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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
LEGAL NOTICES.
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ARREARS FOR GROUND RENT


ARREARS FOR GROUND RENT.
City of Savannah, Office City Treas
urer, Dec. 1. 19O2.-The following lots
are in arrears for ground rent" OF
which, owners are hereby notified.
c. S. HARDEE.
Brown ward-East u lot "a. qrs.;
lot 81, 2 qrs.
Calhoun Ward-Lot %. qrs.: west
u lot %, 2 qrs.; east u lot AZ, qrs;
east u lot 43. qrs.; lot 4S. qrs.
Charlton Ward-North a lot IS.
Qrs.
Chatham Ward-East u lot 10. 2 qrs.;
west Il lot Is. 2 qrs.; lot II, qrs.; lot
80, qrs.: lot 81. qrs-
Columbia Ward-Lot 16, 2 Qrs.: west
n lot 90 qrs.; lot SO. 2 qrs-
Crawford Ward-West Y lot 6, 2 qrs.;
south u lot 10, qrs.; lot 25, qrs.;
lot 26, qrs.; lot q, 2 qrs.; east u of
west Y lot SO. 2 qrs.; lot 43. 2 qrs:
east u lot 81, 2 qrs.; northwest part lot
IS, 2 qrs.
Crawford Ward, East-Part lot Is. 2
qrs.: lot 16. 2 qrs.
Ebert Ward-Lot 1. 2 qrs.: lot 3, 2
qrs.; south Y lot 16, qrs.; south y
of north u lot 16, 2 qrs.
Forsyth Ward-Lot is, 2 qrs.
Franklin Ward-East y lot q, 2 urs.
Greene Ward-East part lot 4. 2
qrs.; west part lot 4, 2 qrs.; south u
lot 16, qrs.; south Il lot 25. qrs.;
lot "a. 2 qrs.
Jackson Ward-West u lot 10, 2 qrs.;
east 2-3 lot 10. 2 qrs.
Jasper Ward-Lot 4S. qrs.: west a
lot 46. 2 qrs.
Lafayette ward-west "A lot 1.
qrs.; east % lot 40, qrs.; lot AZ, 2
qrs.: lot As, .qrs.
Liberty Ward-North Il lot 90, 2 qrs.:
lot IS. qrs.
Lloyd ward-Lot So. 2 qrs.: west u
lot s2. 2 qrs.
Monterey ward-East 2-5 lot 10.
Qrs.
Pulaski Ward-West part lot 81,
qrs. east part lot 81, qrs.
Troup Ward-West Y lot IA. 2 qrs.:
east II lot II, 2 qrs.; north Y lot 81. 2
qrs.; east Y of south u lot 81. 2 qrs.
Warren Ward-Lot is, qrs.; lot 10.
2 qrs.
Washington Ward-Lot s. Q qrs..
west II lot 6. 2 qrs.; east n lot IA.
qrs.: lot %. 2 ars.
Wesley Ward-East Y lot II, 2 ors.
All persons having interest in the
above lots are hereby notified that
if the amounts now due are not paid
to the City Treasurer on or before
Dec. Is, inst. I will proceed on the
morning of Dec. 16 to re-enter accord
ing to law.
HENRY E. DREESON,
City Marshal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
Autumn Rain.
From Leslie's Weekly.

FROM LeSle'S weekly.
What music in the falling of the
steady autumn rain
AS II murmurs through the woodland
in a monotone refrain!
When it rattle, rattle, rattles
Like a thousand fairy battles
On the. yellow autumn carpets to the
piping of a Pan,
With a rata-plata, rata-plata, plan
plan plan.
What a music in the falling OF the
steady autumn rain
When Ii marches DER the city to a
military strain!
How it clamor. clamor, clamors
With a million tiny hammers,
While the spirit of November marches
in the plashy van
To the rata-plata rata-plata, plan,
plan plan.
What a music in the falling OF the
steady autumn rain
When 1t dances on the barn above the
bins OF yellow grain
How II jingles DER the shingles
And its melody commingles
In an anthem of thanksgiving as the
weary husbandman
Hears the rata-plata, rata-plata, plan
plan plan.
oh, the sleep-c0mpeliing music OF the
falling autumn rain
As Il rushes from the roof and splashes
on the window panel
What a sweet and soothing lulllng
When the sleepy ear Ia dulllng
And a droNslness comes stealing from
the siumber wings that fan
To the rata-piata. rata-plata. plan
plan plan.
Lowell Otus Reese
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
MR.. ROOT AND THE PROHIBITION
lists,

1t is evident that there is going to
be an interesting contest during the
present session of Congress between
the War Department and the prohi-
bitionists. At the last session of Con-
gress the prohibitionists won the fight
that was made upon the sale of intox-
icating beverages at army posts. They
insisted that the canteen, that is, the
army saloon, should go, and Congress
yielded to what appeared to be a SEN
timent against the canteen. But, ae-
cording to the reports of army officers
and others in a position to speak in
diligently on the subject. the closing
of the canteen has been followed by
the Generalization of the soldiers.
There has been much more drunken
ness than when the canteen was in
operation, and many more assertions
and minor offenses against discipline
In his annual report, Mr.. Root, the
Secretary of War, says II am con.
WINGED that the general effect of pro-
hibiting the use of beer and light wines
within the limited area of the army
post is to lead the enlisted men to
go out of the post, TO frequent the vile
resorts which cluster in the neighbor-
hood, to drink bad whisky to excess,
and to associate with abandoned men
and more abandoned women, and that
the operation of the law is to increase
drunkenness, disease, insubordation and
desertion. and moral and physical de-
generation" The condemnation of the
anti-canteen law could not be more
strongly put. and there is no doubt
that the Secretary has the facts upon
which he bases his condemnation of
that law.
OF course the prohibitionists will con-
tend that he is mistaken. and probably
they will find people, who pretend to
know all about the conditions exist
ing at army posts. who will say that
the soldiers never led cleaner and So
berer lives and were never more
amenable to discipline than since the
canteen was abolished. Congress will
listen to both sides and while it can
have no doubt that the Secretary of
War is absolutely right, it WILL in all
probability, sacrifice the poor soldier to
what it considers the public sentiment
of the country. 1t will let the law
stand as IL is, mainly for the reason
that the prohibitionists have the votes
and the influence. They are a part
of the people who elect members of
Congress. and so what they want is
likely to have more weight than the
reports of army officers and the Secre-
tary OF War.
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
WHAT COLOMBIA sURRENDERs.

In his message the President men
toned the isthmian canal as if there
were no doubt about it's being built,
but he did not mention the difficulties
that are Being encountered in the eff
fort to get the necessary concessions
from Colombia.
No doubt he feels these difficulties
will be overcome and that the canal
will be built on the Panama route. but
takes the position that If the diff
culties are found to be insurmounta-
BILE the canal will be built on the
Nicaragua route.
The impression is abroad that the
Colombian government is demanding
too much for the concessions which
are desired. She wants several mill
lions more than our government has
offered her. but there seems to be
some justice in the claim which she
makes. At the present time she is
getting about $4,000 a year from the
railroad and from port dues, light
house taxes and other sources of rev.
enue. She offers to give this income
up for a cash consideration of $10-
100000 and 100000 a year, though the
yearly payment is not to begin until
after the expiration of fourteen years.
She estimates that the amount she
is now collecting would amount to
about $10,00O.000 in the fourteen years
during which she is to get nothing
She proposes also to throw in her
reversionary interest in the railroad.
This looks as If she were not de-
handing so much after ALL but then,
it must be taken into consideration
that If the United States do not build
the canal Colombia viii not continue
to collect s750,O0O year in the limits
of the territory she is asked to cede
to them. She will of course con-
tinue to get rental from the railroad,
but the railroad might cease to be a
paying concern and the ports of Pana-
ma and Colon might cease to be of
much account if the United States
should build the canal on the Nicara-
guam route. Therefore Colombia.
stands to lose much more than SIC. OO0,-
900 if the canal should not be built on
the Panama route
II is probable that an agreement will
be reached in respect to the price to
be paid for the concessions before the
end OF the present Congress. The CO.
lombian Congress meets in January.
and that body may assist in bringing
the negotiations to a satisfactory con-
clusion.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

In view OF the acqhittal at Plymouth.
Mass, of the white-cappers who were
on trial for mobbing. tarring and
feathering and riding on rail man
of the name of Mcdonald. and sub
jecting a woman OF the name of Potter
TO indignities. in the fashionable town
of Marion some months ago. Massa-
chusetts would seem TO be estopped
from passing criticisms upon Missis-
sippi and other Southern states. The
action of the Marion mob was only in
degree less reprehensible than If its
victims had been hanged from lamp
post; the spirit was precisely the same.
The evidence submitted to the jury
was such as TO leave no doubt as to
the participation in the outrage OF at
least some of the persons accused;
nevertheless the jury refused to con-
Wet And refusal to convict means
that the jury approved of the mob's
work. After this when Massachusetts,
points the finger of scorn at mob law
in any other section. as she is very
fond of doing. the section attacked will
be justified in hurting the Marion brick
through her glass house.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
nDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

decentralization Lodge No. 4S, f.
and A. M. Fourth District Admins
tration Club
Special Notices-Ship Notice. w, B.
Knagg. Master; Fine Arrival of Choice
Game, Fried & sommers.
Moved-Livingston's Pharmacy Co.
Special Daily Sales No. 5,-B. H, Levy
& Bre.
The Right Present for Anybody
Sternberg & Co.
Witch Hazel-Shuptrine's Pharmacy
Silver Polish-The Gorham Company.
Notices in Bahkruptcy-M. S. Ken
nedy. r. G. Trezevant. ]. Sanford
Ross, Moses Prayer. Horace r.. Hun
ter, w. w. Hewitt, of Chatham Coun-
ty; L. NJ. Lotion of Decatur County;
A. J. Gordon of Tattnall County; j.
NJ. Hoodenpyle of Glynn County; S. J..
Jones Of Camden County; w. "A.
Grifith of Lowndes County.
Hot Stuff Stoves and Oil Heaters
VIM. & II. H. baltimore.
Shoemakers' Supplies-M. Wilensky.
whislxy-Lewis' '6s; Green River.
Biscuit-Uneeda Biscuit.
Medical-swamp Root; Golden Medi-
cal Discovery; Vinol; Cascarets; DR..
Hathaway; Mothers Friend.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
Personal.

"A story Is told of Arthur Balfour' S
experience as Secretary for Ireland
which illustrates both his unpopularity
and the wit of the celebrated Father
Healey. Balfour asked the priest on
one occasion: do the Irish really hate
me as much as the newspapers say?''
My dear sir" was Father Healey's
answer, IF they only hated the devil
half as'mueh as they hate you my oc-
cupation would be gone"
Congressman James X. P. Hall,
one of the Democrats from PennsyI-
vania, viii not serve in the next House.
The last Republican gerrymander put
him I'm district overwhelmingly op-
posed to his party, so he accepted the
nomination for state senator. He was
elected almost without opposition and
his salary as senator will begin on
Dec. l. Not caring to draw two sala-
riees-and not needing either, for he is
millionaire-he viii hand his resig-
nation to Speaker Henderson.
Maurice Grau's stage manager this
season is Belgian named Almanz. a
man of high professional reputation in
Europe and a wonder of sartorial per-
lection. Amid the scenes of confusion
that occur between acts he stands the
picture of faultlessiy dressed compos-
ure. He wears immaculate evening
clothes, never removes his white
gloves, however strenuous the action
of his subordinates may become, and
under no circumstances allows his
opera hat to fall from under his arm.
New York has never seen his equal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

When Congressman John Wesley
Gaines Of Tennessee proposed that a
rider to put anthracite on the free list
be attached to the bill TO make an APP
preparation for the strike commission,
Uncle Joe" Cannon remarked SEN
tentiousfy." the Associated Press says,
that he presumed the eleventh COM
mandment might also be read" But
Uncle Joe" was neediessly annoyed,
since Mr.. Gaines was minding his own
business. There Is nothing conceivable
connected with legislation that isn't
his business. and he never neglects a.
Mr.. Gaines has the distinction 81 re-
ing mentioned a greater number Of
times in the Congressional Record dur
ing the last session than any other
member u Congress
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
Didn't Need the Job.

A lady in Portland, Me, passing by
a garden saw a rather shabbily dressed
man working on some trees. says the
Philadelphia Ledger.
What are you doing to those tree
trunks ?' asked she.
"Girdling them, madam, with prin-
ter's ink and cotton to keep off the
canker worms" answered the man.
How much does it costa" inquired
she.
About 20 cents apiece" was the re-
ply.
We'll, / wish you would come and
girdle ours. What is your manner"
Hill" the man replied, but, although
the lady repeated the request about
going to girdle her trees, the man re-
turned an evasive answer. That night
she spoke to her husband about the
occurrence.
why" said the husband, laughing,
that man is Rev. DR.. Hill, late Presi-
dent of Harvard University, and re-
Gently appointed pastor of the First
Church"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
OFFICIAL.
LIQUOR LICENSES.

City of Savannah, Ga, Dec. 8, 1902.
The following applications to retail
liquor during the year 1903 were read
at meeting of Council Nov. &c, 1902, and
referred to Committee of the Whole
w. p. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
E. r. Almond, 4l6 Tattnall street,
J. H. A. Behn, $50 West Broad street.
H. N. C. Bohn, 235 East Broad street
C.. P. Connery, ITO St. Julian street,
west
w. C. A. Dierks, 1874 Whitaker.
w. N. Eskedor, 43S West Broad
street.
F. Freezing. 80 Randolph street.
John Flathmann, 1901 Whitaker.
Fincken & Pacetti, Congress and Bar
nard streets.
Fried & Sommers, Union Station.
Joseph Galina, Drayton and Bay
street lane.
H. H. Genken. Broughton and Price
streets.
]. H. Grice, Sims and Prendergast
streets.
Francis S. Hart. % Jefferson street.
w. jacobson, East Broad and Har-
ris streets.
Joseph F. Knox. 545 Bryan street.
west.
P. Manning, % Bay street, east.
Max & Curtis. 224 st, Julian street.
west.
Sarah Morrison, 500 Oglethorpe ave-
nue.. east.
T. F. Mcdonald. Indian and Ann
streets.
P. Orsini, SO2 Bryan street, west.
Orsini Bros, 525 Bay street, east.
Chas. Oksiek. 202 Reynolds street.
j. O'Keefe. rs Broughton street.
east.
s. Raskin, Henry and West Broad
streets.
John B. Roche. 5S7 Thirty-third
street, east.
NJ. S. Smith, Wayne and jefferson
streets.
H. A. Smith & Co.. ALP Congress
street, west.
Joe. Serpa, Houston and oglethorpe
avenue lane.
H. Schroeder, 4O1 Broughton street.
east
George Schroeder, West Broad and
Waldburg streets.
Harry Steffins, 1852 East Broad
street.
Henry Toehl, Stewart and Wilson
streets.
]. H. Taylor, Houston and Ogie-
thorpe avenue lane.
B. Weiz, APO West Broad street.
A. j. Wilson. 102 East Broad street.
Henry Wilkins, $50 jefferson street.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
AVOID A DEFICIENCY

There ought to be no hesitation in
adopting the amendment offered by
Nr. Hall of Bibb to the general tax
bill, namely. to increase the tax rate
from 1923 to ss.15 on the 81, 600. 1t is
admitted. that it will require such an
increase to meet the appropriations
which the House has made Either
that ought TO be done or else the ap-
propriations ought to be scaled so as
to bring them within the revenues. 1t
would be folly TO appropriate $250,000
or 100000 more than the amount of
the states income. The Legislature
has been appropriating more than the
amount of the revenues for several
years, and last year it took a large
sum from the public property fund TO
meet the deficiency that could no
longer be provided for with comfort.
1t is probable that il is the expecta-
ton that a tax on franchises will be
authorized. and that from that source
enough will be realized to meet the ap-
preparations. 1t will not be wise to
depend upon that tax. While il now
looks as if the Legislature would de-
eide to tax franchises, it is far from
certain that it would be able to collect
such a tax next year. A couple of
years ago the Legislature of New York
authorized the taxing Of a certain class
of franchises and the question of the
constitutionality of such tax is only
now being argued in the highest court
of the state. The wise thing for the
state to do is to provide for the prompt
payment of its obligations from sources
of taxation which 1t knows from ex-
perienee to be constitutional. 1t would
be a mistake to take the chances of a
deficit, a large deficit If it should be
decided to tax franchises and the tax
should be held to be constitutional,
there are ways in which the surplus
fund could be used. Indeed, one years
revenue from franchise tax could be
used to great advantage in building
school houses. The main point to
which we wish to call attention, how
ever. is that it would be poor states
manship to risk a big deficit.
1t looks as If there were no intention
on the part of the Legislature to put
pensions on an INDECENT basis. There
cannot be much. il any, doubt in the
mind of any member of the Legislature
that very considerable portion of the
pension appropriations now goes to.
those who are well able to provide for
themselves. From what has been pup
lished and what has been charged on
the floor of the House and the Senate,
we assume that it is we'll understood
that much of the pension money is
not being distributed as the people
originally intended it to be. Is it to
be understood that it is now being dis
tributed as the people of most of the
counties wanted 1t to be? And is that
the reason why there is so little in
terest in the Legislature in the efforts
that are being made to have pensions
placed on an INDECENT basis? We men
ton this matter at this time since
deficiency, assuming that the appro-
priations the House has made win
stand, could easily be avoided by pay
ing pensions only to those Confederate
veterans and widows of veterans who
actually need assistance from the state
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

Postmaster General Payne's order
that no married women shall be en-
ployed in his department II their hus-
bands are able to support them. is al
ready bearing fruit in breaking up
homes. A day q two ago woman clerk
who draws $l,400 year announced to
the chief of her division that she had
separated from her husband. who
draws $500. and would secure a di-
vorce. The husband and wife talked
the matter over and agreed that it
would be better to give each other up
than to sacrifice one of the salaries.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

A unique four-cornered race for a
purse of s1,OOO.Oo0 was concluded the
other day. when W. A. Clark. Jr., tel
egraphed from Butte. Mont. to Sena-
tor Clark. his father: Your grandson
will draw on you for 81, 100000. He
weighs 10 pounds and is a credit to
his father. Mother and son doing we'll. -
Senator Clark has several grand
daughters. but he. wanted "a grand
son so much that he hung up the purse
named 70 be given to whichever of his
two sons or two daughters should first
crafty his wish. His daughter Mrs.
Morris would have won the prize a
month ago. except that the sex was
wrong.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

The verdict Of 100000 which the New
York Supreme Court gave Mrs. Legs
a day or two ago against the New
York Central Railroad, for the kill
ing of her husband in the Park avenue
tunnel wreck. Is said TO be the largest
ever awarded in any country for dam
ages because OF death. The verdict
carries with II interest on the amount
from the date Of the disaster IN addi-
lion 70 counsel fees. 10 that the com
pany Will have 70 pay about sl0s. 900
IN All Mr. Legs was manager OF a
large department store and earned
$4,000 a year. Up 10 the present the
Park avenue tunnel disaster has cost
me company about 100000 In yerdicts
The only other verdict approaching
thgl ~ Mrs. Leys vas given IN Eng
iane' where eif.000 Was awarded 20
s-''~ 81 ~. Phillips
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

Congress may be~able to get over the
difficulty of placing fifty-cent dollars
in the Philippines by calling the coins
pesos" BY that arrangement the dol
lar will be worth 100 cents. but the
peso, of the same weight as the Amer
lean silver dollar, will be worth only
fifty cents. That will save the dollar
from being debased.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

Unless Senator Quay gets what he
wants in TIM matter Of the admission
Of New Mexico, he may bring out
again that famous tarin speech OF his
that he partly delivered several years
ago. He said the other day that he
had u pat away for future use. The
speech contains about the same num-
Der Of words 90 the latest edition o.
the Encyclopedia britannica
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

There is talk in Philadelphia of the
possibility of William F. Harrity. for
merly Democratic National Chairman,
coming into the open as a candidate
for the presidential nomination. Mr..
Harrity has not been heard from in
politics for several years.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

The Baltimore American (Rep) is
opposed to the admission of the terri
tories to statehood. 1t says: There
is no need of haste. There is no crisis,
no pressing need of states just now"
To be sure. And 1t would be very good
policy on the part of the Republican
party TO keep a territory or two up its
sleeve, after the manner that "Ah Sin"
held out the aces on Truthful James"
and "Bill Nye." There may come a
day again when the Republican party
will need vote or two to tide 1t over
a crisis, when as a matter Of expedi-
ency ii could admit a territory and get
the votes. The little peterborough
of Nevada got in that way.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

The New York Evening Sun says
that President Roosevelt's message is
seven pounds lighter than a straw
hat" For some reason or other the
opinion has got abroad that the Even
ing Suns opinion in this matter is a
reflection of that of j. Pierpont Nor
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather. colder in
east portion. brisk to high, west to
northwest winds. Eastern Florida,
rain. with colder weather in north and
central portions. brisk to high. west
to northwest winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05

Dowie. the Chicago prophet. has pro-
pounded conundrum. why" he
asks, should you believe in doctors,
when no two of them ever agree?"