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SCREVEN TO BE JUDGE
DEFEATED Mo4LPIX FOR ORDI
NARY DY 384 VOTES.
THOMSON TAX COLLECTOR.
HIS MAJORITY OVER REPRESENTA
TIVE WELLS 788.
The Election n Record Breaker for
Scrap* an<l Serlmninirr*—Screven'*
Victory the Work of Shrewd Mnn
.OTrrtu* — W ell*' Uofra-t One to Hl*
Opposition to the Hill Ulvlng the
Mayor Appointment of Olty Offi
cer*—Hl* IM*approval of County
Trrtuinrer Olrrkswhlp Bill nnd Hl*
Opposition to %dministration Can
didate* In the lait City Otlleer*
Hlentlon—The Story of the Elec
tion a* It Went on Around the
Toll*.
FOR ORDINARY'. •
Thomas Screven - 2,31)0
Henry McAlpln - 2,012
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
Thotua* F. Thomson ... 2,008
David Well* - 1.820
This Is the result of yesterday's special
election for ordinary and tax collector.
The election was one of the most bit
terly contested In the history of Chat
ham county, not even the celebrated May
primary of last year excelling
it In turmoil and strife and the
number of sanguinary, though not very
serious, conflicts. The minor poli
ticians -of the Citizens Club faction
refused 'to yield allegiance to
Representative Wells, but, on the
contrary, cut and slashed his
name from the tickets wMch they voted,
in person or by proxy. This, with the
personal popularity of Mr. Thomson and
the report, widely circulated, that he
was a poor man, who needed the offlee,
while Mr. Wells was a rich man, who
didn't, accounts for his victory and the
size of his majority.
The fight was largely between
politicians and heelers and was
based on the candidacy of MaJ.
Screven and Capt. McAlpln, in
which the money was princi
pally expended. Those who wanted
to witness the victory of either of these
candidates showed themselves quite will
ing to barter his running mate on the
ticket for a vote for their favorite. In
deed. the more bitter the factional feel
ing exhibited by the partisans as to the
race for Ordinary, the more willing they
showed themselves to sacrifice any per
sonal preferences they might entertain
on the subject of the person to be elected
tax collector.
The tickets were supposed to read
Screven and Wells and McAlpln and
Thomson, and the majority of them, of
course, bore one or the other of these
combination of names. Asa matter of
fact, however, there were tickets, ready
printed and on the stands about
the Court House, bearing every possible
combination of which four names are
capable. There was the widest possible
room for the exercise of free and unre
strained. judgment in the matter of choos
ing candidates and no voter had to
scratch a ticket, literally, in order to de
posit a vote for the two candidates whom
he favored.
McAlpln Captured the Poll*.
I-iong before daylight a strong force of
McAlpin negro voters had beenmoved from
Nicholson Hall, where they were gather
ed during the night, to the polls, and
formed in line In front of the boxes. They
were well drilled and well watched, and
they stood their ground valiantly. Indeed,
at this hour the Screven forces had not
yet reached the scene of action, and there
was no one about to dispute possession
with the McAlpln faction.
Some time later during the morning,
but still before daylight, the Oglethorpe
Club, a colored marching and voting' or
ganization from Y'amacraw, of which Tom
Golden Is president and the controlling
spirit, turned up at the Court House. The
Oglethorpe Club was comparatively few
in numbers, but acting under the instruc
tions of its president; Its members formed
In line and waited for the polls to open.
The negro employes of the city scavenger
department was the next organized body
to arrive. The last two organizations
were of the Screven forces.
Lieut. Owen Reilly was In command of
the platoon of police that had been sent
to the polls for the purpose of maintain
ing order. Sheriff John Schwarz had his
force of deputies distributed about the
Court House, and the two bodies acted In
conjunction. When the invariable scram
ble for places in the line began, the offi
cers of the law required the opposing
factions to line up separately. From
each of the polling places in the First
and Fourth districts two lines of ne
groes extended half way or more across
tiie street. The idea in doing this was
To permit the factions to vote their men
alternately. The plan was variously
pronounced "eminently fair" and “out
rageously unjust,” according as the
party belonged to or was opposed to the
faction which had failed to get possession
of fhe line in the first instance.
FidHTIMi ftKti.lt EURLY.
Started Before I>n)llght and Kept
U'l* l Bill tight.
There were minor settos between
representatives of opposing candidates
from the time that both were on the
ground. The first fight of any magnitude
occurred about an hour before the open
ing of the polls, when a difference of opin
ion, on some minor subject, precipitated
a conflict between half a dozen heelers.
Jn less than a minute Drayton street, at
the corner of President, was filled with a
yelling mob, half the members of which
were engaged i hearty and earnest ef
forts to subject the other half to the form
of physical remonstrance they thought
adapted to the ease Before the fighting
had been quelled, by the intercession of
the police, Henry Daniels, a supporter of
Capt. McAlpin, had been painfully in
jured by being kicked in the head. He
was carried away In a cab.
Such fights, in which the supporters of
Maj. Screven were almost Invariably the
aggressors, occurred at brief Inierval*
during the entire day and until the pods
were closed In the evening. Some half
dozen of the Screven partisans did about
all the fighting that was done for th-dr
side, and they entered upon every new
bout with undimlnlshed and unimpaired
enthualasm The flghta were of the good
old knock-down and drag-out variety, and
there were plenty of instance* p, which
one or more of the participants were tem
porarily pul out of the running Rump*
a* large aa eggs, discolored eyes and
swollen noses, lips that were twice their
natural size and cheeks ornamented with
rad marks of bony knuckles, were In
plentiful evidence shout the polls The
police ambulance was twice brought to
the scene to carry away participants in
these rows, who had had their heads kick
ed In after they had fallen to the ground.
There was an element of unnecessary bru
tality about this feature of the perform
ance, that only long acquaintance with
elections and political conditions in Sa
vannah could render perfectly enjoyable.
The police force ttook no part in these
rows, other than to separate the contest
ants and strive to protect the under dog
after he had been kicked and punched.
On the other hand, the force made no par
ticular effort to prevent trouble, and the
same men who started the fighting in the
early morning and who were responsible
for ninety-nine-one hundredths of the rows
that occurred during the day, were still
actively at w'ork when the polls were
closed.
Naturally this was encouraging to the
scrappers nnd towards the end of the
day they grew even holder. Several vot
ers, who were standing in front of the
windows, on the steps erected for the
purpose, answering the questions of the
election managers as to their qualifications
for the exercise of the suffrage, were
rushed by the heelers, pulled from their
places at the boxes and roughly handled.
If they chanced to be of a timorous dis
position they did not repeat an attempt
attended with so many possibilities of
disaster.
[linger* Were Plentiful.
At the start the McAlpin forces had
dearly the better of the fight. They had
got their negro voters in line early, and
they voted them promptly and regularly.
Their squads of voters were well organ
ized and a system of payment on the de
livery of the goods was In operation that
seemed to meet the enthusiastic approval
of the colored brother. The Screven men
tried to offset these advantages in every
way they could, but It was evident that
so far as the negro vote was concerned
they had neither the organization, the
numbers, nor the essential sinews of war
of their opponents.
The McAlpin forces hod all the ringers
In line with the early morning crowd,
and Deputy Clerk Sullivan stated later
the day that almost every negro in the
Fourth District had been voted before 8
o'clock. The administration workers
charge that this fact was responsible for
the majorities of Capt. McAlpin in two
boxes in their dlptrict, giving him a small
majority in the entire district. The admin
stration workers had slept late and the
damage had been dona before their eyes
had opened and they hod realized what
was happening. There are a great many
respec'table colored citizens residing in the
Fourth District and they always vote as
they prefer. Quite a number of these,
according to Registry Clerk Sulli
val, called at the Court House later In
the morning to vote, and learned, to their
amazement, that ballols had already been
cast in their names.
The Hoard of Registrars was In session
until 2 o’clock and many appeals were
made to It. Citizens whose names had been
voted while they were still sleeping
found that they had no redress and that
possibly a ballot had been cast for candi
dates whom they did not favor. The
managers stated that it was through no
fault of theirs that ringers had been per
mitted to vote and that they did not see
how they could very well rectify the al
leged mistakes that had been made. In
this manner quite a number of people
were given no opportunity t-o vote, and
among them were several white people.
While the registrars were unable to do
anything for voters in cases of this sort
not a few errors were rectified. Persons
whose names were inadvertently left off
the list of voters and who were really
qualified to take part In the election
were given certificates bearing the signa
tures of the three members of the board
and countersigned by Clerk Sullivan.
Certificates of this sort were recognized
by the managers, and the holders were
permitted to cast their ballots.
Administration Money Btiort.
Those on the Inside realized early in
the morning that the administration can
didates could not expect to win by the
use of money. The campaign barrel was
very low and those who work for the love
and excitement of the game knew that
some stupendous bluffs would have to be
made. It was stated before the
polls opened that there was only $4,000 in
the treasury, and. of course, that was not
a drop in the bucket. The opposition had
plenty, and any number of work
ers, and this fact was well-known to
the heelers, who are in the game for what
there is in It. Before daylight the Soreven-
Wells people carried $1,200 In currency to
the administration headquarters, on the
second floor of the building on President
and Drayton streets. It was decided to
make a strong bluff with this handful of
greenbacks, which, as a matter of fact,
was a mere bagatelle. The remainder was
kept in a safe place for
those whose services were impera
tive. Several thousand dollars’ worth
of checks, calling for sums ranging from
$lO to S2O, accompanied the cash, and these
pieces of cardboard were Intrusted to
those who were expected to get In the fine
political work. They were used freely,
and the administration vote became no
ticeable.
The checks did not last a great while
and the money was quickly taken up. Tho
managers realized that sonterthipg des
perate had to be done. There were many
unpaid checks out and no money on hand
to make them good. Those who had
voted and held the proper ticket were get
ilhg restless, and it was realized that
In a very short while It would become
generally known that the treasury had
been put out of business. One of the
lieutenants thought it wise to issue more
checks and fool the purchasable vote be
fore the real condition of affaire became
heralded among the doubtful. It was
pointed out that a big howl would be
raised by those who were not paid, and
that It would not make much difference
to Increase the list. Additional tickets,
that were really worthless, were manu
factured and handed out on all sides.
The howl for money became stronger
and stronger, and the doors leading to
headquarters were closed at noon. A pa
trolman stood on guard and no one was
permitted to go upstairs unless his busi
ness was of an urgent nature, and he
had been satisfactorily Identified. If he
was not in ithe deal he was not permitted
to enter the sacred apartments used ns
headquarters. President street, at this
point, was blocked with persons clamor
ing to havfe their slips cashed, and by 1
o'clock it was known that there was no
money in the treasury and none in sight.
Ilnlil Wna Threatened.
The administration became desperate
al this Juncture. The opposition spring
of long green refused to run dry and
men were running to and fro, with Nich
olson’s Hall, on Broughton street lane
and Drayton street, as the goal. It
was the bright particular star In the
political heaven and attracted like a mag
net. Of course the administration peo
ple were wise enough to know that the
attraction was not cheese sandwiches or
beer, but something much more substan
tial. All sorts of plans were formulated
and at 1:30 o'clock it was suggested, by
some bright worker, that the opposition
headquarters be raided. This thought
put new life Into the heelers,
and messengers were sent hurriedly for
magistrates. Everything was done quiet
ly and the opposition never suspected
tnat Its treasury was In danger.
Magistrate Michael Naughtln was not
In his voting booth. Magistrate Reynolds
was located In one of the Fourth Ward
boxes The party who had agr.-sd
to swear out tile wnrarnts to save his
faction was closeted with tile two J.ia
tioes In HberltT Schwara's office for
some time What hap|>eiiei! behind
the closed doors could not ls> ascertain
ed and newspaper men who endeavored
to peep inside were told that they were
not wanted. The scene was one of consid
erable activity and the heeler* who were
"nest” fsit sure that there would be
"something doing ” as they w*r* pleased
to express it, with sell satisfied r miles
t'ounty sod c|i y officers -re o hand
'Continued on htvsnlU Fags.j
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. MARCH 18.1901.
AT NEXT SESSION
RIVER AND HARBOR BILI. I* CER
TAIN TO BECOME A LAW,
SAYS CONGRESSMAN LESTER.
representative of the dis
trict TELLI OF THE HI 1,1/8
DEFEAT.
Col. R. E. Be*ter Belle-re* That Sen
ator Carter AVn* Inspired by the
i'lntinlntrntion to Take the Stand
He Did in Opposition to the Bill’s
Passage and to Talk It f® Death.
Contemplation of the Billion lA>l
- Congress HnU llegun to Alarm
tlie Power* That Be—The Matter
With Senator Mclaiarin.
Congressman Rufus E. Dester returned
yesterday morning from Washington. The
defeat of the river and harbor bill, he
said, was but temporary, and the bill will
certainly be passed at the next session
of Congress.
Col. Dester tvas disappointed at the de
feat of the bill, and the consequent fail
ure of Savannah to receive the additional
appropriation needed to give the city a 28-
foot channel from the wharves to the sea.
He believed, however, Is convinced. Indeed,
that the failure to receive the appropria
tion Is temporary only, and that the next
Congress wlil give the money needed to
give Savannah the deep-water facilities
to which her commercial importance enti
tles her.
He ascribes the defeat of the bill to the
scare given the administration by the
contemplation of congressional appropria
tions exceeding $1,000,000,000 and the de
sire to make a horizontal dut that would
reduce them to considerably below that
figure. It was with this i<lea, Col. Dester
believes, that the administration inspired
Senator Carter to talk the bill to death.
Col. Dester was asked how the Demo
cratic senators and representatives had
come to look upon the recent performance
of Senator McDaurln of South Carolina,
who has withdrawn from the Democratic
caucus, favored measures that violate the
traditions of the party and otherwise con
ducted himself in a manner to warrant
the conclusion that he no longer consid
ers himself a Democrat.
”1 don’t care to discuss the matter.”
said Col. Lester, "save to say that the
Democrats in Congress have been some
what at a loss to account for Senator
Mcl-aurin's recent actions. I don’t know
what his purpose has been nor what
his intentions are.”.
Col. Lester could not be induced to
commit himself to an opinion as to the
prolwble course of action to be pursued
by the Democratic members of the next
Congress.
"Our policy and plan of action In the
House,” he said, "have been shaped in
the past by events. We have met ques
tions as they have confronted us and
thus far ahead it is not possible to say
with just what matters Cong Tess will be
called upon to deal. We must
make our plan of battle conform to con
ditions as they exist about us.”
Col. Lester takes no stock In the re
cent agitation of the question of the Dem
ocratic leadership in the Senate. It has
been stated that there was a rivalry for
the position between Senator Jones, the
hitherto acknowledged leader, and Sena
tor Ilacon of Georgia, Col. Lester does
not believe that any sjich rivalry exists
or that Senator Bacon is anxious to pose
or be posed In such an attitude. Senator
Jones will continue to lead the Demo
cratic forces in the future, as he has in
the past, and he will continue, in the fu
ture as in the past, to have Senator Ba
con's earnest support.
Col. Lester says that Speaker Hender
son will be re-elected by the Republicans,
to preside over the next Congress. The
representative from this district does not
enthuse over fhe amiability of the pres
ent Speaker, as a presiding officer, say
ing that he is, quite as arbitrary as Speak
er Reed, and not at all as Intellectual a
man. Richardson of Tennessee, in Col.
Lester's opinion, will be the Democratic
candidate for Speaker of the House and
the leader of its forces upon the floor of
the next Congress.
The appropriation for the Charleston
Exposition, he said, failed of passage be
cause the giving of expositions had de
generated into a fad. At every session
of. Congress there are applications from
one or more cities for r government ap
propriation, to provide for an exhibit of
the national resources at some exposi
tion. There are many congressmen who
are opposed to such aprpopriatlor.s in
toto and in connection with the
already heavy expenditures of the
government, which had begun to
affright the more timid members,
this feeling was sufficient to keep
Charleston from receiving the appropria
tion. Col. Lester was asked if the ac
tion of the South Carolina general as
sembly. In proposing to condemn Senator
McLaurln for his vole on the ship-sub
sidy bill, could have occasioned the re
sentment of the Republican members of
Congress and thus induced their votes
to deny the appropriation asked for by
Charleston. He did not believe this was
at all the case.
Col. Lester is convinced the defeat of
tjie river and harbor bill was an unwise
measure, and that no real saving to the
country will result. The bill is a good
one, he says, and the works of public
improvement for which it provides are
needed. They must be done some day,
and the next Congress, realizing the truth
of this, will pass the bill.
In the meantime there will be deteriora
tion In some of the works now In process
of construction or requiring continuing
appropriations to keep them in good
shape. Fortunately, Savannah has at her
disposal a sufficient sum of money to pre
vent such deterioration here, and work
mny still be continued for the Improve
ment of the channel under the present
project.
Col. Lester reached the city yesterday
In ample time to cast his ballot for ordin
ary and tax collector, which he did dur
ing the morning hours. He is looking
well, having quite recovered from his re
cent Indisposition. Col. Lester expects to
be In the city for the next three months.
SOU EVE VS l CCESSOH.
Magistrate XuuKhtln Minted for Po
lice Superintendent.
Superintendent of Police Screven will re
sign that office Immediately, and his suc
cessor will probably be named by Coun
cil at its meeting next Wednesday night.
While there will be at least three eandl
dates for the office, It Is generally under
stood and believed that Magistrate
Michael Naughtln will be Che new head of
the police department. He is popular
with the administration leaders, und hue
all along been given to uislerstand that
he would he MaJ. Screven's successor in
the event of Screven’s electhai as ordi
nary. Kx-t’hlef of Police Frank McDer
mott and Mr. W. T. Hussey are also
candidates for the office, and their friends
will make a hard tight for them It Is
said, however, that Magistrate Naughtln
ha* enough votes pledged slieady lo elect
him The election of Justice Naughtln
will inaks a vacancy in the office of mwg-
Islrats of the Third district, aist an elec
tion Mould have lo be held It |* rumofed
fhsl Deputy I’lty Marshal/ J Hubert
<’reamer might be a • undkJaU tut luugli
'<*(• u tint I event.
FIXED UPON NO SITE.
Fair Committee Decided to Postpone
Action Till Next Tuesday.
No decision as to a site for the State
Fair to be held in Savannah next fall
was reached by the committee from the
Board of Directors of the Savannah Fair
Association that met yesterday afternoon.
The meeting was at the ofllce of
Mr. J. W\ Jackson, chairman, and both
Mr. B. H. Devy and MaJ. G. M. Ryals,
the other members of the committee,
were present.
From two or three gentlemen who ex
pect to have propositions before the com
mittee, requests were received to have
the committee postpone action. It was
alleged that the prospective offers can
not be made until some agreement can
be reached relative to lots of land ad
joining the tracts that are to be propos
ed. In two or three cases, several par
ties own the tracts that are to be ten
dered. and it was alleged that time Is
required In order to effect an understand
ing among them.
It was decided to postpone the consid
eration of the sites until next Tuesday
afternoon at 5 o’olock. Then, Mr. Jack
son said, the matter will be settled. The
committee will reach a decision, which
it will communicate to the Board of Di
rectors at an early meeting of that
body. It Is probable that the board will
ratify the action of the committee.
EXTENDING tIIIpHONE LINES.
The Georgia Company Will lay An
other ( able Abercorn Street.
President W. A. Bisbee of the Georgia
Telephone Company has been authorized
by the Board of Directors to make ex
tensive improvements and additions to
the company’s service, requiring an ex
penditure of something like $50,000. The
directors held a meeting yesterday morn
ing and decided to have an , additional
cable laid on Abercorn street. The con
duits have already been put down as far
qs the railroad tracks and the new ca
ble will cost the company $6,000.
The demand for telephones is very great
and the directors authorized the president
to extend the lines wherever the business
demands the expenditure of more money.
An extension of the company’s line to
wards Collinsville will be made and with
other Improvements of a similar nature
the cost will be in the neighborhod of
$50,000.
DEATH OF DR. JARED IRWIN.
He Was a Prominent Citizen of
Washington County.
Dr. Jared Irwin, one of the older citi
zens of Washington county, died Tues
day, and was burled Wednesday at For
est Grove Plantation, near Sandersvllle.
The funeral was with Masonic honors,
and was largely attended by citizens from
all over the county, and distant towns,
where the deceased had been so long and
favorably known.
Dr. Irwin leaves three sons, Mr. Jeff
A. Irwin, Dr. Andrew J. Irwin, and Jbhn
T. Irwin, Sandersvllle, and one daughter,
Mrs. James S. Wood of Savannah. Dr.
Irwin’s wife, who died years ago, was a
daughter of Gen. Thomas J. Warthen. a
wealthy planter and public man before
the war. Gen. Warthen organized the
Twenty-eighth Georgia Regiment, of
which he was in command when killed
at Malvern Hill. Dr. Irwin and a
brother were officers in the ""same com
mand in which the brother was killed.
An older brother. Col. John Dawson Ir
win, commanding another regiment, was
also klleld in battle, and still another
brother, Col. William ,A. Irwin," com
manded a Confederate Regiment.
Dr. Irwin's Scotch-Irish ancestors were
well-known in connection with colonial
affairs in Pennsylvania, and later in
North Caroliua. Their descendants are
related to many families of note In South
ern and Western States. Hugh Irwin
settled in Middle Georgia before the Rev
olution and acquired distinction in mili
tary and political affairs. One of his
sons was Gov. Jared Irwin, to whom the
state erected a monument in Sanders*
ville. Dr. Irwin served one or two terms
In the Begislature, but otherwise never
sought public office.
FUNERAL OF MISS EG AN.
Services at Cathedral and Concluded
at Cathedral Cemetery.
The funeral of Miss Helen M. Egan
took place yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock
from the Cathedral of St. John the* Bap
tist. It was largely attended, nearly all
the pews of the great auditorium be
ing filled by lhe friends and acquain
tances of the family.
The service was conducted by Rt. Rev.
Bishop Kelley, assisted by Father Ken
nedy. When the remains were taken into
the Cathedral the choir sang, ”1 Heard
a Voice from Heaven,” and when they
were carried out, “Rest, Spirit, Rest.”
Many carriages formed the long pro
cession that accompanied the body to the
Cathedral Cemetery .where it was depos
in the vault belonging to Capt. John R.
Dillon. The service there concluded with
"Dead, Kindly Light,” sung by the choir,
and great masses of floral tributes were
left by the sonowlng friends. Seldom
have so many flowers been seen at a
Savannah funeral. I.ocal florists ran
short, and orders had to be dispatched to
other cities In order to supply the de
mand.
The following gentlemen, were pall
bearers: Messrs. Henry Bruen, George
Freeman, A. F. Wright, John Morris, G.
H. Banks and Douglass.
FAIR TO-DAY AMI TO-MORROW.
The Month Away llehlnd on Heat
and Rainfall.
Savannahlans got another taste of win
try weather yesterday for, though the
thermometer did not fall below 44 de
gree®, there was an icy wind that blow
most of the day that quickened the pace
of pedestrians, and caused those whose
business kept them on the street to seek
lee corners at every opportunity. The
maximum temperature was 54 degrees, and
occurred at midnight. The mean. 49 de
grees, Is 9 degrees below the normal, and
give® to the month thus far, an nocumu
latcil deficiency of 29 degrees, ond to the
year, an accumulated deficiency of 167
degrees. The month shows also a defl
clency In rainfall of 1.24 Inches.
The forecast for to-day for the state Is
for fair weather, with west to northwest
winds, fresh on the coast. To-morrow
also, it is pndicted, will be fair.
GEN. MILES WENT THROUGH.
Commander of the 1 Tilled state*
Army nn Hi* AVnv to Havana.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles passed through
Savannah yesterday by the Houthern
Railway. He was In the Southern's pri
vate ear 101, and waa bound for Havana.
There were nine In the General’, party.
t nni iiras-Xrlgler llout.
The CorAiran-Kelgler bout will lake
place at the Theater next Friday night
It will be a 25-round com eat for a deci
sion Neither the referee nor ulhrr offi
cers of the mulch have lieen eelectnl yet,
M will ha within a day it si i ,
likely thei Short) Ju. kins will u. Hie
GOVERNOR TO SPEAK
ACCEPTED TIIE INVITATION OF
UNION SOCIETY'.
TO MAKE ANNUAL ADDRESS.
ANNIVERSARY WILL BE OF UN
USUAL INTEREST.
Governor Candler’* Belter of Ac
ceptance to I’re*l<lent Extfll of tlie
Union Society—Hail to Decline An
other Invitation to C-ome to Savan
nah—Glad to \**i*t on an Anniver
sary Occasion at Bcthesda—April
23 I* the Date of the Anniversary.
Governor’* Visit Will Be Made
Pleasant.
Governor Candler will speak at Bethes
da on Tuesday, April 23. The day will
be the 131st anniversary of the Union
Society of Savannah, and the 161st of
the founding of the Bethesda Orphan
Home for Boys by Hev. George Whit
field.
The Board of Stewards of the Union
Society Invited the Governor to be the
speaker, and the invitation was warmly
seconded by other members of the so
ciety. In response to such a letter from
Col. J. H. Estill, president of the society.
Governor Oandler wrote as follows:
"I beg to thank you for your letter of
the list inst., seconding the invitation of
the Board of Stewards of the Union So
ciety of Savannah to be present and de
liver the 151st annual address to the Be
thesda Orphan boys on that occasion,
April 23.
“I thank you for the courtesy you have
done me, and while I have had to disap
point the Albany Chautauqua in order to
do so, I will endeavor to be with you on
the occasion named. The demands on my
time at this season of the year are always
very great, and it is impossible for me to
comply with one-half of the requests
made by memorial associations, chautau
quas and other similar organizations, but
I am impressed that it is my duty to at
least lend the encouragement of my offl
•clal presence to the society of whidh you
are president and to the orphan boys of
this, Georgia's most venerable c'harlty.”
It Is proposed to make the event of-un
usual interest. The members of the so
ciety will do all they can to Insure a pro
gramme that will be pleasing. It Is ex
pected that many of the members will re
linquish business and other demands on
that day to attend the exercises, follow
ing the example offered by the Governor.
Every attention will be shown the Gov
ernor during his stay, and efforts will be
made to make his visit pleasant.
AV'ILL BE 125 AT THE BANQUET.
Senator Bucon May Be Among Hi
fi ex nin n Society’s Guest*.
It Is expected that some 125 members
and guests of the Hibernian Society will
gather about the banquet board at the
De Soto on Monday night, when the
memory of St. Patrick wil be honored
To-morrow Is St. Patrick's Day, but
Its observance will fall upon Monday. On
that day there will be a parade of the
Irish Jasper Greens and the Emmet
Rifles, under command of Copt. P. F.
Gleason of the Greens. Capt. E. A. Leon
ard will be in command of the Emmets
and Lieut. J, F. McCarthy will command
the Greens.
Were it not that there have been sev
eral deaths among the members or
among the families of members of the
society within the past year, there would
be a larger attendance upon the banquet
at ithe De Soto, In the number of vis
itors expected, however, something of the
loss of local members will be repaired.
The list of speakers includes several
from other cities in Georgia.
Though he is not upon the list of speak
ers, it is possible that Maj. A. O. Bacon,
United States Senator from Georgia, may
be among the guests. He has written
Col. P. W. Meldrim, president of the Hi
bernian Society, that he would attend
■the banquet if he did n-ot find that some
thing would intervene at the last moment
to prevent.
CAME NEAR BURNING TO DEATH.
Mia. W. T. K. Smith's Clothing
Caught Ftre From a Grate.
Mrs, Laura Smith came near being
burned to death yesterday morning at
her home, No. 410 Congress street, west.
Mrs. Smith and her husband, W. T. K.
Smith live over Smith’s saloon. Mrs.
Smith was standing in front of an open
grate when her dress caught fire.
The flames flashed up and in a second’s
time she was enveloped in fire. Her
screams brought her husband, who siezed
her burning clothing with his bare hands
and whipped out the flames, burning the
skin almost entirely from his fingers and
wrists. His vigorous whipping of the
flames saved Mrs. Smith, who escaped
without even a burn. Her body was
protected with heavy under-clothing in
addition to her dress, and this protected
ner. Her dress, however, was torn al
most entirely from her body In the effort
to extinguish the flames.
Mr. Smith’s wounds were temporarily
dresesd at Duke's drug store and later
In the day by Dr. Harris.
NOTHING FROM CARNEGIE.
Mayor Myere Has Not Reeetived a Re
ply About the Library.
The promptness that was anticipated
has not been shown by Mr. Andrew Car
negie in his consideration of the letter
from Mayor Myers, Including the resolu
tion of Council, relative to the establish
ment of a free library at Savannah.
Day before yesterday a reply from Mr.
Carnegie was expected, but, as it failed
to appear ,it was more confidently looked
for yesterday. Again, however, there
was disappointment.
Mayor Myers is at a loss to account
for the delay in the reply from Mr. Car
r.cgle. He said last night that he had not
hod any response to the letter he had
written Mr. Carnegie.
IN THE LEGATION Gl AM),
Capt. Robert 11, Anderson'* Company
to Remain In Chinn.
Savannah is represented in the legation
guard at I’ekln by Capt. Robert H. An
derson’s company, which Is a part of the
Ninth United State* Infantry. Although
the Ninth Regiment haa been ordered
bark to the Philippines, ctapt. Anderson *
company lias been retained in China
Conferred With Jones.
Rev liwscom Anthony la expected home
i hi* morning from Rrunawlck, where he
haa been to consult Rev item Jones rl
-a<lv to hta visit to thla city for a aerh>
of meeting* It la expected that he will
Imi here in time to start hi* meetings April
4*
HE WAS SOFT SOAPED.
How a Stylishly Dreed Woman
Found nn Easy Mark.
A gentleman who does not allow that
It is on himself to queer a good story,
Is telling one to his friends that makes
him a sort of mark for soft-soaping. He
got it rubbed in in a style that Is Inter
esting to those to whom he relates his
experience, and he Is so Impressed with
the smoothness of the vender by whom
he was taken In that he wants to pre
vent others from being caught by the
same story.
It was a day or two ago that the gen
tleman chanced to droj> Into an offlee on
the Bay Into which he had seen a rather
stylishly dresesd woman disappear but
a moment or two befdre. He arrived just
In time to observe one of the gentlemen
in the offlee yielding readily to the per
suosTons of the woman and giving up
40 cents for a box of soap.
Then the woman turned upon the new
comer, urging her wares upon him. He
declined to purchase, however, saying
that scented soaps had no charm for him,
and that the most ordinary turpentine
article would serve all his needs. Upon
the woman insisting, he referred her to
his residence, saying that his wife might
make a purchase. This would
not do though, for the wo
man sorrowfully told him of what
a Christian act of charity It would be
for him to help her and her three little
children, at home without a bite to eat
in the house, at the same time extolling
the virtues of her soap, saying that it
sells ordinarily at the rate of 25 cents a
cake, making the three cakes in a box
cost 75 cents.
Finally, she prevailed upon the gentle
man to buy. He took the soap, separated
himself from 40 cents, lost the box from
his pocket before he left the offlee, got
home and told his wife and daughter what
a bargain he had found In the lovely soap,
discovered his loss, managed to get the
soap out the next day and was then told
by his wife that It was soap that was
being sold every day at one of the down
town stores at 10 cents a box. She pro
duced the empty boxes of purchases she
had made to prove her statement. He is
now invieghing against the woman in a
sort of “woolly” dress who worked him
for a good thing.
THE PASSING OF THE KITE.
The Modern Boy Wants Something
More Exciting.
With the small boy of former years
March was the month of kites and kite
flying, and much of his spare time after
school hours was spent in the pastime,
but it seems that kites have fallen into
disfavor, possibly as offering to the av
erage boy not enough excitement.
Though the Park Extension is an ideal
place for kite flying and used to be ex
tensively used for that purpose some years
ago, It is rare now to see more than half
a dozen youngsters engaged in the sport,
even on the most favorable afternoons.
The dealers In toys, too, notice this fall
ing off In the use of kites, which, they
say, is decidedly more pronounced this
year than any former season. One of
them claims that where formerly he sold
kites by the gross, he now sells them by
the dozen, and then only of the cheapest
varieties.
Always have a bottle or two of Cook’s
Imperial Extra Dry Champagne In your
ice chest; then you will always be ready
for callers.—ad.
“Qnecn of Sen Route*,”
Savannah to Baltimore, Washington,
Philadelphia, New York and Boston, Is
via Merchants & Miners’ Transportation
Co’s, elegant steamers. Accommodations
and cuisine unsurpassed. Tickets, in
cluding meals and stateroom on steam
ers at fares much less than via rail. No
dust; no cinders, and opportunity of en
joying the bracing salt sea air. Invig
orating and beneficial! Travel via Queen
of,Sea Routes and enjoy your trip North.
J. J. Carolan, Agent. Uptown offlee, 113
Bull street, Savannah, Ga.— ad.
Tickled to Death Two-Step.
For a copy of the famous Three Coon,
Rag Time, Two-Step, entitled "Tickled
to Death,” send ten cents in postage or
currency to B. W. Wrenn, passenger
traffic manager, Savannah, Ga.—ad.
A Plant Sys* mileage book will car
ry you from - _rt Tampa to Washing
ton and Charleston to Montgomery. Good
all over the state of Florida. Twelve
trains .a day from Savannah to points
South, North, East and West.—ad.
At Estill’s News Depot, No. 45 Bull
street. Savannah Morning News and all
the other leading dailies, with a large and
varied stock of standard books and light
literature, monthlies and weeklies, and a
full line of stationery, and everything else
usually found in a first-class news depot,
—ad.
Travelers of all kinds can save money
by calling at the Plant System ticket of
fice, De Soto Hotel. Mileage books, good
In six states, sold nt $25 each, 2% cents
per mile. Good all over the state of
Florida, —ad.
New York and .Florida Express,
via Southern Hallway.
Leaves Savannah daily at 1:55 p. m.,
Savannah time, for Columbia, Charlotte,
Danville, Norfolk, Richmond, Lynchburg,
Charlottesville, Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York and Boston!
Pullman drawing-room, sleeper and diner.
Office 141 Bull srtreet; ’phones 850. ad.
A Plant System mileage book covers
more territory than any ticket sold
They are good from Port Tampa to Wash
ington. On sale at De Soto Hotel ticket
office. $25 each.—ad.
Thr New York and Florida Limited,
vtn Southern Railway.
Leaves Savannah daily, except Bunday,
at 5:20 p. m.. Savannah time, for Augus!
ta, Columbia, Charlotte, Danville, Lynch
burg, Charlottesville, Washington, Balti
more, Philadelphia and New York. Equip
ment: Pullman's moot luxurious compart
ment, observation, drawing-room, sleep
ing cars and diner. Office 111 Buli street
'phones 850.—ad.
• i
Plant System 1,000-mile kooks are good
In Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Car
olina, South Carolina, Virginia and Wash
ington, D. C. Price. $25 each. For sale
at ticket offices, De Soto Hotel and depot
Telephone 73.—ad.
Tickled to Death Two-Step.
For a copy of the famous Three Coon,
Rag Time, Two-Step, entitled ’’Tickled
to Death," send ten cents In postage or
currency to B. W. Wrenn, passenger
traffic manager, Savannah, (la.-ad.
Visit tain dew and houthern I'lnsa,
Go Hast A'lu the Seaboard Air Line Rail
way and stop over at Camden, Plnehurnt
and Houthern Pines. Double dally
through train*. For Information, ticket*
etc , phone 2A, or call at ticket office Ruli
und Bryan streets.—ad.
Florida and Metropolitan l.imlled.
Vie the Seaboard Air Line Railway
dully vestibule train to Richmond, Wash-
Ingtoti and New York. Compartment cars,
dining car* and thoruughfar* coach**'
Cali ai ticket office, liqii and Reran
•lltolg. I'lioue 21. *4.
TWO HOUSES
FOR RENT. ;
We want desirable ten
ants only for two of
our houses on Hunting
don street, between
Whitaker and Barnard.
The houses are brand
new, never been occu
pied, and will be ready
at once. The neighbor
hood is the best.
Wm, & H. H. Lattimore.
COTTON AND RUBBER
HOSE, REELS,
SPRINKLERS, Etc.
EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS,
113 Broughton Street, West.
DE SOTO HOTEL.
First-class accommodations for 300
guests. Among tlie improvements th
past summer 60 new bathrooms were add
ed. Tourists find Savannah the most In
teresting city In the South. An Ideal
winter resort. Special rates for families
remaining week or more. Tourists stop
ping at the De Soto mt\y become asso
ciate members of the Savannah Goll
Club.
The St. James
Is the leading hotel in Jacksonville; its
location the best in the city, facing the
St. James Park, and having a southern
exposure, its piazzas are always attrac
tive, while the Interior appointment* are
those belonging to a really first-class
hotel. Music morning and evening.
J. R. CAMPBEBL, Manager,
Jacksonville, Fla.
For Prompt Service, and
the BEST COAL .
Send Your Order to .
Herman Coal & Wood Cos,
PHONE 566,
GEORGIA or BELL.
Sole Agents for the Celebrated
Montevallo Lump Soft Coal.
Brennan Bros.
-WHOLESALE-
Fruit, Produce,
Grain, etc.,
122 BAY STREET, WEST.
Telephone 888.
Bone Meal
For Chicken Feed and Fertilizer.
NITRATE OF SODA
Invaluable for “home-mixed’’ fertilizer.
The cheapest and most concentrated on
the market. Send for particulars.
HAY, GRAIN, COW FEED, HR AN, Etc.
SEED OATS AND RYE.
T. J. DAVIS,
Phone 223. 118 Bay street, west.
J. D.Weed & Cos.
Roofing Tin, Rubber and Leather
Belling, Railroad Spikes, Bar Iron, etc.
JOHN G. BUTLER,
—DEALERS in-
Paints, Oils und Glass, Sash. Doori.
Blinds and Builders’ Supplies, Plain and
Decorative Wall Paper, Foreign and Do
mestic Cements, Lime, Plaster and Hair.
Bole Agent for Abestlne Cold Water Paint
20 Congress street, west, and 19 St. Julian
street, west.
Roasted Coffee
FOR SALE BY
C. M. GILBERT & CO*
IMPORTERS AND ROASTERS
fcpPARKER’S,. ~
HBflftfiSH HAIR BALSAM
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PHIL AND NKTTir,
Peters Comedy Company*
AT POPULAR PMICKO
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