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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02
swell society TwIce shocIsed.

Swell society has been twice shocked
recently and one of the shocks may be
followed by a duel as sensational as the
event making an appeal to arms incum-
bent upon the gentlemen involved. The
second shock relates 10 a domestic affair,
and will merely furnish food for gossip
for time
The first and most serious affair, or pos
sibly it would be more appropriate 10 call
it an event, occurred at Newport one day
recently MIR. Edward Parker Deacon,
who will be recalled as the gentleman
who two years or so ago punctured a
Frenchman with pistol bullet for hiding
behind his lounge and mussing his cur
tains. was a member of a swell Newport
club. During the recent hot spell Mr.
Deacon so far transcribed the prophecies
of swell club ethics as to extract from the
clubs water pitcher chunk of ice, with
his fingers. He was observed to commit
this fearful breach of etiquette by the
butler, who Immediately removed the
pitcher and informed the governing com
mittee of the transaction. The committee
was righteously indignant. and wrote to
Mr. Deacon saying: I'VE have been in
formed that you take ice from the ice
pitcher as habit. Please deslst from
the practice in the future" Then it be-
came Mr.. Deacons turn to get indignant;
ana he did It to the queens taste He re-
pied in a note which should have frozen
the blood of the committee: but it didn't;
il made the commi tteemen hotter than
ever, and they proceeded to IRE Mr.. Dea-
con out of membership 1t was a very
rash thing for them TO do. IN the face Of
the fact shat Mr.. Deacon is man with a
record. ahd stIl owns the pistol. Since
the expulsion episode there has been ak
Of fighting, hence there is prospect of
an encounter. and possibly cracked ice
for one, or more, afterwards
Shock No. came from Philadelphia.
where a scion Of tire house of CadwaUa-
der. whose progenitors fought with the
crusaders and stood shoulder to shoulder
with Occur de Leon. contracted a matri.
monial alliance with daughter OF the
house Of Ryan. from the Emerald Isle.
without dover or family tree. Now. Il
was really nobody's business but society
was so much scandalized. and by one from
whom Il had expected great things. that
e. proceeded to make life "a her unnlcas-
ant for the young bride, in a negative sort
of way. In the hope Of appeasing or pos
sibly modifying society tho bridegroom
has issued a card TO his friends explain
ing why it was that he married an estim-
ao.e young woman whom De admired.
even 10 she were not OF society Whether
the swell folks will forgive tn young wo-
man for being born Ryan instead OF We're
DC We're remlinsto be seen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02
The People Must rake sides.
From the Macon Telegraph (Dem).

The time has come when the people must
take sides on this question-for the law
or against the law. 'Law.essness begets
lawlessness. and lynchings simply propa-
gate the very crime which II seeks TO
stamp out"
According 10 Gov Atkinson there are
now 1900 conylcts serving sentences ia
Georgia. The courts. judging from this
showing. have not been idle or impotont
AT least they are better than no courts
better than Judge Lynch's court There
must be law aud order, or no law ana an
archy-thc rule 81 brute force
Men who have minds and hearts and
conscienccs cannot hesitate as 90 which
side they viii align themselves on. We
heartily lndorso GOV. Atkinson nrm stand
for law and order Would that we had
more Of his hud-more men cast ln his
heroic mold.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

The members Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic In New York are promoting a
movement for the change Of memorial day
from May 30, to the last Sunday in May
so as TO prevent its being made day Of
sports, Sunday excursions and picnics
There is no doubt that il is somewhat in
consistent TO leave a solemn Memorial SER
vice or the work OF decorating soldiers
graves and rush TO the baseball game or
the horse races.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

According to the Congressional Record
a coiored witness IN the Jones' atchings
contest for seat in the present House
OF Representatives was asked What are
the duties Of congress?" WELL" was the
reply, they make speeches and pow vows
and play cards, and gets drunk. and rides
on the trains. and draws salaries That
Is all see in the papers" II would seem
the witness had BEEN reading about the
extra session.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02
The south,s Condition.
The New York Journal of Commerce dnd

OF all sections Of the country the south
has the least reason for complaining about
its mortgage debt: the farm Indebtedness
of the south is trihing. The proportion of
mortgaged farms 70 farms unencumbered
is very small. Farm mortgages are for
the whole group II per cent. of the valua-
ton. The annual interest payment is $3.50
per inhabtant in the south and $500 in
New England. Mr.. MulhaTs comparison
fails short of doing entire Justice 20 the
progress Of the south in the lasttwenty or
twenty-five years. IN this period the rail-
road mileage, the hank capital. the manu-
featuring capital and the agricultural re-
sources have increased notably.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

Controller Eckels OF the currency recelv-
ed message the other day fram the re-
oeiver OF a national bank Ia Anacortes.
Wash. saying: please accept my resig-
nation as receiver by wire. The Alaska
sold fever IS overwhelming" The SUCCESS
tion that man cat make as much out
OF the klondike gold fields as he can out
Of bank rccevorship viii Dc considered
nothing short Of startling. II ig liable 20
lead many others ls,ray
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

Another big wheat pool has been formed
an the west with ex-Secretary Of the In
terror David r. Francis at its head, and
it is 'bulling" the wheat market right
along. Even though the farmer may not
get the top figure for his product. this is
one pool or combination against which he
will hardly enter a protest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

u seems that the only solution or the
armor plate question VII, be- after all.
ihc construction OF a government armor
plate plant Secretary Longs latest move
was TO ntorrogate the large ship con-
tractors 10 learn whether one OF them
would put up plant FOR the purpose Of
furnishing Il TO the government. but 20
fir hc hae received no definite answer. n
they decline. the position taken by the
senate Leaves che construction OF q gov
ornmoni pant as The only solution Of the
ycAed problem.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02
nGone Tn snIt Rincr."

1t is aid that Henry Clay applied the ex-
preston above quoted to a fellow politi-
clan in Kentucky, and thereby put a period
to his political career Salt river is a
small stream in Kentucky, the narrowness
and crookedness Of which makes naviga-
ton exceedingly difficult and unpleasant
The expression, from that day to this. has
remained popular In some sections, how
ever, creek is substituted for river"
To send a man up Salt creek" means in
the vernacular to dispose of him very ef-
fectually
In this section of the country at the
present time it is to be observed that the
money of the taxpayers is being sent up
Sat creek" or sunk in that neighborhood.
Hereafter, when it is asked where GER
tain funds are. the answer will be, Gone
up Salt creek"
There is apparently no way to stop the
sending of the peoples money up Salt
creek" Buckhalter swamp must be
drained. nolens volens; Salt creek must be
developed and the Little Ogeechee must
be improved. More water is needed in both
Of these classic streams, and Buckhalter
will supply the water if the taxpayers will
supply the money.
All the road building and superficial
drainage now being carried on, are for the
purpose of distracting attention from the
big job away off in the southwestern part
of the Sixth militia destrict one of the
commissioners said a few days ago that he
knew Buckhalter swamp required drain
ing, and he did not see why such a fuss
was being made about the matter. Any
one who had ever visited that part of the
county, he said, could see the necessity of
the work. Now there is not the least
doubt that Buckhalter swamp is in a bad
condition and needs draining. Ii seems
that in the original division of the surface
Of the earth, made thousands of years ago
when the earth was divided into land and
water. Buckhalter swamp was LEFT in
doubt, and there is still a question as to
whether it shall be placed in the greater
or lesser divisions of the earth's surface.
The county commissioners are trying TO
make il dry land, and If the peoples money
holds out, il is possible. in the course of
time, that the laws Of nature will be re-
versed and the swamp made a fine prop
erty. There is doubtless a great deal TO
be learned from this persistent effort to
make dry land out OF water. When Buck
halter is dried out and its cowpaths are
kalsomined with Augusta gravel. there
should be placed over the main entrance
to the swamp this legend, If at first you
don't succeed. try. try again"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

Tie new tariff bill has already been
translated into four languages, and is be-
ing distributed in the countries in which
they are spoken. 1t would be the refine
ment Of sarcasm if they were to put a
prohibitive duty on its Importation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

Some Of The northern knife factories are
badly hit by the new taria because it pro-
hibits the giving of premiums with toe
bacco or cigarettes and several large con-
tracts Tor knives are therefore called off
Tnis ls not the orly Instance In which
tne republican measure has hi. indirectly
those Who were among .he londcst ia it,
advocacy. The knife manufacturer are
VEL protected. but this feature may Doe
considered blow below me bolt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02
Sure Personalities of LSnchinGs.
From the New Orleans Picayune Dem).

Lynch law is simply violent expression
of the popular distrust OF legal methods.
Reformers who always begin at the wrong
end want to stop lynching by inhicting
heavy punishment upon the entire popula-
ton of counties, towns or cities in which
popular violence has been done upon Grim
inals. The right remedy is so to rehabili-
tate criminal judicial procedure as that
criminals will be brought to justice prorpt-
ly and punished severely. When the peo-
pie feel that they can place implicit con-
fidenee in legal methods they will stop
lvnChing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

Some jInao newspapers think thIs gov
ernmcnt should ny into q rage because Ja-
pan had none of Der war vessels 100 har-
Dor at Yokohama on the Fourth Of Jufy 10
eid che United states algfhlp olympia 100
celebrating that American holiday Tho
chances are that f Japan knew She bad
COMMITTEE so monstr0us ga international
crime Hhc would nos hesitate 10 make duo
apoiosy There is 90 doubt inat q would
feluifo close microscopic research % dlf.
cOYef fha Insult
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02
CURRENT COMMENT.
Taxing Returning Tourists.
Trom the springaeld Repubnean Gndl

From the Springfield REPUBLICAN, Qnd).
No feature of the new law can be more
popular with the mass of the people than
this one. comparatively unimportant as it
may be as a revenue raiser or as a protect
i've barrier for local industries. There is
no justice in allowing to people rich enough
to go abroad exemptions from taxation
which are not conceded to people who have
to stay at home The tariff is tax, and
in the Incidence of taxes there should be no
faVoritism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

a French specialist is reported to have
discovered the specific microbe which
causes badness. The gentlemen of the
front row may yet defy the jokers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

The King of Siam has arrived in Lon
don. Not even the poet laureate has been
able to find a rhyme for Chulalongkorn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

Efforts are being made by leaders of the
SILVER parry In Nebraska TO have Mr.. wal
lam Jennings Bryan leave The lecture
platform and come home for the fall cam
paign. The object of these leaders. It is
sad. is TO groom him for governor on the
fusion ticket and gradually turn him
from his present route into position
where he can make a dignihed race IN
1919 for the pres doncy." member OF
the conference which decided that MIR.
Bryan ought to come home Is quoted as
saying that interest IN the silver issue Is
.ossening daily an over the country. and
that II Mr.. Bryan keeps on Do Will have
nothing TO tell Ia the next campo gn. lie
concludes a brief interview with the re-
mark that unless IL Is on the silver issue
1--WE cannot see how Bryan will be a factor
in the next presidential campaign"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

Hon. John wanomaker has written
letter 10 "a New York paper on the SUBJ
ieet OF the taun 300 which he thinks the
bonfire of the Wilson and German nrin
bili bias lt mp The business world with a
brighter light thun d has seen Tor many ri
day" Evidently the Hon John has come
down on tho fence and stopped whlstliue
for prosperity in the teeth of the gale.
D. would De- Interesting 20 know what sub.
ue Influence drew tho great department
store millionaire back into line
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

Tho report that a convoy OF naval yos-
sels or revenue cutters would ho sent 60
su'rd The returning gold ships from Alas.
ka has been denied There afo no Capts
Morgan or Kidd in those piping limos OF
peace Piracy ls performed after more
modern methods
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02
No DingIsyAdVanCe
Here This Week,
But a Continuation Of the Sale Of
The Best Goods
For Less Money

Than ever known in Savannah. It's
the first of the month and your peck
etbook bulges out with wealth. There
is to be an advance in prices sure
and certain. Now you can make
your money go Ing way if you come
to us at once. Don't delay, but q, ia
this week while the good work of
much for little" goes bravely on. We
can help you save money, and saving
is making.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02
SEE OUR OFFERINGS FOA THE
WEEK.

AT 60 Cents the Yard-Black China SILK.
reduced from Is cents.
At Is Cents the Yard-Black Surah Silk.
reduced from $100.
At 81 90 the Yard-Black Silk Crepon. re-
duced from 81 So.
At 70 Gents the Yard-Black Figured TAFT
feta and China Silks, reduced from
S1.OO and $1.25.
At 20 Cents the Yard-Figured China
SILK, reduced from 35c and 4Oc.
At 50 Cents the Yard-i0-inch Black Tam
Use, reduced from Use.
At 80 Cents the Yard-Nun's Black Veil
ing, reduced from Csc.
At Is Cents the Yard-45-inch Silk and
Wool Black Lansdowne, reduced
from 81 90.
At So Cents the Yard-Silk and Wool
Black Gloria, reduced from S1.OO
At % Cents the Yard-All- Wool Black
Henrietta. reduced from $115.
At Is Cents the Yard-Full line Scotch
Ginghams. all colors, reduced from
Csc and 30c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-02

exclusive Mexican home, unless his so
cial caste is equal to that of the family
he desires to visit and then he must needs
be presented and vouched for by a friend
IN whom the household has implicit con-
hdence. says the Ladies Home Journal
sutton therefore, is not admitted to the
residence of his inamorata on her invi-
tation alone. for the portero. in charg
day and night Of the great doubly barred
sahuan, giving entrance from the stree
to the inner courts of the house, is uude
instructions to admit no one, except by
order Of the parents of the senorlta, who's,
audience is being so eagerly sought. The
young gentleman may earnestly pound
upon the massive brass knocker for hours
seeking admittance. but his knocking win
not avail. SO he and the lady OF his choice
must do their distant loyemakng In tho
public view and hearing until such time
as the stony parental heart shall have
melted sufficiently TO grant him admission
TO the family circle. Inside the domestic
citadel the lady meantime warmly pleads
the cause of the unhappy one without. eN.
tollng his constancy and the many other
good qualities which she has proved her
faithful admirer to possess. The day 4
az last VIGOROUSLY carried by one means
or another, and the lovers are allowed ths
privilege OF the parlor. but they are never
LETT alone, FOR the old system of chaper
onage Is stlll rgidly In vogue II the
attentive lover desires the company OF his
chosen one TO the opera. or upon "A coact
drive. he must include an invitation beg
ging the presence OF the father or mother
or. more properly, OF the whole family
Mex families are. unfortunately, glvef
20 the prompt acceptance OF such invita-
lions IN cheerful body and the resul
u that the son-ln-law 10 be and the des.
tined bride, when they appear Ia public
Ind themselves mere members or lnrr
box party mt the play, or a fun coac'
load OF company for all OF which galet
the young matrimonial aspirant pays th
DBL The sanctioning presence OF a..
.amiy gives formal announcement tina
there Is a wedding on The taps.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-16
DEBSITES IN CONFUSION.
Lack OF Harmony In the Proposed Colonization
In the state or Warrington.

CHICAGO, June l5.-All Is not harmonious by
any means In the ranks Of the American Rail-
way Union. Many members Of that organization
dislike the idea OF its being absorbed by Eugene
V. Debs's cooperative commonwealth concern.
At a secret session of the order. held after tho
regular session Of the A. r. L. Convention this
afternoon. Debss scheme was denounced in
vigorous terms by several men who thought IL
chimerical.
THE right way to secure true socialism. said
one earnest speaker. is to do 1t at the polls. by
our ballots. We cannot hope to go away of
into one corner of the country and get the nation
to follow our example. The tail cannot wag tho
dog"
There were a great many who applauded this
sentiment, and 1t is clear that Mr.. Debs will have
q hard time to convert all Of his late associates.
During Debs's speech at the morning session
Tommy Morgan. the well-known Socialist.
and George Koop stood at the door of the hall
where the convention is being held and
distributed copies Of the Socialist alliance
newspaper and n circular entitled " Debs's Duo
The two men were hustled away and told that II
they returned their heads would be broken.
They didn't return.
Prof. Frank Parsons, the Boston Socialist.
spoke at lepgth., He praised the bicycle as the
one thing which made the world equal. Tho
monopolics were denounced. Judge Grosscmp
was reyiled and tho name Of Charles I. Yerkes
Dcbs. and dissected his character in a manner
that did not please the crowd. He had tried TO
apologize for the fact that Debs had been In Jail.
and shouted:
We'll. thon he thought 1t was right. and even
done Just as he did"
That aroused the audience. They leaped to
their feet, waved their arms. and shouted their
Wed with one another in telling the Professor
what they thought OF him, and finally one dele.
gate. more strong lunRed than the other. crys.
tallized their sentiments in the assertion:
I'VE honor him the moro that he has suffered
imprisonment. Debs Is all right"
In his opening. address Debs discussed at
length his plans for a colony In the State OF
washington; me a9vernor, no said; bad sent
coined, and he expected u colony of $4,000 at the
| atnrt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-16
4 sPANIARD,s VIEW OF US.
NE TickIes Cuba's Foes with . Letter from
New York.

NE Tickles Cuba's Foes with . Letter from
New York.
HAVANA via Key West, June ia remark
able letter from New York has been published
by tho Didrio de la Marina. 1t is signed by its
regular correspondent in New York and appeared
in the evening edition of tho Dfdrio on Friday,
juno IL. The letter says there Is no doubt that
President Mckinley sympathizes with Spain in
tho present war, and that this ia proven not
only by the orders issued from Washington for
the capture Of the flibustering steamer Daunt-
less, but also by explicit declarations made by
Secretary Sherman.
Mr.. Sherman. says the Didrfo, was thoroughly
informed not long ago by Senior Dupuy dc LONE
Of the justice OF Spain's cause and the wicked
ness of the Cuban revolt. Senor de Lome
achieved this result, according to the Havana
newspapers, by sending to Mr.. Sherman a trans
lation. expressly made for the purpose, of n
Spanish book, in which oil the benefcent laws
established by Spain in Cuba arc reproduced,
showing that the Cubans have no cause to fight
for their independence. as they have lived under
the blessings of full liberty and good govern
ment.
The correspondent says that Mr.. Sherman.
after reading the book, declared that Spain was
right and that all honest Cubans ought to &C.
cept this conclusion. THE Sun is referred to in
thS iSthSi so u "Ne NV esNeS
is made upon a New York weekly newspaper
whose correspondent in Cuba is said to have
been called to Washington to give information
about the situation on the island.
The correspondent affirms furthermore that
Speaker Reed is also in favor of Spain, and that
he is In accord with Senator Aldrich in prevent
ing a vote in the House on Senator Morgan's
resolution recognizing the belligerency Of the
Cubans.
Many friends of the Marquis Of Apezteguia
and some other Spaniards of the Reformist
party have renewed their efforts to have Gen.
Weyler recalled to Madrid. The Spanish shop,
keepers charge Wcyler with all the RESPONSE
bility for the ruin Of the island, and they par,
ticularly denounce his DEGREES. which resulted
in issuing the paper money and forcing its circu.
lation.
Gen. Weyler recently said at the Palace, in the
presence Of many persons, that he had already
sent many Cubans to hell and to Chafarinas,
and that before leaving the island he would
make many Spaniards take the same road