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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04
THE SEASONS FIRST PLAY.
" DOWN IN DIME" STARTED THE
AMUSEMENT BALL.

The Play an Old One In New Hands.
But Was Well Received-The Cake
Walk Tomorrow Night the Only
Attraction for the Coming Week.
The theater did not have an suspicious
opening yesterday afternoon when the
"Down In Dixie Company opened the
theatrical season of 1Ss7-ss with a matinee
performance. Quietly and with not the
least bit OF display the initial perform
ance was given.
The company arrived over the Plant
System at l O'Clock. and after getting dim
ner hurried to the theater. It took some
time to set up the large amount of scenery
which the company carries, and It was
nearly o'clock when the curtain went up.
1t would he cynical to cavil at the per-
Torrance of the company after the expert
ence the members have had fer the last
few days 1t was the second public per-
Torrance the company has given. 1t
opened in Charleston Wednesday night,
and has been water bound since then wait
ing to come TO Savannah.
DOWH Ill OlAlG was SttH III saw
several years ago and it is practically the
same piece that was here at that time,
though IL has been changed somewhat to
conform to present day conditions.
The play is a melodrama and the story
is of the South. The scenes are laid in
Georgia and South Caroline There is
nothing of extraordinary merit in either
the play or the company. There is one
scene in 1t that takes the gallery gods. 1t
Is the picture of the cotton compress,
where the hero has been placed in the
press by the villain and 1t is about time
for the press to start operations. The eli
max Is like those in all melodramas for
just when the hero is about 10 be crushed
into a cylindrical bale the heroine rushes
upon the scene and rescues him.
The company As made up of Charles ".
EIaight, Maurice Pike. Mills Hall, George
Barr, william H. Davis, Henry Brinsley,
Charles Webster, Miss Mau Laura Dean.
Miss Jennie Farrach, Miss Nellie Lind
roth, and Mrs. Milt G. b. Barlow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04

The theater will be open but one night
this week. This viii be tomorrow night,
when a cake-walk and vaudeville enter
tainment will be given. The performance
will all be colored and most of them will
be local artists" There will be several
exhibitions of buck dancing, several vocal
selections and the grand finale will be a
cake walk The cake walk win be par
ticpatod in by many of the best cake
walkers in town and win be led by Joe
Brown who has won a number of prizes
in cake walks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04

Wally?" mi, Sabeyur. talk turrum
fibe time an nebber gil out wud. on de
six time de wud cum an / say, ebb tide
lex me chimbley corner, Liddy; 1 drink
up Mas Henry frigerater an l got UNI cen
me now! Mex mawning see sebben star
wild me eye shet
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04
wALLY AND THE 1s-1NcH SHELL

Several years ago, with no Spaniards TO
fight but acquiring that deadly accuracy
so well demonstrated in the present fray
several of our warships were at target
practice in Port Royal harbor They left
as souvenirs some big shells thereabo
One was picked up by us on Bay Point
beach and taken on board out pilot boat,
big as a key, formidable in appearance,
but really harmless by previous, though
only partial explosion. Placed on the
floor of our cabin we lost interest in il
until Wally came on board next day in
Skull creek in response to our invitation
to take some "magundy smash" Down
in the cabin his eyes fell on the shell mis-
givingly. Noticing this, one of the party
threw lighted match at il, whereupon
the terrified Wally bolted up through the
companionway, and it was with great
difficulty we got him back by promising
not to tech dat ting because, he said,
one had been carried up to "Fut Pint"
the week before, and when put into the
fire had blown seven little "nigger chill
lun" into eternity. Our shell was empty
before, but when Wally made his hasty
exit, a handful of powder from a flask
on board was quietly slipped into il. Here's
to you Wally, Bull frog foot" Mort
Calina hipcrit" Corruption" Whilst
thus pledging the old man in the vernac-
ular and lulling him into a state of fan
cied security, the hatch was quietly pulled
over and the companionway blocked with
several of our negro crew. Then Hal said
with tragic air and manner: well old
man, l am tired of life; let us all die to-
gether," and before the old fellow could
stop him, flung a lighted match into the
shell! A great puff. a wild yell, a cabin
dense with smoke were the immediate re-
suits We then heard old Wally butting
the hatch into pieces Che had already
knocked down the crew, and with a final
yell ne jumped into his boat and pulled
off like the wind. Nothing could induce
him to return. We told him, as he lay
off al a distance, that one man had been
killed, and in proof brought out between
two men Joe's body servant, sherman
consumptive limp, face hanging down and
shaming death perfectly. We sung out to
the old man that we wanted him as a
witness, but that settled the matter. AS
far as the eye could reach we could see
d streak of "ebb tide
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04
CITY QNd Suburban R0iIHQy COnDOnV.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE.
ISIG d HOpG, AOl!QOlG[I Qld All NlT SIQH0I
CARS RUN AS FOLLOWS CITY TIme).

For Isle of Hope-Leave Bolton street,
9:O7 a. m; leave Second avenue, 10:15, Ills
d. m, 1915, 1:15 2:15. 3;15. AIS. Sis. els.
7:15, S:15, $3.50 p. m.
For Montgomery and Bethesda-9:07 a.
m. from Bolton street. and 10:15 a. M. Ills
p. M, 3:15 p. m. and 6:15 p. m. from Sec
ond avenue, connect with cars at Sand
fly.
Leave Isle of Hope SIT. 1915. HIS a. m,
12:15 1:15, 2:l5, 3:l5, 4:l5, 5:l5, 6:l5. 7l5
and 10 p. IN.
Cars from Thunderbolt to Isle of Hope
every hour after 200 p. m. until p. IA.
Leave Montgomery 1885, 9:35 a. m, -2:35
and 2:35 and 5:35 p. m.
Leave Isle of Hope for Thundefbolt at
200 and hourly afterwards until 1880 D. m.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04

UNI on had, an j kiss up Miss Mary big
Bible, an frum dat day I kiss de Book,
Gormlty nebber yet. open He eye Sundy
mawnin' an fine me in de crick.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04
TALES OF DADDY
WALLY WRIGHT.
He Was a Famous Hunter and Fisherman.


SIave-His Best Were Mause . Born
the Coast His Habitat Change -
lis Kind reL
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04

The subject of the following sketches
died recently at Blunton, S. c., in ex-
IRENE age. and was of rare type OF
nure African blood and powerful physique,
he was from early manhood a great hun
Ter. fisherman and guide. A favorite
slave and companion of his master, whom
fortune had made his little foster brother
he was most highly regarded among the
whites and by them considered sui generis
Born on the coast his habitat was thus
fixed and never changed He was bless
cd with a rare quality of humor and an
extensive vocabulary in purest gullah, to
which he added many original expressions
and comical sayings. His whole action
was funny. No fishing or hunting party
was complete without old Wally The
writer remembers him only in later years
as a quaint lovable old man fishing almost
daily for a living, and keeping a few
hounds at home for old time sake Like
many old slaves his best days Were evil
IDENTIFY spent with ''mauser" and we may
know that there has been an affectionate
meeting between the two in "turra plan
tashun." To poor blind Liddy, his relict,
and to Susie, who heard that "sumbody
rite pa bituary cen de paper" an apology
is due for thus early publishing humorous,
though characteristic, stories of the old
man. Brutus Bulloch.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04
WALLY QUITs FIsHING ON SUNDAY.


Mauser bin len me to Miss Mary and
MSS Ellen Pinckney ober on de ilun to
e es Ior um l was young man den. One
guhdy sum Irishmans cum ober from
fort Rlal an offer me an Ben two dollar
LOT ebry drum we koch if we go wild UNI.
Dey also gle we plenty magundy smash
GUY one big kag dey hab in de boat /
link tel l wus putty WELL l tank 70
H we sneak out an fish way down
va ae tan OBJ DAVIS Hon bank, an l koch
Seooeh drum an Ben tree. But Miss Mary
VIZ ne long eye spy we way down dere
III oe boat, ifbe mile off, an SEN fur mau-
ser 70 cum mex day. ERASMUS Cord! dey
al. al zen rust an ak um how he dare fish
~ 9uhuy an now many he koch. Den
,@ In stan up dere an Ii an Ii turrum. but
M M no use Gum twenty lash, say Miss
SIay' stan by mos scare to Diet. Miss
b IaIy say: "Wally, you fficted critter; YOU
a olohe up de Sabbuth day, but we tun YOU
eati 20 20 own mauser." Mauser say gum
an, 81, iash' one for ebry drum he keen.
a." a." mex UNI kiss de Book dat he nebbar
lfa eily mo on Sundy 1 dat glad he 50
'' On me TEX dc lash, an dey ain put
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04


though characteristic, stories of the old
man. Brutus Bulloch.
TWO HUNTS WITH WALLY.
wanted TO give my friend B. good
dear hunt, said Capt. Hal, and we start
ed for Hilton Head, sending, of course,
for old Wally to come and drive for u.s.
One day noble buck was jumped. After
a short run the game half turned and
went straight towards Wally, almost run
ming over him. He carried an old, queer
looking gun. Shoot Wally, shootr' I
shouted and he flung the gun to his
shoulder and aimed at the buck. To my
amazement he did not shoot, but, as the
buck passed kept following up his aim.
Shoot, Wally shoot" L again shouted
but no report came and the buck was
getting rapidly out of range with the old
mans gun still pointing at it. This made
me so mad l yelled at him fiercely shoot!
Why in the hill don't you shootr' With
as much indignation as 1 have ever heard
expressed with the human voice, he yelled
back at me: How de debbe kin l shoot
wen de gun got no tube in uni" The buck
was now out of sight. An examination
of his old muzzle loader showed that the
nipples had been worn off, and l suppose
he only carried it from force of habit.
On another occasion when he was driv-
ing Capt. NJ, he lent my driver his gun
early in the hunt. The game started with
pack of the finest hounds l ever saw to-
gether following, and opening up with the
delicious music of a full cry. Don't you
let Wally get ahead of you" I shouted
to my driver Primus. I'm break your
neck if you let that strange niger beat
you Wally." shouted Capt. NJ and away
flew the old man on his mule, my man
keeping neck and neck with him. Here
tex yo gun Wally,'' said Primus, anxious
now to get rid of the incubus. "You d-n
corruptibul corruption an ledder hedded
niger" yelled Wally, in great rage, 81
gle you de use of mi gun all de mawin,
an now wen de Cappin tretten to haste me
skin and bruk up me mex, yo warn gum
back to me. Keep de gun now 70 ffiicted
scoundreL" Whether spurred on by in
dignation or whether his gun anchored
my man, 1 don't know, but he soon left
him and went tearing on head through the
bushes, his mule fairly flying
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04
WALLY IS SWEPT OUT TO SEA AND
NEARLY LANDS ON THE COAST CT
AFRICA


He was fishing for bass off "Perlasky"
Fort Pulaski, and went to sleep in his
boat. Bob, his partner had died recently
IN camp, and the old man was alone.
Night came on. his anchor rope parted
and strong ebb tide carried his boat rap
idly down the river and out past Tybee
Hight to sea. Waking up in the night, his
famous expression, ''ebb tide" was in this
case very appropriate, as the old man
calculated it all to himself. Fifteen miles
out he was picked up early next morning
by an incoming bark and brought back
into port. DE cappin oh de ship nail me
en- say: old man, where 20 cumpus, an
wat port yo' mex fur?' an / sing out, L
ain got no cumpus, but warn mex fur
landin'.' Dey pick me an me boat up an
gle me plenty bittle, an 1 drink magundy
smash till mi chimbley lite. erasmus
Lawd, dat was a clebber man! He fetch
me back to landin', an I bin widdin tree
task OBJ de coast OBJ Afriker!"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04
wADLY KILLS THE WHITE DEER.

WADLY KILLS THE WHITE DEER.
Wally was above everything supersti-
uous. Signs, omens and the like he be
leved in and had in plenty. Il dat scare
was MS famous expression when the
thing Yerged upon the supernatural So
he firmly believed in the superstition that
10 Kali white deer meant death TO the
slayer before many days. In big hume
one day on the main a white deer was
jumped. As the game passed with a hunt
er s instinct he threw his gun to his
shoulder and was about to pull the trig-
ger when to his horror he saw it was a
ehoSt deer. Just at the moment some one
else fired and killed the deer, but so
simultaneous was it with his own action
that Wally at first thought he had really
hred himself. Everybody came up al once
and said Wally did it. This affected the
ola man so much that, with great indig-
nation and many fears he quit the drive
ana went home. The unfred charges were
elyly drawn from his gun before he left,
however, and 1t was said by everybody
mat Wally had really fired and killed the
Neer. This he denied for years without
Prooi' but always said EFF Mas Joe
Dll say l Kill dat deer, he H."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-21
"A handful of Dirt May be HousefuI of Shame
Keep Your House Clean With
s q > O. 10

-'.U ."'~ 20; =:.:zsiJw- ueIow. ror an
instant Johnston heard the futtering of
the fellow clothing as he fell through
the darkness, and then there was no
sound except the low whir of the cables
and the monotonous hum of the great
wheels beneath. Then the smooth sur
face of the lake was broken in white
foaming spot, and later he saw some
thing small and dark slowly swimming
shoreward. 1t was Branasko, and the
nIen to the right had not heard or seen
him.
Johnston saw him reach the shore.
Then he crawled out to the point of the
projecting rock and tremblingly lowered
himself till he hung downward, as
Branasko had done. He had just drawn
deep breath preparatory to letting go
his hold when, CHANGING to look down,
be saw long, narrow barge slowly
emerging from the cliff directly under
him. For an instant he was so much
startled that he almost lost his grip on
the rock. He tried to climb back ON the
ledge, but his strength was gone. He
felt that he could not hold out till the
boat had passed. Death was before him
and q horrible one. The boat seemed to
crawl. Everything was blur before his
eyes. His fingers began to relax, and
with low cry he fell.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-21

L WV " tC'tOCtItt-t vi tttC.
nasko, and together they watched the
vast ball of light emerge from the black
earth and gradually disappear in q
great hole in the roof of the cavern. It
left broad stream of light behind it,
and now that the sun itself was out of
view the silent spectators could see the
great, square hole from which it had
risen.
As il by mutual consent, they rose
and made their way over the rocks. to
The verge Of the hole, which seemed
several thousand feet square. At first,
owing to the brightness Of the sun over
head, they could see nothing, but as the
great orb gradually disappeared they
began to see lights and the figures of
men moving about below. Later they
observed the polished parts of stupen-i
dous NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that moved
almost noiselessly. Johnston caught
sight of great network of moving ca
bles reaching from the machinery up
through the hole above and exclaimed
enthusiastically
"A mechanical SUM Electric day
light What genius! A world in a great
cave! Hundreds of square miles and
thousands of we'll organized people liv-
ing under the light OF an artificial suni''
Tie Alphian looked at him, astonisip
cd. Is it not SO in your coultry?n he
asked.
Johnston sailed ~ ho great sun that
lights the outer world il as nucl, great )
er then that Eall OF light as Alpha IS
greater than d grain Of sand Vat this
surely Is TIE e.c&tsst achieEeI,,eist oil
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-21
CHAPTER x.

To Thorndyke the dark corridor SEEM
ed endless. The kings last words had
now a sinister meaning, and Bernar-
dino's whispered warning filled him
with dread. Keep your presence of
mind, . she urged. Was it, then, some
frightful mental ordeal he was about
to pass through?
Presently they came to door. Thorn
dyke heard his guide feeling fer the bolt
and keyhole. The rafting of the keys
sounded like ghostly threat in the
empty corridors The air was as dfsuap
as a fog, and the stones were cold and
Shiny. After a moment the guard sue
ceeded in unlocking the door and rough
~ pushed the Englishnlan forward. The
door closed with a little puff, and
Thorndyle felt about him for the guide.
but he was alone. For a moment there
TO3r. CONTINUED.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-09
MILLroNs-NoT FOR DEFENSE.

Millions for which the Spanish
people were taxed for the defenses
of Manila are now known to have
gone into the pockets Of Spain's
administrative officials.
The defenses were never built on
any such scale as the appropria,
tions promised. Dewey's attack
demonstrated that and opened the
eyes of the too-confding people of
Spain to the startling misappro-
priation.
The same system of robbery is
believed to pervade the Spanish
administration wherever it exists.
Millions have been spent in Cuba
and the high officials who have
misgoverened the island have un-
doubtedly stolen a large part of
the sums of money intended for
the prosecution of the war. Down
to the Junior officers of the army
who keep for themselves the pro-
visions, tobacco and money inten-
ded for their squads of soldiers,
the system of loot undoubtedly
prevails.
g 1t is not unlikely that the defen-
ses of Havana will be found to
have suffered as did those at Ma
Mia because the money appropria-
ted for them was never devoted to
the work. A few broadsides from
Simpsons fleet will doubtless
demonstrate the official corruption
that almost everybody believes
exists.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-09
FLAG HANDkERcHIEFs.

Tho Stars and Stripes In Evidence ON
Athletic Hosiery.
The demand for patriotic or flag
handkerohiefs has increased 30 materi-
ally during the last few days that
considerable advance in prices now OBJ
tains for these goods. Manufacturing
plants in New York which recently
were comparatively idle are today being
operated to maximum capacity, and in
some cases night work Is done in order
to make deliveries promptly. Stars and
stripes and the Cuban flag are now in
tertwined in silk embroidery on golf
and bicycle hose. Fancy prices rule,
and there are many small scale manu-
facturers who have stopped work ON
staple lines in order to produce the
popular goods. A leading hat concern
In the Wholesale market recently said
to New York Sun reporter:
"This Castilian- American war is q
godsend to the hat trade. The other day
IL looked as though our seasons bust
ness would 60 by default, but today the
demand exceeds the supply Of military
caps for boys and girls, and tAe hurrah
consumption has only just started. The
only thing that bothers us Is as to how
long the work will last. However, we
are making hay while the sun shines,
and, strange to relate. there are but few
objections to price. none at all, In fact,
where stock is ready for immediate de-
livery" 1t is said that prices of bunt-
ing and similar fabrics have been jump
ed about 200 per cont Ia few days.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-09
DEATK NOTICES.

FRAATZ-In this city ON tho sth inst. Bridget.
daughter of the late Cormick and Ann
Moran. and wife Of Rudolf Frsatx, o07
Branch avenue.
GREENUP-In woonsoclset. 7th inst, at che
home Of his mother, Mrs. John McCanu.
"a Park avenue, Herbert Greenup, aged
"a years.
MAKCAEsTER-in this city, on the sth
inst, Mrs. Elizabeth e. Manchester, aged
"a years.
hchANN-In this city. 9th insi. Owen Nc
Mann.
Frances Mowery, aged 50 years and "a
daya
PoTTER- In this city. st the Rhode Island
Wyears.
PECR-1n Pawtuclsst, on the 9th inst.. Of
A. Peck, formerly OF Providence, and
daughter Of the late Levi and Mary Fuller
CT seekonk, Mass, aged 81 years.
RHODES-In Pawtuxet en- the 7th inst,
Thomas II. Rhodes, aged o. years.
REYNOLDS-At Central Falls. on tho 9Th
yeprs
sTANLEY--ln tbis city. sth inst. James
Stanley, aged 81 years.
swEET-ln Vest Greenwich, r. l., 9th inst,
Amos Sweet, eyed 50 years
TURNER--In this city, ON the 9TH inst,
Joseph Turner, aged 62 years
WHEELER--In Warrington, ID. O., 9Th inst,
Laura tCovelll Wheeler, wife Of George
wheeler, and dan ghfer OK the late William
W. and Aeelins j. Covell
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-09

A single step TO the right brought one TO
tho wide open door Of Waverly hall and a
company Of Socialists in full session. man
sat beside the door with a small table before
him. on which in neat array were some at
tractive paper editions for sale. My eye fell
in passing upon "The Fabian Essays" and
Thorold Rogers "Six Centuries Of Work and
Wages, and an English version Of Schsfile's
"Qulntesssnce of Socialism"
May 20 in ?" asked OF the man.
"Oh, certainly" he replied. walk right in
and take any vacant seat you choose
/ thanked him and walked up centre aisle
with rows Of seats on either side. where sat
from two to three hundred men and few
women. By the time that had found sent
half way 20 the dais. at the far end Of the
hall. where sat the chairman OF the meeting,
was already deeply interested in the speech
Of man who stood facing the company from
the side. with his back against the wall.
Slender and Of medium height, with sandy
hair slightly touched with grey. with an ex-
preston of ready alertness on his intelligent
face. he was speaking fiuentiy in good, well
articulated English, and with deep conviction,
his evident inspiration. :.
The well-grown, musculsr. intelligent
workingman was tho dominant type among
them. but the general average in point Of
respec liability was so high that 10 gave to the
company rather the appearance Of . gather
ing Of the bourgeoisie than OF proletarians.
Had the proposition between men and women
been reversed. without change of average
social status, l might have been in a prayer
meeting. But the prayer meeting in sustain
ing the resemblance would have been Of
marked vitality.
Speeches were following one another In
quick succession. Some were good and some
were vapid: some we've in broken English,
and others were In English more than broken I;
but all we're surcharged with the kind Of
earnestnoss which csptivates attention. Ir-
resistibly at times ono was reminded of the
propaganda of q new faith. Much was said
tho meaning OF which could not catch, but
the spirit Of II all was not far TO seek. Here
thero was no cant: there was room for none.
These men believed that they hal hold Of n
truth which is regenerating society. In the
face Of world deep-rootcd In an individual
istic ORGANIZATION of industry and Of social
order they preached gospel of collcctivism.
with unbounded belief in it's ultimate
triumph.
Az times there was malignant animus In
what they said. when argument was enforced
from sources OF personal experiences; for men
would speak with tho intensity Of feeling Of
those who know what hunger Is and what II
Is 90 hear their children cry for bread. while
within their sight Is the wasteful luxury Of
the rich. But certain earnest modcrstcness
OF speech was far more common, and 10
sometimes revealed breadth of Wow and an
acquaintance with economies which 20 mo
were astonishing. Prom "The wcrkers-The
West" by Walter A. wyckor. in the May
Srrfbuorfs