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*WW6tiT BY THE CENTRAL
HAS ACQUIRED THE DOVER AND
STATESBORO U AII.HO AD.
Kollff* of the AcqnSsttfnn tiv the
Central Sent Out Yesterday toy
I'restilent .lohn M. Kunii-Tlis Cen
tral Resins the Operation of the
Dover and Statesboro To-dny. Re
taining Sac'll of the Old Employes
s It Requires or Desires—llrnton
and IMneorn Will Re Extended lo
Statesboro—Outlet to Savannah for
Rieh Territory W ill Thus Re If
fordid.
The Dover and Statesboro Railroad has
been acquired by purchase by the Central
of Georgia. The principal owneii? and of
ficer* of the Dover and Statesboro are Au
gusta gentlemen, Messrs. James L. Flem
ing. president and treasurer, and L. C.
Hayne. vice president. The price named
by these gentlemeen was acceptable to the
Central, and the purchase was made.
Following Is the order relative to the
Central's newest acquisition that was is
sued yesterday by President John M.
Egan:
"The Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany having acquired control of the rights
and franchises of the Dover and States
boro Railroad Company, now being oper
ated by the last named comiwiny from
Dover, in Screven county, to Statesloro,
in Bulloch county, Georgia, notice is here
by given that from and after midnight of
Dec. 31, 1900, the above line will be oper
ated by the Central of Georgia Railway
Company as a ]>art of its system. Only
those employes of the Dover and States
boro Railroad Conpiany who are specially
notified of their employment by the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway Company will be
retained in the service of the Central of
Georgia Railway Company. They will
hold their places subject to the pleasure
of that company and will ireport to the
officials in charge of its different depart
ments.
"All remittances for business done prior
toi midnight of Dee. 31. 1900, will be ma le
to Mr. James J. Fleming, president and
treasurer, at Augusta, (la., and all bills
Hccrulng prior to midnight of Dee. 31 will
be likewise presented to him.'
It will be seen, that the Central be
gins the new century with another rail
load to Its credit. The Dover and States
boro employes were notified yesterday
afternoon of the transfer of that road to
the Central, and only those desired by
■•the latter were retained. The rood is
added to the First Division of the Cen
tral. and will be under the direetlon of
Division Superintendent T. S lloiee.
The Dover ami Statesboro Rnllroad Is
ten miles long, extending, as the name
might indicate, from Dover to Statesboro.
Dover is on the main line of the Central
Railroad arid President Egan said yeeter
day that the acquisition of the Dover ami
Statesboro by his line would mean in
creased train service for points interme
diate between Dover and Savannah.
Great advantage to Savannah and to the
territory through which the Dover and
Statesboro and the Bruton and Pineora
railroads run. will accrue througli the
deal that has just been consummated, for
the reason that the country west of
Statesboro is new and is pierced by its
first railroad. A wide urea will be added
to Savannah's trade territory, and the
merchants and business men, as well as
the farmers, lumber men, and naval stores
operators living along the nesv lines, may
thank the Central for this greater oppor
tunity to add to their prosperity.
This announcement will be great news
to the people of Statesboro, for they have
been looking forward to the Central's
entrance to their town. Not only do they
see the Central becoming the owner of
the Dover arid Statesboro, but Mr. Egan
announced that the Bruton and Pineoru
will be extended through Statesboro. That
line now reaches from Bruton to Regis
ter, ten miles from Statesboro. A sur
veying party is already in the field, and
It is expected tha-t the line it is running
will be accepted, and that the extension
will be made in accordance with it. Work
upon the extension. Mr. Egan said, will
be commenced ns soon as the survey has
been completed and the line approved
The completion of the Bruton and Pine
ora to Statesboro will give it connection
with the Central's muin line by means of
the Dover and Statesboro, thus affording
the outlet that has been longed for by the
people living along the line of the Bruton
and Pineora. It Is this rich country that
Is looked to to help the business Interests
of Savannah, as the road is some eighty
miles long.
To the |>eople of Pineora and other
points than Dover along the main line
of the Central the news of the acquisi
tion of the Dover and Stateslioro by the
Central and the prospective outlet It Is
to afford for the Bruton and Pineora will
not be so welcome as will be the news
to the people, of Statesboro that their
town is to be upon the line of Bruton and
Pineora. Other place* had hoped that
they might lie the connecting point of the
Bruton and 'Pineora and the Central, but
the purchase of the Dover and Statesboro
has provided the outlet, ami there is no
chant* of an early extension from States
boro to some point nearer Savannah than
Dover on the main lint of the Central.
The Central, at all events, will not make
such a connection, as it has its line now
from Statesboro to Dover, and it Is doubt
ful if others will do so.
The new route via Statesboro and Do
ver to Savannah will not be as direct as
it might be, but it will yet be a means of
excellent freight and passenger service be
tween Savannah and all ixilnts along the
Dover and Statesboro and the Bruton and
Pineora Railroads, and It is thought the
arrangement by the Central will be a wel
come New Year's gift to the people of
Laurens, Emanuel, Montgomery, Tattnall
and Bulloch counties.
EARNINGS HAVE INCREASED. .
Yearly Advance by the Central of
Georgia Railroad Since IMH,
The Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany has steadily Increased Its gross
earnings -since Its reorganization The
table that follows shows the Increase
tlta-t. has marked each year, both the cal
endar and fiscal years' figures being glv
en. In view of the increased earnings of
the Central and the greater physical
value of the property, which has been
built up to a high standard, where it Is
maintained, it is not surprising that its
securities should have enhanced In value:
! i Fiscal
I Yen r j Year
| Ended I Ended
t i Dec. 31.; June 30.
IsasT! !$5.;i2.37. j:: gr.,lod.suti'&b
3*96 | 5,343.113 25 5.429,082 36
3897 5,423.553 03j 5.280.895 95
1898 | 6,617,75s 01| 5,507,069 73
3899 5,781,049 48 | 5,767,345 63
*I9OO j 5,523,631 Mi 6,086,263 33
•December estimated.
“Winter Homes in the South" is the
title of a very neat folder that has Just
been got out by the passenger department
of the Southern Railway. The leading ho
tels of ail the cities in the South that
are reached by the Southern are given,
together with rates and other informa
tion.
No changes among railroad officials in
Savannah are to take pin e to-day. It
Is usually the case that a resignation be
comes effective on Jan. 1. when any offi
cial has been thinking of severing Ids con
nection. but it would seem that all the
railroads and their officials have been
l getting on satisfactorily together, for
wottilng has been heard of any changes
are to lake effect to-day. i
WILD NOMINATE TO-NIGHT.
Citizens ( lull Committee of One Hun
dred to Discuss Candidates.
The Committee of One Hundred appoint
ed by Chairman Merritt W. Dixon, in ac
cordance with the authority vested in him
by the Citizens Club mass meeting ol
last Friday night, will meet to-night for
; the purpose of nominating twelve can
-1 didates for aldermen of the city of Ba
' vannah, who will run on the ticket with
; Mayor -Myers.
These nominations will be reported at
the Citizens Club meeting of to-morrow
night, and ratified at that time by the
action of the club.
i A prominent member of the admlnistra
, tion faction, who is in thorough touch
with all that is in progress, said yester
day that the public would lx? thoroughly
satisfied with the nominations for aider
men that would he made by the Com
mittee of One Hundred.
Indeed, there Is no reason why the next
Board of Aldermen should not be one of
the best in the history of Savannah, Mr.
Osborne expressed a truism when he said
at ihe last meeting of the club that It
owed it to itself, as well as to the peo
ple of Saxannah. to see that only the best
men we: a nominated for Council.
There are no considerations that would
impel the Citizens Club to select inferior
men for its candidates. In heated elec
tions it ofttimes happens that it is politi
cally necessary to place some men on the
ticket, not for what they are, but for
the votes they can bring; and this con
sideration is responsible for most of the
aldermanic misfits of the past ten years.
As It Is practically certain that there will
be no healthy opposition to the Citizens'
Club ticket, it would seem that the very
instinct of self-preservation would urge
it to make competent and respected and
respectable men Its candidates for office.
These views are those that are expressed
freely on the streets, and not their least
ardent champions and advocates are mem
bers of the Citizens Club. It is from that
large portion of the club membership that
holds these views that there comes the
threat of a separate ticket in case the
use of some of the alleged aldermanic
Umber which is being discussed is at
tempted in the construction of Savan
nah's ship of state.
The friends of Dr. M. F. Dunn, whose
name has been mentioned in connection
with the aldermanic ticket say that he
will not be a candidate under any circum
stances. He is regarded as an excellent
mart for the new board, but those who
are close to him say that he would not
accept the nomination.
MADE \N EXCELLENT SHOWING.
Annual Meeting and Election of En
dowment Rank K. of I*. Held.
The annual meeting and election of Sec
tion No. 161. Endowment Rank of K. of
P., was held lust night. The showing
made in the reports of the past year was
a very good one indeed, both as to the
increase in membership, which is now 120,
and the finances, which are in an excel
lent condition. The amount of insurance
is now' $380,000, a very large increase over
that of test year.
During the year the section lost but
two members by- death, Messrs. Edward
L. Hoffman and Charles S. Deutsch.
The election resulted in practically all
of the old officers being re-elected, as fol
lows:
President—John Juchter.
Vice President—C. A. Cox.
Secretary and Treasurer—Chares J.
White.
Executive Committee—W. T. Leopold
and W. K. Pearce.
INSTALLATION' OF OFFICERS.
Will Take Place In the K. of I*.
Lodge* During Tills Month.
This month each of the Knights of
Pythias lodges, at its first meeting, will
have an Installation of the officers elected
at the December meetings, and will also
at the same time elect representatives to
the Grand 1/odge.
These installations and elections will
take place ns follows: Excelsior l-odge
to-day, Teutonia Lodge to-morrow, Sa
vannah Lodge Thursday. Myrtle, Friday;
Forest City. Monday, the 7lh; Chivalry,
Tuesday, the Bth. and Calanthe, Monday,
the 14th.
Of the grand representatives to the
Grand Lodge each lodge is entitled lo two.
except Savannah, which has three, and
Chivalry, which has as yet only one.
The Grand Lodge will meet in Bruns
wick in May.
TO-DAY EMANCIPATION DAY.
II M ill Re Observed ns ( sun) by the
Colored Population.
To-day is "Emancipation Day,” and
will be observed by the colored popula
tion in the customary manner. There will
be a parade of the various organizations,
civic and military, and many of the liv
ery stables have hired all their carriages
for the event. It* will be a great day for
;he colored people, and thousands will
watch the parade.
Deputy Clerk J. I„ Murphy.
In the Superior Court yesterday Mr.
James L. Murphy qualified and took the
oath of office as deputy clerk of the court.
Mr. Murphy has been deputy clerk of
the court for nearly a decade, and.
though everyone knew that Mr. Carr
would reappoint him, it is a matter of
gratification to those who have business
relations with the court to knoiv that he
will continue in his old place.
SERIOUS CHANCES,
Ire Taken in Neglecting n Simple
Cuso of Piles.
Any person takes serious chances in
neglecting an attack of piles, because of
the tendency to become chronic and fur
ther the danger of ulceration and form
ing fistula, both very difficult to cure.
Most pile cures are simple ointments or
salves, which relieve temporarily but are
useless as far as making a cure is con
cerned.
The safest remedy for any form of
piles whether itching or protruding is
the Pyramid Pile cure because free' from
cocaine and opiates. It Is In suppository
form to be used ut night and minings
and causes no detention from dally oc
cupation. and the many cures made by
it have made it famous in every corner
of the United States and Canada and any
druggist will tell you it enjoys a greater
demand and popularity than any pile
remedy ever placed on the market.
Mr James Kenton of Memphis, Tenth,
says: "I suffered from itching piles for
t*-o years and found nothing that would
relieve me permanently; not even mer
curial ointment seemed to reach my
case. But a fifty cent box of the Pyra
mid Pile Cure, which I bought at my
druggist's cured me entirely and for
'months past I have hud no return of the
disease.”
Mrs, Ken more of So. Omaha, writes:
"I suffered torture from protruding piles
for a large part of my life and had long
since given up any hope of cure as 1
dared not risk an operation and could
not nfford the expense anyway. I had
often read advertisements about the
Pyramid Pile Cure, but never placed con
fidence In i atent medicines, but I tried
tile Pyramid In sheer desperation, and
was delighted and surprised to receive
marked relief and benefit from the first
few applications. It took five fifty cent j
boxes to cure me completely, ana no one
can appreciate my feeling of gratlt : 1 |
who has not suffered as I have,”
For any ease of Itching, protruding or j
bteedlng piles the Pyramid is a certain ]
u-soluteiy safe remedy, J
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1001.
f Wet weather accessories anc
f SHALLOW Label
s|Hg| WHISKEY
i On wet days a nip of Yellow f
"j 5 Lahel will often forestall a j
, £ !■{ v|f? J serious cold. A helpful tonic ,
' -f iin case of illness or indiges- ;
Hhlluu!' S J tion —and a pure Rye for those who j
rt want a pleasing stimulant. (It’s the j
W~ average drinker’s favorite.)
Wi/ll \llllil Call for it wherever good liquors are sold. L
\ 'WmmF l ' V I til ** Tl:e difference Is great between tills [
MUI-.rWl, WW& II fl atid ordinary whiskey: to show the E
1 1 difference will send yon sample bottle free, on receipt of I2cts. |
NO todefra packin'*, e'-. ' ddress
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BUILDING PERMITS GRANTED.
New Pnlnski Mouse Stntoles Will He
Erected by Mr. Grntiain.
Seven building permits were issued from
the city assessor's office yesterday, run
ning the total for December to thirty
one. Most important among those issued
was that applied for by Mr. Charles F.
Graham, who will rebuild "the Pulaski
stables.
Mr. C. A. L. Cunningham will be the
tenant upon the completion of the new
building. During the two months or so
that will be required for the work the
stables will be in the building on West
Broad street formerly occupied by Mr. W.
I. O’Brien.
A considerable change In the appear
ance of tho Immediate vicinity of the
Pulaski stables will be wrought by the
improvements. The present structure is
of but one story, and is absolutely de
void of ornamentation. The new build
ing. on the contrary, will be of two
stories, constructed of brick and stone
and will be ornamental. Tiie change from
the present to the new building will ->e a
decided improvement to the locality -m i
will make the western opening of Bryan
street into Johnson Square more attrac
tive in appearance.
Some seventy-five stalls will be In the
stable, and all will b.e of the latest ar
rangement. Throughout the stables will
lie thoroughly modern. On the second
floor will be the space reserved for the
vehicles. . .
A permit was also issued for a two
story house on Pine street to Mr Alfred
Kent, while the estate of E. \ and M. -M.
Busier was authorized to build a one
story house at the corner of Oglethorpe
avenue and Randolph street.
An Inspection of the record of building
permits granted during the dosing year
showed that January was he fading
month in point of the number Usutd.
showing 52 The records of the other
months were as follows: Uebruarj. -1.
March. 36; April. 37; May. 34: June, 3*.
July. 33; August. 37; September, 38 Oc
tober, 27; November, 35. and December, al.
HAILWAY men MADE PRESENTS.
Employe* of T. Al.of H. R>- H *
membere.l Messr*. Lewi* oa.l Diman.
The motormen, conductors and office
men of the Savannah, Thunderbolt and
Isle of Hope Railway last night made
New Year's presents to two of the offi
cials of the road. They were Supt. J. T.
Lewis and Inspector M. L. Dixon. Mr.
Lewis received a handsome gold watch
inscribed with his initials, which was pre
sented on behalf of the donois by Mr.
n H Holley, who assured Mr. L**-wis of
.he esteem of the men of which this was
intended to be a slight and visible token
Mr Lewis responded gracefully, thanking
Ihe men. not only for the present, but for
.Grdlal support that be had received, and
assuring them that the feelings that had
prompted the gift were reciprocated
The present to Mr. Dixon consisted of
100 fine cigars, which were presented on
behalf of the men by Mr. J. F. Collins,
who assured Mr. Dixon of the warmth of
feeling that had prompted the gift.
Mr. Dixon also responded in a short
speech in which he thanjted the men for
the unexpected courtesy and assured them
of his heartfelt appreciation.
WOMEN USED KNIVES.
t ut Each Other Several Time* In a
New Veur'* Eve Quarrel.
Carrie Richards and Mamie Benton, two
negro women of the West Side, got into
a dispute on West Broad street, near
Liberty, shortly after 9'o’elock last night,
and cut each other in half a dozen places.
The Richards woman is well known In
police circles, and has been in 'trouble
before, although she ciaims that she was
not at fault. She received three stabs,
and was the first placed under arrest.
Shortly afterwards Patrolman Goodwin,
who mbs on duty in that neighborhood,
sent the Benton woman to the station
house. She, too. tvas cut in several
places. The wounds of both women were
dressed by Police Surgeon E. S. Osborne
The prisoners are charged with disorderly
conduct mid fighting in the street, and
will be given a hearing by Judge Hurt
ridge this morning. It would appear that
Jealousy prompted the trouble that re
sulted in both women losing much blood.
LEVIED ON CARGO Ob’ LUMBER.
Cargo Ilf-11l I mler Proceeillag;* of
Rail In Trover.
A cargo of lumber on the schooner
Charles L. Mitchell was levied on by
Sheriff Whelan of (he City Court last
night, by virtue of bail in trover pro
cetdlngs. instituted by Thomas S. Wyll.v
& Cos., against J. P. Waldron. The value
of the lumber is fixed at more than $6,-
OtlO. The plaintiffs claim it Is their prop
erty, anil want it held by the officers of
the court until a bond is given for Its
release, and the eventual condemnation
money of the suit.
New Venr’* Police t uses.
S. Apostolos was arrested yesterday by
Patrolman W. 8. Winn, charged with be
ing drunk and disorderly on Ihe street.
Patrolman Connelly charged Ben Har
ris. colored, with shooting a revolver on
Bull and Thirty-third street;). The offi
cer says that Harris deliberately fired - hc
pistol In the street, evidently considering
ii a good way to close the nineteenth cen
tury. The negro will have to explain his
action in Police Court this morning.
flattered 35 Venr*.
"Graybeard cured me of catarrh from
which I had suffered thirty-five years.
Nothing on earta so far as I was abli
to obtain gave me relief. Sines taking
Graybeard 1 am as well as ever. I had
catarrh of the head. Mrs. Rhoda Dean
Ballinger, Tex.
Graybeard Is made only by Rcspess
Drug Company, sole owners, and is sold
at drugstores for $1 a bottle.—od.
—The Prince of Wales has gone In for
the training of carrier-pigeons, and lias
h- ’ a splendid pigeon house built ai
Sandingham Castle. here experts under
the Prince'* own supervision will train
(lie bird*.
A 4(1 EER LEGAL DOCUMENT.
II Came From Culm to “Mr. The
Southern Oil Cotton.*’
A queer legal doAiment readied United
States Deputy Marshal Charles J. White
yesterday and was served by him upon
Mr. L. W. Haskell, manager of the South
ern Cotton Oil Company. The document
was issued from the Primary Court of
Claims of Cienfuegos, Cuba.
It had reference to a petition filed by
the firm of Castillo & Cos. for an exten
sion of time from its creditors. In very
eccentric English it related the troubles
that had overtaken this firm and their
causes, and recited a decree of the Court
of Claims, which provided for a meeting
of the creditors on Jan. 30, next. The
dec'ree is signed Miguel Gutierrez Murillo,
judge of the court.
The Southern (?otton Oil Company is a
creditor of the firm and it was desired
to setVe a copy of the decree upon it.
The copy reached the deputy marshal
here through the Attorney General of the
United States and District Attorney Er
win. It was addressed to "Mr. The
Southern Oil Cotton." Mr. Haskell ac
knowledged service.
SANITARIUM IS OPEN TO-DAY'.
Public tun Inspect the Park View
Hospital lletweeii It> and 4 O'clock.
The Park View Sanitarium, at Wald
luirg and Drayton streets, will be open
to the public and the medical profession
to-day from 10 to 4 o'clock. The board of
managers will show those interested
through the hospital. The sanitarium is
well appointed and its working? and fix
tures will no doubt Interest those who
pay it a visit. Refreshments will be
served between the hours mentioned.
The sanitarium is one of Savannah's
newest enterprises and promises to be a
success from a financial, as well as from
i professional, point of view,
Georgia Council Election.
The annual meeting of the Georgia
Council, R. & S. M., was held last night,
when the following officers were elected:
T. I. M.—Henry S. Colding.
D. A.—J. C. Posted.
P. C. W.—Henry M. Boley.
Treasurer—M. Praeger.
Recorder—W. S. Rockwell.
Steward—C. F. Cler.
Sentinel—Thos. Robins.
At the conclusion of the election and in
stallation, supper was served.
Foreman McFarland's Pipe. '
Foreman A. P. McFarland of No. 1 En
gine Company was the happy recipient of
a New Year’s gift last night ,a rhe shape
of a handsome meerschaum pipe, present
ed to him by the members of the com
pany. Mr. McFarland happily expressed
ills appreciation of the gift and the spirit
which prompted its giving.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
E. W. Yarn of Manassas is at the Screv
en House.
L. S. Penders of Ruddell is at the Pu
laski House.
VV. W. Beach of Waycross is at the
Pulaski House.
Fred W. Kost of New York was at the
De Soto last night.
M. J. Foy of Baltimore was a guest at
the De Soto yesterday.
L. R. Lynn of Darien was at the Pu
laski House yesterday.
Dr. R. V. Harris left over the Southern
last night for Baltimore.
The Audubon Golf Ciub was quartered
at the De Soto yesterday.
R. J. Bishop of Eldridge, Fla., is among
those at the Pulaski House.
C. H. Anderson of Stotesboro was ot
Ihe Pulaski House yesterday.
S. J. Hermann of Sandersvllle is among
those at the Screven House.
E. \V. Hancock of Ailey registered at
the Pulaski House yesterday.
T. B. Twitty of Camilla was quartered
at the Pulaski House yesterday.
E. C. Ballintine of Waycross was a
guest of the Pulaski House yesterday.
F. B. Rockwell sails on the City of
Augusta for New York this afternoon.
Congressman Rufus E. Lester and wife
leave at noon to-day over the Southern
for Washington.
Ross Guerard leaves over the Southern
for Orange. Va„ at fioon to-day, to re
sume his studies.
Mr. W. G. Powell of Jacksonville, Fla.,
passed through Savannah yesterday over
the J’latit System for New York.
Among the Savannahians at Suwannee
Springs, are Mr. end Mrs. Chas. M.
(lil)bes. Mr. Max Krauss, Miss H. G.
Hull, Mrs. Hodges, and Mr. and Mrs.
I. M. Frank.
CITY BREVITIES.
The Confederate Veterans' Association
will hold Its January meeting to-night.
Mr. John Williams and Miss Julia K.
Cleaveland were quietly married at the
bride’s home, Price street, near Taylor,
on Dec. 30. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Ed. F. Cook.
Joe Jones, colored, was lodged in the po
lice station house lasi night on a charge
of carrying concealed weapons and threat
ening to shoot h negro woman in the
neighborhood of Liberty and West Broad
streets. The arrest was made by City De.
teclive J. J, Murphy.
The members of the Savannah Rifle As
sociation will visit the rifle range this
morning io shoot for turkeys. Shooting
is scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock, as the
members are desirous of finishing up in
ample time to admit of their getting back
for their New Year dinners.
Copt. iV. W. Siarr entertained a num
ber of the employes of ihe Savannah
Brewery, of which he is manager, at his
home, on Jones street, west, last night
Capt. Starr is always a charming and en
tertaining host, and all „ who were his
guests sja-nt their evening very agreeably.
Gaston street, west, was enlivened yes
terday afternoon by a runaway of rather
diminutive proportions, the principal ac
tor lx*iiig the very minute |ony driven by
little Miss Mary Blue Hull, daughter of
Mr. Joseph Hull. Miss Mary Blue was
tossed out of her cart when the pony
look fright on Bull street at another ani
mal under the saddle that run past him.
She wus not deterred from pursuing h.v
tills mishap, however, and was on hand
to Investigate the damage to the oart soon I
after the pony was stooped dm* Jeffer- I
son wee*. *
UPROAR AND PRAYER.
Continued from Tenth Page.
few minutes after midnight, and closed
the service.
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION.
Lutheran Congregation Watched the
Birth of the New Century.
The congregation of the Lutheran
Church of the Ascension watched the
death of the old year and the dawn of
the new century last night. The exer
cises which look place at the church as
the hour of midnight approached were
conducted by Rev. Dr. W. C. Schaeffer,
the pastor, and were interesting and ap
propriate.
The programme of exercises was as fol
lows:
Piano duet, Misses Meta Doscher and
Minnie Lubs.
Plano selection. Miss Carrie Nichols.
Hymn No. 606.
Hymn No. 600.
Scripture and prayer.
Hymn No. 718.
Address, "Our Faith,” Miss Doscher.
Address. “Our Responsibility," Miss
Schaeffer.
Address. “Our Loyalty,” Mr. Wessels.
Hymn No. 381.
Address, "Our Opportunity,” Dr. Schaef
fer.
Hymn No. 615.
Recitation, "The Dying Year,” W. B.
Spann, Jr.
Recitation, "The Dawn of the Twen
tieth Century,” Miss Gibbons.
Prayer,
Doxology.
Benediction.
The benediction was pronounced Just
after the bells of the city clocks had
struck the hour of midnight, and thus an
nounced the birth of anew year and a
new century. After the benediction the
members of the congregation spent some
minutes in informal, social intercourse,
and in extending to each other the good
wishes of the season.
SALT THE HEART'S LIFE.
Revolution In Physiology Predicted
as a Result of Experiments.
From the New York Herald.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 26.—Experiments on
turtles have convinced Dr. Jacques Loeb
and Prof. J. G. Lingle, physiologists at
the University of Chicago, that common
salt in the blood makes the heart beat.
What Is more, they declare that not only
does salt keep the heart in action, but it
may cause the heart to beat again after
it has once stopped.
Dr. Loeb and Prof. Lingle for several
months have been conducting a series of
delicate scientific tests bearing upon the
pulsation of the heart, and now have an
nounced that the results obtained have
verified beyond a doubt their theory. They
say that three different theories believed
in for centuries by scientific men have
been utterly demolished by their discov
eries.
In the experimental work turtles were
used almost exclusively. After snipping
off the head of one in as humane a way
as possible, the lower part of the shell
was removed and the heart taken. A small
strip from one of the ventricles was used,
the blood Was removed, and the piece
of flesh was suspended in different solu
tions.
Older Theories Abandoned.
ThT- early- belief that the heart beats
because it is full of blood was quickly
abandoned when a strip of turtle’s heart
was suspended In a solution of sodium
chloride, and a regular series of beats
began. Theories of Prof. J. H. Hall of the
University of Michigan that the proteoids
in the blood caused the beating, and of
Prof. Wringer of Johns Hopkins Univer
sity, that nerve action causes the pulsa
tions. were thoroughly tested and aban
doned.
Separated from all nerve connections,
the lifeless strip of hpnrt muscle r*"
ed perfectly to the presence of the . .y
solution.
Experiments were made to ascertain
what qualities salt possessed to cause
rhythmic pulsations that were not pos
sessed by calcium or potassium, which
enter into the composition of the blood.
They discovered that n pure sodium
chloride solution was destructive of heart
tissues, but that by mixing calcium and
potassium solutions the poisonous effects
were destroyed. The secret lay in the
peculiar character of the sodium ions.
Lingle Tells of Experiments.
“It was found,” said Prof. Lingle to
day, “that strips of centricle. when placed
In a solution of cane sugar, did not beat
rhythmically.
“Next I obtained a sample of crystal
line dextrose. Strips of ventricle, when
placed in it, did not beat rhythmically,
nor would they make even single contrac
tions.
"When strips of ventricle were placed
in a solution of glycerine no contractions
occurred. The glycerine solution, how-'
ever, has a different efTect on heart tis
sue than either cane sugar or dextrose,
as it tends to injure the tissue.
"Next the action of sodium, calcium and
potassium ions on ventricles was tried.
When strips of non-beating ventricle were
placed in a solution of sodium chloride
they always beat rhythmically. In a
large number of experiments during the
whole year not one failure to start beats
was recorded.
“When calcium chloride instead of so
dium chloride is used, however, I find that
it does not start contractions in heart'
strips. It can, however, stop centractions
in strips that are active. The third test,
when potassium chloride solution i? used,
shows that no contractions occur.
"When the combined effect of these
three salts on cardiac tissue is studied,
the result strongly supports the funda
mental idea that the sodium ion, and
not the salts of calcium, is the active
agent in producing rhythmic activity in
heart muscle.
lies olutlon 111 Physiological Study.
“From this time on physiological study
and research will have new life and be
along different lines. Investigations in
physiology had until a short time ago
come nearly to a standstill. Little new
information was being obtained because
scientists were net willing to work on the
elementary questions.
"Such work as this which we have
been doing at the Hull laboratories is
bound to yield great results, for we are
working from the beginning to great
things. It will take a long time to solve
all the problems and answer all the ques
tions, but the results will be greater than
any one now knows.”
Prof. IJnge believes the discovery of
the real cause of the heart's pulsations
will revolutionize the study and teaching
of physiology. That the proper saline so
lutions will come to be recognized as hav
ing the gieatcst possible practical results
In restoring heart action is his firm con
viction.
Physicians, before these experiments
were made, resorted to hypodermic Injec
tions of sodium chloride solutions in re
storing patients after difficult operations.
"Rhythmic activity of the heart,” Prof.
Loe-o said, “Is certainly a function of the
Inorganic salts of the blood. I have found
that rhythmic activity of the stripped j
muscle of the frog can lie produced by
the action of a single salt solution.which
action. I believe. Is due lo sodium so
lutions. lienee a pure solution of sodium
chloride is not a neutral medium, as has
been supposed for years, but Is physio
logically active.”
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THE FIRST DIRT THROWN.
BRUNSWICK VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER NEW ROAD.
Cannon Honnied and Business Ren
Seized Hold of Shovels, Mayor and
Mayor-elect Threxv the First Dirt,
and Editor Irvine Fired the First
Cannon—Col. Goodyear Speaks ot
the Good the Hoad \\ ill llriiia to
HruiiHwlek—Many Towns and Cities
Competing fur the Rond—President
Mnchcn Seems to Have tin Easy
Tiling This Time.
Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 31.—The first
shovelful of dirt on the right of way of
the Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad
was thrown this afternoon by Mayor D.
D. Atkinson and Mayor-elect N. Emanuel
in the presence of a large number of the
representative business men of Bruns
wick, and several prominent New York
ers.
In keeping with the quiet but deter
mined policy that Col. Machen has pur
sued since the road was first proposed
there was no newspaper hurrah before
the work was started, but to-day the peo
ple assembled had the privilege of view
ing the breaking of dirt on a railroad
that was only chartered two weeks ago.
Later they saw nearly 100 men at work
pushing the roadbed over the right of
way for all it is worth and to-night
Chief Engineer L. W. Robert states that
uc will have several miles of roadbed
fully graded before the end of January.
When dirt was broken to-day every bus
iness interest of Brunswick and Glynn
county was represented in the crowd of
interested spectators, and as Mayor At
kinson and Mayor-elect Emanuel cast
I7ie first shovelfuls a great enthusiasm
filled the assembled crowd, and as the first
cannon boomed forth merchants and
bankers, city and county officials, clerks
and brokers, staid business men and
young and old men grabbed for picks and
sbbvels and, in the spirit of the occasion,
thbew their work into the starting of this
Brunswick great railroad project.
The first cannop w-as fired by Editor
William S. Irvine, an enthusiastic and
one of the first advocates of the road.
The second by Mayor Atkinson and tho
third by Mayor-elect Emanuel. Then,
while the cannon continued to boom. Col.
Charles P. Goodyear of Goodyear dyna
mite fame, was called for and made a
speech fitting for the occasion. He re
ferred to the great good to come to Bruns
wick through the building of this line to
Birmingham, and the consequent splen
did results to be obtained by all the
towns and cities along the proposed route
with Birmingham as an Alabama termi
nal, through which the great coal and
iron fields of Georgia's sister state were
to be tapped for the increase in Bruns
wick's shipping tonnage and export trade.
Col. Goodyear also paid a lengthy and
spl l id id tribute to ihe indomitable energy
of President E. C. Machen. who is at the
head of the great undertaking, and al
most every sentence was cheered sin
cerely.
It was a demonstration for President
Machen and the ones who took part in it
were the most conservative of business
men. Brunswick, is back of Col. Machen
with all of her good will, right of ways,
machine shop siies and deep water ter
minals. while from all along the proposed
route come letters and telegrams that the
people all the way along, are equally en- ,
thused and will back President Machen i
and his associates for all they are worth.
Many towns and cities are competing
to secure the road, and with ample finan
cial backing in the sorth and East, Pres
ident Machen has comparatively easy
sailing for his new line. The unlimited
confidence shown in him by the people
along the proposed route, has helped won
derfully in showing Eastern capital what
a good thing it is. and at the coming
Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad Con
vention, to be held in Brunswick next
month, representatives from along the
line in Georgia and Alabama will be
brought together to meet those from the ‘
East and North, who are putting up sev
eral million dollars to see President Mach- !
en put his road through.
Glynn's County Commissioners have do
nated the entire county convict force to
work on the road lied to Ihe end of the
county line, and they are now throwing
up dirt at a lively rate. Ten thousand
tons of steel rails have been contracted
for and the first shipment will be "here in
a few days.
All Ihe machinery for the car and en
gine works haa teen ordered and the im
mense cotton milt plant that has been do
nated by the city for machine shops is
now lieing put In readiness to receive it.
Engineer Roberts expects to put the full
surveying corps in the field at once, and
several hundred men will arrive within
two weeks under expert railroad contrac
tors to assist the large force now en
gaged. In throwing up the roadbed and
blazing out the right of way across Geor
gia through the Alabama line and Into
Montgomery and Birmingham.
This afternoon, when the ceremonies In
cident to the breaking of the first dirt
had been concluded, Asslstnnt Secretary
C. W. Doming wired President Machen
congratulations on the event and in reply
received the following; "Brunswick has ,
closed the dying century by beginning 1
what will link her unrivalled waters with
the most remarkable Iron center of th
earth. May every man. woman and child |
along Its rout? live to see It finished and I
rejoice that it begun."
THE mu ID CHRISTMAS.
A Rnptimn Ceremony That Reveal*
Cultivation of the Ancient Relig
ion in New York.
From (he New York Sun.
’ Bishopville, Dee. 23.—This' was the
Christmas day this year among the
Ovytes, Bards and Druids. It was cele
brated at Capaseraga, N. Y., when a large
accession was secured to the membership.
Goravar Amerig presided.
The autumn session had been closed at
the same place on Sunday, Dec. 16, when
Davydd Ben 0\ yddion of Philadelphia
presided and per "rmed the ceremony of
onomatothesia for the infant daughter of
Dr. J. G. A. Dayii-s.
This ceremony may be new to most of
the readers of the Sun, therefore the fol
lowing explanation is here added. The
child was born Nov 2 when the moon was
between the second and third quarters, a
time astrologically very favorable in this
cutt. This ceremony, coming a few days
before the solstice was still within the
jurisdiction of KerMwen or Ceres, and the
five ears of maize, long ago substituted
in the Western Hemisphere for the five
ears of wheat, were employed in the ben
ediction. The child's name is Goravarina
Olwen Laura Davies The personal name
(the nonem) is Oiwen, after the great
Celestial Mother; the first or cognomen,
Goravarina. is the feminine form, the pa
trician title of the father’s family; the
agnomen, Laura, is after her mother's
name, and the last is the common sur
name. This little girl is descended by
three strands on the father’s side from
the illustrious ancients from the Tudors
through young Parry, eldest of the pro
geto (preregal) of Denny Richmond, from
Roderick the Great through the Mostyns
of Denbigh and Flint; and from the kings
of South Wales through certain families
in the county of Cardigan.
The religion of the ancients is cultivat
ed here in America by this family, and a
vast number of others throughout the
continent. The following excerpt from the
high priest's address at the ceremony will
suffice to indicate what this cult believes
in regard to original sin. “In. my official
capacity as Arch-Ovyie of the Western
Hemisphere. I now declare open for offi
cial work the General Banchoreion as dom
iciled at the Choreion of Canaseraga-
Media, the same to he in the adjourned
and concluding meeting of the Autumnal
Session. • * And in my official capac
ity as Deputy Arch-Druid of the Western
Hemisphere, I now proceed to perform the
ceremony of onomatothesia for the infant
daughter of brother and sister Davies. In
asmuch as all the young of mankind are
born free from sin and enveloped with a
ha.o of innocence, we are here assembled
together to rejoice over the birth of one
more of the innodents, and to confer upon
her the expression of our good will •
Welcome, thou innocent child, lo keep us
delightful company in this world of varied
i experience. * * • I confer on thee the
name of Olwen in honor of the pure ce
lestial virgin to whom are dedicated two
beautiful flowers, one of which thou mayst
pluck by the roadside and in the field in
the autumn, and the other in the spiling.
I also confer on thee the name of Latura.
after 'thy mother, a name indicative of
literature and art. Goravarina thou shalt
also be called in memory of thy father’s
ancient clan; and Davies is ihy patrony
micl. The initials of thy name spell
G.O.L.D Born four days before the last
general election, f dedicate thee to their
Excellencies McKjnley ard Roosevelt as
one humble beam of the aurora of their
successful reappearance to conduct the al
ready inaugurated era of prosperity and
national happiness. Mayst thou ever he
bright and radiant as the flowers of Ol
wen. as instructive as the deep green of
the bay and lourel.-'as courageous as thine
ancestors who toiled for (he good of man
kind or fell in numbers as patriots; as
pure as ihe gold that cannot be corrupt
ed. and as rich in virtue and generosity
as these five enrs of maize whlc'h I pre
sent unto thee with the benediction of all
present.” The mother of the child Is an
nrdent McKinleyite, and had her two
grandfathers, her father and four uncles
in the Union army during the Civil War.
Her father used to be a Democrat, but
took exception to the Philippine doctrine
of his party and joined the friends of the
administration. It is needless to note that
the High Priest is a Republican.
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From the London Standard.
A{*a meeting of the Vienna Society of
Physicians Dr. Klenbock introduced a man
26 years of age. whose hah had been par
tially restored by the application of the
Rontgen rays. He had been bald for
seme years. The cure was effected In the
following way. A round patch on Ihe
senlp was subjected six times to Ihe In
fluence of the rays fo* fifteen minutes,
and during the two month? the treatment
lasted the man regained his old thick,
dark-colored hair cn the parts exposed
to the action. The parts not yet treated
remain as before.
During the discussion which followed
several members expressed doubts us to
whether Dr. Klenbock has really found a
remedy for baldness; but he was encour
aged io continue his exper.menis, and In
vited to report on them to the society at
a later date.
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