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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
POLITICS UP IN EFFINGHAM.

The County Mass Meeting Takes Issue
With the Executive Committee.
Politics in Eflngham is becoming little
mixed, and good deal of dissatisfaction
exists, growing out of the action Of the
recent mass meeting at Springfield.
The executive committee at its meeting
held some time ago decided to settle the
legislative race by a primary, and named
Sept. as the time. The candidate receiv-
ing majority of the votes cast at the cleo
ton was to be declared the nominee of the
party.
The mass meeting, which was called to
select delegates to the various conventions,
took it upon itself to reverse the action of
the executive committee in so far as 10 say
that the candidate receiving q plurality of
the votes cast instead of a majority should
be declared the nominee. This action of the
mass meeting has created much dissatisfac
ton in the ranks of the democracy, and will
undoubtedly precipitate fight, since 1t is
understood that the executive committee
| proposes to stand by its action and will not
declare any one the nominee unless he re-
| ceives majority Of the votes cast.
The executive committee claims that the
mass meeting was composed of a small
number of voters, and that it was called for
a specific purpose that of selecting dele
| gates, and had no right to interfere with
the action OF the committee.
1t is reported that at the meeting Of the
alliance at Springfield on Friday Col. H. q.
Wright received majority and indorse-
ment for representative, but as Col Wright
had declined to be candidate for the Office
it is not known whether he will consent to
run in view Of the dissatisfaction which
now exists.
The democracy is also hampered by the
unfortunate agitation of the ''quart-bottle'
law Effingham county is dry county and
it proposes to remain SO. Never in the his
tory Of Efhngham has it stood the test OF
liquor so well as it has in the past few
years. The present law works well and
satisfactorily. To change the local law under
which bingham county has prospereo
means death knell to prohibition.
The solid citizens of Eftingham are loatt
to believe that any number of citizens car
be found who would consent to put upon the
people such burden as a quart bottle" ar
rangement. They are satisfied with theil
own local arrangements, and feel that othel
localities can and should do likewise.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
CITY BREVITIES.

Georgia Tent of Rechabites will meet to-
night
The board of education will hold an ad-
journed meeting tonight.
L. W. Scoville, the new lessee of the
Pulaski, will take charge of the hotel to-day.
A new and ornamental front is being
built to L. G. Strong's drug store, at Bull
and Perry street lane.
The Citizens Sanitary Association will
hold its quarterly meeting tonight at the
secretary's office, No. z Dayton street, at s
o'clock.
Mrs. j. P. Germaine has broken ground
for handsome store thirty feet front by
sixty feet deep at Bull street and Perry
street lane.
Eleven cases for court were reported from
the police barracks last night, nearly all for
disorderly conduct aud other small offenses,
and about evenly divided between black
and white.
The contract to supply the water works
with wood for the coming year has been
awarded to Denis ]. Murphy. The contract
is for 1000 to 5000 cords of wood, and
amounts to about S12. 900.
According to the health officers report
there were four deaths of whites in the city
during the week ending Friday, and four
teen deaths Of blacks. None of these died
from fever of any kind, neither white nor
black.
Copb's Military band closed its summer
engagement at Tybee last night. The or
| chestra at the Hotel Tybee also closed its
| engagement yesterday. The band will give
an open air concert at the park tomorrow
night.
Both hotels, the Pulaski and the Screven
were crowded to their fullest capacity last
night, and the Pulaski rooned number OF
| guests at the Marshall house. A large
number of the guests were Sunday excur
sionists remaining over night.
| DeKalb Lodge of Odd Follows will meet
in the Odd Fellows new building tonight
and will confer the initiatory degree. The
delegates to the grand encampment and the
grand lodge, which meet Tomorrow anC
Wednesday, will begin arriving to-day. anc
are invited to attend the meeting of DeKalt
| Lodge,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
LET YOUR LIGHT so SHINE.

The Morning News Trade Review.
Never in the business history of Savannah
has there been greater necessity for the
coming trade review of the MORNING NEWS
illustrating Savannah and her enterprises
than at present.
Savannah is the great seaport city of the
state 1t is the gateway to the sea. The
products of a vast territory empty them
selves here. Here are the headquarters of
the vast Central railroad system, per-
meating every nook and corner of Georgia,
Alabama and South Carolina. Here is the
terminus of the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, bringing all Florida and
Southern Georgia to our very doors, and
now extending itself to the heart of Ala
bama, drawing tribute for the city from
that prosperous state.
Savannah has now a new outlet TO the
timber lands and cotton fields lying along
the Savannah, Americas aud Montgomery
and Savannah and Western roads. Along
all these roads are cities and towns and
villages. The trade of these should be Sc
cured for this city. Train their merchants
TO trade with Savannah. Advertise our
city and ourselves, and let them know what
Savannah merchants can do.
The Trade Review, going everywhere,
finding every village, seeking every busi-
ness man, at once introduces the city and
her business men. 1t aids the drummer on
lis rounds 1t tells our new acquaintance
in the recently opened territory where we
! are and what we are. Such trade issue is
directory, guide.
This is an age of reading. People look in
the newspapers to find what they want.
Cannot our business mon, arising to the
hight of Savannah's bright future, aid in
making this trade review a great mirror,
rejecting to the business world our beautiful
city in all her glorya
This is Savannah's golden opportunity to
turn the tide of travel and trade to her own
doors, and thus secure the advantages which
nature and the sagacity of business men
have given her.
Every merchant in Savannah should be
represented in the columns of this issue.
The cost is small; the returns great. Full
information will be furnished on applica-
ton to the BUSINESS OFFICE telephone, 1854.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
In AND ABOUT THE CITY
DAVIS PLEADS INNOCENCE.

The Alleged Slayer Of sallie Smith
sticks to his Denial.
"Dick" Davis, whom circumstances point
TO as the murderer of Sallie Smith, will be
taken before the mayor this morning and
will be turned over to the sheriff TO await
the action Of the grand jury. As the grand
jury has been dismissed for the present
term of the superior court Davis
will remain in jail until the next
grand jury meets in November. bis
case will probably be tried at the Novem-
Der term.
Davis persists in bis denial Of any knowl-
edge Of either crime charged against him.
Justice Davidson, the colored magistrate of
the Fifth district, called TO see Davis at the
barracks yesterday, and questioned him
with regard to his crimes. Davidson has
been searching for Davis for sometime,
and was very anxious TO get hold of him.
He says there are some old warrants against
Davis for la ceny.
Davis admitted that he served six months
on the chain-gang for assault and bat, err
about four years ago. There seem to have
been warrants against him on one charge
and another ever since he left the gang.
He explains his hiding from the officers
by saving that he thought the woman with
whom he had been living until recently had
taken out a breach of pro mise warrant
against him because he had married another
woman.
When asked why it was that his own
sister was SO bitter against him, Davis in
geniously explained that he was the most
unprepossessing one of the family, mot any
hand to fix up" as he put it, aud his sister
never liked him on that account. His sister
had an old grudge against him, he sand.
There is little doubt of Davis guilt Of the
charge of rape. There are several witnesses
TO prove that he secured his sisters permits
sion to allow her little daughter to spend
day at his house, decoyed Ter into the
woods while there and afterwards kept her
at his house for over a week. DR.. Sheftall,
who attended the child, says she is in
critical condition
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
SURVEYORS ON THE WAY.
The Macon and Atlantic Engineer
Corps at Guyton.

corps at GuytOn.
Guytonians have been surprised and de-
lighted to see the surveying corps of the
Macon and Savannah Construction Com
pany, which is locating the lines for the
Macon and Atlantic railroad from Macon
to Savannah.
The surveying corps is under the direc-
ton CT Capt T. P. Stanley, a graduate of
the State University at Athens and a son of
the late Maj. Marcellus Stanley, who at the
first sound of war carried to Savannah as
captain the celebrated Troup Artillery,
which did such effective service in Lees
army.
The corps at Guyton is composed of some
excellent gentlemen. Among them are T.
P. Stanley, engineer in charge; A. A.
Subers, Fred. Schader, l.. E. Floyd, G. II.
Thomas, Fred Cline, Campbell Wright.
The survey has been made to the railroad
shanties on the Central railroad near Guy
ton, and is an experimental line from Flat
Ford, where they crossed the Ogeechee.
A MORNING NEWS correspondent learned
that from Stillmore 10 Guyton the country
through which the surveying corps passed
is superb, and, as railroad line, surpasses
any they had seen for locating a road at a
small expense.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18

The Macon Ne,Os says that the Georgia
Southern road will soon receive an elegant
officers private car. 1t is said to be one of
the handsomest ever built by the Pullman
company. After the arrival of the car in
Macon it will be first used, probably, by
General Manager Lane, who will go in it to
Tallulah Falls and bring his family to
Macon.
As car on the new electric railway in
Augusta was making the trip to Summer
vile, one day last week, the connecting
wire to the motor underneath became en-
tangled or deranged. Blue flashes were
spread all over the lower part of the car.
One of the passengers, Miss Franco, who
was on her way to her home on the hill,
sprang off She was rather shocked by the
fall sustained, and it Is feared her ankle
was sprained. The car had to be dragged
back, and is for the present disabled. Miss
Franco was not seriously hurt.
A Charleston paper tells a joke on Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western engineer. who
blew the whistle OFF his engine last week.
A railway postal clerk is given as authority
for the story: mo IA was leaving Way
cross when the passengers were startled by
a very peculiar explosive sound, which
came from the engine, and after which the
cars came to stop. 1t was found on H.
vestigation that the whistle had been blown
| off, aud good hours delay was onsumed
| in efforts to repair the damage. The train
| came into Savannah with the engine minus
| a whistle.
The New York Times says of the troubles
| of the Brunswick Terminal and Land Com
pany, reported by the Associated
Press In Saturdays MORNING NEWS
| deputy Sheriff Ferguson received execu-
tions aggregating SIS, 9o5 against the South
Brunswick Terminal Railroad Company of
Georgia, whose New York office is at 81
| New street. The executions are on judy
ments obtained on defaulted promissory
notes of the company, and were obtained
| by the following creditors Chatham
| National Bank, $40, 1857; Hartman & Co.,
| SIS, 725; Warren B. Smith, S3l, 40; Bank
| of the State of New York, 81 ,033. The notes
were Endorsed by President John l. Holly,
Secretary Edward P. Kennard and
by John Sloane, against whom Judgments
| were also entered. The note held by the Chat
| ham National Bank was also Endorsed by
the Brunswick Harbor aud Land Company.
At the office of the South Bruins wick Termi
nal Company Deputy Sheriff Ferguson
found some books and papers, the office
furniture being claimed by the Brunswick
Harbor and Land Company. The deputy
| sheriff was instructed to levy on the furni-
ture and pictures of President Holly at hi
residence, ia West Seventy first street.
Mr.. Holly is said to be worth $500, 900. HI
is one of the principal breeders Of high
grade Jersey CATTLE is president of the Com
mercial Union Life Insurance Company a
As Broadway, and also president of tn,
Pittsburg, Marion and Chicago Railroad
| COMPANY
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
SLOWLY GETTING WARMER.
The Temperature Getting Back to It's
Summer Standard

The Temperature Getting Back to It's
Summer Standard
Savannah had a cloudy and showery day
yesterday. The weather was warm and
oppressive. There were light showers dur
ing the morning, and late in the afternoon
there was a very sharp shower. lasting
nearly half an hour. The maximum tenn
perature for the day was So and the mini
mum was 69o. The mean was - below
normal.
The weather is growing warmer very
gradually. Savannah was the cool
est point In the Savannah district of the
cotton belt yesterday, the average highest
temperature for the district being 500.
Townsville was the hottest point with 92s,
and Alapaha, Bainbridge, TT. Gaines,
Gainesville and Millen followed, reporting
90 each. No rain was reported in the Sa-
vannah district except O. 03 at Savannah.
The weather was warm throughout the
south, but still slightly below normal. The
seacoast was much cooler than the interior.
Cities in this section reported as follows:
Atlanta 869, Charleston So, Augusta 90
Jacksonville $50, Savannah $50.
There was very little rain reported in
Georgia or along the Atlantic seaboard
Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee reported
heavy rainfalls, the Little Rock district re
| porting nearly half an inch, the Galveston
| one-sixth and the Memphis one-sixth
| Light showers were general in Texas.
The day was generally warm Throughout
the north and west and slightly above nor
NAL. Some extremely cool weather, how
| ever, was experienced in the northwest
| Showers may be looked for to-day
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
eUYroN's NEWS BUDGET.
Gossip From Hf1ngham's Busting
Little City.


The senatorial question has been and is
being freely discussed in Effingham. The
Effingham delegation proposes to stand by
its instructions. II Bryan county dele
gates present two candidates for senator,
the Ffingnam delegation will be bound to
sunpOrt the candidate who controls the ma
iority of the votes of the delegation In
other words, the Effingbam delegation does
not propose TO defeat Bryan county man
because he cannot control the unanimous
vote of his county.
L. l.. Rawls, one of the most efficient
employes 10 the controllers department
of the Central has been taking few days
vacation with his family at TalbotIOn, and
to bring them back home.
George Armstrong, one of Guyton's prom
inent young men, has gone on visit to
New York.
Mrs. Berrien, with Master "Dot," OF
Millen, has been spending some time with
her parents in Guyton.
Mrs. Bliss and daughter, Miss Julia, who
made such favorable impression In Guy
ton last summer, have arrived and taken
quarters at the Lanier house
Mrs. Tallulah Arden and little Katie
Arden returned from Atlanta last week.
G. s. Neidlinger and family. with Miss
Alice Buntz, of Savannah, are visiting
Judge PIttman of Springfield.
Misses Annie Rawls and Lula Proctor
have gone to visit Mrs. ID. K. Grower at
Statesboro.
Mrs. T. F. Stubs and family, with Mrs.
j. M. Lawton aud Miss Bessie, have gone
north.
Thomas NJ. Arden and family, with Mrs.
James Neidlinger, have gone to Ashevilie,
N. c.
J. o. Moore Of the Central railroad. with
his family, are spending a pleasant time
with Mr. and Mrs J. W. Rabun.
Mrs Purse of MARROW, who is in Guyton
to consult DR.. Lanier, Is stopping with Mr..
Rabun.
Mr.. Coleman and family, who have been
in Savannah some time, have taken quarters
at the Lanier house.
Meldrim, the junction of the Central and
Savannah and Western, is beng surveyed
and laid off into town lots. The work is
being done under the supervision of Mr..
Howard of Savannah. Hon. p. w. Mel
| drim visited the place on Friday and was
| surprised to see the fine progress being
made. The depot is about finished, and
the grounds around are being put in first
G ass order.
The Guyton brass band will give an en-
tertainment tonight at the Guyton hall.
| An excellent programme has been arranged,
which includes Prof. R. E. Cobb, with
several of his fine solo selections on the
cornet, with piano accompaniment by Miss
Kate Hawkins.
The Guyton Gees will also figure largely
in the entertainment, and will form most
charming part of It, At the conclusion
they will have charge of the refreshments
which will be served. Guvtonians antlcl-
pate an evening of rare pleasure.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
METEORs AND METEORs.
The Difference Between Those Seen In
August and in November.

The Difference Between Those Seen in
August and in November.
While meteors may be seen in the heavens
on almost any clear night, they are usually
more numerous during the first ten or
twelve days of August and from Nov. ~ to
Nov. Is than at any other time of the year.
Scientific Observers of natural phenomena
say that there are at least two rings of
meteors-matter thrown off during the
period of the formation of planets at i'm
mensely long intervals-which are always
circulating around the sun. These are the
November meteOrS, which have period OF
thirty-three years, and whose orbit extends
beyond that of Uranus, and the August
meteors, which have an unknown period,
and whose orbit extends an unknown dis
lance beyond Neptune. One of these rings
intersects the earth's orbit at that point at
which she arrives on or about the middle of
November, and therefore more meteors are
visible at that time than In any other.
The earth enters the other ring on or about
Aug. 5.
The August meteors move in an orbit
Identical with that of the comet of 1862,
known as Tuttle's comet, and the November
meteors in path which comedies with that
of Temples comet. The inference is there
| fore formed that meteor swarms are in some
degree at least a result of comets disinte-
grafton. The grandest meteoric shower
ever recorded was that which took place
Nov. IL, 1888 Another shower was
seen in Europe Nov. Is, 1866, and
| the next shower may be expected
Nov. 1915, 1899. in conformity with the
thirty-three year period, which the scien-
fists consider to be now we'll established
1t has also been established that scattered
throughout inter-planetary space there are
| predictions quantities of loose matter cir
culating In vast elliptic orbits around tn,
sun. These rings are Of vast dimensions
as is known from the fact that when tn
earth plunges into them, moving at the rat
of nineteen miles second, it takes severa
DAYS TO pass through them,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
LOCAL PERSONAL

John T. Bailie of Augusta is at the Pu
laski.
Capt. James K. Clarke and Adam Strain
of Darien are in town.
Eber Blodgstt and E. G.. Trenholm of
Charleston are IN the city.
j. NJ. Young and son and g. N. Badger of
Quitmsn are at the Screven.
DR.. aud Mrs. John NJ. job 1ston and fam
lily leave for Virginia tonight.
/. A. Farmer and d. A. Thompson OF
Covington are stopping at the Pulaski.
j. r. Hudson, Roy Mccormick and T.
w. Galloway Of Americas are registered at
the Screven.
P. D. Hoge Of Baltimore has been ap-
pointed office manager Of the Baltimore
Fertilizer Company.
Mr.. Edward Karow has been admitted as
a PARTNER in the firm of Strauss q Co.,
with houses at Liverpool, New Orleans and
Savannah.
Isadore Fried leaves on the City of
Birmingham tonight for New York. He
will spend about twelve days in the New
York and Philadelphia markets.
A Saratoga special says that a select So
cial novelty at that place Thursday night
was barn dance given in the spacious car
rage house barn of ex-Mayor Nolan of AL
bany. Among those mentioned as beng
present was Miss DAntignac of Savannah.
very pleasant picnic party was given
at Wilmington Island yesterday in honor
of four visiting young ladies from Augusta,
Misses Nellie Reynolds, Ellie Callahan,
Mamie Sheehan and Katie Gallaher, by
their friends in this city. Messrs. j. B.
Kelly and J. w. Hill we're the prime NOV
ers in the party, which was composed of
about twenty live ladies aud gentlemen
from Savannah, besides the visitors. The
party went down on the private steam
yacht Eureka The Misses Reynolds, Cal
lahau, Sheehan and Gallaher have been
spending some time in the city with friends,
and will leave for Augusta this week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF A GOAT.
A Worthless Billy Causes a Row Be-
twaan TWO Families.

tween Two Families.
A ouadruped Of the genus known es the
billy goat promises 10 cause considerable
litigation between a couple Of Savannah
colored men. The goat has been In the
courts twice, and mas already cost both
sparties enough money to buy half a dozen
worthless "billies."
Both parties litigant are named Camp
Hector Campbell had white and black
spotted goat stolen last November. Hector
drives an ice wagon, and as he was driving
along the street several days ago be saw
a boy driving q goat exactly like the one be
lost nearly year ago, and TO all appear
ances the identical goat. He Jumped out
Of his wagon and, despite the objections OF
the boy, took possession OF the goat ~ 81
arraiS, declaring that it bad been stolen
from him.
Ii was Edward Campbells boy who was
driving the goat, and when Edward heard
of the summary manner in which MS boy
had been deprived Of the goat he waxed
indignant and proceeded to take out
possessory warrant for the goat before
Justice Elstnger. The warrant
was executed and the goat
was given over to Justice Elsinger's keep
ing and a day set for hearing the case
When the day arrived Hector Campbell
did not put in an appearance until too late,
and Justice Elsinger decided the case in
Edward Campbelrs favor by default and
gave the goat into his possession.
AS Hector had number of witnesses who
were willing to swear that the goat was his
goat he was not satisfied with this result.
So be went down to Justice McDermott's
court and sued out a writ of bail in trover
upon the person of the goat. Constable
Hartigan executed the warrant, and took
possession OF the goat, stabling him in the
back yard Of McDermott's office
As Justice McDermott does not hold his
civil court until Sept. 8, the "oilly" has a
long confinement before him for goat who
has hitherto freely roamed the grassy parks
Of Savannah. Hartigan has already fed all
the cid Congressional Records to his goat
ship, and is seriously considering whether
little more substantial provender would
not be agreeable TO him.
The probability is that the loser in the
trial of the bail In trover writ will carry
the case to higher court, and Judge Falli-
giant may have to pass upon the question of
the goats ownership before Christmas.
Justice McDermott says the case has al
ready cost the two men between IS and $40
apiece, without counting the board bill he
will present to the loser.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-18
Took the Wrong Wrist.

A good joke, which is being kept very
quiet, is told confdentially on one of the
prominent NJ. DIS of Savannah. Having
fully responded, although rather in CON-
vivial condition. Seating himself by the
bedside he took, as be supposed, the sick
mans wrist, but in reality his own. After
few minutes of deep thought he burst
out: "You - fool, you are dead drunk "
The patient now lives to tell the tale. The
doctor is a wise man even in bis cups.