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8 NEW BUILDING AGREED UPON. HANDSOME. STRICTURE WILL RE PLACE THE OLD ACADEMY. Committee* of the Board of Trustee* and thf Board of Education Caine to an Agreement—Both Mr. 1 rban'i l loor. Plan and Hi* Elevation Ac cepted—He AVill Now Draw Plan* and Spec i Beat lon s. and Bill* \% ill Be Advertised for—\rchitectoral Adornment for the Structure— It I* Probable That an Astronomical Observatory Will Snrmount the Building. The commißeta from the board of trus tees of Chatham Academy and the Board of Edocatiot. have agreed upon the build ing that is to take the p.ace of that por tion of the academy destroyed by fire. Both floor plan and elevation have been accepted, the only reservation being that the bids received when plans and specifi cations? have been furnished contractors, shall be within the means of the board of trustees. Mr. Henry Urban is the architect who designed the building. At an informal meeting some days ago, the two commit tees adopted the floor plan he submit ted. and the elevation later drawn by Mr. Urban was accepted at an Informal gath ering of the committeemen in his office. Mr. Urban agreed to go immediately about the work of drawing plans and specifications. It is believed that some three weeks will be required for this v.*ork, after which another two weeks will be required for the advertisement for bids. The bids having been handed in, it is thought but little time will be lost in coming to a decision as to who shall do the work, as both board* are anxious that it be advanced as rapidly as may be* consistent with the best results. The academy muddle now seems to be in a fair way toward settlement. For many months the two boards "were una ble to reach an agreement as to jusi what manner of building should replace Ahat portion of the old academy destroy ed, and public interest wan keen. It was generally desired that a structure, not only well adapted to senool purposes, but with a handsome exterior os well, should be erected, as the locality 4s an important one and is already graced by several im posing buildings. This desire will be re alized. for it is generally conceded <nat the design Mr. Urban furnished contem plates a pleasing exterior as well as com fortable and convenient interior arrange ments. The building will front upon Ogle thorpe avenue. It will be three stories high, and it is probable that the material will be pressed brick with trimmings of etone. The facade will not be an unbrok en line, an there will be a projecting por tion, in the center of which will be the entrance. In this projection, where light and air will be furnished in abundance, will be eix rooms, two on each floor. Sur mounting either end ot the projecting por tion will be*an ornamental gable. The entrance will be a feature of the building. Steps will lead to it from the street, and the children will pass beneath e lofty arch supported by four pillars Some twenty feet back from the entry i* the door that gives access to the build ing. leaving a spacious lobby or recess Above the entrance, running between the two gables mentioned, wi.l an orna mental balustrade, while the entire struc ture will be surmounted by a cupola, the top of which, in all probability, will be used as an observatory. If the plans of the committee can be carried out, the High School telescope, a very fine glass, will be mounted in the observatory. This will be modeled upon the plan of one of the most celebrated in tbe country, a dome being so arranged as to move readily upon rollers. In thl* dome there will be a quadrantal spa*.*? left free, permitting an unobstructed view of the heavens through the telescope. Stairways wi.l lead to the dome, and a rai.lng will inclose a veranda about it. Upon this veranda the High School pupils ATho use the tetescope may gather. The observatory feature is a very desirable one. and it is believed general satisfac tion would be caused if it should be found possible to build it with the funds the trustees will be able to devote to the struc ture. Superintendent Ashmore says he does not know’ of a-public school system in the South that has such an observatory. Many cities in the North and West, he says, have observatories, whence studies of the heavens are made. Mr. Ashmore believe? the addition of the observatory would add to the architectural beauty of the building, as well as completing it educationally, for the Instruction the High School pupils receive in astronomy couid be improved through the agency of such n point of observation. Something of the kind, too is needed for the High School telescope’ which now has to be mounted on the ground when needed. < will be made bet ween the new building and the High School.the only portion of the Academy that remained aft er the fire. The buildings will be Joined to gether. In the new building there will be twenty-four rooms for classes and two for the principals of the schools, Chatham No. l and'Chatham No. 2, which wul oc cupy the Academy. A WASHINGTON MINISTER. Conducted Service* at (he Lutheran Church of the A*cen*ion. Rev. John C. Bowers of Washington, D.‘ C., pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church In that city, conducted both ser vices yesterday nt the Lutheran Church of the Ascension. Mr. Bowers left last night for Washington, after a very pleas ant stay of three days in Bavannah. Fairly large congregations heard Mr. Bower* at both services. In the morning he preached upon the obligations that art owed the church by its members, taking the sixth verse of I’saim 118. “Let all the people say amen," as his text. At ihe evening service, his sermon was fro.n the text, John 18:40, “Barrabbas was a robber.” The pastor of the Church of the Ascen sion. Rev. L>r. W. C. Schaeffer. will leave to-morrow for Norlh Carolina upon ills vacation. He will be gone until about the middle of September. During his absence his pulpit will be filled by Rev. J. W. Neaee of Rffingham county. LIBIT. MAHER TO LEAVE, Popular Coin in a nilcr of the Tybee Ordered on Sea Duty. Lieut. Georg© B. Maher, of the revenue cutter service, who has been stationed ot Savannah for the last several years In command of the revenue cutter Tybee, has been ordered on sea duty. This news will be received with great regret by the many friends of Lieut. Maher here, to whom be has endeared himself by many courtesies and acta of kindness, Lieut. Maher is now North with his family on a vacation. He has not yet been assigned, but will call at Washing ton for orders. He will return to Savan. nah before departing for his new station. The little Tybee will hardly seem like the same boat without her popular com mander. *■♦* t The Plant Byetem excursion train to Charleston leaves Savannah at 6:20 a. m Sundays ; tickets are sold at one dollar for the round trip.—ad. MRS. CHARLES ELLIS DEAD. Panned Away Vraterday Afternoon After n Long Hines*. Mrs. Clara M. Ellis died late yester day afternoon at her residence, No. 105 Oglethorpe avenue, east, after a lingering illness. In her death Savannah loses one of the noblest of the w’omen, who have devoted themselves to all manner of char ities and eleemosynary works, and she will be mourned, not only by relatives and friends, but by the many who have been the beneficiaries of the aid that has been given through the societies and organiza tions with w'hich she has been connected. 9 The birthplace of Mrs. Ellis was Little Falls, Herkimer county, New York, and her maiden name was Clara Myers. She was born in 1833 and resided until her young womanhood in New’ York. Her health becoming impaired, she removed to Apalachicola, Fla., where she was mar ried in 1854 to the late Mr. Charles Ellis. In 1866 Mr. and Mrs. Ellis came to Sa vannah. Mrs. Ellis was a member of Christ Church, and her interest in the affairs o? the parish was always marked. Upon her coming to Savannah, she identified herself with the church, and never did she swerve from the path that conscience dictated as the right and proper one for her to follow. To do good was her chief aim, and thousands have been aided through her instrumentality and those who have worked with her. Mrs. Ellis held many office* in the Christ Church societies. At the time of her death she was vice president of the Bishop Elliott Society, in which she had always manifested the greatest pride. She was president, too. of the Diocesan Society. An enumeration of the religious and charitable works in which she was engaged would embrace practically all connected with Christ Church, but it may b? noted that her desire for the advance ment of the cause of the Master was so great that she strove for the dissemina tion of the* Word, organizing and conduct ing weekly a Bible cla9 for ladiea at her home. Two sons and two daughters survive Mrs. Ellii. The daughters are Miss Mary L Ellis and Mrs. P. A. Waring, and the sons arc Mr. Charles Ellis and Mr.-Fred erick H. Ellis, the latter of Chicago They have the sympathy of many friends extended them in their bereavement. The funeral wiN take place thte after noon et 5:30 o’clock, from the late resi dence. The interment W’ill be at Bona venture. AN OUNCE OF LAUDANUM. \. G. Hnbliard’s Close Call With the Deadly Drug. An attempt to commit suicide by tak ing laudanum was made yesterday morn ing about 9 o’clock, by a w hite man named A. G. Hubbard, a w’heelwright, employed, it i? said, by Mr. T. A. Ward. The man drank, it is thought, an ounce of the liquid and had taken it about an hour before the fact was discovered. When the discovery was made he was token by Patrolman Cameron to the office ot Dr. Frederic Wahl, No. 150 West Broad street. When he reached the office the effects of the drug were so pronounced that the doctor would not send him to the hospital, for fear that he would die on the way, but immediately started to work or. him with the remedies usual to such cases. Only by hard and continued work was the mans life saved, the doctor treating him almost continuously from the time that he was brought to the office until 9 o’clock last night, when he was pro nounced out of danger, and sent home in an ambulance. Hubbard was utiable to talk about the matter last night, and no one else was able to give any reason for the act that so nearly cost him his life. SMASHED A WINDOW. Vpparpnt Attempt to Hob Store of YVftlnh * Meyer. An attempt to enter the store of Walsh & Meyer was made last night, probably about 9 o’clock. The thief forced open the window in the rear of the store in Con gress street lane and smashed the inner glass window, but was probably fright ened away before he could secure any thing, os no part of the stock was missing when an examination was made. The open window attracted the atten tion of Patrolman Frank T. Wail, who at first supposed that it had been opened from the inside hy someone in the store, but a closer examination showed him the broken glass, so he at once entered the store and searched It,wt>ut failed to find any further sign of the burglar or bur giars. The proprietors of the store were noti fied and Miss Meyer came down. She thinks that none of the stock was taken and that the would-be burglar was prob ably frightened away before he could make a haul. THE FATHER ARRESTED. J. n. York Charged With Kidnapping His Own Child. An attempt 10 kidnap the child of Mrs. J. B. York is the charge that was entered at the barracks against two white men who were arrested by Patrolman Lovett yesterday morning. The men are J. B. York, the father of the child, and Ed. Harrison. The charge was preferred by Mrs. York, who states that the men came to the house and would have taken (he child, a baby less than two years old, but for the timely in terference of herself. The attempt to secure the child by the father is the result of family differences, which none of the persons concerned cared to discuss. Mrs. York did sav. however, that the effort was merely the result of spite, while York maintains that he lias a right to the child, and says, furthermore, that he Intends to have it. The case will be heard before the re corder this morning. THE CENTRAL’S EARNINGS. | Excellent Shooing Mnde for the Third YYeek of .Vuly. The earnings of the Central of Georgia Railway for the week ending the third week of July were *134,565, against *97,728 for the corresponding week last year, and *3,293,849 from Jan. 1 to the end of the third week of July, against *2.898,973 for the corresponding period of last year. It has been a noticeable fact that the earnings of American railways for the isisf few months have shown excellent gains, and the Central stands well among those which have attracted attention in this regard. The business of the rood seems to have picked up a great deal, due In a large measure to the prosperity among the farming classes, and the con sequent benefit to the railroads in the movement of crops. As the movement of the cotton crop Is near at hand it is very probable that the Central's good showing from the movement of the fruit crop* will continue to be reflected In the movement of cotton. To Brunswick ana Return, gi.no Via the Flant System, Sundays. In addition to the Charleaton Sunday excursions, the Plant System are selling round-trip tickets to Bru>iawlck, good on Sundays only, at rata of *I.OO for the round trip. Trains lsavs at 2;10 a. m. and >1:20 a. m.—ad. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1900. MOTORMAN VARNADO DEAD. WOUNDS PROVED FATAL LATE YES TERDAY AFTERNOON. Hl* Dying Statement Secured by Cor oner Goette—Seahrovk Hay*, the Murderer, Still at Large, but Every Effort Being Made to Secure Hi* Arre*t—A Reward of SIOO Offered by tbe Street Hallway Company. Hl* Brother, Joneph Hay*, Arrest ed, but Denies Any Knowledge of the Crime—lnqnest May Be Held To-day. Lucius B. Yarnado, the motorman who was shot by Seabrook Hays Saturday nigh at Sandfly station, died at the Sa vannah Hospital yesterday afternoon at 6:45 o’clock. The dead man’s brother-in law and his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Eddy of this city, were with him w’hen he died. H4s wife, who is in Walterboro, S. C., could not be reached by w’ire at the time of the shooting, nor yesterday, and will hardly get here before this af ternoon. Coroner Goette was notified of Varna dos death last night, and will probably hold an inquest to-day. The funeral ar rangements have not yet been made. Yarnado, Mr. H. M. Lofton, manager of the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope road, said yesterday, was one of the best men in the company’s em ploy. and his loss is very much regretted by the company, which has offered a re ward of SIOO for the capture* of his player. The murderer turns out to be, not Jas per Hays, as was at first reported, but his brother, Seabrook Hays. That Seabrook Hays has not yet been captured is no fault of the dead man’s friends, particularly the motormen and the conductors of the road. Early yester day morning about twenty or twenty-five of Yarnado' companions secured a spe cial Jar and went out to the scene of the shooting to search for the assailant. The woods in the neighborhood and the houses where it was thought the fugitive might have been secreted were searched thor oughly, but without avail. While the men were still at the station Jasper Hay3, who was then thought to be the man wanted, came up. He was Immediately covered with pistols, guns and rifles, with which the crowd was well provided, and ordered to throw up his hands. Some of the crowd were for dealing him summary punishment at once, but the thoroughly frightened ne gro managed to explain that he was not the man that had done the shooting. He further told the crowd that Seabrook Hays was the one they were looking for, and that he had met him about half a mile down the Montgomery road a short time after the shooting, end that he w’as then headed toward Savan nah. The crowd brought taeir prisoner with them back to the city and then made him take them to all of the places that he thought his brother likely 10 be, or to visit, while In the city. Seabrook has been the driver for Dr. R. B. Harris and had been living, when he stayed in Savannah, in a house in Gordon street lane, between Drayton and Abercorn streets, with a woman named MoKeever. The stables of Dr. Harris, in Perry street lane, were searched, and then a visit was made to the house of the woman. Both this and a neighbor ing one, that is occupied by a friend of Hays, was searched, but without result. The searchers were convinced that if Hays was not in the house he was some where in the immediate vicinity, and they scattered pickets on all of the comers and at every avenue of escape, and kept (hem there until convinced that the man was not to be found. About daylight the McKeever woman, another woman and a man were seen on Drayton street, near Gordon. They were immediately halted. The man proved to he not the one want ed, and Ihe other woman shotved that she had no connection with the matter, and both were allowed to go, but Mc- Keever, who is thought to know some thing about the whereabouts of Hays, or, at least, his plans for escape, was turn ed over. together with Jasper Hays, to Patrolman Tom Murphy, who had been aiding the men in their search. They were taken to the barracks, and later to the jail, where they now are. When searched at the barracks Jasper Hays was found to have a razor and a billy. When seen by a Morn ing News reporter at the jail yesterday afternoon, Jasper told whet he claimed to be all that he knew of the matter, He had been to a dance on the Montgomery road, he said, but the dance had been broken up early, and he and n companion had decided to go to another one held at a house near Isle of Hope To reach this place they would have to go by Sandfly Station. When within about three-quarters of s mile of the sta tion he had heard the pistol shots, and shortly after, met his brother walking hurriedly tow'ard lown. He asked him about the matter and was told that “Mr. Varnado” had ehot at him twice, and that he had shot IMr. Varnado. “Then,” said Jasper, “he went on and I went to the dance.” It was while returning from this dance that Hays was held up by the crowd that had gone to the scene of the shooting. Asked if his brother was wounded. Jasper said that he did not appear to be wounded, nor had he said anything about 11. Coroner Goette secured an antl-mortem statement from Varnado, in which the dying man gave an account of the shoot ing. practically as published in yester day's Morning News. II is possible that a post mortem will be held. Varnado re ceived two bullets in the abdomen, be sides the one in the right forearm. The two in the abdomen entered Close to gether in the left side, one coming out close to the spine and (he other lodging in the left hip. Both cut the intestines and helped to bring about dissolution. PRISONERS FROM DARIEN.. Hatch of Five nrnught Ip by Deter t five Stark. Five negro prisoners were brought from Darien yesterday by Detective Stark and were lodged in the county Jail. The super intendent of police said that he knew nothing of the crime with which the men are charged, or why they were brought to the city, and the detective and the county authorities are equally reticent. It is thought that the men were arrested as being implicated In the shooting of a while man named Arthur Hamilton, a longshoreman of Darien, who was shot and killed last Monday, it Is thought by striking wharf laborers. The men were probably brought here to prevent any ef fort by their friends for their rescue. SPARKS FROM A CHIMNEY. Made Tronhle for Firemen From No. 1 on Arnold Street. The firemen at No. 1 engine house on Broughton street were called out at 2:26 p. m., yesterday by a telephone alarm. The blaze was found in ihe roof of a house at 235 Arnold street, owned by Mr. V. Bashler. and occupied by Francis Ba con. colored. The fire was caused by sparks from the chimney. I The blaze was a lively one in a small way, and the firemen had to cut through the roof to get at it. Two hand extin guishers and a few buckets of water put on end to the trouble. The damage will not exceed *SO. Chair cars on Plant System excursions to Charleston every Sunday; engage your seats on Saturday# at the Da Soto Hotel eiicket office.—a 4 RECEIPTS OF FRI IT. Panning of the Georgia Crop Will be Followed by That From Away. Fruits that usually come to market about this time from outside the state have stood aside while the markets have been glutted with the finest of peaches, plums, pears, grapesand other fruits which grow in this section. However, it is not yet time for fruits to arrive from abroad and from other states, though shipments will begin to reach the local market in the course of the neat ten days. In speaking of the arrival of outside fruits, a commission man said yesterday, he expected apples from New York would be the next fruit offered in large quanti ties in the local market. Apples not only come from New’ York, but all the New England states produce them in abund ance. Pennsylvania also ships large quantites to the South yearly. Apples are also grown in immense quantities throughout the West, and particularly in Missouri, where special attention is given to the growing of this fruit. The fact that the apples can be more easily shipped than the overage fruit, and is more easi ly preserved in transit, makes it a desir able crop, bofh for growers desiring to ship to a distance, and also to commission men. With the proper care in packing and providing ventilation to packages, it is said apples can be kept longer than any other article of a perishable nature handled by commission houses. It will be several days before the Geor gia crop of grapes is exhausted. They are being received in fair quantities just now. and are finding pretty good sale at sixty cents per carrier of four baskets to the carrier. Little has been heard yet from the ba nana crop, which wMI begin to arrive later in the season. For a long time there' has been talk of establishing a line of sailing vessels to bring the fruit from South American ports direct to Savannah instead of carrying it from those coun tries to New York, and there handling and rehipping south. A local firm has been considering the question of direct shipment of bananas, but they have not yet received sufficient assurance of suc cess to warrant them In undertaking an enterprise of this kind. One of the main draw’backs to testing it last year was un derstood to be the shortage of the crop. It was not thought advisable to under take to get business for additional ves sels, when those vlslUng South American ports were not able to\ obtain first-class cargoes. If the conditions are better this year it may be effort* will be made to do something in this direction. In the event fruits were brought to Savannah direct, it is possible this w’ould develop into a supply center of import ance. and that receipts would be auc tioned at the wharves the same as is done* in New York and other ports. Occasion ally email schooners arrive here from Nas sau with fruit, and in every instance the cargoes have been sold promptly to local dealers. One great convenience was found to be the nearness of the wharves to the majority of commission houses. THEY WALKED TO TYBEE. Six Y’onng Atlnntiana Who Tried to Bent Their Way. Some excitement was caused on the re turning Tybee trains yesterday afternoon, by the report that six tramps, who had been put off one of the morning trains, were expected to board the trains for the purpose of returning to the city. The presence of a Central Railroad policeman or the trains seemed to bear the story out. Supt. Saussy, when asked about the re port, said that six young white men, who had no tickets, and who refused to pay their fare, had been put off the noon train by the conductor. The men were put off between the 8 and 9 mile posts, he said, and made no trouble about get ting off. Two of them, however, at tempted to board a rear car while the train was in motion, and were compelled to jump with the result that they rolled down the embankment. The men afterwards walked to Tybee, and ii was probably the threats they made then of what they would do in revenge for ihe treatment they had received that caused the reports of probable trouble later. It was also said that the men had fired shots at a train returning from the island, and the police were seeking to ar rest them on this account. /> Supt. Saussy said that no shots had been fired, and that the men in question had attempted to give no further trouble so far as he knew. He had simply de cided after receiving Che report from the conductor of the noon train, to have the men arrested and presented to the court as vagrants, and the policeman at the de pot had been put on the trains for this purpose, hut without being able to locate the parties. Unless the would-be free travelers walk back to the city they will very likely be arrested. The young men are said to have been tvell dressed and to hail from Atlanta. They probably came down on the excursion Saturday. MAY BE SEN ATOR SMILEY. A Hot Content on in the Second Sena torial District. The selection of delegates by Mclntosh county Saturday to the Second District Senatorial Convention, who are believed to be favorable to Hon. David A. Smiley, probably settles the contest in that dis trict In favor of Mr. Smiley. A report of the action of Mclntosh county was giv en in yesterday's Morning News. Avery hot contest has been, waging in the district for this honor for some time pash It is Liberty's turn to name the senator and the two candidates from that county are Hon. John S. Warned and Hon. David A. Smiley, both prominent citizens of the county. A primary was held in Liberty last week by- militia districts to settle this question. There are eleven districts in the county, each being entitled to four vote* in the county oonvAtlon. The convention was held at Hinesville Friday when it devel oped that each candidate had carried five districts, with one district. Hinesville, con tested. On the face of the returns War nell had carried Hinesville by three votes, but Smiley's friends claimed that six il legal votes had been cast there. After some warm discussion in the con vention it was decided to leave the decision of the matter to the delegates from the other two counties. Tattnall county has already named delegates to the conven tion. four in number, of whom three are said to be for Wamell and one for Smi'ey. There are a number of warm contests on in the senatorial districts throughout the state and considerable bitterness is being aroused in some of them. Mark Twain's old story of a man who had previously been considered a respectable citizen flnd ing himself charged with everything from sheep stealing to grave robbing when he became a candidate for office, is being al most literally verified In some of the dis tricts. ••Delays Are Dangerons.” A smsJl pimple on your fsee may seem of little consequence, but it shows your blood la Impure, and impure blood is what causes most of the diseases from which people suffer. Better heed the warning given by the pimple and purify your blood at once by taking Hood's Sars'apa rlila. This medicine cures all diseases due to hsd blood, including scrofula and salt rhet m. The non-irritating cathartic—Hood’s Fills.— a a. A MILLION AND A QUARTER. mo iycrease ix tax vum or PROPERTY IX CHATHAM COI'XTY. Expected Tliat Tux Diktat Will Sh<m the Inerraie Indicated, or Will Approach It Very Closely—This ix Three Timex the Inereaxe for 1 NWt Over Tax Receiver Dillon Hax Bern al Work for Weeki on Hlx illgext and the End Ix in Sight. Y arloux Inflnrncex Have Worked to Produee the Inereaxe—lt Runs All Alone the Line. The tai values of property in Chatham county, as shown by the digest of Tax Receiver John R. Dillon, tvill exceed those for last by an amount that will cicsely approach u million and a quarter of dollars. This is about three times as much as the increase for 1899 over 1898. When the digest was closed last year and the final work of adding and compar ing Its long columns of figures was com pleted, on increase of $258,905 over the tax values for 1898 was shown. This was the apparent Increase, but to this was to be added about $140,000. the value of the extensive purchases on Hutchinson's Isl and by the Seaboard Air Dine Railway, for which the returns were made direct ly to the controller general of the state, and not through the county receiver of tax returns. With this addidon the In crease for the year was about $398,000. That of this year will be a substantial one indeed. As it will amount to more than one-thirtieth of the returns for the county. It may serve to authorize the County Commissioners to decrease lite rate of taxation, a change that would be very acceptable to the people of Chat ham. Capt. Dillon hae been hard at work, with several assistants, upon the digest for the past four or five weeks, and it is now upon the verge of completion. While there are finishing touches to be put here and there and additions and comparisons still to be made, the great bulk of the really enormous labor that is involved has been virtually gone through with, and the end [s close in sight. It may very likely be that it will be reached this afternoon or to-night. The increase cUnnot be accounted for In any one way- or by any one theory. There have been no quasi-public works of large magnitude to which it may be at tributed, for the only work of this charac ter that has been done during the year is the construction of the Seaboard termi nals on Hutchinson’s Island and these im provements will not be returned for taxa tion until the buildings and wharves hove >een finished. The increase is rather to be ascribed to the establishment of large and small manufacturing plants in va rious parts of the county, to the natural and healthy growth in the value of real estate and other property, increased hold ings ofseeurities and to a variety of other conditions of the like general character. Save in the single matter of the default tax list, It is believed that almost every column of the digest will show an in crease over last year. For some reason the defaulters of 1899 were very numerous and the failure to make their returns cost some of them double taxes. The energy wltn which delinquent taxes were collected by the joint efforts of Tax Collector Mc- Gowan and Sheriff Sweeny, probably serv ed to convince those who had been thus forgetful last year that it was not well lo dally with the county apd they there fore kept their memories jogged and put in their returns in time. That there is a decrease in the number of defaulters and the amount of taxes they failed to return is a matterofno regret to Capt. Dillon. It is understood that the returns of colored property owners show a substantial in crease. \ Capt. Dtllion will turn over his office to his successor after a most prosperous and successful year in the history of the county. He has every reason to fee! satisfied with the showing that he will be able to make of the county's financial condition, as exemplified In the Increase in taxable values, an Increase that speaks nearly as much for hts diligent attention to and knowledge, of his duty, a6 it does for the prosperity of the citizens of Chat ham. STIDY OF THE BIBLE. Hev. Mr. free nt Daffy .Street Baptist Yesterday. Rev. A. L. Cree of Louisville preached at both the morning and evening services at the Duffy Street Baptist Church yesterday. The evening sermon was preached from the text John 5:39 "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me.” This text was the answer, he said, that Christ had given the Pharisees and Sa ducees. It was of a sarcastic vein and a fitting rebuke to the exponents of a re ligion that has been so choked by the growth of priestly pedantry and Rabbini cal tradition that it no longer bore much semblance of what it was originally. To day there is the same tendency among the people, a growing tendency to neg lect the pages of God’s truth for the writ ings of man. Nor is the tentenoy confined only to the lay members of the church; the Sunday school teachers are coming more and more to rely for all information and instruc tion on the questions furnished in the school quarterly, and among the minis ters the tendency is equally pronounced to rely upon the many commentaries on the Bible instead of the Bible itself. "I do not disparage these works, the commentaries and other theological works," said Mr. Cree. “Get from them all the help that you can, but let not these books take the place of the word of God, for only by it can we hope for light by which to guide our feet. Read the Bible, and what Is more, study it. There Is a great difference between reading and studying. "Foolish you would call the man who tried to live on one meal e day, yet many n man is trying to feed his soul on one meal a week, and even that not at first hand, but received through tfte preacher Shoukl you starve to death the body you would be condemned by God as a suicide. Yet what of the soul? Think how much more of a sin it must be in the sight of the Almighty to starve the soul. "I bring to you to-night the bread of life; eat and you shall be strong in the knowledge and faith of Jesus Christ. There are some people, and I am sorry that I should have to say it. who have too much faith In God. They buy a fam ily Bible, and putting it In a prominent place, expect, through that act alone, to save both themselves and their families. A similar case is that of the young man who Is given a Bible by his mother. It is stowed away in a dark corner unused, dusty and forgotten, and yet he expects that it will have a good Influence on his life. Fire must have fuel, man must have food, and the soul must have the word of God. It is from the sacred Scriptures that is struck the spiritual spark that lißhts our feet to God. Get the spirit of God; gel the hidden meaning of the word of God. and so hind them together in your soul that they will never leave you.” To the Mountains. In the nick of time. Juzt when you are yawning and feeling tired out and broken down, a bottle of Greybeard la belter than a trip to the mountains. Are you constipated? Take Greybeard Pills- Little treazurea—36c the box. Bea oeaa Drug Cos, Proprletw. l ad. TRIAL WILL BE IXTEHEOTIXG. Salt Ygainst Mrs. Anna C. Wood bridge in the City Coart. The case of A. E. Drought, suing for the use of E. B. Drought, against Mrs. Anna C. Woodbridge, will be resumed in the City Court before Judge Norwood and a jury at 10 o'clock this morning. The trial was begun on Thursday and was then continued until this morning. When the case was on trial Thursday there was nothing adduced that marked it as being of particular interest or im portance. The plaintiff is suing the de fendant upon six promissory notes, amounting in the aggregate to several thousand dollars and bearing Interest since the early '9o's. The time of the court was taken up in the consideration of preliminary motions, one made by Judge H. D. D. Twiggs of counsel for the plaintiff, being to direct a verdict for his client. This motion was argued by Judge Twiggs and by Mr. W. R. Leaken, who represented the defendant, and Judge Norwood overruled it. It is understood that with the intro duction of the evidence of the defendant the character of the trial will be mate rially changed and matters of interest will be the order of the day. The de fense that will be made will be a novel and interesting one, the general attrac tiveness of which will be increased by the fact that plaintiff ahd defendant were once very much fonder of each other than is apparently the case at present. A number of letters, written by the par ties to each other, are in the posseesion of counsel, and some of these are to be offered In evidence. A number of them manifest a very strong degree of attach ment, and are filled with tender terms of affection and endearment. Mrs. Woodbridge, the defendant, is the widow of the late Richard D. Wood bridge, formerly of Savannah, end is con nected with a number of the prominent families of this city and this section of the state. At the time of the occurrences upon which the suit is based, she was a resident of Florida and still resides in that state. On the ground of her non residence an attachment has been sued out against her, and has been levied on her Interest in the estate of Miss Flor ence Bryan, a ward of the Court of Or dinary, who died some months ago. POLICE H.4YE LIVELY’ TIME. Prisoner Fight* Patrolman Jernl nn. O. Jansen, white, was arrested last night by Patrolman Stafford on a charge of striking John Halborsen. Patrolman Jernigan arrested a woman at East Broad and Broughton streets on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. She refused to go in without a struggle, and in the fight that she gave the officer tore away his watch chain. At the bar racks she refused to give her name. Mary Chaplin, colored, arrested by Pa trolman Stafford; Freeman Bines, col ored, arrested by Detective Murphy, and Wm. and Welthy Brown, arrested by the same officer, were all arrested for disor derly conduct, and in each case the fur ther charge of resisting the arresting offi cer was made. The Future of the Jews. The Twentieth Century Prophet on the Future of the Jews. An inspired book by an Inspired writer and healer. Price 10 cents. For sale at Esttll's News Depot, No. 43 Bull street. Savannah, Ga.—ad. First. If 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 1 . 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’s Tonic costs 50 cents a bottle if it cures. Not a single cent if it does not.—ad. The summer is passing, have you taken in the Plant System Sunday excursions to Charleston? One dollar for the round trip, —ad. Sunday Trips m Brunswick Via Plant System #I.OO. ' The Plant System will sell round-trip tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited to date of sale, at rate of SI.OO, Trains leave at 2:10 a. m. and 5:20 a. m —ad. A Receiving Teller. A receiving teller at a good bank said that be was about to get sick. He felt tired all time; sleep did not refresh him: felt as if he ought to take vacation. A pharmacist put him on Graybeard and two bottles completely overhauled him and made him about as good as new. Get Graybeard at all drug stores. Grey beard pills are treasures—2sc the box Respess Drug Cos.. Proprietors.—ad. P. P. F., a wonderful medicine; it gives an appetite; it Invigorates and strength ens. P. P. P. cures rheumatism and all pains In the side, back and shoulders, knees, hips, wrists and joints. P. p. p’ cures syphilis in all its various stages! old ulcers, sores and kidney complaint, p P. P. cures* catarrah, eczema, erysipelas all skin diseases and mercurial poisoning P. P. P. cures dyspepsia, chronic female complaints and broken-down constitution and loss of manhood. P. P. P. the best blood purifier of the age. has made more permanent cures than all other blood rem edies. L,ippman Bros., sole proprietors, Savannah. Ga.—ad ewer. We have a nice line of cider In bottles, pure and genuine, from the celebrated establishment of Mott & Cos., of New York. The Russet Cider end the Crab Apple Cider are very good. Llppman Bros., cor ner Congress and Barnard streets. Sa vannah. Ga.—ad. Abbott’s East India Com Paint cures every time; It takes off the com: no pain; cures warts and bunions and is conceded to be a wonderful corn cure. Sold by all druggists.—ad. A Delicious Smoke. The Herbert Spencer Is an elegant cigar and Is truly a delightful enjoyment to inhale the fumes of this fine tobacco; tl Is exhilarating and delicious. Bee 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 aold by Ihe box of 60. Conchae at 13.50, and Perfectos, 34 60 at Llpptnan Bros., whole sale druggists, Barnard and Congress streets, of this ©tty.—ad. American Whiskies. Llppman Brothers carry In stock tba moat noted brands. Antediluvian Is a celebrated whiskey bottled by Usborne of New York, ar.a are sale in saying it 1* one of the beat whiskies to the city. The Peoria Bye Whiskey, bottle In bond by Clark Bros, of Peoria, 111., ts also a One whiskey. The Peerless whiskey, bottled In bond at Hendersonville, Ky„ being under the su pervision of 4he United States government insuring purity and strength. Llppman Bros, are wholesale druggists, but they Intend to retail these fine whis kies ad. For Over Fifty Years. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup hit been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain cures wind colic, and is th* best remedy for Diarrhoea. Twenty-flva cents a bon Is. —ad. Chain, or Chamless. Wm. & H. H. Lattimore. We Continue This Week Our Great Sale of Ladies’ Underwear Xnd other summer goods. Remember the c are high grade goods at very low’ prices. LADIES* UNDERWEAR. Ladies’ Night Gowns of fine muslin. Ladies’ Night Gowns of fine cambric, in the ever popular Empire etyle. Ladies’ Night Gowns of extra fine cam bric; charming styles, to please the most critical taste. Trimmed in the daintiest, prettiest and cleverest way, with lace and insertings. Ladies’ Skirtr. made of special mualin, with lace and Hamburg ruffle. Ladies’ Skirts 6t fine muslin, with three rows of neat lace insertion and handsome w ide lace edge. Corset Covers, made for us, of good muslin, all felled seams, may be had in high or low’ neck. Corset Covers of cambric, felled seims, lace trimmed, worth nouble what we ask. Corset Covers, French style, very fine soft cambric, finished in finest style. Ladies’ Drawers of fine muslin, wide umbrella ruffle, lace edges. Ladies’ Drawers of fine muslin, full cut and splendidly made. A great assortment and very low price* LACES AND EMBROIDERIES At Special Figure* for Thi* Week. Our stock is very complete and includes: Fine French Valenciennes Lace Edges and Insertions. Nottingham Allovers, striped and scroll designs. Lace Allovers. Ecru and White Oriental, also Black Chantilly Laces. Swiss ond Cambric Embroideries, all best work, fast edges. Fine Cambric Embroideries? Pretty Openwork and Fine Cambric Edges, suitable for skirt trimming. AJlover Cambric Embroideries. LADIES* NECKWEAR. All Silk Band Bow Ties, colors only. Puff Ties, colors or black. Fancy Silk and Rumchunda Imperial Ties. Rumchunda "Bat Wing” Ties. Embroidered and Lawn Ties. Ruchinge, all colors. HANDKERCHIEFS. Embroidered, scalloped and hemstitched fine Cambric Handkerchiefs. Ladies* All Linen Hemstitched Hand kerchiefs. Men's All Linen Hemstitched Unlaun dered Handkerchiefs. Men’* All Linen Initial H. S. Handker chiefs. We want you to come and see our prices. LADIES* HOSIERY. Special bargains in Misse*’ Black Riche lieu Ribbed Hose 15c; worth 30c. Bargain Ladks' Black Lisle Lace Hose 25c; worth 35c. Bargain Ladies’ Black Lisle Lace Hos* 69c; worth SI.OO. Bargain Ladies* Black Lisle Hose, silk polka dot, 47c; worth 75c. Bargain Ladies’ Polka Dot and Fancy Striped Hose 19c and 25c. TOWELS. A 50c Towel for 25c. Fine Large White and Colored Border* Damask Townie only 25c. MEN’S UNDERWEAR, MEN’S NECKWEAR, MEN’S HALF HOSB, AT ABOUT ONE-HALF ITS VALUE. Gents’ Half Hose, regular 50c, this week 25 cents. Gents’ Half Hose, regular 35c, this week 19 cents. Gents’ Fancy Half Hose, regular 30c. this week 13c. Daniel Hogan, The corner Broughton and Barnard st*. lawn,. Jmv; HOSE AND KEELS. ; EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS, : 113 Broughton Street, West. SEED RYE. TEXAS RED R. P. SEED OATS. HAY, GRAIN, FEED, FLOUR, ETC. LEMONS. Vegetable* and Produce. Sen Crop B. E. and Cow Pe* 1 * W. D. SIMKINB & CO.