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10 CIL REFINERY YARD ABLAZE. MlOTTfjft** UOIIK< I*l ' KOI M\f. noHMV. Mill Jltair Dlirotrrfil ai tH* 1 fl*ln <HI nutllkr) at 1 din n. m. snl Hapldh-rtrrmrn Hml *° <•**! Wn t-r Kroni ilif 4 itnnl mill 4 oulil 4lly Prrvrni ihr I urihi r Spread of (kf rirr-Tno 4no l.omlrd Will* •iI Kinrnrtl end * Third Tl* (,<•• 411 Tolil Mill l , rol*®tl> *j- r , |. - y \ ird uMii **l to the fo*;n oil refit *ry f ’he S T hotter , 4’om; it Work* west o! the oil), was by i in .r i y hour this riotr. j Inx fire was d.•'covered about 1 Z> h tn . and an ;arm was telephoned from j th* r*n ■ r,u lU lroad yards to Are head quart-rs, This was shortly afterwards | fallowed y n a.arm from box *2 at th#' Ontrni Kiilrtad wharf The fir< icompanies from etatior.s No* 2 j and 3 .:*l When th flrenvn r rived attcr their rig. out !•;' ** tended, they found almost the entire yard ab.ate. together w.th three partly-loaded ears on tht aide track of the reflio-ry The yard rmers at. a re : with o tnimber of rosin st.J* #• uat**l • i tn wet ede, and h#-av at ..;tng lead hr #b*t from the stills to the rai.road tri ks. It was t ils e(a<!r:r w • l**h vs .m a l * in a net the fireman arrived If la supposed that one of the stills boiled over and e* Mra lo the ( bui the employes of the refinery who were on duty during: the r. ght seemed to huv n very ir.deflnita idea about how the fir- j o carrel or ar.yfhir g else They h. i J tflotie practically nothing wtyn the fire men arrived. The oil works being beyond the fir* 1 mils. there was no water supply avail able rearer than the Bpringii* ll canal, r ijutrtng hfee to be laid for a distance ' alK*ut 20 yards It required some uni te get out the Unes of hose, and by the time this was done tlw tire h and omplen of the entire woodwork of th* yard. All that th# firemen could do wa to put on thalr streams an# I follow th tlre as it com* timed tie woodwork In or dor to prevent the flames reaching other property. Of the four ear* on the sidetrack one was uncoupled and rolled hack out of the j way by the firemen and employes of th* J company, Two others were completely consumed. One and probably lwth of th- -e were loaded with oil. A third car be longing to the Savannah, FI on# la anl Western Railway, was wived by the fire men though considerably damag'd Fortunately there was a strong wind from the We*t which carried the flame* wway from the Urge oil tanks of the company. These are very well protected from Are, though, had the flames swept tn their dir** *tlon. it is doubtful if the protection would have Availed. The conflagration In !>J* case would have been much more serious. At 2 a. m. the entire yard wa* a m a* of flame. N.*t only the woolwork, but I the ground Itself wa* raturatod with tv I and r#<ein waMe at I the gras< and- a th seem**! to hum almost readily .is the timber. The flrem*n were getting in good work with their streams, however, ir.d it ■was evident that there was but little fur ther dtiitrer t* other proper!} a th* Works. No estimate of the l**s could be ob tained last night, none of the ofTV * r* o the company being on the seen*. Wid th#* oil stored on i !ie car* and such a happened to bo aw.tiling shipment, o get her with the k*-s of me stag ng tn loss Is I • cmmS ol S-Th- ompin> i • fully mw-rd by insurance. Tne yard wa- w# i l> . Simtlsr fire about eighteen rn tithe ago. Wild, 1.0 TO III! IMMI.V Sernas That ill ibiniimrnt floatations W 111 Take 1 hat 4 otarse. A meeting of the Son of th# Revol 1- tion will be held BattiMav to * i t ier the disposition of th#* fund the * - I ty hold.- for an Oglethorpe monument I* ♦-si dent W. f t hariion favors turning the fund over to tht S> i# ty of t'oloniii Ihmca> they **m parti tlarly lute c* l**d in the movement and ♦ sir to push It to n euee#*-sful conclusion Mr Charlton dtd not apeak authoritatlv |y f#ir tn- Bon* of th*- tlevoluti 4), but e <\- that ilt**sltcn of the fun-1 a|*pealifut to him ihe best. A m * ting * f the Jasper Festival (’om mltt* r< Gan ar t. *ha m an. will alro I*4* l * and hortly. 'l'b# c rnn lt i## will *n id# r the 4li*posltion >f the fund of $1,127 it hoi-Is for an t>..* l et ori*** in# t ..rn* n? and It l- p bibb that *hi in#>t<• > too. will t tke the course t .at Mr. F I* Shotler s donation 4>f $l.‘X 10-k -that is. will 1 • turned over to th# t'olonial Dame# The Oglethorpe Club's contribution of %:*) will probobh go lo th#- <‘oloni.! J>ames, though there bss l#e#*n ii# an nouncement lo thi* effect A meeting of the club will I** he'd on Friday t settla this |*olnt. A gci tleman sail y#*ter#lay th.il h# knew of Miiotl -r wh* had <l* kar* i to him that h** tuo readv to make .* k>natlon #. t&to for a monument to Oglethorpe as aoon as the movement i*w inauguarte<i h-- t aken definite shnpa* atxl the fund* have been consolidated under a -.i gl# manag* - merjt Their reversion to the Oak nia ! Oame* would seem to indicate that thl* Is in early prospect The gentleman speak It r w* not prepared to give ih# natnc of Ihr other. THHKK Ml Klil ROt % TIIIIA FA. Jlvatlc# #1 n fo n lamely Place ntad \**niilt<| ntad Kobltctl lllna, A negro r am#d Obak# r wa* entl el to Jones’ old field last night about 10 o lock by tbr- ofh'r negroes one woman n! two men VV ner they had him beyond as sistance on* of the men stru k It m a tnurdenjii* M *w on the bend with • heavy w*lck and then held him whll* the oth# ’ nn and ‘he woman w#nt through h n po he* T cy mode a thorough se-rch snd toox every cent that he had—s 22 About ; crock hi* mo r n!ng Patrol* m* M L'sv’i captured one of the me' that had be* n corcernsfl in the as a; b and took h:m to the bsrnerks whe e he gave the name of Arthur Will amt Cooker e head was badly mashed In but after having It dressed ha wae abla to #o to bla home unassisted. uni. visit riir, t timvAU ( *ancll May Tk* < li**f*rrs*e i* I U I.• r**•*l* men la. Mayor Mv.re yesterday accepted an in vitation fr m th" K'k*‘ Commltt.'** for the Mayor and AldsrmeD to visit the oar r\ I The Mayor w.il extend the in vita t.on to Foun'li it ;t • ---night, and the un lerstanding that .t will b" availed of imtn**ln *v- afl.r t • meeting The Mayor and Aldermen took in the Pythian Carnival by Inviuifton. •* year • ag*. and had quits ar> enjoyable time There .1 •- h*>f pp or t" 1 be anything | of spe- Ifnporr.Wr tn } • - t for the meeting to-i.lvM T-* pet fton of the • <*>]! r \tlte ). - n*r- for >rn|en** it ion j for hirc* ojs*ned by them in their sec tion of ih* .tty hvs been deferred to a • i*et and in'-edng of <’ ur tl I’r lay right, j wten th* two | it ions f**r strict railway i frartci. -• will ~1-o u taken up Wh* ’• r th<- ..-Signing of l“i these I mat •* • h■* * -*• ml s;gnihcan- has not In n stated, Imt it woul.l <p|Har that !. Mr follins is the j i• *, ** f |e* tH<M* r for com fie neat n f**r the ‘ . * re****- opened In CoUl!t.*vlll<* aiwi he Is aleo ne **f the applicants f-*r street rail- | way franchise* It J- further behaved ! *• Mr <*o! r v p***iton for street ratl way fran- -<* Is regarded with n*orc j f.ivor th'iti that of the V'ernon Rh**ll Rond | Mr 1 R f’ohn wU be giver s hearing in the matter of the bookshelves which he h I* *r*v*ted ni*Tig the w.*ll on the **wl* - ] \* *lk it hi fDi* c of busr.n.-'-s at Hull rt<l Perry streets Mr f'ohn wi given no- ; t e Mom Viv to remove the bookshelves t i f*r*\ h"ir-, which tline will he up t da” At Mr Form's request j Mayor Mv.-rs consented to give him n n i<j t r* .r . v to p*e-*nt his r ise *o I’ftun :! Mr, Fohn r*l *•* on the getiernl per mission given merchants in H* tion UK. ~i" *h- Fi*v F*ile t make us* of a portion i *f the s:d* walk to display Hie r goods Members < f F*tir 11 sav however, tuwt * h- f id n* rurht t<* avail hln e| # of this without fir* sectiriuv ; permit There i !e. i *lis|>osltioti m**ng th- members of t’otincH to *ll*>cc.urigc all encroai'hments of th kind on Hull s’reet. There Is also % *ltsp. -itlon to look m’o the mitfer o f w. k encroachments gctierallv It I j • \ M**nt that in mimN r of places th* dealers have largely overstepp* I their • wht- tn tne mat # r mu<*h MS five fart rtf the sld w alk b-- ttg taken up It some plac**- and barely enough room 1* ft h*r i •wi per** • s to pass abreast Th" fruit j -tutsd venders .are *.p*ell in j tUls r**.'*rl and rr v t-. crnipelled to draw in fh**ir liiHiK or t*> get off th** sid**walk altogether. I l.oMlo i\i imiiß. % I l*nn*e That llic I nrfli 'lay strike llieln's Train. The leonld th* shooting stars th it should appear at intervals of thlrty-thr * years. rn*liatlt y from the Bckle In the ! • ->nstellitkn of I.eo, may flash across the | heovens to-night and to-morrow night Mr Oti** Ashmore, who is well versed .n j “innnmv. s iM y**t*-rdav that there Is f certainty that the mt*te> r- will aptcwr. .*t *-tronomer * In mini parts of *he world will b. on the lookout fr thm In .ii nsfldng th<* rn**t‘or Mr. \-hinore said that th* > are look.**) f*r it Inte vals • thirty-thr**e year* ut* n Nov 11, II ti and I'* w .th the probabilities of their greatest npjg.irance upon the last two late- Last year, sstronomars agreed. fh**y should have been seen, rath r thin thi*-. a *1 their failure to make themselves . ible ot that time leaves manv with lit He hope that to-d i\ and to-morrow will bring the flight#. The m pe iran e of the meteors, which follow €*!.'• i the path of ihe com t known as Hi* las, Mr, Ashmore raid, can not le nl mated and predicted with the nPetv with which astronomers are a e to fotvtoll th. oceuttufon of tars. !h |NSlt|on . f planets and * llpeea o ti.e mooli and Min which cm is* *ah*ula<e*i with ai-Mo.ul.* a. . urn* > Through hl-t.>;y the appearance of the meteor* it Irstor vals of l lilrt y - three >.*nrs howev.r. an U* traced, and there was every rcasan to •;• , du> * that they would i.ot be n l -d la, i y nr. which was that when the flights were to o cur The earth h.s again reach*** 1 the print In which Is or bit is confluent with ts.ut of Hlela s com* m i the trad of comet-aceomi anying icon ids may appear. Mr A-hm.rc !.•••- not yet know w netlvr h< will >.**|* vigil fr the Icon Ids. II would not miss the spectacle If h* f it my .ertainty that they wll appe.it .o loiihtfui is h* that h will not recom ni* ii.i that *n> k**p was. h f*r th** phw nem. li I 1C e- eii. they will tpf*o4i from ihe . intern heavens tit about 2 or 3 o’do k in the morning iil.l l, \Mi Mill I.THIK HUMIITITI It" Were Received l*y th** CTrrk of the supertor * our! lesterday. The r*mittltur and l*dskma of the Bti preme Four! In the murder case of W, S. Mall and Jsk** Moultrie, the first defend ant wl lie at. i the Other ** or and. were we •olied in the office of the clerk of th.* Superior Fourt on yesterday afternoon. Th* result af the application to the Su preme <\.urt fiw new trial for these de fendants was given in the M. rnlng New** .it the time of the rendition of the d* M-n*. by li.-p.*tchcs from Atlinta. It will be remembered that In both rases Judge Fnllignnt's and Uton. refusing anew trial, whs rovers***!, ami anew - trial granted. In both ci-ew tie deep lon of the Hu preme F*urt l i. judge erred In charging Section 73 of the I'rimlnst <"od**. Thb section contains the :,!!)•* th* 1 ,i hotni.-l '*■ shall 1* h Id to •e justlfiahle only w hen one of the parties tntnlfrsily ti*l In g'"*l faith rndpavot* to decline any further struggl* Tie court says that this sactlon !s ap pllcabfr only when t;u*re is a mutual com mit b**tw* nt ie partb-s It *sys further thH It liss leen unable t*> tbal from the evhfen *e 1n either th* M* 11 or the Moul tre case, that there ws uch n combot. *f.-l on th:- yMiami n* %v trla*** ire grunttsl th* defendants. The Judgment of the Htipreme Court was not ma*ie the Judgment *f !h Supetl.ar Court on yesterday, because >f the ab •.n* e .*( Ju*lk> I-’.illiy nt. who has b* * n ill for th* past few days. It w is reeort<**| last evening ghat Jislge Fulbgint was feellmr mu* h better fin*t wns resting quietly. nnd It Is expe-ted 'hat he will >••.*l court to-day. Should h‘ be able to do so it |s possible that the formal order of court wrill b* tak*n this morning ’ni KXTY.I H I! V K lit * OLD TO DA V. tintilen Hale laidge of Odl Fellows Will Celebrate Its % wnl versnry . Ooldei Rule Ixvige of fid*l F* l ows w|!| to-night, *.t fw|*i Fellows* Hall, celebrat*- its quarto nt* nri.il by a banqust. at which, besides the entire Hutu Hebekab I. there will be a itumiter of honor ary guests The < eie bra tion will take tne form of s banquet, at which thete will be a short hlstot v fth l.alg* hy Grand Rcrret rv J. S. Tye n and a t umbor of add*e e which with the speakers, have alia, dy announced the Mor p g N- wa On# of th# ipeaktr not i revio ialy men Honed is Mr* Lula B. Cum>-ea. pist ma - ter. who. on behalf of Hath L dgt, will apeak on ‘'Woman aa an Odd Fel nw * The banquet will be furnished by the Independent Society of St. Poui’e episco pal Church THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1900. VETERANS OFF TO AUGUSTA. xi\ %\< t: .t %it i> or aa a a\nai I KM.4.ATIOX I.LFT I PT Mfilll Thts 4 nmlatrd f \ !****• i Thirty Hraa* bers of tl**- Iso iHuinnnl* 4 amps. Ofberit Will l#ea%r Tills Mornitu: and To-iilm I'romln* nt \ eteran* \\ ht Wrre **f (hr I’srl) That lias (•one-4 iimstsiiibr *f 4e*rula Di vision of Rons of \rlrrnn* Left Also— If Gen. IJ%ns D**ellne* Ho e|rt*flo, (en* I'. Mc4*laUn Mill He it (findtilnt** for the t fiiiinisnd of the 111 % Isloa. I*.*sitslid other members of t.i>* Conf.-PTttte Veterans* AsH.>ia:**n an*l ram;* of Fonfe ierate Veterai - to the numter of thirty or more, left f >r the reunion of t >** <eorgla Division et Augusta l-is 4 nsgnt. i hey will Is* be low and to-day by * larger number of vet. era ns. The first seselon of the convention wilt l*e . ,i.;#*d to order this morning. Tie par - ty that left last n.gfu Included Gen. P M <baeh.an. Col. J R Sueldon. Col, M. P Fsina. ' apt A I Marmsiateln. Car t lme Im hlisoe,. Veterans A K Wllv n, J. W M Infyre. J M. Holmre. L. A McCarthy, tieorge Turner, T N. Theu, John Per si, C F Cler. L. Snow, J H II Osborne, p Duttlmer, C. Li len Jones. Ig-ru •* [towns, W. L Corbet?. M C. K!look. *H H Hendricks. It II Hunt. M .1 Solotnona and Jatnei I#eoiard, The party that will leave thi- morning ■ * *ainp. Mr Dors**ll will be aci ona parded bv his daughter Min Joiie Dor -ett vs ho will he the ipone*r for t !•• camp it th** r* union A third delegation wi.i • hvh to-night aid It is exp* t*-d that Hawinnah'e delegation at the rear* **n will number seventy-five or eighty on the day of the parade F*t*r F If McLawa, Commander of tl.** •b’.tgSa Division of H- r s of Veteran*, a.*- omiMUird by *averal m*mb* r* of the Savannah camp, alio left on la.t night's train Other members ( • *• ramp will .••eve to-day. o represent it.* interests at the reunion of fh* state dlvDion of the or ganisation. which irwelw in Augu*.ta at the eiine tlm* - l*e* that of th- Vet •*raus. Mr. A. Hearing Harden, acting adjutant of th* divlsi* < . h.a*- i* • n In A . gusta in.iking irang*.merits for lending th* eonvetifjon. fr *ie i ' *lv or two. The t*4ll provi n g for the e c.-iion of :t state historian, who sf all raid* t Olid • om pile all inf*riiiaii at t*• alive I* th- isol dltus nf <ieorg:a In the sewral c nil let in which th* > hav l*e*n engaged, has al r*-aly l*en lntroiti' , e*l in th* Genoa A *embl>. fv Kepres ntu ivs Haw of Kl tert It was ind*rs*d nt the e invention of the lMughtemof the Confe*l**ra y. hell lt wr-* k In th.** <i?> and wi 1 |r b * I. receive airnllar ln*lor-nients ft*n th vet rans anti of Veterans Atnot, t ‘a* matters to Iw> ii-I lered a' the eonventloi s <f both the Vs er me <n I Ho'n of Veterans are th** projects u w r* e|ving th** <*onatderatlon wil l i|*|* r if tn* Dang it t*!?* of the ’nt f ii i- These tn*lu*o- the erection of the Winlit Davis M*morta at Athens. *nl the er*e tlon at Rii l.mond, <f a monument to Je:'* fersor. Davis at.l the Southern coniel eracy. The question of principal interest to the veterans Is the election of a division com mander. Gen. Clement A. Kvan-s the per* ent rommandcr. h. announced Put he would not accept another term. Every possible effort will be mad* however, to indue* lien. Kvan* to change hie mind and the veteran"* .Mope, at le. t. that th* efforts will prove to be successful. Ho mi - | eesaful ha* been Gen. Kvana* administra tion *f the till ties of the office, md to -*. i;r*a: in i: >nt has I•• earned the love atul adminr.ttlon of his comrades that they unit* In the that he will b induced t retain command of the <ll vision. Should he prove recalcitrant. the corn* t will t Uttt' *i. th commander* of the brig fde>. Gen. I*. M Glashan of Savannah Gn. A. J \\ •st of Atlanta. Gen <\ W. \Vylly of M icon, md (n \\f S. Shep pard. the l ist mmol of the \V< stem bri gade Gen. McGlashati is the senior brlg idler general. nnl. in the event of Out Evans' positive declination, and *nlv In t it event, woukl he i*eirnit the tj-o of his •line he will probable he promoted to the romnuiul *f the division. Gin. MiiiUshnn has a* last salH th.it hould G**n. Ilvum* d* cklne to run tie w.ll p'-rmit hi-* fri n It*. If they th nk It wG and proper, to present his name to the •on vent ion a .* candidal** for division • amnvatwler. A** th*; members of the* Sa vannah delegation think this course en tirely wise and entirely proper. Gen M - Glashan, in the contingency siattvl, will la* a candidate. Pol J R Sheldon, who left with the Savannah delegation laat night Is the only Savannah member of the division staff, on w hich he is quartermaster g* n i-ral Pol. M I* I’slna of Savannah 1* adjutant g* tw rnl and chief of staff of the South Georgia Hrl trade, commanded by Gen. Mc'Glaahan. The brie idler* com manding the brigades of the dlv - ion are to be chosen at the reunion, and should G* n Mdllarhan be elevated to the com mand of the division, his*, successor as commander of thU brigade will Ik- elid ed. THEY l>4> Mi l R NOW HIM. Xaißiinnh Officer# Not %e| un lixt ed With Nrxx iiljutiint General. The appointment of Col. Janie-* YV RoV>* rt#on of Marl* tta to be Adjutant General of the Georgia Slate Troops I# but fulfillment of the prodt turn made some weeks ago, just after the death >f Gen. Mclntosh Kdl, by the Morning New# that the Governor # choice of an adjutant general would fall upon Col. H*i*#rt#on. Information had reached th*- jwijer from a gentleman wl>o xxn# then m Atlanta and who 1# generally upon the in#id* In ev k rythig that re|>ta to polltl elan* and politic#. ll* mi Id that Col Robertson would b* appointed, choosing him from the half draen who;-** nam* # xx*-re pramini-ntly mentioned In • onne. - tl*n with - military men expr**## no opinion upon the selection of Col. Rob* ortnon to b*- adjutant general They can not do #o. as they do not krw>w him. ln qulrv failed to discover an offlrer of the Savannah military who is acquainted with iVI Robertson, save or?*, who #*l that he believed he had met him Those with whom talk*; were had indicated that they would have preferred one of youth and energx unimpaired by years, their presumption being th.t the urdrimm dti tl. m of the adjutant general’# office would I*e beyond the endurance of one who had lo#t any of the activity of youth. F4HIMI.II hAY INN % 111 %N DEYII. ’ Mr. John Itarrett. Wrll-Ksown Herr, Oteil Mondii> af l.lhrrty i Ity. Mr. John Barrett, who died Monday af ternoon at hi* home near Liberty City, xv a# formerly a resident of this city, and t known to a number of the older citi zns. though he has not lived here for a great many years He fought through tha entire Civil War. ard has since Its close been prominent In the organisations of the veterans. He leave# seven children, four sons and three daughter# Hl# fu neral will take place to-day. Tfie burial will be made near hla hocuw W 11.1 MiKI Ml iII RA Itl r. l a *<irgla Farmer* Have lot let ••*• >i* 4 r*|* *m llte Market. The prl e thn? farmers ire to receive ■ mw On hi i* p I rt-n Ilx.-l Mr . K*ri<t ot M K* r' Sun. A Cos. -Aid >*<<>r<Uy that hU ttrm h.td heard from two or thr** of the pro -lu‘ • r-. requesting that a t*rl *• be offer • 1 but • I* they had v *n anwered that the market hud not been fixed and that the firm was un;.hie to ;--ay what it could give for the syrup. Farmer a have just begun grinding their an* Very little, if any. <f the new syrup has appeared on the market, but it is expected that It will soon 'om*- In in quantitfes. A greater acreage in cane w ii plan tad thkt year umu last, and the i n* r • have l**-en looking forward to a he ivy yield Reports have It that the cane has • Ine wall, and there will prob ably la* n grait**r supply ol syrup than there WHn ust year Mr Kmt is of the opinion that on the syrup w.il rot Im is high as lust year H did not know just how or where th** market price of th* product k* fixed but i* * x|*ec?lf.g nuotntloru< to be made very shortly. 1< t year his firm • •! others r*a:l s high -and 33 cent# u gallon f*r the sryruj ili j p*eing of It at it arc) 3f er.te At the-- figures there whs great firtrht in :h* trade for the pro *lU’ erv. arwl fh, : r tU re*. induced the farmers to Mh*ve i*.*t it would Im* ex pe rl mood again this y-ar. For that reason ’hev decided to plant m*re land >n **atie, and unquestionably the quantify of syrup They will m-'ke will *x ****•! that of last year. The year before la-t prea s were down bra Farm**T had to **ell their crop th‘*n for a- low as 1! ?* 12 cents a gallon. When the f*ri- ‘ atlvaticed 9* cents on the ga!h*n lii'-t year, it *titi Im* seen what profit there must have been In the crop f**r the farm *'*. At the opening of th** s*.*so:. last year th** pries w l9 and ih** advance was gradual, but sure To the comparalively sle#.ler yb 1-1 of syrup in l*milaiana Mr. Ferst attributed th** mbiiru's in the price of the Georgia pr4*lu**f H* Itgirrs this year that ’he Lcneiani ■ rop Is nn Improvement over t in* **f liter, year, ajid th*.H he bolieve* will have an effect upon th* pri*'ra in this S- flop Bales hy w holewtle *l* alers of Me Geor eta syrup are mad** principally to their retail - ustonv r* in ettie* though much f tie prgkict is uipp**d la k to the country Ther** ir** > ertttin cnnepr4>*lU''- ii*g section# t wbteh di: pine th" syrup wln soul*! be Ilk** i* 'dtng *us t* Nw *,Mstle. but there ur** manv |e. ,tll i**s • htotighout <i**orgia nnl particularly in H.xtth C;r'*!ltui wher** . nere t- but littl" •in*- t . • and. not ertouy * toeupt-lvth* loal nee*l- To -itch s* a- t uos** al*o<it <Vrltmn. 4'airo. P*ll. .m n*l ii tiers, it .vmiiM I * of no use * hip i-yrup. and the v h<!* -alers make no Mice in the com modity there Th gr*at lack of uniformity in the r r.vlcs of G*orglu con* syrup Ih the great • i objection ihat 1- found to it Mr Fcrat -ski that it n**ul<l be far more val j i *:•• to tl •• wholesalers and could he handled more ssitlsfa* tori I y <n*l effectively if it were itNi-ie tipi4. a comtnoci grsl* . t/wxMth that gr.il* ehould the ls*st. Some of the farmers do not seem to b" r*i*- to make their svrtir ■** that If tvlll nat ferment, and mH the <r* rgia syrup the whcli*ulerhail*! ■ is first u.-j*er(*-l. much v( it .tax ing to >• r- j **:•• I If a un.form method of making n **yrup th^i • tiil L relied upon t* xvAthstan*fl fer mentatlon could be deviaatl by the far mer-. a t Mr. Ferst. they would receive higher prices and helr goods would be in greater V mand FORGOT III# liltlDE'fl NAME. Uulion Entinnk# Had *tnr Trouhli tn N**enrina a Lteenae. The !crK of the Court of Ordinary. Mr Frank E. Kellbach. whom the liw en !ruM with the duty of i##u.ng I# per mls#ion t* those couple# xx ho enter upon *!io troubled of ma'rlmony. num • :# not a few* imuring exp* rl- ne*** nmonc • r rt- tr t *ni'* to fiim *he perforni inc** of t'.is !utx H* enjoyed one -ex .. :rdiv >f:ernoon. find . Morning Netv* rep*>rt"r. who * hsn*. I to be present, par •efi<xt*-.l in the fun. There r im*- in an intensely black col ored person from the bank# of the 4,>gee hee. who innotin ed that h* had s*-curel ifie girl'** rcin.-ent nd that be wanted i II- < i •*• Mr. K- llh-i h spread op* n bis ue .410 to the applicant "\Yha’ - y>ur name * ' h* niikol "Watson Hrwlwnks." rfspowkd the pro- •r-. live bride;noc*m, with a pleased grin. The name was new to the ejork of the court at -I * fa tiered • moment before writintr i D xxi- fin illx #ugg*#ited tbit 4.i. r. Ifi-M# of Georgia could proiuc* a# perfect 4’ockneys. at Irani tn the mutter ••# and Inverted u*- of th*- a#- pirn'* * ; and l ’d* ar old Luunon" It — f. nnl that xviit the applicant for o lfi*uit*e pro *i *lv ni***int was that hi# nun- xvo * "Fu anks.** i." fi* .-aid delightedly. "Y o r* got it right." It wh# s# written, wild then Mr Kellbach warned to knotv he name of the brkle. Evidently this xx Hnru.u r poser for Watson, for h" rat* i**d hi.# heal over it for two or three m m:cs '*.*for** h* returntnl an answer. "I know.- uer nam* is Jtmie," be said • t las:. *#. diit'# what I call# her. but I • lar t* Gd*w*l, fin##. I el* un forglt* what her udder name is. I tlnk; it's Cyarter ** Mr h ilri h raid that some compila tion# rn -ht irl-** in. the future in case it ■ ’•..*:M fi** I* hi *1 that her nam** wn# not "(*x xr€**r." orid suggested taat W.ison nt k*- some effort to get it right. "\Y H. 2 tell yo. boss." sakl Watson. "1* # put it low'll Cyarter. nn ef fit aint right I can com** tn yer none time mi hav.- it j anc-d " He xv is iv i lit thl# plan would not answer o ail, and fi<* finally •fTer<l t • ive it • money for the licdhse. while ne went to the residence of hi# bride and found out wfiat she wiis alletl In half ar h*.ur h*’ re turned tvlth the smiling *lrnl? .on t .t hi# sugg*#tlon that her name "mought be Cyarter" was it perfect ly wiki cu. -and that the truth of the umttcr xx # that her name was "Washing ton." The license was leiiel. THEIR MOTHER'# I I Mdlll,. 4 carried Meaira. 11. I). and \Y . It. YYill- Inm# to Ynldiiftfn. Messrs H D and YV. 13. William#, of Sriivannah. returned yesterday from Val •I" ta. where they went to ait* nd the* fun eral of their mother, Mr#. J A Hanks. Mr#. Hank# war M year# old and n native of Bullock county. Bhe ha# re sided In Lowndes county, near Vafikiwia. since fier H*nl marriage. Besides h* r hus nd. r I;• * fi-nve# four son# and two daughter# to m>urn their loss I’ut In KpliuMipixl 4lr|linu Home. Through ihe lnteress of the firemen ar No 3 Engine House and the efforts of -everal k*lle the little daughter of th*- late l t o*N<il was yesterday placed with he oneent of her mother, in ’.he Episco pal Orphan’s Home. The child, with her mother, had been living in an unsavory neighhorhoud, and the firemen and mher# interested, w* re anxious 'hat a more suitable home should be secured for her. "Tb* Am- ~ a mellow fla%*or peculiarly Its own and la unlike any other brew on the market, whether ol foreign or domestic produc tion RICE MEN GROWING DUBIOUS. agent* of mm C4DHLIM; n%\r. NOT \HHI\Ki) VET. Well Coated Hlcr Mlin H * HpltHi of 4H.4HNt.O4M* 4 on I*l ||on<lle tlie En tire \nntial 4rp f tI.tHKM* * Huahel*-Hie Truaf Propoaea to l.enae the Xlllla Rllil (OntrSCt fr the t rnpa for Four 1 t-ara—>\\ it Ii Entire Control of the Domestic Market, and Favorable 'larilT l.eg talntlou, the Troat 4 mild l.'nail) Make l.arae Profit* Tiie announcement in y .<*rdav's Morn ing New * from i'ni ic *f the Jr. orpor i ti>.*n of the A marie .in Pice Grower** I*. tributlng Company, with n apt jI of s!•' uCim.uW) was r*a<l with mceres# by the ri isople nere 1 i,b s.xe *>f the capital sc* M won aotneihlng of an eye opener to tie. who iru expecting to t*e aff* fed by th* deal It had never occurred to them that at combination would find It ne •ne try t > use w, much cap. 4tl to control th* t • btttlne*.a of the country. Naturally t • u Is a *l!#po>i eon to r* * arl u < nsl-ler \ 1* portion of the reported aj .tai stock *•• the aqueoue variety Intended to be un traded upon a • onflding public later Notw ith-'iun ’ rg the announi sniT.t *•* Incorporation th**re ia still some <km * here as to w .♦ < r the tr<is? will be a•• Tne rl'e pro: li.ivc been owalting th arrival of the -t agents for s**m< tim and are s#i!i nout definite informalh* e to wh-n they rn\ he expelled ‘ I’ w**fn? to rn" t :at $i would be ample api:.ti w*ltn wi.lch to v>rganue n -u* * vesful rice combine, ’ hold /i gent!* - man ye#t*Tdax‘. who is well pes?*d o. the rice business "The entire rice or i* of the l’nfie*l Htate* is only Si,"*v bushels, and an average vsluntion of b • 4* a bu.-hH son*! tiiuiv* iiith-r • **!* *xx the actual value of the crop. *t bated of about |7 OA-.v*** *av. This rop ■D** months In <<>nitng to mark*!, i.t with the aid of bxnks and the ordinnrx usiness ac eraorles, could easily be hai. •ii**l vltn the capital named. "Perhaps they propo***- to buy the ri • milk* as Writ as conira 't with The pi to - *?r?*. was remarked. “Tiie trust do**# not propose to buy the rtce mills." replied th<* g nil-man, w was evidently well "Tn* sirn ply pro|*ose t* l*-:m*- th mill- and t >**nv*'ft them Into l**n*lel war* ouh* - where the planters can lak* th*-tr rl* g*"t the warehouse r* v*eiptH. and <\ th ry r* eipts with lti** treasurer of tl •uroponv whanever th. j fe* 1 so n.< it- ! In addition to this they prop*-**- to 1 each planter sign r agreement to deliver to them for four year# at the prt •■> -j** Ifled in the agreement all the r: *. w n h he may produce within that tim Tn* trust dso has the option of extending ’he agreement for another four y**ars the ootclu#lon <f th** flr*t term In < wy conn oiling b*>th th*- nulls nnd th* product. th**y would -have entire contr ’ <*f th** ktn* '*• r- j* and tlt* m irk* ’ wefi Tli* ir. •*■# offered tr* attra<*ti\ • to th** plant* rs, b*-ltiir *n. t%:.at t***11•*t than the prtMu nt prevail,ng price- Tb* prices for each gr;ml* r** stipulated in *h** 'ontract, ranging from 91 <> |K-r bushel for the best grid* l*wn to 1 *ent# fH*r bushel for* the low*et The fTer is a very fair ©ne and one which many of th** planters nre likely to (*• eept. The smaller planter# will prob ably jump at it " "There 1 a big opportunity for a c m bination of this kind." he continued "an i there is no reason why, with u tell! nt busine**# management, the c mbt *t should not be a sue* *s# It pr fits woul 1 consist, of course. In control ir g t e m <r ket and putting up prl s. This I oul.i very *-asilv do. There is v* ry litt e *r • igr. rtce imported Into this o* nt y no a *n account *( Pie high tatlff, .a *i the trust w*uld doubt It*#* hav. o .nffi uty In having ih** tatlff r.il#**l still ig ,**r. i: it desire*! Thi- is . hlgh-t r.ff a*imii - Wtr.itlon, rtn, i the trusts apj> r t<> l* l favor Hy In* raising th* f rt* e of ri e only half a cent t pound, whi ’h * o - sumer could hardly . onsid r exo. bttant the trust could easily rnak** * . * oil’ sl.nry**b* annually, to say not him- of l saving which would be effe * * and by the reduction of -\|en-* s in hiding th* crop." When the committee of Fouthern rl * growers went on to Wasblnu ou w**7 to g*4 the Republican a imin stratlon ? • rat* the Pamorr-tic tariff **t ti . th > were given a hearing by tne \\<y in Means * otntm te.*. or w l h Mr. I * ng • • was chairman. The rl>* gr*we s . formulat*d their l* man . i*l t • <* tn mine*- asked f: un ir. rea •• i l • tariff |on cleaned ii * from 1 * t** r l 4 ent- , ! pound, with oth* r • 1 ss* s In prop . t on ”\V iiy <l*n*t xou make It - •„• * nt? In !ft aired Chairman lbnglcy "We b-| eve In protection, and w* lad ju? t as **> i, give you -’s < " The rice Kiow. li r*-'ll* and that -u n: i |M>un*| on cleaned rlc* woubi i>* ntir*-i> tWfat*cor>. atil that they were afraid to hove the tariff put any higher for ba it w u;.l arouse th** opp*eitlon of th* bit.; brewing Interests which us** u larg* amount of low grade ri* * In !r tvlng th* : >eers. If the committee had only rlgr.l -*l• t its tvlllfrgncHS th** tariff would ha** been mode 2’* eent# Instead of 2V will * is the present figur*- This slmpl.v ‘*,vxv how easy it Is to tet a high duty from n prott*ctlon itlmliiistration. The <rgunti would doubtless le iis***l that the r* -u.t of .i high tar Iff would be to in r* a • 4 •lomestlc production, and to make thi* •ountry lndepcn*lent of foreign r;*’e. An Incidental lH*n*‘fit whi h might r - suit from the big c m bins tion, but whi *.h protmbly ha- t>4 l* n * on**l*lere*l aa y. • !# that a powerful combination **f tl. - kind wmiM naturally fin*! it to its inter ests to increase the consumption of ri ** as much a# p- ->,bb . AT present not ov*r VhOfI.OOO of the American people regard ri* o-a staple ortlcle of lb Ex • n In *fi Interior of the Southern states u Ih only ie* *1 sparing’.v. and In the Northern nnd Western states It is regarded IS II del icacy. The bringing *f rl • into general use as an article of diet would give ri-** to n demand for a crop several times cm of the present one. ACTIVITV l> HI II.DIMtS. Many #nall Monsca Hr l.reet***! for Itentlng Pnrpoaea. There is considerable activity at pre-ent In the building of small house* for rent ing purposes. Mr. John E.nsi Isa ap plied for a permit to erect fourteen one story frame houses on And* r*on street, between Hurroughs strert an*l Ogets.*h*e road, and the permit will doubtless Ik granted In a day or two A permit has been granted to T. P. ! Bond to ere**t three two-story frame houses and oi’.e on~story house on K-t Broad, near Duffy street Other permits of this kind iir< : E V Whitcomb, two one-Htory houses on East Po*iir> n.i Hroughton street; li. I Ro.cnbro>k f *ur onc-story houses on Thirty -• on*i #tr*e west; Matilda Goette, two onc-stor> firms* s on Anderson street bane, .ast; A. II Kntelman, three two-story frame house# on Herndon street, east of East Broad. Mr. R. W. R ttighn wl 1 erect a neat two-story residence on Hull itr.'et, be tween Thirty-fifth an*! Thirty-sixth streets. For Over Fifty Years. Mrs Wlnilos'i Sootaing Syrup has been used for children teething D soothes tne cnLd. oof tens the gums, alleys ad pain cure* wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea Twenty-five cents a bottl*. -ad. lilt. FIGHT ON TO-NIGHT. smith and .Indue Reef at the* Thea tre for Twenty-live Hoawds. Billy Rmith, the man of mystery, and Jim J ; ►e, tne Scraiiton miner, will try i.'dustor:• to-night at tne Savannah The *iter In a 2.v-round contest. These two men. whom t.• Austral Athletic Club has re., nt here, have national reputation# *• Tighter# Sn*i f . wuo lis beaeen the champions *r tni> a* well as ocher countries. i well tnown to a.l lovers of the manly art H* was *eeti u nde preparing for hia ten mil** run yesterday morning to Thunder m. nnd ha * He Ih without a iou*t i rSYid ap4 imen of the perfeotly-formetl athlete. on*l one* cun look upon him but u m irvei m ri# wonderful tranatructlon. If fi* w* re maubled for the vocation which he follows It |i doubtful If a line f his anatomy wou.d be altered He ha.% x * p;:<mally large back, neck and shou.d --■ r mu. u * .♦ - They are the long lithe kind, •{•-noting agility •*■* well a# strength. He I- not u knotty muscle on his whole **d\ His arms, which are extraordtno .> powi-rfu!. have the remarkable n <*f "venty-four Inches a reach *s***s*'*d by nut few heavyweights. Smith noted for his nggresaivenees and fijhts fr*irn gong to gong. J- ig* -fie s* ran ton miner, was l#o vis it *i ii his training quarter* ot Thunder • *'4 *st nl.iv, w :i**r*- he le hor*l at work in * i tflp.nv with Hanlon. He I* a :i!'ireti, big. raw-bon*d square-jawed, inu.-auirtr .tidlvfiluol, who I# brimful of -i*:.• i* n. * !I** has a string >f victores * rtn:rh to make a small volume. J ha a no lrea<l tn meeting the myet**riou on* but is glad of the op - • await tht mil) >f the g**i.g with pleasure, for It will give hitn mo lon -ought chance to revere** the ill u their former meeting luck in e Jtalg* manager, Hilly Ro.*he. says: ’Wat* mx man. ho ix l 1 surprise the win# one**.’’ Jim Jt* • * Ik not Martin Judge, whom so ii it v p-opic ronfmiß<l with him. Jim i* ul S* ranton miner There is no *u u a i.ti a larg. crowd wUi gather it tl * *at*r to-night, to .***-*■ tn*-#.- men • ■ ' Hhortx" Jtrvkli '- will act a# refer***, x* ! i ;i sure- good. jg4n work. <• • no favorlfei • The v*lub advertise# lit tin I ut xx id cotnm*-n> e at 9 o'clock T - rx of the fortn-r fight of the two ii. nat Scranton, P.* when Fmith put bidg** *ut In th** twentieth round. Is a • irilling otne to the lover# of the ring \fter ;i bloody battle of twelve rounds. Smith hu*l Judge ill but going. Smith •xv what •* had done for the miner, and xx • *ler*d !i*'*w* the man had the grit to "Why ion't you quit, man 1 I’ll l! y hi." hr* > * l. "If th* re's any quit ting *i**ne you’ll lo tt." was Judge’s re i ! r. !• I he fought on gamely taking l! that xx a* c-.rn ng to him and getting In •me fine work on Smith. Wruui t!i gong sounded for the twen ' "th. Judge w is up frocn his corner in a jiffy "Well, you aee I am #fill here.’’ he ••ii. Ixmtt rlngly. to Smith, both men • f* gfit nard nnd desperately and r * in a condition Thai one would think \\ <i’d five left no banter In either. "You i . eh?" said Smith, and feinting with i left, ho us* I his right with terrible • - ruling Judge to the unpuddled ll ***r with -u h force tliat h*# head *t 4 k. rebounded and struck again. J i.lg. xx is out. There was no question ihw>iit that. They thought he w*a# dead. He didn’t regain consciousness until the next day a*, noon. IX A TKXnERLOIX HMORT. * I 1-Year-Old Girl From Tampa Taken From a House of 111-Fame. Yesterday a 14-year-old girl was token 'rom o house of ill-repute in the Tender loin ar.d ?ent back to her parent# In j Tampa The girl had be*-n in Savannah j ior a short time having left home for this (Ity w ith 4he ptir|>o#e. so she told her tt—nr . of visiting the Elk# Carnival. Ir? -n • xx .* x her mother became a ware that - .? was .-laving in th. Tenderloin and be • In • -1 ht was ox:.. I ther*- against her will, sent u t fib ml to Savannah f<r the purpose of get- I ting her. Tli* man arrived early yesterday morn iug and Ih* girl at hi# request met him u th barrack#, but refu - e<l absolutely to • •’Otniwny him home* With the assist •ri - *-f th* police department th** git! \#i agaiu brought to the harm* ks vraer lay afternoon and was induced to return i • Tump i. for which, accompanied by her rrejcher - friend, she left yesterday after noon. She was not detained at the house it wni. fi t*fi< xx is staying, but seems to iave hid a friend ther*- t> whom she went when td* reache*! Savannah. I lr*t anr, l or*-nni In the field of medicine i.- Hood # Sarsap arilla. It possesses actual and unequalled merit by which It cure# all diseases caus -1 or promoted by impure or impoverish i bltMKl. If you have rheumatism, dys i>* j . crofula or < xtarrli you may take i llord’s Harsaporllla anl be cured. If you tr** run down and feel weak and tired. n. may be sure it wall do you good. The favorhe family cathartic is Hood’s ! Pill#.—ad. Thousand# of Itelijx People II ive been cured quickly by Tetter.ne. It ii an;, form of .-km dlse.v-. Mrs. M E I-atilmer, Hiloxi, Mi##., had an Itchy •r* ak.t g out on h* r skin. She sends 91 r r two boxen postpaid to tne manufac turer J T Rhurptrine, Htxusnsl), <| j and writ**# "Triterms i# the oniy thing tri.it give# m* re i '* H* rid SO cent# in | t mps for i box if your drugg.st doesn’t keep It.*—ad. Nfutl> While 1 on Work. Through one of the ten free scholarship* In The International Correspondence School# of Scranton. Pa., which the Mo n inc New# will present to you If you secure one of the ten large*! numbtu# of v. te* J by Nov. 20. 1900. xou can keep on earning a living at your present work o nd at the I name lime ny study af home in t.m* u-iaily dev>t dto recreation or rat. fit yourself for a professionU position at a i g ,RRi salary You can easily become one of the W j n . i ner# of till, out* -I. by devoting x *t;r ,t tent ion t* .11. ting Voting Cos if- ns an< j k pirn; at i’ No one has ab" t*t than you Get *ver> vote \oi * n, j, n 4 hove ai your fnetul# a.ive their r> r you> Se* th*- wind..# display of t,. xt and .Irawing outfits to be given away by he Morning New# m Its educational con teat, at Chas. Marks’ shoe store. 17 i Broughton street, west. ' ' T • - " 4 "It I urrd lie.** Omyb-nrd brok- up rhcumotlimi on I tno,” >ays Mr Chas Thomas, th. J.w- ! .l*r on Whitaker stro.t. 'AnJ put m. In better health than I have enjoyed In a lon* ttm.’.” Tk. Otayl ,ar t Pills (or that i 1 f.’.llr.(t-Isr appetite, and follow it up " *'b o h, tile of Uraybe,rrl It | a ll you ii.. i Reapess Prtut Cos., sole props.. Ba xannsh, Ga —ad School Nappllca. Just recelvs.l .1 U.-re srd assorted sup ply of achoot bars anj aehpyl sjppltes, all at cut rotes (rom 10 cents up at.o usual !a:*e stock of all the school books] non ua-i in Chatham county, at Estill a Naws Depot Ball street. Savannah ! O#sd A HUh-Qrade InstPutlon for I.sdles— Shorter Cos)l S a, Rome, Qa. Writ, for catalogue.—44. “The Elks,” Displayed in our window i n Vici Kid. Box Calf and Pat ent Leather, in lace and button, are the admiration of all Kyes. Such work manship and style hare nev er been placed before the public at the popular price $3.50 A PAIR. SEt QURWINDOW FOR ELKS Cold Weather sug gests stoves and ev erybody knows that our stove iudtice ments are uncqualed in Savannah. You can get what you want here: Ranges, Cooking and Heat ing Stoves, and Oil Heaters. You can always depend upon getting the best from us. Our oil heaters never smoke and are odorless, - '"J-L. .. i—E -. -JL .. . .J—I—Ul ■ t § dr SOMETIMES A MAN Thinks he knows it all. H<- persists In usinp n Cul.D RATH It* ><>)!, and Orll-f" >r Ikirumi'lus '*• 0 him. For 13 iX> this GAS HEATER can be obtain**!, and It make# tfi* A a# warm a# h rug. Cost# w lit do It, <OO. Th"y Invite a calamity #mfort and hralth t# within easy r*.*a h MUTUAL GAS LIGHT COMPANY. 7 AND * CONORKSS BTRBKT. " ' STOPPED THE COUGH. Prather * Tar and Cherry Coujfti Cure 25c. DONNELLY DRUG CO. ahi vi.ni 'i v gAV AN ,MA H TH EAf t R FRIDAY NIGHT. NOV 1 RUSGO & HOLLAJID'S (Successors to Richards A Prlne* '• BIG Minstrel Festival! HEADED BY BILLY KERSANDS. Price#—fl.OO, "Sc end SOc For thle ene*ement entire belcony rv served for colored pet rone, Beats on tele Wedneedey, *■