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THEY MUST COME IN
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE DECLARES FOR PRIMARY.
CANDIDATES MUST ENTER.
UNLESS THEY WISH THEIR PARTY
LOYALTY' TO BE IMPEACHED.
Committer'll Resolution Deelnrri for
a Primary Simply anil Fl*e no
Date at Which It Will He Held.
Thin Will Depend I'pon the Action
of the County Commissioners In
Calling the Election—Some of the
Committee Wanted to Know the
Rule* Before They A'oted for a
Primary at All—Chairman Can
ninglinm's Resignation hot Ac
cepted.
There will be a Democratic primary
to settle the question of who shall be
the Democratic nominee for the office
of Ordinary of the county. So at least
the Executive Committee of the party
has decided, and a committee will be
appointed to confer with the County
Commissioners on the subject.
The object of the conference with
the commissioners is to learn from
them when the special election to fill
the office, which the commissioners are
to call, wifi be held. Upon this con
ference and its results will depend in
some degree the date the committee
will select to hold the primary.
The committee met at the Court
House, in the City Court room, at 5:30
o'clock yesterday afternon and was
called to order by the secretary, Mr.
A. L. Alexander. There were present
in addition to the secretary and act
ing chairman the following members of
the committee: Messrs. Harry Willink,
W. p. Laßoche, John I. Morrissey,
George Petronovitch, A. A. Lawrence,
E. A. M. Schroeder, John J. Horrigan,
W. T. Leopold, W. T. Hussey, E. C.
Gleason, Henry Teynac, B. S. Wells,
John Juchter, C. A. Lamotte, Richard
Wickham, Edward J. Whelan.
Four of the candidates for Ordinary,
Messrs. W. C. Hartridge, J. S. Col
lins, W. P. Bailey and S. L. Lazaron,
occupied chairs together at one end of
the court room and engaged each oth
er in pleasant and interested converse
while the meeting of the committee
was in progress. They were not asked,
however, for any expression of their
opinion on the subject of primaries
and the manner in which they should
oe held, and in consequence no such
expression came from any one ot them.
Tlie Uhatrinan'M Resignation.
Mr. Alexander said that he had
called the meeting; of the committee
for the purpose of placing before it
the resignation of its chairman. Mr.
T. M. Cunningham. Jr. The letter of
resignation, dated July 25, and ad
dresesd to Mr. Alexander, as secretary
of the committee, was read by him as
follows;
•'Dear Sir: My health requires me to
take a vacation and I shall be absent
from the city until fall. The Execu
tive Committee may determine in the
meantime to hold a primary election
for Ordinary, and If it does there will
be many questions of importance to be
determined, as to which the* chairman
of the committee should be in touch
with the committee.
“I therefore feel constrained to ten
der my resignation as chairman of the
committee and beg that you will call
a meeting of the committee as soon as
may be convenient and present this as
my resignation. I beg that you will
express to the committee my apprecia
tion of their uniform courtesy and my
regrets at the severance of our rela
tions. Yours very truly, T. M. Cun
ningham, Jr.”
The reading of the resignation con
cluded, Mr. B. S. Wells moved that a
committee of three be appointed by the
chair to call upon Mr. Cunningham and
request its withdrawal. Mr. Alexan
der stated, however, that he had talked
with Mr. Cunningham exhaustively on
this subject and felt convinced that the
chairman had tendered his resignation
only after mature consideration and
from the conviction that it was the one
thing for him to do. He expected to
leave the city in the course of the next
few days and the condition of his
health was such that he would not be
able to look after the duties of the of
fice, even should he retain it.
On this showing Mr. Wells consent
ed to withdraw his motion, and Mr.
Lawrence moved that the resignation
be laid on the table and that during
the absence of Mr. Cunningham from
the city the duties of chairman be per
formed by the secretary. Mr. Alexan
der stated that he would be willing to
assume the duties of the chairmanship,
pending Mr. Cunningham’s return to
the city, only in the event that he was
asked to do so by the unanimous vote
of the committee. Mr. Laßoche amend
ed Mr. Lawrence’s motion by moving
that a committee be appointed to wait
on Mr. Cunningham and request the
withdrawal of his resignation, on his
return, and the motion, as thus amend
ed. was passed by a unanimous vote.
Tilt- Primary Suggested.
There was a momentary pause. The
business for which the committee had
been expressly called together had been
concluded and the chairman asked if
there was anything else to be consid
ered. Somebody moved to adjourn, but
there was no second to the motion.
Then Mr. Horrigan arose and suggested
that it might be as well to consider
the matter of calling a Democratic pri
mary to select the candidate of the
party for the office of ordinary.
This started the ball rolling. Mr.
Lawrence moved that the committee
call a primary for the purpose of nom
inating such a candidate, to be held
on Tuesday, Sept. 10, and Mr. Petron
ovltch seconded the motion.
The usual air of hopeless and help
less dejection, that broods over a meet
ing of the executive • committee of
Chatham county whenever there is
anything to he done, settled upon the
meeting of yesterday when this motion
was made. Each member of the com
mittee looked at his neighbor and none
of them seemed to know just what he
favored or what he wanted to do.
Everybody who had not been warned
beforehand that such a motion was to
be made began to look around and see
If there was not concealed behind it
some deep-laid plan of political trick
ery.
Mr. Laßoche wanted to know of Mr.
Lawrence If he had any Idea when the
regular election was to be held, which
the County Commissioners are going
to call. Mr. Lawrence said he had none
at all.
•'Well," said Mr. Laßoche, ”1 am op
posed to the committee calling a prim
ary until there is some further light
on the subject. 1 don’t see any use
calling it, in the first place, until we
can have some idea when the regular
election is to be held, and. furthermore.
T don't think we should call a primary
until we know whether or riot all the
candidates, or a majority of the can
didates. are going to enter, it. I under
stand there are eight In the race now.”
“Let me suggest to the gentleman.”
Interposed Mr. Lawrence, “that the
IConuiiutd on Third Pag*.)
THOMPSON OUT ON BOND.
Alleged Riiaralit Released Yester
day From Chatham County Jail.
W. H. Thompson, the young white
man indicted and arrested on a bench
warrant from the Superior Court,
March 29, for bigamy, and who has
been under confinement in the county
jail since that time, was released on
bond yesterday afternoon. Bond was
given in the sum of SSOO.
Thompson, who had married a young
wife in Savannah, only a few months
before his arrest, was charged by a
woman living in Boston, with having
married her before that time. At the
time of his arrest and consistently ever
since, he has protested his innocence
and the little woman who married him
in Savannah has been to him every
thing that a loving and faithful wife
should be. She has refused to believe
him guilty and has been almost a daily
visitor at the Jail since his incarcera
tion and confinement there.
She was there when he was released
from custody, and the meeting between
her and her husband, a free man once
more, was affecting in the extreme.
Thompson himself was delighted at
his release. He said that he had been
promised so often that but a few
days would elapse before he was given
his liberty, and had seen so many ot
these false hopes disappointed, that he
had become a bit skeptical and de
spondent and could scarcely believe he
was actually to be released until he
saw the doors of his prison open and
drew his first breath of free air in
more than four months.
The young man hopes that he will
be given a trial in December and says
that he entertains not the faintest
doubt that he will be able to estab
lish his innocence to the perfect sat
isfaction of the jury. He has been anx
ious to have a trial of his case all
along, and he is anxious for it still,
though now that he has been given his
liberty he does not feel the degree of
impatience to face a Jury that inspir
ed him when he was behind prison
bars.
He started business again immedi
ately after his release from Jail, hav
ing purchased an interest in the New
York Express and Drayage Company.
He says he will stay right here in Sa
vannah, face his accusers, show them
to be in the wrong and then make his
home here for the rest of his life.
GIVEN FIFTEEN YEARS.
Horace Jones. Tried for Mnrder.
Guilty of Manslaughter.
Horace Jones, tried in the Superior
Court for the murder of Ben Blount,
was found guilty yesterday of the of
fense of voluntary manslaughter and
sentenced by Judge Falligant to serve
a term of fifteen years in the peniten
tiary. Twenty years imprisonment is
the maximum penalty for the grade of
homicide of which Jones was found
guilty.
The case was placed on trial on
Thursday morning and continued all
of that day. The evidence was all in
and the arguments had been begun
when the recess for the night was tak
en and the testimony of the principal
witnesses for the state and the de
fendant was printed in yesterday's
Morning News.
When court convened yesterday
morning the arguments were conclud
ed. Mr. R. J. Travis finished his speech
for the defendant and the solicitor
general presented in his usual forceful
style the contentions of the state. Then
Judge Falligant charged the jury, and
at 11:30 o’clock the jury began Us con
sideration of the law and evidence
governing its decision of the case.
For more than four hours the mem
bers of the jury struggled to agree. Be
fore the recess for dinner was taken
this was found to be impossible, but
after the jurymen had dined It was
found that their tempers had improved
and their reasoning powers been in
creased. They were ready then to meet
each other half way and at 4 o’clock it
was announced that they had agreed.
Then the verdict of guilty of volun
tary manslaughter was returned.
It was generally felt that the verdict
of the Jury about correctly expressed
the degree of the defendant’s guilt.
Jones himself, after he had been sen
tenced. was asked if it had not im
pressed him in this way.
“No, sir," he answered, “I don't think
I ought to have got anything at all.”
This answer, however, he made with
a grin, and it was evident that he was
both relieved and pleased at the result
of the trial. He will be held In Jail
until the arrival of a guard from one
of the penitentiary camps of the state,
to which he will be taken to spend the
fifteen years at hard labor to which he
has been condemned by the court.
BUSY AT THE PAIR GROUNDS.
Street Cars Running Ont Hale Ave
nue Now.
The State Fair Grounds are attract
ing the attention of every one who
takes an afternoon outing In that part
of the county. Yesterday afternoon
there were a number of buggies and
an automobile on the part of the race
track which has been graded.
The framing of the grand stand and
the Judges’ stand is finished and prepa
rations are well advanced for erecting
the art gallery and the machinery and
agricultural buildings.
Street cars are running for the bene
fit of those who are working at the
Fair Grounds, and next week a regular
schedule for the public will be Inaugu
rated.
As it will he of interest to many to
drive into the grounds it would be well
to grade the entrances to the gates
and put In crossings at the railroad
track.
The Germania Bank yesterday con
tributed SIOO to the Fair.
MAY ADJUST DIFFERENCES.
Acting Mayor Reserved Derision in
Walker Case.
The charges preferred against Fire
man D. P. Walker by Supt. Maguire
were taken up again yesterday by Act
ing Mayor Dixon, and several more
witnesses were examined. At the con
clusion of the hearing the Mayor an
nounced that he would reserve his de
cision.
The Incident occurred at fire head
quarters, but at the time when both
men were attending to other than the
city's business. The mutual triends
of Supt. Maguire and Fireman Walker
deeply regret the trouble, and an ef
fort is being made to have matters ad
justed satisfactorily. It may be that
this will he arranged to-day and that
Walker will be reinstated at once.
THE KNIGHT HEARD FROM.
Savannah Hunting Party Arrived
Safely In Halifax.
The Knight, with the party of Sa
vannah pleasure seekers aboard, all In
good health, reached Halifax, N. 8.,
yesterday. A message to that effect
was received by Mr. J. M. Bryan from
Mr. Stein Bryan. The trip from Sa
vannah Halifax was made in less
than two weeks. Those aboard the
Knight are Capt. M. P. ITslna, Mr.
HMn Bryan. Mr. John Sullivan Schley,
Dr, and Mrs. J. G. VanMarter and Mr.
George W, Beckett.
TIIE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. AUGUST a. 1901.
WITH FIRM TREAD
GEORGE MITCHELL MARCHED TO
HIS DOOM.
HIS NECK WAS BROKEN.
DOITII.R CRIMINAL CONFESSED HIS
CHIME AGAIN BEFORE HE
WAS HCNG.
Was Anxious to Have the Hanging
ns Soon as Possible and the Drop
Fell at lOitT O'clock—Visited by
Relatives Refore the Execution,
bat Ills Mother Statd Away—Was
With the Greatest Effort That He
Maintained His Composure After
Ilelng Tied and Plneed on the De
ceptive Cell Floor—His Nerve Came
Near Falling Him. hat Hr Braced
Himself np and Met Death Bravely.
Spoke ns the Trap Doom Partrd.
George Mitchell, the confessed negro
rapist, paid the penalty for his crime
in the Chatham county Jail yesterday
morning. The drop fell at 10:17 o'clock,
and seven minutes later County Physi
cian Keller, Police Surgeon Osborne,
City Physician Johnson and Dr. Hess
announced that the map's pulse had
stopped. A few minutes later the body
was cut down and taken by Undertaker
Dixon to Laurel Grove Cemetery,
where it was buried. Mitchell’s neck
was broken by the fail, and death must
have been instantaneous. The execu
tion was without the slightest hitch.
It was with the greatest effort that
the doomed man maintained his com
posure, and his strained features show
ed that* he must have been suffering
untold misery, while the final prepara
tions were being made. When the rope
was placed around his neck, and the
knot was drawn up under his ear, and
the black cap was adjusted, Mitchell
nearly lost his nerve, and the blood
vessels on his neck and hands seemed
as if they would burst. For a moment
it appeared as If he were going to fall,
and one of the officers had to support
him. This was only for a second, how
ever, and recovering himself, Mitchell
stood erect while the death warrant
was read.
"May the Lord have mercy on your
soul.” said the officer. There was a
tremor in the muffled voice as it came
through the black hood, ‘‘My poor
soul.” At the instant the hangman
on the floor below pulled the spring,
the deceptive Iron floor gave way
with a crash. The last of the three
words spoken by Mitchell was uttered
after the doors had opened, and when
he was within less than a hundredth
of a second from eternity. He may
have had more to say, but his body
had stopped falling before the world
“soul" had fairly left his Ups. If he
desired to say anything more his words
were spoken in another realm.
Ready to Pay the Penalty.
At 9:45 o’clock one of the deputies
went on the floor where Mitchell was
a prisoner, and asked if he wanted to
die at any special time. The negro was
slightly nervous, but spoke in a firm
voice. He declared that he had already
made his peace with God and' that the
execution could not take place too
soon for him. He was ready and anx
ious to meet his Maker at the earliest
possible moment.
A representative of the Morning
News was in the corridor, and Mitch
ell's last talk was with him. The ne
gro stood erect and talked clearly for
several minutes. "I confessed my
crime to you some time ago, and since
then I have been confessing to God. I
did assault the two women, but not
in the way they said. I have no com
plaint to make now against any one,
and forgive all of my enemies. I have
called upon the Almighty, and I be
lieve that he has answered my pray
ers. I have not given the jailors any
trouble, and I will not worry them
when I go to the gallows. I expect to
go straight to heaven, and this night
I will be in the happy land, where
there is no trouble.”
This was the last statement. Mitchell
made, and until the arrival of the
physicians and officers in the corridor
he paced up and down the floor. It
was 10 o'clock when the deputies ar
rived with rope to tie the condemned
man’s hands and feet. He had already
donned a suit of black, and wore a
pair of new and a white shirt.
His coat was buttoned by one of the
officers, and the rope was wrapped
around his arms and hands. Mitchell
held his head up, and the silence was
ominous. The breathing of the prison
ers at the other end of the corridor
could be heard distinctly, and the at
mosphere was cold and clammy to
those who witnessed the scene.
Before the work of tieing the unfor
tunate man had been finished Rev.
Prince Black offered the last prayer.
With his hands bound tightly behind
him Mitchell kneeled by the side of
the minister, and those whose duty
called them to the jail uncovered their
heads. Rev. Black offered a prayer
similar to those heard at the gallows
In the past. When the minister had
concluded Mitchell fervently answered
"amen.” Then It was that the work of
binding him was completed. His feet
were not tied until he was standing on
the false doors.
A Restless Night.
Mitchell slept but little and was up
at daylight. He ate a hearty break
fast. and seemed to relish the meal,
which had been specially prepared for
him. Rev. Prince Black, faithful to
the last, arrived while Mitchell -was
eating, and a few minutes later the
service was begun. It consisted of the
usual prayers and the singing of
Gospel hymns, and lasted for
over an hour. At the request of
Mitchell Rev. Black sang “Why Do
We Mourn a Parting Friend.” The
condemned man's sister and cousin
called upon'him and bid him a fond
farewell. His mother had seen him
the afternon before, but did not feel
able to talk with him while he was (n
the very shadow* of death. He needed
encouragement, and she was afraid
that she would cause him to break
down. The cousin and sister were per
mitted to go on the second floor, and
there they kissed him good-by. A few
minutes before 10 o'clock his brother
in-law spoke to him for only a mo
ment. He told Mitchell of the arrange
ments that had been made for the fu
neral. and although strong and healthy
the domed man could see the open
grave waiting for him. He shook hands
with his relatives, and In a husky tone
thanged them for the. arrangements
that had been made.
When the black cap had been re
moved and Mitchell had been placed In
a coffin, furnished by the county, a
new collar, and black tie. and a pair
of white gloves were put on him.
Mitchell was 38 years old and lived
In Savannah all of his life. He was in
dicted for criminal assaults upon Pa
tience Maxwell and Sallie Hamilton,
while the women were picking black
berries on Hutchinson's Island. On
the first charge he was convlted and
It was for that crime that he was
hanged. The Indictment In the Ham
ilton case will be transferred to the
dead docket and ths law baa been
sustained.
UNION 108 PRINTERS QUIT.
Sixteen of Them Leave Braid A
Hutton.
Sixteen union printers employed by
Braid & Hutton struck yesterday for a
54-hour week's work, the pay to remain
the same as that they received for a
60-hour week’s work. The demands of
the union men were made some time
ago In a letter in which it was stated
that Typographical Union No. 183
and Printers' Pressmen and Assist
ants’ Union No. 110 had adopted a res
olution that on and after Aug. 1, fifty
four hours should constitute a week's
work, the scale of prices to remain
as it present. The letter was signed
by five men from each of the unions
interested. '
To this communication Braid & Hut
ton replied that they could only con
sider the matter upon the condition
that all other Job offices in Savannah
agree to a 54-hour week's work, pay
to remain as at present, or to make a
54-hours week's work at the rate of pay
per hour now paid for a week’s work
of 60 hours.
After that one or more conferences
with the representatives of the unions
were held. Thursday morning C. C.
Houston of Atlanta, one of the organ
izers of the union, reached Savannah
and called on Braid & Hutton to adjust
matters between them and the men.
He was told what the men had been
told, that the business could not be
conducted on a paying basis If the de
mands of the unions were conceded.
The men left work at the usual
time and in the usual way
Thursday. but did not show
up yesterday morning. Instead
they sent a letter stating that under
authority of the International Typo
graphical Union, they had been com
pelled to enforce the flfty-four-hour
week work as far as affects the mem
bers of the local union, and consequent
ly they would not apear for work until
such time as their demands for a fifty
four-hour work week, without reduc
tion of pay, were granted.
Later in the day some work was sent
to the pressmen, twelve in number, and
they refused to handle it, because it
had not been put in shape by union
men. Mr. Hutton immediately called
them to the office, gave them their
money and told them that they were
not needed further.
Though the notice regarding the
wishes of the unions in regard to the
shorter hours and same pay has been
sent to the other Job offices in the city,
so far as Is known none of them have
granted the demand, nor is it known
that any men from these offices have
left work.
BICYCLES POPULAR AS EVER.
Dealer* ala Loss to Aeeonnt (or
Slump Shown In Tax Returns.
The showing made In the Morning
News yesterday that bicycles to
the value of $2,960 had
been returned to the county tax re
ceiver and that the amount of which
they were returned this year was
$250 less than last year, caused
considerable speculation as to whether
bicycling is on the decresfte, and if
so, what is the cause of it.
An inquiry among the dealers in
these vehicles developed the fact
that far from this being the case,
the trade in wheels during the present
year has been quite as good as that
of last season, in some cases even bet
ter. "It is true,” said one dealer, "that
wheels are being bought more and more
for business purposes, but this does not
’affect the fact they are quite as
popular as they hgve ever been, and
that more of theqi are owned in Sa
vannah to-day than ever before.”
The general theory advanced for the
slump in the return is that the
owners of the wheels simply did not
return them with, their other taxable
property.
TYBEE TRAVEL WAS HEAVIER.
An Increase Oxer Last Y'ear of 2,-
.190 np to July 31.
It is customary to consider that the
highth of the Tybee season is over af
ter July 31, and though the resort this
year doubtless will continue its pop
ularity for some time to come, still
from the business already done can be
determined whether or not the season
as a whole can be considered a suc
cessful one. That it has been a good
one, one of the best In the history of
the island, can be seen from the fol
lowing figures showing the travel over
the Tybee road for this year and for
last year:
Up to and including July 31, 1901,
there were 31,537 visitors, while for the
same period last year there were but
28.941, an increase of 2,596. There is no
doubt but that the Increase in travel
would have shown up to be much
larger but for the five rainy days in
July when travel was very light, and
also a large falling off In the usual
patronage of the road during the pro
gress of the Sam Jones-Stuart revival
meetings in May.
GIRL WON’T RETURN.
Mnry Mailin' Cam Will Re Reported
to Health Oflleer.
The case of Mary Mullis, the 17-
year-old country girl who was deserted
at the Planters’ Hotel and found early
Thursday morning In Forsyth Park,
will be called to the attention of
Health Officer Brunner to-day by Su
perintendent of Police Reilly.
The girl was placed In the custody
of Mrs. Richard Webb and was to have
been returned to Dublin yesterday at
the expense of the city. A ticket was
purchased, but when Supt. Reilly sent
for the girl to place her on a train he
was surprised to find that she had ac
cepted a position as nurse in a family
in the suburbs. ,
The woman’s physical condition Is
deplorable, and the superintendent
says that she is not the proper sort
of person to handle children, or, in
fact, to come In contact with any one.
The superintendent says that he Is
powerless to act In the matter, and will
ask the health officer to take notice of
the case.
THREE ALDERMEN WENT.
Visited Proponed Cemetery Site
With Col. Garrard.
Aldermen Watson. Canty and Frlpp
visited the Garrard tract, on the Ogee
chee road, as guests of Col. Garrard.
The land was offered the city some time
ago as a cemetery site, but has been
objected to on account of Its distance
from the city and Its condition.
Acting Mayor Dixon and the other
members of the board were kept In the
city, and. too, some of them have al
ready seen the property which Col. Gar
rard desires the city to purchase for a
cemetery. While the aldermen are not
disposed to discuss the subject at this
time It Is probable that something will
be done In the near future towards
purchasing ground for anew burial
site. The resolution authorizing the
purchase was laid on the table when
read, but can be brought up again at
any meeting of Council.
There Is not a headache In a dozen
of Cook's Imperial Champagne. It's
extra dry, bouquet fine. Record of a
century.—ad, "
AFTER A NEW BUNCH
GRAND JIRV EVIDENCE
AGAINST GAMBLING IN A HOTEL.
DRIVEN FROM OLD HAUNTS.
SHORTING FRATERNITY HAS
WOOED FORTUNE IN OTHER
PLACES.
Well Known Young Man Testified
Refore Grand Jury. Rut Hl* Evi
dence Did Nut Warrant Return of
Presentments Other Evidence
Said to Be In Possession of Good
Government League and Will Be
Fortheomlng—Developments Are
Kxpeeted—YVllllam Henry Gordon
Presented for Criminal Assault.
Fish Laws Are Being Enforced.
The grand Jury was investigating some
more gambling cases yesterday after
noon. It had a well known young man
of the city before it and questioned
him closely, and though no present
ments were returned, it is expected
that there will be developments, in the
shape of presentments and arrests, in
the course of the next week.
The game about which the grand Jury
was looking for information is said to
have been in progress at one of the
hotels of the city and rumor and the
information in the hands of the Good
Government League have it that the
game has been well and extensively
patronized. The evidence given to the
grand Jury yesterday afternoon, how
ever, was not sufficient in itself to war
rant a presentment against any par
ticular individual or individuals and
all decisive action was postponed until
a future meeting.
It is said that some of the well
known gamblers of'the city, who have
been driven from their accustomed
haunts by the activity and vigilance of
the Good Government League and its
agents, have been in the open game
at the hotel in question and that there
are some new recruits in the business
who have also acquired a proprietary
interest. It is not improbable that at
the next meeting of the grand Jury ad
ditional evidence will be placed before
it and that presentments against these
parties will be the result.
Four presentments against alleged
violators of the law for The protection
of terrapin during the closed season
were returned. The defendants are
Charles H. Dixon. Henry Ambos, Pas
chal Strong and Randolph Paff, each
of whom is charged with catching ter
rapin between March 1. and July 25,
and, in a second count of the same pre
sentment, with having captured female
terrapin of less size than five and a
half Inches, measured on the lower
shell, and then having failed to return
these terrapin to the water. The pre
sentments were returned on evidence
furnished by Fish Wardens E. W.
O'Connor and Charles B. Westcott,
both of whom have been, since their
appointment, active and vigilant in the
apprehension and arrest of violators of
the laws for the protection of the fish
in these waters.
William Henry Gordon, a negro, was
indicted for criminal assault, alleged to
have been committed upon Mary Hay
wood. a,negro woman. The assault Is
said by the prosecutrix in the case to
have been committed on July 26. The
story of her account of the crime’s
commission and of the somewhat dra
matic circumstances attending the ar
rest of the defendant and his entrance
into the city, In chains, was printed in
the Morning News.
Rosa Moore was indicted for larceny
from the house of James Wilkins, of
217 Abercorn street. Rosa was a ser
vant in the employ of Mr. Wilkins, and
during her term of service at his resi
dence succeeded in about cleaning out
the family's store of winter garments.
She stole clothes amounting in value
to several hundred dollars, and it took
Detcetive Murphy a day or two to col
lect them from the several pawnshops,
where she had filed them away.
John Maxwell was indicted for as
sault with intent to murder William
Lucas, Jr. The alleged attempt to kill
was committed with a pistol a few
days ago. The defendant was arrested
on a bench warrant last night, the ar-'
rest being made by Deputy Sheriff
Thompson, in a house on the east side.
Napoleon Brown and John Carter
were indicted for burglary and Robert
Mclntosh, Jr., for assault with intent
to murder Tom Young.
Rosa Ford, one of the toughest and
smoothest criminal propositions the
city affords, was indicted for a misde
meanor. During a recent debauch
Rosa lost her temper and Indulged her
self in a flood of profanity, directed
against Patrolman William E. Hicks,
and for this the grand jury Indicted
her. She has given the city and coun
ty many a dollar in fines and has
spent much time on the chain-gang.
Ordinarily*, however, she is too shrewd
to leave evidence of the commission
of her crimes that will permit success
ful prosecution and she is regarded by
the police as a dangerous enemy to
seafaring men, upon whom she Is ac
customed to prey.
Stop-Overs Allowed
Effective Aug. 3, the Seaboard Air
Line Railway will allow stop-overs at
New York on all tickets sold via Nor
folk and the Old Dominion Steamship
Company.
Full Information at ticket office, cor
ner Bull and Bryan streets. 'Phone No.
28.—ad. _
Change of Sanday Excursion Train
Sehedale.
On and after Sunday, June 2, the
Charleston excursion train will leave
Savannah at 7 a. m. railroad time.
Tickets M.OO for the round trip. For
further information call on ticket
agents.—ad.
An Excellent Trip.
Is via the Seaboard Air Line Railway
to Norfolk, thence Norfolk and Wash
ington Steamboat Company to Wash
ington or the Old Bay Line to Balti
more. Call at ticket office, corner Bull
and and Bryan streets, and get those
round trip rates before deciding on
your route.—ad.
$5.00
Savannah to Tampa, Fla.,
and Return.
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway, Mon
day, Aug. 5. Tickets on sale for special
train leaving Central depot at 8 a. m..
Railroad time, and good to return on
any regular train up to and including
Aug. 8. Separate coaches for white
and colored passenger*. —ad.
A handsome Investment, a block of
five stores renting for over $6,500 a
year, can be purenased very low by ap
plying to us. This property has never
been vacant for over thirty years, par
ties desiring to have a nice Income
without any trouble, who have the
money to spare, will find this the best
paying property to be had anywhere
for the amount Invested. Apply Lipp
man Bros.—ad.
THE SUMMER VACATION.
Important (or Those Leaving the
City.
Let the Morning News follow you tn
your vacation, so you may keep posted
on the events at home. The address
can be changed as often as the sub
scriber desires. Please give old as
well as new addresses when changing
paper. The cost is only 18 cents a
week. 70 cents a month for the daily
and Sunday issues. Subscriptions can
be left at the Business Office, first
floor. Morning News building.
The Morning News may be obtained
at the following news stands:
Asheville, N. C. —Asheville Printing
Cos.; Battery Park Hotel.
Chicago, 111. —Palmer House, and the
Auditorium.
New Yprk City—Brentano’s, Union
Square; Astor House, and Hotel Em
pire.
Buffalo, N. Y.—R. F. Sherman & Cos.,
588 Main street; F. J. Pickman, man
ager, 202 Main street.
Washington, D. C.—Ebbltt House,
Willard's Hotel, and Metropolitan Ho
tel.
And at all news stands In Georgia
and Florida.
93.00
Savannah to Tampa, Fla.,
and Return.
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway, Mon
day, Aug. 5. Tickets on sale for special
train leaving Central depot at 8 a. in..
Railroad time, and good to return cn
any regular train up to and including
Aug. 8. Separate coaches for white
and colored passengers.—ad.
gI.OO Savannah to Brunswick and
Return.
The Plant System will sell you round
trip tickets. Savannah to Brunswick,
good for Sunday, only at SI.OO for the
round trip. Four trains a day to
Brunswick. Call on ticket agents for
further information. —ad.
Excursion via Plant Syatem.
The Plant System Sunday excursion
train to Charleston will leave Savan
nah on and after Sunday, June 2, at 7
a. m., railroad time. Rate, SI.OO for
the round trip.—ad.
r-'.OO
Savannah to Jacksonville
nnd Return.
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway, Mon
day, Aug. 5. Tickets on sale for special
train leaving Central depot at 8 a. m..
railroad time, and good to return on
any regular train up to and including
Aug. 8. Separate coaches for. white
and colored passengers.—ad.
Excursions to the Seashore, via
Plant System.
Sunday and week end excursion rates
to Pablo Beach, Atlantic Beach, Fla.,
and Isle of Palms, S. C., are now on
sale at Plant System ticket offices. Call
on ticket agents for full Information.
—ad.
Plant System Mileage Books.
Travelers, before taking a trip. It
would be well to call on the Plant Sys
tem ticket agents for Information as
to the use of 1,000-mile books. These
books are good from Tampa to Wash
ington, also to Montgomery, and will
be accepted for passage on all points
reached by the Atlantic Coast Line.
The Plant System reaches all import
ant points in the state of Florida.
Books sold at $25.00. Call on ticket
agents at De Soto Hotel or Plant Sys
tem Depot.—ad.
934.00 -
Savannah to New York and Return.
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway. Tick
ets on sale daily, with final limit Oct.
31. Full Information at ticket office.
Bull and Bryan streets, or ’phone No.
28.—ad.
$5.00
Savannah to Tampa, Fla.,
and Return.
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway, Mon
day, Aug. 5. Tickets on sale for special
train leaving Central depot at 8 a. m.,
Railroad time, and good to return on
any regular train up to and including
Aug. 8. Separate coaches for white
and colored passengers.—ad.
Mllenge Book*
by the Seaboard Air Line Railway are
good Into Washington and also over
the Bay Line from Norfolk to Bal
timore. They will save you money on
your trip North. Ticket office, corner
Bull and Bryan streets. ’Phones No.
28. —ad
Summer Tonrlsti.
Plant System round trip tickets to
all summer resorts are now on sale.
For, full information address Mr. Ward
Clark, city ticket agent, De Soto Ho
tel, or Mr. R. C. Blattner, depot tick
et agent.—ad.
The Land of the Sky and the Sap
phire Country.
The Southern Railway operates the
only through sleeper to Western North
Carolina resorts. Very low rates to all
points, tickets good for return passage
until Oct. 31. For full Information or
illustrated advertising matter call on
or write to E. Q. Thomson, C. P. &
T. A., 141 Bull street. ’Phone 850. —ad.
Summer Rate*.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway Is
offering very attractive round-trip
rates from all points to Old Point Com
fort, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth,
Washington, Baltimore and New York.
If you contemplate a trip to any point
this summer It will be to your advan
tage to call at the Seaboard Air Line
Railway ticket office, corner Bull and
Bryan streets, 'phone No. 28, for full
Information. —ad.
To the North and East.
Two handsomely equipped trains
dally via the Southern Railway to
Washington, New York and beyond,
each carrying through Pullman sleep
ers and dining cars. Excellent service,
quick time, convenient schedules. For
Information, apply to E. G. Thomson,
C. P. and T. A., 141 Bull street. Phone
850.—ad.
Stop-Overs Allowed
Effective Aug. 3, the Seaboard Air
Line Railway will allow stop-overs at
New York on all tickets sold via Nor
folk and the Old Dominion Steamship
Company.
Full information at ticket office, cor
ner Bull and Bryan streets. 'Phone No.
28.—ad. _
$2.00
Savannah to Jacksonville
and Retarn.
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway. Mon
day. Aug. 5. Tickets on sale for special
train leaving Central depot at 8 a. m.,
railroad time, and good to return on
any regular train up to and including
Aug. 8. Separate coaches for white
and colored passengers.—ad.
“A SECRET”
Of the drug business
ls that prescriptions are by
Far the most profitable line to a drug
gist.
Now some drug stores put up
Very few prescriptions; and in order to
Get them use cut patent medicines as a
Bait. We could do a profitable
Business and not sell a single patent
Medicine, for we are proud to say
Prescriptions and our Family Remdie*
Form the bulk of our business; so on
Patent medicines we always
Cut prices and divide profits with you.
And don't make you pay double on ,‘s
Prescriptions or sell inferior drugs
In order to get even.
Think this over and
“Get It at Rowlinski’s”
Broughton and Drayton.
Either telephone 465.
CUT RATE PATENT MEDICINES.
TO-MORROW.
Is Your House
Wired for
Electric Lights?
Now is the time to bave It wire 4
AT ACTUAL COST.
Do not delay, but see us about it
at once.
You may not have an opportunity
again to bave your house wired at
so little expense.
You will be pleased with the re
suits if you use Electric Lights.
[DIMM ILIOMIIMTM6 CO.
Citizens Bank Building.
PEERLESS
ICELAND
FREEZERS,
1 PINT TO 20 QUARTS.
FREEZES IN 3U MINUTES. ,
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EDM EOVELI’S SONS,
113 Broughton Street, West.
Brennan Bros.
—WHOLESALE—
Fruit, Produce,
Grain, etc.,
123 BAY STREET, WEST.
Telephone SSL
OUR ° O FEED
WHI increase your milk supply.
MAGIC FOOD-
The great condition food for StocH
Cattle and Poultry.
W. D. SIMKJNS & CO.
—; —5
Tough on Flies
for the protection of stock.
Poultry Supplies, Bone Meal,
Nitrate of Soda.
Hay, Grain and Feed of all kinds.
T. J. DAVIS,
Phone 223. 11l Bey street, west
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