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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

More money is needed for the state
/ Fair. That statement has been made a
number Of times recently and it is TAX
en- for granted that it is not news to
| the people of this city. They will not
be taken by surprise therefore If they
receive a call to-day from the commit
! tee that has in charge the subscrlp-
tions.
This committee hopes to meet with
favorable responses. 1t has every rea-
son to expect that the additional
amount of money needed to make the
Fair a success will be promptly sub
scTibed. Its members are giving their
time to this work without pay or hope
of any reward except that which every
other citizen who has something at
stake in the city has reason to expect.
Therefore its task should be made as
easy as possible. Every citizen who
is financially able should contribute in
accordance with his means.
We have said a number of times, and
we repeat it, that in order to make the
Fair a success more money than has
yet DtGH HuDstIlDtu Is uGGQtu. mere
is no doubt that every citizen wants
the Fair to be a success. That being
the case, there ought TO be no hesita-
ton in giving the Fair Association
some assistance. 1t is not to be expect
ed that the Association will do all the
work and furnish the greater part of
the money for buildings, for grading
the race course, for premiums and 9TH
er necessary expenses.
The thing to do Is for all citizens who
have the means to lend helping hand.
Some are able to subscribe for a few
shares and others for a considerable
number of shares. Naturally those who
are in a position to be directly benefit
ed ought to be the most liberal sub
scribers, and it is probable that this
is the case in respect to the subscrip-
tions already received. But, pretty
nearly everybody will be benefited,
either directly or indirectly, and hence
the shares should be very generally
distributed. In fact it is the duty of
the people of the city to work togeth-
err with the view of trying to make a
Fair that will reflect credit upon the
city and the state.
When the committee calls to-day
don't give it the cold shoulder. Don't
try to avoid helping the enterprise
by telling the committee to call again,
but do what you know you ought to do,
namely, subscribe for as many shares
as you can afford to pay for. The Fair,
if the whole city turns in and works
earnestly for it. will not only be a
uccess-something to be proud Of
but the chances of getting back the
subscription money from gate receipts
and concessions will be greatly in
creased. .y4. t
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ENTHUSIASTICALLY Club of Savan-
nah; German Friendly Society.
Special Notices-Savannah Building
Supply Company; Andrew Hanley
Company; Notice, w. P. LaRoche;
Storm Insurance, A. c. Harmon. Agent;
Hotel Tybee; old Fashioned Stick
Candy, BeIsinger & Gross; A Card.
VIM. Diers: Levan's Table d'Hote.
business Notices-E. & w. Laundry;
Summer Drinks. at MINISTER'S.
Weekly Ball-At South End Pavil-
ion Tomorrow Night.
Pearline-Jas. Pyle & Son. New York.
Amusements-Ro Music Hall.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos.
To the Pan-American-Via the
Ocean Steamship Company.
The Gas Stove-Mutual Gas Light
Company.
For This Week-At Levys.
Cleveland Bicycles-At Lattimore's.
Sauce-Lea & PERKINS, Worcester
shire Sauce.
Medical-Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root:
Rowlinskis Beef. Wine and Iron: Alb
bey's Effervescent Salt; Castoria;
Horsford's Acid Phosphate; Cuticura;
Stuart's Gin and Buchu; Woman's
Friend; B. B. B.; r. r. R.; DIR. Hath
away Co.; Heiskells Ointment; John
sons Chill and Fever Tonic.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
ceIlaneous
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24
A FOUR-HOUR DAY SUGGESTED.

Workingmen everywhere are making
efforts to secure an eight-hour work
ing day. They think that the wise
division of the twenty-four hours into
three equal parts-eight hours for la
Dor, eight hours for the service of God,
and the relief of distressed fellow be-
ings and eight hours for sleep-which
is said to have come down from the
days of the wise King Solomon and
his efficient aids, the two Hirams, in
building the temple, is about the best
division that could be made. There is
in New York however. a preacher, the
Rev. Minot j. Savage, who thinks the
working hours under that rule are too
long. He would cut them directly in
hours, and giving to laborers twenty
out of the twenty four hours.
The Rev. Mr.. Savage, a Unitarian
minister, is a dreamer of dreams He
looks forward to a time, evidently,
when civilization shall have been
brought to it's highest possible state of
perfection. At such a time, possibly,
ing machinery could earn a living in
four hours per day during six days
in the week might spend twelve hours
in labors of love and charity and the
requirement of mental accomplish
ments, and the eight remaining hours
in sleep. But the time of any such
Utopian existence is stin so far in the
ga h.. u4-g.
any but dreamer. Mr.. Savage has
only to look about his own city to see
that the Saturday half-holidays and
the frequent full holidays are not an
unmixed good. They afford many
working people needed rest, it is true;
at the same time they give the police
and the criminal courts a very large
proportion of their business. There is
probably not a full holiday-Fourth of
July, Washingtons Birthday, Christ
mas, Decoration Day, etc-but is at
tended with drunkenness, lighting.
squandering money and numerous UNI
toward happenings that would not
have occurred had the holiday been a
working day instead In a lesser degree
the hah-holidays are attended with
similar occurrences. When the New
York stores. shops, etc, are closed at
noon on Saturdays the employees flock
10 the resorts. many of them OF ques-
tionable character. and waste the
money they have been engaged in
earning during the week.
II would probably be difficult for Mr.
Savage to name any great and bene-
fcial thing ever accomplished by any
man who worked only four hours a
day. The helpful men-the inventors.
builders. and captains Of industry--are
men who work early and late. often
FAR into the night. Mr.. Edison some
times does not leave his laboratory for
/ thirty-six hours or more. Andrew Car
neRie worked and studied day and
night Charles a.. schwab attracted
the attention ~ hia employer by hts
unurnE industry A long lat in such
instances miFht be- made.
There iH proVefh to the effect that
nn idie brain lH tae DEVILS workshop
idie bands ana i8ie braina ~ toFrfhr
90 W0fk ia the beet stimulus ~ 90
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24
Jokcd with Discipline.

Among the other good stories told by
Cyrus Townsend Brady, in his Under
Tops'ls and Tents" is this:
1t is related that large number of
naval cadets were negligent in follow
ing the service in the chapel, which
was after the ritual of the Episcopal
Church. An incautious officer in charge
on Sunday morning made a little adj
dress to the church party on the suo-
ject, saying he supposed that some of
them erred through ignorance, but if
they would observe him carefully and
do as he did lin military parlance, fol-
low the motions of TIE commanding Of
ficer) they would not go wrong.
Word was passed quietly through the
battalion. They marched into the
church. The officer in charge took his
place in front pew. settled himself in
his seat and calmly blew his nose.
Three hundred noses were blown sim
ultaneously with a vehemence that
was startling The officer looked around
and blushed violently in great surprise.
Three hundred heads followed the
motions of the commanding officer"
Six hundred cheeks violently tried to
blush-a hard thing for a midshipman
to do-and so on through the service.
The man could not stir without in
slant imitation. He finally confined
himself strictly to the prescribed rit-
uaI of the service, looking neither to
the right nor to the left, not daring to
raise a finger or breathe out of the
ordinary course. This enterprise also
was a startling success.
The cadets received other instruc-
tons later in the day from furious
officer, who sternly resented their in
nocent statements that they did not
know which was ritual and which
was not, and that he had not instructed
them that blowing his nose stood on a
different plane from saying his pray
ers. 1t was a huge joke everywhere.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24
THE ISSUES AND THE CANDIDATE.

Hon. Henry Watterson continues to
Democratic party in 1904 is not yet in
sight. He does not of course say that
Hill, German, or Bryan or any one of
the other prominent Democrats men,
toned in connection with the nomina-
ton will not be chosen as the partys
standard bearer, but he is OF the opin-
ion that a man not now thought of in
connection with the nomination will be
the party's nominee. There is plenty
of time for a new man to come to the
front. Mr. Watterson points out a
number of instances where the presi-
dental candidates that were successful
in getting elected were practically I'M
known two years before the meeting
of the conventions at which they were
nominated.
His idea is that something is going
to happen that will bring a Democrat
into prominence who will be accepted
as the candidate to lead the party to
victory. just as Mr.. Cleveland was
made the party's standard bearer by
the 100000 majority which he got as a
candidate for governor of New York.
OF course Mr.. Watterson is not now
a great admirer of Mr.. Bryan. He
thinks that he has had his day, and is
bound eventually to sink into a minor
position. The way he speaks of Mr..
Bryan is as follows: by constantly
reiterating and reaffirming doctrines
for which the people and large part
of the Democracy will not stand, he
has weakened himself nightly and
provoked an opportunity for the choice
of another leader. Who that leader
win be cannot guess any more than I
could guess what the crops will be in
1910" In his talk Mr.. Watterson said
that Mr.. Bryan had ceased to be a
leader of party and had become sim
ply a political agitator.
Those who follow the daily papers
know that Democrats of prominence
are holding conferences all the while
and are making plans for getting con-
troll of the party. To-day 1t is Mr.. Cor
man and his friends who are having a
conference and tomorrow II is Mr.
Hill and his friends who are confer
ring. And so it goes from week to
week and from month to month. Stin
there is nothing definite AS Mr.. Wat
terson says, something is likely to oc-
cur at any time that will nulify all the
plans that have been made. An entire
ly new man is likely TO come to the
front within the next year and achieve
such prominence as to carry off the
nomination. Mr.. Bryan was not
thought OF week before the meeting
of the convention which nominated
him. The unexpected is just as likely
to happen in 1904 as IL did in 1896.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

A cab driver of the nighthawk
species. who begins to look for his
prey even before the sun goes down.
patronizes a little Italian bootblack
named Tony says the Philadelphia
Record. Every evening about o'clock
he pulls up in front OF Tony's stand,
climbs from his perch, seats himself
in the chair and demands a shine
Tony always responds with great alac-
rity. but never gets any pay. Still he
seems satisfied. How is IL you shine
his shoes FOR nothlng?" asked another
customer last evening. as the Jehu
climbed up TO his seat and drove Of
Oats a Jeem," replied Tony. smiling
until his white teeth fairly CLEANED.
"Jeem is-a ma frien'." Yes. he seems
10 be your friend" said the man IN
the chair. You give him a shine
every night. don't you9 What has he
ever done Tor your" "Oh. Jeem. ho's-a
all right" replied Tony. Hes
good-a fel lie say 10 me once Tony
you give-a me r. shine ezra day. an
some-a time ! taxa YOU out an give
you "a ride How long ago was
That" asked the customer Tree
year ago said Tony. rtli smiling
home-a time Isem. d. TAXA me out
Jeem, hoe a Eood.a fsi."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24
SHERIFF MERRILL OF CARROLL.

SHERIFF MERRILL OF CARROLL
The words of praise for Sheriff Jo-
seph L. Merrill of Carroll county
which appear in the opinion of the Su-
prene Court delivered by the Chief
Justice. in the case of Ike Williams.
are deserved. Sheriff Merrill risked his
life in defense of a prisoner, com
paratively friendless negro boy, who
had been convicted of murder, and
whose life was demanded by a mob.
The mob was determined to lynch the
prisoner, and one of it's number, a
white man of considerable prominence,
was killed before it would abandon its
purpose.
In commenting on the action of the
sheriff, the court said: He taught the
mob that the law would shoot as well
as hang. In our opinion if other sher-
ifs in the state would exercise the
same courage and fidelity to duty as
did this noble man, many lynchings
would be prevented, and mobs grow
less frequent. All honor to this sher-
if and his little posse!" Commenda-
like this is something of which any
sheriff would be proud. 1t may be
that there are a few men in Carroll
county who feel bitterly towards Sher-
if Merrill for defeating the mob's pur-
pose, but there is no doubt that the
great majority of his fellow citizens
not only OF that county but of the
state have a greater regard for him
he &c co q
statement that they heartily approve
the brave stand he made for law and
order and are glad the Supreme Court
commended his conduct.
When sheriffs and courts take the
stand in regard to lynchings taken by
Sheriff Merrill and the Supreme Court
of Georgia there will be a noticeable
falling off in the number of lynchings.
1t is better from every point of view
that whatever the crime may be, the
law shall be permitted to take its
course. 1t must be evident to every
observing person that lynchings do not
prevent crime. They simply crafty
the desire for vengeance.
1t is natural, of course, that a hus-
band, father, or brother should want
the brute who had committed a helm
Gus offense killed at once. A man of
influence was asked not long ago what
he would do if a horrible assault were
committed upon one of the female
members of his family. He replied that
he would undertake to kill the crimi-
nal, but, he said, my friends and
neighbors should prevent me from do
ing it,"
The better sentiment in the South
is against Iynchings. Legislatures
and constitutional conventions are
trying to find ways to discourage
them. 1t is realized that they have
bad effect upon a community, and, be-
sides, there is always danger that in
nocent men will become victims of the
mob's vengeance. 1t is by no means
certain that the negro boy whom
Sheriff Merrill defended against a mob
is guilty of the crime of which he was
convicted. The Supreme Court has
granted him a new trial The evil
dence against him was purely circum-
stantial, and it may appear on the
next trial that a mistake was made.
The law administered by the courts is
not so swift as the law administered
by the mob. but it is not demoralizing
and brutalizing, and the chances of
taking innocent lives are not so great.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

The New York Financier publishes
annually roll of honor of the ma
tional banks of the United States. The
banks rank on this roll according to
their showing of surplus and profits in
excess of capital. The eleventh roll of
honor" published a few days ago,
showed the addition of fifty-four banks
over the list of 1900. indicating a con-
tinuance of prosperity in banking cir
cles. The states most numerously rep
resented on this list are: New Jersey,
%; Pennsylvania, II; New York. 16:
and Maryland, 10. Virginia has 8
banks on the roll, Delaware 5, Georgia
and North Carolina 2.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

Some time ago a Philadelphia preach
er severely criticised the Chinese min
lister, Mr.. WI Ting-fang, saying among
other things that he was a heather"
that he was insincere, and while openly
friendly to the people of the United
States, in secret and in his heart he
was hostile to them. In a speech be-
fore the Jewish Chautauqua at Allan
tic City the other day Minister WI
made some reference TO these critf-
cisms. He professed his inability to
understand how the Philadelphia
preacher could possibly discover the in
nermost secrets of his (Wu's) heart
and thus be able to announce them
from his pulpit. However. the distin-
guished Chinaman declared that he
bore no malice for the SANDERS but
il the preacher were to visit him he
would receive him cordially and give
him cup of good tea. Thus it ap-
pears the heather" would heap Goals
of fire upon the head of his critic by
exercising broad-mindednes and that
charity which thinks no evil.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

In one OF the Sunday schools OF Chi
cago. It appears. the children are be-
ing fed upon a pabulum OF higher
criticism" of the Bible. They are
taught, in the lesson papers in use in
that school. that the chronology OF the
creation given In the Bible is absolute
ly worthless. that the date OF the
food as II appears from scriptural data
is wrong. and that the story OF the
food itself II a universal tradition.
which IL treated Of not alone from the
Bible viewpoint what r. 10 be ex-
pected Of the future Of church which
permits this sort Of thing IN It's nur-
sery? To undermine child's faith II
10 destroy ~ capacity for exercising
faith IN after years.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

Among those who have registered at
IN Reno. ]. T., 10 obtain claims IN the
Indian reservation just opened % set
Element Is Jerry" Simpson. formerly
q congressman from Kansas. Jerry"
SIS noa understood 20 be- quite wealthy
owning large ranches and hundreds -
head ~ catflo. nevertheless whom there
D. anything good going around. Henry
Do pretty npt ~ be fiEht into o. % 10
stated thaf "a pretty considerable per
cenioEe ~ fhpse who ere registered
ana rfRlrforing 900 Comparatively n0h
i0eu. who ars after ihs lands for spec
piauYa parp9aes,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

In 1922 the fifth Lord Fairfax came
over to Virginia from England and set
tied. Since that time the Fairfaxes
have been well known in the state. AL
bert Fairfax born in Virginia, and now
living in Washington, is a descendant
of the original Lord and an heir to his
title. 1t is said that he has placed in.
Lord Pauncefote's hands a petition to
King Edward to recognize his English
title. Thus we may. after all. have a
noble Lord of American birth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

Chairman Jones Of the Democratic
National Committee says there is no
truth in the report that the headquar-
ters OF the committee are to be moved
from Chicago TO New York or Wash
ington. II probably does not make so
much difference about whether the
headquarters of the committee shall be
changed as that there shall be some
changes in the committee itself. From
many quarters the suggestion is being
thrown out that with "A reorganization
OF the committee all question OF the
reorganization OF the party would dis
nppear.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

The LATEST man in Connecticut is
dead. The other day he took bath
exhausted him that he lay down on a
railroad track to rest. A fast train
soon hove in sight around a curve. The
man. Joe Bingham, saw the train COM
ing, but he was too lazy to get up ana
move out of the way. For several
years Bingham had been Past Exalted
Ruler of the local order OF tramps. and
in recognition of his supreme laziness
all Of the hoboes pulled their hats to
him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24
The weather.

The indications for Georgia to-day
are for generally fair weather, light
to fresh southerly winds; and for
Eastern Florida, partly cloudy wealth
er, with occasional showers, light east
erly winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

The Rev. Calvin w. Stewart of Ia
coma, Wash, conducted the corre-
spondence with Mr.. Carnegie which re-
suited IN the millionaire iron master
giving $4,000 to Tacoma for a public
library. Now the Rev. Mr.. Stewart
has sent his bill for $4,000 commission
to the city for securing Mr.. Carnegie's
gift,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

The performance of the thief who
stole a red-hot stove has been eclipsed
in Erie. Pa. where two men are I'M
der arrest on the charge of having
stolen a horse show worth $25, 900.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

Judging from the amount of edito-
rial space the New York Sun is tlevot-
ing to Secretary Root, it must be
grooming him as the successor to
President Mckinley.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

briefly, frugality and self-respect. Work
makes men strong. healthy and con-
tented. Idleness breeds dissipation, dis
content and disease. In the present
state of our civilization, to divide the
hours of labor by two would necessi-
tate the doubling the capacity of the
jails and hospitals and police forces. We
may, in the course of time, reach up
to the Rev. Mr.. Savage's ideal of be-
ing equal to a four-hour work day, but
at present we are a very long way off
from II.