The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-14

We're BIB cases of cigars shipped This
SHOWS an increase of LOIS cases in favor
OF this year, up to the close of business
Saturday evening. The shipment of cigars
last week numbered 2,235,0 900, which were
enclosed in All cases. These cigars were
sent direct into twenty-seven states of the
Union The shipment of cigars for the
week previous was Alb cases, which gives
the past week an increase of thirty-four
cases. The shipment of cigars for the
corresponding week last year was 375
cases, or an increase of seventy-two cases
in favor of this year.
An unusually sad accident occurred at
Palm Beach Saturday afternoon, Walter,
the 5-year-old son of Capt and Mrs t.
D. Hendrickson, who live two miles north
of there, on the lake front, wandered
away from the house, and when missed
could not be found. The members of the
family searched for an hour in vain. The
search was continued all night. almost
every rod of ground in that vicinity being
gone over while another party looked
along the lake shore. About s o'clock Sun
day morning the body of the little fellow
was discovered in the lake. near the dock
in front of Mr.. Hendricksons store. A
schooner was moored at the wharf and
the child probably climbed aboard that
while at play, and from there fell into
The Universalist State Conference, after
d few days session in Pensacola, adj
journed Saturday. Among other late
actions taken was the adoption of the
following resolution against capital pun
ishment: Resolved, That the death pen
atty is un-Christian; a system of retalia-
ton and barbarism, which cheapens hui
man life a form of legal murder which
inc 40 rrir, IF ride iOs Of
remedying it, 1t cannot have the sane
ton of any follower of Christ or any
Christian church. We, therefore protest
against capital punishment and recon-
mend that pur people use their influence
for its abolition and the substitution of
a form of punishment in accord with the
doctrines of our divine Master"
From present indications the State Good
Roads Convention, which will meet in Or
lando on March 1928, will go beyond the
highest expectations of its promoters.
Hon W. L. Palmer, chairman of the
Committee on Arrangements, is daily re-
ceiving numerous letters from prominent
men in all portions of the state who sig
Nifty their intention to be in attendance
upon the convention. 1t is thought that
Hon. James Wilson and Gen. Roy Stone
of the United States department of agri-
culture will be induced to attend Col.
NJ O. Elderige of the United States divis-
ion of road inquiry wiz be present and
deliver an illustrated lecture, and other
men of national reputation will be in at
tendance. The programme is now being
carefully prepared and will be made pub
lie in a few days Aside from other at
fractions will be a fair exhibit, embracing
field crops, garden crops, manufacture,
art, etc, and will be an interesting feature
to the occasion. The Court House audi
forum will be used for the meetings of
the convention.
The opening of so many turpentine
camps, while il brings much business, IS
also bringing in very undesirable class
of citizens in the many desperate char
acters among the negro operatives says
a report from Cedar Keys. AS the south
bound passenger train halted at Rose
wood Saturday evening, few miles north
of that place, the conductor, Capt. Joe
Beckham. discovered two who had beat
en- their way from the station beyond. On
his forbidding them to attempt the game
again he was answered by an insulting
epithet. and one of them pulled a reyolv-
err and fred point bank at Be1kham who
was sitting in his baggage car door AS
soon as the conductor could secure his re-
volver from his grin he stepped to the
door. and was met by second shot, one
Of the balls passing through his coat. The
conductor sprang to the ground and or
dered the man TO stop, as he would put
him under arrest. The negro fired a third
time. when Capt 3eckham fred three
times in rapid succession. The negro ran
ahout one hundred yards and fell dead
his pistol still grasped in his hand.