. Mary's Home.
Leave Savannah 10:05 a. m., 1:30 p. m.,
3:35 p. m , 5:35 p. m., 6:30 p. m., 8:15 p, m.
Leave Tybee 7:45 a. m.. 11:05 a. m., 3:00
p. m., 5:25 p. m„ 7:20 p. m., 9:05 p. m., 10:30
p. m. Round trip rate adults, 50 cents;
children, 25 cents.—ad.
Chair Cars on the I'lnnt System Sun.
dny Excursions.
Tickets sold nt rate of SI.OO for the round
trip to Charleston. Chair car attached
to train leaving Savannah 6:20 a. m.—ad.
Carnival of Slaughter
Is mild talk of telling you whet will hap
pen at the. mammoth sale of building lots
on Eighth street, east, from Habersham
street to Waters avenue; 145 lots, owned
by the Oglethorpe Real Estate Company;
they are going out of business, ond the
I prices at which they will let go these
j lots will astound you; terms per lot, $25
cash, $25 payable quarterly; Interest at 0
‘ percent., or a 5 per cent, discount allowed
for all cash. Auction sale on premises
Tuesday, June .12, sp. rh. Platshek & Co.,'
auctioneers.—ad.
$1.4*0 for the Round Trip. Savannah
to Charleston.
Train leaves Savannah Sunday morn
| lugs, 6:20 a. m. for Chnrlesion. and the
j Isle of Palms; fare SI.OO for the round
trip. Chair car attached to train; via
Plant System.—ad.
Retiring From Rnsiness Sale.
No goods reserved. Everything must go.
Nice line Alpine hats, children’s clothing.
[ men's suits and trousers, all at half of
I former p lee. M. S. Brown, 123 Broughton
west.—ad.
A Comfortable Trip to Montgomery
Is only made via the Plant System; only
line running direct sleepers between Sa
vannah and Montgomery.—ad.
Summer Excursions.
Low Hates Via Southern Ry,
Summer excursion tickets now on sale,
via Southern Railway, from Savannah to
principal summer resorts in North Caro
lina, Tennessee, Virginia, etc., tick
ets limited for return passage
lAittl Oct. 31. Complete informa
tion may be obtained; also literature
and' summer homes folder giving full par
ticulars about the best hotels, boa:d ng
houA's, etc. Southern Railway is the only
line operating through sleeping cars io
Ashe\nlle. Hot Springs and points in
"Land of the Sky." James Freeman, City-
Passenger and Ticket Agent, 111 Bull
street. Randall Clifton, Disc let Pass* ti
ger Agent. Telephone. 830.—ad.
Sunday 1 rips to Charleston and Isle
of Palms.
SI.OO for the round trip to Charleston
Tickets sold good only for Sundays; va
Plant System.—ad.
Rrn ybenrU.
"Graybeard cured me of Catarrh of the
head which had .ctung io me 36 years.
Mrs. Rhoda Dean.
Ballinger, Tex."
Graybeard is sold at all drugstores for
sl. Respess A>rug Cos.. Props.—ad.
Retiring From llnslness sale.
Nice stock of pa,mas, bath robes,
sweaters, bicycle suits; .all at half of for
mer price. M. S. Brown, 12 i Broughton
west.—ad.
Are You I'll in king
Where you will spend your summer out
ing this year’ll, The many lakes In Illinois
and \V tsconsin located along the line of
the Wisconsin Central Railway i’ffer a va
rDty of choice. Good black bass end pick
erel fishing is always to he had. P or Illus
trated booklets, writs io Jas. C. Pond
g’Piral passenger ag.nt, MiiwauktA, Win.
—ad. i
TAKE TIME BY
THE FORELOCK.
Now while low summer prices rul*
you can make a perceptible savZ
in having your furnace and ra,
work done. We are making estimates
on this work now, and our prices , r ,
not nearly so great as they are dig.
Ing winter when material and l a ho*
is so high. In furnaces and rauga,
we have
*
Richardson
& Boynton’s
Perfect Furnaces
and Ranges,
with new broiler attachments and 4
the latest improvements.
Othello’s Line.
Sheppard’s Excelsior Line.
The Farmer Girl.
Let us estimate for your furnact and
range now.
WM. & H. H. LATTIMORE,
WEST CONGRESS STREET.
’Tis a White Goods Week
AT HOGAN’S.
Reductions have been made all through
the White Goods Department, and you can -
now buy the dainliest, handsomest ard'
newest White Goods ever offered in Sa.
vannah at exceedingly low prices.
36-inch Linen Lawns, 35c.
36-inch Sheer Linen Lawn, 45c.
33-inch Linen Cambric, 75c.
46-inch French Nainsook, 25c; usual phot
35 cents.
46-inch Batiste Mull, 39c.
46-inch Persian Lawn, 49c; usual nrica,
60c. ,
White India Llnons, 10c; usual price.!
12Hc. j
White India Llnons, 12Vic; usual nfic|
15c.
White India Llnons, 15c; usual price 20c.
While India Llnons, 20c; usual price 2c
SHIRT WAISTS.
We hnve now the Largest Stock of
White Shirt Waists—choice styles, perfect!
tilling and priced just about one-half of
their value. Lots of Shirt-Waist MaieriaU
—should you prefer to make your own. i
OUR FURNISHING DEPARTMENT
While noi anew departure, is new iq
every item of stock. We have paid par*]
ticular attention to this department sine® 1
our refurnishing, and can render mo'
satisfactory service than ever. The good*
are the best—the ptices very low. The spe
cial price system does not prevail here in
a day. but is in effect all the time. Note
the prices—examine the wares, l'ou'll b*
pleased. *
Just in from New York, a big shipnvni
of colored skirts. Shirts and Neckwear.
Our washable and silk colored Shirts ar#
beautiful.
In Neckwear we show Bows, O’.ub Ties,
Tecks, Four-in-Hand, and Imperials, from
3c and up. We hove a special line of tiei
for boys, 25 cents each. Ladies' fine Rtbbei
Vests, K>c; fin Lisle Vests, 15c; finer ones, i
25c; extr size Vests for Ladies 23c; Ladier’
Ribbed Knee Pants, 25c.
WASH GOODS.
SPECIAL VALUES.
We have placed some new summer goods
upon the counters very attractive
prices:
HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES.
Just the needed things for hot weather,!
and 100 at prices way below' anything you|
have been accustomed to.
Special lot of Summer Bed Spreads. 63c; 1
Special lot of Summer Bed Spreads. *LV
Good 66-inch Bleached Linen Table Dam
n?k. 66c.
Good 72-inch B 1 ached Linen Tabh
Damask, 75c.
Good 72-inch Bleached Linen Tabla
Damask, 98c.
An extra size L4nen Huck Towel,
'51.75; usuai h r ice, $2.25.
An extra large size Linen Huck Towel,
$2.00; usual price, $2.40.
45x23 Bleached Lfnen Huck ToweU,
$3.00; usual price $4.00.
Extra nize Bleached Damask, 25c;
price, 40c.
Good yard-wide sheeting, 7c; regulai
price, 9c.
Daniel Hop,
The corner Broughton ana Barnard Bn
FLUTING
AND
PLATING
MACHINES
EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS.
113 BROUGHTON STREET, WESI
Jps Howijour
Dyspepsia?
f 'x'ltrF This moat distressing of maladies r*
rnKPET suiting in resist■ nation. biliousnsss, p'P ll *'
dU|f lion of the heart, disorders of the kidneys
eHT piles anil generally impaired health, ran
§y Quickly end Permanently Cured by Burk a
if Dyepapela Cur* Tnblata promotes appetite ena
J digest ion— ran have them always with you trm
piste directions with every b*. Equally efflcien* n
H fv} „ Acuta r Chronic Caa. .. ..
M rrica. 50* per box. “All Druggist*
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