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LAST OF ARMY HOSPITAL.
MR. CH AMPION Wild. T \KE POSSES
SION OF HOSPITAL. 11l ILDINGS
TO-DAY.
JThty Will He Turned Over to Him
To-day by tlie Government Force
Tlmt Hah Been in Charge of the
Property—Most of the Government
Store* Were Either Solti nr Ite
luoved Some Time Ago ami There
Ha* Been but Little for the Gov
ernment Foree to Dn. Preliminary
to Delivering the Property to its
New Owner—Government Will *ur-
Tender Its Lease.
The government hospital buildings will
be turned over to-day to Mr. Carlton (
Champion, by whom they w< re purchased
recently from the quartermaster general
of the army. Ail of the government prop
erty that was not embra c'd within the
terms of the sale has been removed from
the buildings, and they are now in a po
sition to be hand© 1 over to their new
owner.
The small force of government em
ployes, headed by Mr. Crockett, who have
been in charge of the property, will con
clude its labors to-day and turn the build- I
Jngs over to Mr. Champion. After their
cal** there was but little further to be
done, as the supplies that had been ston'd
in the buildings were either sold or re
moved almost completely some time ago.
Mr. Champion purchased at a r -ent
Court House sale the greater part of the
land upon which the buildings were erect
ed and will at once proceed to remove
Lhose not situated on his property to a
position within its boundaries. His in- .
Mention, as already announced in the |
Morning News, is to convert the build- j
ings into small dwellings for purposes of 1
rental.
The leas© on the property secured by
the government has not expired by some
months, but as the buildings were of no
further use to the departments, the land
\rill be turned over to he owner w .th
them. The lease of the government runs
until the summer of next y* ar.
The government force has been busy for
thf* last week or two in preparing for the
linal delivery of The property to Mr.
Champion nnd have concluded their la
bors in good time. The members of the
force will probably be assigned to other
cities, where depots of the quartermas
ter’s de]>anment are maintained.
The construction of the buildings was
begun in the fall of 1898. and completed
in June, 189!#. The buildings alone cost
tfce government abou' s!2’.uoo. nnd a con
siderable sum was paid, beside, for three
years' lease of the land upon which they
were erected. As they were in use for
a. very short time only, and as <he pri~e
obtained for them. $17,100, was altogether
out of proportion to the amount of the
Investment, the government is tv-hind a
tidy sum on the construction of the hos
pital in Savannah.
While it was in use as a hospital a very
sarge number of invalid soldiers from
Cuba and other places where garrisons
were then located were cared for then*,
end the good that was thus accomplished
doubtless reconcile? the government's
conscience f o the amount of the unrepaid i
money outlay. As the estab ishment of the
hospital doubtless resulted in saving the
lives of many of the brave defenders of
the government, it is o matter of indiffer
ence io the army powers that be that a
considerable sum of money was required
to accomplish this end.
The hospital was built at this point be
cause of the fact that it was deemed un
wise to carry invalid soldiers from Cuba
to a severe winter climate, and because
of the excellent port facilities here afford
ed for the handling of the government
transports. In future the buildings will
fulfill a more prosaic destiny than has
been theirs in the past.
TEST OF AHTIPIC IAL STOKE.
City Official* and Citizen* Watching
Engine House Work.
The city is making a test of the dura
bility of artificial stone, which may set
tle a question that has 1 een a subject for
discussion by Council and citizens a long
lime. As previously stated in the Morn
ing News, artificial stone is to be used
In flooring the Henry street fire station.
Mr. Frank Barker, who was awarded this
contract, is making preparations to do the
best of work with a view to settling the
doubt about the durability of artificial
stone as n flooring and sidewalk material.
The engines used by the fire department
•weigh anywhere from six to seven thous
and pounds, and the horses are the larg
est and heaviest obtainable. The great
■irain necessarily put upon flooring by the
rush of setting in and out of the engine
bouse will be enough to lest the quality
of the construction. The flooring will be
put down in a grooved form to admit of
the horse* getting over it without slip
ping. While the work Is in progress the
<fepartment at that station will be quar
tered In a tent nearby.
Great interest is expressed among city
officials in the outcome of the test. It
can be told in n short lime after the de
partment again takes possession whether
Uhe flooring is to be a success or a fail
ure. When the artificial stone sidewalk
ordinance was passed many doubted the
durability' of stone. Since then a great
•deal has been laid in all parts of the
city, and particularly the southern sec
tion, and It has proved generally satisfac
tory. Savannah gets the benefit of all
workmen employed and material used in
the construction.
DISORDERLY HOI SB RAIDED.
Police Tt>ld? to ('lmp Out a Had
Neighborhood.
The police did such a rushing business
during the early morning hours yesterday
that when the Recorder convened court
twenty-two prisoners were on the do 'ket.
of these were women nr- ■
rested for keeping a disorderly I
house in Perry lane. This Is ■
the second or third house that has been ,
raided in the same locality within the lust
month. The neighborhood has a bad rep
utation and the police are determined? to
Improve it by breaking up, as far as pos
sible. all of the disorderly houses. The
Ifcenorder is in sympathy with this move
ment and yesterday gave the women sen
tence# of 510 or fifteen days each.
Fletcher Rivers, colored, charged with
thrashing his wife, was continued. The
remainder of the cases were of minor char
acter. consisting mainly of drunks, dis
orderlies and street fights.
NOT BKFOHK IAN. 1. '
I'ntll Then the Eighth Street School
( anno! lie I ncd.
Work on the Eighth Street School build
ing is progressing satisfactorily. Supt.
Otis Ashmore visited it yesterday, and
found the workmen employed in putting
In window sashes and doors on the second
floor. Mr. Ashmore doc# not believe it
probable that the building can be used
for school purposes before Jan. 1.
Funeral off Mrs. Peterson.
The funeral of Mrs. F. V. Peterson,
whose death wns announced in the Morn
ing New* yesterday, will take place from
tier lute residence, No. 109 Bolton street,
■west, at 10:iio o’clock this morning. The
service* will be conducted by Rev. Mr.
The interment will he in bjnaven
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GROCERY COMPANY BANKRUPT.
Petition Filed by It* Creditor*
ItKninMt Abercorn < onipnny.
A petition in involuntary bankruptcy
was fil'd in the Untied States District
| Court yesterday against the Abercorn
1 Greet ry C >mpnny and a copy of the pe
j tit ion served upon the president of the
e rnt any. Mr. R. Van Wagenen
| The jetitioning creditors are James M.
Dixon &. Cos., who hold an unpaid account
• of sl-00 for merchandise, John J. Nevilt,
who is 'he owner of two of the company's
l r o os aggregating in amount $1,5)0, and
! A. Waring Lawton. who is the owner of
a note signed by the company, for 51,500.
The notfs are represented in the petition
to be for money loaned and advanced to
' tlif company.
The petition writes that the company
i committed an act of bankruptcy by con
j leasing in writing, on July 30 that it was
* unable to meet its present obligations and
1 lv then and there consenting, also in
writ ng, to the administration of its as
' sets in a bankruptcy court. It is alleged j
j that as a matter of fact the company is j
j insolvent and unable to pay the debts it
J owes and which are now due. The pe- ■
| titioning creditors are represented by
! Messrs. G. T. & J. F. Cann.
There were a number of prominent citi
zens in the company. Mr. T. W. Lyons
who was manager of the business will go
with tht* Branch Grocery Company.
CHALK MINE IN GEORGIA.
One I* Not* Bring Worked Success
fully lu Twiin;" County.
“Did you know,’’ said Commissioner of
| Agriculture O. B. Stevens to a Morning :
News reporter yesterday, “that chalk was j
now being shipped from Georgia to man
ufactories of the North and East?’’
“There are large deposits of chalk in
Twiggs county, about twenty miles from
Macon, that were recently discovered, and
that are now being worked. The chalk is
being taken out by the carload, and used
principally in the manufacture of paper.
It is blast'd out in large block©, as is
stone from a quarry, the chalk being pure
white and of the best quality. It is the
only deposit in this country, that I know
of. that is now being worked.*'
Commissioner Stevens and Maj. G. M.
Ryuls left on the Central train last night
for Dublin, where the annual meeting of
the State Horticultural Society will be
convened to-day. The peach industry and
the obstacles to its success and expansion
Georgia are among the important ques
tions that will be discussed by the society
at it© meeting this year.
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SPORTS BY POLITICIANS.
Baseball. Jumping and Cakewalk
by Forest City* and Soul holder*.
The challenge for a game of baseball
to be played at Tvbee Aug. 9 which was
sent Monday to the Forest City Inde
pendent Club by the Southslde Club has
been accepted and yesterday the money
was posted Beside the ball game there
will be other attractions as may be seen
from the challenge which is as follows:
“To James Lone, manager of the Forest
City Independent Baseball Club, and
Chas. Touissaint, captain. Gentlemen:
‘The Southslde Club hereby challenges
your club for a match game of baseball
to be played on Tybee Island, Aug. 9. the
date of your picnic, for a sum of SSO.
same to be placed in the hands of Alder
man James M. I>lxon.
"We further challenge vour club to a
championship athletic contest, the events
to consist of a long and a high jump;
hop, step, and jump; and high kick, for
the sum of $26.
“We also challenge you to a champion
ship cake walk and w'ill enter one. two or
’hreo couples whichever will suit you, for
the sum of $26.” (signed) J. Robert Crea
mer, manager of the Southslde Club.”
The only stipulation that is made in the
challenge is that each candidate for
athletic or terpslchorean honors must be
a bona fide member of the club under
whose auspices he wishes to compete. It
is said that some of the entries will be
quite a surprise when they are declared
and will be even more of a surprise by
the ability which it is expected they will
and splay in the race for prize.. This abili
ty, it is said will shine with a particular
and peculiar lustre in the event of ihe
cakewalk where several well known
politicians will, to the melodies of rag
time music, disport themselves In all the
standard and newest figures of the sene
gambian extravaganza.
JILY WENT OUT HOT.
A Month of High Temperature and
Little llaln.
Savannahians have experienced hotter
weather than that of the last two days,
but seldom has the heat been more se
verely felt, owing to the high degree of
humidity. The maximum temperature
yesterday wae 99 degrees at 2:30 o’clock.
The minimum of 75 degrees was reached
at 4 o’clock in the morning. At 8 o’clock
at night Savannah had the same temper
ature as Washington, and was only two
degrees above th.it of Boston. The ex
treme hot weather is in West. When
it was 82 degree© in Savannah, it was
86 at St. lK>uis, Oklahoma and Dodge
(Tty, and 88 at Davenport, la., and Nor.h
Platte, Neb. Savannahians had all the
temperature they' wanted, though, and
would gladly' have had a little less. There
was little breeze during the early part of
the night. What there was, was a bless
ing. The street cars were crowded up to
a late hour and the people realized what
a good thing trolley riding Is on a hot
night.
With last night’s weather reports July’s
j report ended. The Weather Bureau re
i cords show the month to have been a hot
! and unusually dry one. There is an ©x
-1 cess for ihe month of 3 degree* In temper
i attire and a shortage in rainfall of
inches, about half an inch more than the
shortage for the entire year so far.
SET PASSENGERS IN A FLURRY.
Man With n l*l*tol Caused Excite
ment on Tybee Train.
D. J. Lane, white, a passenger on the
Tybee train that left the island for the
city at 7:40 o’clock last night, when near
the city, fired four shots from his pistol
to the consternation of the other passen
gers. Their fears (were unfounded, how
ever, as Lane made no attempt to ©hoot
anyone, but fired merely to vent the ex
uberance of his spirits, a superabundance
of which had been engendered by his trip
to the beach. When the train reached
the depot, Patrolman Lovett arrested
Lane, who will have the opportunity be
fore the Recorder of explaining why ho
did it.
BUILDING PEHMUrs FOR JULY.
Twenty-eight Were Issued From Tax
Assessors Office.
Twenty-eight building permits were is
sued fiom the tax assessors' office during
the month of July. The only one of un
usual importance during the closing days
of the month was that Issued to Mrs. M.
E. Johnson and child io erect r four
tflury brick building on Jons* street, west.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1900.
SENT BACK HIS BLOODY CUFF.
DR. SMITH'S SUPPOSED ASSWLANT
H ETI HN ED IT WITH A NOTE.
Sent the < nfT to Police Superintend
ent Screven With .the Request Tlmt
He Deliver It to Dr. Smith—The As
sault l pon the Doctor the Sequel
to a Previous Difficulty in Atlanta.
Dr. Smith Gone to Waycron.
The my s erious attack made upon Dr.
I J. L. Smith last Saturday night, has be-a
partially explained by the receipt by Po
lice Superintendent Screven, of a bloody
cuff, accompanied by an unsigned note.
; saying that the cuff had been taken on
♦he night of Lie attack through mistake,
i by one of th** party, and asking that it
I be returned to Dr. Smith.
| On the cuff was written to Dr. Smith,
t note in effect, that he should take the
attack as .a warning, and that the sooner
he left the state, and the further he went
from it the better it would be for him. As
in the caso of the note to the sup rintend
cut, this communication, too, was unsign
ed.
The package in which both note and
cuff came was dated Atlanta, and in this
way. Dr. Smith thinks he is able to
.-olve the motives that led to Ihe attack
and the people who made it.
The attack seems to be the sequal
to a difficulty the doctor had
in Atlanta sorre months ago, which
was of such a nature that though
ha was satisfied he could straight
en matters by an appeal to the courts,
he declined to do rather than bring the
name of a friend into the prominence that
such a course would have assured. Dr.
Smith left Atlanta soon afterward. Prior
to his leaving he is understood to have
had an agreement with the parties to th**
trouble, which, according to the testimony
of his friends, he has adhered strictly to.
It seems that, through an unfounded re
port. tsupi>os**d to have reached Atlanta .
through excursionists from that city who j
were in Savannah the Sunday previous to :
the attack, other iwrties to the agreement
believed it had been violated, or, perhaps,
according to the doctor’s theory, anxious
for an excuse to attack him on any
ground, came to Savannah on the night
of the attack, carried out their plans and
took the next train baJk to Atlanta.
According to the stories of those w'ho
saw the men supposed to be the party
which made the attack, they were walk
ing up Liberty street in the direction of
the Central depot. The pawnbroker who
sold the billy with which the attack was
made says that the men who were to
gether when the purchase was made were
strangers, well dressed and evidently not
from the country.
What steps, if any, Dr. Smith will take
in the matter could not be learned yes
terday, as the doctor has left the hospi
tal and gone to his home in Waycross.
THEY WERE AWAKENED.
Citizen* Are Now Inclined to Begin
to Plant Tree*.
The. Morning News’ direction of atten
tion lo the omissions of property owners
in the matter of tree planting may result,
in many of them, correcting their errors
and seeking to beautify their premises by
surrounding them with handsome trees.
This is a “consummation devoutly to be
wished.” many citizens agree, and it is
hoped that next fall may bring many ad
ditions to the trees that are now' to be
found along the sidewalks in the resi
dence sections of the city.
Mr. S. E. Theus, a member of the Park
and Tree Commission, said yesterday
thgt he was called upon by two gentle
men, each of whom wished to inquire ns
to the best time for tree-planting. They
had been awakened 10 their responsibil
ities, and desired to make amend© for er
rors. When told by Mr. Theus that they
should not put out their trees until after
frost has fallen, they declared they would
wait till then, but that they certainty
would not fail to let another winter pass
without seeking the eventual attornment
of their places by shade trees.
Mr. Theus is hopeful that a great deal
will be accomplished by drawing the. at
tention of property owners to the fact that
they have it in their power to add greatly
to the appearance of the city by planting
trees along the front of their premises.
He thinks that next fall, when the time
comes for tree planting, more of it will
be seen than ever before.
The gentlemen who made inquiries of
Mr. Theus wanted ih l Park and Tree
Commission to plant their trees when the
proper time ccmes. He assured them that
the Commission would guarantee the
growth . f tries it might plant. In case
a tree does not live, ihe Commission
makes it a rule to replace it with an
other. This is done until one Is finally
found that will not die. Of course, it
cannot be told until a summer has fjassed
that a tree will not live. Usually the
spring will tell the tale, but Mr. Theus
declares he has observed that a few of
the trees that were set out by the Com
mission last fall have but just commenced
to put out leaves.
Supt. Ashmore of the Public Schools
has observed that the vegetation in the
city seems to be threatened by a litlo
Insect. He noted that a number of the
small elms and vines about Forsyth Park
and in other localities bigan to show dis
colored leaves. Seeking a cause, he in
spected seme of the browned leaves and
discovered small Invec ©.
Experimenting with some of the leaves
upon which the insects had fastened, Mr.
Ashmore used an emulsion of kerosene
and water, in the proportion of about 1
to 20, and with this he sprayed the leaves.
The insects were killed nnd showed no
sign© of revival after the spray struck
them. He suggests the emulsion as a
possible remedy for the trees that are at
tacked by the insects.
Mr. Ashmore has reported to the Park
and Tree Commission that the magnolia
row, down on the commission’s books as
Mercer Row, running in front of Chatham
Academy on Bull street, seems to be go
ing into a decline. Some of the trees look
ns though they will not live. Hr has sug
gested that they be sprayed. The trees
have given promise of a beautiful growth,
and they would be ornaments to that
handsome section if they should reach
maturity. Mr. Ashmore trusts that some
tiling may be done to save them.
Chairman Daffln of the Park and Tree
Commssion returned home night before
last from the North, nnd will, it Is ex
pected, take up the matter at once.
WILL CHANGE ITS LODGE ROOM.
Live ftnk Odd Fellow* to Meet In
Metropolitan Hull.
Live Oak Lodge of Old Fellow©, has
changed its night of meeting from Fri
day to Thursday, and, beginning with
Aug. 2, will bold all future meetings at
Metropolitan Hall, instead of nl Odd Fel
lows’ Hall as it has heretofore. Aug. D.
the lodge will have a house warming at
its new quarters. Preparations are now
being made for the entertainment, and
a most enjoyable time is expected.
For Terrorlslnfir it Funeral*
George Bonaparte, colored, who several
days ago terrorized a funeral procession
ut one of the out of town colored ceme
teries by refusing to allow Rev. Dawson,
colored, to conduct the services, was ar
rested yesterday by an officer of Magls
tiate Wickhams Court, on a warrant
rtvorn out by Dawson, charging Bona
parte with interfering with a religious
service. The case will be heard in the
Magistrate’s Court this afternoon at 4
o’clock.
GALLANTRY IN ACTION.
Gained Former First Georgian* Rec
niiiinendfif for Promotlon.
Capt. Owen T. Kenan of th*- Twenty
nin n Volunteer Infantry has been recom
mended for promotion to the rank of bre
vet major. His gallantry in action at
Son Mateo, where Gen. Lawton was
killed, gained the recommendation for
him. Some months ago the Morning News
had an nccount of this battle, which was
gained from a letter written Col. Jordan
F. Brooks by Capt. Kenan.
Col. Sargc-nt and Maj. Hawthorne both
recommended that Capt. Kenan be ad
van <d in rank. It will be recalled that
Cr., t. Kenan, who is from Macon, was a
major in the First Georgia Regiment dur
ing the war with Spain. After the mus
t* i out of that command he secured an
appointment as captain in one of the im
mune icgiments, which position lie he and
until the muster out of the regiment.
Later, when the additional volunteer force
was organized, he secured on appointment
as captain in the> Twenty-ninth, and it is
to Ms old rank of major that he is now
likely to rise.
Capt. Kenan, it will be recalled by those
who read the story he sent of the battle
of San Mateo, was wounded in the abdo
men, though very slightly, his belt buckle
preventing the bullet from making an
entrance into the body. He fell { but soon
arose, recovering from the shock of the
blow r . nnd led his men through the rest of
the fight.
The Army and Navy Journal speaks of
the gallantry displayed by Capt. Kenan
ami others, two paragraphs from the pa
per being as follows:
“For the gallantry and pluck displayed
by Capt. Kenan in the fight after being
wounded he is recommended for a brevet
as major. F. S. V. For fearless and gal
lant conduct in the fight the report rec
ommends First Sergeants Frank Gutches,
H, nnd William B. Bonham, E, Twenty
ninth Infantry, for commission as eectond
lieutenants in the volunteer forces. ‘Both
of these soldiers were as fearless and gal
lant and brave as it was possible for men
to be.’ The American casualties were 1
killed. 9 wounded and 1 missing.
“Maj. Hawthorne’s report accompanies
Col. Sargents’. In discussing the work of
ids battalion he says: ‘A bullet struck
Capt. Owen T. Kenan. Twenty-ninth Vol
unteer Infantry, in the abdomen, though
luckily, being a slanting blow, did rot
penetrate his body, but remained fast in
his waist belt. The blow' was e severe
one, but yet in spite of his pain this officer
in a few' minutes resumed control of his
company, at the time under heavy
lire. I call your attention to this special
act of gallantry with the respectful re
quest that you recommend Owen T. Ke
nan for a brevet as major, U. S. V.”
First Sergeant Bonham, mentioned
above, is a brother of Mr. Frank Bon
ham, formerly of Savannah. Mr. Frank
Bonham served in the Second Georgia
during the war with Spain as first ser
geant of Company L. Sergt. W. B. Bon
ham was first sergeant of Company B of
the First Georgia during the Spanish war,
and be will be readily recalled by all
who served in that regiment and by many
others to whom he was known. He paid
several visits to his brother in Savannah
before the call for volunteers was made,
and in this way he became known to a
number of Savannahians and was well
liked.
A performance of Sergt. W. B. Bon
ham’s that attracted considerable atten
tion was his leading his company across
a stream in the Philippines, while a fierce
fire was directed against them by the
Filipinos. He was the first man in the
w’ater and the first out on the opposite
shore. For this he was commanded, and
the brave deed had much to do with the
recommendation for his promotion to a
lieutenancy.
FOIGHT THEIR OWN MOTION.
Counsel for Defendant In Well*'
Damage Salt Embarrassed.
The motion for a new' trial in the ca e e
of Rebecca Wells, against the Brush Elec
tric Light and Power Company was set
for a hearing before Judge Norwood in
the City Court on yesterday. The hear
ing developed an interesting and amusing
state of affair*.
At the present term of the court the
case was tried for the third or fourth
lime, and Che plaintiff recovered a ver
dic against the company for $1,750. This
was materially less than the verdicts that
had been rendered in favor of the plaint
iff at previous trials, and it was as un
satisfactory to Messrs. Twiggs & Oliver,
who represented the plaintiff, as it was
to Messrs. Saussy & Sauesy and A. C.
Wright, who represented the defendant
company. A motion for anew trial was
made by counsel for the defendant, and,
as has been stated, the hearing upon the
motion was set for yesterday.
On yesterday, then. Judge Norwood was
prepared to hear the arguments, and
Messrs. Wright and Sauesy were present,
to look after the interests of the defend
ant, and Judge Twiggs, those of the
plaintiff. Mr. Wright arose and had the
formal motion for a new' trial.
“I will save counsel the trouble of mak
ing an argument,” said Judge Twiggs.
“We are of the opinion that the verdict
is contrary to the evidence, as is set out
in this motion, and we consent to the
grant of anew trial.”
“Very well, then,” said Judge Norwood,
“the new trial is granted. Take an or
der, Mr. Wright, directing that this be
done.”
“Put,” said Mr. Wright, “Your Honor
is bound to refuse this motion, because
of your rulings in former trials of the
- ose. It would be inconsistent for you io
do otherwise.”
“But counsel for the plaintiff.” inter
jected the court, “consents to the grant
of anew trial, and agrees with you that
the verdict returned is contrary to the
evidence.”
“Well,” said Mr. Wright, “I think Your
Honor ought to refuse the motion. I can
show you authorities for this position.”
Mr. Saussy added his voice to that of
Mr. Wright in favor of refusing the wo
tion that they had themselves made, and
Judge Twiggs objected to the court refus
ing it. This placed counsel for the de
fendant In rather an equivocal position,
hut they were unable to see it in that
light. After some further legal contro
versy it was deckled that the hearing
should bo continued until Friday, when
other developments are expected.
It is, of course, the plan of counsel for
the defendant lo have the case go to the
Supreme Court upon a ruling refusing a
new trial, when the verdict granted is of
comparatively small amount. If the Su
preme Court should affirm the grant of
the judgment founded on this verdict, the
defendant would not he nearly so bad off
as if a verdict for a larger amount should
chance to be affirmed. The position of
counsel for the plaintiff is that If the
plaintiff is entitled to anything, she is
entitled to much more than was granted
her by the verdict of the last Jury, ‘
NO LET I l FOB HOT WEATHER.
Seventy Marring© License* Were Is
sued During Month of Jnly.
Seventy ttiirriage licenses were issued
by Clerk Frank E. Keilbach, of the Court
of Ordinary, to couples who contemplated
entering the holy estate of matrimony dur
ing the month of July. Of the licenses la
sued twenty-seven were to white and for
ty-three to colored applicants.
The record is a good one for July. In the
same month last year but sixty licensee
were Issued, of which fifteen were to
white and forty-five to colored applicants.
The marriages among the whites have in
creased by twelve, while those among the
colored portion of the population have
alight)/ decreased in number.
M. F. PLANT SUCCEEDS KNOTT.
VICE PRESIDENT OF I*l, ANT LINES
EXCEPT ALABAMA MIDLAND.
President Fnvln Will Be the Active
Head of the System—The General
Superintendent, General Counsel
Freight Traffic Manager, Pusseu-
Ker Traffic Manager, Comptroller
AL
II n(1 Treasurer Will Report to the
President—Tle Heads of Other De
partment* Will Report to General
Superintendent Denham—Mr. F. Q,.
Brown Elected \ icc President of
Alabama Midland.
Mr. Morton F. Plant is the successor
of Mr. Stuart R. Knott as vice president
of the Plant System. Mr. Knott’s resig
nation was formally accepted at a meet
ing of the directors in New York Monday,
and Mr. Plant was elected vice president
of all the companies comprising the Plant
System except the Alabama Midland. Of
this company Mr. F. Q. Brown was elected
vice president.
With the retirement of Mr. Knott the
active management of the system will be
through the president’s office. The general
superintendent, general counsel, freight
traffic manager, passenger traffic mana
ger, controller and treasurer will hereaf
ter report to President Erwin. The other
heads of departments will rerort to Gen
eral Superintendent Denham.
The new order of things will go into ef
fect to-day. This settles the rumored
connection of General Manager Thomas
K. Scott of the Georgia Railroad with the
Plant System. It was current talk short
ly after Mr. Knott’s resignation that the
vice presidency had been offered to Mr.
Scott and It was generally believed that
he would be Mr. Knott’s successor. The
election of Mr. Plant continues the name
of Plant in actual connection with the
great system, which the late H. B. Plant
made one of the most progressive and
powerful railway systems of the South.
Mr. Plant was vice president of the
Plant Steamship Company until its con
solidation with the Flagler steamship in
terests in the Pepinsular and Occidental
Steamship Company.
The announcement of extensive im
provements by the Flagler Interests at
Mayport, at the mouth of the St. John’s
river, coupled with the announcement that
the steamship Cocoa, formerly of the Flag
ler line, between Miami and Havana and
now belonging to the Peninsular and Oc
cidental Steamship Company, will run be
tween Mayport and New York, are an in
timation of a change in the handling of
business between New York and Florida.
The Cocoa is a vessel of 1,254 tons. She
is now on her way to Mayport from Mi
ami and will at once go into service be
tween there and New York.
AN INSTANTANEOUS VERDICT.
City Court Jnry Found for Defend
ant In the Ileid Damage Case.
The trial of the case of L. S. Read
against Herman Myers and J. H. Fall
was resumed in the City Court yesterday
morning nnd resulted in a verdict for the
defendants, which was returned by the
Jury shortly before 2 o’clock.
Several witnesses testified when court
convened of the difficulty between the
plaintiff, Read, nnd the motorman of the
car upon which he was a passenger.
Other witnesses testified to the second
difficulty, which occurred after Lipford,
the motorman, had left his car and was
no longer on duty, at the transfer office
of the company, on the corner of Price
and Bolton streets. The consensus of
the evidence was to the effect that Read
had come to the office with the apparent
intention of renewing the difficulty, and
that the first w'ords he spoke had been
profane and abusive. Lipford was eat
ing his supper at the time. He got up,
threw the negro out into the street and
inflicted a severe thrashing.
The arguments were made by Col. P.
W. Me!drtm r for the plaintiff, and Mr. W.
W. Osborne, for the defendants. Col.
Meldrim’s plea In the behalf of his client
was a strong and eloquent one, but it
did not serve to remove from the minds
of the jury -the Impression that the beat
ing that Lipford had administered to
Read was entirely and thoroughly well
deserved.
Judge Norwood began his charge to the
jury at 1:30 o’clock, and a few minutes
before 2 the jury retired. The verdict
for the defendants was reached almost as
soon as the jury reached its room That
the agreement had been so nearly instan
taneous was a surprise to the court spec
tators. though most of them were already
of the opinion that the deliberations of
the jurymen would not consume any very
great length of time. Messrs. Myers and
Fall, against whom the suit was brought,
were the ow’ners at the time of the oc
currence upon which it was based of the
old Electric Hallway Company of Savan
nah.
Remember this: No other medicine has
such a reebrd of cures os Hood’s Sarsa
parilla. When you want a good medicine,
get Hood’s.—ad.
Henlthfnlness Unsurpassed at Wes
leyan Female College, Mneon, Ga.
It is said that among the 250 young la
dies at this institution last year, there
was nor a single case of protracted sick
ness. This speaks volumes for the cli
mate of Macon. For this reason, as well
as because the Wesleyan is- In the fore
front of Southern colleges, the people of
the North are beginning to send their
daughters to this noble old institution.
See the advertisement of the Wesleyan
in this issue of the News.—ad.
For Over Fifty Yenm.
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-five cents a bottle,
—ad.
A Doctor’* Advice Free.
About Teitcrine, Dr. M. L. Fielder of Ec
lectic P. 0., Elmore county, Alabama,
says: “I know It to be a radical cure for
tetter,salt rneum, eczema and all
diseases of the skin and scalp. I never
prescribe anything else in all skin trou
bles.” Send 60c in stamps for a box of if
postpaid, to the manufacturer, J. T. Shup
trlne, Savannah, Ga., if your druggist
doesn't keep it.—ad.
A Itccclvms; Teller.
A receiving teller at a good bank mid
that he was about to get sick. He felt
tired all time; sleep did not refresh
him; felt as If he ought to take vacation.
A pharmacist put him on Graybeard and
two bottles completely overhaul'd him
and made him about as good as new.
Get Graybeard at all drug Ptores. Gray
beard pills ate treasures—2sc the box.
Respess Drug Cos., Proprietors.—ad.
Cider.
We have a nice line of cider In bottles,
pure and genuine, from the celebrated
establishment or Molt & Cos., of New
York.
The Russet Cider and the Crab Apple
Cider are very good. Ltppman Bros., cor
ner Congress and Barnard streets, Sa
vannah, Ga.—ad.
A High-Grade Institution for Ladles.—
Shorter College, Ga. Write for
ad,
WILL FIGHT AUG. 17.
Corcoran nnd Pearce Met and Signed
Their Agreement.
George L. Pearce arrived yesterday,
and the sports are well pleased with h!s
looks. They believe there is a man
matched against Corcoran now who will
give him all he is looking for. Not that
Corcoran hasn’t his admirers and those
who are confident in him still, but Pearce
seems to be more of a man thaif most of
those who have gone up against Tommy
in the past. There are those who have
been pretty true to Corcoran through all.
the fights he has figured in in Savannah,
yet are ready now to put their money on
Pearce.
Pearce seems to have all the confidence
in himself ihnt one could wish. He was
talking with a few of the sporting men
yesterday when one of them remarked
that he believed Corcoran would have an
easy thing. “Bet you anything from a
hundred to a thousand that I’ll lick him,”
remarked and, running his hand
into his pocket, he flashed a roll that
looked good for a thousand. He doesn’t
appear to he in an immediate need of
funds, and that is a sign that the sporting
men like pretty well, as it is a bit of a
change from what -they find themselves
up against as n rule when they attempt
to make a match between fighters.
Corcoran came over Sunday from
Charleston, where he had been at work
on a dredge. He gave up his job in or
der to get in training for his fight. He
nnd Pearce got together yesterday and
had a talk about matters, and they had
a chance to size each other up. Corco
ran seemed about as confident as Pearce.
They have both been up again©! good
ones, and Corcoran says he has had just
as tough propositions to meet as appears
to await him in this case.
The men agreed to fight 25 rounds at
the Theater on Aug 17. They will be
looking for a decision, and it may be con
fidently expected that some fine work
in the fistic line may be seen. Corcoran
is so well known to the sport-loving pub- !
lie that it is useless to say anything '
about the way he force© fighting, stands \
hard knocks and generally makes the |
man in the ring with him look like a
deuce. Pearce is a gentlemanly' looking
chap, taller and a little heavier than Cor
coran. and he look.- as though he will
he able to give a good account of him
•s‘ He proved too much for Jack Mc-
Cullough, who, it will be recalled, won
fiom Corcoran in Savannah on a foul.
Pearce says McCullough was n smooth
fighter, but he didn’t ©com lo be a ole
to stand the gaff. That was just what
those who saw his fight with Corcoran
believed, for he was shifty, and adopted
t.idles that did not please the crowd in
his effort to avoid punishment.
Aug. 17 will doubtless be hot, but it i*
expected that there will be a good crowd
at the Theater, nevertheless. Those who
have taken charge of the arrangements
have had experience in that line, and it
i.- safe to say' that they’ will have no trou
ble in pulling off the bout in the most ap
proved manner. Those who attend may
expect nothing else than the very best
possible arrangements.
CITY BREVITIES.
The rase of Tom Milica. Mike Sola, and
Chandos Ross, charged with the attack
made the night before on John Tanner at
Liberty and Lincoln streets, was up be
fore the Recorder yesterday, but was con
tinued for a hearing later in the week.
The pair of shoes offered hy Mnrks as a
prize in the guessing contest at Barbee
& Bandy's, at Isle of Hope last night, was
won by Mr. Joe Bond on a guess of 235,
Five pounds of candy by Conida will be
the prize in the ladies' guessing contest
Friday night.
Millea, yesterday, in discussing the at
tack. said that there had been bad blood
between himself and friends and Tanner
for some time, but that the meeting Mon
day night was accidental. There would
have been no attack, he said, but for the
vile terms that were applied by Tanner
to himself and friends.
First. it well, keep well by taking
Johnson’s Tonic. If sick, get well by tak
ing Johnson’s Tonic.
Second. Wise men insure their lives;
wiser men insure their health by using
Johnson's Tonic'.
Third. Johnson's Tonic 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's Tonic costs 5b cents
a bottle if it cures. Not a single cent if
it does not.—ad.
To Brunswick mill Return, SI.OO Via
the Plant System, Sundays.
In addition to the Charleston Sunday
excursions, the Plant System are selling
round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on
Sundays only, at rate of $1 00 for the
round trip. Trains leave at 2:10 a. ra. and
6:20 a. m ad.
Before Y'ou Travel
North or West, address the undersigned
for lowest rates to all points via Balti
more and Ohio Railroad (Royal Blue Line),
finest, fastest and safest trains in the
world. Arthur G. Lewis, S. P. A., Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad. (Under At
lantic Hotel.) Norfolk, Va.— ad.
Rhine nn<l Moselle Wines.
The fine French wines in bottles are im
ported direct from the well known house
of Everest, Dupont & Cos., Bordeaux,
France, by Lippmen Bros, of this city.
Llppman Bros, desire to call attention to
the St. Julien brand of claret wine, which
Is very tine, but quite low-priced.
Their Chauteau Leoville is known as one
of the finest claret wines imported to the
United States.
Lippman Bros.’ Importations of Rhine
wines are certainly worth the attention
of connoisseurs. They are from the cele
brated wine grower Martin Deutz of
Fmnkfort-on-the-Main, Germany.
His Bodenheim Rhine wine is very nice
and delicious, but low price.
His Marcobrunner Cabinet, from select
ed grapes, is well worth the attention of
the finest judges of Rhine wine in the city.
His Yohannisburger Cabinet is very deli
cate and rare, and Is perfection of wine
and the finest of all.—ad.
A Itcllclous 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 Sper.cer
Is on every wrapper of every cigar, with
out which none are genuine.
The Herbert Spencer cigars are only sold
by the box of 50, Conchas at $3.50, and
Perfectos, $4.50 at Lippman Bros., whole
sale druggists. Barnard and Congresa
streets, of this city.—ad.
Snnilny Trips ro Brnnaulek Via
Plant System SI.OO,
The Plant System will sell round-trip
t.ckits to Brunswick on Sundays, limited
to date of sale, at rate of SI.OO. Trains J
leave at 2:10 a. m. and 5:20 a. m ad.
To the Mountains.
In the nick of time.
Just when you are yawning and feeling j
tired out and broken down, a bottle of !
Graybeard is better than a trip to the
mountains.
Are you constipated? Take Graybeard
pills. Little treasures—26c 'he box. Rea
pess Drug Cos.. Proprietors.—\d.
—James H. Hyde of New York, vice j
president of an Insurance company, has j
been made a chevalier of the French Le
gion of Honor as a recognition of his ser
vices for the advancement of French lit
erature in this country, ,
$3.75
A FAIR.
IlPginninK 10-niormw Tie will ,el|
the ED\l\ CLAPP and A. E. SET
TI.ETOX MBPS FINEST SHOES, made
at the remarkably lore price of
$3.75 a pair.
In Hark, Tail, Vici and Willow
Calf.
These are the highest price shoes
sold at the LOWEST CIT PRICES in
this city.
17 BROUGHTON ST..WEST.
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Equipped with friction-reducing Barwell Bearings,
only to bz found on the Celebrated Cleveland. The
Cleveland Chaialess is the best Chainless to be had.
YVM. & if. H.
LATTIMORE,
West Congress Street.
NOT ON YOUR TIN
IS THERE A SPECK OF RUST, IF IT
COLMES FROM OUR STOCK.
WE SELL
ANTI-RUST TIN
It Never Will Rust. If it does, come back
and get your money.
It’s only here you get this TIN. We are
exclusive AGENTS, but our prices are
not exclusive at all. In fact, we sell you
ANTI-RUST TIN ns low as you can buy
good quality tin elsewhere, and though on
the Anti-Rust guarantee.
Our s f ock is full and complete. CUT
GLASS. SOLID SILVER, and all the
other articles found in a first-class store.
OUR PRICES ARE LOWEST.
G. W. ALLEN & CO.,
STATE AND BARNARD STS.
No Place
Like Home-
That Is, Where There’s a
Gas
Range.
The kitchen is peri>etu*ally cool and
sweet. The cooking is •done so quickly
that there Is no time for the wails to get
hot. When it is done the fire’s out and
the consumption of fuel is ©topped at
once. There never was such a combina
tion of comfort and economy.
Gas Stoves of every size and variety
can bo purchased here, or we will rent
a Range $1 per month—rent can be ap
plied t 6 purchase.
% MUTUAL
GAS LIGHT COMPANY,
7 and 9 Congress street, west.
BLACK
VELVET
RIBBONS,
Trimming and Belting; wldtha.
The Bee Hive,
St. Julian and
Whitaker Streets.
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