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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21
BUYING ARMY SUPPLIES.

It is stated on very good authority that
the buying Of army supplies in both the
commissary and quartermas ter's Depart
ments. has been, and is sui, conducted in
such manner that the best manufacture
ers now refuse altogether TO bid upon con-
tracts believing that the bidding is a mere
sham and that the contracts will go TO
favored persons VINO have a pun. The
New York journal of Commerce gives
severa. instances Of recent purchases in
which il is stated that not the lowest or
the best, but the most favored bidder
secured the contract. According to the
specifications. il is said the material in the
campaign hat costs $l.l3. but in recent
case all the manufacturers were given to
understand that bids had to be very low
or they would be rejected. The conse-
quence was that the manufacturers made
no bids. and the contract went 10 a job
Der at several cents under dollar. The
only conclusion is that the materials were
inferior TO those called for
But the most remarkable of all the
stories in this connection is one of
coffee dealer who decided to lose money
he could get a contract. He rendered the
commissary department a better grade OF
coffee than the sample furnished to bid
ders, at a price lower than the market
and did not get the award, which was
given to a bidder who named a higher
price. A similar story is told of a dealer
in -four who tried the same experiment
with the same result sun another story
is of a recent purchase of a large amount
of rice from a wholesale grocer in New
ark, N. j.. who was given the contract
although it was well known that he had
to secure the rice from the primary mar
ket in New York and who of course de
manded his profit.
These and numerous other cases in max
ing contracts for the government form one
of the mysteries of the war department.
We do not pretend to say that they are
evidence of dishonesty on the part of any
of the government officials, and yet there
is no doubt that many government con
tractors secure great deal more than
they are entitled to. Many times charges
based on such reports have been invesu-
gated, and the Investigations have devel-
oped little or nothing of consequence. The
same result might be arrived at after in
vestigauons of the cases cited. Yet the
New York Journal of Commerce states
them as facts, and it is an authority that
is seldom questioned. Such transactions
are indicative of the fact that there is a
screw loose somewhere, and it might not
be bad idea for Secretary Root to con-
duct a little private investigation of MS
own and see what it all means There may
be bigger problems before the department
for the moment, but there are none Of
more Importance and a careful determina-
ton of which would have a more far
reaching effect.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21

a letter was received in Topeka yester-
day from an officer of the Twentieth Kan
sas protesting against what he calls
fake stories that are sent out from
Manila concerning the brave deeds Of the
regiment which, the writer says. make
the regiment appear ridiculous in the eyes
Of the other regiments when the papers
Conta ming the stories get over to Manila
says the Topeka State Journal
The name Of the writer is not given out
by the person who received the letter for
obvious reasons, bur he is said to be an
off1cer OF high stdnding-nO less than a
captain in rank-Whose reputation for re-
liability and integrity cannot be ques-
toned He is in position 10 know where
OF he speaks, and his letter is not very
complimentary to Gen. Funston. He says:
80 you are beginning to see through
the fakes sent out from this country.
Absolutely they are the funniest things
going The boys get the papers and pro-
coed TO read the fakes with yells of laugh
ter. l don't exactly understand why it IS
done, except to distinguish one personal
ity above the rest The regiment has done
plenty 70 give it fame without these lies.
winch make us ridiculous in the eyes of
other regiments
An along Funston has had Steel, of
the Kansas City Star with him Steel is
e'49o Oli tIie IdIly american here, and he
and Gen. Funston concoct these fool sto-
ries.
The statement that Funston replied. 4
can mold this place till my regiment is
mustered out was evidently invented In
Kansas City. He never said it here.
The Malolos river story of Funston
swimming with twenty men and capturing
elghty prisoners arose from two incidents.
Lieut.. Hardy, after firing ceased. swan
the river and got a boat. After he was
across they fired on him, but he brought
the boat over any way. The enemy ran.
ana Funston crossed one-half mile away
some kansans under Capt Orwis. Penn
sylvanians and a cannon forced some in
surgentS in a trench across the river
to run up white flag. A Pennsylvania
man. Lieut.. Golfer, swan over and gath
cred up their guns; then Col. Funston
came and took the prisoners away from
MN. Funston has never swan any river
or crossed any river under fire in these
islands. 80 'ii'0e
Steel, the correspondent. is excused
from from guard duty to work up these stories
ms is the solemn truth. And. further
sun II was not a raft, but bridge
Whlch capt. Charles Flanders improvised
TOT Cen Funston to cross which AT the
time made him so famous There was no
enemy near or firing on them al that time
TINS say after careful Investigation"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21
BRIGHT BITS.

II think I'll try to reduce my weight, -
said the corpulent corner grocer.
you've been reducing ii too much al
ready" responded the customer with the
fourteen-ounce pound of sugar.-Chicago
News.
In Hard Luck.-"What's the matter,
old lo'low?"
I'm araid I've got TO the end of my
rope, dear boy. Two years ago l traded
my riding nag for a bicycle, lahst year I
had no trouble in trading the bicycle for
a golf outfit. and now I'd like to trade
the golting outfit for an automobile, and
I Gavin t."-Chicago Tribune
The class was having lessons in nat
ural history. and the teacher asked. Now,
is there any boy here can tell me what
zebra is?'
Tommy-Yes, sir; 1 can.
Teacher-Well Tommy, what Is a ze-
bra?
Tommy-Please, sir, a zebra is a dom
key with a foot ball suit on!-Tit-Bits.
The apple pies that mother made
When l was but a boy,
Their memory dear shall never fade,
But live to give me joy
! see her now with pairing steel
And wooden rolling pin;
/ see her by the oven kneel
And place them in a tin.
And when she placed them out to cool,
All. they We're dear to me;
They meant six days away from school,
Besides the doctors fee.
Chicago News.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21
APRICOTs FOR GEORGIA AND FLOR.
IDA.

One fruit which seems to have received
less attention than it deserves from the
fruit growers of Georgia and Florida is
the apricot. California growers have made
a success of its cultivation, and there APP
pears TO be no good reason why Georgia
and Florida growers should not do like
wise. The apricot will grow wherever
peaches and oranges can be grown, and 1t
is said to be less able to injury from in
sects and tree diseases than the peach
and from cold than the orange. Twelve
years age the value of the apricot product
of California amounted to but little more
than $3.50 900. Last year, notwithstanding
the prices ruled rather low, the producers
received over 81, 10000 for their fruit, and
within five years it. is confidently predicted
that the annual output will have a cash
market value of $2,5OOOOO. Apricot produc-
ton, indeed is now ranked as third in i'm
portance of CALIFORNIA; fruit growing in
dustries, oranges and prunes coming first
and second.
"A good. thrifty and well-kept apricot or
chard. it is said. win bear four tons of
fruit TO the acre even in an off year, and
seven tons in good year. The average
prices paid by Gamers for apricots are
from $23 to $S7 per ton, though few years
ago when there was a scarcity of peaches,
California Gamers paid $47 to $50 per ton
for apricots in the orchards. These fig
ures, however, do not represent all that it
is possible for the producer to get for his
fruit, where he is so situated that he can
put a quantity of it on the market fresh.
The California grower calculates that his
trees will bring him anywhere from 500 to
$3.50 per acre each year 1t requires from
six 90 seven years for the april
cot tree to come into bearing in
California, and it is the opinion
of the hortcultursts of the state
that the period of usefulness of such a
tree is eighteen to twenty-three years. The
probabilities are that the conditions would
not be radically different in the southern
section of this state and in Florida
There are two particulars in which, ii
would seem. we ought to have an advan-
tage over California in apricot culture. one
is in irrigation. and the other is in prox-
unity TO market No rain falls in the
California fruit belt during the summer
provide artificial irrigation. and to water
the trees once each thirty days during the
continuance of warm weather. This con-
stitutes a large item of expense. The prin-
cipal market for the Western fruit is the
East, which can be reached only by a
long, overland haul. The rainfall in
South Georgia and Florida is almost ideal
for fruit culture, and We are in connection
with New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
Baltimore by fast rail and cheap water
transportation. We can put fresh fruits in
the Northern markets in approximately
twenU-four hours. and canned fruits Coy
steamer in about ffty-four 20 sixty hours
The favorite varieties in California are
the Royal for use fresh. the Moorpark for
shipping and the Blenheim fo@ canning
and preserving.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21
PER SONAI..

Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has
addressed an autograph letter to Gen.
Won Kre' ghammer, the Austro-Hungarian
minister of war, congratulatng him on his
service jubilee and comforting upon him
the hereditary title of baron.
During some recent rehearsals Sir Hen
ry Irving was very displeased with the
work of one of the minor actors. "What
have you been doing before you came
here?' he asked the delinquent Il was
two years with John Hare" 'tAnd what
did you do in his company" asked Sir
Henry. Not act?"
Prof. Roentgen is in great demand by
the German universities. Some time ago
he received a call to Liepsic, and Wurz-
burg only succeeded in keeping him by
promising 10 erect a new physical labora-
tory. Now Munich Is trying to get him
and the chances are that ne will go, as
that change will not compel him to leave
Havana.
Countess Tatiana Tolstol. the daughter
of Count Leo Tolstoi is at present an in
mate of a Vienna suburban sanatorium.
where she is being treated for an obstinate
throat complaint. Countess Tatiana. who
is about 30 years of age, is a woman of
remarkable intellectually and individual
ity, and has long figured as Tolstors right
hand She bears a strong resemblance to
her father in face and feature, form and
limb, and when at home follows the plough
and is a first-cfass hand at curing piggy.
OF muscular build, She threshes the corn
with the best of them; and, besides being
a no mean Inner poses as an amateur
authority in many an artistic and scientific
controversy, and with it all is neither a
bluestocking nor a man-hater.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21
sorTHERN TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.

Many persons who are only superb Tally
Informed win resaect to the textile man
ufactur.ng industries Of The South have
the idea that the mills of this section are
engaged in making ouiy a few lines of the
coarser cotton cloths. TeNue Excelsior .
trade journal published a. Charlotte \. c.,
colatcs a number of iuterea. ng facts
showing that any such idea is altogether
erroneous TIE South. as a matter of fac,
is quite extensively engaged in the man
ufacture Of tae finer qualities of both cot
tons and woo.ens, and is doing something
in the way Of silks also. 1t is stated chat
the Sou has already woolen mills of SUI
hcieni capacity 10 supply her own de
mands. There are thirty-three woo'en mills
ia Virginia. seven in North Carolina, FIVE
in Georgia, two m Mississippi, three in
Texas, seven In Arkansas, twenty-seven
in Tennessee and twenty in kentucky.
These mills are making kerseys, cassi-
meres, hnseys, blankets jeans, and wool
en- yarns. Two of the Virginia mills have
lately hled large orders for military c,o,hs
of the kind worn by officers and cadets.
TWO North Carolina mills make fancy
dress goods Of silk and cotton, with 70
phyr einghams fancy white dress goods
and other articles In large variety. In
that state there are thirty-four mills max
ing Ginghams. checks, plaids, etc, and
sixteen that make other plain and fancy
oOlored goods In The city of Charlotte
there are mills which produce hosiery. I'M
derwear, fine yarns drills and sheeting,
batting ana cotton felt, towels and bed
spreads, print cloth and fancy white goods.
sash cord and clothes lines, webbing and
hammocks. nsherman's seins. druggists
Irvine, knitting floss and several other arti-
Gle. In South Carolina there s a factory
which makes cotton laces, including lace
curtains and spreads.
The number Of knitting mills is large ana
increasing. At BarnesviHe, Ca. there are
four knitting mills making plain and fancy
underwear in fine grades of cotton and
SILK At Griffin there is a 10000 mill
equipped with over 100 jacquard looms, and
there are a number of these looms in use
a Columbus. Ingram carpets Of excel
lent quality are being made in South Caro-
lima and Alabama. and one CARPET mill is
in course Of construction in North Caro-
Tina Virginia and North Carolina have
each one silk mill and a second is being
built in the latter state. Jute products
are manufactured In South Carolina Tex
as. North Carolina and Kentucky. These
facts are quite sufficient TO show the pro
gress the South is making in diversified
textile industries. Not only is the South
able to make fine as wen as heavy goods,
but she is doing it every day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21

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Transient advertisements. other than
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21
. CHANCE For GEoRGIA SYRUP.

The Southern exposition 10 be held in
New York city from oct 81 to Nov. % Of.
fers an exeelfent opportunity for an at
uractive display o. G,orgias products
where it viii do most good. Other states Of
the South are taking an active interest in
the coming exposition. aud viii make
creditabie displays Of thcir products and
resources before The eyes Of Northern
capitalists In a letter to the Morning
News Judge Joseph Tillman Of Quitman
calls attention TO the opportunity that is
here open to Georgia. Arrangements have
been made by which the cost of transDor-
tation of exhibits will have to be paid only
one way, the railroads returning them free
of charge. on certain days there win be
addresses by prominent Georgia speakers
on The states resourc and manufacturing
and agricultural advantages. Georgia's
mineral, agricultural and climatic advant-
ages should be well presented, and in do
ing so there is one feature which just al
this time should be given special Dromi-
nence. Southern Georcia and Florida, as
Judge Tiilman says, regarded as the great
sugar bet of America, have been kept
back for The want of facilities for convert
ing their syrup into granulated sugar BY
all means there should be at that exposi-
ton splendid exhibit Of Georgia cane and
Georgia syrup, so that it may be shown
just what possibilities this industry pre-
sents. II might be the means of attracting
10 this section the capital for a plant for
handling that product, which seems now
to be so much desired
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21
NOISES AND NUIsANCEs.

In Philadelphia there has lately been
waged a warm war against the Salvation
Army drum. 1t has been dubbed a nui-
ance, and the police have on several oc-
casions been called upon to suppress it.
Only few days ago some fifteen or TWEEN
ty Soldiers" of the army were taken into
custody because they persisted in beating
their drum after they had been warned to
desist.
There can be no doubt that the drum is
annoying to many persons when it is per
sistently beaten about the streets. But
are there not a number of street noises
that are quite as annoying, and many
that are more nerve-racking? Take the
deafening clatter and bang of the heavy
truck over cobblestones, the cIang-clang-
clang of the street car gongs upon which
the motorman is expected by the com
pany 10 dance for his pay the roar and
shrek of the railway locomotive and the
clangor of its bell, the shrill and piercing
cry of the vendor of fish or vegetables.
the brass band or the hand organ that
murders music and invites anathemas the
midday whistle which calls the working
man from labor to refreshments-are any
of these less annoying to representative
ears than the beating of a drum? Or
suppose we take the early morning Sun
day church bell; its brazen tongue roars
out call TO worship, and many high
strung nerves are set quivering by the
message. Or, to go from the streets into
households, what is 10 be said of the cease
less piano-hammerer, who not only bores
but distresses the whole block, and of the
learner on the cornet who makes both
night and day hideous with discord? Are
they not as culpable as those who beat the
drums?
1t is difficult matter to draw the line
between noise that is legitimate and noise
that Is nuisance. Many of the noises
mentioned above some of the most ex-
asperating of them, are inseparably con-
nected with commercial activity. with
progress, with power; hence nobody thinks
of entering serious objections against
them. Others of the list are sources of
qualification to those who make them:
the piano fiend and the cornet hend would
never in the world be so persistent in their
efforts if they derived no pleasure from
ihe noise evoked. Thus it appears that
nearly all city noises are either unavoid-
able accompaniments of traffic, or sources
of delight to individuals. How shall it be
determined which noise is a nuisance? If
by taking testimony, the probabilities are
that host Of witnesses could be mar
shaled who would affirm that The ringing
l,fe Of
structive of restful s,eep and therefore
destructive of health and nerves. hence
should be ciassed with the nuisances.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21
Letting 1t out.

ibid the postman leave any letters.
Mary?" the mistress asked, on returning
from a visit one afternoon, according TO
the Sydney journal.
Nothing but a postcard, ma'am"
"Who is II from. Mary?'
And do YOU think I'd read II. ma am"
asked the girl with an injured air
PERHAPS not. But any one who sends
me a message on u postcard is either
stupid or impairment"
You'll excuse me. ma'am." returned
the girl loftily, but that's a nice way to
be talking about your own mothcr.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21

The extent of the work of Mormon mis-
sionaries in the South is something of
which few people have any idea. The report
OF President Rich of The Mormon Society
TO the effect that it has 400 elders at
work in the Southern field, and that dur
ing last week they visited $500 families
and held $50 meetings is somewhat of a
startling revelation. That does not signi-
fy, however, that the Mormons are max
ing any great Roadway in turning the
people of the South to their doctrines and
beliefs. There are some Mormon doctrines
which throw discredit upon their religious
system, and it is almost an impossibilty
for the elders to do anything with a
country Methodist or Baptist, who is gen
orally "sot in his ways"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-A Lumberman Wanted,
Parrot Lumber Company, Redwood Ga;
Bids Wanted for Cleaning Vaults, Etc,
George VI. Gadsden. Director; Bids Want
ed for Furnishing Food, George NJ. Gads-
den, Director; Bids for Furnishing city
With Supplies, George NJ Gadsden, Di-
rector; An Experienced stenographer
Wanted.
Business Nouces-sweet Maiden Toilet
Soap.
Steamship schedule-Merchants and Min
ers' Transportation Company.
Legal Notices-Nodce to Debtors and
Creditors Estate L. A. May, Deceased.
Pearline-James Pyle & Son, New York.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21

William E. Belt. the Chicago man who
went to Maryland TO endeavor to save the
life of his fathers former slave who was
convicted Of murder is very much
wrought up over the failure of his mis-
sion. Gov. Lowndes refused to respite
Brown, although Taylor. who was hang
ed with him. confessed his guilt and de-
clared to the last that Brown had Moth
ing to do with the crime. Belt has wired
Gov. Lowndes that he holds him respon-
sible for the death of an innocent man.
and is now proceeding to herald that re-
sponsiollity throughout the country. It
does seem after The confession of the
guilty party and declaration of Browns
innocence, the latter should at least have
had another chance for his life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21

The Democrats of Potter county, Penn
sylvania, have struck a heavy blow at
what they SEINE to consider one of the
main evils of expansion. After nominat-
Ing officers they passed a resolution de-
claring emphatieally against the intermar-
rage of Americans with Filipinos. Potter
county, at least, is undoubtedly FAR
enough away to be safe from the wues
Of the charming Filipino maidens.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21

New York evidently contemplat1s giving
Dewey about the biggest thing that has
ever been seen in that burg. After figuring
it down very closely it was found that the
estimates Tor the reception were some SSS.-
COO above The appropriation which is $780,
600, As an idea of the extensive scale on
which the affair is being gotten up v IS
stated that nearly $4,000 worth OF fire
works displays win be contracted for
while $4,000 more will so into graudstands
for the parade y novel feature Will be a
gigantic motto, Welcome Dewey" in col
ored electric lights, thirty feet in hight
and 800 feet lons. which will hang from
Brooklyn bridge. The ADMIRAL will also he
given a 5000 breakfast, and several other
little affairs on the same scale II is not
Likely thut the appropriation wiz be in
creased, aud u looks now as IL the COM
miuee must be content with Che modest
litle affair that IL can give for yI50.00p.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21

Even the Republican papers Of New
York are warm in their denunciation of
the scheme by which the Ramapo Water
Company, controlled by Republican ma
chine leaders, tried TO bind the city 10 a
$2oo0Oo0oo contract. Now that the people
are aroused over it the probabilities are
that n nothing else avaus, the courts
win put stop TO what has been charac-
torized as tho biggest attempt AT steal
since the granting of the Broadway fran
eAisc.