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8 DISARMING THE OLD FORTS. GIUS, SHOT A\D SHELL* FROM PU LASKI AM) OGLETHORPE HAA E BEE%’ SOU). Shot anil Shell. F.inbraoinsr Projec tile* of Many Kind*. Bnht 1> Isaac Joseph Iron Company—Pnr cliane I* of More Than fU4 Ton* of Iron—Gnn* nought by M'ill*r of Boston—llemovnl of \\ nrliko Landmark* Will Take Plnoc Till* Week—Forf* Will He Thoroughly Overbanled—Rnmoreil They Will Be D*ed by Ordnance Department of the Army. The old cannon and phot and shell that have been lusting for more, than haf a century on the ramparts ard In the mag azines ©f Port Pulaski and Fort Ogle thorpe have been Fold by the government, atul, melted into more convenient form, will serve a more peaceful purpose than that for which they were originally de stined. The shot and shell have been purchased by the Isaac Joseph Iron Company of Cincinnati and Savannah, of which cor poration Mr. Joe Wolf is the local repre sentative. The weight of the old projec tiles that the company purchased exceeds 514 tons, of 11,240 pounds. The shells range in weight from 18 to 330 pounds each, and the shot from 20 to 200 pounds. They are designed to suit guns and mortars of every description, from the -mall twenty-poun !r to the massive columWad, firing a pro jectile weighing 330 pounds and weighing itself 25 tons. There were a number of guns at the two ' forts that were sold by the government, but these were net purchased by th* Isaac Joseph Iron Company, the difficulty of melting the old weapons and so putting them to practical use being so great that the. company that bid successfully for the shot and shell was unwilling to make a very tempting offer for the guns. The guns included sax 30-inch Rodmans weigh ing 15.000 pounds each, two 15-inch Rod mans weighing 40,000 pounds each, and four 100-irounder parrots, each weighing 9.700 pound.- The carriages for the guns were solo at same time. The Isaac Joseph Company now has three linghtere in course of construction. ' which wiil be used to transport the old ordnance it has purchased from the forts to the company’s wharves. As soon ns the lighters are finished, which will be during the present week, they will make their initial trips' with the horses end wagons necessary to convey the shot and shell from the forts to the river front. After the completion of the present taek the lighters will be employed permanently by the company along the river front, in transporting cargoes of iron from the yards to vessels lying at distant docks. The old guns and ordnance stores of ev ery description that have recently been sold were disposed of by the government for the purpose of aiding the general cleaning and overhauling that will be in augurated at Fort Pulaski and Fort Og le th rope*. to which their presence was a se rious impediment. It is understood that the forts are intended for use by the ordnance department of the army and that ordnance stores for ihe forts and gar risons along he South Atlantic coast will be kept in these magazines. This understanding of the department’s inten tion, however, has not been verified by any positive stateemnt or Announcement. The advertisements for the sale of the guns and projectiles and other stores were feigned by Lieut. John L. Hayden, until recently commandant of the garrison at Fort Screven, on Tybce Island. The con tracts were awarded the successful bid ders last week. The removal of the old guns and the shot ond shell of a former age will de stroy some of flic picturesque features ! n connection with the forts, that have in the recent past attracted the attention of feighseers and curiosity lovers. The old guns were so patently behind the times and. in their cumbersome massiveness, eo unfit to eope with modern instruments cr warfare, that they had in them some thing of the roman tic—tike old servants who have outiived usefulness and their time. Just how long they have ornamented the walls and ramparts of the forts is not definitely known, but certainly half a century has elapsed since the greater port of them were placed in positon. Those on Pulaski did valient service dur ing the Civil War, when they were fought until necessity compelled the 'surrender of the garrison. For many years, spiked and worthless, they have scowled from the ramparts, menacing, or seeming to menace, she ves sels approaching the city. They were very worthless Indeed, for most of them hn< lost the ability to bark and were not in shape even for the firing of a salute. Now. with the projectiles that have been rusting in the magazines, they will he melted and recast, and in another clime will be fitted for a more useful, if less romantic, office than that which has been theirs in the past. MAS TOUCHED AI.I, AKOIXD. Bibulous Excursionist Dost His Grip, rocket book and Railroad Tickets. The proverbial "stranger in New York" blew into Savannah on one of the Cen tral's excursions yesterday. He tarried but a short time and then went down to Tybee, where with several boon com panions he proceeded to pet sublimely oblivious to both time and place for sev ernl hours. When he finally recalled his submerged wits he was on the train for Savannah and the conductor was endeavoring, though vainly, to collect his fare. Not that he wasn’t willing enough to give it up. hut the fact was, as he explained with many hie s. he had been touched for bis pocketbook, containing not only oil of his money, but hts ti, ket to the city and also his ticket for home. At the depdt he stood off a hackman and in duced him to take him to the barracks where he reported his loss, also the loss of a valise which he had discovered by that time. He was willing to lose the valise, the pocketbook and the money, he said, but was very anxious Indeed that the ticket might be found. I'pon being assured that every effort would he made to assist him in this matter, he jollied his Jehu to steer him up against a place where he could raise some money on a rirtg that he wore He succeeded in rais ing a small amount on it and paying the hackman was last seen on his way to blow the remainder. NOT HOT 111 T 111 MII), Highest Tenipcrntnc Only SS hut IMenty of Moisture. Eighty-eight degrees was the maximum temperature for Savannah yesterday. The minimum was 70, giving a mean tempera ture of 79 degrees. While the heat was not so great as on the day before, the hu midity made the day, as u whole, very uncomfortable. The slate forecast is for local rains and thunderstorms to-day and for generally fair weather to-morrow, except on the coast, where showers may be expected. Eight to fresh southwest winds will pre vail. When ,we have good blood we ore healthy, strong, vigorous and full of lif* nnd energy, Hood'a Sarsaparilla makes good Woodc-ad. WILL \OT ABANDON MISSIONS. Clmroho* Believe Chinn AVJII Event ually He Chrintianf*ed. Rev. Dr. James Y. Fair, pastor of the ! I Independent Presbyterian Church, sees no j reason to believe the pending disturbances | in China and the. greater disturbances that j are likely to follow will result In perma- j rent interference with the missions ' mis u-*n work in that country. * “On the contrary,” said Dr. Fair yester day. “I believe that the eventual result will broaden and increase the missionary held and that our workers in China will sweep on to renewed and enhanced use fulness. Of course, there must be a tem porary cessation of missionary effort and a temporary abandonment of our educa tional institutions in those provinces where the uprisings exist or will come, and, in caste of war, a temporary aban donment throughout the entire empire. “But in the nature of things such a war ca&tiot have, but one result—the victory of the Powers over the Chinese. When it is concluded there will be ample guaranties •hat foreigners in China will be safe and that they will be permitted the same measure of freedom as is accorded natives, so long at* they conduct themselves de cently and properly and with due regard for the opinions and religious prejudices of the people. “Under such circumstances the educa tional and religious work conducted by the missionaries must prosper as it has never done before. The show of force and ! power that must be made by the nations will remove much of the ignorance of the Chinese on the subject of Western civi lization. and will inspire them with a re spect for its representatives they have never hod in the past With part of the ignorance removed and respect supplied, the missionaries will be enabled to make much greater progress. “It may possibly be that the hatred of foreigners, engendered by a protracted war. should such a war come, would de fer for a time the advantages I think will follow. But in the end, though the inter vening time presents possibilities of blood nhed that are horrible to contemplate, good must certainly result.” Bishop Kelley returned yesterday morn ing from Macon where he has been un dergoing a retreat with the priests of the diocese at St. Stanislaus college. The 'Bishop sad that he had not seen a news paper during the last week and conse quently At* in the dark as to what haa been transpiring in China and the r-fet of the world. He was therefore unable to express any opinion as to the action which the ltomun Catholic Church Is likely to take in consequence of the mas sacre of its missionaries and converts by the Boxers or whether these massacres will have any effect upon the church'* policy in China. "This is not the first time Chinese Catholics have been massacred.” said the Bishop. Bishop KeUev was accompanied by Father John a well known Je suit priest of INew Orleans, who will spend some time with him at his resi dence. Father O’Connor is a native of Savannah and he comes here to visit his mother and other relatives. Mrs. John Lyons is a sister of the visiting priest. VAI'IITING INTEREST LACKING. \n Arrangement Aet Made for the .Inly Regatta. The bottom seems to have dropped out in yachting circles in Savannah. Such a dearth of interest in the sport is almost unprecedented. Prominent members of the Savannah Yacht Club, who have been ap pealed to on the subject, say they are at a loss to account for the lack of interest, but they .agree that the lack is very evi dent. July is just half gone and yet no steps have been taken to provide for the annuel July regalia. “The rules of the club provide for an annual regatta to be held, in July,” said a prominent member. ”1 am not aware of any change in the rules and I do not see how the Sailing Committee is to ac count for us failure to take the requisite steps. We have an excellent club, it is true, but if we ate not going to keep up out ilntcrcst in yachts we might as well change the name of the club. We might just as well call it the Outing Club, which would include yachting whenever we took a notion to indulge in that sport. We have a tennis court, a croquet court, swings for the children and clay pigeon grounds for the men. These are all very nlcte, but were intended simply as adjuncts to the club. We ought to take a hand at some thing else occasionally.” The defeat of the Dragoon seems to have temporarily killed the interest in yachting and the failure of the syndicate to receive a satisfactory offer for the boat, seems to have still further queered things. There are plenty of small yachts, however, and the prevalent opinion among the real lovers of the sport is that the building and sailing of this class of y.-H hts should be encouraged. A regatta, it would seem would help to put life in this movement. Commodore Starr was appealed to to explain this unusual delay in providing for the July regatta. ”Ask the sailing* committee,” replied Mr. Starr. “They ought to know. Being further interrogated on the subject Mr. Starr said that the usual method of ar ranging for a regatta tves for the chair man of the sailing committee to make suggestions to the hoard of stewards, thus giving the latter something to work uj>on. Mr. Frank F. Jones is chairman'of die sailing committee and he will doubt - less give the matter hi? attention at an early date. TO UR RE AI)V I\ SEPTEMBER. Southside HnptiMt Chnreh Will He Dedicated Then. The congregation of the Southside Bap tist Church has arranged to have its new church formally dedicated si bout the mid dle of September by a series of evangeli cal meetings to be conducted by Rev. M. A. Jenkins of Macon, who was in Savan nah last year and conducted a series of tent meetings. It is expected that the coming meetings will not only materially increase the con gregation by securing converts, but will largely aid the congregation in paying for the church and parsonage, ns all collec tions will be devoted to that purpose. The new church Is at the corner of Barnard and Fourth streets. Work on the buildings was commenced only a short p,me ago. but has been pushed forward so rapidly that the parsonage is nearly completed and the church frame work is In place and also a good part of the flooring. While the forma! dedication will be made by the Rev. Mr. Jenkins the con gregation expects that the building will be completed much sooner than Septem ber and that It in a condition for services very shortly. FUNERAL OF MR. R. C. O’DVRNE. Service* at *<l Patrick** Church Were Largely Attended. The funeral of the late R. Charles O’Byrne took place from the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James O’Byrne, No. 408 Oglethorpe avenue, west, at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. It was very largely attended. The funeral services were conducted at Bt. Patrick’s Church, to which edifice the body of Mr. K)’Byrne was conveyed from (he residence. The casket was completely covered by the many and very handsome floral offerings, that testified to the af fectionate esteem in which Mr. O’Byrne was held and to the grief which was caus ed by his untimely death. The interment in the Cathedral Cemetery* THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 16, 1900. COL. MELDRiM DENIES IT. NEVER S\ID HE WOULD DISAP PROVE HORSE Gl ARD’S AP PI.IC ATION. Commander of the First Cavalry Re pudiate* Alleged Statement* of Hl* Intention, in the Matter of the At lanta Rifle Team, Made in the Journal—His Practice Is to Ap prove Recommendation* of Com pany and Squadron Commander*. Unie** There I* Grave Reason to Do Otherwise— He Will Act in Thin Case When Question 1* Presented and Not Before. The attention of Col. P. W. Meldrim, commanding the First Regiment of Cav alry, Georgia Slate Trpops, was called , yesterday to an article in the Atlanta | Journal, In which if was stated that he had announced In advance that he would not approve any application made by the Governor’s llorse Guard to send a rifle j or carbine team to Sea Girt. Col. Meldrim had not seen the article and he was naturally indignant. In the , matter of facts it is about on a par with the other articles that have recently ap peared in the Journal with reference to Atlanta’s sending a rifle team to Sea Giri j this year and the protest that the Georgia team of last year has made against it. , Col. Meldrim said he had never said what he would do should such an application for permission to leave the state come to him from the Governor’s Horse Guard, nor had he ventured an opinion as to j what course Gov. Candler would fob >w should the application be disapproved. The Journal article- is as follows: “Col. Peter W. Meldrim Is the com manding officer of the First Cavalry Reg iment of the state. The Governor’s Horse Guard is a part of that regiment, and as such is of course under the direct com mand of Col. Meldrim, a Savannahian. "it has been stated here on good au thority—in fact, slated so that the Gov ernor’s Horse Guard was practically ask ed to accept it as the official expression of Col. Meldrim—that the commanding officer would not approve an application for a rifle team from Atlanta to compete at Sea Girt. His approval is necessary be fore the team could leave the state. “Further, it has been stated, the words beinfe attributed directly to Col. Meldrim, that he has said that if he did not ap prove the plan to send a team Gov. Can dler would not do so. This is what cer tain members of the Horse Guard are going to find out for themselves. They believe that Gov Cnndler would overrule Col. Meldrim in this matter, and if. after the application i* made it is refused, the matter will be taken at once to the state capitol. “Those marksmen in Savannah who for merly competed for the Sea Girt prizes are ail close to Colonel Meldrim, and in that way have brought strong pressure to bear on him to refuse to sanction any plan of Atlanta men to go to Sea Girt. Members of the Governor’s Horse Guard are close to the chief executive of the slete and equally strong pressure is be ing brought to bear on him. “Should the governor of the state over rule a commanding colonel’s order it would so affect that officer’s standing that he might be forced to resign. And since the unsportsmanlike behavior of Savannahiene in this matter there is o certain element in the Horse Guard which would 'ne nothing loath to salute anew colonel.” Col. Meldrim had not seen the article before it was handed him by a Morning News reporter. When asked to say what he thought of it. he answered: “I have never said what course I should follow in case the Governor’s Horse Guard applied to me for authority to 'end a team of riflemen without the state. Un der the regulations governing the state troops such an application should and probably would be made through regular military channels, reaching me. ns the comamnding officer of the regiment, af'er it had been approved or disapproved by the troop and squadron commanders. “I have made it a rule, since I have been in comamnd of the regiment, to allow the largest possible liberty to the integral. parts of its organization and not. to with hold my approval from any request unless I felt such action imperatively demanded by the good of the service. Unnecessary interference with the plans of troop and squadron commanders 1 have found to be extremely prejudicial. "For this reason, unless a strong case against granting n request approved by the captain the troop and the major commanding the squadron were made. I should very likely approve it. I have not said, nor do I say now*, what I shall do In this particular case, but I shall not recede from my general rule and the emergency that* would cause me to disapprove a r* commendation, reaching me through military channels, with fav orable indorsemens. must be urgent. In these matters it is n question of what Is best for the interests of the regiment and the service and not of individual opin ion of the proprieties. “I cannot imagine, however,” continued Col. Meldrim, “who is the party responsi ble for the article shown me. The Gov ernor’s Horse Guard has been, and is one, of my pet troops and my relation* with its officers and men have always been of the pleasantest and most cordial description. I cannot believe that the inspiration for these unwarranted statements chn have been furnished by its members. “The article must have been written or inspired by sofne one not in touch or ac cord with the state troops, whose manifest purpose is to create diss nsion and destroy efficiency. Themaliceof the statements and the ignorance of facts they display seem to be about on a par. Possibly,” said the Colonel, with a ray of inspiration, "the ap* pearance of this article is due to the fact that the Journal has recently experienced a change of management and may at the same time have exprined a change cf heart. You know. the Journal was bought by a syndicate of Northern, men.” “No.” said Col. Meldrim, “if an applica tion for permission to send a team to Sea Girt comes to me from the Governor’s Horse Guard I shall act upon it then, in accordance wit!) my best discretion, and in accordance with the facts as they * re known to m**. in the meantime, no one is authorized to say what 1 shall or shall not do.” EXPLODING GASOLINE DID IT. Starled n Lively Eire In n Montimm ery Street House. A fire started in the three-story frame house at No. 318 Montgomery fe.treet yes terday morning shortly after 9 o’clock by the explosion of a gasoline stove. The slove was in the rear part of the second story. Owing to the prompt re sponse of Fire Company No. 4 the flames were extinguished with hand extinguish ers before much damage had been done. It seems that when the fire was first discovered a number of the Inmate* of the house attempting to extinguish it by cutting holes in the roof and turning on the flames a garden hose attached to one of the hydrants of the house. It re mained for the firemen, however, to do the actual work. The damage from Are and water will not amount to more than S3O. To Brunswick and Return. 91.00 Via the Plant System, Sunday*. In addition to the Charleston Ann day excursions, the Plant Bystem ore selling round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on Sundays only, at rate of $1 00 for the round trip. Trains leave at a.lO a. in. and ,&;20 k. m.-ed 4 HI II.DKR* AXU BI'ILDING. 'I he Subject of Rev NV. F. Watkins Anniversary Sermon. “Builders and Building” was the subject of the anniversary sermon of Rev. W. F. Watkins, pastor of the Christian Church, yesterday. He took as his text I Corin thians 3: 10-35: ”1 have laid the foundation, and another buiideth. Let every inan take heed how he buiideth thereupon.” * We are all builders,” Rev. Mr. Wat kins said, “whether we will or no, every day and hour we are building our life structure. Every thought is striking a blow, every impulse is doing mason work. There are as many workmen in us as there are separate faculties. The build ing is going up, 6tory by story, though we are rot conscious of the fact. Whit a solemnity and dignity this gives to life! In i true sense each of us is building fcis own heaven or hell! This is the lesson the <[>osile is teaching here. He applies it both to truth and life. The building of the church at Corinth had been going wrong. There were dissensions and divis ions. Paul and his fellow laborers were but master workmen tinder the Great Archi tect. The figure of the church as a build ing. and her ministers and members as builders is full of interest. Let us study it. “The Foundation: This is of supreme importance. On it depend the safety and stability of the structure. Many founda tions that promise well prove to be un trustworthy. The foundat on is Jesus Christ. “Other foundadnn can no man lay.’ It was laid by God in the counsels of eternity, and in the fullness of time. With it we can have nothing to do. We are to build not to it. not with it, bui on it. “The Superstructure: ‘Let every man take heed how he buiideth thereupon.’ The primary application is to teaching. It was the perversity of the teachers at Cor inth that led the people astray. How great the responsibility of teachers! But the warning applies to till builders on Zloon’s walls. Where do we get our mate rials? On what plan do we work? A house is built according to a plan. It is so with spiritual life and work. God has a plan for every man. The character of Chris* is the pattern to be followed. if a building is adapted to certain uses, much more should a life be useful. Beware of the ories which do not come straight from tile Divine Architect, but are cobwebs open in our own or an other’s brain. These may look pretty but will turn into ashes at the first touch of the revealing flame. It is sad to think what rubbish can be raked in even a good foundation, described as “wood, hay, stubble.” The Testing Time: “Every man’s work shall be made manifest for the day will declare it, and it will be revealed by fire.” The wretched hovels of great city, thatched with hay and stubble, would not resist the flames, while the solid struc tures would survive a greater fire than ever swept Ixjndon, or Chicago, is to test the buildings we are all raising. “The ‘lay,’’ the great judgment day, shall man ifest their true character. And the fire will try them, of what sort they are. It is quality, rather than quantity, that God looks for. This is a world of shams and shows. That is a world of realities. The Builder’s Reward: “If any man’s work abide.he shall receive a reward.” it is the enduring that shall be rewarded, ev ery man receiving accordingly. Nothing done for Christ, not even a cup of cold water, shall be forgotten. Faithful toil can never fail. There will be the Mas ter's “well done.” hallelujahs of saints and acclamation of angels, “All labor ended, rest came at last!” But what is to be said of the other side—work that will not stand the test? If any man’s work be burned, he shall suffer loss, yet he himself shall be saved .is by’ lire.” “Suffer loss!” Miseries r.ow. Suffer loss also in heaven! Can that be? Yes, the life may be lost, though the soul le saved! Work came to naught! Labor thrown away! Fire! Fire! House in flame*. The owner is rescued. His face scorched, his clothes burnt off his back, his property lost, he saved soul by fire. O would you he willing to be saved in this way? Build with fire-proof mate rial. “These,” said Mr. Watkins, in conclu sion. “are the principles that have actu ated my work during the year I have been with you I have aimed at whift is solid, rather than what is showy. Ed ification has been my chief thought.” The preacher referred to the unity that has prevailed in the congregation, to the in creased attendance at all the services, and to the many signal tokens of God’s presence and aid. An unusually large congregation listened with deep interest. The following statistics of work were reported: Sermons and addresses, 170; pastoral calls. 579; baptisms. 6; added to the church. 20; marriages, 6; funerals, 8; total receipts from all sources, $1,904.39. HAD A LIVELY >IIXI P. Police anil Physician Rescued n Couple of Vigorous Combatant*. Patrolman Guilfoyle arrested J. B. York and C. H. Price for taking part in a very lively mix-up yesterday at Broughton and East Broad streets. Both men were pretty well pum melled before the fight was stop ped. and after they were taken to the barracks it required the services of Dr. M. H. Levi to get some of their respect ive lineaments into working order again. J. B. Gradock, white, was arrested by Patrolman Behrman on a charge of as saulting. striking and drawing a gun on E. Tillman, also white, of No. 626 Bis marck street. Batrick Healey and J. Wall, both white, were arrested by Patrolman Wall for also taking part in a street scrap. For another street fight, in which Rosa Griffin and Lula Smith, colored, took part, both the principals were Arrested by Pa trolman 'More 11. It was reported last night that a cujting scrape, in which a negro named Turner had been seriously cut, had occurred at Thunderltolt, but none of the particulars of the affair were obtainable, as the mat ter had not been reported to the barracks up to midnight. FOR THE DAY NURSERY. King* Daughter* Trolley Car Excur tion To-night. The King’s Daughters’ Union will have i trolley excursion to Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope to-night. Cars have been chartered for the occasion, “and will leave the Junction at Bolton street at 9 o’clock. It is expected that a very large number will take advantage of the excursion. Tickets are only 15 cents, and ns the re ceipts will go to the day nursery main tained by the King's Daughters, the ob ject Is a very worthy one. The holders of unsold tickets are requested to bring them to the Junction to-night, as a short age of tickets i At ti meet ing of the King’s Daughters’ Union last week 'Mrs. Pauline Roberts was re-elected county secretary. P. P. P.. a wonderful medicine; It gives an appetite; it Invigorates and strength ens. P. P. T. cures rheumatism and all pains in the side, back and shoulders, knees, hips, wrists and Joints. P. p. p euros syphilis in ail its various stages old ulcers, sores and kidney complaint P P. P. cures ratarrah, eczenla. erysipelas all skin diseases and mercurial poisoning’ P. P. P. cures dyspepsia, chronic female complaints and broken-down constitution and loss of manhood. P. f\_p. t the best blood purifier of the age. has rflade more permanent cures than all other blood rem edies. Llppman Br<*. 4 proprietors, l£ivaanh, Oa.-nU PEACHES BY THE MILLIONS. PRESIDENT EGAN RETURNS FROM THE PEACH SECTION. Flberta* Somewhat Damitjsecl by tle Haiti*, bat a Very Heavy Move ment In Now on. Eighty Carload* Having; Keen Handled From Fort Valley anil Marnhall vflle Satur day-Million* of Peach Tree* Along the Line of the Centra! Which NX ill Come Into Bearing Next Year. The Plum Industry Also a Growing One—Grower* ffave Done Well With Other Crop*. President J. M. Egan returned yester day morning from a tour of inspection of the peach country along the route of the Central of Georgia Railway. As the peach crop Is one in which the people of Savannah and the readers of the Morning News generally have always felt a special interest, Mr. Egan was sought by a Morning News reporter. He was found at his office at the Central looking over his correspondence. The evi dences of his recent trip were before him in the shape of a basket of luscious El bertas, evidently the choice of the Georgia orchards. "What is the weight of that large one?” Mr. Egan was asked. “Just fourteen ounces,” he replied. Asked about his trip. Mr. Egan said: “I have just returned this morning from the peach district and spent all of yester day in visiting a number of the large peach farms in the vicinity of Marshallville and Fort Valley. While it is true that the wet weather has injured the crop to some extent, and in some instances caused the Elbertqs to shed from the trees, the large peach growers that I met yesterday were more hopeful than they have been any day during the past week. Yesterday was an ideal day, and there was forwarded from the vicinity of Fort Valley and Marshall ville in the neighborhood of eighty cars of peaches. If g.ood weather continues we will reach the maximum number of peach es shipped any one day by Wednesday of this week. “Unless a person were to visit the or chards,” said Mi. Egan, “and see their extent, he cannot realize what is meant by saying that there is a certain number of trees bearing fruit, or a certain num ber of acres planted with peach trees. On Hale’s orchard, near Fort Valley, they will have 800 persons engaged in the peach industry each day during the com ing week, and the other shippers will have n like number of employes compared with the number of peaches that they handle. The peach industry, like any other industry, has to be attended to, and the work has to be done quickly and thoroughly. Mr. Rumph has had no trouble whatever from the fungus growth on the peaches, because he has*sprayed his trees and also sprayed the fruit on the trees. The rejected peaches aie being used for canning and evaporating; and it was also stated to me that peach brandy and peach cider was being made in large quantities. “The peach industry is not the only one in that neighborhood. A great many can taloupes have been grown and shipped to Northern markets under refrigeration. The plum industry* is growing very exten sively, and the returns from plums that have been forwarded this year, os well as from cantaloupes and peaches, so far as I was able to learn from the shippers, have been satisfactory. One of the prom inent ahippers told me that while it is claimed by shippers that the commission men take all the profits, the blame in some cases is with the shipper, as he for wards fruit in condition that should not be senj out of the orchard. Experience is the beat teacher, and I have noticed a difference in the handling of lruit in the orchards this year compared with 1898. “How many bearing tries are there on the line now?” Mr. Egan was asked. “Over 2,100,000,’ he replied, “and of that number there are in the neighborhood cf 350,000 young trees bearing this year, and during the past winter and spring there were in the neighborhood of 514,C00 peach trees planted. There are in the neigh borhood of 183.000 plum trees planted on the line and they are producing plums which are superior to the California plums, and no doubt in the near future wid take the place of the California plums in the Eastern markets. The pear industry has not been as successful as the peach and plum, although many of the trees have produced a very good crop this yeaf.” "Is the raising of fruits and vegetables in that section of the country being in vestigated by outsiders?” the reporter in quired. “Very largely so,” was the reply. “I met at the orchard yesterday Mr. Morel of Benton Harbor, Mich. He stands at the head of the list of peach experts in this country*, and 1 had a conversation with him as to what he thought of the future prospects of that section. He was very enthusiastic regarding it, and told me that he expeectod to come to Georgia for the purpose of engaging in the peach business. He is a man of wide and extensive experience, and appears to know' everything about peaches, from the root of the tree to the end of the twig. In talking with him as to his opinion, at this early stage, of the prophets for next year’s crop (leaving out the technical terms wffiich he used), his answer was, that from the present indications, and unless climatic condi tions prevented, the prospect for next years crop was at least ten times greater than the present crop. This, of course, was very gratifying-. I also had the pleas ure of meeting Prof. W. O. Johnson of Maryland, who is a noted expert and who has been in Georgia for the past ten days studying the condition of the peach crop. He thoroughly understands his work, and mentioned the difficulties that peach growers encounter in taking care of their crops. He states that they now have a parasite, which they are colonizing in dif ferent sections of the country, which de stroys what is known as the San Jose scale. You understand that this scale is a parasite or bug, and the other parasite which they have found devours it. He informed me that he had found no trace of the San Jose scale in the orchards In the vicinity of Fort Valley and Marshall ville, but was sorry to say that the same conditions did not prevail In (he southern part of Georgia. He produced a box with a number of hugs and eggs, which he Stateil he intended to take North and colonize for the purpose of exterminating what Is known as the Cherry parasite. This bug has a bad effect on the cherry trees, ns well as the peach trees, and their destruction in the cherry and peach orchards of the Nonh will have a bene ficial effect. These hugs he took from a tree In Mr. Kumph's orchard. Further more, he stated that It would he but a short time before where we have one plum anil peach tree now we would have at least a thousand, as the soil, the cli matic conditions and the labor are adapted to the successful production of peaches, pears, plums, cantaloupes and other fruits and vegetables, ail of which could be mar keted without trouble In the Fast. Both Mr. Morel and Prof. Johnson informed me that Ihe facilities afforded the peach growers for handling their crops are per fect. An idea ran be formed as to what Is being done In that section of the coun try when it is stated that in addition to the regular trains we have three locomo tives. thoroughly equipped and manned. In doing the extra switching service at Fort '’■Hey and Marshnllvllle, and ihey will continue work until all that is required of them Is performed. "The orchards require the best of care ond attention, and unless the producers give It to them they will not obtain good results. The watermelon crop in that sec tion of the country has nearly all been shipped ouf. and I was informed that the Result* obtained by parties who raise mel ons have been more satisfactory this year than last. , "The corn crop along the line is in ex cellent condition, and the cotton cVop looks well, and while it is true there are some patches in low lands that have a sickly appearance, the percentage is very email when compared with the whole.” It was generally feared here that the peach crop was badly damaged by the excessive rains, and Mr. Egan’s report will give general satisfaction. It has also been generally reported that the corn and cot ton crops were in very poor condition, due to excessive rains and other causes, but Mr. Kgan reports the contrary in the sec tions which he visited. NO SAVAXXAHIANS XAMED. Gov. Candler Overlooked Anti-Im perialists Here. Gov. Candler's recent appointment of forty-two delegates from this state to at tend the Liberty Congress at Indianapolis next month without naming a single Sa vannahian on the list is regarded here as simply giving confirmation to the charge made by a prominent Georgian at the re cent state convention that South Georgia was hardly recognized by the politicians in making up their slates for national con ventions or anything else carrying either honor or emolument. "It is a very small matter," said a Sa vannahian, in discussing the Governor s action. "While there are plenty of anti imperialists in Savannah the probability is that none of them would have taken *iie trouble to attend the congress had he been appointed. It is equally true that proba bly not half a dozen of the forty-two named by the Governor will take the trouble to attend. At the same lime it is matters like this show the trend of things. The naming of these gentlemen as delegates was merely a matter of com pliment, but we are not in It. even when the compliments are being passed around. We were not in it when the delegates and alternates from the state at large were being selected, we in it when the state ticket is being made up and the prob ability is that we wouldn't even be allow ed a congressman if the state were not cut up fnto districts. . "Savannahians have got accustomed to this sort of thing, it seems,” he con tinued. Nobody in Savannah thought of offering as a candidate for the railroad commissionership, though there is not a community in the state which has a greater interest in the regulation of rail road rates Capt. Purse wasn’t even sug gested, though it is safe to say that he knows more about railroad rates and combinations than all three of the present members of the commission put together. U e haven't furnished a senator or a jus tice of the Supreme Court since the Civil War. In a business way we may be nil right, but politically we are not in it.” Other comments of a similar tenor were made by those who took the trouble to read the list of the Governor’s appoint ments and the fact was recalled that when the appointments to the volunteer service under the last call for troops by ihe government were being handed out not a single Savannah man was recom mended for a commission by the Gover nor, although there were several here who were very anxious for commissions and Savannah's right to consideration was based upon the fact that she had furnished more officers and more men to the volunteer service during the war with Spain than any other two cities of the state, to say nothing of being the recog nized military headquarters of the state. As Savannahians have always stood loy ally by Governor Candler they are at a loss to understand wily they should be slighted in such matters. FANS GOING IN THE MARKET. The l.nrsp Number in I'ne There Keep ihe Sn rronml I tiu * 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, hut has atKWJt 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. Sunday Trips to Brunswick Via Plant System 91.00/ 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 in my own family. William H. Lloyd. Johnson’s Tonic does In a day what slow and uncertain quinine cannot do in tea days. It acts gently upon the liver and sharpens the appetite. L’se nothing else for fever.—ad. For Over Fifty Years. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Twenty-live cents a bottle —ad. Cider. We have a nice line of cider In bottles, pure and genuine, from the celebrated establishment of Mott & Cos., of New York. The Russet Cider and ihe Crab Apple Cider are very good. Llppman Bros,, cor ner Congress and Barnard streets. Sa vannah, Ga.— ad. To the Mountains. In the nick of time. Just when you are yawning and feelirjj tired out and broken down, a bottle of Graybearr] is better than a trip to the mountains. Are you constipated? Take Oraybeard pills. Little treasures—26c >be box. Reg pess Drug Cos., Proprietors.— *d. 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 tione are genuine. The Iferbert Spencer cigars ere only sold by the box of 60, Conchas at $3.50, and Perfectos, $4.60 at Llppman Bros., whole sale druggists, Barnard and Congress streets, of this city.—ad. Abbott’s East India Corn Paint cures every lime; it takes off the corn; no pain, cures warts and bunions and is conceded to be a wonderful corn cure. Sold by ail druggists ad. American Whiskies. Llppman Brothers carry In stock the most noted brands. Antediluvian Is a celebrated whiskey, bottled by Osborne of New York ana are sale in eaying it U one of the best whiskies In the city. The Peoria Rye Whiskey, bottle In bond by Clark Bros, of Peoria, ill,, la ulo a line whiskey. The Peerless whiskey, bottled In bond at Hendersonville. Ky . being under the pervasion of the United States government Insuring purhy and strength. Llppman kroa. are wholesale druggists, but they intend to retail these fine whig *l€B aOt LATTIMORE’S, West Congress Street. Low Prices The Rule It doesn't matter wliat you purchase may be you can save money by getting j, around on Congress street. Everything lu our stare carries a price to sieken our competitors. It you want a Furnace or A Range onr summer estimate* irfll please you. Plenty of time to tlo the work properly. in Hardware Aon find indneinjgly low prices here, and in bicycle* none compare* with the celebrated Cleveland Our terms ore ridiculosly easy. COME SEE IS. It's Right Here That the low summer prices meet you. And it’s here, too, (hat the nicest goods in town show themselves. In preparing to go away it will save you time and money to come straight here. Our sunyner goods have always been regarded as the MOST EXCLUSIVE AND ATTRACTIVE. This year they are more than ever the proper thing, and be sides we have no old stock to work off. Fresh, new goods and cost ffrices are not often found together, but they are here for a fact, and we invite you to come and profit by their association. We ask atten tion to these items of universal need: FOR A COOL. ATTRACTIVE DRESS. 10c Colored Dimities 7Y 2 c. 15c Colored Lawns and Dimities 10c. Imported Madras Cloth and Gingham 25c and 30c grades, at 19c. 65c Grey Homespuns at 45c. 65c Black Chinn Silks 49c. 25c Black Serges nt 50c. White Striped Madras, suitable for waists, 20c, instead of 30c. LACES AND EM BROIDERIES AT \ GREAT REDUCTION. Machine-made Torchon Laces and Inser tings—assorted patterns. Fine Valenciennes and Point de Paris Laces and lnsertings; large variety of patterns. Cambric, Swiss and Nainsook Edging and Inserting; neat and open work pat terns; choice collection. A DECIDED DROP IN HOSE. Special bargains in Misses’ Black Riche lieu Ribbed Hose 15c; worth 30c. Bargain Ladles’ Black Lisle Lace Hose 25c; worth 35c. /\ Bargain Ladies’ Black Lisle Lace Hose 69c; worth $!.00. Bargain Ladies’ Fdack Lisle Hose, si k polka dot, 47c; worth 75c. Bargain Ladies’ Polka Dot and Fancy Striped Hose 19c and 25c. SOME WONDEHFI L t NDERWE 111 FOR SO LITTLE MONEY. Ladies’ Silk Vests in white, pink and Blue, 75c quality for 50c. Ladies’ Lisle Vests, 40c quality for 25c. Ladies’ Usle Vests. 25c quality -for-lee? Indies’ Out Size. 25c quality for 19c. Ladies* Ribbed Knee Fants 25c. SHIRTING CHEAP NOW. 36-inch Wamsutta Bleached Shirting lOVac. Splendid 36-inch White Shirting 6\c. BCD SPREADS FOR LESS. White Summer Bed Spread 63c. Splendid White Bed Spreads for SI.OO. Splendid White Bed Spreads for $1.25. THE RIG TOWEL VALUE. Fine Largo White and Colored Borders Damask Towels for 25c. MEN’S SHIRTS VERY CHEAP. Special line Men’s Madras Shirts 89c; regular $1.25. 50 dozen Colored Shirts, regular 69c, 50c. MEN’S l NDERWE AH, MI; N*S \ECKWE AR. MEN’S HALF HOSE, AT ABOUT ONE-HALF ITS VALIF, Gents’ Half Hose, regular 50c, this week 25 cents. Gents’ Half Hose, regular 35c, this week 19 cents. Gents’ Fancy Half Hose, regular 30c, this week 13c. Daniel Hogan, The corner Broughton and Barnard SH. Fishing Tackle, JAPANESE, WOOD AND STEEL JOINTED RODS, REELS, LINES AND Hooks of All Kinds. iohi Mi as. 113 BROUGHTON STREET, WEST. SUIT’S Wvi dyspepsia tCoffe, , ||||L ’ jf ' Tablet * j Hot nrly rmlrkly rel>vn ■ -''-J* IndiKtion, Om, nioatin* ■ r ‘ ''niiption,BUio*!iM. •'*• fl WBDm r<it%tln hf th HenrV,antl kindr*d disorder!, ■ u permanent cure. fa Promote the Appetite B If end Put Flesh ■! rv Thin ■ /( Pcoole All disorders of the t 4 *f • n '* fl Ja F • AciWalf run bn rurea hr ,h ' , ' r ■ &J W mo. Keat. rrmpvl, ran l># rarried in the wck* ■ ■ ct. Prire fdc pr hox At *ll drufpatf K LOU BURK C CO., moenlnptea, !'• M Empty Hogsheads. Empty Molamei Hogihead* *°* ■al by * - C. M. GILBERT & CO. 3