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20 TO DOUBLE-TRACK BARNARD. PROPOSED CHANGE IX OPERATION OF STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM. Savannah. Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Railway Will Apply to Conn ell for Permission to Donble Track Barnard Street and Bnild Switches on Will taker—Plan Is to Operate Elne on Barnard and Abercorn Streets as a Belt—Shuttle Line on Whitaker Street Old Schednle Will Be Rnn General Manager I,of ton Virtually Admits Com pany's Intention. It ie believed that within two or three the City Council will be petitioned by the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Railway Company, for permis sion to lay a second track on Barnard street, and two switches on Whitaker street. This action will be preliminary to a change in the operation of the lines of the company. Vice President J. H. Fall of Nashville, spent ten days or more In Savannah re cently. investigating 1 the affairs of <he company. It is understood that hie visit was for the purpose, largely, of looking into the changes in the method of opera tion that are proposed, and that its result was ro make them an assured fact, so far as the intention of the company is con cerned. It may be stated with almost ab solute positivenoss, that unless the City Council interposes on objection or refuses to grant the franchise, the changes will be made. It is proposed to lay a second track on Barnard street and then to operate the cars on that street and Abercorn as a belt, with double tracks all the way. The connection with Whitaker street will he abandoned And a shuttle line, on the same schedule, will be operated both ways be tween the Bay and Tenth street. By this means the necessity that forces those liv ing west of Barnard to walk to Whitaker street, when they wish to go south, and those living east of Whitaker to walk to Barnard or Abercorn, when they wish to go north, will he avoided. With two switches on Whitaker street the company believes it will be enabled to operate a seven and a half minute sched ule on that street, both ways. As the cars will run both ways on Barnard street, the service north and south through the renter of the city will be practically doubled. General Manager Lofton. of the street railway company, was seen by a Morning News reporter yesterday and asked to outline the intentions of his company on this subject. While Mr. Lofton practically admitted that something of the sort was being considered, he was not inclined to enter into explanations of the company’s plan of operations. “The company,” said Mr. Lofton, “is always ready to meet any new demand for Increased accommodations, that Is made by its patrons and seems to the of ficers of the company to be just. It is doubtless true that the operation of a double-tra k belt on Barnard and Whita ker streets and of a shuttle line, running both ways, on Whitaker street, would serve to relieve the press of travel and the patrons of the company of the incon venience they have now to undergo. “While I am not authorized to say what cour e the company will take in this matter, it is altogether probable that If the necessity or even the strong advis ability of the proposed change is made to appear, the change will be made. It is our effort to ke r *p fully abreast of the times and of the and mands of the situation, and I have no idea that President Par sons or Vice President Fall will permit an excep'ion in this particular instance.” When the present plan of running cars on the Abercorn-Barnard-Whitaker heft was inaugurated there was a protect. When the company proposed to nolve the problem by taking the cars off Whitaker street entirely there was another protest, so that finally the compromise measure that bias be*-n in operation since was per mitted to go. Whje it is doubtless true that the inconvenience resulting from cars running one way on Barnard and Whita ker street, instead of both ways, was over and thtt the patrons of the company have not experienced the annoy ance they had fancied themselves cer tain to undergo, the proposed change will with popular favor.! The walk of an additional block in fair end pleasant weather is no great matter, but when it rains, or when the thermom eter is climbing toward the century mark the residents along the streets through which the car lines run do not care to take it. when they chance to want a ear that runs in the opposite direction from that on the street on which they live. GRAVES OF SOLDIER DEAD. Laurel Wreaths Above Those Who Fe!! nt MonaooßO. The First Battle of Manassas and the memory of the brave men who died there for the South will always live with the Daughters of the Confederacy. In Savan nah. especially, the city from which the gallant Bartow- and other brave Confeder ates marched to Virginia to Illustrate Georgia in the lirst great fight between the opposing armies, will the story of the r herjism live, and ever, on recurring anniversary b, may the Daughters of the Ccwifederacy be relied upon to deck the graves of the nobie dead who laid down their lives at Manassas. Yesterday was the thirty-ninth anniver sary of the battle, though it was observed the day before by the Oglethorpe Eight Infantry, because of the difficulty in get ting out the numbers of the command on Saturday afternoon. A number of the members of the Savannah Chapter of the Daughters were at Laurel Grove Ceme tery, where they placed a laurel wreath upon the grave of each of the following: Gen. Francis S. Bartow, Grorge Butler, Tom Purse. Jr, Lieut. John Branch. Wil liam H. Crane, Julius Ferrell and Bryan Morel. RETURNS MUST BE MADE. Or Military Companies Cannot Get Armory Money. The state has paid the milliary compa nies their second quarter's armory rent. The amount received is $12.50 a month, which Is a decided help toward meeting the expenses. The stale has adopted the plan of remitting the money only to those companies that make proper quarterly re turns, for which the administrative offi cers are very glad, as it will serve as a spur to the line officers. Only two of the Savannah companies failed to receive the money on account of their quarterly re turns not having been sent in. SEW COTTON EXCHANGE CI.EIIK. Mr. XValter Stillwell Succeeds Ex- Clerk liulcLen. Mr. Walter B. Stillwell has been appoint ed clerk in the Savannah Colton Exchange to fill the vacancy recently created there. Mr. Stillwell Is a son of Mr. W. B. Still well of the Southern Pine Company. To Brnoiuick and Return, 91.00 Via the Pltint System, Sundays. In addition to the Charleston Sundav excursions, the riant System are selling round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on Sundays only, at rate of SI.OO for the round trip. Trains leave at 2;JO a. m. and H2O a. a.—ad, TO THE SERVICE OF GOD. Mission Church on Wilmington Will Be Dedicated Sunday. mho Wilmington Island Mission Church will be dedicated next Sunday. It Is pro posed to make the event as popular a? possible with the church people of Savan nah, many of whom, doubtless, will go down to attend the ceremony. The island church is non-sectarian, and it has the support of ail the congregations In the city, representatives of the city churches being among Its congregation during the summer months, when homes here have been forsaken for the pleasant cottages on the island. Rev. Dr. John I>. Jordan, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Rev. W. A. Nfcbet of the First Presbyterian, and Rev. Dr. W. (’. Schaeffer of the Lutheran Church of the Ascension, will be the ministers to take part in the ceremony, which will be between 5 and 6 o'clock in the after noon, when the heat of the day, proba bly, will have passed. The steamer Santee will take those to the island who may desire to ettend the dedicatory service. The boat will leave Savannah at 9 o’clock in the morning, touching at Thunderbolt at 11. From Wil mington the Santee will go on to War mw on her usual Sunday run, but will stop on her way back to the city, touching at Wilmington at about 7 o’clock. A day's outing, in addition to the religious pur- POfy> for which the trip is intended, may thus be enjoyed by ell who go to Wil mington. Last summer the cornerstone of the church was laid. Rev. Dr. Schaeffer con ducting the service. A number of ladies ;iid gentlemen went down on that occa sion, enjoying the trip greatly. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Kes sel, whose charming hospitality was lav* ishei upon all. The memory of the cor nerstone laying will doubtless induce those who took the trip then to again visit Kes stlton for the dedication of the church. “The Church of Our Redeemer” was the way the building was styled when the cornerstone was laid, but It is now said that the name must stand as the 'Wil mington Island Church, such having been the name employed when the property deed was given. TALKING OF THE CENSUS. If tlie Government Given Savannah 00,000 None Will Kick. Discussion of the number of inhabitants the government census will show for Sa vannah continues, and guesses are again indulged in, now that it has developed that Capt. Henry Blun, Jr., did not intend that his estimate of from 52,000 to 54,000 should be regarded as made from the census schedules that had been turned in to him. He drew his estimate from the city census taken in 1897, which showed 48,274, a gain of about 5,000 In seven years. Capt. Blun concluded there had been a gain of another 5,000 in the three years that have elapsed since the sanitary in spectors took the census. Mayor Myers expressed the belief that the sanitary inspectors did not take a correct census at the time, believing that they had not he facilities for doing so. He adheres to his view that the city has something like 58,000 or 60,000. Those who take exception to the esti mate given by Capt. Blun declare U is not reasonable to suppose that Savannah has added no more than 9,000 to her pop ulation from 1890 to 1900, for 18,000 were gained from 1880 to 1890. The same per centage of Increase would give a gain of considerably more than 13,000 from 1890 to 1900. The matter will not be settled until the official figures are sene out from Wash ington. After the low' estimates that have been made of late, there will scarcely he any disappointment if it is shown that Savannah has 60,000 people, Jhough guesses some time ago were running as high as 70,000 or 75,000. CHILD GAVE THIEF AWAY. Told of the Fine Things Her Mother Hnd Stolon. Anna Brown, colored, was arrested yes terday by Detective Stark on the cnarge of having stolen from Mrs. D. J. Gold stein a number of rings, including a dia mond solitaire. There seem® to be little doubt that the woman is guilty. The theft took place last Monday when all the members of the household were absent. The house was ransacked from to to bottom, but nothing was taken fx cept the rings and a small amount of money. The Brown woman, who is well acquainted with the premises, _was sus pected. but there was no clue to the rob ber until yesterday when, the 6-year-old daughter of the suspected woman came to the house of Mrs, Goldstein and identified a hat that had been left at the house on the day of the robbery as that of her mother’s and also, in childish confidence, spoke of the beautiful things that her mother had gotten from, the house. Close questioning developed the fact that the child had been playing in the yard Mon day and had seen her mother enter the house through the window, and had also, so she said, been shown the rings after they had been secured. The woman is In the barracks, blit a careful search has as yet failed to discover the rings. DEFENDANTS PLEADED GUILTY, Miller and King Acknowledged Their Gnilt In Superior Court. Two of the men Indicted by the grand jury of the present term of the Superior Court announced yesterday their willing ness and desire to enter pleas of guilty and were brought before Judge Falll grant. Sentence was pronounced In both cases. Chris V. Miller, better known as ’’C’hlke." was indicted by the grand Jury for assault with Intent to murder Wil liam Humphries. Chicks pleaded guilty, to be punished as for a misdemeanor, and, ns the solicitor general was content with this plea, Judge Falllgant sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of SIOO and costs, or, In lieu of the fine, to serve twelve months on the chain-gang. Emery King received a like sentence, upon a plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with larceny from the house. King stole two shotguns, one of the value of SIOO and the other of the value of S3O. from the residence of Mr. Ralph Elliott. Unfortunately for him he was not successful In concealing hie plun der and fell an easy prey to the officers of the law. PRONOUNCED HIM NOT INSANE. Judge Ferrtll Directed the Release of Palmer Kirkland. Palmer Kirkland, who was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging him with lunacy, was dismissed by an order of Judge Ferrill of the Court of Ordinary yesterday morning. The order granted by Judge Ferrltl was based on an affidavit of Dr. T. B. Chisholm, the county physi cian, who pronounced Mr. Kirkland, alter thorough examination, to be entirely eane. Mr. Kirkland says that the prosecution Instituted against him was Inspired by a spirit of revenge and that It was in re ality a persecution. Ho came to the Morning News editorial rooms for the pur pose of making this statement. Judge Ferrill was satisfied from the appearance and manner of Mr. Kirkland and the affi davit as to the result of the examination made by Dr. Chisholm that he was not Insane, and dismissed him without the •formality of an examination by a jury. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1900. PEACH CROP OFF 1,000 CARS. IT WILL FALL THAT MI CH SHORT OF EARLY ESTIMATES. Traffic Manager E. H. Hinton of the Central Thought the Yield Would lie Immense, But the lucesnunf Rains Cot Into His and Others’ Calculations tp to Thursday There Were .Some 1,500 Cara Moved From Georgia Methods Adopted by the Central for the Benefit of the Teach Growers. Nearly the entire peach crop has been moved. Some of the Elbertas and the later varieties remain, but the bulk of the yield has been marketed. Up to Thursday, when the last reports were made up, 1,460 cars had been moved. This is the record kept by the Central Railroad of its own movements and those reported to it by other Georgia lines with which an agreement prevails, but the record was not started until after the season had been on for a short while. Traffic Man ager E. H. Hinton estimate® that there must have been 100 cars before the record was begun, which would run the total to 1,560. Mr. Hinton says that the daily move ment has fallen off now, and that it will continue to decrease. He does not know how many more cars will be moved, but believes there will not be enough to run up the total to a number that would cause the crop to fall less than 1,000 short of the estimate he made for it before the continuous rains got in their destructive work. To these rains Is attributed the dis astrous falling off In the yield, for which there wns such excellent promise in. the late spring and early summer. Not only did the incc. sent rain soften the peaches and cause them to fall from the trees, but it also affected the quality of much of the fruit that was shipped, causing it to decay. A fungus was created by the excessive moisture, and often the fruit was not received by the dealers in perfect condition. The price, naturally, was reduced by this untoward circum stance. The year will not prove as profitable to the growers as was 1898. The yield this year gave promise of being greater, and high hopes were entertained, but they were drowned by the rain*. By some of the growers good prices were realized, but others obtained only indifferent returns. The disappointment to many will be keen, but they will go to work next year in the hope that conditions for the fruit may be more favorable. The Central Railroad, through Mr. Hin ton’s department, exerted every possible effort to aid the growers in marketing their fruit to the best advantage. An excellent service was afforded, the Armour Car Line, with which the Central had an exclusive con tract, placing more than enough cars at its service, all of them liberally stocked with ice from the company’s storehouse at Macon, Fort Valley and Marshallville. Special representatives were kept con stantly at shipping points, in order that they might be right at hand for the con venience of the growers. Macon was made the clearing point for valuable Information that was bulletined daily to tlie growers at every station along the line of the Central This infor mation was compiled by a special man, who eat up until late in the night getting his data and sending off the bulletins. A code was arranged to facilitate the work, and bright and early every morning the agents had the information posted at their office®. The bulletins showed the num ber of cars that had been shipped from all stations in Georgia the day before, and the markets to which they were sent. From this the growers w ere able to judge whether a market were glutted, and many ill-advised shipments were doubtlessly prevented by means of the bulletins. They will continue to be sent out until the peach season is over, and next year the Central will again adopt the plan, for the growers would scarcely know how to ship Intelligently without it. JCLY A HOT ONE SO EAR. The Rainfall Is Short Oyer Two Inches. The weather for July so far has been exceptional in more than one way. Not only did the month start out much warm er than the July of either 1898 or '99, but it has so far kept ahead, the average mean temperature for each day of the month up to, and including yesterday, be ing for 1898, 80 degrees and u small frac tion, for 1899, 81 degrees, and for the present year, a fraction over 82 degrees. In 1898, the greatest hight reached by the mercury was 99 degrees, and this oc curredi only once, on the 21st, while in '9S the highest point reached was 98 degrees, and this, too. happened well along in the month. On the 14th, in the present month, however, 99 degrees, the highest point yet reached, occurred on the 7th. In the matter of rainfall, also, this month differs materially from the corre sponding months of '9B and '99. The nor mal rainfall for July is 5.81 inthes, and while July, '9B exceeded the normal by almost half os much again, and July, '99 fell short distance below the normal, the present month Is 2.58 inches below normal, only ]r.2l inches having fallen up to date. The rainfall for the year is short 2.10 Inches. The temperature for yesterday was, maximum, 93 degrees at 1:30 p. m., arid minimum, 75 at 6:15 a. m. There tvas ouly a trace of rain. The state forecast for to-day Is for lo cal rains and cooler w-eather, while to. morrow. It is expected will be generally fair. Light to fresh southwest winds, shifting to north, may be expected. RETAIL CLERKS AT TYREE. The Local Association Will Finnic There Next Friday. The Retail Clerks’ Association of Savan nah will give a picnic at Tybee on Friday, July 27. The picnic will be given for the benefit of the association and the pro ceeds will be devoted to the payment of aiok and death claims of the members. The tic kets will be good on the trains leaving the city for the Island during the day and on most of the return trains from the island, including all those leaving tho hotel after 5:15 o’clock in the afternoon. By giving the picnic the association hopes to afford its own members and its friends a pleasant outing and at the same time make some addition to the fund in the treasury. HIBERNIAN DAY AT TYBEE. Ancient Order Divisions Will Spend Tuesday nt the Reach. Tuesday the Hibernians and their friends will have a gala day at Tybee. Graham’s orchestra and Middleton’s brass and string bands will furnish tile music. The tide will suit for the bathing late In tho afternoon. The reports of (he committee Indicate that there will be a large crowd ot Tybee that day. The best of order is assured, and all who favor tho Hibernians by being present at their pic nic, will have an enjoyable experience. To-dny’e Dinner, Come to Hicks’ to-day. Special prepara tion for visitors. The best dinner that dan be served will be put on the table before you to-day. And that means you can find no better. Rsmemher ths plate, The white front. Hicks'—ad, , HOSPITAL BUILDINGS SOLD. Purchased by an I nkruurn Bidder for *17,100. The government hospital buildings have been sold to some individual or corpo-ra t.on, not known here, for $17,1(0. This bid Is S4OO less than that made by*the Isaac Joseph Iron Company last Tuesday, which was withdrawn Friday because of the government’s failure to act upon it. When the government refused all the bids it received when the buildings were offered a some six weeks ago, parties throughout the country were invited to make oiher bids upon the property. This invitation was accepted by the Isaac Jos eph Iron Company, that had been the highest and best bidder in the first in stance. Last Tuesday this company put in a bid of $17,500, and its representative here, Mr. Joe Wolff, waited patiently for action on the part of Quartermaster Gen eral Ludington. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day pasesd, without Mr. Wolf having been apprised of any decision on the part of the quartermaster general. In the mean time an offer that had been made him for four of the buildings was withdrawn, the person who had made it having supplied his wants elsewhere. For thi9 reason, Mr. Wolf wired the quartermaster general that he withdrew the bid he had made on Tuesday. Yesterday he received a telegram from Gen. Ludington, in which that officer wished to know why the bid had been withdrawn. In reply Mr. Wolf wired that he had withdrawn the bid because he did not care to have it remain open, indefi nitely. In the same telegram he offered $1.5,000 for the buildings, adding that this bid was for immediate acceptance only. Wishing to make his position in the matter plain, Mr. Wolf subsequently call ed up Gen. Ludington over the long-dis tance telephone and told him of the with drawal of the offer for the four buildings. As other parties who would have pur chased some of the buildings were grow ing weary of the delay and buying from oiher sources, it was evident, Mr. Wolf explained to the quartermaster general, that the value of the property was becom ing less as the delay continued. Last night the representative of the Isaac Joseph Iron Company received a telegram from Gen. Ludington, stating that he had accepted an offer of $17,000, and the buildings had been sold at this price. The name of the- successful bidder was not given. Mr. Wolf feels a little hurt at his lack of success. He can see* no reason why his original bid should have been held up for four days and that, the day after its with drawal. a lesser bid should be accepted. Ho is only comforted by the fact that the government has lost by the transaction, and that if the plan was to play his bid off against that of some party the scheme did not work. It wil be a matter of some interest to know who the purchaser of the buildings is and to what use he intend® to apply them. The government sells everything now in the buildings and the work of re moval will be in itself no small under taking. THREE ASSAULTS TO MURDER Were Among; the Police Arrests Yesterday. Saturday's business with the police was brisk, not only on account of the number of arrests made, but on account of the seriousness of a number of the charges against prisoners. There were three as saults with intent to murder, one larceny and one highway robbery. G. T. Lockhart, colored, ond Steve Kirkland, also colored, became engaged in a difficulty on West Broad street, near Waldburg, and the difficulty ended in a mutual attack on each other, in which both were cut, though not dangerously. Each entered against the other a charge of assault with intent to murder. Henry Ralph, Colored, was arrested by Patrolmen Dyer at the request of Preston Hunter, colored, who charges him with having shot him while they were engaged in a quarrel. Lawrence Screven, colored, last night in the neighborhood of the Market snatch ed a pocketbook from Ada Black and at tempted to escape, but was captured and sent in by Detective Murphy. Julia Brown, colored, was arrested on the charge ofi larceny from Lizzie Mcßride of No. 294 Gaston street, east. Three negroes were arrested and sent In by Patrolman Farrell for disorderly con duct and fighting in a house on Randolph street. NOTHING DOING IN RACING. Yachtsmen Are Saying- Nothing About Denting Charleston. Yachting Interest among Savannah lov ers of boats has been settled down to cruises among the Islands along the coast or to afternoon sails on the several rivers and Inlets. Parties leave the Savannah Yacht Club nearly every afternoon, while Isle of Hope and White Bluff also have those who enjoy an afternoon's sail. Rac ing ond racing talk, though, Is off. and since the defeat of the Dragon by the Maris, but little has been said. Barring the Isle of Hope races and the rather spas modic and fullle efforts to hold a Savan nah Yacht Club regatta on July 4, nothing at all in the racing line has been done. No further talk is heard about getting a boat to beat the Maris next year, nor is it said that a plan for the alteration of the sails and spars of (he Dragon lias been determined upon. In duo time there may l>e a revival of this agitation to se cure something that can sail away from the Marls, but just now' the enthusiasts are giving their attention to other mat ters. NO TOURNAMENTS TILL FALL. Hot XVenther Keepa Savannah Gol tincs Away From the Links. The absent golfiacs have not returned to the city In sufficient numbers to encour age the Green Committee of the Savannah Golf Club to resume the series of weekly handicap tournaments that have been In progress until the past two weeks. it looks now as though no more tourna ments would be held during the summer. Even the golfiacs who have to remain in Savannah make it a rule to get further out of town than the links as soon as they have been discharged from the cares of business for the day, finding more pleasure in being "swept by ocean breezes" on Tybee, or by a modified form of the same thing at some of the nearby salt-water resorts, than in chasing a de lusive white sphere over bunkers and among hazards. Then, too, the links are not In the best of good condition. The heavy rains of the e :rly summer sadly Interfered with th'eir fitness and one disappointment after an other has prevented their being restored Occasionally a few of the members of th club make the run of the links, but club meets and tournaments have been aban doned until the return of the cool weather. BROKE INTO THE ALPHA’S BAR. Colored Deck Hand Helped Illwarlf Freely to Drtnka. Austin Ryan, colored, who works on the steamer Alpha, broke into the bar of the steamer yesterday, and helped himself to the stock of liquors. When found he was lyirg in bed with a full fledged Jag aboard while mar him was a jug of whiskey that was Identified as having a part of the stock of the bar. Ryan was arrested by Detective J. Stark, CRIMINALS WILL BE TRIED. J. J. READ WILL FACE A JURY FOR MURDER OF WILLIAM STEWART. AVeek of Criminal Trials in the Su perior Court, Some of Which Are of Public Interest—Rend Will Be Tried on Tuesday and on Wednes day George H. Witte Will Be Call ed Upon to Answer a Charge of Larceny After Trust—With Possi bly a Day or Two of Next Week for Criminal Business Will Be Concluded—Civil Business Over by Middle of August. The trial of criminal cases in the Su perior Court will begin, for the 6econd time during the June term, to-morrow morning and will be continued during the week. The cases to be tried include some of strong public interest, J. J. Read and George Witte being among the defendants who must answer before a jury of their peers for the crimes with which they are charged. To-morrow will be utilized to rid the docket of half a dozen cases of no partic ular importance. Two or three of the de fendants are charged w’ith assault with intent to murder, however, and among these is Jerry Holmes. Several months ago Jerry fired a shotgun into a house at Burroughs Station and seriously wound ed Joe Grant, one of the men who hap pened to be within the house at the time. Holmes managed to get away from the officers of the law and for quite a while was successful in eluding their clutches. He was arrested a 6hort time ago and indicted by the grand jury for assault with intent to murder at the present term of the court. Tuesday Read will be placed on trial. He is charged by the grand jury with shooting William Stewart, a negro whom all the evidence that has ever been ad duced in the various investigations that have been into the faefs of the case shows to have been perfectly inoffensive. The coroner’s jury fixed the grade of the crime at involuntary manslaughter, in the commission of an unlawful act, but the grand jury, w'hich heard the same evidence, indicted Read for murder. The shooting took place in front of a fruit stand cn East Broad street. Read claims to have acted in self defense and is doubtless withholding until the trial the evidence he relies uj:on to substantiate this claim. It has never been revealed, eo far as is known, to anybody, and cer tainly not to the public. Wednesday the charge of larceny after trust, preferred against George H. Wlfte, will be investigated. "Witte was formerly a city drummer and collector for the Sa vannah Grocery Company, and was well known and liked here. When he disap peared the officers of the company by which he was employed found that he had collected large sums of money which he had never turned over. The company has never seen fit to give out the exact amount of the defalcation, preferring pub lic uncertainty as to the extent to which its officers were duped, raiher than pub licly knowledge of the bald facts. It is be lieved. however, that the shortage amounts to $2,000 or $3,000 at least. It is stated that Witte’s method of car rying on his side line was to make, a part of his collections go towards the payment of debts he had already collected and the proceeds of which he had appropriated. He was wont to extract the monthly state ments sent out by the house from the mall box and substitute others of his own compiling. These latter would give credit for the payments the customers of the house had made him, but which he had never handed in. Clerk Carr of the Superior Court has is sued about tihrty-five subpoenas ducce tecum, directed to the various retail gro cerymen in the city with whom Witte-car ried on business for his house. They are directed to bring their books and the re ceipts from him., showing payments to the Savannah Grocery Company. The intro duction of all this evidence will require time and it is scarce likely, if it i® all in troduced, that the case will be concluded in a single day. t On Thursday the case of selling liquor unlawfully, preferred against A. M. Bar bee and Joseph Bandy, will be tried. Bar bee & Bandy are the proprietors of the. pavilion and restaurant at Isle of Hope, and are charged with selling liquor within a mile of a church or public school. They protest their innocence of the charge, and claim to be able to disprove it without trouble. Bob Levy and Joe Davis, the two men indicted with Theodore Eulenburg for robbing a country attorney, in Eulen burg’s place in the Tenderloin, will also be tried on Thursday. It will be remembered that Eulenburg was acquitted, though Davis and Levy both testified as to his participation in the crime, of which they acknowledged their own guilt. No cases have been assigned for either Friday or Saturday, but it is- probable that some assigned for days earlier in the week will go over, and that the last two days will be utilized in disposing of them. The trial of criminal cases may be con tinued until the first week In August. By the middle of August the work of court, both civil and criminal, will have been about completed and from that time on but little will be done until October. The cessation of court activity will give Judge Falligant and the officers an oppor tunity to enjoy a holiday, in case they they care to take it. LARGE SUPPLIES OF MEAT. Dealers Continue to Handle It In Quantities. That meat Is an absolute necessity os food is evidenced by the fact that Its con sumption is not very materially decreased by the hot weather. Abundant supplies are being handled all along, and hot or cold weather, it makes no difference with (he dealers. They are prepared to handle It in any sort of weather. Logan is among those who keep supplies of the richest qualities, and can send it promptly to your home. Leave an order with him during the com ing week. A trial will convince you who keeps the best. Delivery on Sunday morn ing. Ring up by either telephone.—ad. Dangerous Work to cut prices so far below the cost line, but our stock must go before moving to the big building. P. T. Foye, successor to Foye & Morrison.—ad. IjidlM' Tntlor Made Costumes. High oiass ladles' tailor-made costumes mads to order from latest patterns and most select stock, by G. Fantini, merchant tailor.—ad. Ladles' Shoes. Our counter for ladies’ shops is an eye opener. Some of the shoes which we sold for $3.50 are going for half price. Get your selection and save money. A. S. Nichols, 8 Broughton, west.—ad. Morphine, cocaine and all other drug habits guaranteed cure In fifteen days without nervousness, at reduced price or forty-five dollars, if you address at once Dr. F. W. Chitty & Cos., P. O. Box 2.50, Sa vannah, Ga. Their Institute here Is now open.—ad. The Aragon. Peachtree street, Atlanta. Ga., under new management. Cafe of rare excellence. Recommenda Itself for the notable char acter of Its gua;s. Free coaches, Sco jrille Bros.—ad. “The Song of the Shirt.” “With finger® weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and rfed, A woman sat in unwomanly rag®, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch! Stitch! Stitch! “In poverty, hunger and dirt. And stijl with a voice of dolorous pitch. Would that its tone could reach the rich, She sang this ’Song of the Shirt!’ ” —Hood. Would that this song could reach the innermost heart of those men, who, liv ing in comfort and sdeming affluerice now, may soon die, leaving such e heritage. Bitter, indeed, i6 the lot of the wife and mother who left dependent or in wane. Better, far better, would it be to make assurance doubly sure and spare no effort until a policy for a sum adequate to the needs of dependent ones has been secured. A policy in the Massachusetts Mutual, or ganized In 1851, the leading Massachusetts company, is the most desirable, because it has behind it, not only the guarantee of the compony, always reliable and staunch, but the laws of the common wealth of Massachusetts, which do more to protect policy holders than, the laws of any other state in the Union. Many find this out too late. Why not examine these laws before placing your insurance? It will do no harm, and we send extracts from them, together with specimen policy and other interesting literature, at your request. Write to-day, giving your name, age and address, to Harty & Apple, man agers for Georgia, 117 Bay street, east, Savannah, Ga.— ad. SUED FOR TOTAL DIVORCE* Mr*. Lena Garry Allege* Her Hae bnnd Has 111-treated Her. Mrs. Garry filed a suit for a to tal divorce from her husband, John Joseph Garry, in the Superior Court yesterday. The libel recites that the parties were married in June, 1896, and that they lived together comfortably until lest year, when the husband’s ill-treatment of his wire is alleged to have been, begun. It is charged that during the month of April, of last year, the husband struck his wife several times, on several differ ent occasions, and that at other times he has ill-treated and abused her, and visited her with cruelty and indifference. Al though he is earning a good salary, he refuses, it is charged, to contribute to her support, and has left her up to the present time, dependent upon her own exertion® and the kindness of others. FOR THE FRESH AIR HOME. Several Addition, to the Fund Last Week. The King’s Daughters, in charge of the Fresh Air Home et Tybee, received a con siderable addition to the home fund last week. The con triijut ions -were: Mrs. Llppman, from the cake walk, sl6; Mrs. Lewis Kayton. $o; Miss Elizabeth Drum mond. $1; Mr. G. Van Home, melons and pineapples; Mr. Conida, one box of candy. Miss Mildred Ehrlich and Master Ray mond turned In $1.25, the proceeds from a sidewalk candy stand they had erected. The ladles in charge of the King's Daughters' trolley ride last week desire those -who 60ld tickets to make their re turns at once either to Miss Middleton or Mrs. Roberts. ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY. First Battalion of Colored Troop. Will Parade August 14. The First Battalion Infantry, Georgia State Troops, colored, will celebrate its twentieth anniversary on Tuesday. Aug. 14. The battalion will parade for the flrse time since its reorganization with all of the companies of which it is composed. Besides the five Savannah companies hith erto in the battalion the Fulton Guards of Atlanta and the Lincoln Guards of Macon will also be in line. Crowds of colored people are expected to arrive from along the line of the Central of Georgia on the 13th and also from along the Southern and Seaboard. The anniversary parade will take place, on the day following, after which a picnic will be given at Lincoln Park, west of the city. Colored Sunday School., The Sunday School Association, of the Savannah District of the African Metho dist Episcopal Church will hold its thirty third convention at St. Phillip's Church on New street next Thursday. The First African Baptist Sunday School will celebrate its anniversary to day. The anniversary sermon will be preached this morning by Rev. W. E. Holmes, president of the C. C. College at Macon. The children’s exercises will take place to-night. Sunday Trips ro Brunswick Yin Plant System 91-00. Tfia 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. Fifty Cents Will stop Your Scratch- In*. Whether It Is from tetter, eczema, ring worm, salt rheum, or any other skin trouble, use Tetlerine.and accept no sub stitute, claimed by the deafer to be "Just as good." Nothing else is Just as good. If your druggist can’t supply you. send 50 cents in stamps to J. T. Shuptrine, Savan nah, Ua., for a box postpaid.—ad. Ladies’ Separate Skirts. in crash, duck and pique, this week 19c, 39c and 69c, worth two and three times the amount. P. T. Foye, successor to Foyc & Morrison—ad. Gentlemen’s Shoes. Get them while they last. They are the proper things, and you get them for about half price. Only the best goods arp handled by me and only the best things are found on the bargain counter. A. S. Nichols, 8 Brough ton, west.—ad. Sledge Hammer Arguments. Ladies’ waists, formerly sold for $2, $1.50 and SI.OO each, this week only 50c at the great removal sale. P. T. Foye, suc cessor to Foye & Morrison —ad. G. Fantini, Merchant Tailor. High class ladies' tailor-made costumes, made to order from the latest patterns and most select stock.—ad. Children's Shoes. The best fins of children’s shoes you ever saw marked down t a trifling cost. The bargain counter Is full of them. Good shapes. The best stock, and guaranteed to be the best, you pan obtain for the money. A. S. Nichols. 8 Broughton, west, —ad. Pineapple, Ala., May 10. 1900.—1 do not hesitate to recommend Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Tor 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 ten days. It acts gently upon the liver and sharpens the appetite. Use nothing else for fever.—ad. —The Other Variety.—Freddies— "Why does a runaway automobile cut up such capers?” Cobwlgger—"Because, my boy It any horee-sensaJ'-Judge. ' $3,75 A FAIR. Beginning- to-morrow we will the EDWIN CLAPP and A. E. \ ET . TLETOJt MEN’S FINEST SHOES. n.ad o at the remarkably lorv price of $3.75 a pair. In Dark, Tan, Vicl and Willow Calf. These are the highest price .hoc. sold at the LOWEST CUT PRICES U this city. 17 BROUGHTON ST..WEST “SPECIAL” Low Prices on all kinds of HARNESS THIS WEEK. We can please yoo. Congress and Whitaker Sts. LEO FRANK. LATTIMORE’S. WEST CONGRESS STREET. WITH US You will find that the hot weather has bad a very wilting effect and prices have melted away to almost nothing. We purpose makjpg a busy spell tlys week, and you may get Housefurnishing Goods, Agateware, Tinware, Woodenware and Willowware at your own price. REMEMBER Our prices are the lowest on Congress street and that means away below the prices quoted by more pretentious houses. THAT WHEEL ! Let it be a CLEVELAND with Burweil Bearings. Our terms will suit you. LATTIMORE’S. WEST CONGRESS STREET. IT'S YOUR FAULT IF YOUR TINS RUST. You can buy of us, the sole agents, J 1 lISII TINWARE. Guaranteed not to rust. If it does rust bring it back and gei anew piece without charge. The Anti-Rust is the best tinware made —and we sell it. You get a guaranteed piece of tin when you buj' It here. The BEST tin made, and guaranteed NOT TO RUST. We have a full stock, and every article made is shown in it. Come here and buy your tin. It’s the place to get your full dollar’s worth. G. W. ALLEN & CO., STATE AND BARNARD STS. Sinn Mi School Thorough preparation for college or bus iness. Boys may enter at any time. Next fall the school will be moved lo 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 streeta opposite Central Depot. Modern appointment. Convenient to all •treet car lines. Rates $1.25 and $1.50 and $2.00 per day. Single meal 25c. M. J. PATERSON, Manager. OLD NEWSPAPERS. 200 for 26 centa •* Business Office Morning New*.