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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
IN FALSE POSITION
ALDERMAN DIXON DID NOT CON-
TRIBUTE LUMBER.
MADE NO SUBSCRIPTION.
DIDN'T PROMISE TO HELP OUT THE
BARBECUE.

J. Robert Creamer Tells These
Things in Another Letter TO Mayor
Myers-NIayOr Writes That He Did
Not Intend to Reflect Upon Mr..
ISixon-His Offer to Pay the Bill,
However. Stiu Holds GOOd-Mr.
Dixon Didn't Promise Clubs SUBJ
scription Committee Anything.
Mr.. J. r. Dreamer was seen yester-
day in reference to the article in the
Morning News. which noted the suit
of the Dixon Lumber Company against
him, for a small bill growing out of
the purchase of lumber for the barbe-
cue last summer. given by the South
Side Club.
Mr.. Dreamer stated that the language
used was misleading, and that he did
not intend to say that at any time Mr..
Dixon had subscribed for any amount,
or had promised to pay any sum. On
the contrary. Mr.. Dixon was not a
subscriber to the cue fund. Some days
after the cue was given, he was called
on for a donation. OF course, there
was no obligation whatever upon him
to give any amount at all. Mr.. Cream
er also stated that he recognizes the
bill as his personal obligation.
Following up the incident that was
so generally discussed in political cir
cles and in answer to Mayor Myers
letter as given in the Morning News,
Mr.. Creamer yesterday addressed the
following letter to the Mayor:
Savannah. Ca. Dec. 49, 1s02.-I4on.
Herman Myers. city. Dear Sir: The
bill of the Dixon Lumber Company
for $21.15. referred to in your letter
published to-day. was contracted by
me in my own name. it being for the
account Of the South Side Club.
/ had bought the lumber for the
purpose of making benches and tables
for the barbecue. The lumber was pur-
chased from the receivers of Messrs.
Dixon. Mitchell & Co.. it was not in
any sense a donation as intimated in
your letter.
The debt is just and should be paid,
and / expect it to be paid out of the
first funds of the South Side Club
available for that purpose. Respect
fully. j. Robert Creaner.
In answer to this communication
Mayor Myers addressed the following
letter to Mr.. Dreamer, and with this
the incident will close. The Mayors
offer to pay for the lumber still holds
good. however.
Savannah Ga. Dec 10. 1902. Mr..
]. R. Creamer. City: Dear Sir-After
reading my letter to you, and your let
ter to me. / note the use of the fol-
lowing language in my letter: IF this
is a legitimate account and the lum-
Der was not intended as a donation to
the club and cause by Alderman Dixon,
] will take pleasure in settling the
same, if you will advise me-"
I observe that this language is sus-
ceptible of the construction that AL
derman Dixon is seeking to collect a
bill for lumber which might have been
donated. | did not intend by such con-
struction to reflect upon Mr.. Dixon,
nor did intend to intimate that Alder
man Dixon had offered any donation,
that he did not give. In the light of
your letter this is a legitimate account
and should be paid. My offer of con-
tribution remains open. Respectfully,
Herman Myers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20

Continued from Tenth Page.)
I make practice on Sunday to. take
my dogs for exercise.
To Exercise the Dogs.
Uncle Henry's wife told me a few
days previous to that not to buy any
vegetables. She had plenty and 1
could get some at any time I was up
there. I told the boy also, we will go
up that far and get some vegetables,
and give the dogs some exercise. So
we got his wheel and decided to go. 1
said l could take his gun, and l started
to leave my gun, but afterwards
thought about telling MIR. Horne's boy
that 1 would be mp there and that
would like to meet his father. so
took my gun along.
II started up the road and we got to
Mr.. Sanders; we rode very slowly up
the road. and just before l got to Mr..
Bodifords house, half of the time 1
CAN him uncle Henry-he's no relation
of mine-I met Mr.. Dukes on the way.
I'm acquainted with him. / hadn't
seen him for long time. l used to
think a good deal of his mother, and
] asked him about his mother. He said
that she was sick. He was coming
down that morning to see how she was
getting along. l stopped there and the
boy went on to the house. This side
of Mr.. Bodiford's, 1 stayed ten or fif-
teen minutes in the road. l asked If
he had met Mr. Horn in the road. He
said that he did not know him, and I
described him to him. l was satisfied
Mr.. Horn was not up there.
About the Foxes.
Il had been up there few days be-
fore that, and was to Mr. Bodiford's.
His wife told me about some foxes
getting there, and when l had fox
dogs / used to go up there and get
sport after foxes, and so she told me
about foxes getting after her chick
ens-the corn was green-it was in the
summer time.
$50 after / got there l had three
young dogs, and they We're on trail.
] made up my mind. after got there,
to see IL / could jump a fox, and |
asked Uncle Henry to lend me his
gun, which shot No. shot, for the
boy. which he did. I don't recollect
now who gave the gun, whether il was
Uncle Henry or his wife. We started
off from the house. We were there
some few minutes. l made up my mind
] would not go hunting that day
driving, at all, and would not turn
loose Mr.. Sanders dog, because he
was borrowed dog. ] knew that II
! would turn him loose he would run
for deer. / had borrowed him because
l wanted to train my dogs. l told
my son 10 keep the dog under chain.
Their Days Hunt.
I'VE started from The house and weni
around that little pond to the right
and TO the spring next to the Houston
woods-next to the side OF the railroad
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20

not wear my good shoes in the woods.
That is all l know-those are my old
hunting shoes. They are the shoes l
had on that day. l never wore these
l got on in the woods"
WAS that boy with you all day ?''
asked Judge Twiggs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20

Central is a mile away. Mr.. Hartridge
/ was in good voice, and those in the
/ court had no trouble in hearing what
/ he had to say.
Mr.. sheppard's speech.
Mr.. w. w. Sheppard followed Mr..
| Hartridge. He agreed with his prede-
! cessor that the crime committed in the
murder Of Bourqpin was a dastardly
1 one one exceeded only in its black
ness by the heartless assassination Of
! the fleeing and infrm servant. He
said that the foul deed was the black
| est one which had ever been committed
/ in the history of the county. He said
! that the defense would explode the
theories of the state. and show conclu-
sively that the Potters could not have
committed the crime with which they
are charged.
! Mr.. Sheppard reminded the Jurors of
| the great obligation which rested on
their shoulders-the responsibility of
the lawyers in the case, he said was
great, that of the judge greater, but
after all the thread of life was in their
hands, and on their verdict hung two
human lives. 1t was for them. then,
to consider maturely the doctrine of
a reasonable doubt.
The theory of Westcott he character
lied as worse than a balloon. He call
ed the attention of the jury to the nu-
merous hunters who visited the scene
| of the crime-of Fox, Lowell, Wall,
Waters, the railroad hands, and others,
and asked the jury if they were going
| to send a man to the gallows on the
| evidence of footprints made in place
which had been traversed by hunters,
day in and day out, before and after
the homicide. The state, he said, had
fixed the time of the commission of
rv-if,a NV fhair Witnesses at
a time when, by uncontradicted testi-
mony, the Potters were en- route home
from the Bedford home.
Discounted Candace FxeIiy's story.
Mr.. Sheppard called the attention OF
the jury to the fact that while coun-
| sci for the state had dwelt at length
! on alleged discrepancies in the state
! ment made by Dixon, he asked them
| in the same breath to believe only sc
/ much of Candace Kelly's statement as
would conform to the theory of the
state. He told the jury a story, aDpli-
A cable to the case. and said that his
esteemed opponent was blowing both
hot and cold out of his mouth at the
same time.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Sheppard's
argument, the court took a recess I'M
| til s O'Clock. at which time the argu-
ment of Mr.. John e. Myrick was COM
menced. Mr.. Myrick spoke for nearly
two hours. discussing all of the ma
terial evidence adduced at the trial
He contended that the state had not
proven its case of circumstantial evil
dence and had made a failure of prov
ing that there was an eye witness tc
the crime. He dwelt at some length or
the testimony of Candace Kelly. and
said that he had always been con.
strained to believe that there was nc
such place as hell, but that there must
be such place somewhere yearning
for Candace Kelly and her lying OLD
husband
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
FUNERAL OF MRS. ]. A.SYMONS

The funeral of Mrs. James A. Sy-
mons. widow of the late Col. VIM. r.
Symons, who died in Brunswick
Thursday, took place yesterday after
noon at Laurel Grove Cemetery. and
was attended by many relatives and
friends. Mrs. Symons was 70 years
old. She leaves one daughter. Miss
Ella Symons. and Mr.. w. r. Sy1nons
a nephew, also several relatives. Her
daughter and nephew accompanied the
remains to Savannah. Rev. J. L.
Scully conducted the services, and the
following gentlemen acted as pail
bearers: Messrs. r. L. Rockwell, c. S.
Rockwell, H. NJ. Hutton, Samuel Tar.
Yer, FL. ]. Sutcliffe and w. D. Cham
DiOn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
WITH JURY TO-DAY.

Continued from Tenth Page.)
I make a practice on Sunday to. take
my dogs for exercise.
To Exercise the DOgs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
Said DC Dldn't 90 Hun ting.

On cross examina ton, the witness
said that Potter had told him that he
didn't go hunting, but went to get a
bunch of turnips and to exercise his
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
TWO CHRISTMAS TREES
AT ST. JOHNS.

The st. Johns Sunday-school will
have two Christmas trees this year, on
Christmas eye. The first, at which the
exercises WIN be held in the morning,
will be for the benefit of the poor of
the city. while the second, in the af-
ternoon, will be for the benefit of the
kindergarten Department of the Sun
day-School
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
CHARLTON ACTED
AS SOLICITOR.

Quite number of minor criminal
matters occupied the attention of the
City Court at its session yesterday
morning. In the absence of Solicitor
General Osborne. Mr.. Dan ]. Charlton
acted solicitor. Mr. Charlton was only
admitted to the bar on the day pre-
vious. and his accession to the tenn
porary solicitorship was quite a COM
pliment to him.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-03
LACK OF MONEY IN THE WAY.
Likely to Prevent Whitmarsh and
Wilmington Road Improvement.

THE proposed shell road over Whit
marsh and Wilmington islands would
in my opinion prove a source of great
convenience to the, people of the coun-
ty. Offered proper inducements, l
believe the county commissioners
would consent to build the road,
were it not for the fact that the APP
preparation for road building for this
year has already been exhausted,
either in past construction or in that
now under way or already projected"
Vice Chairman A. B. Moore. of the
Board of Commissioners of the coun-
ty, so expressed yesterday the view
the board would probably take of the
petition for the new roads.
The petition will be presented at the
next meeting of the board asking that
the road be built.
II am informed, though not official
ly," Commissioner Moore said, that
the oyster factory at Wilmington
would be willing to furnish at least
half the shell necessary to pave the
road and that other property owners
interested in the project would give
the necessary rights of way and the
material for the erection of the bridge.
"Under all these circumstances I
think the commissioners, if they had
the means available, would be very
likely to give the project favorable
consideration. But we haven't yet the
money.
"It may be that the work could be
done next year, when the appropria-
ton for 1903 becomes available. 1t is
hardly possible it will be done before
then"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-03
$50 CARLOADS OF MELONS.
Move Daily TO Market over the At
Iantic Coast Line.

The movement of Georgia water
melons to northern, eastern and west
ern markets is now at its hight. The
principal watermelon line in Georgia,
reports a daily movement of about $50
cars. The movement is particularly
strong just now because the growers
are anxious to get in ON the Fourth of
July market.
Last year the crop was about $500
cars from along the lines of the Plant
System, now the Coast Line This year
it will run several hundred cars above
this number. The returns, too. said an
official of the Coast Line yesterday,
have been good, and nearly all of the
growers have been very well satisfied
with the results.
But one car of melons has been re-
jected this season, the official declared.
and this is such an unusual experience
that he considers Slat the growers
have Jared we'll When a consignee
finds his market glutted and little
chance for the disposal of new melons,
he refuses to accept the shipments and
TO pay the freight charges. The re-
suit is that the shipper loses the mel
ons. and the railway lines have to
pro rate the expense of transportation
among themselves.
Cincinnati has been a market where
many cars have been rejected in the
past, but even there the melons have
been received and sold. A great many
growers ship to Cincinnati, and the
market is very apt to become glutted
there. 1t is a basing point for rates.
and it costs no more to ship on to
some other point from Cincinnati, if
ma ri Oh I
If such instructions are given, the
railroads follow them. Often growers
ignorant of these facts fail to give in
structions, and the melons are rejected
at Cincinnati
Conditions for melons have been ex-
cellent. The yield has been large, de-
spite the fact that there was a de-
crease in the acreage. One disadvan-
tage under which the growers have
labored, however. is the refusal of the
Pennsylvania Railway Company to
make deliveries in New York. They
will deliver only at Jersey City, so
that the New York trade has to cross
the North river to buy and sell. This
has resulted in many shipping by the
Ocean Steamship Company. The
steamship company advises the Coast
Line as to how many melons it can
handle by each vessel bound for the
North, and the railway sees that no
more than that number are placed on
the wharves for loading. If others
continue to arrive, as is always the
case, they are routed through by rail,
This plan has been followed since it
became clear that the steamship COM
pany could not handle all the business.
The melons accumulated on the
wharves, and it was impossible for the
company to move them all This new
plan has worked very satisfactorily.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-03
The GEORGIA PEACH
FULL CROP SHIPMENTS WILL BE-
GIN EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THE alberta ENTHRONED.
QUEEN OF GEORGIA ORCHARDS APP
PRoACHEs MATURITY.

The Few Peaches That Have Been
Already Shipped, but the Ripping
Advance of the Tidal Wave That
VIII Sweep the COuntry-The Crop
Reasonably Large and of Fine
Quality-Maj. G. NJ. RyaIs Has
Glowing Prospects for a Successful
COMMUNICATING in Readiness
on the Orchards to Move the Crop.
Labor Sent From Savannah to Help
Handle 1t.
The tidal wave of the Georgia peach
crop, early next week, will begin it's
onward flow to the Eastern and North
ern markets. A few preliminary wave
lets have already washed the beach,
but they are as nothing to the mum
dalton of peach-excellence that will
sweep the country when the crop be-
gins to move in good earnest.
Everything promises a successful
year for the fruit growers. While in
some sections the crop has suffered
from the pests that prey upon the fruit,
in others it is full and of fine quality
and the slight diminution in the num-
Der of cars marketed will be more
than made up, it is confidently believed
by the better prices that will be OBJ
tanned.
The Elberta, Queen of the Georgia
orchards, has but barely begun to be
visible in the markets. In the course
of the next few days, however. this va
rlety Will begin to attain it's ripe and
beautiful maturity and solid trains of
Elbertas, designed to delight the pal
ates OF the epicures of the North, will
speed their flight every day.
From his orchard in Worth county
Maj. G. NJ. Ryals has already been
shipping peaches in small quantities,
but he expects to begin shipments in
carload lots with the beginning of next
week. On Sunday next a large force
OF additional hands will be sent to Ty-
Iy to aid in gathering and packing
the fruit and loading it ON the cars.
Maj. Ryals said last night that the
prospects for a successful year. so far
as his own orchards and those in their
vicinity were concerned, could scarcely
be brighter. Brown rot had made its
appearance to some small extent in iso-
lated portions of the orchards, but it
seemed not to be spreading in any APP
preciable degree and did not threaten
materially to decrease the size of the
yield.
For weeks the growers have been
getting in shape to handle the crop.
The baskets for gathering the fruit
have been carefully inspected, carriers
for its shipment have been knocked
into shape, arrangements have been
made with the railways and refriger-
ator lines for a full supply of cars.
and only the fruition of the crop re-
mains to place in full swing the plan
of campaign that has been so carefully
laid.
OF course, until every car has been
shipped and every return received.
the element of uncertainty still fingers.
Peach growing is gambling on a large
scale ana an untoward fate sometimes
turns the fairest promise into the
bleakest failure. But so far as APP
pearances go and indications point,
the crop this year will be a good
one, the prices all that could be de-
sired and the growers profits sufi-
GENTLY generous to heal the wounds
of last years scanty yield and make
glad their hearts.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-03
FOR THE MACON SHOOT.
Capt. COney the First of the SnVan-
nah Soldiers to Leave.

Capt. COney the First of the SaVan-
nah Soldiers to Leave.
Capt. Walter E. Coney will leave to-
night for Macon, where he will be one
of Col George T. Cams assistants
in the state shoot to be held there next
week. A number of officers have been
detailed for this service. Savannah Of
ficers among those who have been or
dered to assist Col. Cam are Capt.
J. C. Postel, Capt. C. H. Richardson,
Capt F. w. Garden, and Lieut. w
G.. Austin.
those at the shoot. This is Capt D. B.
Devore of the Twenty third Infantry,
stationed at Fort Mcpherson. The
Governor. at Col. Cams request asked
the War Department to detail an of
ficer for this service.
Col. Cam will probably leave Satur-
day night for Macon. He hoped to go
earlier, but found it impossible Capt.
Coney will be his able representative
until his arrival. Col Cam believes
there will be at least 100 men in at
tendance upon the shoot over and
above the five that are ordered from
every company in the state. The Sa-
vannah teams will leave Sunday night
by the Central. The Georgia Hussars
have notified Col Cam that they will
have ten men. No other Savannah COM
mand has given such notice.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-03
CAVALRYMEN TO CAMP.
Liberty Independent Troop Arrang-
ing an August Event.

The Liberty Independent Troop will
have an encampment at it's armory
near Hinesville in August. 1t will be-
gin Monday, Aug. s. and continue
through Friday. Capt A. Gordon Cas-
sells, commanding the troop, has writ
ten the captains commanding all of the
troops of the First Cavalry in this sec
ton, inviting them and their commands
to participate in the event. 1t is prob
able that there will be a large encamp-
ment
A nice armory is owned by the troop,
and there are drill grounds, a rife
range and a fitting track at hand. In
the past the troop has held its annual
encampment on the coast, but it has
been decided to have it this year at the
armory. In addressing the command
ing officers relative to their participa-
ton, Capt. Cassels gays:
AT this season of the year, when
the crops are laid by, and before the
fall business opens up, l think the
members of the various troops can
very readily throw aside their busl-
ness aud go into camp. We have
nice armory, including drill ground,
rifle range and fitting track Our troop
has for a number of years taken an
nually trip to the coast, where for
three or four days we spent the time
very pleasantly, besides putting in
some military exercise, and this season
we have decided to hold encampment
at our armory, and invite our friends
in the military to join us. We assess
each member so cents per day, which
/ find will cover the expense of camp
life. this assessment to be paid in cash
or ratiOns at market valuations, which
brings the expense within reach of
every member.
Tents can be had from the state
by simply paying transportation
charges. Every troop should furnish
their tents and feed their own mem
bers, so as to avoid confusion. l have
found it very necessary in order to
keep up the interest in my troop to
get my men together as often as pos
sible on fitting expeditions or encamp-
ments when they can spend the time
socially together, and at the same time
add to their military knowledge by
performing the military duties incident
to camp life, and l feel satisfied that
if you will join us on this occasion.
you will. like myself, see the great
benefits that your troop will derive.
TT is my intention to have some
kind of free entertainment every
night. to which the people generally
will be invited. Your troop can
readily march through the country, or
should you not be able to bring your
entire troop mounted we will be glad
to have you dismounted
Il have presented to you roughly the
outline for the encampment. l trust
that you will take this up at your
meeting on July 4, and give me your
answer the following week in Macon
at the state shoot, or by correspond
ence, for if we are fortunate enough in
getting our sister troops to join US it
will be necessary for us to make some
improvements for your aocommoda-
tons"