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JUVENILE COURT
FOR SAVANNAH
MOVEMENT BEING AGITATED
ITO ESTABLISH COI'RT TO UTUT
VOUTHU L CRIHIXAUI.
Mrs. Richard Webb, Prculilcnt of
the Rescue Mission. 11ns Inaugu
rated the Movement and Jndge
Lindsny. of Denver, Will He Asked
to t'oine to Savannah to Assist.
Connly Commissioners Will lie
Asked to Assist in Establishing a
County Reformatory.
An effort will be made to have the
eity of Savannah establish a juvenile
court for the trial of youthful crimi
nals.
The movement is headed by Mrs.
Richard, Webb, president of the Work
ing People’s Horne and Rescue Mis
sion, and state superintendent of Penal
Work for the W. C. T. U. The County
Commissioners will also be asked to
assist in the establishment of a re
formatory for the youthful criminals.
Judge B. B. Lindsay, of Denver, Col.,
who worked for the establishment cf
a Juvenile court in Atlanta, has been
asked to come to Savannah and begin
the agitation looking towards the es
tablishment of such a court. Judge
Lindsay has for years devoted his gifts
and energies to the study, and the best
practical methods of dealing with the
young law-breakers.
Judge Lindsay is president of the
National Association of Charities and
Corrections, and is said to have contrib
uted several thousand dollars to
ward the establishment of juvenile
courts in the different cities through
out the United States. He issues an
annual report which shows that under
the Juvenile court system less than 3
per cent, of the youthful criminals that
are brought before the court are ar
rested on a second charge.
Want* Kefurm School F.hl ahi In hell .
Mrs. Webb will apply to City Council
to provide for a separate hour for the
trial of youthful criminals in the City
Court, and will request the County
Commissioners to assist in building a
house on the county farm that can be
used as a reformatory. It is her idea
that a white man and wife be em
ployed to take charge of this reform
atory, and that the youthful criminals
he sent to the reformatory instead of
being given jail or work-house sen
tences. She believes this plan would
be the means of saving many boys
from lives of sin.
If the reformatory is established ar
rangements will be made to give the
inmates instruction for several hours
each day, and religious services will be
held on Sundays. Mrs. Webb says if
the County Commissioners will adopt
this system, and separate the youthful
law-breakers from the hardened crimi
nals It will have the tendency of caus
ing the great majority of these young
■wrong-doers to reform and make bet
ter men.
The matter will be taken up and the
W. C. T. U. will lead in the movement
to have the juvenile court and the re
formatory established. Mrs. Webb
cites the case of young Edward
Sickles, 14 years old, who is now serv
ing a sentence of six months In the
county Jail, and a 16-year-old boy
named Kelly, who was recently sent
to the chaingang by Judge Norwood
for the larceny of a boat. She be
lieves If these two boys were in a re
formatory, where they would not come
In contact with the hardened crimi
nals, there would be seme chance to
reform them and cause them to make
good citizens.
Judge Llndnay's Finn.
Judge Lindsay visited Atlanta last
May and started the agitation for the
Juvenile court. In a communication
from Judge Lindsay, which Mrs. Webb
has received, he says:
"The juvenile law, when properly un
derstood, is simply an effort on the
part of the state, through its citizens,
composed, for instance, in Georgia of
those who are attending meetings in
behalf of the Juvenile law, to have the
state perform its function wisely and
well. To do this, it must have some
kind of a scheme or plan backed up
and sustained by the power of the
state.
"This scheme must deal not only
with the child, hut with the parent, and
every other citizen. We should re
member that the great increase in ju
venile depravity, in the cities, espe
cially of this country, is no evidence
at all that children are bad. It is sim
ply evidence that the state and the
parent are both careless and negll
pent."
What He Observed In Atlanta.
“When I was in Atlanta last May 1
found that out of 16,000 arrests by the
police department, over 4,000 of them
were under 20 years of age. Do you
know what that means as compared
to the population in numbers by dec
tides, that Is, the number of people be
tween 10 and 20, 20 and 30, 30 and 40,
and so on? It simply means that they
are arresting twice as many children
as grown people, and the citizen who
stands indifferently by. without aiding
any Intelligent, earnest effort to cor
rect such an evil oondition of affairs is
unworthy to be called a citizen. The
future of this country depends upon
the kind of children we are producing
In the cities.”
Mrs. Webb and others who are In
terested in the movement to estab
lish a branch of the Juvenile court in
Savannah will probably secure the
services of Judge S. B. Adams to pre
sent their claims to the city govern
ment and urge that some steps be
taken in the matter. When the matter
of establishing the reform school at
the County Farm Is brought to the
attention of the County Commission
ers the promoters of the scheme will
obligate themselves to raise a certain
amount of the money necessary, if
the county will make an appropria
tion and allow the reformatory to be
established on the farm.
FOR DEEPER WATER
ASSISTANCE IS ASKED.
Mr. J. M. Barnard, Jr., chairman
of the Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee on Harbor and Kiver, is pre
paring- to send a letter to every na
tional senator and representative in
the country, calling his attention to
Savannah’s need of deep water, and
asking his Interest and assistance in
having the channel further increased
to a depth of thirty feet at mean low
water. Some 500 letters will be sent
out within the next few days.
BICYCLE RIDER INJURED.
A boy whose name could not be
learned fell from his bicycle on Bull
street, near Gordon, yesterday morn
ing and was painfully injured. No
bones were broken, but the boy was
badly bruised. The accident attracted
a large crowd, and i. was at first be
lieved the boy had been seriously in
jured.
NO AGREEMENT REACHED
ON RIFLE RANGE.
Joint Committee n ml Commissioners
Could Not Make Terms.
Yesterday a meeting of a committee
from the County Commissioners, the
city, the Interstate Military Associa
tion and the owners of the land in
question was held to discuss the pro
posed new rifle range, but no agree
ment could be reached. It is under
stood that there was a hitch regarding
the terms on which the necessary land
could be secured.
Commissioners A. B. Moore and Al
bert Wylly represented the county at
the meeting; the city was represented
by "Mayor Herman Myers and Aider
men Grayson and Thomas; Col. Wil
liam Garrard represented the Lawton
heirs; Mr. John P. Rowland and his
two sons looked after the Rowland in
terests and the Interstate Military
Association was represented by Capt.
W. U. Stevens, Capt. W. G. Austin
and Maj. Williamson.
The subject of the new range was
ably presented by the committee from
the Military Association and the need
of better facilities fully argued. The
county, as shown by the action taken
at the March meeting of the commis
sioners, is willing to assist in every
way possible to secure the new range.
At that meeting the matter was re
ferred to the superintendent of public
works and roads, with instructions to
report back to the commissioners. The
commissioners are asked, not only to
assist in the project, but also to open
a highway from Bilbo canal to the
Causton Bluff road.
If satisfactory terms can be reached
with the land owners, the county will
open the desired road, and will prob
ably assist in completing the new
range. A second meeting of the joint
committee will be held In the near fu
ture to further discuss the project.
TO A. S. GUCKENHEIMER
JURY GAVE VERDICT.
Required Only n Few Minute* To
Reneb an Agreement.
After being out of their seats only
a few minutes, the jury In the City
Court trying the case brought against
A. S. Guckenheimer by James T. Ben
nett, ~etarned a verdict in favor of
the defendant yesterday.
Bennett, the proprietor of the old
Royal Music Hall, had sued Mr. Guck
enheimer for damages In the sum of
? 10,000 for alleged defamation of char
acter.
Bennett bought a bill of goods from
Mr. Guckenheimer. and afterwards ac
knowledged that he could not pay for
them. He was then arrested, charged
with cheating and swindling, but was
acquitted in a justice court. He at
once brought the suit, claiming that
his arrest and imprisonment had
ruined his business and damaged his
character.
The defendant showed to the satis
faction of the Jury that, though Ben
nett had been cleared of the charge
brought against him, that he had rea
son to believe he had misrepresented
certain facts. The case engaged the
attention of the court Wednesday and
yesterday morning, yet it required less
than five minutes for the jury to make
up a verdict.
policyThaciT ’
HAS BEEN MOVED.
Fnlllgnnt Estate Askeil for It and
Got It Out of Way.
The policy house at Whitaker street
and Anderson lane, or rather what was
left of It, has been moved away.
The director of public works yester
day morning, sent garbage wagons to
the scene of the raid to haul off the
wreck. A representative of the Fal
ligant estate, however, asked to be al
lowed to take the house and the re
quest was granted.
The property was bought from Dr.
Falligant. The director of public
works, allowed until 2 o’clock yester
day for the house to be moved. It
was gotten out of the way by that
time. There Is nothing now to mark
the spot where policy for so long flour
ished.
NO ORDERS RECEIVED
BY SURGEON GILCHRIST.
Announcement of His Transfer W'as
n Surprise to Him.
Not until the publication of a Wash
ington dispatch In the Morning News
yesterday did Dr. H. L. Gilchrist, who
has been stationed at Fort Screven,
know that he is to be transferred to
Washington barracks.
The announcement was a surprise to
Dr. Gilchrist, who has not yet re
ceived orders for the transfer. Assist
ant Surgeon Reuben B. Miller, now on
duty in Washington, will take Dr. Gil
christ’s place at Fort Screven. Dr.
Gilchrist has been at the fort since
last May, and Is popular with the offi
cers and men.
HE LIKEITcOUGH MEDICINE.
Negro Swallowed a Whole liottlcfnl
nt Once and Hied.
Ferdlijand Bald, a negro living on
the Moorland plantation, May River,
S. C., died Wednesday from an over
dose of cough medicine taken the day
before. The medicine,a well known com
pound, is very sweet and the sick man
liked the taste so well that instead of
taking a spoonful, which is the dose
prescribed, he swallowed the entire
contents of the bottle. He became un
conscious soon after, and remained so
until just before his death, when he
seemingly recovered only to expire
soon after.
THREE LARCENY CHARGES
MUST BE ANSWERED.
Porter for Allen llroa. Turned Over
to City Court.
On three charges Nathan Richard
son, the negro charged with stealing
from his employers, Allen Bros., was
yesterday morning turned over to the
City Court.
The officers say half a dozen other
cases could easily have been made
against him. Richardson was arrested
by Detectives Bostick and Mose Davis.
He is charged with having stolen from
Allen Bros, for a period covering sev
eral tnonths.
CITY TAXES ARE
PAYABLE NOW.
The first quarter of city taxes, both
on real estate and personal property,
is due to-day. If the taxes are paid
within fifteen days, a discount of 10
per cent will be allowed. After April
15 no discount will be allowed and an
execution will be issued against the
property, where the owners take too
long in making payments.
Rich new styles In the celebrated
"Hamburger" makes of suits at M.
Dryfus. These suits hold shape and
fit finely. Only at M. Dryfus can you
find them.—ad.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. APRIL 1. 1904.
REFUSED VERDICT
IN DIVORCE CASE
FOR FIRST TIME IN YEARS
SUPERIOR COURT JURY FIII.ED TO
US'TIE MATRIMONIAL KNOT.
Libel Was Drought By Jnlln Wil
liams Against Her lla*hnn<l. J. I.
William**—Alleged Cruelty, Deser
tion and Drunken****** Defend
ant’ll Answer Put Illame on Moth
er-in-I-aw Relative* Influenced
Wife to Stay Avvny from Him, He
Charged Mother-in-LavT’s Cook
ing ‘*(J awholeioae."
For the first time in several years a
Jury In the Superior Court yesterday
refused to grant a divorce.
The unusual character of this ac
tion caused considerable comment
among the court officials. The case
in which a verdict was refused was
an interesting one. especially so be
cause of the comparative youth of the
parties.
The libellant Julia Cleveland Wil
liams, is a pretty young woman be
tween 18 and 20 years of age, and of
very pleasing appearance. The defend
ant, John I. Williams, Is not more
than 22 years of age and his appear
ance ma lea good impression upon all
in the court room.
In the libel for divorce, filed at the
December term of the court, the libel
lant made serious charges against her
husband, accusing him of being an
habitual drunkard and of treating her
cruelly. Since the birth of their sec
ond child, his cruel treatment had in
creased, and at the time of filing the
petition she claimed she was in daily
fear that he would commit some act of
unusual violence upon her.
Furthermore, she alleged that he had
deserted her, refusing to contribute to
her support, and leaving her depend
ent upon her relatives for mainte
nance and sustenance. Since their
separation he had remained away
from her continually, and had not even
called at the house to see the children,
of whom he had formerly been very
fond.
For these reasons she asked that the
court grant her a divorce, and to pro
vide for her wants and necessities,
that the defendant be required to pay
her alimony In the sum of S2O per
month. She further asked that the
custody of the children, both minors,
be given to her.
Mother-ln-La.Tr Figure* Again
In his answer to the petition of the
libellant, the defendant denied that he
had ever treated his wife cruelly, and
that he was an habitual drunkard. He
claimed that he had made repeated at
tempts to persuade her to live with
him But she refused.
For much of this he blamed his
wife’s parents and relatives. Accord
ing to his story of the trouble, the
wife, immediately after the birth of
the second child, decided to move to
the home of her mother and live there.
He, after some remonstrance, had
acquiesced, but once there, her rela
tives made life unbearable to him. he
charged.
It was hts wife, he alleged, who re
fused to live with him. not he with
her. At different times he claimed to
have heard his mother-in-law advising
his wife to have nothing to do with
him, and to keep away from his
rooms. Nevertheless he continued to
live with the relatives until life be
came unendurable.
Mntlicr-ln-l.n w a Poor Cook.
A change of occupation, which car
ried him outside the city limits to
work, made it necessary, the answer
alleged, for Williams, to carry his
meals with him to work. His moth
er-in-law would prepare them for him
and those he found "unwholesome,”
and such that he could not eat them.
He then went to his wife, he said,
and told her he would have to make
other arrangements for his meals,
but he would pay her board at her
mother’s. This angered his mother
in-law, he alleged, and she ordered
him to leave the house, which he did.
He believed that his wife then con
cluded that the matter was settled.
He asked that the court not compel
him to pay alimony in the sum of S2O,
as that would be more than he was
able to pay. The answer further
stated he was willing to pay for the
support of the children without an or
der from the court.
After hearing the evidence the Jury
decided that there was not sufficient
proof to render a verdict of divorce.
Williams is a machinist, employed at
W. F. Higgins’ shops. His wife was
formerly Miss Julia Cleveland.
ONLY ffwORKING DAYS
IN WHICH TO REGISTER.
March Clo*el With a Total of 4.42S
Voter* Registered.
At the close of the month of March
there were 4,428 voters registered. It
is expected that before the registry
books close the total will be swelled
to at least 5,000. During the last week
the number that registered on each
day is as follows: Monday, 73; Tues
day, 68; Wednesday, 59, and Thursday,
75.
The registry books will close on Sat
urday, April 9, leaving only eight
working days In which to register. Spe
cial notices have been sent out to vot
ers, who have not yet registered, warn
ing them that the time for registering
is nearly over. It is expected that
there will be an increase In the daily
registration during the next week.
MOORE WILL ASK
PRESIDENT FOR PARDON.
An application will be made to Pres
ident Roosevelt to pardon W. E.
Moore, the colored lawyer, convicted
of defrauding the government by
sending in false applications to the
pension office, and sentenced to se.ve
five years in the federal prison at At
lanta, and to pay a fine of SSOO.
Thousand* of Children
Suffer untold agonies from ring worm,
ground itch, eczema, scalp eruptions
and other itching diseases of the skin.
Their parents can relieve these help
less little ones promptly by the use
of Tetterine, 50 cents per box, all drug
gists, or by mall from the manufac
turer, J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.—
ad.
Graybeard.
Now comes that season when you
are tired after walking ten steps. You
ache. You are fretful. No appetite. It
is worth a gerat deal to be relieved of
this trouble. Graybeard will relieve
you. Take a bottle home to-night and
you will be fresh and bright to-mor
row.
Graybeard Is found at all drug stores,
$1 a bottle, 6 for $5. Graybeard Pills,
25c. Little Iflfasures.—ad.
FOURTEEN CITIZENS
UNDER NEW LAW
Admitted in City and Superior
Courts a* Subject* of l nele Sam.
In the City and Superior courts yes
terday fourteen new citizens of the
United States were declared. Of this
number nine were naturalized in the
Superior Court and five in the City
Court. Of the total number three were
Syrians, seven were Germans, two
were Russians, one was Italian, and
one English.
The following were admitted in the
Superior Court: Ctrl Meyer, Herman
Sehrocder, Richard Geffcken, Albert
Geffcken, F. H. Quante, and Fritz Ga
ritz, all formerly owing allegiance to
the German Emperor; A. Visoneski,
and W. Navollnsky, both subjects of
Czar Nicholas, and Pascal Orsini of
Italy. The above were naturalized in
the Superior Court and not in the
United States court.
In the City Court three subjects of
the Sultan of Turkey took the oath of
allegiance to the United States. They
were Charles Harfoush, Shoky Sas
seen, and Farsan Shaheen. All three
were bora in Beyrouth, Syria. C. J.
Brinkman of Bremen, Germany, also
took the oath* in the City Court, and
likewise did William E. Field, former
ly a subject of King Edward.
The fourteen persons naturalized
were the first since the passage of the
new law. All were required to swear,
in addition to the usual form of oath,
that they were not opposed to all
forms of organized government; that
they were not affiliated with any or
ganizations teaching such principles,
and they “never held, taught, or ad
vocated the duty, necessity, or pro
priety of unlawfully assaulting, or kill
ing any officers of the government of
the United States."
The clerks of both the Superior
Court and the City Court were sup
plied with large numbers of the new
naturalization papers, containing the
petitioners’ oath and the affidavits of
the witnesses, in blank.
GROOM MUST GIVE BOND
THAT HE WILL MARRY.
Peculiar Custom in Force Among
Orthodox Hebrew*.
In the Superior Corut yesterday an
amendment was filed to the suit on
account brought by M. Klein, a Jew
ish rabbi, against J. H. Weinkle. The
amendment develops some interest
ing facts regarding the customs of
marriage among the orthodox He
brews.
Three documents are necessary to
make the marriage valid. The first is
the Troln Rishoinim. In this it is
stated that the bride and groom have
elected to marry, and the father of
the bride agrees to give the groom
SBOO when the marriage is consum
mated, or forfeit SIOO.
In the Troin Achronim, the second
necessary document, it is recited that
the SBOO has been paid, that the bride
and groom are ready for the marriage,
and the groom binds himself to pay
$1,200 if he should refuse to marry the
bride.
The third and last document is the
Tosfus Ksuba. In this it is stated
that if, after the marriage, the groom
is dissatisfied and leaves %s wife, or
the wife is dissatisfied and leaves the
husband, the groom must pay $1,200.
The rabbi is suing to recover SSOO due
him, he claims, for drawing up these
papers.
The amendment was filed by Messrs.
Twiggs & Oliver, attorneys for the
plaintiff.
CRIMINAL CASES
IN CITY COURT.
Policy Writers Will Face Judge
Norwood To-day.
In the City Court to-day thlrty-sevpn
criminal cases are docketed for trial,
anjong them several which are of gen
eral interest.
M. J. Graham, the colored doctor,
will be tried for renting a gaming
house. Graham, Edward H. Bynes,
Tom Harris, and Joe Pounder, all col
ored, will be tried for playing a policy
lottery. These cases are the ones re
sulting from the discovery that policy
was being written in a house owned
by the city.
N. A. Fountain will be tried on the
charge of keeping a tippling house
open on the Sabbath, and for conduct
ing a disorderly house. Besides these
cases there are thirty-four others which
will be passed upon by the court.
ON WILD GOOSE CHASE
OFFICERS WERE RUSHED.
Police Sent to Mill-Haven Mill* hut
Mode no Arrent.
Three patrolman were early yester
day morning, sent to the Mill-Haven
Company’s yards, on the Vale Royal
road, It Is alleged, because the watch
man, became frightened at a drunken
negro, who threatened to shoot' him.
The watchman made no effort at all
to arrest the negro, but sought a tele
phone and notified police headquar
ters.
The negro, who was armed with a
dilapidated old muzzle loader, bull
dozed the watchman, it is charged,
and every one in the neighborhood, un
til the police arrived. As the officers
came into sight, he left the neighbor
hood and made good his escape. The
officers who made the trip were very
much exercised at the conduct of the
watchman.
TICKETS FOR ST. LOUIS.
Rate* by the W. A A. from Atlanta.
Season excursion tickets will be sold
beginning April 25, with final limit
Dec. 15, at a rate of about 80 per cent,
of the double standard one-way fares,
making a rate for example, from At
lanta of $30.00 for the round trip.
A sixty-day excursion ticket will be
sold beginning April 25, good sixty days
after date of sale, at a rate of about
one and one-third fares, or, for exam
ple, $26.05 from Atlanta.
A fifteen-day excursion ticket will
be sold beginning April 25, good re
turning fifteen days after date of sale,
at a rate of about one-fare for the
round trip, or, for example, at a
of $20.85 from Atlanta.
All the above named tickets are
good in coaches or Pullman cars.
In addition to above rates coach ex
cursion tickets will be sold on Mat' 16
and 31 at a rate of less than one fare
for the round trip, or, for example,
$14.20 from Atlanta. These coach ex
cursion tickets will not be good In
sleeping cars, and will bear final limit
of ten days from date of sale.
For parties of thirty-live a special
coach will be furnished.
For further information address, or
call upon any agent of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, or the under
signed. C. E. Harman, General Pas
senger Agent.—ad.
Blank'* Staffed Date*.
"Different from others." Extra
large fancy Persian dates, crystallized,
twenty In the box, 45 cents. To be
had only at the Pure Food Store, Del
mooloo Company. Bull and York.—ad.
PEONAGE CASES
ARE POSTPONED
ACTION OF SUPREME COURT
OX CASE AGAINST SAM CLYATT
AWAITED BY JUDGES SPEER.
Judge Speer Telegraphed Jndge
Shelby of Clrenit Court of Appeals
Regarding Action Taken and
Received Reply That It
Had Reen Sent to Supreme Court
of United Staten—Action Mean* Di
vision of Opinion Among Jndge*
of Circnlt Court of Appeal**—Hart
Arranged Bond.
It is probable that the peonage cases
now pending in the United States Dis
trict Court in this district, will not be
heard until a decision, has been ren
dered regarding the Clyatt case by
the Supreme Court of the United
States. This action was determined
upon by Judge Emory Speer yester
day.
Judge Speer dispatched a telegram
to Judge Shelby, presiding over the
Court of Appeals, asking for confirma
tion, or denial, of the dispatch in the
Morning Neks. Judge Shelby answered
that the decision had not been affirm
ed, but that the case had been certi
fied to the Supreme Court of the
United States.
This means that there has been a
division of opinion among the Judges
of the Circuit Court of Appeals. In
such cases it is competent for that
court, where the question is one of
great importance, to send up the case
to the highest court for a decision.
The judges of the Circuit Court of Ap
peals, to which the Clyatt case was
appealed, were Circuit Judge Shelby,
District Judge Jones of Alabama, and
District Judge Maxey of Texas.
The action of the Circuit Court of
Appeals shows the great importance
which is attached to the peonage cases
throughout the country, and lends ad
ditional Interest to the similar cases
now pending before Judge Speer in
this district.
Pending Cane* Will Go Over.
On receiving this information from
Judge Shelby that the question of the
constitutionality of the law which was
decided by him at this term, was now
pending before the court of last resort,
Judge Spfier determined not to try the
cases now pending in this district. It
is his intention, if possible, to await
the decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States before calling the
cases here.
The point made in the peonage cases
heard here, in which demurrers were
presented by Attorney R. V. Toomer
of Waycross, was that the law under
which the defendants were indicted,
was unconstitutional and void. This
contention was resisted by United
States District Attorney Akerman and
the decision of Judge Speer sustained
the constitutionality of the law.
Immediately after the decision of the
court had been filed, Mr. Toomer filed
a bill of exceptions, and gave notice
that should his clients be convicted on
the indictment, he would carry the
appeal to the higher courts. For this
reason the action of the Supreme Court
will be eagerly awaited by those inter
tsted in the peonage cases in this dis
trict.
Bond Arranged for Hart.
Under indictment, and awaiting trial
for peonage before tlje United States
court fer this district, are McClellan,
Crawley, Lester Williamson, the Mc-
Leods, Cobb and Hart. The demur
rers, in the case of the McLeods and
Williamson, which were argued, by Col.
P. W. Meldrim before Judge Speer,
have not yet been passed upon by the
court. "
All of the defendants, with the excep
tion of Hart, a negro, are out under
bond. Yesterday morning announce
ment was made to the court that the
attorneys for the negro had secured
bond in the sum of S2OO. Hart will
be permitted to give bond in that sum
to-day, and will be released from jail,
where he has been confined since his
arrest.
The postponement of the peonage
cases will materially shorten the pres
ent term of the court. This practical
ly insures that the "shanghai” cases,
against Harry Olsen, will be heard at
this term.
WATER GAUGEHAS
BEEN INSTALLED.
New Fire Engine Expected to Ar
rive Within a Few Day*.
The water gauge, which arrived some
time ago, was installed at the foot of
Drayton street yesterday. When the
gauge was ordered it was intended
to place it at the foot of Bull street,
but the tearing down of the City Ex
change made this impracticable.
Any one, by glancing at the gauge,
can tell the exact amount of the water
pressure at any time. The installa
tion of the gauge was one of the con
ditions imposed by the Southeastern
Tariff Association, when Savannah was
granted lower fire rates.
Another condition was that anew
engine must be purchased. This was
ordered at once and Fire Chief Ma
guire has now been notified that it
has been shipped and will probably
arrive in Savannah within a day or
so.
ANNUAL ELECTION OF
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS.
Palestine Commandery, Knights of
Templars, will meet in annual session
to-night, in their asylum, in the Ma
sonic Temple, for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the ensuing year. Mr.
W. B. Stubbs, now generalissimo, will
be elected commander to succeed Mr.
Julian Tison.
The regular communication of the
Landrum Lodge of Masons will be held
at 7:30 o’clock, in order to give the
commandery the use of the hall dur
ing the latter part of the evening.
Kenny'* llanl*ome Eanter Picture.
Better tha.. ever. Size, 18x20 Inches:
lithographed in ten rich colors. Free,
Saturday, April 2. C. D. Kenny Cos.,
teas, coffees, sugars, 120 West Brough
ton street and No. 46 Barnard street.
—ad.
Stop Off at CharieNton. S. C.
A city of great historic interest.
Visit the famous "Magnolia Gardens,"
tea farm, F’ort Sumter, Isle of Palms,
etc. Numerous excursions of interest
and pleasure. The Atlantic Coast Line
has two Pullman dining car trains that
leave Savannah 1:15 p. m. and 4:55 p.
m. Stop-over privileges allowed on
winter tourist tickets. Apply at City
Ticket Office. De Soto Hotel. W. H
Leahy, D. P. A., M. Walsh, T. P. A.,
Savannah, Ga.—ad.
A Trip to Warsaw,
The splendid launch, Ida S., will
take a few passengers for a fishing
trip on Sunday morning n%xL Apply
for particulars and price to Jacob
Llppman, corner Congress and Bar
nard streets.—sd.
SWALLOWED PIN, BUT
WILL RECOVER.
It Wa* Frarrd Ml** Irene McGuire
Had Blood Poisoning.
Suffering from a pin swallowed a
week ago. Miss Irene McGuire has
been desperately ill at her home on St.
Julian street. For several days it was
feared that Miss McGuire had blood
poisoning and would not survive. Yes
terday. however, she took a decided
turn for the better and it Is now
thought she will recover.
It was a week ago yesterday that
Miss McGuire swallowed a large,
black-headed pin. The pin lodged in
her throat and the throat was badly
swollen for several days. It is be
lieved the pin has passed through the
throaL as the swelling there is now
going down. It Is believed that the
worst is over and that Miss McGuire
will get well.
MRS. NTGRAThT BANKRUPT,
CLAIMS HOMESTEAD.
Mr. Jnmct F. Evan* Wan Elected
Trustee by Creditor*.
At the first meeting of the creditors
of Mrs. Julia McGrath, bankrupt, held
before Referee MacDonell yesterday,
Mr. James F. Evans was elected trus
tee.
The bankrupt was engaged in the
transfer business, and claims that on
account of the high price of feed stuff,
she was forced to take advantage of
the bankruptcy law. The assets are
scheduled at $1,500, and the bankruptcy
act allows $1,600 for the homestead.
The bankrupt was represented by At
torney F. M. Oliver.
In the case of Mr. J. W. Newman,
Jr., an order was taken that no trus
tee be appointed, and that no further
meeting of the creditors be held until
ordered by court. The liabilities are
fixed at $1,022, with no assets.
Referee MacDonell will to-day have
the hearing of the creditors in the case
of St. Julian R. Yonge, who asks for
a homestead. It is understood that
the creditors will offer no objection to
an order allowing the bankrupt the
homestead exemption as allowed by
Jaw.
Burnett's Vanilla Extract is the fix
ed standard of excellence. It is the
finest and purest vanilla extract that
can be bought. Always ask for Bur
nett’s Vanilla. What you pay for ex
tracts is important, but what you get
for your money is ten times more im
portant.—ad.
EASTER SOUVENIRS
Given Away Free at the Great At
lantic and Faclllc Tea Company.
Only three days left to secure our
forty-fifth annual Easter souvenir.
This year it is a pair of imported
“bisque figures,” seven Inches high,
and will be given away free to all pur
chasers of 50 cents worth of tea or
coffee. The Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company, 106 Broughton street,
west. Telephone 616.—ad.
Three Train* Daily Between Savan
nah and Augii*ta via Central ol
Georgia Ry.
Train No. I—Lv.1 —Lv. Savannah, 8:45 a.
m.; ar. Augusta, 1:15 p. m.
Train No. s—Lv. Savannah, 3:00 p.
m.; ar. Augusta, 7:30 p. m.
Train No. 3—Lv. Savannah, 9:00 p.
m.; ar. Augusta, 6:45 a. m.
Train No. 6 —Lv. Augusta, 7:30 a.
m.; ar. Savannah, 11:30 a. m.
Train No. 2—Lv. Augusta, 1:30 p.
m.; ar. Savannah, 6:10 p. m.
Train No. 4 —Lv. Augusta, 8:40 p. m.;
ar. Savannah, 7:00 a. m.
Central time. Nos. 5 and 6 through
without change. Nos. 3 and 4 carry
through sleeping car. Nos. 5 and 6
connect at Dover to and from Dublin.
Ticket office, 37 Bull street and Central
Station.—ad.
Atken, S. C.
On your way North stop at Aiken.
“Park in the Pines” is anew and thor
oughly modern tourist hotel, and can
give you the very best accommoda
tions. Splendid train service via South
ern Railway. Apply at city ticket of
fice, 141 Bull street.—ad.
The Wnr In a Nutshell.
The way to keep in touch with the
great events in the Far East is to get
the new and latest War Atlas just is
sued and offered by the Morning News.
"The Rand McNally & Co.’s Russo-
Japanese War Atlas,” showing Russia
in-Europe and Russla-ln-Asia, Japan
Korea, Manchuria and China, and the
entire operations In the Far Eastern
conflict. It contains seven double
page maps In colors, with index and
quick-finding scale for each map; a
list of all the chief cities, with popula
tion; fighting strength and reserves of
Russia and Japan. Sent by mail any
where on receipts of 25 cents.
The Dally and Sunday Morning
News 1 year and the War At
las SB.OO
The Weekly News 1 year and War
Atlas 1.00
Savannah Morning News, Savannah,
Ga.—ad.
St. Loni* Worltl'* Fair, April SO—De.
cember 1, 11104.
Low rates and superior service from
Savannah via Southern Railway.
Round trip tickets, with season limit,
$38.35; sixty-day limit, $32, or fifteen
day limit, $26.05. We will run through
Pullman sleeping cars from Savannah
to St. Louis during the exposition.
Southern Railway is the "World’s Fair
Short Line.” Call on me for any de
sired information, E. G. Thomson, C. P.
and T. A., 141 Bull street.—ad.
If Ton Are Going East
Do not fail to consult the schedules of
Atlanta Coast Line; it will be to your
advantage. The palatial New York
and Florida Special, solid Pullman
trajn with drawing-room compartment
sleepers, observation and dining cars,
leaves Savannah 5:55 p. m. (city tlmej,
arrives Washington 10:33 a. m„ Balti
more 11:47 a. m„ Philadelphia 2 p. m„
New York 4:45 p. m., following day.
The only electric lighted tiain between
the East and South, and most luxuri
ous service. The Florida and West In
dian Limited leaves Savannah 2:15
p. m. (city time), arrives Washington
7:54 a. m., Baltimore 9:13 a. m„ Phil
adelphia 11:22 a. m„ New York 2 p. m.,
following day. Pullman drawing-room
sleepers and dining car. For Pull
man reservations and further informa
tion with reference to rates and
schedules, see ticket agents, De Soto
Hotel, or Union Station. —ad.
‘•Rnoen of Sen Route*,*’
Magnificent deep draught steamships
of the Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company, between Savannah,
Baltimore and Philadelphia direct.
Only two days at sea. Rates cheaper
than rail. For further information,
choice stateroom reservation, etc., call
on W. W. Tull, Agt., or J. F. Ward,
T. P. A., 112 Bull street. Savannah,
Ga. —ad.
Abbott’* East India Corn Palat.
If you would be free of corns and
bunions ask your druggist for Ab
bott’s East India Corn Paint. Corns
removed as well as bunions and wart3
without any pain or trouble. Simply
apply this wonderful corn paint as di
rected.—ad.
$25 In Gold.
To .be given away on April
15 to some cash purchaser.
A numbered coupon given
with each 25 cent cash pur
chase. Save the coupons—
they participate in the award
on April 15. Tickets sent
with all C. O. D. orders from
distant points.
19 Broughton Street West.
Fair To-day.
Fountain Pen Lost!
Its a pen with three nibs, lost on
Broughton, Abercorn or York
streets. It’s the pen we write with
to tell you how good for the liver
and malaria are “Warburlnes.” A
reward if returned.
“Gef It At Rowlinski's,”
(JB>*oughton\
and I Meet
Drayton /
POTATO BUGS
Now on the War Path—For
Their Destruction Use
BUG DEATH
The Best Insecticide and
Plant Food combined
known, non-poisonous.
lib 15c, 31bs 35c, 51bs 50c, 12 l-21bs
SI.OO, lOOIbs $6.50.
1. T. SHUPTRINE,
DRUGS AND SEEDS.
Congress and Jefferson.
Savannah, Ga.
All Kinds of Spring: Songs
will soon be heard, any of which can
be improved by an accompaniment
played on one of our artistic pianos..
In pianos, organs and all things
musical we handle EVERYTHING,
“from the cheapest that's good to tho
best made.”
A full new line of Talking Ma
chines and Records Just In at prices
that are right.
Pay by ilie month If yon prefer.
LUDDEN & BATES S.M.H.
GA S
IS CHEAPER NOW.
~.0NLY...
12k
A HUNDRED FEET.
Does not heat the house.
Cheapest fuel known.
SAVANNAH GAS C 0„
7 and 9 Congress Street, West.
Allan Bond & Cos.
Coal
Celebrated New River and
Pocahontas Steaming:
and Blacksmith Coals.
Both Phones 507 Office 14 Bull St.
Savannah. On