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KELL RIFLES AT THE RANGE.
feLLLOCH’S SOLDIEJR9 >IADE A GOOD
ACCORD.
spito 1 nfm orable Condition* the
Soldier* From nalloeh Found the
Center of the Target* Often—Son'*
Heat imd Oniriine t.lare Were
AKni n * t Gnod Mn rli nmi n*h ip—C or
poral \V. V. Tyler 'lade the Heat
Score—Company Made Good Ap
pearanci- and Crented n <ool Im
pression—ll Will He Represented
at the State Com petition >e\t
Ainu th.
The K*;i Rifle? of Statesboro ?rent the
forenoon and two hours of the afternoon
yesterday on the Avondale range, put
ting In good work at the butts and estab
lishing a record more than creditable to
carry back with them to their Bulloch
county homes.
The Rifles reached the city on the Sea
board Air Idne train in the early morn
ing and went immediately to the range.
The company was under the command of
Lieut. R. J. Proctor, w ho, since the resig
nation of ( apt. Blit- 'h, is its senior offi
cer. The roster showed besides the fo.-
lowing officer and men, who took part in
the trip to the city and the practice at
the range:
Lieut. D. R. Groover, Jr.. Commanding
Sergeant Perry Kennedy, First Sergeant
Ji. J. McMillan, Sergts. Sam Hall and
Leon Hall, Corpl. W. V. Tyler, John
Jones and Custis Mikell, Privates M. S.
fienrborough, Louis Scarborough, H. B.
Franklin, Dempsey Barries, John Barnes,
T>. M. Dorsey, Ben Grimes. Sam Proctor.
Peter Mikell, J. D. Jones, A. T. Jones,
Joe Fletcher, M. W. Waters, P. C. New
come and L. Newsome. Gus Floyd, the
custodian of the nrmorv at Statesboro,
enme down with the company to look af
ter the physical comfort of the officers
and men of the Rifles.
Capt. C. H. Richardson, acting inspec
tor of rifle practice of the First Regi
ment of Infancy, met the Rifles at the
station and proceeded with them to th -
range. During the practice that followed
Capt. Richardson acted as range officer,
supervising the movements of the men
in firing at the various distances, and in
the several positions, and keeping the
record of their scores. Capt. W. E.
Coney, adjutant of the regiment, was also
or the range, and Col. Lawton- lent the
Rifles the encouragement of bis presence
and approval for a period during the
forenoon.
Tne conditions for good shooting were
not altogether favorable, the heat on th
tmprotected range being oppressive and
the dazzling glare of the sun rendering
it difficult to take direct aim at the
targets. In addition to these obstacles
the men were shooting on n range they
bad probably never seen before, over
which certainly they had never shot, and
with whose various i>e?uliarities they
were altogether unacquainted. Consider
ing all of these unfavorable conditions th*
record that was made was on exceedingly
creditable one.
This opinion was freely expressed by
both Capt. Coney and- Capt. Richardson,
who complimented Lieut. Proctor upon the
proficiency displayed by hie* command.
. Two-third? of the company made the rec
ord at the known distances that entitled
them to shoot on the skirmish end three
qualified as marksmen.
The beet score, one of 89. was made by
Corpl. W. V. Tyler, but Lieut. Proctor
and Private M. S. Scarborough were not
very far behind. Others, too. made cred
itable scores.
After the practice had been concluded,
01 2 o’ciock in the afternoon, the officers
and men of the company returned to the
city, where they spent the remainder of
<he day and the evening as best pleased
thdm. Some member? of the command
returned to Statesboro last night, but
others, perhaps the majority, remained
over until to-day. Among theee were the
officers. Lieut. Proctor and Lieut. Groov
er. and First Sergeant McMillan.
The Rifles are a so di r y and well dis
ciplined tody of men and they made a
good appearance and created a good im
pression at th* r„nge. The officers say
the company was never it better condi
tion, and that the spirit was never high
er than at pres nt. It is increasing daily
In numerical streng h. and In itself is a
valuable addition o the strength and ef
ficiency of the Fir.-t Reg ment of In
fantry.
At the annual a bn* and rifle compe
tition for Georgia State Troops, robe
field here on Sp . and 4. the Rifles will
be represented 1 y a company team. There
1* a range at Sta eshoro and the com
pany will p actioe there between now and
th** firs' day of the competition, in order
to fit itse f for this event. It may be
I hat the team will not b* able to carry
n'vay the prze- from teams representing
other c mpanps. that have had more and
better oppor unities for practice, hut It
will at any sate exemplify the military
©pirit that prevails at Statesboro, and the
determination to fisht for horors that is
one of the chief attributes of the good
f-oluler.
WITTE TO HE RELEASED.
Money Hun Been Rained nml Fuse
Will Be Dropped.
It Is expected that George H. Witte, a
former cUy drummer of the Savannah
Orocery Company, who managed to mulct
Ws employers for some $2,000 or $3,000 and
get away with it, but who was subse
quently captured in New York, will be
released from custody within a few days.
WLtte was indicted by the grand Jury
for larceny after trust and has been un
der confinement at the county Jail since
his return, under the escort of Sheriff
Sweeny, from New York. It was believed
that the effort made some time ago to
compromise the case, upon the repayment
of some portion of the money appropria
ted, would be successful, but they fell
through because of the failure of Witte’s
friends to raise enough.
Recently these efforts have been renew
ed and the money secured. This nec
essary sum, said to be SI,OOO, i.s to be
turned over 'to the Savannah Grocery
Company, which Is (hen to withdarw its
prosecution of Witte on the charge of
larceny after trust. The indictment will
be nol prossed.the case dismissed and the
ex-city drummer given his liberty. Witte
has verw many friends in Savannah who
will welcome his release from custody.
WEDDED I* EARLY MORNING.
Mr. \nvler R. Lange and Miss Willie
W. Newton.
Mr. Xavier B. Lange anl Miss Willie
W. Newton were married yesterday
morning at 'the residence of the bride's
mother, Mrs. L. A. Newton, 407 Brough
ton street, west. The ceremony took place
a: 6:30 o'clock and was performed by Rev.
K. W. Cawrhon, who Is supplying the
pulpit of the First Baptist Church In the
ci/sence of Dr. Jordan.
Th* marriage was very quiet one on ac
c mt of the recent death of he brldo's
fatn-r, only the most Intimate friend*
an-l 4is!lves being present. After the
•ei.rrii nv Mr. and Mrs. Lunge left by the
Boat! ■rn Railway for Asheville. They
i ""I b- ,t home to their many frlendi
■ after B;it ad.
I Bllloasnea Constipation, Torpid Liver—
a*it,s' n ,/ by Saratoga Arondar.lt
A -i ■ i ten drink for flv* cent*
•jtomoi,. .bug .tore, bull and Chari-
TURNED THE ROYS LOOSE.
Detective* (hnrged AYlth Intimidat
ing tlelnnd and Keith Lari*.
The two lads. Robin Cleland and Allen
Keith, who were arrested by Detective?*
Garrity and Stark, for the Gillespie and
Miscally house burglaries, were discharg
ed by the Recorder yesterday, without a
hearing, on account of their tender aces.
Both Mrs. Cleland, mother of the Cleland
boy. and Mr. Keith, said after the hearing
that no plea of infancy was urgt-d or coun
tenanced by them, and believing their
children Innocent, they feel a wrong and
injury has been committed. The itarenfs
of both boys wanted a full hearing of
the chargee they said. They were ad
vised that they have no redress in tho
courts, and can do no more than to ask
the public to consider the tender age of
the lx>ys, and their natural
terror under arrest to account
for the confession made to
the detectives. No corroborative evidence
;hey say was obtained by the officers,
and the charge was based solely, the
parents claim, upon the recr.minations
of the little prisoners tind<r threats of
the chain-gang which both dedlare were
made to them by the detectives.
Mrs C eland said tl at she was lying
down in her room 'lue djy morning
and was aroused by hearing
a conversation between Detective
Garity and her son in the yard. She
said Mr. Garity told her son he knew he
entered the houses and took 'he pistol
as Allen Keith had conf s-ed and had
told everything Robin denied the accu
sation even when she entreated him to
t< II the truth. Th° det ctive took the
boy to the barracks where she said she
was refused premi-s.on to see
him until the arrival of Supt. Screven,
when the children were brought before her
In the superintendent’s office, and accused
each other alternately of leadership in
the crime. Supt. Screven allowed the boys
to go with their parents under promise
to appear when wanted. Before the Cle
land lad had gone a block from the bar
racks he told his mother. she
said, that what he had before
the superintendent was untrue, and that
he had been frightened into saying that
he was guilty by the threats of the de
tectives, and that Allen hid been treated
the same way.
Mr. Keith made substantially the same
statement in regard to his son, and both
he and Mrs. Cleland soy they had wit
nesses present to prove that their chil
dren were at home when ;he burglaries
were committed.
Garrity and Stark, the detectives who
investigated the burglaries and arrested
•he boys, said last night that the state
ment they were in any way intim
idated is absurd In the light of the boys’
confessions made in the presence of Mrs.
Miscally and Mrs. Cleland In Mrs. Mis
eally’s house. When the boys were first
secured, the detectives said, they were
taken to the house of Mr. Miscally. There
Mrs. Cleland, with Mrs. Miscally, heard
all the questions asked and the answers
that were given.
As to the boys’ treatment the detectives
sy they are at a loss to know in what
way they tan be cri ici ed. The biys were
really, they say, not arrested. They were
not taken to the barracks in the patrol
wagon, and even after being taken to
the barracks were not lock-d up.
As to the hearing before Re
corder Hartridge and the un
satisfactory way in which it terminated
to the parents, the defectives say that
the Recorder asked couns 1 if they were
willing to waive the question cf the boys
age* and have the case tried on its mer
its. and that counsel, or, at least the at
orney for young Keith, refused the pro
position. Had the attorney for young Cle
land so desired, he could have waived the
claim of youth and secured a trial.
DIED IN THE MORNING HOI RS.
Ml** Mamie Lung’* Bright Life Enlel
by Denth.
Miss Mami* Lang passed away early
yesterday morning Hrr death occurred
at the home of her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lang, at West
Broid and Hull streets, after an illness
of about two w eks
In the frimall hours of yesterday morn
ing. in that interval between night and
dawn when so many souls cro.-s ithe river
13 the great beyond, she died.
Miss J*ang returned last June from
Elizabeth College, at Charlotte, N. C.,
and was spending her vacation wi h her
parents. She would have returned to the
college next month, for th? purpose of
completing her (duration, had the grim
reaper spared her young life.
She was a sweet and attractive young
woman, and her death has caused very
profound griff among the many who
knew and loved her. The faei that it had
been expected with a greater or Uss de
gree of certain y for the Jast three or
four days served to take away something
of the shock, but it less n-d not the sor
row of these it bereft of their dear one.
The luntral will fake place at 4 o'clock
th s afternoon from the Lutheran Church
of the Ascensicn. In the absence of the
pastor, Dr. W. C. Schaeffer, the services
will be performed by Rev. J. W. Nease,
who is filling the pulpit, and Rev. M. J.
Kptlng of St. Paul's The* pallbearers will
be Messrs. Th- mas Sweeny, William
Brown Arthur Wagner, Charles Don
nelly, 8. Cock and William Fish.
TO KVTKR BATTALION TEAM.
Fir*f llnftnllnn of First Rejrlineiit
Will Be Kepre*ont‘d in Cont**t*.
A meeting of the officers of the first
battalion of the First Regiment of In
fantry wa* held at the Regimental armo
ry yesterday afternoon at which it was
determined o enter a team from the bat
talion in the regimental match that will
form part of the rifle competition to take
place next month.
The ruels of the competition permit (he
battalions of a regiment to enter separate
team* and the first battalion will take
advantage of thi* provision. Capt. (\ H.
Konemann of the German Volunteers,
Lieut. Georg** H. Richter of the Savannah
Cadets and Private T. G. Phllpot of the
Jasper Greens were appointed a commit
tee to select the battalion team. The
members of the committee are among (be
be\ shots in the battalion and are, of
course, certain to make whatever team
ip selected from its ranks.
It Ip expected that the Savannah Vol
unteer Guards, composing the Second Rt
talion. will also enter a team In this
match. The Guards number enough
sharpshooters, members of the various
teams that have won laurels In years past
at Sea Girt, to make them confident of
success. However, there will be good
ahots on the team of the First Battalion
and on the teams of other regiments, and
If the Guards win the trophy they will
probably have a light for it.
THE TERPSICHORE.AY PRIZE*.
Won mt Tybee hy Mr. nml Mr*. F. K.
Drrfr.
At Tybee Tuesday night ihe prizes for
Ihe most graceful dancing mid the longest
time on the floor were won by Mr. and
Mrs. F. K. Dreese, who danced contin
uously for 44 minutes. The prizes are nn
emerald shirt stud, and an < mernld in.l
pearl ring. The prise in the guessing con
*. a silver paper cutler was won by Mrs
Junie# M Dixon, who came within one
• r rhe correct number, her guess being 15#
the ctu*l number wit 15*
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1900.
OPPOSED TO SHIRT WAISTS.
MAYOR MYERS DOES NOT VIEW THE
MOVEMENT \\ ITH FAVOR.
Mould Detract From the Dignity of
the Police to Permit Them to Go
About With Only Him* Flannel
Shirt* and Trou*er*. He Say*—Doe*
Not Think There In Any Demand
for Sneh n Departure Any Way.
Saw Comparatively Few Shirt
Wnint* While nt the North and
Think* the Movement n Fad W hich
Will Soon Die Out.
Mayor Myers does not regard the shirt
waist movement with favor, either for
city employes or the male public general
ly. The Mayor was asked yesterday if
he would approve a movement to permit
the police to dispense with their coats
' during the remainder of the heated term
and to appear simply in blue flannel shirts
and trousers.
‘ Not in my present frame of mind,” said
the Mayor. ”1 have heard no complaints
on this score from the police or other city
employes and I doubt if the discomfort, if
any, i.s such as to warrant such a de
parture. It would detract somewhat fr>m
the dignity of the police to appear without
• heir uniforms, and it might encourage lax
■methods in other directions.”
‘‘l>l*l you see any police in the shirt
waist garb during your stay at the
North?” the Mayor was asked.
“I did not.” he replied, "and I doubt
if there are any. Neither did I observe
any great tendency towards, the shirt
waist business anywhere. In New York
City the business men and their employes
took off their coats, if so inclined, while
.it work in their office©, but put them on
again when they went on the streets.
Neither did I gee many people on the
principal thoroughfares without their
coals. There were some few with very
nice taiiormad-e shirts, and, of course,
the workingmen were to be seen in their
shirt sleeve©, but this is no new style
with them.”
“1 was down at Manhattan Beach 6ev
eral times, but the shirtwaists were de
cidedly in the' minority Over at
Coney Inland I have no doubt that shirt
waists were quite the fashion, but I did
not eo there.”
“You don't think much of the. shirt
waist movement then?” he was asked.
“No. I think it will die out like any
other fad. Ir will probably be forgotten
by next summer.”
There are a great many people in Sa
vannah. who do not agree with Mayor
Myers on this question. On the contrary
some of them are so firmly convinced of
the future popularity of the shirtwaist
that they would be willing to wager
something that the members of the next
board of aldermen will sit around the
Council table In their shirtwaists a year
hence. The shirtwaist might be made an
issue in the coming municipal campaign,
but for rhe fact that the mayoralty fight
takes places during the overcoat and not
the shirtwaist ©eason.
The Mayor Is up against a popular de
mand in nearly all of the newspapers of
the country for shirt waists or some oth
er reform in men's dress for hot weath
er. The shirt waist movement :s less than
two months old, and yet it has reached
in a modest way nearly the entire coun
tiy and shirt manufacturers are already
preparing to put on the matket r.exr sum
mer an attractive garment that will meet
the demand of men who are ready to
brave the, anti-shirt waist sfntiment, and
make the movement a successful one.
Half a dozen cities in the North, accord
ing to reports, have sanctioned reform in
police uniforms by allowing the police to
weir p o erly regulated blue flannel
shirts In place of Numbers of so
cial entertainments are reported over the
country among the best people where the
men have appeared in shirt waists. Just
now the movement Is b-irg agitated in
the University of Chicago, and by popu
lar consent of l>oth the men and faculty
cf the university, the shirt waist or neat
negligee shirt has been sanctioned. It is
row in good form for a man to wear a
negligee shirt or shirt waist and
belt in the classic precincts of Chicago’s
center of learning.
MARRIED VERY' QUIETLY.
Nuptiali of Mr. Henry R. Smith nndf
Ml** Ague* Boyd.
Mr. Henry R. Smith of Clyo, and Miss
Agnes Clyde Boyd of Screven county,
were quietly married yesterday morning
nt the residence of the undle of the bride,
Mr. W. G. Brewer, No. 309 Waldburg
street, west. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. W. K. Cawthon, acting pas
tor of the First Baptist Church.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and
j Mrs. Jeff Boyd of Screven county. For
time past she and her mother have
' been in Savannah in attendance upon her
grandmother, Mrs. A. O. Boyd, who has
been critically ill. On account of this ill
ness the wedding has been several times
postponed, but Mrs. Boyd, recently rally
ing and greatly improving in health, it
was hurriedly determined that it should
l>e consummated. On account of Mrs.
Boyd’s still serious condition, however,
the wedding was very quiet, only the fam
ilies of the contracting parties being pres
ent.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Smith
left for Lookout Mountain, where the
honeymoon will be spent. Mr. Smith is
in charge of the lumber interests of Mr.
Horace I*. Smart nt Clyo, and there he
will make his home with his bride.
CHEWED HER RIVAL.
\ Colored Girl'* I’ecnllnr Mode of
Ye ng'ii n ee,
Elizabeth Washington, colored, of No.
19 Ann street, was badly bitten by Alice
Meric, also colored, in n row that they
had Monday night about the affections of
a dusky Lothario.
The Washington girl, according to her
story, was riding on Lumber street on a
; bicycle, when she was pulled from the
wheel by her assailant and the man who
i the object of both their affections. The
Meric woman attacked her fiercely, biting
her twice through the. upper lip. and chew
ing her arm until it looked as though she
had been attacked by a dog rather than
a human being. Her wounds were cauter
ized yesterday morning by Dr. George
Herlot. No arrests have been made.
gs.no Reward.
$5 worth of merchandise given to the
gentleman guessing the correct number
of people on our pavilion Friday evening,
Aug. 24th. Grand clnematoscope enter
t#lnmen showing all the latest war
views. High tide and plenty of breeze;
come out and get cool. Cara leave Junc
tion every half hour. Entertainment
starts promptly on the arrival of the 9:00
o'clock car. Pavilion arranged so as to
seat 900; also fine supper served. Includ
ing diamond back terrapin soup. Come
out and enjoy yourself. Barbee & Bandy,
—ad.
Remember this: No other medicine has
such a record of cures as Hood’s Sarsa
parllln When you want a good medicine,
get Hood’s —ad.
"Anew lino of elegant fire proof safes
from the large,! manufacturers In the
United State* can lase n at Lltpmun
Bros, wholesale druggists in this city.
Brt<e and quality will b of
—ad <
1.1 >ATIC ATTACKED AN OFFIC3H.
Exciting Srenc In the Office of the
Court of Ordinary.
A negro woman who had been arrested
in Woodvilie on a charge of lunacy and
brought to the Court House for commit
ment to the county Jail, created consider
able consternation' in the office of Clerk
Keilbach of the Court of Ordinary yester
day morning.
The woman was Retie. ‘ca Brown. She
has been mentally unbalanced for some
length of time, but It is only recently
that she has become dangerous to those
by whom she was surrounded, her mania
having taken a homicidal form and re
sulted in assaults that created consterna
tion in the neighborhood. While in the
throes of one of these attacks she assault
ed h- r aged mother and nearly succeeded
in killing the oid woman before assistance
could arrive. This was the crowning
stroke, and it was determined to cause
her arrest and incarceration and subse
quent removal to the state sanitarium at
Mllledgevllle.
Bailiff Gailiard, who is a resident of the
suburb in which the woman has been liv
ing with her husband, was called upon
to make the arrest. He did make it and
brought the woman, accompanied by her
husband and brother, Tom Garrett, to the
office of the clerk of the Court of Ordi
nary at the county Court House.
The circumstances were explained to
Clerk Keilbach. and he went into an inner
office, accompanied by the men who were
to attest the correctness of the facts, to
draw the warrant for lunacy. While he
was thus engaged Gatilard and the woman
were left in the outer office.
The lunatic occupied herself foolishly as
lunatics will, scribbling unintelligible
notes on an office pad and munching a
huge sausage. Suddenly she sped across
the room and began to take up various
articles from the desk of the clerk. At
this point Gaitlard ventured a miid re
monstrance, telling the woman that she
must leave the desk alone.
His remonstrance seemed to imbue her
with a wild fury, and in half the time
it takes to tell It she had snatched a
sharp paper knife from the desk and,
brandishing it in her hand, started for the
bailiff. Perfectly cognizant of the fact
that this was one of the occasions when
discretion was much the better part of
valor, Gailiard retreated. When Clerk
Keilbach and the others rushed from the
Inner office to the one In which the row
was taking piace the woman was stand
ing within two feet of the bailifr, with the
knife upraised and ready to strike. The
men rushed upon her and overpowered
her, but not until she had succeeded in
inflicting considerable damage upon the
wearing apparel and cuticle of Officer
Gailiard.
Even with her arms pinioned her
tongue was fr, e and she poured forth a
volley of profanity and b 1 ingsgate that
Mr. Keilbach described as ‘'something
awful." Finally she was placed in a police
patrol wagen and sent to the Jail, hut
she sent a number of Parthian arrows,
winged shafts of profanity and abuse,
behind her as she departed.
Gailiard is a rice field negro of the old
type, and a very funny one. He was a
comical looking object w-hen he reported
in the sheriff’s office after the encounter,
and to hear him tell of the manner in
which the woman had attacked Mm was
more comical still. He talks a Gullah dia
lect that the uninitiated would need a
glossary to enable them to understand,
and he was more than a Ptle excited.
"Dat ooman is bad licker," he concluded.
BAILEY GIVEN HIS LIBERTY.
Not Guilty of the Offense With Which
Blltch Charged Him.
John Bailey was tried In the City Court
yesterday morning before Judge Norwocd
and a Jury. Bailey had been arrested at
the instance of H. E. Blitch, who charg
ed him with stealing an anchor.
The evidence war not extensive, and ev
idently came came very far from convinc
ing the jury of the guilt of the accused.
On the contrary it must have served to
convince them of his innocence, for with
in a few minutes after the retirement to
the jury room a verdict of not guilty was
returned. Baiiey was given his liberty.
There have been other interesting de
velopments from the same case. Because
of Blltch's charges that Bailey had stolen
the anchor, which he seemed to have cir
culated freely throughout the section of
the county in which both of the men live,
the latter had him arrested upon a war
rant issuing from the court of Magistrate
Nelson, and the magistrate required him
to give bond to keep the peace and be of
good behavior.
The warrant issued in this case charged
that Blitch had committed a breach of
good behavior in that he had slandered
Bailey, by saying he had stolen the an
chor. Blitch, evidently laboring under the
impression that he had been arrested on a
charge of slander, an offense not known
to the criminal laws of the state, had filed
in the City Court a notice directed to
Magistrate Nelson, notifying him that he
Intended to institute an action for dam
ages in the sum of *5,000 against him. The
action, if it is brought, will be based upon
the magistrate's alleged malfeasance in
causing the arrest of Blitch for an offense
not known to the statute books.
THE HALLY IN HINESVJLLB.
Local Option Candidate Named In
Second District.
Mesrrs. J. R. Creamer and F. XV.
Campos returned yesterday from Hines
ville, where they took in the senatorial
convention of the Second District the
diy before, and caueussed with the poli
t clans in that neck cf the woods. As an
nounced in the Morning News, Hon. Da
'll A. Smtky was the successful candi
date. His opponent, Mr. Warned, was
oply in the minority by two votes, how
ever.
Mes-rs. Creamer and Cameos were well
p eased at the result. Mr. Smiley is a lo
cal optioti man as against slate prohibi
tion, while Mr. Warned had not express
ed himself on this question.
The rally of the politicians of the First
Congressional District did not amount to
much, the crowd on hand being much
mo e interested in discussing the recent
tmeute between the whites and the blacks
at Liberty ( tty. Strong condemnation
was expressed up n acme of ihe sensa
tional newspaper repoits sent out about
the affair, in which the imagination of
the t orr. s on lei is wa- frciy exercised
The conservative repor sf the Morning
News were heartily endorsed.
It was decided, howtver, to organize
Bryan and Stevenson clubs in each coun
ty in the district, and to otherwise en
deavor to arouse Interest in the cam
paign.
ONE BEATEN, ANOTHER STABBED.
Italy F.ndlng of n Gambling; Qnnrrel
Among Negroes.
In a fight among negroes in Indian
street lane yesterday afternoon over a
gambling game Willis Grant was severely
Injured at the hand* of Morgan Brown,
who struck him with a rock, and Joe
White, who gave him two bad cuts with a
knife. One of the wounds is a long slash
on the left arm. while the other Is .1 deep
gash on the left side and hut a short dls
tance from the kidneys. The man was
taken to ihe Ocean Drug Company, on
West Broad and Bryan streets, and after
warJs. In the police ambuancce, to his
home on Indian street, where hts wound*
were dressed hy Dr. M. L. Currie.
Brown was arrested by Patrolman
Dwyer and will probably be given a hear
ing this morning lrefora the Recorder.
jiVhlte Is still at large, ■“
GARBAGE ORDINANCE PASSED.
niTBARHELI AEEDKOT BE PLACED
ON THE STREETS.
Where There Are no Lane* the Re
ceptacle* May Be Placed Inside the
Property Line* Within Five Feet
of Gnte Entrances—Must Be Acces
sible to Scavengers Between 7 a.
in. anil H p. m.—Sanitary Board
Wants Weeds Cot Down on Veranl
Lot*—Ail Ordinnnce Introduced by
Alderman llorrigan Looking to the
Creation of the Position of Deputy
City Marshal.
The garbage ordinance. Introduced some
time ago by Alderman Dixon, was adopt
ed by the City Council yesterday after
noon. The ordinance has already , been
published and discussed at some length.
It requires all garbage, of whatever char
acter, in boxes or barrels, to be placed
outside of the lane gates of houses by 7
o'clock in the morning. The ordinance is
an amendment to section 759 of MacDon
ell’s code, and repeats the requirements
of that section that dirt, ashes, tin cans,
and other non-combustible material, shall
he placed in separate receptacles from pa
per, vegetable matter and combustible
waste generally.
An important amendment to the ordin
ance was made at the Instance of Aider
man Dixon, which provides that where
there are no lanes, the reseptacles may be
placed inside the property line and with
in five feet from the street entrance, where
they may be accessible to the scavenger
men from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. of each day.
This is intended to obviate the objection
which has been raised that to place the
garbage barrels on the curb line of the
sidewalks, where there are no lanes, would
be decidedly objectionable for many rea
sons.
It is also provided that where there are
narrow alleyways, on which are about
three or more houses, it shall be the duty
of the occupants of these houses to pro
vide a box or barrel at the point where
the alleyway opens on the street, in
whic'h it shall be their duty to deposit
all matter and material for th% scavenger
wagons. It is made the duty of the san
itary inspectors to see to the carrying
out of the amendment.
The penalty for violation of the ordi
nance is a fine not to exceed SSO and im
prisonment not to exceed ten days, either
or both in the discretion of the court.
When the ordinance was under consid
eration Alderman Bacon remarked that
he saw no reason for requiring separate
receptacles for Combustible and non-com
bustible matter, as the city crematory is
no longer in use. Alderman Dixon re
plied that this requirement existed In the
section of the code amended and had ex
isted for the last ten years, remarking
at the same time that but little effort had
been made to enforce it and that it was
not generally observed.
Why- not leave it out altogether
then?” inquired Alderman Bacon. Direc
tor Gadsden offered a word. "The ashes,
brickbats and tin cans,” he said, “are
used to fill up low places in the streets
and cme in qu’te handily for this pur
pose. Then again we only have to haul
t is met rial a fho:t di tance while the
foul garbage has to be hauled two miles
outside the ciiy limits. This is quite an
item to the scavenger department.”
On this statement of the C3se the re
quirement for two receptacles and sep
aiaticn of garbage was allowed ro remain.
The ordinance was then adopted without
dissent, including the am ndment b.w Al
derman Dixon, permitting occupants of
houses to place the garbage receptacles
inside the pioperty lino where there are
no lanes. Alderman Horrigon introduced
an ordinance to repeal section 15 of the
tax ordinance for the. present year. This
is the section which authorizes the Mjiyor
to appoint, with the concurrence of a
finance committee, a competent person,
as an assistant to the tax assessor and
city treasurer wi h the spec al duty of
looking out for parties who fail to make
tax returns or take out licenses. This po
si ion has he n filled for a number of
yeats by Mr. E.-J. Kelly with the nom
inal title of deputy marshal.
Alderman Horrigan, when asked the mo
tive for the ordinance, said, that it is in
tended to pave the way for the election
of a deputy marshal. “At present,” he
said, “the city is without a deputy mar
shal, end in the absence of the marshal,
as is the case at present, there is no one
qualified to discharge the duties of the
office,"
The ordinance will come up on its sec
ond reading at the next meeting of Coun
cil.
Alderman Dixon's ordinance for the Im
provement of Bolton street, between East
Broad street and the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway track, by paving
wiih Augusta gravel, was read a second
time and laid on the table, the legal num
ber of votes requisite to pass the ordi
nance not being present.
At communication was received from
Health Officer Brunner conveying a reso
lution adopted by the sanitary board at
its meeting Tuesday, requesting Council
to cut down and remove all weeds grow
ing in streets and vacant lots, this step
being urged as one of immediate neces
sity. There was some discussion as to
whether the cost of cleaning up vacant
lots should he assessed against the lot
owners, or whether it should be borne
by the city. Director Gadsden said that
this work cost the city $1,300 last year,
though he did not think there was quite
so much to be done this year. The mat
ter w'ae referred to the Committee of the
Whole.
A communication was received from
Dr. C. McKane, offering the McKane Hos
pital and training school to the city on
condition that the institution be main
tained by the city for the benefit of the
colored people, and the training of colored
nurses. The communication was refer
red to the Committee of the Whole.
Miss Margaret A. Cosens petitioned
Council for an appropriation of SSO for
equipping a coffee wagon to he
used in supplying the firemen with hot
coffee on the occasion of fires at night.
The Edison Electric Illuminating Com
pany was granted permission to lay a
spur (rack connecting its yard with the
track of the Central Railway on River
street.
Bills reported from the Committee on
Accounts*, amounting to $17,310.50 were
passed for payment. W. H. Tarver pe
titioned Council for aid in establishing a
free library. The members of Council
present were Mayor Myers and Aldermen
Dixon, Horrigan, Doyle. Bacon and Jar
rell.
THE NEW CITY MAP.
Messrs. Ifnn-nril anil Hell Have Re
ceived I,<MM> Copies of Their Work.
One thousand copies of the new city
map, compiled by Mr. J. W. Howard, civil
engineer In the city engineer's office, and
Mr. A. M. Bell of the city treasurer's
office, have been received, and are now
ready for distribution. According to the
compilers' agreement with the city, fifty
copies have been turned over to the
Mayor, who will distribute them to the
various departments.
The map is printed in five color*, to dis
tinguish the various wards, and show* all
lot* and their sub-divisions, the p*rk,
squares, public build.ngs, railroad temfi.
nals, the sewer*, water main* and street \
railways, which Is anew feature.
The new tormina's of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway on Hutchinson's Island, and :
propoacd harbor hue established by the I
government, and all river improvements,
are located on the map.
The eastern and western sections of the
City are extended enough to take in West
Savannah. The Meodows. Eastland, East
ville, Kingsville and other small towns
bordering Savannah, which will be of in
terest.
It has been twelve years since an offi
cial map of the city has been published,
and the demand for anew city map has
been demonstrated by the demand from
lawyers, real estate men, and others, who
have taken an interest in the publication.
The map was officially adopted by Coun
cil May 2. and bears the approval of the
city engineer. It is substantially mounted ,
on rollers, is of convenient size, being on
a scale of 300 feet to the inch, and most
of ail, is accurate. Messrs. Howard and
Bell have spent a great deal of their spare
time from office duty during the last year
on the map. and have had the assistance
of competent men in their work. The re
sult is what might be expected, a map
that supplies a need.
MI ST NOT REMOVE THE SOIL.
Abe Gross Restrained From Tres
passing on Marsli Island.
Judge Faliigant yesterday granted a
temporary restraining order, prohibiting
Abe Gross, Tom Cross, Alonzo Williams
and Adam Jackson from removing the
soil from Marsh or McAlpin’s Island, lo
cated west of Hutchinson Island, in the
Savannah river.
The order was issued upon the petition
of Messrs. Henry McAlpin, A. C. McAl
pin and J. W. McAlpin, Jr., Mrs. Mary
E. Walker and Mrs. Maria McAlpin Sch cy,
who are the owners of the island. The
petition sets forth that the defendants
are removing ihe soil of the island, against
the wish and protest of the plaintiffs, and
that irreparable injury to the property
will result unless the writ of injunction
issue. The remedy at law is stated to be
inadequate to the demands of justice and
the protection of the plaintiff’s interests.
Judge Faliigant set the hearing upon the
application for a temporary injunction for
the morning of Aug. 27, when the defend
ants are directed to appear in court and
show cause why the temporary restrain
ing order already granted should not be
continued in force. Capt. Henry McAlpin
represehts his own interests, and those
of the other plaintiffs in the trial of the
case.
With its forty years’ record Cook's Im
perial Extra Dry Champagne is first on
the list. No sparkling wine in use is its
superior.—ad.
SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE "TECH.”
Mr. Aaron French's Gift of SSOO to
Be Competed for Septemlier 20.
This opportunity Is before the young
men not only 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 textile 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 course
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 addressing
Lyman Hall, president, Atlanta, Ga.—ad.
1521,75 to Chicago and Return via
Southern Railway.
Account G. A. R. encampment, tickets
on sale Aug. 25, 26 end 27, final limit Sept.
3, can be extended to Sept.
20 upon payment of fifty cents. James
Freeman, city passenger and ticket agent.
141 Bull street. 'Phones 850.—ad.
NOW IS THE TIME
To use Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic.
If you wish to remain at your post of
duty and pass through September and
October without the loss of a single hour
of time, take a course of Johnson's Chiil
and Fever Tonic.
Neither the mountains nor the seashore
can guarantee such absolute immunity
from sickness as Johnson’s Tonic se
cures to you.
The wise man insures his life and the
wiser man insures his health. A bottle
of Johnson's Tonic is a guarantee of
health. It saves enormous waste of
time, saves vast expenditures of
money In doctor's bills and saves human
life when endangered by fever. 7 T se it
and use nothing else.—ad.
The summer is passing:, have you taken
in the Plant System Sunday excursions to
Charleston? One dollar for the round trip,
—ad.
"Graybeard Is a family medicine with
us,” said a prominent business man yes
terday. “My wife takes it, and I notice
she is enjoying better health than for
years. The children keep well by takin
it.”
Grayb:ard may be obtained at all drug
stores or write to us for it. Respess Drug
Cos., sole props.. Savannah, Ga.-ad.
Chair cars on Plant System excursions
to Charleston every Sunday; engage your
seats on Saturdays at the De Soto Hotel
ticket office.—ad.
Sunday Tripe to Brunswick vin Plant
System, gl.
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.
The Plant System excursion train to
Charleston leaves Savannah at 6:20 a. m.
Sundays; tickets are sold at one dollar for
the round trip.—ad.
War Mup of China.
Rand-McNally's War Map of China
showing the Chineses empire, British In
dia, Japan, Philippine Islands, French In
doo-China, Siam, Malaysia, Corea, etc.,
mailed to any address for 25 cents For
sale at EstlH’s News Depot, 43 Bull
street, Savannah, Ga.
To Brunswick and Hcturn fl.no V la
the 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 rate of SI.OO for the
round trip. Trains leave at 2:10 a. m. and
5:20 a. m.—ad.
gcotrll and Irish Whiskies.
The finest Imported from Scotland and
Ireland are to be had from L.ppman
Brothers. They are imported by that Arm
In bottles from the distilleries In Scotland
and Ireland. And If you want the cele
brated Ola High.and Scotch whiskey or
ihe Wheeler Irish whiskey, call on lipp.
man Brothers for It,
This Arm has decided to sell all Imported
wines and liquors at retail, which we think
la quite an acquisition for our Savannah
consumers.
Lippman Brothers have something espe
cially nice from Scotland called Cherry
whlekey. Imported from Rutherford of
Leith, Scotland, and we are safe In saying
nothing like thla has eter been imported
In these parti before. It haa the moat
delightful cherry flavor, and the whiskey
!• ot of the strongest type,-ad, -I
Our “King”
Full Kay Harness,
for light driving,
at $17.69.
Regular price
$22.50.
Worth while to
examine it.
Cengress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
IF
Sail s HI 8 Mil
DOES NOT CURE ALL
Mil m cuts
YOUR DRUGGIST WILL
REFUND YOUR MOM
Every Bottle Guaranteed.
MANUFACTURED BY
COLUMBIA DRUG C 0„
JSAVANN AH, CA
i. u. ms i si
i25 Congress Si. Ist.
We handle the Yale
& Towne Manufactur
ing Company’s line of
Builders’ Hardware.
See these goods and
get prices before plac
ing your order else
where.
TUST RECEIVED
A CAR LOAD OF
GARDEN
TILE.
n toil's sms.
113 nrouston Street, West.
COMFORT
For your stock. The fly season is now oa
us and the time to use
Tough on Flies,
a lotion when applied will prevent your
horses and cattle from being pestered. Try
it and be convinced.
HAY. GRAIN, BRAN, COW FEED,
CHICKEN FEED, etc.
T. J. DAVIS.
Phone 223. 113 Bay street, west
Limes!
For Limemlcs and other beverage*
Superb for Iced Tea. Wholesome and
refreshing.
W. D. SIMKINS & CO.
SCHOOL* AMO COLLEGES.
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For loung Lautes, Washington, Wilke,
county, Georgia, admitted to be one of the
most home-like institutions in the count
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Course thorough. Terms moderate. Music,
Art, Physical Culture. Elocution. Stenog
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Virginia Best references almost anywhere
In the Union. Thirty-third neason lx*gin
Sept 21st. Illustrated catalogue. Col. R A.
Mclntyre, Superintendent.
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Neah CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA
For lov. Fully equipped. Send for catalogue
. JOHN R. SAMPSON, a M . Principal
DUCRU’S
PM Alimentary
Elixir
highly recommended m * remedy for
lung *nd ae n preventive for
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