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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
BROOKS COUNTY FARMERS.
viii Display Hay and syrup-Fewer
Melons to BE Planted.


Quitman Ga, Feb. 16.-A movement has
been inaugurated by the business men of
Quitman and the farmers Of Brooks coun-
~ 10 have Hay and Syrup days in Quit
man next fall. Exhibitions Of these pro-
ducts in all varieties will be arranged on
the main street and a list of premiums
will be offered for the best yield off of
from one TO ten acres of lana. The object
of these days will be to encourage the
farmers to diversity crops, to utilize the
native grasses, to properly cure and pack
them for market; TO increase interest in
the culture of sugar cane and the most i'm
proved methods of making and marketing
syrup.
Last season 1877 cars of melons were ship
ped from Barney. small station on the
South Georgia Railway, and it is said that
not one-half dozen cars w II be loaded
there this year The farms are being
growers are disguised with the methods
of the railroads, which manage to absorb
all the profits.
A religious event of great importance
is being arranged by the Quitman Baptist
Church for April 1920 inclusive. 1t will be
a conference of religious workers 20 dis
cuss problems of Christian work. Prom
nent ministers from Savannah, Macon
and Atlanta will be invited to make ad-
dresses on special subjects.
The rural mail delivery, which was in
augurated in parts of Brooks county two
years ago, has proven successful, and the
system is now being extended further
The stockholders of the Bank of Quit
man held their annual meeting hast Mon
day, and reelected the same board of
directors: Hon. FL. G. Turner Messrs. j.
o. Morton, r. c. Mcintosh, f. J. Spain,
DIR. Z. A. jerks. and at a subsequent meet
ing, held by the directors, the bank Of
fcials in charge were reelected. as fol-
lows ]. o. Morton president; S. s. Roun-
tree. vice president; o. K. jerks. cashier;
Frank Spain, Jr, assistant cashier.
Mr.. James A. Edmondscn, a prominent
citizen of this county, died at White
Springs, Fla. last Wednesday.
Hon. S. S. Bennett was reelected last
Saturday for his third term as County
School Commissioner. His service has
been entirely satisfactory.
A well developed case of smallpox is re-
ported at Mauzee, on the Georgia Northern
Railway, in Colquitt county.
Mrs. Lea widow of Capt. A. ]. Lea, a
veteran of the Indian and Civil Wars,
died here this week.
C. r. Tillman has sold his interest in
the Tillman hardware firm to ]. B. TILL
man, who will conduct the business with
popular methods, as 1t has been hereto
fore.
A prominent business man here is inves-
tigating facts, about cotton seed oil mills
with the view of building one here. This
is a fine cotton seed market, seed having
brought % cents and 30 cents this season.
Two social events of note was the re-
ception given recently by Mrs. w. r.
Thompson in honor of her guest. Miss Gil
bert of Albany, and the reception last
Tuesday afternoon, given by Mrs. ed
Jelks TO the Matron's Club.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
DREW sTRAws ron A BRIDE.
Right Man Won, Although Rival Got
Double Chance.

from the SuH.
Hoboken, n. j., Feb. 1.-Two men drew
straws for bride in this city to-day and
a justice Of the peace was referee. The
prize was Emma Burggraf, an orphan, of
1s. The decision of chance was Fortunate
ly to her liking.
The lucky man Is Anton Klase, 2S years
old, furniture dealer at Park avenue and
Newark street. The man who lost a wife
and his temper is Herman Asop, a clerk
who asserted that the orphan maid had
promised to marry him long before she
ever knew there was a Klase in existence
The girl and Klase met only eight days
ago and very soon made up their minds
that they were in love. klase proposed
last Thursday. The girl was puzzled. She
had promised TO marry Asop. Mrs. Grew,
with whom she lived, advised the girl to
marry Klase. who had an established bust
ness.
So the girl accepted Klase and to-day
they went before Justice of the Peace Sey-
mour. While preparations were being
made for the ceremony In came Asop, dis
trait and disheveled.
~ object 10 this fake marriage" he
cried. at is not legal I shall marry EN-
ma"
The justice, in a spirit of fun. suggested
that the men draw staws to settle the
matter The girl was willing. SO were
Asop and Klase. A long and short strip
of paper were placed in e. book, the ends
protruding. II was agreed that the man
drawing the longest strip should win. Klase
drew the longer strip. But Asop demanded
another chance. and against all known
rules, secured Il. He suggested that the
girl hold the book. She held the book-and
her future Again Asop drew the losing
strip He was satisfied. and Seymour per-
formed the ceremony.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
ITCHING SKIN.
Humors, Bells, Pimples, Bone Pains.
Swollen Joints, Eczema.
Cured by B. B. B. Trial bottle
FREE.

Does your Skin Itch ana Burn? Do
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or Scalp? Is there a ccustan, dss re to
scratch? Eczema Skin Sore and Crack
ed? Rash form on me Skin? Prickling
pain in the Skin? Boils? PIN
piles? Bone Pains? Swollen Joints? Fall
ing Hair2 All Run Down? Skin Pale?
All these are symptoms Of Impurities and
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Blood Balm) is the only remedy that will
actually cure all obstinate. deep-seated
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mild remedies have failed you. don't give
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a trial bottle given away. Write for it.
Address Blood Balm Co, 156 Mitchell
street, Atlanta, Ga. Describe symptoms
and free personal medical advice given.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
"MAJAH" OUT OF HIS CLASS,
Residents of Swell Worcester suburb
object to His Presence.
From the New York telegram

Object to His Presence.
From the New York Telegraph.
"Majah" Taylor, the black racing wheel.
man. who holds the worlds paced record
for the mile and several L. A. w cham
pionships, has settled in Columbus Park,
a fashionable new suburb of Worcester.
Mass, and his habltation among the local
society folk has aroused a feeling, that
II not assuaged, win prove unpleasant for
somebody. Taylor Is the greatest Of ne
gro athletes outside the ring, and before
The N. c. A. was formed was wont to ride
the best white sprinters wheel and wheel
to many a victorious finish. He charged
repeatedly that the other riders combined
against him and gave him far from an
even break on the track. Many occur
rences tended to make the public believe
that Taylor was the victim of race pre-
judice, and when he started on a tour
South he stopped short at Mason ana
Dlxon's line, the Southrons refusing TO
hear of his competing on their tracks. But
every one admits that Taylor is one of the
greatest racing men of the world at sprint
ing and pace following.
He has made a great deal of money in
racing and has saved Il. He rode through
Columbus Park In his home city of Wor-
cester. this winter, and liked il so well
that he commissioned a friend, Cornelius
Maher, a real estate agent to purchase
a home for him in the aristocratic suburb.
Now all the homes sold heretofore had
passed 70 people of good standing and
Sood records, white, and without record Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

Tennille, Ga. Feb. 17-At a dairy con-
vention held here three weeks ago much
enthusiasm was awakened in the subject
of dairying, and at a meeting of the bus
iness men and farmers here yesterday
committee Of twelve was appointed to
inspect the Dixie Creamery at Griffin and
take any action necessary TO establish a
similar creamery at Tennille Ex-Gov. w.
j. Northen of Atlanta. John Wallace of
the Dixie Creamery, and II. K. Weed of
the Central Railway were present and
gave addresses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
H0TlIlIH CURED WITH DIR.
u\IRMu TAFT'S ASTHMA"
flU tllIIlll LENE. 1t never fails.
Trial bottle free at
X. ]. DUKES. READ g. CO,
BRYAN & WEST, Druggists.

bowed King out of the house. The cit
zens are indignant and will hold secrcs
meeting to-day or tomorrow to devise
ways and means of getting the coloreo
folk to leave. There is absolutely no feel
ing against Taylor as an individual, Ut
no negro, and particularly no sporting ne
gro will be allowed to remain i'm Column
bus park If there is any way to get him
out. 1t is argued that Taylor knew ths
feeling beforehand and "butted in" with
his eyes open.
Taylor says that he viii stay, and MS
neighb0rs say he won't. Something sea-
sational IS ant to evolve out of the unusual
situa lion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
Taylor Buys n Home,

servitude. Agent King invariably bound
himself to purchasers not TO allow any OBJ
Jectionable family into the park.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

Lumpkin, Ca. Feb. 17.-Mr ]. w. May,
one of our best citizens. died on the 10Th
instant. He was e6 years old, a merchant
and farmer.
The heavy rains have washed up our
lands badly,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18


jectionable family into the park.
Taylor Buys n Home.
Maher went to King and priced an old
homestead on the tract. King offered it
for $1,000 Maher offered $500 cash.
rs your client an American citizen of
good character and one that the people
already here could welcome?" asked the
agent.
"He is, indeed" said Maher. "He is an
American citizen and has a nice family.
He has money, too He travels a good
deal and is on the road now. He wants a
new home when he returns and will pay
cash"
King was dubious and insisted on seeing
the purchaser, but Maher was so persist
ent in declaring his client an estimable
worthy citizen that King let him have tho
property for $3.50 cash.
Taylor moved his family into the house
last Saturday. He has one child and
keeps a nurse girl to take the dusky infant
out for airings. The neighbors noticed the
influx of color on Sunday, and there was
much consultation. AS a result a commit
tee called on King Monday and did every
thing but assault him. He was taken
wholly by surprise. and It was some time
before he realized how he had been trick
ed. He promised to do anything 20 get Tay-
Tor out of the neighborhood.
Maher Was JOcnInr.
He looked up Maher. but that person
regarded the matter In a jocular light,
and remarked that he told the plain truth
about his client, but overlooked his color
as nothing was asked about IL. He refused
to insult Taylor by asking him to sell
out.
In despair, King offered the "Majah"
s., 900 for his new home. The record holder
laughed and said complacently:
rs'T likes This nablhhoO1 / wants n
ear my chillun wifi good associations, ana
I'm a-goin' to stay right heah."
importantly did not avail and Taylor
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-05
CURRENT COMMENT.

uTIf it's to be an anti-imperialist
campaign. why shouldn't Pcttigrew go
on the ticket with Bryan ?-Minneapo-
lis Tribune.
EOTer 5000 miles of new railroad
are projected in this country by S22
railroads. This is not sign of hard
times. nor of democratic rule.-Iowa
State Register.
rJ-Sccyct&ry Gage, OF the treasury
calls attention to the fact that the
new financial law is likely TO increase
the national bank circulation over
$3.50. eco. Every dollar of i: will be
worth 1CO gold cents, too.-iowa State
Register.
rTThe gold standard Jaw affords an
admirable basis for future reforms in
The currency laws, but our money sys-
tenn cannot rest upon a scientific basis
until the issue of bank notes is gov
crned by business conditions rather
than The iuctuating volume of the Pub
lie debt.-N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-05
a TANGLED SKEIN.
Contradictory Evidence Given in Court
as 10 an Alleged Confession Made by
n Wan Acquitted Of Murder.

Camden. y. j., March 2S.-Sensa-
tiOnal testimony was given Tuesday
at the trial of William II. Hay and
Howard X. Sloan, formerly reporters
for Philadelphia newspaper, on the
charge of conspiring to inlure the rep
Ttation of Eugene j. Darnell, of this
city. Last September the defendants
caused to be published a confession.
alleged TO have been made to them by
Eli Shaw. of Camden. in which he ad-
mitt"d killing his mother and grand
mother. Shaw had been tried twice
and acquitted of the charge some time
previously. The alleged confession
implicated Darnell as an accessory af
ter the fact. He was arrested on a
warrant sworn to by Sloan. but proved
an alibi and was released. Shaw re-
pudiated the story and DarneH caused
the arrest of the reporters ON the
charge of conspiracy
Yesterday Eva Wood, Shaw's former
fiancce, testified that on the day of
the publication Shaw told her that the
story was true.
Charles ID. Milley, a private detect
i've, testified that about two weeks
after Shaw's acquittal. he detailed TO
Shaw the manner in which the murder
had been committed. naming Shaw as
the murderer and that the latter ad
mitted the truth of the detectives
statement.
Policeman Hartman testified that he
was secretcd in Detective Miller's Of
flee during the conversation between
Shaw and Miller and overheard the
formers confessions.
Eli Shaw was called to the stand and
denied the testimony of his former
fiancee as well as that of the detect
i've and policeman. The jury dis
agreed and was discharged.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-05
rom Washington
How a Little Boy Was Saved.

Washington, d. C.-"When our boy
was about 16 months old he broke out
with a rash which was thought to be
measles. In a few days he had swell
ing on the left side of his neck and
it was decided to be mumps. He was
given medical attendance for about
three weeks when the doctor said it
was scrofula and ordered n salve He
wanted to lance the sore, but / would
not let him, and continued giving him
medicine for about four months, when
the bunch broke in two places and be-
came running sore. Three doctors
said it was scrofula, and each or
dered blood medicine. A neighbor
told me of a case somewhat like cur
baby's which was cured by Hoods
Sarsaparilla. l decided to give it to
my boy and in short while his health
improved and his neck healed so nice
ly that l stopped giving him the med
icine. The sore broke out again. how
ever, whereupon 1 again gave him
Hoods Sarsaparilla and its persistent
use has accomplished complete
cure" Mrs. NETTIE CHASE, 81 X St..
N. e.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-05

brought then did not end until 1897
or 1898. Only two or three years have
elapsed since the country had the
worst financial convulsion in it's
whole history. except that of 1887 To
suppose that the people would repeat
in 1900 their blunder of 1892 is to at
tribute to them a forgetfulness which
would be marvellous. When the peo-
pie eight years ago turned the repub-
lican party out of power the prosper
ity which the party had brought had
been here over a dozen years. 1t was
on hand so long that the more
thoughtless of the voters had forgot
ten that the country had ever had
any other sort of times. They imag
ined that prosperity was the normal
condition in the United States. The
warming. therefore, which was heard
in 1892 that democratic victory would
be sure to end that happy condition,
and to close the mills and throw hun
dreds of thousands into idleness was
disregarded by many persons who
ought TO have known better. They
regretted that mistake very quickly
after it was made, and they rectified
it by putting the republican party
back in control of the government in
1896 The results of the blunder of
eight years ago. however, had not en-
tirelv vanished until 1898. To imagine
that the people could forge. inside of
two years the calamities which demo-
cratic sway brought is to ascribe to
the voters of the United States n
shortncss Of memory which is not
justified by history-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-05

With carefully CLEANED statistics,
nal, shows that the
number of women
he women in business is de-
creasing, and will continue rapidly to
grow less. THE tide of women rush
ing pell-mell into all kinds of busi-
ness has been stemmed-in fact, it is
already receding, and perceptibly So"
he contends. ut has already been
asserted by female agitators that the
growing tendency to dismiss women
from various business positions is be-
cause of the opposition of men to the
employment of women. On the cog
trary, men were willing to have wom-
en- 90 into business pursuits, and it
was men who opened positions for
them. Undoubtedly this was largely
due to the selfish business reason that
women would work for lower wages
than men. But with the influx there
necessarily came into the business
"OIII IL BICdI tIGtil VI IllCOiI tbSIt lS-
male help. For time incompetency
was overlooked, because of the lower
wages. Gradually, however, there
came the inevitable wedding process,
temporarily stayed by the business
depression of the past few years.
When prosperous times came it was
different, and it is a very significant
tory which accurate statistics tell
that more women have been dis
charged from business positions dur
ing the past year of prosperity, even
taking into consideration the larger
number employed, than in any pre-
vious year"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-05
bid NOT aDQEOoIZe,

Washington, March est is said at
The state department regarding the
story that Great Britain has apollo
gizcd to this government for the ac-
tion of the censor in opening letters
addressed to the United States consul
at Pretoria, that the United States
has made no demand upon the British
government for an apology, as Mr..
Macrum. who was consul at Pretoria
when the mail is said TO have been
oneued. made no official complaints on
bhat subject and thus the state de
partmcnt had nothing to serve as q
basis for demand for am apology.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-05

practical. The issue is already de
cided by the people, who are more
hostile to silver than ever. II it is
brought forward again it will have to
be forced. and the republican party
is the one which would naturally re-
vert to it because it was the source
of one republican victory and appeals
to public confidence in behalf of the
general soundness of republican doc
trine. That under these circum-
stances the democrats should refer to
it in any but the most perfunctory
terms is proof of eternal fitness in
the assignment to them of inability
to learn or forget anything.
But there is another feature of the
platform which is equally impractical,
and really astonishing evidence of in
capacity to understand and to grasp
a promising opportunity. The repu5-
leans in congress have made an err
ror in their treatment of Porto Rico,
which is obvious to the whole coun-
try. They might. therefore, have
been attacked with great vigor and
singlencss of purpose on the defects
of their governmental methods in the
island. But instead of sticking to the
point the democratic platform wan
ders off to the proposition that we
should grant the Filipinos their indie
pendence because we are incapable of
governing them properly by any
methods. and then suggests that, hav-
ing set them free, we should protect
them against the aggression of other
powers. OF all the solutions of the
colonial problem that have ever been
offered this is the least acceptable, in
volving as it does limited powers with
vast responsibilities. and it is made
worse by the insinuations of the dem
ocrats against their Filipino friends
and protegcs. who it is said cannot
be citizens without endangerirg our
form of government" Is it worth
while, then. to talk of the consent of
the governed in connection with such
savages? A"uinaldo should call on
Mr.. Bryan for an explanation.
Taking the platform as a whole it
contains no promise Of n reunion Of
the disorganizcd ranks OF the dcmoc-
racy. but points rather to a further
disintegratton. The party is in terri
bic need q new adcrshiD.-Chieago
Times-Hera
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-05
BRYAN'S NEW PLATFORM.
No Promise of Reunion of the Dis
organized Ranks of the
Democracy.

The platform adopted by the Ne
braska democrats is probably "A pret-
ty close approximation to what the
national democratic platform will be.
1t had Mr.. Bryan's sanction from be-
ginning to end, was put forth really
under his name, and his is the influ-
ence undoubtedly which is to control
at Kansas City. We may anticipate
events, therefore, by several months
as we glance at the elaborate and
complicated structure.
The first thing to invite comment
is the thoroughly fatuous insistence
on the money issue. This begins with
the Endorsement of the Chicago plat
form, which might pass as mere
formality, and appears again in some
three or four paragraphs further on,
where the old pibroch of 1896 has the
strident key of death cry. 1t is safe
to say that so per cent. of the demo-
Gratis of the country have a blank and
desolate feeling when they hear the
refrain "free and unlimited coinage of
gold and silver at the present legal
ratio of sixteen to one without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any
other nation They know that it
means defeat, that it destroys all
hope of restoration through the
new questions of the day.
While devotion to principle is an adj
mirable thing, the obstinacy which
refuses to recognize facts is differ
ent matter, and Mr.. Bryan shows by
his infatuation that he is utterly i'm
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-05
AS TO PROSPERITY.
The Mistake of 1902 Is Not Likely
to He Repeated by the
People.

"Benjamin Harrison" remarks an
eastern paper, Thought he could be
reelected president because times
were good. He was mistaken, and
William Mckinley may be indulging
in the same unwarranted optimism"
This expression seems to be giving a
good deal of aid and comfort to some
democratic newspapers. Because the
republican party was beaten in 1892,
these papers reason. there is a good
chance that it will be beaten in 1900.
Prosperity is no guarantee of the sue
cess of the party bringing it.
IT is true. of course, that good
times do not afford an infallible as
surance that the party responsible for
them will be continued in power for
ever. The country was enjoying a
fair share of prosperity in 1892, and
the republican party was very large
ly accountable for that condition.
An immense majority of the intelli-
gent people of the United States
know this. They knew also that the
panic which democratic success in
that year brought had n pretty good
chance to come if the democratic par
tv was victorious. Yet. in spite of
this knowledge, the democrats were
permitted to carry the country, and
of course, the panic appeared on
schedule time.
But the persons who are supposins
the people may be as reckless in 1900
as they were in 1892 forget that the
hard times which democratic success