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6 A TEXAS WONDER. Hall's Urral Dlwurfrr. One Httall bottle of Hall’* Great Dta cevery c4rra all kidney and bladder trouble*, rt mmts |riv<l, cure* diabetes, reminal itnlKelona. wak and lanif l>ai k*. rheumatism and all Irri gularttbs of the kidney* and bladder in both mfi and women, regulate* bud ter trouble* in chil dren If n<H aol l b> ynur Iruggis' wdl be sent my mall on r cetpt of *' 1 small bottle I* i roontii* ire atm- nt and will cur, am- ease a lore mentioned Dr K tv llall. • Ic manufacturer. P. <>• Box •■•. B. I, ill*. Mo B*od for teatl nionlal* Bold by all druggist* and 8010- Bton* Cos . baiannah, Ga. Head This. Dr E tV llall. St I#' til*. -Mo r>** T Wr-H.aae .hip m- three dogen llall’* G-eat Dt-covery bv fl-et expre**. 1 hare •old over one gross It give* perfect •at traction and 1 rtcommend It to my cu.tomera. Yours trulv, 11 C, GROVBB. Prep ASH Monopoly Drug Btora. Ocala Fla . Dec 13 ON SAME PLATFORM. (CmtlnuMl from Flrut !'•**.) In It l oftc-n nr<>in’ to w,>r * in combination, lhat I*. tiinwiirh haimvUi tlnru*. ami her** II Ip that -<** ih** grcni H<vnl conferred by labor oriranliation.-, by tradii* union*. Of rourpc. If tminancd 'in wliprly. th* very power of *ucb a unl<io or oryanlsailon maliea It capable of tfolnir •nurh harm, but on the whole It would b** hard lo overcptlmale th* tool tb<ae or f:anlza:toiiH h.*v* done In th* im.m, and elill har)*r U estimate th kwxl they n do In the future, if handled with raaoiu tion. forr*i bought. honesty and aanity. U*nl HlKfcta U*rr l.wbor. • We have eswrtly the fame ruhf regulate the condition* of life ami work In factories nn| tenement houaaa that have to reffiEate firo-cpt'ape* and ih** Ilk- In other houpp. In certain rommunHle* the oxivtem'e of a thoroughly efficient and pnrtment of factory lnp> tion t Ju*t a* ementlal u the eptaidtohment of flr‘ department How tar w- ihnll go In regulating th** hour* of labor, or th* liabldtiea of employer*. Is a motter f ex pediency. and each cape muat le deter mire) on It* own mi-fit*. fMc:l> a* It It n mutter of expediency to determine wh.v *o-cail.d * public u tlitt lee’ the community lteelf ehttll own. ami whit one* It *hal leave to private or corpor-it* ownership, vecuring to Itself merely the right to res titute. “In my own atate during the last doten ymr* %*• have ml* a numt>er of notuhi* •trick'* In labor legtMutlon. and. with very few except lone. th** !w* have work**.) wall. In New York our action has been along two lines In the first place wo de termined that nr on employer of la *>r the state PhouM *et a good example to other employer*. Accordingly, we hav< adopted an eight-hour law f<>r the state employee*, ami for all conttactors, who do state work. nd we have also adopted a law requiring that a fair market rate of wage* shall bo given. I am glad to pay that both men surer have no far. on the whole, worked well. IV hat llmp Hern Hone In \ew inrl*. “The other ski** of our ittlior leglnlnt|on ha* been *hii- affecting the w.ic w.*rkr ; who do not work f**r the *mtc Here we have a<ied In three different way*; through the our* an of labor stntlatlc*. through tnr board of mc*llatlon ami ar bitration. and through the department of factory inspection. "During the last two year* the board of mediation and arbitration has been es pecially successful Not only have they succeeded In nettling many strikes they were started, but they succeeded In preventing a much larger number of •trtkcH before they got fairly under way. “The bureau of labor statistic* has don*' more than merely gather the static tics, for by kee|dng in close touch with all the leading labor interests it has kept them Informed on counth w matter* that were really of vita! concern to them. Incident ally. one pleasing feature of the work of this bureau has been the steady up ward tendency shown during the last four years, both In the amount of wage* received and In the quant ity and steadiness of employment. No other man has benefited so much ns the wage worker by the growth in prosperity dutlng these years. “The factory Inspection department deal** chkfly, of c>titw . with conditions in grew! nth* One very Imp-riant phase of Its work during the last two years has been the enforce merit of the anti-sweat •hop law. which la primarily design'd to do away with the tenement house fac tory. Problems nf Inipnrtanee. “Ilefore us lo*m Industrial problems, vast in their Importance, and in their complexity It Is not ms yet t*osslble to •ay what shall be the exact limit of in fluence allowed the state, or what limit •rail be act to that right of Individual In itiative so d**ar to the hearts of the Amerl an people. All we can say Is that tlie *ed has been shown on th*‘ one hand for action by the people. In thtr collective capacity through th* stats, In many matters; that in other matters much can be done by associations of different groups of Indlv'.duai* a* in trad** union* and similar organisations; and that In other matters It remains now as. true as ever that final success will be for the man who trust* In the s ruggle only to his cool hand, h s brave heart an I hi* strong right arm. There are spheres in which the stat* can properly act and sphere* In which a comparatively free field must be giver* to tpdividua! Initiative. “Though the corxft:lon* of life have grown so pussilog in their complexity. yo %v* may remain absolutely sure of one thing, that now, a* ever in the laud, ami as It ever will be In the future, there con be no substitute for the elemental virtue*, for the elemental qualities to which w. allude, when we *pe**k of a min as not only as a good mnn, but as emphatically u man. "Th<* one fact which nil of tin need to keep steadily before our eve |* the neces sity that performance should square with jromlsc If go.*l work |* to be don*, wheth er In the Indussrtal # or In the political world Nothing loc more to prompt mental dishonesty anil moral Insincerity than the htblt. ilther of promising the Impossible. of failing to keep n pMmiw font hoe been moil*'; and It mnkea not the slightest Hff< r>nee whether It In a promlne mmle on the atump. or off the •tump We can do a great ilea! when we undertake ru*rly lo do the posslbi. . When we uralertake the Impoealhle tve too often full lo do anything at nil. The aucceee of the law for the taxation of franchise* recently enacted In New York atate. a meaaure which haa resulted in putting upon the assessment hooka nrariv one hundred million itol tors' worth of property. which had thereto, fore ew-aprd taxation. Is on Illustration of how much can l*e aeronudlshed when ef fort la made along sane and sober lines, with care not o promise the impossible, but to make performance square with promise and with Insistence on the fact that honesty la never one-sided, and that In dealing with corporations It Is neces sary both to do to them and to exact from them full and lomplete Justice. The suc cess of thlH effort tillers a striking con trast to the complete breakdown of Ihe specie* of crude and violent anti trust legislation which has been so often attempted and which has always failed, because of Its very crudeness and vio lence, to nuke any Impression upon tit* real and dangerous evils which have ex cited Just pc polar resentment. "In the long run each section of (tie community will rise or fall aa tha com munity rises or falls If hard times coma to me nation, whether at the result of •aitural causes, or hecause they are In vited by our own folly, all of us will suf fer. Certain of us will suffer more and others lees, hut all will suffer somewhat If on the other hand, providence and our own energy and good sense bring proe perfljr to u*. all will shere in that pro*- l*erity. We will not all share alike, but omethitu* each one of us will get. I>* 11* strive to make the condition* of life such that t> nearly a* possible, ee-h man hail r* eive the share to which he is i hHiesty entitled and no more, and let u remember at the same time that our efforts must be to build up rather than to strike down, ami that we can best help ourselves not at the expense of other*, but by heartily working with them for the ■ omrnon good of each and all." LABOR’S DAY~OF JUBILATION. (Continued from Klfhtb Page) Kelley unilrrfook lo raluo lh flair It *i •o h-nvy with wt*r that the halltant*. whk-h are rather old. (rave way. anil Mr. Kelly waa compelled to forego the at tempt. coman it tai.r. or Hunt. Many People Fn|o>ed the Day on the Inland. lah>r Day al I*le of Hope wa* relehrn te.l with a number of aqualie event*, which had been arranged by M*wnr Hr. l>eo fi Handy. They were of a popular character, were carried off .moothly. and were enjoyed both by thore who lok part In them and by the pectator* The day * entertainment it the pavilion tw-gan at noon, and laated until midnight, Kooenfnld'a orchertra furnlahed dance tnuak- during lhat time and huftlml* of peraona vlelte.l tlw- (uivlllon lo dance or t.> watch the *|K>rllnK event* of the day The first event wa* a bateau race f.w rotorel boatmen There were eight en trte*. av follow*: Oliver Thompnon. Martin Heyward. Jim Th mptoti, Kt.au Gold n. Wm. Knight. Ja cob Golden. Geotgc Howard. Bam John son The race wa* from Wylly'* Point to a stake boat anchored off Batlll'a l*olnt. and lock to the pavilion. The loat* got away w. Il together and were closely bunched for the greater (tart of the dis tance to the *'k- Iwat. but straggled Into a very Irregular line on the home stretch Jim Thompsctt won the flrst prlae tt, and Georg. Howard, the second. JJ Wm Knight was really the first across the line but he was dt.ojuallfled for not rounding the stake knatt In the swimming ron’eet that took place next there were live entries. M‘**r* J T I infest v. Walter W Metgger. John ,\l lllalne. Krnest li. PieurMlt an-l Kugerte Ftenaud The rare wns from point off Vlr Ha*:ehurst’e bathhouse to the I'avll lott. a distance estlmutel to be five hundred yards. All of the contestants swam well, but the work of Mr ly>nfe*ty was really very good Indeed and he suc ceed..l In rrosdng the ltn< first nrsl gel ting the |krizr This Is n gokl me lal with the engraving. "From Hart*e (fc HAr.lv to the champion swimmer of Bavannah. The second prize, a aupper nt the pavilion, wan won bv Mr. Eugene Benaud. who came In second In the diving contest, which followed immediately after the swimming, there were seven entries. Messrs Eugene Pe nntid. G.orge Bridge. W S McCallum. John M i'.latne. W N Keddlck. Ernest II Frau mil. and E. R Roberts. The rule* of the contest were that each of the contestants was to have three dives from the spring-tard ami lhat the ~nc adjudged t*> to. Ihe best and nv*st gra.eful diver should receive the nrlm It was awarded to Mr Plains by unani mous consent In the estimation of the Judges there were a number tied for sec and place, but ns there was but one prize offered In this contest no decision twae made ns to second place. The prize was u box of Childs’ cigar*. The entertainment* were under the di rection of Mr J M Bank*, assisted by Mr R A Hank*. The Judge* were Messrs J M Rank*. R. A. Hank*. C. E Dunlap and l*. D l.ynee. The prize for the guessing contest wa* a handsome silver mounted cut glass pitcher. . . Messrs Hnrbee A Randy served their usual Tuesday and Friday night aupper* The menu was ezceMeni and the re#:au rant was largely patronized. •OI.DIF.KS* ATHLETIC SPORTS. Men From Fort crev*i pen the liny Near Thunderbolt. The plenty of Wlll.am T Rrhenok garrl >n of Ihe Regular und Volunteer Army nmt Navy Union of America, which wa* held at the grounds Just north of Thun derbolt on ywterdny. was a pronounced sucres* from every standpoint The gar rison of the Army and Navy Union find.- Ha membership In the two batteries of artillery, now sinltoned. at Fort Screven, eg, Tybee Island. There were al*out forty men from the poet In the party, who were Joined by about an equal number of thrlr friend# from the city. There wa*. of course, something good lo eat amt drink, wrhl.e during the day. n baseball gam# and aa 1, th- sport* of various kind* kept up the Interest and exeltemeni. The two team* that played the gam-- of baseball were captained by Zlneger un.t t'onnolly. the two old men of ihe bat lerle* The game wa* hotly contested resulting In victory for Zlneger’s team, by a score of elx to five. The sack race wa# won by William Kntlth. with William t'onnolly second, nn.l Arthur Baker, third. In the 104-yard dash Private Dare won. with Private Dempsey second, anti Corpl. Mtarr third. In tne 244-yord dash. Dempsey ami Dare tied for Ilr*t place, with 4iarr. eeeotid. and Mu*i *ton Scherer, third. The running bop. step and jump wa* won hy Corpl. Ghent, tvlth Jone# second, and Scherer, third. In the standing broad Jump Corpl. Ghent wa* the winner, with Corpl. Lynch second, and rtcheror, third. Tne running broad Jump resultmt in the same way, Ghent, Lynch ami Rehercr winning ftrt, second *•*! thlnl ptace*. respectively. The day proved an enjoyable one to the metnb-r* of the garrison und their HEADACHE Pain back of your eyes? Heavy presaurc in your head? And are you sometime* faint and dizzy? Is your tongue coated? Bad taste in your mouth? And does your food distress you? Are you nervous and irritable? Do you often have the blues? And are you troubled about sleeping? Then yourliver is all wrong. But there ia a cure. ’Tit— ycap Pm£ They act directly on the liver. They cure constipation, bilious ness, sick headache, nausea, and dyspepsia. FortvO years they have been the Standard Pamily Pills. Prks II casts. All Ursulas. “ I hav* token Ayer's Pills regularly for aix mouths They have cured me of a severe headache, amt I can now walk from two to four miles without getting tired nr out of breath, something I have not been nbla to do for many years " 8. E. Watwons, July 13, MW. Haletu, Mass the MORNING NEWS; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1900. CASTOR IA for Infants and Children. Caslorin i< n harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops stnet .SrMdliiiiK Syrups. It is Pleasant, It coiituins neither Opium, flfnrphlu* nor other Narcotic Hiibstanee. It destroy# Worms ami allays Feverishness. It etires 1 Hurrlm-a anti Wind Colic- It relieves Toeth • Injf Troubles anti curt's Constipation. It repulates ihtt KHunacli and Dowels, fflvtiie lieultliy and natural sleep. The Children'- Panacea The Mother’s Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought y* Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. — guests, and It Is expected that the picnic will he repeated within n comparative!v snort time The organization, which gave It. t* made up of the enlisted men of the tegular and volunteer army aid navy. Its purposes being social and benevolent in their character Mtt Al. PERSON Ale Mr. W. A. Miller of Waycros* Is at th Pulaski Mr. and Mr*. Eherhardt hnv* returned from Europe Mr. Tucker Ravage of Tampa 1* a guest of tha Do But*i. Mr L. J Daniel* of Atlanta la a guest of the De Soto Dr H H Martin haa Just retumel from Suwannee Spring* Mr. J. R Monroe op Abbeville Is regis tered at the Pu'askl. Mr I). M l.ynch of Columbus la a guest of the Scrven. Mr E. P. Kennedy of Ezcelstor la • guest of the Screven. Mr. 8 O. Lang of Sanderavllle la a guest of the Screven. Mr T L Lamb of Hrunswlck Is regla terevl at tho De Soto. Mr. W C. Btafford of Brunswick Is registered nt the Iw- Koto. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hrnderson of Charleston are guests of the I)e Boto. Mr J P. Hardee of Tampa wa* among the guests of the Ite Soto yesterday Mr. S nrown. who ha* been at Irook out Mountain, ha# returned to the city. Mr. John Qutney and Mrs. Quincy left yesterday for Suwannee Spring*. Flo. Mr. E. 8 Campbell of Jacksonville was In the city yesterday and stayed at the Pulaski Mr Thus. N. linker of Hlggaton wan In the city yesterday and stayed at the Screven. Mr. A. II Heyward. Jr., of Charleston was among the arrival* at the De Soto yesterday. Mr. J A Wheeler of Jesup w* among the guests of the Screven yesterday Mr James Council of Hlggaton Is registered at the Pulaski Mr. t. MoNelll and Mrs NelU end fam ily have got:* to Huwannee Springs, to spend the month of September. Mrs. John O. Butler onrt son. Mr. H*rry Butler, have returned from Suwannee Springs, efter a visit of three weeks. Mr. M C. Williamson and Mr. R L. TlgMmau. two of Alabama # rising young men. spmt yesterday In Savannah, on their wav to New York. Idem. O. B. Maher of Ihe revenue cut ter Tv bee left for the North yesterday on the City of Augusta to Join his fam ily In New York They will return next week. The Savannah friends of Mr. S. Du- Ilose Itoylston will he glad to learn that after resigning the position of traveling pasaenger agent of the Bealmard Atr ljne at Columbia, he Is now chief clerk to Mr F. C. Boyer, the local agent of the Plant Svatem. at Jacksonville. Forty-one Police Prlsonere. Forty-one prisoners appeared before the Recorder yesterday os the result of the Saturday and Sunday catch of the police. None of the caaee were of particular Inler eat. At the barracks yesterday there were only Iwo arrests up to .ntdntght. SAID HE MAD KILLHO A MAN. Therefore l.nnls Mots Surrendered to the Sheriff. Chattanooga. Tenn.. Sept. 4.—" They soy I have killed a man. Lock me up." sail Louis Mots, a prominent young man if this etty. ae he entered (ho sheriff's office shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. The celebration of Labor Hay ended with a danoe at Vahimbroaa. one of Chat tanooga's hilltop resorts, and the dance was attended by a large number of young socle* y people. As ths dancers were leaving the place. Mota, and J. A. Spriggs, also well known, ami prominent In the •younger set. became Involved In a play ful scuffle, |n which Spriggs was thrown to the ground. On regaining his feet, Spriggs expresses! Indignation and attack ed Mots fiercely. Friends of both young men attempted to Interfere and a mlxup occurred. When It ended. Spriggs was found on the ground, dead, with a knife sticking in his heart Moll was not in cused of doing the stab bing. but nevertheless surrendered. HKCOt'ST St %S AftICKKII TO. Protest Heard in the Sheriff's Harr In Clinrleaton. Charleston. 8 C.. Bept. 3.—The County I tent.* to He Executive Committee met hero eo-iViy, nn.l heard the various protean growing out of the recent primary. The* only one of any consequence was that of Cfept. Jarvey, candidate of sheriff. The majority received by Capl. Marlin on the face of the returns, was so small that a recount of he ballots cast In that race was aeked for. After a long and stormy debate, this was Anally agreed to It Is not generally believe.! that the re count will change the result of the pri mary. Vlitny Meat lie Prom Cholera. Bombay. Bep. I—Official f turtis show that there were 7.9*9 deaths from choiera In the native and Brttteh states during the week ending Aug. 2S The numbers of relief works are decreasing and the num bers receiving gratuitous re.lef are In creasing. —Prince Elu What, the second *on of the King of Korea. U again In this coun try. having come for the purpose of tak ing a course at Roanoke College. In Vlr gtnla. among the alumni of which are sev eral of his countrymen Prince Ktu spent several months In Washing ion three years ago. aa the guest of Pom K w eng Boh, the former Korean tsiiiWtr. SUMMARY OF COTTON CROP. INTERESTING FACTS IN HESTER'S ANNUAL HKTOHT. Great luerea.e la the fns.amplln* of Snathera Milla—lnrreaae In Snalbern spindle*— Money Value at the Crop Greater hy pH 1 ,<MB>,(SS> Than That af l-lm— Development of the Million tndn.tr, In the South. New Orleans, Sept. 3 Secretary Hes ter's N.-w Orleans Cotton Exchange an nual report was Issued in full to-day. He puts the cotton crop of IBS-IStO vt STW.U* bales, a decrease of 1.83* 434. un aler lS9*-99 Of this, he saya that Texas. Including Indian Territory, shows a fall ing off of Sam.oob; the group of other Gulf elates, consisting of Louisiana. Arkansas. Mlrel.flppl, Tennessee. Oklahoma. Utah, ami Kansas. 400.004, and the Atlantic state. consisting of Alabama, Georgia. Florida. North Carolina. South Carolina. Kentucky and Virginia. 457.000. He places the average commercial value of Ihe crop at 33* ib per bala. agalnat 125.(9 last year, and the total value of the crop. 1343.7*5.400. against 3253T73.400 laet year, and 3332.5iff.4nn the year before He calls attention to Ihe fact that the money value of the cotton crop Juat marketed. Is 3*l.rnvn over the l*s. crop, which was 1.838,400 boles more. He puts the total spindles In the South at 4.3H7 IS3 on Increase over last yenr of 1.315.071 These Include 1.41*.437 mat yet completed The nee gain In the number of Southern mills over last year, ha* l"-n 113. making the total now 485. the cut-,sump.ton has been dlvtdesl as follows: Alabama, 147.933 lab* an increase of 13,159. Arkansas. 2.3*0 bales, a dex-revaoe of *43. Georgia. 339.110 bale*. Increasa of 47.308. Kentucky. 37.539. increase 497. Louisiana. 14,430. decr.-aae 1.406 Mississippi. 28,560. Increase 2.654 Mlsaourl 4.14*. :n r.ase I*o North Carolina, 435.6;. Increase 61.349. South Carolina, 497.146. Increase u.i** Tennerse<, 37.747. Increase 3.431. Texas. 13.037. Increase 1.97*. Mill* Were Kept Rasy, Virginia. 4* 427, Increase 2.339 Total consumption of cotton In the South 1.697.113. an Inoroasn of 1*7.713 bales In reference to the general manufac turing industry of the country and It* comparative progress. North and Kniith, Secretary Heater saya lhat up to within sixty or ninety day* an active demand prevailed for manufactured good*, and notwithstanding the material advance In Ihe price of raw material, due to short age of the crop and light supplies the world over, every available loom and spin dle in ihe country was laisliy engaatxl The Chinese difficulties brought I hi* ac tivity to a sudden halt, but not until the amount of cotton consumed had reached a figure In excess of any yenr on record. lie puts the consumption of Northern mill* at 2.340,(0) hales, which, together with that of the booth make* an aggre gate for the entire country of 3.897.40) bale* against 3.sk<,(M> last year Ml Hester further remarks that taken a* a whole the year has been a prosper ous one for both the manufacturer an>l grower of cotton The large increase In manufacture* I* developing more strongly Ihe necessity for an Increased outlet In the way of exports, to which mill owners have recently been giving mark'd atten tion He contend* lhat the check caused by the troubles In the Far Fast Is an ob ject lee eon, showing that we have reach ed a point where this country cannot ab sorb the quantity of good* manufactured The tendency, he **>•. Is strongly In the direction of domestic spinner* working up the hulk of the cotton grown In the Unit ed Bi.it * Into yams and fabric*; that this I* a revolution which haa set In so strongly, and especially In the South that It la certain tn the long run to prove suc cessful. Oevrlnpmenle In the instil. In his ftperl.vl report on Southern con sumption mad- up !'<n actual return* of ul! the mills In the South he says the facts tn relation to consumption and Increase of spindle* during ihe year are phenomenal. Nearly every Southern state has enfr*d the Held and in ul except Kentucky and Ml-eoori new mills are being erected and numbers of others are projected with cer tainly of building tn the near future. Now the Industry hits advanced he shows by yearly comparisons from 1390-91. showing an Increase from S3t> mills In that year lo aon Sept. 1, IWKJ He goes on lo etate Hint Interesting ns the above ahowtng Is. the facts are even better emphastxed by he record of spindles and consumption tn the South. "These figures show," he remarks "that Ihe South, rn people are In Ihe held of manufacture to stay and with the advant age on their aide It Is only a matter of time when most of the raw cotton pro duced In Ihe South will be converted Into manufactur.d form adjacent to the cotton Add In time every Item of useless ex pense h* ttv. rn the producer and consumer will he eliminattd and no source capable of producing pmltt omitted ” Hue of the most Interesting feature* of Mr Heater's report ta a showing of the world's consumption of American cotton for the past two seasons, which he put* at 11.tC2.0n0 for 19-!9no and 10,7*8.0)0 for lftA-99 Mr. Hester makes the total visible and Invisible supply of American cotton In the world on Sept. I, 1900. 1.118.000 against 2 890.000 last year, the total visible ami Invisible supply of all kinds of cotton In the world on Sept. 1. 130). 1,723,000 against *I.OC last y*ar. TRAP SIIUOTIAti TOIRSAMEKT. Hlrhmnnd Sportsmen Heal Those of Lynchburg. Richmond, Va.. B<g>t 3.—The Aral an- : nual tournament of Ihe Virginia Trap 1 Shooting Association, commenced here to day. The attendance far exceedad expec tations. No less than 1 shcote s faced the trap*. A team race between Ave men team* representing the principal gun cluba in , Virginia, resulted: West End Hun Club of Richmond, 217. ; Lynchburg tiuu Club, JM THE MEMORY OF OLD TIMES. OFFICER# OF THE GEORGIA INFAN. TMV, t . . nCVIVEU THEM. oHirers of tbr Old Beglauent Who Are In Savannah With Vlaltli.ir Hifle Tram* Entrrtalurd at Thun, drrholt hy Their Comrade* In Arm* Who Arr 4'ttiarn* of ktita. aah—A Story.#wupping Iniilrit at tbr Aarht Club and Supprr. Sprerke* und #una at Mr#, linn* non *—The Elral and Fourth Hr*!, meat* of Infantry, G. #. TANARUS., and the Tie That Rind* Them. The old officers of the First Regiment of Georgia Infantry. U. 8. V.. who are among the visitor* to the city, brought here by the rifle contests at Avondale, were entertained at Thunderbolt lust night by thlr comrades tn armi. who ara at once officers In th# First Regiment of Infantry, U. 8. TANARUS., and residents of Sa vannah. It was a pleasant evening, pleasantly •pent With f w exceptions the office ra who were entertained hold c mmtsslons In the Fourth Infantry. In the state ser vice. while all of those who were the hosts of the occasion are officers of the First Infantry. O. 8 T The Informal courtesies that extend# I the former by the latter served, therefore, not only to revive old merrorte-, but indicated the friendly and cordial feeling that prevails hetwe, n the two commands After the day’s fatigue at the range, the party proceeded to the Yacht Club, at Thunderbolt, where two or three hour* were spent. There were stories of the tlma when hosts and guests stood shoulder to shoulder In the volunteer army of the United State*, prepared to tight a foe they never actually saw. While there wcr.t no martial exploit* to chronicle and re chronicle. the wartime reminiscences were rich In Incident and ihrobbcl with the army spirit Stories grave and gey went the round*, and hut that the fame of Mrs Hannon • supper* wns known to most of th* guests and all of th* hosts. It would have been an unwilling party that left the club house. At Mrs Har.non a dainty supper was served, wtth th* saltwater dellcaclo*. th* secret of whose composition ha* not pen- - trated th* up-country, as the center# of attraction The old stories w.r* retold, and the memory of the "good old time*, endurin' yf the war.” wits drunk Speeches were made by Col. W E Woolen of the Fourth Infantry. Lieut. Col Thomas M Hopkins of the etro- reg iment and MaJ. R K. Dart of Bruns wick. Rit hold* hts preftert commission In th*™'|rt from am # x the visitor*, and by Lieut Col. Brook*. MaJ W. L. Gravson and Lieut. Armand Calmer, of the hosts of the occasion. Ltesit. Edward A Leonard rang very sweetly one of the soldiers old-time favorites "The Girl 1 left Behnd Me.” Among the other* present wer# Capt. A. J. Bcott of Albany, adjutant of th Fourth Regiment. Mr. Henry Mclntosh, who held a commission In the old First. Cap*. Walter E. Coney, adjutant of the Elr#t Regiment of Infantry. G. 8. T . and Mr Harry Palmer, who. In the opinion of hi* friend*, only missed being a major general because of Ihe government'# lack of appreciation. The third battalion of the First Regi ment of Infantry . V 8 A , made up of companies from the Fourth Regitrv-nt of Infantry. O. 8 T. The friendships that sprang up durtng ths war have prov en endurtng and the then common per forma nee of duty “a tie that binds The cordial good feeling thal existed b<- rween the officers of the two regiments *- exemplified In Its fulness ami U* strength last night. With another day's hard work on ths range tn the near prospect It was thought unwise to prolong the fun Into the sm i hours, and before midnight hosts apJ guests had returned to the city and found thetr quarters for the night. , IiI'HRGK MILLS *HtT DOWN. Cochran (letting Much Cotton—Other News Notea. Cochran Oo . Sept 3 —The mill men In this section have shut down. The most of them have been cutting for the South ern Railway, and the latter has cancelled every order of Importance, It Is eald. It Is supposed that the declining prices have iwtmethlng to do with the .situation. Cochran has received 1.000 bales of cot ton this season Trade has fairly opened up. Were It not for the hlgn prt< cotton the farmers nml merchants would he |n a erltlcal financial condition As In other places, the crop here |e cut olt near ly one-half. Cotton Is now bringing 8V to #r In Cochran Owing to the lateness of arranging a satisfactory plan for the school the ses sion failed fo open this week, which is the regular time for schools of this coun ty to begin Col. Duke P.aree, who was sent by Sheriff IP g* rs after Mr Billie Purser, who was raptured In Miss sslppl last week, arrived Sunday with his prisoner. Purser shot and killed William Allen nt a c untry dance tan years ago near Coch r--n Mrs. J. H Orlmesby. who vtal'ed Coch ran relative* last week, has tvturned to her home In Maron CANIJLKIt’* COTTON CHOP. / Has Been Damaged Somewhat—Other News Notes. Candler. Fla.. Sepl 3.—The protracted spell of hot dry weather has at last been broken throughout this port of the state. Fine rains hove fallen generally, and the weather Is much oooler. The hot. dry weather Injured the cotton crop some, but not to any great extent . In this section the damage will not exceed ten per rent. Cotton Is opening rapidly and picking la general The quality of the staple this season Is excellent. Small-pox prevail* at Mall Dro.'a tur penllre at lit. iwo miles west of town, but no uneaslnees Is felt, as It germs there are only a few cases of a mild type among the negro* a William Wilson, manager for Ihe Wilson Lumber Cos.. which has purchased Ihe limber on Heather Island, has re moved his family from Silver Springs her*, to Ire near the work He has a large force at work cutting the ptnc and cypres* timber on the Island, which Is rafted down the Ockl.twaha river to Pa iilka, J. Frank Shields, a prominent Iswver of Chester, Pa., who purchased the Teller DR. STEDMAN S Teething Powders Tlie famous Aid to Hafe and FalnlcM Teething;. rwf by mnthrr* tht world yrrr for nroriy ,V) yrarg. DR RTIDMAN hivmi •fwtM'd • bnu^holHmtn Am*rtm.eon*Rlem|*b' rtNlure* thvcrwtof it**** junUy reletoratvd powrtar*. Thy put up tn yellow wr*p per*. Tbetrad* mark.mgum Unc+t. TRADE mark <tsDBL&B& ta on rryry purkri and on rrrry powdvr. wlthont nrhteh non# U genulm A pack.t combining nine powdora. ts r#nta At yonr tirucflat a. or tnnimu poatpuld on receipt of prim. Hnrul for hooniat 6 /)r. .UainwiA i AVitk Itnrtor * AMma J. . MhfH 4I TKK, Wml JffiabM St. UrauikiH., I*IIIa,Pa ■old by L! TPM AN BROS. Savannah. Oa THE DOCTOR WHO STAYS. Others C otne and Fall and Paaa On, bnl Ur. Hnth> tnnnr’A Erne,lee Ha* Hern I'erntnnently y*. labllshed for 80 Vrnr* nod Year by and ear Haa Grown Greater Beronar of Ilia Iterord nf Corea. Th# fact lUal Dr. Hathaway ha* been established In th South longer than any other specialist demonstrate* a number of very Important thing* Other specialists nav* practiced here. ome for a few months and some even f or a year or two. but Dr Hathaway M tho only on* of n !the number who ha* remained, and hia practice haa been continuous for over 2 years. Tli* re.*on must be plain to all: r H,. has made no promise* which ha could not fulfill; ! He hi* fulfilled every promise h# has made. He has cured more cases than all other specialists la J Newton Hathaway.M D '“j 1 ,/ h J, cured more case# of loss of Manly Vigor; ! He he* cured more case* of Varicocole; He ha* cured more cases of Stricture; He has cured more cases of Specific Blood Poisoning. In all different stages; H> h* cured more can # of all ma l n ■ r of Chronic Dlseaee#. lie ha* cured more case* of all manner of Urinary and Bcxual complaints; And he ha# cured these case* to etay cured. These are the reon why Dr. Hathaway has continued with a oonsbiotly growing practice while other* have been forced to leave the field. He depends upon his cured patients to tell others who are like ffllcted of wh,| he has done and what he can do. Dr Hathaway wunls all sufferer* from Chronic Diseases to call al hi* offl •* „ write hint I’nle## they are convinced after an Interview, that he can cur# th-m, they are under no obligation* io lake tn-iimetll Consultation at hia office or hy mail is free. He will lao send free postpaid. In plain wrapper, the new edition of hi# 6t-poge book entitled ”Manlln**s. Vigor. Health.” j. NEflTqfl HATHAWAY. M. D. , ~ ‘ "" ’“ 35A RKYAN BTREET SAVANNAH. GA See the Blanket Window. The Fine Blankets now on Exhibition in our Eastern Window are the best bargains ever offered. The Goods are clean and fresh and will please the critical A $4.00 Fine Whi c Wool Blanket at $2.(9 A s().<><> California Wool Blanket at 53.99 A $5.00 Marseilles Quilt, very fine, at $3.39 SKIRTS and WAISTS $1 and $2 Skirts, a positive sacrifice at 50c $1 and $2 Waists, a positive sacrifice at 50c $2 and $2.50 White Waists, great sacrifice at $1 Dress Goods Bargains 7oc Venetians and Camel's Hair now at 49c $1 Plain and Fancy Dress Goods reduced to (>9c $2.25 Finest Quality French Venetians at $1.49 $20.00 LADIES' SUITS $7.88 $7.50 Black & Colored Taffeta Petticoats at S3.BS $7.00 Black and Fancy Taffeta Silk Waists $3.98 $15.00 Ladies’ Tailor-made Cloth Suits, a gift at $5.44 “A SALE” MEN'S SKIRTS f>oc quality Men’s Cool Fancy Shirts now 39c 65c quality Men’s Cool Fancy Shirts now 44c SI.OO quality Men’s Cool Fancy Shirts now 65c 51,50 POCKETBOOKS at 75c Yard-wide Bleach 8c; Fine B#a Island 6o Shirting l’rlnl* 4c Ho let Toweling* 4c IJngn Dollies .. 3c' ilanOkcr. hiefs 3c Machine Oil 3c Peiroleum Jelly 8c | 12c Bleaching 8!c Mail Orders Filled With Care and Dispatch! Every Article as Advertised! No Disappointment $5 Rubber Cloaks £ $3.33 GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO. LINDSAY & MORGAN STILL AT OLD POST OFFICE, With Great Bargains In Summer Goods, Such as Mattings. Mosquito Nets, Refrigerators, Porch Awnings, Reed Furniture, Go-Carts, etc. Closing out our stock of Buck’s Stoves and Ranges Low Down. The only Odorless Refrigerator. I A Hiith-Orade Institution OUnD7FB ftf|S I KOMI:. lor ladies. onUHICn cjULLcut, ueoruia. . niMUt# #r*t i*Nt*rliar *•#•• ••*••Ul*.| llmiif . uMta ruaf'.l luirmiwt. >. wf fir * y-'v-w/k - '-f * kHN niUIM-tßeßUrio Mc,lWr. IlMllatiMr* wrrth IIMI ODri t.aalr*'* 1 1 / rn. ~f *(4# 1 |/r*fsggntg €'••*#• •*' V*. r i.' t - ..f£\ A Jbww#l. mUm wMI. c— |„ Wul, nl mlrenitM * !*',• * "(•" C'. l'J'. V'. jl. wrt, -n, .f!n, S'ul.nl. i.rl.ti.. ~1.n!.,.. at „ r*, It* .Sr I frfiffy- "T "*• > **••8- Fseslt. .ml la ...<• -“*"s art SMITt it 1 1 ;■?■ lsP*Nii -a ' * T '"' •>" •< A PRIZE PIANO ',(% .1 > nni.s ,-r _iV Wiitsf 1 iiaibi 1 •*' '• • sWbJH HBlIrlA Mdtis i lann ;'-f* t}.* ,<v ,t,it utuairkl | f I* •* •" Mrly •i t>lir*iafi for MmMMi in > rr ** ,d,oi b ‘* KO * > If • (Uj|tii kk*H will ••• fr#*. i-**!** 4 Orange grove here last spring. I* having Ihe lumt>er cut to build a abed over hla grove He will spare no expense to make tt aucropa of orango growing An epidemic of blind staggers has been prevailing among the horses here lately, caused. It Is supposed, by ihe Intense heat A number of people have lost Ane boraes. THE WEATHErT Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday— Georgia: Fair weather Tuesday, ex cept probably showers near ihe Coast. Wednesday fa'r. fresh easterly winds Eastern Florida: Showers Tuesday an I Wednesday; fresh lo brisk north easterly winds. Y• sterday'* Weather at Savannah— Maximum temperature noon .. *7 degrees Minimum temperature j m 71 degreea Mean temperature 79 degrees Nainsook Checks BCI India Llr.nn 6c 1 ' Indigo Calicoes 6cj Mourning Calicoes 6c 16r Japanese Fans 6c! 16e Infants’ Capa 7c Nice Woah Rag* 5c 10c Embroideries sc| Normal temperature 78 degree* Excess of temperature 1 J** l ** Accumulated excess since S pt. 1 4 degree* Accumulate! deAclency since Jan 1 degree* Rainfall 31 Inch** Normal 3 inche* Execs* since Be|t. 1 88 Incite* rteAclency since Jan. 1 R. Ift tnobee River Report—The high! of the Savan nah river at Augua a. at 8 a m tTlth m*e- Idlen time) yesterday, was 7 9 feet, a f* ll of 0 8 foot during the preceding twenty* fuur hours. H. B Boyer. Local Foreceet Official —President Loubet of France Is the lb** chief executive of that country to t*** to a bicycle. He has been lately riding one more or less publicly, and severs! Parisian papers have. In consequeaoh ertttetsad him aa undignified Bed Table Cloth Me L-ream Dama-k 35a Wglte Damask K< Single Sheets 3S< I Double Sheet* Mk JliOc Towels 3Se 15c Bath Towels fc |lO yard* 2i-lnch Diaper Vx