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The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19

"gibbing," was a mental disorder
caused by i'll treatment and unintelli-
gent handling when the victim was a
colt. Cases were cited in which ami
mails beaten because they had refused
to pass objects of terror to their young
eyes had become hystericai and by
continued ill abuse this condition had
become chronic and the animal,
through no fault of it's own, had be-
come what is termed a balky horse.
The defense held that balkiness was
not chronic disorder; that 1t was
caused by the same innate cussedness
that sometimes makes a man turn
against the friend who has cared for
him in his adversely. Witnesses were
produced who swore that they had
owned balky mules and that the only
way they could keep them up to their
work was to starve them. A balky
mule could not stand prosperity.
The jury was out an hour before
bringing in a verdict acquitting the
prisoner.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
VALDOSTANS VICTIMIZED.
CantaIoupe shippers Caught by
Fraudulent Brokers in Pittsburg
to Tune of S7.25O.

to Tune of 81 200.
Valdosta, Ga, July 1S.-If current re-
ports are to be credited, several of the
local cantaloupe shippers have been
the victims of fraudulent fruit brok-
ers in Pittsburg. Pa, to the extent of
$1,000 or $4,000 worth of their products.
Fifteen carloads of cantaloupes have
been shipped from here to Pittsburg
at the instance of a purchasing agent
who spent some time here some days
ago. He gave drafts for the shipments,
$3.50 a carload, and these drafts have
come back unpaid. Altogether, it is
understood that $3.50 worth of these
drafts have been turned down, leaving
the local shippers out just that much
Messrs. B. P. Jones and j. A. Dasher,
two of the best business men in VAL
dosta, were among the victims of these
sharpers. Both of them went to Pitts
burg to try and recover something, and
Mr.. Dasher is still there representing
the other shippers and himself. How
they will come out in retrieving their
losses remains to be seen, though it
is feared that there is little hope of
getting much out of the concerns to
whom the cantaloupes were Clipped.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
PAVEMENT OF SHELL.
Continued From Tenth Page.

upon the company and silences the OBJ
lection that the city would be put to
great expense: Petitioner shall main
tain the entire pavement and keep the
same in proper repair and condition"
On the motion to adopt being put,
Alderman Frank called for the yeas
and nays. with the result as indicated.
The additional rights secured by the
company are as follows:
An additional track on East Broad
street, from Gwinnett to Duffy street
An additional track on Duffy street.
from East Broad to West Broad
street.
A track on River street, from Water
street to Bridge street. and on Bridge
street, from River street to the Ocean
Steamship wharf.
Single track turnout on Liberty
street. between Drayton and Bull
streets.
Two curves on Broughton and Whit
aker streets.
One curve on Broughton and Bar
nard streets.
One curve on st. Julian and Whita-
ker streets.
One curve on Bay and Whitaker
streets.
One curve on East Broad and Boil
ton streets.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
BRIEF COURT DOCKET.
Judge NorwOOd's Weekly Guests
Few in Number.

Judge Norwood's Weekly Guests
Few in Number.
The weekly criminal session of the
City Court of Savannah was held yes
terday morning. The pen of prison
ers who faced Judge Norwood was I'M
usually small, and the docket was
cleared with a celebrity that on recent
occasions the numerous offenders to
be tried have rendered impossible
There were many acquittals, more
than half of those who faced the court
being presented with their liberty as
the reward of patience and merit. The
patience they displayed while they lay
in jail awaiting trial and the merit
consisted probably in the distinguished
ability with which they so covered
their trail as to render conviction i'm
possible.
However, there were some unfor-
tunates who had not evinced an equal
wisdom. In police parlance they had
been caught with the goods and the
penalty of this confirmation of crimi-
nality and carelessness will be a solid
years Imprisonment, at hard labor,
in the chain gang of the county
Andrew Ryals was sent up for a
year lacking a month for cheating and
swindling. Andrew is a highly colored
individual who represented himself to
G. w. Getsniger as the duly accredit-
ed representative of Mary Robinson, to
whom Getsinger, owed money.
and in this role collecting
$3.50. The term on the gang
was offered him by Judge Norwood in
lieu of fine of $50 and the costs of
court
James Williams, a negro whom his
friends and police refer to as "Fernan-
dina" was presented by the court with
free board and lodging, at the expense
of the county. for the. next twelve
months. 1t is true Williams will be
expected to do some little work, but
that's an incident. "Fernandina" found
j. K. Reardon asleep in the Union
Station and proceeded to relieve him
OF such luxuries as he felt Reardon
wouldn't need. He got a watch, SO in
money and a bunch of keys. Judge
Norwood, who seemed strangely inca
pable of appreciating "Fernandina's"
philanthropic motives, gave him his
choice between paying a fine of $50
and costs and serving a year on the
gang.
viii Murray was found guilty of as
sault and battery, the object and VIC
TIM OF his wrath having been Lizzie
RIVERS. Murray had beaten Or to a.
pulp and the court gave him a year
on the gang in which to repent.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19

WORK THAT NEVER ENDS.
Painters Brush Must Always BE-
Kept Going on Forth Bridge.
From London Tit-Bits.

From London Bits.
The Forth bridge is now receiving its
fourth coat of paint since its erection
nearly u years ago. Every three years
the paint surface of the great bridge
is renewed. Beginning at the south end
the painters take three years to cover
the entire length of the bridge-a mile
and a fifth-and by this time they have
to start again at the south side, three
years being the life of the paint.
Twenty-Five acres of metal surface
have to be coated by the brush, and as
the bridge rs on the cantalever princi-
pie, rising to a hight of 450 feet, the
workmen have to crawl about like flies
on a easement. The work is of the ut
most Importance. as unless we'll paint
ed the steel would soon corrode, sub
jected as it is in that exposed position
to the full action of wind and rain. A
special paint composed mainly of oxide
and red lead is used, and there is no
demand for decorative taste, simply
the plain swish swosh. But a clear head
and strong nerve are essential. The
main piers of the cantalevers are of
steel tubes IL feet in diameter, run
ming up to a hight of $40 feet, or 5 feet
higher than st. Pauls Cathedral. so
that to paint day after day at these
tubes necessitates a mind not given to
eXeitable thoughts. Only in very
stormy weather is the work stopped:
on a gauge a wind pressure OF SIS
pounds ner SQUARE foot has haen rag
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19

istered, a greater force than that which
blew down the Tay bridge.
About 80 tons of paint and $4,000
gallons of oil are used up besides other
materials ere the men have crossed
from the south shore to the north
shore. The squad of men numbers US
ually about 35, and when they first
take to the trade they are kept to the
lower portions of the bride. AS they
gain confidence they are intrusted with
the outlying parts. There is an elabor-
ate series of ladders and lifts which
have been devised by the resident en-
gineer. The lifts are worked by steam
engines and winches placed little be-
low the permanent way. At each hoist
there is shelter-house, where the
paint is mixed. To paint underneath
the bridge platforms are slung on wire
ropes on the principle of an overhead
railway and the painters on the slen-
der platform look down right on top
of the steamers bound up the Firth.
including the battleships, for the moor
ings of the Forth guardships are above
the bridge off Queensberry. A squad of
riggers is always ahead of the paint
ers erecting platforms and securing
tackle.
So long as the Forth bridge stands
and it has been built to endure for
generations-so long will the painters
brush keep moving. The cost at the
years end is no trifie, but the bridge
when paid for by the Great Northern
Northeastern, Midland and North
British Railway Companies totaled I'D
S165O0,oo0, and after nearly twelve
years in 70 part has there been renew
al reQuired-a very good record for
$4,000 tons of steel 80 miles of bent
plates and 100000 rivets. AS the
painters are continuously on the move
so is the bridge itself. Allowance was
made for expansion and contraction
and the record so far shows that the
bridge has been 291z inches longer at
one period of the year than at the
other.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19

John ". Donegan. a justice of the
peace in Jersey City, has established
his claim to being considered a man of
MS word. Some months ago he an
nounced that he would give a hand
some suit of parlor furniture to the
twenty-first couple for whom he tied
the nuptial knot. After officiating at
twenty wedding he calmly took unto
himself a bride. to whom he has now
given the promised parlor suit.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
MAY REQUIRE DOUBLE TRACKS.
Centrnrs Increasing Fruit Business
Seems to Demand This.

Macon, Ga, July 1S.-The fact that
the longest fruit train ever handled in
Georgia passed through Macon last
night, and the fuf<her fact that the
number of fruit trees along the line of
the Central Railroad will be increased
nearly twofold this winter have caus-
ed the railroad men here to begin dis
cussing double sets of tracks from the
fruit belt to the markets. They de-
clare that the immense business of the
Central will force it to have it double
tracked
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19
NEWS AT OCILLA.
Brunswick and Birmingham Buys
OcilIa and IrwinsviIle.

OcilIa and IrwinsviIle.
Ocala, Ca, July 1S.-We have had
splendid rains. Crops are fine and peo-
pie are generally jubilant over the sit
uation.
1t is rumored that the Brunswick
and Birmingham Railroad has pur-
chased the Ocilla and Irwinville Rail-
road, and to give color to the rumor
the flats and freight cars of the Ocilla
and Irwinville are being reprinted and
''B. & B. R. R." substituted for 80. &
l."
Our new postmaster is giving us
good service. We now get the Savan-
nah News at II m. same day as print
ed,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19

Macon, Ga. July 1S.-Jeff Butler a
cotton factor. returned to-day from
trip through Southern Georgia as far
as the Florida line. He says he never
saw such crops as are now growing;
they are the best within his knowl-
edge.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-19

Kissimmee, Fla. July 1S.-Compl ste
returns for this, Osceola county, elect
j. w. Watson, present member, to the
legislature by 25 majority. Bass for
county commissioner by Z.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21
BISHOP POTTER'S BLOW AT TEN,
PERANCE REFOR u.

There is not room to doubt that Bishop
| Potter is a good man ard that he would
like to encourage temperance, bat he has
a poor way Of showing it. His recent
sensational utterance was so pleasing TO
the New York Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton that they have put MS ~pronuncia-
mento in circular form and are giving it
wide distribution. Whatever may be said
of Bishop Potter's motives and his posi-
| ton, one thing is true: If his position
is endorsed by the Liquor Dealers As
sociation it cannot be regarded by them
as irimical to their business. Perhaps
the busiest as well as the severest crti-
| cism of Bishop Potter's position is made
Of the Richmond Christian Advocate.
We quote:
eve have several times alluded to
Bishop Potter's utterances in regard to
the saloon. Occupying the highest Off
cial position in the Protestant Episcopal
church, and at the head of the most
prominent diocese in that church, what
he says on any subject carries with it
great weight and influence. That his at
titude on the liquor question has seriously
damaged the cause of temperance in this
country, there can be no doubt. Not only
has it given a qualified sanction to social
drinking, but decided encouragement to
the saloon. AS an evidence Of this, the
liquor men have put his utterances in
circular form. and scattered them broad
cast as a virtual endorsement of their
unholy traffic.
Recently he has taken even z more
decided and Objectionable stand upon this
subject. Not only does he d%enounce the
earnest advocates Of temperance as cy-
tremists and fanatics, but he would have
the saloon open every day in the week,
including the Sabbath. He would dispense
with all restrictive or prohibitory legis-
lation in regard to the liquor traffic,
making it a matter of personal RESPONSE
bility, and allowing liquor to be sold and
drunk ad libitum. He agrees however,
| that it's sale might be restrained or for
| hidden by the vote of the people in GER
tain municipalities or precincts.
How a high dignitary in the church OF
God ian take such a position in regard
to the direst evil that afficts humanity,
one cannot understand. OF course the
liquor men will buckle at this fresh an
| nouncement of his views, and blazon them
forth through every channel at their
command"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21
SHORT SIGHTED OPPOSITION.

The Chattanooga Times has discovered
opposition to the Appalachian Park
among some short-sighted lumbermen. II
saws that those people have been in
dulging their vandalism to profit them
selves for many years; and when one has
been living at free commons a long time
he takes it hard if he shall be called
on to follow more regular courses. But, -
as the Times continues, 1.-The lumbermen's
real interest will be promoted in the long
run, by the creation of the park, though
the limitations laid upon them may be
irksome at the first. The park is a GER
tainty. and the lumber people had best
recognize that fact now, fall into line,
and get the best terms they can in law
for it's regulation
Park is for the preservation of the tim
Der and it's ultimate advancement in
value. There ought to be no opposition
from any quarter in this State, for II
will be no easy matter with an unbroken,
solid front, to secure the necessary legis-
lation and the big appropriation. The es-
Enlistment of this park means more to
North Carolina, and particularly to Yves
tern North Carolina. than any PROPOSE
ton ever put before Congress and the
peOple.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21
WHY so MANY NEW BOOKS?

To the Editor: Why are so many new
books flooding the country now? This is
a question most every one at all inter-
ested in literature has asked himself.
But how many nave satisfied themselves
with an explanation? There must be
some reason for the large output, which
perhaps is best explained by the char
acter of the books circulated.
The only satisfactory explanation I
have been able to get comes from Arlo
Bates, one of the best interpreters OF
literature l have read. To my mind he
is convincing. because he goes to the bot
tom of things for his argument.
1t is a fact that while there are nun
dreds of new books published every day
very few make lasting impressions and
are destined to live long. And still less
is the number that will bear rereading
again and again and hat one cares to lay
by for a lifetime companion.
Mr.. Bates SAYS that the character OF
the books is encouraged by the nature
of the wants of the reading public. Peo-
pie have become SO engrossed with bust
ness affairs and industrial problems
: giving so nearly the whole mind to these
! things-that they have little inclination
] to anything outside that requires thought
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21
BARRING OUT ALIENS
More Effective Legislation
Urged by Sargent,
Annual Report Of Commissioner cf lmmiga#or.
Suggests Penalties for Bringing To-
Diseased Aliens.
CBy Associated Pres j


Washington, oct. 1S.-Ihe ANIMAL
port of the Commissioner of Ia.m.....
ton was made public today. j. a....
hat of the CAS-, 1874 immigra4ts Mao
rived in the United States dl.a- 81.
last fiscal year, ACC, 1863 were u.l. ..
1872, 374 females. OF the entire uu..
of arrivals Italy supplied 1880. 1a a.
crease of 1879 over the nuuuat l-
1O1; Austria-Hungary l1l.9S9, an liner.
Of $3.50, and Russia 1921, au Iu.r.
of q. O90. Most European eo4atr"
showed an increase but there MAS d ""
ing off in the arrivals from Ig...
amounting to 1,423, the total from thai
county being %, 1873. The hsur.a o"
corning Asiatic immigration SHOW Fl ."
crease from China OF $40. the total U."e
l, $40, inc increase from Japan ol '..
the total being 14,210, or 40 pe, r
Of the entire number arriving lt-
were unable to read or write nut .-
were under IA years Of age. Csal"
ing upon his circumstance Conn.
siOner Sargent says:
ct can be roughly estimated from III.
foregoing figures nov effective JED
Guiding aliens would be a reading
such as that proposed during the r
session of Congress, which would a"'
applied to children under j. amt ...
over So"
The total number Of aliens frj"-'- ..
mission TO land was 4,974, or @'o..
thirds OF one per cent OF the ia..
. rivals. OF these 3,944 We're p-HT~."
had loathsome diseases, 9 were 1.-..
and PTS contract labOrers.
Reference is made TO the alien "o.
labor bill pending in the sonar.
! the Commissioner expresses I'D.
hat it may pass during tn" -."
sion.
Mr.. Sargent finds that the
view expressed in the last annual
Of the bureau as 10 TIE effect F"
full examination by the tAt...
| Marine Hospital Surgeons eIo"
/ TRANSFORMATIONS bringing disease
to American ports has not oe."
cd by the experience OF the
/ He urges the necessity lof
which shall inflict upon the ---
ton lines VIC have the means %.
ing themselves from the erect Oh
ton of the law by competent A.-
spection at the port Of foreign
ton, a penalty proportionea
witty Of the risk to the A'''.-
American people for prlHs'--
aliens to the ports of this eo.- ...
Speaking of the enIoIe."
! Chinese exclusion laws, MT.
says many obstacles have 's.-
tered. -n
THE chief obstruction, h.
the efficient enforcement o.
arise. on the enc hand, from
pulous character of some ..
2ens and others who find q
in smuggling Chinese o.
! classes acros our land boua'+..
on the other, from the co7S..-.
ference Of those jealous per
own country whose conscloo.
own exalted purposes III '"I- E
moral amendment OF tAe -
pears to them ample 5a~tltt.-- .
times for diregard Of the 3D..
for the endeavor to haT' l
waived as u"niInpoftaHL
with their own designs
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21
|0m tho [L6t@papY WORT dJ0

ond thev read for rest and amusement.
Such q condition requires fascinating
hooks books that are interesting for the
time being: il matters not whether they
have lasting value. If such readers as
these had time to think, and cared to
stir the soul with reading, they would
read books with more character, books
that would be strong and faithful COM
nanions when the years are counting
quickly.
1t is often said that men are most
pleased with girls in the lightest vein,
because when they are out Of the count
ing house they want TO be entertained.
But the majority of men have their seri-
Gus moods. Then they stop to think. and
woe to the girl in lighter vein, for seldom
does a man choose a wife merely for
amusement. He wants a strong and
steady companion that will be a lasting
helper. noble. inspiring and at all times
sympathizing.
SO 10 those who really think and have
serious moods in literature, when the
deepest and divinest depths of the SOU
are touched, these light books mean
little. But such literature is supplying a
demand the outgrowth of sociological con-
ditions. So long as such books are clean
OIL GNpltSSlOu dAO SuSSSolloh lhCy w ~
tie hurt, except to encourage ~thoughtless-
ness, which means emptiness. Although
one reads such books and at times we all
need just such as comes from them the
good and tried books should not be neg
lected. And it strikes me that if we ac-
custom ourselves to reading only the
best books we can find in them satiSfac-
ton for all moods.
ALLEN ]. BARWICK.
GOldSbOrO. n. c., Oct. IS. 1902.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21
Hit Him Again."
Baptist Uninn.l

"A small church was sadly in need of
sehefal repairs, and a meeting was held
IN II with a view of raising funds for
mat purpose. The minister having caid
sooo would be required, a very wealthy
land equally stingy) member of the
church rose and said he would give one
ocliar. Just as he sat down, however
d lump of plaster fell from the collins
ana MT him on the head, whereupon he
rose up hastily and called ont thar no
nao made a mistake-he would give $50
lnis was too much for an enthusiast II
.nenioer present, h forgetful of everv-
-, called out fervently, "Oh, Lord
nit him again."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21
Pas Troubles,

| can I imagine what pas done
somethin bad | s'posa. ..
I've asked my teacher .Lo,..
says at no one know '.
An pa he seems so Worri-sr
like IN blue,
He's got ma |frtttin' 7,e
know what [ do.
Ias allus been real go14
long since early tan
Hes had no time T. spend --.
ain been home at all
! asst rsa what the matter
an she replied. MY.
Yer pas been nomiultaF ~
set down an cried.
Why WIS pa nominated
| t know.
Jack Jones he said twas
! know hat amt So.
l bet some other Teller has
broke a law
An then turned round
snitch and swore it wa.
Eut anyhow pas Worried an.
late at night.
An says he's got T. DO IL
tlShtln' IT IN right.
Ned Smith re said they'd Son..
I legislative hall
Nd | just smashed him aa .
You bet made him -gg..r
l amt a goin' back on pa. ..
ter what he's done.
An in his day o trouble ha GA.
upon his son.
If tn legislature gifts him You b.. ...
out 4 doubt.
I'll be right there t. greet hin. ....
keeper lets him oat.
An pa an me We'll hold our h..
high as other men.
An pa he'll show tn world ff..
a honest man again.
But I'm so sorry r. my ma. its s.s
tough on her
Pas soin' t Legislature an She r.-.
know What it's fr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21
In the Supreme 0oU' -

Appeals wexe argued yes'5.'
lows: s,. tn. q.
Hall V. Hall. by Spence io'
liant. ,r.r arlco
plaihtin; Lockhart for d~eten@.- E..
Shute V. Heath, by MAJ. and .
for plaintiff; Adams q Je.o+, l.s.a.
field & Williams, by brlei' hard
Fowler '. Mclaughlin Will u, rr.,f
morning. Redwine & StaeN' .f..
plaintif: Jones & TiIlett and DIV
for defendant. .;Ii. E, O.
Ninth District appe"I'
next Tuesday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21
IMPERTINENT.

An inquisitive correspondent makes the
following inquiries:
What did Helen Hunt?
Is it true that William Dean Howells?
What is James Whitcomb Riley?
What does George Ade?
How does Robert Barr?
What make Edward Everett Hale?
Where does Harry Thurston Peck?
What does George w. Gable?
Whom has Finley Peter Dunno?
What does Anthony Hope?
What is it tina Hamilton w. Mabie?
"The Story of King Arthur by
Howard Pyle, with his own illustrations,
will begin in the November ST. Nicholas.
1t is considered by those who have read
the manuscript to contain some Of Mr..
1yle's best work, and it will be a fitting
companion to the same authors ''Robin
Hood 1t is not a recOunting of old
tales, but an entirely new series OF
picturesque, romantic stories o
about the old legend of King Arthur
The conductors of ST, Nicholas believe it
Will prove the most notable work for
young readers published in the English
language during the coming year.
The November Century will open with
what the publishers call "a sevenfolG
colored frontispiece'-seven full-page
pictures by Maxfield Parish, illustrating
THE Great Southwest including on,
picture of the Grand Canon of the Colo
RADIO, which is the subject of an article
in the same number by John Muir, the
distinguished California naturalist.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21

The News and Observer goes eyery day
now to s.132 subscribers. That's the way
the Old Reliable" is going forward.