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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31
TWO TENEMENIs BURNED.
a Lively Blaze on Bull Street Near the
Toll-gate.

a Lively Blaze on Bull Street Near the
Toll-g ate.
Two one-story frame houses on Bull
street, near the White Bluff road toll-gate.
were burned yesterday about 11.3O o'clock.
One was owned and occupied by L. Rich g,
who had $500 insurance on the building and
$500 on his furniture, a small portion of
which he saved. The other was owned by
Israel Dasher and was occupied by j. B.
Carter. Mr.. Dasher carried no insurance.
The fire department was called out by an
alarm from box 46, at Bull and Henry
streets, but the fire had gained such head
way before the alarm was turned in that
the firemen could do nothing but prevent
the spread of the flames to adjoining prop
erty. Nothing was left standing but the
charred frames of the two houses
The fire started in Carter's house, aud the
origin is unknown. Carter and his family
were visiting friends at the time and lost
everything,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. WINsLows SOOTHING SYRUP has
been used for over Atty years by millions
mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes the
child, softens thes gums, allays sill pain,
cures wind collie, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea. 1t will relieve the poor little
sufferer Immediately. Sold by druggists in
every part OF the country. Twenty-Five
cents a bottle Be sure and ask for MRS.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take 70
other kind.-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31
CITY BRRVlTIES.

The Citizens Sanitary Association will
hold its adjourned quarterly meeting to.
night. The executive council will also
meet
The uniformed divisions. Knights of
Pythias, will parade at O'Clock this after
noon in honor OF the anniversary Of the
uniformed rank
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31
A Sample of sprouted cotton.

James N. Jones of Midwife sends the
MoRSING NEWS a sample of seed cotton,
sprouted in the bolls, the effect of the
heavy rains. He says: at has rained
every day in this neighborhood since some
time in July. Farmers are very despoud-
ent and show long faces With the present
prices the future is demoralizing to our cot.
ton raisers."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31
FOR sLEEPLEssNEss
Jse Yoreford's ACID P,osnhata.

Us6 FoI EIorus AcIu Phosphate.
DR.. C. R. DAKE. Belleville, H. says: "I
have found 1t, and it alone, to be capable
Of producing sweet and natural sleep in
cases of insomnia from overwork of the
brain. which 50 often occurs in active pro-
fessional and business men."-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31
Death OF james ". Preston.

James W. Preston, q promising young
man who has many friends in Savannah,
died in New York Saturday after short
illness. he was the son of the late William
F. Preston of Savannah. His mother and
brother, Charles F. Preston Of this city,
survive him,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31

Dyspepsia's victims are numbered by
thousands. So are the people who have
been restored to health by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31

Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint cures corus.
bunions and warts.-Ad,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31

Fine Scotch ginghams and Eephyrs that have
been selling at Csc aud 35c. yard, now 100.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31

Fine American cnallies, French printed, that
have been selling at zoe. yard. now 1bc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31

Fine imported satines that have been selling
at 25c. yard, now 12I%c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-31
DRY GOODS.

Fine outing cloths that have been selling at sOo
and 25c. yard, now i2l6c
The state chronicle., 1891-09-06

i saying something like this: "The
poor have the Gospel preached to
thein- Somehow our evangelist
Iuud It out and talked about the
-; tie evening of the incident re-
l,ttd il the foregoing chapter. How
- eane to know all about it is
something Of a mystery. Certainly
he never learned anything about it
il theological seminary, for he
was never inside one. Neither
would 1t seem, from the ready hon.
age the people paid him (and the
cash also), that it is necessary or
advisable for any one to study in a
theological seminary i'll order to be
proficient in Biblical lore. If illit-
! eracy, absence Of training, bold
assertion. commingled with current
slang, bring high price in the re-
!igious world, why, pray, should an
a~pirant for honors in the Lords
work 90 through refining process
OF education whereby the things of
real value become diminished? Ii
a diam md, or a common topaz for
that matter, is worth more in the
rough than cut, why cut it
But let us get back to the text,
as our renowned exhar.or said near
the conclusion of his harangue real.
ling that he had been far away
from il most of the time since his
beginning.
The poor have the gospel preach
ed to them,'' yes, and they need it.
said he. ''They have the gospel
preached to them, a heap of them
only now and then, mostly then
when hungry presiding elder comes
around. They have the gospe
preached to them about as often al
cornfield niggers get presents of ter
dollar bills. Why, there amt any
white church in Raleigh got a cor
ner in it mean enough to hold th
'poor white trash" of this town
F You bring the poor, broken down
spvained, God forsaken people il
this city into any decent church oI
E Sunday, and my. What a "hulla
boloo" ther'd be. Of course the,
, have al got immortal souls in thei
dirty carcasses, these poor whit
trash, anl they have got to be say
ed in this world or damned in hel
fire in the next, but that don
make much difference to your ari
tocracy. l tell you we've got to hay
The state chronicle., 1891-09-06

but, in their lamentations over its
results to society and pray that it
may be blotted out from the face OF
the earth, but straightway misapply
money enough to effect the object
they profess to wish to see attained
Since rogue can be made to or
der as plainly as a coat, why do we,
who think the traffic pernicious
one, not put a penalty upon the
MANUFACTURED: Why do we wait
complacently until the rogue is made
before showing our benevolence?
Heaven forbid that cynic should
be warranted in saying that some
men do not want crime prevented;
their business is the windy suppress
sion of it, and were it nipped in the
bud, their occupation, like the
Moor's, would be gone. But it is
greatly to be feared that the ao-
sence of preventive measures, as
well as of the necessary cash to es-
tablish them, in the wake of some
of our modern reformers, gives
excuse for criticism.
One evening while the revival
was in progress a gentleman from
Wilmington who happened to be in
Raleigh left his room in the Yarboro
and went in the direction of the bell
which was calling the people to
church. He was not far from the
capitol, when he was approached by
small boy, apparently about thir-
teen years of age"
"Mister," said the urchin, in 9
faint, unsteady voice, "my mamma
says won't you give her fifteer
cents for medicine? She's sick"
Now the man had some worldly
wisdom and knew this child was {
professional DegSar at once. never
theless he did not answer hastily
for he was prudent.
"Well, my young friend," sai(
he, presently, however. "you dom
know me; | don't know you AM
your mother don't know that yol
have rI1nl across me and didn't know
you were going to, and, besides
never put eyes on me, perhaps, an
SO l conclude the question you pu
to me is the same you put to every
body. Tell me, does not your mothe
make you beg for her?''
This was a surprise to the boy
but he answered honestly, yes.
The state chronicle., 1891-09-06
ions, and said that the greatest

Il thought so,' said the gentle
man, ''now you must tell me whaf
your mammals name is, won't you:'
Ann Friednon,'' said tie boy,
trtmbling He thought there was
trouble ahead.
''Ann Friedmon; very WE'LL" said
the stranger, "you 90 home now and
tell your mother that her case viii
be investigated and that should it
turn out she is in need and northy,
she shall have help"
''1es, but you amt give me the
fifteen cents,' the boy demonstrated
in whine.
mo, and I'm not going to; SO go
along"
ooh !! oh. please mister," cried
the boy in genuine tears, "the;.e's
more'n ma at home and we amt got
any bread for breakfast, and III get
a whippin' if | don't get the money"
"You have brothers and sisters,
have you:''
eyes sir. one brother and two
sisters.''
"Don't any Of them work p
"No sir, except sisters beg like I
do
II said ! wouldn't give you money
and l won't, but I'll give you bread
enough for breakfast and I guess
that will save your hide for to-
night
Forthwith man and boy went to
a bakery and couple of large
loaves Of bread were given to the
latter to take home. Then they
parted.
"It's an Internal shame y nut.
tered the Wilmingtonian in right.
eous wrath, How we Jealous Chris.
tians in North Carolina do care foI
the poor! We feed the aged, sick
and infirm in poor-houses take
care Of the insane, deaf, dumb anG
blind in suitable asylums, and work
government farm proftably OF
convict labor, but devil a bit o
money do we spend to save helpless
offspring from depraved and crimi
nal parents. It's a shamen' O
; course we all know who this gentle
man was, but as this is supposed +
be fiction we'll humor the concei
by Disgusting his name thus, Rev
J. P. Hardsence.
".
The state chronicle., 1891-09-06

least one soul from the devious
paths Of sin which lead to the fiery
pit. If only ONE was saved, ac-
cording to all the truly orthodox.
that settles the question, the work
was justified.
May it be that one soul was saved,
then; the success of the meeting
could in nowise alter or impair the
events to be related in this story.
The truth is. this evangelist and
his doings might possibly never
have been mentioned here, had it
not been that while the revival was
in progress, while men and women
and children were daily and hourly
endeavoring to "save SOULS" a
rogue was being made to order
within a stones throw of the capt.
tol, almost. This rogue making is
not new business, and not a
strange one, by any means; yet
some persons are awtully ignorant
of it. 1t would seem to be a bust
ness discountenanced by law, at
least; but it is not. 1t is a traffic
in which anyone, having the requi-
site material, may engage, in this
State, without license or tax, and
without fear of molestation. That
is saying a good deal, but no more
than the truth, and surely there is
no honest vocation known to the
law-maless 1t be tramp erangelizang
of which as much can be said.
Surely this is more than can be said
of the merchant who pays the hate
full purchase tax; Of the far
mer who pays tax on what he
has and what he hasn't; his
land and the mortgage on it, OF
even Of the itinerant ministers
within the State, who must become
stationary now and then, and rem
der tribute to the tax gatherers, up
on all their worldly goods, not ex
empt by law. This rogue making
business is quite extensively carried
on. 1t is profitable, of course
Hardly any business or occupation
is kept up nowadays unless there
is money in it-this goes almos
without saying, for men must Iv'
and money is a necessary means t.
that end.
There is only this that is strans
about it: so many good people know
how the work is done, 60 crazy, al
The state chronicle., 1891-09-06
A ROGUE
MADE TO Order,
A Raleigh Story That
Points a Moral.
TIE RESULT or STREET
BEGGING.
DO NE People Of North Carolina
Realty Encourage Rogue-Maling?

by the author Juror No. 10" Twist
Law an1 Morals, '"Alrs Fair in Love-"
&cl
W.t.on forthe tate CuE- N1cLE.
There was considerable ado in
Raleigh over religious matters. We
remember the time, all of us-very
well; II was not longer since than
the year of our Lord 1890. An
evangelist was firing a sort of
mental Calling gun, from safe
position, at the old-timed, world
renowned Satan, and repeating the
performance twice or thrice a day.
There were skeptics among us then,
as there are now, whose opinion
'hat the performance was very like
Other human contrivances, worked
LOT pay-may have found some
JuStlhcation in the fact that the ex-
horter, at the end of his repertoir,
gracoaaly accepted some filthy
,ucFe, to-wit, several hundred dol
ars Of that sort of treasure which
le Saviour commanded not to
ny up on earth, and went
us way, rejoicing probably, as most
u y would have done quite likely,
Ded we come honestly in possession
" y much wealth in as short a
tme.
However that may have been, the
'"ctS to be related here are not in
"n'lstcnt with the ideas that the
e'angclist was worthy of his hire.
.pat he may have fired his Gatline
gun SO etfectually at his satanic
majesty and his cohorts as to have
Iaused a dispersion, temporarily at
sost' of the spirits of evil from our
spl'al city, and meanwhile there
""y nave been reclamation of al
The sun., 1891-01-30
A Dishonest and Dangerous Bill.

Mr.. GIBSON presented In the Senate last
week the memorial Of the Louisiana Cham
ber OF Commerce and Industry protesting
against the passage OF tho CoNGER Lard
bill. The innocents In the Connecticut State
Grange, and all other simple-minded per-
Sons who have been misled by the represen-
tations Of the Prime Steam Lard Ring into
believing that the CoNaER bill Is laudable
effort to pre- vent the use Of an impure article
need to learn first, that compound lard is a
perfectly healthful and wholesome substitute
for animal lard. aud secondly, that the at
tack upon compound Lard is an attack upon
an important industry OF the South Its
certain effect is well set forth In the Louisl-
ana memorial:
The amount Of cotton seed crushed now exceeds
1000 ooO tons. which cost when mAnufsctursd an
average Of SIS per This sum s represented by the
nrss oost Of tho raw material paid to plsnters the
freight paid for transportation shsrson 10 mill points
and the labor and material used IN manufacturing In
other worda the ootsusssd Industry At mill door,
mainly 70 the sborinE sAssss OF the South an annual
tribute Of some Sihc0o,ooo.
"ro levy . TAX on compound lard simply means .
lever proe fer cotton seed and at least curtanent
II not the complete AnphilAuon Of the cottohsssd
oTushins industry. The plants established throughout
the South for crushing Of cotton seed have cost all
Of s2o oOo0o and paying sxes on fully that much
assessment The hardship indicted upon the AborinE
classes dspriv!nE them Of the revenue had from the
sale and manufacture Of cotton seed vould also
the state II dsprvAs OF the revenue derived from
that branch Of Southern industry.
I'VE therefore represent that 20 tax compound lard
10 20 tax 6ouhsra and Southern Industry 70
she called ssnsat Of ether sections while N reality
The sun., 1891-01-30

dement's no one and 10 indirectly . tax on the con
sumsr OF the poorer classes OF all sections OF our com
mon co oan'ry. whs not able to AFFORD to pay the
price Of animal lara and willing TO accept In lieu
thsreofa pure. cheap and wholesome substitute"
The Louisiana memorialists are mistaken
In saying that the Compound Lard bill ben
efts no one. 1t benefits few pork packers.
For their benefit the bill proposes to crush q
great Industry to drive out OF use cheap
and harmless substitute for hog lard. and to
call on the Internal Revenue Department to
obstruct and destroy legitimate business.
Tho CoNaKR bill Is one Of the most dishonest,
and. In Its principles and probable conse-
quenoes, one Of the most dangerous measures
ever introduced into Congress.
The sun., 1891-01-30

Court alone It would be highly danger
Gus innovation In reference to criminal cases
upon the ancient and invaluable institution
Of trial by jury, and the Constitution ana
laws establishing and securing that mode OF
trial, for the Court to allow OF any number
short Of a full panel of twelve jurors; and
We think 1t ought not to be tolerated"
In this language the very contingency
that has arisen In Illinois was anticipated; |;
for In tho case Just decided there the entire
panel was dispensed with and the trial COM
mitted to the Court alone. Tho Illinois de-
cision, therefore. is in entire accordance
with tho law OF New York on this interest.
Ing and important subject.
The sun., 1891-01-30

Mr.. B. H. DAVIS favors us with letter
from Troy In which he expresses his surprise
that In an article Of last Monday entitled To
the White House Through the Senate the
name OF Gen. GARFIELD was omitted from
the list OF Senators elected to the Presidency"
Gen. GARFIELD never was Senator. He was
elected to that Office BY the Legislature OF Ohio
on Jan. Is. 1880. and had he taken tho office
his term would have begun on March 4. 1881.
But he was nominated for President by the
Republican Cony ention at Chicago on June g..
1880. and was elected President in November.
Thus on March 4. 1881, instead OF beginning a
term OF service in the Senate. he was inaugu.
rated as President. and consequently he never
was Senator at all.
We trust that Mr.. DAVIS will now understand
that In emitting GARFIELD from the list OF
Senators who became President we did moth
Ing more than adhere to tho actual and un-
questions able historical facts.
The sun., 1891-01-30
Tho Cnseatcd Deputatlon.

n tho astounded gentlemen from Boston
who wore not asked to take q seat when they
called upon the President on Wednesday.
would suppress their irritation at his rebuff
In favor OF calm consideration OF Its cause.
they might conclude, as other people do. that
undcr the circumstances II would have taken
q lot Of pretty powerfully unhuman nature
TO urge Gen. HARRISON to adopt manner
moro pleasing to his visitors.
Gen. HARRISON was not built with nm ab-
normal warmth OF good nature In general,
nor with an irreprcssble impulse TO forgive
ness and gratitude toward his enemies; and
his conception OF gentleman Is not OF that
petty stamp which forbids him to express
his feelings on public matters when they
might sound harsh to hs audience.
We confess to NO surprise that when this
Boston deputntion called at tho White
House to tell Gen. HARRISON what they
would like to have him do about silver, tho
President neither took nor offered chair.
but gave his visitors a somewhat unwel-
como lecture upon the natural fitness OF
things In politics. all standing.
This dogmntic anti-silver party happened
TO be mainly Mugwump. Two Republican
COnKT6S6IUeIl, LIS 1lOl. ShpoA 1ObuE bCAuS
ono OF them, were followed by skimmlngs
enough from the cream OF Massachusetts
Mugwumpery to drown their partisanship
under hopeless swash OF anti-Republican
auimosity and Enthusiastically aimless
cussedness. After tho Mugwump CAM
paign against him and his friends. with
their FREQ trade intolerance OF the American
system and their sanotimonious prayers for
destruction OF tho ole parties. especially OF
Gen. HAnR1soN's party, to have them come
TO him pleading for salvation from free silver.
was more than that perhaps not over amiable
gentleman was inclined to endure without
letting his visitors understand tho situation
o. ho understood 1t.
We fancy that they understand It now.
They should also begin to appreciate the
fact that whether brusque In manner or not.
President HARRISON, to bis honor be It said,
is no Mugwump.
The sun., 1891-01-30
An Unwelcome Associate.

After GROVER CLEvELAND's marvellous
exposition Of his career rs hangman In
Buffalo. which on Monday night no graft
fled himself with delivering before the New
York Police Captains and their guests. there
occurred passag 60 which. In justice to three
gentlemen named, deserves q few words OF
comment. Having "magnified" his "ciaim
for recognition" before the policemen by
affirming that he had not only held tho Of
fee Of Sheriff, but had performed Its du-
ties " and had been called the Buffalo
Hangman." Mr.. CLEVELAND said:
"Idssire to stand with ex sheriff GRAM. with
Sheriff sicELxs aud with sheriff uoRnAS in defence
Of OF the oldest oices known to civilization and
ono which properly aduinstesl cannot fail to reject
credit and homer on IL incumbent"
The office OF Sheriff stands In need OF no
defence from any person who held 1t in Buff
sa!o twenty years ago. nor would one sup
pose that Mr.. GRANT, Gen. S1cKLEs or Mr.
GORAIAN would care particularly to be claim
ed by him as associates.
In the first place. II the ex-Sheriff OF Buff
falo had had his way, Mr.. GRANT would
not now be Mayor nor Mr.. GoRMAN Sheriff
of New York. Mr.. CLEvELAND's Mugwump
army last fall made Its most venomous d.
rect attack upon GRANT and GoRMAN.
In the second place, not one of these gen.
tlemen while Sheriff ever stopped to make
himself hangmnn. They each admins
tered their Office with ability and faithful
ness, and to tho satisfaction Of their fellow
citizens, leading In Mr.. GRANTS case to
further promotion. But none Of the
three was SO mean or so low as
unnecessarily to assume the degraded and
abhorred role Of public executioner. No
decent man questions tho honor OF the
Sheriff office. but no decent man with wit
enough to hold 1t, would ever combine with
1t the revolving duties Of a practical hang
man. No thoroughly sane man would boast
Of such performances afterward.
One is forced to wonder what this incon-
ceivably gross and possessed egotist will
boast OF next. e.
The sun., 1891-01-30
The Right to Waive Trial by Jury.

A curious question In criminal law has just
been decided by the Supreme Court Of ILL
nois. A man named GEORGE MORGAN was
indicted for assault with intent to kill. When
his case came on for trial. he waived jury
and consented to be tried by the Court alone.
He was found guilty and sentenced to impris-
onment for six years. A writ OF error to tho
Supreme Court was subsequently sued out
In his behalf and the appellate tribunal has
set aside the conviction on the ground that
the right OF trial by jury in prosecution for
felony cannot be waived.
The principle involved In this decision Is
the Same as that upon which the Court of
Appeals In this State decided the celebrated
case OF CANCEMI in 1858. CANCEMI was indict-
cd for murder and was tried before tho Hon
WILLIAM B. WRIGHT. one OF the Justices OF
the Supreme Court, In this city, in June,
1858. In the course OF the trial. which lasted
twelve days. one OF tho jurors was with
drawn, and tho case proceeded before eleven
Jurors upon the express consent In writing
OF the prisoner and OF all the counsel In the
case on both sides. five In number. one
OF them being LYMAN TREMAIN. the
Attorney General OF the State. CAM
cEMI was convicted. and when arraigned
and asked what lie had to say why
judgment Of death should not be pro-
nounced against him. said: II am innocent
OF the offence charged against me: and as a
reason why sentence should not be pro-
nounced. assign that was tried by Q tri-
bunal unknown to tho common law and the
| Constitution. namely. by eleven jurors, and
not twelve" The presiding Judge proceeded
to pronounce sentence, however saying to
the prisoner that inasmuch ss the juror had
been withdrawn at his own request and for
his own benefit. 1t was the duty OF tho Court
to impose judgment.
In the Court Of Appeals, however. the trial
was held to have been unconstitutional. In
an elaborate opinion written by Judge
THERON h. STRONG. 1t was declared that the
consent OF q defendant In a criminal case to
the withdrawal OF one Juror and to the rem
dtion OF verdict by the remaining eleven
could not lawfully be recognized. and was q
nullity. II deficiency OF ono Juror might
be waived" said Judge STRONG. there
appears to be no good reason why Q de-
fciency Of eleven might not be; and 1t
Is difficult TO say why upon the Same
principle the entire panel might not be dis
psnssd with. and the trial committed to the