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TO GET AT THE COST
HEW FI/A* WII,L BE FOLLOWED IS
SELECTING FAIR SITE.
ENGINEER TO INVESTIGATE.
BIDS AND ESTIMATES WILL BE SE
CURED BY DIRECTORS.
Site Committee Hail Mr. Albert
AVylly anti Mr. A. B. Moore Added
to It autl Al as Em pott errtl to Em
ploy an Engineer and Get Rrlln
ble Estimate* Upon Cost of I’nltlng
Each Tract Coder Consideration
in Condition for Holding a Fnir.
Committer* Were Appointed.
Action on Stockholder*’ Petition
to Be Allowed to Settle Rneatlon
of a Site Was Deferred—Screven
Tract Offered.
A practical step toward finding out
which tract offered is best adapted and
most economically suited to the purpose
of Fair grounds was taken yesterday af
ternoon at the meeting of the Jroard of
directors of the Savannah Fair Associa
tion, held at the office of the president,
MV. George W. Owens. This was to set
about securing estimates of the actual
work of putting the sites offered in con
dition for holding a fair.
The meeting of the directors was well
attended, only one of the fifteen being
absent, thereby showing clearly the in
terest that has been elicited by the dis
cussion of the question of the location of
the Fair grounds. The discussion was
serious and of some length, more than
an hour being required for the completion
of the business of the board.
President J. W. Jackson of the Site
Committee reported the two new pro
posals that have been received by it, one
from the Agricultural and Mechanical
Asociation of Georgia, owning the Ten
Broeck property, and the other from the
Merchants' and Mechanics’ Land Com
pany, owning the Dale avenue tract. Both
of these offers have been published by
the Morning News and are familiar to its
readers.
Yet another offer was made the direc
tors. Mr, John Screven, Jr., proffered the
Sereven tract east of the city, in which
there are some 110 acres. This tract is
not far from the Avondale rifle range.
The terms upon which the tract was of
fered were a five-year lease, the Fair As
sociation being privileged to remove all
buildings, save those appertaining imme
diately to racing, and to purchase at any
time during the lease under an ascending
scale of prices, this clause being similar
to that in the offer of the Merchants' and
Mechanics’ Land Company. The Screven
tract was offered at from $20,0X) to $23,000.
The principal discussion was of the Ten
Broeck and the Dale avenue sites. It
■was moved by one of the directors that
the question of an option upon the prop
erty used by the Fair Association be en
tirely eliminated in the consideration of
the tracts to be utilised for Fair grounds,
as it was thought improbable that the
association would ever he in a position to
buy, but this was not received with favor
by several of the directors, who spoke
against it immediately. The motion was
laid upon the table.-
It was through the failure of the direc
tors of the Agricultural and Mechanical
Association to grant an option that the
discussion upon that phase of the ques
tion arose. Because of certain commer
cial reasons, the association felt that it
could not give an option upon the Ten
Broeck property. Some of the advocates
of that tract believe that it should be
chosen, even without an option being al
lowed.
A number of others, on the other hand,
•were so convinced that an option should
be held upon whatever property might
be selected for the fair grounds that they
seemed to think that the failure of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Association
to gTant one entirely withdrew the Ten
Broeck tract from consideration. Vpon
this point there was no little discussion,
but it was finally terminated by a pro
posal made by Col. J. H. Kstill, who sug
gested that the cost of putting the three
sites under consideration in shape for
liolding a fair should be ascertained and
that the directors should then take final
action.
This suggestion appealed at once to the
directors, though it was insisted that as
little time as possible be expended in get
ting the desired information. The Site
Committee will use all dispatch in push
ing the investigation, and it is expected
that it will be ready with a conclusive
report within ten days.
A resolution was proposed and adopted
to increase the Site Committee from three
to five, and authorized it to expend as
much money as may be necessary in car
rying out certain instructions from the di
rectors, these instructions being to em
ploy an engineer to determine what work
will be required to fit up the tracts for
Fair grounds, to advertise for bids and
reliable estimates upon the cost of that
■work, building a race track, grading, etc.,
■and also to ascertain what railroad fa
cilities are afforded by each tract.
The Increase In the number of the com
mittee was at its request, Mr. Jackson,
MaJ. G. M. Ryals and Mr. B. H Levy,
the original committee, desiring that
others be added to it. Mr. Albert Wylly
and Mr. A. B. Moore were added to the
committee by the president.
In the matter of railroad facilities for
the Dale avenue tract. It may be stated
that the Plant System has agreed to put
down its spur track to the grounds each
year, provided the tract Is selected. The
argument has been advanced that the
company might decide after the first year,
the Fair grounds being established on the
Dale avenue tract, that there was not
enough money in the business to warrant
the track being laid again without the
Fair Association putting up a substan
tial amount to secure it.
A numerously-signed petition from the
stockholders of the Fair Association, re
questing that the selection of a site be
left to them, was presented the directors,
but action upon it was deferred, the di
rectors deciding that they have not
enough information upon the question of
sites, as yet, to submit to the ctockhold
ors.
The following appointments upon com
mittees were made by the president:
On Railroads—Mr. Herman Myers, Mr.
George W. Tiedeman and Mr. P. A. Sto
vall.
.On Naming Committees for the State
Fair—Col. J. H. Estlll, Mr. Leopold Adler
and MaJ. G. M. Ryals.
Several, who were Informed of the ac
tion of the directors In seeking
definite Information upon the coet
of putting eac h of the proposed tracts
In condition for holding a flr, ex
pressed commendation, saying that the
suggestion was practical and that the
Flan should have been followed weeks
•go.
House Burned nt Cedar Hammock.
Mr Frank Chaplin's residence at Cedar
Hammock was burned yesterday about
IX $0 o’clock. Mr. Chaplin Is living In the
city. The colored man in rbarge of the
plaue Misled Dial there had been no fire
Ip the house elnee Wednesday, and Its and
- Mon must have bean Hie work of an
k endlery The entire roniente of the
bone* were burned with it
HELD FOR MURDER.
Henry Johnson Kept Seelnded in
County Jail.
Henry Johnson, colored, is still held ot
the police station on a charge of murder
and an investigation of the ease will
probably be made by the grand Jury at Its
session on Monday. The negro was ar
rested about two weeks ago by Mounted
Patrolman Meldritn on a charge of disor
derly conduct. It developed immediately
after the arrest that the prisoner was
accused of killing a man at Bioomlngdale.
little over a year ago, although an In
quest was never held and the matter was
apparently never investigated by the
county authorities, If indeed it was ever
reported to the proper officials.
For some reason the authorities will not
give out any information about the negro
and the police refuse to allow
newspaper men to see the prisoner. John
son would probably be only too anxious
to unburden himself, but he is not given
that opportunity and his lawyer and the
officers are the only ones who are permit
ted to see him. Superintendent ot Police
Reilly says that County Detective Charl
ton requested that no one be allowed to
communicate with the prisoner.
A relative of the prisoner has engaged
Mr. Railfcrd Falligant to defend him and
the case will probably be called to the at
tention of the grand Jury on Monday. If
this is not done the attorney will probably
demand a preliminary examination, the
negro being in custody now without a
warrant having been issued. If any one
knows the name of the man who Is alleg
ed to have been murdered, it has been
withheld from the prisoner’s attorney and
the public.
Mr. Falligant’s information is that his
client was robbed of $2.40 at Bioomlngdale
by two negroes named Kid Will and Mose
Brazell. Johnson demanded his money
and the negroes stated that he would
have to gamble for it. This, he says, he
refused to do, and instead went off and
obtained a shotgun. The alleged robbers
had obtained shelter in a neighboring
house, and when Johnson returned, it is
claimed, opened fire on him with revolv
ers. Johnson fired two loads of buck
shot at the men and wounded both, but
according to the story told Mr. Falligant,
they recovered. On the following morn
ing a dead man was found in a ditch near
by and it is for this homicide, presum
ablly, that Johnson is heki. Who the
dead man was is not known, and what
evidence there is to connect Johnson with
his death is also a mystery. While John
son admits shooting the two men, whom
he claims had robbed him, he says that
he knows absolutely nothing of the death
of the other man. The officers stated sev
eral days ago that Johnson had admitted
the killing, but Mr. Falligant says that
his client only admits shooting the two
men who did not die.
A PRETTY CHI RCH WEDDING,
Mr. S. N. Ifnrrls nnd .Minn Mary O.
Coburn Married at Clirlnt Church.
Mr. Stephen Nathan Harris and Miss
Mary Octavla Coburn were married at
Christ Church last night at 8:30 o'clock.
The ceremony was performed' by Rev.
Robb White. The church had been beau
tifully decorated for the occasion, palms
being placed in the chancel and roses on
the altar. Many friends of the young
couple gathered at the church some time
before the ceremony and enjoyed the ex
cellent programme of music that was
given by Miss Onosspellus. Shortly after
the appointed time the bridal party ar
rived. and preceded by the ushers, Messrs.
Stephen A. Williams, Louis .'Morgan, Hor
ace Crane. Jr., and James W. Mclntyre,
Jr., proceeded to the aitnr, where they
were met by Rev. White. During the
march up the aisle the Lohengrin Bridal
Chorus was. played, while as a recessional
the march from "Midsummer Night's
Dream" was used.
The bride was beautifully dressed Ih a
gown of white satin chiffon over taffeta
the bodice shirred and covered with
rose plaiting, the yoke and sleeves trans
parent. The ekirt, made en train, was
shirred about the waist and trimmed with
princess ruffle. A tulle veil caught with
whits hyacinths completed the costume.
The bouquet was of white carnations.
The ceremony was followed by a re
ception at the home of the bride, No. 12
Liberty street, west, where a number of
intimate friends gathered to offer good
wishes.
The bride, who Is a daughter of Mr. M.
D. Cobum, is a young lady who, by her
many excellent qualities and charms, both
of person and manner, has secured to her
self a host of friends.
Mr. Harris is a well-known young bus
iness man and is connected with the Sa
vannah Lighterage and Transfer Com
pany. Mr. and Mrs. Harris were the re
cipients of very many handsome presents.
AT CHURCH OK ASCENSION.
Mr. Albert C. Kline Led Minn Anita
Rranmstenil to the Altar.
Mr. Albert Cuyler Kline and Miss Anita
Broomstead were married at 8:30 o’clock
last night at the Lutheran Church of the
Ascension in the presence of relatives and
the most Intimate friends. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. W. C. Schaeffer,
D. D., pastor of the church, and Imme
diately afterwards a reception was held
at the bride's residence. No. 435 Mont
gomery street, where Mr. and Mrs. Kline
will reside.
The groom's brother. Mr. Frank Kline,
acted as best man and Miss Jessie Crosby
was the bridesmaid. The 'bride was hand
somely attired as was 'Miss Crosby and
although very quiet the wedding was a
pretty one.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs. W.
K. Douglas and is an accomplished and
popular young woman. The groom is em
ployed by Braid & Hutton and is highly
thought of by all who enjoy his ac-,
quaintance. Mr. and Mrs. Kline were the
recipients of many handsome presents.
REACHES MERE UNHURT.
IMnJ. Ilynls Koniid the l-'mit Unin
jured by the Cold.
Maj. G. M. Ryals has returned from a
visit to his peach. farm in Worth county.
He arrived there Just after the cold snap
of a few days ago, and expected from he
ports that he might possibly lind that the
fruit had been damaged by the weather.
He was agreeably surprised to And that
such was not the case, the young peaches,
some of them now as large as a pigeon
egg. appearing uninjured. Maj. Ryals
said ho did not see a single |>cach that
had fallen to the ground on account of
the cold, nor were there any that seemed
to have been nipped. He regards the
prospects as thus far undimmed.
Cotton was found by Maj. Ryals to have
been damaged In places. He drove nil over
ills place and through his orchards, but
the damage from the cold did not ai>pear
to be material.
The reports received by the Crnlral
Railroad, following those of last Monday,
upon the donditlnn of the fruit In the
great poach belt, have shown that the
cold did not damage the |x-arhes at all.
The general tenor of the reports published
on Tuesday by the Morning News from
the Central's agents wn* encouraging, hut
the agents raid that hiter Investigations
would be made and the conditions wired
to the traffic manager. These later ad
vices have shown the frul* to be safe.
"The Plant (System are selling tickets
at one far* for the round (rip, plus 23
cents, from Jacksonville, Brunswick,
Way cross, laike <*ity, Itothan, Montleailo.
' 'haMahooehee Hardaway. Davis and In
termediate ifolots to Albany, suuttM of
ttie Chautauqua Tickets ate sold with a
final limit of April JkNb, MM."- ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. APRIL 25. 1001.
WANT A NEW PAVING
PETITIONS FOR WHITAKER
STREET’S IMPROVEMENT.
TO REMOVE CAR TRACKS.
STREET RAILW AY UNDERSTOOD TO
BE WILLING,
If the City Will Guarantee the Street
Will Not lie Used by Any Other
I,lne—Petition* Will Probably Ak
for Vitrified Brick Paving—Ordi
nance to Pitvc Gntf in Street Like
ly to Be Introduced at Next Meet
ing of City Connell.
There is a determined movement on foot
to have Whitaker stret paved with vitri
fied brick or asphalt and it would not be
at all surprising if the tracks of the Sa
vannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
Railway Company are removed before the
improvement is made.
Several petitions will be in cir
culation among the residents and
property owners of this street within
a few days and from expressions heard
on the streets will be freely signed. The
effort will be made to have the street
paved with something besides cobble
stones even though the car company
should not agree to remove its tracks.
None of the street railway officials
would discuss the matter. In the event
that the street is paved and the car tracks
remain in place the company will have to
pay a large assessment, which is not very
pleasant information for the officials.
It is pretty well understood that the com
pany is willing to take up the tracks if
it is assured that no other lino will toe
permitted to use the street. This would
force the traffic on the Abercorn and
Barnard belt line and the company would
lose nothing by the change, but in point
of fact would gain, because of the fact
that It would not have to pay its share of
the paving bill. Then, too, there would
not be the expense of keeping the line in
repair, which in itself is no small item.
This will probably be the outcome of the
present agitation and an early adjustment
of the matter Is anticipated by those who
are in a position to know.
Alderman "Watson, chairman of the
Committee on Streets and Lanes, is anx
ious to have Gaston street paved. He
said that an ordinance to authorize the
paving of the street will probably be pre
sented to Council at the meeting next
week.
There Is some division of opinion among
the aldermen as to the advisability of
paving the street. Some are influenced by
what they have heard of the objections of
a majority of the property owners to the
street being paved, while others have
been informed that the majority is the
other way.
Communications were sent out by the
director of public works, asking the prop
erty owners with what materiel thoy
would desire the street paved, The reply
was, In the majority of cases, that vltiri
fled brick were preferred. Some of the
property owners, it was said, had given
an expression of preference under the im
pression that the paving had been decided
upon by the city, and that it was only a
matter of determining upon the material.
Many property owners, though, have in
formed the authorities they would like to
have the street paved.
The Mayor and some of the aldermen
want it fully established that the major
ity of the property owners want the street
paved before they vote for an ordinance
authorizing the work. A protest against
the street being paved was circulated by
Mr. W r . H. Wade some time ago. and
nearly all of the property owners signed
it, but it is claimed that it was signed
in a perfunctory way by some, who have
since concluded that they would prefer
to have the street paved. The argument
is used by those desiring the pavement
that the work could be done now at less
expense to them than at any time, prob
ably, in the future, for the reason that
the city will have to bear the entire ex
pense of putting hack the pavement that
was disturbed by digging the sewer trench
along the street.
BY A NEGRO FORGER.
How u Pawnbroker Wits Swindled
Ont of n Tidy Sum.
The detectives are looking for a negro
named Johnson, who Is wanted for forg
ing the name of E. W. Belser, who lives
r.ettr Egypt. Johnson appeared at the
office of one of the naval stores houses
and represented that he had been com
missioned by Belser to make a collection
of the amount that was due the latter
by the firm. Payment was made by check
for $38.79.
Johnson went to S. Biumenthal, who
has a pawnshop on Jefferson street, to get
the check cashed. He could only do this
by endorsing Belsinger's name, as the
check was made payable to the latter’s
order. This did not deter him. however,
and he used his penmanship to sufficieant
advantage to make Biumenthal think the
signature was genuine. Johnson bought a
hat for sl, received the change and disap
peared.
That was a few days ago. Belslnger
wrote the firm to know why he had re
ceived no remittance. Then the firm In
vestigated. The Germania Bank was
notified, and the check was found upon
file. It hnd been paid, Biumenthal hav
ing endorsed. A bank messenger was
sent to see Biumenthal. His agitation
was extreme when he was informed that
he had been done out of so much money,
but there was nothing for It but for him
to make good.
OI.D COMR ADES P AID TBini'Tß.
Mr. J. E. Fulton Hurled In Laurel
Grove Cemetery.
The funeral of Mr. J. E. Fulton took
place yesterday morning at 11 o’clock at
■the First Baptist Church. The services
were conducted by Rev. Dr. J. D. Jordan,
pastor of the church, assisted by Rev.
D. S. Edenfield, pustor of the Southsldc
Baptist Church. Beside the Confederate
Veterans, who attended in a body, the
funeral was attended by a Inrge number
of friends, both at the church and at
I-aurel Grove Cemetery, where the burial
was made.
The pall-bearers were Messrs, j. J. Dale,
8. B. Adams. J. R. Cain, V. H. McLawa,
D. B. Morgan. J. C. Cornell, A. F King
and Pope Barrow. Among the floral
tributes was a laurel wreath and Con
federate flag, sent by the Confederate
Veterans. j
EXCURSION TO WILMINGTON.
Mission Circle, King's Dnnuhlrrs, in
llnlld a I'srsnnsxr.
Mission Circle of King's Daughters will
give an excursion to-morrow to Wilming
ton Island. The steamer Wilmington
will leave Savannah at 9 o'clock, touch
•t Thunderbolt, whence It will leave at
II o'clock, and then go to Wilmington. In
the ufteriioon It will return to Thunder
tiolt at 9 o'clock end an hour later leave
for a trip to Warsaw Bound, coming all
Hi* way to the city on Id return trip
The entire day'a outltrg Is likely to l* a
naoM enjoyable on* and doubtless will t
w#ll attended Tlie excursion Is lo be
given lo a*!*t 111 seeurttig fund* with
Which to Irolld a parsonage to (h* I’nloo
Church on Wilmington Island.
WREATHS FOR THE DEAD.
Still Being Mode by Daughters of
the Confederacy,
All of yesterday morning and afternoon
and for several hours last night, the mem
bers of the local chapter of Daughters of
the Confederacy continued the manufac
ture of laurel wreaths, which to-morrow
will be placed upon the graves of the sol
diers of the South.
Twelve hundred wreaths are needed, and
of this number more than two-thirds
have already been made. Several hun
dred, however, must be made to-day, and
the officers of the chapter request that
its members turn out in force to carry out
this labor of love and duly. The work is
being done at the Frst Regiment armory.
Mrs. A. B. Hull, president of the chap
ter, has appointed the committees that
will have charge of the decoration, of the
Confederate graves in each of the ceme
teries to-morrow. These committees will
look after the graves of those soldiers
who have no relatives in Savannah to
care for their last resting places. Of
these graves, including those in the con
federate lot ot Laurel Grove, there are
more than a thousand.
A special committee has charge of the
decoration of the Confederate monument
in the Park extension. A design for the
decoration of the monument has been
drawn and it is hoped to make it very
handsome. To carry out the plan a large
supply of flowers will be needed and the
members of the committee urgently ap
peal to the people of the city to help them
In this regard. Those who have flowers
they wish to give the committee for this
work are asked to bring them to the mon
ument to-morrow morning.
A meeting of Winnie Davis Chapter ot
Children of the Confederacy was held at
Confederate hall yesterday afternoon, at
which the children practiced the song,
“An Ode to the Confederate Dead,” which
they will sing in the Confederate lot at
Laurel Grove during the exercises of to
morrow afternoon. The meeting was
largely attended and the song was well
sung.
The children will march to-morrow with
the veterans, forming in front of Armory
Hall, at the corner of Bull and President
streets. A carriage will follow the pa
rade from the hall to the cemetery, for
the purpose of picking up those of the
children who become tired from the
march.
The officers of the military commands
of the city, ail of which will participate
in the parade to-morrow, urge the em
ployers of the men of their cammands to
permit their attendance. It is especially
desired that_ the parade shall be a large
one, and only through the co-operation of
the employers can this hope be fulfilled.
THEIR 82ND ANNIVERSARY.
To Be Commemorated by the Odd
Felton* With Song nnil .Speech.
The Odd Fellows will celebrate their
eighty-second anniversary to-morrow
night by giving an interesting entertain
ment, consisting of recitations, songs and
addresses. The programme of the enter
tainment, which will take place in Odd
Fellows’ Hall, will be as follows:
Overture, Rosenfeld’s Orchestra.
Reading of Proclamation, Secretary W.
S. Coburn, Acorn Lodge.
Anniversary Ode, "Our Flag,” audience.
Prayer, Rev. Dr. W. C. Schaeffer of
Golden Rule Lodge-
Address, “Odd Fellowship,” Mr. W. B.
Stubbs, DeKalb Lodge.
Selection, Apollo Mandolin Club.
Address, "The Rebekah Degree,” Mrs.
J. E, Cumbea, Ruth Lodge.
Quartette, "Boat Song” (Cowen), Miss
DeFour, Mrs. Silva-Teasdale, Mr.
G. N. Spring, and Mr.' W. H. Teasdale.
Recitation, “The Deacon’s First and
Last Visit to the Theater," Mr. R. J. Mc-
Ilveen.
Vocal solo, selected, Mr. W. H. Teas
dale.
Quartette, "Crimson Twilight” (Tocker).
Miss DeFour, Miss. Amy Beckett, Mrs.
Teasdale and Miss Morgan.
Songs, “The Journey Is. Long" (Coombs).
"Thou’rt Like Unto a Lovely Flower”
(Smith), Mrs. Silvst-Teasdale.
Anniversary hymn, "Old Hundred,” the
audience.
Dancing will be enjoyed at the conclu
sion of the programme.
EX-CH AMPION WILL SHOOT.
John S. Funning AVIII Re at Gnu
Club Tills Afternoon,
This will be a sort of field day with the
Forest City Gun Club. There will be
many of the members at the traps this af
ternoon, and it is expected that a great
deal of shooting will be Indulged in. The
sport will be principally with the blue
rocks, but some live birds may be shot.
This is the regular afternoon for prac
tice with the club, but the occasion will
be enlivened by the attendance of an ex
champion shot. This is Mr. John 9. Fan
nlng.whoheld the record for straight birds
up to within, the iast year, when he fell
from his high estate. William Crosby hav
ing surpassed his record. Mr. Fanning’s
recoTd is 231 straight kills, but Mr. Crosby
improved greatly upon that not long since
by making it 345 straights.
Mr. Harry B. Lem eke returned yester
day from Florida, and will be at the
grounds to-day. He was with Mr. Fan
ning, who arrived last night, on o trip
through Florida nnd South Georgia. Mr.
Fanning shot yesterday at Waycross. Dr.
F. C. Wilson, Mr. C. A. Lamotte, Mr.
Henry Woetjen and others will probably
shoot in matches.
DEMOLISHED THE, Kl RNITI RE.
Henry Ilnminoiid Also Assaulted
Wife nnd AA'n* Arrested.
Henry Hnmmond, a colored resident of
Paradise Alley, a locality on the Eastsldo,
was arrested and committed to Jail yester
day on four criminal warrants from Mag
istrate Nathans’ court. Hammond is the
negro who was seriously shot several
weeks ago In a general tight at Harris
street hall. For several days he hung be
tween life and death and the trouble
which caused his arrest yesterday occur
red after his recovery. Hammond is al
leged to have bitten a piece out of the
ear of Caesar Miller, also colored, about
two weeks ago. A warrant charging
mayhem was issued at that time, hut the
man kept out of the way of the officers.
Yesterday he got Into a dispute with his
wife nnd after beating her demolished the
furniture In the house. Besides the us
ual peace warrant, charges of malicious
mischief and assault were made and Ham
mond was arrested at htn home. He was
unable to furnish ball and will appear be
fore Judge Norwood in the City Court on
Monday.
TO UNVEIL A MONUMENT.
AA n.ulmrn f Hi* World to Honor ■
lleail Hrother,
The Woodmen of the World will have
an Interesting ceremony Sunday after
noon, when, at laurel Grove Cemetery,
thry will unveil a monument to Mr.
James H. Morel Tills ceremony, the first
of Its kind In Savannah, will be conduct
ed hy Mr W M. Klfer. Siting consul
command*r of the Woodmen, and will
conelst of Intereating ceremonies of
wtiluh a pan will be some egroilont mu
sic render*4 by s mal* quartette,
llmiiagier. a pint of i‘uuk a Imperial
Extra I try Champagne, "gfiee g night of
M.” suekeg lit* in m gay Anight *4
FIVE MUST HANG
SCREVEN COUNTY MURDERERS
WILL BE HANGED.
NEW TRIALS REFUSED. THEM.
SUPREME COURT SAYS THEY WERE
LEGALLY CONVICTED.
Arnold A 'tannins. Andrew Davis, Bill
Hndnon, Sam Baldwin and Richard
Sander* the Men—Providence Alone
Can Now Stop the Execution.
Condemned Negroes Are In Chat
ham County Jail—All Hope for Life
I* Abandoned—Were to Have Been
Hanged Last Month—Alleged Mem
ber* of the “Knight* of the Arch
er” Ambaalied nnd Killed Fill
more Harrington and Milton
Hears—tnpt. Jesse Wade Was Bad
ly Shot at the Snme Time—Men Ad
mit That They Fired but Say Gunn
Were Pointed Skyward—Large
Standing Reward* for Arrest of
Other Members of Screven County’*
Black Malta.
Unless Providence interferes the five
Screven county murderers, who have
spent the greater portion of their time,
since their capture, in Chatham county
Jail, will go to their death on. the gallows.
Mr. Ralford Falligant, who represented
the negroes, received a telegram yester
day announcing that the Supreme Court
has affirmed the lower court.
The prisoners are Arnold Augustus, An
drew Davis, Bill Hudson, Sam Baldwin
and Richard Sanders, and they were con
victed of the murder of Fillmore Harrison
and Milton Mears during last October.
The men were sentenced to hang on
March 29, and, as will be remembered,
were taken to Sylvania on the day before
by Sheriff Thompson and a force of depu
ties. The military had to be called out
to protect the prisoners, their execution
having ben delayed by the appeal for a
new trial.
All the Justices concurred in the refusal
of anew trial, and the negroes will be
legally executed. The remitters will have
to be sent to the clerk of the court and
an order will be signed making the Judg
ment of the higher court that of the lower
one. The prisoners will then be taken
back to Sylvania and resentenced.
At the trial of the case the state con
tended that the men were a part of an or
ganized band, known as the "Knights of
Archer," whose purpose and intent was
to exterminate the whites. "Death to
White Men” was their alleged motto, and
they are said to have had a regular char
ter.
Harrison and Mears, accompanied by
Capt. Jesse Wade, went to arrest the son
of a negro named Zanders. The iad was
wanted by a magistrate on a trivial
charge, and the officers went to the house
at night, not anticipating any trouble in
making the arrest. They were caught off
their guard, and the story of their am
bush has been printed several times in
the Morning News. Harrison and Mears
were killed, and Capt. Wade managed to
escape with several of the negroes’ bullets
In his body. All of the members of the
black mafia escaped with the exception of
the five, with, the death sentence now
hanging over their heads. The other
members of the band are scattered
throughout Georgia, Florida and South
Carolina, and there are large rewards
standing for their capture.
The men now in jail in this city admit
that they were present on the night Har
rison and Mears were cowardly slain, but
deny that they fired any of the fatal
shots. One of the men admitted on the
witness stand at the trial in Sylvania,
that he and his companions were present
and fired, but declared that they shot in
the air and not at the white men. The
tragedy stirred up Screven county, and
the execution of the negroes will no doubt
cause a great dea! of excitement.
FORGED TELEPHONE RECEIPT.
Mntter Reported to Police, liat No
Arrestn Have Been Made,
A rather peculiar case of forgery was
reported tit police headquarters yesterday
buit no arrests have been made nor is
there any likelihood of any.
Mrs. S. J. Seigier of No. 221 Perry
stieet, west, held a receipt for $7.40, sign
ed by the Georgia Telephone and Tele
graph Company per Lucas, the com
pany’s traffic agent. Mrs. Seigier is one
of the company’s subscribers and the
money was due for a residence telephone.
She telephoned to the office of the tele
phone company to say that some collector
had been alloying her and that she ha.l
paid her bill in full and held a receipt for
the amount.
As soon as Mr. Lucas saw the receipt
he pronounced it a forgery and Mrs. Seig
ier stated that certainly he was not the
party whom she had paid and who had
receipted the bill. She furnished Mr. Lu
cas with a description of the party to
whom she had paid the money and the
case was placed in the hands of Detec
tive Murphy. That officer made an in
vestigation. but was unable to secure anv
information that Is likely to lead to the
arrest of the guilty individual.
ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY.
Dlrlx Jones, Colored, Charged With
Robbing Hoy's Store.
Richard Jones, colored, was arrested
yesterday by Detective Wall on a charge
of burglary and will be given a prelimi
nary examination by Recorder My rick In
Police Court this morning.
The prisoner is charged with having as
sisted in the burglarizing of Hoy's grocery
siore on Wilson and Walker streets April
15. An account of the robbery was pub
lished In the Morning News at the time.
A negro named Julian Dunbar was ar
rested for the crime by Detective Wall
last week and pleaded guilty after hts In
dictment by the grand Jury.
Dunbar was sentenced to serve five
years In the penitentiary and has not yet
been removed from the Jail. He will
prol>nbly be taken away to-day. Jones
denies that he had anything to do with
the robbery, but Detective Wall says that
he has sufficient evidence to convict him.
SHOT A H ALL PLAYER.
Gain* In Tutrmvlllr Ended In a
Shooting Affray.
Steve Logan, a colored youth, was shot
In the calf of the left leg yesterday after
noon during a game of base bait in
Tatemvllle, a suburb south of the city.
The shot was fired by another negro
known as "Pin." I*ogsn came to the city
a I one* and reported the matter to Ref.
grant Ungg at police headquarters, but
no arest* have been made.
According to Ixgan's story, told to tha
police, there had been a lively game of
ball and at Ihe conclusion the usual row
wa* started L/|ti charges that pin pull
ed a revolver and allot him without lha
sllghleat warning or provocation, The
wounded negro wan not aerlouel) hurt and
was able lo Walk ftuts headquarter* to *
phyeti tan's offices where tb ball was eg
granted, ,
BO U BRUIN AGAINST BO UR RUIN.
Salt of Son Against Father oa Trial
in Saperlar Court.
The old, old case of Polignac Bourquin
against Gugle Bourquin was placed on
trial, for the fourth or fifth time, in the
Superior Court yesterday morning. It is
a case of son against father end the liti
gation has been fought with almost in
spired bitterness from its first Inception
in the long ago.
Besides the trials it has had in the Su
perior Court, the case has toeen twice to
the Supreme Court of the state. The Jury
that last tried it divided the property in
dispute, giving the city property to the
son and ‘the country property to the
father. Neither party was satisfied with
this verdict and both filed motions for
new trials/ The Supreme Court granted
the new trial asked by Polignac Bourquin
as a matter of law and that asked by
Gugie Bourquin as a matter of conven
ience and to permit the entire case to be
gone over again before a Jury.
The story of "man’s inhumanity to
man,” that both’ parties have to relate,
was gone over before the Jury on yester
day, though some of the facts that have
come out on previous trials were this
time kept in the background.
At 2 o’clock all the evidence was in, but
counsel for the plaintiff had an afternoon
engagement, which he pleaded to be al
lowed to keep. As there was no objection
the recess taken was until 10 o'clock this
morning, when the arguments of counsel
will be made. Judge Falligant will charge
the Jury and the twelve good men and
true will begin their efforts to unravel the
tangle of law and fact the case involves.
The plaintiff is represented by Mr. George
W. Owens and the defendant by Messrs.
O’Connor, O’Byrne & Hartridge.
CEMENT AROUND FOUNTAIN.
Improvement in Forsyth Park Being
Made by the Commission.
The Park and Tree Commission is hav
ing the walk around the fountain .In
Forsyth Park relaid.* The walk has been
of gravel, but cement is being put down.
When completed, the walk will be a de
cided improvement. A force of the park
and tree workmen is also employed. In im
proving the Strand on the bay, between
Bull aud Drayton streets. An enclosure
has been made, and in this a bed of
flowers, in the shape of a great anchor,
will be established.
BONDS WERE CANCELLED.
City Securities! Taken Up by Sinking
Fund Commission.
A meeting of the Sinking Fund Com
mission was held yesterday at 1 o’clock
at the city exchange. Chairman Joseph
D. Weed, Mr. C. G. Bell and Mr. John
Lyons were present. The commission
cancelled SIO,OOO worth of bonds, princi
pally of the Issue maturing in 1939.
NEW NON-COMS. NAMED.
Appointment* Made in the Cadet*
and German Volnnteer*.
The following non-commissioned offi
cers have been appointed in the Savan
nah Cadets and in the German Volun
teers; Private George B. Elton, to be
corporal in the Cadets, a yd Privates Ed
ward F. Krieger, John F. Lynch and
Thomas E. Wiehrs to be corporals in the
Volunteers.
Death of E. T. Mahoney,
Mr. E. T. Mahoney died, yesterday at his
residence on Waldburg street, east of the
Waters road, after an illness of several
months. He leaves a wife and many
friends to mourn his death. His funeral
will take place this aftempon from Wes
ley Monumental Church at 6 o'clock, the
burial being in Laurel Grove cemetery.
“Rneen ot Sea 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 office, 112
Bull street, Savannah, Ga.—ad.
A Beautiful Launch.
We can show a beautiful naphtha
launch, entirely new, just received, 35
feet long, with cabin and 10 horse-power
double cylinders, absolutely perfect, now
in commission, probably the fleetest boat
here.
This elegant launch will be sold cheap
for cash or on time, if desired. Full trial
given to purchaser. Sleeping accommoda
tion for six. Apply Llppman Bros., whole
sale druggists, Savannah, Go.— ad.
ELEGANT DINING CARS
On All Train* Via the Southern Rail
way.
New York and Florida Express, leaves
Savannah at 12:55 p. m., and United States
Fast Mail at 12:30 a. m.. Central time,
daily. Both trains carry Pullman draw
ing-room sleepers through to New York
and dining cars. Office, 141 Bull street.
'Phones 850.—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.
Kew NpHth lncin< lif $273 Here In
Savannah.
Why send off and buy a naphtha launch
that you cannot see until you have paid
for it, when you can pick one out right
here in Savannah for the same money and
will be instructed in its use free of
charge, and can test and try It before
you pay for it?
Call on Lippman Bros, for full partic
ulars.—ad.
A Message From Canada.
"I wish to inform you of the wonderful
cure which Graybeard has wrought on
me. For the last twelve years I have
been troubled with dyspepsia, gas on
stomach, Jerking and nervous. This
trouble grew so severe at times that I
could scarcely stand upon my feet ]
was In this miserable condition when
Graybeard arrived. The first few doses
relieved me, and I have not Jerked from
nervousness since, nor have I suffered
from gas on stomach or from dyspepsia
"I have taken two bottiea of Graybeard
and have taken the pills along with It"
and am now quite well again. I cannot
praise this valuable medicine enough, and
strongly recommend It to all who are
troubled with dyspepsia, stomach or liver
troubles. Yours sincerely,
"Mrs, William Pollard.
"lona, Ontario, Canada.
For colds and grippe, keep the bowels
open by taking Graybeard Pi|i, little
treasures, Hi*, the hog At all drug stores
Get Graybeard compound at aU drug
siorea. It la the faiaillas boat friend
no* r Heapasa Drug Ca.,
dVoprutwr* - ad.
“Headquarters”
for Garden Hose,
Reels,
Sprinklers
and Nozzles.
All Kinds at
Lowest Prices.
Congress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
THROUGH SERVICE
Via L & N„ E. & T. H. and C. 4 E I.
2V*stibuled Through Trains A
Daily, Nashville to Chicago m
Thronjh Buffet Sleeping and Day Coaches.
New Orleana to Chicago.
F. P. Jnnuis 0. P. A. D. H. Hiilmak O. 8 A.
1 miwmu. mo. washtiih rti'w.
Fishing Tackle
Flies, Fly Books,
‘Fly Rods, Reels.
Gut Leaders,
Enameled Silk Lines,
Spinners, Etc,
MB MIL'S SIS,
113 Broughton Street, West.
Brennan Bros.j
-WHOLESALE—
Fruit, Produce, j
Grain, etc., j
122 BAY STREET. WEST.
Telephone BSS.
For Prompt Service, aad
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.
BOILER FLUBC
Pipe * Fittings
Six Car Loads in Stock.
Cut and Ship Quick.
LOMBARD
Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works and
Supply Store, ■ - Augusta, Ga.
Seed Corn, Seed Peas.
“Tough on Flies”
for the protection of btock.
Poultry Supplies, Bone Meal,
Nitrate of Soda.
Hay, Grain and Feed of all kinds.
T. J. DAVIS,
Phone 223. 118 Bay street, west.
LIKE MAGIC.
Mooic Food for Slock. Collin Wild
ACTS LIKE MAGIC.
Best Condition Hood on Harkct.
Magic Liniment, Magic Lice Killer,
For Sal* by
W. D. SIMKINS & CO.,
SAVANNAH, OA. _
JOHN G. BUTLER,
-DEALER IN—
Paints, Oil* and Ulasa, dash, Door*.
Blinds snd Builders' Supplies, Plain •> na
Decorative Wall Paper, Foreign and Do
mestic Cement*. Lime. Plaster and
Bole Agent for Abestln* Cold Water Pl nt -
JO Congress street, west, and 19 St. Jul ao
street, west.
headquarters
yuk finite* AD IISEO*.
Mail order* aottUisA
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