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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-23

PROSPERITY has struck the
office-holders but it has so far
failed to reach anybody else.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07
He Was an HonorabIe.

A farmer whom / met on the highway
three or four miles from Paola inquired if
I knew whether the Hon. Jim Henshaw
was in town. I replied that I didn't. and
asked him in turn if Mr.. Henshaw was the
member Of congress from that district
says writer in the Chicago Record.
NO, sab. Jim hain't no member of con-
gress," he replied.
Member of the legislature perhaps?"
No, sab; Jim never went to the legis-
lature."
1T he a judge or an alderman" I per-
sisted.
No, sab, he hain't,' was the steady re-
ply. Hes jest the Hon. Jim Henshaw
and nobody else"
But the term is generally applied to
men of prominent political position. How
do you make Mr.. Henshaw an honora-
ble?"
wall, sab, it wasn't two vars ago that
he shot a mad dog which had bitten four
bosses. Yes, sab, shot that dog as dead
as a nail"
But that would hardly give him the IT,
tie
Hold on, sab" he continued with wave
of his hand Jim Henshaw was the first
man to diskiver coal in this county,"
"Well?''
"And he caught three men setting fire
to the school house at Growers Corners
and shot one of them in the back"
4 see"
And he contributed 500 to git the race
track at Paola, and he's got the fastest
trottin' horse in this state"
Go on said.
And sab, Jim Henshaw bet $500 on the
presidential lection and won it as straight
as a string"
us that alI?'
rs that all"' he echoed, as he began to
get red in the face mo, sab, that hain't
all. Jim Henshaw kin cure pollcoil on
boss, set a broken leg on a dog, take off
warts from a human bein' in seven days,
and if thaTs anybody yere who says he
hain't an honorable that pusson better git
down off his boss and git some sense
thumped into his head!'
After a little reflection 1 agreed with the
farmer that Mr.. Henshaw was fully enti-
tied to the appellation, and he grew good
natured and offered me almost half plug
of tobacco at parting.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07
BRIGHT BITS.

I kissed her lightly on the cheek,
Her face blazed up, as 1 could see;
thought in scathing terms she'd speak
She turned the other cheek to me!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The apple gave Eve knowledge; the
petticoat gave her mystery; straightway
the new woman stood forth. And Adam
had no club to escape to, nor did his wife
go out of town in the summer.-New York
Evening Sun.
There's no excuse for a man whose
wife does not appreciate him." said Mr..
Meekton. Its his own fault"
How is he going TO help himself?'
BY purchasing tandem bicycle. -
Washington Star.
Julia" said the old gentleman, re-
proachfully, eff 1 am not mistaken you
gave that young man a kiss"
Il did no such thing" returned the
young woman with emphasis. 1T was a
trade. Chicago Post
thy wife will be the first Klondike
widow"
'Why? Are you going?"
NO but I'm being talked to death by
men who want to borrow money to get
there. Chicago Record.
Enterprise Rewarded; Small boy dash
ed GREATNESS into a MERCHANTS office. us
the guvnor in?"
Yes; what do you want?"
'Must see him myself; most partik-
ler."
But you can't: he's engaged"
"Must see him immejit; most partik-
ler"
The boys Importantly got him in.
"Well, boy; what do you want?''
Dyer want a orffice boy, sir?"
'Y0u impudent young nascal! Mo-
We've got one"
mo you amt sir; he's just bin run
over in Cheapside."
Boy ngaged.-Tit-Bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

than those looking TO the welfare Of the
city. and persistent Measurements made
by interested parties as to the real issues
of the controversy. Instead of consider
ing with unbiased mind what was best for
the people as whole, and acting accord
ingly, it appears 20 have been the purpose
of those, who could have Strengthened ont
matters easily, to uphold one man and set
down another. There was apparently a
determination to see personal issues where
none whatever existed.
The Morning News thinks it knows bet
ter than the gentleman whose letter is I'M
der consideration what should and what
should not be said in the public prints up
on public questions; and it has never with
justice been charged with acting otherwise
than for the best interests of Savannah.
Every reader of the paper, I'm the city and
out of It, knows perfectly well that the
welfare of the people of this city. and their
prosperity, health and happiness, never
have been and are not now in danger at
its hands With a consciousness of its
recutude the Morning News does not pro-
pose to be swerved from what it knows to
be it's right course by the fear OF being
called an alarmist because the majority Of
the grand jury apparently disagreed with
il as 20 the sanitary condition of tRe areas
contiguous to the city.
Stripped of verbiage, and denuded of the
lengthy and prosy historical "reminiscences
bearing the signature of the chairman of
the board of county commissioners, the
majority report of the grand jury's special
committee virtually admitted all that the
Morning News has asserted, and the mi
nority report of the committee sustained
the Morning News contention entirely.
There is nothing personal in the drainage
matter. Grand jurymen have a right TO
differ with the Morning News and this
paper claims the right to differ with them.
Our good friend and correspondent need
not fear that the citys interests will suf-
fer at our hands, or from following our
advice. The danger, indeed, is the other
way. If the lis able bodied convicts, now
al work in the Barony of Buckhalter were
removed from that far away place, and
put TO work at cleaning the canals and
bitches near the city, there would be no
necessity of discussing this much discuss
ed question further.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07
Unequal Taxation.


The life of tax assessing and tax gath
ering officials, under whatever titles they
may be known in different localities, is not
passed upon beds OF roses. The tax Off
ciaPs life is like that of the policeman in
the play, mot happy one" The better
such officials fill their offices, the less they
are liked by the tax dodgers-who are
often very influential people. But they
are very necessary and important parts of
the machinery of government, and are
becoming more so every day That their
duties in some instances are not better
performed and their labors more produc-
tive of good results, is no doubt due to
the obsolete system of taxation.
Not only is there an outcry against I'M
fair taxation heard in Georgia, but it is
echoing throughout nearly the whole
country, and the time seems ripe for re-
form in the taxing system. In Georgia, in
instances where there is a large city in
the county, the state and county general
ly receive pretty nearly their due because
large communities have many wants and
therefore require accurate valuations and
prompt payments. In other communities,
il is about as much as the tax receivers
official head is worth to insist upon all
taxpayers making just and full returns
The result is that such communities and
such people throw the burdens of sup
porting the government upon others. The
difficulty in assessments applies particular
ly to real estate and when it comes to
personal property the state is defrauded
with the utmost sang froid, the excuse
given for making false returns being that
others do the same thing.
1t is difficult to suggest remedy, but
it seems that if each county had a board
of assessors, composed of three men, ap-,
pointed by the governor, charged with the
duty of examining into and revising all
tax returns it would be the means of
equalizing taxes throughout the state. APP
pointment by the governor is suggested
as the best means of securing boards
that would act without fear or favor.
The city of Savannah has a board of as
SCISSORS. elected for a term of years, and
which is to that extent independent of pub
lie pressure. While the exact facts are not
known, it is generally understood that a
great many taxable values are now re-
turned that never saw the tax digest be-
fore this arrangement was put into effect
1t is a curious specimen of humanity that
loves TO pay taxes; therefore, in order to
make taxes bear equally upon all accord
ing to their ability to pay and thereby
reduce the percentage of taxation, it is
necessary to keep a strict watch upon
taxpayers and tax values. The rising
statesman of Georgia who will frame a
law by which people will be encouraged
or compelled to make fair returns of their
ownership of this worlds goods will be
payer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

The Morning News had not intended to
say anything further with regard to the
matter of drainage, and the policy of the
board of county commissioners, until after
the presentation of the report of the citi-
zens' committee; but letter received from
a member of the grand jury, a gentleman
who usually shows fairness and good judg-
ment criticising the Morning News posi-
ton, calls for a reply.
The writer of the letter condemns the
Morning News for it's efforts to awaken
the public mind to the facts with regard
to the condition of the drainage in the sec
ton of the country contiguous to the city,
and the waste of public money by the
board of county commissioners in doing
work in a section far distant while there
is so much that might be done to better
public advantage almost at the citys
doors The writer says: THE great
damage you are doing, in my opinion, is
that you are creating the impression
abroad that Savannah is very sickly
place, and that any little indisereton on
the part of the county commissioners will
precipitate an epidemic" etc.
The Morning News has not sought to
create the impression that the city is in
danger of an epidemic, but it has asserted,
and it maintains, that If the drainage sys-
tenn which was intended to protect the
health of the people of Savannah, and on
which a million of dollars has been spent,
is not kept in order and made TO perform
the functions which it was intended to
perform. then the state of affairs
which 1t, was designed TO prevent may
arise. And should that condition arise. it
would be too late to make excuses or ex-
press regrets. AN ounce of prevention"
says the old adage, lis worth a pound of
cure" We propose the ounce of common
sense prevention.
The ostrich hides its head In the desert
sand and thinks its body Is out of sight;
and so it is in sanitary matters. We may
make ourselves believe that everything Is
in good shape when such Is not the case.
but we are fooling only ourselves. Among
the difficulties which the Morning News
has had to contend with in this matter
have been influences and arguments other
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07
PER NAL.

-Richad Effendi who is regarded as
the sultan's probable heir is the owner
of something that is exceedingly rare
among Turks-a head Of red hair. Should
ne succeed to the throne now occupied by
MS Dfother il is said that-he will be OBJ
hged to dye his sandy locks jet black.
j. NJ. sjodahe, editor and part owner
Of the Desert News of Salt Lake City,
has sailed for Sweden with box of gifts
from scandinavian OF the west for King
Oscar, who celebrates next month the
twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession
TO the throne. Mr.. SjOdahe carries let
ters Of Introduction from the governor Of
Utah.
The Rev. Dr. George D. Matthews,
formerly Of New York, but for some years
past secretary of the Pan-American Ali
ance, is to leave London next month to
visit the reformed churches of Russia,
which are embraced in four or five syn
DDS. On leaving Russia he viii proceed
TO Persia to attend the synod of the ma
tive Syriac church, which is to meet in
Roomiah.
B. F. Vaughn. a Philadelphia mill
ionaire, is just completing one of the
finest hunters lodges in one of the finest
game parks in the United Staaes on
North Elk creek, a few miles from White
River Col. Mr. Vaughn has purchased
the Shindier, Duom and Lamb ranches,
which include large tract in the White
river valley, and all the lands along the
Elk Creek valley for four miles, and has
enclosed it all with a strong fence.
Secretary John d. Long and his family
recently attended the picnic of the Hart
ford Custard Pie Association, held at AL
lens Grove, Norway Me. He was elected
an honorary member of the society. Each
member brought a custard pie baked in a
large milk pan, and this rural delicacy was
the chief dish of the banquet. Secretary
Long is staying with his family at his
summer cottage on North Hill, in Buck
field, his native town.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

rs the House of Representatives open?'
asked the woman who had left boy with
her market basket at the foot of the cap
itol steps, says the Washington star
Il guess you can get in and look at the
place, answered a man in uniform.
But there isn't anything going on"
II know all about that" she rejoined.
81 have been here a great many times be-
fore"
'aThen I shouldn't think you'd care to
come sightseeing a a time when there
is comparatively, so little of interest"
"Oh, l didn't come for the purpose of
sitting in enraptured contemplation of the
greatness of the men assembled there
have more sense than that. Simply be-
cause man can get up and speak in pub
lie, l do not yield him the palm of super
iority. It's all a matter Of chance. Some
men have a natural gift for getting up and
talking to a crowd, and when you come to
meet them in private conversation they
don't say a thing worth listening TO. On
the other hand. you'll find men who are
struck dumb when they stand up before
an audience who can under stress of emo
ton develop flow of eloquence that will
give the house dog a fit of dizziness and
cause the poll parrot TO weep for profess
siOnal jealousy"
"Of course" responded the man in the
uniform, you know what you want.
Onefed my SugSe StlOn merely because
everybody seems anxious 10 get a look
at the senators and representatives., and
want TO know just when they are visible
mo. All j want is to so inside the
House of Representatives for a few min
utes, and then I'm going home to see how
my husband is getting along with the
work of putting down carpets in the house
we have just taken"
you will find it quite cool and restful. 8"
Il don't care about the GOODNESS nor
about the rest. I merely desire 10 sit for a
moment and recall the scenes OF the past
/ want to turn my eyes upon the speak
ers desk and recall the way he used to
handle the gavel"
"Are you interested in parliamentary
proceedings?"
'Not a bit. I am simply hungering to
be reminded that the country has pro-
duced a man who could hammer away by
the hour without once hitting his thumb
or relapsing into profanity"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07
lNDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Ship Notice, Paterson,
Downing & Co; f. & w. Laundry; A
Golden Opportunity, Custom Clothing
Company. Macon; our Words Are Few,
Belsinger & Co; A Good Dry Air Refrig-
orator Wanted, at Beckmann's Cafe; DR..
Hops Return.
Cigars-Humboldt Cigars.
Auction Sale-Administrator's Sale of
Real Estate by ]. Mclaughlin & Son.
There Is a Something About the Har-
rington Hat-Falk Clothing Company.
Get Your Boys Ready For School-B. H.
Levy & Bro.
Finch Finished Furniture-Leopold Ad-
Der
Financial-Haight & Freese. Bankers,
New York.
Railroad Schedules-Plant System; Cen
tral of Georgia Railway.
Legal Notices-Notice to Debtors and
Creditors, Estate Helena Hohenstein, De
ceased; Application to Sell Real Estate of
Jacob Joseph and Alice, Ruth Deter, Min
ors
Medical-World's Dispensary Prepara-
tions; Cuticura Remedies; Hoods Sarsa-
parilla Womans Friend; Ayers Hair
Eigor: Castoria; Erie Medical Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07
Fraudulent "Protection."
From the Chattanooga Times (Dem).

How we iron and. steel manufacturers
do need protection, from competition by
the products of European pauper labor
every now and then receives a striking
illustration For Instances An Ohio steel
company lately got a contract for 10000
tons of steel rails for electric railroads in
Ireland A combination of American
manufacturers has contracted to equip
the Metropolitan Underground Electric
railway of London, the total of the order
covering about $l2,000,O00. The Sparrow
Point Nd, steel works last month, closed
a contract to furnish 1850 tons of standard
steel rails TO a government railway in In
dia.
In addition, United States mills sell
billets, wire rods, etc. in England; and
American masters furnish England and
her customers tens of thousands Of tons
of pig iron.
We may-as we do-admit that protec-
ton was chief factor in developing our
iron trade, TO the stage that makes it pos
slble for our masters to compete with the
British, in their home markets; but why
after we have reached that stage, when
we do all the competing, Continue the
'protectionT' Isn't a law protecting"
these materials a farce? And are our
republican friends not guilty of something
like fraud, when they pretend that such
farces are the main guys" of our pros
perity? isn't ii very cheap impertinence,
to accuse all who decline to sanction
these fakes and humbugs as free trad
ers," whether they contend for incidental
and just but generous protection, or not?
The honest truth is that the present
status of protection is pure jobbery sim
ply, bold and impairment plumber Of the
many to enrich the few. Ii is a scheme
for paying campaign debts, and making
sure of future compaign contributions
And it must, before very long, come to
an ignominious and final end.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

A pointed contrast in wages and strikes
is presented in Pennsylvania and Georgia.
In the former state. at Pittsburg and else
where, white miners, who have been forced
to work for an average of about so cents
a day, are striking for an advance of 10 to
25 cents day. Coal is a heavily
protected product. In Savannah the negro
longshoremen, who have been receiving
81 so and So per day are talking about
striking for an advance to 81 and s. per
day. Loading cotton is not protected in
dustry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07
strikers Had Cause.
From the Phlladelphia Tlmes dndl.

The fact that the operators have made
such generous concessions to the miners
is conclusive that the miners were right
in making their demand for a considerable
increase in wages. 1t is known that for
two years past they have not received
anything approaching fair living wages
and the general revival of business and
the logical increase in the prices of, and
the demand for, coal fully warrant the
proprietors in giving fair wages to labor
The adjustment of the strike will give a
fresh inspiration 10 the general business
advance that IS now visible throughout
the whole country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

The MORNING NEWS is published
every day in the year, and is served TO
subscribers in the city, or sent BY mail,
at S1.0O a month, $500 for six months, and
5000 Tor one year,
The MORNING NEWS by mail, six
times a week (without Sunday issue,
three months. 500. SIX months, $500; one
year, $500.
The WEEKLY NEWS. ? issues a week,
Monday anu Thursday, by mail, one year,
S1W.
Subscriptions payable in advance. Re
nit by postal order, check or registered
letter. Currency sent by mail al risk Of
senders.
Transient advertisements. other than
special column, local or reading notices,
amusement and cheap or want column, 10
cents line Fourteen lines of agate type
equal to one inch square in depths
the standard of measurement. Contract
rates and discounts made known on APP
plicauon at business Office.
Orders for delivery OF the MORNING
NEWS to either residence or place of bus
iness may be made by postal card or
through telephone No. 2l0. Any irregu-
larity in delivery should be Immediately
reported to the office of publication.
Letters and kilograms should be ad-
dressed MORNING NEWS" Savannah,
Ga.
EASTERN OFFICE, % Park Row, New
York city, c. S. Faulkner, Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

Since the discovery of gold mines ia
Northern Michigan, people from neghbor-
ing states have been pouring into that sec
ton and on 4 small scale the rush is
something like that TO the Klondike. Sew
eral rivals to the Alaskan gold fields have
been recently developed right at home, but
in comparison TO the far away mines they
have commanded little attention. But the
stories of suffering from that far away
region appear to be bringing some of the
gold seekers at least, to their senses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07
CURRENT COMMENT.

Government and Individual Power.
Springfield CMass) Republican Qnd).
Whether j. P. Morgan, through his i'm
mense railway and banking interests or
the Standard oil magnates through their
petroleum, railway and gas control, rep
resent the mightier force in this free land
is a question upon which opinion seems to
be divided. But in either case an indi-
vidual power appears against which only
the might of government can pretend to
stand. And we have only lately seen the
federated government of all the states as
clay in the hands of a third and lesser cap
italisdc power-that of the sugar con-
spirators.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

Greek jealousy has followed Greek de-
feat, and the dispatches announce that
as result the ablest of the Grecian gem
erals, the hero of the war with the Turks,
Gen. Smolenski, has practically been ban
tshed from Athens, because Prince Con-
etantine. who led all the retreats, did not
like some things the general is reported to
have said. If the Greeks are not careful
left when they are forced into another
conflict.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

DR.. Chauncey NJ Depew, one of the alb
lest advocates of high tariff measures,
now finds that the tax on personal eff
1ects of returning travellers above the
amount of 500 is zone of the most objee-
tionable features" of the new tariff meas
ure. VIII DIR. Depew state why, in view
of his former record on the subject, he
objects to the tariff being applied to those
belonging to his particular class and ac-
quaintance
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

Venezuela wants some settlers and is
Offering land and free transportation to
emigrants from America under certain
conditions. Venezuela's offer is no doubt
liberal enough, but the American viii
make mistake in accepting it when there
are plenty of good places in his own coun-
try that he can emigrate 10. and fnd
for NaneZnela 10 offer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

Col. John Hay, the American ambas-
sador to England is being educated"
His English cousins are inviting him TO
balls and parties and taking him around
to all the English resorts at their own
expense. Perhaps Col. Hays literary ef-
forts have created a sympathy on the part
of the English people, and they may be
gust trying to bring him out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

A judge at Morgantown, W. Va, enjoin-
ed minister of the gospel from preaching
in the worthington district of the Fair
mont coal fields the other day. Such
judges should be careful about removing
the chances for their own salvation. Per-
haps they are not aware how badly they
may stand in need of a minister's services
Themselves