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GAVE ELKS A DIG
SAM JONES HAD ANOTHER SAT
ABOUT THE B. P. O. Em.
THEY RUIN BOYS, HE SAID.
A SERMON TO YOl XG MEN OX CHAR
ACTER AND ASSOCIATION'.
An EIU AN ho Doesn't Drink, Mr.
.lone* Said. I, Tike a Fool In (lie
Baptist Church Who Doesn't Be
lieve In Immersion—He Deeinr*s
That He Is Now on to the Elks.
Evils of Exil Associations—Su, no
li aii anil the Whisky Tralllc.
Gainbliug Scored, and Policy Heiil
Up to tlie Colored People os Some-
thins to Be Shunned.
The rain did not keep the people away
from the Park Tabernacle last night-
Though the storm came Just before the
Lour for the meeting, the crowd was
there in spite of it, and the Tabernacle
was filled and the usual fringe was tn
the outside.
After the song service had proceeded
for half an hour, Rev. John D. Jordan
suggested to the congregation that it
show a little more liberality when the
collection was taken. Dr. Jordan seemed
to have found the evangelistic manner
contagious, for he delivered himself
about like this:
"I shall ask all the ladies In the Taber
nacle, for the convenience of those who
sit behind them, to pull off their hats,
that is, if they are not bald-headed.”
That got nearly every woman's hat off in
double time, and the speaker continued:
"Do you know you have been giving at
the rate of about one-half a cent aoicce.
I know there are some in this congrcga
t.ori who have given $5 or $lO toward the
erection of the Tabernacle, but the col
lections at the night services, the only
ones when they are taken up, have been
poor. They don't average more than a
half-cent apiece for the crowds. Give in
proportion to your means and to your
meanness, end you will give largely."
It would seem from this that the meet
ings are not very profitable to Mr. Jones
and Mr. Stuart. The plan is to pay the
incidental expense for the conduct of the
Tabernacle and the meetings from the
collections, the evangelists getting the
balance. The night congregations have
probably averaged 5.0(a) people, and the
money the evangelists have received, aft
er deduction of expenses, has been about
S4O each night.
Mr. Charles D. Tillman. Mr. Jones' mu
ale conductor, sang the solo "Sometime,
Somewhere.” his own composition, being
among the collections in The Revival, the
book of religious songs that he has com
piled.
Mr. Jones opened with an announce
ment of the services for to-day. "There'll
be the regular service to-morrow morn
ing at 10:30 o’clock," he said, "but there
will be none to-morrow afternoon. To
morrow night, though, we will be in bus
iness at the same old stand. Saturday
night is the devil's own night, and I want
to set up with him. Sunday morning all
the pastors In the city will conduct ser
vices at their own churches, and 1 hope
every church will be crowded. Sunday
afternoon there will be a service here in
the Tabernacle, and Sunday night I’m
goin’ to entertain a stag party. Then
there'll be blood and hair smeared about
and the ground'll be tore up. That's go
in' to be a meetln' for men only. I
want to see 5,000 men change their lives
on Sunday night, and I want every good
■woman in this congregation to pray that
they will do so.”
Mr. Jones said that he wanted partic
ularly to talk to the young men in the
congregation, but that he wanted the old
er men to listen, too, for what he had
to say was intended for their good and
for the good of their boys. "Associa
tions,” he declared, "fix the character cf
a man. and his character fixes his des
tiny. There is a sermon in that very
sentence. I want to preach especially to
you ytung men, and may God sanctify
eveiy word I utter for the good of young
man and old.
"Heredity is a well-established princi
ple. Traits of character that are shown
i*y the parents can be transmitted to
th*> childrui. Not only the good traits,
but. the bad, can be so transmitted, and
that such is the ease is the saddest fact
In this life. Al! would like to transmit
their virtues to their children, but who
would want to transmit their vices? The
boy of the diunkard is half a drunkard
when born. If his mother is a drunkard,
then he is a whole drunkard when horn.
It is as tiue that children inherit the
vices cf jrelr parents as it Is that they
Inherit their features. A lying woman
ne and not be suiprised a’t the vice when it
exhibits itself in her son, and a drunken
father may ixpect to see the love of
drink develop in his offspring."
"I declare that 1 think it no shame to
Inherit the sin of lying Bnd stealing. The
sin is not yours; it belongs to your fore
bears. You come by it honestly, and I do
not see the sin In It for you. But there
Is a place where patrimony ends and vo
lition begins. I'll give you an illustration
of what I mean. An illustration is easier
for most people. It'll take, and be under
stood where an argument will fall flat.
Suppose, when my father died, he left me
a saloon. He didn't, 1 want you to under
atand, but for the sake of the illustration,
we will suppose that he did. I have traced
the Jones family all the way back to
Adam, but I've never yet found a record
of one that kept a saloon. There have
been plenty of them mean enough to drink
liquor, but there's never been a single one
low enough to sell it. Suppose, as 1 was
saying, that my father had left me that
•aloon. That would have been an inherit
ed sin. But I wouldn’t have had to run
It, would I? If I had, that would have
been voluntary, and 1 would have been
low and mean enough. The thing for me
to have done would have been to roll
every barrel of liquor out of the Joint and
smash It in the street. Then I might
have opend up a dry goods store."
"I've got no patience with people who
are always laying the blame on their
progenitors. It's like some saintly old
creature getting up in church and saying
that 'lt wasn’t me that sinned, but the
flesh.’ Suppose some chap should go be
fore a judge with any such story us that
when lie he.l been hauled befotc him for
•nuider. ’lt wasn't me that kill'd m.
Lut tlie flesn.’ Why, the Judge would
say; 'Here, Mr. Sheriff, take this flesh
out doors and hang It.’ It is no: the
flesh, anyway. There is no meaner,
lower or mete detwuved class or inen in
the world Ihunsodters und sailors Whis
ky k:>lcd more American soldiers '■ m
Spanish bullets or Cuban fevers. That
was a war with old John Hurleycorn. in
stead of a war with Spain. The closer
you put a fellow to the flesh, the bet
ter he is. The good wife, the good mother
and the good children are what make a
man good. You can't offer a man a
higher motive than the flesh. How can a
man with a wife and children ever be
come a bloated, whisky-drinking sot?"
"Heredity or environment, which Is
worse? I’d rather risk my hoy, with his
heredity, in good company, than an angel
from heaven among some associations. I’ll
give you an Illustration again. This
XConttaued on Seventh Page.}
NOT WORTH HALF A MILLION.
*nui Jones Pays Ills Respects to the
Newspaper Man Who Said So.
Since the arrival of Rev. Sam Jones in
Savannah; in fact, long before he came
he was the subject of much curios
ity and speculation, but neither his per
sonality, original though It be. nor his
methods, peculiar unto themselves, ex
cited any more interest than was dis
played in the subject of his reputed
wealth, which has been variously esti
mated from $30,000 to $500,000.
Mr. Jones and his three daugh
ters are at the De Soto, where
Mr. Jones has been since he ar
rived in the city. A Morning News re
ported asked him yesterday whether he
considered great wealth and true Chris
tianity compatible.
"On that question,” said Mr. Jones. "I
agree with Andrew Carnegie. I hold that
the man who dies rich Is disgraced here,
and damned hereafter. I could have been
worth $500,000 if I had wanted to be, but
I’ve been mixed up enough with rich
folks to know that wealth doesn't bring
happiness or content."
In a recent letter by W. E. Curtis In
the Chicago Record-Herald, it was stated
that Mr. Jones’ wealth is rated at SSOO,
000, invested in plantations and stocks,
bonds and other securities, that he
has recently erected for himself a hand
some residence costing, with its furniture,
between $50,000 and SOO,OOO, and that he
makes not less than SI,OOO a week from his
evangelistic labors.
This statement relative to the evan
gelist’s wealth was preceded by another
that Mr. Jones had compared Savannah
to Sodom and Gomorrah, and had declar
ed that the Almighty had appointed him
to conduct a crusade against it, and re
move it farther than half a mile from
hell, the distance that he estimates now
separates the two places. At the same
time Mr. Curtis said “Savannah has
always been regarded as one of the most
moral communities in the country. No
city in the world of the same size is so
free from vice and crime and so given
to religious and charitable work."
Another statement that “Jones was
Invited here by the Ministerial
Association, but that since the
churches have divided, the Presbyterians,
Lutherans, Episcopalians and one of the
Raptist Churches having withdrawn; that
the Methodists are still supporting Jones,
although some of the most prominent
members of that church are denouncing
him as a mountebank," has caused some
talk.
”1 say that W. E. Curtis is the most
monumental liar that this century has
produced," was Mr. Jones' comment on
the newspaper man, after he had read
his letter, "if this is a sample
of his exhumations. I don’t see a thing
that is not a lie from start to finish.
They may not be his lies, but, if not,
then he has been wallowing around with
the liars of Savannah.”
Mr. Jones took up the statements seria
tem. ‘ Die No. 1," he said, “is that I
compared Savannah to Sodom and Gomor
rah.
“Die No. 2 is that no city in the world
of the same size Is so free from vice
and crime.
"Die No. 3 is in reference to the minis
ters’ association, for he lied like two dogs
when he said that any minister or church
had withdrawn its co-operation.
"I’ll tie the blue ribbon on him for his
lie about the cost of my house at Car
tersville. He says it cost between $50,000
and $60,000. In his first guess he missed
the real cost $42,000; and in his second
attempt $52,000. He missed my wealth,
when he put it at $500,000, about $480,000
or $485,000.
“I understand," continued Mr. Jones,
"that the average newspaper correspond
ent tells one lie a day. but 1 didn't know
it was necessary to tell one hundred. One
good thing about the newspapers, though,
is that nobody is ignorant enough to be
lieve everything they say unless it's some
Ignorant alderman of Savannah."
In discussing the present series of
meetings Mr. Jones said that they
began well, that they have deepened and
broadened in influence and promise more
results than have any similar meetings
that he has conducted in ten years.
The meetings here, he said, will be the
last that he will conduct this summer.
When they are closed he will begin his
lecture tour, which will embrace some
forty-five Chautauqua engagements. To
this lecture work, he says, he now de
votes half of his time, as his ill health
makes It impossible to carry on as much
evangelistic work as he used- to do.
"I am going to preach to men only
Sunday night,” said Mr. Jones. "Come
out, if you want to see blood and hair,
and the ground tore up right.”
Thursday night’s sermon being quite
the warmest that Mr. Jones has delivered
in Savannah, some of the ministers inter
ested in the meetings were asked yester
day if they had any criticism to make
of the utterances of the night before. Rev.
W. A. Nisbet of the Second Presbyterian
Church, said, "I have neither excuse nor
apology to make for Rev. Mr. Jones, and
I am quite satisfied with the results of
the meetings."
Rev. Bascom Anthony of Trinity
Church, said, "I am quite satisfied; I
knew what to expect and am right in line
with him. Dast night’s talk was warm,
but I expert something warmer before he
gets through."
Rev. Ed. F. Cook of Wesley Monument
al Church said: “I stand where I've al
ways stood; I’m glad he came."
PARADED IN RAIN.
Navannnh Cadets Made n Fine Shew
ing Despite* the Weather.
The Savannah Cadets celebrated their
fortieth anniversary yesterday afternoon
with a street parade in a driving rain.
Capt. J. T. West was in command. There
were slxty-tw'o officers and men In line.
It was raining hard at 6:30 o'clock when
the company left the armory of the First
Georgia Regiment, but the men did not
falter and tramped through the muddy
streets like veterans. The fatigue uni
forms were worn with ponchos and the
soldiers did not appear to mind the rain
beating in their faces. Mr. W. B. Puder,
a war member of the command, marched
with the hoys to the "music of the band."
After the jiaiade refreshments were serv
ed at the company's room and many
glasses were drained to the health of the
organization.
DID NOT W 4NY TO IIBPI.Y.
Mayor and Aldermen Had Nothing
to Say to XVlmt Mr. Jones Sold.
The Mayor Hnd aldermen are not in
clined to discuss what Rev. Sam Jones
says about them. At least, what he had
to say night before last, as reported by
the Morning News, did not result In elic
iting any rejoinder from them. The Mayor
and severul of the aldermen were asked
If they had anything to say. but they re
plied In the negative. They are not in
clined to take any notice of whut the
evangelist says.
Keep .Cool.
Japanese Folding Fans to De Given
Away Friday and Saturday.
We will present to each and every pur
chaser of 25c worth of tea or coffee on
Friday and Saturday a beautiful deco
rated Japanese folding fan The Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, l(w
Broughton street, west. Telephone sl6.
1,11. T. Wilson, manager.—si
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1901.
ARE READY TO DIE
SCHEA'EX COUNTY MURDERED*
YVJLL BE REsEXTEXCED.
SHERIFF THOMPSON HERE.
CAXIE WITH THE SUPPOSED LEAD
ER OF THE BAND.
Prisoner NA as Arrested in Tallahas
see, Fla., and la Sold to Be Mathew
McKinney—The Five Condemned
Men Know the Fnnious Desperado
llot Say That the Man Under Ar
rest Is the AA rong One—They Are
Anxious for the Capture of MeKin
eny and Charge That He Is Re
sponsible for Their Conditon—De
clare That He Forced Them to
Take Part In the Ambushing ot
OlHcers Harrington and Mears.
Man Supposed to Be McKinney
AVIII Be Token to Sylvanla With
Condemned .Men This Morning.
Sheriff Thompson of Screven coirhty ar
rived in Savannah last night with a ne
gro supposed to be Mathew McKinney,
the famous desperado and murderer, for
whom there is a large standing reward.
The man was arrested about a week ago
In Tallahassee, Fla., and will be taken to
Sylvanla on this morning's train. Sheriff
Thompson secured requisition papers be
fore attempting to bring the negro to
Georgia.
The prisoner could not be seen last
night, but It is understood that he denies
that he is the man wanted. He bears a
very close resemblance to the murderer,
but the other Screven county murderers
with the death sentence over their heads,
and no hope for a longer lease on lire,
say that he Is not McKinney. They saw
him when he was brought In by the
sheriff.
Arnold Augustus, Andrew Davis, Rich
ard Sanders, William Hudson and Sim
Baldwin, whom the Supreme Court says
must hang for the murder of Harrington
and Means, and who have spent the great
er part of their confinement in Chatham
county jail, continue to declare that Mc-
Kinney led the negroes on the night that
the Screven county officers wese ambush
ed and riddled with bullets. They say
that McKinney was the leader in every
sense of the word, and forced them at the
point of-the rifle to remain on the scene
of the murder. They charge that they
were forced to shoot by the desperado,
although they still insist that thetr guns
were pointed in the air.
The men say that they would be only
too glad to know that McKinney has been
arrested for the reason that they would
now be at liberty, but for the force he
used on the night of the shooting. The
negroes realize that the end is near and
profess to be ready. They have spent
most of their time for the last few weeks
in singing and praying. Their families
have moved to Savannah and are per
mitted to see them two days during the
week.
When Sheriff Thompson leaves for
Sylvanla this morning with the supposed
McKinney, the five other men will be
taken too. They will have to be resen
tenced and this will be done Monday
when court convenes. After the negroes
have been sentenced for the second time,
they will be most likely returned to the
jail In this city until the day before ex
ecution. The whites In the county appear
perfectly willing to let the law take its
course, now that the men have no eliapce
of getting anew trial. No trouble is an
ticipated and the five men will be hanged
on the same gallows, probably without
the presence of troops.
DR. O'NEIL EXPLAINS.
He Says He Does Not Owe Dr. Wil
liam* a Cent.
The attachment sued out in Justice
Naughtin's court against Dr. H. Gibson
O’Neil for SI,OOO. in favor of Dr. Williams
of Richmond, was dissolved yesterday
morning and the garnishments issued are
no longer in force. The amount of the
claim was not paid because Dr. O'Neil
says that he does not owe it. He furnish
ed bond In the sum named and the case
will be heard in the courts, unless the
plaintiff sees fit to let the matter dro-p.
Dr. O'Neil says that Dr. Williams' attor
ney stated a willingness to compromise
for S2OO. but that he does not propose to
pay one cent for the reason that he does
not owe It.
Considerable has been written about the
issuing of the attachments against the
violet ray treatment. Dr. O'Neil was seen
at the De Soto last night by a represen
tative of the Morning News and talked
freely about the cases against him. He
was not pleased at what he considered
unnecessary notoriety and said that he
does not owe any one a cent, and that at
all times he is able to pay his bills
promptly.
Dr. O'Neil explained the small amount
claimed by a Thomasville concern, which
he has paid. He had stood as security,
he said, for a friend who evidently for
got to pay the amount. Dr. O'Neil had
not suspected that this would be the
case and when he returned to the city
from the North and found what had hap
pened he paid the claim.
He says he went to New York to ob
tain some special apparatus and that he
was dumbfounded when he returned to
the city and discovered what had trans
pired. As soon as he saw the Thomas
ville claim he paid it in full, but refus
ed to consider the one taken out by the
Richmond doctor.
Dr. O'Neil awaited the return of his
attorney. Col. A. R. Lawton, who ar
rived in Savannah yesterday morning,
and explained to him that he did not owe
the claim of Dr. Williams, and was ad
vised that the best thing to do would be
to furnish ball In the sum mimed in the
attachment.
The violet ray doctor Is an interesting
talker, and the Impression that he makes
on one is quite favorable. He appeared
to regret the turn matters have taken
during his absence from the city. Since
his stay in Savannah he has made quite
a number of substantial friends in promi
nent and influential families. Quite a
number of people have come to Savannah
from adjacent cities to be treated.
Dr. O'Neil says he is In need of n rest,
and will leave Savannah for Saratoga
übout June 1. He will remain at the De
Soto until his departure for the North.
YYILL HAVE A NEW WALK.
Con t ruet for One for the Savnnnuli
Yacht Club lias llren Let.
The Savannah Y'aoht Club has let n con
tract for an artificial stone walk, lead
ing from the streetcar station to the club
house. The walk will be 633 feet long
It will terminate In stone step* leading
down the incline to the club house. The
walk will be six feet and the steps ten
feet wide. The contract wm let by Mr.
James M. Dixon, chairman of the Im
provements Committee. Work will com
mence at once. When completed, the
walk will he a decided improvement.
Eye* tested free of charge by graduate
optician, at Sternberg A Cos., No. 117
A’eat Broughton street.-ad.
WAS DROWNED ACCIDENTALLY
The Coroner'a Verdict Oonrernlnjc
the Death of Henry Jnehter.
Coroner Keller held an investigation
last right into the drowning of Henry
Juehter in Adams Creek Sunday morn
ing. Several witnesses were examined.
The story of the fatal accident was told
fully in the Morning News Monday, and
the inquest did not develop anything new.
The men on the tug "Jennie E.” when
Mr. Juehter fell In the water, stated that
he had not been drinking, and that he
must have lost his balance and fallen
from the narrotv deck. The witnesses
also stated that Mr. Juehter could not
have been saved even had there been no
accidents after he was discovered in the
water. He was several hundred yards
from the boat and sank before a boat
could have reached him, even though it
had been promptly and successfully
launched. The Jury returned a verdict
that he had been accidentally drowned by
falling off the tug.
Mr. Juehter was buried yesterday morn
ing In Bonaventu-re Cemetery, and the
funeral was largely attended. Services
were conducted at the family residence.
No. 209 Waldburg street, west, and at tne
grave, by Rev. M. J. Eptlng, pastor ot
St. Paul’s Lutheran Churcn. The floral
tributes were numerous and beautiful.
COMMISSIONERS CAN'T TELL.
Whether Tax Rate for Next Year
AA’ill Be Increased or Not.
The County Commissioners are not pre
pared to say that the increase made by
the grand jury, in the appropriation for
public education, will necessarily mean
an increased rate of taxation.
"I can't tell,’* said Chairman Dale, yes
terday. “This will have to be determined
when we see what the values of property
assessed for taxation amount to in the
aggregate. If there is no increase in
values and the full amount appropriated
for county purposes in the budget is ex
pended, why then we shall have to in
crease the rate. If the values increase
sufficiently or we are able to cut down
expenditures for other purposes, the rate
may remain where it is. We won't be able
to say positively until next August.”
“It’s all a very simple question.” sail
Vice Chairman Moore. "We must have
more property assessed for taxation,
spend less than we have estimated to
other purposes than education or raise
the rate. Certainly we can’t tell yet what
will be the outcome.”
MUSIC AND BATHING.
Hotel Tybee Opens for the Season
To-morroa.
Mr. Chas. F. Graham announces that
he will open Hotel Tybee for the season
to-morrow. There will be music and danc
ing. The cafe will be a feature of the
hotel this season, and guests will be
served 1 meals at any hour.
Visitors to Tybee this summer will oh.
serve very pleasing improvements that
have been made in and around Hotel Ty
bee. Chief among these, probably, 4s one
that the eye will appreciate. Mr. Gra
ham haa secured fourteen carloads of rich
earth from Savannah, and had It spread
over a tvlde area surrounding the hotel.
To prevent the encroachment of the run
ning sands, Mr. Graham had a retaining
wail built for the area that he purposed
improving, and It wjil be but a short
time before the sandy surroundings of the
hotel will have been replaced by lawns.
Palmetto trees have also been set out,
and the attraction of the hotel will be
much greater when jhey and the grass
have grown.
Tybee visitors have Jong wanted a cafe
conducted in connection with the hotel.
This year they will have one. The hotel
has already opened fpr the season, and
so has the cafe, which Is In the two
rooms that served formerly as parlors,
opening upon the veranda on the front of
the building. Orders may be given by
guests in the cafe at any time.
The hotel and cottages have been ren
ovated. and Mr. Graham is having anew
cottage constructed for the help. This
will also be used as a laundry. Just in
front of the smaller of the two Hotel
Tybee pavilions have been constructed
seven small summer houses, with roofs
thatched with palmetto leaves. Thougn he
is in the hotel and cafe business, Mr.
Graham tvelcotpes picnic parties to the
smaller of his pavilions. They may also
have the use of the summer houses. On
the whole, visitors will find the hotel
much more attractive than last season.
HUSSARS GO TO TYBEE.
Picnic and Drill at tlie Nexv Pnx'illon
To-day.
The prize drill and picnic of the Geor
gia Hussars will be held to-day at Ty
bee. Many will go to the Island on the
early trains, but the larger part of the
crowd that is expected will go by the
afternoon trains. The drill will be held
early during the evening in the new
Central Railroad Pavilion. The drill will
be with sabers, and First Lieutenant C.
A. L. Cunningham will be In command of
the troop. The medal, which falls to tbe
enlisted man whom the drill may show
most proficient in the manual, was won
last year by Trooper Stein Bryan. Con
siderable interest tn the contest has been
been aroused and it is expected that the
troopers will be put to a good drill. An
event that has not been announced pub
licly Is also to be a pleasing feature of
the evening. Dancing will be indulged In,
and it is expected that all who attend
will find the occasion very pleasant.
CAR OF FISH ON THE WAY.
.
Flnritln'* Klnli Commissioner Still
Waiting for It.
Mr. J. Y. Detwiler, fish commissioner
for tlie state of Florida, received a tele
gram yesterday from Mr. George M.
Bowers, United States commissioner of
fisheries, stating that a car of shad fry
will leave Washington this morning, con
signed to Mr. Detwiler. The fry will be
distributed in the rivers and lak'es in the
western purt of the state, the car follow
ing and stopping at points along the
West Coast division of the Plant System.
Mr. Detwiler has been waiting In Savan
nah several days for the arrival of this
car. HO expects it to reach here some
time to-morrow and he will follow It on
its trip south.
YYHSLEY’S SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
Will Hold Anniversary and Chil
dren'* Dn> Exercise*.
The anniversary of Wesley Monumental
Sunday-school and “Children's day" will
be celebrated to-morrow morning at 11
o'clock. The exercises will be of special
interest and profit. The Sunday-school
orchestra and choir will lead the singing.
Reports of officers and each department
of the school will be made, and the pas
tor, Rev. Ed. F. Cook, will deliver a
short sermon to the children. The school
will make It* annual offering for the
Heme Mission work of the Sunday-school
board.
Lord Coleridge wrote: "Send me fifteen
dozen Ceiok's Imperial Extra Dry Wine.
1 tried tt while here and find it upe
tior.”—ad
FAIR PORTO RICO
UNEXAMPLED PROSPERITY HAS
MADE THE ISLAND RICH AND
HAPPY.
THE PEOPLE ARE CONTENT.
CAPT. W. R. WILLIAMS TALKS IN
TERESTINGLY OF CONDITIONS
THERE.
Former Commander of Transport
Chester Interested In Works of
Improvement at uuil Near San
Juan Scheme tn Dam the Rio
Plata and Supply Electricity to
City anti Suburb*—Agriculture tn
Islund in Flue Shape—Fruit Grow
ers From Florida Tench Scientific
Methods People Now Pleased
With American Sovereignty.
Capt. W. R. Williams, formerly in com
mand of the government transport
Chester, which made trips between Sa
vannah and Cuba during the period just
following the Spanish-American War,
came recently to Savannah on another
mission.
Capt. Williams is looking into the lum
ber market in Savannah, with a view to
making large purchases of poles and ties
for the construction of an extensive trol
ley system in and around San Juan, Por
to Rico, where he is interested in a cor
poration that has secured large and val
uable concessions from the insular gov
ernment. Capt. Williams talked interest
ingly at the De Soto last night, of the
conditions that prevail in the island and
of its future prospects.
The company which he represents on
his present mission has secured a fran
chise to dam the Rio Plata, the princi
pal river in the island, for the purpose of
providing power for the operation of trol
ley systems and to supply the city of San
Juan and its very extensive suburbs with
electric power and lights.
"San Juan,” said Capt. Williams, “is a
walled city, situated on an island. It has
itself about 35,000 inhabitants, but very
many of those whose business is in the
city live in the pleasant suburbs that
surround it. The places of business of
these suburbanites are closed at noon and
the proprietors go back to their country
hemes for breakfast.
"Two old steam roads have been secured
and these will be enlarged, re-equipped
and fitted for operation by electricity. The
company will secure, by damming the Rio
Plata, about 2,000 horse power, which will
be converted into electricity and supplied
to the trolley, lighting and mechanical
power systems of San Juan and the sub
burbs by an overhead pole line about
twenty-two miles in length. The popula
tion which we will supply with electrical
power and with transportation numbers
about 100.000.”
Capt. Williams is in Savannah to see af
ter the purchase of poles and ties for the
trolley systems and other lines convey
ing the power from the point of its man
ufacture to the points of delivery. He
thinks It not improbable that he
will make the needed purchases here
and that Savannah will be se
lected as the point of shipment. In the
warm and damp climate of Porto Rico
lumber rots rapidly, and it Is something
of a problem to secure lumber that will
resist successfully the inroads of the cor
roding seasons. It is this problem that,
in selecting poles and ties, he is trying
to solve.
Capt. Williams is firmly of the opinion
that the future of the island is bright,
and that there are splendid opportuni
ties there for young men, provided with
even small capital and a reasonable
amount of diligence and intelligence. He
does not think it is a good place for me
chanics or unskilled laborers, who find it
impossible to compete with the labor ofi
the Island, which Is at once cheap and
abundant.
“For the last six months, especially,"
said Capt. Williams, “the island has been
Undergoing a period of unexampled pros
perity. Merchants and planters alike
have been making more money than they
ever have before, and the people, per
haps, in consequence of this fact, are
contented and happy.
‘'Agriculture of every description is. in
fine shape. This year 100,000 tons of sugar
will be marketed and perhaps one-third
of the island’s normal output of coffee
The coffee plantations were terribly dam
aged by the hurricane and have never re
covered. but a beginning has been made
and the superior sqiiality of the coffee
is coming to be recognized.
“Fruit is beginning to be grown on
scientific principles. It grows luxuriant
ly, and when the cultivation and market
ing of the crops are directed- by men who
understand the business, it is very profit
able. Many orange growers from Flor
ida. disgusted with the destruction or the
trees in that state by the cold snaps or
the past decade, have gone to Porto
Rico, and are building up their shattered
fortunes in the island, and in a business
which they thoroughly understand.
"But from an agricultural standpoint,
the cultivation of tobbacco is the Indus
try that promises most. The tobacco of
Porto Rico is as fine as is grown any
where in the world, and- before the war,
large quantities of it were shipped to
Havana. and there manufactured
into cigars, which subsequently found
their way into the American markets,
end were sold as Havanas. Now the f’or
to Ricans are manufacturing their own
tobacco. The duty is but fifteen per cent,
of that on tobacco from Cuba, and the
Porto Rican cigars, which are of equally
fine quality as those from Havana, can
be delivered to consumers in the states
for a very much smaller price, and yet
lrermit a very handsome profit to the
manufacturer.
"The cultivation of tobacco, as the fact
that it Is profitable dawns more and more
nearly upon the people, is Increasing very
rapidly. The place of the coffee planta
tions, destroyed by the hurricanes, is be
ing taken by fields of tobacco, a crop
which matures in one year, while coffee
requires five or more. Tobacco planta
tions and fruit orchards and even sugar
plantations are to be had on easy terms
and with small capital, and enterprising
men from the states are taking prompt
advantage of tl.e golden opportunities
thus afforded.
"This condition of prosperity has had
its effect on the people. A year ago. if a
vote had been taken for or against an
nexation by the United States, there
would have been a heavy majority in fa
vor of a return to the rule of Spain. The
people had been discouraged, dishearten
ed and embittered by the failure of Con
gress to give them free trade irnd to rec
ognize their needs. But all this has been
changed and the feeling of the people
has changed with the conditions. The
change In sentiment began with the ad
vent of Gov. Allen.
"Now, a Just and equitable system of
taxation has been adopted, the public
school system has been extended, and Is
in successful operation in every town in
the Island, the courts, modeled on those
of this country, dispense a wise code of
laws, two regiments of native troops, offi
cered principally by Americans, have been
organised and are doing efficient work, re
placing the garrisons of United States
troops, and an Insular legislature has met
and enacted much-needed laws; all these
have had their effect upon the people.
Extensive public works are also being
built and large private corporations are
turning their money loose on the island.
It is estimated that the exports for
this year alone will bring ten
millions of dollars to Porto Rico. For all
these reasons, the people are beginning
to understand that American sovereignty
is a good thing for their island and them
selves.”
Capt. Williams believes that there will
be reactionary results from this condition
of prosperity in Porto Rico, and that
from these Savannah and other South At
lantic ports will largely benefit. The isl
and, he says, has no lumber worth men
tioning, and for thq extensive works of
improvement now in progress and soon to
be inaugurated the lumber must be
brought from the states. It can be shipped
from Savannah to as great advantage as
from any other port. The vessels that
carry it to San Juan clan bring back to
bacco, coffee, sugar and fruits.
A party of New York capitalists are now
building a modern tourist hotel, to cost
when completed half a million of dollars,
at San Juan. It is to stand upon the
hights near Fort Cristobal Colon, over
looking the sea.
Capt. Williams spoke with enthusiasm
of the native beauties and attractive fea
tures of the island. The drive from San
Juan to Ponce, on the other side of the
island, is along the military road, built
by the Spaniards and one of the finest
highways anywhere in existence. The
road Is eighty-five miles long and with
ponies can even now be traversed In nine
or ten hours. At its highest point the
road reaches an elevation of 2,000 feet
above the level of the sea.
"What a trip it would be on an auto
mobile;” exclaimed Capt. Williams, "but
as yet,” he adde, regretfully, “there is
none on the island.”
GASTON STREET PAY'ING.
Tlie Xlayor la Still Considering tlie
Ordinance.
The Mayor has not decided Just what
his course relative to the Gaston street
paving ordinance will be. He still has
four days in which to consider the meas
ure.
Aldermen Dixon, Watson and Horrlgan
denied the story that appeared in the
Morning News yesterday of the talk that
was made the aldermen by the Mayor ih
caucus, regarding the report that some
ten of them had pledged themselves to
support the ordinance. The story was told
the representative of the Morning News
by one who was present at the caucus.
The aldermen mentioned said that the
only discussion about the ordinance in
caucus was as to whether the gentlemen
to appear before Council should be heard
In caucus or in open meeting. The Mayor
wanted it in open meeting, but Alderman
Dixon said that such had not been the
usual proceeding, and he could not see
the reason for it in that case.
LOW RATES TO BUFFALO.
Pan-American Exposition via Cen
tral of Georgia Railway.
Tickets now on sale, via the Dookout
Mountain and Mammoth Cave route,
through Cincinnati, O. Ticket office 107
Bull street and Central passenger station,
—ad.
Tn Monntain and Sea Shore Reaorta
Via Senhonrd Air I.ine Railway.
Before completing arrangements for
your summer trips or deciding upon places
at which to spend the summer, you should
call on ticket agents and passenger rep
resentatives of the Seaboard Air Dine
Railway. They are specially prepared to
furnish information as to lowest rates,
quickest and most attractive
routes to the mountain resorts in West
ern North Carolina and Southwest Vir
ginia, also to the seashore resorts of
Ocean View, Virginia Beach, 6ld Point
Comfort, the great Eastern resorts along
the Jersey coast and other popular places
reached via the Seaboard Air Dine Rail
way. This company is offering lower
rates than ever with perfect train service
and fast, through schedules. It will in
terest and benefit you to call on Seaboard
Air Dine Railway agents.
Attention !
Confederate Veteran*.
For a comfortable trip to Memphis to
attend the reunion of Confederate Veter
ans use the Plant System. Call on the
ticket agent for full particulars.—ad.
Seliednle of &nnday Excnrslon
Train* to Charleston.
Train for Charleston Sunday, via the
Plant System will leave at 7:15 a. m.,
Central time, and arrive Charleston at
12:15 p. m. Returning, train will leave
Charleston at 7:45 p. m., and arrive in Sa
yannah at 10:45 p. m. Quicker time than
ever before, rate same as ever, SI.OO for
the round trip.—ad.
Savannah to Brunswick and return,
SI.OO. Sundays only. Via Plant System.
Commencing Sunday, May 12. Quick and
convenient schedule. For further infor
mation call on ticket agent at the De
Soto Hotel or Plant System depot.—ad.
$37.10 to Buffalo
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway, tickets
now on sale, with final limit Sept. 30th.
Choice of several routes offered, with
double daily trains. Coll on ticket agents
for information and descriptive matter.—
ad.
The Beautiful ••l.aml of the Sky.”
The Southern Railway offers the best
service ever afforded to Asheville. Hender
sonville, Waynesville, Hot Springs. N. C.,
and the Sapphire country. Through Pull
man sleeping cars and convenient sched
ules. For further information apply to
James Freeman, C. P. and T. A., Hi
Bull street. 'Phones 850.—ad.
SI.OO Savannah to Charleston and re
turn, Sundays only, via Plant System.
Commencing Sunday, May 12, convenient
and quick schedule. Call on ticket office
at the De Soto Hctel or Plant System
depot for further Information —ad.
The Correct I.lne to l*e
to Ttnffalo, hi. V.
If you are thinking of going to the Pan-
American Exposition at Buffalo call at
the Plant System Ticket Office, where you
will get all the necessary information for
making a quick and comfortable trip.—ad.
Attractive Hound Trip Hnte* to
Old Point Comfort, Va.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway an
nounces the low rate of $23.90, Savannah
to Old Point Comfort and return, tickets
to be sold daily to May Slut, with final
limit six months from date of sale.
Double dally trains with through Pull
man service. Call on S. A. L. Ry. ticket
agent or write to Wm. But'.er, Jr., Divis
ion Passenger Agent. Savannah, Ga.—ad.
Savannah'* Only Dining Car*.
Elegant new dining car* on all South
ern Railway trains into and out of Sa
vannah. No other line can offer similar
Inducement.—ad.
Jtew Nnpluhii Lnnnrhe* $27.3 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 Llrpman Bros, for full partic
ulars.—ad.
“Get It at Bowlinski’s”
Everybody knows about Witch
Hazel. Well, we have just se
cured *a special lot from the
heart of tbe Witch Hazel dis
trict. It’s pure, it's strong, dis
tilled with extreme care and has
just the proper amount of pure
grain alcohol, and just now we
want to say beware of cheap
Witch Hazels, for they invaria
bly contain the poisonous wood
alcohoj.
WE GUARANTEE OURS.
Try it, compare it, for it’s one
of the things we have better
than most drug stores.
DARGE •BOTTLES, 25c.
KOWLINSKI, Pharmacist,
Broughton and Drayton streets.
Either Telephone 465.
-Cl’T RATE PATENT MEDICINES—
MSI. Of BOPt R’f AD and X J Rf
SCUEOULii.
For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder
bolt. Cattle Park and West End.
Daily except Sundays. Subject It
change without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE.
Lv. City tor 1. ot H.i Lv. Isle of Hope."
6 30 am from 40th 6 00 am for Bolton
7 30 am from 40th 6 00 am for 40th
8 $0 am from 40th 7 00 am for 40th
9 18 am from Bolton 8 00 am for 40th
10 30 am from 40th 10 00 am for 40th
12 00 n'n from 40th 11 00 am for Boltoo
1 lo pm from Bolton 11 30 am for 40th
2 30 pm from 40th 2 00 pm for 40th
330 pm from 40th 240 pm for Bolton
4 30 pm from 4oth 3 00 pm for 40th
615 pm from Bolton 4 00 pm for 4oth
5 SO pm from 40th 6 00 pm for 40th
630 pm from 40th 700 pm for 40th
7 30 pm from 40th 8 00 pm for 40th
830 pm from 40th 900 pm for 40th
930 pm from 49th JO 00 pm for 40th
10 30 pm from 40th 11 00 pm for 40th
MONTGOMERY.
Lv. city fer Mong’y.| Lv. Montgomery.
830 am from 40th | 7 15 am for 40th
230 pm from 40th j 1 15 pm for 40th
630 pm from 40th | 600 pm for 40tb
CATTLE PARK.
Lv city for C..Park~ Lv. Cattle Park.
6 30 am from Bolton; 7 oo am for Bolton
7 30 am from Bolton| 8 00 am for Bolton
1 00 pm from Bo.ton| 1 30 pm for Bolton
2 30 pm from Boltonj 3 00 pm for Bolton
7 00 pm from Bolton[ 7 30 pm for Bolton
8 00 pm from Bolton; 8 30 pm for Bolton
THUNDERBOLT.
Car leaves Bolton street Junction 5:30
a m. end every thirty minutes thereafter
until 11:30 p. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 6:00 a. m.
and every thirty minutes thereafter until
12:00 midnight, for Bolton street junc
tion.
FREIGT AND PARCEL CAR.
This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trips and leaves east side of city
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt
and all intermediate points at 9:00 a. m.
1:00 p. m., 5:00 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt.
City Market and all intermediate points
at 6:00 a. m.. 11:00 a. m.. 2:40 p. m.
WEST END CAR.
Car leaves west side of City Market
for West End 6:00 a. m. and every 40
minutes thereafter during the day iuitll
11:30 p. m.
Leaves West End at 6:20 a. m. and ev
ery 40 minutes thereafter during the day
until 12:00 o’clock midnight.
LUCIEN Mclntyre. Gen. Manager.
A CARLOAD OF
JUST RECEIVED.
EDM LOVELL’S SIS,
113 Broughton Street, West.
Brennan Bros.
—WHOLESALE—
Fruit, Produce,
Grain, etc.,
122 BAY STREET, WEST.
Telephone &&
OUR^d
IS A GREAT MILK
PRODUCER.
Sales doubled in last
few months.
That shows MERIT.
W. D. SIMKINS & CO.
Direct Route to Gln*oiv Exhibition
ANCHOR LINE.
Strain. hip. from Mew York Weekly
For GLASGOW via LONDONDERRY,
Saloon. *SO and up. Second Cobin, *52.50
and up. Third Class. *26 .nd upwards.
For Uustrated folder and Information,
npplv to HENDERSON BROTHERS,N Y.
Or HENRY SOLOMON & SON. 186 to I**
Bay street. Savannah. Ga.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR Dll IGS AMD SEEDS.
Mali order, solicited.
Donnelly Drug Cos
W. ROSS GRAVENER,
Manufacturer’s Agent,
RAILWAY AMD MILL SUPPLIES,
Provident Bulldinz, Savannah. Ga.
M Morphine and Whiskrv hab
its treated without pain or