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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

There is some probability of the enact
meit of a law embodying a needed re-
form in the consular service by the pres
ent Congress. Representative Adams of
Pennsylvania has before the House bill
the purpose of which Is to place the con-
slnar service upon a permanent basis. This
bill however does not go as far as the
mercantile interests desire. and it is prob
able that shortly after the holiday recess
amendments will be made to it, or new
bill win be substituted which win cover
the ground fully. 1t is proposed that the
consular service shall be removed from
the field of spoils politics. Consuls are
nominaly the commercial agents of the
people they represent. Heretofore Ameri-
can consuls have actually represented
chiefly the political power which happened
to be in the ascendancy. The offices have
been used 90 pay political debts, and be-
fore a consul had learned thoroughly the
duties Of his office he has been displaced
to make room for an adherent of a po-
litical party which CHANGED to poll a ma
iority of the votes at the latest election.
Various commercial organizations, in
Guiding the New York Chamber of Com
merce and the Cleveland Chamber of Com
merce, have sent delegations to Washing
ton to urge upon Congress the necessity,
in view of recently changed conditions, of
taking the consular service out of parti-
san politics and establishing it upon a
permanent basis in which merit and not
pulp shall be the necessary qualification.
Merchants and manufacturers who have
been trying to work up a foreign trade
have taken especial interest in the move
ment for a reform in the consular service
which would make ability to perform the
/ functions of the offices properly, and not
| ability to control ward and neighborhood
| politics. the qualifications necessary to Sc
curing and holding consular places
President Mckinley and Secretary OF
I State Hay have expressed their sympathy
with the movement, so that whatever in
telligent and progressive action Congress
may conclude to take respecting this mat
| ter will meet with no check through exec
utiva Indifference. Indeed, it is under
stood that the executive branch of the
government is rather anxious for the
change. Practically the only persons who
are opposed to ii are those politicians who
are accustomed 10 shake the plum tree
for the benefit of their followers nominal
iy, but for themselves actually. In all
sections Of the country there has been
! spontaneous concurrence in the PROPOSE
ton that the consular offices shall be made
commercial positions in fact, as well as in
name, and that merit shall determine who
shall hold them.
Shortly after the end of the holiday re-
cess it is understood that Mr. Adams
bill viii be considered in committee. and
that representatives of the trade organiza-
tons will be invited to make representa-
tons to the committee. 1t is to be hoped
that a bill which will really reform the
consular service will be evolved, and that
it will be passed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

There is a rather crusty old gentle
man attending my church" says a De
troit clergyman, according to an ex.
change, and his absence for several
weeks led me to call upon him He is
not communicate. and 1 am afraid at
times that he is slightly sceptcal. lie
is very pronounced in his political views
and, as conversational material ran rather
short l sought TO interest him by asking.
'How's politics.?
'How's polltics| he repeated, without
a change of countenane: 'how's politics
That's a pretty question for you to ask
when you know that 1 haven't heard YOU
sreach for the last seven Sundays.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

The interview Of Alderman Smith, which
appeared in the Morning News Of yester-
day. respecting reform in the conduct of
municipal departments, should have the
careful attention of all taxpayers. Alder
man Smith has had experience in the City
Council and as a business man. and knows
what he Is talking about. There IS no good
reason, as he says, why certain depart
ments and bureaus should not be consoi-
dated, and why the business affairs Of the
city should not be run upon business prin-
ciples, just as are the affairs of a railway
corporation, for instance. Alderman Smith
directs special attention to the lax system
in the matter of making purchases for the
city, and contrasts it with the almost per
feet system under which the Central Rail
roads purchases are made. For the city,
almost anybody holding an Office can make
purchase. while for the railroad it is
necessary for all purchases to be made
through one channel; and it must be
shown that the article asked for is need
ed. A system of acquisitions upon a com
petent central Office for articles needed by
the city would undoubtedly result in saw
ing money to the city
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

The paying of head money and prize
money TO the navy is a survival from the
times when this government was weak in
sea power and 1t was necessary to offer
extraordinary inducements to get private
owners to send ships against pirates, free
hooters and enemies Of the country. The
proposition, now pending in Congress. to
abolish the custom of paying prize money
should be adopted. Young Americans do
not go into the navy for the money there
may be in it. With the gamblers chance
Of prize money eliminated, there would
be just as many applicants for enlistment
and the material would be just as good
AS II is now.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

IN New York the other day. 1t was the
Old story of the inventor furnishing the
brains and the capitalist receiving the
benefits. He had supplied ideas which
reaped golden harvests, for others. He in
vented the revolving bookrack, from
which he got a few thousands while others
got fortunes. He invented concrete for
pavements, for which he received 5000,
while the company that took il up made
$6,OOOO0O
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

1t is not likely that the government will
give itself a great deaf of concern about
the alleged grievance of Julio Sanguilly.
1t has already done enough for Sanguny
to make him perpetually its friend and
supporter; but 1t seems that he has got
a very bad case of swelled head. Except
for the good offices of this government,
Sanguilly would have been shot by the
Spaniards long ago. Now he is attempting
to put on frills
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

Col. Willie Jones. in command of the
Second South Carolina Regiment at Ha-
vana, in a letter to the Columbia State,
among other things says: The water is
spiendid-almost as good as the water at
Savannah. which is the finest 1 ever
drank" In his official report to Washing
ton on the sanitary condition of Havana
the late Col. George E. Waring said The
water supply of Havana is of the pures:
and most excellent character" Thus we
have it from a famous engineer and SAM
tartan that the Havana water is pure and
good, and from an intelligent and careful
officer Of the army that the water of Sa-
vannah is better; that the latter, indeed, is
the finest he ever drank. And the abun-
dance of Savannahs water supply is such
that practically upon the spur of the mo-
ment the city furnished a whole army
corps with water froIa two to five miles
from the water works, without any incon.
Ven.ence wha teVer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

Once more the doom of the horse is be-
ing pronounced by contemporary writer's
on the advent of the automobile carriage.
Several years ago the doom of the horse
was foretold by persons who wrote about
bicycles. Meantime desirable horses are
quoted in the markets at about as high
prices as they ever We're. The fact is that
the horse will be with US for good many
years yet; at least until every street shall
have been well paved and every country
road rendered hard, smooth and dry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New York Evening Post Qnd) IL
Illustrates our benevolent intentions in our
war with Spain and subsequent develop
ments, with a little fable thus: "A charit-
able boa constructor, moved 10 compassion
by the plaintive outcries of a succulent
goat, uterfered to rescue him from the
clutches of a bloodthirsty tiger. The tiger
being of haughty and ancient lineage, re-
sisted fiercely. although, by reason of the
infrmities of extreme old age, his teeth
and claws could infiict little damage. Dur
ing the struggle the goat was filed with
gratitude. Afterward the boa constructor
was filed with goat"
The Baltimore Sun Dem) says: Louis
lana cannot grow sugar in competition
with Hawaii, Porto Rico, Cuba or the
Philippines. Maryland, Virginia and North
Carolina cannot compete with Cuba and
Manila in tobacco. So of cotton, rice
lumber, iron ore. etc. The wider home
market will include "pauper" rival pro-
ducers of the very products Southern pro-
tectionists are most concerned to exclude
Whatever the effect of territorial expan-
sion in expanding our already vast volume
of exports, it is not designed TO promote
Southern interests, and from the protec-
tionists point of view 1t must tend to ruin
them"
The Philadelphia Record (Dem) re-
cards Gen. Eagan as illustrating one form
of expansion. 1t says: Tombstone could
only name four sorts of lies when quar-
reung with a companion on the cut of his
beard. The vocabulary of our modern
Touchstones shows how all-Dervasive is
the influence already exerted on our Ian
gauge by the era of expansion"
Speaking of trusts writer in the New
York Press (Rep) has this to say of the
biggest of them all:" THE biggest trust
in the world is the cotton trust because
nearly every man who grows a pound OF
lint must gel a years trust before he is
Ahle TO pant his crop."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

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every day in the year, and is served to
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at a.Oo a month. 500 for six months, and
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The WEEKLY NEWS, issues wees
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Transient advertisements, other than
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

Something ought to be done in the way
OF providing for Guam a name that is not
a standing joke. How would it do to call
it Mckinley island, in honor of the first
eXpansionist American president?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16
The MARSHALL HOUSE,

Broughton and Drayton SITS.
Under new management. Thoroughly
renovated and refurnished. Electric lights
throughout. Hot and cold water on each
floor Table cuisine unexcelled. Rates y
to $3.50. Cars pass the door.
BoYCE & CATHARINE,
Proprietors'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16
SPECIAL SILK SALE.
ATTRACTIVE PRICES THROTrGuo7,.
THE ENTIRE LINE.

After the depressing effect of last week,.
weather we think this silk sale viii en-
liven and cheer. The ladies know HON
nice our silks are. The reliable mato.
always sold here, the choice selections tbo
fine effects in coloring and above all III.
low prices, make this pre-eminently tbo
silk store. The ladies should remembe,
that all electric cars come to our corner
1t is the most accessible store In Sayar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16

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, 1899-01-16

silk store. The ladies' should rener,be.
that all electric cars come to our corner
1t is the most accessible store In Sayan
nah.
THESE ARE THE ATTRACTIONS
Peau de Sole, p inches wide Coo; former
price SIC.
Peau de Sole, "a inches wide, 75c; former
price Csc.
Satin Duchess. "A inches wide, SIC; former
price 75c.
Satin Duchess, "A inches wide all silk
heavy quality, $1.o5; former price M.35.
Satin Duchess, % inches wide, 67lsc
former price 95c.
Pinch Figured Taffetas, both small and
large designs, 521ac; former price 75c.
a inches wide Figured Gros Grain Sat
ms, Use; former price CSC.
"a inches wide eros Grain Armure. 55c
former price Toe.
EMBROIDERY OPENING.
Our embroideries are here and ready for
your inspection. You know what our en-
broideries are to the good people of Sayan-
nah-the choicest, the best selected and
fullest money value stock in the whole
city. This years display is a revelation CIV.
en- TO those accustomed to our stock 1t
covers everything new, beautiful and de.
sirable.
We have elegant matched sets in cam
brio. uainsook and swiss. If you are look
ing for good embrolderies cheap just come
here and save trouble.
We can show you the best values you
have ever seen.
Our line at SC SIC, Sc. 1Oc, PFC; 15c,
1Sc and zoe cannot be equaled.
In laces we are second 10 none. We have
also just opened a lovely line of covers
in squares and scarfs, fancy denims, fan
cy tickings, silkOlines and dainty drapery
silks.
SHORT ENDS
AT SHORTER FIGURES.
From % to 80 short ends in carpets, suit
able for small rooms, will be Offered as
long as they last for 521ac. These are rich
ly worth 75c to Csc.
MATTINGs AT HALF PRICE.
So pieces Mating in short ends, suitable
for small rooms, from 10 to 20 yards price
just one-half.
Daniel Hogan,
The Corner Broughton and Barnard SITS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-16
MONDAY, JANUARY 1G, 1899.
INC MORNING NEWS IS

Registered at the pOstohee in savannah
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21
SECOND REGIMENT Is BECOMING
SICK.
HnndtPd Cares OF Fever H"p"r' ed Gov
ernor Demands their NJ ustcr Out-Othcr
military Notes.
(The State, 1Stb.)

Governor Ellerbe yesterday wired
ihe war department, requesting the
muster out of the Second South
Carolina. 1t is Il we'll known fact
that this regiment wants to be mus
tered out, and it is thought that they
will be back on the continent before
May 1st.
Governor Ellerbe's urgent appeal
is based upon the fact that there are
over a hundred cases Of fever in the
regiment. His telegram reads as
follows:
Hon. Russell A. Alger, Secretary of
War, Washington, ID. &.
Reports to mo indicate that there
arc over Il hundred cases Of sickness
in the Second South Carolina now
in Cuba. 1t is very much desired
that you order the return O. the
Second South Carolina to the States
at the very earliest time possible
with regard toservce. At all events
it is desired that the Sonth Carolina
regiment be relieved Of duty in Cuba
and that ample provision be made
for the lOt cases now in hospital.
Vim. II. El'orbe,
Governor.
No roply had been received last
night, but it is hoped that cheering
news will soon be received.
The secretary of war has recently
issued orders for number of young
officers to report in person without
delay to Maj. Calvin Dewitt, surgeon
and president of the examining
board. Tho board will meet at
Fortress Monroe and will examine
tho officers as 10 their fitness for pro-
motion.
Among those who are so fortunate
as to be selected as possibilities for
promotion are Second Lieut.. William
S. Guignard Of the Fourth United
States artillery, and Second Lieut..
johnson Hagood Of tho First United
States artillery.
Lieut.. Guignard is native Of
this city, descendant Of one Of the
pioneer families, and is at present
located here as mastering out
officer
Lieut.. Hagood is n nephew of the
gallant Confederate General of that
name and is stationed at Sulivun's g
Island.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21

most widely known and esteemed
men in the financial world. Messrs.
Middendrof, Oliver & Co., and John
l.. Williams q Son are the controll-
ing powers in tho Seaboard Air Line
the Florida Central & Peninsular
Railroad and the Georgia Il Alabama
Railroad ar'i many other Southern
interests. The combination is a very
strong one, and ono we'll calculated
to materially aid in tho upbuilding
Of tho South.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21

ments past due until after the fire.
So that by her own testimony she
showed that she had violated her con-
tract, which violation, by the terms of
said contract vitiated her policy.
but she attempted to show a
waiver, by reason Of her loss having
been adjusted by an officer of the
company, overlooking tho fact that
she had stipulated in her proof of
loss that the furnishing Of tLis blank
to assured, or making up proofs by
adjuster for company, is not to be
considered as a waiver of any Of the
of the company
"Again, it was suggested that the
president Of tho company, by his let
ter to hor dated April %, 1898, had
stated that her claim would be paid
aud thereby there was waiver of
the right to regard her policy ns vi
tiatod 10y her own act of failing to
pay the assessments before the loss
by fire.
"It is quite true such n letter was
written, but it was followed by ono
some time afterwards denying all
liability. There was no proof that
any change in the condition of plaln-
tiff had been tho result of the first
letter of tho president.
"The result of our reflections upon
tho matters set out in tho brief Gov
cred by the three exceptions is that
we are unable to see any reversible
error in the order for non suit.
'It is the Judgment Of this Court
that the judgment of the Circnit
Court be affirmed"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21
fastening to send
Volunteers Home
TRYING TO GET ALI. DE:S1 INED FOR
SOUTHERN CAMPS BACK.
Race Agnin';t QuarnntInc-Vrsscls Spec.
tally ChHrtt cd for the Pur pose. Pr.sl-
dent Givea Positive na,ructions to
Department.

Washington, March 1S.-The
president has become Interested in
having the volunteer troops in Cuba
hurried out Of tho island before
there is any danger Of Infection from
yellow fever He has given very
positive instructions to the war do
partment upon the matter, and the
quartermaster's department is max
ing a grea teifort to secure transports
and have them ready to embark troops
within few days. 1t is desirable to
have all the troops destined for
southern camps landed in tho United
States before April LIST, when the
quarantine regulations Of the south
will make it very difficult to get the
men into this country. Tho quar-
termaster's department has started
several transports for Cuba, which
have not been in service of late.
Arrangements have been made with
the Ward Limo steamers to carry
troops to the United States and the
Plant steamers have been secured
Tor the same purpose. Gen. Hum
phTey, chief quariermastcr at Haba-
na, has been ordered to prepare the
volunteers for embarkation so that
there will be no delay when the ships
arrive. Where it is practicable the
troops will be inspected and the bag
gage fumigated before leaving Cuba.
The quartermaster's department has
been working i'll conjunction with
Surgeon General Wyman, of the
marine hospital service, who is doing
what ho can to ovcrc mo the difficult
ties of quarantine and inspection in
tho United States.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21
n EWSPAI'EIt EN.
They are Very Much Like O,her People
who St'cit to Their Friends.

Newspaper publishers arc very
much like other people who work for
their bread in other ways. If you
do them favor they generally re-
turn it; if you arc kind to them
they appreciate it. and they are
friendly to their friends. They re-
scmble their fellow -creatures in an.
other way. They do not expend
money, time and brains is explaining
to tho public what fine follow 20
and SO is, when be will not spend few
cents to support the paper. In fact
they arc like the rest Of tho human
family, they stick to those who stick
to them, they support those who sup.
port them, and if fellow kicks be
kicks back twice if possiblo--once
anyhow.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21
TWICE A WEEK, ST 80 a y NA j.

OFF,. In order to appreciate tue
ethical standards and the intel.
lectual life of people, we must
become acquainted with it's litera-
ture. And fortunately the literary
taste, like somc Of The bascr apre-
ttc9, grows IVY wha. il feeds or,
y leading assn OF our schools should
he not TO io:c>: it prtmaluitly or
unduly, but to cultivate it bv feed
ing it Oh good, clean, wholesome
oooNS. ALUNINUS
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21
MWnbtr Board Directors.
Smoak's, March Is, 1899.

We publish an advertisement Of
Kodol Dyspepsia Curo in our col
umns this issue, and wish to say to
our patrons that wo believe this pre-.
pnrntion is worthy of trial by any
person suffering from this ngoniziny
complaint. We oncstly believe this
preparation will do for you all the
manufacturers claim for it.
Kodol Dyspopsiu Cure is prepared
by tho we'll known and reliable firm
Of T.. G. Dewitt Il Co., Chicago, and
from our long experience in busi.
ness sense, with this firm RS ndvcr-
tisors, We feel safe in saying, that
they would not place on the market
Il ropalntion for tho euro Of Dys-
pcpsia unless they had remedy Of
the highest merit, and conscientious.
ly believed It would cure thia we'll
known and almost universal com.
plaint.
We further add that if this propar-
alton is equal to the other we'll known
remedies which they make, viz
DoWitt's Little EARLY Risers, De-
Witts Witch Hazel Salve, and Ono
Minute Cou>;h Cure, it will speedily
win it's way into public favor.
We cheer'ul.y and heartily give
our personal endorsement to this con-
ccrn, and the reliability of the goods
they manufacture, which have been
largely the means Of their success,
and in writing this voluntary cn.
dorsomrnt on orr part, we feel that
wo are simply erforming duty
winch we owe to our patrons.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21

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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21
Second is Soon to
Quit the Service.
THE REGIM 'GNT UNDER ORDERS TO
REF URN TD SANArN
Ih"rH tn be Mustered Ont -Ordcra W. re
Issued on tn" 10TH, So Acting Adj jutant
General Srhwan Informs Gov-rnor
Elletbr,
he State. 10,h.)

The Second South Carolina is to
be mustered ont. In reply to Gov.
Ellerbe's request to that effect, the
following tolerum from the war do.
partment was received last night:
Governor Of South Carolina, Colum-
bia, S. G.:
Orders issued on the 10Th instant
directing tho return OF the Second
South Carolina to Savannah for
muster out. 'S"hwan,
Act. Adj't. Gon.