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The Waatlaer.
The indications for Georgia for to
tday are for showers. with brisk
southwest to south winds. Eastern
Florida, showers, with fresh south to
southwest winds.
The United States Geological Survey
has named a mountain in the state of
Washington “Mount Booker,” in honor
of Booker Washington. Presently
Booker will need to have a black
smith fasten an iron band around his
head.
Admiral Wirenius. in command of
the squadron dispatched some time
ago to reinforce the Port Arthur fleet
of the Russians, has returned to Bt.
Petersburg, having failed to get
through the Suez canal. There is an
agreement among the Powers to the
effect that the canal shall be neutral
In time of war. The British authori
ties. in command of the canal, have
merely enforced that neutrality. In
doing that no favoritism has been
Shown the Japanese, but merely the in
ternational law has been carried out.
There is now apparently no hope for
the immediate strengthening of the
Russian fleets at either Port Arthur or
Vladivostok. The Initiative towards
putting a greater number of Russian
ships in Far Eastern waters came too
lata.
An experiment in sugar-making from
watermelon Juice was tried in York
county, Virginia, last year and is to
be repeated this season. We have
heard of the experiment being tried In
Georgia, but not with any very prom
ising results. The amount of sugar in
the melon Juice is small, and the time
and trouble required to boil out the
water and leave only the sugar makes
the process too expensive to amount
to a great deal. That sugar can be
made from watermelons is a fact be
yond question. But when it has been
made, its cost Is very much above that
of sugar made from cane or beets, still,
it may be that the Virginia experimen
ters will be able to perfect some new
and cheap process for reducing the
melon juice to syrup and then to su
gar.
BRVAVS CHICAGO BLAST.
The speech which Mr. Bryan deliver
ed in Chicago on Saturday night was
Just about what it was expected it
would be. He said the platform adopt
ed by the Democrats of New York was
dishonest and that Judge Parker was
not a fit man to be nominated for
President. He would say that about
any platform that did not contain his
views as set forth in the Kansas City
platform, and against any candidate
that was not in complete harmony with
him in his campaign for President.
Judge Parker voted the Democratic
ticket in 1896 and 1900, but. it Is un
derstood, there were some things In
the platforms in those campaigns which
he didn’t approve.
Mr. Bryan is at war with every
Democrat whose political views are
not in complete harmony with his.
What he said about the platform of
the New Y"ork Democrats and about
Judge Parker he Is prepared to say
about any other platform or candidate
that doesn't bear the Bryan brand.
What he said in his Chicago speech,
therefore, will not have as much weight
as it would if he were, a sincere and an
unbiased critic.
It Is well understood that Mr. Bryan
isn't taring anything about the suc
cess of the Demoeraflt? ticket in the
presidential campaign. If the truth
were known it would perhaps appear
that he would rather the Democratic
party should be defeated this year than
be successful. If it should be success
ful, with a platform that ignored the
Kansas City platform, it would be said
that the party might have elected its
ticket in 1900 if it had not followed the
advice of Mr. Bryan and incorporated
in its platform the objectionable is
sues of the Chicago platform. Mr.
Bryan doesn't want to be placed in
the position of having made a blunder
In 1900, and hence he is doing his ut
most to prevent the adoption of a
platform that doesn't reaffirm the
Kansas City platform, and the nomi
nation of a candidate for President
that wasn't in sympathy with that plat
form.
And there is another reason why he
Is taking such a radical stand against
a conservative platform and ticket, and
that is, that if a platform and ticket
of that kind were successful he would
be forever out of politics, as far as
the Democratic party is concerned. He
would have no following whatever.
Even the newspaper on which he is
placing so much dependence would
cease to be a profitable property.'
It Is not to be wondered at, there
fore, that he Is making such a hard
fight to retain his grip on the party.
He is fighting for himself, for his po
litical existence. That being the case,
there is no reason why Democrats any
where should be influenced by what
he says. And the indications are mul
tiplying that they are not paying much
attention to him. Even in his own
state, there is a strong sentiment
among Democrats against him, and it
is said that it is no longer possible
for him to have his way there. It is
doubtful if he will be able to have the
Democratic convention of Nebraska re
affirm the Kansas City platform.
.AN ADDITIONAL *1 .IMKMKM) WANTED.
Is the claim for an additional $1,000,-
000 made by the Panama Canal Com
pany going to make complications in
connection with the transfer of the ca
nal property to the United States? The
Panama Canal Company thinks it
ought to have an additional $1,000,000,
because it has expended that much on
the property since the sale of it was
made.
There is a grain of justice in this
claim, provided it wasn’t understood
that the price was to be $40,000,000 at
the time the property was delivered.
It may be difficult to establish just
the understanding was on that
point. It seems a little strange that
neither party made any mention of
the matter as to which of them, In the
event of a sale, was to pay the cost of
carrying on the work between the
time of the making of the sale of the
property and the passing of the deed to
It. Perhaps the Panama Canal Com
pany didn’t want to mention the mat
ter for fear M would with the
sale, and the United States said noth
ing for the reason they didn’t think it
was a matter In which they were par
ticularly concerned.
But it begins to look as if the Pan
ama Company considers they were
concerned, since It wants a large sum
in addition to the contract price. It
is doubtful if its claim will be allowed.
It rests with Congress to say whether
or not it shall be. That body holds
the purse strings of the nation. It the
claim should be submitted to It the
chances are that there would be a long
debate over It. The position would
likely to be taken that the Panama Ca
nal Company should have presented its
claim when the sale was pending.
It is well understood of course that
the Panama Canal Company would
have forfeited its concessions if It had
stopped work on the canal while ne
gotiations for the sale of the property
w’ere going on. or during the time be
tween the sale and the passing of the
title, but didn't the company take the
chances that there would be a long de
lay between the closing of the bargain
and the transfer of the property? It
undoubtedly did, unless it can show
there was an understanding that the
United tates should bear the expense
of carrying on the work during that
period.
It is said that two United States at
torneys who went to Paris to attend
to the transfer of the title are looking
into this claim of the canal company.
It Is not clear what they can do about
it. It Isn’t for them to say whether or
not It shall be paid.
Turkey owes Russia a large war in
demnify, as one result of their conflict
of some twenty-five years ago. Rus
sia has on several occasions held this
claim over the head of Turkey as a
sort of diplomatic club. A London
cable says there has been some talk
in that city of the possibility of Rus
sia's swapping the claim with Turkey
for the privilege of bringing her Black
Sea fleet through the Bosphorus and
Dardanelles; but the other Powers
would doubtless have something to say
about that.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. APRIL 26. 1904.
AN ACCEPTABLE CANDIDATE.
In the course of the great speech
which he delivered In the House on
Saturday, Bourke Cockran named John
Sharp Williams, the leader of the mi
nority of that branch of Congress, for
Vice President. The mention of Mr.
Williams for the second place on the
Democratic ticket was received with
great applause.
The nomination of Mr. Williams for
Vice President would, there are reasons
for thinking, be a very popular one.
He has proved himself to be a man of
exceptionally good ability. He has led
the minority of the House In a way
that has been acceptable to the Dem
ocratic members, and in no way objec
tionable to the majority. He has not
missed making a point for his party
when it was possible to make one.
but he has not made the mistake of
continually raising points that could
not ha sustained.
Mr. Williams is in the prime of life,
being just about 50 years of age. In
his Mississippi home he is a lawyer and
cotton planter, and it is evident from
his speeches that he is a man of wiue
reading and much culture. He was
elected to the Fifty-third Congiess and
has been serving continuously ever
since.
Mr. Williams' nomination for Vice
President would be popular in the
North its well as in the South. The
Northern people would like a chance
to vote for a Southern man for various
reasons; among others to show they
have no sectional feeling, and also to
express the opinion that the South has
held back from seeking the highest of
fices about long enough.
Of course Mr. Williams' nomination
would be popular in the South, because
he is a typical Southerner, and in
every respect worthy of the highest
offices lu the gift of. the people.
If Mr. Williams shouldn't be the
nominee for Vice President he will be
a candidate for Speaker in the event
the Democrats get control of the House.
He is one of the rising men of the
country and if his party should come
Into power he would be one of its most
trusted advisers.
MEMORIAL DAY.
In Georgia to-day business will be
practically suspended and the people
will gather at the cemeteries and at
the bases of monuments to pay a lov
ing tribute to the memory of the heroes
of the South who in the sixties laid
down their lives in the service of their
country. It is now nearly forty years
since the last bugle call to arms sound
ed for the troops In grey, but appre
ciation of their heroism and sacrifices
is as strong now as It ever was.
When the graves of the dead are
strewn with flowers to-day, and ora
tors tell of the campaigns on a hundred
fields in which the Confederates cov
ered themselves with glory, pride in
the manhood of the South will be evi
denced even through the tears that will
dim so many eyes. Time will not suf
fice to wipe out the loving remem
brance in which the South holds its
Confederate dead.
A POLICY OF SILENCE.
If Secretary Taft could have his way
he would not permit the question of
'.he independence of the Filipinos to be
raised at all. He assumes that the
United States are going to retain pos
session of the Philippines for a long
time, if not for all time, and that the
continual talking of independence for
the Filipinos keeps them in a state of
unrest.
He favors giving them Independence
when they are ready for It, but it will
take several generations to make them
ready. Independence now, according
to Secretary Taft, would mean ruin for
them. They would war among them
selves and go back to barbarism.
But It is useless for Secretary Taft
to advocate a policy of silence. The
American people are going to talk
about matters which concern them as
much as they please. Besides, so far
as the Filipino® are concerned, a pe
tition is to be presented to the Nation
al Convention of each of the great po
litical parties requesting a plank be
put in the platform favoring early self
government, if not Independence, for
them. That will make talk enough
about the Filipinos.
Secretary Taft is very hopeful of the
future of the little brown people. He
said as much in his New York Cham
ber of Commerce speech last week, but
he is fearful that with their affairs
occupying so large a space In our field
of politics they will become restless,
and that their progress towards a con
dition in which they will be fit to take
charge of their own affairs will thus
be retarded.
Alas, poor Toral! Does the name
sound strange? That is because indi
viduals are so soon forgotten by the
public once they cease to figure in the
news of the day. During the fall of
1898 the name of Toral was familiar to
all newsoaper readers throughout the
United States and Europe. It was Gen.
Toral upon whom devolved the disa
greeable duty of surrendering to the
American general at Santiago. Toral
was not the general in command of tne
Spanish army during the campaign, but
as the climax approached his superior
officer fell ill and Toral was made the
mouthpiece to acknowledge defeat. Re
turning to Spain he found himself in
disgrace, and as a result of his humili
ations he lost his reason and had to be
confined in an insane asylum, where a
few days ago he died. He vvas not re
sponsible for the defeat of Spain in
Cuba, yet circumstances forced him to
bear such a load of disgrace because of
It that he broke down, went mad and
died.
Says the Brooklyn Eagle: "The boll
weevil caused a loss to the cotton
growers last year of $50,000,000. The
value of the birds slaughtered for mil
linery in the same period was possibly
half a million. If the birds had been
let alone they would have destroyed
the weevils. It is a queer economy we
practice, sometimes.” That looks well,
but the logic is not good. The birds
were scattered all over the United
States; the boll weevils were in Texas.
Avery small percentage of the birds
killed wore boll weevil destroyers.
But there Is too great a destruction of
bird life everywhere.
A private letter received by a gen
tleman in Mount Joy, Pa., from his
brother at New Chwang, China, throws
some interesting side lights on the war
in the Far East. The writer of the
letter was at Port Arthur in the em
ploy of a steamship company when
that port was first bombarded by the
Japanese. He says that at that time,
and later up to the time l/is letter was
written, there were no war corre
spondents at the front, but all of the
news gathered about the conflict had
to be taken from all sorts of sources
at second hand. However, the corre
spondents that were “bottled up” in
Japan have now been permitted to
start for the front, so an improve
ment in the news service may be ex
pected. All of the Englishmen and
Americans in the disturbed territory,
according to the writer of the letter,
are in sympathy with the Russians.
The Japs are opinionated and are suf
fering from swelled-head. “The aver
age Jap's head,” says the writer, “is
just on the point of cracking with
conceit; but their education is hard
ly deep-seated. In business transac
tions the Japanese have al9o proven
themselves so untrustworthy that the
‘commercial Interests' over here can
hardly be said to love the Japs.”
Doubtless they appear to better ad
vantage thousands of miDs away than
to those who come into close contact
with theqi-
A dispatch from Washington to the
New York Herald saysT in connection
with experiments that are being made
to find anew wood that will make a
satisfactory paper pulp, that “experi
ments have been made with cotton
stalks, but while they make an excel
lent quality of paper, there is not a
sufficient quantity of stalks grown to
make newsprint paper in commercial
bulk.” There must be some error
about this. The South grhws annual
ly in the neighborhood of 10,000,000
bales of cotton averaging 500 pounds
to the bale. For every pound of lint
cotton produced there must be three
or four pounds of stalk. That would
give some thousands of millions of
pounds of stalks grown every year. It
seems that out of that mass of raw
material it ought to be possible to
make paper In commercial quantities,
if the stalk fiber is good for paper
making at all. And we have seen it
stated on what ought to be good au
thority that a very fine grade of pa
per is being produced from the stalks
by mills recently erected in the South.
The authorities of New York city
have In contemplation the building of
a great new hospital, to relieve the
congested condition of Bellevue Hos
pital. Something of the sort is said
to be absolutely necessary, for the pro
tection of the lives of the physicians
‘and nurses of the present hospital.
Under existing conditions it is as
serted that professional attendants on
the patients suffering from consumption
cannot escape the peril of contracting
the disease that they are trying to
cure. Something like twenty members
of Bellevue's staff have recently be
come victims of consumption, believed
to have been contracted while in the
discharge of their duties.
Some pipe dreamer on the staff of a
Northern Republican newspaper has
guessed that Mr. Bryan has it in mind
to stampede the St. Louis convention
in favor of the nomination of John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi for
President. Mr. Williams would make
a good President, but this is not the
year for his nomination. The West
and the North, however, might do well
to select him as their choice for the
vice presidency.
PERSONAL.
—lt Is believed that in the past two
and a half years Theodore Roosevelt
has broken all records as a presiden
tial orator. He has delivered 370
speeches in that time.
—Senator Stewart, who announces his
intention to retire at the close of his
present term, went to the Senate from
Nevada when the sage brush state was
admitted lo the union in 1864. He had
been In the Senate ten years before
any other of the present members be
came his associates. Of all the men
then in that body, only George F. Ed
wards and John B. Henderson are now
alive, and they retired long ago. Among
his colleagues in the old days were
Lyman Trumbull and Richard Yates of
Illinois, Thomas H. Hendricks of In
diana, William Pitt Fessenden of
Maine, Reverdy Johnson of Maryland,
Sumner and Wilson, Zacharlah Chan
dler, John Sherman and Ben Wade,
Henry B. Anthony and “Jim" Nye.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Silllcus.—“Life is full of trials."
Cynicus—“Yes, but there are not half
enough convictions."—Philadelphia
Record.
—Visitor.—“Do you have any diffi
culty in getting servants?" Hostess—
“ None whatever. We’ve had ten dif
ferent ones In the last month!”—Punch.
—"Jenks seems to be prosperous now.
He savs his Income just at present is
'out of sight. I should think it
would be. He lives so far beyond it."
—Philadelphia Ledger.
CIHRENT COMMENT.
The Raleigh News and Observer
(Dem.) says: "Judge Parker voted for
Bryan and Seawell in 1896 and Bryan
and Stevenson in 1900. Is an authorita
tive statement. That settles his De
mocracy.”
The Wilmington (N. C.) Star (Dem.)
says: “If Col. Bryan had kept quiet
after the New York Democratic State
Convention platitudinized and indors
ed Judge Parker, the Nebraskan could
have called for a hand out of some of
Carnegie's hero fund.'
The Houston Post (Dem.) says:
"There are issues enough in the cam
paign upon which Democrats agree
generally and specifically to win the
election, and in view of the menace to
good government, presented by the
continuation of the present Republi
can administnation, a Democratic tri
umph this year is a matter of para
mount Importance.”
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
(Dem.) says: "Perhaps it has escaped
general attention that Senator Bacon’s
opposition to the Frederick the Great
statue In Washington has been corked
up by granting his request that a $50,-
000 statue of Thomas Jefferson be
erected as an antidote In the same
city. And there these two statues will
stand forever, not doting on each other
so much as antidoting."
tine of Gordon’s Stories.
The late Gen. John B. Gordon, the
last of the corps commanders of Gen.
Lee's Confederate Army of Northern
Virginia, gave this story to the narra
tor only a few months before he died,
says an exchange. A few days before
Christmas, 1863, when the army of Gen.
Lee was suffering Its greatest priva
tions. there was a dramatic scene in
the tent of the judge advocate general.
The morning was cold; the wind was
bleak, and the ground was covered
with snow. The wood fire seemed only
to make the cold more penetrating.
Edward Cooper, wearing the gray
uniform of a private soldier in the
Confederate Army, stood before a
court-martial charged with desertion.
The facts had been stated by the pros
ecution, and the prisoner was asked to
Introduce any witnesses he might
have for his defense. He calmly re
plied; "X have no witnesses.”
Astonished at the calmness and dig
nity of the soldier, and the indiffer
ence with which he seemed to be sub
mitting to an inevitable fate, Gen.
Battle said to him; “Have you no de
fense whatever? Is it possible that
you abandoned your comrades and de
serted your colors in the presence of
the enemy and without any reason?"
“There was a reason," replied Coop
er, "but it will not avail me before a
military tribunal.”
“Perhaps you are mistaken,” replied
the general. “You are charged with
the highest crime known to military
law, and It is your duty to make
known the cause or causes which in
fluenced your action.”
Thereupon Cooper approached the
president of the court, and presented a
letter, saying as he did so; “There,
general, is what led me to go.” The
letter was offered as the prisoner's de
fense. It was in these words:
"Dear Edward; Since your connec
tion with the Confederate Army I have
been prouder of you than ever before.
I would not have you do anything
wrong for the world; but, before God!
Edward, unless you come home, we
must die. Last night I was aroused
by little Eddie crying. I called to him
and said: 'What Is the matter, Ed
die?' ’’ He said; 'Oh, mamma, I am
so hungry!” And Lucy, your darling
Lucy, she never complains,,but she is
growing thinner and thinner every
day. Before God! Edward, unless you
come home, we must die.
“Your Mary.”
Turning to the prisoner, Gen. Battle
said: "What did you do when you re
ceived that letter?” Cooper replied:
“I made application for a furlough. It
was rejected. Again I made applica
tion and it was rejected. That night
I wandered around our camp, think
ing of my home, the wild eyes of Lucy
looking up at me, and the burning
words of Mary seething in my brain.
I was no longer the Confederate sol
dier—l was the father of Lucy and
the husband of Mary. If every gun
in the battery had been fired at me, I
would have crossed those lines. When
I reached home Mary flung her arms
about my neck and sobbed. “Oh, my
Edward! I am so glad you got your
furlough!" She must hdVe felt me
shudder, for she turned pale as death,
and catching her breath at every word
she said: ‘Have you come without
youx furlough? Go back, Edward.
Go back! Let me and the children go
down to the grave, but for heaven's
sake do not tarnish the honor of our
name."
Every officer on that court-martial
was visibly affected by the defense,
hut each in turn pronounced the ver
dict "Guilty.” The proceedings of the
court were reviewed by Gen. Lee and
upon the record was written:
“Headquarters A. N. V.—The finding
of the court is approved. The prisoner
is pardoned and will return to liis
company.
“R. E. Lee, General."
The court-martial could reach no
other conclusion than to find him guil
ty of desertion. The commanding gen
eral could pardon him, and did pardon
him. Edward Cooper was afterward a
brave Confederate soldier. The offi
cers raised some money out of their
slender means, and sent relief to the
wife and children.
The Squared Account.
Dobson was chuckling as he and his
wife emerged from the restaurant,
says the New York Press.
"George,” said his wife, "what's get
ting into you? For the last ten min
utes you have had something on your
mind and now, suddenly, you begin
giggling.”
“Mary, I don't want to go through
life with a secret in my bosom,” said
Dobson after chuckling some more.
“Remember the counterfeit 50-cent
piece that I got last winter?”
“Yes. It's the only money you ever
succeeded in saving."
"It’s gone. I gave It to the cashier
in the restaurant.”
“By accident?”
“No. I did it cold blood. I have
been thinking about doing it for a long
time.”
"How did your conscience permit you
to do such a thing?"
“That's the worst of it. Every time
I think about it it seems to make
my conscience feel better. We have
been patronizing that restaurant on
occasions for a year. The proprietor
has given us veal in the chicken salad,
codfish in the deviled crabs, chicory in
the coffee and water in the cream.”
“There has been reason for suspic
ion?"
“We have had evidence that would
convince any jury. After I had given
him a 50-cent piece with some lead in
it I tried to be ashamed of myself, but
I couldn't. It may have been contrary
to the statutes of the United States,
but it was poetic justice."
All ERHter Hat.
Daniel J. Sully, on the day of his ad
mission to the Chicago Board of Trade,
lunched at the Chicago Club, says an
exchange. He wore anew derby hat,
for he had been pretty severely mauled
by the brokers and his old hat had
been altogether ruined.
“You are not wearing the same hat
you had on this morning, sir,” a re
porter said to Mr. Sully with a smile.
"No,” the broker admitted, and he
went on:
"Now, I'll tell you an appropriate
and timely story—a story about a hat
and about Easter.
"Two women shook hands warmly
after church on Easter Sunday morn
ing and while they conversed they ex
amined each other's apparel with their
bright eyes.
" ‘How becoming your Easter hat is,’
said the first woman.
“ 'Oh. do you think so?’ said the
other.
“ 'Yes, Indeed. It looks almost as
well as it did last year.’ ”
A Bright Boy.
Judge E. H. Gary, the chairman of
the Executive Committee of the steel
trust, used to live in the Illinois town
of Wheaton, says the Baltimore Her
ald.
"One day In Wheaton," Judge Gary
said recently, “I took dinner with a
clergyman and his family. The clergy
man had an 8-yehr-old son called Joe,
and Joe was a very bright boy.
“Look here, Joe," I said during the
course of the dinner, "I have a ques
tion to ask you about your father."
"Joe looked gravely at me.
" 'All right. I’ll answer your ques
tion,' he said.
" 'Well,' said I, 'I want to know If
your father doesn’t preach the same
sermon twice sometimes?'
“ 'Yes, I think he does.’ said Joe,
’but the second time he always hollers
in different places from what he did
the first time.’ ”
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Pale, weak, pony children ere
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The Geneva Ophthalmoscope Is
an instrument for looking in the back
of the eye for diseases. The Retin
oscope is an instrument for testing
the eves by the shadow test for
glasses without asking a question.
The Hardy Ophthalmometer is for
testing for astigmatism; this is the
only sure test. Get your glasses from
us and have them absolutely accurate.
Our store and dark room is the most
modern in the South. No one else in
Savannah has these instruments.
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AtCTIOX SALES FI TI’RE DAYS.
WoNfCAFBUYT^^
ONLY *3OO CASH, BALANCE ON
EASY TERMS.
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer,
Will sell Tuesday, May 3, 1904, at
the Court House.
The two-story residence on the north
west corner of Whitaker and Ander
son streets, and lot now under fence,
known as a portion of lot No. 27, Gal
lie ward, measuring about thirty
feet on Anderson by about sixty-seven
feet on Whitaker. The house contains
eight rooms, and is a splendid loca
tion for either store or residence.
Terms: S3OO cash, balance at 6 per cent.
FINE LOCATION, SOUTH FRONT,
ROOMY HOI'SE. ON VERY EASY
TERMS.
C. 11. DORSETT, Auctioneer.
Will sell Tuesday, May 3, at the
Court House.
The residence, 114 Park avenue, east,
facing south, between Drayton and
Abercorn, near the Park, in the midst
of other good residences, and conven
ient to every line of trolley cars. It
is a six-room house with large two
story outbuilding.
The terms have been placed within
reach of everybody: Only S3OO cash,
balance either monthly, quarterly, semi
annually, or annually, scattered
through five years, interest at 6 per
cent, per annum.
MARSHAL’S SALE.
There will be sold by the United
States marshal, at the docks of the
Southern Railway, West Norfolk, Va.,
on
Saturday, the 30th day of April, at 12
o’clock noon
A STEAM FERRY BOAT.
This boat is of the side-wheel, dou
ble-end type, with cabins on either
side and two driveways in the center,
and her bottom is sheathed with cop
per. This boat was completely over
hauled and equipped at a great ex
pense to go on a ferry service In
Jacksonville, Fla., and was en route
for that port, but because of finan
cial difficulties, the project had to be
abandoned and the boat was laid up
at West Norfolk. Va., where she now
lies, and where she will be sold on
the date above named regardless of
weather conditions.
YOUMANS & DEMMOND,
Auctioneers.
We will sell at the Court House
Tuesday, May 3, the brick store
and dwelling known as 120 and
122 Bryan street, west. This property
is near the Market, between Whitaker
and Barnard streets.
If you see us before the day of sale
we can arrange easy terms if desired.
YOUMANS & DEMMOND,
Auction, Logan Estate.
Tuesday, May 3. The most varied
assortment of real estate offered for
years Is the property of the Logan
estate, to be sold at auction Tuesday,
May, 3. Unfortunately for the estate,
but fortunately for the public. Mr. J.
P. Collins, being executor, is prevented
by law from buying any of tt. This
gives you a chancs you ought not to
pass. Send for list. John L. Archer,
Auctioneer.—ad.
AITTION SALES FI'TX'RES DAYS.
408 AND 410 MONTGOMERY ST.
AT AUCTION.
A SURE INCOME OX SMALL IN.
VESTMENT.
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer,
Will sell TUESDAY, May 3, 1904. dur
ing the usual hours of sale,
Those two residences, two stories
ea:h, renting for s'B i,er month each
and known as Nos. 408 and 410 Mont
gomery street, together having a front
of 40 feet and a depth of 90 feet, be
ing just south of the southeast cor
ner of Montgomery and Jones
streets. The lot is known as a part of
No. 4 Berrien' ward. This property is
near the Union Station, and can al
ways be tenanted by the best class of
those employed in the western section
of the city.
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARsT
If deposited in a Savings Bank will
yield $17.50 per annum.
If
INVESTED IN REAL ESTATE it will
produce Forty Gold Dollars.
You can buy five houses with five
hundred dollars, which rent for Thir
ty-five dollars per month.
If you want all the facts communi
cate, before the first Tuesday in May,
with DORSETT,
The Auctioneer.
AUCTION SALE
OF VERY CHOICE AND VALUA
BLF BUILDING LOTS
By I. D. LA ROCHE, Auctioneer.
On TUESDAY, May 3, 1904, at 4
o’clock p. m., I will sell on the grounds
50 to 75 lots, as shown on the
plat, situated within the corporate
limits of Savannah, between Forty
second and Forty-fifth streets, north
and south, and West Broad and Flor
ence streets, east and west, on a high
level plane. Meyer's Park of more
than an acre is near the center.
The terms will be $25 cash at once,
and $5 each month, with 7 per cent,
interest annually on deferred pay
ments.
The streets are each 60 feet wide,
the lanes are 16 feet wide, and no lot
is less than 30x105 feet, while corner
lots are wider than 30 feet.
Lot 120. one of the handsomest In
the subdivision and fronting north on
Meyer's Park, will be given away in
the following manner:
To each purchaser of a lot I will
give a card, with his name on it, after
pavment of the first installment of
$25, and after the sale of 50 lots three
disinterested persons will deposit all
the cards thus issued by me, less one,
In a hat. The one omitted will be
made up for by a card with the num
ber 120 on it, and the purchaser who
draws the card with that number will
be entitled to lot 120. A deed to It
will be made and delivered to the
drawer as soon as he or she shall
finish paying for the lot or lots pur
chased by him or her.
Every purchaser can draw once for
each lot he buys, on the terms stated.
Montgomery street cars stop only
one block from the lots.
YOUMANS & DEMMOND.
Auctioneers.
We will sell at the Court House >
Tuesday. May 3, the property on the
southwest corner of Congress and '
Habersham, consisting of a large two
story house, known as 321 Congress,
west, and a modern two-story house !
No. 39 Habersham street.
The lot is 60x90. Easy terms can
be arranged by seeing us before day
'of sale. YOUMANS & DEMMOND,
6 Bryan. East.
AUCTION LOGAN ESTATE,
Tuesday, May 3.
The most varied assortment of real
estate offered for years is the property
of the Logan Estate, to be sold at auc
tion Tuesday, May 3. Unfortunately
for the estate, but fortunately for the
public, Mr. J. S. Collins, being execu
tor, is prevented by law from buying
any of it. This gives you a chance
you ought not to pass. Send for list.
JOHN L. ARCHER, Auctioneer.
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