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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
A CHECK on CORRUPTIoN.

The administration of justice in the
Doodle cases in st. Louis, has attracted
the attention of the entire country
The infiexibility of the judge who is
presiding at the trials and the incor-
ruptibility of the prosecuting attorney
have been the subject of very general
comment. Both officials have done
their duty in thee face of the most
strenuous opposition OF great influence,
social and political We call attention
to the infexibility OF r1e judge and the
incorruptibility of the prosecuting at
torney, not because, in intention, they
are more honest than many other Off
Gals in similar positions or more
anxious to do their duty, but because
comparatively few officials in similar
positions would stand out against
such tremendous influences as were
brought to bear upon them to drop the
prosecutions, to hush up the matter.
The fact must be kept In mind that
the accused rarties-and- there are
prominent people of the city, some of
them millionaires and all of them
either rich or well-to-do. They were
either members of the municipal gov
eminent on persons who had bribed
members of the municipal government
And it must be remembered that some
of those who We're indicted and have
been convicted were instrumental in
having the prosecuting officer elected
to the position he holds. 1t was a
difficult task for him to hunt up the
evidence against these men. and to
urge their conviction. He has done
his duty wonderfully well, however
and he has the approval not only of
his own conscience, but also of the en-
tire city of st. Louis, with the excep-
ton of those who have been convicted,
and their friends.
As "a matter. of fact he has render
ed distinct service to the entire
country. In many cities where there
was boodling. the boodlers have taken
the alarm and are keeping their hands
out off the public purse. They under
stand that the Doodle cases in ST.
NiS iAAVAy " itiSplTe lnNeStlga-
lions in other cities, and that public
sentiment will insist upon vigorous
prosecutions if wrong doing is found.
In st. Louis thirteen boodlers have
been convicted and sent to the penti-
Tertiary for terms ranging from one
to five years, and there is every pros
pect that every other one of those in
dicted will be convicted.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26

They go on only in this scene and
spend less than an hour in the theater,
says the Chicago Tribune. For this
work they are paid 25 cents each. About
the middle of last week we'll dressed
youth applied for job as a race scene
super, and was employed. nothing
whatever being said about the rate of
pay. His first appearance was Friday
night, and on Saturday he followed the
crowd which was gathering around the
paymaster's window to get their envel-
opes. The new man had served two
nights only, and his envelope, accord
ingly, contained the impressive sum of
so cents. He opened the envelope and
two silver quarters dropped into his
hand. For moment he looked at them
in surprise. Then he spoke-to himself
slowly and sadly. And 1 thought
he said, that actors earned such huge
salaries" Whereupon he Immediately
presented his resignation"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY

The problem of providing the best
possible schools for the rural districts
is a great one, and one to the solu-
ton of which much earnest thought
has been given. Good schools in the
country mean not only better educa-
tions for the children, but the saving
of time and money to the farmers. At
present great many farmers, in or
der to do justice to their children, leave
their farms and move into towns
where graded school facilities are to
be had; and often the move is made
at considerable expense and much in
convenience How to get the schools
into the country is the question In
Ohio, Nebraska and several other
struck upon plan which they feel
sure is long step in the direction of
solution. They get their graded
school, properly equipped and properly
housed, by consolidation. They aban-
don small school districts and set up
a first-class central school in a consol-
idated district of about twenty-fi five
square miles in area. A school in
F<ingsville. Ashtabula county, Ohio,
may be taken as an example. 1t takes
in the children of farming section of
twenty-five square miles. The school
has five teachers and a principal.
Scholars who live too far away to walk
to the school house are brought each
morning in wagons and returned by
| the same vehicles each afternoon. -Four
wagons are employed. at a total cost
of $97 per month. The drivers are I'M
der contract to bring the children to
the school grounds at s;45 In the morn
! ing and be ready to take them home at
| BIAS In the afternoon. The average
route of each wagon is In the neigh
borhood of five miles. Under this sys-
tenn, which has been IN operation for
several years, IL has been found that
not only has an excellent school. run
ming through nine months. been seeur-
/ ed, but that the cost 10 the patrons
An the consolidated district has been
( reduced from SIC per annum per pupil
20 fl0.4s. The total amount expend-
/ I'd on the school. however. remains
/ about the same ar when there Hene
several schools. FOR the reason that the
attendance Ia much larger The FAR.
mefs ~ ths district 10 longer have o.
move 10 town 10 get their children inta
q good sehool. They can mmain 90
fheif farms cad seua fhe children n
- home school as efficient as Do to d.
F found in fhe ioan. "a be- posslbir thai
the o0sf ~ operating consolidated
eisirci sradea sabooi ln Georgia would
pose iiite noff expensive fhan in
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26

The London Times prints the follow
ing poem by Rudyard Kipling:
The banked oars fell an hundred
strong,
And backed and threshed and
ground;
But bitter was the rowers' song
AS they brought the war boat round.
They had no heart for the rally and
roar
That makes the whaleback smoke
hold and leave.
AS one on the racing stroke.
They sang: What reckoning do yc
keep,
And steer her by what star,
If we come unscathed from the South
81 ern deep
To be wrecked on a Baltic bar?
Last night We swore our voyage was
done.
But seward still we go;
And yet tells us now a secret VOW
Ye have made with an open foe:
THAT we must lie off lightless coast
And haul and back and veer
At the will of the breed that have
wronged us most
For a year and a year and year.
There was never a shame in Chris
tendie
They laid not to our door:
And We say we must take the Winter
sea.
And sail with them once more.
Look south. The gale is scarce DER
past
That stripped and lay us down
When we stood forth. But they stood
fast.
And prayed to see us drown.
cold:
our wounds are bleeding yet;
And We tell us now that our strength
Is so.e
To help them press fer a debt.
Meath all the flags OF all mankind
That use upon the seas
Was there no other fleet 70 ind,
That ge strike hands with theseg
"of evll times that men could choose
on eFfi fate 10 fall.
What hrO0ding judgment let ye Loose
TO pick me worst ~ aIi7
"ib sight ~ peace from the narrow
O'er haif fhs world % run
Mfh fheHtc1 crew - ieaaue ansa.
WIZ ~ eoih and fhe shamelsss
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Buffalo On. W Sunday News of
Dec. 81 says OF Judge Emory speer's
speech before the Independent Club of
that city:
1T is good thing for Northern men
with little acquaintance with the mood
of mind and the modes of thought of
other sections of our vast country and
not too much sym patty with Them
also to hear, or to read, such senti-
ments as fell from the lips of the Hon.
Emory Speer before the Independent
Club Friday night. He is a lifelong Re-
publican, yet he went into the Confed-
crate army as a matter of course, in
his youth. without thought of treason
or of wrongdoing in any sense He
has been on the federal bench for
twenty years. a life position, and is as
far from being possessed by the mar
row spirit of sectionalism as any man
in the South.
1T was inspiring to hear Judge Speer
speak so hopefully of the future of the
south, while not for a moment obscur-
ing its faults or attempting to gloss
them over. II was "A picture Of incom-
parable energy and success on the part
of a noble people that he showed when
he made clear the astonishing prog
ress toward recovery made by those
whom he rather fondly spoke Of as
my people, yet IL is largely justified
by the record even OF the unsenti-
mental census Office. Judge Speer i'm
mensely stimulated the thoughts Of
those who heard him. ana no truth
laid down in his notable GRAFTON was
more pertinent than that u Is one OF
the best Of services Tor eminent men Of
one section 81 the country 20 address
their fellow citizens OF other sections
on questions Of national import
Too high praise cannot BE- given
Judge sneef for the breadth 81 view.
fhe elevated tone and the sense 81 re-
sponfihiiifg manifest in hia address.
enhanced hy thn wealth 81 historic
color and fhr enthusiasm for oar re-
united country fhHf marked lf Ife
conquered fhf South lonF $50 ~ ~.
ulfailun for be rubNp and private
worth ff bee poe Hiael q new Prove
iIff ip fne NiHfe ~ Nfa YORK"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
The Adaptable PeddIer.

"If you are looking for something to
buy for Christmas, madam" began the
brisk looking man with the pack, ac-
cording to the Chica go Tribune, "allow
me to
But I'm not" interrupted the wom-
an of the house.
Just so, madam. 1 was about to
say that if you were looking for some
thing exclusively for Christmas pur-
poses you probably would not be in
terested in the little book l am
Il am not interested in any book"
"And So 1 was going to add, 1 did
not intend to show you the book, which
is only one of the things l am intro
ducing in this neighborhood, but rather
my new and unique mouse trap, some
thing every family in the land needs,
as it is constructed on different princi-
pies and is totally unlike any now on
the mark"
I'VE are not troubled by mice"
1.-THE difference being that with a
slight change in adjustment it becomes
a perfect cockroach trap"
eve have no cockroaches in the
house, sir
"In which case it is readily con-
vertible into a receptacle for soap, to
hang over the edge of the sink
I'VE have all the things of that kind
we need"
But you have trouble sometimes in
finding a good article of toilet soap. I
know it, ma'am. Every family has. l
have here the celebrated Housekeep-
ers' Delight, the best soap for toilet
purposes that ever
Don't need any soap"
Then my first conjecture was right
That is why 1 didn't mention soap at
first. You will remember / did not
said to myself if there is any family
in town that would be likely to be sup
piled with soap it is this family 1 will
offer them something new in the
shape of a raisin seeder-'
I'VE have plenty of raisin seeders"
The peddler reflected a moment.
IF 1 were one of the ordinary kind
of canvassers," he said, 81 should try,
perhaps, to sell you a box of cheap
| cigars for your husband"
Here was way to get rid of him.
IF you had she snapped, II would
lbuy them. My husband is one of the
kind of men that are always making
| fun of the Christmas cigars their
| wives
Here you are, ma'am," he said,
| whipping out box from an inner COM
partment of his pack. "Only 70 cents
a hundred, and I'll guarantee them to
be the worst cigars a man ever
smoked. If they're not I'll take them
back and refund the money. Only rs
| cents
|, Before she had recovered from her
surprise he had made the sale, got his
| money and executed a mastery re-
| trat.
! 1t is not so hard to do it If you know
| how
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26

1t is the understanding that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has on file some thirty
or forty applications for appointment
TO membership on the Isthmian Canal
Commission by superannuated states
men, between the ages of so and 10
years Under a bill recently intro
dused by Senator Morgan of Alabama
these places will pay $1,000 year, with
a few perquisites. 1t seems that they
are regarded as sinecures. The idea
is that the incumbents will not have a
great deal to do besides draw the sal
airy attached to the positions, as is the
case with the commissionership of Pa
cihc railroads But If the Morgan
bill should be passed the commission
ers might find themselves under the
necessity of earning their money. And
then it is possible there would not be
so many statesmen out of a job willing
to serve their country-for a consider
alton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
Personal.

Miss Anna e. Schaffer of Chippe
wa Falls, Wis, begins the new year
as state superintendent. of the schools
for the deaf in Wisconsin, to which
position she was recently appointed by
Gov. La Toilette. She has been coun-
ty superintendent of schools for the
last two years. The salary Of her new
position is $4,000.
Henry Mari, a farmer living near
Columbus, Ind. lives closer than any
other man to the center of population
as fixed by the United States census
A stone slab marking this point has
been PLACED in, Mari S barn yard. If
the returns are to be. relied on there
were when the census was taken 49,
$50, 900 people in, each, direction from
William H James has been a car
rier in the employ of the postoffice
in Rochester since May Z, 1865, and is
the only survivor of the nine original
carriers there. , A few. years ago he
was sent to- England to Investigate
postal methods in the leading cities of
that country. n When 0hegr turned he
reported that the United States had
nothing to learn from them: it's own
methods were far in advance of Brit
ish postal ways,
Emperor William has informed the
Princess Salm Hostmar and several
other ladies of his court that they are
not fitted toShght vice or elevate the
social conditions of the cities. The
noblewomen had formed an anti-vice
society in Berlin and the Emperor,
in discouraging the movement wrote
to the Princess that she SHOULD know
that such things are much better left
to the law and its officers and if it is
true that even they are frequently
puzzled as TO; what course to pursue,
how can you women, residing in pal
aces or on estates in prosperous sur
roundings, undertake to successfully
fight the evil ?" -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26

Gen. Francis Vinton Greene, who
has been appointed by Mayor Low to
be Police Commissioner of New York
city, is well remembered in this city,
where he was stationed for a time in
1888 as major general commanding the
Second, Division of the Seventh Army
Corps under Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
Gen. Greene is a West Point man. and
is SO years old. He is regarded as an
organizer Of exceptional ability and it
is expected that under his direction the
New York police force will be greatly
improved. al n gsE
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
lNDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Endowme Rank. K. of
P, Section. No l61; Palestine Com
naandery. No. 7. x. T.
Special Notices-Rose Plants. John
Wolf Game. Fish and Oysters, Union
Station Restaurant.
Business Notices-Christmas is Over,
Solomons Co.
The Aftermath-Wm & H. H. Latti-
more.
Supplies for Shoemakers-M. When
SKI
sac silver Polish-The Gorham Co.
Foods-Force.
Medical - Parachamph; Cascarets;
Ninol
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal: Mis-
ce,!aneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26

Ohio owing to the denser population
of the latteSstate; nevertheless. it is
undoubtedly true that there are many
sections in this state where the consol-
idatiOn could be made with very great
advantage to all parties concerned.
With local taxation to supplement the
general school fund. a number of first
class graded schools could be built up
I'm the rural districts. In the county
of Duval. Florida. all the schools in an
area of about 100 square miles have
been consolidated and excellent results
are being secured.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
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BRIGHT BITS.

"A Radical Chre.-Biggs: UNDER
stand Mrs. Strongrnind married her
husband to reform him.
Bogg: Reform him? OF what?
Biggs: He used to be a. regular
brute to his first, wife. Judge. -.
-Cenfding Carrie: Where's that
nickel l loaned yer?
Pete the Plunger: l had bad luck
on the street yesterday. A bull move
ment in copper caused a considerable
furry in craps an 1 wuz wiped out.
See ?-New York Sun.
Like All Waiters.-"How obsequi-
Gus those monkey walters tafea toward
that pair OF '6striches, 70 remarked the
lion. -hooM fltW r.eeGa Fl
Yes" replied the beautiful tigress,
who acted as cashier in the Jungle
restaurant, they heard somebody say
that ostrich tips are very valuable" -
Philadelphia Press.
An Old Story.-Hiram: 1t tells here
in this paper about German doctor
who has discovered a cure for con-
sumption.
Silas: 1t does beat all how slow
them foreigners are, don't it? Why,
they've been sellin' sure cures for con-
sumption down to the village drug
store for the last twenty years!-Puck.
Mr. de Styles: Why have you not
Mrs. Highupp from your list of ac-
quaintances
Mrs. de Style: They have lost their
money?
WHO says SOP
No one: but i've learned that she
is giving her daughters a. thorough ed
ucation. That shows that she wants
them to be school teachers. New
York Weekly,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26

Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake, the re-
former, says that this country has p
100000 more single women than single
men, counting widows and girls
of II years of age, and that therefore
the "superfluous sex" had better be
mighty good to the desirable sex"
Having the advantage, apparently, OF
being able to make leisurely selec-
ton, according to pleasure, Mrs
Blake advises women to stand up for
their rights On the other hand,
Josephine Dodge Daskam, one of the
most popular authors of the day, as
serts that it would be better for women
to take care of their privileges" and
let their rights take care of them
selves. 1t is Miss Daskam's opinion
that American women have more priv
ieges than any others in the world,
and that they would be foolish to lose
the substance of privileges while
grasping after the shadow of rights. -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26

John Daley of Kansas deserves to
have his name on the role of fame.
He is Union veteran. yet he has re-
fused a pension. One Of the hustling
Kansas congressman secured the pas
sage of a private pension bill in his
favor. placing him on the rolls at sl2
month. The pension bureau sent
Daley his check and he returned IT,,
saying he didn't want the govern
msnts aid and that the country was
already paying out too much money
for pensions. Commissioner Ware was
astounded. To his mind there could be
but one reason for the refusal Of a
pension-the man must be- crazy. In
order 20 ascertain what was the mat
ter with Daley commissi0ner Ware
sent O special sgsnt an the way 20
Kansas % Investigate The agent found
Daley 10 BE- an old ana bent man. sur
fsHn6 inhumitiss but with q high no.
ppn - lghi ane justice ~ tbe pension
hAtisiefs. BE didn'f need az govern.
hfntf money. hs saiq. and be- wouldn't
'Asf e $500 Congress hsa passea la
~ nis ffiitf A. the l,enaiou omos n
'iane hia neneg 90 hlm in CASE a.
'''''7i0 eseHse hlf mane
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
WET END LINE.


Car leaves west side of City Market
for Lincoln Park 500 a. m. and every
40 minuteS thereafter until 1870 p. m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market
$50 a. m. and every 20 minutes there
after until 1900 O'Clock midnight
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR.
Leaves east side of City Market for
Thunderbolt, Cattle Park, Sandfy. Isls
OF Hope and all intermediate points,
s:15 a. M, 1:15 p. M, 5:15 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandy.
Cattle Park. Thunderbolt and all in
termediate points-6:0e a M, I1:o0 a.
M, 800 p. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery al
$50 a. m. and 2:35 p. m, connecting at
Sandfy witL regular parcel car for
city
Parcel car from the city carries
freight to Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on
each trip for accommodation Of pass.
engers.
Any further information regarding
passenger schedule or freight service
can he had by applying to
c. .. NAGLT Manager.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
cOLLINsVILLE LINE.

(Fa1r Grounds and Dale AVe.J
Beginning at 600 a. m, cars leave
Bolton and OFT streets every Is min
utes; returning, cars leave Estill ave-
nue. and Waters road at 6:07 a. m. and
every IS minutes thereafter, connecting
with cars on Thunderbolt line, until
1900 o'clock midnight
Through cars are operated between
Market and Thunderbolt via Collins.
Vile and Dale avenue as follows:
Ly. Market. Lv. Thunderbolt
Gas a. m. 1889 a. m.
GAS D. M 7:30 D. m
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26

The scandal that has been brought
TO light by the flight of the Crown
Princess of Saxony with a French
teacher of languages is one more il
lustration of the fact that position and
title and wealth do not insure happi-
ness. The Princess. a woman of
ideals, cordially detested the man to
whom she was married, probably
for political reasons. She was forced
into the union against her wish by pa
rents who believed the prestige of
royal association to be desirable
above everything else in the world.
The Princess found her husband to be
a beast" as she expressed it. and her
surroundings at the petty Saxon court
hateful. Not only was the Crown Prince
neglectful of and unfaithful to her,
but he was cruel to the extent of beat
ing her. Without condoning her fault,
it is impossible to withhold sympathy
from the woman. She is more sinned
against than SHINING The incident is
one of many showing the rottenness,
from moral point of view, of many
of the royal establishments of Europe.
The truth is that the most virtuous and
best people of any country are found
in its so-called middle classes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are fair and colder weather. with
fresh northwest to north winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-26

Ex-Gov. Bob" Taylor of Tennessee,
who stands a very good chance of be-
ing the next United States Senator
from that state, says that while the
South is worried with a race problem.
II is not nearly so complex and annoy
ing as the race problem which con-
fronts Pennsylvania. The Pennsylva-
MIA problem. he says. is most acute in
the coal fields and has its origin "in
the swarms OF people who know moth
ing OF our language or our institutions.
and who probably never will appreciate
our free system OF government" He
has reference. OF course, 10 the cheap
labor imported by the coal barons 10
break down the prices OF native labor
These imporiations, by the way, are re.
eeiNlns considerable attention al the
the hands Of the Coal Strike Commls-
sion appointed by President Roosevelt