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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
Some Facts About Silver.

Mr.. Robert L. Williams, of Richmond,
Va, has compiled and published a chart
which presents, in condensed form,
history of silver and silver coinage in this
country for more than 100 years. One of
the most interesting facts shown by the
chart is that during the twenty years that
have elapsed since silver was "demoue-
TIED" this government has issued of
actual silver coin and coin certificates
against silver bullion more than seventy
two times as much as was coined during
the whole period of eighty-one years of
free coinage the period to which the free
silyerites love to refer as the time
when 1.-THE dollars of our daddies"
were so plentiful. The chart also
makes plain the impossibility of main
tanning parity between the two money
metals coined at any ratio that has been
yet proposed by the silver extremists In
the year 1898 the United States mint was
established. During that year the com
mercial and mint ratios of silver were the
same, 10 to !, But never since has that
been the case. Silver began to decline in
value in 1894, and the commercial and
mint ratios parted company for good The
cause of silver's steady decline is found
in the fact that the worlds production of
silver has year by year increased cnor-
mously, while The increase in the produc-
ton of gold has been merely nominal
Thus, for the ten years from 1871 to 1851
the average annual production of gold
was S3S, 100000 and of silver S34, 600 900;
but for the ten years from 1881 to 1891 the
average was, of gold about 500. 900
ounces and of silver about 1I3OOO, 900
ounces, The ratios of increase of produc-
tion in 1891 over 1860 were for gold4I6per
cent. and for silver 34719 per cent. In
the face of such facts it is not surprising
that silver should drop in value The sur
prising thing is that there are men who
believe this government can, by
an act of legislation, hold the
value of silver up to the present ratio of
coinage, against all the laws of supply
and demand.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
Easily Worth a Dollar.

Il once ars yered an advertisement, said
Hugh Meadows to a Globe Democrat man
which offered, in return for 81 bill, to send
an infallible remedy for the habit of leaving
Cnes umbrella behind in Offices, and more
especially In vehicles. AS a mOney-maker
that advertiser was distinct genius, for in
response to my application and in return for
my dollar l received TrIuted Slip about four
inches by three in size, with q picture Of
man alightlng from a hack with an open UNI
brea, which had got stuck fast in the door
Below the picture, which ii was explained
was purpoSely drawn out OF e .spective, were
few lines explaining that II man would
once Impress the picture on his mind he would
think Of it every time he left a vehicle or car,
ana would be prevented thereby from leaving
his umbrella ehind. l was in such d rage
at being swindled, as / thought that the Incl
dent and Illustration both become photo
graphed in my minds eve and 10 do the
advertiser justice that dollar has certainly
saved me many dollars year in umbrellas
The science OF mnemonics is very pecunar
one and few people understand it, Years ago
1t was Ommon to tie q knot in one s hand
kerchiet as a reminder o. anything and this
Ian has been approved upon from m to
me. have friend who always han IS his
hat on one reg in his Office ard has a Sma
bra file Just below the leg. BY hanging
loose memos on this tlehe can scarcely leave
the office without being reminded OF impor-
tant duties or engagements. Another man,
who has no clock in his once slips memos
In his watch pocket, so that when he looks to
see If II is time to go home he win also notice
whether he has forgotten anything. The only
duty which no one yet has been able to re-
member or invent scheme for is mailing
letter written by ones wife. The number OF
times rational business man viii carry
letter around in his pocket for over a week
and then sneak quietly out and mail ii in the
corner letter box, is something Iemarkahle
and this unaccountable neglect Of husbandlike
duty accounts for no end of misunderstood
Jugs and broken friendships.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
MY Neighbor.
From the Yankee Blade.


My neighbor was wilder, an she he'd run
down farm,
An her cows an pigs an chickens done a
mighty lot o. harm
To my fields ajinin', an I stood it quite
Till wouldn't be imposed on in no SIGH kind
o. style.
So, looked my very maddest es I walked up
to her door,
Till she looked up at me smilin while a
waShin up the floor,
An her cheeks was red es roses an her hair
eS black es night:
forgot to scold an sass her fer she seemed
so sweet and bright
But my hand was to the pillow now, an it
wOuldn never do
To forgit them deperdations jes' by lookin' at
her shoe.
So gethered up my anger an said, Now,
Mrs. BrowL,"
An my tone put out her eyes light an the
lashes they fell down.
But amt no man for foolin', an went right
on to say
How her pigs ct all my melons an her COWS
ct tons of hay;
How her chickens scratched my corn out, an
l wouldn't hev it so,
Gittin harder all the time, like mailman
will, you know.
Then the wilder she looked up, with tear
drop on her cheek,
An a somethin' in her throat that wouldn't
let her speak,
But she sobbed an cried out in a kind o.
teary tone,
Thet she he'd no one to help her, an was poor
an all alone.
An my hand was off the pillow then an
reachin' out for hern.
1 he'd learnt a student lesson that never
thought I'd learn.
Well my scoldin' was a failure, SEEM what
/ thought to do.
For her pigs an cows are all here, an the
widders with EN-, too.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
Lnwlessness In Missisairpl.

Tt was announced "a few days ago in our
dispatches that white caps i'm Mississippi
/ were burning gin houses Of planters who
/ had refused to hold their cotton until
I the price reaches 10 cents q pound, and
( in our dispatches yesterday it was stated
/ that a reign of terror prevails among the
/ planters Of Northern Mississippi caused by
white caps who have organized in nearly
every county. and who threaten to burn
/ gin houses and kill planters and gin own
ners if their order, forbidding the GIN
ming of cotton before the price Of cotton
reaches 10 cents pound, is not obeyed. 1t
is not to be wondered at that the planters
are greatly alarmed. If the governorof the
state does not take steps promptly to check
the lawlessness and bring the promot-
crs OF it to Justice he viii show himself
unworthy of the high Office he holds. The
planters have appealed to him for protec-
ton. The local authorities are unequal
evidently to the task of dealing with the
white cap gang.
Not long ago there was an outbreak of
whitecapism in the southern part of
Mississippi The Judge of the circuit in
in which the lawless acts were committed
and the governor, acting together and
with great promptness, not only broke up
the white cap band, but sent some of the
white caps to the penitentiary. 1t is
expected that the governor will show
equal energy and determination in deal
ing with the white caps in the northern
part of the state.
There ought to be no sympathy for nor
any mercy shown to white caps They do
not hesitate to destroy property and
take human life, and they do these things
in the most cowardly manner. Masked,
and under the cover of the night they
commit the most outrageous crimes on
the pretense of regulating the communi-
ties in which they live.
What do those Mississippi white caps
hope to gain by forbidding the ginning of
cotton until the price of that article
reaches a certain price, The holding
back Of the cotton of few counties would
not influence the cotton market in the
least. At most, if they were successful,
they could delay the ginning of only a few
thousand bales of cotton-a mere drop in
the bucket as compared to the whole
cotton crop. Their belief that the hold
ing back of so small a portion of the
cotton crop would send up the price of
cotton two cents a pound shows that they
belong to a very ignorant class of people.
But the action of the white caps is very
hurtful to the planters. They have con
tracts to fulfill and debts to pay Inabil-
ity to get their cotton to market may
mean financial ruin to some of them, and
serious trouble to all of them.
1t will not be an easy matter, of course,
to capture the white caps, but if the gov
ernor goes about the work of suppressing
them in the right sort of way whitecap-
ism will not flourish long in North Missis-
sippi.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
CowARDLY KILLING.
A Man Once Tried For Muder lie Kim
self Murdered by His Son.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. l9-Deputy Mar
shall Kellett was in the city to-day and
brought particulars Of the murder Of old
man Ayers Jones by his son John in the
mountains of Chattooga county. The
rame of Ayers Jones is familiar to many
of the citizens Of the state, for the papers
were full Of it years ago when he was
tried here for murder. On Sept. z
he went 10 the home of his son John after
his young boy Greer. He was accom-
panied by his I-year-Old daughter
Ielie. The two men had some words
about Greer, but the old man took
his young boy OFF, much against his elder
sons wishes. John armed himself with
his shotgun, loaded with buckshot, and,
running around mile and a half from his
house, he headed his father off, meeting
him in the road
ACCUSED HIM OF COwARDICE.
Seeing the shotgun, the old man said:
That's d-n cOwardly trick you are
up to, John" ''Do you call me cow
ard - cried the SON 1T looks nightly
that way" responded the father, and
then, before, he could say another word,
the young man lifted his gun and fired
load of buckshot into his fathers breast,
killing him instantly. Leaving
the dead body of his father in
the road with the children, the son leaped
INTO the woods and made his escape. He
has not been arrested.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
DANIEL HOGAN.
HOGAN.
Extraordinary SDeCiQI Sole.

In consequence of the late
ness of the season, as well as
with aview of making room
for our fall importations, we
propose this week to make
an extraordinary special
sale, and shall cut prices in
every department that rep
resents a dollars worth of
summer goods. If you want
Dotted and Figured Swiss
Muslin, French Nainsooks,
Plain and Plaid Nainsooks,
English and Scotch Zephyrs
and Ginghams now is the
time to get them, at prices
fully 80 per cent. less than
those of a month ago. Mus
lin Underwear will contain
many special lots so re-
markably low that they
should interest every wO-
man in Savannah. Notw1th-
standing the low prices the
garments are perfect, both
as regards material and
make.
The recent cyclone dam
aged a lot of Table Damask
Napkins, Towels and other
goods, which will be sold at
PRICE.
so pieces Fresh Canton
Mating justreceived;pr1ces
25c to Soc laid.
.anieIHogan'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
LABOR FOR REPEAL.
Mechanics and Laborers of Pensacola
Petition FIorida,s Senators.

Pensacola, Fla, Sept 19,-The follow
ing petition, signed by nearly every me-
chanic and laboring man in this city, was
to-day forwarded to Senators Call and
Pasco
The undersigned citizens Of Florida, who
earn their daily bread by their daily labor,
and who have been forced to accept a reduc-
ton OF wages, and many OF us a reduction
also Of hours amounting to from one to three
DAYS in a week, are convinced that the uncon-
ditlonal repeal of the sherman bill is essen
tal to cure relief, and we respectfully ask
your action to that end
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
A Joke on Kilgore.

They had joke on Mr.. KIlgore Of Texas
in the House this morning says the Wash
ington Star. Mr.. Kugore represents a dis
trict in Texas where the festive train robber
occasionally takes shy at the express mes
senger and the tenderfoOt passengers in the
Pullman. This morning resolution was in
troduced in the House by a New Jersey mem
Der authorizing the interstate commerce com
mittee to investigate the recent train ron
berries and TO report to congress what leeisla-
ton will be necessary TO protect mail trains
in the future.
Mr.. kiRore objected.
why, OF course he objects" remarked
some one. That resolution interferes with
the vacations Of his constituents" There
was laugh at Mr.. kilmores expense which
perhaps, was undeserved, as his objectlonswas
probably made to cut on a possible iunlxet-
ing trip In the neighborhood of the world S
ialr, the latest train robbery having occurred
near Chicago,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

SPECIAL NoTICEs-An Old Reliable Firm
in a New Store Finn Brothers; Are You Co
ing to Rent This Year or Buy Home? c. II.
Dorsett; Cabbage Cheap, W. p. Green Com
pany; Hats and Pants at Jaudon's; Ordi-
nances Passed by City Council.
MILITARY ORDERs-Order No. 80, RepubH
can Blues
AMUsEMENTs-"S towaway" at the Theater
Sept -.
QUEER?-B r. Levy s. Bro
TAKE NoTICE-Appel & Schaul.
EDUCATIoNAL-Wa Washington and Lee Uni
versity, Lexington, Va; Law School Of
Washington and Lee University, Lexington,
Va.
OUR STORE WILL BE CLosED-Falk Cloth
ing Company.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDUIEs-Ocean Steamship
Company.
HOTEL-The Allegheny Hotel, Goshen Va
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEAIENTs-H
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent For
Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1898.


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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
A Mild Defense.

The pickpocket was before the Chicago po-
lice judge for relieving visitor to the fair Of
800 or more says the Free Press man.
Guilty or not guilty. inquired the court
The prisoner looked surprised
II took the money, your honor. but don't
like your way of asking me if did"
"Sir?' stammered the astonished Judge.
Il beg your pardon, your honor continued
the prisoner, amt we running the fair for
the money that's in it,"
"We?" exclaimed the still astonished Judge.
"Who do you mean by wey''
"All of us, your honor I'm Chicagoan,"
exclaimed the prisoner, but the court didn't
see it in that light, and held the pickpocket to
answer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20

According TO DIR. Talcott, of the Middle
town, N. Y, insane asylum, Florida comes
as near being a land of happiness as there
is to be found. His study of insanity
leads him to think that overwork and
worry cause more people to go crazy than
anything else. In Europe one in sixty of
the crowned heads goes crazy; among the
lower classes in Europe the proportion is
l to 500, while in Florida there Is an
average of only one case of insanity to
l,l00 persons, showing that in that mild
climate the people are leyeI-headed lotus
pnthrs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
MERCER AND WESLEYAN.
Both Institutions Will Open To-day
Under Fine Auspices.

Macon, Ga, Sept. 19.-Mercer Univer-
sity and Wesleyan Female College will
open tomorrow morning for the scholas-
tic year. Both colleges open under the
most suspicious circumstances, and the
attendance will probably be larger than
last year Mercer begins work under its
new president, DR. J. G. Gambrell, while
Wesleyan still has at its head, DR.. w. c.
Bass
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
Talk Plainly to the Senate.

We do not wish to alarm the business men
Of the country about the situation Of the re-
peal bin in the Senate, but we feel II TO be
our duty to arouse them, 1t Will not do to go
to sleep under a delusive sense Of security.
The country spoke out to the House last
month and its command was obeyed. The
Senate is less tractable, but there may be
point beyond which IL cannot or dare not re-
sist the pressure the country can put upon IL.
In our opinion it is high time the business
men were astir again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
Armament of Trains Ordered.

From the Springfield Republican Und.).
The movement for the arming Of train
hands on tho American railroads, which We
report at Louisville is that orders have been
issued to the trainmen on the Pennsylvania
railroad not to be caught mapping by any
highwaymeu of the rails. A vigorous pump
ing Of lead into some OF these Dick Turplns
would tend TO discourage any renewal OF their
exploits which, however dashing they may be,
are not evidence of high state OF civtliza-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20

According to a Cleveland, o., dispatch,
Richard Mansfield has determined to quit
the stage at the end of the present year.
He says that if he does not give up the
stage he will find himself in an insane
asylum. Richard is hardly himself at
present. Some financial difficulties have
made him take a gloomy view of his oc-
cupation and its surround ings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20

CHASTITY jokes about Candidate Coffin,
the Iowa prohibitionists' nominee for gov
ernor, are out of order. Mr.. Coffin has
declined to run. He prefers to be
buried along with the republican party
next fall.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20

DR. Pope, the electrician, says the day
of the trolley is past. A few days ago he
witnessed test, in sloppy weather, Of an
underground system that operates as
wei in wet weather as in dry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
Why Not Give out the Names

We cannot understand what reasonable
objection there can be to permitting the
names of those who are ill with fever at
Brunswick to be published. Our under
standing is that the local board of health
objects to the publication of the names of
the sick and threatens to punish, in ac-
cordance with an existing ordinance, any
correspondent who sends for publication
the names of those suffering from the fe-
yer.
Brunswick people are scattered all
over the state and many are in other
states. There are thousands of people in
different parts of the country who have
friends and relatives in Brunswick
They look to the newspapers to furnish
them with information in respect to their
relatives and friends in the afflicted city,
and they have a right to complain if they
don't find the information.
What is the board of health's reason
for Withholding the names of the sick?
If it is a good one the people will submit
to the boards decision without protest,
but if it isn't they will endeavor to have
the decision reversed.
The fact that Brunswick is afflicted and
cut of from the rest of the world is no
reason why information of great interest
to many people should be withheld If
the board thinks that by Withholding the
names of the i'll it is rendering a service
to the Brunswick refugees it is greatly
mistaken. The refugees see there are
new cases of fever every day and they
are anxious to know whether their
friends are among those attacked. The
board should relieve this anxiety by let
ting it be known who the people are who
are attacked.
Without knowing the reason which in
fuences the board in its policy, it seems
to us that the board is making mistake
1t is increasing anxiety, rather than al
laying it. The fullest publicity in all
matters pertaining to the fever would
be much more satisfactory and productive
of much better results than policy that
calls for the suppression of information
the public desires and is entitled to have
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
The Bank Was Not Busted. -

From the Minneapolis Journal (Dem).
An Arizona bank cashier nailed to the door
the legend: This bank has not busted; it
owes IN people OOO; the people owe it
s55tOl, IT is the people who are busted; when
they pay. we II pay" Now let the assignees
Of the peOpleof Arizona get togethe T.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
Where are the Republican Leaders ?

FROM the P1ttSburg D1Spatch thep.).
II the Republican party is TO retrieve its de-
feat its greatest nee is that OF leaders who
are clear-sighted and sensible enough to re-
verse the policy of public lavishness and go
la * to the tIme-honored party policy Of
ing off the DEBT
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
Senator Teller Losing Ground.

There was time when Senator Teller
was regarded not only as one of the
ablest men in public life, but also as
man who was so honest, morally and in
tellectualIy, that he would not use argu-
ments that were not thoroughly sound in
support of a question that he advocated.
Since he has been afflicted with the free
silver coinage craze, however, he appears
to seize upon any argument, however
unreasonable it may be, to sustain his
position.
A day or two ago he said that conf
dence having returned to the business
world there was no need for the repeal of
the Sherman silver law. When the senator
offered this argument he must have felt
that it was something of an insult to the
intelligence of the people.
He knew, of course, that the reason
confidence had returned was that the
House had voted by an Overwhelming
majority, to repeal the Sherman silver
law, and also because of the belief that
the Senate would vote to repeal it. In
other words, the business world dis
counted what was believed would be the
action of congress.
But suppose congress fails to act in ac-
cordance with this belief2 VIII not the
same want of confidence prevail2 It GER
tainly will, and it will cause financial
disasters as it did couple of months ago.
And nobody knows this better than Sen
ator Teller, unless his devotion to silver
has destroyed his ability to see things as
they are.
Senator Sherman rushes into print to
explain that while he believes MIR. Cleve-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
Rests with the Majority.
From the PhtIadelphia Press Repl.

The majority IN the Senate must decide
this week whether il or the minority can CON
troll business. The delay in the repeal OF the
pur chase clauses of the Sherman law is hav-
ing its effect on business throughout the
country
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CURRENT COMMENT.
The Reward Of Heresv.

From The washington Post (Ind.).
Prof Briggs is drawing card, while the
ma mes of his prosecutors have been forgotten
by the public.
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EASTERN OFFICE, % Park Ro~s, New
York City. c. 6. FAuLKNER, Manager.