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The Florence daily tribune., 1902-06-11

ITO RENT-The mos, modern six-room tor
l race in the East End. Newly papered,
Morris the jeweler. 55tf
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-06-11
Classified Advertisements
FOR ALE

DOR SALE New 6-room house, close in, only
Il $500; $3.50 down, balance Sl2 a month The
basement alone rents FOR S12 per month. A. P.
Hassler Co, Pueblo, Colo 'S2.S7
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-06-11

ITO REET-One of the neatest and cleanest
i rooms in town. Electric light. bath and
mountain water. Inquire at Daniels drug
store 52-tf
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
BRIGHT BITS.

-Church.-"I nsver cross a bridge
until l come to it," Gotham-"Well, if
you refer to the Brooklyn Bridge, YOU
have good deal of trouble even then. !"
-Yonker's Statesman.
-Lucky.-"Where are you going, nv
pretty maid?" Down to the butcher
shop" she said. Have you money to
buy steak?" asked he Yes, we've
just mortgaged our place." said She
Chicago Record Herald.
Frank" said Mabel, tenderIy,
doesn't it seem ages between Tues
day and Saturday night ?" Yes, in
deed" replied Frank thoughtlessly
Sometimes it seems as though pay
day would never come. '-Tit-B Bits.
-Butcher.-"Well, my little dear, an
what do you want?" Little Dear
"Taint wot hi wants! Hi wants a
dimind dog collar, an brom, an a
perminint parse to the Music All am
a seat at the corinashun. But it amt
wot hi wants, it's wot muvver wants
an she wants arr a pound off the
scraggy end of neck O. mutton, on
the nod till y!"-Punch.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23

The county school commissioners
of the state. at their convention in Au-
gusta this week, were about unanimous
in the opinion that there ought to be
local taxation in aid of the public
schools. The present law on that sub
Jcct is so indirect that it is practically
impossible to get an expression of a
majority of the voters of county as
to whether or not there shall be a local
tax for educational purposes. The law
should be amended or new one en-
acted.
Those who have charge of the public
schools in the various counties are pro-
gressive men, take them as a whole,
and they realize the need of better
school houses and better schools, but
they can do nothing with the limited
means at their command. What is
needed in all of the rural districts is
an educational awakening.
Better schools could be had in each
county for very small increase in the
county tax rate-so small that the
people would scarcely feel it-and the
return would be so great that the in
vestment would be a good one. With
the Improvement of the schools there
would be other improvements the
methods of farming, in the stock, in
the style of living, in the home sur
roundings and in many other ways. It
is not probable of course that the bet
terment of the schools can be brought
about all at once. but if the county
school commissioners keep working at
the matter they will accomplish their
object after a while
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
coRPoRAL o,nRIEN.s TESTIMONY.

1t is not the purpose Of the minority
of the Senate in inquiring into the
charges of cruelty and brutality grow
ing out of the military occupation of
the Philippines to defanle the army,
but If much more testimony like that
of Corporal OBrien is heard by the
Senate Philippine Committee the coun-
try will get the impression that such
is the purpose.
Corporal O'Brien's testimony should
never have been admitted by the COM
mittee. at least the greater part of it
should not 1t was evident at the very
beginning of his testimony that he had
a grievance of some sort, and that he
wanted to say something against those
who had his ill-will that would be
gratifying to his feelings. Senator
Patterson protested against his testi-
mony, saying that it was not the pur-
pose to case opprobrium upon officers of
the army on hearsay testimony.
The stories which Corporal OBrien
told were of a revolving character, but
he was not able to give the names Of
the officers whom he accused or the
names of the persons from whom he
got the stories. Therefore his testi-
mony ought not to have been permitted
to go into the record.
One of his stories was that the COM
pany with which he was connected
used dumdum bullets. He produced
some of the bullets before the COM
mittee on Wednesday and they were
found not to be dumdum bullets at all.
If there is as little truth in other parts
of his testimony as there is in that
in reference to the bullets then he is a
most unreliable witness.
The minority is not seeking witnesses
of the O'Brien kind. 1t wants only the
truth but it seems about impossible to
get that without getting, at the same
time, a good deal that is not true. The
inquiry into the armys operations in
the Philippines should be kept upon a
high plane. The people do not want
the army villified or abused. They only
want the truth, and if officers or men
have been guilty of conduct discredit-
able to the army they want them
punished.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
personal.

John ]. Anderson of Brooklyn, au-
thor of school histories and much
Travelled, is nearing 80. The other day
ne entertained some school children
with stories of people of old times and
OF his own memory of Lafayette, Aaron
Burr and John Quincy Adams.
The Duke of Genoa, cousin of the
King of Italy, was educated at Har-
row, in England, and was in the fourth
form when the crown of Spain was
offered to him. The story goes that
directly the school got to know of the
offer all the boys promptly STUDIED"
the hapless royalty, so that in after life
they might boast of having kicked the
King"
Wilhelm Busch, the German humor-
list and comic artist received the fol-
lowing message from the Kaiser the
other day: ITO the poet and artist
whose splendid creations, full of genu-
Inc humor, will live imperishable
among the German people, 1 express
my sincere congratulations on the &C.
casion of his seventeen birthday. May
a beautiful evening be vouchsafed to
his life. In gratitude for the many
merry hours which you give him. Will
liam l. r."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
why the minister Was Called.


The Bishop of Bath and Wells, who
is to figure so prominently at the
coronation, standing to the left of the
throne of the king throughout the
greater portion of the ceremony, is not
exactly noted for his good looks, says
the Marquise de Fontenoy, in the Phil
adelphia Press. In fact. he is rather
homely. He is quite aware of the fact,
however. and tells good story in this
connection at his own expense. II
seems that one day as he was riding
in an omnibus in London he was an
nOyed by the persistent staring OF
workingman on the opposite seat. The
man presently addressed himself to
him as follows:
You're a parson. amt you?"
well. yes, that is So"
Look ERE. parson," exclaimed the
man, would you mind comm 'ome
with me to see my wife?"
Imagining the wife was sick and
needing spiritual assistance the bishop,
at much inconvenience to himself,
went with the man. On arriving at
the house the man shouted to his wife
to come downstairs, and, pointing to
the astonished prelate, cried with
grin of delight;
Locke ere, Sairry. Yer said this
mornin' as 1 wur the hugliest chap in
England. Now just yer look at this
hlOkal"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Palestine Commandery No.
Z. X. T.; Grand Rally Southern Sec
ton Citizens Club; Ratification Meet
ing, Citizens Club; Executive Commit
tee Citizens Club.
Special Notices-Ship Notice. Pater-
son-Downing Co.. Consignees; P. p. P;
Lippman's Great Remedy; Andrew
Hanley Company; Fine Lot on Thirty
sixth and jefferson, C. H. Dorsett;
Public Notice. james Hunter, Broker;
Proposals for Supplies, Geo. M. Gads-
den, Director Public Works; Bids
Wanted. Geo. NJ. Gadsden, Director
Public Works; Ship Notice, Strachan
& Co.. Consignees; Members Savannah
Y acht Club
Some Things In Season-Wm. & II.
H. baltimore.
House Furnishing Goods in Our Big
Basement-Leopold Adler.
Auction Sale-The Choice of Four
Pieces, by c. II. Dorset, Auctioneer.
Grape-Nuts Food-Postum Cereal Co.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steam
ship Company.
Ready-Made Values-At Hogans.
Ohicial-City Ordinances.
Proposals-For Installing Sewer Sys-
tenn and Lavatory at Fort De Soto,
Fla.
Watches-TWa Watches.
Uneeda Biscuit-National Biscuit
Company.
yFSstum Food Coffee-Postum Cereal
Co.
Malt ct-Wurtzburger's Malt
Extract.
Beer-Pabst Beer.
Corsets-W. B. Corsets.
Washing Powder-Pearline.
Medical-Marvel Whirling Spray;
Mothers Friend; DR.. Hathaway Co.;
Dead Shot Vermifuge; Cuticura Rene
dies; Cascarets; Yaki.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23

After a long sojourn in the cherries
and desolate caves of Oblivion, says
the Baltimore Herald, the Shakespeare
Bacon controversy is once more in the
center of the stage, with limelight shin
ing upon it and huge chorus of argu-
mentative cranks in a double row be-
hind it. Some of the latest theories
promulgated are as follows:
That Bacon and Shakespeare were
one and the same man.
That the name Bacon was merely
Shakespeare's nom de plume, assumed
because the bard was a ham actor.
That Shakespeare, being ashamed of
his plays, blamed Bacon.
That Shakespeare invented the Ba-
CONAN theory in. order to mislead his
creditors
That the real author of the plays
was Bacon's father-in-law, a saloon
keeper named George w. Ferguson.
That Shakespeare sold out his play
writing business to Bacon after writ
ing half of the plays.
That Shakespeare and Bacon were
partners.
That they were not.
That maybe they were.
That nobody knows whether they
were or not.
That nobody cares.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23

Senator Burton couldn't sleep and got
up at o'clock yesterday morning. Aft
er a cup of coffee he decided to go to
his committee room and write some let
tiers, says the Washington Post. He ar
rived at the Maltby building at
o'clock. His room adjoins that of Sem
ator Pettus, who is 81 years old. Bur-
ton was surprised to see Pettus hard
at work, sleeves rolled up, chewing to-
baccO, and grinding out letters.
why, senator" said Burton, isn't
this early for a man as old as you are
to be at work?"
mot at all, subj said Senator Pet
tus. II rise every morning at 5
o'clock, having retired at a seasonable
hour. and 1 am always at work at T.
The secret of living long is to work.
am 81 and happy and healthy as a boy.
1 notice that all of my neighbors who
got rich and retired are all dead.
never got rich and 1 never retired.
tell you, young man, the most fatal
disease 1 know of is to quit work and
retire. 1t kills every time. Keep work
ing and you'll keep alive"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
THE EX-GOVERNOR GENERAL.

The newspapers are having something
to Say about Gen. Wood, who ceased
to be Governor General of Cuba on
Tuesday. Most of them are saying
| complimentary things. 1t Is generally
admitted that he held a difficult posi-
ton, that he performed its duties with
| good judgment and acquitted him
self with credit to himself and his
country. One paper, however, criticises
him for not peremptorily refusing a
$1,000 silver service presented to him
| by the syndicate which had a monopoly
Of the gambling privilege in Havana
| during American occupation of the city,
and suggests that if he does not refuse
it the government at Washington
should see to it that he does refuse it.
OF course there was a feeling on the
part of some of the older army officers
that they should not have been passed
by in the choosing of a Governor Cen
cral for Cuba. 1t is true that it does
seem to be a little unjust that COM
paratively new conner in the army
should have been selected for so inn
portant a post. 1t will be recalled that
at the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war Gen. Wood, while standing
high in the medical branch of the army,
was not looked upon as a man likely
to play a conspicuous part in the
worlds affairs.
He came into prominence as the col
onel of the Rough Riders" and at the
conclusion Of Yaoca moe or,.oir4oa o..
ernor of Santiago. He made such a
| fine record there that he was trans
ferred to Havana and made Governor
General of the entire island. He did
| not disappoint those who had placed
confidence in him. Being an excellent
sanitarian he cleaned up Santiago
when he was Governor of that orov-
ince, and when he became Governor
General he turned his attention to
cleaning up the cities of the entire ISL
and. He gave particular attention to
Havana, and he has the credit of nav
ing practically rid that city of yellow
| fever.
There is no doubt that he was much
better fitted for Governor General than
a much older army officer would have
been, for the reason that he did not
insist upon doing everything by mill
tary rule. He understood that it was
necessary to humor the people, to coax
them along as it were, and to have a
good deal of consideration for their
customs, prejudices and opinions. He
understood that the Catholic Church
was influential and he made friends
with its priests, and sought advice from
| them.
1t is only fair to him to say that not
one man in hundred would have
made as good a Governor General of
Cuba as he did. OF course he made
mistakes, but they were not of a kind
that inspired hatred. AS far as we
have been able to judge he was popular
with the people of Cuba. They be-
lieved that he tried to do the best he
could for them. And neither party in
Congress has found fault with him. 1t
is but just to him therefore to assume
that he was a capable and faithful Off
cial.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
A CHANCE FOR THE SWEET PO-
TATO.

The New York Commercial calls at
tention to a company that is being
formed in New England which has for
it's object the growing of sweet po-
tatoes in Florida and distributing them
in the North, particularly in the New
England states. According to the Com
mercial this company also intends to
make a business of buying sweet po-
tatoes in Florida for distribution in the
Northern market. 1t thinks that there
is money in this business. The profits
of the middleman will be eliminated.
The distribution will be done by the
company's agents.
In the opinion of the Commercial
there is only one thing that prevents
an almost unlimited demand in the
Eastern states for the Southern sweet
potato, and that is the lack of knowl-
edge as to the proper way to cook it.
That paper says:
1.-THE fact is that we don't know how
to cook sweet potatoes up here. If
they could be had cooked in the style
that the oldtime black Decreases and
AulOeS diu lnG lHlllS lilC ANCW VI n ~
tells and restaurants couldn't begin to
supply the demand for the dish. Let
the Savannah News open "a school for
instruction in the art of cooking sweet
potatoes and it will confer a blessing
on the South for which millions will
rise up and thank it,"
1t seems to us that the cooking
school should be at the North. There
is where the cooking is to be done,
and where the cooks are wanted. If
we supply the potatoes we shall do our
part The North ought to be able to
cook them. We are willing to supply
a few Decreases and Chloes as teachers.
If the cooking school were located in
this section it would turn out only COL
ored cooks, and they do not find favor
at the North. From all accounts the
colored folks are being eliminated from
the working force there. Colored cooks
and colored walters are not now found
in New York City. In fact it is diff
cult to understand what the colored
people in New York now do for a liv-
ing. The Italians have even SUPER
seeded them as boot blacks.
We can raise the potatoes. In fact
we can send New England and the
entire North all of the sweet potatoes
they can consume, but they will have
to do their own cooking.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23

A belated wayfarer was passing an
English public house late at night
when a foreigner was elected there
from who bore all the signs of ex-
tremely rough usage, but nevertheless
was laughing immoderately. says the
New York Tribune.
What is the joke?" the gentleman
asked.
Why" said the other "a man came
up to me in the bar just now gave
me a fearful punch on the nose, and
said. Take that. you blooming Nor
wegian,'" and he fell to laughing
again.
But" the gentleman said there's
nothing very funny in that"
No" the man answered, but then
he hit me "a crack in the eyes, and
afterward knocked out my teeth, say
ing, And take that, too, you blooming
Norwegian
But still 1 can't see anything fun
ny"
"Ho no! ho!" the other yelled. 1.-The
joke is that I'm a Swedei"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
Coronation Compositions.

Casseus Saturday Journal prints
some amusing boys compositions on
the coronation. A boy of ten writes:
1T is the priverledge of the lord mare
to wash and dress the King the day
he is crownd, the archbisharp of can
terberry will ask the king to say an
oath, and when he has done this he
will wash the feat of u poor peepul
and rise up an ointment king" One
boys says of the King that, although
he is a rooler, he is a clever man with
tack. He has such respeck for him
self that he wrote a new poum for
the Corunation called God save our
erasmus kind. his majesty will sing
this himself vile he is being crowned
with pomperniss in westminster alb
bey." Another boy states that the
prisons will be emptied on coronation
day; the prisoners will see the crown
ing like respectable people and then go
back happily to prison again" The
Duke of Norfolk, who is a gold stick"
we are told, will set off skwibs and
as the prime duke of England, will see
that everything is nice and solum."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
Plant System
MILEAGE TICKETS,
$500 Per 1000 Miles,

are good over the following linesi
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Ry.
Atlanta and West Point Railroad.
Baltimore Steam Packet Co.,
Chesapeake Steamship Co.
Between Baltimore and Norfolk
Charleston and Western Carolina Ry,
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens RI
Georgia Northern Railway.
Georgia Railroad.
Louisville and Nashville r. R.
Except the following lines: L. H.
Elkton and Guthrie r. r., Pontchar.
train r. R., between Evansville and
St. Louis and Louisville and Cincin-
natl proper)
Louisville, Henderson and st. Louis
Railway.
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railway.
Northwestern Ry of South Carolina
Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad.
Plant Steamship Line.
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto'
mac Railroad.
Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Sparks. Moutrie and Gulf Railway.
South Georgia and West Coast Ry.
Triton and Northeastern Railroad.
Triton and Moultrie Railway.
Valdosta Southern Railway.
Western and Atlantic Railway.
Washington Southern Railway
Western Railway of Alabama.
A CONVENIENT METHOD OF
TRAVELLING.
B. w. WRENN,
Passenger Traffic Manager,
Savannah, Ga.
See Ticket Agents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23

The Philadelphia Press proudly and
periodically observes: lie Cuban
promise has been kept. The Philippine
pledge will be kept" Yes, to be sure.
That is the way we do things. But,
by the way, what is the Philippine
pledge TO which the Press has refer
ence? No doubt it bears upon our in
tentions with respect to those islands.
Senator Bacon and some others of the
Democratic members of Congress have
for days and weeks been endeavoring
to ascertain just what our intentions
are. So far they have been unsuccess-
full. If Senator Lodge knows what the
pledge is he will not divulge it. The
Philadelphia Press would contribute to
the harmony Of Congress and the IN
formation of the country if it would
print the Philippine pledge"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23

1t is beginning TO attract the atten-
tion of some of the Republican papers
that the Democratic Congressional
committee in this campaign is not to be
made up wholly Of members of Con-
gress, as heretofore. That such men
as Gable of Illinois. Shepard of New
York and Guffey of Pennsylvania, who
are not in Congress. have become
members Of the committee, is taken Ly
the Republicans to mean that their OPP
ponents are going to make an excep-
tionally active and aggressive fight.
All Of the out-of-Congress members
that have been named are men OF a6-
knowledged political ability and power
IN their states. The Republicans.
meanwhile, have adhered 10 the old
rule Of hlling their congressional COM
mittee with members OF Congress.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23

That the strike of cotton mill opera
tives at Augusta has been broken is
gratifying information. The stoppage of
the King Mills meant large losses in
wages to those who could least afford
losses, the workers and the small mer-
chants who depended upon them for
trade and living The arrangement
under which the mill resumes may not
be entirely satisfactory to all concern
ed, but it is very much better than
idleness. Strikes are costly things.
under the most favorable conditions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chattanooga Times (Dem.) says:
THE buying and selling of whisky
outside the state and shipping it in by
common carriers to persons wanting it,
has been declared by the Iowa Supreme
Court as a species of interstate COM
merce the state laws of Iowa may not
interfere with; hence prohibition gets
another very sombre optic
The Louisville Couried-Journal
Oem) says: There is a sentiment
in some quarters in favor of a provi-
sion in the naval appropriation bill
for the promotion of warrant officers
to commissioned rank. This sentiment
is sound and ought to be strong
enough to accomplish it's object. The
present snobbish regulations against
such promotions are unworthy of a de-
mocracy."
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: Probably no Republic ever
started under such favorable conditions
as those which the United States Gre
ated for Cuba. Two years ago an at
tempt to establish an independent Gu
ban government would have been OBJ
structed by ambitious demagogues,
with a following of reckless jayhawk
ers. Thanks to the scrupulous and in
telligent labors of Americas represen-
tatives on the island, President Palma
has entered upon his duties free from
party opposition"
The Charleston Post (Dem) says:
You can't lose the politicians or scare
Off the office-seekers. 1t might be
thought that just now st. Pierre. Mar
Unique. would be a place Stunned of
all men. but the files of the State De-
partmeut at Washington show other
wise. The United States consul at that
place was buried by the eruption OF
Mont Pelee and there IS nothing in the
city now but death and desolation.
nevertheless number of applications
have already been received by the de-
partment for the vacant Office"