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10 [TOOK A LOOK AT CONVICTS. PRISO>" COMMISSIONER EASON IN SPECTED CHATHAM’S CAMPS. Ha* Bren on a Tone of Inix*-tion. Chatham'* Convict Camp. He Any*. Compare* Fatorahly AS ith Those An Other Caontle* The County Farm aa Evcellent Inatltntlon—On the Same Plan a* the State Farm at MllledgevHle—Convict'* NVorV on the Pnhlic Raadß. Prison Ctmrr.s.soiotier Tom Eason was !n Savannah yesterday, and dur.r.gr th© tnorr.l.-g it.s;e-tri the cor.vi i camps of Chatham count . or.d-r th* guidance and direct lan of S-r> rintender-t of Public TA'orkr and Roads Chap.i After the Inspection. Mr. Eason nas •een by a repress’ lathe of th* Morning Nears, and ex;-reefed himself as ffeil sat isfied triih the rendition ar.d manage ment cf the camps. They compared most favorably h' stated, with the camps In these counties of the state where s.milar places of wo:k ar.d detention for misde meanor c nvicts are best managed, ar.d his grourds of criticism were founded more upon matters of detail than upon ir.e’ters of principle Commissioner Eajson was particularly well pleaded with the county farm, ' The County Corarnlwloner? ‘ he paid, "are ac complishing a gru work in this field of ®at€rpiw, <mployirg a? they do a class cf cor.vlels, in useful ar.d remunerative Jaror tha: would otherwise be idle a-r. i a souire of expense to the county. The- farm b*ar- the sanv:- relation to the other camps of the county convi ls a? r \ r, ~ - the atate farm at M>lledge\' 4 .1 - to the p.a/ee cf employment ai.d detention of criminal convicted of felonies throughout the atace. On the county farm In Cha’hatn ®nd on the state farm at M.lledgevlie ar* employed thote of the convicts who are women or boys or decrepit or asr-d rnen. und who, therefore, ar- r.ot capable of undertaking: 'he heavy work that fails to the lot of the strong and able-bodied criminal. ’ The public roads that have been con structed throughoiK rhe county came in for a good * , rwr<' of the praise and com mendation of the Prison Commissioner. 'They are as good as any I have se*n anywhere, and they seem to cover the more thickly popuia *<i sections of the county very nVceiy. In my opinion." said Mr. Eason, "the rommitfioners are fol jowir4j a course that canriOt but result In the most material advantage to tne county and the construction of good road-, diverging in every direction from the city, is among; che moef important works of pubkc Improvement end betterment to which they are devoting their atten tion.” Mr. Eason expected to leave for his I home at Mcßa this morning, his - tion of the convict camps having be<*n concluded. He express’d some sur prise at the number of convicts whom he visited, paving he had r*o idea of the extent of the criminal population of the county of Coat ham it was explained to Mm that the condition of the convict compe resulted rather from the arifror with which crime was proseouted, and the severity wirh which it was pun- i ished in Chatham county, than from the inherent viciousr.eas or crrmiraa'ity of th people. TLRAED DO\V> BY COMMITTEE. Applicant aiil to Have Faflrd in Hl* Effort to Be Deputy Hty Marshal. A story ;* going the rounds of the city politVr.ar* chat an effort was made a few days ago to displace Deputy City Mar- Aai Kelly in favor of an active partisan who l eorked industziouaiy for the 'fo rious fa:&oc in the primary' campaign and •toction. The effort failed, however, ar.d the defrtzey maranai is still in his pi ace, Which. Marwhal Power declares, he nils with a singular ability and the of ten years' experience that has made him thoroMSTily familiar w ith its duties. Tbfc story goes that the matter of sup plar crg rhe deputy marshal was submit ted to the Finance fbmmiMee of Council. Q..e cocnnr r*-e d,d i, >t r*-gardhA tnxfzgf-*- tior. ac a wise or,*-. Deputy Marshal Kelly Mis been so succ*>njT Ifi coriirThUTTng to the city r by keeping right aft er delinquent flayers as to demon ntrate his value, and tne committee, thougn meaning not the slightest discredit to the apphoar,!, decided it would be well to continue Deputy Marshal Keliy in hie Job Marshal Fewer was a*k-d for the story of the effort to oust hi deputy, hut he divulge no.hlng regarding it. He would r-ot admit that he had even bea,rl of the thin*, but it. nevertheless, has caused •ome little talk ADDITIONS TO THE GANG. Arthur Miimn found Guflfy of I,nr reny From tho House, Norwood dovote*d an hour or two of yesterday morr.ins'o B.'-*ion of the City Court to the rosular weekly trial of criminal cases and marie the rejrular setekly addition to the force now engaged !n drainage and road work for the coun ty- One of the cases, that of Arthur Mason, Wrn s tried by a jury, instead of by the Judge alone, as is usually the case at these sessions. Mason was charged with the larceny of a pair of trousers from the store of N. Jacobson, and the Jury found him gu.lt y. He was sentenced by the court to pay a t w of s">o anti costs or to serve twelve months on the county chain-gang. Mason has been away from the gang only a few weeks, having been sent up for a year for the thefT of a coat from ojK*rifT Edward J. Whelan, of the City Court. He had scarcely finished serving t)is term, when he committed another prime and was ago in arrested. Tbe other cases were of the stereotyped description, petit larcenies and minor t gaults, with cases of vagrancy and carry ing concealed weapons affo-ding the only variations. “Apron Mary." a negro wo man who is quite a character about town, and Is well and unfavorably known to many, was presented to the court for va grancy and was a*nt to the gang for six month*. WILLIAMS ESCAPER FROM GA\<l. t'narl House Fnrufr Slipped Away From a Convict Guard. Dan Williams, o former messenger at dbe County Court House, who was sent o the chaining for forging the name of Janitor Bartley Donovan to a number of orders for money, negotiated with money brokers in the city, effected his escape yesterday morning. • Williams was the leader of a King of convicts who were engaged In slushing one of the drains around the city. The gang ms at work in a dense thicket and Will iams was permitted by the guard to walk a little distance Into the woods. He never returned. County officers have been placed on the trail of the escaped convict and his capture Is practically certain. His es cape will result probably In his sentence to swerve an additional twelve months on the gang. Caught In a Compress. Edward Johnson, colored, employed at the Union Shipping Company's compress, Ml the Georgia and Alabama terminals, nearly lost Ms aim In the new compress yesterday. His right arm was caught la the picas acid badly crushed, < BLIYGBHOT ME A V COST A!4 EYE. 1 Thomas W. Matthew* May Dose Hl* tiight From an Alabama Sling. Thomas W. Matthews of No. 830 Ander j .-on street, eisr, is at the Savannah Hos pital, the result of being made a mark by l bc-y with a sling shot. Mat hew a was sitting on the steps of ■ his boarding house last night, ar.d a few f- - t fncm him was a boy with a deadly ! A-abama sling. Whether intentionally or not the boy sent a No. 3 shoi at Mat r.ew.-. striking him squarely in the left eye almost in he pupil. For awhile the victim was almost beside himself with l an. After bathing his eye in hot water, he hurried to a physician and was at once tak*n to the hospital, where cold baths were applied in the hope of preventing in flammation. *nd the piobable loss of the eye The- blood quickly sotdrd in the wound and ihe attending physicians were unable to te.i whether the could be saved. While th'*re is a law* against the use of sling shots, they are almost as common with the small boy as marbles, and in finitely more a rigorous. The boy who does not own a sling shot, either home rude or bought, is out-classed among his playfellows. That the sling is next to the pistol in danger, is shown by the num ber of victims; the difference being tha: the boy who uses it is on.y in danger from some other fellow s shot, instead of his own. Probably that is the reason that f aren'- a are >ss careful about confiscat ing ihe weapon. While its use is prohibited by law the sma.l boy who cannot make h s own shot from a pine stick ar.d a piece c f rubber, can buy one at almost any toy shop for a penny, and can do more in jury with it in half an hour than he can with any toy he can get hold of. Every once in a while the police raid a crow i cf boys, capture the r slings ar.d lug the whole outfit io the barracks. The le.-son lasts for a short time in that imme diate circle of boys, but does not stop the slings. HEARING W AS (ONTIMED. Hut Introdcction of Kvitlence In Dil lon Case not Concluded. Tnlied State.-* Commissioner Lewis con tinued yesterday afternoon the prelim.- nary investigation in the case of George R. IMllcn. the Sandersville lawyer, who has been arresird upon a charge of using the mails to defraud. Dillon has acknowl j edged obtaining books of various kinds 1 from publishers and booksellers without ; the formality of pay.ng for them and by i means of false names and worthless checks. The only witness examined yesterday w as Express Agent J. I. Irwin, of Ten- I riille, who testified (o Dillon’s calling at I his office for a package of books address 'e l to E. J. Watts, one of the many aliases under which he has operated, rep resenting himself as the man for whom it was intended ar.d to whom it had been s c r t When he was told that he would have to be identified Dillon became frightened and left the office ar.d the town. Subse -1 quently he wrote a letter to the express ! agent, directing him to reship all i*ack agfcs that came consigned to E. J. Watts, to Oconee. Ic was this transaction that .ed directly to the arrest of Dillon. The commissioner adjourned the hear ing at the conclusion of the evidence gtv *-n by the express agtfit, until this after noon. when it will be resumed. Other wit | nesses are expected to make their ap •►e-arance by ihat time and it is rather be lieved that Dillon will feel inclined to am p.ify the confession he has already made. FOUND FOR THE DEfE.IDAXT, Timbfrlnkf Recovered Nothing tn *ult Against Street Railway. John Timberlake failed to recover In hl suit for demages agalr.st the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Railway Company, which was on trial Thursday in the City Court. The jury which was try ing the caee returned a sealed verdict on Thursday night, which was opened when court convened yesterday morning. Tb* verdict of the jury was iri favor of the defendant. Timberlake sued the com p*ny for $2,500 damage* for personal in juries he claimed resulted from the care ksssness and negligence of the employes of the defendant. The plaintiff had faJien from a <r at the corner of East Broad and Broughton streets and received two or three rather severe gashes in the skull aa a consequence. The defendant's contention was that he had been drinking and that the fall was duo to the effort he made to get off the car while It was In motion, jumping with his face towards the rear platform. The jury evidently came to the conclusion that thks was the truth about the matter, and the verdict, therefore, wae for the defend ant. PROSECUTOR WAS DROWNED. Asiinnlt With Intent to Mnrder Case NN hi ISollproNM'd. In the Superior Court yesterday a nolle prosequi was entered in the case of Gil bert Cooper, who bad been indicted by the grand jury in session some month® evince, for osseult with intent to murder Don Agoos. Since the indictment and before a trial in the case could be had, Agoos was drowned at Tybee, an accident that is within the memory of everyone. It was because of the death of the prosecuting witness, the man upon whom the assault Is said to have been committed, that the nolle prosequi was entered in the case. The indictment charged that Cooper as saulted Agoos with knife, on Dec. 17, lS9a, and then end there tried to kill him. Now that, because of the death of the prosecutor, the cofc has been dropped, tbe real truth of the matter will never be determined in a court of Justice. Bince he was arrested, upon the indictment be ing found, Cooper has been out on bond. WILL HRIMi If THE lltoiv. slon|i Will Go to Fort Pulaski for the Cannon Balls. A sloop will be towed to Fort Pulaski to-day to receive the recent purchase of old iron that was made by the Isaac Joseph Iron Company from the govern ment. There are too tone of the stuff, consisting of old cannon balls and shells. The Iron will be' brought to the city and stored In the company's warehouse at the corner of Bay end Randolph streets. It will there await the next export ship ment that Is made by Mr. Joseph Wolff, the Savannah representative of the com pany. 1 _ aa -tti- IIIIKMI COLLEGE. An Excellent Place n Which to Ed ucate Tour Daughters. The brilliant record of Brenau College, formerly Georgia Female Seminary, at Gainesville, Ga., with Its hundreds of graduates', Is gratifying to the lovers of education everywhere. This institution Is the coming Vassar of the South. Its sci entific laboratories are equipped with the latest apparatus. Its curriculum Is thorough and practical. Its climate Is all that can be desli ed and the community cul tured. There your daughters will receive personal Individual work by experienced Christian educators. For handsome cat alogue, address Brenau, Gainesville, Ga. —ad. THE 3JORXING NEWS: SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1900. SIGNS FOR MORE STREETS. THE SECTIONS OF THE 81. l E BOARDS WILL BE WIDENED. Director of Public Works Has Or dered Another Supply of the En ameled signs to Show the Names of Streets—They Will Be Put in the Old Section of the City, Wideniug the Limits Where the Signs are Already I sed Difficulty About Putting Ip Signs In the Southern Section. Another supply of signs to indicate the nanvs of streets to strangers has been or dered. The order was p aced by Director of Public Works Gadsden, and it is ex pected that the eicr.s will soon arrive. None will deny that there is need for the srigna in ah; save one section of the city. Wherever the old painted boards deface the sides of the buildings upon which they are nailed there is need for a charge to the bright biue-e name led signs that are to be seen in th® section included by Bay ar.d Gaston ar.d Whitaker and Drayton streets. The signs ordered are of the same kind as those showing the names of the streets in the section mentioned. The blue signs have been found very satisfactory'. They are as bright and distinct as when they were put up, tne enamel sticking well and showing every indication of holding for many years. All of the larger cities are using signs of this type, and they will be employed in Savannah to show the names of the streets just as rapidly as it may be found possible to secure them. About 30 cents ea-h is the cost of the signs. As the director of public works i an spend no mor* than $10" w ithout the special authority of Council, but a snirdl supply can be bought. To put up the signs on the streets in the section r.ow pro vided, SIOO worth of the signs was required, and the same quantity will suffice for three of the following streets, Barnard, Jeffer son. Abercorn and Lincoln, ar.d the east and-west streets that intersect them. The first supply of the blue signs suf fir-d for Whitaker. Dull ar.d Drayton and the intersecting streets, so it is concluded • hat the same number of corners may be provided for with a similar supply. It is not known whether Lincoln or Jefferson will be embraced in the new district, but one or the other will be anew limit to the blue-signed section. Until all important sections in the older par* of the city have been given signs, there will be none put up in the south ern section. A difficulty about putting them there is that many of the corners are without buildings or even fences, though putting ahem on fences is not re garded as the best policy, as some per sons seem to be possessed by an insane desire to knock off the enamel whenever they can reach it. Until the southern section has been built up more compact ly, the signs will he confined to the older part of the city. A system of putting the signs on south east corners has been followed thus far. and it will continue. This offers another difficulty to the signs being put up in the southern section, as, wdiile there might he r house on some other corner of a street intersection, the southeast cor ner would be bare. A little reflection will show that there are many such un improved southeast corners, and the sys tem. therefore, would be interfered writh should the signs be put up. In ordering the first supply of signs, an omission of the letters E and W to indicate east and west for the streets run ning that way leave* It doubtful in the minds of a stranger regarding the signs now* in place as to whether he is east or wreet of Bull streets. This has been rorrected. and the next eigns that come out will have E or W after the names of the eagt-and-w est streets. SOUTHERN MISSIONARIES SAFE. Those of the Presbyterian Chnreh In China All Accounted for. The Southern Presbyterian Church is as sured of the safety of all of its mission aries and teachers in China through a ca blegram recently received in Nashville by the Executive Board of Foreign Missions. In all. this branch of the church has in China seventy-one missionaries, either regularly ordained ministers, or men and women who have given up their lives to teaching, and to the practice of medicine at the mission stations. All of these workers are accounted for in the cable gram which says that sixty-seven of them in pursuance to the instructions issued by the Board of Missions have gathered in Shanghai, while the other four are still at their stations in the neighborhood of Can ton. which they refuse to leave. (** they consider, everything being quiet, that there is no danger. The immunity from harm that these missionaries have so far had is accounted for by Rev. Dr. J. Y. Fair of this city on the score that all of the stations of the Southern Presbyterian Church are situ ated in the southern part of China, where the Boxer movement, if it has penetrated at all, is In its earliest stages and there fore not as yet dangerous. The fact that the mission stations of the Southern Presbyterian Church are estab lished only in the southern provinces of China is by an arrangement among the Evangelktol Protestant churches, which is practically the same as the spheres of in fluence agreed upon by the great politi cal powers, though, of eburse, on smaller *cale. In ofher words, it has long bean the custom of missionaries not to settle in a community where there is already estab lished a mission, even though that mis sion be under the charge and direction of ministers of another denomination; but to seek out new lields with a view of spread ing ae wide* and as far as possible the seeds of Christianity. This arrangement hae proved so satisfactory that the need for its continuance was especially empha sized at the recent Ecumenical Missionary Council, held In New York. In accordance with this understanding, therefore, when the Southern Presbyterian Church entered ihe mission field shortly after the Civil War, and its own separa tion from the Northern Presbyterian Church, finding the missionaries of oth'-r denominations scattered throughout the northern part of China, it devoted ps energies to the southern provinces, and particularly to that territory in the nelgn borhood of Canton, whence it has grad ually spread out to the surrounding dis tricts. The Independent rresbyterian Church of Savannah has one missionary in Chi na. Rev. W. H. Hudson, who, until he received the order to go to Shanghai, was stationed at Ka-shlng, an old feudal town of SCO,(XX) inhabitants, on the Grand canal, about thirty miles from Canton. Here Mr. Hudson, with his wife, and Dr. Ven able. conducted a mission school, named in honor of the late Rev. Dr. 1. S. K. Axson of tnis city, the Axsoti Mission School. It has not yet beetr decided by the Exec utive Roard what Instructions wbl he sent to the missionaries at Shanghai. it j 9 quite possible that some of them will go to Japan either to continue tlielr work or to rest preparatory to resuming their la bors In China should circumstances per mit within (he near future. In Memory of the Bishop. At the Cathedral of St. John the Bap tist. at 10 o'clock this morning, requiem high mass will be celebrated by Bishop Kelley In memory of Bishop Bcrker, of whose death to-day is the anniversary. Lord Coleridge wrote: "Send me fifteen dozen Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Wine. I tried it while here and lind it superior."— B % INI STOPPED THE G A>ffE. Brunswick Lend the Poll Team 14 to <> In Fourth Inning. Two ball games will be played at the Bo.tor* Street Park this aft* moon for one admission. The Brunswick and the Post teams will be the opopeing nines'. The first game wi.l begin at 3 o'clock ar.d the sec ond as soon as the first is finished. Each team will have a strong line-up. King and O'Connor will be in the box for the Post team in the first game. They are Savan nah boys and both good pitchers. D. J. Chariton, who will do the back stop work, is another amateur player cf this city >vho is capable of gilt-edged work. Ir* the second game Wiggins will be in the bov. He has been playing with Jack ionvllie until recently when his release wa* bought by Fercandina. who knew a gooo pitcher when she saw one, and was w.ilir.g to pay for his services. Wiggins besidra plenty of speed and good curves, nas excellent control of the bail and fields his position s-plendidly. In the first game he will cover third bag. McGovern, an other Savannah player, will cover this po sition In the second game. P’or Brunswick. Kaphan who pitched ex cellent ball yesterday, will pitch during the first game. Weiss will catch. In the second game Hallowel. ar.d Ballantyre will be the battery. Halioweil pitched on the Savannah professional team in ’9S. Bal lantyne is well known, having played ball here for a number of years. "Bub' Harper and Yilllneau are also well known for their ball playing abilities and are sure to give a good account of themselves in to-day’s game. Yesterday's game was quite a disappoint ment. It to rain before play was begun ar.d continued throughout the five Inr.ir.g.* that were played. Of course with a wet ball and wet grounds good bail was out of the question, and it was a relief to playei- and suoh spectators as had braved the weather’s inclemency when the game was called. No official score was kept when it was found that the game could not finished, but ut the conclusion of the fifth inning Brunswick was ahead by several runs. The line-up for to-day's games will be as follows: Post. Brunswick. Charlton c Weiss King and O’Connor.p Kaphan B gman lb Vil’ineau Watson 2b Harper Wiggins 3b Garrett Downey 8. & Bahantyne Kelly 1. f Philips Dobson c f Hallowell Ghent r. f NVolfe Second game— Post. Brunswick. Charlton c Ballantyne Wiggins p Hallowell Bogman lb Villinoau Watson 2b Harper McGowen 3b Garrett Downey s. s Weiss Kelly 1. f Philips Dobson c. f Kaphan McKarrell r. f Wolfe EAST OF THE HAM) BRAKES. Freight Trains Will Re Equipped With Air Brakes After Auk. 1. The national law- passed several years ago requiring all cars to be equipped with patent draw-heads and air-brakes will be come effective next Wednesday, Aug. 1, and the roads are preparing to comply with Its provisions. The time limit of the law has been extended several times, ow ing to the request of the roads for fur ther time in whloh to change their equip ment, but this Is the final limit, and no complaint has been made by the roads, or further time requested. Nearly all freight cars are now equipped with air-brakes and patent draw-heads, the companies finding it wae to their ben efit to do so. Now and then there are a few cars which will be located at once and scratched off the list. The railroads are going down their rolling stock reports and are preparing to store away all cars not properly equipped until they can be overhauled or rebuilt In accordance with the requirements of the law. From now on the freight train will be as well equip ped with brake* end couplers as a passen ger train and the old-time brakeman's job will be a thing of the past. The report of the Southern Railway Company for the year ending June 30th has been made public and shows some in teresting figures. The actual amount of gross earnings was $31,169,000. an Increase of $3,473,000. or over 10 per cent., compared with the previous year. The net earn ings estimated for the same period were $9,3*59,000. The net earnings for the eleven months ending May 31 show' an kxrease of $842,000, and It is believed that for the year the increase will be $9u0,000. An in teresting fact is that the gain Is on more mileage than was operated during the year ending June, 1899. After deducting interest and rental a balance Is estimated of $3,323,000, which would be equal to net earnings of per cent, on the preferred stock of the company. The former policy of the company in maintaining the physi cal condition of the system and in carry ing out extensive improvements charged to expenses has been continued. The Convention of Railroad Commission ers of the Southern states will be held at Lookout Mountain, Aug. 29. It is expect ed that nil the Southern states will be represented, and that the discussions on the subject of rates will result In some concerted action looking to securing bet ter railroad freight rates to the South by concerted action of the several commis sioners. The report of the net earnings of the Seaboard Air Dine for the live months ending May 31. show *1,029.000, compared with *8.%6,000 for the corresponding period in 1899. It is stated that the managing committee of directors has decided that the 4 per cent, bonds Shall bear interest up to April 17. Mr. J. McF. Williams, traveling freight agent of the Louisville and NashvlUe, with headquarters in Selma, was among the visitors to the city yesterday. Mr. Ed. Stallings, traveling freight agent of the Seaboard Air Line, with head quarters at Americus, spent yesterday in Savannah. Mr. T. J. Bottoms, traveling passenger agent of the Plant System, with head quarters at Thomasville, is among the visitors to the city. SITXG FOR till It K AND STOVE. The Southern Asphalt I’nvli, K Com pany Is the Defendant. The case of Rourke & Mitchell against the Southern Asphalt Paving Company was begun In the City Court yesterday, and several witnesses for the plaintiffs were placed on the siand. The suit Is for a quantity of stone and brick, sold by the plaintiffs to the defendant, while the lat ter was engaged in laying certain as phalt pavements In Savannah. The suit is for *l2O. Some part of this amount la admitted to be due by the de fendant. and 11 is for the remainder that the legal controversy is being waged. The plaintiffs are represented by Messrs. Os borne & Lawrence and the defendants by Mr. W. R. Leaken The case went over from yesterday mornir.g, at the recess for dinner, until Monday. Rian Moral—\o Care Vo Pay. Tour druggist will refund your money If Pazo Ointment falls to cure you. 50 cts —ad. THEY NOW NUMBER TWO. SHIRT SLEEVES BBIGADE FALLEN FROM ITS HIGH ESTATE. Only One Charter Member Survive*. The Other la Only Following Hl* Custom of Year*—Criticism of the .Movement Seem* to Hove Been Too Strong —ln Other Cities It Has Shown Greater Evidence of Popu larity Those Who Inaugurated the Movement Here May Y'et Pose as the Originators of a Custom. Conceived in Savannah, put into feeble execution on the streess, talked of in ag gressive support and condemned in de termined vituperation, the shirt sleeves movement seems upon the verge of pass ing away here. Save for a very few de votees who yet adhere to the tenets so vehemently and eloquently expounded by •he advocates of coolness amd comfort rather than convention and caloric, the brigade has lost those who enlisted. Nor has it been a good fight. None have died the death of social os tracism. The antagonism has not been so pronounced as that. The casualties have been due to another cause—deser tion. Unable to withstand the glances of disapproval encountered on the streets, the sundry nods of the heads, sallies of wit or “witlessness, '* commiserating smiles or averted heads of fair friends, back the faint hearts have rushed to their coats, forsaking the cause aspoused with such eagerness and glad to perspire in an outer garment and less discomfort than that encountered, though sans coat, when the majqrlty's criticism and non-conform ance made allegiance to a principle a mark of heroism. Those opposed to the wrecking of con ventionalities, the anti-iconoclasts, feei much as did the disconsolate man who, accosted by a friend and asked why he looked so downcast, replied: “My moth er-in-law is at death’s door, and the doc tor doesn’t know whether he can puli her through or not." The opposition to the shirt sleeves movement join in the wish that the old lady will die. They glance about the streets, fail to see evidence of any great vitality, and reckon her chances as very slim. An adherent to the principle of no coat and coolness declared yesterday that he believes another summer will be necessary for a victory to be won. He lias no fur ther hope this season. In rather an unob trusive way, he continues to appear di vested of his coat, but he thinks he cen float around almost anywhere he pleases next summer with his shirt and trousers and belt quite the proper thing. The way the idea has taken root all over the counto' that it would be the part of good sense and solid comfort to forget to put on a coat during the sum* mer gives ground for the belief that a coat will yet be generally regarded as a useless incumbrance. But the gods for bid, is the cry, even among the advocates in Savannah of a costless coetume. that ever a man in a shirt waist should strike the town. Let a man-woman display him self-hersclf on the streets here in such attire, and he-she may count upon a crowd at least three blocks in length, as a hooting, howling train of interested spectators. The shirt sleeves brigade has fallen from its high estate to but two members. One of these is really not a member at ail. He has been appearing on the streets without his coat for several summers, and attention has only been directed to him on account of the stories of the new movement. He deplores his sad lot and offers a devout wish that discussion of the thing may stop. Until it began, he was not noticed, but was allowed to pur sue the cool tenor of his way with never an objection interposed. Now he must needs stand the slings and arrows of ad verse criticism. So that the other is really the last of the coatless enthusiasts. Unterrified by gibes and comments, he continues, a char ted member of the movement, to live up to Its principle*, scorning to revert to the irksome abomination that he so gladly for sook. Having tasted of the joys of the comforts of a shirt uncovered by a coat, he Is wedded to them and, for one, will not desert his colors. It is a matter of comment that in Sa vannah. the place where the movement began. Us very cradle, it has practically come to naught. Verily, though, It has not been without honor, save in its own city, elsewhere the suggestion has been taken up with a degree of enthusiasm that has appearance of earnestness. Even yet the custom of coats in summer may become obsolete. In such an event, those who inaugurated the movement in Savan nah w ill fee 4 as though they have not lived in vain. MADE QUICK WORK OF IT. Recorder Went Through Police Docket In a Hurry. The Recorder’s Court yesterday morn ing was of short duration, as there were only a few prisoners to be given a hear ing. The most Important case, that of Ar thur Middleton and Moses Jones, each charged with assault with intent to mur der the other, was continued. W. Haters, white, for an assault and battery and attempt to cut Gladys Laud, was sentenced to pay sls, or spend twen ty days in confinement. J. J. Burke, another white prisoner,, charged with being drunk and disorderly in the house of Mrs. J. J. Burke, was given the option of paying S2O or spend ing a month in jail. Only a few arrests were made by the police yesterday and last night, and none of those was on a serious charge. Willie Pringle, colored, was sent in by Sergt. W. H. Fleming on a charge of driving his wagon on the wrong side of the street running Into the officer’s horse. CITY BREVITIES. A meeting of the Merchants' and Me chanics’ Land Company was held yester day, business relative to the internal management being transacted. Mr. Arthur Starr is suffering from a dls. located shoulder, the result of a fall from a Tybee train night before last. He was standing on a car platform when his liat blew off. In trying to recover It he fell between the platforms. The Wimpy prize of *5 of furniture In the guessing contest at Barbee & Bandy's, at Isle of Hope last night, xvas won bv Miss M. Reisman. Mr. Charles Marks has offered a *5 pair of shoes In the gen tleman's guessing contest next Tuesday night. A slight flurry of excitement was cre ated on Bull street, near Perry, yestet ftey shortly after noon by a runaway. The horse was stopped before he had wrought very great damage to himself, or the buggy. His overturning the ve hicle caused it to impede his progress, so that he was readily caught by a young gentleman, who happened to be In his course. iou never read of such cures elsewhere as those accomplished by Hood'* Sarsa parilla. did you? It is America's Greatest Medicine.—ad. To Brunswick and Hetorn. SI.OO Via Hie Plant System. Sundays. In addition to the Charleston Sunday excursions, the Plant System are selling round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on Sundays only, at rate of *1 00 for the round trip. Trains leave at 2.10 a. us. end *2O a. m.—ad. LOCAL PERSONAL. Mr. Ed Elkan of Atlanta i at the Screven. Mr. C. M. McPhail of Atlanta 18 at the Screven. Mr. C. B. Dickinson of Atlanta la et the Pulaski. Ml-. S. S. Brown of Rochelle is the guest of the Pulaski. Mr W. M. Durden is among the guests of the Pulaski. Mrs. McEachern of Daisy is the guest of the Screven. Mr. A. Pope left for Atlanta yesterday via the Central. Mr. T. J. Morgan of Waycross is the gues; of the Pulaski. Mr. C. C. Brown of Tenniile is regis tered at the Screven. Mr. T. R. Slappey of Hagan Is regis tered at the Sere cen. Mr. S. Comptcn of Columbua is regis tered at the De Soto. Mr. S. J. Wright of Statesboro is reg istered at the Screven. Mr J. W. Bedell of Columbus is reg istered at the Screven. Mr. C. S. Pritchard. Jr., of Bluffton is the guest of the Screven. Mr. E. Durden was among the arrival* at the Pulaski yesterday. Mr. J. H. Barrett of Lumber City is the guest of the Pulaski. Mr. J. B. Claigerman of Pine City is registered at the Pulaski. Miss Ida Perkins left via the Southern yesterday for Tate Spring®. Mr. H. H. McKee left via the Southern yesterday for Wayneeville. Miss Essie Whitfield of Brunswick was a guest of the Pula9ki yesterday. Mrs. Leon Ferst left via the Plant Sys tem yesterday for Long Branch. Mr. Sol Lune of Dothan was among the arrivals at the Screven yesterday. Miss Grimes of Daisy was among the arrivals at the Screven yesterday. Mr. H. S. Meinhard left via the Plant System yesterday for Long Branch. Mr. John P. Cason of Waycros* was registered at the Pulaski yesterday. Mr. J. H. Bailey of Winston was among the guests of the De Soto yesterday. Mr. C. S. Byck will return from New York to-day on the City of Augusta. Mr. George J. Mills will sail for New York Monday on the City of Augusta. Mr. John W. O’Neal will sail for New York Monday on the City of Augusta. Miss Sallie McAlpin will sail for New York Monday on the City of Augusta. Rev. Dr. J. D. Jordan will sail Monday for New York on the City of Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Franklin of Union Springs are the guests of the De Soto. Mr. L. L. De.sbuillon will sail Monday for New York on the City of Augusta. Mr. R. K. King of Atlanta was among the arrivals at the Pulaski yesterday. Mr. Bolling Whitfield of Brunswick was among yesterday's arrivals at the Pulaski. Mr. R. P. Williams of Valdosta was in the city yesterday, a guest of the Pulaski. Mr. A. F. Churchill will arrive from New York to-day on the City of Augus ta. Mr. John W. Parker wa* a passenger over the Plant System yesterday for Troy, Ala. Rev. Robb White will leave on Tuesday for Virginia, where he will spend the sum mer. Mr. John T. Myers of Waycross was In ihe city yesterday the guest of the Pu laski. Miss Henrietta Hunter and her father. Mr. James Hunter, are at Tybee for a week. Mr. M. B. Hamilton of Charleston was in the city yesterday, and stayed at the Pulaski. Miss Agnes TVhitten of P>alsy -was in the city yesterday and stayed at the Screven. Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Wood are spending a few week* in Sullivan county. New York. Mr. J. J. Dub will be among the pas sengers of the City of Augusta Monday for New York. Mrs. \V. G. Morrell will be among the passengers of the City of Augusta Mon day for New York. Mrs. Wright Hunter and Master John Huntpr will be among the passengers of the City of Augusta Monday for New York. Mr. and Mrs. Stonewall G. Williams of Rocky Ford will be among the passen gers on the Tallahassee for New York to-day. Mr. Thomas Wickham and Master Thomas Wickham were among the pas sengers of the City of Augusta, which will arrive to-day from New' York. Mr. Luke Carson returned yesterday from a month’s visit to Ireland, in com pany with Mr. John Robinson. Together they visited the scenes of their boyhood, and Mr. Carson is greatly improved in health by the trip. First. If well, keep well by taking Johnson’s Tonic. If sick, get we4l by fak ing Johnson’s Tonic. Second. Wise men insure their lives; wiser men insure their health by using Johnson’s Tonid Third. Johnson's Tonio is a family physician, ready to answer ten thousand calls at once. Its fee is only 50 Cents and the good it does is beyond human reckon ing. Fourth. Johnson’® Tonic costs 50 cents a bottle if it cures. Not a single cent if it does not. —ad. A Recelwus Teller. A receiving teller at a good bank Held that he was about to get sick. He felt tired all time; sleep did not refresh him; felt as If he ought to take vocation. A pharmacist put him on Graybeord and two bottles completely overhauled him and made him about at good as new. Get Graybeard at all drug stores. Gray beard pills are treasures—2sc th box. Respesa Drug Cos., Proprietors.—ad. Harr. W have a nice lino of elder in bottles, pure and genuine, from the oelebrated’ establishment of Molt & 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. Snnclay Tripe si Brunswick Via Plant System SI.OO. iRe Plant System will sell round-trip tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited to date of sale, at rate of *IOO. Trains leave at 2:10 a. m. and 3:20 a. m.—ad. American Whiskies. lAppman Brothers carry In stock the moat noted brands Antediluvian Is a celebrated whiskey, bottled by Osborne o ’’w York, ana are safe In eaying It Is • of the best whiskies la Ute city. The Peoria Rye Whiekey, bottle in bond by Clark Bros, of Peoria. 111., la also a fine whiskey. The Peerless whiskey, bottled In bond at Hendersonville. Ky., being under the su pervision of the United States government, insuring purity and strength. Llppman Broa. are wholesale druggists, but they Intend to retail these fine whla kles .—ad. To the Mountains. In the nick of time. Just when you are yawning and feeling tired out and broken down, a bottle of Graybeard Is belter than a trip to the mountains. Are you constipated? Take Graybeard pills. IJtlle treasures—26c the box. Res fitaa D rug Cos,, Proprietor*-*,*, Five Cents * pmrlcag* or ten cent*, •cconjing w the u*. Put up In air tight horn which k*p this good salt good FAVORITE Table Salt to the salt that never sticks. DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO. Si. Clair. Mich. HENRY SOLOMON & SON. Sole Distributing Agents. greatest known nerve ionic and blood purifier. It creates solid flesh, muacie and strength, clears the brain, makes the blood pure and rich, and cause* • general feeling of health, pow*r % und manly vigor. Within 8 days ufter taking the first doee you no tice the return of the old vim. snap Und energy you have counted as loert forever, while a continued, judicious use causes an improve* meat both satisfactory and last- - in. One box wm work wonders, six should perfect a cu-e: ou oeats a box. 6 boxes for 12. W. For sale bp all druggists everywhere or will be mailed sealed upon receipt of prWe. Address Drs. Barton and Benaoa. iQf bar-Ben Block. Cleve land, O. CET IT TODAY! Fishing Tackle, JAPANESE, WOOD AND STEEL JOINTED RODS, REELS, LINES AND Hooks of All Kinds. Ell M’S SONS. 113 BROUGHTON’ STREET, -WEST. SCHOOLS ASD COLLEGES. ~lethel Military Academy, BETHEL ACADEMY, VIRGINIA. In historic Northern Virginia. Best ref erences almost anywheie in the Union. Thirty-third session begins September 21st Illustrated catalogue. coi. r. a. Mclntyre, supt. CHENOWETH 1342 Vermont ave. and low3 Circle, Washington, D. C. Boarding School for young ladies. Send for catalogue. Miss Mary Davenport Chenoweth. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Sloan. Edgeworth Boarding A Day School .For Girls. Reopens Sept. 3Sth year. Mrs. H. P. LEFEBVRE, Principal. Miss E. D. HUNTLEY, Associate Prin. 122 and 124 W. Franklin st.. Baltimore. Md. PANTOPS ACADEMY NEAR CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. For boys. Fully equipped. Send for catalogue. JOHN R. SAMPSON. A M . Principal. BRENNAN BROS., WHOLESALB Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc. >22 bay street. w*t. Telephone 838. COMFORT For your Btock. The fly seaeoa is now on us and the time to use Tough on Flies, a lotion when applied will prevent yout horses and cattle from being pestered. Try It and be convinced. HAY, GRAIN, BRAN, COW FEED, CHICKEN FEED, etc. T. J. DAVIS. Phone 223. 11* Bay street, west LEMONS. Black Eye, Pigeon and Cow Peas Potatoes, Onions, Peanuts, and all fruits and vegetables In season. Hay, Grain. Flour, Feed. Rice Straw, Magic Poultry and Stock Food. Our Own ale W. D. SIMKINS & CO. 213 and 216 BAY, WEST. J. D. WEED St CO UVIMAH, GA. Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Hose. Agents for NEW YORK RUBBER BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY. JOHN G BITLER, —DEALER AN Points, Oils and Glass, sash, Doors, Blinds, and Builders' Supplies. Plain and Decora tlve Wall Paper. Foreign and Doiaesfu Cemento. Lima. Plaster and Hair. Sol# Agent for Abestlne Cold Water Paint, to Congress street, west, and 19 St Julian street west Empty Hogsheads. Empty Slolaiaea Ilojfahcada for •ale by C. M. GILBERT & CO. M Morphine and Whiskey hab its treated without pair or confinement. Cure guarnD teed or no pay. B. H. VEAL, Mau’yr Lithia Springs San itarium. Box 3. Austell, tia.