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INDICTED AS PRINCIPALS.
IIAYES.BLIGF. AND LLOYDCHIRGEO
WITH Y %RXADOE'S Ml RDER.
Grand Jnry of the Superior Court
9b>r AH of Thom %ro Equally
Guilt) Hoyei Fired the I’atfll
MiotM and Illtgc and Lloyd " ere
Present. Assisting in th** I onimis*
sion of the trime-Gardner and
Butler Indicted a* Vcceoorles
After the Fact—Trial of the Trio
Set for Th lira day—“Janie* Bunkum
Indicted for the Murder of Hi*
Brother.
Seaborn Hayes. Joseph Lloyd and James
Biigre were indi ed by the grand jury of
the Superior Court yesterday afternoon for
the murder of Lu dus V. Yarnadoe. Josh
Butler and Edward Gardner were indicted
at the same time for being accessories af
ter the fact to this brutal and cowardly
murder.
The indictment returned by the grand
jury against Hayes, Lloyd and Blige makes
r.o distinction in the degree of their guilt,
but charges them ail with being principals
in the commission of the crime. Under
the law there is no distinction as to pun
ishment -between the principals in murder
cases and accessories before the fact, and
under the statement that has been made
by Lloyd to the detectives he and Blige
are equally guilty with Hayes. If the lat
ter has committed murder, then the two
former are. according to Lloyd, also guilty
of the same crime.
So the case is stated in the indictment.
The pistol with which the mortal wound
was inflicted is said in the indictment to
have been held and discharged by the
joint actions of all three of the men.
While Hayes, of course, was the only one
■who actually did tire the weapon, the law
attaches the same degree of guilt and re
sponsibility to any others who were with
him at the time, actively assisting and
co-operating with him in the commission
of the crime. Under the evidence, both
Lloyd and Blige were present when the
fatal shots were fired, and it was Blige’s
pistol with which Yarnadoe was killed.
Gardner and Butler are indicted for the
part they played in shielding Hayes from
the consequences of his crime after its
commission and preventing his arrest by
the officers of the law. It was in Gard
ner's room in Perry lane that Hayes spent
the nigh: following the homicide and the
succeeding day; Butler received him at
his house near the Ogeechee road on
Monday morning, and if was here that
Hayes was located and afterward ar
rested.
But one of the men wanted by' the po
lice. James Blige. yet remains at liberty,
and the indications are that he will not
much longer be able to escape arrest.
The grand jury spent about two hours
in the investigation of the evidence in
the cases connected with the murder of
Motorman Yarnadoe and that of Jeff
Buncorab. Buncomb was killed by' bis
brother, James Buncomb, on last Satur
day night, and against the perpetrator of
this deed of violence also the grand jury
returned a true bill, upon an indictment
charging him with murder.
For the two hours and a half which
they spent in the jury room, the grand
jurors were very busy men. A large num
ber of witnesses were at the Court House
Sot examination, among them Lloyd and
Gardner. Lloyd is a negro youth about
17 years old. whose appearance would lead
to the conclusion that his principal char
acteristic was weakness, rather than a
propensity for crimes of violence. Yet
he has told a story that put himself as
deep in the mud as it does Hayes in the
mire.
The case against Haves. Lloyd and Plige
has been assigned for Thursday, but there
are some chances that it will not berried
on that day. Messrs. Twiggs' & Oliver
and R. L. Folding represent the defend
ants, and Judge Twiggs stated yesterday,
in conversation with a Morning News re
porter, that it would be impossible for
him to enter upon the trial of the case
with such brief time for preparation and
consultation with the other counsel. He
will oppose, therefore, the case proceed
ing to trial on the day for which it has
been assigned and will move the court
for a continuance. It is possible that he
will be able to make such a showing as
will authorize Judge Falilgant in grant
ing the postponement he will seek.
It may be that the defendants will elect
to sever their trial**, and that the cases
will be considered separately. Unless
Bilge is arrested before Thursday the
case would have to go to trial, unless a
postponem> nt is permitted, without him
ot any rate.
As has been stated, the public demand
for a speedy trial of the murderers of
Varnadoe is* trong\ land the solicitor
general, imbued with something of the
same feeling, is trying to gratify it. As
a matter of course, this public demand
will not be permitted to interfere with the
ciue administration of the law end respect
for the rights of the accused, and if
Judge Twiggs can make, the showing he
expects to make it may very possibly be
that the case will not be, tried on Thurs
day. f
The killing of the motorman, under
much tragic eircumetancea, has aroused
a degree of interest that has not attended
any homicide within the recent history
of v the county. Not since Patrolman
Jansen Neve wan shot down by Abe Small,
a negro desperado whom he was attempt
ing to arreat. has indignation been so
strong. The men accused of murder will
be ably defended, and it goes without
saying that they will boas ably prosecut
ed. For all of these reasons the ease bids
fair to become n cause eelebre in the
criminal annals of the Superior Court.
ORDERS FOR THE SHOOT.
Information From the Adjutant Gen
eral Keaehen Officer*.
General orders No. 14 from the office of
the Adjutant General of the Georgia
State Troops convey the information to
the officers relative to the second annual
rifle and carbine competition that is to be
field at the Avondale range Sept. 3 and 4.
The orders are signed by Col. George T.
Cann, inspector general of rifle practice.
The orders detail the matchet) that are
to be shot, giving the firing rules and reg
ulations that will prevail, and Indicate to
what branches of the service the compe
tition will bo open. The officer® of the
military tnroughout the state had been
* lgi*rly owaiting the information, and it
will oe received with pleasure.
Judging from the reports to that effect,
1t is probable that there will be many
teams to enter tlie competition. The local
companies h;.ve taken the matter up with
a will, and from many of the neighboring
places that boast of military organizations
come statements from commanding offi
cers of thtir intention to send teams to
Savannah.
SI.OO Aufinnta and Return via South
ern Itiilhvii}, Auk. 15,
Southern Railway will operate special
train, leaving Plant System station 6:30
o. m., railroad time. Aug. 15, leave Au
gusta 10 p. in., same day. Separate
coaches for whites and blacks. Jamef
Freeman, city passenger and ticket office,
141 Bull street; phones 850.—ud.
Sunday Trip* Brunswick Via
Plant System SI.OO.
The Plant flysrem will sell round-trip
tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited
to date of sale, at rate of SI.OO. Trains
leave at 2;XO a. m. and 5;20 a. m.—ad.
A \ t > PROVOKED KILLING.
Manning Herrington Shot by Berry
Hall in Emanuel County.
The Hon. Alfred Herrington of Swains
boro, who reached Savannah last night,
says that a nephew of his, Manning Her
rington, was shot and killed Saturday
night at Gertman, Emanuel county, by a
man named Berry Hall.
The act, he says, was without provoca
tion or excuse. The victim, together with
a number of young people, had spent the
evening at the home of Hall. The host
had been drinking heavily during the
course of the evening, and about 11
o’clock, when the party broke up and the
guests were about to start for their
homes. Hall was quite drunk, and used
very objectionable language in the pres
ence of .•ome of the ladies. Young Her
rington. who was just about to get in his
buggy, spoke to Hall about his breach of
politeness, and asked him to desist. This
remonstrance, it seems, so angered him
that he toll Herrington that he intended
to ehoot him. and immediately put his
threat into execution by firing at him
three times with a revolver. One ball
struck the man in the right temple and
caused almost instant death.
Hall, after the commiss.on of the act,
took Winchester rifle. and getting
astride n mule, left his home, going in
the direction of the Ohoopee river. At last
iccouniti he had not been arrested. He is
about 40 yars old, is 5 feet 5 inches high,
is stoop-shouldered, has but one eye, and
as lost one finger from his left hand.
The mother of th* 1 dead man has offered
a reward of SSO for the murderer, and it
is expected that this amount will be sup
plemented by the county authorities
shortly.
the ivdistrial association.
Meeting Will Be (tilled nn Soon mm
Members Return to C ity.
There basing been some inquiry recent
ly as to the intentions of the Savannah
Industrial Association, it is staled on au
thority that, owing to the absence from
the city of many members of the Indus
trial Committee the association will not
b called together until later in the year
when a full attendance of the members
can be assured.
The president, Col. J. H. Estill, has re
ceive! reports from all the canvassing
committees, or at least, all of those which
have done anything. The reports show
the total amount of subscriptions to be
something over $26,000. By the conditions
under which the subscriptions were made
no assessments can be collected until the
amount subscribed has 'reached $50,000.
This the case, the hands of the
e mmittee are tied at present. An effort
may be made this fa 1 to get the sub
scribes to consent to a change so that
work may be begun, if desired, with a
lesser amount subscribed.
The indications are that the industrial
movement will take on new' life when
the members of the association return
fiom their summer vacations. Many of
the members of the committee are just
a enthusiastic as ever and Just as much
.etermined to push the work.
( HARLEM COLLMAN DEAD.
Was Well Known Here anti Had
Held \nrioun Office*.
Mr. Charles Collman died early yester
day morning at the St. Joseph’s Infirm
ary, where he had been taken Sunday,
roffering with an attack, of pleurisy. An
operation was performed late Sunday aft
ernoon, but was of no avail to save his
iife, as he died a few hours after.
Mr. Collman, who was about 45 years
old. was a native of Prussia, but hail been
in this country for a number of years.
He was very well known and had at dif
ferent times, held various public offices,
being at one time, magistrate of the Sec
ond Militia District, and for about ten
years u deputy sheriff in the Superior
Court. He leaves a wife but no chil
dren.
The funeral will take place this morn
ing at 10 o’clock, from the home of the
deceased, No. 245 Jefferson street. The
arrangements are in charge of the H. G.
H., of which the deceased man was a
member. The funeral services will be
conducted by Rev. M. Horowitz*. The
pa If-bearers will be Messrs. Waring Rus
>ell, Sr.. Waring Russell. Jr.. A. Garfun
kel, Julius Stark. A. Peltz end I. Gott
lieb, of the H. G. H., and Messrs. W. W.
Osborne, and Thomas Sweeny. The buri.il
will be made in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
TAKEN BACK TO DARIEN.
.Sheriff Blount Taken Negroes Charg
ed With the Murder of Hamilton.
Sheriff Blount of Mclntosh county came
to Savannah yesterday for the purpose of
taking back to Darien with him the five
negroes who were recently arrested in
that town by Detective Stark and brought
to Savannah for safe-keeping. He also
took with him when he left last night
West, the negro witness w T ho was brought
from Darien Sunday by Detective Garrity.
The men are wanted in Darien for the
murder of Arthur Hamilton, a longshore
man, which oicurred there a few weeks
ngo. Nick White, one of the prisoners,
made a confession here to Detective Stark
that implicates in the killing at least one
of the men that was in jaii here, and oth
ers whose identity has not yet been estab
lished.
Sheriff Blount said yesterday that addi
tional evidence against the men had been
discovered in Darien since they had been
brought here, and there was no doubt
that the state would make out a strong
case against some of them when the trial
came off.
THEY EXPECTED ORDERS.
Some of tlie Military Were Looking
for Blot Duty.
A number of the members of the mili
tary beenme unduly excited yesterday
| over a report that they were likely to be
ordered to Screven county on account cf
the trouble with the negroes that was pre-
lpitated by the attempt to arrest one of
iheir number. At one of the armories
preparations went on apuce, and several
men were busy loading cartridges for some
lime.
The military seemed ready enough to
lespoml to any call that might have come.
The men appeared confident that it would
be a matter oi a few hours only before a
call from he Governor for their services
in suppressing a riot would be received.
TAKEN HACK TO CHARLESTON.
Negro Wanted In Thut City for Mur
der Arreateil Here.
Grant McNeill, colored, who is wanted
in Charleston for the murder of another
negro, was arrested here yesterday by De
tectives Murphy and Garrity. Detective
Miller of the Charleston police depart
ment reached Savannah last right, and
took the negro back to Charleston with
him on a later train. McNeill says that
the shooting, which occurred on the night
of July 22. was done in self-defense, but
Mr. Miller says there is no truth In the
story, that it was a clear case of murder,
and that the coroner’s Jury rendered a
verdict to that effect.
No wine has a purer bouquet than
Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne
It is the pur# Juice of the grapes fer
mented.—ad.
THE MORNING NEWS; TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1900.
HAVE AGREED TO THE PLANS.
COL. .MERCER, PRES.. REPORTED
I PON CHATHAM ACADEMY.
Told the Board of Education That
the Plans Are \ ery Acceptable.
Boa rd Decided to Build New Srhool
hoaies nt South Newington and
tattle Park—Two Teacher* Re
signed and Two Assistant* Elect
ed—Dr. M. F. Dunn Elected a Mem
ber of the Board to Succeed Dr. J.
B. Rend. Resigned—President Mer
eer Wan Authorised to Borrow
Money to Meet Current Expenses.
A report from the joint committee upon
the re-buildirg of Chatham Academy was
made at the meeting of the B ad of Ed
ucation yesterday afternoon. Col.
George A. Mercer, president of the board,
reported for the conduce, and tho.-e pres
ent to receive the report and transact
the other business that came before the
meeting were Messrs. J. R Sau=ay, B. A.
Denmark, Henry Blun. J. H. Fs;ill, Lee
Hoy Myers, M. A. O’Byrne, P. A. Sto
vall and Dr. T. J. Charltcn.
Col. Mercer stated that plans for the
floors and the elevation had b en agreed
upon for the new’ building. In every way,
h j declared, the plans are acceptable.
Their execution would result in a very
handsome and convenient building. It is
estimated. Col. Mercer said, that it will
cost about $57,000 to carry out the plans,
but it is his opinion that this amount
wi 1 be reduced when bids have, been ad
ver i ed for ant r ccived. It is to be
regretted, the president said, that the
now academy will not be ready for oc
cupancy for at least a year.
Superintendent Ashmore, to whom had
been referred the petitions of residents
at or near South Newington, Cattle Park
and West Savannah for new' school build
ings, reported. After considering the re
port, the board decided to build new
houses at South Newington and Cattle
Park. This was upon motion of Mr.
Denmark. Land for the sites has been
donated, and the houses will be construct
eel in accordartce with the uniform plan
adopted some time ago for the country
schools.
The resignations of Miss Carrie A. Car
ter of the Barnard Street School and Miss
Maggie William of the Pooler School were
read and accepted. Hiss Amelia Shumate
and Miss Rachel Hinson were elected to
fill any vacancies that may occur in the
list of assistant teachers.
Dr. M. F. Dunn was unanimously elect
ed to fill the vacancy in the Board of
Education that was caused by the resig
nation of Dr. J. B. Read.
The president of the board w r as
ized to negotiate loans sufficient to meet
its current expenses. The Eighth Street
School is in process of construction and is
a drain upon the revenues of the board.
Were all the money that is due it in its
treasury, however, there would be no ne°d
to borrow. Both the county and the
state are in arrears with the board,
the two together owing it $45,434.18. This
will not be available until the fall.
CORCORAN LOOKING IP.
Many Now Believe tlie Savannah Boy
Will Win tlie Fight.
Never has a prize fight created the in
terest in Savannah that the go between
Tommy Corcoran and George Pearce,
which is on for Friday night at the thea
ter. has aroused. It is clear, from the
great amount of talk that is indulged in,
that the biggest crowd that ever saw a
fight in this city will assemble. For once
it seems protable that the house wi.l
pay, and the men will have a nice hunch
of coin to fight for. The winner will pull
down a pretty rake-off.
Tommy Corcoran’s stock is g ing up in
jumps. The game Savanna ha n has no
ack of backers, and mon y on him is
freely offered The sports appeared a hit
leary for a t me, sive a few of (hem who
1 ave be n putting up their stuff in wads
from the start, but they now say Cor
coran will be more thon a match for the
New Orb ans fighter, and they are confi
dently looking for him to win out.
A sort of revulsion of feeling has sprung
up with some as to Pearce. When he first
api>eared it was claimed that he looked
every inch a fighter, and it was freely
predicted that he would do Corcoran.
Pearce has taken off seventeen pounds
since then, however, and some of those
same wise ones have changed their tune.
They say he looks as though he were down
too fine. That is.something that the night
of the fight has to prove or disprove
Both men are confident. They tell their
supporters and backers that they are in to
win. Pearce may be a good one, and there
can be no doubt about that, for he did
for Jimmy Ryan and other good ones, but
that is the sort needed to lick Corcoran.
Money is still offered and taken even,
and it is not likely that there will be any
odds offered either way. Pearce is not
followed up in the bet he made that he
would knock Corcoran out.
ARK AFTER NOBLE GAME.
Three Well-Known Savanna lilnn*
Seek the Region of leeberffs.
There were three passengers on the
City of Birmingham for New York yes
terday who have an interesting summer
pregramme mapped out. The three in
question are Rev. Charles H. Strong. rec
tor of St. John’s Church, Mr. Frank C.
Battey and Dr. J. G. Van Marter.
From New .York they will go to Bos
ton and thence to Yarmouth, N. S., where
they expect, to ar;ive Aug 18. Aug. 19
and 20 they will spend in Halifax, where
they will inspect the fortifications of the
English Gibraltar on this side of the At
lantic. Aug :1 they will be at North
Sidney and Aug. 22 at Port uu Basque,
Newfoundland.
From thence they will go to the Log
Head Hotel, Spanccbrook, St. George’s
Pend, N. F., which wi.l be their head
quarters for the ensuing thirty days.
They propose to divide th ir time evenly
between hunting caribou and fishing for
salmon. All three of the paity have gone
aftex big game before, ift the Rockies
and elsewhere, and they anticipate the
biggest kind of a time in bringing down
the big game of far Northeast America.
At their destination they will be fiOO miles
north of Quebec, in the region of the Bay
of Fundy, where icebergs are met with in
July and th* tid> s rse to height of
sixty feet. The s ctlon to which they are
going has only recently been made ac
cessible by railroad, and big game is said
to be still plentiful.
First Bale .Savannah River Cotton.
Messrs. Woods & Malone received yes
terday the first new bale of Savannah
river cotton. It was shipped by Serve
Jenkins of Her*hman’s Lake, in the north
ern part of Screven county. The bale
weighed 480 pounds, and classed as fully
good middling.
The Health Problem
Is much simpler than is sometime* sup
posed. Health depends chiefly upon per
fect digestion and pure blood, and the
problem is solved very readily by Hood's
Sarsaparilla. You may keep well by tak
ing It promptly for any stomach o-r blood
disorder. Its cures of scrofula, ealt rheum
catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism and
other diseases are numbered by the thous
ands.
The favorite family cathartic Is Hood’a
Mils.—ad.
EX-PREACHER'S HARD LICK.
Mr. Ferrer Mnrtyn’s I'nfnrtanate Ex
periences Here nnl Elsewhere.
There were further and interesting de
velopments- in of the alleged min
ister who recently left Savannah under
mos: peculiar circumstances as was sta.ed
in yesterday's Morning News.
The man and his wife came to Savan
nah from Baltimore about three weeks ago
under contract for a two weeks’ engage
ment at specially artists ar Gildea’s Al
hambra. They, together with their child,
boarded at the Alhambra about a week be
fore th*ir engagement opened, which was
yesterday night two weeks ago. The act
was not a success and they were given
their discharge at once. Mr. Gildea said
yesterday that he thought neither the man
nor his wife had ever been on the si age
before, that their work was amateurish in
the extreme, and that he had to ring
down the curtain on them before the act
was finished.
From the Alhambra it seems th# 1 Plant
ers’ Hotel was the next stopping place.
An account of their experience at this
hotel was told in yesterday’s account.
So far no other hotel or boarding house
has been heard from, but it is quite likely
that there are other victims, as both the
man end his wife spent fully ten days
in the city after their ejection from the
Planter**’.
To a gentleman in the city the man con
fided the story of his misfortunes, which
show' that he was ttfe victim of circum
stances, and that his acts, while, to say
the least, shady, were the result of (he
grim necessity of securing an existence
for himself and family rather than de
liberately to live easily by dishonesty.
The story is a most pathetic one and
might well excite the sympathies of even
those who have suffered most heavily
from his misrepresentations.
Up to last March the man- was a reg
ularly ordained minister of the gospel,
nd had also quite a good reputation as
a lecturer, being indorsed by some of the
best known men jn this field, among them
John Temple Graves of this state. In
March, according to the story, he with
drew from the ministry because he felt
that he was not sufficiently in sympathy
with his work, and consequently could not
put into it the zeal and effort that he felt
it should receive. He had with him while
in Savannah his withdrawal card, show
ing that his story was true, and show
ing further, by the wording of the card,
that he had been both previous to his res
ignation. and at the time that the card
was issued, in good standing, both as a
minister and a man.
It was after leaving the church that
his bitter experiences began. He had hop
ed to support himself and'family by lec
turing, but, he says, he found the book-
ing agencies of nil of the theaters and
amusement courses closed (o him. and in
a vain search for an opening, he drifted
from city to city, until, while in Balti
more with starvation staring him in the
face, he accepted as a last resort the
offer of an agency to take an engage
ment at Gildea’s place, and came here on
tickets furnished him by the proprietor
of the hall.
The man has prominent relatives, but it
seems thnt family disagreements prevent
him from appealing to (hem.
The career, as far as is known, of the
man and his wife, after leaving the Plant
er's Hotel, was told in yesterday’s Morn
ing News. This account evidently reach
ed Jacksonville, for yesterday afternoon
Secretary Johnson of the Y. M. C. A. re
ceived the following telegram from the
Huval Hotel at Jacksonville: “Did (he
preacher imposter go under the name of
Ferrer Martyn? Answer quick.” Mr.
Johnson replied at once that such was
the name.
From the telegram it is quite probable
that after leaving Savannah Martyn went
to Jacksonville. The desire for an early
reply would lead to the belief that he was
stopping at the hotel from which the mes
sage came and that 'he proprietor wished
to know’ at once in order to take some
steps about the matter. It is quite possi
ble tnat there will be an interesting se
quel to the story and none will be more
interested in the denouement than the per
sons who knew him here, and whose gym
pathy he gained, in many cases, by his
evident good breeding, and the equally pal
pable fact that he was {Maying in excep
tionally hard luck.
DIED IN CLEVELAND.
News of Death of Mr*. R. H. Miller
Received Yesterday.
News was received from Cleveland.
Ohio, yesterday of the death of Mrs. R.
H. Miller, wife of Mr. R. H. Miller, man
ager of the Postal Telegraph Company’s
branch in the Cotton Exchange. Mr. and
Mrs. Miller wire on a vacation trip, and
were at the time the guests of Mr. Mil
ler’s relatives.
There was nothing to indicate at the
time of their departure that Mrs. Ml
- r was to be overtaken by death. She
was thought to he in good health, and
both looked forward to a happy stay in
the North. Her death was due to ty
phoid malaria.
It is understood that the remains will
he brough to McDonough, Ga., the old
home of Mrs. Miller, for interment. She
leaves only h*r husband of her immedi
ate family to mourn her loss. Mr. Miller
hss the sympathy of his friends here in
his bereavement.
BICYCLIST’S CLOSE CALL.
Young Lady Rider’* Narrow Eicope
Yesterday Afternoon.
A lady bicyclist had a narrow' escape
from a serious, if no< fatal, accident yes
terday afternoon by a collision with a
buggy. The accident occurred at Dray
ton and Liberty streets, shortly after 3
o’clock.
The bicyclist was riding quite rapidly
and attemp(ed to go between a buggy
which was going south on Drayton street
and a w'a.gon being driven in -the oppo
site direction. She rode so close to the
buggy that the handlebars of the bicycle
caught in the wheel of the ocher vehicle
and l>oth the woman and her wheel were
thrown directly in the way of the wagon.
The negro driver of the wagon managed
to pull up his horse before the wheel
struck the prostrate rider, but not before
ic was within a few r inches of her head.
Neither wheel nor rider was hurt.
MANY ON INFORMATION DOCKET.
Jrinea Lane Charged With Selling
Liquor on Sunday.
There are about a dozen parties on the
information docket to come before Re
corder Hartridge tills morning. James
Lane is down on the charge of having his
barroom open and selling liquor on Sun
day morning. The charge is made by D.
W. Farris, who says he purchased liquor
there at 7:10 a. m., and that he made the
case out of spite.
Capt. Lawrence of the schooner Millie
R. Bohannon, is charged with allowing
part of his crew to sleep on the ship, con
trary to ordinance.
Several i*rties are down on various
charges, such as riding bicycles on side
walks, doing business without license, up
turning soil in public domain without per
mission, and having disorderly conduct on
premise*.
Small House* In Good Demand.
Mrs. A. H. Allen is erecting three neat
frame houses at the corner of Hunting
don and Abercorn streets. There is siid
to be quite a demand for such houses
when suitably located.
TO JAIL FOR SIX MONTHS.
FI LTON AND HODGES MI ST SERVE
A TERM AND PAY A FINE OF SI,OOO.
Frank Fulton and \V. Male Hender
son. Proprietors of Policy Lotteries
Nabbed in the Recent Raid, . Sen
tenced to Six Months in the County
Jail by Judge Fulligant—They Are
Also to Pay a Fine of SI,OOO and
All Costs—L. J. Hodges Got Off NA itli
the Pa>ment of the Fine—Julius D.
liirseh Will Submit His Case to a
Jury—Judge Falligant Everywhere
Commended.
A fine of one thousand dollars and the
costs of the prosecution, in addition to a
sentence of six months’ confinement in
the common jail of Chatham county, made
up the punishment inflicted by Judge Fal
ligant upon two self-confessed violators
of the gaming laws in the Superior Court
yesterday.
The men were Frank Fulton and W.
Male Henderson, who were among the
policy lottery proprietors who were nab
bed by the sheriff and his officers on the
occasion of the raid made during the
early part of last week. The cases
against these two men and those again*’.
Julius D. Hirsch and L. J. Hedges
had been assigned for trial in the Superior
‘Court yesterday morning.
In answer to the call of their names,
Hodges, Fulton and Henderson respond
ed, but Hirsch was not in court. Mr. R.
L. Coiding was present to represent Ful
ton and Henderson, while Hodges was
represented by Mr. W. F. Slater. When
the attorneys announced that their clients
wished to enter pleas of guilty upon the
indictments that had been found against
them by the grand jury, Judge Falligant
prepared to pass sentence. Messrs. Coid
ing and 'Slater advanced to the rostrum,
with the apparent purpose of pouring
a tale of woe and a plea for sympathy
in the ear of the court. Such a tale and
such a plea are altogether usual under
such circumstances.
Judge Falligant. however, seemed to be
in possession of all the facts he cared to
learn and he waved counsel away. Then
he directed Hodges to stand up and im
posed upon him a fine of SI,OOO and the
costs of court, with a term of twelve
months on the chaingang of the county in
the alternative. Fulton and Henderson
drew a breath or two of relief, but the
relief they experienced must have been
one of the most altogether evanescent and
fleeting sensations they have ever known.
To each of them Judge Falligant had
about the same thing to pay when he
passed sentence: “You have been up be
fore me on several other occasions, charg
ed with the same offense. The fines in
flicted in the past seem insufficient to de
ter you. from the further commission of
crime. The sentence of the court is that
you pay a fine of SI,OOO and all costs and
that you be confined for the term of six
months in the common jail of Chatham
county.”
The effect of the sentence upon the two
men who received it was almost appalling.
1 han the men in their business nobody,
probably, save the very wealthy, lives
easier or better, and the prospect of six
motnhs in the county jail was more, than
lbey were prepared 10 stand. They had
not expected to be sentenced to more than
the payment of a fine and the term in jail
was a blow that struck them in their
tender eat point-their sense of personal
comfort.
Immediate efforts were made by their
counsel to have the terms in jail struck
from the sentences that had been im
posed Mr. Coiding told Jud S e Falligant
that his clients were quite wilting to sign
a pledge never again to engage in gam
bling within the limits of Chatham coun
ty and to make any other promises of
good behavior that could reasonably be
required, but to all of these appeals the
court was deaf. "The sentences must
stand as they were pronounced," was all
that he would say.
Hodges paid his fine and was given his
liberty. He announced afterward the
lesson had been a wholesome one for him
and that it would not be necessary to re
peat it. Never again, he said, would be
be concerned in the operation oi a policy
lottery in this neck of the woods; the
butcher business, which he abandoned for
'he uncertain dalliance with fortune in
which he more recenily has been engaged,
was good enough for him in the future’
Hodges seemed to think that he had got
off remarkably light, and to be very well
content. It was certainly due to the fact
that he was not better known, officially,
to Judge Falligant (hat permitted him to
be let off upon the mere payment of a
fine and costs.
Hirsch had to be sent for by the sheriff
and brought into court by a deputy. When
he learned of the sentences that had been
passed upon his companions he refused to
enter a plea of guilty, as it had been un
derstood he would do, though possibly not
on his authority. Instead he gave bond
for his appearance at the present 'term
of the court, when he will appear before
a jury and his case will be tried. His
bond was fixed by the court nt $2,000.
Expressions of full approval of the
course that Judge Falligant had pursued
came freely from he best people of Sa
vannah yesterday. It was said generally
that he had adopted a plan that would
serve to break up public gambling and
render the open and flagrant violations of
the gaming laws that have been familiar
to citizens here in the past impossible in
the future.
“Judge Falllgant’s course must receive
the indorsement of every good citizen."
said a prominent lawyer yesterday. “Ex
perience has shown that appeals of any
kind made to the gamblers themselves
were utterly without avail, and baa point
ed to (he inevitable conclusion that the
only way to suppress the vice was to
make it unprofitable to those who made
it their vocation in life. No matter how’
large their fines were, nor how often these
fines were inflicted, if the gamblers found
(hemselves able to pay the fines and yet
to live luxuriously and accumulate money
on the remainder of their incomes, they
were content.
“They appeared in court year after year
and paid their fines with becoming cheer
fulness. carrying on their business regu
larly between the time of their indictment
and (he time of their sentence in order
to raise money to meet thpse legal obli
gations. Judg Falligant has seen that
the way to stop the evil is 10 inflict a
punishment that the gamblers will net
regard with equanimity, but which they
will shrink from having to endure. I
firmly believe he has solved the problem.”
Mountain Exenralon
Via Central of Georgia Hniluny,
August 22, lIMUt.
Lookout Mountain, Tenn., and return.sll 60
Monteagle, Tenn., and return 12.50
Sewanee, Tenn., and return 12.40
Relative low rates to all summer re
sorts in North and South Carolina. Tick
ets on sale Aug. 22, good to return on
any regular (rain prior to Sept. 3, 1900.
For further information, rates, tickets,
sleeping car reservations, etc., apply at
ticket office, 107 Bull street, and Central
passenger station.—ad.
Annual Mountain Excursion via
Southern Railway.
Very low ratfi to principal North Car
dlna resorts. Special train, luxurious day
coaches will leave Plant System station
7:00 a m. railroad time, Aug. 22nd, tick
ets limited Sept. 3rd, good returning on
regular trains Jas. Fret man. city pas
sengrr and ticket agent, 141 Bull a reet.
A*hone 850 ad.
SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE “TECH. 1 '
Hr. Aaron French's Gift of S3OO to
Be Completed for September 556.
This opportunity is before the yojng
men not oniy of Georgia, but other states.
The enviable position which the School of
Technology has taken among the best
technical schools of the country and the
present great industrial advance of the
South, make the above a prize worthy of
the best efforts of all young men eligible
for the competition. The school offers
degrees in mechanical, electrical, civil
and texiile engineering, and its equipment
of these departments is unsurpassed. Its
reputation has been made on thorough
ness of instruction of its graduates. Grad
uates of literary colleges are urged to ex
amine the special course offered. A coutse
at the school is a necessity to any man.
no matter what profession he may intend
to follow. Full particulars and illustrat
ed catalogues may be had by address ng
Lyman Hall, president, Atlanta, Ga.—ad.
Annual Mountain Excursion via
Southern Railway-.
Very low rates to principal North Car
olina res rts. Special train, luxurious day
coaches will leave Plant System station
7:tio a. m. railread time, Aug. 22nd, tick
ets limited S pt. 3rd, good returning on
r gular trains Jas. F.ecman. ti.y pas
s tiger and ticket agent, 141 Bu'.l stre.t
Phone 850.—ad.
YOt'NG LADIES.
What Brennn College nt Gainesville,
Ga., Will Do for Them.
The question of "where I shall educate
mv daughter," has come btfore you many
times in the past few weeks. That is a
very Important question, and one that
cannot be too closely considered. How
ever, if you are looking for a school that
will take care of your daughter in the
proper w-ay and give her nice comfortable
rooms in a modern building, where she
will find thoroughly educated and experi
enced teachers, who will give to taoh stu
dent. individual, personal work, you will
find it at Brenau college, formerly Geor
gia Female S minery. For handsome cat
alogue address Brenau, Gainesville, Ga.—
ad.
$1.30 Augusta and Return via South
ern Railway, Aog. 13,
Southern Railway will operate special
train, leaving Plant System station 6:30
a. m., railroad time, Aug. 15, leave Au
gusta 10 p. m., same day. Separate
coaches for whites and blacks. James
Freeman, city passenger and ticket office,
141 Bull street; ’phones 850. ad.
A Fever-Stricken Camp.
Everett City, Ga., July 21, 1900—I am a
strong believer in and advocate of the use
cf Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic. I
know what it will do. I 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 txen
in the tropics as soldiers can comprehend
the horrors of a fever-stricken 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.
Rush to Market and Get 'Em.
While it is getting pretty late in the
season, still it is never too late to buy
good things, and especially when these
things ere what ell like. A large ship
ment of cantaloupes will be offered at
the stalls of 'Mr. H. Logan in the city
market to-day. The shipment is from
Baltimore, and the melons are from tile
fine old Maryland farms thereabout. Drop
aiound to-day and pick out a half dozen
or more for the ice box. H. Logan, city
market.—ad.
Annual Mountain Excursion via
Southern Railway.
Very low rates to principal North Car
olina resorts. Special train, luxurious day
coaches will leave Plant System station
7:CO a. m. railroad lime, Aug. 22nd. tick
ets limited S pt. 3rd. good returning on
regular trains. Ja . Freeman, city pas
senger and ti k t agent, 141 Bull street.
Phone 850.—ad.
The summer is passing, have you taken
in the Plant System Sunday excursions t£>
Charleston? One dollar for the round trip,
—ad.
To the Mountains.
In the nick of time.
Just when you are yawning and feeling
tired out and broken down, a bottle of
Graybeard is better than a trip to the
mountains.
Are you constipated? Take Graybeard
pills. Little treasures—26c 'be box. Res
pese Drug Cos., Proprietor*.—vd.
Chair cars on Plant System excursions
to Charleston every Sunday; engage your
seats on Saturdays at the De Soto Hotel
ticket office.—ad.
To Brunewlok and Return, SI.OO Vln
tlie Plant System, Sunday*.
In addition to the Charleston Sunday
excursions, the Plant System are selling
round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on
Sundays only, at raie of $1 00 for the
round trip. Trains leave at 2:10 a. tu. and
5:20 a. m —ad.
$1.30 liikuMu and Return via South
ern Hallway, Aug. 15,
Southern Railway will operate special
train, leaving Plant System station 6:30
a. m., railroad time. Aug. 15, leave Au
gusta 10 p. to., same. day. Separate
coaches for whites and blacks. James
Freeman, city passenger and ticket office,
141 Bull street; ’phones 850 —ad.
The riant System excursion train to
Charleston leaves Savannah at 6:20 a. m
Sundays; tickets are sold at one dollar for
the round trip.—ad.
A Recclvmiz Teller,
A receiving teller at a good bank said
that he was about to get sick. He felt
tired all time; sleep did not refreab
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 stores. Gray
beard pills are treasures—2sc the box.
Respess Drug Cos.. Proprietors.—ad.
A Dellckons 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.
bee that the name of Herbert aper.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 60. Conchas at JS.6O, and
Perfectos, $4.50 at Llppmun Bros., whole
sale druggists, Barnard and Congress
streets, of this city ad.
ttser.
We hav# a nice line of elder In bottles,
pure and genuine, from the celebrated
establishment of Mott & Cos., of New
York.
The Russet Cider and the Crab Apple !
Cider ere very good. Llppman Bros., oor
ner Congress and Barnard afreets, Bs
vannah, Ga ad. 1
25 ° 0 Reduction
on all
Summer Horse
Clothing.
Complete line of
Lap Sheets, Fly
Nets,Ear Nets and
Horse Sheets.
Congress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
SEMI-AW CAL STATEMENT
for the six months, ending June 30,
of the condition of
THE MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
, of Springfield,
organized under the laws of the State of
Massachusetts, made to the Governor of
the State of Georgia, in pursuance of the
laws of said State.
Principal Office, No. 413 Main Street,
Springfield, Mass.
Amount of capital stock Purely Mutual
Total assets of the Company,
estimated $24,833,114 8$
Total liabilities, estimated 22,832,108 86
Income during first six months
of year 1900 3,025,434 30
Disbursements during first six
months of 1900 2,012,256 62
A copy of the act of incorporation, duly
certified, is on file in the office of the In
surance Commissioner.
State of Georgia, County of Chatham—
Personally appeared before the under
signed, William J. Harty, Jr., and Benja
min J. Apple, who being duly sworn, de
pose and say that they are the manager#
for Georgia of the Massachusetts Mutual
Life Insurance Company, and that the
foregoing statement is correct and true
to the best of their knowledge and belief.
(Signed.) Wm. J. HARTY. Jr.
(Signed.) BEN. J. APPLE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
13th day of August, 1900
(Signed.) W; F. TRAIN,
Notary Public, Chatham County, Ga.
HARTY & APPLE, Managers for Georgia,
Savannah, Ga.
j Telephone 232. 117 Bay St., East.
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
hove 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. So
wiia comfortable transportation from ev
ery section of the city, a cool inviting
store, the best things to select from and
1 remarkably low prices, we make shopping
a pleasure and a 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 85c.
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 Soie and Sotin Duchesse
Silks reduced from $1.25 to Boc the yard.
30c and 35c Imported Ginghams at 19c.
. Ladles' 26-inch Umbrellas, $1 quality,
now to 69c.
Ladles’ 26-inch Umbrellas, $1.25 quality
this week 98c.
WHITE GOODS
10c quality India Linen Bc.
12 Me. quality 10c.
15c quality 12c.
20c quality 15c.
25c quality 20c.
A 16x34 Huck Towel at 10c; worth 15c.
Huck Towels, 20x40, $1.75 dozen; worts
$2.25.
Extra full size $2.00 dozen; worth $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-lneh While French Nainsook 29c a
yard; worth 45c.
72-inoh French Nainsook reduced from
65c a yard to 48c.
72-inch Nainsook reduced from $1 per
yard to 73c yard.
EXTRA VALUES I\ 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.so—a saving of fully 25 per
cent.
A yard-wide Shirting at 7c this week;
former price 10c.
A better grade at BVac; former pries 10c
and 12V:\
LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HANDKER
CHIEFS.
Ladies' Embroidered Handkerchiefs re
duced from 12tyc lo 9c each.
The 15c quality at 11c.
A finer line reduced from 25c to 19c.
Slill a better g r ade reduced ftom 36c
to 25c.
HOSIERY.
Ladies’ Openwork 13c; worth 20c.
Ladies’ Black Lisle Drop-stitch at 35c;
worth 35c.
Ladles’ 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-stltch Hose 25c; worth 35c.
Infants' Lisle Socks 23c; worth 35c.
SPECIALTIES IN GENTS' HALF HOSE
50c grade at 26c; that sold at 25c this
week 19c. •
Clearance sale this week of Allovsr
Laces and Embroideries at half price.
100 pieces Canton Matting just received;
prices 15c to 50c per yard.
150 Smyrna Rugs at reduced prices.
Daniel Hogan,
The comer Broughton and Barnard sts.
Good Goods —Close Prices.
Send us jour orders. Soaps, Patent
Medicines, Drugs, Rubber Goods, Per
fumery, Toilet Powder, Combs, Brushes.
e*c.
DONNELLY DRUG CO.,
Phone 678. Liberty and Price sts.
n Morphine tnd WbUkey hsb
lt treated without pair or
confinement. Cure guaran
teed or no pay. B H. VEAL.
Man'gr Lithi* springs San
itarium. Box 8. Amtell. Os.