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LIKE A NOVEL BY DUMAS.
WILLIAM AUSTIN'S BOMAATIC
STORY OF HIS LIFE.
Itearwl by n Woman Who Cl a I me.l
| to Bo His Mother, Bnt Who Hr
Now Bellovoa Made Way With His
Heal Mother and Stole Her Child
ren aud Her Property-Discovery
Came at Her Death and a Roma nee
Written by the Woman Furnished
the Cine Which Has Ud to a
Most Remarkable Series of Dis
coveries The Story Renan in
Charleston Xearly 4f> Year* Ago.
William Austin, who, with his wife, is
stopping at the Marshall House and in
cidentally putting in a two-week.- engage
ment in a music hall, hat a life story
with romance enough in it to furnish the
material for half a dozen novels, and
the strange feature about it that only
within the last three months did Austin
get the thread of rhi? mysterious romance
which he is still unraveling and the begin
ning of this thread was furnished by ar.
unpublished novel writteo by his reputed
mother, Mrs. Joseph Fernando, of 162 l ast
Fifty-fifth street, New York city.
Not until Mrs. Fernando's death, which
occurred May 21 last, did Austin discover
that she was not hie mother, and this dis
covery was made almost immediately' aft
er the womans death. While aware of
come strange circumstances in hie early
youth he had never questioned the fuct
that the woman wrho claimed to be his
"Waother was eueh in reality. Now he not
only knows that she is not his mother,
but he believes that she was guilty of
making away with his real mother, as
suming her name and. thereby obtained
possession of a large property, whirh had
been deeded to his mother by her father
nnd other relatives. He believes that this
was accompliahed with the aid of an ac
complice, a shrewd and scheming law
yer in Philadelphia. Whether his mother
Is dead, or whether she is an inmate of
b lunatic asylum, which there is some i
reason to believe, Austin is in doubt.
Until after his reputed mother's death,
Austin did not know his own name, for,
ns a matter of fact, his name is not
Austin, but Davis, which he has discov
ered to have been the name of his father
end mother. He had an indistinct remem
brance of having borne this name, but
remembered having been ordered by the
woman whom he believed to be. his mother
to call himself Post, under which name
both he and his sister were baptized in
Philadelphia, Austin is the name which
he assumed when he ran away from home
while a youth and began his life upon
the stage. He returned at intervals to
the homo of his reputed mother in Phila
delphia, and afterward in New York, and
was present at ihe time of her death In
New York.
Vl.tU , , _ _
The secret of Austin's birth came out
at Mrs. Fernando's death. Bhc had told
It to her daughter by Fernando and also
to one or two other friends, and the se
cret came out when a dispute arose as
to the division of the property and admin
istration upon the estate, Fernando and
his daughter contending that Austin was
rot entitled to share in the property, be
cause he was in fact not the son of the
deceased woman.
“My mother's name was Anita C. Da
vis,” said Austin to a Morning News re
porter yesterday, "and she was the
daughter of Benjamin Davis Ellis and H.
Victoria Ellis, who lived in Charleston in
3860. My father was Charles Solomon Da
vis, of Charleston. For some reason un
known to me my father and mother sep
arated shortly after the birth of myself
and my little sister, and never lived to
gether afterward. When we were quite
young, about four years of age. I re
member lhat we left Char eston for New
Orleans, and after remaining there awhile
left that city by steamer for Philadel
phia. I remember distinctly that when we
left New Orleans the steamer which we
Intended to take had pulled out into the
stream and we were forced to lake a
later steamer This fir t steamer sunk on
the voyage with all on hoard. Both ves
sels belonged to th*- Morgan line and I
understand thai they have the records of
the passenger lists.
“How or where my mother disappeared
I do not know. I have no recollection of
tier death. When we left Philadelphia a
•woman named Ann Mullins or Mulligan
accompanied us as a servant. It is this
woman whom I next recall as living with
In Philadelphia with my sister and re
garding her as our mother. She called
herself Ann C. Davie and we were then
living at 642 North Seventeenth street.
Later we removed to 118 Girard avenue,
and the woman ordered my sister and mv
eelf to tell any one who asked us that our
name was Post. We thought that as she
was our mother that this was all right
and continued to be known by that name
afterwards. I am under the impression
that ehe married a man by the name of
Post about this time, but of this I have
been unable to find any record. The wo
man appeared to have ample means Be
sides the two properties mentioned there
were other properties which stood in her
name, and from these and, perhaps from
other sources she derived a large revenue.
The lawyer whom I regard as her accom
plice managed her affairs. He frequently
visited her and paid her over from $3,000
to $5,000 a month revenue from her prop
erties. In 1872 we removed to New York
and resided at No. 57 East Fifty-ninth
•tree!, which property was also in
the woman's name. In 1876 she married
Joseph J. Fernando, fruit dealer. She
was a woman of brilliant mind, of line
appearance nnd apparently with ample
means, living In great style, and with,
aa abundance of Jewelry and diamonds.'
6he onoe figured In a $50,000 lawsuit with
a Mrs. Lynch of Now York, because of
a largo quantity of Jewelry and valuables,
which she had pawned with Mrs. Lynch,
and which she endeavored to recover.
Bhe frequently speculated in Wall street,
and was well known to business men
there. As she had a number of offers from
prominent business men, I could never
understand why she married Fernando,
who was eimply a fruit dealer with no
property. She continued to receive her
income from Philadelphia for some three
or four years, after her marriage to Fer
nando, but her Philadelphia friend caught
on after awhile and cut off the income.
Then getting into straights she moved
bock to Philadelphia, and the income was
renewed. After Horne years there she re
turned to New York and to Fernando,
with whom she was living at the time of
ber death."
“Among the things which I secured
possession of at the death of the woman."
staid Mr. Austin, “was an unpublished
novel and play, which she had written,
besides four oil paintings, which she had
expressed a particular desire that I
should have. I paid no particular atten
tion to the play, but my wife began put
ting It together. After discovering that
I was not her son, I began to seek some
clue to my parentage and putting many
things together, I concluded that there
bad been foul play, but I was absolutely
ut a lose where to begin my search. It
was the play which furnished the clue.
Jn studying It over we found that the
scene was located In Charleston, and that
It seemed to have a peculiar bearing upon
the life of lha woman who had claimed
to be my mother. In one place the hero
ine discovers a box filled with papers re
lating to herself, In which she finds the
address of her guardian, of whom she
bad never heard, believing the woman
with whom she was living to bo her
mother. The guardian'* address was
.-given as “Joseph Austin, 116
Meetlnr street. Charleston S. C."
The heroine la made to explain
at this point:
“There 1* *ome mystery here. Mamma
baa never seemed like a real mother lo
on fourth Fage.^
R. CHUU.ES O'BVRVE DEAD.
HI, Foifrnl From St. Patrick’*
Chnreh Tbl. Afternoon.
Mr. R. Charles O Byrne, whose serious
I Illness has been announced In the Morn
; ini? News, died at 11 o’clock yesterday
morning at the home of his parents, Mr.
I and Mrs. James O'Byrne, No. 408 Ogle
thorpe avenue, west.
Mr. O'Bryne's death is a source of gTeat
regret to a large circle of friends and
mintances. He was a native of Sa
vannah, had lived almost f his entire life
here, and was very generally known, his
prominence in athletic sports having
orvid especially to bring him to the at
tention of the public. That a young man
of such splendid physique, who had so
lately been seen on the streets a picture
of apparently perfect health and strength,
should so soon succumb to insidious dis
ease. seemed hardly possible to those who
hail known him.
The deceased had recently completed his
thirtieth year. He had been engaged In
various avocations in Savannah since
reaching manhood and hX the breaking
out of the Spantsh-Ameriean war enlist
ed in the United States navy. He was
assigned to duty aboard the Amphitrite.
and took part in the bombardment of
San Juan and other events on the coast
of Porto Rico. His record in the navy
was a good one, and he obtained promo
tion to a petty officer’s place. Not desir
ing to continue in the navy in the time of
peace, he secured his discharge under the
terms of his enlistment, after the close
of the wa.r, and returned.to Savannah.
Although he passed the examination by
the navy niedical officers Mr O’Byrne was
aware of slight affection in his lungs pre
vious to this. The sea life was of great
benefit to him, but on his return to Sa
vannah the disease grew upon him He
gradually became weaker, but only took
to his bed about a week ago. Hemorr
hages ensued, and it was at once seen
that there was no hope for him.
Besides his parents the deceased leave*
a brother, Mr. M. A. O'Byrne. and a sis
ter, Miss Angela O’Byrne, the latter now
In Europe.
The funeral will take place this after
noon at 4 o’clock from S*L Patrick's
Church The pall bearers will be Messrs
Thomas Halligan. J H. Haslam. A. J.
Merkle, Samuel Ross, J. W. Golden, J.
W. Savarese and J. J. McDonough.
AT REST IX LAI BEL GROVE.
Fnnornl of tin- Late Gain-way Bar-
Irldgr From Christ Church.
The funeral of the late Gazaway Hart
ridge took place from Christ Church at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and was at
tended by many of the Savannahlans who
held him in kindly and loving esteem.
The body arrived from New York over
the Plant System at 9 o’clock in the morn
ing, in charge of Mr. Clifford Hartrldge,
a cousin of the deceased. From the sta
tion the body was conveyed to the resi
dence of Mr- Walter C. Hartrldge, on
Jones street, east, where it remained dur
ing the day. At 5 o'clock It was taken to
the church. The casket was met by Rev.
Robb White, by whom the solemn and
Impressive funeral service of the Episco
pal Church was read. During the service
the choir sang, very sweetly and Impres
sively. “Lead, Kindly Light," and
“Nearer, My God, to Thee."
The interment was In the family lot at
Laurel G-rove, where the body of Mr.
Haxtri<sge was laid to re*t beside that of
his wife. The services were characteristic
of that quiet freedom from every taint of
ostentation or display that was charac
teristic aC the man and were, therefore, as
he himself would have had them. The ser
vices at the church were attended by jr.-.en
in every -walk and station of life, with
whom the kindly .geniality c f Mr. Hart
ridge. his loving kindness and wealth of
human sympathy had made him deserved
ly and almost equally popular.
Mr. Hartridge's sister. Mrs. McGee of
Nashville, reached the city in time to at
tend the funeral of her brother. Both Mrs.
McGee and Mr. Clifford Hartrldge will re
turn to their homes within the next few
days.
BCLCKEX MAY PAY OUT.
Is Trying to Settle Shortage AVith
Ills Lodge.
John R. Rulcken, charged with embez
zling fonds belonging to Concord Lodge
of Odd Fellows, was not locked up yes
terday, but in charge of Constable Hill
of Magistrate Kline’s court, spent the
day in an effort to raise sufficient money
to square bis accounts with the lodge
which has ’decided If a certain amount
can be paid in cash and the remainder
In monthly Instalments, the charge on
which the young man Is now held will
be withdrawn, and no further action
taken in the matter. The amount of the
sum to be raised for the first payment
was not made public, but it is said that
Rulcken had yesterday succeeded In .net
ting about SIOO, and expects to secure the
remainder.
Since action was taken by Concord
Lodge other of the young man’s misdeeds
have cometolightendltis said that no la
ter than last Saturday, although he then
knew that he was known to be a default
er, lie secured money under false pre
tenses.
None of those that he has wronged has
as yet taken action against him nnd It
is very doubtful any of them will do so.
The statement of the prisotmr that the
greater part of the money taken was lost
In cotton futures Is denied by members of
the Cotton Exchange and other persons
who are acquainted with the habits of
Buleken. It went, they say, on dice and
horse racing.
FLOWERS SPOKE SYMPATHY.
Grave of Little Ralston Daniel a
Floral Bed.
The funeral of John Ralston, the Infant
son of Dr. and Mrs. John W. Daniel,
took place yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
from St. Paul's Episcopal Church. There
whs a large attendance of the friends of
the bereaved parents, and many hand
aome floral tributes bespoke their love
and sympathy. The funeral service was
conducted by Rev, J. L. Scully. The In
terment was In I-nurel Grove Cemetery,
where the little mound tvas covered with
sweet flowers until it was hidden from
sight.
FIREMEN’S SUMMER PICNIC.
Tuesday the Day Set for the Event
At Tybee.
The annual picnic of Savannah Council
of the Order of American Fireman will
be held Tuesday, July 17, at Tybee. The
proceeds of the picnic go to the endow
ment fund of the council. A majority of
the members of the fire department are
members of the council, which pays week
ly sick benefits and SIOO to beneficaries
upon the death of a member. The com
mittee having the picnic in charge has
completed all arrangements to make it a
success, and all who attend are guaran
teed an enjoyable time.
WENT UP EIGHT DEGREES.
Mercury Again Touched the DO Dr.
grre Murk.
There was a Jump of eight degree* in
the temperature yesterday over that of
the day before, the maximum being 60
degrees, against 82 for the preceding day.
The minimum was 74, giving a mean tem
perature of 82 degrees. The rainfall up
to ft o'clock p. m., was .09 of an Inch.
The state forecast predict* generally
fair wealhfr for to-day and to-morrow,
except on the coast, where rain may be
expected. Fresh *quUrtVe*l wind* win
prevails
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY', JULY 15, 1900.
THEIR VIEWS HAVE CHANGED.
XORTHFRIf TEACHERS ADMIT
AOITH UNDERSTANDS RACES.
They Believe Southern People Are
In a Position to Deni More Intelli
gently With the Question Than
Those Who Have Only a Remote
Acquaintance With It—Snpt. Ash
more’s Observations at the
Charleston Convention.
Superintendent of Schools Otis Ash
more returned yesterday from Charleston,
where, he amended the annual convention
of the National Educational Association.
He was accompanied by Mr. John R.
Kirke, superintendent of public education
of Missouri, who is bis guest. Assistant
Superintendent F. H. Ferguson, Principal
JU F. Train of the High School, Principal
T. S. Lucas of the Anderson Street
School and other Savannah teachers aIFO
attended the convention. Prof. J. W.
Green of New Jersey, the new president
of the National Association, passed
through Savannah In the afternoon on his
return North by steamer.
“The convention was a thoroughly sat
isfactory one?” said Supt. Ashmore. The
attendance was not as large as was ex
pected, but what It lacked In quantity it
made up in quality. The best element
among the teachers of the country at
large, the workers and thinkers of the
professions, were largely represented and
took an active part in the discussions.
The work of the convention was very
beneficial to those in attendance. Many
excellent papers were read and discussed
by men and women of ability In educa
tional lines. The attendance Is estimated
all the way from 3,000 to 5,000, about 2,500
teachers, I should say, being actually in
attendance upon the convention. The peo
ple of Charleston were liberal in their
hospitality and the delegates were splen
didly cared for."
“The South was very creditably repre
sents a l the convention/’ said Supt.
Ashmore. “The section having the
strongest representa’ion. both numeric
ally end Intellectually, perhaps, was the
Northwest. The people of that section
are very much olive upon the subject
of education, and their representatives
were an energetic and oble lot. A great
deal of good was accomplished by the
convention in bringing intelligent men
and women of other sections in contact
with those of the South and giving them
a chance to exchange ideas and come la
contact with the real situation here. I
find that the views of the Northern peo
ple, as represented by the teachers, have
changed considerably on some subjects
from those of former years. They ore
now ready to admit that we are in better
position to know the true status and con
dition, of the negro, and that we should
be better able to deal with the questions
which are constantly arising from this
source than those who have only a re
mote acquaintance with the situation, if
any at all.”
The Maryland teachers, who arrived Fri
day night, spent the greater part of the
day In taking in the city, and left for
Baltimore by the steamer Itasca in the
afternoon. A number of other* came
over during the day, including Supt. Green
of New Jersey, the newly elected presi
dent of the association, who, with sev
eral others, went North on the Nacooehte
last night.
HOPES IX OGEECHKE HOAD.
Supt. Chaplin Ascribe* Dissatisfac
tion to the Chert.
Considerable dissatisfaction seems to ex
ist, and some complaint has been made
of the condition of the Ogeeohee road,
which, by the way, Supt. Chaplin save,
is the only macadamized road in the coun
ty. That is. It is macadamized for most
of Its length, though other experiments
in paving materials were made by the
county authorities before it was com
pleted.
When Supt. Chaplin was seen about the
condition of the Ogeechee road, he stated
that, taken all In all, it is as good a road
as there is in the county. It is not as
smooth, he said, as the roads paved with
Augusta gravel, hut this could not be ex
pected of a road of Its style of construc
tion. What It lacks in smoothness. It
makes up in durability.
The real difficulty, said Mr. Chaplin, ts
with that portion of the road within the
city limits, which is paved with shells,
and about 1.000 feet of the county road,
which was surfaced with chert. The chert
was not satisfactory, and holes have ap
peared at rather close intervals along this
stretch of road. Augusla gravel has
been ordered to repair them.
•Because of some misunderstanding of
the gravel contractor as to the kind of
material he Is expected to furnish, it has
not yet arrived. As soon as it reaches the
city, Mr. Chaplin said, the holes would
be filled, the surface leveled, and the
road put In good condition.
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DEACONS’ CLUB SHORT ON CASH,
One of the Brethren Got Away With
Over Fifty Dollars.
The Deacons' Club of the St. John's
Baptist Church is in mourning and re
fuses to be comforted, all on account of
the shortcomings of one of its members.
That he should merely fall from grace
would be sufficient cause for grief, but
in this case the sorrow that would at
tend 6uch a melancholy slip is the fur
ther enhanced by the fact that the club
is the sufferer by the brother's evil ways
to the extent of $52.63.
The date of the downfall of "Brother"
L. L. Borders, the man who got the cash,
dates back to bust April, when, owing to
the Inability of the treasurer of the club
to make a deposit at the hank, the money
was intrusted to him, with the strict in
junction to Flow it safely and be sure to
bring hack the book. This he promised
to do, but at the next meeting of the club,
when he was asked for the book, he
claimed to have forgotten it, and at each
succeeding meeting he had a ready and,
it seems, an acceptable excuse for the
shortage was not discovered until a short
time ago, when an attempt on the part
of the treasurer to draw some of the
money disclosed the fact that It had never
been deposited. Yesterday in Magistrate
Jones’ court, a warrant charging Borders
wth larceny after trust was sworn out.
Borders was arrested and is likely to
find out that “the way of the transgres
sor is hard."
LEADER OF THE RABBIS,
Dr. Joseph Silver-man of New Tori.
Suooeeert* Dr. Wise.
Rabbi Joseph Silverman of Temp'c
Emanu-El, in New York, a broth
er of Dr. Charles Silverman of
Savannah, was elected president
of the Conference of American Rab
bis at Buffalo last week to succeed the
late lamented Dr. AVise. Yesterday he
announced his acceptance In his temple
on Fifth avenue tn New A'ork. Dr, Silver
man is well known In Savannah, His elec
tion as president of the American Confer
ence of Rabbis Is considered the greatest
honor that can be conferred upon a rabbi.
Dr. Silverman's election was unanimous,
hla being the only nomination to succeed
COMPETITION IN MILLING.
The Savannah Rice Mill Company
Enters the Field.
There will be competition in the rice
milling business in Savannah this fall.
The Savannah Rice Mill Company, which
was incorporated with an aiMhorized cap
ital stock of SIOO,OOO some time ago, Is
converting the old Haywood-Gage Ice
Company buildings, Nos. 208 to 216 Bay
street, west, a rice mili.
The officers of the company ere T. M.
Cunningham, president; Jonas Mendel,
vice president; John Screven, Jr . man
ager; directors, T. M. Cunningham. Jo
r.as Mendel. Herman Myers, F. S. Lath
rop, John R. Y'oung, M. W. Dixon. 7sa
dore Silver berg, and A. R. Fawcett.
The buildings are very well suited for
the business, having a front of about 100
feet on Bay and River streets, with four
to live stories above River street The
buildings are among the oldest In the city
with very heavy walls, and are divided
into three separate buildings which have
all been thrown into one. The first floor
below Bay street is being divided Into
two floors for storage purposes, and this,
with the other compartment of the build
ings, will afford ample storage room. The
company also controls 104 feet of wharf
and an elevator will be erected there for
the purpose of transferring the grain di
rect to the compartments. The central
location of the buildings is aJ6O an advan
tage.
Ten years ago Savannah had three rice
mills. With the destruction of the Lower
Rice (Mill and the Savannah Steam Rice
Mill by fire, only one mill was left, the
Planters’ Rice Mill. In ordinary years
this mill has b*en sufficient to handle the
business, but with good crop years and
nome increase in the acreage the mill has
had all it could handle, and some rice
has been sent out of this territory to
Charleston.
Mr. John Screven is the promoter and
organizer of the new company. He has
been working it up for the last two years,
and in doing so has visited rice mills and
manufacturer* of milling machinery from
New Y'ork to Texas.
“The machinery of the new mill is the
very b*st that can be obtained/’ said Mr.
Screven yesterday, “being ordered from
different manufacturers throughout the
country. As each part is constructed for
its especial purpose, it can be very easily
put together with very little work here.
The machinery ie arriving andi is being
put in place, and the mill will be in read
iness for operation by Sept. 15. Besides
all the latest machinery, the mill will
have the advantage of the old secret pro
cesses w hich were used to such advantage
at the old Dower Rice Mill.
“There Is ample business* for two mills.’’
said Mr. Screven. “The rice crop in this
territory is about 450,000 bushels, of which
about 100,000 are shipped elsewhere to be
milled. Tbe new mill will keep this rice
at home, and will in this way be a bene
fit to the Savannah rice market and the
Savannah planters.”
REVERSED THE RECORDER.
AVtthont Jurisdiction to Fine for
Selling Liquor on Sunday.
Judge Falllgant rendered his decision In
the certiorari case of J. N. Anderson
against the Mayor and Aldermen of the
city of Savannah in the Superior Court
yesterday morning. The case is one In
which the plaintiff In certiorari was fined
SIOO in the Police Court for Belling liquor
on Sunday, from which sentence he ap
pealed to the Superior Court.
Under the ruling of the Superior Court
in Kassell’s case Judge Falligant held
that the fine inflicted upon Anderson by
the Recorder was not authorized by the
jurisdiction of the court. The certiorari
is therefore sustained and the judgment
of the Recorder reversed.
Despite the decision Anderson will not
get back, just yet, at any rate, the fine
of SIOO which was assessed against him
in the Police Court. City Attorney S. B.
Adams does not agree with Judge Falll
gant that the decision in Kassel's case
controls that In Anderson's case, and he
will advise the city not to repay the
amount of the fine. Anderson will have
to enforce repayment if he desires It by
action at law.
MANZIE TURNED LOOSE.
Warrants Charging Gambling Re
sult of The Royal Row.
Pete Manzie, the pugilist, who was ar
rested a day or two ago at the request
of J. E. Lamond on the charge of reliev
ing him of about S4O, was given a hearing
before Magistrate Kline yesterday and
was discharged.
Manzie admits that he struck Lamond,
but says he did so only after he had been
grossly Insulted. As to the question of
the money being lost while Lamond was
In the box where the row occurred, Manzie
said It is utterly absurd, as the row was
started by the fact that Lamond had only
$2.65 with which to pay for a $5 bottle of
wine.
As soon as the Manzie case was dismiss
ed Lamond swore out a warrant for Mas
sart, the proprietor of the Royal, charg
ing him with running a gambling house.
Massart was arrested, but gave bond. He
will be given a hearing at the court of
Magistrate Kline Tuesday morning.
Neither he nor his lawyer is worrying
about the matter. Massart says this charge
is as ridiculous as that on which Manzie
was arrested and was dictated merely out
of spite.
IS OUT OF THE MARKET.
Greek Plunger Knocked Out by
Yesterday's Slump in Cotton.
The Greek plunger In the cotton market
has retired after a very brief but unsat
isfactory experience. His experience was
a losing one from the start and yester
day's big slump in September cotton
knocked him clear out of the box. His
losses are variously estimated, but on
acquaintance reports that the plunger
Stales his losses at something over S4OO
as the result of three days' monkeying with
the cotton market. What he cannot un
derstand is that people should think it
strange lhat a Greek should take a flyer
In the market Just like any other Chris
tian.
"Why chn't a Greek play the market
Just as well as anybody else?” he Inquired.
"Anyway, I've had my try and I've got
enough for awhile."
The ex-plunger takes bis losses very
philosophically and has returned to hie
fruit stand without wasting any time In
bemoaning his losses.
HIBERNIANS TO PI CMC.
Three Divisions Will Hnld Forth. a
Tybee July 24.
The three divisions of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians, assisted by the Ladies’
Auxiliary, will have a big picnic at the
Tybee Hotel Tuesday, July 24. A large
committee has charge of the arrange
ments, and will look after the entertain
ment of the friends of the order. Two
brass and string hands will discourse
musk: for the occasion. Everything will
be done to make the Hibernian gala day
at Tybee pleasant.
Dissert Discontinued Digging.
The Rold seekers, who have been hunt
ing for buried money in the lot at Cuyler
and New Houston streets, have not as
yet been rewarded with a "strike," and
have decided to discontinue their opera
tions until the dark nights ohsll arrive,
as dark nights are considered more aus
p.ctoue for auch a quest than are moon-
JigM nJjht* •'■'.
THE FACTS IN EVIDENCE.
ATLANTA’S SEA GIRT TE %M AND
GEORGIA’S OFFERED OBJECTION.
Goveror* Horse Guards Laid the
Protect on the Table and Seem
Determined to Make the Sea Girt
Trip—The Atlanta Journal Dis
courses Further on the Sporting
Spirit as It Does Not Prevail in
Savannah —\\ hat Savannah’s Spirit
Really Is.
The Atlanta proposition to a rifle
team to Sea Girt and the protest of the
Georgia team are discussed at length in
the Atlanta Journal.
While 4t seems that no positive action
has been taken and that the statement
is rot on authority, or is on undivulged
authority, the Journal article say* that
the Governors Horse Guard will send a
team to Sea Girt. Similar information was
conveyed in the Atlanta dispatches of the
Morning News yesterday morning.
“Atlanta.” says the writer in the Jour
nal, “knew of the Hilton trophy scandal
without this reminder from Savannah."
The first misapprehension under which
the writer in the Journal labors is that
the protest that has been made comes
from a Savannah team. This is true only
to the extent that eleven out of the twelve
men who contested for the Hilton trophy,
as ihe representatives of the state, were
from this city. These Savannahlans se
cured their places on the team after con
tests at Sea Girt in which all the qualified
men from Georgia who were there at the
time compet'd. Thai Savannah was rep
resented by so many more riflemen than
other cities Is due to the fact that Sa
vannahians could shoot straighter. The
team was Georgia’s from start to finish.
The second misapprehension, said a
member of the team. Is as to the persons
against whom Georgia’s charges of un
fairness were made in the first instance.
Had it been true that the New Jersey
State Rifle Association was guilty of
fraud, it would have been proper for the
Georgia team to withdraw immediately
from the contest, as it would undoubted
ly have done. But no such charges against
the association or the range officers was
made, the allegation of unfairness being
confined to markers in the pit. who. it is
said, are chosen from the hucksters and
fishermen of Sea Girt and the vicinity.
The rules of the rifle association pre
scribe the body to which appeal shall be
made. This is its Executive Committee
and to the Executive Committee the Geor
gians went with their protest against the
treatment to which they had been subject
ed. When there was no room to doubt
that fraud had been committed, there was
no room in the minds of the Georgians
that Justice would be done. So impressed
with the fact that there was fraud was
Gen. A. R. Kuser, an officer in the New
Jersey National Guard, a member of the
Executive Committee of the State- Rifle.
Association, a member of the New' Jersey
team and its best shot for a number of
years, that he resigned from the associa
tion. If It was proper for him to take
thi step, said the member of the team,
it was scarcely improper for Georgia to
refuse to give a second opportunity to be
fraudulently deprived of a trophy the team
had won and then be denied justice. That
this action was in thorough accord with
! the best instinct of the most thorough
sportsman will not be denied by any one
who has any conception of the meaning of
the term.
The imputations made against the sport
ing spirit tn Savannah, as It is represented
by its beet exponents here, and these are
the men who have made up the Georgia
team at Sea Girt In former years, they
think need no denial. When rifle prac
tice in other cities was dormant, Savan
nahlane revived it, and, at their own ex
pense, sent a team to the New Jersey
ranges. It was the Georgia team, and
the prizes it won redounded to the credit
of the entire state. The matches that it
lost, it lost without a protest and In the
beat of spirit. It lost enough matches to
make it evident that there was no lack
of sporting spirit in its members, and
to convinoe anyone that as long as it
was treated with anything like a reason
able degree of fairness there would never
be a prptest. The personal popularity
achieved at Sea Girt by these Savannah
tans, making up the Georgia team, is suffi
cient evidence of the fact that they were
and are sportsmen in the truest and best
sense of the term.
A third misconception under which the
Journal labors, said a member of the
team, is that the protest against the per
petrated fraud -was from Sapannah. The
fact is that the protest was made on be
half of the state, and was signed by the
inspector general of rifle practice. Col.
George T. Cann, and the acting adjutant
general, Col. Phil G. Byrd. The pro
test was from the state, and from, the
Slate, with t.he exception of Atlanta, came
the indignation excited by the denial of
the just and fair claims that it embodied.
It is said that the resources of the Geor
gia team to prevent the Horse Guards
sending a team to Sea Girt have not been
exhausted by the protest filed with the
troop, which It has laid on the table. It
is understood that an effort will be made
with the Governor to have him refuse his
assent to the projected trip, which will be
backed by whatever influence Savannah
military men who are closest to his ear
can bring to bear.
When spoken to on this subject Col.
George T. Cann, state inspector general
of rifle practice, stated that had the plan
been under consideration here he would
certainly have used whatever influence he
had with the Governor to secure his veto,
as he considered that to send another team
to Sea Girt, after the occurrences of last
year, would be most unfortunate and most
detrimental to the best Interests of the
military of the state. As the plan was
not under discussion here, but In Allanta,
Col. Cann said he did not know whether
he would make It the subject of any offi
cial action or recommendation or not.
FRESH AIR CHILDREN.
Slitffß of Thom Came f'p From Ty.
hoe Yesterday.
The sixteen children who spent the week
at the Fresh Air Home at Tybee came
up to the city yesterday and to-morrow
a like number of others will go down for
a aix-days' outing.
The following donations to the Home
were received last week:
Mr. Puree $5 oo
Mr. Robert Coldlng 6 00
Mrs. W. C. Mclntlre, bread and fruit;
Mrs. Gutlmartln, watermelons; Maymle
and Dorothy Workman. Florence Krans,
Helen Dixon. Belle Battey, Annie Johnson,
Annie Battey, sl.lO, proceeds from cake
walk.
A LIGHT WEIGHT CONTEST.
I’cte Mamie and Eddie Mack at the
Thenter Wednesday .Mglit.
A 20-round go has been arranged at the
Theater Wednesday night between Pete
Manzie of Savannah and Eddie Mack, of
Newark, N. J. The men are to fight at
catch weights, but as both are light
weights It Is expected that they will enter
the ring at about 122 pounds each. The
sum of SIOO has been posted by each side
as a wager, the amount to he forfeited
If either man falls to come to the scratch
Manzie Is well known In Savannah as a
clever and skilful little tighter, but Mack
Is said to be a good match for him, and
a lively go Is expected.
Abbott's East India Corn Paint cures
every time; It takes off the corn; no patn;
cure* warts and bunions ond Is conceded
to be * wonderful corn cure. Bold by all
.druggists.—ad, ■-
It Is Not \\ liftt Yon Make. Bat What
You Save That Will Make You
£access! al.
The best, safest and surest way to save
is to have the right kind of a life Insur
ance policy. Primarily, it is protection, it
creates an estate of so many thousands,
just as soon as you have paid the first
premium and received your policy.
Again, It is nothin* more than the saving
of money, and It is in a measure a com
pulsory saving for you will know that
you must meet the premiums. Savings
other than this kind are frequently de
ferred fra more convenient reason, and
the procrastination often ends in failure,
besides, it is so easy to draw* out money
deposited in savings institutions on the
slight* st provocation. If your policy is in
the Massachusetts Mutual, it has a defi
nite cash and loan value as soon as it is
2 years old. For young men there is no
surer, betier way to encourage the habit
of skiving. It would take years to build up
an estate like this, even if it is accom
plished the result would be no better, if
as good. The Massachusetts Mutual was
organized in 1851; is strong and reliable.
Pays handsome dividends to policy-hold
ers, and is, in its broadest meaning, a
policy-holders’ company. That company
for which its old policy-holders have a
kind word is a recommendation in itself.
There are many old Massachusetts Mu
tual policy-holders in this community and
every one of them are well pleased and
satisfied. We will be glad to give you
all necessary information if you wfill write,
sending us your age and address. Don’t
let ’99 go without at least making an ef
fort and begin with the New Y’ear to
have some of this sort of saving. Harty
& Apple, managers for Georgia, 117 Bay
street, east, Sa\annah. Ga— ad.
Installed Live Oak’ Officer*.
At the last meeting of Live Oak Lodge
of Odd Fellows, District Deputy Grand
Master Henry McAlpin installed the fol
lowing officers:
N. G.—Henry Stelljes.
V. G.-W. O. Hawley.
P. and R. Secretary—Leander Butler.
Treasurer—Frank Werm.
Colored A. M. C. A.
The colored Men’s Christian As
sociation will hold its young men’s Sun
day meeting at the association rooms, Bol
ton lane and West Broad, at 5 o’clock this
afternoon. The programme will consist of
songs, prayer and instrumental music.
FANS GOING IN THE MARKET.
The Large Number in Use There
Keep the Surroundings Cool.
At the market yesterday was to be
found the usual supplies for this season
of the year. One great advantage of vis
iting the market is that while there the
buyer is in about the coolest place in
town. This is due to the fact that the
building is full of electric fans, spinning
at a miraculous rate of speed, and which
keep the air thoroughly stirred. Fans
were going at Logan’s, and he was at
tending to the wants of the people who
flocked there. He is not making any spe
cial announcement this week, but has
about everything the market affords. Call
and have your meats kept by him until
Sunday morning, when they will be de
livered at your door.—ad.
Two Oil Paintings for SaJe.
There Is on exhibition at W. E. Wimpy's
furniture establishment two pieces of art
for sale, executed by a New York artist,
A. S. Bangs, who is in our city for a lim
ited time, and is open tor orders.
The one represents “A Siren,” poised on
the rocks off the shores of Greece, holding
aloft a conch shell, with which she makes
the alluring music which charms the pass
ing 6ailors to their doom.
The other, some most natural life-like
fish, painted at Tybee— both are entirely
original.
Any inquiries Mr. Wimpy will gladly re
spond to, or the artist may be addressed
at 602 West Twelfth street, city.—ad.
To-day.
Dinner to-day at Hicks’, the famous
restaurant, will be upon the high stand
ard. Delicious spring lamb, frying chick
ens, red roasts, fine steaks—and they are
cooked as nobody can cook, except Hicks.
Try it to-day. Hicks’.—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 “tKe
round trip. Trains leave at 2:10 a. so. and
5:20 a. m.—ad.
Sunday Trips m Brunswick Via
Plant System SI.OO.
The Plant System will sell round-trip
tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited
to date of sale, at rate of SI.OO. Trains
leave at 2:10 a. m. and 5:20 a. m —ad.
Pineapple, Ala., May 10, 1900.—1 do not
hesitate to recommend Johnson's Chill and
Fever Tonic for Grip, and all forms of
fever. I give It the highest possible in
dorsement by using It tn my own family.
William H. Lloyd.
Johnson’s Tonic does In a day what slow
and uncertain quinine cannot do in ten
days. It acts gently upon the liver and
sharpens the appetite. Use nothing else
for fever.—ad.
A Doctor’s Advice Free.
About Tetterlne, Dr. M. L. Fielder of Ec
lectic P. 0., Elmore county, Alabama,
says: ’’l know it to be a radical cure for
tetter,sail rheum, eczema and ail kindred
diseases of the skin and scalp. I never
prescribe anything else in all skin trou
bles." Send 60c in stamps for a box of It
postpaid, to the manufacturer, J. T. Shup
trine, Savannah, Ga., if your druggist
doesn't keep it.—ad.
'l'll*- Aragon.
Peachtree street, Atlanta, Ga., under
new management. Cafe of rare excellence.
Recommends Itself for the notable char
acter of its guests. Free coaches. Sco
vllle Bros.—ad.
A Receiving Teller,
A receiving teller at a good bank said
that he was about to get sick. He felt
tired all time; sleep did not refresh
him; felt as if he ought to take vacation,
A pharmacist put him on Graybeard and
two bottles completely overhauled him
end made him about as good as new.
Get Graybeard at all drug stores. Gray
beard pills ere treasures—2sc the box
Respesa Drug Cos.. Proprietors.—ad.
Rhine nnd Moselle Wines.
The fine French wines In bottles are Im
ported direct from the well known house
of Everest, Dupont & Cos., Bordeaux,
France, by lAppman Bros, of this city.
Uppraan Bros, desire to call attention to
the St. Julien brand of claret wine, which
Is very tine, but quite low-priced.
Their Chauteau Eeovllle Is known as one
of the finest claret wines Imported to the
United States.
Llppman Bros.' Importations of Rhine
wines are certainly worth the attention
of connoisseurs. They are from the cele
brated wine grower Martin Deutz of
Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany.
His Bodenhelm Rhine 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 Rhine wine in the city
His Yohannjsburger Cabinet Is very deli
cate and rare, and Is perfection of wine
.•nd the finest ofj ill —ad.
The Elk
$3.50
11.
DO TOU PAT $3.50 FOR TOUR DAILY
SHOES?
Then see the ELK, and you wtu find u
to be better than any other $3.50 shoe that
you ever wore, or equal to any $4.00 eho
that you’ll find elsewhere.
Made of Vlcl Kid end Durable Leather,
every shoe stamped with the ELK HEAD
on the sole. All sizes, all widths.
TO SEE THEM IS TO WEAR THEM,
17 BROUGHTON ST..WEST,
NEW LINE OF
HORSE NETS,
HORSE
SUN BONNETS,
LAP SHEETS,
EAR TIPS,
Just arrived.
Congress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
LATTIMORE’S,
West Congress Street.
Low Prices
The Rule
It doesn’t matter what too
purchase may be you can
emve money by ffettinv it
aronnd on Congrcsn street.
Everything: in our store
carrier a price to sicken
our competitors* If you
want a v
Furnace or
A Range
our summer estimates will
please yot. Plenty of time
to do the work properly.
In Hardware
You find indueinerly low
prices here, and in bicycles
none compares with th©
celebrated
Cleveland
Our terms are ridiculosly
easy.
COME SEE US.
NOW
THAT
ICE
IS UP
IT REQIIRES AN ECONOMICAL
FniGBRATOR,
Such As
The Gurney.
I>on<f uy the Rest and the Cheap
est to run.
IT’S NOT IN THE ICE TRUST.
BIT IS THE POOR MATS FRJE.NIL
Wi‘ are selling them at Cost
We Have an Exquisite Lino of
WEDDING GIFTS,
CUT GLASS.
CAMEO WARE.
IMPORTED CHINA LAMPS
And other Handsome Oifts. We aJ*
Money-Savers you know, aud It’s
your interest to bny here.
0. W. ALLEN & CO.,
STATE AND BARNARD.
Sul Pippin ii
Thorough preparation for college or bus
iness. Boys may enter at any time. Next
fall the school will bo moved to new
quarters fully equipped for
A MILITARY SCHOOL.
Further particulars from the principal,
ORMOND B. STRONG,
811 Lincoln Street.
Catalogue may be had for the asking at
Solomons' Bull street drug store.
UNION HOTEL
West Broad and Haris streets,
opposite Central Depot.
Modern appointment. Convenient to all
street car lines. Rates $1.25 and $1.50 and
$2.00 per day. Single meal 25c. ,
.41. J. FATERSON, Mangge*.