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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
SUMMER IN THE SOUTH.

One of the first things that Judge AL
ton B. Parker of New York remarked
upon after his return North from his
recent trip to Georgia was that he
found IL much cooler in Savannah than
in New York city. Not many days ago
the Morning News received a visit
from member of the editorial STAFF of
one of the leading papers OF Philadel-
phia who said that he had come South
looking for a cool place." as it was
"insufferably hot" in the Quaker City,
OF nights, he said, the beds and bed
clothes burned the flesh, and 1t was i'm
possible to rest. He found the days In
Savannah to be less warm than in
Philadelphia, and the nights pleasant
and invigorating, with refreshing
breeze almost constantly blowing
/ from the south.
The South mas been regarded hereto
fore as a resort in winter only, but
people are coming to understand that
II Is about as pleasant in summer as
at any other season. A number of
Northerners who have established win
ter homes in the South are now finding
them more agreeable during the heat
| ed term than their Northern resi-
dences, hence they are coming South in
summer as well as in winter. From
July till the middle of September the
Northern newspapers almost daily find
1t necessary to chronicle registrations
and deaths from heat. They print
| long and pathetic stories of how HUI
manity swelters and suffers from the
high temperature, getting relief neither
by night nor day. Such things are of
extremely rare occurrence in the South,
for the reason that the South has the
most even climate of any section of the
/ continent Here, within a few hours,
we can reach the Blue Ridge noun
| tains and find the climate and flora
common to Canada, or we can go to
the seashore and find there breezes
and bathing as delightful as those of
Bar Harbor or Newport. Indeed, the
Southern seaside resort is preferable
TO those farther North, for the reason
that while the nights are cool, they are
''N' Niit N''H"iiNs"iS NVAu' Ab NNNpoit VII
July 20 there was a snow furry, and
! overcoats were needed. One does not
go to the seashore for that sort of
thing, which is conducive to pneumo-
mia and other lung troubles.
The fact is, the South is the pleas
ATTEST section to live in. whatever the
! season. One may desire to go else
where for a change of scene, but for
| really good living" weather and eli
mate, the South is unsurpassed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

Mr.. Bryans latest attack on Grover
Cleveland is having effect, but posi-
bly, not of the kind that Mr.. Bryan
anticipated. Eugene V. Brewster of
New York was one of Mr.. Bryan's
staunchest friends and supporters in
both of his campaigns. A day or two
ago Mr.. Brewster said: organs at
tack on Cleveland convinces me that
he lacks poise and balance. I did not
think he would step so far beneath
professional dignity as to call an ex-
President and competitor for the presi-
DENTAL nomination bunco steerer.
This is not the first Bryan speech,
however, that has dfspleased me. The
next nominee of the Democratic party
will be Grover Cleveland" 1t is not
easy to agree with Mr.. Brewster as
to the personality of the next nomi-
nee, but it is plain that Mr.. Bryan
has permitted his animosity to Mr..
Cleveland to lead him to unwarranted
lengths.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
COTTON IN PORTO RICO.

High prices of cotton have turned
the attention of the Porto Ricans to
! that staple, and 1t is said that there is
now a cotton craze throughout the
| island. Not less than 1000 acres have
/ been planted in cotton this year, the
| crop from which win be harvested in
| about six weeks. 1t is estimated that
the output will be in the neighborhood
of 1900 pounds of seed cotton to the
acre, which is better than the yield of
much of the cotton lands in the United
| States. owing TO the lack of ginning
and baling facilities in the agricultural
districts, the seed cotton will be trans
ported to San Juan for preparation for
market. This will cut down the profit in
the crop of the current season, but next
year planters will be better prepared.
A few days ago Ave gins were shipped
to the island from New York. 9th
er gins and bale presses are to follow.
One company has arranged to build
$4,000 ginning and baling plant near
San Juan, and another plant will prob
ably be erected at Bayamo in time for
the next crop. The president of the
company says he has the utmost conf
dence in the future of cotton in Porto
Rico, and that it would not surprise
him If before a great while cotton were
to supplant sugar as the chief crop of
the island.
Cotton growing in Porto Rico is not
altogether an experiment, though no
considerable amount of 1t has been
grown for the past fifty years. In
1887 cotton formed an important item
of Porto Rican agriculture, the ex-
portations in that year amounting to
upwards of 10000 bales. The crudest
methods were employed, however, and
sugar was found to be more profitable.
From 1887 the cotton business dwin-
died until it became almost nothing,
until the breaking out Of the Civil
War. Then it took an upward turn
again, and in 1865 the expectations
amounted to 1000 bales. After the
conclusion of peace in the states, cot
ton was again dropped by the Porto
Ricans for the more profitable sugar.
But former experiences were sufficient
to demonstrate that cotton could be
grown in the island; that the soil and
climate were favorable to it. With
modern methods it is thought IL may
be grown as economically and market
ed as profitably as in the states. Dr.
rector Pennock of the Insular Nor
NAL School Gardens, who is keeping in
touch with the cotton growing move
ment, says: "Of the ultimate success
of cotton on Porto Rico. 1 have no
doubt. I believe cotton is destined to
play an important part in the exports
of this island in a few years"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
Pleasing Name.

A Nottinghamshire clergyman, in
baptizing a baby, paused in the midst
of the service to inquire the name OF
the infant. to which the mother, with
a profound courtesy, replied:
Shady, sir, if you please"
SHADY" replied the minister. Then
it's a boy and you mean Shadrach
eh?'
mo, please your reverence. it's a
girl
And pray" asked the inquisitive
pastor, "how happened you to call the
child by such a strange name?"
why, SIR" responded the woman
IF you must know, our name is Bow
er, and my husband said as how he
should like her to be called Shady. be-
cause Shady Bower sounds 80 pretty
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
The Trucks Too Short.

The motorman who operates the
Buntyn car in connection with the East
End line from Montgomery Park sticks
to facts pure and simple in all his re-
ports to his superiors of the car COM
pany, says the Memphis Scimitar. Re
Gently his car was delayed half an
hour or more, because of an accident.
At the Buntyn end there are no bump
ers, and should the car get from un-
der the motorman's control it simply
runs from the end of the rails into
Buntyn dust or mud, according to the
weather.
Such was the case in point.
Explanation blanks are furnished
carmen so that they may fill them out
and send them in to headquarters. One
OF the questions on the blanks reads
like this:
why did your car leave the track?"
To that inquiry the Buntyn employe
wisely wrote: Track too short
Frank Smith, the superintendent, had
the mans salary raised and he is in
line for promotion,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Washington Post Qnd.) says:
1--WE infer that Judge o. P. Thompson
of jacksonville, ILL.,, has subscribed for
the Commoner, as he is being mention
ed by Mr. Bryan as Democratic pres
idential possibility"
The Charleston News and Courier
Dem.) says: Russia is not so far
behind us after all, it appears.
Twenty-seven of the Kishlneff crimi-
nails have been sentenced to penal ser
Vitude and forty-five more are under
trial. Our numerous lynchers mean
while are taking life easy and are not
even in danger of prosecution"
1.-The Georgia Legislature, now In
session." says the Charlotte, On. c.
Observer Dem.), has refused to enact
a child-labor law, but 1t has done the
next best thing in declaring the loaf
er who will not work himself but lives
upon the proceeds of his children's
labor to be a vagrant, and prescribing
punishment for him accordingly That
is exactly as IL should be. Every
vampire OF them. in Georgia and else
where. should be outlawed and put
on the rock pile"
The Albany, On. " Argus CDem.)
says: THE state Of Washington is
too remote from Mason and Dixon's
line for the theory Of southern in
fiuences' or southern atmosphere to
come into play. The lynchinR al Aso-
tin. Wash. last Wednesday, differed
from the regulation affair only in
that the victim was "A white man-as
20 color-8nd that he was hanged. NOT
burned. The onense was the usual
crime plus murder. and the legal
execution Of the brute was certain.
Comment would be superiuous."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
He DID Not Sax It.

Everybody knows the man who is
careful never to say mo" abruptly
in answer to a question. mo is a
hard word, but one may sometimes be
made ridiculous by a reluctance to ut
ter 1t, says an exchange.
A certain man who had this habit
was once met by two ladies who had
been discussing the popularity, and
one of them said that she was posi-
tive she could make him say, oh,
no." fatty. So she addressed him thus:
Let me see, Mr.. Smith, you are a
widower, are you not?"
"As much a widower, madam" he
answered, with a polite inclination of
his head, "as it is possible for a man
to be who was never married"
The lady had to own herself beaten.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
Not Mere OhstfnncX.

An amusing story of amateur sport
comes from Perak. in the Malay Pc
ninsula.
The sun was blazing down on a field
of hot, excited horses and men, all
waiting for a tall, raw-boned beast
to yield to the opportunities of the
starter and get into line.
The patience of the latter was near
ly exhausted. Bring up that horse"
he shouted. Bring up that beast!
You'll get into trouble over this, I
tell you that" The rider of the re-
fractory beast, a youthful lightweight,
replied, patiently:
I'm as tired of it as you, SIR but I
can't help it. This is cab horse, this
horse is. He won't start till the door
shuts, and I haven't got q door!n
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-German Friendly Society,"
Special Notices-Myrtle Lodge Pic
mic at Tybee; Fishing Tackle, Cornwell
& Chapman.
Business Notices-Spoke., Sprocket
or Screw, G.. w. Thomas.
Amusements-"Th Kings Jester"
at Casino This Week; A Splendid Hop
at Hotel Tybee.
Silver Polish-The Gorham Co.
Ask for a Coupon-At Lattimores
That Tired Feeling-Ro
Apply a Test-The Delmonico Co.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale: Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
Didn't Knox THAT Trick.

That's a very knowing animal o.
yours" said a young Cockney to the
keeper of an elephant.
very" was the cool rejoinder, says
the Glasgow Times.
HE performs strange tricks and han
tics, does hep" inquired the Cockney
cycling the animal critically.
"SurpriSin'!" retOrted the keeper
We've learned him to put money in
that box you see up there. Try him
with half-a-crown."
The Cockney handed the elephant
half-a-crown, and, sure enough, e took
it in his trunk and placed it in box
high up out of reach.
We'll, that is very hextraordinary-
hastonishing, TRULY" said the green
one, opening his eyes. Now, let's see
him take it out and and it back"
I'VE never learned him that trick"
retorted the keeper, walking away.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
THE
THE GOVERNOR WANTS


The story of the whipping of Mamie
De Girls at the Milledge prison farm
has aroused feeling Of indignation
throughout the state, and the Governor
has decided to have a thorough in
vestigation of it made. An Atlanta
dispatch, which we publish this morn
ing, states that he will call on the
Prison Commission to-day for the
facts, and that If they are as re-
ported those responsible for the whip
ping will stand a good chance of be-
ing punished for it. The course adopt
ed by the Governor will undoubtedly
receive general approval.
It is a safe assumption that the peo-
pie don't want the women sent to the
pentitentiary beaten for infringement
of prison rules or because they are
not as civil as they ought to be to
those in authority. There are ways of
punishment more in keeping with the
spirit of the civilization of the present
age. One of the arguments used
against the leasing system is the op-
portunity, it offers for brutal treat
ment of the prisoners. If the whipping
of white girls on the prison farm with
a strap is permitted this argument
against the leasing is lacking in force.
The Governor Is right in having the
story of the whipping of Mamie De
Girls inquired into, with the view of
establishing the facts and Furnishing
any one guilty of wrong doing.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

Gen. Young will not be long at the
head of the general staff of the army,
as he will soon reach the age of re-
tirement. Gems. Chafee and Mac
Arthur, who follow Young in rank, are
also well advanced in age and will be
"a in few years. And then there will
be Gen. Corbin. Gen. Leonard Wood
may be expected to bob up somewhere
near the top, too, in the event that
Roosevelt has another term.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
PRoPosAI.s WANTED.

GOVERNORS ISLAND, N. Y. H.,
July 10, 1903.-Sealed proposals, IN
triplicate, for furnishing Forage ana
Straw required in Dept. of the East;
during year ending June 80, 1904 VIII
be received here and at places indi-
Gated in instructions issued hereunder
until IL M, August II, 1903. U. y re-
serves right to reject or accept any
Information furnished on application
Envelopes containing proposals will De
indorsed Proposals for Forage anu
Straw at -" JOHN SIMPSON A.
@. M. G..
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

The Bureau of Ethnology, Washing
ton, is TO investigate that recent "sun
dance" on the Arapahoe and Cheyenne
reservation. II is alleged the dance"
was instigated by an official OF the
bureau and a scientist, who paid s15
for the exhibition. Certain Indians cut
skin from their bodies and otherwise
mutilated themselves with knives for
the edineation Of the white men. When
the responsibility has been fixed the
officials az fault viii be dismissed from
&c bureau.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

A Philadelphia alchemist says that
some time next fall he expects to be
converting silver into gold at the rate
Of not less than $4,000 a day. He
proposes to build a plant that viii
cover a block and cost s1.O0O,O 600. Phil
adelphia is a good town in which to
float such a scheme. The late John
w. Kelley successfully worked Phila-
delphia with his motor for a number
of year.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

After an eclipse of some four or five
years, It is predicted that Edward o.
wolcott of Colorado viii once more
come to the front in Colorado politics
and shine with his old-time brillianey.
What this means for the Hon. Henry
NJ. Teller is not quite clear. though It
is supposed in some quarters that the
second arising of the Wolcott star will
mean a decline on the part of the star
Of Teller
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

ut is interesting to note" says the
Birmingham News, that the lamblets
haven't been so eager to rush into any
bargain counter opportunities offered
In Wall street during the last few
days. A burnt child breads the fire."
True; but when the lamb has grown a
new coat of fleece he is just as butt
headed as ever. Don't give the lamb
credit for memory.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

They have a new gambling game at
Fort Hamilton. N. Y. 1t consists in
betting on how much the mouth of
George johnson, colored, Will hold.
The other evening Johnson won a
wager for his hacker by closing his
mouth with two golf balls in it. His
law was dslocated, but he won.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

Once when the late Bishop Of Can
terbury. who was an almost fanatical
advocate of the temperance movement.
was Bishop OF Exeter he Travelled
some distance into the country to at
tend an agricultural function. On his
return his rest was disturbed by a
newsboy shouting: Remarkable state
ment by the Bishop OF Exeter" To
crafty his curiosity he dispatched a
servant 10 purchase the paper. This
was found 10 contain his mornings ad-
dress, but over his remarks -jocoseIv
made Of cOurse-"l have never been
drunk in my iife." the subeditor had
placed the bold cross-head. Remark
able Statement By the Bishop Of Ex-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

When the Pope referred to the
ssblooming youth" Of the American
nation. he did not mean it in the sense
employed by Sir Thomas Upton when
he said he meant to lift the bloom
ing mug"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

Mr.. Carnegie has commissioned
SCULPTOR to make marble bust of
him to be presented to Charles M.
Schwab, lately president of the Bill
lion Dollar Steel Trust. Libraries and
Schwab seem to be Mr.. Carnegie's
hobbies Lucky Schwab.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

We learn through the Philadelphia
Inquirer that Prof. Sparks Of the Uni
versity of Chicago has discovered that
Mason and Dixon's line was drawn as
long ago as the Glacial Age and was
made by the ice cap of that period;
hence the Civil War. No doubt that
accounts for the race question and also
the milk in the cocoanut.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

For thriftiness, what can beat this?
A New Jersey man has refused TO
allow the state health authorities to
destroy the mosquitoes on his farm
unless they pay for them. He says the
mosquitoes belong to him. and that no.
body has a right to destroy his proper
ty without his consent except they pay
damages.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

A New Jersey man, bitten near
Blairstown by rattlesnake few days
ago, applied a poultice of ash bark to
the wound and got well. Nevertheless
those who go into the woods will con-
tinue to take along a supply OF the
time-honored snake-bite cure.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

Alfred Austin, poet laureate, hasn't
published anything lately ana Ming
Edward has doubled his salary. AL
fred now knows that silence is gold
en- and should keep it up.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

In some of the counties OF Penn
sylyania a falling off in the number
OF marriages this summer. as COM
pared with other summers. has been
noted. The reason advanced is that.
because Of the scarcity Of farm hands.
the girls have gone into the fields 10
assist their fathers and brothers, and
haye little time Tor o0mtshlp.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

After a career on the stage extending
over a period of six weeks, Mrs. Ma
bel Mckinley Baer. niece of the late
President, has decided that she had had
enough and retired to private life.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

From almost every point Of the COM
pass there is an echo Of the name
OF German when the Democratic pres
idential nomination is discussed. Con-
grossman Adolph Meyer Of Louisiana
says he is the favorite OF the Pei
lean State. II begins TO look as II the
Maryland man would only have 10
sit stll 70 win.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
The Wenther.

The indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida for to-day are for oc-
casional showers, with fresh southwest
winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

Roosevelt lives at Oyster Bay. Cor
man is a Chesapeake Bay man and
Cleveland has a residence at Buzzard
Bay. The bay men are decidedly in
e., inst at the moment.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
Saluda, N. c., July 40. 100,

Saluda, N. C., July 80, 1909.
Kalola Company, Savannah, Ga;
Gentlemen-Last winter while in
Savannah | was troubled with indi-
gestion and rheumatism. | tried
many remedies without getting anv
relief, and finally got bottle Of
Kalola. After taking 1t was entirely
relieved of both troubles, and 50 far
have had no return. | can heartily
recommend Kalola to any one afflic.
ted with rheumatism or indigestion.
Very truly yours,
T. E. McIVER.
Late Chief Clerk De Soto Hotel
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
POLISHED PLATE GLASS.

We are the Southern distrioutlns
agents of the Penn American TO-
Glass Co. We carry at our AtlaIi,t@
warehouse the largest stock IN thS
South. =. oil
WINDOW GLASS, lots Of 1t, 81
sizes, single and double, at our war
houses both in Savannah and IN A.
1anta. Dowell Pins, Blind StapIes'
GLACIERS Diamonds, Putty and Poln'S'
Mail orders promptly shipped.
F.J. COOLIDGE & BROp
SAVANNAH. ATLANAA'
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

Several years ago the country first
heard of Herbert Barnum Seeley
through a dinner that he gave in New
York at which to take leave of his
bachelor friends, as he was on the eve
of getting married. The dinner was
raided by the police. and then Little
Egypt" came into view. 1t was learn
ed that Mr.. Seeley was the grandson
of p. T. Barnum, and that on his
death the famous Snowman had left
him $444. 444.44. Seeley once more comes
temporarily into newspaper notorlety.
by reason of the fact that his wife has
divorced him. Il is not TO be won
dered at that marriage preceded i'm
mediately by such an orgy as the
"Seeley dinner proved to be unhappy.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10

Senator Quay says he is quite will
ing to have John Wanamaker as cam
didate for Congress to succeed the late
Representative Foerderer. and refers
to this willingness as Christian char
ity" on his part. Mr.. Wanamaker has
fought Quay tooth and nail for the
past half dozen or more years. He has
not indicated that he wants to go to
Congress, and the probabilities are
that he doesn't. Some days ago a
Philadelphia paper. quoting a member
of the Republican machine, said the
nomination for Foerderers place would
be put up at auction to the highest
bidder, and that it was expected TO
fetch between $4,000 and 100000. Mr..
Wanamaker is a very rich man. Pos
sibly there was a Wanamaker check
book in Senator Quay's minds eye
when he said Wanamaker would do.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-10
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