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The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01

A big fat man, painting like steam
forge, entered the editorial-reoms without
asking permission to interrupt inspira-
tions. says the Detroit Free Press.
Where is the power of the press?" he
shouted in a voice like steamboat in
distress
Downstairs in The pressroom; that's
where they usually keep it, responded
the sunny weather reporter
We'll, young Teller, you know what i
mean-the force that controls destinies
that unmasks vllainy, that calls atten-
ton to public nuisancss, that-that sup
presses evil, that-that well. I want 1t to
rise in lis power and suppress the phono-
graphs and megaphones and kill-sleepo-
graphs that give all night concerts over
in my neghborhood. Now, I can stand the
street cars and ordinary night disturb
ances, but those blamed machines have
a peculiar insomnia producing effect that
is simply maddening. There is mega
phone as big as barrel-trained right in
my chamber window and a monograph
with funnel like a war boat projectile
rends the midnight air with its wheezy,
as hmalic notes. 1t played Just One Girl
for a month straight until had the plag-
ued thing by heart against my will, and
now it's on 1.-The Green Fields of Viz
ginia" the notes of which l find in
chunks around my room. There is law
against selling beer in places OF amuse-
ment and why shouldn't there be one
against playing music in saloons? Street
cars, dogs and cats don't bother me in
the least, but I simply can't get used to
The musical machines that work over
time Again, say, where is the power OF
the press, that we poor mortals must sur
fer on without relief. Please say word
iont
sake of a nerve-shattered man."
The reporter promised, and he went
away droning THE Green Fields OF Viz
min Ia
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01
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The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01
THE COTTON OuTInoK.

It Is pretty certain that cotton farm
ers are going to get good price for
their cotton next fall. No doubt the crop
will recover from much of the damage it
suffered from the wet weather of last
month, but it will not be as large as it
was expected IT would be on account of
the increase in the acreage. The worlds
supply OF COTTON is much smaller now
than it usually is at this season of the
year. 1t is stated to be only a little
more than 1,5oO,oO0 bales. AS a rule,
in midsummer, it is twice that amount.
The supply on hand being short, and
the outlook for a big crop not being the
best, II would not be surprising if the
price of cotton at the opening of the new
cotton season should be somewhere near
10 cents.
No doubt great efforts will be made
between now and Oct. to create the i'm
preston that the, condition of the crop
Is excellent, and that the yield all through
the cotton belt will be large. These ef-
forts will be made in the interest of the
spinners. 1t Is hardly probable that they
will be successful, unless they are sus-
tanned by the facts The cotton farmers will
see to 1t that the truth respecting the
crop is freely circulated. This they will
be able to do by means of the Cotton
Growers Protective Association.
In some parts Of the section which suf-
fered from the rains last month only
half crop will be made, in all prob
ability. The farmers however, whose
cotton has been practically ruined should
endeavor TO make some cotton. The price
promises to be so much higher than 1t
would he IL there were a big crop that
they will likely do about as well with
small yield as they would with big one.
assuming, Of course, that If they had
big yield the crop would be large one.
The indications are that good times are
ahead for cotton farmers who are SO
fortunate as TO have fine crops.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01
Maxim and Wales.

"A Wall street broker has q cabinet
photograph OF the Prince of Wales and
Hiram Maxim. of Maxim gun fame, abe
inventor being in the act of firing MAX
im.'' while the Prince looks on at a re-
spectful distance, says the New York
Commercial
There's funny story connected with
that picture" said the broker, land incl
dentally II illustrates the wide difference
between Hiram Maxim and his brother
Hudson, who lives ia Brooklyn and is the
inventor of smokeless powder. The smoke
less powder man is one of the most demo-
cratic of men and would not walk across
the street to get into a photograph with
the Prince or the Queen herself; but not
so with Hiram.
This leads up to the history of this
photograph. When the Maxim gun was u
new thing and the English government
was beginning to show an interest IN It.
Mr. Maxim and some OF the gentlemen
associated with him gave an exhibition
Of its wonderful shooting capacity, and
there was number OF English officiais
present, including the Prince. When the
test was over it was found that photog
rapher had been conveniently near the
scene and had secured a good picture of
the crowd. And Mr.. Maxim and the Prince
were in the very center OF it.
This present photograph of afr. Maxim
and Wales is all that is left of the orig
inal group. Maxim being an inventor
brought his intellect to bear on the situa-
ton and saw where the picture could he
transmografied, and an artist was engaged
to wipe out all the mere cabinet officers,
generals, leaving only these two-Maxim
and the dear Prince.
Looking al the picture as you see 1t
row, you cannot escape the impression
that the inventor and his Royal Highness
took sociable stroll to the suburbs with
a Maxim gun on their backs and had this
photograph especially taken for their mli-
tual pleasure and the benefit of poster
ity.
But 1t happened as I relate It, and
the ingenuity of the thing does credit
even to the inventive genius of the man
from Maine who invented the Maxim
gun"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01
Her Various Language.

George Edward Day in lions Herald.
l heard the mountains calling,
The west wind brought their voice.
With invitation thralling
That left me none of choice.
l followed where they drew me
Up from the husky sea;
BE freer they sang to WOO me,
For life is large. Be free"
I saw the river beckon
With fingers crystal clear:
I could not stop to reckon
The distance far or near.
But followed where it led me
Round many a rocky curve;
1t rippled as l sped me:
Serve! Life was made to server
I heard the ocean singing
Her siren song of old,
The witchery of it ringing
Along the sands of gold.
1 fastened on to hear her
With steps could not stay;
Her song as I drew nearer
Pleasure is life to-day"
1 heard a signing tender.
The forests leafy lips,
Whose music I remember
With sweets like honey dri0s;
And holy calm came DER me
AS listening l stood
With green-ar1hed aisles before me
Seek peace!' whispered the wood.
Then night in jeweled beauty
Climbed up the eastern sky,
(which one has sung of duty"
l asked, for such as I?''
And through the fragrant Weather
AS birds in Junetime call,
Her sweet stars sang together:
DUTY must blend them ALI"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01
THE NAVAL sr.TIox question.

There are two things in the Charleston
News and Courier's article in its Satur-
days edition entitled The Naval Station
Matter" to which we desire to call atten-
ton. One is the insinuation that the story
to the effect that an attempt would be
made probab bly, to "gouge the government"
when il undertook to secure a site for
the Port Royal naval station at Charles
ton, provided it was decided TO remove
the station to that city, originated with
Savannahians. We do not of course know
where the story originated. We do know,
however, that 1t made its appearance, as
far as we know, for the first time in the
columns of the News and Courier. 1t
appeared under a Washington date line.
We doubt very much If anybody in Sa-
vannah ever heard the story until after
II had been given currency by that paper.
We think we are justified in saying, how
ever, that it is much more likely that
the story originated in Charleston than
in Savannah. There is something known
there about the sites which it is proposed
to offer to the government in the event
Of decision to remove the naval station
to that city. 1t is very doubtful If there
is anything known about them here. 1t
is a question whether the story would ever
have BEEN heard of outside Of few persons
in Washington if the News and Courier
had not published 1t. 1t is unjust to Sa-
vannahians, to say the least of it, to at
tempt to create the impression that they
originated it.
The News and Courier wants to know
why Savannahians should be willing 10
aid Port Royal in retaining the station.
IL seems to think that they are Influenced
wholly by hostility to Charleston. What
nonsensel The News and Courier must
know better than that. Beaufort, Port
Royal and the naval station are good Gus
toners of Savannah. Even If Savannah
did not sympathize with Beaufort and
Port Royal Ia their fight to retain the
naval station it would be greatly to her
material interest to have the station re-
main where it is, provided she could not
get it herself. Charleston. If public senti-
ment in that city is correctly reflected by
the News and Courier, seems to think Sa-
vannah is influenced by hostility to her
whenever she opposes what Charleston
wants. That is very narrow view. Sa-
vannah has no feeling of hostility against
Charleston. There is no reason why she
should have. She never opposes what
Charleston wants except when 1t is neces-
sary to do so to protect her own inter
estS.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01
MIR. BRYAN AND THE PLATFORM.

In some of the Democratic papers there
appears to be disposition 40 criticlse
Mr.. Bryan for insisting that there shall
be a declaration in the Kansas City plat
form in favor of the Is TO / idea. Ii is
probable that he would say nothing as to
what the party should do in respect to it's
platform if his advice were not sought.
He has done nothing more than exercise
the right possessed by every Democrat,
namely, to say what he thinks the plat
form should contain.
And is he not right in insisting that
there shall be in the platform a distinct
declaration in favor of the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver at the ratio of
IS to /? Those who object TO such a
declaration think that silver should be
sidetracked. and that the principal issues
OF the campaign should be anti-imperialism
and anti-monopoIy. They say that they
are willing that the Chicago platform shall
be reafIirmed, and that that is all that
should be done in respect to the issues
1t contains.
But, as q matter of fact, would not the
reaf1rmation of the Chicago platform
vftalize all the issues which that plat
form contains? And what does it say in
respect to the silver question? Does it
not say that that question is the para
mount one? There can be but enc
paramount question, and If the Chicago
platform is reaffirmed, will not the silver
question be the paramount one of the
campaign, so far as the Democratic party
can make 1t so?
BY reahfrming the Chicago platform,
therefore. silver will be given a position
OF the greatest possible prominence in
stead OF being pushed into the background
1t would be much the wiser plan to handle
the silver question as Mr.. Bryan sug-
gests, namely, to make a distinct decla-
ration in respect to it. in the Kansas
City platform. and then declare that the
great issue of the campaign are antrim
perislism and sntl-rnonopoly.
II il is the wish of a majority OF the
Democratic National Convention to keep
the silver question out of the campaign,
1t will have to adopt some other plan of
dealing with it than by reaffirming the
Chicago platform. 1t will, in fact, have
to ignore silver altogether. 1t is not pos
sible for st 70 do that, and hold the
Democrats, Populists and Silver Republi-
cans together. Silver will have to appear
in the platform as a separate declaration,
or as one of the reaffirmed issues of the
Chicago platform, and IL looks now as if
the way in which 1t shall appear will give
the Platform Committee. and perhaps the
convention GONE trouble
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01
CASHIERS AND CUPID AWHEEL,

Gotham received a jolly Jolt from Geor-
gia last week. New York had never ex-
perienced anything like 'Witham ex-
cursion. hence 1t was a seven-days' SEN
satiOn. The newspa pers of the big city
printed columns and columns about it. and
The newspapers of other cities, as far
West as Chicago and Kansas City, have
devoted editorial space to discussion
of il.
The Witham excursion was made up of
some forty animated Georgia peaches of
the most luscious variety, an equal num-
Der of young gentlemen employed as cash
iers in Mr.. Williams banks and mills,
proper number of chaperones, a preach
er, and Mr.. w. S. Witham, president of
thirty-three banks and seven cotton mills
in Georgia. Mr.. Witham was, of course,
the presiding genius of the event. But,
over and above all lowered Cupid For
Mr.. Witham gave it to be understood at
the commencement of the excursion that
he would hang up three prizes to be COM
party. To the first young cashier who sue
ceeded in winning en- route one of the
peaches for his very own would be given
a check for $500; to the second a check
fer $50 and to the third check for $3.50.
Mr.. Witham believes in marriage-earIy
marriage. He says that a married man is
less apt TO go wrong than a single man,
therefore he would Ike to have all of
his excellent young men made fast TO the
sheet anchor of matrimony. To facilitate
courtship he gathered together for the
party a bevy of Georgia beauties for the
excursion, and took along a minister who
would respond to any calls for profess
sional services that might be made upon
him. So far as the information goes the
plies have not yet been awarded, but
the story is not yet complete.
The party Travelled by special train,
stopped at points of interest, patronized
the best hotels, saw all of the sights-in-
Guiding Coney Island and the New York
Stock Exchange-and had a whole lot of
large and handsome badges, which at
tracted notice and caused them to be
shown attentions which they might other
wise have missed. After the first day in
New York, the city belonged to the
Withamites. Their motto, Tote Fair" be-
came as widely known as any popular
campaign slogan. and wherever they
went they were greeted with that cordial
ity which denotes real friendship.
The excursion, which lasted two weeks.
seems to have been an eminent success
from every point Of view, unless per-
chance Mr.. Witham would have been
better pleased had several marriages &C.
CURED. These, however, may occur later
as a result Of the trip. At all events, it
has served to make the originator OF il
one of the best known men in the state.
and to acquaint the people of other states
with the fact that there is prosperity in
Georgia, and opportunities here for men
with brains and pluck TO win success. Mr..
Witham began life working for a salary
of 81 per week. Now he is captain OF
industry" who is building mills and
banks and otherwise aiding in developing
what will one of these days be the rich
est part of the United States.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01
AN AMERICAN QUEEN

Miss Helen Gould is deserving of the
title Of An American Queen that was
given her at Three Oaks, Mich, last
Thursday. where she unveiled the Dewey
cannon in the presence of 10000 people
The people seemed more pleased at hav-
ing her with them than they would have
been had Admiral Dewey accepted their
invitation.
Helen Gould is now about the best
known woman m the United States. And
what must be very gratifying to her is the
fact that she is admired and honored
wherever her name is known. And she
deserves all the love and admiration
which the people have for her. Ever since
she came into possession of her fortune
she has been trying to do good with it,
How well she has succeeded is pretty gen.
orally known. Still, there are no doubt
many charities which are wholly or partly
supported by her of which the public
knows absolutely nothing. Every once in
a while the fact gets into the public prints
that she has been doing some good work
quietly and with the hope that nothing
would be known of IL outside OF her bene-
ficiaries.
In the Spanish War she do
mated 100000 to the government, fitted
out hospital ship and spent vast sums
In providing for wounded and sick SOL
diers. Since that war she has been con-
tiuuaIly engaged in charitable work of
various kinds. Hundreds of poor children
in New York are recipients OF her bounty
She has very large income and it Is be-
lieved that she spends the greater part of
IL In good works. No one will question
her right to the title OF IAN American
Queen"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01

Admiral Seymour. the commander of the
allied forces in China. ought by this time
TO be fairly well acquainted with the best
methods Of fighting the Acknowledged ce-
lestials. This is his third scrap with
them. He was a lieutenant at the time of
the storming OF the Taku forts in 1853.
when Capt. Tattnar Of the American navy
went TO the aid OF the British. Again in
1860 England was at war with China, and
Seymour was in the lighting at Sing Poo
and Kahdins.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01


Two misfortunes have befallen the navy.
We refer, of course TO it's loss by death
of the gallant Rear Admiral John w. Phil
ip. who as Capt Philip, commanded the
Texas in the Santiago fight when ship and
men won glory for themselves and their
flag, and to the possible loss of the mag
nihcent Oregon on the rocks of far off
China. Admiral Philips death was a mat
ter in the course of nature, and can only
be lamented. The grounding of the Ore
gon on the rocks, however, appears now
to have been the result of poor seaman
ship Capt. Wilde gives the name Of the
rock on which his ship has been impaled
showing that it was not an unknown dan
ger that he ran afoul of. The whole peo-
pie of the United States would sincerely
regret the loss Of the Oregon. Her brill
liant record has made her one of the fav-
orite and most famous ships of the navy
She represents, too. a money value of
probably not less than $1,000, coo, and pos
sibly more than that Her cost from the
builders was more than $1,000 0e0 in adj
dition to which must be counted in the to-
tai the cost of armament and supplies of
all kinds
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01

familiar headline in the Georgia.
country papers during the week Just end
ed was, mo Paper Next Week" followed,
by the explanation that. according to the
time-honored custom. the editor and his
whole force would take a week off to cell
CITRATE the Fourth of July. The proba-
bilities are that the Fourth is celebrated
in Georgia with more genuine patriotism
than il is in more Northern states where
the tenets of the faith of the founders of
the government are being discarded when
1t is found that they run counter to poit-
ical expediency.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01

A little girl made her first appearance
in an infants school last week. says Lon
don Spare Moments Her new friends
made up to her, and, childIike, questioned
her as to her name. parentage, etc.
MY dada's gentleman. He keeps n
shop What yours?" said one mite.
He's a beggar." replied the new schoI-
ar, shyly.
"oh. I'd be ashamed to own IT," cried
the other little girls in chorus.
The new girl flushed red-not with
shame, but with pride. VT
But / ain'tv she retorted, "'cos he's a
absent-minded beggar. And" she added
triumphantly, hes a gentleman, tool A
gentleman in khaki! Mr.. Kipling says so,''
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01
THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY-F0UR PAGES.
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Northumberland Council No. !, Or
der American FIremen: Savannah Lodge
No. 81, X. of P.
Special Notces-MaH Mead, George
Meyer; Notice as to. Laundry Rates; Div
idend No q, the National Bank of Sa
vannah; Interest Notice, The Oglethorpe
Savings and Trust Company; Malt Mead.
at Conida's; Notice, Schedule Seaboard Air
Line Railway Ferry; Notice to City Tax
Payers; Interest Notice. The Germania
Bank; Interest Notice. Southern Bank of
The State OF Georgia; Notice to Bondhold-
ers OgIethorpe Lodge No. /, I. o. o. F.;
Dividend Notice, Augusta and Savannah
Railroad; Interest Notice, Peoples Saw
ings and Loan Company; Splendid Store
Building for Rent. w. NJ. q W. f. Coney;
A First-Rste Rule. R. I. Clancy & Co;
Greene & Co, Auction Sale of Bicycles,
Thomas Bicycle Emporium; Hack Ser
vice. John Kelly, Proprietor; knights
Pharmacy; Levans Table d'Hote; Money
on Easy Terms, Peoples Savings and Loan
Company; Kodaks and SpeesacIes, H. H.
Livingston.
Business Notices - Summer Engage
ments. Hunter & Van Keuren: Mid-sum-
mer Weddings, Theus Bros.
Laundry-E. w. Laundry.
Goods Lower Than Ever-At E;cksteinis.
All Kinds of Seasonabie Goods--Jack-
son, Metzger & Co.
Wear Metropolitan Clothing and Keep
Cool in the sun-Metropolitan Clothing
Company.
Challenge Sale-A. s. Nichols.
Watch Us Crown. Dryfus
Hotels-HoteI Dalton, Dalton, Ga
rs This Hot Enough for You're. A.
Munster.
Builders' Hardware-H. II. Peoples &
Sons.
Burt & Packard shoes-Giobe Shoe Com
pany.
Beef-Liebfg's Extract of Beef
Auction Saies-A Fine Corner Residence
by c. H. Dorset, Auctioneer; Mondays
Auction Sale by C. III. Dorset, Auctloneer;
Store and Dwelling. by I. D. LaRoche,
AucIioneer; an Attractive Investment in
Realty, by Il. G. Black, Auctfoneer.
A Really Money-Saving sale-At Gut
mans.
Special Price For Mems shoes-.Chas.
Marks.
It's Refreshins-B. H. Levy q Bro.
To July Wedding Gift seekers-Geo. w.
Allen & Co.
Great Midsummer Carnivsl-LeopoId
Adler.
Luxury-At B. III. Levy a. Bro.
The Talk of the Town--Cohen-Kuiman
Carriage and Wagon Co.
Just Finished Stock Taking-Walsh A.
Never.
The Bee-Hive-N.. Schultz.
Gas Range-MutuaI Gas Light Com
pany.
Hot Day Bargains-Daniel Hogan,
Pocketknives by the Lot-Thomas West
g. Co.
Observation-Disclosures College. North
Carolina.
The Only Event of Importsnce-Foys &
Morrison.
Look Ahead Little-Lattimores, West
Congress Street.
Machinery for Sale--Stratton Brick
Company. Macon, Ga.
Postum Cereal Coree-Postum Cereal
Company.
The Best Yet, Lot for a Home or for
a "Spec"-C. II. Dorset, Auctioneer.
Steamship Schedule-French Line,
Compa gnie Generate TRANSFORMATIONS.
Medicsl-Munyon's Guarantees; Hoods
Sarsaparilla; stuart's Dyspepsia Cure;
Worlds Dispensary Preparations; r. r..
r.; DR.. Hathaway Company; Peruua:
Soma.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Heip
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; PERSONAL; Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01

Mr.. Wooiley, who has been nominated
by the Prohibitionists for President, was
at one time very heavy drinker Realiz-
ing in time that he could not master his
appetite for drink If he INDUCED IL at all.
he resolved to become a teetotaler and to
work for the temperance cause lie ia a
lawyer by profession, and an orator of
note. II has been said of him that he
can spin sunshine into golden streaks Of
are"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01

A story current is to the effect that
Sena tor Clark of Montana is going to con-
tribute 100000 to the Democratic ma
tional campaign fund. According to the
story, Senator Clark feels very bitterly
towards the Republicans because of his
treatment in the Senate and he is willing
to give the sum named to aid in defeating
them.