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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NO PARTING THERE.
Pelham Journal: The Atlanta Jour
nal has printed a picture of Hon. Joe
Hall which is not true to life. Ac
cording to the picture the gentleman
has his hair parted in such a way
as to indicate that it had been lately
combed. The Journal needn't start a
boom of that sort. The people have
seen Mr. Hall and they know that his
hair is not parted.
HAY UNDER BONO.
W. A. Hay, who endeavored to per
forate C. C. Bridwell with a six-shoot
er. at Macon, was arraigned in Police
Court, and Bridwell. who did the dis
appearance act to perfection whn the
leaden missiles began to tiy. was on
hand with a fawyer to push the case.
In his statement to the court Hay de
clared that Bridwell had circulated
false reports concerning Mrs. Hay and
had endeavored to induce her to leave
home. He stated that he had asked
Bridwall to apologize, which he re
fused to do. H'ay then started the
gun music and witnesses said that
Bridwall made excellent time through
a Cotton avenue store, considering
that he had 237 pounds to carry. After
hearing the evidence Judge Freeman
decided to hold Hay for the grand
Jury and bound him over to the Su
perior Court under a SIOO bond, which
was promptly furnished.
FIR WILL* FLY.
Tennille Tribune: Clark Howell,
president of the Senate, it is <faid, is
going to take a three-year running start
for the gubernatorial goal against Joe
Hall Hill and Editor Estlll. My! but
won’t the fur fly should all this ’ome
to pass.
MOVEMENT OF PEACHES.
A train load of peaches, valued at
$25,000, from Marshallville and Foi t
Valley, passed through Augusta
Thursday en route to Philadelphia and
New York. At Augusta the valuable
shipment was transferred from the
Central of Georgia Railway to the At
lantic Coast Line One of the most
powerful and speedy engines on the
latter road was used to haul the Geor
gia fruit through to its destination.
The aggregate shipment of peaches
and plums in carload lots, up till mid
night, July 1, was 253 cars. Of this
these nine cars were shipped through
Macon during the twenty-four hours
ending at midnight July 1. They were
consgined as follows: Philadelphia,
three cars; New York, five cars; Cleve
land. 0.. one car.
BITTEN BY INSECT.
Bitten by a poisonous insect while
he law asleep in bed. Wikle Yarbrough,
the 5-year-old son of Henry W. Yar
brough of Atlanta, lies at the point ot
death. Dr. C. D. Hurst has been In
daily attendance on the patient since
last Wednesday night, and everything
possible has been done to relieve the
child's sufferings and save it from the
effects of blood poisoning. The insect
that bit the little boy was not discov
ered until a day after it was known he
had been bitten.
FLORIDA.
BHOWSI I\ ro STAY.
"From now on 1 am in the guberna
torial race to stay, even if every other
man in the state is a candidate. I
intend winning, have been assured ot
heavy support throughout the state,
and know that I have friends by the
hundreds who will lend me their as
sistance.” The above statement was
made to a Tampa Herald representa
tive by Hon. C. M. Brown of Ocala.
R. F. D. IS ESTABLISHED.
Hillsboro county’s rural mail deliv
ery .routes were established Wednes
day morning, and Tampa suburban
residents now have their mail deliver
ed at their doors. The routes are as
follows: One to Ballast Point; one to
Sulphur Springs; one to Six-Mile
Creek, and one to De Soto Park.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
E. J. Kennedy, high art tailor, is
now offering at very reduced prices a
fine line of tweeds, homespuns, light
weight cheviots and serges.
Edward Lovell’s Sons are showing a
fine line of merchants’ tools. Oet prices
on shelf hardware and implements.
You can save a nice per cent. 115
Broughton, west.
Let me send you a nice roast or fine
steak. All you have to do is to ’phone
me and the order will be filled in time
for dinner. Plenty fresh vegetables
and fruits. John F. May; 'phone 61.
Best Bargains in city property by W.
J. Miscally, Jr., 20 Bryan street. You
will consult your own interest by see
ing him for full particulars.
Metzger & Brunson have on hand a
large stock of gents’ furnishings—Cor
liss Coon collars, 12Mic: other brands
at 10c. Monarch negligee shirts, sl.
the best made shirts on the market
for the money. Underwear, ties and
half hose, all new goods at low prices.
The Jeaness Miller shoes for ladies,
and Turner shoes for men, handled only
by A. S. Nichols, the reliable shoe
dealer. 8 Broughton street, west.
H. H. Peeples & Sons, 125 Congress
street, is a splendid place to buy your
hardware, stoves, implements, fire
arms, cutlery and builder’s supplies,
'and ammunition.
Qeorge Wagner's Son, Savannah’s
leading and reliable florist. Now is the
time to order a choice selection of the
most beautiful roses of all kinds.
Think of it! Conida's candy factory
are employing twenty hands making
candies. Their 60c a pound sweets are
as fine as skill and money can pro
duce. Conida's name on each piece is
the guarantee of excellence. A single
trial makes a friend.
If you have any pictures to be
framed lake them to H. Hymes' Art
Store, 147 Bull street, near Oglethorpe
avenue. New line of mouldings and
the latest styles of framing.
Special for this week, John Sullivan's.
Fresh country butter, 20 cents per
pound. Town talked mixed crackers,
20 cents. Quart jars syrup, something
nice, 10 cents per Jar. Our 35 cents per
pound tea cannot be equalled any
where.
A. L. Desbouillons, the Jeweler, will
sell you goods in his line at lowest
prices ever heard of. A visit to his
store will convince you.
M. Dryfus. outfitters for men and
boys clothing; you know it. The peo
ple come to this reliable store for hats,
Fhnes and furnishings.
Green & Cos., 135 Whitaker: If you
can't get a picture framed to suit you
at our store, then you are hard to
please. If you want the winning ticket
in the automobile drawing, then come
here for it.
Heidt Plow Company still takes the
lead with farm machinery, horse-shoe
ing and blacksmithing. Always the
best and always the cheapest. 47 West
Broad street.
We are now showing our full line of
spring novelties. English worsteds,
cheviots and flannels. Orders filled
promptly, workmanship guaranteed.
Haslam & Cos., tailors and haberdash
ers.
Garfunkel & Sons are showing a
black lace net skirt with a drop skirt
at $5 that has never been sold below
$.
“FORMER” AND “LATTER.”
Two Awkward Word* Which One
Writer Would Like to Banish
from the English Langnage.
From the London Speaker.
I detest them. I should like to ban
ish them from the English language.
One of them by itself may be occasion
ally tolerable, but the two together
are unendurable. The writers of comic
verse long ago perceived their absurd
ity. Arthur Reed Ropes has given
us a good example of it in his lines
to the "Lost Pleiad:’’
She had yielded to a mortal when he
came to flirt and flatter,
She was the Merope or Sterope—the
former or the latter!
Cal verify also:
One night I saw him squeeze her
hand;
There was no doubt about the mat
ter;
I said he must resign, or stand
My vengeance—and he chose the lat
ter.
It were, perhaps, beside the point
to cite the punning poet who wrote
of Xenophon’s historic retreat:
When over the land and the sea
It behooved the ten thousand to scat
ter.
There were some cried "the former
for me.”
But the rest cried “the latter! the
latter!”
The appreciation of this requires a
little strictly Attic salt. But the locus
classicus is. of course, in the "War
Song of Dinas Vawr:”
The mountain sheeps are sweeter.
But hhe valley sheeps are fatter;
We therefore deemed It meeter
To carry off the latter.
Seriously, why cannot writers re
peat their words instead of using these
unnecessary substitutes? Is it thought
that such a repetition is un
pleasing to the ear? To my thinking,
the very opposite is the truth. And
much is gained in the cause of lucid
ity. Take the following sentence, for
instance, which I chanced upon in a
daily journal of Feb. 17: "A board”—
which is probably a screen, as some
body said a generation ago—under
stands, and the great bulk of the or
dinary shareholders do not understand,
the workings of company finance.
When a crisis comes the latter sel
dom hesitate to put their interests in
the hands of the former.
Halte la! We must "hark back,”
and reconsider the passage. We are
then led to the conclusion that by "the
latter" is meant the shareholders, and
by “the former” the board. But why
not so write it, like an honest man
“And when a crisis comes the share
holders seldom hesit'ate to put their in
terests in the hands of the board.”
Surely this is better both to mind and
ear: and if instead of 'the board” we
r'ead "the directors,” we have a clear,
simple, and, in my humble Jugment, a
much improved statement.
If, now, we turn to the Bible, that
mirror of simple, robust and perspic
uous English, we shall find that the
old translators were perfectly able to
dispense with these substitutional
abominations. We find the words, in
deed, in their proper sense, as denot
ing temporal succession (e. g., “the
former and the latter rain"), but not
an artificial expedients to avoid the
plain and direct expression of a writ
er’s meaning; for this is a.n affectation
of comparatively recent date.
But what should we say of him who
would employ them In conversation?
What should we think of the
man who preferred whisky to
champagne, because, though the
latter is more exhilarating, the for
mer is more salubrious? Can we ima
gine any decent member of society,
male or female, giving utterance to
such a sentence as this: "I debated
whether to take an omnibus or the
twopenny tube, but finally decided 'on
the latter?” Could any punishment
be too excruciating for such criminal
affectation—unless, Indeed, the verdict
were to be “not guilty on the ground
of insanity?"
There is only one man who would
talk so, and he, happily, lives only in
the pages of Dr. Conan Doyle’s imag
inative fiction. But I have always
thought that it Was somewhat hard
upon the redoubtable "Sherlock” to
make him such a portentous prig as to
deliver himself in this fashion to his
familiar Watson.
"It is possible that Stapleton did not
know' of the existence of an heir in
Canada. In any case, he would very
soon learn it from his friend, Dr. Mor
timer. and he was told by the latter
all details about the arrival of Henry
Baskerville!”
But this is bw no means the worst.
Consider this situation. Holmes and
Watson are on the moor at night. Sud
denly, through the darkness come agon
ized cries, and then "the deep-muttered
rumble, musical and yet menacing, ris
ing and falling like the low, constant
murmur of the sea,” which they in
stantly recognize as the distant bay
of “the hound.” A man, in headlong
flight, precipitates himself over a cliff.
They rush to the prostrate form, and
find, as they suppose, the dead body of
their friend. Sir Henry Baskerville!
And thus does the great amateur de
tective give vent to his pent-up feel
ings: “Uncle and nephew have been
murdered —the one frightened to death
by the very sight of a beast which he
thought to be supernatural, the other
driven to his end in his wild flight to
escape from it. But now we have to
prove the connection between the man
and the beast. Save from what we
heard, we cannot even swear to the
existence of the latter, since Sir Henry
has evidently died from the fall."
That "latter,” uttered in these tragi
cal circumstances, tickles my fancy
immensely. It is, indeed, immoderate
ly funny. But it absolutely ruins the
situation. Thank heaven, no man alive
would ever have so spoken, no. not al
though he had been educated at "that
ancient seat of pedantry, where.” ac
cording to Mr. Cunninghame Graham,
“they manufacjure prigs as fast as
butchers in Chicago handle hogs.”
HOl’R OF DEATH.
Statistic* Show That Moat Fatal
Time In Early Morning*
From the New York Medical Journal.
The Gazette Medicale de Paris for
May 30 says that according to a daily
paper, a physician has noted the hour
of death of 2,880 persons of all ages In
a mixed population, and during a pe
riod of several years. The maximum
hour of death is from 5 to 6 a. m.; the
minimum from 9 to 11 a. m. In the
first case the mortality is 40 per cent,
greater than the average, and in the
latter. 6>4 per cent. less. From 10 a.
t(n. to 3 p. m. in the day, the mortality
is not high, and the most fatal hours
are from 3 to 6 in the morning.
It seems to the Gazette that these
observations are easily explained. In
1864 Haviland presented statistics to
the British Medical Association to the
effect that in the 5,000 to 6.000 cases he
had noted, death had resulted in the
great majority of cases between 1 and
8 a. m.: the practical deduction from
which fact is that death generally
comes when the sick are least nourish
ed and cared for. If care were taken,
death could be postponed in many
cases. More recently, in 1888, Fere, in
vestigating the subject at the Salpe
trlere and at Blcetre, found the fewest
deaths between 7 p. m. and midnight,
and the most fatal hour between mid
night and la. m. This would seem
simply to show that the nurses going
off duty at midnight left ns much work
as possible to their successors
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY 5. 1903.
SIDNEY HERBERTS LETTER.
THE qt ESTIOX AS TO WHO FIRED
THE "FIHST SHOT AT SI’MTER.”
Th*■ Change to Be Made in the Guard
Around Hie To in I* of McKinley—The
Controversy h to Who Command
ed at Honey Hill Settled—Some
Southern Generals in the Confed
eracy Who Were Sons of Northern
Parents—Pictures of Pickett’s Fa
mous Charge at Gettysburg—An
Important’ Discussion by United
Slates Judge Jones of Alabama.
Oilier Matters of Special Interest.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla., July
4. —There was a grave error in my let
ter of June 21, but I forgot to correct
it in my last letter. Writing of patent
medicine ’’ads" containing “puffs” of
so-called “war" generals, I said “not
half of them were ever generals in the
service,” but it appeared "were even
generals,” which wholly destroyed the
effect of my statement. * * * In the
same letter I referred to Chaplain Har
ry W. Jones, U. S. N., who has left
the Baptists and gone over to the Epis
copalians. I should have added that
he was no doubt somewhat influenced
in his step by Chaplain Willard J. Cas.
sard, U. S. N., who recently left the
Methodists and joined the Episcopa
lians at Newport, R. I. Jones is an
Englishman and Cassard Is a Mary
lander. *** It is First Lieutenant
William K. (not H. J.) McCue, U. S.
A., who has a bigamy case on his
hands. He Is a native of Kentucky and
had served four years as a private in
the regular army before commissioned
a second lieutenant, in 1898, then a first
lieutenant in 1900, and transferred from
the Ninth Infantry back to the First
Infantry. While it is true that cases
of such promotions ending In disgrace
are getting numerous, it must be re
membered that there have been hun
dreds of such promotions, and the num
ber that holds out and makes an "hon
orable record is very large. We can
not overlook the fact that many of
our best generals came up from the
ranks, while West Point officers, like
Carter and Wasson, who graduated at
the head of their classes, went out of
the army in deep disgrace. The poet
well says:
“Honor and Shame from no condition
rise;
Act well your Part—there all the Honor
lies.”
MaJ. John S. Koster of Port Leyden,
N. Y., who succeeds Gen. Allan C.
Bakewell of the City of New York — as
commander of the Department of New
York. Grand Army of the Republic, is
half way a Floridian, as he owns an
elegant winter home at St. Petersburg
and spends the cold season down here.
He is a wealthy manufacturer, lost an
arm in the Civil War, and Is a popu
lar and prominent Grand Army man.
He has many warm friends in the G.
A. R. of this state who are greatly
pleased with his deserved promotion to
the highest position in his department.
* * * A venerable and distinguished
Savannah lady, as some persons would
say—but I prefer to call her a noble
woman—writes me an interesting letter
about the “First Shot at Sumter,” In
favor of the claim of Hon. Edwin Ruf
fin. So far as I know the matter is
yet at issue, there being several claim
ants for the honor, from the venerable
Mr. Ruffin, down to the youthful Miss
Pickens Maj. Wade Hampton Gibbes
of South Carolina, who graduated at
West Point in 1860, and resigned from
the United States Cavalry in January,
1861, Is also given credit, in the notices
of his recent death, for firing that first
shot. There were other matters in this
letter which will be used later on.
Another change is to be made, July
1, of the guard around the tomb of ex-
President William McKinley, at Can
ton. O. The detachment of the Eighth
United States Infantry is to be relieved
by one from the First Infantry, now
at Fort Wayne. Mich. The’Eighth In
fantry is to be ordered to the Philip
pines. It will be remembered that
First Lieutenant Frederick S. L. Price
of the Fourteenth Infantry was sta
tioned at Canton until February, when
his regiment was ordered to the Phil
ippines, where he is now on duty with
it. Lieut. Price is a son of ex-Con
gressman W. P. Price of Dahlonega,
Ga. * * * I see that Col. Charles J.
Colcock of Charleston. S. C., has re
plied to the brief communication of Mr.
Tlson In one of my previous letters.
Col. C. wrote me a very courteous let
ter. but it came to me while I was
quite ill and could not attend to it. Mr.
Tison, I think, was innocent of doing
any Injustice to the Col. Colcock in com
mand at Honey Hill, as he simply re
plied. In brief, to an inquiry from a
Morning News reader as to who com
manded the Confederates at the battle
of Honey Hill. Col. Colcock, I think,
has fully answered the Inquiry by
showing that it was his distinguished
tather, now deceased. The object of
these letters is simply to correct er
rors. and I have no desire to use them
to create errors. Mr. Tison, no doubt,
was honest in his intention to give cor
rect information, but he should have
been more certain that he was right.
The late Col. Charles Colcock Jones,
the eminent Georgia historian. was
my dear friend, and I should be sorry
to mar the pleasure of any of his kins
men.
For the first time in many years the
illustrious name of Ulysses S. Grant
appears in the monthly “Army List
and Directory." The June issue con
tains this record: “Grant. Ulysses S.,
2 It. Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.” No regi
mental assignment is yet given the
members of this class, and he has gone
to his father's (Brig. Gen. Fred D.
Grant’s) department for the present.
He does not report for active duty un
til September. * * * The death of
Brig. Gen. Robert P. Maclay of Louis
iana takes one more from the roll of
Northern West Pointers who entered
the Confederate service. He was a na
tive of Pennsylvania, served with hon
or in the Florida Indian wars, and in
the Mexican War, after which all his
service was in Texas. He resigned In
December, 1860, as captain of tile
Eighth Infantry and became a planter
in Louisiana, from which state he en
tered the Confederate army. I think
his death leaves Maj. Gen. Samuel G.
French of Pensacola, born in New Jer
sey. the sole survivor of the Northern
West Pointers who came into the Con
federate armv and rose to be general
officers. Maj. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax,
who was born in Rhode Island, is still
living in Washington. D. C., but his
father, the late Maj. Mann P. Lomax,
U. S. A., was a Virginian.
Few readers of the Morning Netvs
are aware that several so-called South
ern generals in the Confederate Army
were the Sons of Northern, or Y'ankee.
parents. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith,
born In St. Augustine, was " the son
of Judge J. L. Smith of Connecticut,
whose wife was a Miss Kirby of
the same state. Brig. Gen. Jam's
Deshler. killed at Chickamauga. was
a son of Maj. David Deshler, ot Penn
sylvania. who came to Alabama, in
1825. where the son was born in 1833
Brig. Gen. Archibold Gracie, who was
killed in the battles around Peters
burg, was a son of Archibald Grade,
of New York, for nearly twenty years
a leading merchant In Mobile. He
married a Miss Bethune of South Caro
lina. but the son was horn in New
York In 1833. Brig. Gen. Edward Dorr
Tracy, was born in Macon, Ga., about
the same year as Deshler and Grade,
and was the son of Judge Phil Tracy,
of Connecticut, who married a Miss
Campbell of Mobile, Ala. Gen. Tracy
went into the army from Huntsville,
ATa.. where he then resided, and was
killed at Port Gibson. Although
Lieut. Gen. Joseph Wheeler was born
on a plantation in the vicinity of Au
gusta, Ga., in 1836. I think his parents
were not Southern people. Owing to
the death of his mother when he was
a small boy, he was reared and edu
cated by relatives in Connecticut, and
New York, going to West Point Mili
tary Academy from the faster state.
The Woman’s Home Companion for
July, has two half-page copies of the
paintings of Pickett's famous charge
at Gettysburg and Cushing’s destruc
tion of the Confederate Ram Alber
marle. Both are rare historical pic
tures and full of interest to the old
boys in Blue or Gray. Hudson M'ax
im, the famous Maine inventor of the
Maxim rapid firing gun and “high
explosive,” is the subject of a two
page illustrated article, in which Max
im and his good wife are shown, as
manipulating “high explosives” and
even cooking with them. It is in many
respects a most remarkable article and
shows how harmless “high explosives”
are in the hands of an inventor like
Maxim or his able assistant, Mrs.
Maxim. ** * I am indebted to the
University of the State of New York,
of which Rt. Rev. Wm. Croswell Doone,
D. D., L. L. D., is chancellor, for a very
valuable and rare publication on “The
Iroquois Silver Brooches" in the In
dian Museum at the capitol in Al
bany. A few brooches, of the Algon
quin tribes are also in this collection.
Only one gold brooch is preserved—
silver being the usual metal —with a
few relics in brass. Some of the de
signs are warlike and form an interest
ing study for military men of the pres
ent day interested in old traditions.
Judge Thomas G. Jones of the United
States Court at 'Montgomery, Ala., has
rendered a very lengthy and able de
cision in favor of a minor son who en
listed in the United States navy with
out the consent of his parents. The de
cision is far reaching and important,
in that it denies the naval authorities
any control whatever over the boy,
who may at any time, in a peaceable
manner, leave the service and not be
subject to arrest as a deserter. Judge
Jones holds that such a boy has no
status whatever in the navy, as the
United States declare that "minors be
tween the age of 14 and 18 years shall
not be enlisted for the naval service
without the consent of their parents or
guardians.” Under this decision it
would seem that no legal process was
necessary to release such a boy from
the naval service, it only being requi
site to show that the boy was "between
the age of 14 and 18 years," and that
he enlisted "without the consent” of
parents or guardian. The decision is
longer than might have been expected,
but Judge Jones told me that in view
of the many cases arising and the use
less amount of litigation connected
with many of them, he felt impelled
to cover the whole ground, and I am
sure his decision will lessen the liti
gation growing out of future cases.
The assignment of Cant. W. C. Riv
ers of the First United States Cavalry
to the “General Staff" of the army,
robs West Point Military Academy of
a most efficient and popular adjutant,
and the Association of Gradutes of the
Academy of an experienced and zeal
ous secretary. Capt. Rivers is a Ten
nessean and graduated from “The
Point” in the class of 1887, since which
time he has seen service in the cavalry
during Indian troubles in the West,
and also in Cuba during the Spanish-
American War. He has been at the
academy since 1899, a full detail, and
much of Col. Mills’ rare success as
superintendent has been due to the
faithful labors of Capt. Rivers, espe
cially during the ; centennial exercises
when heavy burdens of responsibility
fell upon their shoulders. It is very
doubtful if any four years of the acad
emy’s history makes a showing in good
results equal to that of the past four
years under Col. Mills and Capt. Riv
ers. The new adjutant, on Aug. 1, will
be Capt. Frank W. Coe of the Artillery
Corps, a native of Kansas and a grad
uate of the academy and the Artillery
School. Capt. W. R. Smith, also of
the Artilelry Corps, succeeds Capt.
Rivers as secretary of the Association
of Graduates. He is from Tennessee
and a graduate of the academy. Both
are said to be estimable gentlemen and
accomplished officers.
I feel a personal Interest in that Co
lumbus, Ga., cannon • called the "La
dles' Defender,” captured from the
Confederates by Wilson's Cavalry in
its raid through that city, and now
returned to its old home. It was cast
in one of the gun factories in Colum
bus. but the patriotic women furnish
ed candle sticks, andirons, axes, tongs,
church bells, etc., to be melted into gun
metal for this famous cannon. My in
terest in it comes from the fact that
my sister, then the wife of Judge Rob
ert Dill of Clayton, Ala., gave our
mother's big brass candle sticks to be
melted into this cannon to shoot her
three brothers in the Union army. * *
* The “Good Samaritan” of Savannah
sends me a copy of the Boston. Mass.,
Globe, of June 26, for which lam very
grateful, for it contains some views of
the Hooker monument ceremonies
that I do not find in my other Boston
papers. That ot Lieut. Gen. Miles is
really gorgeous and his gay uniform
make him look like a foreign field mar
shal. Gen. Dan Sickles, as usual,
makes a display of his uniform. He and
Miles are the egotistical dudes of the
army. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, Maj.
Gen. Wesley Merritt, Maj. Gen. John
R. Brooke and Maj. Gen. A. S. Webb,
all distinguished army officers, appear
ed in citizens dress, and yet were paid
all honors due such war heroes.
The Puritan Magazine has a picture
and sketch of Henry W. McCoiry. Jr.,
of the Second Tennessee Volunteers in
the Philippines, and claims that he was
the youngest soldier in the Spanish-
American war, being only 15 years old
at that time. Referring to his heroic
ancestors, the sketch says his mother's
father “Maj. Henderson, was killed at
Dade's massacre." This is an error so
far as the rank is concerned. Cadet
Richard Henderson of Tenm, did not
graduate from West Point unttl July
1, 1835. and was only a brevet second
lieutenant in the Second United States
Artillery when he joined Maj. Dade’s
command in Florida, and was killed in
the terrible Indian massacre of Dec.
28. 1835, aged only 21 years. Instead of
being a major, as claimed, he had not
yet reached a full second lieutenancy.
Bt. Lieut. Henderson fell before the
first fire of the Seminoles and First
Bt. John L. Keais, of North Caro
lina. a graduate in Henderson's class,
had both arms broken, and later on
was tomahawked by the Indians. Sec
ond Lieut. Wm. E. Basinger ot Geor
gia, who graduated in 1830 into the
Second Artillery, was the last officer
killed in this fearful struggle against
a savage foe, which is said to have
lasted from 8 a m. to 4 p. m. This
young hero, nothing daunted by the
cruel fate of his comrades, rallied the
surviving soldiers with this appeal:
“Now. my boys, lej us do the best we
can: I am the oxjft officer left." Alas!
he, too. soon fell before the murderous
fire of an overpowering and unrelent
ing foe. These three bright young of
ficers, two fresh from West Point, seal
ed their devotion to duty by an heroic
sacrifice of their precious lives. And
yet at that time over 100 officers, many
graduates of West Point—resigned
rather than come to Florida, then
dreaded by young otfibers as
“The Court of Death and Danger."
Sidney Herbert.
MOTHER OF PEARL
Of What It Is Made and Some of Its
Many Uses.
From the New Yorlj Commercial.
Perhaps It is called "mother of pearl”
because in its tightly-locked bosom lies
the jewel snow drop that graces the
delicate throat of a queen. It is a
plain sea shell. The outside is rough
ribbed gray—the color of a November
twilight; the interior a marvelous
prism that has stored the hues of the
rainbow.
The manufacture of mother of pearl
Is an industry of no little magnitude
in New York and hereabouts. This
city and Newark are its centers. Thous
ands of persons make a livelihood con
verting the shells into r rnerous use
ful and pretty articles of commerce.
If we were asked what is mother of
pearl used for, the reply would prob
ably be buttons. Thousands and thous
ands of buttons, of all sizes, are man
ufactured in New York annually, and
the process is exceedingly interesting.
But buttons are not all. Knife han
dles, umbrella handles, revolver han
dles, pen holders, jewelry and a score
of additional pretty and useful articles
are made from mother of pearl.
The finest shells come from the Aus
tralian archipelago. They are white
and extremely pretty. A dark-tinted
shell is found off the coast of Japan;
these are from the world's great pearl
fisheries. California produces some
and the interior rivers of the United
States have their pearl producing
shells. The pearl divers bring the
shells to the surface where a first
search for pearls is made. The shells
are then shipped to London, the world's
great clearing house for mother of
pearl, where they are again submitted
to careful scrutiny for jewels. The
American manufacturer gets his sup
ply largely from London. In the fac
tory. as the shells are cut, another
search for pearls is made, and not in
frequently it is rewarded. Not all the
pearls are found loosely stowed in the
closed apartments where the soft mo
lusk reposes. Sometimes they are se
creted in the hard casing of a shell
and are only brought to view by the
cutting saw. In a Canal street factory
the other day a workman sliced a SSOO
pearl into two beautiful sections and
rendered it worthless before he realized
what the saw was doing.
The manufacture of mother-of-pearl
has steadily Increased in the twenty
five years since it was begun in this
country. The genius of the inventor
has found no substitute for the product
of nature and the shells are not so
numerous as they were. They cost
the manufacturer an average of 75
cents a pound. The finished product,
therefore, is expensive and is likely to
be more so, as the demand is conitn
ually growing for mother-of-pearl ar
tides.
The shells are about eight inches
wide and weigh less than a half pound.
They are shipped from London in 500-
pound boxes. Workmen of skill in the
mother-of-pearl factories are mostly
foreign born, though American boys
are being trained in the craft. The
men are English, French and Bohe
mians. who learned their trade abroad.
In the factory the shell first goes to
a skillful operator, who saws off the
rough edges, or the “bark.”’ It is then
cut into strips, if it is a thick one, and
certain parts are selected for the heav
ier articles. The thin, ffat shells go to
the button machine, where the discs
are bored from it very rapidly. These
round segments are engraved on an
other machine; on another holes are
bored or the brass eye for the thread
is pressed in, then a boy polishes the
outer surface of each one by a momen
tary touch on a carborundum wheel,
making 2,400 revolutions a minute.
Arising from the sams and cutting and
polish machines is a fine white dust,
that settles over the interior like flour
in a mill, but the workmen are ap
parently robust and make no com
plaint of evil effects of breathing it.
While there is considerable waste ma
terial in each shell no portion of the
white mother-of-pearl is permitted to
go to waste. Very small buttons, ros
ary beads, etc., are made from the re
jected fragments. The larger and bet
ter parts of the shell are carefully se
lected for ornamentation of the articles
heretofore mentioned. Avery pretty
watcKJob for men is made of a piece
of delicately tinted mother-of-pearl ar
tistically arranged in a filigree gold
setting.
From the Mississippi river along the
borders of lowa the greatest quantity
of fresh water shells is obtained, and
it h‘as became a profitable business.
Uuseless portions are sawed off there,
and the entire product is shipped to
Eastern manufacturers.
An Omnipresent Nuisnnee.
From the New York Press.
Flies are more detestable than mos
quitoes. They mar whatever they touch
and do not possess the merit of being
sweet singers. A mosquito orchestra is
not bad when one appreciates it. The
desire of Mr. Fly to settle upon the
whitest things in the house is his worst
fault. In fly communities white shades
are converted into dark blue or bottle
green ones before spring is half over.
The fly is the only universal beast. It
is the unwelcome companion of man
in every quarter of the globe and is
equally at home in Alaska and the
great desert. A ship may leave port
without one on board, yet in midocean
an unclean spot on deck will attract a
swarm. The fly seems to be born for
the occasion.
$31.75 Ronton and Return,
Southern Railway.
Account National Educational Asso
ciation, Southern Railway will sell to
Boston and return at rate ot $31.75, all
rail. Tickets on sale July 2,3, 4,5,
good to leave Boston, returning, until
July 12. but final limit can be extend
ed to Sept. 1 upon payment 50 cents.
Stop-over at New York allowed on the
return trip. Apply city ticket office, 141
Bull street, for information as to
schedules, sleeing car reservations, etc.
—ad.
$32, Savannah to New York and re
turn, via Atlantic Coast Norfolk
and Old Dominion Steamship Company.
See ticket agents for full information
—ad.
$10.70 Savannah o Baltimore and
Return.
Southern Railway offers rate of one
fare, plus sl, to Baltimore and return
for annual meeting Grand Lodge B. P.
O. Elks. Tickets to be sold July 19
and 20, good to return until July 25,
but can be extended to July 31, upon
payment $1 additional. Two trains
daily, with elegant Hallman sleeping
cars and Southern' ”tailway dining
cars. Fast and convenient schedules.
All information cheerfully furnished at
city ticket office, 141 Bull street.—ad.
Unexcelled Train Service
To the East via Atlantic Coast Line.
The famous Florida and West-India
Limited, with Pullman’s highest stand
ard sleepers and dining cars, leave Sa
vannah at 1:50 p. m. (city time), ar
rive Washington 7:30 a. m„ following
morning, arrive New York 1:43 p. m .
New York express train No. 40, carry
ing through Pullman buffet sleeping
cars Savannah to New York, leaving
Savannah 2:35 a. m. (city time), ar
rive Washington 11:45 p. m.; arrive
New York 7:15 a. m. Ticket agents
De Soto Hotel and Union Station will
give full information regarding sched
ules, etc. —ad.
Paroid Roofing
Good Enough for ANY ROOF
We carry a large stock of it—l, 2 and 3-
ply. Let us quote you.
GEORGIA SUPPLY CO.,
“EVERYTHING IN MILL SUPPLIES AND MACHINERY.”
126-130 Bay St., W. Savannah. Ga. Both Pnones 1298.
WOOL, HIDES,
WAX, FURS
COUNTRY PRODUCE. HIGHEST MARKET PRICES PAID
PEAS FOR SALE. ALL KINDS.
A [llOl lOU Q DDn Wholesale Grocers & Liquor Dealers
I tnnuun 06 DliUu m-iims bay street, west.
OFFICIAL.
1903. LIfIUOR LICENSES. 1903.
SECOND QI'AHTEHLY STATEMENT.
City of Savannah, Office Clerk of
Council, Savannah, Ga., July 3, 1903.
The following alphabetical list of per
sons licensed to sell liquor at retail is
published under provision of Section
12 of tax ordinance for 1903.
J. ROBERT CREAMER.
Acting -Clerk of Council.
Anglin, Thos., 138 Bryan st, e.
Abel, Chas., 201 Bay st., e.
Alderman, E. F., 416 Tattnall, st.
Anderson. J. N„ 42 Reynolds st.
Astarita, Geo.. 325 Bay st.
Brodman, Geo., Taylor and East Bd.
st.
Brodman, H., cor. Jones and Haber
sham st.
Brodman, O. D., 139 Randolph st.
Brodman, J. D., W. Broad and Naple
sts.
Badenhoop, J. H., 523 West Broad st.
Badenhoop, E. A., 72 Price st.
Berman, L., 601 Bolton st.
Beckman, Geo., 112 Whitaker st.
Brinkman, J. C. and Cos., 401 Brough
ton st.
Brinkman, H. C., 226 St. Julian st w.
Bouhan, Wm., 601 East Broad st.
Bohn, H. N. C., 235 East Broad st.
Badenhoop and Lange, 1012 Cemetery
st.
Blenges, Fred, Duffy and West Bd. sts.
Berenthem, Paul, 16 Barnard st.
Bernstein, J., 214 St. Julian st w.
Bunger, H. H., Ogeechee road.
Belford and Cos., 312 Congress st., w.
Bokelman, D., 540 Harrison st.
Bennett. J. TANARUS., 216 Broughton st., w.
Briekman, Chas., 649 Indian st.
Beytagh. T. F. t 325 East Broad st.
Brown Bros., Anderson and E. Broad
sts.
Brooks and Green, 129 W. Broad st.
Bryan, Gad D., 30 Bryan st., e.
Bookhoop, D., Augusta road.
Branch, S. W. Cos., cor. Broughton and
Whitaker sts.
Boley, H. ,M., 149 Congress st., w.
Carlson. A., Harman and Gwinnett sts.
Christopher, Geo., 510 Sims st.
Christopher, Geo., 102 West Broad.
Connery, C. P., 110 St. Julian st.
Cottingham, John, Broughton and
Drayton sts.
Cottingham, John, 208 Broughton st.
Carr. John. Bay and Habersham sts.
Clemence, 11. K., 528 Bolton st., w.
Cooley, Thomas, W. Broad and River
sts.
Champion and Evans, 426 West Broad
st.
Coles, E. E. Mrs., 620 Indian st.
Coleman, J. J. and Cos., 346 West Broad
st.
Cordray, J. P. Seims and Steward,
sts.
Dulohery, C. and Cos., 545 Hartrldge st.
Dierks, W. C. A . 334 Whitaker st.
Daily, J. A., 15 Farm st.
Donohue, Hugh, 633 Indian st.
Deignan, Danl. 601 River.
Ducott, Geo. Mrs., 646 Bay st., w.
Doyle, M. J., No. 20 St. Julian, w.
Delmonico, Cos., Bull and York sts.
Eichholz, E., 313 East Broad st.
Entelman, J. F„ 614 Liberty st, e.
Egan, J. J., Bryan and Whitaker sts.
Eichholz, S., Gwinnett and W. Broad
sts.
East End Grocery Cos., Broughton and
E. Boundary sts.
Entelman, A. H., 718 East Broad st.
Eskedor, W. H., 440 West Broad st.
Eleopulo, John. 234 Randolph st.
Elsinger. E., Broughton and Drayton
sts.
Ehrlicher, M. 8., 252 West Broad sts.
Ehrlicher, M. 8., 330 West Broad st.
Ehrlicher, M. 8., 401 East Broad st.
Ehrlicher, M. 8., 412 Congress st. *
Eichholz, M., W. Broad and Roberts
sts.
Flathman, John, 1601 Whitaker st.
Freelong, F., 39 Randolph st.
Fried & Sommers, Union Depot.
Fountain, H. A., Augusta Road and
Bay st. extension.
Farrell, M. A., Bay and Lumber sts.
Finken & Pacetti, Congress and Bar
nard sts.
Gildea, Neal, 34 Bull st.
Gildea, Neal, 120 Broughton st, e*
Geffken, H. H., 420 Broughton st, e.
Geffken, R., 601 Waldburg st, w.
Gerken, Henry, agt., 715 Wheaton st.
Grice, J. H. & Bros., Sims and Pren
dergast sts.
Grefe, Herman, 134 West Broad st.
Golden, Thos., 625 Bay st, w.
Grimm, J. H., President and Drayton"
sts.
Grewe, F. W. E., 829 Ogeechee Road.
Grimm, F., Randolph and President sts.
Galina, J.' A. 9 Drayton st.
Grimm, J. F., Randolph and Liberty
sts.
Gainey, M.. 128 Bryan st, w.
Goodman, Bros., 43 Farm st.
Geffken, Meta Mrs., Farm and Bryan
sts.
Groot, Theo., 223 Liberty at, w.
Graham. C. F., Pulaski House.
Gartelman, W. H., W. Broad and 32d
st.
Heath, C. P., Waldburg and Waters
Road. ,
Herscovitz. D., 601 Bay st. w.
Horrigan, Mary Est., Bryan and Hous
ton sts.
Hetman. J. F., 634 Price st.
Heitman. C. H., 215 East Broad st.
Hodges. L. E., 565 Oak at.
Hitchman. A. H.. 319 W. Broad st.
Harms, John D., 622 Bolton st, e.
Hicks. R. M., 19 Congress st, w.
Hart, Francis. 23 JefTerson st.
Hotchkiss & Nevill, 301 Broughton st,w.
Haddon, Bros.. River and Bull sts.
Helmken, J. H., Wheaton and Liber
ty sts.
Jachens, F. H , 533 Pine st.
Jenkins, J. W., Planters Hotel.
Johnson, Marten, Oglethope ave. and
Price st.
Jackson. Andrew. 42 Whitaker st
Joyce. Bernard. 216 East Broad st.
Jernigan. E. O. Mrs.. 61 Lumber st.
Jacobson, Mary, Harris and E. Broad
sts. .
Kuck, J. H., 339 East Broad st.
Ruck, John, 412 Drayton st
Kolinan, Mary. Mrs.. 533 Indian st.
Kracken. C., 602 Bryan st.. w.
Rlene, Herman. 134 Bryan, st.. w.
Koneman, C. H„ 201 Farm st.
Knox. J. F., 545 Bryan st.
Klugman, A„ Sims and Lumber sts.
W H. F., Anderson and Abercorn
Kelly. A. TANARUS., Bay lane, near Bull st.
Kerson. C. D. & Cos., 212 Broughton st„
w.
OFFICIAL.
Kutsures, P, 101 East Broad street,
near Broughton street.
Lang, Nicholas, 39 Barnard st.
Lange, Harry, W. Broad and Stewart
sts.
Lucken, N. C., Jones and Wilson sts.
Luerssen, C. F., 1523 Bull st.
Lubs, Jno. F., Liberty and Haber
sham sts.
Lyons, John & Cos., Broughton and
Whitaker sts.
Meyer, John, Anderson and Randolph
sts.
Moehlenbrook, C. & Bro., Jones and
Whitaker sts.
Max & Curtis, 224 St. Julian st., w.
Meyer, J. P., 541 Sims st.
Morse, B. E., Liberty and East
Broad sts.
Monsees, C. H., Hall and Jefferson sts.
Martin, Helena, Waters road and
Whitaker sts.
Manning, P., 23 Bay st., e.
Murken, J. H., 639 Bay st., w.
Meincke, P. A., 583 Bryan st., w.
Morrison, Sarah, 509 Oglethorpe ave., e.
Morton, Peter, 212 Broughton st., e.
Merryweather & Williams, cor. Mill
and Farm sts.
Mendell, A. & Cos., Liberty and East
Broad sts.
McDonald, T. F., Indian and Farm st.
McCormick, Wm., 625 Indian st.
McGrath & Ransford, 37 Whitaker st.
Nell, Ottow N., Central Hotel, West
Broad st.
O’Brien, C. A., West Broad and
Charlton sts.
Ott, Peter, 21 Broughton st., e.
Ohslek, Chas., 202 Reynolds st.
Ohslek, John, 420 Bay 6t., w.
O’Byrne, James, 402 Bay st., w.
Orsini, P., Bryan and Jefferson sts.
Orsini Bros., Bay and Houston sts.
O’Keefe, J., Broughton and Drayton
sts.
Paulsen, N„ Est., River and Barnard
sts.
Ponder, D. D., Wheaton and Waters
road.
Peters & Hermann, 317 Congress st., w.
Peters, N. F., 526 Park ave., w.
Pappadea, Geo., 218 Bryan st., w.
Remler, Bernhard, No. 419 Jefferson,
cor. Berrien st.
Ripke, Jno., 229 Drayton st.
Remler, R., Liberty and Drayton sts.
Ranzin. M- & Son. 32 W. Broad st.
Raskins, S., Henry and West Broad
sts.
Raintz, F. W. H., 601 Indian st.
Rourke, Jno., White Bluff road.
Rocker, Jno. & Bro., West Broad and
Jones sts.
Rackstraw, Jno. TANARUS., Montgomery and
A. C. L. crossing.
Roentsch, Martin. 226 Broughton st„ w.
Siem, J. D., 539 Jones st., w.
Schroder, Geo., Indian and West Boun
dary sts.
Stelljes, Geo., 201 Jefferson st.
Sable, L., Waldburg and Burroughl
sts.
Schults. G., 146 Price st.
Serpa, Jos., 211 Houston st.
Schroder, H. & Cos., Drayton and York
st. lane.
Schroder, Geo., West Broad and Wald
burg.
Seay, J. W., Charlton and West Broad
sts.
Slater, J. F., 555 Bay st., e.
Steffens, Harry, 162 East Broad st.
Slater, J. C., 301 Congress st., w.
Stahmen, Jno., Bryan and Ann sts.
Schottelberg, D., Price and Hall sts.
Suiter, H. W., 438 Price st.
Speight, W. G., Bolton and Waters
road.
Schnaars, F., Anderson and Whitaker
sts.
Silversteen, D., 332 St. Julian st., w.
Savannah Liquor Cos., 207 Congress st.,
w.
Schwarz, Geo. C., Congress and Whita
ker sts.
Scherer, X. H., 127 West Broad st.
Smith, T. R., Bay and Farm sts.
Suiter, Henry, 321 Liberty st., w.
Schroder, Jno. H., Houston and
Broughton sts.
Spellman & Brunning, W. Broad and
Alice sts.
Semken, Henry, cor. Bay and East
Broad.
Sullivan, John. No. 15 Congress st.
Sanders, Philip, Bull and Best sts.
Stirvanius, O. E„ 2420 Bull st.
Schumann. J. C., 617 Broughton st., e.
Steinman Bros., 44 W. Broughton st.
Stiles, Josephine, 10 West Broad st.
Smith, M. S., 502 Oglethorpe ave., e.
Traub, H., 55 West Broad st.
Tholken, G. H., 172 Arnold st.
Teitjen, Jno. F., 225 W. Broad st.
Taylor, J. K., 212 Houston st.
Toehl, Henry, Stewart and Wilson sts.
Trapani, L., Barnard and State sts.
Vollers, Wm., 430 West Broad st.
Veruki, Eli, 44 Barnard st.
Vasile, A.. 503 Duffy st., w.
Winter, A., 144 Barnard st.
Williams & Grice, 340 West Broad st.
Wilkins, Harry, 450 Jefferson st.
Wellbrock. J. TANARUS., 524 Jefferson st.
Wolf. L., 423 Congress st., w.
Woeltjen, Henry. Ogeechee road and
C. and S. crossing.
Woeltjen, Henry, West Broad and Bry
an sts.
Wilson, A. J., 102 E. Broad st.
Weitz, 8., 420 W. Broad st.
Wade, John TANARUS., 521 Oglethorpe ave., e.
Wilkins, C. & Cos., 461 W. Broad, cor.
Gaston st.
Wood, H., 240 West Broad st.
Wallace & Sutken, 506 Stewart st.
Watson & Powers, De Soto Hotel.
Ybanez, E. D., 105 Bay st., w.
Zaves, Nick K., Railroad and W.
Boundary sts.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
When you want a first-class trunk
that’s made by a first-class trunk
maker, call on Chatham Trunk Fac
tory, Broughton, corner Abercorn.
Chas. A. Cox, the practical tin-plate
and sheet iron worker; tin, slate, tar,
f rravel and tile roofing: best work;
owest prices. 142 Barnard street.
Cut prices in water coolers, ice cream
freezers, ice chests, watering pots, fly
fans, hammocks, mocking bird cages,
flower pots, jardineres, fruit jars, rub
ber rings, show cases. We give tickets
for the automobile. Savannah Crock
ery and Hardware Company, 303
Broughton, west.
Ed. L. Byck wants everyone to try
the little Tom Be cigar; they sell on
their merit, and give satisfaction. All
he asks is a trial.
W. M. Davidson & Cos., the real es
tate company, are the people to see for
your realty business, stocks and bonds;
thoroughly reliable. U 0 East Bryaa.