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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
THE MAN OF THE Twelfth OF MAY.

Augusta Herald: In the Confederate
Day" exercises, conducted in most of the
cities and towns of Georgia, Friday in
behalf of the Winnie Davis memorial, the
establishment of which is for the educa-
ton of Georgia girlhood, one of the poems
at the suggestion of Mrs. j. A. Rounsa-
Vile of Rome, president of the Georgia
Division OF the United Daughters of the
Confederacy, to whom is due the credit
of the whole movement-was made a con-
spicuous feature of many of the pro-
grammes presented recalls to the memo
ries of many the fact that the day is a
grandly historic one in Georgia's records
of heroism. The poem was written by
Hon. Robert Falligant of Savannah in
honor of Gen. John B. Gordon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
uoNORED sCHwED,s MEMORY.

Macon Telegraph: About $50 Masons of
Macon gathered at the Temple last night
death of NJ G. Schwed, who about six
teen years ago died, leaving $1,000, the in
terest from which he wished to be used
in celebrating in this manenr each an
niversary of his death. 1t is always a
solemn occasion with the Masons but
after the proper memorial exercises they
proceed to feast in the manner prescribed
in Mr. Schweds will. Addresses were
made by Messrs. Walter p. Corbett, ia
cob Hirsch and c. M. Wiley, each paying
tribute to the man whose memory they
were honoring.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
FLORIDA.

Fort Myers Press: The new bank open
ed its doors to the public last Thursday,
and the business for the first day was
most gratifying to the bank officials. the
deposits for the first day amounting to
$1,000 which exceeded the business of
the parent bank in Tampa on it's opening
day. Col. John Trice, the president, was
the recipient of many beautiful bouquets
of flowers, fine specimens of fruits, etc,
while many of the business men called
around to express their well wishes for
the success of the institution.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
AUGUSTA OIL MILL PURCHASED.

Augusta has been purchased by the Vir-
ginia Carolina Chemical Company. The
final papers in the transaction will be
passed May 10. The purchases embrace
all the oil mill and the refinery and do
not include the ice department or the
coal business The principal owners of
the stock of the Interstate Cotton Oil
Company are George F. Baker of Column
bus. s. c., c. II. Reamer and James d.
Dawson of Augusta. The. transaction is
said to involve a quarter of a million
dollars.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
srRANGLED A WILD CAT.

Gainesville Sun: Mr. N. Sylvester, one
of the progressive planters of the Hague
section, relates his recent experience
with a tremendous wildcat near Hague
E. Sylvester, the father of the young
man, had a trap set for some animal
which had been killing his chickens, sup
posed to be a coon. The following MORN
ing after the trap had been set, My. Syl-
vester went to ascertain If the trap had
accomplished it's purpose, when he was
surprised to find a wild cat tightly clinch-
cd between the strong steel jaws. 1t was
the old gentleman's desire to capture the
animal alive, consequently he summoned
his son to help him. The young man
cautiously approached his catship from
the rear, quickly grasping the animal
back of the neck. 1t is useless TO add
that a general scene of animation fol-
lowed in which the fur flew lively for a
while. The animals antagonist finally
got the better of the situation, however,
but when the cat was released from the
trap ii was found that he had been
strangled to Death by the tight grasp of
his captor. His catship was one OF the
largest ever captured in this county,
measuring three feet one inch from head
to tail. Mr.. Sylvester relieved the ami
NAL IL its skin, which he holds as a
Renaissance OF his experience.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

Hamilton Journal: Lieut.. P w. Har-
rison. of the Forty-seventh Infantry, U.
S. V, arrived home Tuesday from Manila
p. 1. He has been quite sick but is much
better. On leaving Manila he had to be
carried on board ship on stretcher. but
he gained thirty pounds en- route to
Frisco Mr.. Harrison has been COM
pletely around the world He left Amer
lea from New York. going through the
Atlantic ocean and returned over the
Pacific, travelling all the while in an
easterly direction.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
CAUGHT A RUSSIAN RAT.

Georgia Cracker (Gainesville): A negro
hostler. at A. A. Hopes livery stable, on
South Main street, trapped genuine Rus
sian rat Thursday morning, fun grown
and of a bright red color. How the Mus
covite rodent happened to be so far from
home, and exactly how ne got to North
cast Georgia, are conundrums the cor
rect solution of which would make mighty
interesting reading. The red foreigner
was captured alive. and is now safely
Gagged and to be seen by the curious at
Mr.. Hopes stable.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
CRANKs WRITE MAYOR BowDEN.

Jacksonville Metropolis: The Mayors
mail for the past week has been the
largest in the city of Jacksonville, and
while hundreds have through communica-
lions volunteered aid, the recent destruc-
ton has developed very choice lot of
idiots who exist elsewhere in the coun-
try. Some have written that they pre-
dicted the calamity on account of the
sins of the Jacksonville people. Others
dreamed that they saw jacksonville
ablaze on last Friday night. One fellow
who should be tarred and feathered,
writes from st. Paul, Mimi, that he was
having a great deal of satisfaction read
ing an account of the fire. He said he
had been praying for fire for Jackson
willie for ten years. A freak who should
be placed on exhibition comes from Beau
fort, s. C. He writes that he will fur
nish a thousand negroes for Jacksonville,
who will work at $3.50 each per day, if
the city will pay him S. each of secur-
ing them. He wants his money in adj
vance There are scores of such letters
being received from such people.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
CELEBRATED HIS ANNIVERSARY.

Vienna Progress: Oscar M. Heard was
50 years old Tuesday evening. and he
celebrated the occasion in the opera house
with eata bles and drinkables with few
of his friends. only about 100 of whom
were present. The crowd was composed
of men of nearly every occupation fol-
lowed in Vienna from preachers on down
An hour was spent most pleasantly, and
we never saw Oscar in a happier mood
and the mood was echoed back to him
from the crowd. Young Heard cut just
such a caper as that last year, and his
friends arc looking forward to one next
year.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
SHOULD SEND STATESMEN.

cambridge Democrat: There are l1s
counties that get back more in pensions
and school funds than they pay into the
state treasury, and some of them get back
more In school funds alone than they pay
into the treasury. These counties are
fiourishing under the system and their
representatives I'm the Legislature will of
course vote to keep il up, and the evil
is TOO deep to be reached by mandamus
proc eding. II is away down at the tap
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY
To the Superior Court of said county:
The petition of Raphael T. Semmes, John
Flannery, John Arthur Moncrief and Jo-
seph L. Burr of said state and county, re-
specially shows:
First. That they desire for themselves
their associates and SUCCESSORS. to be in
corporated under the name and style of
SEMMES HARDWARE COMPANY, for
the period of twenty years, with the priv
ilege of renewal at the expiration of that
time.
Second. That they desire the principal
office of said corporation to be in the city
of Savannah. Chatham county, Georgia.
with the right to establish branch Offices
and agencies and conduct business in
such other places in Georgia and else
where, as to the officers or directors OF
the corporation may deem expedient.
Third. That the object of said corpora
tion Is pecuniary gain TO its stockhold-
ers.
Fourth That the particular business
which said corporation will carry on is
the hardware business. and petitioners de-
sire that said corporation be empowered
to buy. sell and In every way deal in
hardware, and in ell kindred lines of
goods. wares and merchandise; to acquire.
own and dispose of patents, trade marks
and copyrights; to engage at any time in
the manufacture of such articles as are
sold by the trade, and the same to dis
continue at Will; and in every and any
way 10 deal in such real and personal
property as may be deemed necessary or
desirable in connection with said bust
ness.
Fifth. That the capital stock Of said
corporation will be the sum of $50 900. d.
vided into shares OF 800 each. fully paid
w. but petitioners desire that sold COR
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
Shipping Memoranda.

Baltimore. May 13.-Sailed, steamer
Margaret A. May Savannah.
Hamburg. May 12.-Arrived, steamer
Elesnora Mail. Savannah,
Philadelphia, May 13.-Arrived. steamer
Roanoke, Jacksonville.
Charleston. May 13.-Arrived, steamers
Coma niche, Pennington, Jacksonville, and
proceeded to New York; Iroquois, KEN
bic. New York, and proceeded to Jackson
VILE; Navahoe, johnson, Boston, and pro-
ceeded to Jacksonville; tug Walcott Bos-
ton and proceeded to Havana.
Sailed, steamer Iris, Fraser, Baracoa.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
FLOWED UP TOO SOON.

OFlethorpe Echo As we reported last
week many farmers in this county were
engaged the first of last week in plow
ing up and replanting cotton that had
been planted since the first and second
weeks in April 1t develops now that
many of these farmers acted too hurried
Iy in this matter since in many fields not
replanted goot stands have come up with
in the past week. In some though there
has been a failure to get stands.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
A TRAVELLING HOUSE CAR.

GAINESVILLE Gazette: For the past
month and a half Messrs. E. H. and f.
ing a novel sort of vehicle. 1t is in the
shape of a large car or house on wheels.
The vehicle is designed for travelling
through che country, serving as a place
for eating and sleeping as well a con-
veyance. The Messrs. Bloodworth will
leave soon in their travelling house for
a fishing trip and later, F. d. Bloodworth
will go for an extended trip.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

root. and will only be out and overcome
by sending statesmen-not wooden men
to the Legislature, from those counties
as well as from all the counties, and SEN
atoria districts. and there's no better
time than now TO begin laying plans to
this end.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local and General News of ships
and shipping.

and shipping.
The tragic death of Mr. Henry Juchter,
an account of which occurred in yester-
days Morning News, removes a promi-
nent factor in local shipping circles. For
a quarter of a century he has been closely
connected with local shipping. He en-
courased every effort looking to the bet
terment of the port and an enlargement
of its business. He was interested in some
of the companies that operate upon the
river. His death is deplored among ship
ping men.
The schooner Laura, Capt. Larrabee,
which arrived Sunday from New York,
had cargo of coal consigned to the Her
man Coal and Wood Company.
kilograms state that the schooner Car
o,ine Gray from New York for Savannah,
returned to the former port yesterday
with her jib-boom carried away and that
the British schooner Josephine, from Bear
River, ". s., was ashore off Winthrop,
Mass. The latter vessel, it was expected,
would float without serious trouble.
After being renamed Luckenbach and
rebuilt, the steamer Saase, which was
burned in the Hoboken fire last year, will
in few months become the largest tramp
freighter flying the American flag. Louis
Luckenbach has bought her. and will
spend $4,000 in rebuilding the vessel.
The schooner Emma c. Cottingham,
from Mobile, has arrived at Key West,
to load a cargo of lumber which arrived
there on the bark Ceres bound from Ss-
bine Pass for Las Palmas. The Ceres was
declared unsea worthy and condemned,
and the Cottingham WIZ take her cargo
to it's destination.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

Passengers by steamship Chattahoochee
for New York May 10: Miss Hattie Bull,
Miss e. Hunter Miss Lizzie Williamson,
d. c. Baker and wife, Miss e. Hill, j, L..
Cutler, w N. French. J. N. Starbuck,
Mr.. Parks and wife Miss Rachel Lee,
Miss Hannah Baton. Miss Feavy and sis
ter. T. P. Potter, Mrs. C. S. Wood, Mrs.
F. NJ. Hertshorn. Mrs. NJ. Paulsen, c. A.
Fehler, f. G. Ireland, c, H. Stigner, Mr..
Fisher and wife, DIR. w. H, Huichison, A.
F. Holcomb. l.. C. Pittman, Mrs. f. w.
AIutherstock, Mrs. e. II. Green, Miss A.
OConnor, Miss Pew, w. l. Sims and wife,
and three children, "A. d. Baldwin and
family, John Wolf and wife, Mrs. W. d.
Baillairge, Mrs. W. d. McDougald and
child, S. Rosenthai. H. B. Mcfarland and
wife, Mr.. Macarthur and son, Mrs. J. A.
Blanford, G. c. Fox, L. Reese, Mrs. Reese,
Miss Sallie Reese.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
Notice TO Mariners.

Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters OF YES
sells free of charge in United States n.y.
geographic Office in Custom House. Cap
tains are requested to call al the office
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
mp PARAGRAPHS

Hartwell can boast of what the Sun
says they do not suppose another town
South cana young lady carpenter. This
lady has recently f1oored and ceiled,
painted and papered her room besides
other little jobs of handiwork about the
house. She inherited her gift from her
father. who was carpenter, besides &C
curing skill by the wise of his tools
which a child,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

Steamship Allegheny, Foster, Philadel'
phia.
Steamship Chattahoochee, Lewis, New
York.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
TELEGRAPHlc MARKETS.
CONTINUED from Ninth Pagso
COTTON SEED OIL

New York, May 1S.-Cottonseed oil quiet
and barely steady at a shade easier prices.
Prime crude. barrels, nominal; prime sum-
mer yellow 34c; off summer yellow, $50
S31zc; prime white, 3712dSSc; prime winter
yellow, 3Sc; prime meal. $24.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
CHICAGO MARKETS.

Chicago, May ia sharp reaction to-
wards better level occurred in the grain
markets to-day, that in wheat being help
ed by damage reports. Profit taking by
shorts was also influential. July wheat
closed nc higher; July corn &c up and
july oats Zee improved. Provisions closed
a shade to 1212c higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening HIGHEST. Lowest. CLOSING
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
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invite the AFFLICTED to consult me.
without cost. or write for complete symp-
tom blanks. which will explain my sue
cessful plan Of home treatment.
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY. NJ. D..
Is "A" Bryan street Savannah. Ca.
once hours-9 a. m. 10 u m. 2 20 !, 70
. ,. %. sundays, 10 a. N. TO p. N, -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

Passengers by steamship Nacoochee,
New York for Savannah, May II: l.
Jacobson, F. c. Rogers and wife, Mrs. B.
Gertz and two children, Miss r. Hircn,
c. NJ. Gray Mrs. L. Woodward, DR.. w. X.
Kubin and wife, Mrs Davis, Mrs. p. q.
Garrett. r. Cochran H. Schuster, G. w.
Conover, j.. S. Hudson, ]. M. Bail, ]. o.
Mcbride. w s. Bernard, w. A. Musgrave
E. II. Freid and wife, G. Webster Selma
Hornstein, A. Hornstein, B. Hornstein
Annie Stern, Rachel Wedletz, jennie
Wedletz, F. Olsen, G. Marulle, j. Haeg-
erty.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
.VesxeI. Went IN Sea.

Schooner Oscar c. Schmidt, Norbury
Philadelphia.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

Casn quotations were as 1olloWs' tlour'
dull; No. spring wheat, 69q71%c; No.
2 red, 7Oa717sc; No. corn, 5l12452c; No.
2 yellow, 511a452c; No oats, 2s14G29c
No. white, 30lac; No. white, 1914 d29l4c;
No rye, 5115d52c; good feeding barley,
52d55c; fair to choice mating, 54157c No.
l fax seed, 81 71d1.72; No. l Northwestern.
$l1G1.72; prime timothy seed, 50. o06l3. 30;
mess pork. per barrel. s14. 55a1460; lard,
per 100 pounds. 81 s5Q7 S71s; short ribs
sides, Ooose). $7.95ds. Is; dry sailed Shout
ders, (boxedD, 67sd71sc; short clear sizes,
(boxeD, $S.121a@S.25; whisky, basis OF
high wines, 81 .2S.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

Passengers per steamship Allegheny,
sailing to Philadelphia May 10: Miss S.
Hurry, Ernest Block, Miss NJ. Gary,
j. S. Bodder, Miss Bodder, Mrs.
]. M Buston, Mrs. NJ. E. Shrive,
Mrs. C. Green, Miss NJ. Lee, Mary Clark,
George Belle, c. j. Buckley.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

Arrived at Tyhee.
Ve.seIs Cleared Ye.ter

Bark Fristad (Nor), Jacobsen, Cars
ton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

Passengers arrived last night per steam
ship D. H. Miller: B. r. Anderson, Mrs.
Thomas n. Cobb, Master Cobb, G. j.
Parke, j. P. Tichenor, S. King, r. M.
Scruggs Miss Marie Mahoney, Miss Nellie
Burns, James Cope, w. NJ. Franklin, Miss
Miller, Louis Horwitz, S. A. Schuchart,
s. s. Hansell, Rea Bond
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

Savannah Almanac, 10Th Meridian
-. Time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
Asthma Cured by
10lIlMn DR.. TAFT'S
HAY FEVER lsrHnlLErp.

Send for FREE TRIAL BOTTLE.
Address DR. TAFT, 70 f. 10th st., N.Y.city
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

High water at Savannah to-day at 5:oI
a. m, and 5:32 p m High water at Tybee
one hour earlier.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

Sun rises at SIS a m. and sets at Il
p. m.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

This was sold tor no.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14

The schooner Laura, Capt. Larrabee,
which arrived Sunday from New York,
had cargo of coal consigned to The Her
man Coal and Wood Company.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
MONTGOMERY.

Lv. city for Mong'y.I Lv. Montgomery.
80 am from 10th z Is am for 4Oth
30 pm from 10th Is pm for 10th
80 pm from 10Th 90 pm for 10th
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-06
, SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

numbers in every town. OF the condi-
ton of affairs in the great cities the
writer says:
To-day in the treaty ports espe-
cially in the largest and oldest like
Canton, there are some streets in
which almost every shop sells foreign
liquors. Beers, ales, spirits and wines
fill the shelves. and this stock must be
kept to meet the growing taste of the
Chinese for rarely indeed does a Eu-
ropean buy from the shops in the cen
ter of the city"
mo feast" the writer concludes, rs
complete without the wine jar, ana
the whisky cup, and these are hlled
and emptied repeatedly by the guests,
whose crimson faces indicate that the
excitement is great, and possibly the
exhilaration agreeable. In the game OF
"Chai Mui" the noise becomes so great
that in Hong Kong there is an ordi-
nance against it, prohibiting the game
between the hours of IL p. m. and D
a. m.
THAT the masses of the people are in
the main sober everybody who knows
China will at once concede. That there
must be a large quantity of spirit
drunk by somebody. everybody who
knows the facts will maintain. That
there may be a good deal of excessive
drinking among the we'll to-do Chinese
is quite possible. The desire to drink
wine is strong in the people, for there
is never a feast but that the wine jar
is placed on the table. Men love it, and
would drink it if they could
command 1t. When there is extra work
tt be done, the promise of an addi-
tioual ten-cent piece will not stimulate
the tired workers like the vision of a
jar of wine.
From all this it may be inferred that
the Chinese are not temperate so much
from principle as from necessity, and
that probably, as among the ancient
worthless, whose praises Mr.. Giles ex-
tolls. so to-day, among the rich and
leisured classes there is a good deal of
wine drinking, from which through
poverty the masses are debarred."
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-06

possible for him to undertake the
downward journey alone. Guides were
available at the camp, but ne could
not bring himself to endure the mental
torture of looking once more upon the
sights that had wrought such havoc
upon his imagination. The fear that
the dreaful impulse to leap into space
would seize him once more and lead
to his self destruction was ever pres
ent in his agitated brain.
1t was while confronted with these
conditions, yet realizing that the de-
scent was inevitable sooner or later,
that Seaver hit upon the most novel
of recorded plans for escaping the
dreaded danger while in transit. Word
was sent to the foot of the trail. and a
telephone message forwarded to Pas
adena summoning DR.. Charles Lock-
wood to the mountain top and request
ing him to bring the necessary help
to carry a man down to its base. 1t
was late in the evening when the doc
tor received the call. and IL was I'M
possible to go up the trail before the
following morning. Other men were
communicated with and requested to
supply the men and stretcher.
Early Thursday morning DR.. Lock
wood and three assistants started up
the Wilson trail on burros, packing
upon one beast a litter such as IS used
by the Red Cross Ambulance Corps.
At the top of the trail, and before en-
tering the camp the litter was left
out of sight so as to avoid causing
any sensation among the people.
After brief talk with Seaver, DR.
Lockwood administered to him suf-
ficient dose OF ether to render him
nartially unconscious. He was taken
bv the arm and quickly led out of
camp. but by the time he had reached
the litter the drug had taken effect
and he collapsed. His limp form was
placed upon the stretcher and with a
strong man holding the handles at
either end he was carried down the
first two miles of the trail. The way
was steep and the burden heavy, but
the third man alternated with his fell
lows at the handles and good speed was
made.
After that part of the way which
had made such an impression upon
Seaver's mind had been passed he was
allowed to come out from under the
influence OF the anaesthetic. The drug
seemed to have quieted his nerves, and
he was able TO sit up and soon TO walk.
With a man on either side OF him he
walked down the remaining miles OF
the trail, and was driven to this city.