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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09

Albany Herald: Our hat is off to
Mrs. w. w Monk, of Worth county.
She and her husband are farmers on
the hog and hominy plan. And they
are progressive, prosperous, up-to-date
farmers. Mrs. Monk may be the bet
ter farmer of the two for all we know.
But whether this be the case or not,
she is certainly a model farmers WIFE
and we note that she attends the fairs
and makes exhibits. She takes prizes,
too. We learn from the Worth Local
that Mrs. Monk has attended two fairs
this year and has banked over 500
from premiums on her exhibits, after
paying all expenses. Besides this she
sold a lot of her exhibits, realizing a
neat sum for the same.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
MILL BURNED AT DARLINGTON.

The Darlington flour mill, valued at
about $4,000, was burned to the ground
Thursday night, the fire starting about
II o'clock Mr.. T. c. Shores was the
owner and proprietor of the enterprise.
He had some insurance on the proper
ty, but will lose about $4,000. He will
rebuild at once on the same site. The
mill was situated i'm Tobacco Town"
and a number of frame building were
endangered All that saved the Amer
lean Tobacco Company's plant was
the direction of the wind. 1t is not
known how the fire started. A box
car on the spur track was burned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
Girl AND HORSE MISSING.

Wadley Banner: Mr. j. A. Butts, the
livery man here, has wired the au-
thorities at Wilson, n. c., to hold Dur.
ham, the man arrested there with the
supposed Miss Cropsey of Elizabeth
City. It is the general opinion here
that Durham is the Or. Calhoun" to
whom Mr.. Butts hired a horse and
buggy for a few days. some time since.
The horse and buggy was never re-
turned, but about the same time Mrs.
Clarke, who was Mrs. Kersey, lost her
daughter. Mr.. Butts will leave for Will
son, p. c., as soon as he can obtain
papers of authority. to interview Mr.
Durham-"Dr. Calhoun'-and If he
proves to be the right man, Mr.. Butts
will endeavor to give him justice. Mr..
Butts left Thursday night for Wilson,
N c., via Atlanta.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
AFTER MILITARY POST.

Greenville has sent strong COM
mittee to Washington to present the
claims of that city for a permanent
military post. They have strong hopes
of success. Besides, there are facts
that are encouraging. The commission
which has control of the matter is
composed of seven officers, two Of
whom. Col. Sanger. assistant secretary
of war and Gen. Randell, formerly
lieutenant colonel of the Two Hundred
and Third New York Regiment. were
encamped in Greenville during the
Spanish American War. and both of
them are known to be well pleased
with the city of Greenville.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
FLORIDA.

Kissimmee Valley Gazette: A gen
eral meeting of the members Of the
Stockmen's Association of Osceola
county was held in the Town Hall on
Monday, at which a letter was read
from Maj. AleN,St. Clair Abrams, the
attorney for the association, tender
ing his resignation and recommending
the dissolution of the association, for
the reason that the object for which
it was organized, namely the suppress
sion of COW stealing, had been accom-
plished as SHOW by the records of the
criminal courts. Votes of thanks to
Mai. Abrams and the officers of the
association were passed and a resolu
ton adopted declaring the dissolution
of the association. Since its organi
zation, three years ago, the associa>
ton had collected and expended 5000
in criminal prosecutions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
AUGUSTUS POLICE RECORD.

The annual report of Chief of Police
Norris of Augusta for the fiscal year
ending NnY. 80 1901. calls attention TO
thu decrease of crime in that city as
compared with the previous year. The
report shows the number of arrests g.
AL. as against Sab last year; cases re-
ported 1880, as against 1887 last year.
1t also discloses the amount of fines
imposed $47 ,273.75. against ST., 1855,
amounts of fines collected $10,559.05, as
against 1892 80. He calls attention to
the fact that during the past year but
two homicides were committed against
eight last year.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
yETERANs, FEuD SETTLED.

The feud which has long existed be-
tween the two factions of Camp 1894
at Augusta has been settled by the
report of the committee appointed for
the purpose by Gen. G. A. Evans at
the last encompment. The report rec
ognizes the Bryson faction as Camp
1894, but gives the Harris faction the
privilege of organizing new camp,
should its members see fit to do SO.
The $500 camp fund is to be divided
between the two camps in the ratio of
43 to "a, provided the Harris faction
procures a charter within a specified
time. Otherwise, all the funds go to
Camp 1894 The Harris camp is the
one which always attends reunions
armed and equipped as veterans of the
sixties,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
GEORGIA MAsoNs IN FINE SHAPE.

From advance sheets of the official
proceedings of the Grand Lodge of
Masons of Georgia some very inter-
esting statistics of the order appear.
Under the administration Of Grand
Master Max Meyerhardt, there was an
increase in membership during the
past year of about 800, the first SUBJ
stantial increase in several years.
There are now 81. 900 Masons in Geor-
gia. The financial condition of the
Grand Lodge is the best in its his
tory. It is estimated that there will
be a surplus in the treasury at the
opening of the next communication of
between 81. 600 and $4,000 Eleven new
lodges were chartered during the past
year. The trustees of the proposed
Masonic Home, of which Grand Master
Meyerhardt is chairman, have avail
able about IS 900. They hope to raise
an additional $1,000 within the next
few months. when the contract for the
home will be let. The location has not
vet been decided on.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
To Inaugurate white Primary.

Thomasville. Ca. Dec. S.-A move
ment has been started here to hold
white primary election for municipal
officers. Efforts have been made in
this direction heretofore, but have
failed. owing to peculiar circumstances
in each case. AS there seems to be
no opposition for Mayor at the forth
coming election, number of citizens
think II a seasonable time to inaugu-
rate this reform. and "A meeting has
been called for Dec. ~ for that pur-
80.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09

Waycross, Ca, Dec. S.-The First
National Bank has been designated as
depository for the Plant System at
this point The checks of employees
will be cashed by this bank without
exchange.
There is talk of an entirely new drug
company being organized in Waycross.
1t is to be a stock company.
Mr.. Dock Owens has resigned his po-
sition as manager of the Waycross
restaurant of the Plant System. 1t
is said he win open a new restaurant
here about the first of the year.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Rufus NJ. Shealy. a prominent plant
err. two miles east of Batesburg. COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the head with a pistol Thurs
day at o'clock. Mr.. Shealy had been
in poor health for some time. He was
so years old. He leaves a wife and
several children.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
FIorlda,s ExhIbit nj ChnrIeston.

Gainesville. Fla. Dec. S.-Mayor
John w. Traub. Florida commissioner
70 the Charleston Exposition. says
Florida will have a fine exhibit AZ the
exposition. This gentleman Is out with
a card announcing the various arti-
cles that will be there. including all
kinds Of field crops household articles.
handiwork. etc. He will leave short
iy 10 take charge Of the exhibit,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09

Some Of the best of our trees are
raised from dwarf trees, and in Europe
where land is expensive these trees are
used almost exclusively. They have
been traind 20 produce more fruit and
less tree and vine. This they do so
we'll that a farmer with a fraction Of
an acre OF lana can actually raise
fruit enough off II support the family,
In this country where land Is plenti-
fui little attention has been given 20
dwarf trees. and their fruit Is hardly
known I'm our markets. Yet there are
some points OF excellence In this class
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
THIEVES GET 20 YEARS.

Five negro thieves, who have been
systematically robbing the merchants
of Waynesboro for the last several
months. were convicted in the city
Court at that place last week and gwen
sentences of from twelve months TO
500 months each, the aggregate sen
fences amounting to twenty-five years
fn1. the hnnch.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
NEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA,
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Burglars entered the room of Henry
Parker, an aged one-legged farmer
near Bremen, while he and family were
at supper Friday night, and took away
a trunk containing 800. The trunk mas
not been found, and there is no clue.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
A child Fatally Burned.

Jasper, Fla, Dec s.-The dress of
the 2-year- old child of Mrs. Steel. near
Jasper, while out in the yard where
they were burning trash, caught fire
and was burned off. The child only
lived a few hours
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09

ment store in Greenville. Ala. when he
received his commission as second
lieutenant in the regular army.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
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formation that every man should
know. IL covers clearly and fully all
private diseases. their origin, effects
and cure, by one who has made them
his lifes study, and is the most skill
full specialist in the United states. A
copy Of this book OF plain facts for
men we'll be sent free, securely sealed,
20 all who will send their name and
address TO
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, NJ. D..
25A Bryan street, Savannah, Ca
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
MORMONs MAKING HEADwAY.

Gainesville Sun: Information comes
from Lafayette county that there is
great interest there in the Mormon re-
ligion and that hundreds of converts
are being made to that faith. ]. r.
Smith, former resident of Trenton,
and who at one time was one of the
most influential men of that place, is
preaching Mormonism there. and from
all accounts he is winning over every
thing to his cause. A gentleman who
reached here yesterday said that there
was great excitement in Lafayette
county, and that those who We're MAX
ing an effort to block the progress of
Mormonism in those counties are not
meeting with success. There are sew
eral elders in that county in addition
to Mr.. Smith and his wife and all of
them are working hard. There have
been regular meetings held at some
of the most prominent points of the
county and the attendance has been
large. The women OF the county are
also assuming a deep interest in this
Mormon adherents by the score. The
same is true of Taylor county, where
there are several elders at work
among the people. in these two coun-
ties there is not the intelligent and
influential opposition to Mormonism,
end there is sure to be a great many
converts in both counties. ]. r. Smith
at one time studied law in this city
and has represented himself here in
several suits.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
THE kENDALL-sTEFFEE TRAGEDY

Kissimmee Valley Gazette: The
tragedy occurred in the Steffee home
al Single on Monday afternoon about
4 o'clock Miss Steffee and her moth
er were sitting sewing at opposite
ends of the same room with their
backs to each other Kendall came in
with a shotgun and said he was going
out to get some quail. AS he was
going out his gun went off and shot
Miss Steffee in the back through her
heart In a few seconds Mrs. Steffee
heard a shot in the passage. Kendall
had tried to kill himself Mrs. Steffee
rushed out to her neighbors for help.
Upon her return, tracks of blood were
all over the house showing where
Kendall had crawled and he was
found unconscious at the door of his
room The shot that struck him in
flicted flesh wound in his left breast
and went through his left arm. pc
culiar feature of the case is that Ken
dali is unable to talk, the nervous
shock having deprived him of the pow
er of speech He writes answers to all
questions but says he does not know
how it happened. Kendall served in
the quartermasters department in the
Philippines and is now on furlough.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
SOUTH GEORGIA OPPORTUNITY

The Weekly Tallahasseean: Hon
Henry G. Turner of Quitman, Ga. has
written a card declining to become a
candidate for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation in that state
This leaves the field open for South
Georgia to concentrate on j. H. Estiil,
the able and fearless editor of the sa-
vannah Morning News. For years
South Georgia has been whining about
not being given show with the state
offices. The section south of Macon has
always been divided on its candidates
and by presenting a solid front, North
Georgia has been enabled to rake in all
the plums.
The time is now ripe for South Geor-
gia to secure something, and the people
have no better candidate in sight
than Mr.. Estill. AS far as intellect IS
concerned, he is the peer of any man
now mentioned for Governor. He is
man of undoubted integrity. safe ana
conservative, a good business man
and. withal, we'll qualified to fill the
high office of Governor of Georgia
Mr.. Estill is a liberal newspaper man
and deserves well at the hands OF his
brethren of the press. Now, let South
Georgia unite on him, or hereafter hold
her peace.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09

Sylvania Telephone: Hon. Jim Smith,
of the county of Oglethorpe, has decid-
ed to come in and simplify that guber-
Material puzzle.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09

Douglas Breeze: Mr.. Turner having
announced mot ready" Messrs. Eshll,
Query and Terrell will please go on
" Il -the-ease.-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09

Darien Gazette: Congressman Brant-
ley will remain in Brunswick and in
the Eleventh district. The people want
Brantley to remain in Congress, and
they are going to see to it, themselves,
that their wishes are carried out
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09

Americas Herald: On account of bad
health Hon. H. G. Turner announces
that he will not be a candidate for
Governor. This leaves the South Geor-
gia field practically to Col. j H. Esull,
of Savannah.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09

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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Yet Natures charms. the hills and woods.
The sweeping wales. the foamilg hoods,

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBIIc.
Yet Natures charms. the hills and woods.
The sweeping wales. the foaming hoods.
Are free alike to all.
When Burns. more than a hundred years
ago, penned those lines In his famous epistle
to Davie. there was little appreciation OF
nature by the masses.
On Of the most striking Developments
Of the last twenty years is the growth Of
the popular interest in bird and beast and
stun life Of the jungle. forest, field and
hedge row.. The children Of the public
schools and even Of the k~indergartens are
led into the parks and suburbs to have the
mysteries of tree n leaf and insect ex-
pounded to them by intelligent teachers.
and In every big book store there is q dis
tinct department devoted to volumes Of ma
ture study"
Among the recent interpreters Of the hid
den sense Of the woods there ia none more
charming than NJ. Adolph Rette. the French
poet. The Forest Of Fo~ntainebleau is only
about half an hour from Paris by railway.
While 1t scarcely answers to the American
conception of ''the forest primeval.'' It IL
several times A. large as Forest Park.
Traversed by thousands OF miles OF roads
and paths. It has been time out Of mind the
haunt of French landscape painters, tour
lists and summer sotourners. But among
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27

the millions that have visited Fontaine-
bleau. who has ever learned or given to the
world the following charming teachings
Of the Forest which NJ. Rette. through the
pages Of the Grande Revue, presents as the
result OF a twilight walk beneath the trees:
Emerging from the railway station. you
find . road bordered with tall sycamores.
You turn to the right. round a ciump or
houses. and find a rising path which leads
you into the heart of the forest. You follow
It. and after passing the underground at
the entrance you bury yourself in the in
nnitude Of lofty foliage. You walk with
slow steps. more and more enchanted with
Whist meets the eye on every hand.
The sun sets with majestic slowness
Little rosy clouds precede HIM. as II to pre-
pare the royal couch on which he 10 to rest.
His enfeebled rays glide oSliquely over the
forest. unseing with purple the motoniess
foliage. The orange-colore ed trunks OF the
pines stand out in strong relief from the
background Of brightly illuminated greens.
But In the recesses great shadows are
spreading. The sun still. descends. II touches
the hilltops. and slowly sinks out Of sight
In q lake Of fiuid gold. which. slowly spread
hs. nils half the heavens.
This last parting glory In its turn fades
away. The sunset alddens into . tint OF
pale emerald. The evening star appears
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27
,ESSONS WHICH THE FOREST TEACHES
BY M. AID oLPH RETTE, FRENCH poEr-rHILos oPHER.

trembling above the tree tops. The nightin-
gale with long silver notes preludes its can
ticle OF the night. The soft melancholy OF
twilight spreads above the trees, which
softly sigh to the breath OF a scarcely per-
ceptible breeze.
Then your heart overfows witt love II
your worst enemy were there you would
forgive him.
You share as II you were one Of them In
the ecstasy Of the trees. You repeat the
stanzas of the poem they are reciting to the
glory Of holy nature. A birch tree palpi-
tates under the hand you have leaned upon,
1t. The serenity of the evening expands
your nostrils. Having chosen your normal
place in the chain of things. STEPPED your
self again in the spring Of creation. you feel
yourself stronger and better for all the
future.
.tsuch are the first blessings of the great
goddess Sylvia. The trees have impaired to
you a little Of their knowledge, and they
are sure that hereafter you will come back
to them in search Of new teachings.
What are these teachings? To begin
with. an aesthetic lesson.
I'm considering the manner in which the
branches attach themselves to the trunk and
tracing the logic which regulates their de-
%velopment even to the furthest twigs. one
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27

brary Of the Alpine Club. I believe. possesses
no copy. nor 10 It mentioned in the compre-
hensive photography Of Swiss travel and
Swiss guide books by the Reverend ". A. B.
Coolidge. who indeed gives Murray the
credit of having been the first in the Held.
Yet It Is an excellent work. evidently for
the most part the original product of per-
sonal experience.
OF course. mountaineering as a popular
pastime was not yet invented in tina year,
but Mr.. Downes gives an accurate descrip-
ton of the old route up Mont Blanc, and
seems to look on Alpine climbers with ad-
miration. Even he himself mounts one of
the Chamounlx Alguilles ''as high a. pru-
dence will allow"
This rare work. 1t is understood, Is to be
used some day soon in a new work Of Al
pine climbing. II II il not republished as II
stands. with notes.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27

acquires the sense Of rhythm On applying
this science to the study Of works Of art you
will be surprised and charmed to discover
that you have strengthened yourself In Q
rectitude Of judgment which enables you
to enjoy through knowing Its source the
thought Of the masters. and to appreciate In
what respects they correspond to the
thought which nj from the universe.
DO you want a poetic lesson? Go into the
forest on q day when there Is a high wind.
The wind Is In love with all the trees and
they return his affection. Sometimes he
glides across the needles of the pines; he
makes lnem resound like organs In q vault
ed cathedral: and when they resound to his
oaresses he intones a chant of triumph
which recalls the sound Of the ocean faint
ing at the feet Of cliffs.
Sometimes circling In proud cadence
around the oaks. he inspires them with
epics: and the oaks. vibrating with warlike
ardor, give forth sounds which seem to come
from q brazen trumpet. The odes that the
wind elicits from the beeches-an arrogant
and ferocious tribe-hum like the sounds OF
q harp with iron strings. But when he runs
across the timid birches where they stand
trembling he moderates his speed. He knows
that, pressed too hard. the birches will break
into confused sobs and that only Q soft ca
ress will make them voice their hidden
eleeies. and that they shudder At the slight
est touch.
And so he lightly woos them until they
whisper their aeolian cradle songs.
do you want u moral lesson! Thestfees
will give you teaching in patience and cou.-
age.
Life is hard in the forest. There are in
II voracious species like the beeches. which
ceaselessiy endeavor TO encroach UPON the
territory of others. When they are numer-
Gus enough the beeches cross the border Of
their original area and march to the con-
quest of their %neighbors. II they are the
stronger they kill all around them. for their
ambi,ion would be to possess the forest all
to themselves.
How are they resisted? By united &C
ton.
THE birches. a race too feeble n timid
to engage In war. make alliance with the
pines. These. of n ruggedDess scarcely in
ferior to that of the beeches. establish pro-
tective and defensive lines in front Of the
birches. And they not only protect their
friends, but render blow for blow to the
assailants. Their knotty roots engage in-a
struggle with. those of the beeches. They
devote themselves to unseen battles be-
meath the soil. OF the two parties the less
valiant perishes. The beeches arc driven
back, but. as they are always ready to re-
new the combat. the pines preserve toward
them an attitude of armed peace.
with regard to patience. see that young
oak which rises modestly among the ferns.
It began by only freeing itself from the
mass Of tall grasses. Survivor Of = mass of
acorns which fell last autumn and rotted In
the moist earth. It alone took root. At first
It was only a slight stem. with two tender
leaves and Q frail bud in the middle. There