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HOUSE CLEANING
AT THE CAPITOL
IS AN HERCULEAN TASK
tub great white-domed hold
ing HEADY FOR CONGRESS.
Four Hundred and Fifty Rooms, 10
Acres of Floors, 700 Windows and
580 Doors Make the C’apltol Ifonse
kerpcr** Job Anything Rut a Lit
tle One—Some of the Improve
ments That Will Open the Eyes ot
the "Nation’s Lawmakers This
Week-Nothing Too Good for a
••Billion Dollar Congresa"- Con
gressmen Will Bathe in Tnbs Cut
Front Blocks of Solid Marble.
Washington. Dec. 3.—When Congress
assembles to-morrow the members
will And their great marble workshop
as spick and span as soap and water
.md paint can make It. The annual
In ’usecleaning at the United States
Capitol has been unusually thorough
this year, and it is not too much to
6 ay that the great white-domed build
ing at Washington Is just now a little
cleaner and more attractive than It
has been at any previous time In his
tory. The legislative headquarters is
more modern, too, for many improve
ments have been made in the big
structure since the national law-mak
,rs went home last spring.
Few persons, not excepting the sen
ators and representatives themselves,
have any conception of what a hercu
lean task it Is to put the Capitol in
apple pie order for a session of Con
gress. The huge building has an area
of more than three and one-half acres,
and inasmuch as it is three stories in
bight, there is an aggregate of more
than ten acres of floors to be scrub
bed. There are 450 separate rooms, the
walls of which have to be cleaned and
the woodwork touched up, to say
nothing of the renovation of carpets
and upholstered furniture, and during
the past few weeks twenty-eight apart
ments—all committee rooms of good
size —have been completely transform
ed, the work embracing the redecora
tion of walls and ceiling and refurnish
ing with new carpets and new ma
hogany furniture.
A Big Window Cleaning Job.
Let the average housewife try to
imagine what it would mean to wash
700 windows each twice as large as
any window in an ordinary house, and
to clean the woodwork of 550 doors,
and she may gain a slight conception
of the immensity of house cleaning at
the nation's Capitol. And In addition
there is more than an acre of glass
skylights to be washed Inside and out;
140 fireplaces to be set In order; 260
wash basins to be scoured and an In
finite number of other tasks calculated
to keep a large force of workers very
busy for weeks before the date for the
assembling of the legislators.
One of the most Important “improve
ments” which will be disclosed to the
representatives when they assemble
to-morrow, will be found In the res
taurant. For several years past there
has been a great hue and cry regard
ing the meals served to congressmen.
The manager of the restaurant, which
is a private enterprise, endeavored to
provide menus in keeping with the dig
nity of his distinguished patrons, and
owing to the wide fluctuation in pat
ronage on “duU” and "busy” days,
lost about $3,000 during the last ses
sion of Congress.
A Kick On the Cnpitol Restaurant.
The representatives on the other hand
were not at all satisfied with the food
nor the service, and threatened to have
Congress conduct the restaurant. A
committee of Congress wrestled with
the mooted question this past summer
and have a solution which they be
lieve will please everybody. Uncle
Sam will not go into the restaurant
business, the establishment remaining
a private enterprise, but there will be
abolition of the old-time elaborate re
pasts, and instead the nation’s ser
vants will have an opportunity to en
joy simple fare, well cooked, such as
is the delight of the Yankee business
man who must content himself with
a “quick lunch.”
Electricity in the Capitol.
When the members of Congress come
hack to work this week after their long
vacation, they will find that electricity
is, to a greater extent than ever, king
of the Capitol. The magic current
plays the most important part in heat
ing, lighting and ventilating the mon
ster building, and has lately enabled
marvelous advances In the facilities
for quick communication between the
various parts of this official city un
der one roof. Just a hint of the con
veniences afforded by the utilization
of the twentieth century power is
found in the operation of the new elec
tric bell system which has been In
stalled throughout the big building for
.lie benefit of members temporarily ab
sent from the floor while the legisla
tive body is in session. By means of
one or another of these 100 bells a law
maker, no matter In what part of the
building he may be, Is warned when
sny important action is to be taken
in the legislative chamber, so that it
HAPPY CHILDHOOD.
Hight Food Makes Happy Children
Because They Are Healthy.
Sometimes milk does not agree with
children or adults. The same thing is
true of other articles of food. What
uvroes with one sometimes does not
agree with others.
But food can be so prepared that It
will agree with the weakest stomach.
As ;m illustration—anyone, no matter
now weak the stomaeh, can eat, relish
and digest a nice hot cup of Postum
“often with a spoonful or two of
< 'rnpe-Nuts poured In, and such a
combination contains nourishment to
carry one a number of hours, for al
most every particle of It will be di
gested and taken up by the system
*>nd be made use of.
A lady writes from the land of the
-Magnolia and the mocking bird way
down In Alabama and says: “I was led
>o drink Postum because coffee gave
me sour stomnch and made me nerv
,’" R - Again Postum was recommend
ed by two well known physicians for
hty children, and I feel especially
K™*fdl for the benefit derived.
, ,‘Mllk floes not agree with either
child, so to the eldest, aged 44 years,
J give Postum with plenty of sweet
cream. It agrees with her splendidly,
regulating her bowels perfectly, al
’nough she Is of a constipated habit.
For the youngcHt, aged 24 years.
I use one-half Postum and one-hslf
f-klmmod milk. I have not given any
medicine since the children began
using postum. and they enjoy every
drop of It.
"A neighbor of mine Is giving Pos
'um to her baby lately weaned, with
splendid result*. The little fellow is
'hrlvlng famously." Name given by
1 ostuin Cos,. Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum agrees perfectly with chil
dren and supplies adults with ths hot.
Invigorating beverage In place of cof
fee, Literally thousands of Americans
have beep helped out of stomach and
nervous diseases by Isavlng off coffee
and using Postum Pood Coffee. |j>ok
In package f.r the Jlltle book, "The
Hoad to weltvllle,”
“77”
Cures Grip and
COLDS
Now that the season for Colds,
Coughs and Neuralgic Pains is with
us the careful man is on the lookout
for such preventive measures as will
guard him against the “eager and
nipping air” that may prepare the
way for a winter's sickness.
It is not necessary to look far for a
preventive and cure; at the nearest
drug store you will find Dr. Hum
phreys’ “Seventy-seven.” Those who
habitually carry and take "77” at the
first sneeze or shiver rarely have a
serious Cold or illness.
At Druggists, 25 cents, or mailed.
Humphreys' Medicine Cos., cor. Wil
iiam and John streets. New York.
is his own fault if he does not vote on
every measure which comes up.
—5,000 Incandescent Lamps.
The visitor to the Capitol under this
new regime may be surprised to note
the total absence of lighting fixtures,
and yet at the first suggestion of dusk
the chambers of the Senate and
House of Representatives are flooded
with light. More than 25,000 incan
descent lamps, each of sixteen candle
power, tucked away in unobtrusive
places, give the illumination. Similar
ly, not a single coil of steam pipe nor
so much as one radiator is visible and
yet no person can ever complain of
■oold so long as he is within the walls
of the huge pile on Capitol Hill. Final
ly, 75,000 cubic feet of fresh air is pour
ed into the hall of the House and 26,-
000 cubic feet of clean atmosphere is
forced into the Senate chamber each
minute, and yet the novel task is per
formed so scientifically that there is
not the suggestion of a draught In any
part of these vast rooms.
CongrresHional Comforts.
In this betterment of things in gen
eral at the Capitol there has, as may
be imagined, been no special efforts for
economy. The men in charge have
gone on the theory that there can be
nothing too good for a “billion-dollar
Congress,” and the men who, as a re
sult of the recent election, are to come
back to Congress after an absence of
some years will be very likely to open
their eyes in amazement. The twen
tieth century congressman sits in a
chair that cost $25; has his shoes
shined free of charge at a bootblack
stand that cost $55; and is served with
drinking water from coolers which cost
$26 apiece and each of which will hold
sl7 worth of mineral water. The Speak
er of the House of Representatives has
anew mahogany desk that cost $l2O
and may rest on a leather couch for
which Uncle Sam paid out S6O. There
are ninety toilet rooms in the Capitol
and fourteen bath tubs have been in
stalled for the use of congressmen.
These tubs are all cut from blocks of
solid marble and are equipped with
shower apparatus and other up-to-date
adjuncts.
To Enlarge the Capitol.
This coming session of Congress will
in all probability authorize an exten
sion of the United States Capitol which
will cost several million dollars and
increase the size of the building fully
one-third. Under the old conditions
such an expansion of the already spa
cious structure would probably have
appalled the men who are frequently
called upon to communicate with
widely separated points in Uncle Sam’s
biggest office building. Now they can
regard the growth with serenity, for
the Capitol has, all of its own, as
complete a telephone system as is to
be found in the average city of 10,000
inhabitants, the exchange being con
nected with more than 300 telephones
throughout the building.
Some of the Things it Will Have.
Steps are also to be taken to give
the Capitol a more efficient system of
fire protection, for whereas the mas
sive structure is, in its construction,
well safeguarded against fire, its rooms
contain vast quantities of records,
books and documents of value which
would be rapidly consumed were not
means at hand for quickly extinguish
ing the flames. The provision of a
modern fire department is all that is
needed to make the congressional com
munity a little city in itself, for it al
ready boasts a police department that
numbers more men than are on the
pay roll of the average small city; a
postofflee that does a tremendous busi
ness and an institution—the office of
the sergeant-at-arms—which performs
all the functions of a bank. When
the new office buildings are completed
the Capitol will also have its own un
derground railway system.
MAY DISSOLVE COMPANY.
The Universal Tobacco May Go Oat
of Existence.
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 3. —Preliminary
steps were taken in the Court of
Chancery to-day towards the formal
dissolution of the Universal Tobacco
Company as a distinct corporation.
This company was recently merged
Into the American Tobaoco Company.
An order granted by Vice Chancellor
Garrison fixes Jersey City and Dec. 19
as the place and time where a hear
ing on the application for the dissolv
ing of the company’s charter will be
had.
The order for a dissolution will In
clude a provision fo'r the payment of
the company’s proved debts, which
amount to $499,480.52.
Mt’C’ue Seeks New Trial.
Lynchburg, Va„ Dec. 3.—The coun
sel in the case of J. Samuel McCue,
former Mayor of Charlottesville, con
victed of wife murder, has received
the transcript of record of the case In
order to endeavor to appeal to the Su
preme Court for anew trial. The
record contains 1,060 pages of typewrit
ten matter, an unusually large one, and
the petition for writ of error will be
more than 100 pages In length, Its
length being record breaking. The
case mav not be taken to a Supreme
Court judge for a week yet.
Another Hotel for Thomasvllle.
Thomasvllle, Ga„ Dec. 2.—A number
of business men In Thomasvllle have
started a project for the securing of
another resort hotel In Thomasvllle.
They propose to raise a c'ash bonus of
several thousand dollars to bo paid
to any hotel man who will build a
modern hostelry. Several parties ate
In correspondence over the matter, and
If a hotel is built It will rival the Royal
Poncf'ana and Ponce De Leon In mag
nificence. Northern resident* of
Thomasvllle are Interested In the pro
ject.
Huron Elks’ Memorial Day.
Macon, Dec. 3.—Macon Lodge of Elks
No. 230 will hold Its annual memorial
service to-morrow afternoon.
The principal address, on “Our De
parted Brothers." will be delivered by
Capt. W. A, Davis. The prayer will be
by Itev. H. Bohler Walker, pastor of
the Christ icpltu opal Church. The Klks
whose memories ere to be honored are:
H L. Simmons, H. H Teogln, J. L.
Baker aud C. A. Turner.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1901
ALL THE WORLD
ISJHOOTING
UNCLE SAM’S MARKSMEN
WILL HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR LAURELS.
Congress to Be Asked for $1,000,000
a Year to Carry on Training;
Schools for Rifle Practice— How It
Is Proposed to Expend the Appro
priation—Little More Than One-
Half the Regular Army Trained
Marksmen—What Other Countries
Are Doing to Muke Soldiers.
Washington, Dec. 2.—lt will be in
teresting to Col. W. E. Coney and his
rifle shooting assistants in Georgia to
know that the Committee on Legisla
tion of the National Board for the Pro
motion of Rifle Practice has complet
ed a draft of a bill which will be pre
sented to Congress at the coming ses
sion, presumably through the Secretary
of War, for the carrying into effect
of the plan drawn by the board in
compliance with the act of March 2,
1903. More than a year was consum
ed in the consideration of the general
subject by the national board, and a
most comprehensive plan was at
length drafted and has been approved
by the Secretary of War.
A Bill in Congress.
The bill will be entitled, "A bill to
encourage rifle practice and excellence
in marksmanship amongst citizens of
the United States, so as to render
them quickly available for efficient
service in time of war.”
The title clearly indicates the pur
pose of the bill, which is to encourage
marksmanship among citizens, giving
them instruction and affording facili
ties for practice without it being nec
essary for them to belong to military
organizations, although suitable pro
vision will be made for rifle practice
by the National Guard, the army, navy
and the marina corps.
The board will ask for an annual ap
propriation of $1,000,000, to be expend
ed under the direction of the Secre
tary of War, for training in rifle prac
tice those who desire to be efficient
marksmen; for the construction and
equipment of shooting galleries; for
the acquisition, equipment and main
tenance of national target ranges; and
for the issue of arms and ammunition
to schools and clubs, etc.
Clubs to Be Organised.
To enable civilians to practice in the
shooting galleries and on the national
ranges and to obtain the benefit of the
provisions for the issuing of rifles and
ammunition, clubs are to be formed of
not less than ten members each and
the shooting galleries and ranges will
be open to such clubs as well as to
the army, navy, marine corps and Na
tional Guard. To reach the schools,
both public and private, the age limit
of membership to the clubs has been
placed at 15 years.
Not exceeding one rifle may be issued
to a club for each ten members there
of, together with 500 rounds of ammu
nition per piece. After the first year,
not exceeding fifty rounds of ammu
nition for each qualification as marks
man may be issued free. All qualified
marksmen will receive official badges
and their names and addresses are to
be filed in the office of the military
secretary of the army, so that a com
plete roster will be on hand of all the
men in the United States, who are
familiar with the handling of the na
tional arm, and who are able to use it
effectively. Such information would
be extremely valuable in case of war.
All Countries Practicing.
Reports from nearly all civilized
countries as to the work which is be
ing done in those countries in the di
rection of rifle practice have been se
cured containing valuable information
which will be presented to Congress in
support of the bill. It will be pointed
out that in estimating the military ef
ficiency of a soldier in Wattle, if ten
points are considered as a standard of
perfection, at least eight and one-half
of these points are skill in rifle and
revolver shooting.
In the Santiago campaign the troops
of the regular army engaged In that
campaign was perhaps the finest body
of expert riflemen in the world, while
the Spanish troops had received little
or no instruction in target practice and
were very poor shots. While the Span
iards were protected with rifle pits,
with the ground in front of them clear
in some Instances for three-fourths
of a mile, the American troops march
ed over these open places, captured
their rifle pits and sustained com
paratively few casualties. In comment-
STARVED TO DEATH.
Our text to-day is the story of the
miser who taught his ass to live on
straw, of which he gave him a smaller
portion every day.
Just as the miser had got him so
trained as to eat one straw a day—
the poor ass died.
He is an ass who starves himself to
death—as thousands are doing, mis
led by foolish teachers—because their
stomachs have become too weak,
through neglect or disease, to do the
work which nature has provided for
their stomachs to do.
Because the engine is out of gear,
would you consign it to the Junk
heap ?
Why, no! Mend it!
Commit slow suicide because your
digestive organs leak?
Certainly not! Take Stuart’s Dys
pepsia Tablets.
One thing is sure as shooting.
You can never get anew stomach.
You must mend it, or it will lead
you a miserable existence.
The only way to mend it is to take
Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets.
This has been practically and scien
tifically demonstrated by the many
thousands whom Htuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets have positively cured, after
every other treatment of medicine,
mineral waters, pills and slow, suicidal
starvation had failed.
These methods are all unscientific
therefore false.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are scien
tific —therefore true and successful.
Having cured so many thousands—
many of whom doubtless have Buf
fered more than you do—do we claim
too much when we say that Htuart’s
Dyspepsia Tablets will surely do good
to you?
Hurely not.
Especially when wc make It plain
that no promise is made to cure more
Ihan one disease—Dyspepsia.
Htuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are a
positive cure for Just this one disease.
They are a scientific combination of
Ingredients which search out the weak
spots In nil the digestive organs and
make them strong snd well.
They have an Immediate digestive
action on undigested food, and thus,
while curing weak organs, they at the
same time help them to do their work.
They thus stand for sll that Is good
In the medical treatment of Dyapep
sis, snd for nothing Ihst Is bad.
They are not a fad but a fact.
They are asfe, pleasant, certain end
permanent and can be taken by the
meet delicate Invalids without fear of
harmful result*.
lng on this a number of expert shots
who participated in this campaign have
said that had qur men been behind
the enemy’s rifle pits we could have
killed at least ten times our own num
ber out of any troops attacking them
as we did the Spaniards.
Japanese Are Good Shots.
The lack of rifle praettoe on the
part of the Russians is contrasted with
the care and attention given this sub
ject by the Japanese and is held large
ly responsible for the success of the
Japanese in attacking and carrying
fortified places.
The board takes the position that
“for practical purposes in battle, the
man behind the rifle is the military
unit and if he is properly trained to
hit what he shoots at, all other units
will do good work." and insists that
there is no way by which a rifle can
be accurately shot at any range
“without the individual training of t’Jb
man who aims it and pulls the trig
ger."
After pointing out that the United
States must depend, in time of war,
upon the militia and volunteers for
the bulk of the fighting force, the
board says that if the plans proposed
in the bill are adopted, it is believed
the United States will, within a few
years, have more than 500,000 men
“who will have, for practical pur
poses on the line of battle, nearly all
of the requirements for the most effi
cient enlisted men in the world.”
Half tile Army Trained Marksmen.
Statistics of the existing regular
army show that of the 60,000 aggre
gate, only 24,000 enlisted men of the
infantry and 12,000 enlisted of the cav
alry, or a total of 36,000 are being
trained as marksmen. Of the National
Guard forces, amounting to 115,000 ap
proximately, only about one-third of
the states have ranges or make any
pretense of training national guards
men; as riflemen the second third have
the merest apologies for ranges, and
quite a third have no ranges at all.
It is, therefore, estimated that not
more than 40,000 or 45,000 of the na
tional guard have been trained to
shoot, which, together with the 36,000
of the regular army, make an aggre
gate available force of trained marks
men of only about 80,000 men in a
country of 80,000,000 inhabitants.
The National Guard is only avail
able for service in time of war for a
period of nine months, so that volun
teer troops drawn from civil life would
be required. Of a land force of 400,-
000 or 500,000 troops, at the very out
side, under existing circumstances,
only 80,000 or 20 to 25 per cent.,’ would
have been trained in the handling of
a modern weapon and in accuracy of
shooting.
British Army’s Work.
A resume of what the other coun
tries are doing in this direction shows
that Great Britain, since the Boer
War, is making strenuous efforts to
encourage rifle practice. Hundreds of
ranges have been built and every in
ducement is offered for boys and young
tnen to practice. Ten thousand pounds
sterling is annually appropriated by
Parliament for the encouragement of
rifle practice in England, which is aug
mented by many private donations.
The King of England gives 1,000 pounds
annually for prizes, and Mr. William
Waldorf Astor. formerly a citizen of
the United States, recently contrib
uted fIO,OOO towards an endownment
fund for the National Rifle Associa
tion of England. In 1902 the aggregate
prizes at the great Bislet meeting
amounted to $50,000.
All the World Shooting.
Canada, with a population of about
7,000,000, gives SIO,OOO a year for the
support of the Dominion Rifle Asso
ciation, which receives at least as
much from private parties. In France,
rifle clubs under the supervision of the
government, are maintained, assisted
and ei .ouraged to the utmost extent.
In Italy, rifle clubs are formed under
the direction of the government in
every community and a considerable
reduction in time of compulsory mili
tary service is allowed to those men
who have qualified as marksmen. In
1898, Switzerland had 3,446 shooting
clubs with 210,000 members, of which
163,000 qualified. Assistance is given
by the Netherlands In money, arms
and ammunition, while Norway and
Sweden. In addition to organizing rifle
clubs for adults, are giving special at
tention to the training of boys In
schools from the age of 11 years up
wards.
“When the whole world seems to be
keenly, a ive to the Importance of
civilian rifle practice,” says the report,
“it seems strange indeed that the
United States, the most progressive of
the large nations, should have done al
most nothing in this direction, although
a greater proportion of its soldiery
than that of any other country, must
be drawn from civil life, in case of
war.”
ELECTION IN COLUMBUS.
Th Successful Candidates In the
White Primary.
Columbus, Ga., Deo. S. —The count
In yesterday’s white primary for al
dermen was not concluded until long
after midnight this morning. The City
Democratic Executive Committee to
day declared the following candidates
to have been nominated: First ward,
E. P. Dismukes; Second ward. J. Al
bert Kirven; Third ward, M. C. Bar
low; Fourth ward, Leo. Leowenherz;
Fifth ward, A. J. Teague; Sixth ward,
Robert Reid; Seventh ward, W. C.
Lawrence; Eighth ward, J. W. Favers.
Mr. Dismuke’s m'ajorlty was 83. Mr.
Kirven's 28, and Mr. Barlow’s 11.
These were the closest races.
A split ticket was elected, three of
the candidates on the Citizen's ticket,
going In and six of the Commercial
Club ticket being elected. Interest cen
tered In the contest In the Fifth ward,
between Messrs. Dismukes and Mur
rah, which resulted In a victory for the
Citizen’s ticket.
OVERRULED ANSWER
Of Defendants In Halt Broaght By
( Mrs. Mnybrlck's Mother.
Richmond, Va., Dec. B.—ln the City
Chancery Court to-day Judge Qrlhnan
overruled the answer of D. W. Arm
strong and others to the demurrer to
their plea of abatement in the suit
filed against them by Mrs. Caroline E.
Roques, the mother of Mrs. Florence
V. Maybriek, to set aside conveyances
of certain lands in Virginia and West
Virginia.
It is stated that this action does not
affect the merits of the case, and the
taking of testimony will now begin.
withers Tot guilty.
lie Was Charged Willi Misappropri
ation ol gIS,INNI.
Beaumont, Tex., Dec. 3.—The Jury in
the case of former President J. P.
Withers of the American National
Bank of Resumont, charged with the
misappropriation of 138.000 of the funds
of the bank, returned a verdict of not
guilty to-day. There were fifteen
counts in the Indictment, covering five
different transactions. Me was acquit
ted on all counts.
Hrarinar'l Field I leap,
Washington, Dec, I.—Representative
James A. Hemenway of Indiana,
chairman of the Mouse *'ommil !• on
Appropriations, telegraphed Hpesker
Cannon to-day that all the candidates
for rtenator Fairbanks' seat In Indians
had withdrawn, leaving hint fHerrien
wsyl a clear field In tb* Repot/! 'an
caucus.
OVER A MILLION FAMILIES RELY UPON PE-RU-NA
PE-RU-NA
is i safeguard
to the home. It is
a wall of security.
It guards the health
and happiness of many a
family. The winter’s sudden
changes in temperature, the
inevitable exposure of man,
woman and child, makes colds and coughs,
bronchitis and pneumonia, acute catarrh and
chronic catarrh inevitable in this country,
Peruna should always be kept in the
house.
A bottle of Peruna stands as a silent guardiar*
of the health of the household.
Millions of households have already realized the
benefit of Peruna,
Millions of other households still neglect this
valuable precaution.
A few doses of Peruna at the right time work
wonders.
Its value as a prevention is far greater than the
wonderful cures it is constantly making.
From a Colorado Home.
“My children were fully restored. The whole
family is in perfect health, thanks to Peruna.”—
Mrs. Bertha Binkert, 619 N. Wahsatch Ave., Col
orado Springs, Col.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Pe-ru-na Almanac for 1905.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
FOR SOUTH GEORGIA
National Aid for Waterways, Syrup Station, Ex
periment Farm and Valdosta Public Building.
Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 3.—Congress
man Brantley left to-night for Wash
ington. "I do not anticipate any gen
eral legislation of any very great im
portance, outside of the appropriation
bills at the approaching short session
of Congress,’’ ho said. ’’The same ap
propriation bill 9 that are passed at the
long session have to be passed at the
short session, and the time will be
too limited to transact much other
business. I look to see the ‘Stand Pat
ters' in the Republican party win out
against the effort that Is being made
to revise the tariff. The logic of the
situation Is with them. The Republi
can party was overwhelmingly return
ed to power on the present tariff.
"It Is greatly to be desired that the
President modify or recede from his
pronounced position on the race prob
lem In the South, as manifested In his
utterances heretofore, and In the ap
pointments he has made. I have seen
absolutely nothing, however, emanat
ing directly, or Indirectly from him
that he will do so.
The Brunswick llnrhor.
"There are many matters of local in
terest to be disposed of at the ap
proaching session,” said Congressman
Brantley. "Brunswick, under the rules
governing such matters, is not enti
tled to any appropriation for Improve
ments of the inner harbor, or the out
er harbor. The only appropriation we
can ask for for this purpose Is for
maintenance. The district engineer
estimated 340.000 for this purpose, but
the chief of engineers, most unfortu
nately. and as 1 think most unwisely,
has reduced this estimate to 315,000,
and has recommended to Congress that
this latter amount Is sufficient. I hop*
to see provision made for a survey to
obtain thirty feet of water In the har
bor and on the bar. It has been esti
mated that the Clubb and Plantation
Creek canal will cost 340,700. and the
chief of engineers has recommended
that this amount be appropriated for
this purpose. I hope the opposition,
heretofore, manifested against this ca
nal, has abated, and that we can get
the appropriation without serious diffi
culty.
Waterway Appropriations.
"The Inside water route from Savan
nah to Fernandlna, by way of Bruns
wick. Is sadly in need of an appropri
ation. The district engineer estimates
that 356,000 should be expended upon It
during next year. The chief of engi
neers has reduced this, however, to
330,000.
’’The Altamaha river had 340.000
estimated for it, but this amount was
reduced In the office of the chief of
engineers to 320,000.
"The Oconee river was likewise es
timated at 340.000, hut In the same
way this was reduced to 315,000. The
amounts recommended by the chief of
engineers are totally Inadequate for
the purpose.
"There ought to be a survey of a
part of St. Marys river for the pur
pose of removing certain shoals that
exist In the river, so as to give the
town of St. Marys benefit of the mag
nificent deep water over the Fernan
dlna bar. I hope to see this survey
ordered.
"I have also introduced a hill for
a survey of the three-mile cut between
Darien and Brunswick and hope to aee
ih survey ordered.
"I shall also eall the attention of
the River and llsrtior <‘ommltte* to a
lapsed appropriation of 330, 000 that win
mads some years ago to t*ol. Goodyear
for work on the Brunswick bar. Ths
chief of engineers holds tiiat this ap
propriation being mad# payable to f'/tl,
Goodyear for work done by him, can
not be used by ths government engi
neers, esrept by direction of Congress
Ths •mount could be moot profitably
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expended in our Inner harbor, includ
ing Aeadamy creek.
The Way cross Syrup Station.
"The syrup station at Waycross Is
In Its second year of operation. I
have not yet been advised by the Bu
reau of Chemistry," said Congressman
j Brantley, "whether or not it will oom
, plete this year all the experiments nec
essary to make and that it desired to
make. If it has not completed its ex
periments, I will ask for another ap
propriation to operate the station next
year. If the experiments have been
satisfactorily completed I shall ask for
an appropriation for potato experi
ments at this same station. I have
been advised that most of the outfit
there could be used for that purpose.
The Bureau of Chemistry thinks there
are great possibilities for our sweet
potato for both starch and alcohol,
and the experiments will be for the
purpose of demonstrating the value of
the sweet potato for the production of
starch and alcohol.
The lllarksliear Experiment Farm.
"I secured an appropriation for an
experiment farm at Blackshear, which
farm has been In operation during this
year. Its purpose has been principal
ly to develop the sea Island cotton
plant with a view of producing a seed
that will prove a resistant to the va
rious diseases from which it suffers.
Wilt, root-knot, rust and anthracnose
have of late years interfered most se
riously with the cultivation of sea Is
land cotton. The experiments have
also been conducted for the purpose
of determining the best crops to ro
tate with sea Island cotton. I hope
to get an additional appropriation to
continue these experiments. They
must be conducted for several years
in order to prove of practical benefit.”
Public Building for Valdosta.
Valdosta Is entitled to a public build
ing for a Court House and postofffee.
The people of Valdosta are now fur
nishing a place for the United States
courts to meet. The government has
purchased a site In Valdosta upon
which to erect a building. I hope to
see an appropriation this winter for
a building, and I feel quite sure that
If any public building legislation at
all is had, Valdosta will get an ap
propriation.
RATS EXPLODED A~TORPEDO.
Set Off a Box of Firecrackers and
Nearly Burned a Tilton Store.
Tlfton, Ga.. Dec. 3.—'Tlfton .came
very near having another fire hist
night. A fire was discovered issuing
from the store house, formerly occu
pied by Henderson & Son, grocerymen,
In the Sumner building. Henderson &
Hon has Just vacated the building, and
in leaving, left behind a box of fire
works, also a few boxes of Uncnda bis
cuits. The rats discovered the biscuits,
and In robbing the box exploded a tor
pedo which fired several packages of
firecrackers. The explosion was heard
by Will Dent, a Const Line yard man,
who at once located the fire, and gave
the alarm. A few buckets of water
quickly applied to the blaze soon dis
tinguished the fire with little damage.
Thninns* llle’s Election.
Thomasvillc, Ga.. Dec. B.—The city
registration books for the municipal
primary to be held this month, will
doss on Monday. Ths registration Is
heavy, and thers Is conslderabls inter
est In the election. Mayor H. A. Itod
denberg will bs rs-elected to a second
term without opposition. Marshal J.
J. Mlephens and City Clerk K T. Mac
lean ara also unopposed. The office
of rlly treasurer will be contested lor
by J. W. 11. Mitchell and W W. Wll
llsma. Haversl tickets will bs In ths
field for school board and City coun
cil.
From a Governor’s Home.
“I have had occasion to use Peruna in my fam
ily for colds, and it proved an excellent remedy-”
W. M. Lord, Governor of Oregon.
From a Massachusetts Home.
“Accept my thanks for your kind advice. Peru
na will always be found in my house.”---W. E.
Richmond, 40 Cady St., North Adams, Mass.
From a Washington Home.
“AH the members of our family use Peruna
when sick with a cold and it keeps our health in
good condition.”—-Harris F. Parks, 609 Seventh
Ave., Seattle, Wash.
From an Illinois Home.
“I always keep it in the house and it saves me a
great many doctor bills.”—Lida Rowland, 2160
Grenshaw street, Chicago, 111.
From a Missouri Home.
“Peruna has been my favorite and only house
hold remedy for nearly five years.”—Mrs. Carrie
King, Darlington, Mo.
ROOSEVELT WILL
COME TO GEORGIA
SO HE TOLD SENATOR CLAY.
TALKED ABOUT HIS DEEP REGARD
FOR THE SOUTH.
President Is Anxious to Visit Ros
well, On., Where His Klnspeopl*
Lived—Clay Invited Him to Be His
Gaest—Georgia Senator Promised
the President a Cordial Welcome
From the Pi-ople of the State—
To Talk It Over Again.
By R. M. Lamer.
Washington, Dec. 3.—President
Roosevelt to-day informed Senator
Clay of Georgia that It Is his Intention
to visit the South some time during
the coming year. This is the first pos
itive declaration on the subject that
has come directly from the President.
Senator Clay arrived here this morn
ing and later in the day called at the
White House. The president greeted
him cordially and assured him that he
expects to go South, and especially in
Georgia, during the next year.
The President expressed himself as
entertaining the kindest feeling to
wards the people of the South. He
said he had for a long time desired
to visit Roswell, Ga.. where his ktns
people had lived. It was suggested
that the President visit Senator Clay’s
home and from there drive over to
Roswell, whloh Is not far distant.
During the informal conversation
which followed, the President said the
people of the South had misunderstood
and misjudged him In regard to his
feelings for the Southern people. He
added that, while he was a Republi
can, he was also an American, willing
and anxious to advance the Interests
of every section of the country.
Senator Clay in reply said it was
not necessary to assure the President
that the people of Georgia would ex
tend to him a cordial welcome. While
many of the people of that state may
differ with him in politics, they recog
nize thut he is the President of the
United States, and he would find them
to be hospitable end progressive peo
ple. He assured the President he
would find a people of business tact
and skill and the equal of the people
in any olher section of the country.
The Interview ended by the Presi
dent asking Senator Clay to call again
nome evening next week, stating that
he desired to talk with him further
a/bout matters pertaining to Georgia.
STABBED THROUGH THE HEART.
Fatal Ending uf a “Skylarking*' at
Tlfton#
Tlfton. Oa., Dec. 3.—John Butler, col
ored, was stabbed through the heart
and instantly killed late yesterday
afternoon by Ella Winters, a nsgro
woman, scarcely grown.
Ella says they were only playing,
but she was promptly arrested and
placed In jail pending a committal
hearing.
Tlfton Aliases Telephones.
Tlfton, Ga., Dec. 3.—For the last
thirty days, even sines Tlfton'a disas
trous fire, the citizens have been
gristly Inconvenienced over the ab
sence of telephone service, the Tlfton
telephone exchange having been ona
of tile sufferers 111 the fire. Anew
switchboard has arrived, and other
material is now arriving dally, much
to ths gratification of the hundreds of
subscribers to the exchange in Tlfton.
Within the next week ths service will
be rsady for business mgmtm.
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