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HAYES CHANGED HIS STORY.
COXFESSBD HE SPENT SATI RD 4 V
MC.HT AND SIN DA V IN THE CITY.
Tolil thr Offlcprs Who Uretnl Him
He Stmck Out Directly fr Butler**
House After the ( oiujiilmloii of the
Crime, hut Amended Hi* Tune
When Told Joe Lloyd Hud Been Ar
rested hud Conte**ed—Sti>po***l He
Told Fire! Story to shield Lloyd
and That ill* Foolhardy Step in
lteniaininu < loe to C ity Wa Due
to n Desire to See His* teennipllce.
Under the Influence of certain facts
that were borne in upon him yesterday,
Seaborn Hayes, the murderer of Motor
man Lucius B. Varnadoe, loosened his
Conguc ootk-idtrably. and made some ma
terial changes in the story of his actions
subsequent :o the homicide he tyd told
the arresting officers on the preceding
night.
The principal fact that induced
Hayes to change his statement made to
Sorgt. Be ugh n and the others of Che posse,
was that Joe Lloyd, the negro boy who is
charged with being his accomplice, is also
a prisoner, and has given to the detec
tives a detailed story of his-'connection
with the case. As the story Cold by Lloyd
makes his otvr, chances look exceedingly
black, it is scarce possible to believe that
he told it only for the purpose of creating
a e?e>,ation. As it did not accord with
Hayes' story of his movements, he was
shrewd enough to see that it was the pari
ol wisdom to make some modifications In
what he had previously said.
He did, and confirmed Lloyd's state
ment of the aftermath of the tragedy with
almost, perfect exactness. He said that
after the shooting he and Lloyd had walk
ed into town, separating on the. outskirts
of the city, and had afterward met at
the room of Edward Gardner, where they
spent the night. He stayed in this room,
eatd Hayes, all of Sunday, and late Sun
day night had begun the trip to the
bouse of Butler, near the Ogeechee road,
where he was captured. He had reached
Butler's house early Monday morning and
Lad remained there continuously until he
fell Into the trap laid for him by Sergt.
Baughn and his party.
Just why Hayes undertook to tell the
unnecessary lie he did tell those who ar
rested him must remain a matter of
pome doubt. This was to the effect that
he never came to the city after the shoot
ing, but put out directly through the
woods for the house of Butler. He told
Sergt. Baughn that he had reached his
place of concealment on Sunday morn
ing.
While the explanation of Hayes’ motive
for this story cannot be given definitely.
It is probable that it was inspired by an
effort to iffiield Lloyd, who is confessedly
his accomplice. He did not know until
yosterday that Lloyd had been arrested
and had confessed to his share in the
commission of the crime, and until he
was assured of this fact the murderer held
to the story he had first *old.
It is believed that Hayes’ desire to re
open communications with his accomplice
Is at the bottom of his otherwise inex
plicable foolhardiness in remaining with
in a few miles of the city, after the com
mission of the crime, and when he must
have known that the entire county was
•rooised and on his track. Lloyd’s story
Iw.B It that after he and Hayes ran out
into the darkness, after Varnadoe had
been shot, there was a hurried consulta
tion by the side of the track.
“Are you going to stand by me. Joe?”
Hayes is said to have asked Lloyd.
“I’ll stand by you unti-i death. Seab.”
Lloyd quotes himself as having replied,
rd this promise he frequently reasserted
find emphasized on the way to the city.
Lloyd is reported to have said he told j
Hayes, that had he hod a pistol at the
time he was forced off the car. he would i
have killed Mr. T. J. Dfvvis, who was a |
leader in the ejectment. “Then, “said he l
to Hayes, “-there would, have been two
murderers instead of one.”
It is upon theee extracts from Lloyd's
statement that the detectives predicate
their explanation of Hayes’ failure t>
leave the vicinity of the city. They be
lieve him to have been inspired oy
senfe of loyalty to the man who was
•with him when the crime was committed
and the story he told when he was arrest
ed. on Saturday night and that he per
sisted in until he was told that Lloyd had
also been arrested and confessed, gives
confirmation to the theory.
If Hayes was inspired by such senti
ment. Lloyd, whether through weakness
or lack of loyalty in his own heart, has
but ill repaid the trust. He has told the
de-tectlves about everything he knows of
the circumstances of the homicide, with
a minute attention to detail that gives
bis story the outward semblace of being
perfectly true. Apparently he has no'
attempted to shield himself, but has made
of himself an accomplice and accessory
before the fact.
Eiuring the morning Hayes was anxious
enough to talk and he made a confident
of pretty everyone about the station house,
who manifested any desire whatever-Ic
talk with him. In the afternoon, how
ever. he was visited by his attorney, Mr.
B. L. Coldina:. and was instructed to keep
a tight hold on his tongue. He followed
rthte Injunction strictly and when he was
seen by a Morning News reporter an
nounced that he had nothing to say. To
repeated inquiries he returned the same
answer—that his counsel had instructed
him not to discuss any facts in connec
tion with the case.
Josh Butler, the man who shielded Hayes
and in whose house he was found, was
arrested during the day by Sheriff Sweeny,
who drove out to his house to accomplish
this purpose. Butler is held as an acces
sory after the fact and the evidence
against him is not altogether pleasing to
his hopes. On Saturday he pawned the
revolver with which the murder was com
mitted. In his own name, the weapon be
ing hung up at “Uncle Adam’s” shop. The :
dollar which he obtained on the revolver
1s said to have been expended in the pur
chase of tobacco and other luxuries de
signed to lessen the rigors of Hayes’ self
imposed confinement. Butler is held at
the county jail.
The case against Hayes and his various
accomplices Is one that is generally re
garded as demanding prompt action, and
Solicitor General Osborne is known to be
quite ready to respond to the public sen
timent in the matter. A meeting of the
grand Jury will be called early in the pres
ent week, possibly to-morrow, and it is
understood that all of held os prin
cipal and accomplices will he presented
to ihat body, for the return by it of true
bills of indictment against them. Hayes
is held as principal, Lloyd as accessory
before the fart, Gardner, Butler and a wo.
man. Lula Floyd, better known as “Bum
Lula,” as accessories after the fact. Gard
ner and the woman assisted in concealing
the whereabouts of Hayes the night, and
day following the homicMde. It may very
possibly be that all of these various de
fendants will be indicted and tried within
the next week or two.
Tliai'ftllle Savage Demi.
Tharsllle Savage, an aged colored wo
man, well knot\n in the city, filed nt
4:80 o'clock yesterday morning, at ‘ her
t ome at 407 Tattnall street. The deceased
was 79 years old and had resided in Sa
vannah for a number of y*ars. She was
the mother of John D. Savage. The
funeral will take place from the house
pt 4.wV eclock this afternoon.
A REVEREND FRAID.
Departed After Doing; Hotel and
Hoarding House*.
One hotel, a minister, and it is said a
number of boardSng housekeepers are
mourning the departure from the city
without explanation or future address, of
a gentleman of reverend appearance, call
ing himself a minister and lecturer.
The man with his tvife* and child reach
ed the city on July 25, or at least that
| is the first that is known of his pres
! ence here, and registered at the Planters’
Hotel. He had as baggage for himself
and family, only a dressing case, and ex
plained his lark of the ordinary luggage
of a traveler, by saying that he was on
*i lecturing tour, traveling rapidly from
| piece to place, and had no need of mutn
! baggage.
As is customary at all hotels, guests
without baggage are requested to pay in
advance, and this request was made in
this case. He declined to pay, saying that
he had come to the city under an agree
ment to lecture for the young Men’s Chris
tian Association, and that he was still
uninformed whether or not he was to be
entertained by some member or if his
board would be paid at the hotel, but
hai in either case he would make the
matter all right. He stayed at the hotel
two days and the proprietor, then becom
ing pressing for some sort of payment or
guarantee, he tendered a check, which was
refused, with the suggestion that as he
was known to the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association officials he get them to
cash it or indorse it. This he would not
do. and left the house.
Nothing is known as to his movement?
for the next few days, but about ten
days ago he approached the secretary of
the Young Men’s Christian Association
with the request of a small loan, stating
that he was in hard luck and wanted
some money to pay the hotel people, as
they were becoming suspicious of his
good faith. He said that he was a Pres
byterian minister and that he was on a
lecturing tour through the South, having
an engagement to speak next before the
Y. M. C. A. of Atlanta and also to preach
In one of the churches of that cVty. He
failed to make the required touch, and
was next heard of by a Methodist min
ister, whom he went to see yesterday,
week ago. To him he said that he had
just reached the city, or had the day be
fore, too late to secure money from the
banks, and that he was due In Atlanta
that night, and wanted enough money to
get away on.
In this instance he represented himsdf
as being a minister of some other church,
but stated that his sympathi s were with
the Methodists and that he expected
shortly to join that denomination. He
secured a small loan, but did not use it
to go to Atlanta, as he was seen on Bull
street the n* xt day.
It is rumored also that he stayed dur
ing his brief sojourn here at two or
three boarding houses besides the hotel,
and that in each case h* left without
any settlement. No complaint has been
made at the barracks, but the minister
is thinking seriously of putting a notice
in his church paper.
SOCIETIES ROYALLY TREATED.
Dublin lavifihed Ho* pit nitty on Hor
ticulturists of the State.
The members of the State Horticultural
end Agricultural Societies, both of which
met this year at Dublin, were the recip
ients of very gracious and charming hos
pitality in this enterprising little Geor
gia city. No one of them but returned
to his home with pleasant memories of
Dublin and its people.
Maj. G. M. Ryals, who ia the vice pres
ident for the First Congressional District
of both societies, is especially enthusiastic
over Dublin's treatment of the visitors.
The meeting of the Horticultural Society
was held a week earlier than the meeting
of the Agriculturists of the state, and
when he returned for the second meeting,
he felt that his acquaintance with the
people of Dublin, though it had been so
recently made, had already ripened into
friendship. During the time of his sec
ond stay the constant courtesy with
which he was treated, a courtesy which
wen* out to every member of the society,
did not permit him to change the im
pression.
Maj. Hyals, while in Dublin, was the
guest of Col. J. M. Stubbs, who holds a
prbminent position in three or four dif
ferent fields. He is a lawyer of reputa
tion, the president of one of the railroads
entering Dublin and one of the leading
horticulturists of the state. That he is,
in addition to all this, a model host was
all that was needed to make the pleasure
of Maj. Hyals’ stay perfect.
The Reception Committee which was in
charge of the entertainment of the vis
itors was unremitting in its attentions
and unfailing in its hearty desire to dis
charge its duties. Indeed, according to
•he Major, pretty much everybody in the
‘ town constituted himself a committee of
one to look after the pleasure of the
strangers within 4heir gates. Trips on
the river and barbecues added to the
pleasure of the members of the two soci
eties.
Mr. Charles Manning, formerly of Sa
vannah. is now* one of the leading citi
zens of Dublin, in whom all the town
fakes on interest. Mr. Manning is in the
cotton-buying business, and fs regarded as
being responsible for material additions
to the trade of Dublin In this great sta
■ pie of the South. With the exception of
| some added gravity, that the years have
: brought, he is the same Charley Manning
so well known in Savannah, and U as
popular in Dublin as he was here.
STOLE HIS OWN BAGGAGE.
A Tnnipn Hotelkeeper 4 linrgea E*l
Womack With Larceny.
Ed Womack, a traveling man well
know’ll in Savannah, is the defendant in a
somewhat peculiar case which came up
in Tempi last week. The following story
of the affair is given by Ihe Tampa pa
pers:
Mr. Womack was arrested on a war
rant sworn out by Manuger Hannah of
the Hotel Arno, charging him with lar
ceny. Mr. Womack, it seems, had run
up a bill at the hotel for $88.41, which lie
either could not or would not pay, and
agreed to leave his baggage with the man
ager. A day or two later the grips had
disappeared from the hotel office, an 1
they were afterwords discovered to be in
the possession of Womack.
Hannah secured a warrant, charging
Womack with larceny, and the latter
was arrested. The hearing appears to
, hove been quite a lively affair. Hannah
testified that Womack had given him u
draft on his house for $75. which the
house refused to pay, and that Womack
had then left his baggage as security,
later .detracting tw*o grips from the ho
tel. Womack c laimed that he had a per-
I'ect right to his own baggage, and that
lie could commit no larceny by taking
his own property. The case raised some
interesting legal questions, and there were
a number of sharp exchanges between
I the lawyers.
Womack was held for trial, and gave
bond for his appearance.
$9.75 To Black Mountuln, N. C., and
Return.
Account of Montreot Bible Society Con
ference. the Southern Railway will sell
tickets Aug. 9, 10. 11, 12 and 13, final limit
Aug. 28. James Freeman, city passenger
| and ticket agent, 141 Bull street.—ad.
i The riant System excursion train to
Charleston leaves Savannah at 6:30 a. m.
dundayt; tickets are *old at on* dollar for
*Aha round trtp —ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1900.
THE CREED OF THE NATIONS.
THE CHIEF BLAME FOR THE CHI
NESE I PRISING IS ASC RIBED.
Rev. Ed. F. Cook Preached Upon the
Chinese Question Yesterday Morn
ing at Wesley Mono men ta I C hurch.
The Opium Trade, Foreign \ggrew
sions and Demands, and the Young
Emperor’s Advanced Views Named
ns Causes of the Outbreak— I The
I'reaeher Repudiated Statements
to the Effect That Protestant Mis
sionaries Are Responsible.
“Present Problems in the East and the
Real Meaning of the Uprising in Chinn. ”
was the subject of the sermon delivered
yesterday morning at Wesley Monumen
tal Church by the pastor. Rev. Ed F.
Cook. After summarizing the present
condition, the pastor said:
“Our commercial interest in China, our
diplomatic relation with this government,
and our faith in the universal triumph of
the Kingdom of Christ, make it necessary
tor us to consider the conditions in me
East and understand, if possible, the
cause and meaning of this great and omi
nous uprising in China.
“There are many causes that have con
tributed, directly and indirectly, to the
uprising of this nation against the for
eigner, and all that he represents. Th*
remote or earlier influences are the opium
trade of Great Britain and the method
she adopted to enlarge her commercial
advantages, and foist upon China free
trade in opium.
“In 1860 England and France reduced
the Taku forts, entered Pekin and drove
out the Emperor, destroyed his summer
palace and committed other depredations,
and for still further commercial advant
ages forced China to various concessions.
At this treatment China rebelled, but a
strong hand, skilled in war and diplo
macy, put down the trouble and smooth
ed over the difficulties.
“The more recent and direct causes are
the aggression of foreign nations on Chi
nese territory within the last five years
and progressive commercial explorations
in the interior. In 1897 Germany lost two
missionaries, murdered by the Chinese.
She thereupon took the province of Chiao
Chou as indemnity for this loss. Afrer
the defeat of China by Japan, Russia,
having lost no missionaries, proceeded to
appropriate Port Arthur as affording con
venient waters whereupon she might
float her much-needed navy, whereupon
Great Britain rose up and demanded con
cessions from China because she had fav
ored Germany and Russia. She, there
fore, laid claim to Wet Hal Wei. France
grew jealous, and rushed in and really
wanted the earth, but became in a meas
ure satisfied in the iKxssession of five
provinces Italy was next heard from,
and. as Dr. Arthur H. Smith has said,
ashamed not to be ‘in it,’ asked for a bay
that nobody ever heard of, and which to
this day we cannot find on the map. Tf
is called simply Sanmen bay. At this
point the Chinese government, or the
Dowager seed ion of it. drew the line. For
, the first time in the scries of aggressions
the Chinese refused to grant anything.
This made matters serious, and there is
little doub4 but that China means to re
sist this modern aggressive impulse to the
bitter end.
“The success of Japan In the recent war
with China awoke China to the realization
of her great weakness. She was humili
ated and disgraced by her defeat, and
since that day has been making great
preparations for time* of war and strife.
The third and perhaps greatest of these
influences has been the young Emperor’s
aggressive ideas and reform movements.
He came in touch with foreign ideas,
commercial enthusiasm, the civilization of
the West, and the new religion of the mis
sionary and became an enthusiast for re
form; but reformations are not accom
plished without difficulties and obstacles.
Principal among the obstacles he encoun
tered was the opposition and enmity of his
aunt, the Empress Dowager, and her sym
pathizers and influential political friends.
They brought the forward movement to a
sudden and violent end by casting the
young Emperor in prison, beheading a
number of his cordial supporters and
taking in hand the reins of the government
with the unmistakable purpose of check
ing progress, staying the aggression of the
Powers, and driving out the “foreign
devils,” who the Empress and her sup
porters regard as the enemies of the Ce
lestial Kingdom.
“By some newspapers and politicians
who have discussed this question. the
trouble is attributed to the missionaries.
In one sense only are the missionaries re
sponsible for the unrest and uprising in
China to-day; that is as the missionary
represents Western civilization, progres
sive ideas, and the light of the gospel of
Jesus, His truth is as light shed upon
darkness—reformatory in its influence. It
is natural that darkness should contend
against light and that reformation should
produce revolution. In a small way the
attitude of the Catholic Church to the
government of China may have contribu
ted to the recent troubles.”
Mr. Cook then said: “I have no pa
tience wdth the cheap talk and criticisms
of some newspapers and politicians that
talk much and know little about the real
situation in the East.” He then read a
short clipping in a recent paper in which
Senator Tillman of South Carolina is re
ported to have said; “In regard to the
missionaries and the future effort to
force the Chinese to protect them, I am
utterly opposed. We do not admit the
Chinese, even to work, and the idea of
their sending missionaries here to preach
is as preposterous to us as our sending
mLsionarks to th-m. If the Christian re
ligion cannot conquer an entrance to th*
Chinese people on its merits through per
suasion, I see no warrant in Christianity
forcing it on them at the point of the
bayonet; that religion is the religion of
love and not of force.”
“Such talk.” said the preacher, “is Idle
vaporing and by such nonsense out peo
ple are being mistaught and the faith of
the church put to a needless strain.
Scores of falsehoods are now being set
afloat about the missionaries and given
currency by wide circulation without
proper investigation and verification. Any
Christian who be i ves them an! is de
ceived by them is not wise.”
The preacher then quoted a number of
eminent authorities of all nations, in
cluding many of the most prominent rep
resentatives of the Chinese government,
to show that they who know most of the
situation do not attribute, as the papers
would have us believe, the present upris
ing to the work or the errors of the
Protestant missionaries.
ANOTHER 1 P FROM DARIEN.
Robert West Thought to Know
.Hornet hing of Ha :nil ton Murder.
Robert West, a negro who is suspected
of complicity in or knowledge of the mur
der of Arthur Hamilton, at Darien, was
brought up from that place yesterday by
City Detective Garrity. West is held at
the station house as a witness to some
farts in connection with the homicide.
It Is considered possible that two of the
men recently released from the station
house and Imm diately incarcerated in the
county Jail who have been held for al
leged complicity in the same crime, will
be given their liberty to-day. Investiga
tion has shown that they el her know
nothing of the case or arc unwilling to
tell It.
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Do you read what people ray about
Hood's Sarsaparilla? It is curing all forms
of disease roused or promoted by Im
pure blood—od.
THE CHRISTIAN’S TRIUMPH.
Rev. Dr. Fair's Final Sermon at the
Independent Presbyterian.
Rev. Dr. James Y. Fair preached his last
sermon for the summer to the congrega
tion of the Independent Presbyterian
Church last night. Dr. Fair’s manner of
treating the theme he chose for this final
discourse was in complete accord with hi3
accustomed graceful and scholarly touch.
The text was taken from Romans, 8:38:
“More than conquerors,” and from this
theme he elaborated a disquisition upon
the triumph of the Christian over the foes
that beset his path in this life, to over
come whom is an essential prerequisite to
full enjoyment of the greater life beyond
the stars. From the epistles of St. Paul,
Dr. Fair drew the lessons he urged upon
his congregation.
“The Apostle Paul,” he said, “was u
bom soldier. History does not record
the life or exploits of a man in whom the
military spirit was more predominant or
who entered with more thorough sym
pathy into the martial feeling of the great
Roman people, whom he addressed In the
letter from which the text is taken. All
of his writings abound in martial figures
ol rhetoric, and when he was writing to
the people, the tread'of whose ever-vic
torious legions was heard around the
earth, he spoke to them in language
i could fully comprehend.
“St. Paul, therefore, could appreciate
the greatness of a martial triumph, such
as was accorded the victorious leaders ot
the armies of the Eternal City. Never,
perhaps, have there been spectacles that
could surpass these Roman triumphs in
beauty or glory, or magnificence. To that
favorite of fortune, wno had added a
p-ovince to the empire, a triumphal en
try into Rome was accorded as a right.
“He was met at the gates of the city
by a cheering host, placed in a chariot
that glittered with gold and, drawn by
milk-white horses, made his triumphal
way to the Temple of Jupiter, on the Cap
itoline hill. Robed in purple and with a
crown of gold upon his head, he was
hailed as a conqueror. It was with a
full realization of the glory of thia tri
umph that St. Paul said: ’Nay, in ail
these things we are more than conquerors,
through him that loved us.’’’
Dr. Fair sketched with bold strokes the
glory of the triumph of the Christian,
over self, adversity, sin and death. This
final note of victory, that over death,
said Dr. Fair, was firs* sounded in the
world by the apostles of Christ. The
gieat mystery had been a source of awful
speculation and terror to the people of
the early ages; it was reserved for the
great apostle to ask, “Oh, grave, where
is thy sting? Oh, death, where is thy
victory?” and for another, who looked
his final end squarely in the face, to lay
himself down to reet with the phrase, “I
hove fought a good fight, I have finished
my course, I have kept the faith.”
The triumph of the Roman conqueror
was a. magnificent spectacle, a great and
glorious thing,” said Dr. Fair, “but it
compares not at all with the trlumrh that
awaits the hubmlest Christian, who ’has
fought a good fight and kept the faith,’
at thb portals of the cits' not built wfilh
hands. The Roman general was hailed
as conqueror In the Temple of Jupiter,
on the Capitoline Hill, while the banks of
the Tiber reverberated with the greetings
of the people, but for the Christian is re
served a fare still more glorious. He will
be met at the gates of the City of God,
crowned with the victor’s laurel in the
temple of the Most High, while the very
River of Life will resound w’ith the ho
zannas of the heavenly host, acclaiming
him ‘more than conqueror, through Him
that loved us.’ ”
THEY WANT INFORMATION.
Japan Cotton Merchant.' Union
Wants Facta Ahont Savannah.
Superintendent J. P. Merrthew of the
Savannah Cotton Exchange has just re
ceived from the Cotton Merchant’s Union
of Kobe, Japan, copies of the by-laws
and rules of the union, together with a
list of its members. The superintendent
of the Kobe union requests that the rules
of the Savannah Cotton Exchange be
sent them for their guidance.
The fact that there is in the opin
ion cf many local cotton men a fair cut
look for a good cotton business with Ja
pan during the coming season makes the
request for information the more im
portant at this time. It is believed that if
the proper information is promptly fur
nished, and the trade of the port looked
after by those Interested, that beneficial
results will follow.
"A fair export business was done, with
Japan this season," said Superintendent
Merrthew, "and it may be this will be
greatly increased during the coming sea
son. Tills year there was exported to
Kobe 18,260 bales, and 802 bales to Yoko
hama East year there were no exports
from Savannah to Japan. In 1898 there
was 13,000 bales exported to Kobe, 1.200 to
Hicgo. and 3,150 to Y'okohania. It strikes
me that the inquiry for information in
dicates that the trade of that country is
looking out for business connections for
the coming ceason, and that a prompt
presentation of Savannah's advantages
will inure to the benefit of the port.”
RELATED TO BARON RUSSELL.
Maj. J. Mrl.niiK li lln n Cousin of the
Celebrated Englliliniail.
Maj. John McLaughlin, the well-known
auctioneer and business man on Congress
street, west, was a cousin of the late
Baron Russell, Lord Chief Justice of Eng
land, whose death was told about in the
telegraphic reports of the Morning News.
During his lifetime Baron Russell and
Maj. McLaughlin were in constant com
munication. having kept up a pleasant
correspondence for years.
About a year ago the Baron visited this
country, going to Saratoga, where he de
livered a memorable address before the
Bar Association. The address was com
mented u|>on very generally by the Amer
ican press, and was unqualifiedly pro
nounced one of the most learned and
scholarly speeches ever delivered before
the association. It was heard by a num
ber of Savannah lawyers, who visited Sar
atoga as delegates from Georgia. All from
Savannah were favored with letters of In
troduction from Maj. McLaughlin to Baron
Russell, by whom they were cordially re
ceived.
HEV. C. H. CARSON PREACHED.
A Former Saiannihinn Waa Heard
nt the First Presbyterian.
Rev. C. H. Carson filled the pulpit yes
terday morning at the First Presbyterian
Church. There was no night service at
the church. Prof. Carson Is here on a
visit, Savannah being his former homp,
and was invited to conduct the morning
service. It Is possible that he may he
heard again in someone of the churches
before he leaves the city. He is on a
visit to his tather, Mr. C. H. Carson.
Prof. Carson Is a Methodist minister
and formerly was actively engaged in the
work of the church. After having a
number of charges and conducting them
wl-th great success, his health failed him.
and he was compelled to withdraw from
active ministerial work. From the re
ligious he went to the educational field.
He is now professor of science in the
Louisiana School of Technology at Rusion.
Sunday Trips at Brasiwlrk Via
riant System fI.OO.
The Plant System will sell round-trtp
tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited
to date of sals, at rate of 51 00. Trains
*eave at 2:10 a. m, and 6 20 a m.—ad.
HIS BROTHER’S MURDERER.
RESULT OF INQUEST IN BINCOMB
KILLING.
Coroner’s Jury Holds James Bun
co mb for the Murder of His Broth
er. Jeff Biincomh—The Trouble Be
gun In a Drunken Quarrel Because
Janies Ilnncomh Demanded the
Money Which His Niece Had Earn
ed—The Woman Refused to Give
Up Her Money and He Undertook
to Beat Her, W hereupon Jeff Bun
comb Interfered to Proteet the Girl
and Was Stabbed to the Heart
With a Knife.
An inquest into the death of Jeff Bun
comb, who was killed by his brother
James Buncomb. Saturday night, about
1! o’clock, at No. 47 Lumber street, was
held by Coroner Goette at the Police
Court room yesterday afternoon. The
verdict was: “We, the jury, find that Jeff
Buncomb came to his death by knife
wound at the hands of James Buncomb,
and we consider the same to be murder."
•Martha Brown, a member of the Bun
comb household, was the first witness ex
amined. She is the woman about whom
the row originated. She told practically
•the story that she told at the time of the
arrest of James Buncomb, and which was
published in yesterday's Morning News.
In substance, she said: “The killing oc
curred last night. I and my uncle Jeff,
the dead man. had been to my oldest
aunt's. We came back about 10:30 o’clock.
Uncle Jamee was sitting on the back
stoop talking to a boy that lived in the
house with U 6. He had told me to let
him know when I got my money. I am
in service and work for Mr. J. F. Sulli
van. I told him last night that I had
got it, and he asked me where it was.
I told him in the house. He told me .o
bring it to him. I then said I had it. He
said let’s see it. I said see it here. Then
I asked him what he was going to do
with it. He said that he only wanted to
see it, and I said I’d give it to you to keep
if you had any right to it. but if I did
you’d only take it to get drunk on.
“He said ‘hold on,’ and went in the
house and came back with a strap. He
gave me three cuts- with the strap around
the waist and then cut me with it on the
arm. I still have the mark of this blow.
Then I screamed and Uncle Jeff said.
“You shouldn’t take advantage of that
child like that.” He said, “You take up
for her, eh?” and Uncle Jeff said, “Yes,
she's just as much mine as yours.” He
cut me for the fifth time then and I got
up from the chair and said: ‘‘Uncle Jim
mie, I’ll not take any whipping from you
for what I work for.” He threw the strap
down and Uncle Jeff said: “Jim. you
ought’nt beat the child like that.”
I stood on the steps crying. Uncle Jim
turned to unc'le Jeff and said: “You take
up for her, eh?” and Uncle Jeff said,
“yes.” Uncle Jeff was then standing in
tiie kitchen door. Then I heard Uncle
Jeff say, “O my God, you cut me?, and
I turned around and saw Uncle Jeff puli
his shirt open and saw the blood jus*
jumping out.
“After Uncle Jeff called out, I ran out to
call his sisters, and when I came back
he was lying in the hali dead. Uncle Jim
was back in the dining room.”
In reply to the question as to whether
Jim Buncemb was drunk at the time of
the affair, she said that he was, and
that he was often in that condition. Asked
as to the whereabouts of the other wo
man during the row and subsequent trag
edy. she eaid that Jeff’s wife was in the
fiont rcom and that Jim’s wife had been
on the stoop when the difficulty started,
but had gone in.
The absence of the women, she said,
was explained by the fact that when
Jim was drunk he often beat all of the
members of the household and that it
was well to keep away from him. She
stated that she did not see the knife
with which the deed was done.
Emma Buncomb, the wife of the dead
man. testified that she was in the room,
when sle heard Jeff say, "O, my God,
you cut me!” Then Jeff came into the
hall and fell near the door of the front
room. She came from the room into the
and found her husband lying there,
with the blood gushing out on the floor
and the table. 9he further stated that
she had heard the conversation that had
preceded the difficulty and shortly before
Jeff’s lost exclamation had heard him
say, ‘‘you got a knife.”
According to her story James Buncomb
had come into the hali after Jeff had
fallen to the floor and said to her, “Sis-
Me, Jeff came in here cut,” and that she
had replied, “No, Jim, you cut him.”
The jury decided on Its verdict in a
very few r minuses, and a commitment was
made out by the coroner, and James Bun
comb transferred o the county jail.
IN DR. JORDAN'S PLACE.
Rev. K. IV. fawtliou Preached His
First Sermon Yesterday.
“The Success of Love” was the subject
of the first sermon delivered by Rev. K.
W. Cawthon at the First Baptist Church.
The young minister began his work yester
day morning as the supply of the pastor.
Rev. Dr. John D. Jordan, who is now
away or. his vacation.
The text was drawn from Paul’s writ
ings. and the principal thought, the
preacher 6atd, suggested to him by the
lesson is: "What ehall it profit a man if
he has all that life can give and has not
love; or what profit is there doing noble
things in religion without having the in
ner life of true religion, which is love?”
Love, Mr. Cawthon said, is of three
kinds: "The love of esteem, that which
looks up, the love with which we love
God; the love of sympathy, the love that
looks straight out. which which we love
those we like; and the love of compassion,
the most difficult of all. that looks down,
the love with which we love those distate
ful and hostile to us.”
ABLE TO LEAVE BARRACKS.
lint It Was Reported That Negro Had
Subsequently Died.
“London.” the negro who, early Sunday
morning, fell from the second-story win
dow of the lodging house on Barnard and
St. Julian streets, receiving a bad gash in
his head which necessitated his being tak
en to the barracks, left there yesterday
morning ai 7 o'clock apparently but little
th worse for his fajl
It wau reiiorted on The streets last night
that he had subsequently been taken to
the home of a relative out on the Og“e
chee read and had died there, but no con
firmation of the rumor could be had, nor
had any such report reached the Barracks
op to midnight.
GOOD CROWD AT TYREE.
Loaks as If the Season May Hun a
Month Yet.
The Tybee season bids fair to continue
for another month. Although not us
large as the previous Sunday, there was
a good orowd at the Island yesterday, an
excursion of about 700 people coming down
from the Augusta branch of the Cen
tral. It wos hot, even at Tybee, but
this only made the bathing more enjoy
able, and the greater port of the crowd
indulged In It to the full.
Chair cars on Plant System excursions
to Charleston every Sunday; engage your
seats on Saturdays at tb Da Soto Hotsl
.ticket office.—ad.
COLORED TROOPS TO PARADE.
First Battalion to Celebrate Its
Twentieth Anniversary.
The twentieth anniversary of the First
Battalion Infantry, Georgia State Troops,
colored, will be appropriately celebrated
co-morrow by a parade in the forenoon
and a pictaic at Lincoln Park in the after
noon. The Fulton Guards of Atlanta and
the Lincoln Guards of Macon will attend,
which will complete the assemblage in Sa
vannah of all the colored military’ of the
state.
Col. J. H. Deveaux of the First Bat
talion is working with other members of
his command to make the celebration a
success, and so far they are encouraged
by the general enthusiasm shown. Be
sides the celebration the troops will have
another reason for appearing at their best,
for the reason that Col. William G. Obear.
inspector general of state troops, has been
ordered to Savannah, and will arrive to
day in readiness to inspect the colored
troops to-morrow. This will be an im
portant feature of the day’s work. The
final details for the inspection will prob
ably not be made until Col. Obear arrives
and confers with the commanding officers.
Arrangements will be made for one of
the best parades the colored troops have
yet given In Savannah. The line will
form on Liberty street at 10 o’clock, the
right resting on East Broad. From there
is will move through the principal streets,
winding up at a convenient point for the
troops to take the East End cars for
Lincoln Park. While there will be quite
a number to go out, and all about the
same -time, still arrangements have been
made with General Manager Lofton of
the street railway w'hereby he will have
sufficient cars on hand to carry the
troops to the park. It is stated enough
cars will be kept on the line during the
day to carry all the colored people who
may wdsh to attend the picnic. While it
has not been announced yet whether
there will be any speaking, still the
chances are that some of the colored lead
ers will be heard from on the questions
of the day.
Speaking of the event, yesterday.
Col. Deveaux said it is proposed
to make the celebration complete
in every way, and to this end
he is endeavoring to have every mem
ber of his command, from the ranks up.
to co-operate with him in making every
feature of the day’s programme a suc
cess. Heretofore ihe coJored troops have
show r n themselves off to good advantage
when appearing in public demonstrations,
and the chances are they will not fail
on this occasion to go one better over
their previous record.
FLORIDA MAY WANT THEM.
Two Captures of Police Yesterday-
May Prove Important.
John Todd and Sam Davis, two colored
men who were captured yesterday in the
neighborhood of the market by Patrol
men Tullis and Cristie, are thought to be
badly wanted in Florida, where it is said
there is a large reward for them.
The men are also wanted on Wilming
ton Island for an assault made some time
ago on Mr. Andrews, foreman of the Oem
ler Canning Factory, and it was on this
charge that they were arrested.
It is thought, however, that one of the
men is Eli Booker, who killed a promi
nent citizen of Palatka on June 14 and
for whom there is a reward of 5250, of
fered by the state of Florida. There are
men in the city who know Booker, and
the matter of the negro's identity will
probably be settled to-day.
Earnings of the Central.
The earnings of the Central of Geor
gia Railroad for week ending the fourth
week of July, were 8157.988, against 5143,-
371. for the same week last year. From
Jan. 1 to the end of the fourth week of
July, the earnings were 53.451.837, against
53,042.344 for the corresponding period of
last year.
Infnnt Died Aboard Steamship.
On the steamship Alleghany, which ar
rived from Baltimore early yesterday
morning, was the body of an infant, the
child of one of the passengers, which had
died a few hours before the ship reached
port. The body was taken to the estab
lishment of Coroner Goette, who prepared
it for burial.
White Prisoners in the Majority.
Twenty-two prisoners were sent *o the
barracks yesterday, of which a large pro
portion were white men. None of the
prisoners were charged with any serious
crime.
A Fever-StrleUen Camp.
Everett City, Ga., July 21, 1900.—1 am a
strong believer in and advocate of the use
'of Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic. I
know what it will do. 1 have tried it in
Cuba and the low lands of Mexico. I
have been a soldier in my time and have
found the Tonic invaluable In cases of
camp fever. Only those who have been
in the tropics as soldiers can comprehend
the horrors of a fever-strickeni camp,
miles and miles away from Its base of
supplies. It ‘ was in such places that
Johnson's Tonic came In. You did not
need any Calomel or quinine or
any other drug. Stick to the Tonic and
you will be able to eat embalmed beef
again. Yours very truly,
Chas. F. Roden.
-ad.
The summer is passing, have you taken
in the Plant System Sunday excursions to
Charleston? One dollar for the round trip,
—ad.
Rhine nod .Moselle Wines.
The fine French wines in bottles are Im
ported direct from the well known house
of Everest, Dupont & Cos., Bordeaux,
Fiance, by Lippman Bros, of this city!
Llppman Bros, desire to call attention to
the St. Julien brand of claret wine, which
ts very fine, but quite low-priced.
Tnelr Chauteau Leovillc is known as one
of the finest claret wines imported to the
United States.
Lippman Bros.' Importations of Rhine
wines ore certainly worih the attention
of connoisseurs. They are from the cele
brated wine grower Martin Deutz of
Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germony.
His Bodenhelm Rhine wine is very nice
and delicious, but low price.
His Mrcobrunner Cabinet, from select
ed grapes, is well worth the attention of
the finest judges of Rhine wine In the city.
His Yohannlsburger Cabinet is very deli
cate and rare, and is perfection of wine
and the finest of all.—ad.
$0.75 To Rlnrk Mountain, N. C., and
Return.
Account of Montreat Bible Society Con
ference, the Southern Railway will sell
tickets Aug. 9, 10. 11. 12 and 13, final limit
Aug. 28. James Freeman, city passenger
and ticket agent, 141 Bull street.—ad.
To Brunswick and Return, fl.oo Vtn
the Plant System, Sundays.
In addition to the Charlaaton Sunday
excursions, the Plant System are selling
round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on
Sundays only, at rata of 81 00 for the
round trip. Trains 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 feallng
tired out and broken down, a bottle of
Greybeard is belter than a trip to tbe
mountains.
Ara you conetipated? Take Gray beard
pllli. Little treasures— 26c 'be box. R ea
se* Drug Cos., Proprietor%-4,
Richardson & Boynton’s “Perfect,” Shepard’s “Royal
Magic,” and Orr, Painter & Co.’s “Othello.”
Awfully hot to talk about such
warm things, but this weather has
melted our prices to almost noth
ing. Get our summer estimates.
We have time to do the work
now; don’t wait till the rush is on. 1
WM. & H. H. LATTIMORE, 1
West Congress Street.
Mid-Summer Inducements.
The “stay at home” and the “going
away customer” want some extra induce
ments these mid-summer days. The season
is not over by any means, and thin goods
will have the call for many days yet. We
have a very attractive stock and you can
shop here with so little exertion. Our
store is cool, and the cars bring you right
to the door—without the least fatigue. S#
with comfortable transportation from ev
ery section of the city, a cool inviting
store, the best things to select from and
remarkably low prices, we make shopping
a pleasure and n profit to you besides.
Here are the items for your considera
tion :
42-inch Serge , 75c quality, for 50c.
45-inch French Black Serge, 85c quality,
for 69c.
52-inch Black Cheviot Serge, $1 quality,
for 86c.
45-inch Black Mohair 79c; regular SI.OO
quality.
54-inch Gray and Tan Homespuns 75c;
regular SI.OO quality.
Colored Taffeta Silk 75c; former price sl.
Black Peau de Sole and Satin Duchess©
Silks reduced from $1.25 to 85c the yard.
30c and 35c Imported Ginghams at 19c.
Ladies’ 26-inch Umbrellas, $1 quality,
now to 69c.
Ladies’ 26-inch Umbrellas, $1.26 quality,
this week 98c.
WHITE GOODS'
10c quality India Linen Bc.
12*£c quality 10c.
15c quality 12c.
20c quality 15^.
25c quality 20c.
A 16x34 Huck Towel at 10c; worth I*6.
Huck Towels, 20x40, $1.75 dozen; worttl
$2.25.
Extra full size $2.00 dozen; w’orth $2.50.
A line Damask Towels at 25c each; ac
tual value 35c.
A full line Fringed Doylies at 50c, 75c
and SI.OO dozen; woith 75c, SI.OO and $1.25
dozen.
72-inch White French Nainsook 29c a
yard; worth 45c.
72-inch French Nainsook reduced from
65c a yard to 48c.
72-inch Nainsook reduced from $1 per
yard to 73c yard.
EXTRA VALUES IN TABLE DAMASKS
THIS WEEK.
60-inch Bleached Linen Table Damask
at 49c; actual value 65c.
72-inch Table Damask reduced from 85c
the yard to 69c.
72-inch Bleached Damask reduced from
$1 to 79c.
High novelties in the same line of goods
at sl, $1.25, sl.s©—a saving of fully 25 per
cent.
A yard-wide Shirting at 7c this week;
former price 10c.
A better grade at BVsc; former price 10c
and 12tfcc.
LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HANDKER
CHIEFS.
Ladies' Embroidered Handkerchiefs re
duced from U\c to 9c each.
The 15c quality at 11c.
A finer line reduced from 25c to 19c.
Still a better grade reduced from 35c
to 25c.
HOSIERY.
Ladies’ Openwork 13c; worth 20c.
Ladies’ Black Lisle Drop-stitch at 25c;
worth 36c.
Ladies’ Black Lisle Woven Colored Silk
Dot this week 47c; actual value 65c the pr.
Ladles’ Black Lisle Lace Hose 69c;
worth SI.OO.
Men’s Drop-stitch Hose 26c; worth 35c.
Infants’ Lisle Lace Socks 23c; worth 35c.
SPECIALTIES IN GENTS* HALF HOSE
50c grade at 25c; that sold at 25c thla
week 19c.
Clearance sale this week of Allovtr
Laces and Embroideries at half price.
100 pieces Canton Matting Just received;
prices 15c to 60c per yard.
150 Smyrna Rugs at reduced prices.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard •#
JUST RECEIVED
A CAR LOAD OF
GARDEN
TILE.
UlO MIL'S SONS.
113 Broanton Street, Wrat.
SEED RYE.
TBliS HED H. P.
SEED OATS.
HAV, GRAIN. FEED, FLOUR, BTC.
LEMONS.
Vepetablea and Prodace.
New Crop B. K. and Cow l*ea.
W. D. SIMKINS & CO.