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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.

An attractive feature of small but
prosperous town not a hundred miles
from Savannah is a row of magnificent
old oak trees along the street through
which the railroad passes. They were
planted thirty-five years ago by pub
lie spirited citizen, and to-day they
mark the little town above all others
on the road. The man who planted
them was a store keeper. During dull
hours, instead of sitting on an empty
box in the sun and making chips with
his pocket knife, he planted trees. He
was building for the future of his
town.
There isn't town or community
but has in it dozen or so of such
public spirited citizens. What is need
ed to be done by them is to get togeth-
er and form an improvement commit
tee or society for the purpose of aiding
in beautifying the town and improv-
ing it's sanitary condition. The amount
of good that such a committee can do
is great. Twenty years ago an organ
ization Of the kind was formed in Sa-
1t was called the Citizens Sanitary
| Association. The results of it's efforts
can be seen to this day, though the
organization has gone out of existence
ana been superseded by legally insti-
tuted sanitary and other inspectors.
In many communities typhoid fever
makes 1t appearance periodically. Ty-
phoid arises principally from bad
| drainage or other poor hygienic con-
/ ditions. The water supply may be
foul from removable causes Pigs may
have made their beds under the church
or the school house. with the conse-
quence that there is more scratching
than praying during religious services
and more searching for fees than for
knowledge during school hours. A
citizens committee would look out for
all these and a number of other things
that would conduce to the public
health, comfort and prosperity Fur
the~mOre, the operations of such a
committee will stimulate civic pride,
with the result that before a great
while about everybody except the ha-
bjtual croakers will be working for the
town and taking the keenest personal
interest in it and its prosperity. Moth
ing can do a town more good than the
kind OF orga nization referred to. Every
community, large or small, should have
one. We recommend the matter to the
consideration of those steady, quiet
purposeful workers in Georgia towns
and cities who constitute the back
bones of their respective communities
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
BRIGHT BITS.

Half the world doesn't care how
their better halves live.-Life.
-"Bellinghams religion is like his
property" said Trivvet to Dicer.
"How's that?"
ITS all in his wife's name. Judge.
What do YOU think of Charles
proposing to me when he hasn't known
me a week?"
II think that's the reason. "-Balti-
more American.
kind Lady: / suppose you have
seen better days?
Tramp: Yesm. One day last week
1 got three dinners and ten BEERS
Detroit Free Press.
lis he rich beyond the dreams of
avarice?''
Cad, yes! Why. say! That chap
8 rich beyond the dreams of an in
FAINT industry!"-Puck.
Magistrate: Drunk again. Uncle
Rastus? Aren't you ashamed to be
seen here so often?
Uncle Rastus: Deed All amt. yo
honah. Dis am respectable long side
O. some o. de places whar All is SEEN
Chicago Daily News.
Jack (to lady. come out to lunch)
Are you coming with the guns this
afternoon, Miss Maud?
Miss Maud: I would. but I don't
think should like to see a lot OF
poor birds shot!
Jack: Oh, if you go with Fred, youI
feelings will be entirely spared
Punch.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
THE souTH,s GREAT CROP.

Much is being said in the English
papers about the probability of Eng
fish cotton manufactures becoming less
dependent upon the United States for
their cotton supply. There is no doubt
that the British Cotton Growers AS
sociation is making great efforts to
grow cotton in some of the British de-
pendeneies- The experiment in. East
Africa has proven a failure and it is
far from certain that the experiment
in West Africa will be success. The
first crop seems to be pretty fair. but
subsequent crops are likely to be far
from satisfactory.
There appears TO be something lack
ing in the soil or climate that is nec-
essary to the successful cultivation OF
cotton. 1t is true that In India cot
ton does pretty. well. but the staple is
so short that II cannot be used for the
finer yarns. The crop in Russia is
limited ana so is that Of Egypt. In
some portions OF South America the
plant IL grown with considerable sue
cess. but not in quantities TO threaten
rivalry with this country. In fact, as
Senator Morgan OF Alabama said the
other day, when his attention was cam
ed 20 the efforts being made by Eng
land 10 establish on large scale the
growing Of cotton IN her own posses.
sions. there is no place Ia the world
where cotton can be grown 20 such ad-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
THE CASE OFF MAMIE DECRIs.

The case of Mamie DeCris. the wom-
an who secured so much jewelry from
jeweIry stores in this city last, August.
is remarkable for several things. One
is that she went ito the Office of the
solicitor general the day she obtained
! the jewelry, and endeavOred to borrow
money from him. In the course of her
talk with him she mentioned that she
could put uD diamonds as collateral.
! What was her object in going TO the
solicitor general for money? She was
| stranger to him. Evidently she was
| troubled By her act, and was fearful
it would have unpleasant consequences
for her. In that state of mind she
went to the office of the solicitor gen.
eral, not to borrow money, but to have
a talk with him, having a vague sort
of an impression that it would afford
her relief from the thoughts which were
troubling her. 1t was either that or
she wanted to see the man who would
prosecute her if she were charged with
the crime and arrested.
Another curious thing is. why did she
insist upon getting such a prepos-
ferrous story in the newspapers as that
of the accident in Atlanta in which
the man to whom she alleged she was
engaged to be married and her grand
mother were killed? 1t is pointed oft
of course that she wanted to put her
fancee out of the way so she could
account for the possession of so much
Jewelry without exciting suspicion, so
that she could allege that the various
articles were gifts from him, but such
a story was not creditable to the
shire wdness that she had shown up
to that time. She did not seem to
realize that such a story would stamp
her as being of unsound mind or jus
tify the conclusion that she, had an OBJ
ject to accomplish which she did not
wish to disclose.
Still another remarkable feature was
the ease with which she; a woman
practically unknown and without
known resources, obtained credit for all
sorts of articles--a woman employed
as a clerk in picture frame store
at what must necessarily have been
very small salary. A fourth remark
able feature is that the suspicious of
the pawnbroker were not aroused when
certain of the articles obtained from
the jewelry stores were offered as
pledges. There had been so much talk
! of the robbery that 1t would naturally
be supposed that all of the pawn
| brokers would be on the lookout for
| the pieces of jewelry and for the wom-
an. 1t is probably the fact that the
| pawnbroker did not read carefully the
newspaper accounts of the crime and
the descriptions of the woman, and
therefore did not have his suspicious
aroused when the articles were offered
as pledges.
The case is one that will be full OF
interest until it has been finally dis
posed of. 1t has probably taught the
merchants to be more careful in ac-
cepting orders for goods and in giving
credit.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
REPRESENTATIVES, FOWLER'S MES.
SAGE.

Representative Fowler of New Jer-
and, it may be, to individuals, a mes
sage insadvance of that of the Presi-
dent. 1t deals with the question of
tariff commission. and is based on a
bill which he introduced into Con-
gress at the beginning of the last ses-
sion. Mr.. Fowler wants two things
done. He wants a permanent tariff
commission appointed which shall
have power to investigate all ques-
tons bearing upon our trade rela-
tions with other countries and their
colonies, and he wants the President
given authority to suspend any one
of the tariff schedules, when this COM
the best interests of the country to
have it suspended. 1t is understood of
course that the President is to fol-
low his own Judgment in the mat
ter.
Mr.. Fowler seems to be active all
along the line. He is especially promi-
nent in connection with the efforts to
provide the country with a more
elastic currency. Thus far, however.
Congress does not seem to have taken
very kindly to either of his measures.
1t is hardly probable that Congress-
will deal with the tariff from a purely
business point of view, as is intended
by Mr.. Fowler. The Republicans are
not likely to endanger the protective
principle in the tariff in that way. 1t
is true, of course, that in Mr.. Fow-
let's bill it is provided that the rec
iprocity treaties. negotiated by the
proposed commission must be ratified
by the Senate, but If it should happen
that under a Democratic admlnistra-
ton the tariff commission should be-
come Democratic all of the high pro-
tective schedules might be suspended
1t is safe to assume that Congress will
not be in a hurry to pass Mr.. FowIer's
bill.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
Personal.

-Jusbin, the Russian singer, has con-
Guided a contract with a European
company whereby he will be paid a
certain sum of money when he loses
his voice or it becomes impaired.
The Prince of Monaco, in spite of
his being part owner of the greatest
gambling establishment in the world,
never touches a card. In late years the
Prince has been a champion of Dreyfus,
as well as a bro oer. and has pub
lished a magnificent work on oceanog-
raphy, which already extends to twen-
ty-one volumes, superbly printed and
Illustrated, at a press of his own at
Monaco.
Nine. Chang, a Corean woman of
high caste, has arrived in California on
a mission for her people. Her object
is to learn American ways, having
done which she viii return and intro
duee them in her native country. 1t
took just two years persuasion before
her husband could be convinced that
a peep into the world and bit of occi-
dental education would not ruin his
wife. Nine. Chang is the first high
class woman of her race to cross the
seas for an American education.
The appointment of Hallam Ten
nyson. eldest son of Alfred Tennyson,
to the governor generalship of Austria
liza, while generally approved, seems
not to be a very cheap honor. The for
mer governor general. the Earl of
Hopetoun, now Marquis of Linlithgow,
is said to have given up the office be-
cause it cost him about 100000 a year
in. addition to his $4,000 salary, and he
was a richer man than Lord Tennyson.
The only great office in the Brit
ish empire which carries an adequate
salary is the vfoeroyalty of India, and
yet British diplomats are far better
paid than those of our own country.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

This is a love song in three flats.
says the Newark News.
They face a Newark street. one
above the other. In the top floor lives
a cross old lady. Below a young bank
teller and his bride. The ground-fioo
fiat is the home of another newly mar
ried couple, one-half of which runs a
store.
The bank teller strides away to work
in the morning. When he thinks the
neighbors aren't looking he turns and
tips his hat to the second-story VIM
dow, where the lady of his love fingers
for a last sight of him.
Whereupon the cross old lady above,
who is always looking out, stamps her
foot and pulls down the curtain sud
denly.
In a few minutes the feed store man
goes away. At the opposite corner he
waves his hand to the face at the first
floor window.
Immediately and with jerk the Sec
ond-stOry curtain descends.
Some day there will be a terrible
duel
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

vantage as in the Southern states of
this country. There is something in
the nearness Of the Gulf Stream and
the Appalachian mountains that make
conditions for cotton growing that can
not be found anywhere else in the
world.
During the Civil War efforts were
made in various parts of the world,
outside Of this country, to cultivate
cotton to an extent that would make
Europe independent of the United
States, but they brought no satisfac-
tory results. Therefore there is no
occa sion for uneasiness in the expert
ments which the British Cotton Grow
ers' Association is making to grow cot
ton in British possessions. or that are
being made by other agencies else
where. The Southern states Of this
country Will continue to be the source
of the cotton supply of the world. And
the time is not distant when she will
manufacture the bulk OF the cotton
goods needed by the worlds market.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Richmond (Va.) News (Dem.)
says: "It may be understood very
clearly that there is a wide difference
between social and political recogni-
ton. Every instinct of the white race
Is against Acknowledgement of the So
cial equality of any other race. We
cannot, however, expect any President,
whether Democratic and Republican,
Southern or Northern, to eliminate the
negro entirely and to lay the heavy
hand of ostracism on the whole race.
Many of us might like to see that done,
but, as a matter of fact, it is contrary
to the spirit of our institutions and to
the presidential oath of office" .
The Cleveland co. Plain-Dealer
(Dem.) says: Speaking of the case
of Krupp, the Emperor declared that
there is no difference between him who
mixes and presents poisonous draught
to another and him who from the shell
ter of his editorial sanctum robs his
fellowman of his honorable name and
kills him by the torture he inflicts
The Emperor here clothes a general
truth in language no less appropriate
than that used by King Leopold. who
denounced the same slanderous brood
as anarchists of the pen.' In the
conclusions Of both monarchs the vast
majority of mankind will heartily con-
cur"
The Philadelphia North American
Rep.) says: 1.-THE Ha1es and Fryes
OF Maine. may be able 10 keep the tar
In bulwarks OF the trusts intact dur
ing another session OF Congress, pos
sibly longer. but the forces OF revision
will 40 on steadily gathering strength.
The consumers Of the United States
are learning 20 distinguish between
protection which safeguards the Amer
lean market and that other bastard
policy which encourages monopoly 20
sell its products cheaper abroad than
~ home. III refusing 10 make this
distinction the ultra protecfiOnisfs are
playing directly into the hands Of thelr
most dangerous enemies"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

The Senate Committee on Territories.
OF which Senator Beveridge is chair
man, Is said to be in deadlock on the
question Of admitting New Mexico. Ari-
iona and Oklahoma to statehood. The
greatest opposition, 1t is understood. is
to the admission OF New Mexico. How.
ever Senator Quay is said to have CIV
en- MS word that New Mexico shall be
ADMITTED at this session. one Of Quay's
former ieutenants IN Pennsylvania.
BUN Andrews. wants 20 be senator
IRON New Mexico. and Quay has prom.
ised u tx Il for him.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

1t is probable that the annual foot
ball game between the army and the
navy will be abandoned. One OF the
chief reasons for the abandonment is
said to be that politicians make de-
manas for so many free tickets for
themselves and friends that the re-
ceipts OF the game are seriously cut
down. II the politicians were refused
All the free tickets they wanted they
would use their influence against the
appropriations for West Point and An
ma polis' Congressman are said 20
have been unusually persistent this
year IN their demands for tickets.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
The Color of Your Glasses.

From the New York Times.
Have you ever noticed, neighbor-but
think you have, maybe
That the color of your glasses tints
the things you chance to see?
If the glass is clear as crystal all the
world is fair and bright;
If the glass is black it follows that
the earth is dark as night.
WE'LL / have a little notion that the
souls of mortals, too,
Have a way of wearing glasses that
are apt to tint the view.
Though I've never seen such glasses,
none the less l think l know.
I have worn them. as have others,
since I've trotted here below.
Deacon Brown stood up in meeting,
and he SMILED twice, and said
ooh, my brethering an sisters, all
my fieetin' hopes is dead.
Life's a vale of tirberlation; men Is
worms that grovels here,
An there amt no place for restin' It'll
were lynn on a bier.
We are all poor wretched sinners, an
there can't no grace be found
VILE were rastlin' here together on
the topside of the ground
So his doleful wall continues, for he
doesn't know, alacki
That his soul is wearing glasses that
are most almighty black.
John Q. Sproggs, man of business,
rustles, rustles to and fro.
Grasping for the fleeing dollars;
nothing else he seems to know.
Still the world is swinging onward
through the spaces ether-filled,
Where the stars are gems of beauty
from an angels casket spilled:
But it's quite the same to John @.
But it's quite the same to John O.;
all the world might go to smash
If by that dire cataclysm he could add
unto his cash.
Dollars, dollars, dollars, dollars-only
Heaven he hopes to win.
His souls glasses are not glasses, for
they're wholly made of tin"
Knew a fellow in my youth-time. Life
was very hard with him:
Saw his hopes all deeply buried; saw
his visions all grow dim,
But he still kept smiling. smiling;
used to whistle none the less;
Said: To-day the sun is hidden:
shine Tomorrow. though, l guess"
Climbing Ger the rocks of trouble.
still he sung along the way:
''Sun is sure to shine Tomorrow.
though it's out of sight to-day"
Made the old world seem the fairer
TIL he whistled out OF sight
For his soul was wearing glasses
crystal clear and wondrous white.
Story seems 10 have "A moral: tack IL
on right here ] guess;
Best inspect your spirits glasses II
the world you'd like 10 bless:
Best be sure Il isn't wearing aglasses
black, or brown, or gray,
For whatever be their color, life Is
tinted IN that way.
Better view the world AZ smiling 20
the kisses % the sun
Than as lost among the shadows with
10 height ~ glory won.
Pain or gladnesE. wee o. pleasing.
days u pence o. nights o. care,
All perhaps have taken color from the
glasses that you wear
.-- Aiferd :. WateThouse.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

ST am afraid our new artist is lit
tie too realistic" said the city editor
to the manager, according to the
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
What has he done?" inquired the
chief.
II told him to illustrate Binglewood's
article on the human types that visit
the public parks" replied the city ed
itor. g Seize upon the salient feat
ures in the story, 1 said, as 1 handed
him the proofs, and show 'em up the
best you know how 7"
THAT word salient" said the chief,
Should be used with discretion"
81 guess that's right" the city edi-
tor admitted. ''Well, you should have
seen the sketches he presently turned
in. They were well done, but oh, my!
The first one 1 looked at had a lot of
men, women and children dangling
from ropes all about the music pago-
da What's this?' 1 asked. That he
replied, illustrates the line. They
hung around the band all the after
noon" That's just what he said"
''The new artist must be humor-
ist," the chief remarked.
mo, / think not" the city editor
said. HE seemed to be in dead earn
est. The next sketch represented a
mob of people running after several
grinning figures mounted on slender
legs and labelled 2 O'clock g O'Clock,
a o'clock The artist saw that / was
puzzled. That pictures out he ex-
planned, the line "They chased the
merry hours away" Good idea, isn't
it?' My response was to gather up
the sketches and hand them to him
with a shake of the head. He looked
a little disappointed"
What did he say?" inquired the
chief.
"All he said was, Il guess, maybe,
I dunno what salient means"
II thought he didn't" said the chief.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

The Louisville Courier-Journa1 de-
clares that it won't stand any longer
for body snatching, and serves notice
ION the trustees, faculty, janitors, jan
isaries, outlying doctors and stray
dogs, of the medical department of the
University of Louisville. and kindred
institutions, that. hereafter, in cases
OF body-snatching trouble, they must
look elsewhere for sympa thy and sup
pressions n the alleged interest of
science"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
COLLINSVILLE LINE.

(Fair Grounds and Dale Ave.)
Beginning at 600 a. M, cars leave
Bolton and OFT streets every Is min
utes returning, cars leave Estill ave-
nue. and Waters road at 6:07 a. m. and
every Is minutes thereafter. connecting
with cars on Thunderbolt line, until
1900 o'clock midnight.
Through cars are operated between
Market and Thunderbolt via Collins
vile and Dale avenue as follows:
Lv Market. Lv. Thunderbolt.
6:45 a. m. 1880 a. m.
6:45 p. m. 7:30 p. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

John Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers, has declined an offer of ST.
900 each for eight lectures. He says
he has enough on hand to keep him
busy for some time, but that after a
while he may write a book on the re-
lations of capital and labor. Unless Mr..
Mitchell is very careful he will be apt
TO find himself shortly handicapped by
the burden of increasing wealth!
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

Carrie Nation is to be dramatized
She is TO do the work herself, but
she will not go on the stage to inter
pref the role of the heroine. 1t is all
legged that a theatrical manager has
consented to produce her play. The
next thing in order will be the dra-
matizing of an insane asylum.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

Senator Hanna says that this session
of Congress will be devoted to .'rou-
tine business" and that no important
new legislation will be attempted. Has
he given up the idea of forcing the ship
subsidy scheme through at this ses-
sion?
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

1t is expected that in about two
weeks President Charles NJ. schwab of
the Billion Dollar Steel Trust WIN con-
clude his strenuous vacation and go
back to work for rest and recuperatio
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

That American ideas are gradually
working their way into the Orient can
no longer be doubted, The rat-cateh-
ers of Hong Kong have formed a
union and struck for higher pay.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for rain. with fresh to brisk
east to southeast winds. Eastern
Florida partly cloudy weather, with
showers in north and central portions,
variable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

An exchange notes that Senator
Chauncey M. Depew has not been max
ing many after dinner speeches lately
Possibly he is putting in his time drill
ing as an understudy his famous cat
"Tom." which at last advices had Sc
far progressed in his education that he
would smile at the Senator's jokes.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-02

In Chicago on Thanksgiving day a
woman gave a dinner to dogs that cost
over 5000. Evidently there are no poor
men, women and children in Chicago.