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10 NO ROOM FOR MORE CHILDREN LAST YEAR’S ATTENDANCE LARG EST IN HISTORY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Over 300 >loro I'upil* Than the Year Before—Sapt. Ashiuore Anticipate* Trouble in Providing for All Ap plicant* Next Year—Dr. J. H. Read's Kesignatiou Accepted by the Board of Education nud J. R. Snn**>. Esq , Elected \ ice Chairman—The Name* of Thirty Successful Candi dates Placed I pon the Waiting List—Several Vacancies Expected to Occur soon. The July meeting of the Board of Edu cation was held at the Chatham Academy yesterday afternoon, those present being Col. George A. Mercer, president, presid- The other commissioners were Messrs. Saussy, Denmark, Blun, Dee Hoy Myers. Estill and O’Byrne. The resignation of Dr. James B. Read, lor mapv years vice chairman of the board and one of its most faithful as well ts most influential members, was received, and accepted with regret. Mr. J. R. Saussy was elected vice chairman to fl.l the vacancy. The monthly report of Superintendent Ashmore was of special interest. Al though deferring a full review of the school work of the year just ended until the annual report to be submitted later. Superintendent Ashmore says: “The past school year, I believe, has been a very successful one despite the unfavorable conditions under which some of the schools had to bo operated on account of the burning of Chatham Academy. The school enrollment and attendance has been larger than ever before in the history of the city.” The following interesting comparison of the echool enrolment as compared with the previous year, is submitted: City schools, IS99—White, 3.501: colored, 2.ltd; total, 6.015. City schols 1900—White. 4,048; colored, 2,297; total. 6.347. Increase, whiles. 197; colored, 135; totaL 332. For the country schools there wal a decrease of sixteen whites and an increase of thir teen colored. The total enrolment for both city and county was 4.705 white and 3,992 colored, making a grand total of 8.697, or an increase for the year of 329. Commenting upon these flgures, Super intendent Ashmore said: “If will thus be seen that the annual increased demand for school accommoda tions continues unifofm and steady, as it iias continued for many years. The great problem before us now is that of school accommodation. During the first part of the next school year the pressure will un questionably be very great, but it is to be hoped that the pressure will soon be removed by the increased room at the Eighth Street School and at Chatham Academy. This temporary embarrassment will be further increased by the unwilling ness of parent? to send their children to the afternoon schools. As there seems to be no practical remedy aside from wait ing for the completion of the new- build ings. I shall do the best I can with the problem, realizing, however, that the sit uation in October wl.l be very embar rassing." The unsatisfactory conditions existing in the upper rooms of the Henry Street School are alluded to by Supt. Ashmore, ■with the conclusion that it will le useless to attempt to remedy these conditions un til the completion of the Eighth Street School when one grade can be transferred to the new school from Henry street. The report of the committee on the re cent examination of applicants for teach ers’ places was received and adopted. The report shows that of the applicants ■who stood the examination thirty obtain ed the required percentage to place them upon the eligible list and they were con sidered so recorded. Of this number six teen are white and fourteen colored. The names of the new eligibles are as follows, being given in alphabetical order and not according to their standing on the list: Whites: Miss Mattie E. Collins, Miss Margaret Fish bur ne. Miss Julia Harn, Mis* Georgia Hunt, Miss Francis Janow. Miss Lenora Kreeger, Miss Julia Debey. Miss Carol Moorer. Miss Margaret Novel. Mr. O. A. Partridge. Miss Dila Rabun. Miss Edith Robinson. Miss Clyde Schuman, Miss Amelia Shumate, Miss Mary E. Thomas. Miss America Wood berry. Colored: Virginia Box, ZHa Blyipr. Samuel A. Grant. Florence Hendrickson, Carrie Hendrickson, Nettie Houston. Sam uel S. Kelson, Susie H. Lloyd, Madeline Shivery. Marie Spencer, Rebecca Styles. Sarah Sheftall, Mamie Whitmire, Cvrus Wiley. Nearly an equal number of those who passed under former examinations are etill on the list, so that being upon this list does not by any means assure a teachers’ place in the near future. None of the expected resignations was received yesterday, but the hoard has reason to believe that there will be a few vacancies to fill in the hear future. Appointments are made as a rule from those of high est standing on the list, other qualifica tions being considered. Col. Mercer, chairman of Special Com mittee on rebuilding; the Chatham Acad emy, made a report on what had been done by the committee. The result of the first conference of the committee of the Board of Education and the trustees of the acad emy has already been given ill the Morn ing News. Col. Mercer said further, that he is of the opinion that the objection of some of the trustees to any enlargement of the plan of rebuilding the academy was owing to doubts on their part, that it could be rebuilt with the funds available, bat he was of the opinion that the work could be done within the limit, and even If that should be exceeded the Board of Educa tion could make up the deficit in advanced rsnt. The report was received as informa tion. The Finance Committee reported prog ress in the matter of the fine paid into court in the case of the Turnpike com missioners. versus the Vernonberg Shell road Company. On recommendation of the Finance Com mittee, the superintendent of public schools was made ossistant to the treasurer in order that he may he familiar with all items in the treasurer's accounts, so ae to be able to give information to the board ■whenever information may be desired. This service is to be performed without compensation. The resignation of Dr. J. B Read, vice chairman, as a member of the board was read and accepted. Dr. Read having re moved to Green Cove Springs, Fla The following resolution, offered by Mr. My ers, was unanimously adopted: The Board of Public Education ac cepts with great reluctance and regret the resignation of Dr James B Read, the vice president of this hoard, and Is deep ly pained to sever the relations, official nnd personal, which have for so many years connected him with the cause of public education in thls'clty and county. They trust that a change of residence will result in his Improved health and happi ness. and they will ever retain a deep rind cordial recollection of the long and valuable service lie has rendered to this board, and of his kind nnd courteous as sociation with its members. J. R. Saussy, esrp. was unanimously elected to till ih> vacancy In the vice chairmans!!.. This leave- u vacancy In the board which will lie filled at a future meeting. The application of Miss Lilia D. Hill for a year s leave ot nl l. inr- w hliout pay. for ilie put p-se of put suing a . ill s of Ft’jdhs at the i'hl'-ago i’niversity, was granted on t- otlon of Mr Myers Supt. Ashmore slat and lhai ihere wrr two applVat tons for school buildings, one • ' Boutli Ni wington and Ihe niher at West Savannah On motion by Col. Estlll the superintendent was requested to as certain the number at children wlth.n the school age in the localities mentioned and also if the people interested would donate sires for the school house*. The superintendent stated that he had been solicited to subscribe for a city di rectory on motion ho was authorized to subscribe for Goette’s Directory and no other. TO SEE ABOI’T HOSPITAL SCHEME. City Connell Will Consider Offer for Army Untldlng* To-morrow. Mayor Myers said yesterday that he will lay the subject of the purchase of the gov ernment hospital buildings before the City Council at Its meeting to-morrow after noon. The Mayor is very doubtful as to the advisability of the city’s purchasing the property, but at the same time he is making an investigation of the condidons. He had some of the maps from the en gineer’s office brought down yesterday for the purpose of seeing if the city had any available iand which could be used for hospital purposes. The maps revealed that while the city owns considerable scattered real estate in the southern section it does not own any of sufficient extent for such a purpose. “It would he very expensive to move the hospital buildings from their present loca tion to any site north of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway," said the Mayor, “even if we should find it to our advantage to buy them. In this case I think it would be better to obtain by lease or purchase suitably located land in the near vicinity of the present hospital site. It would not only be less expensive to move the buildings, but the hospital would be located outside of the residence sec tion.’’ “I find that the city’s expenditures for hospital facilities are not very great,’’ said the Mayor, “and the service rendered is satisfactory. From a business stand point it might not be well to hamper the city's finance's by making a large ex penditure for hospital purposes." Alderman James M. Dixon is one of those who believes that the city should not fail to take, advantage of the oppor tunity offered it. "It would be a great mistake if the city should let such an op portunity pass.” he said. “The hospital question has been very thoroughly dis cussed during the last several months. an<J the advantage ro the city of having its own hospital has been clearly shown. Now we have the opportunity of securing finely equipped hospital buildings at much below actual cost, and it should not he allowed to pass. Dand conveniently situ ated can be obtained on reasonable terms and the buildings can be removed at a small cost. I, for one, shall favor tak ing advantage of the opportunity.** Mayor Myers has received a telegram from Quartermaster General Ludlngton, thanking him for his courtesy and inter est in the matter, and stating that In ac cordance with his request, the dismant ling of the hospital will be deferred. OCC'I LTATION OF SATURN. \n Interesting- Heavenly Phenome non to Take Place To-night. An occultation of the pianet Saturn will take place to-night, when for more than an hour the ringed planet will be con cealed by the moon’s disk. The immersion, as the astronomers call it, will take place at 11:51, o’clock, and the emersion at 12:13 o'clock. Just before the occultation the planet will hang like a bright gem on the dark edge of the moon, and then, almost suddenly, will disappear from view. The phenomenon is a rare cne and a view of it wilt doubtless be enjoy ed by those who care to turn their eyes heavenward, at that time. As superintendent Ashmore and prin cipal H. F. Train, both leave to-day at nooil for Charleston, to attend the sess ions of the National Educational Associ ation, and as the other high school teach ers are already out of the city, the high school telescope, unfortunately can not be brought into play for the benefit of those who would enjoy a telescopic study of the event. The occultation can be seen very plainly with the naked eye, how ever. CHATHAM R. F„ CO.’S LOT SALE. Will Take Place nt <1 O’clock This Afternoon. At 6 o’clock this afternoon the Chatham Real Estate and Improvement Company, by Mr. C. H. Dorsett, the veteran real estate auctioneer, will offer a number of city lots for sale. The lots ere on Price, Plant, St. Michaels, St. Johns and other streets, and are doubtless the beet locat ed, moderate priced, property that Ijas been placed upon the market for sever* 1 years. The sale is to close up the real estate account of series "A.” and in order to in duce persons of limited means to Invest, the payments are arranged so as to place them within the reach of any one who has a small but regular income. The lots seem to afford a good opportunity for safe investments. Mr. M. J. Solomons, secretary and treasurer of the company, ties ordered a supply of lemonade for the occasion. 25 CENTS A HI NI>REX NOW. Gorrle Ice Company’s Latent Sched ule of Prices. The Gorric Ice Company people say they are having all sorts of times with ice consumers about prices. The announce ment that ice had advanced to 20 cents a hundred, they say, has given them no end of trouble. Asa matter of fact, they have advanced Ihe price to 25 cents a hundred, an advance of 250 per cent, in two jumps. The prices are now 25 cents for a hundred pounds; ]5 cents for fifty pounds, and 10 cents for twenty-five pounds. Whether it will go any higher remains to be seen. People have been getting cheap ice for some time, and at the present price, even, there Is not likely to be much kicking, if the weight is reasonably near what the prices call for. AVHEATII FOR NATTER I, EE'S GRAVE Sent by the Suvnnnali laden to Coin in liln. At the quarterly meeting of the Savan nah Cadets last nigh it was decided to send to Columbia a laurel wreath, to be placed upon the grave of the late Capt. C. B. Satterlee. This memorial is intend ed by the Cadets to express their ap preciation of the services rendered to the state militia as a whole by Capt. Satter lee while assistant adjutant gcvieral of the slate, as well as to express the es teem and affection of the company of which he was an honored member. To day is the anniversary of his death. TEACHERS GOM; TO HAHMQATOX. Most of Western F.xeurslonlsts >ow fit flit* Convention. Most of the Chicago teachers who have been spending a day or two in Savannah on their way to the meeting of the No tional Education Association that con venes in Charleston to-day, left yesterday morning or afternoon. A few of them remained over, enough to include a short trip to Tybee among their experiences. These iv nt over on the night trains. tin a I rote of Ihirnor, Maj K T Comegys. who spent several mrinths in Soxaimah in charge of the gov ernment hospital, has gone on a leave of absence. Maj. Comegya received orders some time sine* to proceed to Manila, but it is understood that he will be allowed to enjoy a leave before complying with th* order. THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1900. OFFICERS SALARIES FIXED. LEASE OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND GULF RATIFIED. Salary of Chairman Haniua of the Central $10,600 and Lawton A (un uingbnm'* Salaries * Attorneys for the Central aul Ocean Steam ship Companies SIO,OOO and $5,000 Respectively—Mr. tdward A\ ork iaiau’m Resignation ns Secretary to the President Accepted. *: At a meeting of the stockholders of the Central of Georgia Railway Company yesterday the lease of the Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad by the Central was ratified as required by the laws of Ala bama. in which st£te the leased line is located. The new line runs from CoHimbia to Dothan and on the west side of the Coc tahatehee river for a distance of sixty- S’ven miles. The line is being construct ed by the Central under a contract with the stockholders. The terms of the lease were published in the Morning News some time ago. President Egan stated yesterday that the ikw line has been completed for a distance of about forty seven miles, and that the work of push ing it to completion is now in progress The line runs through the counties of Geneva and Henry and a part of Coffee, penetrating some of the best territory in southeast Alabama. After the meeting of the stockholders the quarterly meeting of the board of di rectors was held, at which several inter esting Items of business were transacted. The salary of Maj. J. F. Hanson as chair man of the board was fixed at SIO,OOO per annum. The salaries of Dawton & Cun ningham as attorneys of the Central .of Georgia were fixed at SIO,OOO per annum and as attorneys of the Ocean steamship Company at $5,000 per annum. The resignation of Mr. Edward Work man as secretary to the president was accepted. This was no surprise, as Mr. Workman's retirement has been anticipat ed for some time. Mr. Workman has per formed the duties of this position for the last ten or twelve years, having first been private secretary to President Alexander, in which position he was continued by the iate H. M. Comer, first as president and receiver and afterwards as president of the reorganized company. Mr. Workman had the fuii confidence and esteem of both of the presidents under whom he served and of the members of the boards of di rectors as well. His friends here would regret if his retirement from the itosition which he has so long held should result in his removal from the city. The members of the board present at the meeting weie Maj. J. F. Har.son, cfflu. man; Col. A. R. Dawton. Mr. T. M. Cun ningham. Mr. George J. Mills, Mr. A. Vets burg. Capt. E. P. Howell of Atlanta, Mr. I*. B. Harroid of Americus, Mr. S. R. Jacques of Macon and President Egan. Mr. Tinsley F. Smith, the assistant seo rotary to the president, was temporarily appointed to the position of secretary. PHONES ACROSS THE RIVER. Georgia Company Now Control* the Island Bu*iuen*. The Georgia Telephone and Telegraph Company, which controls the telephone service from the city to Hutchinson’s Isl and, has just completed he installation of four telephones in the terminal build ings, and has orders to put in three more as soon as possible. The Georgia Com pany has its main 25-pair wire cable, wires in which are leased to the railroad for telegraph purposes, and also uses the city cable, which connects at present with the revenue cutter Tybee’s wharf, where a Georgia ’phone has been put in place of the Bell ’phone under its contract with the city. The river is pretty well spanned with cables at present, and will have more later, when the Edison Electric Illumi nating Company puts in a large one for the purpose of furnishing lights on the Island. The Edison people propose put ting down a very fine cable. The wires In the Georgia Company’s cable are in sulated with paper, covered with lead, and armored wiih large iron wires to protect it. The number of wires in it are believed to be sufficient to supply the en tire demand for telephone service on the other side of 4he river. General Manager Polk of the Georgia Company has been watching closely the progress the new company is making. Thursday of each week an account is kept of the number who use the ‘phone, and the increase for the last three weeks has been remarkable. Thursday three weeks ago the number of calls was 5,800; Thursday two weeks ago there were 6,200 calls, and Thursday of last week 7,300 calls. The increased popularity of the new 'phone, aside from ks dealings with the public, is shown by the fact that it is continually making new’ connections. When all of its orders are filled nearly every nook and corner of the city will be connected. The fight that it was expected would follow' the operations of rival companies has not come, apparently. The fact the Georgia’s rates are under Us competitor gtverf it the advantage in getting new business. FIRST SESSION TO-MORROW. Annual Convention of Court nnd Po lice Officers of tlio State. The Convention of the Clerks, Sheriffs. Chiefs of Police and Marshals’ Associa tion of Georgia will be called to order by President Dampier, in the Superior Court room, at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. At 2 o'clock In the afternoon the mem bers of the association will board the steamer Alpha, upon whose decks a trip up and down the river, giving an oppor tunity to view various points of interest along the banks, will be taken. The party will return to the city in time to permit those who desire to do so to take one of the early night trains for Tybee. where the remaining sessions of the convention will be held. The members of the association will probably begin to arrive to-day. The committee in charge of the entertain ment of the visitors believes that the at tendance will be the largest in the his tory of the association. This committee consists of Clerk J. K. P. Carr, Supt. Thomas Screven. Sheriff T. J. Sweeny and Deputy E. W. O’Connor. SAYS UK HAS NOT (ONDKMNKD. Westcott fins a Statement From the ( hnirninn of Sailing; ( oinmlttee. Mr. C. B. Westeott has a signed state ment from the chairman of the sailing committee of the Isle of Hop Yacht Club to the effect that he did no act without the knowledge of the. committee in rtnv asur ng the yacht Georgiana n the day after the Isl of Hope regatta nnd that he also had the permission of the owner of the ya ht, Mr. Backus, to i!q this The statement further piy that Mr Westcot 's action in measuring the Georgiana was not cond< mned in any way by the comintte*-. As It has b en stated that Mi \V st-otr’s a- tj n u ., s condemned by the commit! lie thought it was due him that this statement should b f made publi Sunday Trlpn ri Tlrnn*vlck Via riant System The Plant System will® sell roun l-trip tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited to date of sale, at rate of sl-00. Trains at 2:10 a. m. and 0.20 a. m.-aJ. TALES OF THE BRIGADE. Some of the Happenings That Hap to the Shirt Sleeves Corps. The Shirt Sleeves Brigade, its member ship, principles, the things that may be said in ks favor and the things that are being said in its dispraise, are subjects of continual talk. No subject, short of Qie very great ones, has aroused more vigorous argu ment. On the streets, in the offices and clubs, wherever two or three idle ones are gathered together, its merits and demer its are threshed out with all the vigor and earnestness of the amateur disputant and with a zeal and enthusiasm that are worthy of a presidential contest at the very least. A man broached the subject to a girl he knew the other day, handling it in a delicately impersonal fashion that he was confident would please. Probably his treat ment was not as delicate nor a* imper sonal as he. in the blithe and egotistic stupidity of “the mere man." had thought it. At any rate, after he had discoursed for about five minutes on the theme, he noticed that a tense rigidity was the most prominent characteristic of the occupant of the other chair. Then he stopped. "Why-er—don’t you think it is all right for a man to appear on the street without hia coat?" he queried mildly. The rod lips came together with an angry little snap. "It Is a question I have never considered," she said, with a cer tainty of manner and expression that showed she had. “I am quite sure that no man of my acquaintance would be guilty of such a vulgar solecism.’’ That settled the young man. And so the fight goes on. On the one hand are arrayed the advocates of comfort and progress, while on the other are those whom their opponents term the slaves of custom and hide-bound conservatism. One side can see in the suggested jammer garb nothing that is improper and every thing that is desirable, while the other, wedded to its idols and Its ideals, pro nounces it as hopelessly bad form as a bathing suit in a ballroom or a golfing outfit at a dinner. Neither is the cause without its mar tyrs. East Sunday a well known Savan nah man determined to put his principles to the test. He arrayed himself in white from head to foot, wearing a white hat, white duck shirt and trousers, and white shoos, and he rounded off the costume with a white umbrella and then started bravely down the street. He had a. mag nificent physique, his clothes were the product of a master of his art, and it would have seemed that only the exceed ingly cynical and critical could have found aught to object to in his costume. Possibly the man thought so, too, but if he did he was doomed to disappoint ment. In the gladness and pride of his heart, or, possibly, because he lacked that reverence for the things that are that is the local substitute for the beginning of wisdom, he wandered into that temple of Savannah respectability, the Oglethorpe Flub. Nor was he content with making his offense a minor one, but, absolutely lost to all sense cf right and perception of decorum, stalked calmly into the par lors, into the very holy of holies of the place. Mild-mannered old gentlemen all over the room looked up from their papers with a bewildered stare. Several of the wait ers, who count their terms of service with the club by decades, became rooted to the spots upon which they chanced to stand and had to be enticed away by their fel lows, or else were struck with such a fit of trembling that they distributed the con tents of the tray they were carrying on the polished floors. The younger mem l>ers of the club shook in their shoes. Never in all its history had anything hap pened that approached this. A man, a member of the club, one in whom the sense of the eternal fitness of things should have been ever present, had walk ed into the club in his shirt sleeves. The trump of the resurrection morn could have produced a sensation only a little more pronounced. The next day the man was in receipt of a letter from the board of governors of fh*' club, in which he was reminded that, while the board could exercise no juris diction over his peculiar taste in dress, it could and would prescribe the costume fit ted for appearance in its rooms. It de sired to say that shirt sleeves did not come within its conception of proper at tire, and it besaught the man either to wear a coat when he honored the club rooms by his presence or to honor them not at oil. All of which, of course, only goes to show that the whole thing is a question of taste and opinion, in which each man must be the arbiter of his own destiny. If he values comfort more than the reproba tion of the world in which he lives, or a part of it, well and good; if he loves peace from criticism more than coolness, well and good also. Meanwhile, however, tiie brigade gains new’ recruits every day. CLAIM INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS Rubber Tire Company's Salt Against Savannah Firm. Suit for injunction against Messrs. T. A. Ward and J. F. Glatigny was filed in the United States Court yesterday by the Consolidated Rubber Tire Company and the Rubber Tire Wheel Company to pre vent the infringement by use of their patents on rubber tires for vehicles. Messrs. Ward & Glatigny have been putting rubber tires on vehicles for some time, using the Goodyear Tire and Rub ber Company’s tires, which the appli cants for the injunction claim are an in fringement on their patents. The suit is said to be one of many against the dealers in rubber tires throughout the country. Mr. Ward said lasi night that he had not been served with notice of the suit. He sajd that ho and Mr. Glatigny are fully protected, however. Their contract with the Goodyear Rubber Tire Company, through its Southern agents, contains a guarantee that their tires are not an in fringement on any patent and In event of legal proceedings the Goodyear peo ple will assume and defend their Inter ests without cost. "We are not worrying about the matter at all.” said Mr. Ward. TO lIE I Slil) FOR A SCHOOL. Habersham Residence Leased by Preparatory School. The historic Habersham residence at Barnard and Harris streets has been leased by the Savannah Preparatory School, and the interior is now being en tirely overhauled and renovated. When completed, there will be a floor space of over four thousand square feet devoted solely to schol purposes. This will be divided into a drill hali. a large study hal! and threq recitation rooms. The high ceilings and tiumerous”win dows make the light and ventilation about perfect, and the location on Pulaski Squ are is admirably adapted to the needs of a military school. The famous old hall room will be transformed into a study hall, and the banquet hall will soon re echo the conjugations of Latin and Greek verbs. More Money Has Iteen Made By Investing in cheap lots than In the more expensive ones, and why? If you pay IliOh for a lot, and sell it for $l5O in a year, you have made 50 per cent, profit, if. however, you bought a SI,OOO lot, you would have to get $1,500 for It to make 50 per cent. It is easier to get an advance of $t.V) on a lot than an advance of SSOO. C. -U. Dorsett, auctioneer.—ad. SAVANNAH TEAM PROTESTS. AGAINST A TEAM FROM ATLANTA GOING TO SEA GIRT. An Official Communication From the Team of Lnat Year to Atlanta Pro jector* of a Plan to Send Riflemen to Sen Girt A*k* That It Be Aban doned— Decision of the Team Not to Hevlalt Sea Girt. Because of the May In Which It Waa Robbed of the Soldier of Marathon, I rged a* the Reason Why Georgians Should l plaold This Action—Letter of Pro test Is Strong. A protest has gone forward from Sa vannah riflemen, who made up the Geor gia team at Sea Girt last year, against a movement now being agitated in Atlanta, looking to the eelection of a team from that city, w'hich shall contest for the prizes Savannahiane have so often won, to the glory of the state. The protest is an official communication from the Georgia team, and is based on the consideration that, as the Georgia men. who represented the state in the contests of lest year at Sea Girt, wrere deliberately defrauded of a prize they had won, and as, after a delayed investigation and causeless vituperation from the North ern press, the Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Rifle Association, while virtually acknowledging that the position of the Georgia men was sound and the charges of unfairness just, had yet refused to rectify the wrong that had been done, it waa improper for another team of Geor gians to go behind the action of their rep resentatives and by their presence, on the range, lend apparent countenance to the injustice that had been. done. This consideration has been strongly put and as strongly urged. Asa further con sideration, it is pointed out that Col. Kuser has resigned his position as a mem ber of the Executive Committee,of the Rifle Association, because of his opinion that the Georgians had not been treated with justice. Certainly, the officers of the local team point out to the Atlanta men, if a Jersey man and an officer of the association has felt it incumbent upon him to take such a course, it would not Dc proper for Georgians to discredit the ac tion of their comrades in the state ser vice. These and other arguments were con tained in the letter that has gone forward to the Atlanta projectors of the new’ Geor gia team. The action was inspired by t’ne receipt of a letter from an Atlantian, who called attention to the movement that was being agiiated in that city and ex pressed his disapproval of its purpose. He felt that it would be a slam upon the Sa vanah men. whose marksmanship had of ten redounded to the credld and glory of the entire state, to send a team from Georgia to Sea Girt, and in this manner lend countenance and encouragement to the association by which they had been denied the justice to which they were en titled, and which Col. Kuser had felt their due so keenly that he had resigned when it was not received. It is understood that a meeting of the Atlanta men who are discussing and con sidering the project, will be held to-night or to-morrow and at thip meeting the let ter from the Savannah team will be read. It is confidently expected that when the views of the riflemen here are thus pre sented it will end the agitation in favor of sending a team to Sea Girt. It is believ ed that when a realizing sense of what such action would mean is brought home to the Atlantians they will be the first to concede its impropriety. This Is especially true when it is con sidered that an Atlanta man was a mem ber of the party that made the first in spection of the suspected target and glean ed a perception of what had happened and why the Georgia team had lost and the New’ Jersey team won the Soldier of Ma rathon. Tins Atlantian was afterwards de barred from shooting at Sea Girt for his presence on that occasion and though the disqualification was afterwards removed, the stigma still remains. That is so far s the action of the New Jersey State Rifle Association can bring or leave a stigma. The Savannah marksmen and. in lesser the citizens of Savannah generally, are interested in the conclusion to which the Atlanta men will come, and though they are not apprehensive as to the out come, they will of course be relieved when they hear that final and negative action has been taken. The plan that was discussed here some time* ago. of sending a team of riflemen to Paris*. has been abandoned. The ques tion of finances was one that it was diffi cult successfully to overcome, and this phase of the project was not helped by the prizes which are offered to riflemen and rifie teams at the exposition. These are not sufficiently large In amount, it was found upon investigation, to repaj any large percentage of the expenses of the trip, even if they were won by the Georgia men. On this account and because of other considerations the trip has been abandoned. It is considered possible, however, that some individual sharpshooters from Sa vannah may make the trip. This was a suggestion hazarded yesterday by Capt. W. W. Williamson, the captain of the Georgia team at Sea Girt in former years, but just who these prospective represent atives of Savannah and Georgia at the exposirion would be he did not venture to predict. Save the individual prizes and the trophy for carbine shooting won last year by the t*am from the Georgia Hussars, all of the Sea Girt trophies that w£re for a time in Savannah have been sent away. The remembrance of former triumphs is drowned in the recollection of the way in which the team had been treated and overshadowed by a firmly fixed determi nation that there will be no riflemen from Savannah at Sea Girt as long as the con tests continue under the management of the New Jersey State Rifle Association. BANK CLERKS FOR NEW YORK. Mens™. Cathrrirood nnd OTiurtnnn Sailed on the Itirmilielihm. Messrs. D. K. Oatherw'ood end John O’Gorman, personal ledger bookkeepers of the Southern Bank and the Savannah Bank nnd Trust Company, sailed on tile City of Birmingham yesterday afternoon for New York, where they go to attend the hearing in the Greene-Gaynor case before Commissioner Shields. Messrs. Catherwood and O’Gorman car ried with them the personal ledgers of the two hanks, showing the transactions with Greene and the Guvnors and the At kin tic Contracting Company. It is rather improbable that they will reach New* York by the hour to-morrow morning, for which they have been summoned, but ttys de lay hns been explained by wire to District Attorney Erwin, and the explanation has been accepted Sef that your hotel keeper has Cook’s Imperial Extra Dry Champagne on his menu. It has no superior.—ad. How to Make Money. The beet way to make money is said to be to save it. Some people save a certain portion of their earnings every month, and put it in a savings bank, where It makes 3 per cent, per annum. This is a correct thing to do. if they can do ro better. A better way is to buy a lot. pay *2O down and *2.50 PV month, or more if you want to. and the increase every year will be much more than 3 per cent. C. H. Dorsett, auction * ecr.—ad. Five Cents a pmckAO or ’ en rf n *ecordtnf to th ilxt. rut up lo tr tight bom which keep tbli good ult good. FAVORITE Table Salt ts the ult that oe*r itlcka. DUMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO. St. Clair. Mich. HENRY SOLOMON A SON, Sole Distributing Agent*. READ CASE CALLED TO-DAY. Big Damage Suit Again>t Street Rail way Will Be on Trial. The case of Dr. James B. Read against the City and Suburban Railway Company will be called in the City Court to-day, while that of Edward Lloyd, Dr. Read’s colored driver, against the copany, will be heard at the* same time. Dr. Read and his driver were injured by receiving a shock from an overhead wire of the company’s trolley system, that had fallen from ita suppDrts and was hanging low across Whitaker street. I*hey both entered suits for damages against the company. At tho first trial of the case the plain tiff was awarded a verdict for So.COO by the jury, 9 but anew trial was awarded the company by Judge Norwood. When the cose was again tried, the defendant, at the close of evidence for the plalntifT, moved the court do declare a non-suit, and the non-suit was declared. The de cision of Judge Norwood declaring the non-suit was overruled by the Supreme Court and to-day the case will be on trial for the third time. Dr. Read sues for $30,000. He is repre s nted, as is Lloyd, by Messrs. O’Conr.or, O’Byrne & Hart ridge, while Messrs Osborne & Lawrence will appear for the company. JERRY HOLMES CAPTURED. In Jail to Await Trial for Shooting Joe Grant. Jerry Holmes, the negro who shot Jos Hunt, another negro, at Burroughs sta tion June 9, and escaped after his arrest, was recaptured yesterday, and is now in jail to await his trial. Holmes made a desperate fight, and was only arrested after a sharp struggle. He is regarded as a desperate negro, and the Burroughs peo ple are glad that he Is where he is likely to stay for awhile. Nervousness is cured by making the blood rich and pure with Hood’s Sarsa parilla. It gives the sweet, refreshing sleep of childhood.—ad. An Established Neighbor hood. The sale of lots this afternoon, is not a pioneer movement. The real estate com pany owning them has sold se#eral upon which good homes have been built, and they are anxious to show* their faith in the future of the tract by advancing the money to build more homes for more worthy citizens. Come and see the lore sold.—ad. To Brunswick and Return, SI.OO Via the Plant System, Sundays. In addition to the Charleston Sunday excursions, the Plant System are selling round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on Sundays only, at rate of $1 00 for the round trip. Trains leave at 2:10 a. no. and 5:20 a. m —ad $10.45 to Cincinnati and Return Via Southern Railway. Account annual convention B. Y. P. U. of America. Through car service. Tickets on sole July 10. 11 and 12, final return limit July 18. 1900. James Freeman. City Pas senger and Ticket Agent, 141 Bull street.— ad. * Cheap Excursion/Via S. A. L. Ry, SSOO to Jacksonville and return. Tickets will be sold July 14 and limited for return until July 29.—ad. The Last Lot Sale. The ?ale of lots to-day will probably be the last this summer, as it is getting late for such enles. This will therefore, be your last chance until next year to buy ift auction. Another year these lots, anvi all other lots in Savannah, will be much higher. Don’t keep on postponing what you should have done long ago; get a lot for a home.. C. H. Dorsett, auctioneer —ad. .loly Mngne.lnes nt Eatlll'n, Horner’s Monthly, the Rudder, Scrib ner's Monthly, Century Magazine, Mun sey's, the Puritan, Argosy, Pierson's,Wide World, Eclectic, Cosmopolitan, Junior Munsey, Lipplncott, North American Re view, Review of Reviews, Brann’s Icono clast, Bookman. Book-Buyer, Physical Cuiture, the Forum, Recreation, Mc- Clure's, Outing, Sports Afield, Leslie's Popular Monthly, Science and Industry, St. Nicholas. Short Stories, Carpentry and Building, Architect and Builders’ Maga zine, building edition of Scientific Ameri can. the Brlckbuilder, the Truth, Home Magazine, Arena, Anglo-American, the Strand; also all the summer fashion hooks, parlor books, etc.—ad. 5111.4 R to Cincinnati and Return Via Southern Hallway. Account annual convent on B. Y. p. u. of America. Through car service. Tickets on sale July 15, 11 and 12. final return limit July 18. 1900. James Freeman, City Pas senger and Ticket Agent, 141 Bull street.— ad. For the Home Seeker, There are three things essential, pure water, good dtainage and occesslhility, all of these are obtained in the lots to be sold this afternoon. To the above, add the advantages of good neighborhood, cheapness and exceed ingly easy terms, and whet else can you expect or ask. C. H. Dorsett, auction eer.—ad. rineapple, Ala., May 10, 1900.—1 do not hesitntc to recommend Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic for Grip, and oil forms of fever. 1 give it the highest possible In dorsement by using It in my own family. William H. Lloyd. Johnson's Tonic does in a day what slow and uncertain quinlnf cannot do In ten days. It acts gently upon the liver and sharpens the appetite. Use nothing else for fever.—ad. Gentlemen's Night at Isle of Hope. Mr. Charles Marks, the leading shoe man, will donate a pair of $5 shoes at Barbee & Bandy's contest to-night. Sweet music and an up-to-date fish sup per. 1 Tide suits for bathing. Try our spring board and a dive from our diving tower Barbee & Dandy.—ai SUMMER HORSE CLOTHING. All kinds of EAR NETS, SUN BONNETS FLY SHEETS, LAP DUSTERS. Congress and TCtafer Sts LEO FRANK. I DOCTOR I norro tonic and blood purifier, Ii l! ■ Croats* soltd flush muscle and H ■ etreugtb. clesrs the brain. m*se g ■ the blood pure and rich, and causes h It general feeling of health, power 9 ■ sod manly vigor. Within S days S ■ after taking the flret dose you no- S ■ ttce the return of the old rim. snap A ■ and energy you hare counted a, £ ■ lost forever, while a continued. SB ■ judicious us* causes an Improve- &B ■ taenl both satisfactory and last- jm ■ tag. One box will work wonders. 9 ■ six should perfect a cu r e; ou cents ■ ■ a box. 6 boxes for K.b. For sale S ■by all druggist* everywhere or wll: 13 ■be mailed sealed upon receipt of .jt ■ price. AiLflress Drs. Barton and 1 ■ Beneon. ug Bar-Ben Block. Lleve ■ 1 GET IT TODAY! A Up Against Hot Weather, and trade needs an incentive to make it go. So we apply the only known busi ness maker—Lower Prices. For this week a bargain sal*> rich in money saving and in qualities. The week for the household purchases. Money saved on real necessi ties Note carefully these offering? WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT. Greater reductions than ever. 36-inch Wahsutta Bleached Shirting lOUc. Splendid 36-inch White Shirting 6^c. White Summer Bed Spread 63c. Splendid White Bed Spreads for SI.OO. Splendid White Bed Spreads for $1.25. Our great mark dow’n in prices of Ta ble Damask is well worth your notice. SEE HERE. Fine Large White and Colored Borders Damnsk Towels for 25c. JULY WEATHER COMFORTS. Ladies' Silk Vests in w’hite. pink and blue, 75c quality for 50c. Ladies’ Lisle Vests, 40c quality for 25c. Ladlea’ Lisle Vests. 25c quality for 15c. ladles* Out Size, 25c quality for 19c. Ladies’ Ribbed Knee Pants 25c. MEN’S FURNISHINGS. Special line Men’s Madras Shirts 89c; worth $1.25. 50 dozen Colored Shirts, worth 69c. for one week at sl)c. We carry a large line of Men’s Under wear at very low prices. MEN’S HALF HOSE CHEAP. Special sale Gents’ Half Hose 50c. this week 25c. Special sale Gents’ Half Hose 35c, this week 19c. Special sale Gents’ Fancy Half Ho-e 20c, this week 13c. LADIES* HOSE. Special bargains in Misses' Black Riche lieu Ribbed Hose 15c; worth 30c. Bargain Ladks Black Lisle Lace Hose 25c; worth £sc. Bargain Ladies’ Black Lisle Lace Hose 69c; worth SI.OO, Bargain Ladies’ Black Lisle Hose, silk polka dot, 47c; worth 7oc. Bargain Ladles' Polkn Dot and Fancy Striped Hose 19c and 25c. IBICES AND EMBROIDERIES AT COST. Machine-made Torchon Laces and Iner tings—-assorted patterns. Fine Valenciennes and Point de Paris Laces and large variety of patterns. Cambric, Swiss and Nainsook Edging •nd Inserting; neat and open work pat terns; choice collection. VERY GREAT BARGAIN'S IN THESE 10c Colored Dimities 7Vic. 15c Colored Lawns and Dimities 10c. Imported Madras Cloth and Gftnghatc 25c and 30c grades, at 19c. 65c Grey Homespuns at 45c. 65c Black China Silks 49c. 25c Black Serges at 50c. White Striped Madras, suitable for waists, 20c. instead of 30c. DANIEL HOGAN, The comer Broughton and Barnard Sts. H. I. PEEPLES l Si 125 Congress Si. west We handle the Yale & Towne Manufactur ing Company’s line of Builders’ Hardware. See these goods and get prices before plac ing your order else where. BRENNAN BROS., WHOLESALE Fruif, Produce, Grain, Etc. BAY STREET. WMI. Telephone SS. OLD NEWSPAPERS, 200 for 30 cent*. Office Morning Nevvf.